THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Meredith College Library
Raleigh, North Carolina
Vol. XLV
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., NOVEMBER 19, 1970
No. 6
Kyn dons winter clollics in preparation for her year in Geneva, Switzerland.
Sociology Tutorial Project
Headed by Lyn Middleton
Social work is a course offered to
ail Sociology majors — this class is
taught by Mrs. Helen Clarkson who
also teaches at NCSU. One of the
requirements of this course is forty
• hours of experience in the field.
Field experiences areas range from
Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill to
the Wake Advancement Center in
Raleigh.
One student, Lyn Middleton, is
doing her field experience at the
Raleigh Redevelopment Center in
Southside. Her field experience is
somewhat different because she is in
charge of setting up a tutorial center
for elementary kids of the Southside
area. Lyn recruited a fraternity
group from St. Augustine to help
Beefhoven Concert
To Be Given by Pratf
In commemoration of the two
hundredth anniversary of the birth
of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-
1827), Stuart Pratt, professor of
piano, will present a recital of works
of Beethoven. The program, to be
given Monday evening, November
30, at 8:00 in Wesley Norwood
Jones Auditorium, will be open to
the public. It will include the
Sonatas, Op. 31, No. 3, and Op. 53;
the Thirty-two Variations in C
minor; and two short pieces, a
Bagatelle and anAndante.
Mr. Pratt is a graduate of Hart-
wick College, the Philadelphia Musi
cal Academy and Syracuse Uni
versity. He has studied abroad with
Egon Petri and others. He has been
on the Meredith faculty since 1942.
Kyn Dellinger to Study in Switzerland
Given Rotary Foundation Fellowship
Kyn Dellinger, Meredith senior,
has won a Rotary Fellowship to
study at the International School of
Interpreting in Geneva, Switzerland.
“I have a fairly good background
in foreign language,” says Kyn. “I
studied German, French and Latin
in high school. Actually, I decided I
wanted to be an interpreter when I
was thirteen years old. Although I
did no actual tutoring in high school,
I did help people with their
languages. Since 1 have been at
Meredith I have taken French, Ger
man, Spanish and Italian.”
Kyn set up a sort of tutoring ser
vice her sophomore year and she
now tutors seven different people
approximately twelve hours a week.
Kyn feels this tutoring experience
has been invaluable in her communi
cations with others. However, these
experiences with language at Mere
dith are not her only experiences.
She studied in Nice, France, the
summer of 1969 (all of her courses
were in French, everything from
sociology to history). While she was
there, she never spoke English, and
she travelled to Spain, Germany and
Italy.
“I became interested in the
paint the basement of an old church
where the tutorial center will be
held. Other people also helped in the
painting like her roommate Barbara
Curtis and a few members of the
Sociology Club at NCSU.
Don Roberts, a professor at St.
Mary’s, and about fifteen girls from
St. Mary’s high school are the main
source of tutors; other people will be
from the Sociology Club at NCSU,
some students from Shaw and other
various friends. The tenative plans
are to have recreation provided for
the kids on Saturday mornings and
tutoring on Tuesday nights. At the
first meeting about 45 kids were
present and more are expected for
the coming meetings. So anyone else
that is interested in tutoring is en
couraged to participate — the more
the better!
The main obstacle to the project
is the presence of monetary prob
lems. Lyn is provided with no
money, therefore the money must
come from donations. The Sociology
Club at NCSU has donated $25.00
which will help but much more is
needed from other sources. The
project, which is now called SMILE,
needs tables and chairs and money
for refreshments.
The purpose of Project SMILE is
not only to show the kids that some
one cares but to involve college and
high school students in the Raleigh
community.
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ATTENTION
Mrs. Audrey Gardner, Financial
Aid Assistant, reports tliut all stu
dents planning to apply for li>
nuncial aid for 1971>72 should
come by lier ollice before the
ThanksKivinu lioliduys to obtain
the necessary forms for iiliiit^ ap
plications. I'hese forms should be
completed and returned to the ti>
iiuncial aid ollice before the Christ
mas holidays.
Mrs. Gariliier reminds all stn-
dents cnrrently receiving linancial
uid that a new application must be
liled annuaSly.
Dr. Schweitzer
To Speak Here
Dr. George Schweitzer will pre
sent two lectures in the Meredith
College School of Christian Studies
series on November 20. Dr.
Schweitzer will speak in the lower
auditorium at 4 p.m. on “Science
and the World Crisis” and at 8 p.m.
on “The Cosmic Drama.”
Dr. Schweitzer is professor of
chemistry at the University of Ten
nessee.
His duties at the University of
Tennessee include teaching and di
recting research in inorganic and
nuclcar chemistry.
NOriCE
riie next issue of THE TWIG
will be published on 'Huirsday,
Dec. 10. All coutribiitions should
be brought to 110 Jones or 221
New Dorm by Friday, Dec. 4.
Rotary International Education
Foundation Fellowship last Decem
ber. After going through local, dis
trict and national competition, I was
notified in September that I had won
one of the Rotary Fellowships. This
Fellowship enables me to study at
the Interpreter’s School at the Uni
versity of Geneva for one year.”
While at the university Kyn will
speak only French and will take ten
courses such as Introduction to Law,
Political Economics and Interna
tional Affairs. She will also study
written and oral aspects of French
and Spanish.
Kya is excited about her upcom
ing experience. “I will be living with
a family, and in this way 1 will get a
better idea of how the people live.
