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L Role of Meredith in SSL Discussed Page Three THE twig Aj^& Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College '^Alice" is Not Extinct! Page One No. 10 11 Alice in Wonderland" Cast Plans Performance on April 6 « i" Wonderland" will be presented by the Meredith faculty and staff for the eleventh time on April 6. At the request of many studen s, led by senior Judy Kornegay, the faculty and staff agreed to continue this forty-four-year-old tradition, which began in 1924. Uean L. A. Peacock said he “has never seen such student en thusiasm. According to Dean Peacock, Dr. Lillian Parker Wallace is “the spirit behind the production.” Dr. Wallace, former chairman of the predith department of history, will be the director of the per- formance. She is also the first and only White Rabbit in “Alice and Wonderland. professors who will return for the production include Miss Ellen Brewer, formerly of the home economics department, and Dr. Ethel Tilley, former professor of psychology. Miss Brewer and Dr. Wallace have been m every performance. The cast of characters is always kept secret until the performance. The play will be open to students, faculty, and staff. No guests are mvited because of limited space. Two Professors to Become Chairmen of Departments ' .n Ji® Of two new de- also the author of four books—No ^partmental chairmen has recently North or South, The Chaneine been enounced by Dean L. A. American Family, and A Tide Peacock. Effective immediately. Dr. Comes In, his latest work which is a « ? JS chairman of the de- discussion of the changing South Cr n" M Septem- A native of Wadesboro, Dr. Nor- ner, Dr. Norma Rose will become ma Rose received her A.B. degree from Meredith, her M.A. at the Uni versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her Ph.D. at Yale Uni versity. She has been teaching at Meredith since 1937, except for three years in which she did graduate work. Dr. Rose is a member of the American Association of University „.e w.a.he,spo,n Phy»ca,T!I!!i!^II^!S^^ Weafherspoon Gift Is Largest in History of College $400,000 Donated for Gym The largest single sift ever made clascmom _i.._ Dr. Norma Rose chairman of the department of En glish. Dr. Ralph McLain and Dr. Mary Lynn Johnson, present depart mental chairmen, will remain on the teaching faculty, but both have requested to be relieved of admin istrative responsibilities. Dr. Crook was educated at Mars Hill College, Wake Forest Univer sity, and Southern Baptist Theologi cal Seminary at Louisville, Ken tucky, where he received his Th.M. and Th.D. degrees. He joined the Meredith faculty in 1949. A former pastor. Dr. Crook is Sen. Sam J. Ervin To Spealc March S Dr. Roger Crook Women, the Shakespeare Associa tion of America, the North Caro lina Teachers of English, and the National Council of Teachers of En glish. She also has served as editor of the Meredith alumnae magazine. A frequent lecturer on her re search in England, Dr. Rose has also written articles for several lit erary and scholarly publications on Shakespeare and his works. The largest single gift ever made to Meredith College was announced February 26. The announcement by the Board of Trustees of a $400,000 gift launched the five year, five million dollar advancement program, which will result in completion of a new library and four other new build ings. Herbert Weatherspoon, retired Raleigh businessman, and the family of his brother, the late James R. Weatherspoon, one of the founders of Durham Life Insurance Com pany, presented the gift. It was also announced that a new organ for Jones auditorium has been ordered and will be installed during the next two years. The $75,000 instrument will be the main auditorium’s first organ. At their business session on Founders’ Day, February 27, the trustees approved a record budget of over $2,220,000. The budget will provide for salary increases for all faculty and staff and more money for the student aid program. The $400,000 given by the Weatherspoons is considered part of the goal of the new advancement program. The money will be used to help build Meredith’s first physical education-recreation building and the new facility will be named the Weatherspoon Building. The new facility will replace a frame structure built in the 1920’s. It will house the first indoor swim ming pool and regulation size ath letic courts. There will be additional classroom and office space plus game rooms and other areas for leisure activity. The building will be near the pres ent tennis courts on the northwest campus, within sight of the Ridge wood shopping center. Architectural plans call for the pool to be built behind glass par titions which can be draped in the winter but lifted in the summer so that the pool will be in the open air. The $400,000 represents half the expected cost of the building. The physical education building, dormi tory and the Carlyle Campbell Library, which is already under con struction, are three of the five fa cilities. Within the next three years, another dormitory and a college cen ter will be erected. Kappa Nil Sigma Society To Sponsor Spring Lecture The Kappa Nu Sigma, scholastic honor society of Meredith College, will sponsor its annual lecture on Tuesday, March 19 at 8:00 p.m. in Jones Auditorium. The speaker will be Dean Edwin Graves Wilson, pro vost of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem. Dean Wilson graduated from Wake Forest University in English and earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in English from Harvard University. He returned to Wake Forest in 1946 as head of the English de partment, became dean of the col lege in 1951 and provost of the university in 1967. A banquet for Kappa Nu Sigma members and guests will be held before the lecture. Faculty mem bers and seniors are invited to a reception in the blue parlor immedi ately following the lecture. The purpose of the society is to promote scholarship at Meredith. Full membership is limited to sen iors, who are elected at the end of their junior or senior years. At Uie lecture, the society will recognize associate members from the Junior Class and also the sopho more with the highest average. The society awards the Helen Price Scholarship to the freshman having the highest average. Officers of the society include Carole Evans, president; Beth Por ter, vice-president; Ginny Sutton, secretary; Theresa Ayers, treasurer; and Brenda Carole Jones, reporter. Other members are Judith Alex ander, Barbara Bailey, Nancy Boyd, Ann Hill Daniel, Beth Smith and Jane Waller Smith. Carpenter, Smith, Frampton Win Rrst Slate Elections Sam J. Ervin will be the fourth speaker in the college Concert and Lecture Series. He will discuss “The Credibility Gap” on March 8 at 8:00 p.m. in Jones Auditorium. Ervin has been a United States senator from North Carolina since 1954. He was born in Morganton and received his A.B. from the Uni versity for North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He earned his LL.D and LL.B. from Harvard University. While in the Senate, he has served on the armed services and govern ment operations committees, and also on the judiciary committee, of which he was chairman of the sub committee on constitutional rights. A member of the North Carolina Bar, he has been director of public administration at SufMk University in Boston and a trustee of David son College and UNC-CH. Suzanne Carpenter, Alice Smith, and Carrie Frampton were named in first slate elections to head the three major campus organizations, the Student Government Associa tion, the Meredith Christian As sociation, and the Meredith Recrea tion Association, respectively, in 1968-69. Also elected were Lou Pearce, Religious Emphasis Week chair man; Kate Huggins, chairman of elections and handbook; Suzanne Ware, college marshal; and Roma Bowen, Bonnie Sparks, Peggy Tim merman, Lee Winstead, Camilla George, Peggy Williams, Susan Roe buck, and Ayn Sullivan, freshman dorm, vice-presidents. Other officers named, who ran unopposed, included Kathy Holden, president of non-resident students; Susan Hout, Judicial Board chair man; Cindy Griffith and Karen Watson, freshman dorm presidents; Cornelia Little, Acorn editor; Shera (Sec Rcbtcd Article, page 4) Jackson, Twio editor, and Joyce Robertson, Oak Leaves editor. Second slate elections will be held Thursday March 14. If needed, a primary will be held Tuesday, March 12. COUNSEL GROUPS TO MEET Dr. Mary Lynch Johnson, chairman of the English depart* mcnt, will speak to the freshmen counsci groups on “The Value of a Liberal Arts Education” on March 12. Tiie new “Big Three” make plans for the future. They are left to richt: Carrte plSdeT presideat; and Siitanne CarpeSS^
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