THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Vol. XLVl MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C, OCTOBER 7, 1971
Trapp Family to Sing Scholarships Awarded
Again at Meredith Outstanding Freshmen
The family von Trapp sang for
Meredith students approximately 30
years ago. They will sing again at
Meredith on November 16 and 17
as their story Is retold in the dra
matic production, The Sound of
Music.
Susan Tew, playing Maria Rainer
and Dr. Bernie Cochran, playing
Captain Georg von Trapp, will star
in the production. Their children
range in age from 7 to 16 and will be
played by students from various
. schools in the Raleigh area. Nancy
■^Crews, who portrays Llesl, is a
‘ Meredith student.
The Mother Abbess, played by
Palsy Johnson, heads the Nonnberg
• Abbey where the play opens. Sisters
, Berthe, Margaretta, and Sophia are
played by Lissy Wall, Jeanie Al
ford, and Elizabeth Triplett, respec-
. tively.
Baroness Elsa Schraeder, who
Mimi Over Matter
Carol Grant, a freshman at
Meredith, will receive the National
■ March of Dimes Scrvicc Award for
Best Young Adult Chairman, to
morrow, October 8, at a regional
( ' March of Dimes meeting in Atlanta,
i‘ ^Georgia.
; " The award, given on the basis of
■ service in the March of Dimes Teen
• Action Program (TAP), will be
• presented by Miss Louise Roy, Na-
. tional Director of March of Dimes
i Youth Activities.
Carol’s year of service as North
' Carolina TAP chairman has been
• only one of her many activities.
[ Carol has spoken before audiences
; across the country, including ap-
' • pearanccs on the program of the
Hrst National Youth Conference on
Birth Defects, in Utah: a meeting
■ of the National Foundation of the
. March of Dimes in San Diego in
1969; and has appeared on tele
vision in Atlanta. Ga., Columbia,
■ S. C., Va., Tenn., and many North
C'arolina cities.
' - Carol has participated in half a
ozen March of Dimes Teleramas
id especially likes to work with
le educational aspects of the March
{ Dimes. Carol spent two months
ihis summer as an intern at the Al-
'Vred 1 DuPont Institute (for crippled
children) in Wilmington, Del.
! • Carol, who would like to go into
vocational counseling for the handi-
;apped when she finishes at Mere-
- jith, lived in the hospital and spent
ler time demonstrating to the chil-
Iren that a handicap does not
lecessarily mean defeat. Carol is
. veil qualified to inspire an optlmis-
ic outlook in physically handi-
• apped children since she knows
bout orthopedic hospitals and birth
lefects from personal experience.
I . ^arol was born with major birth
vlefects, mainly a condition known
I • :is phocomelia (shortened arms —
II similar to those of thalidomide
! oabies but not the result of the
I . mother’s taking drugs) and must
I wear braces on her legs.
I • Carol is very vocal and so, she
I sometimes finds herself the center
fj ‘ i)f controversy. After seeing children
i 'V with shortened arms similar to hers
L *'v
captivates the Captains heart, is
played by Ann Goodson.
Playing the part of Llesl’s boy
friend, Rolf Gruber, is Andy Far
rell, a student from NCSU. Other
NCSU students involved Include
Mike Johnson as Mac Detweller;
Lindsay DIttrich as Herr Zeller and
Bob Lawton as Admiral Von
Schrieber.
Male dancers, also from State,
are Chuck Markan and Wayne
Eichelberger. The third dancer has
not been selected.
Female dancers arc Virginia
Royal, Martha Thomason and Gail
Kluttz.
“The Sound of Music” opened
at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in
New York City on November 16,
1959 continuing for 1,442 per
formances. The London production
at the Palace Theatre started on
May 18, 1961 and is still running
after over 1,230 performances.”
in a freak show at the State Fair,
and hearing their arms referred to
as “flippers,” Carol bccame enraged
and went into action. Because of this
incident and a speech she gave be
fore the Tennessee legislature, Carol
is credited with the responsibility for
passage in North Carolina and Ten-
cessee of laws prohibiting the
showing of children under 18 as
“freaks” in a show.
Carol also campaigns for the
rights of the unborn child. At the
1968 national meeting of the March
of Dimes Foundation, she spoke
about abortion in cases when it is
known the child will be born with
defects, and said: “Although doctors
do not know why I was born with
birth defects, I am so glad that my
mother did not have an abortion.
