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MEREVITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, hi. C,
ADDITIONS FOR CENTER
Two new additions to come
to the College Center may
cause some questions among
students, so here is a chance
to clear the air before con
fusion reigns. The pool tables
and ping-pong ball dispensers
are to be coin operated,
the price of the former to be
25? a game and of the latter
to be announced. Why? There
are two reasons.
The first reason is rather
obvious to anyone taking the
time to think about it. The
new union is to be open at
night for use and, as an open
building, admittance is avail
able to all. The coin operat
ed facilities are to eliminate
the idea that Meredith is a good
place to get in some free pool
or ping-pong. This will cut
down on crowds and give the
students here a chance to use
their own union. Ping-pong
balls will be on stock in the
supply store, so one can al
so play with personal balls,
but, of course, these will be
unavailable at night. So a dis
penser is necessary.
Volunteers Needed
According to Dr. Leslie Sy-
ron, coordinator of Volunteer
Activities, the fall directory
of requests for volunteers
throughout the Raleigh com
munity should make available
information about avenues for
volunteer service on the part
of Meredith students. In pre
vious years, some volunteer
situations have been over-
abundantly filled, while others
remained without volunteers
due to lack of awareness on
the part of the students.
Any Meredith student may
sign up to aid iini whatever
type of volunteer work she has
an interest in. For the pur
pose of enlisting Meredith vol
unteers, V-Days (Volunteer
Days) are now being held.
Students may sign lists in the
Continuing Education Office
on the third floor of Johnson
Hall across from the Central
Services office. The office will
be open on Monday and Tues-
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The National Research
Council has been called upon
again to advise the National
Science Foundation in the se
lection of candidates for the
P'oundation’s program of
Graduate Fellowships. Panels
of eminent scientists appoint
ed by the National Research
Council will evaluate qualifi
cations of applicants. PTnal
selection will be made by the
P'oundation, with awards to be
announced on March 15, 1973.
Applicants to the NSF Grad
uate Fellowship Program
must be beginning graduate
students by the Fall of 1973,
or must have completed not
more than one calendar year
of full - time or part - time
graduate study by the Fall of
1 973. Subject to the availabil
ity of funds, new fellowships
awarded in the Spring of 1973
will be for periods of three
years, the second and third
years contingent on certifi
cation to the Foundation by
the fellowship institution of
the student’s satisfactory pro
gress toward an advanced de
gree in the sciences.
These fellowships will be
awarded for study or work
leading to master’s or doc
toral degrees in the mathe
matical, physical, medical,
biological, engineering, and
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Second, the money gained
from these charges will be
channelled back to the SAB
to use for supplies and ex
penses for that area of the
Center. For instance, the
board would like to supply
games such as chess and mo
nopoly for the use of all, but
it needs money to do this.
So the students actually get
the fruits of the charge for
the pool table and ping-pong
balls.
day, October 9 and 10, from
nine o’clock until one o’clock.
Mrs. Ann C. Dahle, Coor
dinator of Continuing Educa
tion, sums up the response
to V-Day as “good so far.”
She cited special needs for
volunteers to tutor in read
ing and math, organize re
creation programs, lead sing
ing and play guitar. Volun
teers may woifor correction
al Institutes as well as regu
lar public school situations.
This little squirrel pauses for a
the autumn air that is finally here.
moment, perhaps to sniff
STUDENT DIRECTORY
WILL SOON BE READY
FDR DISTRIBUTION
social sciences, and in the
history and philosophy of sci
ence. Awards will not be made
in clinical, education, or bus
iness fields, in history or
social work, or for work lead
ing to medical, dental, law,
or joint Ph. D. - profession
al degrees. Applicants must
be citizens of the United States
and will be judged solely on
the basis of ability. The an
nual stipend for Graduate
Fellows will be $3,600 for a
twelve-month tenure with no
dependency allowances.
