THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith Coliege
VOL. XLIX N0.4»^
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N.C.
APRIL 24, 1975
Privilege bill defeated
SGA advocates new dorm card form
Bills concerning a new
sign-out procedure and the
College Marshal were passed
at Friday’s SGA meeting
while a controversial bill
deleting the freshmen evening
privileges was defeated.
After probable passage by
the Student Life Committee
and President Weems, the
new sign-out procedure will be
in effect next fall. The bill was
developed by the Dean of
Student’s office with the aid of
several students.
Pending approval by the
Student Life Committee and
President Weems, the student
elected as College Marshal
must have served “as a
marshal of Meredith College
at least one year prior to this
election,” according to
another bill passed Friday.
The new sign-out
procedure differs little from
the present method. The
major change, now that
blanket permission (i.e. 1, 2,
or 3 permission) is obsolete, is
Morals are an issue
of law and love
People should establish
and follow rules of conduct Dr.
Roger Crook explained in an
evening lecture Thursday,
April 14. Dr. Crook, Chair
person of the Religion
Department, spoke as
Meredith’s 1975 Distinguished
Faculty Lecture honoree on
“Love and Law in Christian
Ethics.”
Advocating that each
person develop an individual
set of moral laws. Dr. Crook
observed that he felt “more
comfortable with the person
who knows what his guidelines
are, who indeed has
deliberately and rationally
chosen those guidelines than I
do with one who is unable to
recognize the principles by
which he operates.”
He continued that these
principles are necessary to
define what the Christ:'n
moral premise of agape love
means in terms of action.
He listed his own rules of
life as examples of such
principles. His are the
following: (1) “The human
race is one.” Differences
between people are “our own
creations and are of only
secondary importance.” (2)
“Every individual is of in
finite worth.” (3) “Material
values are secondary to
personal values.” (4) “Every
person has certain basic
human rights which must be
respected at all times.” (5)
“Each person has a respon
sibility for other people; ” that
of “seeking goal of other
people.” (6) Sometimes one
value must be sacrificed to
another. At times. Dr. Crook
stated, “We must choose
between two things which are
good” and sometimes “two
tilings, both of which are
bad.” (7) “Because the
universe is orderly, it is often
(though not always) possible
to anticipate the consequences
of a given course of action.”
Principles, though, he
continued, “are not rules of
conduct, they do not speak
directly to specific
situations.” Each situation he
said, “is unique, and a
decision can be made only as a
situation develops. Fur
thermore, two different
people may differ in their
decisions.”
But, Dr. Crook em
phasized that “while each
situation is unique, there is a
regularity or similarity in the
patterns of human relation
ships. On the basis of that
regularity or similarity, it is
possible to become more
specific about what we are or
are not to do. We can establish
certain rules of conduct.”
Crook stressed that
“virtually all ethical thinkers
“make love their one ab
solute” in determining the
morality of action. He quoted
Fletcher, a situationalist, as
stating that “whatever is
loving in any particular
situation is good.”
Though he supports
Fletcher’s position that love is
a foundation of moral
behavior. Dr. Crook disagrees
with Fletcher in Fletcher’s
insistance that there are no
universal moral rules beyond
that of loving.
Dr. Crook defines love as
“a deep-seated, unselfish,
active regard for the welfare
of another person. It is not an
emotional response to certain
desirable qualities in the other
person, but a rational,
deliberate acceptance of our
responsibilities to and for him.
It is not conditioned upon his
response to us but is non
reciprocal. It acts in his
behalf, regardless of whether
he responds with gratitude. Its
nature is always to seek a
genuine community, and it
does not give up even when
that community is not at
tained.”
However, he insisted that
“our love to man can exist
only within the context of our
response to God”; this sen
timent is derived from I John,
“We love, because He first
loved us.”
Rules of moral conduct,
based on love. Dr. Crook noted
are “a good guide for day-by
day conduct.” He elaborate
that with rules “we do not
need to try to make every
decision in life as if we have
never encountered a similar
situation.” Rather, “one
decision can settle the issue.”
