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Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Vol. XLIII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C. OCTOBER 10, 1968
No. 2
Leadership, Service, Scholarship Among Selection Criteria
Fifteen Meredith Seniors Chosen for Who's Who
Dean L. A. Pcacock has recently
announced the selection of fifteen
seniors who are to be included In
Who’s Who Among Students in
American Uni versifies and CoUe}>es
for }968-69. The following stu
dents were chosen: Anita Burt,
Suzanne Carpenter, Marilyn Chit-
dress, Carrie Frampton, Bet Gar
rett, Donna Hanson, Kathy Hol
den, Kate Huggins, Shera Jackson,
Carol Price, Alice Smith, Brucie
Starkey, Louise Watson.
The students were nominated by
straw ballots from members of the
Senior Class and voted on by mem
bers of the faculty. The faculty
committee on student government
was responsible for final tabulations
and scoring.
The students selected display ex
cellence and sincerity in scholar
ship, leadership and participation in
extracurricular and academic ac
tivities, citizenship and service to
the school, and promise of future
success. The number of students
chosen is based on a quota of the
enrollment.
Anita Burt, a voice major from
Durham, is presently the Sigma Al-
WHO arc Ihcsc Seniors? In counterclockwise order: Siiera Jackson, Marilyn Childress, Suzanne Carpenter, Bootsie Thompson,
Donnu Hanson, Anita Burt, Brucic Starkey, Kate Huggins, Louise Watson, Susan Hout, Bet Garrett, Carol Price, Carrie
Frampton, Alice Smith, and Kathy Holden (center).
Honor Society Chooses
New Members and Leaders
Five new members have been
elected to Kappa Nu Sigma, an or
ganization which bases its mem
bership on academic standing.
Those elected were: Evelyn Car
ter, Marilyn Childress, Diane
Board of Trustees
Elects Cameron
To Chairmanship
C. C. Cameron of Charlotte has
been elccted chairman of Meredith
College’s board of trustees, succeed
ing Dr. L. N. Massey of Zebulon.
Dr. Massey has served on the board
for 20 years and as chairman for
nine years. Mr. Cameron, who is
chairman of the board and chief
executive officer of the First Union
National Bank, will begin his term
January 1, 1969.
Mr. Cameron is also active in
several business and civic organiza
tions. He is chairman of the board
of Cameron-Brown Company, Vice-
President of the North Carolina
School of Arts Foundation, and a
member of the board of the Con
solidated University of North Caro
lina.
E. L. Rankin, Jr. of Raleigh was
elected vice chairman and W. J.
Broadwell of Durham was elccted
secretary.
Mitchell, Carol Price, Linda Sears,
and Marion Dalyrumple Wilson.
Kathy Walston and Donna Soyars
Buchan were also tapped as associ
ate members from the junior class
at last year's annual lecture of
Kappa Nu Sigma. Officers for the
1968-1969 year, who were elected
at the spring meeting were Mari
lyn Childress, president; Diane
Mitchell, vice - president; Linda
Sears, secretary; Marion Dalyrum
ple Wilson, treasurer; and Evelyn
Carter, reporter.
Organized in 1923, Kappa Nu
IBM Aids Raleigh Colleges
With Presentation of Grant
The IBM Corporation has given
$10,000 to help further inter-in
stitutional cooperation between Ra
leigh’s six institutions of higher edu
cation. The money was presented
October 1 by Arthur L. Becker,
general manager for IBM in the
.'Research Triangle Park to Dr. John
Yarbrough, chairman of the biology
department at Meredith College
and Coordinator for Cooperating
Raleigh Colleges.
This is the third grant of its type
to be allocated to the cause of inter-
institutional cooperation in Raleigh.
The first, $7,500 from the Mary
Reynolds Babcock Foundation,
provided opportunity for Meredith
pha Iota chaplain, member of the
vocal ensemble and the American
Guild of Organists. Anita received
the Sigma Alpha lota Patron-
nesses's Award last year and was
a freshman counselor.
President of the Student Gov
ernment, Suzanne (“Snooze”) Car
penter is a sociology major from
Lynchburg, Va. In her three years
at Meredith, Suzanne has been
president of her freshman class, sec
retary of the Legislative Board, and
a freshman hall proctor.
Marilyn Childress, president of
Kappa Nu Sigma and associate edi
tor of the Twig, is a history major
from Baltimore, Maryland. Marilyn
received the Junior History Award,
was a freshman counselor, and is
currently serving as the Senior Class
secretary.
One of the “Big Three” as presi
dent of the MRA. Carrie Frampton
is an English major from Harts-
ville. South Carolina. Carrie has
served as vice-president of the
MRA and is a member of Silver
Shield.
Declining candidate for May
Queen and current chairman of the
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Freshmen Elect Gail Kmerlem
And Other Leaders of Class
Sigma Scholastic Honor Society
takes its name from three Greek
words, “Kallos,” “Nous,” and “So
phia,” meaning beauty, sound
mindedness, and intelligence. The
purpose of the society is to promote
scholarship at Meredith. The or
ganization restricts its membership
to the top two per cent of the
Senior Class. Full membership is
limited to seniors who are elected
at the end of their junior or senior
year.
At the spring meeting, the Helen
(Contimied on page 5)
Run-offs Tuesday, October 1 for
freshman class officers have re
sulted in the election of Gail Knieri-
em as president of her class, Vickie
Wimberly as vice president. Penny
Gallins as secretary, and Carol
Pearson as treasurer. When learn
ing of her election as president,
Gail Knieriem’s first reaction was
one of “surprise and pleasure,” and
she later commented, “I feel 1 was
extremely lucky to be chosen to
lead such a great group of girls.”
Vice-president Vickie Wimberly of
Richmond, Virginia hopes to help
promote an enthusiastic freshman
class spirit and to help all freshmen
become involved, as does secretary
Penny Gallins of Winston-Salem.
Treasurer Carol Pearson of Reids-
ville summed her reaction in four
words, “Big surprise, big responsi
bility.”
Other freshman officers include
Chris Davis and Mary Ann Os
borne, Stunt co-chairmen; and San
dy Bubas and Linda Griffin, Corn
Huskin’ co-chairmen. Freshman
representatives to student organiza
tions are; Legislative Board, Jody
House and Sibyi Sumner; Judicial
Board, Beth Garrison and Beverly
Totherow; Elections Board, Joy
Munden and Nancy Crews; MCA,
Claire Blackwell; and MRA, Mar
garet Person.
“The class of 1972 contains many
individually talented girls,” asserts
President Gail Knieriem. “Our chief
goal will be to unite these girls into
one group so that each will fully
benefit from the shared talents of
her fellow classmates.” This goal
should not be difficult to achieve
with such a group of capable, en
thusiastic officers leading the fresh
man class.
and NCSU to begin a program of
class and library exchange privi
leges in the fall of 1967.
A 1968 grant of $10,000 from
the Southern Education Foundation
provided for setting up the CRC
ofOce to plan and direct a program
involving all the Raleigh schools.
Dr. Yarbrough was named July 1
as first coordinator for CRC.
This week’s grant from IBM is
“a most exciting and favorable de
velopment,” Dr. Yarbrough said.
He feels the program can proceed
beyond the development stage and
a number of new ventures will be
possible “eariier than we ex
pected.”
Climbiui: the ladder to a succcssful freshman year are, left to right, class vice
president, Vickic Wimberly; Carol Pearson, treasurer; Penny Gallins, secretary;
and Gail Knieriem, president.