"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.
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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,
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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
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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. It was the fifth and last new building to be added to the
campus under the Meredith College Advancement Program-
Phase I.
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