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MIRACLE
WORKER
THE MIRACLE WORKER
opens this week slated for
two nightly productions on
Wednesday, April 4, and
Thursday, April 5, at 8:00
p.m. in Jones Auditorium.
Starring Ruth Anne Stephen
son as Helen Keller and Pam
Faison as Annie Sullivan, the
play is free of charge to Mer
edith students and faculty. A
small admission fee will be
Annie and Helen in a moving scene in which Helen first ?charged to the general public,
realizes the meaning of hand - lettered and signaled words.
A scene from the production of THE MIRACLE WORKER
with (left) Ruth Anne Stephenson as Helen Keller and (right)
Pam Faison as Annie Sullivan.
THE TWIG
Nfw.Knaner oi the Students oi Meredith College
An award for “Best Small
College Legislation” was pre
sented to the Meredith dele
gation to the North Carolina
Student Legislature on the
final day of the session, April
1, at the Sir Walter Hotel.
Sponsoring a bill for protect
ion of information or sources
received and used by a news
person, the Meredith delega
tion received the honor by a
special committee consider
ation of the N.C.S.L. The a-
ward for best legislation from
a large school went to UNC-
CH for a medical care reform
bill. At the session, John
Prevette of Wayne Commun
ity College was voted “Best
Delegate,” Brent McKnight of
UNC-CH received the “Best
Senate Debater” award, and
Ken Hammon of East Carolina
won the “Best House Debater”
award. Walker Regan, of
Duke University, was voted
in as 197 3-74 Student Governor
of NCSL,
President Chuck Bunn con
vened the five-day 36th Annual
Session of the North Carolina
Student Legislature on Wed
nesday, March 28, at the Hotel
Sir Walter in Raleigh. Ap
proximately 250 students re
presenting 30 North Carolina
colleges and universities were
attending the session. Sup
reme Court Justice Susie
Sharp administered the oath
of office to the student legis
lators at the opening session,
followed by the first convening
of the Senate and House at
2:30 on Wednesday. A recep
tion was held at NCSU Chan
cellor Caldwell’s residence
on Wednesday afternoon, and
an evening reception was given
for members of the General
Assembly, student legisla
tors, and their advisors and
sponsors on Wednesday night
at the executive mansion.
Governor Holshouser spoke
to the group at 2:30 on Fri
day, preceded by Speaker Jim
Ramsey at 2:00. In the Gov
ernor’s Proclamation re
leased on Wednesday, Gover
nor Holshouser stated:
Today, we convene the 36th
Annual Session of the North
Carolina Student Legislature
with 30 institutions of higher
education being represented.
Since the state Student Leg
islature was created in 1936,
it has provided an opportu
nity for students to learn
the legislative processes and
practical problems in state
government.
This year legislation will in
clude a bill to improve school
bus safety, a proposal for a
state library, a government
reform package, abilltogive
rehabilitated ex-felons the
right to vote, an act to allow
death with dignity for those
who are livine onlv with the
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Marine archaeology topic
for program
On Monday, April 9, the
Cultural Affairs Committee
will sponsor a program on ma
rine archaeology. Represen
tatives of Underwater Arch
aeological Associates, Inc.,
whose purpose is “...the
scientific and meticulous ex
ploration, documentation, and
excavation of underwater
archaeological sites, followed
by the exacting preservation
and analysis of the artifacts
recovered...” will be pre
senting the program which
will include slides and exhi
bits.
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TWIG newsbriefs
ELECTIONS
Voters in the Second Slate
of the General Election of
SGA Officers probably noticed
a different kind of ballot —
a computer card. The Elec
tions Board has been trying
to make efforts to improve the
elections system at Meredith
College and felt an improved
method of counting votes was
the first step to take. The
computer card voting system
offers a greater accuracy in
the vote count since human
error is eliminated. Also,
the time required to count
votes can be divided by 2 or
3, depending upon the elec
tion itself. The only hang
up in the system involves the
voter — she must mark her
card very darkly with a num
ber 2 pencil. Otherwise, her
ballot gets thrown in the re
ject column and requires an
Elections Board member to
re-mark the card. The meth
od presently in use involves
having the computer cards
punched by a 514 Reproducer
and sorted by a machine.
RECITAL
Miss Elise Davison Wall,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs,
Fletcher H. Wall, Jr., of 110
Webster Drive, Lexington,
will present her junior voice
recital Tuesday, April 10 at
8 p.m. in the recital hall of
Jones Hall, The recital is
open to the public free of
charge.
Miss Wall is a junior voice
major. She is a member of
the Meredith Chorale and En
semble, vice president of
Sigma Alpha Iota, an honor
ary music fraternity, presi
dent of Haircloth Residence
Hall and a member of the
Astrotekton Society.
Works included in the pro
gram will be by Handel, Mo
zart, Faure, Depare, Gibbs
and Massenet.
; and his Orchestra will be performing a blanket concert Friday night, April 6, at 8.00
in the Court. The concert is sponsored by the College Center Association.
Lemmon honored by Piloters
Pleasant surprises often
come in small packages and at
the most unexpected moments,
as Dr. Sarah Lemmon of the
Department of History would
undoubtedly attest. Dr, Lem
mon was recently honored by
the Pilot Club of Raleigh as
the Woman of the Year for
her varied civic and profes
sional contributions. On
March 19, she was given a
plaque at a banquet for that
purpose and was totally un
aware of the honor until the
speech introducing the winner
began to sound too familiar!
Dr, Lemmon, herself, a Pilot
many years ago; was induced
go to the banquet by a .
to
member who often asked both
Miss Lemmon and her mother
to attend affairs sponsored
by the club. Interestingly,
Dr. Lemmon herself had nom
inated a local woman for the
honor; this was another
impetus to attend the meeting.
After arriving at the meet
ing, the two conversed with
some old friends and Dr. Lem
mon noticed that her friend
was taking several photo
graphs of her. She thought
this odd, but dismissed the
thought as the banquet began.
As the time to award the
plaque approached and intro
ductory speeches began. Dr.
Lemmon received a note on
a program congratulating her
for her fine work in the com
munity. puzzled, she thanked
her congratulator. Later, she
realized that this was to warn
her that she had won and thus
give her time to regain
her composure. But even by
the time she had recognized
herself in the speech and had
heard her name called, she
was overwhelmed with disbe
lief and admits that she was
quite at a loss for words. She
accepted the honor with a
short, simple expression of
gratitude. It was a perfect sur
prise. Even the presence
of other co-workers on the
Oakwood project had been ex
plained so as to allay any sus
picion.
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