THE TWIG
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Haleigh, North Carolina
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Vol. XLV
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FEBRUARY 25, 1971
No. 11
Meredith Celebrates Eightieth Anniversary
A sccne from the winning Senior Stunt, “How the West Was Saved, or Tales My
Granny Told Me.” Martha Dicus, Ellen Page and Alice Hill are horrified at Gwyn
Hilliard and Anne Litter’s request for “Whiskey!” (For related story and pictures^ see
page 3.)
Class of 71 Does It Again;
Freshmen Place Second
The class of 1971 capped its Stunt
victories of the past by winning the
annual competition for the third time
in as many years last Friday night.
The class of 1974 placed second in
the forty-seventh Stunt night.
“Cripton’s Cove”
“Cripton’s Cove,” the freshman
presentation, revolved around moon
maid Starlene, played by Louise Mc-
Caskill, and her infatuation with
earthling Harrold, portrayed by
Woody Dicus. When Harrold refuses
to marry Starlene, she returns to her
faithful old boyfriend, Marso, played
by Nancy Price. Mercurus (Elaine
Williams) andFastro (Sam Jenning)
were Starlene’s concerned parents.
Other inhabitants of the moon
colony were Meredith Marr, Equilla
Mingo, Genie Bailey, Katie Hum
phries, Pam Faison, Jane Harris and
Theresa Herrin. Nancy Heilman and
Cathy Sink were Freshman Stunt Co-
chairmen.
‘‘Perils at Peachanossc”
The sophomores came back to
earth with the “Perils at Peachanos-
. se”—a Girl Scout camp “in the wilds
of North Carolina.” Linda Ehrlich
played Cynthia Snodgrass — a “very
mature” Girl Scout. Carolyn Carter
portrayed Elizabeth — a helpful
scout (especially in matters of first
aid). Miss Straighten, an extremely
prim and proper scout leader, was
played by Mary Beth Pruette. Nelda
Gray played Mrs. Stockton, a some
what less proper scout leader. Jean
ne Tilley portrayed an anxious moth-
jr, and Jean McLaughlin played the
Scar which invades the scout camp.
Other members of the troop were
Monte Maney, Eve Edwards, Bobbi
Heilman, Betty Wise. Cindy Giorgis,
Mary Ann Stackhouse, Debbie Nob
les, Krista Dedmon and Cindy Ram
sey. Randy Gilbert and Alice Porter
were Sophomore Stunt Co-chairmen.
‘‘The Roommate”
The problems of co-ed dorm living
was the subject of the Junior Stunt—
“The Roommate.” Percy Beane
played Lou Gregory, a co-ed who
iust could not find a female room-
inate. Carol Anne McLaney, Linda
Ball and Ann Googe played Lou’s
family. Jenny Seykora, Jo Ann Hick
man and Lura McCain portrayed
Lou’s motorcycle gang friends.
Robbie Beale played Gene Bar
rett, Lou’s first roommate. Vivian
Currier and Patsy Brake portrayed
Gene’s parents, and Susan Van Wag-
eningen was Sue Ellen, his girlfriend.
Mary Alice McGee played Lou’s sec
ond (male) roommate. Shelley
Womack was Grandmama Barrett,
who was a little hard of hearing and
had trouble sitting in a rocking chair.
Emory Farris was Junior Stunt
Chairman.
“How the West Was Saved,
or
Tales My Granny Told Me”
The seniors presented “How The
West Was Saved, or Tales My
Granny Told Me.” Alice Hill played
Bessie, founder and leader of the
“Shady Lawn Women’s Union for
the Salvation of Unsaved Indians.”
Prudence, Bessie’s flirtatious daugh
ter, played by Joyce Little, Beulah
(Martha Dicus) and Cora Lou (El
len Page) were also members of the
SLWUWUI. Lavinia Vann and
Carol Caddell played descendents of
Bessie.
Gwyn Hilliard was Chief White
Cloud, who led a tribe of Indians
which consisted of Lighting Bug, a
rather stupid brave (Nancy Aus-
bon). Blazing Skull, the Narcissus
type (Anne Luter), Little Raindrop
(Nancy Newlin) and Horny Todd
(Jane Holloway). Jenny Lancester
and Suzanne Reynolds, Senior Stunt
Co-chairmen, became the third pair
of co-chairmen from the class of
1971 to carry the trophy away in the
last three years.
Stunt was followed by the annual
presentation by the Meredith En
semble. This year they performed
Victor Herbert’s “March of the
Toys.”
BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
On February 25 and 26, Mere
dith will host Pcace, Carolina and
Duke in a basketball tournament.
Presently, the Angels have six
wins and only one loss,
Ground breaking for two new
buildings, a speech by the president
of Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph, an estate planning semi
nar and the semi-annual meeting of
the board of trustees will highlight
the 80th anniversary of Founders’
Day at Meredith Friday and Satur
day.
A speech by Southern Bell Presi
dent L. E. Rast on women in man
agement will begin the activities at
10:30 a.m. Friday in the Weather-
spoon Physical Education-Recrea-
tion Building. The speech, ground
breaking ceremonies and the estate
planning seminar are open to the
public.
Ground breaking for the College
and Continuing Education Center,
Reed & Barton
Offers Awards
For Place Settings
During the months of February
and March, Reed & Barton, Ameri
ca’s oldest major silversmiths, are
conducting a “Silver Opinion Com
petition” in which valuable scholar
ships totalling $2,500 are being of
fered to duly enrolled women stu
dents at a few selected colleges and
universities.
