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' THE TWIG Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College Vol. XLl/II MEREVITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, hi. C. PecembeA 7, 1 97 2 No. 12 SILVER SHIELD INDUCTS 6 By CARLA WHITAKER Selection for membership into the Silver Shield Hono rary Society is based upon constructive leadership, Christian character, and ser vice to the school. By con structive leadership is meant not solely leadership in the sense of holding office, but al so in the sense of having help ed to direct student opinion into wholesome channels. The fact that a girl does not hold office shall not debar her from membership, nor shall the fact that she does hold office necessarily mean that she shall become a member. By Christian character is meant the actual practice of the Christian principles of help fulness and friendliness and kindness in everyday student life, the conscientious obser vance of student government obligations, and faithful and sincere performance of aca demic duties. By service to the school is meant the up building of school spirit through the contribution of definite constructive helpful ness and initiative in making Meredith a better school,and through actual participation in student activities. Three new members from the senior class and three as sociate members from the junior class have been induct ed. The new senior members are Becky Burris, Kathy Mc Neill, and Mary Allen Pickett, The three associate members from the junior class are Gen ie Bailey, Meg Pruette, and Elaine Williams. Silver Shield will hold a special convocation on April 12 which will feature a guest speaker and a public tapping ceremony for the junior mem bers. 30 Colleges To Join Action Planning grants that will add 30 more colleges and universities to the University Year for ACTION program were announced today by AC TION Director Joe Blatch- ford. The UYA program en ables students to earn aca demic credit whib' spending one year off campus working with the poor. Blatchford said final ac ceptance of program propos als from the new schools would add 600 fulltime stu dent volunteers to the pro gram by spring. This will ex- [land UY A to 55 colleges and universities involving 1700 student volunteers. UYA was established by ACTION, the citizen service corps, as a pilot program in volving 10 schools and 500 student volunteers in Septem ber, 1971. It was made a per manent program on Julv 1, 1972. Among the new schools are the University of Hawaii.Uni versity of Virginia, Prince ton, Rutgers, Minnesota, Hampton Institute, St. Mary's College in Indiana and Cali fornia State University in Fresno, Calif. The planning grants, total ling $150,000, were award ed to institutions in 17 states. Blatchford said, “A year ago 170 scliools applied for the program and only 20 could be accepted because of the limited funds available for what was then an experiment. UYA has lived up to its ex pectations and I am confident it will continue to grow in the future.” University Year for AC TION is the newest citizen service program of ACTION, w’hich includes the Peace Corps, VISTA, Foster Grand parent Program, Active Corps of Executives (ACE), Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) and Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE). Through UYA, universities help combat local poverty problems by placing students in fulltime, year-round volun- t(>er service. While involved in UYA projects, students re ceive full academic credit and a modest living allowance. The new programs include plans to provide the following assistance; *Provide treatment through family clinics in Arizona for double the number of sick children from low - income families, through Glendale Community College. * Teach English to 500 Fil ipino immigrants in Honolulu, through the University of Ha waii. * Provide personal coun seling to double the number of parolees and probationers than is now possible, through the University of Montana. ♦Provide bilingual Span ish - Elnglish instruction and counseling in day - care cen ters, public schools and a street academy for drop outs, through St. Mary's Col lege, Notre Dame, Indiana, ♦Help set up farm coopera tives for raising pigs and pro cessing and marketing meat through the University of Southwestern Louisiana. Additionally, 46students from nine New York City col leges and Princeton Univer sity will participate as a con sortium with New York’s health department in provid ing health testing and treat ment to 140,000 high school students in the city, under the city’s Urban Corps’ Mobiliza tion for Adolescent Student Health program. f’our of the schools, Minne sota, Kansas, Hampton Insti tute and Virginia Polytechni- cal Institute will place archi tecture students in projects to improve housing and provide long-range planning