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"EXTRA” THE TWIG EXTRA” Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College Vol. XU/II MEREPITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, W. C. DECEMBER 13, 1972 HO. 13 Meredith Advancement Program near five-year, $5 million goal, balance sought by February 23 Commitments of $4.5 million have been applied toward the five-year, $5 million Meredith College Advancement Program (MCAP), Shearon Harris, MCAP general chairman, has an nounced An additional $500,000 is being sought to fulfill the overall objective by Feb. 23, 1973. Founder’s Day, February 23, will be the fifth anniversary of the first phase of the advancement program that was begun in 1968 to add needed physical improvements and additions to the campus. The Meredith Alumnae Association has committed itself for $100,000 of the balance and has challenged others associated with the college to make commitments that will result in the completion of the program. A week following the alumnae association commitment, more than $23,000 in new pledges to the program had been made by alumnae, Meredith trustees have begun work on matching the alumnae challenge. They already have $43,000 in new commitments. Trustee Chairman C. C. Cameron has urged trustees and other friends of Meredith to help complete the first phase of the ad vancement program so the college can begin work on the second phase of the program involving endowments. In a third challenge, a parent of a Meredith student has pledged $25,000 and is urging other parents to participate and make the drive successful. All total, the college has commitments or pledges of $93,000 toward the $500,000 goal. Meredith officials plan to hold a vic tory celebration for the fund drive in conjunction with their Founder’s Day exercises. I la itfIII' tifii MASTER PLAN — The Master Plan of the Meredith College campus almost looks as the campus does today. Five new buildings and other renovations have been added under the Meredith College Advancement Program - Phase I. College officials hope to complete Phase I by its fifth anniver sary on February 23. The only buildings on the master plan that have not been constructed are the college chapel and additions to two academic buildings. “Although Meredith has been successful toward its goal of raising $5 million,” Shearon Harris of Raleigh, general chairman of the ad vancement program , said, “the college will need the sup port of parents, alumnae, trustees, associates and other friends of the college to meet its goal.’ The five-year, $5 million advancement program is the physical plant additions and renovations part of a broad program that includes endow ments, scholarships and fa culty enrichment, additions to two academic buildings, and maintence, renovations, and improvements of the entire campus, John T. Kanipe, Jr,, vice - president for insti tutional advancement, said. “Our intention is not to launch another fund raising program as we had for the first phase,” President John E. Weems said, “but we will continue an aggressive ef- Meredith has ”new look” By Bill Norton Rome was not built in a day and neither was Meredith Col lege. However, a $5 million Meredith College Advance ment Program (MCAP) in volving commitments from hundreds of people have add ed a “new look” to the cam pus. For nearly a half century, Meredith students studied in a temporary library and they used wooden frame buildings for a gymnasium and student center. Through the five-year, $5 million MCAP-Phase I, new facilities have been aflded to the campus and college offi cials are working to secure the balance of the program for a victory celebration on Feb. 23, 1973. New facilities added to the campus include a library, oAfn^riQCinm fwn rfi«iHpnrp halls, a college center, and renovations to many other ex isting structures. Campbell Library The first new structure was the Carlyle Campbell Li brary, constructed in 1969 and named in honor of Dr. Carlyle Campbell, Meredith’s four th president. Dr. Campbell was president of Meredith from 1939 until his retirement in 1966. The modern building that is a tribute to Dr. Campbell’s 27 years of service to Mere dith, is designed to house 125,000 volumes on its three floors and provides a quite homogenous area for student study. Dr. Campbell’s devotion to the intellectual s-rowth of Meredith was crucial in de termining the direction the college would take as a qual ity liberal arts college for wo men. Dr. Campbell establish ed an academic tradition which has earned Meredith prestige and respect. Weatherspoon Building During 1970, Meredith opened the Weatherspoon Physical Education - Recrea tion Building and renovated the dining hall, four residence halls, classroom buildings, administrative offices and the rotunda in Johnson Hall, and installed an organ in Jones Hall. The Weatherspoon Building is important to Meredith in (Continued on Page 2) fort for the MCAP Phase II. Phase I has provided Mere dith with many visual changes. These changes include The Carlyle Campbell Library (1969), the Weatherspoon Physical Education - Recrea tion Building (1970), the Cul- breath C. Barefoot Residence Hall and the E. Bruce Heil man Residence Hall (1971), and the College and Contin uing Education Center, In addition, other improve ments have been completed, including the renovation of Belk Dining Hall (1970) and four older residence halls and classroom buildings, instal lation of the Cooper Organ (1970), construction of the Cameron Suite and Harris Suite (1970) and the Bryan Ro tunda (1970) in Johnson Hall, the administration building. Many of the new structures such as the W e a t h e rspoon Building, replaced 50 -year- old “temporary” wooden structures. College officials are proud of the new additions to the campus but they point out that these new facilities also have added additional maintenence requirements to their yearly operational budget. More than 3,600 friends, a- lumnae, faculty and staff, stu dents, corporations and foun dations have contributed to Phase I of the advancement program. “This united effort and unprecedented support has made Meredith’s pro gress possible,” Kanipe said. The City of Raleigh portion of the campaign, under the di rection of Raleigh campaign vice-chairman Victor E. Bell, Jr. and his committee, repre sented the largest total ever pledged in any fund raising drive by Raleigh citizens. A goal of $1.5 million was set and over $1.4 million has been committed to date. Meredith Trustees have pledge $646,000, alumnae over $500,000, and faculty and staff $61,418. Pledges and commitments from N.C. Baptists, founda tions, corporations, students, and other friends of Meredith have provided the college with 90 per cent of its goal, Harris said. Kanipe said the united sup port of friends of Meredith are needed to make the five- year program a complete suc cess, and continued support is needed for Meredith to re main financially and academ ically sound. COLLEGE CENTER — Meredith’s College and Continuing Education Center was opened to students for the first time this year. 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