THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Vol. XLV
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., JANUARY 14,1971
No. 8
Tomorrow is Decision Day. Meredilli Marr, like her fellow freshmen and transfers,
must choose between Astro and Phi. See page three for related articles.
Clint Dunagan to Speak
During REW, Jan. 25-29
The theme for this year’s Re-
Jigious Emphasis Week (January
25-'29) is “Crisis of Confidence,”
I* Betty Ann Haskins and Sandra
. Clemmons, co-chairmen of REW,
announced this week.
The main speaker of the week is
Clint Dunagan, who will deliver
three chapel addresses on the topics
of “A Believable Me,” “A Credible
Church,” and “A Credible Society.”
Mr. Dunagan lives with his family
in Lawrence, Kansas, where he was
formerly pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Lawrence. He has com-
■ pleted course work on his Doctor of
Philosophy degree at the University
of Kansas and is now working on
/dissertation.
Mr. Dunagan has spoken on
many college campuses and is one
• of the founders and the inspiration
behind the Pilgrim 20 Singers, a
Christian Folk Group. He will be
• involved in the coffeehouse after
chapel and dorm discussions.
Once involved in ministry within
the Height-Asbury District in Cali-
‘ fornia, Ron Willis is now employed
Beverly Fowler Receives Award
From Cafeteria for Suggestion
Beverly Fowler won $5 for her
suggestion that a clock be placed in
the cafteria for the convenience of
the students.
This is the first of five monthly
prizes which Hoyt Taylor, director
of food services, and a special cafe
teria committee will award for the
best suggestions concerning the cafe
teria services.
At the end of the semester, a $25
' prize will be awarded for the best
suggestion of the year.
“We hope that the prizes will en
courage more girls to take time to
write down their suggestions, help
ing us to Improve our services to
them,” said Mr, Taylor.
Pat Sykes receives honorable
mention for her suggestion that meal
tickets be issued. According to Joe
Baker, business manager, the idea of
meal tickets has been under consid-
Heilman Reports Meredith
Favorable Financial Position
by the Home Missions Board. Mr.
Willis is pastor of a church in
Bangor, Maine. He was instrumental
in e.stablishing a Free University in
the church, which is now under con
sideration for accreditation by the
University of Maine.
Mr. Willis vi^ill be leading after
noon discussions entitled “A View
from the Street,” the title of a book
on which he is currently working. He
will also be involved in dorm dis
cussions.
Mr. Willis is actively involved in
the new trend of expression of
American Christianity.
Gene Bolin is employed by the
Student Department of the Baptist
Sunday School Board. He is work
ing on his Doctor of Theology de
gree at Union Theological Seminary.
This is the first time the Sunday
School Board has assisted in fi
nancial support for REW on any
campus.
Rick Traylor, Director of the
Baptist Youth Corps and Davis
Bowen, Director of Youth Minis-
(Continiied on page 4)
cration for some time. Mr. Baker ex
plained that if meal tickets were
issued, the price of meals would go
up because each student pays for
only a percentage of the meals
served each week,
The feasibility of placing a con
veyor belt in the cafeteria to im
prove tray return was discussed. The
main objection to such an arrange
ment was the location of the con
veyor belt.
“A conveyor belt would not, in
my opinion, solve the problem,” said
Mr. Taylor. “The basic problem,
having someone on duty all the time
to move the trays from the conveyor
belt to the washing area, would still
remain.”
Other suggestions which dealt
specifically with food were turned
over to the foods committee headed
by Julie Ballou.
Dr. E. Bruce Heilman discussed
the “position of strength for our col
lege in a time of weakness for higher
education generally” in his address
at the opening convocation of the
semester.
President Heilman quoted from
a news release previewing The New
Depression in Higher Education, a
book to be published by McGraw
Hill in February: “America’s col
leges and universities are in the
midst of a financial crisis unmatched
in its impact in any period before in
history. Many are continuing to op
erate only through the sacrifice of
some of the quality and service nor
mally considered essential to their
programs,”
This statement is the conclusion
of intensive on-sight study spon
sored by the Carnegie and Ford
Foundations at 41 colleges and uni
versities which are representative of
over 2,700 such institutions in the
United States. Twenty-nine of the
41 colleges (71 per cent) of
the institutions studied were either
headed for financial trouble or were
already in trouble.
The study was conducted between
April and September of last year.
