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Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
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Vol. XLII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N, C., APRIL 4, 1968
Lucktenbergs Plan Concerh
Piano^ Violin to Be FGotured
No. 13-
j The Lucktenberg Duo is sched
uled for a concert at Meredith Col-
,lege on April 17 at 8:00 in Jones
Auditorium.
Jerrie Lucktenberg, violinist, and
George Lucktenberg, pianist - harp
sichordist, have received wide
spread acclaim for both the artistry
of their interpretations and their
’ diversified programming.
Recognition of their unusual com
bination of abilities came early in
their joint careers when a Fulbright
grant took them to Austria’s State
Academy of Music at Vienna. The
coveted Artists Diploma of the
Academy was awarded to each in
. less than a year there. More
recently, a Ford Foundation spon
sored fellowship at the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, pro
vided a season of research into
neglected masterworks of their per
formance speciality, 18th-century
sonatas for violin and harpsicord.
Of particular interest are the two
remarkable instruments which add
to the appeal of the Luckenbergs’
Pres. Heilman Announces
Five-Day Class Schedule
Lucktenberg Duo
performances, a suberb Stradivarius
dated 1718, and a modem nine-
foot concert harpsichord built to
Dr. Lucktenberg’s personal specifi
cations. Touring is facilitated by the
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{The following is the oHicial
statement of President E. Bruce
Heilman concerning the new five-
day class schedule)
Following a thorough study by the
long-range planning calendar com
mittee and thorough review by the
steering committee, the Meredith
faculty voted Thursday, March 27,
to recommend to the president the
adoption of a five-day class sched
ule for a two-year trial period, be
ginning September, 1968. President
Heilman has endorsed the recom
mendation which has the approval
of the Executive Committee of the
Board of Trustees.
During the rather long period of
discussion and consideration as to an
appropriate calendar for the work
week at Meredith, a substantial
number of benefits were projected
for the five-day class calendar. It
was not the intent or the expression
of the faculty or the committee to
reduce the usefulness of Saturday,
Chairmen Review Achievements of Year
By MARY WATSON NOOE
The 1967-68 term of the three
board chairmen is drawing to an
end. Teenie Sink, legislative board
ch^rman; Patsy Burks, student ac
tivities board chairman; and Caro
lyn McGrady, Judicial Board chair
man, have accomplished some of
the goals they set out to reach,
met disappointments, and, above all,
have worked very hard.
The outstanding accomplishments
of the Legislative Board are the
initiation of the filing system, later
•hours, and a joint meeting of the
faculty committee on student gov
ernment and the Legislative Board.
'Other changes which Teenie hoped
for, such as re-evaluation of the
jurisdiction of the college and the
social standards recommendation,
are still in the committee stage.
Some of the changes Teenie
would make if she had the year to
serve again are “more student par
ticipation on the Legislative Board
and less griping” and “hall meet
ings on all halls discussing legisla
tive proposals.” A word of advice
from Teenie to Carol Price, chair
man-elect of the Legislative Board.
“After an intelligent study and de
cision, don’t give up; be de
termined.” In the final evaluation of
the year Teenie says, “All I’ve done
1 owe to my board; they’ve been very
co-operative and extremely helpful.”
The Student Activities Board,
headed by Patsy Burks, has also
achieved some dreams. A coffee
house has been established, “Alice”
produced, and Parent’s Day ex
tended to a week-end. The changes
Patsy would make are to add the
college marshal and Meredith
Christian Association and Meredith
Recreation Association representa
tives to the Board. Patsy advises
Bett Garrett, chairman-elect of the
Student Activities Board, to “re
organize the board for more effi
ciency.” All in all Patsy is convinced
that “the board as a whole is pro
gressing toward bigger and better
projects.”
The Judicial Board’s achieve
ments have not been up to Carolyn
McGrady’s expectations. The board
has worked on a proposal that the
faculty and students vote as a single
unit and not separately. Discussions
were held in freshmen dorms about
the honor code and the rules.
A change Carolyn would have
made would be more effective com
munication between the Legislative
Classes Choose Officers;
Watson Will Lead Seniors
Louise Watson, Barbara Perry,
and Mary Stuart Parker have been
chosen to lead the Senior, Junior,
and Sophomore Classes respectively
for next year.
Senior class officers besides Lou
ise Watson include Ann Henry, vice-
president; and Marilyn Childress,
secretary; Donna Hanson, treasurer.
Other officers will be elected later.
Assisting Barbara Perry in direct
ing the juniors will be Nancy Tyren,
vice-president; Brooks McGlrt, sec
retary; and June Buchanan, trea
surer. Stunt co-chairman will be Su
zanne George and Betty King.
Emma Ruth Bartholomew is the ju
nior representative to the Elections
Board.
Co-chairman of Corn Huskin’ and
another representative to the Elec
tions Board will be elected soon,
i. .
Corinne Blaylock will be vice-
president of the Sophomore Class.
Other officers include Jessie Market,
secretary; and Margaret Flager,
treasurer. Boyd King and Lynn Mc
Dowell will represent the sopho
mores on the Judicial Board and
Chris Fecho, Gail Gaddy, and Su
zanne Reynolds will serve on the
Legislative Board.
Alice Hill and Margaret Phillips
will direct Stunt. Judi Carter and
Anne Luter will lead the sopho
mores in Corn Huskin’.
