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THE TWIG Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College ol. XLVl MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., MARCH 2, 1972 No. 9 Founder’s Day Activities Are Many and Varied Speeches, Dedication, and Services Included Meredith College, chartered in 1891, held its Founder’s Day cere monies Friday, February 25. The activities began at 9:15 a.m. with a memorial service at the grave of Thomas Meredith. Henry H. Wil son, president of the Chicago Board of Trade, delivered the Founder’s Day address at 10:30 a.m., the dedi cation of Barefoot Residence Hall was held at 11:45 a.m. and an es tate planning seminar was held at 2 p.m. , Graveside services in Raleigh City .Cemetery began with a tribute to Thomas Meredith by Mrs. James W. Reid of Raleigh, a Meredith alumna. Meredith was founder of the Biblical Recorder, journal of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, and was instrumental in the found- ng of the college. A wreath was placed on the grave by Mrs. John E. Weems, the wife of Meredith’s president, and Miss Gail Knieriem, president of the student government association. The Rever end Gene Phillips, college minister, gave the memorial prayer. The Founder’s Day address was given by Wilson in Jones Audi torium. He is a native of Monroe and served as administrative assis tant to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson before be coming president of the Chicago Board of Trade, the world’s largest commodities exchange, in 1967. His mother attended Meredith. Following the address, activities moved to the east campus for the dedication of Barefoot Residence Hall, Meredith’s newest facility for housing students. The dedication took place at the site of the building being named in honor of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Barefoot and their family of Benson. At 2 p.m. activities continued in Jones Auditorium with an estate planing seminar. The seminar was designed to inform friends of the college of the importance of wills and trusts and other estate planning techniques. The seminar was presented in the form of a play with Raleigh area at torneys and trust officers who are members of Meredith’s Estate Plan ning Advisory Council in the cast, Raleigh attorney Nat Townsend, chairman of the estate planning council, said. Meredith College Trustees held their semi-annual meeting in con junction with Founder’s Day. They met on Friday and Saturday, Febru ary 25 and 26, and considered the budget for the 1972-73 academic year. On Friday night, the trustees en tertained faculty and special guests at a dinner in Belk Hall. Seniors Steal the Show!! The senior class’s production of “Erma Gaye Hooker Is Here to Stay” won first place honors on Friday, February 18 at the tradi tional Stunt Night held each year at Meredith. The senior story was of a mis- .,ionary, played by Gail Knieriem, who attempts to “civilize” natives on the island of Whatastunt. King pHeisaweiner was played by Percy r Beane. Stunt co-chairmen for the seniors were Carol Pearson and Kathy Barrier. The sophomore production of “Preparation H” won second place honors Friday night. “Preparation H” may be briefly described as a girl’s trial for her delivery to either heaven or hell. Sophomore co-chair men for Stunt were Kathy Sink and Louise McCaskill. “Antie Hill” or “How I Stole the Queen’s Genes” was the title of the junior class’s Friday night caper. Members of an ant colony were pro testing against having to do all the work in the colony. Junior class Stunt co-chairmen were Jeanne Til ley and Linda Erhlich. A “vegetable revolution” was the theme of the freshman performance. The actual title of the stunt was “Sweet Succotash.” Freshman Stunt co-chairmen were Margaret Farmer and Laura Ann Bailey. This is the first year that the Class of 1972 has won Stunt. The per formance of each class is judged on originality, costumes, and props or scenery. Officers of the winning class are Carol Ann McLaney, president; Jeanie Brown, vice-president; Mere dith Elam, secretary; Jo Ann Hick man, treasurer; Dr. Roger Crook, class sponsor. The Meredith Ensemble per formed several songs while the judges were making the final de cision. Kathy Barrier, one of the senior Stunt co-chairmen, said: “1 would like to take advantage of this oppor tunity to express a personal ap preciation to those twenty-some persons representing the Class of 1972 who made possible a success ful Stunt. — May the spirit of ’72 go with