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Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Vol. XLV
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., APRIL 8,1971
No. 13
French Students Prepare
France Invasion Scheduled
What does it mean when girls on
second Stringfield begin exchanging
American dollars for francs and
centimes? To a dozen Meredith
coeds it means a fun-filled and edu
cational month in Paris this sum
mer. Twelve girls, under the super
vision of Dr. Katalin Y. Galligan,
French teacher here at Meredith,
will study in Paris, May 15 through
June 15, in the Summer Studies
Abroad Program.
The program is specifically de
signed to expose the students to
French culture by allowing them
more free time than most study pro
grams offer. It is believed that by
encouraging the girls to go out
among the Parisians, they will be
more apt to acquire the spoken
• language than by spending most of
their time in a classroom.
However, classroom instruction
will be incorporated into the pro
gram to aid the girls in (heir learn
ing experience, Dr. Galligan, who
originated the idea for the program,
will serve as chaperone and instruc
tor for the girls. Two courses will
be offered, French 221-222 and
Special Studies 300. The 221-222
course is a structured course to be
taught in the classroom. It will
be patterned after Meredith’s in
termediate French course and of
fers the same 6 hour credit gain
upon completion. The Special
Studies course involves more inde-
r pendent research than the 221
course. The girls following this cur-
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CRC Elects
New Director
M. Austin Connors, Jr., a native
of Spartanburg, S. C. and a candi
date for the Ed.D degree in higher
education from Indiana University,
has been elected director of the Co
operating Raleigh Colleges (CRC),
effective in late June or early July.
CRC is a consortium for inter-
institutional cooperation between
the six colleges and universities in
Raleigh — Meredith, Peace, St.
Augustine’s, St. Mary’s, N. C. State,
■ and Shaw. Connors’ election was
made recently by the CRC Board of
Directors, comprised of heads of the
- six institutions.
“We are pleased to announce the
appointment of this capable young
. man to coordinate current programs
and expand areas of participation to
the ultimate advantage of all institu
tions,” Dr. E. Bruce Heilman, presi-
' dent of Meredith and chairman of
the CRC board, said.
riculum are assigned a certain
French area, either a specific author,
time period, or town, and asked to
do intensive research in the months
prior to the trip. Then, during their
stay in Paris, the girls, following
Dr. Galligan's suggestions, will do
further research on their individual
topic and will be required to write
several papers in order to receive
the 3 hours credit.
Besides the classroom instruction,
the girls will gain valuable knowl
edge by touring famous landmarks
and monuments in Paris, visiting
such well-known bohemian “hang
outs” as Montmartre, and by seeing
several French plays. They will also
go as a group to Normandy, a
province in Northern France. Even
with the planned activities, the girls
will have much free time and will
be allowed to go anywhere in Paris
they desire.
The group will fly round trip Air
France from Washington to Paris,
where they will stay in the H6tel
Royat near the Opera. The cost
of the trip includes plane fare, in
struction fees, and lodging.
The girls participating in the pro
gram are: Mary Ayers, Sara Brown,
Jean Brown, Neta Griffin, Billie
Hampton, Bette Len Dove, Sue Ann
Milam, Wyn Turlington, Kathy
Vessels, Judy Walker, and Patsy
Webb. Along to help “chaperone
the girls will be Dr. Galligan’s small
son, Bryan.
As May draws near, all are look
ing forward to the trip with en
thusiasm and excitement. Kathy
Vessels, a rising sophomore who
has aided Dr. Galligan with the
preparations for the trip, says, “I
can’t wait! This is better than most
because it will encourage a working
knowledge of conversational French
and appreciation of French culture,
especially that of Paris, because we
will learn mainly from being ex
posed to the culture.” Another par
ticipant, Sue Ann Milam says, “I
don’t like to sit in a classroom
studying and that’s why this pro
gram appeals to me — because it’s
such a good opportunity to leam
with the people.”
New Freshmen
Boast Twelve
Honor Scholars
Two Junior Transfers Will
Join The Class of 1973
Fall’s freshman class will boast
twelve Honor Scholars. Selected
from a field of 35 finalists, the
twelve were evaluated on overall
high school record and a personal
interview with the faculty selection
committee.
The Class of 1973 will also
gain additional Honor Scholars in
August. Two junior college transfer
students have been chosen from the
group of five applicants.
Named freshmen Honor Scholars
are Gladys Batchelor of Apex,
Amelia Cudd of High Point, Debbie
Godwin of Bayboro, and Norma
Heath of Whiteville.
Other North Carolina students se
lected are Myra McCachren from
Concord, Suzanne Martin from
Winston-Salem, Genie Rogers from
Roxboro, Betsy Webb from Eden,
and Susan Webster from Greens
boro.
Out-of-state Honor Scholarship
Alan Hall of NCSU rehearses a scen« from “The Chalk Garden” with Beth Grumbine.
winners are Elise Bideaux of Provi
dence, R. I., Claudia Denny of Little
Silver, N. J., and Debbie Steele of
La Plata, Md.
Receiving the Junior College
Honor Scholarships are Nancy
Brewer of Wingate College and
Cathy Wheeler of Peace College.
Miss Brewer is from Kannapolis and
Miss Wheeler is from Raleigh.
Maintaining the academic achieve-
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Spring Celebration to Feature
Food, Fun, and Fancy Frolics
SPRINGS, the celebration this
year of May Day, will begin April
24 with a breakfast honoring the
Spring Queen, Susan Crouch, and
her court. Plans now call for the
meal to be a Big Sister-Little Sister
breakfast, with freshmen sitting with
juniors and sophomores with seniors.
