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THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
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VOLUME XLIX
MEREDITH
COLLEGE RALEIGH,NORTH CAROLINA
SEPTEMBER 26. 1974
number 3
Massey's death grieved
Dr. Luther Malcus
Massey, prominent Zebulon
dentist, church and civic
leader, and Meredith College
trustee for nearly a quarter of
a century, died suddenly
Thursday morning in his
home at 200 Gannon Aye.,
Zebulon. Funeral services
will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday,
September 22, at Zebulon
Baptist Church.
A graduate of Wake
Forest University and the
Medical College of Virginia,
Dr. Massey received a
distinguished alumnus
citation in 1970 from Wake
Forest University in
recognition of his professional
accomplishments and his
church, civic, and state
service. Evidence of Dr.
Massey’s lifelong interest in
education extends from his
service on the Zebulon School
Board to the State Board of
Education and service as
member and chairman of the
Meredith College Board of
Trustees.
“Meredith has lost a close
friend, generous benefactor,
and wise counselor with the
sudden passing of Dr. Luther
Malcus Massey,” President
JohnE. Weems said. “Next to
his wife and family and
church. Dr. Massey’s love and
devotion centered on Meredith
College. He served as a
trustee for more than twenty
years, including six terms as
Chairman of the Board of
Trustees. The magnificent
president’s residence. The
Massey House, serves as one
example of the support Dr.
and Mrs. Massey have given
to Meredith. We deeply regret
the loss of Dr. Massey, our
friend, benefactor, and ad
visor.” Dr. AJassey had been
recommended for another
four years term as Meredith
Trustee to begin in January
1975.
Dr. Massey was born in
Wakefield. He practiced
dentistry in Zebulon since 1919
and also operated farms in the
Zebulon area. A member of
numerous civic and public
organizations. Dr. Massey
was named the Paul Harris
Fellow this year at the Annual
nual Rotary Conference of
District 771. He has been
presented the Distinguished
Service Award for Rotary
International by the Zebulon
Rotary Club, was presented
the Distinguished Service
Award by the North Carolina
Farm Bureau, was presented
the Second Mile Award for
meritorious service in the
field of retirement legislation
by the 1%7 General Assembly,
was presented a Certificate (rf
Appreciation from the N.C.
Democratic Executive
Committee in 1966, and was
cited by the Zebulon Baptist
Church for 39 years of out
standing service as
superintendent of the Sunday
School.
He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Vivian Dawson
Massey of the home, and one
daughter, Mrs. Carolyn
Vivian Kitahata of New
Haven, Conn, and three
grandchildren.
Dr. L. M. Massey
West Point cadets will fly to
Raleigh for week-end with angels
by Rebecca Askew
TWIG newsbriefs
1
MAIL POLICY
Intercampus mail will
now be delivered through the
post office mail boxes. Only
official college business mail
will be delivered under this
new procedure; no student to
student mail can be accepted.
The old intercampus mail
box will be moved from in
front of Dean White’s office to
the new Day Student Lounge
in the second floor of the
Student Center.
DAY STUDENT LOUNGE
The day students have
staked a claim to the study
area off the stereo-room in the
Cate Center. The area will
have a bulletin board and the
old intercampus mail box.
The day students ask that
all class and organizations
post notices about meetings
and activities on the board.
The day students want to get
involved!
LOST AND FOUND
Please leave all found
items at the switchboard.
They will remain there for ?
days. After 3 days the lost
articles are transferred
Mrs. Thorne’s office.
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BIKEATHON
The Heart Fund Bike-a-
thon will be held October 13.
Meredith, St. Mary’s, and
Peace have challenged each
other to a distance com
petition. Participants are
responsible for their own
mileage challenges. If in
terested, contact Janet
Tysinger (4th Vann) or
Shearon Roberts (1st Vann).
(continued on page 3)
Freshmen class officers were elected last week. From left ^ f ifht are Ju^ ^geL vi^^^
Myrla Cox, president; and Beth Cobb, treasurer. Not pictured is Patti Ellis, secretary.
The September 16 Leg Board meeting ended in wild cheers
and excited chattering. What could have happened to vary toe
usually dull meeting? Five hundred West Point cadets are what
happened.
SGA President Jean Jackson announced that 5(X) cadets were
being flown in for the Army-Duke game October 11 and for the
Army-UNC game November 16. The cadets will be staying in the
Holiday Inn in downtown Raleigh. . . . o
Meredith plans to have mixers on the two Friday nights for
the cadets. West Point has rented The Warehouse, a Raleigh
night club, for Saturday night entertainment of cadets and their
Meredith dates. Arrangements were completed during the
summer by Dean White and Academy officials.
Student reaction generally reflected the Leg Board members
enthusiasm. Cheers at Monday night hall meetings echoed across
the courtyard. Many Meredith students are already devising
excuses for steady boyfriends.
Jean Jackson typified student reaction in response to a Leg
Board question about how old the cadets were when she an
swered, “Who cares?”
A search is now underway for a suitable band to play at the
mixers Funds are being collected from various sources to
finance toe mixers. Any band suggestions should be directed to
members of Leg Board.
Thomas addresses group
at first SGA meeting
by Allyn Vogel
Dr. Sandra Thomas complimented toe Meredith students on
their excellent student government leaders and then, to a hushed
audience, she delivered several heavy challenges.
In this her first presentation to toe Meredith student body she
challenged each student to “pause, reflect, and recognize (her)
“potential to educate” herself at Meredith.
This self-education of seeing “relationships in eye^toing we
read study, do or discuss” is a “core on which to build She told
the students that they must educate themselves for res^n-
sibility ; women, she said, “must be involved in legislation which
affects women and women’s needs.”
Students Dr. Thomas stressed, must keep up with world
events- they must work to maintain a sense of being a citizen of
toe world. They must become involved in international, national,
local and college affairs. ^ • , . j
She saw needs for student involvement in local and college
activities She pointed out that “Raleigh has poverty and
malnutrition” and that many Raleigh students are among the six
million U.S. children not in school.
She observed that she “believed that Meredith as a whole has
committed itself to the higher education of women ’’ She
challenged the students, however, to help make the Meredith
community a “creative, viable one.” ^
“We are citizens of Meredith College, she continued. I
charge that along with toe rights and freedoms come respon
sibilities.