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THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Vol. XLl/II
MEREVJTH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, hi. C
S2.pte.mbzh. S, 1972
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SERVICE
HELD IN
JONES
Meredith’s community join
ed in its first convocation
Monday, August 28th in Jones
Auditorium. The initial convo
cation served a dual purpose
by giving President Weems his
first opportunity to address
the entire student body and
faculty as well as by permit
ting the student body to com
mit themselves to the Honor
Code.
TWIG TO GO
WEEKLY
President Weems and Carolyn Carter discuss plans for the
1972-73 school year.
Honor Scholarship
A new image will charac
terize THE TWIG for the 1972-
73 school year not only by
physical standards but also by
writing standards. For the
first time in its history,THE
TWIG will be available week
ly as a four-page regular is
sue. This feature came into
reality after reviews of the
TWIG budget, conferences
with Mr. Baker, and staff con
sideration of a new printing
system. Lawrence News
papers Incorporated of Fu-
quay-Varina offered to publish
the new TWIG, and a contract
was signed on August 23,1972.
The TWIG staff is antici
pating a challenging and ex
citing year of presenting not
only factual news but also of
interpreting that news editor
ially with student and admin
istration support. With a
weekly TWIG, communication
with the entire Meredith Com
munity will be much more ef
fective, and both students and
administration will feel they
have a larger voice in campus
news.
President Weems empha
sized the potential leadership
of each individual in his ad
dress. Student Government
President Carolyn Carter al
so addressed the Meredith
community, speaking of com
mitment to Meredith’s Honor
Code as “affirming one’s be
lief in the highest principles
of humanity.” The community
code is structured to help stu
dents “keep full faith in mu
tual trust with fellow human
beings.” The SGA and its sys
tem of self-government exist
for the essential purpose of
insuring operation of the
Honor Code. By mutual agree
ment, Meredith students as
sume individual and corporate
responsibility as community
members.
Xanied for Julia Hamlet Harris
The Julia Hamlet Harris
Scholarships, formerly known
as the Meredith College Honor
Scholarships, have been nam
ed in memory of Dr. Julia
Hamlet Harris, a long-time
professor and chairman of
the department of English at
Meredith. A dedicated teach
er and scholar. Dr. Harris
inspired excellence in schol
arship throughout her thirty
years of teaching here (1922-
1952). On her death in 1965,
Through the Julia Hamlet
Harris Scholarship program,
each year twelve scholarships
are awarded to outstanding
freshman applicants, and two
scholarships are available for
junior college graduates hav
ing superior academic cre
dentials. Recipients of these
awards are designated as Har
ris Scholars.
program is on recognition a-
chieved through keen aca
demic competition. Recipients
are notified of their selection
on or before April 1, A public
announcement of the Harris
Scholars is released through
local and regional news media
around May 1.
ANNUAL
1HTAKE
NEWSIANT
Following Carter’s chal
lenge, members of SGA pro
ceeded to light candles for
each student. Together the
student body repeated the-
Honor Code and then sang the
Alma Mater as a closing sym
bol of their renewed alle
giance.
Dr. Harris bequeathed the
College her estate of $135,000
with the request that the gift
be used for scholarships for
promising and deserving stu
dents. In May 1972, the Honor
Scholarships, which are based
on academic excellence, were
renamed for Dr. Harris; and
the income of the endowment
was designated to fund this
highly competitive scholar
ship program.
A Harris Scholarship may
range from $100 to $1,200
per year, depending on the
financial need of the individual
recipient. A student ha-ving
little or no need would there
fore receive the minimum
$100 award while a recipient
ha-ving great financial need
might receive a $1,200 Harris
Scholarship, as well as other
types of student assistance.
While financial need deter
mines the amount of the award,
the emphasis of this particular
In order to retain a Harris
Scholarship for subsequent
years, a recipient must main
tain a minimum quality point
ratio of 3.00 (B average) on
all work taken at Meredith and
must remain in good standing.
The award of the student who
meets these qualifications
will automatically be renewed
for the following year, pro
vided she files the required
student aid forms in the Fin
ancial Aid Office. The amount
of the scholarship -will be the
same each year unless there
is a change in the Scholar’s
degree of financial need.
