Meredith College Lltnnf
THE TWIG "
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Vol. XLVI MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., SEPTEMBER 16, 1971 No. 2
Fulbright-Hays Act May Enable
You to Study in Europe Soon
J. Chappell as Mark Twain, October 4
Seniors, if you are interested in
- studying overseas, don't rule out the
possibility due to financial difficul-
■ ties. You now have a chance to
study abroad on a U. S. Government
scholarship, but you must apply be-
• fore October 15.
Under the Fulbright-Hays Act,
The U. S. Government and foreign
donors are currently sponsoring 540
. American graduate students during
the 1971-72 academic year. The
Institute of International Education
administers the competition for
“•nhese awards.
Competition is now open for the
1972-1973 academic years and only
a few weeks remain in which stu
dents who plan to graduate this year
may apply.
A Full Grant includes round-trip
. transportation, tuition and mainte
nance for one academic year. How-
• ever, there are two other types of
grants available; U. S. Government
Travel Grants to 12 countries; and
■ maintenance and tuition awards to
14 countries offered by foreign gov-
Committees are the key to action
this year for the Student Activities
■ Board, headed by Lynda Bell. Seven
committees have been organized to
‘^handle specific areas of activities on
■ campus.
Spccial projects committee chaired
by Nancy Price and Sandra Clem
mons, is working on a project re
lated to the youth prisoners and
reform school in Raleigh. The HUT
• Committee, with chairwomen Pam
■ Stowe and Elaine Williams, has al
ready organized a Coffee 'House
J oik Session, held Sept. 9. The ses-
■ s;on featured local Meredith talent
PS well as a folk singer from Camp-
tjll College. Free refreshments were
• s -Tved to those who dropped in dur-
, iug the session which lasted from
7:30 to 10:00. There are plans for
(• her such sessions in the HUT.
Jean Brown heads the Cafeteria
. ( )mmittee. They are currently tak-
• i ’ action on the following dining
, ) 11 specifics: Paper cups, diet
. ;ssing, and “Theme Dinners.” The
heme Dinners,” for specific days
ch as Halloween, Thanksgiving,
would replace the President’s
Umners instituted by Dr. Heilman
^Tast year. The Concert and Lectures
'ommittee under Mary Jo Sheridan
id Ann Gordon, recently circu-
1 ted a questionnaire concerning a
( ince to be held on campus during
. n is semester.
The Fund Raising Commit-
• ti Chris Beeker, Patty Bridges
ai d Mary Elizabeth Bradley, has
p) inned a raffle for Sept. 17. Pub-
' lii ity is handled by Sylvia Cooper.
Schedule for
Convocations
Monday, September 20: “Foot-
‘nute to History: 30 Years in Wash-
.iiigton, D. C.” — Dr. Edward H.
Pruden, Pastor-In Residence.
Monday, September 27; Kappa
Nu Sigma.
Mondiy, October 4: Dr. William
^cthune, Jr., Cherry Hospital,
^Tloldsbo' o, N. C.
ernments, universities and private
donors. The twenty-nine countries
participating in the program include
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bel-
gium-Luxembourg, Brazil, Ceylon,
Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Ecua
dor, Finland, France, Germany,
Iceland, India, Iran, Jreland, Israel,
Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Neth
erlands, New Zealand, Peru, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden,
Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom
and Yugoslavia.
In order to be eligible for the
grants one must be a U. S. citizen at
the time of application, have a
bachelor’s degree or its equivalent
by the beginning date of the grant,
have language ability commensurate
with the demands of the proposed
study project, and good health.
Application forms and further in
formation for students currently en
rolled in Meredith may be obtained
from Dr. Rosalie P. Gates, the cam
pus Fulbright Program Adviser. The
deadline for filing applications is
October 15th.
The committee is working on com
piling a Student Directory and the
issuing of student I. D.’s.
Sunday, Sept. 12 the SAB spon
sored their first movie of the season
in the amphitheater. The fare fea
tured Laurel and Hardy and Road-
runner ‘flicks.’ The committee: B. J.