for low- income communities, under a program developed by the A- merican Institute of Archi tects. Hampton Institute and VPI will participate as a team. If the planning phase dem onstrates that each univer sity’s program can make measurable and enduring con tributions to the welfare of poor people, planning grants will I)e converted into one- year operating grants. Director Blatchford said that the number of schools participating was much larger (Continued on Page 2) Kathy McNeill Mary Allen Pickett Genie Bailey DREW SEMESTER Elaine Williams NEWS BRIEFS As a junior American Civil ization major, Cathy Roden- berg is going to participate in the United Nations Semester at Drew University this spring. Drew is conveniently located in Madison, New Jer sey, which is only 40 minutes away from New York City and the U„N. Tuesdays and Thurs days will be spent at theU.N., studying with representatives in a seminar-type classroom situation. The U.N. courses are counted as nine hours; Cathy will be taking another American history course for a total of 12 semester hours. Not only will this experience give her the opportunity to participate in the political a- rena, but she will also be able to take advantage of the varied cultural activities in New Y'ork City proper. Other Mer edith students are encouraged to examine the possibilities of their participating in such an outstanding educational ex perience. SPANISH CLUB The annual Christmas party for the Spanish Club was held on Thursday, November 30,at 7:15. The activities were those of an official Mexican fiesta, including the pinata. A pinata is shaped like an ani mal or a star and is broken with sticks. Spanish club members formed a circle a- round the pinata and chanted: I don’t want silver I don’t want gold All I want to do Is break the pinata. (In Spanish, of course) Then they took their sticks, broke the pinata, and scramb led foi’ tlie candy and goodies that fell out. The speaker was Markie Carringer, w'ho spoke of her summer in Lima, Peru. Her entire speech was in Spanish. Vice-president, April Strick land, called this the most ex citing Christmas party she had ever attended. SGA The SGA is in hopes of re vising and expanding the Stu dent Handbook. Information a- bout organization and service needs to be brought up-to-date, deleted, or added in order for the handbook to contain better descriptions of each group. We need your assistance to achieve our goal. Each organization and ser vice is asked to evaluate and rewrite, if necessary, sec tions of the handbook concern ing them. Please be thorough, clear, concise, and correct in your descriptions. The Hand book Committee will reserve the right to edit all descrip tions. If you have any ques tions, feel free to call Debra Sugg at 828-7117. Please re turn your descriptions to Deb ra Sugg in the Inter-campus mailbox, located outside the office of the Dean of Students by TUESDAY', JANUARY 9, 1973. MRA Due to an expanding intra murals program, a revival of Play Day, and an enthusiasm among students that must not be overlooked, the board of the MRA has decided that it is now necessary to enlarge it’s pre sent membership. Under consideration is a program whereby MRA would be divided into committees for the purpose of devoting special attention to a particu lar activity or sport. These committees would coordinate each activity and concentrate on its success. The chairmen of the committees would in turn attend the regular board meetings with the weekly re ports. Board members will act as the chairmen. It is hop ed that as many as fifty stu dents will belong to the MRA. By adding more students to the board, the MRA will be able to sponsor programs in the interests of ail Meredith students. Many more activi ties can be undertaken with a larger group aiding in their preparation. MRA will start its member ship drive the first week of spring semester. Interested persons will be able to sign up in the Student Center. ENGLISH NEWS By GLORIA SMITH What do you suppose an En glish Club meeting would be members do not discuss dangling participles and mis placed modifiers; instead, they have fun being one of the most active clubs on campus. One of the club’s first events this semester was a picnic held in the Hut. The food was provided by the pro fessors of the English depart ment. Rumor has it that Dr. Knight makes a delicious hot- dog! At another meeting, club members learned that war was an influential factor to a writer. Dr. Grubbs, the speaker,told of famous writers he had seen while in graduate school and whose style of writing had been affected by recent wars. He ended his talk wondering how the Vietnam War would affect potential writers of today. Besides picnics and meet ings, the club is also active in the Glenwood Towers Pro- (Continued on Page 2)
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