TWIG
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Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
VOLUME XLIX
MEREDITH COLLEGE
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA NOVEMBER 14, 1974
NUMBER 10
West Point cadets return Nov. 15 for
another wild weekend in Raleigh .There
will be a mixer in Weatherspoon Gym on
Friday night and a party at J. Gatsby’s
Warehouse on Saturday night, Nov. 16.
Be sure and join in the fun.
Merit Weekend slated;
Edmisten to speak
Meredith’s fifth annual
Merit Weekend for high school
students is scheduled for the
weekend of November 16-17.
National Merit Semifinalists
and Commended Students from
North Carolina, South Carolina,
and Virginia, together with
other superior prospective
students known by the ad-
jnissions office, will be invited
to the campus for a discussion
of the topic “Beyond
Watergate: The Balance of
Powers Restored?”
Special Thanksgiving service planned
• •
Dr. John Claypool and Chorus featured
Under the chairmanship of
Dr. Erika Fairchild, instructor
in political science, a planning
committee is currently
developing the weekend
program. The guest speaker
will be Mr. Rufus Edmisten,
Attorney General-elect. Ed
misten was former chief
counsel and staff director of the
Senate Subcommittee on
Separation of Powers and
deputy chief counsel of the
Senate Select Committee on
Presidential Campaign Ac
tivities.
Following his keynote
address, discussion groups will
be held under the leadership of
Paul Holcomb, Sally Horner,
Frank Grubbs, and Charles
Tucker.
Other members of the
MCA- A Wednesday morning
worship service on November
20 will be a special
Thanksgiving service for the
entire Meredith community.
Dr. John Claypool, pastor of the
Broadway Baptist Church in Ft.
Worth, Texas, will lead the
worship experience at 10:00 in
Jones Auditorium. This service
will be the last one before the
Thanksgiving holidays, and it
will involve special ways for the
student body, faculty, and staff
of Meredith to join in a time of
giving thanks.
In addition to Dr.
Claypool’s message, music by
the Meredith Chorus will be an
inspirational highlight of the
service. Also, a special offering
supporting African Famine
Relief will be taken during the
service and sent to the relief
agency of the Baptist World
Alliance.
Having Dr. Claypool on
campus is indeed an honor. He
is a graduate of Mars Hill
College, Baylor University and
Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, and was pastor of
Crescent Hill Baptist Church in
Louisville, Ky., for eleven years
before going to Broadway
Baptist in 1971. He has
published a book, “Tracks of a
Fellow Straggler”, and is a
popular speaker for college and
seminary groups.
The entire Meredith
community is urged to take
advantage of this opportunity to
not only meet Dr. Claypool but
also worship together in a real
spirit of thanksgiving.
planning committee are
Suzanne Martin, senior;
Deborah Doss, Robin Morgan,
and Margaret O’Dell,
sophomores; Cindy Allen, Ruth
Councill, and Shawn
Daughtridge, freshmen; and
Miss Mary Bland Josey and
Mrs. Sue E. Kearney of the
admissions office.
Meredith faculty and
students are invited to attend
the lecture and to participate in
all general discussions.
TWIG newsbriefs
Fall forum
highlights
women
The North Carolina Council
of Women’s Organizations will
hold its annual fall forum at the
Royal Villa Hotel in Raleigh on
Thursday, Nov. 14. This year
the forum will highlight the role
of women in the political arena.
Specific areas which will be
considered are parts women
can play as voters, as office
holders at all levels of govern
ment, as appointees to positions
of public service, as volunteers
for office, and as effective
decision makers.
Many prominent women
leaders will participate, among
them Rep. Martha W. Griffiths
(D-Mich.); Anne F.Scott,
Associate Professor of History
at Duke University; and Elreta
M. Alexander, first Negro
woman elected judge in the
United States.
The public is invited to
attend the forum which will
begin at 9:30 a.m.