All three classes used the new
filing system to elect officers.
The Class of 1968 will elect per
manent officers during commence
ment exercises. Present officers in
clude Shan Pruitt, president, Diane
Jackson, vice-president; Linda Gal-
lehugh, secretary; and Sandra
Holder, treasurer.
Board and the Judical Board clari
fying the rules for a more effective
Judicial Board.
The advice Carolyn gives Susan
Hout, chairman of the Judicial
Board next year, is “forget it,^resign,
or hole up in a shell and be uncon
cerned about anything.” In the final
analysis Carolyn said, “If I had it to
do over, I wouldn’t do it.”
Dean of Chapel
Explains Failure
Of Honor Code
The chapel policy involving the
honor system, under which the in
dividual student was responsible for
attending chapel, was changed be
cause it did not work.
Although a majority of students
did meet their responsibility to the
Meredith community, it had become
common knowledge that the system
was not working among all mem
bers to the extent that student mo
rale was lowered.
Mr. Henry Coffer, Dean of
Chapel, explained that every rule is
to be enforced or changed, and here
he used the “crutch” metaphor de
liberately. According to Mr. Coffer,
the return to the system of chapel
checkers is regarded as a crutch un
til we reach the point where we can
work under the system without
chapel checkers.
The college takes corrective steps
in the process of developing the
climate where this can really work
on all levels. The incoming fresh
man class has now signed the
Honor Code on their application
for admission to Meredith. Thus, in
choosing Meredith, they deliber
ately chose an honor code system
and will be coming to Meredith com
mitted to it in advance.
Mr. Coffer comments that the
only other alternative to the honor
system would be a policing system
which would be a tremendous set
back to Meredith. The honor sys
tem makes Meredith unique. As Mr.
Coffer said, “The freedoms that
count are the academic freedoms
to think, and this is what Meredith
has.” According to the Dean of
Chapel, chapel represents the iden
tity of Meredith College and is the
point where Meredith supplies her
central focus.
but to make it more productive for
students and faculty members along
with the administration, in the total
educational results. The faculty be
lieves that students can benefit from
a Saturday completely set aside for
independent reading, research, and
oAer learning activities such as field
trips. Numerous members of the fac
ulty also felt that participation in
educational meetings and opportun
ity for continued research and study
on the part of the faculty would be
encouraged and allowed. Some
spoke of the two-day weekend as
being renewing, refreshing and
stimulating for students and faculty,
and feel that the five days on which
classes are scheduled will be utilized
much more fully in serious deliber
ate instruction, study, and academic
activity.
As discussions took place, ques
tions were raised about the effect
of a five-day class schedule on coun-
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Meredith Singers Prepare
Extensive Pre-Easter Tour
The Meredith Singers, the forty-
two niember touring choir from
Meredith College and the twelve-
voice Ensemble, will sing in churches
and schools in Washington, D. C.,
Virginia, and North and South Caro
lina during the week of April 7-11.
The tour program is of two types.
The church service is designed to
fill a regular worship hour and in
cludes a sacred “sermon in song.”
The high school program will in
clude sacred music of the Easter
season but also will feature some
popular and classical selections.
Mrs. Jane Sullivan is director of
The Meredith Singers. Miss Beatrice
Donley directs the Ensemble. Piano
accompanists are Beth Porter, Rose-
boro. North Carolina, and Fair
Merriman, Fieldale, Virginia. Vivian
Risley of Wilmington is organ ac
companist.
Soloists for the tour programs will
be Jeannelou Hodgin, Whiteville;
Mrs. Charlotte Mitchell Schaible.
Raleigh; and Camille Mendenhall
of Winston-Salem.
The itenerary for the tour in
cludes First Baptist Church, Wash
ington, D. C., on the morning of
April 7; River Road Baptist
Church, Richmond, Virginia, on the
evening of April 7; First Baptist
Church, New Bern, on the evening
of April 8; Jacksonville High
School, on the morning of April
9; First Baptist Church, Darling
ton, S. C., on the evening of April
9; Lumberton High School, on the
morning, of April 10; First Baptist
Church, Fayetteville, on the eve
ning of April 10, and Whiteville
High School on the mornina of
April 11. ^
ERVIN TO SPEAK
Senator Sam Ervin will speak on
“The Credibility Gap” on April 10
at 8:00 p.m. in Jones Auditorium.
He Is (he fourth speaker in the Con
certs and ^clures Series.
Mary Watson Nooc, Olivia Weeks, and Betty McNelU talk to Lieutenant Governor
Bob Scott at a meeting of the “Scott Scouts” in Raleigh.
Meredith Students Attend
Campaign Rally for Scott
candidate Bob Scott kicked off his statewide campaign
March 23 at Memorial Auditorium. At this rally the Scouts for Scott who
represent the 21-40 group, toward whom Scot is directing his camoaien
were present. Three Meredith girls, Bcty McNeill, Mary Watson Nooe, and
Ohvia Weeks, attended. They have been enlised to aid in the college cam
paign headed by Marshall Rogers of N. C. State University.
At the meeting, the campaign was discussed by Jimmy Jones of Charlotte.
Bob Scott spoke about his platform. He advocated increased educational
programs and aid, programs to aid the mentally retarded, law and order
strengthening local government, and increased vocational education. Scott
came out against higher taxes, secrecy in government, and a statewide
liquor-by-the-drmk law.