George, Sally Welling, Jean Brown,
Hope Faircloth and Meredith Neill
have plans to show “Splendor in
The Grass" on Oct. 3. Later this
semester the features will be “To
Kill a Mockingbird” and “Psycho.”
Picnic Held
The class of 1972 gathered Mon
day night at the first Senior class
picnic held at Meredith.
The affair was organized under
the supervision of Carol Ann Mc-
Laney, Senior class president. Mu
sic was supplied by a stereo with
speakers from the third floor of
New North dormitory.
The picnic was followed by a Se
nior class meeting at which Corn
’huskin and nominations for Who’s
Who was discussed.
“The primary contribution a
School Psychologist can make is at
tempting to modify the learning
environment so that the environ
ment that the children are expected
to learn in is structured so that it
increases their probability of learn
ing.” This statement was made by
Mrs. Von Valleia, speaker for the
“New Club,” sponsored by the psy
chology students.
Last night Mrs. Valleta spoke to
students interested in a future in
sociology or psychology. Before the
meeting Mrs. Valleta was enter
tained at a dinner given by the steer
ing committee which consists of
Pam Stowe, chairman; Mary Harri-
The clock will roll back some 60
years on the Meredith campus Mon
day, October 4, when the Cultural
Affairs Committee presents “Mark
Twain Tonight!,” beginning at
8 p.m. in Jones Auditorium.
John Chappell, a North Carolina
native, a scholar and actor, will por
tray America’s funniest observer,
Mark Twain, in the show created by
Hal Holbrook. The performance is
free to the public. Chappell will pre
sent a three-act encounter with the
man who once said, “The rumors
of my death have been greatly exag
gerated.”
Other shafts of barbed wit fired
by the author seemed to have zinged
their way into certain contemporary
targets: “In the first place, God
made idiots. This was for practice.
Then he made School Boards.” “The
lie is man’s best and surest friend
and It cannot perish from the earth
What do you do with your free
time? Do you usually waste several
hours a week just “goofing off?”
Would you like to put those hours
to good use?
Opportunities for volunteer ser
vices in Raleigh are numerous. The
volunteer Service Committee of the
Community Council of Wake Coun
ty has compiled a listing of com
munity groups requesting volunteer
workers. The committee suggests
some fifteen areas of volunteer ser
vices. Among these are teachers
aides, artists, telephone reception
ists, music instructors, home econo
mists, tutors, and assistants for
Day Care programs.
The booklet is divided into four
sections of volunteer opportunities:
hospital and health services, reha
bilitation, educational services, and
counseling programs.
Seven area hospitals are listed,
requesting volunteers in such areas
as office and information assistance,
mail room help, escort service, and
personal services. Generally, as at
Rex Hospital, the hospital volun
teer services accepts assistance
whenever it is most convenient for
the volunteer. This makes it possible
for a Meredith student to volunteer
during any free time she may have.
son, secretary: Cammie Barnes,
publicity chairman; Jane Leggett
and Ann Wilbourne, programs and
arrangements: Connie Sue Barfield
and Mary Niebu. constitution; and
Dr. Gloria Blanton, advisor.
The “new Club” is now being
organized by the steering committee
and advised by Dr. Gloria Blanton.
There are high hopes for a good
year involving speakers on con
temporary issues, films, and dinner
meetings.
All interested students are invited
to attend the meetings which are
held every third Wednesday at
7;00 p.m. in First Faircloth parlor.
while Congress remains in session.”
Or “To my knowledge I have no
race, color or creed prejudices . . .
all I care to know is that a man is a
human being. That’s good enough
for me. He can’t be any worse.”
For over two hours, Chappell will
become Twain, white hair, beard,
white suit, and all. The stage will
look much as a lecture hall platform
of 1910; arm chair, library table,
an ornate reading stand, a crystal
pitcher of ice water and a goblet,
and lighting evoking thoughts of gas-
lamps.
The result is that rare event in
the theatre; a complete illusion of
reality. It will all happen from the
moment Chappell shuffles on the
stage as the 75-year-old Mark
Twain to begin the performance.