each of you.” (Continued on page 3) Basketball Season Closes At UNC A basketball tournament was held at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on February 24 and 25. The four schools which partici pated in the tournament included Meredith, Duke University, the Uni versity of North Carolina, and Peace College. On February 24, Carolina and Peace battled with Carolina winning the game. Meredith played Duke University and won the game with a score of 40-30. On February 25, Meredith was on the boards with the University of (Continued on page 2) Antonio and his friend Bassanio discuss flie terms of the “ponnd-of-flesh” contract in Shakespeare’s “Tlie Merchant of Venice.” Pacific Repertory Company To Perform at Meredith How much interest would you pay on 3,000 ducats? A pound of your own flesh? Right on, and carved from your heart according to the contract specified by Jewish money lender Shylock. Illegal today, but in 16th century Venice, this is the problem faced by the bankrupt shipping magnate An tonio in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. To be presented by nationally famous Pacific Repertory Company in Jones Auditorium on the Mere dith campus on Tuesday, March 14, this outstanding dramatic comedy of love, hate, and high finance will be staged by five very talented actors. The actors will play a total of twelve roles in the course of unraveling al most as many plots. Curtain time is 8:00 p.m. The characters, in order of appearance, include Antonio, a merchant of Venice; Gratiano, a friend to Antonio and Bassanio; Bassanio, Antonio’s friend and a suitor to Portia; Portia, an heiress; Ncrissa, Portia’ waiting gentleman; Shylock, a Jew; Prince of Morocco, a suitor to Portia; Lorenao, a man in love with Jessica; Jessica, Shylock’s daughter; Salcrio, a town gossip; Solanio, another town gossip; Prince of Arragon, suitor to Portia, and Tubal, a Jew and friend to Shylock. One of the actors in the Pacific Repertory Company, Robert Byrd, is a native of North Carolina. Bob began his acting career in outdoor dramas in North Carolina. He went on to graduate from Pfeiffer Col lege and received his M.F.A. from Southern Methodist University. Pacific Repertory Company is chartered in the state of California as a non-profit organization and re ceives recognition from the Federal Government as a educational or ganization. Recently the Eastern Di vision Headquarters were located in Xenia, Ohio, in order that the Eastern clientele might be more ef fectively served. Lectures in Religion Series Will Conclude On March 13 The senior production of “Erma Gaye Hooker Is Here to Stay” won first place honors this year. Participating here are (left to right) Martha Susan Brown, Gail Knieriem, Charlotte Ellis, and Marsha Perkins. Mrs. Mary McDermott Shideler of Boulder, Colorado, a lay theo logian, will deliver the final series of talks at Meredith College Monday, March 13, under the college’s Lec tures in Religion series. “Fantasy, Myth, and Truth” is the topic of her 10 a.m. talk and “Inklings of Other Worlds” is the topic of her 8 p.m. talk. Both will be in Jones Hall and are open to the public free of charge. Mrs. Shideler is an occasional lec turer at numerous colleges and uni versities, including Drake Universi ty and Iowa State University. She has written four religious books and pamphlets, twenty-three articles and seven reviews. Her books include “The Theology of Romantic Love,” which is a study of the writings of Charles Williams, and “A Creed for a Christian Skeptic.” She received her B.A. de gree from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania and has studied at Chicago Theological Seminary; Pen- dle Hill, the Quaker center for study in Pennsylvania; studied contem porary European theology at the Institute of European Studies; and has done independent research in England, Japan and Southeast Asia. Mrs. Shiedeler recently received an honorary doctor of divinity de gree from Chicago Theological Seminary. The purpose of the Lectures in Religion series at Meredith is to bring ministers and laymen together in thoughtful study and discussion with religious leaders who are mak ing scholarly contributions to Chris tian life and thought. ATTENTION! The next issue of the TWIG will be published March 30, and the deadline for .stories is Friday, March 24. Dr. Parramore’s history class is editing the next issue, and anyone intere.sted in helping .should contact Judy Benton or Dr. Parra- more.
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