THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Vol. XLIV
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FEBRUARY 12, 1970
No. 8
To Be Junior, Senior or Recent Graduate
This Rush Week Tug>of>War pits Astro Vice>Pres. Dianne Parker and Jane Davis (L)
■gainst Phi President Nancy Walters and Milton (R). Laura Robinson (C) and her
Sister Freshmen and Transfers are the prize.
Phis, Astros Compete for
Frosh and Transfer Hearts
Freshmen and transfers will be
come the most popular members of
the Meredith community next week,
February 17-20, as the Phis and
Astros compete in society rush.
The annual event will feature
such attractions as supper clubs for
both literary societies, the Phi Luau
and the Astro Cooperation Day
Party, court and dining hall seren
ades, stuffed bears and stars, and
Guardian Angels, all designed to
win hearts for the society.
Rush will officially begin on
Tuesday, February 17, with Astro
Day, to be followed on the next day
• by Phi Day. Thursday is Coopera
tion Day, and Friday will be De
cision Day for the Freshmen and
transfers. Official society rolls will
be signed in chapel on Friday, at
which time the final count will be
, made and the winning society an
nounced.
The Astros are led by vice-
presidents Jane Davis and Dianne
Parker in the absence of President
Carol Clark, who is ill. In charge of
Astro supper club Tuesday night
are Lynn Middleton, Nancy Crews,
and Fair Merriman. Planning the
Cooperation Party are Penny Gal-
lins and Anne Luter. Plans for the
Hut party are led by Linda Austin,
Heilman Elected Pres. By
Women's Colleges Group
President E. Bruce Heilman has
been elected president of the South
ern Association of Colleges for
Women in 1970. The election took
■ place at the organization’s recent an
nual meeting in Dallas, Texas.
The 48-year old association, with
about 50 member institutions, con
venes each year in conjunction with
the yearly meeting of the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools.
It was organized in '1922 “to ad
vance the cause of education of
women in the South...
Meredith’s third president, the
late Dr. Charles E. Brewer, was
president of the association in 1926.
Dr. Heilman said, “Our organiza
tion takes a continuous look at the
role of the woman’s college. And
in our mutual concerns, cooperation
rather than competition is the key
factor. It’s a real honor to lead
this group.”
NOTICE
The next Issue of THE TWIG
will Iw published on February 26,
All contributions und ideas should
be turned Into 201 New Dorm or
the TWIG room on First Brewer
by February 21.
Student Trustee May Be Elected
Sally Davidson and Roberta War
den.
Heading the Phi Rush is Nancy
Wallers, President. Libbo Leathers
and Carol Swarr are chairmen for
the Phi Supper Club, with Claire
Sullivan leading plans for the Luau.
Leaders of both societies admit
to having “a lot of secret plans.”
They urge freshmen and transfers to
consult posted schedules for each
day’s activities.
Seven Sfudenfs
Invited to NYC
Seven Meredith students, Anne
Luter, Julie Ballou, Ann Lynch,
Mabel Godwin, Nan Crews, Libbo
Leathers and Roma Bowen have
been invited to attend this year’s
annual Conference for College
Women on “Theological Education,
Ministry and Related Careers.”
The Conference, sponsored by
Union Theological Seminary in New
York City, will be held from Fri
day, February 13 through Sunday
noon, February 15. Meredith has
sent students each year, but this
year’s group is the largest ever to be
invited, according to Charlie Parker,
college minister. It is customary for
only four students to be invited from
any one institution.
The weekend is designed to show
college women the importance of
theological education today. Stu
dents are shown the diversity of
church-related professions open to
women with a special emphasis on
urban ministries. Although the
weekend is not designed to recruit
students for Union Theolo|ical
Seminary, information is provided
for those girls who are interested.
The girls will be guests of the Semi
nary for the weekend in New York
and their only expenses will be
transportation.
These seven students attending
the conference were nominated in
November by the Meredith religious
activities office.
The average Meredith student
may soon be able to imagine herself
as a member of the Board of Trus
tees,
A student government proposal
expected to be presented to the
board at their February 27 meeting
will concern student representation
on the college’s board,
According to SGA President
Cindy Griffith, the proposal would
call for any junior, senior or recent
graduate to be elected to the Trustee
group. This “student member”
would serve the regular four-year
term.
“It is hoped that such a member
could really relate to the student
body,” says Cindy. “This move will
mean a change in the psychology of
the board in that we want to con
vince them that people of this age
should be able to function in a re
sponsible position of this kind.” She
adds that administrative officials in
volved in planning are “really ex
cited” about the proposal.
A student government committee
headed by Anne Bryan is responsi
ble for the planning of the proposal.
The group was to meet this week
with Trustee Chairman Shearon
Harris to work out final details for
ASG, Student Life
Come to Meredith
Two changes in the Student
Government Association constitu
tion will give Meredith students
more contact with both national and
campus government.
The facuhy committee became a
thing of the past on February 6
when the student body voted in
chapel to ratify a constitutional
change replacing the faculty com
mittee, which has handled all student
government branches until this time,
and making a student life com
mittee.
