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Page Two THE TWIG October 7, 1971 Dr. Tucker Receives MACT College October 7, 1971 Will Intimidating Letters Effect Responsibility? It has come to my attention that many of my classmates have received intimidating letters from the Academic Dean’s office in regard to their cutting chapel. In regard to this letter and its “several explanations,” (for cutting chapel) I can only reply that: 1. The purpose of having the cuts is to be able to take them whenever they are needed. If one wishes to cut the first two chapels, then certainly this is her perogativc and does not require letters to her parents, to her major professor, and in her file. I am surprised and disgusted. 2. In regard to the established chapel policy, 1 have heretowlth refrained from making any comment in the hopes that moderation and re-evaluation of our policy would result in a more liberalized democratic policy. However, the result has been highly autocratic and arbitrary. I think that if students are required to attend chapel because they are part of the Meredith com munity then ail people who are members of the community should be required to attend, both students, professors, and administration. For are we not all equal members of this community? Or do we offer second class citizenship for some? I also challenge the idea that if one attends chapel, she is instantly part of this mirage called the community. If the purpose of chapel is to make a student a part of the community, why is not the required chapel the student government? Surely this is more relative to the community than lectures on Church History or Folk Music, however enjoyable they prove to be. I also find myself challenging any synthetic community that cannot accept dissent. I think that the American Society has learned how to handle dissent or at least to tolerate it. Yet wc find that Meredith College cannot tolerate those who are bold enough to stand against the Establishment and say that your values are not mine and I do not intend to support you by going to chapel. On the contrary Meredith is so narrow that any rebellion can only mean one thing: THE RETENTION COMMITTEE! Can we not see that a student may still make a valuable contribution to the community even If she does cut chapel more than three tirnes? And again why should a student want to be a part of this community? What if a girl only wants to receive 120 credit hours? Many other colleges can accept those who desire to be an active part of the community and those who wish to be passive. Why do we force a girl to do what she does not want to do? And most important of all, what kind of community can result from this forced action? Should not a community be made up of willing members? Abo, I have not found that this artificial com munity has accomplished anything in regard to the very real problems in chapel. I am referring to sleeping, reading, doing class assignments, and resulting boredom. Lastly I challenge this false set of values. Our classes are no longer obligatory. Can we value chapel above classes? The knowl edge that we gain in our classes will have a very real effect on our future. Yet, we are allowed the responsibility to decide concerning our class attendance but chapel is mandatory. Is Meredith trying to say that a girl could be better prepared to face her life with four years of chapel and a 2.0 QPR which is certainly the minimum. Certainly if the young lady could face the results of cutting classes in a lower point ration then she should be able to face the world without chapel. In regard to the last paragraph of the letter, commenting on ones chapel attendance reflecting ones inability to participate in this part of community life” and that “attendance hereafter will show your willingness to join the community in this intellectual (sic) activity,” I^ can only add that I hope that this policy is not a reflection of Meredith’s inability to empathize with the students and that the position hereafter will show that we are willing to accept people as they are and not as the Meredith lady is supposed to be. Sincerely, M. Carolyn Lewis Disgusted Senior EDITORIAL STAFF Editor Susan Van Wageningcn News Editor Coleen Erdman Columnist Penny Gallins Faculty Sponsor Dr. Norma Rose Carioonist Call Arnette Reporters Kiiren Voelker. Debbie Brown, Mary Owens, Delane Holmes. Ann Wall, Suzanne Oakley. Carolyn Saier, Melissa Eller, Mary Lynn Roberts, Linn Weaver BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager Anna Vaughan Mailing Editor Meredith Elam Circulation Managers Jane Lewis, Susan Query Typist Googe Faculty Sponsor Dr- Lo'S Frazier Member Associated Collegiate Press. Entered as second-class matter at post office at Raleigh, N. C. 2761L Published semi-monlhly during the months of September, October, November, January, February and April; monthly during December and March. The Twig is served by National Educational Advertising Service. 18 East 50th Street, New York. Subscription Rates: $3.70 per year. By KAREN VOELKER Dr. Charles Tucker, Assistant Professor of Sociology recently re ceived another graduate degree in addition to his Th.D. This one is the MACT, Master of Arts in Col lege Teaching, with a major In Soci ology. The MACT is offered under the direction of an interdepartmental committee at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The pur pose of the degree is to give prospec tive teachers for two and four year colleges a strong liberal education in their graduate fields and to en hance their knowledged of current concepts involved in higher educa tion. Requirements for the MACT call for thirty six semester hours in one’s major field and twelve hours of study in the professional area of college teaching In lieu of a disserta tion. A final comprehensive exami nation covering six areas of the ma jor field is also required. Dr. Tucker’s major studies were social theory, social research, the family, socialization, the city, and minority relations. He also com pleted three hours in Black Studies, and three hours in Child Psychology. In the professional area, Dr. Tucker took courses in the history of higher education in the United States. And in the development of higher educa tion. In addition to the above re quirements, a one semester college- teaching internship was completed as part of the professional area of study. As Dr. Tucker was acting chairman of the sociology depart ment. At Meredith at the time he was enrolled for his internship, he fulfilled this requirement by writing a research paper on the changing curriculum at Meredith. Dr. Tucker undertook his work In this graduate program at Caro lina in order to be refreshed in his knowledge of sociology and to become familiar with the current trends in sociology. He says one of the biggest differences he has found in sociology since his previous study is