Chappell began work on his char
acterization of Mark Twain in 1968,
Among rehabilitation opportuni
ties are listed organizations like the
Raleigh Cerebral Palsy Center, the
Raleigh Rescue Mission, the Wake
County A.ssociation for Retarded
Children, and the Senior Citizens
Center. All these organizations are
requesting trained and untrained
volunteers for one or two hours of
service a week.
For Meredith students planning
teaching careers, there are multiple
opportunities in the Raleigh area.
Tutors arc needed to help interna
tions students’ wives in English, and
also to help students at the Governor
Morehead school, among others.
Also listed under educational ser
vices is the Baptist Center, which
requests volunteers to assist pre
schoolers, and help one or two days
a month with after-school activities
for school-age children.
Anyone interested in recreation
can volunteer trained or un
trained services to the two Raleigh
YWCA’s. They both need one or
two hours of volunteer work with
personal services, transportation,
and with teen activities on Friday
nights.
Listed under counseling organi
zations are the Hope Line-Crisis
Telephone Service, which needs
non-professionals who are willing to
offer two-four hour periods monthly
to listen to others, and the Friendly
Visitors Projects, Inc., which re
quests volunteers to work with
senior citizens in crafts and recre
ation, telephone reassurance, and
visitation. Also listed under coun
seling are the two Drug Abuse Cen
ters of the Drug Action Committee
of Raleigh and Wake County.
These suggestions are only a
sampling of those listed in the book
let. A name and telephone number
accompanies each listing, as does a
brief description of what volunteer
services are needed by each organi
zation. Anyone interested in obtain
ing a copy of this free booklet
should call 833-5739, the number of
the Volunteer Services office of the
Wake County Community Council.
when he secured the approval of
Hal Holbrook, acclaimed creator of
“Mark Twain!,” to bring the Mis
souri sage to life in towns and
colleges unlikely to see Holbrook
himself.
Chappell has about 12 hours of
authentic Twain material to choose
from and each performance is dif
ferent. He chooses his material as he
goes along during each performance.
A North Carolina native, Chap
pell received his B.S. degree from
Wake Forest University in 1961. He
has two graduate degrees; a Bache
lor of Divinity and Master of Sacred
Theology in religion and drama.
Chappell has also worked on his
Ph.D. at Emory University’s Gradu
ate Institute of the Liberal Arts. He
is married and his wife Laura ac
companies him on tour when
possible.
Heilman Dorm
To Be Dedicated
Meredith College will dedicate a
residence hall in honor of Dr. E.
Bruce Heilman when the College
Trustees hold their Fall meeting on
the campus Friday, September 24.
The residence hall that will be
named for Heilman has unofficially
been known as “New South” and
is located on the east campus, be
hind the college bookstore.
The general meeting of the
trustees will begin at 2 p.m. on
September 24 and the dedication of
the residence hall will be held at
4 p.m. The public is invited to the
dedication.
Friday night the trustees will meet
jointly with Meredith’s Board of As
sociates for a dinner meeting. It will
be held in Belk Hall and Special
guests will be members of Meredith’s
Public Relations Advisory Board
and the Estate Planning Advisory
Council.
The Harris and Bell Award, given
in honor of an extraordinary man or
woman whose personal influence
and achievement are of historical
significance to the college, will be
awarded during the meeting and
board of associate officers will be
elected.
ATTENTION
Do you feel that your life is a
mass of meaningless daily experi
ences and that your daily activities
at Meredith are merely a matter of
survival? Not really living?
The solution to your mundane
existence could be involvement in
something meaningful, such as
working on the staff of the Twig.
After all, what have you got to lose?
If interested please contact Co-
Icen Erdman, 828-7381.
This is Ihc year to
GET INVOLVED!
Scpl. 21, 6:00 p.m. — Young
Dcniocruts Meets in 103 loyner
Sept. 23, 6:00 p.tii.—Young Re*
publicans Meets in Vann Parlor
Student Activities Board Has
Now Organized New Committees
Attention Psychology Students
Join the Meeting of the Minds
Tired of Playing Bridge Yet?
Volunteer Your Services Now