THE TWIG
VOL. XLIX
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C.
Radial relevance is
coming to Meredith
OCTOBER 3, 1974
NO. 4
by Maggie Odell
William Stringfellow,
internationally noted author,
lawyer and theologian, will
speak at the convocation hour
Monday, October 7 on the topic
“Conscience and Obedience in
Church and State”.
Stringfellow, often hailed as
a radically relevant Christian,
has long been involved in
working with and provided
legal aid for black and Puerto
Ricans in New York City slums.
His concern for expressing
his Christian commitment in
the political arena made him an
early critic of the Vietnam War.
He called for Nixon’s im
peachment for his part in the
secret bombings of Cambodia
long before the former
President’s complicity in
Watergate became an issue.
After having been
dismissed of charges of har
boring the fugitive Father
Daniel Berrigan, Stringfellow
was defense counsel for the
Reverend Philip Berrigan in the
Harrisburg trial, a trial in
volving the rights of antiwar
demonstrators.
In reference to the Vietnam
War and, more recently, to
Watergate, Stringfellow sees a
correlation between the ab
sence of American moral
outrage and criticism and the
silence of German citizens
when Hitler was establishing
his Nazi state.
The silence of German
churches and individuals
during the Hitler crisis is easy
to point to in hindsight.
Stringfellow maintains that
American churches are
presently making the same
mistake. Such silence, he feels,
is a neglect of the church’s
major responsibility to criticize
the government for injustices
and power abuses.
Stringfellow is coming to
Raleigh under a joint spon
sorship of the Religion and
Philosophy Departments of
Meredith and NCSU. He will
speak at State Wednesday
evening at 8:00 on “Anarchy
and Eschatology”. His lecture
is open to the public.
explains the significance of his gift at the Friday dedication of the Shaw Fountain. His wife,
a Meredith alumnae, sits in front of Mrs. Weems and the Reverend John M. Lewis. Dr. Weems later
expressed his appreciation for the gift.
Board vetoes visitation, ups tuition $150
by Genie Rogers
and Jean Jackson
On Friday, September 27,
members of the Meredith
College Board of Trustees met
on campus for their fall meeting
and other business.
Activities began with a
memorial service for Dr.
Luther M. Massey, followed by
meetings of Standing Com
mittees of the Board. After a
luncheon by committees, the
full Board convened in the
afternoon, where committee
reports were given and various
actions passed.
The Student Affairs
Committee, chaired by Dr. L.
H. Hance, recommended that
the full board endorse Dr.
Weems’ veto of male visitation
as proposed by the S. G. A. last
spring. The motion was passed
unanimously.
Dr. Hance also presented
results of a survey of all
stated in the By-laws of the
college.
Mr. Baker gave the
Finance Committee report in
which he proposed a $150 in
crease in tuition. The motion
ui a survey or all *** vv-awv/h. xh4= hiltuuh
members conducted since the canned. One himdred dollars of
last Board meeting concerning the increase will be applied to
Meredith’s speaker policy. The
majority opinion of the Board is
that the policy remain as is
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CAPITAL CI’TY
The Department of History
and Political Science will again
TWIG newsbriefs
be offering the Capital City
Semester in the Spring of 1975.
Seventeen students par
ticipated in the program, which
KAPPA NU SIGMA INDUCTEES
is open to all North Carolina
colleges, last Spring. The
participants met twice weekly
at the First Baptist Church on
Society
holds
inductions
On Monday, September 30,
1974, Kappa Nu Sigma,
honorary scholastic society
founded at Meredith in 1923,
held its fall induction of new
members at a reception held in
their honor at the MacGrimmer
house.
Those seniors who have
maintained a 3.5-1- average
over three years of work are
eligible for membership in the
organization. New senior
members and their majors are:
Jean Jackson, English and
Religion; Emily Johnson,
History; Sarah Manning,
History; Tina Mayo,
Psychology; and Myra Mc-
Cachren, Psychology and
Sociology.
Alumnae who were
members of the organization
while students at Meredith and
are currently serving on the
faculty or Administration were
also inducted. They are Miss
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Capital Square for intensive
seminar and research work on
North Carolina state govern
ment. A total of nine credit
hours is earned by each par
ticipant.
Further information may
be obtained by contacting Ms.
Fairchild at x289 or in Room
122J.
YDC MINUTES
tuition, the other fifty dollars to
board. Baker also presented the
Audit Report which was
adoptqd by the Board.
The Building and Grounds
committee report tentatively
proposed a site on West Campus
somewhere between Cate
Center and Weatherspoon
Gymnasium for the new nMfcic
building. This met with
favorable responses from
Board members, although no
action was taken.
Also advocated were mere
landscaping of the back campus
area near 1-40 and the gym.
Future goals are air con
ditioning ih more dorms and
replaced elevators in dorms in
the quad.
Dr.Thomas was introduced
to the Board and gave a brief
address in which she called for
more opportunities for
Highlighting the first
Meredith Young Democrats
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Democratic candidate for
Attorney General; Bill Bost
spoke on behalf of Robert
Morgan, candidate for the U. S.
Senate; and Don Songer spoke
on behalf of Ruth Cook, con
tender fo the N. C. House from
Wake County. Club officers
elected at the meeting are:
police now have firearms
training which equals that of
Raleigh City Police and are
beginning intensive classroom
instruction.
Dr. Weems proposed an
amendment to the By-laws
creating a Vice President for
Student Development, which
Ruth Butler, Membershi^p aSaticany
Chairperson; Vicki Branch, reported that ^ghtly over M
Treasurer; Betsy Porter,
Corresponding Secretary;
Katie Jenkins, Recording
Secretary; Tina King, Vice
President; and Ann Wall,
President. The club agreed that
a concentrated get out the vote-
absentee ballot effort will be
made in early October. Plans
for attending the upcoming
state convention in Raleigh,
October 18, 19 were discussed.
percent of the faculty now hold
Ph. D. degrees and named a
figure of 75 percent as a goal.
The afternoon meeting of
the Board was followed by the
dedication of Shaw Fountain
and a dinner at which the
Harris and Bell award was
presented posthumously to Dr.
Luther M. Massey for his
distinguished service to the
college.