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THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Vol. XLIV
MEREDrXHCOLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FEBRUARY 26, 1970
No. 9
Trustees Meet
When Meredith girls go to the
polls for spring elections there will
be two new offices for them to vote
on this year.
Filing dates for the first slate will
be announced later, according to
Barbara Perry, Elections Chairman.
Filing will be done in the Dean of
Students Office. Presentation of first
slate candidates will be March 9,
with the primary on March 10 and
the election on March 12.
A proposal which was expected to
be voted on by tiie student body
this week has created the office of
executive vice president of the Stu
dent Government Association. This
new office will be voted on during
the first slate of elections scheduled
for March 9. The proposal has
previously been passed by the Legis
lative Board.
Candidates for the executive vice
presidency must be rising seniors.
She will serve as an ex-officio mem
ber on all SGA boards and as a
regular member of the executive
committee.
The main function of the SGA
vice president will be “to relieve the
president from some of her respon
sibility,” explains SGA president
Cindy Griffith. “It will not be a dual
presidency, nor will it operate as a
secretaryship.” Cindy adds that for
the first year the vice-presidency wil
be experimental until the respon
sibilities of the office can be defined.
She notes that the vice president
Parents' Weekend
On March 7 and 8
Meredith parents will have the
opportunity to see what college life
is like when Parents’ Weekend is
held March 7 and 8.
The weekend will officially begin
at 8 p.m. Saturday with a brief wel
come by Pres. E. Bruce Heilman,
followed by two short plays pre
sented by the Meredith College
Playhouse.
Registration of parents will be
held from 2-5:30 p.m. Saturday af
ternoon.
“Tell it Like It Is,” the folk wor
ship service, will be presented Sun
day at 4 p.m. Parents are invited to
eat Sunday dinner in the cafeteria.
Also, on Sunday afternoon, the fac
ulty and possibly the administration
will be in their offices to talk with
parents.
Sarah Jo Cherry and Ann Mc
Carty are co-chairmen for the week
end.
Founders Day to Be Tomorrow
A sc«nc from a Pounders’ Day of years past shows faculty and seniors robed and
ready to enter Jones Auditorium.
Students Go to Polls March 12,
Nev/ Office Added to Ballot
“can have any power designated
by the president.”
If the office of president is va
cated, the vice president will become
president upon two thirds majority
vote of the student body.
Other offices on the first slate in
clude SGA president, president of
nonresident students, Elections and
Handbook Chairman, Freshmen
dorm presidents, Meredith Chris
tian Association president, Meredith
Recreation Association president,
College Marshall, editors of the
Twig, Oak Leaves and Acorn.
Students should consult their
handbooks for eligibility informa
tion.
Other election procedures which
were expected to be voted on by
the student body this week moved
two offices from first to second slate
and created a second new office.
Both the offices of Judicial Board
chairman and Religious Emphasis
Week Chairman, subject to approval
by the student body, will be moved
to second slate elections on March
25.
Also expected to be added to the
second slate of offices is the office of
Interdorm Board Secretary. Prior to
this, notes Cindy Griffith, the judi
cial board secretary has handled
business of both judicial bodies.
This, she adds, was “too big a
job.” The office is to be filled by a
rising sophomore.
About the upcoming elections.
Chairman Perry comments, "Several
major changes have been made and
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Faculty Lecture
By Dr. Lemmon
Dr. Sarah Lemmon, chairman of
the history department, will deliver
the Distinguished Faculty Lecture
for 1970, Tuesday, March 10 at 8
p.m.
Dr. Lemmon will be speaking on
“Toward a Philosophy For a His
torian.” In this lecture she plans to
disclose the “fruits of her teaching
experience” and to explain what she
is doing as an historian.
Each year the Concerts and Lec
tures Committee selects a distin
guished member of the Meredith
faculty or an alumna to speak on its
campus. This practice was begun in
1964. Dr. Rose was selected to
speak on the anniversary of Shake
speare’s 300th birthday. Since that
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Founders’ Day activities will be
gin tomorrow at 11 a.m. with the
Founders’ Day address by Donald T.
Regan in Jones Auditorium. Mr.
Regan is currently President, Direc
tor and member of the Executive
Committee of Merrill Lynch, Fierce,
Fenner and Smith, Inc.
Regan, a native of Cambridge,
Mass., is a graduate of Harvard.
He also holds two honorary degrees,
LL. D. from Hahnemann Medical
College and Hospital in Philadel
phia and Tri-State College in An
gola, Ind.
From 1940 to 1946 Mr. Regan
served as a major in the U. S. Ma
rine Corps. He retired as a lieuten
ant colonel in the USMC Reserve.
Regan joined Merrill Lynch in
1946 as an Account Executive
Trainee. In 1949 he was appointed
assistant to the Director of the Sales
Division. Regan became Manager of
the Merrill Lynch Trading Depart
ment in 1952 and a partner in 1954.
In 1960 Mr. Regan became the
Division Director of the Merrill
Lynch Administrative Division and
also Secretary of the firm. In 1964
he was elected Executive Vice Presi
dent. Mr. Regan has been President
of Merrill Lynch since 1968.
