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Lecture Planned
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Do Roommates
On Propaganda
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Newspaper of the- Students of Meredith College
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Vol. XLII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., NOVEMBER 16, 1967
No. 5
May Court Representatives
Will Reign Over Festivities
;
Sberyl Deal, May Queen, and Tcenk Slnk> Mold of Honor, wUl lead May Day
acHvldes.
The 1968 May Queen and court
have recently been selected to reign
over May Day festivities.
Sheryl Deal is May Queen and
Teenie Sink is her Maid of Honor.
Lucia Lewis, Dianne Jackson, Page
Vaden, Sandra Hamill, Peggy Wil
liams, Brenda Parks, Shirley Scar
borough, and Janice Holleman will
be court attendants.
Sheryl Deal, a senior affiliated
with the class of 1969, is a soci
ology major from Bulington. Col
lege marshal, former representative
to the May ^urt, and hall proctor
number among her many activities.
Maid of Honor, Teenie Sink from
Lexington, is a French major and
serves as chairman of the Legislative
Board.
Senior representatives, Lucia
Lewis from Winston-Salem and
Dianne Jackson of Thomasville,
are sociology majors. A transfer
from Averctt Junior College, Page
Vaden is a junior sociology major
from Richmond, Virginia. A junior
religion major, Sandra Hamill is
from Enfield. The sophomore
elected as their representatives their
class president, Peggy Williams frnn
Waynesville, and Brenda Parks of
Swannanoa. Shirley Scarborough of
Mount Olive and Janice Holleman
of Durham will represent the class
of 1971.
Parents' Day Will Feature
Stunt Winners, Open House
Mrs. Carolyn P. Poole Dies
By ELLEN WARREN
Mrs. Carolyn Peacock Poole,
.a member of &e Meredith English
faculty for seven years, died on
November 3 after an extended ill-
i v.ness.
A native of Massachusetts, Mrs.
Poole, who had been on the faculty
of St. Mary’s Junior College for
twelve years, was a vigorous par
ticipant in civic and religious groups.
She had been president of (he Ra
leigh chapter of the American
Association of University Women,
United Council of Churchwomen,
and the Anne Hathaway Bock
.Club. The “Carolyn Peacock Poole
Grant'’ was recently established in
her honor by the American Associa
tion of University Women.
A member of Pullen Memorial
Baptist Church, she had been chair
man of the Board of Christian Edu
cation, a deacon, Sunday school
teacher, and officer of the Women’s
Missionary Society. Mrs. Poole was
a director of the Civic Music Con
cert Association and a member of
the North Carolina Art Museum
from its inception. She was instru
mental in Uie establishment of the
community Ambassador Program
in Raleigh.
Mrs. Poole received her B.A.
from Meredith, lier M.A. from
Oberlin College, and did further
graduate study at the University of
North Carolina and Duke Uni-
(CoDtioued on page 3)
Dr. Ropp, Duke Professor,
To Speak on Propaganda
Mrs. Carolyn P. Poole
Dr. Theodore Ropp of Duke Uni
versity will be the second speaker
presented by the concert and lecture
committee in the 1967-1968 sym
posium on “The News Media and
War."
Dr. Ropp will give his presenta
tion on December 8 at 8:00 p.m.
in Jones Auditori^n. He will speak
on the use of proj^ganda by nations
to guide their people into war.
Dr. R^p received his B.A. from
Oberlin College i^nd his M.A. and
Ph.D. from Har^rd University. He
has taught at fuirvard and Duke
Universities. Ev, Ropp was on
leave from Dq|(e from 1962-1963
as an Ernst J; iCing professor of
maritime history at the United
States Naval War College.
A member o|! ^veral profesuonal
societies. Dr. Ropp serves on the
advisory boards of three history
publications and the World Book
Encyclopedia. He is also a trustee
of the American Military Institute.
The speaker has published arti
cles in several military magazines
and has written several books, the
most recent being War in the Mod-
ern World.
Plans for the second annual Par
ents’ Weekend, to be held December
2 and 3, are now being made under
the direction of JuUanne Parham,
senior, and the Student Activities
Board.
This particular weekend has been
chosen so that parents of Meredith
students may see the first and sec
ond place winners of Stunt. Plans
are arranged so that parents may
also meet with their daughter’s
friends, faculty members, and col
lege administrative officials.
Events scheduled for the week
end begin Saturday at 8:30 a.m.
with registration in Johnson ^11.
Parents will be invited to attend
classes until noon. That afternoon,
from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. open
house will be held in ^ dormito
ries. Events of ihe day end with the
Stunt presentation at 8:00 p.m. in
Jones Auditorium.