The new group, to be made up of
seven faculty and seven student
members, will serve as “a central
clearing agency to coordinate the
boards, as well as the four classes,”
explains SGA President Cindy Grif
fith.
The student life committee will
handle only legislative procedures,
Cindy adds. A second three-man
committe of the faculty to be ap
pointed by President Bruce Heilman
will be involved in Judicial cases.
Cindy sees the new committee as
“a real improvement.” ‘'Up to now,”
she explains, “the faculty committee
had to handle all student govern
ment business — judicial and legis
lative. The students had no voice.
This new way, it’s really ideal.”
A second constitutional change
approved February 2 by the student
body amended the SGA constitution
to make the Meredith student gov
ernment a member of the Associa
tion of Student Governments, a
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ATTENTION!
Students interested in attending
the Mid-South Model tiN, March
S>8, In Woshington, D. C., are
urged to contact Kay Kennemur
on Third New as soon as possible.
The Meredith delegations will
represent the Republic of South
Yemen and Peru In the four*day
meeting. Students who arc attend*
Ing so far are Linda Ball, Cindy
Griffith, Judy Hunt, Barbara Perry,
Shirley Hill, Pirjo Kantelinen and
Cindy Simmons.
implementation of the proposal.
Selection of the student member
is expected to be handled through
the newly organized student life
committee and President E. Bruce
Heilman.
The Baptist State Convention ap
proves the election of all the trustees
to the board.
President Heilman slates, “We
need someone who’s closer to the
student viewpoint — a viewpoint
that will say, 'Students need this’,
keeping in mind what we’re trying to
do at Meredith. And we want that
person to be a trustee with all the
authority and responsibiJity that
goes with the title.”
Pianist Horowitz to Perform
At Meredith on February 23
A pianist called by The Chapel
Hill Weekly “a new treasure, an
artistic jewel” will perform on the
Meredith campus, Monday, Febru
ary 23.
Mrs. Fedora Horowitz will per
form in recital at 8 p.m. in Jones
Auditorium. Her appearance is
sponsored by the Meredith Music
Department.
Her program will consist of Bar-
tok’s “Seven Bagatelles,” “Sonata in
B Minor” and Mussorgoky’s “Pic
tures from an Exhibition.”
Fedora Horowitz was born in Ru
mania. At the age of twelve, she
amazed the Bucharest musical world
with her excellent performance of
Mozart’s D minor Concerto with the
Rumanian Broadcasting Orchestra.
Mrs. Horowitz graduated with hon
ors from the State Conserva
toire of Bucharest, after studying
with Rumania’s most prominent pi
ano teacher, Mrs. Muziceseu — the
teacher of Dinu Lipatti and an ex
ponent of Schnable’s School.
Fedora Horowitz is a permanent
soloist of the Israel Broadcasting
Symphony Orchestra and has been
heard in many recitals over the
radio. As recitalist and chamber-
music player in performances all
over the country, she has earned an
outstanding reputation.
She is also a member of the teach
ing staff of the Rubin Academy of
Music in Jerusalem.
MCA Obtains 1970 Chevrolet
Meredith College now has a 1970
nine passenger station wagon, a
Kingswood Chevrolet, parked on
its campus — its very own car.
The new addition was given by
Triangle Chevrolet Company of
Raleigh, owned by Bob Murry.
The “get-a-car-for-the-MCA proj
ect” began when Lou Pearce, presi
dent of MCA; Peggy Williamson,
Chairman of the Tutorial Project;
and Charlie Parker, College minis
ter, went to Triangle Chevrolet
Company to talk to Mr. Murry
about a “courtesy” vehicle. They
proceeded to show him a copy of
the Biblical Recorder of May 31,
1969 with an article entitled “Mere
dith Girls Find Happiness — In
Helping.” “Won-over” by the arti
cle, Mr, Murry consented to donate
a wagon for the campus in the up
coming fall.
The three main tutorial projects
for which the car will be used are
the Dorothea Dix, Blind School
and Mt. Vernon Godwin School
projects. Approximately 100 stu
dents are participating in these
projects.
The tutorial program of Meredith
College is now in its ninth year.
Charlie Parker says Meredith is a
“pioneer in the area.” He commends
such students as Ellen Webb, Lou
Pearce and Jann Bost for their per-
severence in dealing with these tu
torial projects.
The presence of the new car will
end the need for many improvised
rides provided by members of the
MCA council.
Prior to Triangle Chevrolet's gen
erous gift, the MCA had sponsored
several projects including the selling
of candy and working at the State
Fair to make money for the badly
needed car.
In giving the car to Meredith and
the MCA, owner Murry assumed all
costs including repairs and insurance
and suggested that the school may
be able to get a new car every year
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Some participants in the MCA tutorial project inspect their 1970 Chevy. They are
(L-R) Shela Lucas, Sammy Leach. Ernie McLamb, Carlton Sauls, Will Donald,
Doretha Smith, and Karen Odom, Meredith tutor.