THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
VOL. XLVIII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C.
FEBRUARY 14, 1974
NO. 17
"Computer’ ’ not ready
I to end registration lines
Maybe our fountain would look better with a few trees, like it used
to be.
by Cathy Murff
The majority of the
Meredith student body is now
aware of the “computer”
housed on the third floor of
Johnson Hall, and is eagerly
awaiting the day when the
long lines that are
synonomous with pre
registration and registration
are extinct. What is less well-
known is that there is no
computer on the third floor,
but data processing equip
ment that was installed more
than a year ago to facilitate
the work of the Business
Office.
Since then, the uses of this
equipment have been ex
panded to aid the Alumna
Office and the Development
Office in their work. And this
Grade changes given time limit
All grade changes and
corrections must be computed
by the end of the semester
following the one in which the
grade was given, reports the
Registrar’s office. This new
rule was approved by the
Academic Council in
November. All other
procedures involved in grade
changes and corrections
remain the same. Dean Burris
must approve all grade
changes made by a professor
or the request of a student.
while Mr. Hiott must approve
all corrections of inaccurately
recorded grades reported by
professors.
Classification require
ments too have been
changed because the college
now gives credit for P.E. To
be considered a sophomore, a
student will need 25 instead of
23 hours. Junior classification
will require 60 hours; senior
classification 90 hours. This
change affects all areas of
student life that depend on
classification by hours, like
running for campus office, or
qualifying for SDH.
Next fall, Mr. Hiott also
announced, the add period for
courses will be shortened to
five class days to prevent loss
of time in courses added.
The drop period will
remain the same length.
SNOOPY GO HOME IS AT
TITUDE OF MANY
COLLEGE CAMPUSES
By Joan Fassnacht
Snoopy go home^ is attitude
of many college campuses
By Joan Fassnacht
EDITOR’S NOTE: This
article is reprinted from
cAmpus lifestyle
MAGAZINE.
Joan Fassnacht is Assistant
News Editor of THE DAILY
COLLEGIAN at University of
Massachusetts, Amherst.
If there’s a true Heaven
on earth for pets, it must
surely be found among the
almost 3,000 college and
university campuses in these
United States.
And progressive Hamp
shire College in western
Massachusetts may be it.
Administrators there have
generously permitted pets to
live with their masters and
mistresses in the dormitories
since the college’s opening in
1970.
The University of Calp-
fornia at Davis may be
another one. For it is here that
a student may shelter his dog,
providing that the other
residents of his dorm floor
vote to let the dog in and his
roommate agrees. While the
dog must dine in his room
(cafeterias are a no-no), he
can go to class, if the
professor approves. One
professor even teaches a class
for animal lovers called
“Companion Animals.”
While dogs are not
universally welcomed on the
campuses, there are other
heavenly places where pets
are given free rein, ad they
take advantage of it. Take
Sophomore at Mankato State,
for example. He is a real
swinger. Besides walking
coeds of all shapes, sizes and
scents to classes and
cafeterias, this Irish setter
spends much of his time
sniffing out weekend parties.
At Troy State, Ox is one
Theta Chi who prefers the
sedentary life to that of a
rascal. He likes to eat and
sleep; then eat and sleep some
more. Ox, a 115-pound St.
Bernard, likes to take baths,
events which occur once or
twice a month in a parking lot
with some detergent and a
garden hose.
George may look like just
another mutt to you and me,
but to the students at Ren
sselaer, he has become the
most colorful character on
campus. George likes to test a
professor’s ability to hold an
audience while he exhibits his
masculine prowness to one of
his lady friends.
At other colleges
however, officials assume a
doggedly defiant attitude
towards the pet issue. In a
study of thirty-six campuses
across the country, the con
census of college officials is
one of “Snoopy Go Home.”
semester, for the first time,
the registration and records
processes were added. This
makes statistical data con
cerning such questions as the
number of classes and their
size more readily available
and will aid the college in
determining the needs of the
various departments.
Currently, the data processing
equipment is not being used to
its full capability - this will
come with time - but it is in
creasing the efficiency of
many of the administrative
tasks.
However, contrary to the
rumor now circulating, the
equipment is not being used to
aid meredith students in
registering for classes. All
student records are still being
handled personally in the
Registrar’s Office, and the
tedious job of signing class
roles at pre-registration will
still have to be faced, at least
in the near future.
A business firm has of
fered to donate a computer to
the college, but this computer
is designed for business
functions not for teaching
functions. There is, at this
time, a committee composed
of students, staff, and ad
ministration investigating
Meredith’s need for a com
puter. Meredith is continuing
to grow, especially in the
number of non-degree can
didates, and is now reaching
the point where, from an
administrative and teaching
standpoint, it might be
economically feasible to have
its own computer.
At this time, however,
Meredith is using the com
puter services at TUCC. The
delay in receiving first
semester grades was due to an
incorrectly designed
program, but in the future this
problem will not arise as the
same program, now correctly
written, can be used.
With all this in mind, and
the hope that some day pre
registration may consist
simply of turning a schedule
card in to the Registrar’s
Office, perhaps Meredith can
face the signing of class roles
with a little more patience and
understanding. Even if it does
mean getting up at 8:00 a.m.
on a Saturday morning!
Basketball
tournament
planned
Meredith College will host
the third annual state
basketball tournament
February 21, 11 and 23.
Schools participating in the
tournament include Atlantic
Christian College, Duke
University, Catawba College,
Peace College, N.C. State
University, Pembroke State
College, Sandhills Community
College, UNC-Wilmington and
Meredith. General admission
will be $2,00 and student ad
mission, $1.00. The game
schedule is as follows:
Thursday - 11:00, 1:00,
3:00, 6:30, and 8:.30.
Friday - 1:00, 3:00, 6:30,
and 8:30.
Saturday - 10:00 - Con
solation Finals, 12:00
Championship.
Anyone who is free and
willing to help with the
mechanics of the tournament,
contact Mrs. Vandiver.
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BLANTON PICKED
The President of the N.C.
Psychological Association,
Dr. Arnold D. Krugmen of the
VA Hospital in Durham has
appointed Dr. Gloria H.
Blanton, Associate Professor
of Psychology, to the
Association’s committee on
the Status of Women. She was
suggested for committee
membership as one who is
“eager, interested and able”
to contribute effectively to the
work of the new committee.
C.C.A. MOVIES
The College Center
Association has had many
excellent movies this year.
There are still three movies
yet to come. On February 17
“Bullett” will be shown. The
movie March 17 is “My Fair
Lady”. The last movie is
“Thoroughly Modern Millie”
on April 14. These movies will
be shown at 3:00, 6:00, and
9:00 instead of 3:00, 7:00, and
9:00 as printed on the tickets.
Remember the time change
and be there for all three
movies.
SUMMER YOUTH
CORPS
The Baptist State Con
vention and local Baptist
Colleges of North Carolina co
operate in a unique summer
program called “Youth
Corps.” In this program
students from Baptist
Colleges serve in Baptist
churches for ten weeks during
the summer. Students who are
part of the Youth Corps work
with youth, education.
recreation and music
programs in a local Baptist
Church.
The salary for this
summer work is $50 per week.
The Baptist College which the
student represents provide $25
per week and the par
ticipating churches pay $25
per week. Room and board
are also provided by the
church. A week of orien
tation is held at Gardner-
Webb College before the
student actually begins work.
This summer can provide
some excellent experiences in
serving through a local
church. If you are interested
in applying for Youth Corps,
contact Larry Williams or
Mrs. Marie Capel.