The aim was to determine if uni
versities and colleges were in serious
financial trouble, what the response
of the institutions to the problems
is, and what policies were recom
mended as possible solutions by ad
ministrators. Data for a ten-year
MCA Project
"Painting Party":
Hut Improvement
The Coffeehouse Committee of
the MCA sponsored a Painting Par
ty from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m, in the Hut
on Saturday, January 9. Red and
white paint was donated by Pritch
ard’s Paint Company, and students
were invited to demonstrate their
creativity in painting a chair. Re
freshments were provided, and the
entertainment consisted of four
guitarists from Cary — Domi
nick Brugnolotti, Frank Anderson,
Rocky Wells and Chess Morgan.
Approximately 15 girls came dur
ing the day to help paint, but the job
was still not finished — half of the
chairs remain to be painted. Another
painting day will be announced at a
later date and ail help will be greatly
appreciated,
This year the Coffeehouse Com
mittee has been striving to make
some improvements in the Hut,
With the support of the Student Ac
tivities Board, the committee has
received permission to install vend
ing machines. Curtains have been
made and will soon be hung. When
these improvements have been com
pleted, the Hut will be opened at all
hours during the day for students to
use for dating or simply for taking a
breather from class schedules. For
whatever use, the students are en
couraged to use the Hut as a place to
meet and talk when the opportunity
arises.
Besides the decorating project,
the Coffeehouse Committee also
presents special programs during the
year in the Hut.
Pamela Hendrick is the Coffee
house chairman and Helen Hughes
is the building chairman.
period (1959-60 through 1970-71)
were gathered and each campus was
visited, and extensive inquires con
cerning financing and academic di
rections were made.
"In addition to being one out of
41 selected from 2,729, we are one
of two institutions in North Carolina
in the study. Only Meredith and the
Consolidated University represent
North Carolina. We are one out of
eight in the whole southern area,”
Dr. Heilman stated.
“The result shows Meredith as
one of the twelve, out of forty-one
institutions, considered not in fi
nancial trouble, or at least not in
jeopardy of failing to do acceptably
that which she is seeking to do . . .
more significant for us — only four
of the twelve liberal arts colleges
were not in trouble,” continued the
president.
Dr. Heilman also cited another
study which was published last
week, entitled The Golden Years.
The income and expenditures of 48
liberal arts colleges were analyzed
for a period of 8 years in this study.
Almost half of the 48 colleges are
operating at a deficit according to
the study.
“Ten factors taken together are
considered responsible for the rcila-
tively favored financial condition
and outlook of the ‘not in trouble’
schools,” President Heilman stated.
The ten factors are as follows:
(1) relative freedom from campus
disturbances,
(2) programs which complement
the aspirations of the college,
(3) a strong public confidence in
what the institution stands for,
(4) smaller direct student aid ex
penditures (this excludes loans and
campus employment),
(5) better defined programs and
controlled growth,
(6) lower average compensation
levels (attained by maintaining a
balance in rank, rather than carrying
a heavy concentration at upper
(Continued on page 4)
Meredith Establishes Scholarships
For Outstanding Baptist Women
A new competitive scholarship
program to honor and assist out
standing Baptist young women in
North Carolina has been established
by Meredith. Beginning in August
1972, there will be one scholarship
available for an entering freshman
from each of the ten regions
formed by the Baptist associations.
The ten Regional Baptist Scholar
ships, which may be renewed an
nually, will range from $100 to
$1,000 per year depending on the
financial need of the receipient.
Selection for the Regional Baptist
Scholarship winners will start at the
local church level. Each church will
have the opportunity to recognize a
high school senior for her contribu
tion to the church, for her potential
as a future leader in the denomina
tion, and for her scholastic ability.
After receiving the nomination
from her home church, the candi
date will file an application with the
screening committee in her associa
tion. The finalist in each association
within a region will be interviewed
by a committee appointed by the
College. The regional committees
will then recommend recipients to
Meredith for the final decision.
Through routine procedures
Meredith will establish each nomi
nee’s admissibility and the amount
of each winner’s scholarship. The
amount awarded will be determined
by need and will frequently be a
portion of a total package of aid.
The names of the ten Regional Bap
tist Scholarship winners, but not the
amount of their awards, will be an
nounced by the College.
Funds to implement these schol
arships are part of a current pro
gram initiated by the Office of
Development. Details of the Re
gional Baptist Scholarships will be
available in late summer.
I’am Hendrick, Cindy Working, Dodie Lyle and Rachel Kichardson paint chairs
while being entertained by Frank Anderson (background), Rocky Wells, Chess Morgan
and Domniick Brugnolotti (not pictured) in the Hut last Saturday.