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that all students will sign out
the same way, except first
semester freshmen.
Brown envelopes the size
of dorm cards and printed in
the same manner will be used.
The bill reads, “On the
dorm card under “sign-ouf,
the students writes ‘overnight’
if she is planning to take an
overnight, or her destination if
she is planning to return after
closing hours or is going
outside of a 15-mile radius of
Raleigh. If the student is
taking an overnight, on the
inside of her dorm card she
writes the name of the
hostess, address and phone
number.”
A bill which would have
eliminated freshmen evening
privileges was defeated after
much debate.
Christine Glascox, a
proponent, said the bill was
proposed because she and
several other newly elected
freshmen hall proctors felt
that “incoming freshmen
could learn to discipline
themselves” without being
limited to four evening
privileges a week.
Debbie Bass, a freshman
representative to Leg Board
contends that the limitations
are good because a student
gets to know the people on her
hall and in her dorm, plus
develops good study habits.
Rebecca Askew
Dr. Jack Huber and Shearon Roberts were anointed Play Day
Duke and Duchess during Thursday’s merriment.
Group explores theme
in dance production
“Love Is” denotes the title
for this year’s Spring Dance
Concert, Thursday, May 1 at
7:30 in Jones Auditorium.
Dance classes for the spring
semester, involving ap
proximately 65 girls, are
responsible for
choreographing and per
forming the program which
revolves around tiie theme of
love and friendship.
TWIG newsbriefs
Non-resident elections
The non-resident students
met on last Friday, April 11,
for their election of officers
and for a general social coffee
hour. It was well attended by
at least 80 of the students and
plans were made for a picnic
to be at a date to be announced
later by the Activities Com
mittee, Sue Carpenter,
chairman.
Rebecca Weems was
elected vice-president of the
group, and enthusiasm for
next year’s planned projects
and activities was expressed
by all present. We are looking
forward to a good upcoming
year with all participating and
much co-operation.
Sabbaticals received
Sabbaticals have been
granted to two Meredith
professors for next semester.
The two honorees are Dr.
Thomas Parramore of the
History Department and Dr.
Lois Frazier Chairperson of
the Business and Economics
Department.
No proctors
The faculty endorced
unproctored exams at their
Saturday faculty meeting.
Exams will not be proctored
this semester.
“Law Day”
April 28 is Law Day at
Meredith. Gene Boyce will
speak to interested students
on law that morning at 10 a.m.
in the CEA. Boyce was on the
legal staff of the Senate
“Watergate” Committee.
Game slated
Meredith is scheduled to
compete with Peace College in
baseball at 5 o’clock 'Thur
sday, April 24.
TWIG meeting
Will all students in
terested in working with the
1975-76 TWIG come to the first
staff meeting Thursday, April
24th at 5:00 in the TWIG office,
second floor Cate Center.
Writers, photographers,
cartoonists, and advertising
and circulation staff members
are all needed.
Various phases of love
will be explored, including
love between people, love for
friends across the sea,
romantic love, love of country
and love of G(^. Classes have
been working on their dance
creations since spring break
with the help of instructor
Fran Stevens. Each dance will
consist of 4 or 5 people and it is
to be noted that the dance is
not the product of one person
alone. The group works
together as a whole, taking the
suggestions from each par
ticipant and ironing them out
until a satisfactory end has
been reached. Students try to
incorporate the techniques
they have been taught, but
they are encouraged not to
merely copy these movements
as this would prohibit their
own individual expression and
reaction to the piece. Although
this is not the easiest way to
construct a concert, Ms.
Stevens feels that it is the
most beneficial, for the girls
are given a chance to utilize
their creative imagination.
This program takes the
place of tile traditional May
Day dances that were
previously done m honor of the
spring’s court. No admission
will be charged and the public
is welcome to view this
culmination of a semester’s
hard work.
Benjie Hester
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