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Vol. XLII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., APRIL 25, 1968
No. 13
Students Discuss Politics
A fbb«ye lens catcbcs op«ratloD of the special return center set up in Washington,
D. C., by Speny Rand Corporation’s Uoivac Division to tal>u!ate and analyze com*
plete results of Choice 69, the first National Collegiate Presidential Primary. A team
of about 20 Univac computer specialists will devote their full time efforts tor about
one week to processing the choice 68 returns. Iliis processing will require about
300 hours on each 1004 UNIVAC computer and n total of alMut 40 hours on the
1108 UNIVAC computer.
Clubs Elect Next Year's Officers
Elections within campus clubs
have been held for the 1968-69
school year. To head the Colton
English Club will be Linda Sears
witli Angie Pridgen as vice-president
and Brooks McGirt as secretary-
' treasurer. Mary Helen Simms will
preside over the Canady Mathe
matics Club with Libby Mangum as
vice-president, Nancy Walters as sec
retary, and Becky Trader as trea-
> surer. The Barber Science Club will
be led by Kay Ferens, president;
Cathy Walston, vice - president;
Teresa Creagh, secretary; and Phyllis
Howes, treasurer.
Barbara McNeill, Jeanne Spach,
Alice Hill, and Betty Alligood will
serve La Tertulia Spanish Club as
president, vice-president, secretary,
and treasurer respectively. Tomor
row’s Business Women’s president is
Anne Pretlow, vice-president, Mar-
' ■ tha McGinnis, secretary, Nancy Au
stin, and treasurer, Bet^ McNcill.
Leading the Home Economics
Club next year will be Cheryl
Critcher. Joie Brumley and Gary
Clarke are the club vice-presidents.
Jean Davenport is secretary and
Nancy Yates, treasurer. For the So
ciology Club Dianne Mitchell is
president, Pat Osborne is vice-presi
dent and Peggy Maiden is secrctary-
treasurer.
The president of the Bunyan
Yates Tyner Chapter Student NEA
will be Susan Fletcher.
ByGENI TULL and
KAY KENNEMUR
A UNIVAC 1108 computer will
tabulate the results oE Choicc 68.
The April 24 voting held at Mere
dith and nearly 1,500 other colleges
will indicate college students’ opin
ions on the presidential election and
United States policies. Time Maga
zine and the Univac Division of
Sperry Rand Corporation, sponsors
of the balloting, estimate that more
than 75 per cent of the nation’s
total enrollment have participated in
the voting.
Of thirty Meredith girls ques
tioned before the election, twelve ex
press Democratic Party affiliations,
eight Republican, six Independent,
and four specify no party.
With those girls questioned, Eu
gene McCarthy is listed for at least
one of the top three choices. Charles
Percy is very popular, receiving ten
out of thirty votes. John Lindsay
ranks third in popularity and is fol
lowed by Robert Kennedy and Rich
ard Nixon. Nelson Rockefeller and
Ronald Reagan are next in popu
larity in the candidates listed. Hu
bert Humphery is a write-in candi
date.
Questions about the U. S. govern
mental policies were also included
on the ballot. The first question in
volved the course of military action
in Viet Nam. A course of gradual
reduction receives the most support,
but six students want an increase in
the level while tour want the activity
to remain at its present level.
The second question was directed
to the U. S. bombing policies in
Viet Nam. Twelve students express
a desire to temporarily suspend
bombing; ten want intensified bomb
ing; six want to halt bombing; and
two want to continue at the present
level.
Of the choices ^ven for govern
ment spending the girls questioned
are most in favor of education re
ceiving money. Job training is the
next choice.
Expressing their choice for presi
dent and political stances, tlie fol
lowing students commented:
NANCY HINSON, Senior —
Republican — I have no particular
candidate at this time. 1 feel we
should get out of Viet Nam as soon
as possible. The U. S. should not in
volve itself in areas which are not
strategically important for the direct
security of the U. S. We should stop
trying to be a policeman in South-
East Asia. Domestic .>pending is im
portant, but I think our present sys-
Dean Announces Pass-Fail Plan
Dr. Bruce Heilman has completed
a month of seminars on long-range
planning with sixteen predominantly
Negro colleges. He has been serving
as Director of these planning and
data collecting studies for the
Academy for Educational Develop
ment, which has been building a
registry of information for a na
tional foundation.
As director of the studies, it has
been Dr. Heilman’s responsibility to
employ consultants to visit all the
colleges to help improve theic man
agement, long-range programs, and
proposed needs. These consultants
are now on the job and will continue
through the next several months.
Dr. Heilman said of his involve
ment with the program, “As presi
dent of Meredith College, I see our
role as an institution as that of pro
viding leadership and education at
ail levels and in all areas. As we
work with others, so we serve our
own interests as well, and improve
our own know-how and capability.”
Editor’s Note; The following
explanation of the pass-fail system
is from the office of Dean Leisk-
man Peacock.
Upon the recommendation of the
Instruction Committee for 1966-67,
the College Council has inaugurated
a system of “pass-fail” grading
for a trial period of two years, to
begin in September, 1968, subject
to the following restrictions:
1. A student may elect for the
“pass-fail” grading not more than
two courses (regardless of number
of credit hours involved) from the
total she offers for graduation, these
to be pursued only during her ju
nior and/or senior year. Only one
such course may be elected during
a single semester.
