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THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
yol. XLl/II
MEREVITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, M. C,
OCTOBER IS. 1972
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Dr. Crook bargains with the girls on second Vann who bought him at the Phi auction.
Meredith Professors
Begin Community Project
Two Meredith College pro
fessors have begun work on a
community development pro
ject in Raleigh, considered to
be one of the first of its type
in a Southern City, following
the receipt of a grant from
the North Carolina Commit
tee for Continuing Education
in the Humanities (NCCCEH).
Meredith President John E.
Weems announced that theNC-
CCEH has awarded a $3,250.
grant to the college for a
‘•'Value Development in Tran
sitional Oakwood” project de
veloped by Dr. Sarah M. Lem-
m.on, history department
chairman.
The project is a historical
and sociological study of the
Oakwood section of Raleigh,
Dr. Weems said, that will util
ize the past history of the sec
tion to strengthen its exist
ence and growth in the future.
Initiated by leaders of the
Oakwood Garden Club and the
new Oakwood home-owners,
the project is a cooperative
venture between the Oakwood
leaders and Meredith faculty
and students. History and so
ciology majors at Meredith
will be involved in the pro
ject.
Historical data on the ori
gins of the Oakwood neighbor
hood, its growth and develop
ment, its original inhabitants,
and the identification and de
scription of the area is being
collected by Meredith stu
dents.
The grant approval will al
low the taping of interviews,
will encourage group discus
sion, and will provide resour
ces to analyze the results of
preliminary and future re
sults in the area, Dr. Lem
mon and Dr. Syron said.
Both professors describe
the goals of these activities
as “an opportunity for the
Oakwood neighborhood to in
vestigate and understand its
past and to utilize this know
ledge to battle the destructive
forces of inner city decay that
often follows ubranization.”
Meredith history majors
will compile the various his
torical aspects of the project
that are gathered through the
interviews and the sociology
majors will work on the so
ciological meanings in the in
terviews.
Project findings will be dis
cussed with Oakwood resi
dents and other Interested cit
izens as they are collected.
Dr. Lemmon said. Data will
be collected until late March,
1973 and the results will be
submitted to the NCCCEH by
late April.
Dr. Syron, assisted by Dr.
Charles Tucker, associate
professor of sociology, and
Dr. Austin Connors, director
of the Cooperating Raleigh
Colleges, will direct the so
ciological studies while Dr.
Lemmon, assisted by Dr.
Thomas Parramore, assistant
professor of History, will di
rect the historical studies.
“Sociology majors working
on the project will have the
opportunity not only to design
questionaires for classroom
use but also to do research
on a worthwhile community
project,” Dr. Syron said.
“The grant from NCCCEH
was prompted by a concern
for the impact of urbanization
on states which have tradition
ally been rural in nature,”
Dr. Lemmon said. “It is hop
ed that a humanistic approach
to the phenomenon of ur
banization may ease the ten
sions of change.”
Religion Series Announced
Beginning October 30, this
year’s Lecturers in Religion
Series will present three dis
tinguished speakers for ex-
tremely diverse topics — the
ology and literature, social
ethics, and archaeology. Each
speaker will lecture twice.
PHI’S CLEAR
$630 AT SALE
The Philaretia Society has
done it again! At their an
nual Cerebral Palsy Auction
on Thursday, October 11 in
the courtyard, they broke last
year’s record of $570.00 with
a grand total of $630.00.
Second Stringfield con
tributed the largest single a-
mount through their purchase
of Durwood Martin of “The
Embers.” The auctioneer,
Rick Dees, went for $52.00
from the pockets of Second
Faircloth.
The halls that left the auc
tion with a purchase were al
lowed to do with the person as
they pleased. Bargain of the
day was Mrs. Jane Sullivan
of the Music Department who
went for $8.00. Mrs. Sullivan
promosed to demonstrate ex
ercises for the pectoral area
to Fourth Stringfield.
First Stringfield, through
their purchase of George
Chrest of the Art Department,
got free prints, a hair-dress
er, a stained glass window,
and portrait — all for only
$43.00.
DR. TUCKER
IS PROMOTED
Mr. Leonard White and Mrs. Sally Vilas with their prize winning
works at the State Fair. Mr. White won a first place in drawing,
and Mrs. Vilas won a third place in painting.
first at the convocation hour,
and then at 8:00 p.m. on the
day of his appearance.
