Raleigh, Nt)ru> Carolina
THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Vol. XLIV MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., MARCH 12, 1970 No. 10
An architect’s conception of the new Student Center recently approved by the Board of Trustees.
Student Center Plans Approved by Board
History Dept, to Offer
American Civ. Major
Meredith’s long-awaited student
center came a step closer to reality
during the Trustees’ Meeting Febru
ary 27 when the board voted ap
proval of architects’ plans for the
proposed structure.
However, notes Director of De
velopment, John Kanipe, the letting
of competitive bids and the actual
work on constructing the new fa
cility will not begin until final plans
can be worked out within the college
community. “It all depends on how
many times we have to send the
plans back to the architect for al
teration,” he notes. “We aren’t go
ing to rush into this — we’ve waited
43 years and we’re going to make
sure we get just what we want.”
The plans submitted by Valand,
Benzing and Associates, Architects
of Raleigh include facilities for a
post office, food service area, book
store, lounges, and offices ia the
Trustees Conclude
"Productive" Meet
“It was one of the most meaning
ful and productive meetings that I
have had the privilege of experienc
ing,” commented John T. Kanipe
when asked for his reactions to the
recent Trustees meeting.
“The business meeting of the
Trustees began with an inspiring,
superb devotion presented by Ellen
Webb,” continued Kanipe, who
heads the office of Development.
The Trustees approved the three
million dollar budget which includes
new funds for the library, faculty
benefits, student aid, and mainte
nance of the campus. A student
trustee position was also approved.
President Heilman reported to
the trustees that a gift from the First
Baptist Church of Greensboro
‘ would enable Meredith to recognize
annually two faculty members for
their outstanding teaching with a
cash award. Plans for the cultural
use of the amphitheater during the
summer were also explained.
The fund drive for a new organ in
Jones Auditorium which began with
a challenge amount from Mrs.
Robert Pomeranz, it was announced,
is near completion.
Future possibilities for more stu
dent scholarships and a program of
sabbatical leaves for professors were
discussed.
“The Trustees came with a sin
cere desire to be informed and in
teract with the faculty and students,”
concluded Mr. Kanipe.
two-story building.
Says Mr. Kanipe, “It will be pri
marily a place where students will
go for fun and recreation. And there
will be student activity facilities,
which, it goes without saying, Mere
dith needs. In short, it has been
designed with student services as the
prime objective.”
Anticipated budget for the stu
dent center has been set at $750,-
000. The first floor will be made up
of post office, book store, food
service area, and storage facilities;
the second floor will be composed of
Thirty Scholars
Visit Meredith
Questions about academic
achievement, special interests, and
projected goals will be part of the
schedule for the candidates for
Meredith College Honor Scholar
ships. Thirty girls, who will be join
ing the Class of 1974, are competing
March 7 and 14 for the ten scholar
ships awarded to outstanding fresh
man applicants.
Visiting the campus Saturday,
March 7 were Ann Carver of Ra
leigh, Susann Miller of Boone, Meg
Pruette of Sanford, Catherine Stover
of Hendersonville, Sharon Crawley
from Wallace and Susan Jenning of
Kinston. From Winston-Salem were
Janice Sams and Judy Benton.
Angie Butner from Tobaccoville and
Norma Gray and Laura Morris from
Charlotte also participated,
Out-of-State applicants include Su
Stenbuck from Hastings-on-Hudson,
New York, Dean Crowell and Mary
Roberts from Chester, Virginia.
March 14 visitors to the campus
will include Beck Gerber from Ra
leigh, Carolyn Taylor from Wash
ington, N. C., Genie Bailey from
Kenly, Pat Nathan from Lumberton,
Glenda Currin from Oxford, Kitty
Lee of Bullock, and Melissa Fresh-
ourof Tarboro.
Also in competition will be Lynne
Boone from Wilmington, Kathy Hall
from Mt. Ulla, and Linda Moore of
Gulf. From Goldsboro will be Mary
Beth Markham and Debbie Mat
thews. Sharon White and Linda
Weaver are coming from Whiteville.
Sara Griffin will be traveling from
Greenville, Tennessee.
Each of the candidates will talk
with Dean Allen Burris, Dr. Roger
Crook, Dr. Mary Yarborough and
Dr. Norma Rose. Current honor
scholars will serve as guides for the
prospective students.
lounges, SGA office space, meeting
rooms, and an area designated as
continuing education section. This
portion, explains Mr. Kanipe, will
be for “community service” in the
form of evening and afternoon
courses.
Mr. Kanipe also anticipates the
inclusion of game rooms in the pro
posed center.
The student center is the last
building of the five million dollar
advancement program initiated at
Meredith two years ago. The Carlyle
Campbell Library completed in
1969, the New Dorm completed last
summer, and the Weatherspoon
Gym currently under construction
have been financed through the Ad
vancement Campaign. Ground was
broken for a second new dorm,
Meredith’s seventh, on Founder’s
Day.