Meredith College has been se
lected to enter this Competition in
which the First Grand Award is a
$1,000 scholarship; Second Grand
Award is a $500 scholarship; Third
Grand Award is a $300 scholarship;
and Steven Grand Awards of $100
each. In addition, there will be 100
other awards consisting of sterling
silver, fine china and crystal with a
retail value of approximately $75.00.
In the 1971 “Silver Opinion Compe
tition,” an entry form illustrates
twelve designs of sterling with eight
designs of both china and crystal.
The entrants simply list the three
best combinations of sterling, china,
and crystal from the patterns illus
trated. Scholarship and awards will
be made to those entries matching or
coming closest to the unanimous se
lections of Table-setting editors from
three of the nation’s leading maga
zines.
Miss Laura Robinson is the Stu-
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Singers Ensemble
In Attendance at
Prayer Breakfast
By Suzanne Pomcranz
The Meredith Singers, under the
direction of Mrs. Jane Sullivan, have
had many exciting and rewarding ex
periences, and Thursday, February
18, 1971 was no exception.
That particular morning the Sing
ers presented a program of religious
folk music at a Prayer Breakfast giv
en by Governor Bob Scott at the
Sir Walter Hotel. Guests for the
breakfast included Dr. Billy Graham,
speaker for the morning, and Mrs.
Graham, members of the North
Carolina General Assembly and
Court and their wives and other
State executives.
Following the meal, the Singers
presented a program of songs in
cluding “Fertile Ground,” “Let there
Be Peace on Earth” and “He’s
Everything To Me.” The Ensemble
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located on the west campus, will be
held in the auditorium of Jones Hall
at 2 p.m.
A dinner for members of the
Meredith College Board of Trustees,
faculty members and other guests
will be held in Belk Hall at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday’s activities will begin at
9 a.m. with the semi-annual meeting
of the trustees and will conclude with
ground breaking ceremonies of the
Massey House, the college residence,
at 12:15 p.m. on the site, off Ridge
Road.
Friday’s ground breaking cere
monies for the college center marks
a high point in the college’s advance
ment since the center is the fifth and
L. E. Rast
last building to be constructed under
the first phase of Meredith’s five-
year, $5 million advancement pro
gram. The building estimated to cost
about $800,000, is designed by Ra
leigh architects Valand, Benzing and
Associates, and is expected to un
der construction in early April.
The Massey House, named in hon
or of Dr. and Mrs. L. M. Massey of
Zebulon, was funded by Dr. Massey
and other friends of the college as an
independent project. It will be the
college social center and official
home of the president.
Dr. Massey is a college trustee
and has served as trustee chairman
for many years. The architects for
the new facility are McKimmon and
Rogers of Raleigh.
W. Herbert Weatherspoon will
give a tribute to the college founders
prior to the address by Rast at 10:30
a.m. on Friday. This will be the first
year Founders’ Day activities have
been held in the Weatherspoon build
ing which is named in honor of
W. Herbert Weatherspoon, a life
trustee, and his late brother, James
Raymond Weatherspoon.
The estate planning seminar that
will be held Friday afternoon is de
signed to educate college constituents
in sound financial planning and of
the influence charitable giving can
have on their estate. It is under the
direction of Charles W, Patterson,
III, director of estate planning, and
the Meredith College Estate Planning
Advisory Council, chaired by N. A.
Townsend, Jr. of Raleigh.
Visiting Lecturer to Present
Series on African Culture
Frank J. McEwen, an accom
plished artist, teacher, and museum
director invited here by the Concerts
and Lectures Series, will be at Mere
dith on March 17-18 as a Danforth
Visiting Lecturer. On Wednesday,
March 17, Mr. McEwen will give a
convocation program on “Shona Ar
tists of Africa” with film and slide
illustrations. Jones Auditorium will
host Mr. McEwen and the public-at-
large for a lecture on “The New
Vukutu African Art Community” on
Wednesday evening at 8:00 p.m. In
addition, he will discuss “Myth and
Religion in Shona Art” and “Ritual
Dance and Music in Mashonland”
in informal meetings.
The visiting lecturers program
sponsoring Mr. McEwen was started
in 1957 by the Arts Program of the
Association of American Colleges.
Operating through grants from the
Danforth Foundation, the Arts Pro
gram is trying to help colleges in
their endeavors to strengthen liberal
education.
Not only is Mr. McEwen inter
ested in the art of Africa, but also in
the personal and democratic growth
of the African people. In his work as
Director of the Workshop School of
the Rhodes National Gallery in Salis
bury, his collection of films, slides,
and recordings depict the whole
cycle of African artists at work.
Born in England in 1912, Mr. Mc
Ewen later studied at the Sorbonne
and at the Institut d’Art et d’Arche-
ologie. After working with restoring
pictures, he became a free-lance
painter.
In Paris he was a friend of Picasso
and others. His artist friends extend
to England and the United States
as well. Before the interruption of
World War II, he was experimenting
with t caching methods which are
now being tried with African artists.
In addition to lecturing through
out Europe, Africa, and the United
States, Mr. McEwen has organized
international exhibitions in Western
Europe and Africa, written for
French and British journals, and
worked on the Benezit International
Art Directory and Dictionary of
Modern Art.
In 1956 Mr. McEwen was named
Director of the Rhodes National
Gulery, which has, since that time,
sponsored over seventy exhibitions,
including “The First International
Congress of Africa and ’Neo-Afri
can Culture” in 1962.
Mr. McEwen’s travels to America
include a two-month visit in 1959
on a government-sponsored Leader
Grant to study American museums
and art promotion. The years 1963-
69 found Mr. McEwen a delegate to
several congresses and symposia on
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Frank I. McEwen