I a:n grateful for the opportunity to
live and make whatever contribu
tions 1 can to society.”
Carol’s philosophy is perhaps best
understood from a statement she
made several years ago. She said:
“I have a handicap that is physical,
while others have hidden handicaps
that can be much worse, such as
hearts twisted with bitterness, preju
dice and hatred.”
SAB Acfivifies
Include Candy
Sale, Bake Sale
The Student Activities Board has
made plans to sponsor several events
on campus.
A bake sale is planned for Oc
tober 18 with several gourmet dishes
available as well as the usual
favorites. Everyone is urged to
watch for posters announcing the
time and place. The bridge tourna
ment takes place the last week in
October in the Hut. Anyone inter
ested in participating may contact
Pam Stowe or Elaine Williams.
Tetatlve plans have been made
to show the motion picture "Wood-
stock” on November 6-7 in the gym.
More details will be announced. At
present, plans are forming for a
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Each year Meredith awards
twelve Honor Scholarships to ex
ceptional freshman applicants. The
scholarship is awarded on the basis
of scholastic achievement, intel
lectual promise, and leadership abili
ty-
The applicants for the Honor
Scholarships are screened through
their application material, and in
late February the Office of Admis
sions chooses approximately thirty
applicants to visit the campus where
upon they are interviewed by the
faculty-selection committee. From
these thirty students, twelve are se
lected to be Meredith Scholars. The
award varies in amount from $100
to $1,000 according to the student’s
need. The award may be renewed
annually provided that the student
maintains a 3.00 average in her
work at Meredith.
The freshmen recipients are:
Gladys Batchelor of Apex, N. C.,
Claudia Denny of Little Silver, N. J.,
Deborah Godwin of Bayboro, N. C.,
Norma Heath of Whiteville, N. C.,
Myra McCachren of Concord,
N. C., Suzanne Martin of Winston-
Salem, Genie Rogers of Roxboro,
Deborah Steele of La Plata, Md.,
Betsy Webb of Eden, N. C., Susan
Webster of Greensboro, N. C., Gail
Spellman of Kinston, N. C., and
Becky Benton of Winston-Salem.
In addition to the twelve fresh
man awards, two scholarships arc
granted to junior college graduates.
This year’s winners are Nancy
Brewer of Kannapolis who is a
graduate of Wingate College, and
Mrs. Jean C. Falkner of Henderson
Dix Volunteer
Project Expanded
This year the MCA is again spon
soring the Dorothea Dix Extension
project.
Last semester a group was taken
over each Tuesday night and spent
an hour with patients playing bingo,
cards, checkers; singing songs; and
chatting with the approximately 100
fem{ile patients in the Broughton
Building.
Carl Elledge, member of Boule
vard Baptist Church, furnished
transportation with the church bus.
Additional activities undertaken
with the patients were special holi
day parties.
This year’s chairman, Kathy Ves-
sells, has been working with Mrs.
Ann C. Clements, Volunteer Service
Representative for Dix Hospital. In
addition to the traditional activities,
they hope to conduct arts and crafts
projects, a good grooming program,
a music group, exercise classes and
other special interest groups.
The special interest groups wiJl
especially require the talents of art
majors, music majors, and home
economics majors. However, so
ciology or psychology majors may
also benefit from this volunteer
experience.
An organizational meeting was
held October 5. Any student who is
interested but missed the meeting
may still sign up for the program by
seeing Kathy Vessells in 117 Fair-
cloth.
“Veteran volunteer” can speak
for the rewards of the program Hope
Faircloth, sophomore and partici
pant in the program says, “The one
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who graduated from Louisburg Col
lege.
Every year Meredith invites
freshman applicants who are pro
spective music majors to compete
for the Music Talent Scholarships.
Students studying in any field of
music are eligible. These awards
range from $100 to $800 depending
on the student’s need. Approxi
mately ten finalists come to the cam
pus in March for auditions and in
terviews with the faculty of the
music department. The recipients
of the awards are chosen on the
basic of talent, previous accomplish
ments, and potential achievement
in the field of music. These scholar
ships are renewable provided the
student maintains a 3.00 in all her
music courses and has satisfactory
conduct. The winners of the Music
Talent Scholarships are Betsy Webb,
who is also an Honor Scholar, and
Sue Tripp of Mebane, N. C.
