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VOL. XLIX
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C.
Silver Shield taps
eleven new members
Cathy Bland
Patti Estes
Susan Hamlin
Jane Hartley
Sue Grant
Emily Johnson
Sherri McGee
by Sue Tripp
The Silver Shield, an
honorary society, inducted
eleven new members on
Thursday, December 5, 1974.
New senior members are:
Susan Hamlin, Jan Hartley,
Sue Grant, Emily Johnson,
Sherri McGee, Patty
Whisnant, Susan Wood, and
Barbara Yates. Junior
associate members are:
Cathy Bland, Patti Estes and
Missy Upchurch.
Members are chosen on
the basis of constructive
leadership, Christian
character, and service to the
school. By constructive
leadership is meant not solely
leadership in the sense of
holding office, but also in the
sense of having helped to
direct student opinion into
whilesome channels. The fact
that a girl does not hold office
does not debar her from
membership, nor does the fact
that she does hold office
necessarily mean that she
shall become a member. By
Christian character is meant
the actual practice of help
fulness and friendliness and
kindness in everyday student
life, the conscientious ob
servance of student govern
ment obligations, and faithful
and sincere performance of
academic duties. By service
to the school is meant the
upbuilding of school spirit
through the contribution of
definite, constructive help
fulness and initiative in
making Meredith a better
school and through actual
participation in student ac
tivities.
To the new members:
Congratulations and thanks
for the many hours of service
to the Meredith community!
Patty Whisnant
Susan Wood
Missy Upchurch
REW underway; will
focus on being ^%uman
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Barbara Yates
Women’s colleges thrive
by Allyn Vogel
The Carnegie Commission
on Higher Education reports
that when women’s colleges
go co-ed not only do women
students retire from top
student government positions,
but the percentage of female
faculty members declines.
The commission sees a great
value in perserving women’s
colleges because they give
women a viable channel of
involvement and preparation
for life.
In a study published Nov. \
14, 1974, the WALL STREET/
JOURNAL cited the Carnegie
report and other in
vestigations in making a case
for women’s colleges.
From a study of “Who’s
Who of American Women”,
Dr. Elizabeth Tidball found
that the majority of the 1,500
women she studied were
graduates of women’s
colleges. She says that her
study shows that female coed
college graduates are less
than half as likely to be
“career successful” than are
graduates of women’s
colleges.
While many women’s
colleges went coed because of
enrollment pressures, the
Carnegie Report found that
many of those that did not,
have been able to increase
their enrollment. The study
suggests that curriculum
changes away from the liberal
arts and toward job-oriented
courses has made much of the
difference.
Many of the women’s
colleges the institute analyzed
were seeking older students
who wanted college degrees so
that they would be able to
compete in the job market.
Many colleges have
modified their placement
offices to give job counseling
and employment seminars to
students beginning in their
freshman year.
Some of the colleges,
frightened by their “finishing
school image” have looked
into adding a career-
orientation thrust to their
traditional departments.
Hood College in
Frederick, Maryland for
example has added jour
nalism courses to the English
department. They have
coordinated their many
research programs with
Army Research Institutes.
Others such as Wilson College,
Chambersburg, Pa., offer
joint-five-year degrees with
other institutes in engineering
and liberal arts.
Many womens-colleges
have implemented internships
in fields of student interest.
Some offer course credit for
such work.
Mills College in Oakland,
Pa. offers a major in ad
ministration and legal
process, leading to judicial
administration.
Briarcliff has instituted a
Public Affairs program for
students interested in careers
in urban planning and ad
ministration.
The Carnegie Report
attributes much of the in
crease in women’s college
enrollment to such curriculum
changes.
(MCA) Religious Em
phasis Week, January 27-31, is
well underway. Co-chairmen
Janey Gilbert and Nancy
Thompson are excited over
the progress that has been
made by the REW steering
committee to plan, organize
and carry out a week that
promises to be a challenging
time for personal growth. The
theme for the week, “For
God’s Sake, Be Human”, was
chosen to help students,
faculty and staff zoom in on
very basic emotions, such an
anger and hostility,
depression, indecision, that
every human being ex
periences, and realize some
positive aspects of having
these feelings. It’s normal
and very human!
Many events have been
planned to delve into these
feelings-what causes them,
how to identify them, and how
to deal with them creatively
and constructively.
Professional men and women
who “know their stuff” will be
on hand during the week to
lead in these various
“discovery” events. Dr.
Charles Petty, Director of the
Council on Christian Life and
Public Affairs of the N.C.
Baptist State Convention, will
be the main speaker for the
week.
The purpose of this year’s
Religious Emphasis Week is
to help each member of the
Meredith Community realize
that to be Christian is to be
human, to understand that
humanity and develop it to its
fullest, with the life of Christ
as a guide. It is the sincere
hope of each member of the
REW steering committee that
each member of the student
body, faculty and staff will
view this week as an op
portunity to explore her-his
own humanness, and then
take advantage of the op
portunity by participating.
TWIG newsbriefs
Recycling Box
Let’s put our old
newspapers, magazines, and
scrap paper to good use! In co
operation with the English
Club, the Raleigh Rescue
Mission has placed a house
like container behind the
cafeteria to hold papers until
they can be picked up for
recycling. The Rescue
Mission uses money from
recycling to carry out their
various charitable activities.
Our support is needed if the
project is to be successful, so
save those old papers and take
them to the recycling box. It
might just make the world a
little better place in which to
live.
Famine offering
Eight “bread baskets”
were evidence of the concern
of so many members of the
Meredith community at the
Thanksgiving worship service
November 20. The offering,
taken for famine relief for
West African families, totaled
almost $165.00. A check is
already on its way to the
Relief Agency of the Baptist
World Alliance, which is in
charge of purchasing and
distributing food for the
famine-stricken area.
Larry Williams, Campus
Minister, expresses ap
preciation for the excellent
response to the offering and to
the Thanksgiving service. It
was a meaningful and
memorable occasion for the
worship leaders and many of
those attending.
Greetings
Thank you for your kind
reception during our first
months at Meredith College.
May your Christmas season
be full of warmth and love
and may your New Year be a
pleasant one.
Pan and Lyn
Lynette and Aaron
Aubrecht
Circle K
The first week of spring
semester will be the beginning
for Circle K at Meredith. The
specific time and date will be
announced shortly in the
TWIG. Are you interested?
Come and support us in the
spring. If you want in
volvement now-call Susan
Smith at 833-0336 and you can
help us organize the new club
at Meredith College-Circle K.
1 projects for the
club will be formed from these
general concerns. Many of our
projecte will be a joint effort
NCSU^ K club at