The regular May Day program,
now known as the Celebration of
Spring, will be held in the mid
afternoon in the amphitheater. The
dance classes of the physical edu
cation department, under the direc
tion of Frances W. Stevens, will
perform as part of the program.
SPRINGS, which is sponsored by
the Student Activities Board, will
conclude that evening with the
Kalabash Corporation performing
in the court from 8:00 un
til 12:00 p.m. The informal dance
is open to all Meredith students and
invited guests. Guests are also wel
come at the mid-afternoon program.
In order to finance SPRINGS,
the SAB has sponsored a raffle and
the Anniversary Game, held last
night in the gymnasium with faculty
and administration members and
their husbands and wives participa
ting. If the money raised by
these two projects fails to finance
SPRINGS, the SAB will sponsor a
movie sometime after Easter. The
movie will be shown in the court and
students will be urged to bring their
dates and guests. An admission fee
will be charged in order to raise
the balance needed to finance
SPRD^GS.
“The Chalk Garden”
Cast Is Announced
Miss Linda Solomon, instructor
in speech and dramatics at Mere
dith, has announced the cast for
“The Chalk Garden.”
'Mrs. St. Maugham, grandmother
of the mischievious young Laurel,
will be played by Beth Grumbine.
Peggy Incerto will play the role of
Laurel and Cathy Dinsmore has
been cast as Madrigal, Laurel’s
mother. The character of Matty will
be played by Mona Blevins, and
Kathy Williams will portray a little
old woman. Alan Hall, a student
at North Carolina State, will play
the part of the judge and Kathy
Johnson is the third applicant.
The other student participants in
clude Marleen Ezell, technical direc
tor, and Cathy Sink is student di
rector of the production.
The “Saturday Review of Litera
ture” said of “The Chalk Garden”:
“Once in a very great while a new
play comes along that lives in the
intangibles of heart and human wUI:
a play that is extremely poetic with
out the formalizing rhythm of verse.”
Enid Bagnold, author of “Tlie
Chalk Garden,” was awarded
The Award of Merit Medal of the
American Academy of Arts and
Letters in 1956.
The play will be presented on
April 16 and 17 at 8 o’clock in
Jones Auditorium.
'Professor s Poop'
The Case Against Calley »A Cause for Concern
Mr. Austin Connors, Jr.
By Tom Parramore
Editor’s Note — “Professor’s
Poop” will be a regular feature be>
ginning with this issue of THE
TWIG. Contributors will be mem
bers of the Meredith faculty. Opin*
ions expressed are not necessarily
those of the staff.
I can readily concede that I don’t
know what I would have done if 1
had been in Lt. Calley’s shoes at
My Lai. But what Calley or anyone
else in his position ought to nave
done seems to me perfectly clear.
The Geneva Convention of 1949,
ratifying the long-standing agree
ment of civilized countries, set forth
the commitment of all powers
signatory to it, including the United
States, to treat prisoners of war
humanely. Civilian inhabitants who
happened to fall into the hands of a
military force are among the types
of persons protected by the Conven
tion and the case of the inhabitants
of My Lai clearly falls within the
scope of the kinds of circumstances
envisioned by the parties to the Con
vention.
What then are the arguments cur
rently advanced in support of the
effort to have Calley’s conviction
rescinded or commuted? It is al
leged by some that a military man
has an obligation to carry out any
orders he receives from duly con
stituted authority. But this patently
is not the case. A soldier cannot
be required to break the laws of his
own nation. He cannot be le
gitimately commanded to rape, or
torture or do any number of things
that violate humanity’s sense of war
time propriety and he is perfectly
within his rights to refuse such an
order. He cannot be legitimately
commanded to kill children or others
who are defenseless prisoners of
war and my guess is that every
American who has served in Viet
nam knows that. It does not fore
shadow the breakdown of American
morale in the war zone to be re
minded that the rules that have al
ways governed American armies
have not been waived for this war.
Some say that Calley is being
made a scapegoat for all those who
got us into this wretched war and
that he should not be made to stiffer
for the misdeeds of others. But the
fact that the war was an act of
idiocy to begin with does not excuse
us from the responsibility of holding
our troops accountable for the inter
national agreements to which we
have consented. No doubt others
higher than Calley should be
brought to trail and it is clear that
some will be. Captain Medina, al
leged by the Calley defense to have
given the order to wipe out My Lai
is scheduled for trial and Col. Oran
Henderson who has been accused
of trying to cover up the incident
will also be court martialed. Others
may follow. Still others have already
been investigated concerning My Lai
and released for want of suffi
cient evidence. Still other atrocity
cases arising out of the war are in
progress. It is unlikely that Calley’s
will be the only conviction stemming
from the allegations of atrocities
during the war. In any event he is
certainly not the only military man
called before the bar of justice for
misdeeds in Vietnam.
It is alleged in Calley’s behalf
that the Viet Cong utilize women
and children in attacks on allied
personnel and that none can be
immune from suspicion of being
dangerous enemies. Certainly tUs
establishes a reason why U. S. troops
would wish to be elaborately cau
tious of inhabitants such as those
at My Lai. A woman clutching an
infant might well be regarded as one
who may be concealing a weapon.
But civilized practice calls for the
woman to be required at the point
of a gun to put the infant down and
undergo a search. To shoot woman
and child and then, perhaps, con
duct a search is clearly outrageous.
If you have a taste for irony there
is an interesting item that recently
issued from the Washington office
of the Associated Press. It an
nounced that the American Red
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