Another competitive scholarship
offered the incoming freshmen is
the Meredith College Merit Scholar
ship. The recipients of this award
are selected from among those
National Merit Finalists who have
specified Meredith as their college
choice. A faculty-selection commit
tee chooses two Finalists to receive
the Merit Scholarship on the basis
of information the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation sends on
the Finalist and on their application
credentials. The Merit Scholarships
are renewable for years of study
with no required grade average. The
Meredith Merit Scholarships went to
Wilma Queen and Ann Wall of
Statesville.
By Mary Owens and
Delane Holmes
Place yourself before a seemingly
huge white canvas that projects as
an endless desert, and beckons you,
the last prospector, to cross its vast
emptiness. What questions confront
you most frequently at this point?
Certainly, the problem of “how do I
Begin?”, but another question must
precede this one — [Vhy should I
paint this picture? Supposing that
this picture was not a course re
quirement, why would you bother to
paint it?
Despite the currently expanding
public interest in art, an artist’s
works often meet unwarranted
apathy by friends, relatives, and an
insensitive society. Coupled with this
uninspiring condition is the problem
of inadequate income for profes
sional painters as compared to
higher incomes within other pro
fessional groups. An artist’s income
fluctuates according to public in
terest; thus, few artists enter the
profession because of financial am
bition.
Certainly, a prospective artist
must have a love of art, a respect
for its complex media, and a willing
ness to learn how to use these media
effectively. Perhaps the greatest rea
son for painting is the deep satisfac
tion of expressing one’s viewpoint
and emotions on canvas. Such an
endeavor should not only prove
valuable to the artist, but to the ob
servers who receive the impact of his
No. 3
Meredith Will Have
Degree In Science
Meredith College trustees au
thorized its faculty and administra
tion to proceed with planning a
bachelor of science program at
Meredith in addition to its present
bachelor of arts and bachelor of
music programs.
Implementation of a bachelor of
science program would mean stu
dents entering the program would
lake more courses in the sciences in
addition to the general requirements
for a bachelor of arts.
Some academic areas that might
offer the B.S. degree, in addition to
their B.A. degree program, could
include chemistry, biology, business,
mathematics, and home economics.
Meredith’s curriculum already in
cludes adequate courses for a B.S.
degree in most of these academic
areas and would not require the
introduction of new courses.
No date has been set on the com
pletion of requirements for a B.S.
degree in any academic area.
Frosh Pick Officers
The Freshman class elections
were held beginning September 10.
Because of the number of candidates
filing for election, many run offs
were held, The officers of the Fresh
man class are as follows; President:
Jean Jackson, Vice President; Carol
Grant, Com Huskin’: Vicki Lewis,
Nan Foster, Secretary; Rhonda
Strickland, Legislative Board; Patty
Whisant, Pogo Pollock, Judicial
Board; Winkie Gobler, Mary Krom-
cke, MCA: Kathleen Haskins,
MRA; Amanda Davis, Susan Swift,
Elections Board; Marty Allen, Beth
Benton, Stunt: Laura Ann Bailey,
Margaret Farmer, Treasurer.
message. Art is a vita! part of any
culture or community, and should be
given the recognition and support it
deserves.
How much recognition and sup
port has been directed toward our
Art Department? Art students com
plain often about the lack of ma
terial assistance the department
receives. Many complain of the lack
of facilities and spacing problems.
Certain classrooms are notorious for
their insufficient lighting, haphazard
arrangement, crowded space, and
poor ventilation. Some students be
lieve more room for display is
needed in the art gallery.
There have been improvements
made this year beyond those last
year. Included among other aids
were provided new easels. This year
the painting classes. Art 347 and
Art 453, and a drawing class, Art
229, were provided with live models
for studies in gesture and contour
drawing.
The purpose of live models for
these classes was not to create in
teresting gossip about the “nude
models,” but to provide actual rep
resentation of human form, which
has not been available to art stu
dents in the past. Most students
think this is a helpful improvement.
However, some artists feel that the
absence of a posed model, creating
less literal detail, allows for greater
Imagination in the drawing. They
maintain that this method requires
no need for exact anatomy, and the
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Carol Grant Awarded
For Services to All
Struggle for Recognition: A
Perspective On Art at Meredith