“We will have no parti
cular theme as of now, just a
conglomeration of lots of little
things that mean much to us at
Meredith — the things we do
that you don’t find in larger
schools.”
Such were the remarks of
Kay Morris, -eo-edltor of the
1973 OAK LEAVES, when ask
ed about plans being made
for the book’s production by
her and her associate, Robin
NoeL
Robin and Kay have decided
that the 1973 edition will take
a new approach and -will be
quite different than the annuals
of past years. However, in
size, the book will be about
the same.
BAPTIST REGIONAL RECIPIENTS NAMED
The co-editors are serious-
Eight young North Carolina
Baptist women who have be
gun their freshman year at
Meredith College are the first
recipients of Regional Baptist
Scholarships at Meredith,
Miss Mary Bland Josey, di
rector of admissions, announ
ced.
The scholarships are open
to an entering freshman from
each of the 10 Baptist regions
in North Carolina and range
from $100 to $1,000 each,
depending on financial need,
and are renewable yearly. On
ly eight of ten regions parti
cipated this year.
Each recipient was selected
for her contribution to her
home church, her potential as
a leader in the denomination,
and for her scholastic abil
ity, Miss Josey said.
A committee composed of
three active Baptists from
each region selected their re
spective regional winner. All
regional winners initially re
presented their local church
and then their association be
fore advancing to regional
competition.
All regional winners had
been accepted for 1972 fresh
man admission to Meredith
before being announced as Re
gional Baptist Scholarship
Peggy Karen Pell, daughter of
Mrs. June S. Pell of Poplar
Branch, as its winner. She is
a member of Poplar Branch
Baptist Church and was the
representative from the Cho
wan Association.
Miss Mary Catherine Bland,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Her
bert Louis Bland of 6 Tyler
Drive, Cherry Point, is the
Region Two winner. She won
the Atlantic Association en
dorsement and is a member
of First Baptist Church in
Havelock.
A member of First Baptist
Church in Whiteville, Miss
Karen Alice Britt is the win
ner from Region Three. She
is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. N. R. Britt, Jr. of 603
E. Crayton St., Whiteville,
and won the Columbus Asso
ciation competition.
Mary Waddell won the Region
Five competition. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James B. Waddell of Welcome
and was the representative
from the Liberty Association.
The winner of Region Six
is Miss Eleanor Anne Harris,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. For
rest Harris of Rt. 1, Albe
marle. She is a member of
First Baptist Church in Al
bemarle and represented the
Stanley Association.
Miss Jane Beal Rucker,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Howard Rucker of
142 South Street, Gastonia,
is the Region Eight winner. A
member of First Baptist
Church in Gastonia, Miss
Rucker was the Gaston Asso
ciation regional candidate.
named
scholarship winners
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ly considering having a sum
mer supplement if the students
appear to want one. Through a
supplement, students would
have a record of spring acti
vities in their yearbook. Com
pleted plans, however, have
not been announced.
From Coats Baptist Church
in Coats, Miss Shearon Flor
ence Roberts, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Haywood Thomas
Roberts, won the Region Four
competition. She previously'
won the Little River Associa
tion competition before ad
vancing to the regional finals.
recipients.
Region One has named Miss
Representing her home
church of First Baptist Church
in Welcome, Miss Ramona
And, the Region Nine win
ner is Miss Jane Elizabeth
Gilbert, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Claude William Gilbert
of 125 Taylor Rd., Black
Mountain. Miss Gilbert is
a member of First Baptist
Church in Black Mountain and
was the Buncombe Association
representative.
Meredith’s Admissions Di
rector, Miss Josey, said many
qualified young ladies partici
pated in the competition which
began at their local church.
Participanats who were not
BAPTIST SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS — Seven of the eight
Regional Baptist Scholarship winners at Meredith College
met recently for the first time on the Meredith campus as
they began their first academic year at the college.From
left to right, the students are Jane Rucker of Gastonia, Anne
Harris of Albemarle, Romona Waddell of Welcome, (standing)
Shearon Roberts of Coats, Janey Gilbert of Black Mountain,
Cathy Bland of Havelock, and Karen Britt of Whiteville.Peggy
Pell of Poplar Branch was absent when the picture was taken.
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