Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
VOL. XLVllI
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C.
NOVEMBER 8, 1973
NO. 9
Meredith gets
sophisticated as new video
tape system opens door
to possibilities
by Allyn Vogel
Meredith College has
expanded far beyond
isolationism. We now have the
means to observe traveling
faculty members, watch
delayed television broadcasts,
give a visual presentation of
Meredith life to high schools,
put together television shows,
or do just about anything
imagination and the new
video-tape system allow.
Student teachers, syn
chronized swimming and
gymnastics classes, play
casts, as well as our sports
teams can anticipate wat
ching and evaluating tapes of
their performances.
Professors can tape a lecture
or a presentation to be shown
to their classes as an added
explanation or in lieu of a
lecture. Television programs
can be taped off a television
set and then presented to a
class anytime after the actual
broadcast. Tapes, such as the
one Mr. Bill Norton has of
President Nixon’s speech
nominating Gerald Ford for
Vice President, could be a
boon to any political science
or history classes studying
current politics. Convocation
and Cultural Affairs speakers
can be taped for later viewing
and off-campus speakers can
be recorded for on-campus
viewing. All of these
possibilities are within the
capabilities of the video-tape
system Meredith recently
acquired.
Last week Bill Norton,
Director of Information,
unpacked the core of
Meredith’s video-tape system.
These three fundamental
componants are: a studio
camera, a video-cassette
recorder-player and a
television receiver. These
units were bought as the first
purchase of a buying plan that
is budgeted to spread over
several years. Mr. Norton
forsees that the goals of the
next years purchases will be
to add portability and more
cameras to the system.
Meredith will have to wait for
a portable cassette until after
the end of the year because
they will not be developed
before then. The cassette
video-tape systems are new,
outmoding the old reel-to-reel
systems.
In the future there are
plans for adding color
cameras and receivers and
special effects generators.
Some special effects are
possible with the core system.
Tapes can be recorded
originally with sound, or
sound may be dubbed later, or
the initial sound track can be
erased and a new one then
dubbed in. The special effects
generator will enable the
system to have the special
effects capabilities of
television cameras; pictures
will be able to be inlaid, and
overlaid.
The administration an
ticipates Meredith having an
on-campus video-tape studio
where high-quality tapes can
be made. The studio would be
accoustically designed so that
it would have the capabilities
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NCSU’s Monte Towe appears pleased to “go up for grabs” during
the Phi Auction last Thursday night.
auction hloch attracts money
when mamhungry girls hid for game
Despite cold winds,
stringent rule list for the
purchasers, and decrease in
the buying power of the dollar,
the Philaretian Society again
enticed Meredith’s student
body into the court Thursday,
November 1, and conducted its
annual auction to raise money
for the Cerebral Palsy Center.
This year’s attractions were
members of the varsity
football and basketball teams
of N. C. State. And obviously,
the girls liked it; the profits
from Thursday night totaled
$477.74.
“Hey, he’s cute!”
“We’ve just GOT to get
some more money; we’ll
never buy anyone good with
$20.”
“You got the names
mixed up! We want the
quarterback, stupid!”
“Who’s your hall buying?
We’re trying for Monte.”
These and similar com
ments filled the air as halls
gathered and forces united for
the fierce bidding to come.
The Bear Facts began the
evening with music, and Steve
Roddy from WKIX served as
auctioneer.
The most expensive
“purchase” of the auction was
Greg Hawkins, who went for
$63 to the five girls on Third
Vann. Monte Towe was the
only close contender with
Hawkins for that dubious
honor; Second Vann bought
him for $51. The Buckey twins,
Dave and Don, by a strange
coincidence, each went for
$40, to Second String and
Fourth Vann, respectively.
Not content to have only one
male on the hall. Fourth Vann
“purchased” two other
players - David Thompson and
Willie Burden. Second Poteat
and Third Heilman decided to
share Tim Stoddard, while
Tommy Burleson went to
Fourth Brewer, First Fair-
cloth, and Third Faircloth
together. Second String
purchased Ken Geary; First
String, not to be outdone,
bought Mike Burnam. Ron
Sewell went to Third Vann,
while Bill Lake was “sold” to
First Vann.
