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Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
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Vol. XLIII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C. FEBRUARY 6, 1969
No. 7
From left to right: Elizabeth Grumblne, L. A. Peacock, Linda Griffin, Roger
Crook, Bccky Hance and Glenda Tie.
Admissions Review Applicants;
Tea Honors Current Scholars
While reviewing applications for
the 1969-1970 Meredith Honor
Scholarships, the Admissions Staff
has also recognized the current
Honor Scholars. Entertaining the ten
freshmen and one transfer student
who were selected last March from
more than sixty applicants, the staff
held a tea Jan. 13.
Honored at the tea were Bonnie
Sue Barber, Woodford, Va.; Martha
Susan Brown, Cullowhee; Linda
Griffin, Charlotte; Elizabeth Grum-
bine, Raleigh; Rebecca Hance,
Eden; Betty Anne Haskins, Raleigh;
Molly Levin, Winston-Salem; Betsy
Newton, Henderson; Glenda Tie,
Raleigh; Sybil Sumner, Hartsville,
S. C. and Janet Kay Morris, a junior,
of Hampton, Va.
To become a 1969-70 Honor
Scholar, all freshmen and transfer
applicants for admission must sub
mit a financial aid application to the
Office of Admissions by Feb. 15,
Finalists in the competition will be
invited to the campus March 8 and
15 for interviews with the faculty-
selection committee consisting of
Dr. Mary Yarbrough, Dr. Mary
Lynch Johnson, Dr. Roger Crook
and Dr. L. A. Peacock.
Recipients are chosen on the
basis of academic achievement and
promise, leadership and character.
Dialogue '69 Plans Unfold;
Howell, Walker to Speak
To change cursory glances to per
ceptive ones and discover the world
of the personal is the goat of the
Feb. 10-14 “A Second Touch.” The
Dialogue '69 program is headed by
Lou Pearce.
Addressing the student body dur
ing the week will be Dr. John E.
Howell and Rinaldo Addison Lans-
dell Walker. Dr. Howell has studied
at Stetson University, the University
of Edinburgh, Duke and Yale.
Program in Cambridge, Mass., Mr.
Walker is also enrolled in graduate
study at Harvard Divinity School.
Another highlight of the week of
Dialogue '69 will be a film entitled
Dr. John E. Howell
Presently Dr. Howell is pastor of
the Northside Drive Baptist Church
of Atlanta, Ga.
R.A.L. Walker is known as
“Bud” to those who remember him
as former Director of Religious Ac
tivities here. He has degrees from
Mississippi College, Union Theo
logical Seminary and the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Now full-time director of Program
Information for the Model Cities
Dean Louise Fleming Plans Retirement;
Board of Trustees Announces New Dean
Retiring after 19 years of service
on the Meredith College staff,
Louise E. Fleming will conclude
her career as Dean of Students. The
Board of Trustees at its January
meeting announced her successor,
effective with the 1969-70 academic
year, to be Dr. Marie Mason.
Dean Fleming, a native of
Greenville, is a graduate of Mere
dith College where she received the
bachelor’s degree with a major in
history. She received her master’s de
gree at Columbia University in
political science, and a professional
diploma in student personnel ad
ministration from the Columbia
Teacher’s College. She later did
graduate work at Union Theologi
cal Seminary and the University of
Chicago Divinity School.
Miss Fleming became Dean of
Students at Meredith in 1950. Prior
to that time she had been involved
in state and national work for the
Young Women’s Christian Associa
tion, working with the college and
university division of the head
quarters staff of the National
YWCA Board, New York, from
1942-50.
Commenting on her impressions
as Dean of Students, Dean Fleming
stated, “It has been a rewarding ex
perience to be associated with a
small, liberal arts, church-related
college where faculty and students
know one another personally and
find communication relatively easy.
With good studcnt-faculty-adminis-
tration communication many prob-
Playhouse Seeks
New Approach
“The play’s the thing” and the
Meredith Playhouse announces a
reorganization of cast and schedules
to revitalize the campus theatrical
group.
With Edna St. Vincent Millay’s
"Aria Da Capo” slated for March
12, “Words” listed for March 22,
“The Telephone” April 25 and
“Fumed Oak” May 12, the group
led by Mrs. Robert Phillips, direc
tor, and Ann McCarty, acting
president, has planned try-out
dates.
apartments. Rule changes have
come through nonviolent legislative
processes.”
While Dean Fleming has been
invited to accept an appointment
next year as a member of the Dean
of Student’s staff as provided by the
College retirement policy, her suc
cessor as Dean of Students will be
Dr. Marie Mason. Dr. Mason, who
is currently a professor in the
graduate school of the University
of Kentucky in the field of coun
seling and psychology, is a North
Carolinian. Having graduated with
an A.A. from Campbell College,
she received her B.A. (1947) in
Miss Louise Fleming
lems underlying student unrest can
be solved by cooperative action.”
Dean Fleming said of campus
changes in the past nineteen years:
“1 have observed change from sep
arate faculty and student commit
tees and in curriculum functioning
in many areas. Some rule changes
which have taken place pertain to
lights, bells, closing hour, senior
cars, voluntary Sunday school and
church attendance, and election sys
tem. Student attitudes about social
life during this time have run the
gamut from the chaperoned date to
the current discussion of bachelor
Dr. Marie Mason
sociology from Meredith, an M.A.
in sociology and political science
from the University of Kentucky
and a Ph.D. (1966) in counseling
from the University of Kentucky.
Prior to her acceptance as Dean
of Students, Dr. Mason served as
physical education instructor at
Campbell College, head nurse
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Students, Faculty Stage "Book In"
R. A. L. Walker
“No 'Mail” made by the students
on campus and directed by Sue Hub
bard.
Working on the week are student
chairman Penny Flynt, art; Ryllis
Miller, book display; Nancy Stroud,
faculty coordinator; Jennie Lancas
ter, film selection and Linda Avery,
hospitality.
Other chairmen include Pat Os
borne, pre-dialogue ’69 address;
Mary Stuart Parker, program editor;
Roma Bowen, publicity; Patsy
Johnson, seminars; Cindy Griffith,
supper club and Pat Armstrong,
worship.
Carrying the first arm-load of
books, President Emeritus, Dr. Car
lyle Campbell, officially opened the
library named in his honor Wednes
day, Feb.3.
Moving plans were organized un
der the direction of Dr. Frank
Grubbs, chairman of the Library
Committee. To provide a holiday
for the whole college community
the moving date, originally planned
for Saturday, Feb. 5, was moved to
Feb, 3 at the request of the Li
brary Committee.
Moving was unofficially begun
some four or five days prior to the
official move as Mr. Simmons and
his staff moved heaviest volumes in
wooden boxes created for the pur
pose.
The official move into Mere
dith’s newest structure began at
9;00 a.m. as faculty and students
assembled at the east stairs of the
first floor of Johnson Hall. Under
the direction of Misses Hazel Baity
and Jane Greene, a monitor sys
tem was devised for book reloca
tion. Each student was given a
number to identify a stack of books
upon exit from the west end of the
old library. The number was pre
sented to another monitor located in
the Carlyle Campbell Library who
supervised the book shelving. The
process was repeated as Channel 5
television cameras filmed the move
ment into the new library.
A special breakfast for the stu
dent body, as well as a buffet
lunch for both students and faculty
members were provided by the
cafeteria staff.