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THE TWIG - "EXTRA”
DECEMBER
972
Editorial Staff
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Meredith’s f uture
Five years ago Meredith College embarked on a building
program which would raise $5 million in five years. Now three
months before the five-year deadline, the fund is only $500,000
short of the designated goal. The results of that program can
be viewed easily -- a new gym, a library, two new dorms, a
college center, as well as other less visible advancements.
In order for a college to function, it must not only exist of
students and professors or administrators; rather, it must
exist FOR these people. We want to develop the total person
at Meredith, but without the facilities to do so the developments
will necessarily be stagnated. A student needs to be encouraged
physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually in an institu
tion of higher learning, and she needs to have an environment
conducive to this development. Without such facilities as the
gymnasium or the library, the student’s physical and mental
capabilities cannot be realized, or they become lost and the
student’s totality becomes an off-balanced fantasy.
The five-year program at Meredith has stimulated the ad
vancement of the total student. Through it, students now have
opportunities to realize their total potentials; without it, further
growth cannot take place. Upon completion, new energies
can be put forth to realize greater potentials in all facets of
college life.
In order to stress the importance of the building program of
the last five years and to encourage the completion of its before
February, the TWIG staff is allowing the Information Services
Office to publish this issue. We hope that a better understanding
and appreciation of the growth of Meredith College will be fur
thered.
JFS
Foundations support
advancement program
Meredith officials were not
hard taxed to convince alum
nae, faculty, trustees, stu
dents, Raleigh citizens, and
other members of the Mere
dith community that the col
lege was worthy of support.
Confident that Meredith could
sell itself even to people un
familiar with its history, ad
ministrators approached pri
vate and corporate founda
tions and told them about the
college.
In New York, the trustees
of the W. Alton Jones Foun
dation and the Charles A.
Frueauff Foundation listened
as Meredith representatives
convinced them that their
money would be well-invested
in the Meredith advancement
program.
Using personal testimonies
and pictures, statistics, and
reports on the college, admin
istrators interested the W.
Alton Jones Foundation in
contributing $40,000 during a
four-year period to the schol
arship and general education
fund at Meredith.
The Charles A. Frueauff
Foundation also made a size
able contribution to the col
lege’s scholarship award.
The Mary Duke Biddle
Foundation, another New York
organization, tmt with North
Carolina associations, donat-
erl $15,000 for renovations to
the amrihitheater.
In Birmingham, Mich., the
Kresge Foundation was pre
sented a proposal by Meredith
officials and presented the
college with a $50,000 chal
lenge grant to be used on the
College and Continuing Edu
cation Center.
The Alcoa Foundation, a
corporate foundation in Pitts
burgh, Penn., gave the col
lege a $30,000 grant to sup
port the college’s participa
tion in Cooperating Raleigh
Colleges.
Not all of the awards from
foundations to the advance
ment program have been from
out-of-state foundations.
Two Winston - Salem foun
dations, the Mary Reynolds
Babcock and the Z. Smith Rey
nolds Foundations, have sup
ported the college.
The Mary Reynolds Bab
cock Foundation donated a to
tal of $50,000 to the college.
The Z. Smith Reynolds Foun
dation donated $200,000 for
use as scholarships and in the
construction of the College
Center,
Most recently, the North
Carolina Committee for Con
tinuing Education in the Hu
manities awarded $3,250 to
Meredith to conduct a histor
ical and sociological project
in Oakwood, a section of Ral
eigh which is in danger of fall
ing to the forces of inner city
decay.
AMBER COLORED -- The Weatherspoon Building glows brightly at night with its amber lights,
presenting a beautiful scene of the campus for travelers on the Beltline (U.S. 1 and 64).
“iVeiii look” honors many
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many ways.
A $400,000 gift for the
structure from the late Walter
Herbert Weatherspoon and the
family of his late brother
James R. Weatherspoon not
only launched the advance
ment program but provided
the college with its first per
manent physical education fa
cility.
