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THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
^ol. XLl/II
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, W. C.
MARCH 29, 7973
NO. 22
MIRACLE WORKER opens
next Wednesday night in
Jones Auditorium
One is a junior English
major, one is a junior reli
gion major, and one is a fresh
man, enthusiastic about the
whole experience. The two
juniors non-chalantly display
built-up muscles and count
less multi-colored bruises,
and talk blithely of nightly vio
lence. The freshman is pleas
ed to remain unscathed. Con
fusing as it may sound, these
three girls have a great deal
in common, for they will share
the female leads when the cur
tain rises after six weeks of
rehearsal on the MIRACLE
WORKER next Wednesday
night at 8:00 p.m. in Jones
Auditorium.
Directed by Mrs, Linda
Bamford, William Gibson’s
popular play will feature Pam
Faison as Annie Sullivan,Ruth
Anne Stephenson as Helen
Keller, Cathy Bland as Hel
en’s mother, Gib Smith as
Captain Keller, and Bob
Wrenn as Helen’s half-bro
ther James. The MIRACLE
WORKER tells the story of
teacher Annie Sullivan’s
“clinched, turbulent, finally
triumphant grappling with
the child Helen Keller — a
story that, however well -
known, acquires stunning new
reality and affectingness on
the stage,’’ commented the
TIME magazine review ofNo-
vember 2, 1959.
The MIRACLE WORKER is
an especially challenging play,
according to the director. It
has the built-in difficulties of
a character who is deaf, dumb,
and blind, and of one parti
cular scene which reviewers
of the original Broadway pro
duction considered as the
most physical moments ever
in theater. Junior Pam Fai
son agrees that the play is
physically exhausting, and
commented that the most dif
ficult part of her role as An
nie Sullivan is “keeping up the
energy to struggle and fight
during almost the whole play.”
Shoe noted, “You cannot‘fake’
A struggle from a scene in THE MIRACLE WORKER, which
runs April 4-5 at 8:00 p.m, in Jones Auditorium,
TWIG newsbriefs
On Friday, April 6, the
CCA will hold its Spring Con
cert and Dance, featuring Flic
and his Orchestra. Weather
permitting, the event will be
held in the court. If not, it
will be moved to the cafeter
ia. The dance will begin at
8:00. The CCA would like to
remind the campus that alco
holic beverages are not allow
ed on campus. Failure to fol
low this rule will jeapordize
future dances on campus.
* * * *
Grover E, Howell, president
of Howell Steel Service, Inc,
of Weldon, was recently hon
ored on the Meredith College
campus with a certificate
naming him as a member of
the Mereditli Board of Asso
ciates,
Howell Rjunded Howell Steel
Service in 1946. His wife and
two of his four daughters grad
uated from Meredith.
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Three Meredith College art
majors are holding their sen
ior art exhibit on the Mere
dith campus in Joyner Gallery
through April 11. The exhibit
is open to the public free of
charge.
Presenting their art works
are Miss Katherine Morris,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.
F’. Morris of Newport News,
Va.: Miss Janis Hooper,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.
H. Hooper of Guatemala, Gua
temala; and Miss Robin Noel,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S.
T. Noel of Severna Park, Md.
Their works consist of
paintings, drawings, prints,
and photography are included
in this exhibit.
this play. The hardest thing I
had to learn was to slap Ruth
Anne full in the face!”
Ruth Anne Stephenson, dis
playing with a laugh her num
erous bruises, commented
that the hardest part of her
role as the child Helen is
“retaining the unfamiliarity
with the sets and surround
ings and relying on touch
and smell more than the other
senses.” When asked about
the physical endurance invol
ved in doing the part, Ruth
Anne said that at first her
biggest problem was “mini
mizing the bruises,” but that
now she has grown accustom
ed to the nightly rehearsal of
constant struggles with Pam.
The MIRACLE WORKER
will be presented on April 4
and 5 and admission will be
free for all Meredith students
and faculty. A small admis
sion fee will be charged to the
general public. Tickets will be
available at the door only.
Pam Faison as Annie Sullivan plays a finger game with Ruth
Anne Stephenson as Helen Keller. The MIRACLE WORKER is
directed by Linda Bamford with Mil Long as assistant director.
Dr. Gates lectures on
GandhVs philosophy
By JOY SEABORN
Thursday night, March 27,
Jones Auditorium came alive
as students, faculty members,
and guests assembled to hear
Dr. Rosalie Prince Gates de
liver the Distinguished Facul
ty Lecture for 1973.
Speaking on the subject
“Gandhi and Nonviolence in
India,” Dr. Gates’ address
contained three mainfoci:
Gandhi’s philosophy of truth
as it related to his commit
ment to nonviolence, the his
torical background of nonvio
lence in Indian thought, and the
implications of nonviolent
techniques for today.
Of Gandhi’s phiosophy, the
key tenents were two accord
ing to Dr. Gates: a refusal
to separate thought from ac
tion, and a firm commitment
to Truth as god. Gandhi’s
belief in Truth ultimately led
to his credo of SATYAGRA-
HA, or Truth F’orce, which
more properly, excludes the
use of violence by man be
cause man never perceives
Truth in its totality. Offshoots
of this philosophy were the
concepts of AHIMSA as a re
nunciation of evil, strength
derived from the will, the self
suffering of love not for it
self, and the idea that govern
ment could be no better than
the individual.
This multifaceted philoso
phy had its roots deeply en
trenched in the soil of an
cient Indian literature, the 1-
dea of truth-seeking being
as old as the RIG VEDAS,
which were written from 1500-
900 B. C. Nonviolence, Dr.
Gates mentioned, is first men
tioned in the Upanishads(900-
500 B.C.), as is BHAKTI, or
the concept of devotion. Fin
ally AHIMSA first appeared
in the BHAGAVAD GITA,
part of an epic poem of the
hrst century A.D.
In concluding her speech.
Dr. Gates emphasized the im
plications of nonviolence not
only in achieving independence
for India but also in formu
lating India’s modern foreign
policy of nonalignment. Dr.
Weems and Dean Burris pre
sented Dr. Gates with an or
chid corsage. A reception in
the Blue Parlor followed.
NCSL
meets
The Meredith delegation to
the North Carolina Student
Legislature will attend the
1973 session of NCSL March
28 - April 1 at the Sir Wal
ter Hotel in Raleigh. The del
egation, chaired by Ann Wall,
includes the following; Senate
delegates — Jean Jackson and
Ann Wall; Senate alternates —
Genie Bailey and Woody Di-
cus; House Delegates — Car
olyn Carter, Janice Sams,
Mary Allen Pickett, and Cindy
Snipes; House alternates-
Mary Lynn Roberts and Elaine
Williams; observers - Lynn
Irving, Trudy Miles, Genie
Rodgers, Ruth Anne Stephen
son, Rita Ritchie, Mary
Owens, Dean F'earing, Donna
Taylor, and Debbie Kizer.
Meredith’s bill concerns the
protection of newsperson’s
sources and information. The
delegation will attend a re
ception at NCSU Chancellor
Caldwell’s home and a recep
tion at the Governor’s man
sion.
Dr. Rosalie Prince Gates delivered the Distinguished Faculty-
Lecture on Thursday night, March 22.