Beginning at 2:00 p.m. Sunday,
faculty members will be in their
offices to visit with parents until
4:30 p.m. From 3:30 p.m. until
5:30 p.m., parents will be able to
meet administrative officials and
other guests at an informal recep
tion in Johnson Hall.
Assisting Julianne in making
plans are Diane Parker, Ruth Aim
Walters, and Eyelyn Carter, in
charge of the Sunday reception;
Gail Van Doren, registration; Sue
Hammonds and Judith Alexander,
letters to parents; Bonnie Sparks^
meals on campus for parents; Betty
McNeil, open houses in dorms; Jan
Joyner, publicity; and Brenda
Carole Jones, tours of buildings.
Meredith Receives
Afflerlcan Oil Gift
Meredith College will share in
an unrestricted cash gift of $2,500
as part of ah American ^ Foun
dation grant to fourteen members
of the North Cantina Founda
tion of Church-Related Colleges.
The gift, presented in Winston-
Salem on November 7, is part of
a national education^ support
program of $1.9 billion by the oil
foundation fOr 1967.
Meredith President E. Bruce
Heilman said the money wiU be
used in “our general improvement
program.”
Rogon Gives History of Attitudes Toward Obscenity
Censorship Reviewed Here
Many Work Opporfunltles
* Previewed on Career Day
The history department spon
sored a Career Day in the Hut on
November 7. The department ex-
' plained that although this program
was designed specifically to make
history majors aware of their vo
cational opportunities, the project
was beneficial to all Meredith stu
dents.
The fields and their representa-
jtives included libraries, Mrs. Doro-
Itliy McCombs of the Meredith
Jibrary; Young Women’s Christian
lAssociation, Miss Pat Maynard,
'Director of Adult Activities; ar
chives, Dr. H. G. Jones, assistant
archivist for North Carolina; poli
tics, W. A. Creech and R. O. Ever
ett, attorneys;' legal profession,
Marshall Happef, attorney; M.A.T.
program's, Professor Hurlburt from
Duke University; museums, Mrs.
Joyce Jordan ww the North Caro
lina Museum o^ History.
Also reMe^etiting historic sites
was W. S. Tarlf^on, Superintendent
of Historic Sii^; United Nations,
Miss Nancy Wallace, a former LF.N.
guide; radio, Mrs. Margaret Breck-
ell, women’s editor of station WPTF
in Ralei^; travel services, Miss
Joan Currie of the Meridian Travel
Service; newspapers, A. C. Snow
from the Raleigh Times; periodical
and book publication, Mrs. Memory
F. Mitchell, editor of North Caro~
line Historical Review; television,
Bette Elliot; candidate for Congress,
Elizabeth Bowen; and personnel,
Mrs. Jane McMillan.
Former Meredith graduates have
entered some of the mentioned
fields and were present at the open
(Contioued on page 3)
By CATHEY RODGERS
Thursday night, November 9, Mr.
Sam Ragan, North Carolina jour
nalist and author, spoke on “The
Courts and Obscenity.” This talk
was the first of a series of lectures
to be held on the general topic of
“Censorship in a Democratic So
ciety.”
Ragan brou^t out the illogi
calness of censorship by citing ex
amples of books that, though gen
erally accepted today, were once
considered unfit for public con
sumption. This list at one time or
another included The Wizard of
Oz, The Scarlet Letter, The Grapes
of Wrath, Exodus, and Alice in
Wonderland. . .
Another example of irrational
censorship cited by Mr. Ragan in
volved a celebration in honor of
Carl Sandburg that took place in
North Carolina while his books
were censored in Mississippi.
Man confers some mystic quality
to the written word as opposed to
that which is casually spoken, Ra
gan pointed out. Often words used
in conversation meet with opposi
tion when printed. A similar dou
ble standard has been used In court
rulings.. However/ Ragan pointed
out many landmark decisions in
American history that reveal efforts
to protect the freedom of the in
dividual to decide for himself what
he will read. The censor reveals a
mistrust in individual judgements
which Ragan does not share.
The most troublesome point for
the censor, Ragan said, is to ade
quately define such terms as ob
scenity and pornography. A judge-
ment will necessarily reflect Uie
opinions of only a few. Laws in
hibiting any expression may grow
out of proportion and end up sup
pressing that art which is valuable;
When asked whether education
might raise the taste d the public
and thereby make censorship un-
(ConiiDued od page 4)
Mr. Henry Coffer, Mr. Sam Ragan, and Judy Komegay dtsciKs trMds of ceeorriiiy.