Representing half the total
cost of the facility, the Wea
therspoon gift is the largest
single contribution by any
family or individual to Mere
dith.
For almost 50 years a
wooden frame structure was
“temporarily” used as a
gymnasium. The Weather
spoon investment made new
teaching areas possible and
encouraged other support of
the advancement program.
The facility, designed in an
“H” shape, contains a swim
ming pool, physical education
offices and classrooms, a
gymnasium, modern dance
studio and shower and locker
facilities.
Renovations,
Additions
Chandeliers, carpet, inter
ior window shutters, and
green felt wall coverings are
some of the visible improve
ments made to the dining hall
through the generosity of Ir
win Belk of Charlotte in 1970.
Air conditioning is another
major addition to the building
that was named Belk Dining
Hall in honor of Belk’s wife,
the former Carol Grotnes.
Meredith’s four oldest res
idence halls were also reno
vated and new utilities were
installed and the fourth floor
attic area was converted in
to resident areas.
Classroom buildings also
were renovated and air condi
tioning was added to the lib
eral arts and science build
ings,
Meredith’s first concert
organ, the Cooper Organ, was
dedicated in Jones Auditorium
in 1970. It was named in hon
or of Dr. Harry E. Cooper,
former chairman of the music
department for 30 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E,
Pomeranz of Sanford initiat
ed efforts to purchase the or
gan through a challenge gift
in excess of $25,000.
Johnson Hall received sev
eral visible changes during
1970.
The Cameron Suite, pro
vided by Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Cameron of Charlotte, con
The Office of Information
Services would like to ex
press their appreciation to
THE TWIG staff for giving us
this opportunity to produce
this “Extra” edition so we
might better inform our con
stituency of the progress
made towards completion of
the five-year $5 million ad
vancement program.
tains the president’s offices
and Board of Trustees room,
and the Harris Suite, provid
ed by Mr. and Mrs. Shearon
Harris, houses the institu
tional advancement and ad
missions offices. Both suites
are on the second floor.
Also, Bryan Rotunda, pro
vided by Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond A. Bryan of Goldsboro,
makes a lasting impression on
visitors with its picturesque
view of the Johnson Hall
Dome.
New Residence Halls
Two new residence halls
were opened to students dur
ing 1971. Both are two-story
brick structures, are air con
ditioned and each houses ap
proximately 150 students in
four-student suites.
C. C, Barefoot Residence
Hall, the second structure,
was named in honor of Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. Barefoot of
Benson.
Barefoot is serving his sec
ond term as a Meredith Trus
tee and has been a member
of the Meredith Board of
Associates.
He and his wife presented
Meredith with a $150,000
challenge gift toward the ad
vancement program, the sec
ond largest gift Meredith has
received through the cam
paign.
The first of these struc
tures to be opened to students
was the E. Bruce Heilman
Residence Hall.
It was named in honor of
Dr. E. Bruce Heilman, Mere
dith’s fifth president who
devoted his efforts to making
Meredith secure in her role
as a senior college of qual
ity.
College Center
The College and Continuing
Education Center, the fifth and
last new building to be con
structed under the five-year
advancement program, is be
ing used this year for the first
time.
This 22,000 square foot,
two-story brick structure
with trapezoid-shaped win
dows replaces a 50-year old
frame building, “the Bee
hive.”
The center contains abook-
store, student publications of
fices, post office and contin
uing education auditorium, on
the first floor.
On the second floor is a
snackbar, two game rooms,
a television room, a music
room, student government of
fices, a faculty lounge, and a
gallery area.
BELK DINING HALL -- Renovating to the dining hall, in
cluding new carpet and wall coverings and air conditioning,
were provided through the generousity of Irwin Belk of Char
lotte. The building was named Belk Hall in honor of his wife.
RESIDENCE HALL— Barefoot Residence Hall, one of two new
residence halls added to the campus as part of the Meredith
College Advancement Program, is air conditioned and houses
approximately 150 students.