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Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Vol. XLIII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH. N. C., OCTOBER 24, 1968
No. 3
Corn Huskin' Revel Tonight
Classes to Fight for Title
Editor’s Note: These pictures and calico, torn straw hals and
jrom past years' programs show the sunbonnets, galluses and pigtails,
students and faculty involved in the with bandannas and corncob pipes.
simple, but hilarious fun of Corn
Huskin'.
Corn Huskin’ is tonight! Mary
Turner, vice-president of the MRA,
has gathered the pumpkins, read
the scripts and set the stage for the
evening of class competition.
Making a final attempt to cap
ture first place, the Senior Class
Corn Huskin’ is headed by Mary
Watson Nooe and Betty McNeill.
The juniors are spurred on by Cherry
Heedick and Jaime Thomas. Judi
Carter and Anne Luter are leading
th Sophomore Class. The first fresh
man fling is organized by Sandy Bu-
bas and Linda Griffin.
Corn Huskin’ is a relatively re
cent Meredith tradition. Begun
when the MRA was first called the
Athletic Association, the event was
first called a Corn Husking Bee.
Describing the festival in her A
Hi,story of Meredith College, Dr.
Mary Lynch Johnson writes, “At
the Corn Husking, couples are of
ten unrecognizable in blue jeans
Linda Sears, Anita Burt Considered for Scholarship
Danforth Nominees Chosen
The contests bring out unexpected
talents. . . . The students’ nimble
fingers give the faculty small
chance in corn husking. Folk
dances and games end the hilarious
evening.”
The modern celebration is one
of class parades and themes, corn
husking, hog calling and tall tales.
U.N. Celebrates Anniversary
Today marks the twenty-third anniversary of the United Nations, which
has also been proclaimed by President Johnson as “United Nations Day.”
This year, members of the U. N. are emphasizing the theme “Interna
tional Year For Human Rights.” The purpose is to revitalize man's
fundamental principles relating to human rights.
U Thant, Secretary-General of the U. N., in his “Message for Youth,”
said, “Human Rights Year is, or should be, a reminder of the human
basis on which all our efforts ultimately depend, and on the place of the
individual in the bewildering developments of modern society.”
“It is not surprising that many people throughout the world are be
wildered and discouraged at the present turn of events. But that is all the
more reason for people everywhere to ask themselves what can be done to
improve matters. What can you, the Youth of the world who will be
tomorrow’s citizens, do to shape the world you will inherit?”
Danforth Fellowship nominees
recently selected to represent Mere
dith College in the 1968-69 nation
al competition are Linda Sears, an
English major and Anita Burt, a
voice major. Each fall the various
departments submit names of eligi
ble seniors; from those eight or nine
suggestions, two girls are nominated
from this college.
The Danforth Graduate Fellow
ship program, established in 1951,
is awarded only to college seniors or
recent graduates who plan to study
for a Ph.D. and plan to make col
lege teaching a career.
The aim of the Danforth Founda
tion is to further the cause of sec
ondary and higher education and
“to emphasize the human values of
the Hebrew-Christian tradition” by
giving financial aid to students who
plan to do graduate work and to
teach on the college level.
Although Linda and Anita will
not find out whether they received
the fellowships until next spring, the
nomination alone is quite an honor,
for the standards include, “Evi
dence of intellectual power which is
flexible and of wide range
Evidence of concerns which range
beyond self-interest and narrow
perspective and which take seri
ously the questions with which
religious expressions attempt to
deal.”
Linda has made a tentative
choice of schools, University of
N. C. at Chapel Hill or Duke Uni
versity, and will study English.
Anita has considered, among others,
Washington University in St. Louis
and State University of New York,
as her choices for graduate study
Sadi Discusses
Israeli Conflict
By KAY C. KENNEMUR
The October 18 convocation
took on an international air as
Waleed Sadi, Counselor from Jor
dan’s Washington embassy, spoke
on the Arab-Israeli conflict. The
student body was informed of what
Mr. Sadi described as Jordan’s
forced position in the conflict. The
counselor seemed particularly in
tent on correcting the popular view
of Jordan as the aggressor.
As well as speaking to the whole
student body, during his two day
stay, Mr. Sadi held many discus
sions with International Relations
Club members, who sponsored his
trip to Raleigh. Mr. Sadi showed a
keen interest in the United States
and its internal affairs. He ex
plained that his interest first began
as a student in this country. He re
ceived degrees from Southern Meth
odist University and the University
of Chicago Law School.
When asked about his future
plans, Mr. Sadi stated that his
next assignment would be Moscow
where he would likely be after
January of this year.
NOTICE
The TWIG is pleased (o an
nounce llic selection of Patsy
Brnlte, Debbie Brown, Jean Jack*
son, Viviuii Matthews and Linda
Kiinbrcll as fresiinian staff nteni-
bers.
Tiic next issue of tiic paper will
be published November 7. All sug>
gestions, articles, letters and con
tributions should be given to the
editor by November 2.
in music.
Competition for a Danforth Fel
lowship is particularly keen since
only thirty-five fellowships are
granted to applicants from colleges
all over the United States. Should
Anita or Linda win a scholarship,
they would be eligible for a grant
of as much as $2,400 a year, re
newable for four years. Last year
one of the Meredith nominees,
Ginny Sutton, a religion major
reached the final stages of selection
of the Danforth Scholars.
Anita Bnrt and Linda Sears (foreground) are Danforth Nominees.
School of Christian Studies
To Hold Meeting in October
The Meredith School of Christian
Studies, open to ministers, laymen
and students, will hold its 16th
annual meeting here October 28-
30. Dr. Roger Crook, chairman for
the school, described the meeting
as “a continuing education program
for both ministers and lay people.”
He further explained that the school
is “a source of information and a
forum for free discussion on topics
that are live issues in the life of the
Christian community.”
This is the first year that the
school has been held during the
regular academic year instead of
during the summer. The new time
will enable students to attend lec
tures also.
One of Meredith’s graduates, Dr.
Phyllis Trible, will lecture this year
on “the Elijah Narratives.” Dr.
Trible completed her work here in
1954, then studied at Union Theo
logical Seminary in New York and
obtained her Ph.D. from Columbia
University. She is currently a mem
ber of the religion department at
Wake Forest University. She will lec
ture at 10 each morning of the
conference.
■Dr. Arthur McGill will lecture at
11:30 each morning on “The Re
ligious Crisis of our Time.” Dr.
McGill received the A. B. degree
from Harvard University, the B. D.
from Yale Divinity School and the
Ph.D. from Yale. He is presently
on leave from his post as professor
of religion at Princeton University.
He has written Reason in a Violent
World; The Celebration of Flesh,
and co-authored The Many-Faced
Argument.
Dr. Jack Boozer, co-author of
Faith to Act, is chairman of the
department of religion at Emory
University. He received the Ph.B.
and B.D. degrees from Emory, at
tended the University of Edinburgh
and received the Ph.D. degree from
Boston University. He will speak
each night of the School at 8. His
topic is “The Morality of Faith,” a
discussion of the new morality.
I'icturcd arc Dr. Phyllis Trible (left),
Dr, Albert McGill (top) and Dr. Jack
Boozer (bottom right), featured speakers
at the Meredith School of Christian
Studies.