SOCIAL WORK CLUB
Dr. Ellen Black Winston
will be the guest speaker at the
meeting of the Social Work Club
which is scheduled for Wed
nesday, November 19.
Dr. Winston was recently
one of four recipients of the
North Carolina Award for
accomplishments in public
service. She served as Com
missioner of Welfare in the US
Department of Health,
Education and Welfare from
1963-67 after serving North
Carolina as Commissioner of
Public Welfare for twenty
years. From 1940-44 she was
Chairman of the Department of
Sociology at Meredith. Dr.
Winston has had a long and vei^
distinguished career in public
service and Meredith is always
pleased when she is able to
return to the campus for a visit.
Everyone is invited to at
tend this meeting which will be
in the Faculty Lounge in Cate
Center at 6:30.
IS
SELF-DEFENSE
The Dean of Students Office
offering non-resident
students a two-part program
concerning self-protection for
women. This program is
designed to teach how to handle
various situations that might be
encountered. The program will
be presented at 10:00 a.m. on
Nov. 18 and Nov. 22 by Lt.
Stephenson of the Raleigh
Police Department and will
include demonstrations, film,
filmstrips, and brochures.
This will be a good ex- {jig informing potential em-
perience for students who are in pioyers of your assistance
teacher education, or plan to be. there.
Mr. Williams will write a por more information, call
statement for your placement williams at 876-0640.
London semester
TUTORS NEEDED
Mr. Fred Williams, prin
cipal of Millbrook Junior High
School, has asked for tutors in
math or reading.
There are 50 in each class
needing help. You will work
with one student at a time. A
remedial reading teacher will
guide you. Help is needed most
every period of the day,
therefore, you can select your
time.
Parisian holiday set
During the spring break
March 8-14, 1975, French
students will have the op
portunity to spend a week in
Paris.
This includes all transportation
Dr. Galligan will be leading
a group of 15 students for the
fifth time for travel in France.
Students are permitted an
option on one hour’s special
study credit.
Total costs will be $495.00.
with first class hotel, private
bath and breakfast. Several
guided tours of Paris, with one
tour including Versailles, also
free theater ticket and ad
mission to various museums is
included in the package. For
further information contact Dr.
Galligan in the Foreign
Language Department.
The Meredith Abroad Prc^ram will be conducted in London
during the summer of 1975. The exact dates, location, cost and
other details will be published later.
The faculty members will be Dr. Charles Davis, Coordinator,
Mathematics; Dr. Frank Grubbs and Mrs. Carolyn Grubbs,
History; and Mrs. Elizabeth Brewer, English.
The courses offered will be:
Contemporary British Culture - team taught - Dr. Davis, Coor
dinator. . • A
Mathematics 943 - History of Mathematics - Dr. Davis. A
presentation of the development of mathematical ideas from a
chronological viewpoint. Prominent mathematicians will be
studied along with their major contributions. An attempt will be
made to study the role of England in the development of
mathematics.
History 944 - The Expansion of the British Empire from the
Elizabethan Age to the Death of Victoria: 1600-1901 - Dr. Grubbs
and Mrs. Grubbs. A political and economic study of British ex
pansion onto the North American continent, into the West Indies
and India. Course will consist of readings, study of personalities,
British political institutions, and overseas administrations; as
well as the problems and solutions sought by the British govern
ment in dealing with the world’s greatest modern empire. London
tours will be conducted; individual study in London, British
speakers will be utilized. „
History 945 - The Emergence of British Culture: From the Roman
Occupation through the Renaissance - Dr. Grubbs and Mrs.
Grubbs. A study of the origin of British culture based on the
development of social and cultural institutions: Latin, Anglo-
Saxon; Norman & Renaissance influences will be enaphasized.
Readings; class work; London and British tours and individual
study.
English 201 - Major British Authors - Mrs. Elizabeth Brewer.
English 940 - Nineteenth and Twentieth Century British Novels -
Mrs. Elizabeth Brewer. A study of selected novels, with special
emphasis on those set in and around London.