2. Excluded from courses which
may be pursued under the “pass-
fail” system will be the following:
(a) All "Prescribed Courses”
(1967-68 Catalogue pp. 37-38)
pursued to meet requirements for
graduation.
(b) All courses in the student’s
major and related field(s).
(c) All courses pursued in sum
mer work or in institutions other
than Meredith.
3. Course content and require
ments will be the same for “pass-
fail” registrants as for regular stu
dents, and minimum performance
for “pass” will 'be equivalent to mini
mum performance for letter grade
D.
4. When a student registers for
the semester in which she elects the
“pass-fail” option for a course, she
will designate the course that she so
elects. No changes in such options
will be allowed after the first ten
days of the semester in which sched
ule changes are normally allowed.
After that time the decision for regu
lar work or the “pass-fail” option is
irrevocable.
5. In computation of grade-point
averages an “F” on a “pass-fail”
course will be computed as hours
attempted; a “Pass” will not be com
puted as hours attempted.
6. A student who changes her
major to a department in which she
has already taken “pass-fail” work
may credit only one "pass-fail”
course in the new major. If she has
taken more than one such course,
she will forfeit credit.
7. Responsibility for compliance
with all rules governing the “pass-
fail” system will rest with the stu
dent, and appeals for exception to
these will not be heard.
W. H. Weatherspoon to Break Ground
Groundbreaking ceremonies for
the Weatherspoon Building will be
held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, May 3
on the north campus of MerecUtli
College.
W. Herbert Weatherspoon, who
is Meredith’s only honorary life
trustee, will turn the first spadeful
of earth at the groundbreaking cere
mony. Others taking part will in
clude President E. Bruce Heilman;
Trustee Chairman Dr. L. M. Massey
of Zebulon; Chairman of the De
partment of Physical Education,
Mrs. Jay Massey; Raleigh architect
F. Carter Williams and Mr. Shearon
Harris, General Chairman of the
Meredith College Advancement Pro-
W. H. Weatlierspoon is pictured at left
with a portrait of bis late brottier,
Jtiroes R. Weather«pooa.
tem isn’t as effective as it could be.
DEL CROSS HORTON, Junior
— Democrat — Robert Kennedy.
I agree with Kennedy’s views on
Viet Nam, welfare, and the space
race. I believe we should cease
bombing and pursue pcace negotia
tions. The money being used for war
should be spent in domestic affairs
to make programs more effective,
particularly in the areas of welfare
and education.
LAURIE COCKER, Sophomore
— Republican — Richard Nixon.
I like his policies on issues pressing
the U. S. at this time and feel he can
be relied on to take a stand and stick
to it. I want to see war ended as
soon as possible, but I’m not sure
what the answer is. Enough money
is being spent in domestic programs.
We should direct most of the money
towards education.
SARA KENNEMUR, Freshman
— Democrat — Hubert Hxunphrey.
He would follow closely John
son’s policies which I favor. I want
to see the war end as soon as pos
sible, but not at the expense of
Democracy. I don’t know ^e exact
figures on money spent for domestic
affairs, but it is important and edu
cation should be the main concern.
Fairchfh Takes Honors
In Playday Festivities
Sack races, volleyball-broom re
lays, and a drop-a-penny-in-the-
jar contest entertained King Roger
Crook and Queen Betty Duckworth
at Playday, April 23.
Faircloth Dormitory won the
overall contest with a total of 267
points. The winning theme was
“Sadie Hawkins Day Race.”
Sponsored by the Meredith Rec
reation Association and planned
by Carrie Frampton, the day also in
cluded student-faculty games and
challenges.
The carnival part of the afternoon
was sponsored by the Student Ac
tivities Board and organized by
Patsy Burks.
A supper of foot-long hog dogs,
candy apples, and cracker jacks
ended the day.
gram and Raleigh Mayor Travis H.
Tomlinson.
Sudents, faculty, and alumnae
will also be represented at the
groundbreaking. The event is sched
uled during the regular chapel hour
in order that all members of the
college community might partici
pate. The public is invited to the
groundbreaking.
Bids are to be let for construction
of the new facility within a few weeks
after the groundbreaking. The
building should be ready for use
within a year after construction be
gins, according to Business Manager
Joe Baker.
The $800,000 Weatherspoon
Building will contain Meredith’s first
indoor swimming pool and regula-
tion-size athletic courts of several
types.
Playday dialrman talce time out from
plauniog to play. Foreground arc Helen
RoRersoo, Brewer, and Sarah Jo Cherry,
Vann. On the fa«ncli is Ann CoiroU,
Vaaa, and in the baciirouad are Mary
Turner, Falrclolli, and Vickie Tart, Po*
teat. Not show are Barbara NevUle,
Brewer, Annelise Ware, Striogfield, aod
Jane Kiser, Striugfield.
Plans Being Completed
For May Oay Activities
The merry month of May brings
forth more than pretty flowers. May
4, 1968, ten of Meredith’s beauties
will be presented in the 1968 May
Court. Sheryl Deal will lead the
court as May Queen and Teenie
Sink will assist her as Maid of
Honor. The Senior Class represen
tatives are Lucia Lewis and Diane
Jackson. Representing the Junior
Class are Page Vaden and Sandra
Hamill. The sophomores will be rep
resented by Peggy Williams and
Brenda Parks. Representing the
freshmen are Shirley Scarborougji
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