Applicants will be requir
ed to take the Graduate Rec
ord Examinations designed to
test scientific aptitude and
achievement. The examina
tions, administered bythe?:d-
ucatlonal Testing Service, will
be given on December 9, 1972
at designated centers
throughout the United States
and in certain foreign coun
tries.
The deadline date for the
submission of applications for
NSF Graduate Fellowships is
November 27, 1972. Further
information and application
materials may be obtained
from the Fellowship Office,
National Research Council,
2101 Constitution Avenue,
Washington, D.C. 20418,
The long - awaited, too-
long delayed arrival of a Stu
dent Directory for Meredith
students should come “very
soon,” according to SAB sec
retary, Debbie Godwin. There
will be a minor fee of 25?
per copy to cover printing
costs which should be a small
price for obtaining this need
ed reference. The booklets
will contain the names, home
and campus addresses, and
telephone numbers of all stu
dents at Meredith. Switch
board operators may antici
pate fewer headaches in the
future.
Other projects sponsored
by the Student Activities Board
are progressing well, the
members believe; outlined
here are the projects in re
cent action: a big college cal
endar will be placed in the
Beehive, a Beehive sign will
be designed by the architect
of the Student Center, and
plans for the annual Christ
mas dance are in progress.
This formal or semi-formal
dance will be held on Fri
day December 1, from 8:00
until 1:00 in Belk Dining Hall.
Further details will be later
announced.
The next movie to be
shown is the Alfred Hitch
cock thriller, “Psycho.”
Students To Serve In
Welfare Placement
Twenty Meredith students
are presently serving in so
cial welfare field placement
this fall, according to Mrs.
Helen Turlington, sociology
instructor. The girls are ser
ving in agencies in Wake and
Orange Counties as a part
of a social work major. The
Social Welfare sequence at
Meredith received approval
in 1971 by the Council on So
cial Work Education (CSWE)
-- the national accrediting
agency for graduate schools
of social work. December 1971
graduates of the program were
the first recipients of certi-
Anniversary (iaiiie
Held For Facully
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Can this year’s seniors win again or
beginner’s luck last year? The big day
was Cornhuskin’ just
is set for October 26.
The College Center Com
mittee held an “Anniversary
Game” on September 26, 1972.
This game was like the “New
ly-Wed Game,” but instead of
newly - weds as participants
the faculty members and their
wives (or husbands) partici
pated. The game was played
from 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. with
NO charge for admission.
There were three couples for
each of the two games. The
winners of the first game were
Mr. and Mrs. Allen with a
score of 50 points. The win
ners of the second game were
Mr. and Mrs. Archer with a
score of 120. The other par
ticipants were Dr. and Mrs.
Grubbs, Mr. and Mrs. Fish,
Dr. and Mrs. Parramore, and
Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan. Be
tween the two “Anniversary
Games” numbers were drawn
for the two student door-
prizes. Judy Ivey won the pop
corn popper and Catherine
Matthews won the music box.
The College Center Commit
tee thanks the faculty mem
bers who played and the stu
dents who attended
ficates presented by the col
lege in recognition of its
CSWE- approved program.
Sociology at Meredith is
far from new. Courses have
been taught on the subject
since 1911, and it became a
department title in 1926. “So
cial Case Work” appeared
as a course title in 1932,
beginning a long history of
social welfare courses to fol
low. Field experience has
been part of the course since
the early 1930’s.
Under the newly - develop
ing program, a student may
major in any academic sub
ject offered at Meredith. Up
on completion of the specified
social work sequence, pursued
primarily in the Department
of Sociology, she will receive
fortificate and a notation of
the achievement on her tran
script.
Students interested in com
pleting the Social Welfare Se
quence are asked to sign a
“Statement of Intent” in the
department of Sociology by
the end of their freshman
year. A faculty member in the
department is assigned to ad
vise those interested in the
program.
Meredith social work cer
tificate holders will receive
preference for employment in
many states, and North Caro
lina is revising its require
ments to recognize the grad-
uates. (Continued on page 4)