Dr. Nathan Scott, Jr., will
begin the series with his ad
dresses on October 30. He
comes from the University of
Chicago, where he is present
ly Shaler Mathews Professor
of Theology and Literature in
the Divinity School and the
Department of English. A
priest in the Episcopal
Church, he is Canon Theolo
gian of the Cathedral of St.
James In Chicago. Though
born in Cleveland, Ohio, Dr.
Scott received his A.B. in
1944 from the University of
Michigan and his B. D. from
Union Theological Seminary
in 1946. His higher degrees
are numerous, beginning with
a Ph. D. from Columbia Uni
versity and including an L.H.
D. from Wlttenburg Univer
sity, a D.D. from Philadelphia
Divinity School, and a Litt.D.
from St. Mary’s College, Not
re Dame. Dr. Scott is co-
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DR TUCKER
Dr. Charles R. Tucker, as
sistant professor of sociology
at Meredith College, has been
promoted to the rank of asso
ciate professor, Dr. Allen
Burris, vice president and
dean of the college, announ
ced.
The promotion was approv
ed recently by the Meredith
College Board of Trustees
and was made effective im
mediately. Dr. Thicker shar
ed Outstanding Christian Edu
cator honors with another
Meredith professor. Dr. Mary
Yarbrough, this past May. The
award is given yearly to two
professors who convey a
Christian perspective in ed
ucation and who challenge stu
dents in their academic area.
A member of the Meredith
faculty since 1966, Dr. Tucker
previously was pastor of
Parkton Baptist Church, head
of the Bible department at
Wingate College and pastor of
Greenwood Forest Baptist
Church in Cary. He has also
served as a Meredith trustee.
Dr. Tucker received his
B.S. degree from Delta State
College, his B.D, Th. M. and
Th. D. degree from Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary
and the MACT degree from
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Third Stringfield, sweet
hearts of WKIX, went for the
package deal and got Bill Les
lie and Steve Reed, both of
WKIX, for $14.00. They had
their beds made and were
given a folk concert by Bill
Leslie which they felt was
comparable to the entertain
ment at the auction itself which
included a thirty-minute con
cert by the “Embers” and an
original renditon of “Who Will
Buy” by the “Bear Facts.”
LANGUAGE
INSTITUTE
MEETS
Saturday, October 14, the
American Association of Tea
chers of French, German,
Spanish and Portuguese held
a joint meeting on the campus
of Meredith College. Coffee
and registration at the College
Center, beginning at 9;00, was
followed by a joint session of
all teachers in the College
Center Auditorium. Mrs. June
Basile, President of the North
Carolina chapter AATSP and
teacher at Chapel Hill Sen
ior High School, presided.
Meredith President, Dr. John
E, Weems, welcomed those
present, and then the program
began. Entitled, “The Status of
Foreign Language Teaching
Tomorrow,” the panel dis
cussion involved several area
teachers and professors. They
were as follows: Mr. Douglas
Dewey, Chapel Hill Senior
High School; Mr. Phillip
Watts, Needham Broughton
High School; Dr. Ruth Hoery,
Chairman of Modern Foreign
Languages, North Carolina
Central University. After a
brief break for coffee, sepa
rate chapter meetings and
business sessions were held /
for the teachers of each Ian- ^
guage. These specialized pro
grams followed much the same
format, with the presentation
of various speakers on topics
related to the teaching of
French, Spanish and Portu
guese, and German, respec
tively. The day’s activities
concluded with a luncheon for
all in Belk Dining Hall.
SPEXD A
SUMMER IX
OXFORD
For centuries the lovely city
of Oxford, England, has been
the envy of other university
towns. Situated on the River
Thames, Oxford is within easy
reach of both London and beau
tiful rural scenery. The luster
of the college lawns, the grace
of the quadrangles, the beau
ty of the spires and bridges
will overwhelm any sensitive
person and make him an en
thusiastic admirer of Oxford
forever.
The program, sponsored by
the American Institute for
Foreign Study, is being organ
ized especially for the Insti
tute by the English Speaking
Union, using tutors and pro
fessors of both the Univer
sity and surrounding schools.
In addition to the regular
English Literature, Contemp
orary Britain and Special In
terest Programs, the Oxford
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