Several unlucky bidders
and purchasers with leftover
money made donations to the
Cerebral Palsy Center to
increase the profits of the
Phis.
SNEA
TWIG newsbriefs
IS
l athy Bland, left, and Linda Fusco rehearse for the upcoming
production of Winnie-the-Pooh which is set for November 14 and
l.'i at S:0() p.m. in the hut.
SNEA - what is it? It
STUDENT National
Education Association. Are
you a student? Do you care
about education? You must -
you are going to school to get
one! The SNEA will meet
Thursday night at 6:30 p.m.
(November 8) in the Hut.
Everyone is welcome, fresh
men, sophomores, juniors,
and seniors alike. Guest
speaker for this meeting will
be Mrs. W. Craven, a member
of the Raleigh School Board.
The meeting will last no
longer than one hour.
La Tertulia
LaTertulia (Meredith’s
Spanish Club) will meet
Thursday, November 8, at
7:00 p.m. in the Faculty
Lounge. The program will
present a speaker on the
political and cultural aspects
of Chile. All interested
members and non-members
alike are welcome.
Bearfacts
Tryouts were held Wed
nesday, October 10 at 7:00
p.m. for the Bearfacts, the
Philaretian Society’s singing
group. New members are
Cheryl Anderson, Janine
Bradsher, Betsy Crosland,
Gail Falkner, Joy Hodge,
Erna Stromsland, Sue Tripp,
Beth Ward, and Mary Lou
Wooten: Old members are
Paige Foster, Cookie Guthrie,
Sue Purdue, Beth Queen,
Cindy Rosser, Catherine
Stover, Ann Wagoner, and
Lynda Wall. Pianist is Betsy
Webb. Leaders Lynda Wall
and Sue Purdue are excited
about the Bearfacts this year
and would like it to be known
that they are available to sing
for any group or occasion.
REW
During the second semester,
the Meredith Christian
Association sponsors a
Religious Emphasis Week to
allow participants of the
Meredith community to share
in a time of personal reflec
tions and growth.
REW chairman Sue Tripp
has been working with a nine-
member student steering
committee to plan a week of
relevant and varied activities.
Popular speakers will be
invited to contribute their
ideas and interpretations of
the theme of the 1973 Religious
Emphasis Week to be held
November 26-20. The theme
will be announced next week.
Concerts
TheE.C.U. Union Popular
Entertainment Committee
will be presenting two major
concerts this week. On
Friday, November 9, the
Temptations will be ap
pearing in Minges Coliseum at
8:00 p m. Ticket prices will be
$3.00 for ECU students and
$4.00 for the public.
On Sunday, November 11,
a concert is scheduled
featuring John Paul Ham
mond, Lynard Skynard, and
Wet WOlie. Showtime is 2:00
p.m. in Minges Coliseum and
ticket prices are $2.00 for ECU
students and $3.00 for the
public.
Tickets go on sale Mon
day, November 5 and are
available at the Central Ticket
Office, P.O. Box 2731 ,
Greenville, North Carolina
27834.
Ski Course
The Physical Education
Department is offering snow
skiing again this year. The
one-credit course will last five
days, Dec. 30, 1973 - Jan. 4,
1974.
The course consists of five
days of skiing and instruction,
nine hours each day. All
equipment, lodging, accident
insurance, and slope and lift
fees are included in the cost.
Total cost is $80.00, plus meals
and transportation.
This year the students will
liave the advantage of using
the new polysnow slopes. This
will allow them to ski
regardless of temperature.
The shorter skis they will be
using in this course will
permit the student to learn to
ski the first day on skis.
The course will be held at
Appalachian Ski Mountain in
Boone, N. C. Students who are
interested should sign up Nov.
!7 at pre-registration