Regan, who lives in Sands Point
N. Y., is married to the former Ann
Gordon Buchanan and has four chil
dren.
Groundbreaking ceremonies for a
new dormitory on the north cam
pus will take place at 12:15 p.m.
Pres. E. Bruce Heilman, Trustee
Chairman Shearon Harris, Professor
Emeritus Mary Lynch Johnson, and
Professor Emeritus and Mrs. L. E.
M. Freeman will break ground.
The semi-annual meeting of the
Board of Trustees will be held in the
Forum Sponsors
Ethics Lecture
Dr. Peter A. Bertocci, profes
sor of philosophy at Boston Uni
versity, will arrive on the Meredith
campus on March 1, as guest speak
er of the MCA Forum in chapel the
following day.
Dr, Bertocci, well-known in the
field of ethics, is a noted lecturer
and author. Among his works are
Human demure in Sex, Love, and
Marriage; Religion as Creative In
security; Sex, Love and the Person;
and iVhy Believe in God.
Dr. Bertocci comes to Meredith
as a visiting scholar with the As
sociation of Eastern N. C. Colleges.
“Religion as Creative Insecurity”
will be the topic of the March 2
chapel program. Dean of Chapel
Charlie Parker commented on this
topic by saying that Dr. Bertocci
would likely attempt to “juxtapose
insecurity with creativity.” A further
comment made on this relationship
by Mr. Parker was that feelings of
uncertainty and insecurity “bubble
up a kind of creativity to cope with
whatever is bothering an individual.”
The Meredith Christian Associa
tion sponsors two or three forums
each year. When asked to explain
what the MCA forum actually is,
Mr. Parker said, “It is an oppor
tunity to be confronted with some
pertinent issues on the contemporary
scene.” According to Mr. Parker,
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new Board Room on second floor
Johnson Hall at 2 p.m.
Mr. John Lawrence, President of
the Baptist State Convention, will
offer the Invocation at the Trustees-
Faculty dinner in the dinning hall.
The dinner will be followed by
the dedication and naming of the
dining hall. The building is to be
named in honor of Carol Grotnes
Belk, wife of former State Senator
Irwin Belk, who made a major fi
nancial contribution for the re
modeling of the building.
Pres. Heilman, Dr. Sarah Lem
mon, Miss Cindy Griffith, Shearon
Harris, and C. C. Cameron will take
part in the Dedication. Trustee Hen
ry Turlington will offer the Dedica
tory Prayer.
Carol Uelk
Cafeteria Dedication
Donald Regan
... To deliver address
Dr. Heilman's Invitation Elicits
Response From First Lady
A letter from E. Bruce Heilman
to the nation’s First Lady, inviting
her to deliver the commencement
address at Meredith has resulted in
a reply letter from the White House.
Mrs. Patricia Nixon, wife of U. S.
President Richard M. Nixon, replied
in a letter to Pres. Heilman that her
schedule would not permit her to
come to Meredith for Commence
ment. However, she added that she
hoped to be able to visit some other
time.
Pres. Heilman notes, “There is
still a possibility that she might come
to Meredith and we have informa
tion from other sources which pre
dict this as well. We would hope it
might be some time this spring and
we will be working in that direc
tion.”
Mrs, Nixon’s letter read as fol
lows:
Dear Dr. Heilman,
You were most thoughtful to
write concerning my future plans to
visit various colleges and universit
ies and wanting me to take part in
the commencement activities at
Meredith College.
From time to time, as the official
schdule may permit, I hope to be
able to visit many college and uni-
FOUNDERS’ DAY SCHEDULE
OF EVENTS
11 a. III. Pounders’ Day address by
Dr. Donald 1'. Regan, Jones Au
ditorium
12:15 p.m. Groundbrcakini; cere*
monies for new dormitory
2 p.m. Meeting of the Board of
Trustees, Second Johnson
6:45 p.m. Trustecs-faculty dinner,
College Dining Hall
versity projects, and become better
acquainted with the splendid, dedi
cated efforts of students on their
campuses and in the college com
munities.
Although I am unable to have a
piu t in your commencement activ
ities, 1 shall look for ward to an
other occasion when I may have the
opportunity and pleasure of visiting
informally with the students and
learning more about their special ac
tivities.
With my appreciation and best
wishes to you.
Sincerely,
Patricia Nixon
Spanish Club
Presents Film
La Tertulia Spanish Club will pre
sent a well-known Spanish movie on
March 4 at 7 p.m. in Jones Audi
torium.
The movie, “Doiia Perfecta” by
Perez Galdos, is sponsored by the
Spanish Club. Admission will be free
for all students and faculty.
Dona Perfecta criticizes the nar
row self-righteousness of many
Catholics of Galdos’ day. Dona Per
fecta, the heroine, is a typical, if
extreme example of this self-good
ness; because of her family, and her
religion she thinks she can do no
wrong.
With this theme in mind, Galdos
weaves a powerful story, romantic,
and social, regarding the younger
Pepe and his fiancee. They chal
lenge the many dogmas and rules
that must be followed for their own
sake. This clash of ideas takes place
in the Andalusian town of Orbajosa.