THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
VOL. XLVIII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C.
NOVEMBER 15, 1973
NO
Rev. Williams is new
college minister
The Rev. Larry C.
Williams, pastor of First
Baptist Church of Dobson, has
been appointed campus
minister at Meredith College,
effective December 1, 1973,
Dr. John E. Weems, Meredith
president, has announced.
As campus minister at
Meredith, Rev. Williams will
be responsible to the president
for community religious
activities, religious coun
seling, and direction and
planning of religious worship
services at Meredith.
He also will work with the
dean of students at Meredith
in other areas of student life.
Rev. Williams, 37, is
married to the former Zelma
Greene of Zebulon. They have
two daughters, ages four and
two.
Mrs. Williams is a
graduate of Meredith and has
been a junior high school
teacher for six years.
The son of Mrs. L. C.
Williams and the late L. C.
Williams of Burlington, Rev.
Williams has been pastor of
Dobson’s First Baptist Church
since 1964.
He was graduated from
Walter M. Williams High
School and Wake Forest
University. He received his B.
D. and Th. M. degrees from
Southeastern Baptist
Theological Seminary and has
done graduate work at the
Theological School of Drew
University.
Previously he was
associate pastor of First
Baptist Church in Graham,
was pastor of Elva Bryan
Baptist Mission in Sanford,
was summer director of
religious activities at First
Baptist Church in Petersburg,
Va., and summer youth work
director at First Baptist
Church in Burlington.
Theme picked for REW
by Susan Webster
What is a “Synthesized
Woman”? Well, the noun
synthesis denotes “the
combining of separate
elements or substances to
form a coherent whole”.
Religious Emphasis Week
chairmen Sue Tripp and
Michelle Lee announced this
week that the theme of the
1973 REW, scheduled for
November 26 - 30, will be
“Synthesized Woman.”
Planning for REW began last
spring as the student steering
committee met to share ideas
incorporated into outlining a
week of meaningful and
varied activities with
dynamic speakers.
Speaking at the
November 26 convocation will
be Betty Feezor, from
Charlotte, a home economist
and popular television
celebrity. Monday night Anne
Hunt Jones, a black teacher
and singer, will present a
special program.
Dr. Melicent Honeycutt
will speak for the Wednesday
worship service. An English
professor at Pfeiffer College,
br. Honeycutt has had ex
perience in the missionary
field.
Friday’s guest speaker
for REW will be Diane
Tremper from New Jersey.
She is involved with Cross
Counter, an intercity ministry
in Newark.
Mickey Blackwell from
Ridge Road Baptist Church
will lead Bible Studies in the
Student Center at 3:00 on
Monday and Wednesday. On
Tuesday, a folk group will sing
for a coffee house, and
Thursday a surprise
“Kaleidescope” will take
place.
The hut will be used for a
special service Tuesday night.
The theme will be “All the
Lord Said to Noah.” Wed
nesday night there will be a
panel discussion pulling
together the ideas of Sally
Butner, English professor at
Peace College, Joannah
Hicks, owner of the Sign of the
Fish, Rosalie Ralph, wife of
the associate minister at St.
Mark’s Methodist Church, and
Lumma Mackie, singer active
at Pullen
Church.
Memorial Baptist
Gene Cotton, folk singer
and song writer from Ten
nessee will perform Thursday
night. A special communion
service under the organization
of Mrs. Roger Crook will take
place at midnight Thursday.
Rev. Larry C. Williams, is Meredith’s new campus minister,
effective December 1, 1973. Married to a former Meredith
student. Rev. Williams is currently pastor of First Baptist
Church, Dobson, N. C.
Annual Merit Weekend held
with Arnold Nash as speaher
by Norma Heath
On November 9-10
Meredith College hosted its
fourth annual National Merit
Weekend for high school girls
from North Carolina, South
Carolina, and Virginia.