that sociology seems much more empirically oriented than be fore. He also states that work on the degree has helped him gain a wider breadth of knowledge in his field. Concerning sociological re search, Dr. Tucker comments that he is now more aware of the Im portance of gathering precise data before making generalizations about community structures. Dr. Tucker views as one weakness in sociology today failure of social scientists to replicate past studies to see whether the results still hold relevance. When Dr. Tucker received his MACT at the end of the 1971 sum mer session, he terminated the work he began during the summer of 1966. Never On A Sunday? One of the concerns of the MCA this year is to make available to the student every possible opportunity for creative expression of her re ligious beliefs—through involvement in worships, extension projects, REW, forums, and the Raleigh community. Enough will be said about the first four topics; consider the last one. During Orientation, many freshmen met ministers of Raleigh churches, and some attended special programs in the churches. However, many of the most enthusiastic ones will fall with upperclassmen into the ob servance of Sunday as a day of “rest,” especially until time to dress up for Sunday dinner. The fact of church attendance is not important, but church involve ment is. Off campus fellowship, good discussion groups, meaningful wor ship, and various other means of Christian expression are offered to students; however, consider what difference student involvement makes in the life of the church. Most church choirs are lacking. Sunday School programs could stand to have some perky substitute teachers. Deaf sign language classes need more students (First Baptist). And so the list continues. If the amount of criticism given by college students were matched by an honest attempt to improve conditions in churches, the label of “irrelevant” would begin to disappear. The MCA and the churches pro vide bus transportation for con venience, not to mention saving 60‘. Rides to the contemporary worships at 10:00 a.m, in Danforth Chapel at NCSU arc available, but unused. Please, consider this an opportunity for sharing yourself with others and growing a little each week. CONTRIBUTE TO THE TWIG MCA ANNOUNCEMENTS BSU II Convention, November 5* 7, Hifili Point, N. C. Everyone wclcomc. BSU Camping Retreat, Oct. 15>17, Camp Carraway, Aslieboro. A Great weekend! Any student Interested in being a denominational representative on the MCA council, contact B. A. Haskins, 216, N. Groups are being iield in the Hut for Bible study; ail interested students contact B. A. or Gene Phillips. Voice of TheSGA Attendance at Friday’s meeting; was a disappointing total of 200 students. If rain has such an adverse: affect on the student body, one car hardly imagine what snow will do Gall announced that Self-limitinf, Hours has passed the Student Lift' Committee and is presently under consideration by Dean Burris. She also announced that the Business Office will not issue I. D. cards until the second semester. Due to the poor attendance, the quorum was not met and a vote could not be taken on the motion to declare May 2 (the state primary election day), and November 7 (the national presidential election) holi' days from class so that students can go home to vote. This is an im portant action for those who value their political rights. The vote will take place at the next meeting of SGA, if there Is a quorum. ' GRE Offered On October 23 The Graduate Record Exam will be offered on the Meredith campus on October 23rd. Any interested seniors, please pick up an applica tion at the Placement Office. It must reach Princeton by October 5th. A book listing the schools requiring the GRE is available in the Place ment Office. If you are planning to go to graduate school, now is the time to take it. Your scores are good for five years. Seniors who graduate in Decem ber should be completing their Placement files if they arc planning to take advantage of the services offered there. If you are not aware of the services offered, drop by and find out. It’s all free. There arc still a few part-time, off campus jobs available, so check the Placement Office bulletin board for these. Come Play With Melvin, Lee, and Superman By LIBBY KNOTT Melvin . . . he’s six and Lee . . . he’s seven. Superman, well Super man is any age he wants to be. Melvin can throw a frisbee pretty good for a six year old kid and Lee, well about Lee, he can chase a frisbee pretty good for a seven year old kid. Superman can climb monkey bars of any height — but then he’s Superman. Ten is a big number ... a real big number, ’specially for Melvin and Lee and Superman. Hours is a big word ... a real big word, ’specially for Melvin, Lee and Su perman. Ten hours is a small term ... a real small term, ’specially for you . . . ’specially when you think in terms of one hour per week for' ten weeks—the hour between seven and eight on Thursday nights. Imagine that ... ten hours with Melvin, Lee, and Superman ... or as many hours as you want to make it. It’s the Governor Morehead School for the Blind Project, spon sored by the MCA. Organizational meeting is October 7 at 6:30 p.m. in 103 Joyner. For information, call Libby Knott, 214 North. A Note to the Reader The views and opinions expressed in the guest editorial are also the views and opinions of the Twig staff members. Although it is not customary to print Letters to the Editor as edi torials, the Twig staff felt this action appropriate. In future issues of the Twic, Letters to the Editor will appear in the regular column designated for them. Please contribute. MRA 'Kicks Off' Intramural games of touch foot ball are being sponsored b the MRA every night after dinnc in the court. The games will be he! any night a group expresses the di sire to play. Interested persons nu: contact Libus Carter. Meredith h; purchased four footballs for thi.^ purpose and all students arc urged tc^ take advantage of this opportunity. The MRA has also provided bi cycles which are available to all stu - - dents. The bicycle room is located ir the basement of Faircloth next to th ’ laundry room. Students arc re . minded to please return bicycles t( that room after using them. Also new locks are being obtained for th * bicycles and a new bicycle sign-ou procedure will be announced afte the arrival of the locks. POOL HOURS Tor tlie .students: Monday and Wednesday. 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Hiursday nielit 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. (May brinu a date) Saturday 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Sunday 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. (May hrini; a date) ■■ sta« and tiieir families: Priday niitiit 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
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