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Friday
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
VOL. XLLIII
Jones and Belk
get new look
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C.
September 20, 1973
NO. 2
By NORMA HEATH
Glanced into the
auditorium lately? Noticed
the walls in the cafeteria? If
so, you’ve seen the most
visible signs of Meredith’s
new renovation program.
Both Jones Auditorium and
Belk Dining Hall are gaining
new faces in an effort to im
prove college facilities.
Yellow wallpaper in the
main dining room is the most
outstanding change apparent
to the students. Linoleum also
has been added to increase the
service area and to ease
cleanup of the cafeteria.
A presidential dining
room under the main
cafeteria has been completed
except for furniture.
Decorated with floral design
walls and gold carpet, the
room can seat up to 60 people.
It will be available for special
occasions, small group
meetings and faculty, thus
eliminating the practice of
closing off part of the main
dining hall to the students to
accommodate outside groups.
Although the cafeteria has
received some changes, the
focus of the college renovation
efforts has been Jones
Auditorium. In planning
desired changes, the business
office has been advised by a
theater consultant and an
acoustical engineer from
Massachusetts. According to
Joe Baker, the college wants to
make improvements in the
auditorium “from the stand
point of both drama and
music”; therefore, the
special and often conflicting
demands of these two areas
must be reconciled in the
renovation plans. The stage
may be extended forward and
the organ moved back into the
present audience area. Better
stage lighting, a new front
curtain, and a counter-weight
system for changing sets are
to be installed, while a
projection and sound booth is
being built at the top of the
balcony. To improve the
auditorium acoustics, there
will be no ceiling. Rather than
looking unfinished, this
change should not be too
evident with the light fixtures
hanging down and the interior
under the roof painted entirely
black. To conform to present
building regulations, the
space between rows of seats
must be widened, resulting in
the loss of 150 to 200 audience
seats. The entire auditorium,
long considered the hottest
classroom building, is also
being air-conditioned.
The traffic and parking situation has resulted in the creation of an ad-hoc committee of the SGA. This
committee is working with the business office, trying to establish new regulations and policies.
Employment symposium set
for October 9 and 10
An EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY SYM
POSIUM is scheduled to take
place on Tuesday and Wed
nesday, October 9 and 10, 1973
at the Raleigh Memorial
Auditorium in downtown
Raleigh.
The purpose of THE
SYMPOSIUM is to bring
major local and national
employers (including
Governmental Agencies) in
direct contact with job ap
plicants in and around the
Greater Research Triangle
Area.
Fellowships are offered
WASHINGTON, D. C. - The
National Research Council
has again been called upon to
advise the National Science
Foundation in the selection of
candidates for the Foun
dation's program of Graduate
Fellowships. Panels of
eminent scientists appointed
by the National Research
Council will evaluate
qualifications of applicants.
Final selection will be made
by the Foundation, with
awards to be announced on
March 15, 1974.
Initial NSF Graduate
Fellowship awards are in
tended for students at or near
the beginning of their
graduate study. In general,
therefore, those eligible to
apply will be college seniors
or first-year graduate
students this Fall; in par
ticular, eligibility is limited to
individuals who by Fall, 1974
will have completed not more
than one year of full-time or
part-time graduate-level
study. Subject to the
availability of funds, new
fellowships awarded in the
Spring of 1974 will be for
periods of three years, the
second and third years con
tingent on cerfitication to the
Foundation by the fellowship
institution of the student’s
satisfactory progress toward
an advanced degree in the
sciences.
These fellowships will be
awarded for study or work
leading to master’s or doc
toral degrees in the
mathematical, physical,
medical, biological,
engineering, and social
sciences, and in the history
and philosophy of science.
Awards will not be made in
clinical, education, or
business fields, in history or
social work, or for work
leading to medical, dental,
law, or joint Ph.D.
professional degrees. Ap
plicants must be citizens of
the United States and will be
judged solely on the basis of
ability. The annual stipend for
Graduate Fellows will be
$3,600 for a twelve-month
tenure with no dependency
allowances.
Applicants will be
required to take the Graduate
Record Examinations
designed to test scientific
aptitude and achievement.
The examinations, ad
ministered by the Educational
Testing Service, will be given
on December 8, 1973 at
designated centers throughout
the United States and in
certain foreign countries.
The deadline date for the
submission of applications for
NSF Graduate Fellowships is
November 26,1973. Further
information and application
materials may be obtained
from the Fellowship Office,
National Research Council,
2101 Constitution Avenue,
Washington, D.C. 20418.
It is realized that there
are many qualified persons in
this area who have not yet
received offers or have not yet
been able to secure the type of
employment best suited to
their particular academic
training, talents, or interests.
There is an excellent labor or
manpower resource within
this area which is one of the
reasons why the SYM
POSIUM program will prove
beneficial to both employers
and job applicants.
The company or govern
ment representatives will be
conducting personal in
terviews with each job ap
plicant, showing filmed slides
and carrying out their usual
individual recruiting format.
Among some of the
companies recruiting at the
SYMPOSIUM will be such
companies or agencies as:
PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE
CO.
ZEROX CORPORATION
W.T. GRANT AND COM
PANY
SINGER CORPORATION
U.S. PATENT OFFICE
BLUE CROSS ^BLUE
SHIELD
STATE TRANSPORTATION
DEPARTMENT
DUKE POWER COMPANY
ROCKWELL IN-
TERNATIONAL
CELANESE CORPORATION
NIAGARA MOHAWK
CORPORATION
NATIONWIDE INSURANCE
WEYERHAUSER
CAROLINA POWER AND
LIGHT CO.
These and other com
panies are looking for
prospective trainees to fill
hundreds of training positions
in all phases of business and
industry. Therefore, regar
dless of what your particular
major or interest is, govern
ment and industry needs you
and what you have to offer. If
you are interested also in
relocating, the opportunity is
there.
All job applicants,
whether recent or prospective
graduates, may register to
participate in THE SYM
POSIUM by mailing or hand
delivering a copy of their
resume to;
EMPLOYMENT OP
PORTUNITY SYMPOSIUM
N. C. Business &
Economic Improvement
Corp.
128 4 E. Morgan St.,
POB 25893
Raleigh, North Carolina
27611
Phone: (919) 832-8016
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TWIG newsbriefs
GYM HOURS
The gym will be available
during the same hours as the
swimming pool, except that
the gym will not be available
on Saturdays. The gym hours
are as follows:
Monday-Wednesday: 7:00-8:00
p.m.
Thursday-Friday: 7:00-9:00
p.m.
Saturday: None
Sunday: 7:00-9:00 p.m.
PLAYHOUSE
Meredith Playhouse met
September 13 and elected
1973-4 officers. Junior
Marlene Hart was elected
president, senior Sherrill
Doggett will serve as vice
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SGA President Elaine Williams addresses a good turn-out at the first assembly. Two proposals
eoncering freshman privileges were passed. These bills, dealing with a number of overnights and
“lights-out” regulations, are now being presented before Student Life Committee.