Twenty Merit Semifinalists
and Commended Students
converged on the campus,
eager to get a glimpse of
college life and to participate
in discussions of the topic
“The Economy: Master or
Servant?”
Featured speaker for the
weekend was Dr. Arnold S.
Nash. Dr. Nash, now retired,
served as Professor of the
History and Sociology of
Religion at UNC-Chapel Hill
and is still involved in
research with the university.
He received his B. S. and M. S.
in chemistry and M. A. in
philosophy at the University
of Liverpool, his M. Sc. Econ.
from the University of Lon
don, and his D. D. from Coe
College. He spoke once before
at Merit Weekend in 1971.
After registration
proceedings on Friday af
ternoon, the weekend ac
tivities commenced at 6:30
p.m. with a dinner in the
President’s Dining Room in
Belk Hall, presided over by
Suzanne Martin, chairman of
the Merit Weekend Planning
Committee. At 8:00 the group
gathered in the Board Room
of Johnson Hall to hear the
keynote address by Dr. Nash.
Commenting first on the
prophetic nature of the topic
chosen. Dr. Nash felt that the
questions could be “best
answered by how we got here”
in our present economic
situation. He traced the
development of man's
economic ideas, citing the
changes from the earliest
pastoral economy to mer
chant capitalism in the six
teenth century. At this same
time experimental science
developed, and these two
forces combining, Dr. Nash
as
said, created the industrial
revolution. Both areas -
merchant capitalism and
experimental science
possess a great capacity for
growth that they passed on to
technology. However, today
we are faced with cir
cumstances in which growth
is not always desirable. Dr.
Nash brought in the
population problem here, and
the concept of “spaceship
earth.” He said, “We live in
ten years now that culminates
the process begun 500,000
years ago.” A new and hopeful
voice is now being heard:
“We ought not to do
everything that CAN be
done.” The issues involved in
this topic of economics raise
basic questions about what
type of human beings we will
te. Dr. Nash stressed, and,
therefore, are religious issues.
Western man has always been
hung up with the word
“dominion” in Genesis and
has used as his traditional
premise that “we can do what
we want with our own.” Dr.
Nash raised objections to this
premise, saying that the
physical world belongs to God,
not to us, and therefore
belongs also to those who
come after us. It should be
used with responsibility. Dr.
Nash concluded by citing the
three elements that must be
considered in facing this issue
- man, the universe, and God
who created it all.
A brief discussion period
together followed im
mediately in which Dr, Nash
clarified his remarks and
defined terms like “religion.”
After a break for refresh
ments, smaller discussion
groups were formed, to be led
by selected Meredith faculty -
Dr. Sally Page, Mrs. Douglas
Greenwood, Dr. Tom
Parramore. and Mr. Eugene
Sumner.
Saturday began early
with breakfast at 8:15 for the
group. Then the discussion in
small groups resumed at 9:00
in Meredith’s College Center.
The final general session, held
in the TV room of the Center,
gave Dr. Nash an (^portunity
to respond to questions from
the groups and from in
dividual i^rticipants. At 11:30
a.m. Merit Weekend officially
concluded. However, several
girls met with departmental
representatives and the ad
missions department per
sonnel during the afternoon.
Student members of the
Merit Weekend Planning
Committee were Suzanne
Martin (chairman), Norma
Heath, Peggy Jordan, Robin
Morgan, Margaret Taylor,
Kay Wyche, and Margaret
O’Dell. Faculty members
were Dr. Roger Crook, Dr.
Lois Frazier, and Mrs. Evelyn
Simmons. Mrs. Sue Kearney
and Miss Mary Bland Josey
from the admissions office
helped with the planning also
and, with Miss Shera Jackson
and Miss Angela Hanchey,
participated throughout Merit
Weekend.
POOH Play
Meredith
Playhouse will
be presenting a
modified read
er's theater
production of
A. A. Milne's
WINNIE- THE
-POOH Wednes
day, November
14 and Thursday,
Nov. 15 AT 8:00
p.m. in the Hut.