Mr. Kanipe attributes the physical
growth of Meredith to “the tre
mendous leadership we’ve had and
the hard work of a lot of people —
the boards, alumnae, parents, and
students. Thanks to their work peo
ple who two years ago didn’t know
what or where Meredith was are
now becoming aware of this school.”
Alumnae Will Hold
Spring Conference
The alumnae house will be spon
soring its annual Spring Conference
here on the Meredith campus on
Saturday, March 21, 1970. The
topic for the conference will be
“Modern Science and Mathematics
for the Modem Woman.” Mrs.
Edith Stephenson Simpson, as presi
dent, will welcome the guests. Mrs.
Grady Thomas Helms, the former
Martha Andrews House, class of
1965, is chairman of the alumnae
committee.
The program will be a three-fold
one sponsored by the chemistry,
mathematics, and biology depart
ment, Dr, Mary Yarborough of the
biology department, Dr. Charles
Davis of the mathematics depart
ment will be consultants.
A coffee hour will be held in the
morning in the physics lab in Hunter
Hall as the first item on the pro
gram. This is the first time that
Hunter has been used for the Spring
Conference,
The first lecture will be “New
Changes in Curriculum.” Mere
dith students will demonstrate the
changes from old to newer ideas,
such as that of modern mathematics,
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Beginning in September of 1970,
an American Civilization Program
will be offered at Meredith, reports
the history department.
Although such programs are of
fered at Duke and Chapel Hill,
Meredith will be the only college in
the Raleigh area giving this oppor
tunity, continued the history depart
ment spokesman. The new program
will give the student a major in
American culture rather than in
straight history.
The requirements for the program
include 18 hours of traditional, or
“core” history courses and 18 ad
ditional hours chosen from an ap
proved list of other courses having
to do with American society and cul
ture, such as American religion, so
ciology, economics, geography, art,
and American literature. Six of the
36 required hours may be taken at
any other college in the Raleigh
area.
The program is designed so that
the Junior year involves a research
Meredith may not have all the
parking headaches of larger schools,
but it has already begun taking steps
to bring procedures in line with
those of other schools.
Meredith has recently undertaken
the distribution of color-keyed park
ing decals and designated specific
parking areas for campus cars.
According to the new parking
procedures arranged by the business
office, dormitory students’ cars will
carry a red decal; day students’, a
blue decal; and faculty, administra
tion and staff cars, black decals.
Parking areas designated for the
different colored decals are as fol
lows: red decals — lower lake
drive, north of Poteat, New Dormi
tory parking lot, new parking lot
(east campus), 10 spaces at the in
firmary for juniors in freshman
dorms; blue decals ■—• the Grove,
west side of road from library to the
Alumnae House, parallel parking on
drive from Hillsborough; black de
cals — front of Johnson Hall, east
side of library-alumnae house road
(first nine spaces reserved for li
brary personnel), upper lake drive
(20 spaces), rear of Hunter Hall,
infirmary (three spaces), supply
store (six spaces), south side of
gym, and Old Ridge Road entrance.
The business office also notes that
paper on some topic related to
American civilization, and seniors
take seminars dealing with aspects of
American culture. The program is
suggested for those seeking a teach
er’s certificate, and is especially
valuable in the case of a secon
dary certificate. The Black Studies
Courses offered at State are con
sidered a valuable facet of the pro
gram.
The new program will also give
majors who are not working toward
a Teacher’s Certificate a choice of
20 electives.
The program will provide a better
method for teaching socially under
privileged children the reasons for
their culture and will give the teach
er of any age or economic group a
better insight into the real problems
and aspects of society, said the
spokesman. Dr. Frank Grubbs is the
major professor for the program in
American Civilization, and a similar
program in Non-Western Civiliza
tion is headed by Dr. Rosalie Gates.
in all areas some space will be desig
nated for visitors and urges campus
drivers to observe these signs.
The switch to the new color-keyed
decals is designed to “facilitate
checking parking in the various
zones.” says business manager Joe
Baker. Mr. Baker adds that he hopes
to erect colored markers in the park
ing zones during the summer.
Checking for new decals began
Monday, March 3. Approximately
25 cars were ticketed following the
first check, Mr. Baker reports. How
ever, he points out, “We’re not inter
ested in ‘catching’ anyone particu
larly. 1 think the situation. has im
proved greatly already just from
what I see around Johnson Hall.”
He adds, “For the past two and a
half years, the roads around Mere
dith have been so torn up that peo
ple had to park where they could
find a place and we didn’t think it
would be fair to worry about park
ing areas. But now, this new pro
cedure seems to have solved a
whole lot of the problem.”
He cautions campus drivers that
the first tickets for parking viola
tions constitute a warning. The sec
ond violation brings a five-dollar
fine and a third suspends the privi
lege of having a car on campus for
three months.
This car displays the new parking decals recently acquired by Meredith cars (right).
Campus Drivers Encounter
New Parking Regulations