While in Geneva I will speak at the
Rotary Clubs there to spread inter
national communication.
Kyn’s main interest in going is to
learn about the people as well as the
language. She wants to become an
interpreter which would involve
three more years of study in Geneva.
Admimstrative Academic Council
Outlines Academic Standards
Miss Ethel I. Baugh
Leaves Meredith
$20,000 Bequest
Meredith College has received al
most $20,000 from the estate of the
late Miss Ethel I. Baugh of Raleigh,
the first gift the college has ever
received from an irrevocable living
trust.
Miss Baugh, who died October 13
at the age of 80, was a school
teacher and attended grammar
school at Meredith when it was
known as the Baptist Female Uni
versity on Blount Street.
“Her estate consisted of the pro
ceeds from the sale of real estate,
left to her by her mother,” Charles
W. Patterson III, director of estate
planning at Meredith, said.
“The trust agreement was estab
lished one year prior to Miss
Baugh’s death,” Patterson said, “and
was a fulfillment of the wishes of her
mother who 25 years ago expressed
an 'interest in Meredith, The Baptist
Children’s Home and Forest Hills
Baptist Church.
“It was a blessing that this fine
Christian lady was able to carry out
her mother’s desires and at the same
time provide for her own well being
through a trust agreement. Her
health failed considerably shortly af
ter she established the trust but she
enjoyed the peace of mind of know
ing her assets were receiving pro
fessional management,” Patterson
said.
Miss Baugh was active in many
areas of work in the Baptist church
and was a member of the Forest
Hills Baptist Church.
“Her love for the church and its
agencies was exemplified in the
magnificent gifts she made even at
the expense of personal self-denial,"
Patterson said.
The Administrative Academic
Council has recently approved the
following academic standards.
All students are expected to main
tain satisfactory progress toward
graduation. When a student fails to
make satisfactory progress her case
will be reviewed by an Ada-
demic Retention Committee com
posed usually of the Academic
Dean, the Dean of Students, her
adviser and two other professors
who have taught her. This commit
tee will decide whether the best in
terest of the student and the college
require suspension or retention.
A student is considered to be
making minimal progress if she
passed nine semester hours and
earns eighteen quality points in any
given semester. Should she fail to
achieve either minimum, she is
placed on academic probation, for
the following semester. If in that se
mester she again fails to reach
either minimum, her case will be
reviewed by a Retention Committee.
A student is considered to be
making minimal progress if, before
her third college year, she has ac
cumulated during regular and sum
mer sessions fifty semester hours
and ninety-two quality points and
has a quality point ratio of at least
1.50 on all courses attempted at
Meredith. If a student fails to reach
cither minimum her case will be
referred to a Retention Committee.
A student’s adviser may refer her
to an Academic Retention Commit
tee if her progress seems unsatisfac
tory even though she has met the
minimums outlined above.
A student who is suspended for
academic reasons may apply for re
admission after one semester. She
must demonstrate concretely, either
by transcript from another institu
tion or by other evidence of maturity
or accomplishment that she is quali
fied to progress satisfactorily toward
graduation at Meredith.
A student will decide upon her
own course load. The average load
in a semester is 15 hours. The stu
dent wishing to graduate in four
years should give particular care to
maintaining this average. A student
who takes an overload or underload
of more than one semester hour
should do so only after careful con
sultation with her adviser.
The Admissions Committee has
recommended, and the Administra
tive-Academic Council has approved
a special summer school program
for rising high school seniors.
The program will permit and en
courage superior secondary school
students to enroll in certain summer
school courses at Meredith between
their junior and senior years in high
school.
Upon request of the students,
Meredith College grants college
credit for successful performance in
these courses after the student
graduates from high school.
Sylvia Wilkinson Talks About
Car Racing, Hippies, Writing
Susan: How did you get in
terested in sports car racing? What
big races have you attended? What
famous racers have you met?
Miss Wilkinson: This started with
an interest in automobiles that goes
all the way back to my teenage years
when my brother and I got an “A”
Model Ford out of a barn. He drove
it through Duke, I drove it through
UNC-G and my sister took it
through ECC to be the best edu
cated “A” Model around. Then we
sold it to a boy for restoration as an
antique.
I bought my first sports car, a
used 1958 MG A when I left gradu
ate school. Then I was hooked
bccause of the joy of driving a little
car that handled well. I put racing
equipment in it and went lo a race
drivers school to learn how to drive
well and in a competitive situation.
I have been involved in racing
now since 1963 mainly as a pit
worker for friends who own cars
and as a journalist. My own per
sonal transportation is a German
Porsche 911 which is the best all
round sport car.
Over Thanksgiving, I’ll be at
Road Atlanta for the American
Road Race of Champions working
on a Formula Ford (mainly doing
timing and lap charts and clean up
type work).
As for big races — all the big
sports car races at one time or the
other: USRRC, Grand Prix, Can
Am, Trans Am, ... I have no in
terest in stock car racing . . . went
to one in Europe too, at Zandvoort
Holland. 1 interviewed Vic Elford
and Jim Hall of Chaparral fame . . .
met Mario Andretti, Mark Etono-
hue, Parnelli Jones, most of the U. S.
drivers . . . ambition is to interview
world champion Jackie Stewart of
Scotland.
Susan: How do you feel about
(do you relate to) the “hippies” at
Chapel Hill?
Miss Wilkinson: My impression
is that most of the Chapel Hill hip
pies arc imitation hippies, caught
up in a terrible conformity, "nie
standing joke is if you go downtown
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