THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
VOL. XLIX NO. 20
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N.C.
MAY 1, 1975
First visiting prof essor chosen
MIS - Meredith College has
appointed Dr. Arthur Poister
as distinguished visiting
professor of organ for the 1975-
76 academic year, the first
such appointment by the
college, Dr. Allen Burris, vice
president and dean of the
college, has announced.
“Dr. Poister is probably
the most influential organ
teacher in the United States,”
said Dr. David Lynch,
chairman of the music
department at Meredith,
“and we are delighted to add
such a distinguished artist to
the music faculty.”
Poister will give master
classes in organ for both
Meredith and non-Meredith
students. Dr. Lynch said.
Lynch, the principle
organ teacher at Meredith,
was a student of Dr. Poister.
Both will work closely
together with Meredith organ
students next year with Dr.
Poister teaching the students
in master classes and Dr.
Lynch giving individual organ
lessons.
Since his retirement from
Syracuse University in 1967,
Dr. Poister has been a visiting
professor at eight colleges,
universities, or con
servatories, including Hollins,
Drake, Oberlin and Nor
thwestern.
Dr. Poister’s services at
Meredith are made possible
from the earnings of “The
William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund,”
MRA to hold banquet
on May 6th at 6:30 p.m.
the first annual athletic
Banquet sponsored by the
Meredith Recreation
Association will be held in
honor of the Meredith students
who compete in varsity sports
or who are members of a
performing group. Ap
proximately 125 students,
coaches, and MRA members
will be invited to this first
annual event. The sports
which will be represented will
include basketball, tennis, the
synchronized swimniing
performing group, com
petitive swimming,
volleyball, gymnastics, and
the dance performing group.
Special awards will be
presented to the seniors who
have been members of a team
or performing group for at
least three years. Also, in
recognition of those students
who have contributed much to
the various activities spon
sored by MRA, special awards
will be presented to six seniors
who have been active MRA
members.
established in 1974 with a
$300,000 special purpose grant
from the William R. Kenan,
Jr. Charitable Trust.
The grant, the largest the
college has received from a
foundation or trust, was
received in December, 1974.
Its principle is restricted to
the college endowment with
annual earnings to be used for
enrichment of the college’s
academic program.
Dr. Poister studied with
Marcel Dupre, a distinguished
composer and concert
organist in Paris, France, and
Karl Straube, Gunter Ramin,
and Gunter Raphael, three
famous concert organists in
Leipzig, Germany.
The recipient of three
honorary doctorate degrees.
Dr. Poister has two endowed
funds named in his honor at
Syracuse University and
Oberlin College.
DR. POISTER
Watergate council believes
nation only as good as citizens
The American system of
government is based on laws
said Monday’s 18th Annual
Law Day speaker. Laws are
not infallible he said because
laws are made and ad
ministered “by men and
Students comment on court
RESULTS
The Results of the Student
Life Committees survey of
student opinion of the con-
tinuence of Springs Court at
Meredith are as follows:
1. Should recognition of this
type (electing a Springs Court
and Queen) be continued?
YES 173 NO 3
2. If YES, should there be
any campus-wide introduction
of those honored?
YES 172 NO 1
3. If YES, the introduction
of the Court and Queen should
be (check preferred one (s) ):
63 During original May
Day celebration with
crowning the Queen and all
students participating with a
May Pole and dancing.
60 In the ceremony
traditional to Meredith in
recent years with Modern
Dance classes performing
after the crowning of Queen.
59 In the manner to be
used this spring - introduction
of Queen and her Court during
Parents’ Banquet.
20 In Awards Assembly
in the late spring, like other
campus honors.
Editor’s note: the following
with the exception of a very
few duplications on the
springs court surveys handed
on to the Student Life Com
mittee.
“If we continue Springs
Queen, I feel they should
definitely be recognized at
sometime before the student
body. I also think it is even
more important to include a
good few pages in the year
book to theip as had been done
every year except last year,
which I felt was a great
disappointment. After all, the
annual is the recording of my
years here and I considered
last years recording of
“Spring” a poor job.”
“I feel qualifications for
Spring Queen should be
changed. If it is for beauty it
should be for beauty - a sex
queen. If it is for personality
or contribution to Meredith,
beauty should not enter into
it.”
“If a court is to be elected
by the students it should
certainly be presented to the
students - not just the
parents-. Furthermore, it
should be matter of common
consideration to let those
involved in the court know of
the plans (or at least the
dates) of Springs Court. If
Student Life is the cause of
this prolonged deliberation
and failure to inform those
involved (I am a member of
Springs Court and have not
yet been notified - of
anything). I think they owe
the Court an apology.”
“The election of a Springs
Queen I think should be more
defined. I do not think that
recognition based solely on
beauty is justified. There a
number of Meredith girls each
year seem to tie for a beauty
title, without having our own
contest. As it is now the title
represents to me the con
notation of only physical
characteristics; however that
has never been my only
consideration when voting for
spring court represen
tatives.”
“I think it would be a lot
more meaningful to have a
special ceremony in the
amphitheatre than present the
court at a banquet. It would
also be a lot more beautiful. I
think we should keep it the
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same.
women and we are fallible.”
At Meredith’s 10:00 Law
Day convocation, attorney
Eugene Boyce related these
concepts to his experiences as
assistant majority council to
the Senate “Watergate”
Committee.
The “Watergate” scandal
is a classic case of human
fallibility and its effect on
government and politics.
Boyce, however, em
phasize that America wasn’t
weakened by a “relative
group of irresponsible
people.” The “Watergate”
revelations have instead
shown that “the strength of
this country is the collective
strength of all the people.”
“I and the others in
volved” in the investigation he
said, “were most worried
about what it would do to the
system.”
Boyce, a Raleigh lawyer,
was appointed by North
Carolina Senator Sam Ervin
to be “in charge of a general
investigation” for the Senate
“Watergate” Committee into
the relations between the
White House and the Com
mittee to Re-elect the
President (CRP). In his of
ficial capacity as Hearing
Records Council, Boyce
participated in the initial
interviews of over five hun
dred people directly or in
directly related to Oie White
House and CRP, From these
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Twig Newsbriefs
Bonfire
Hall meetings will not be
held Monday May 5th.
Students are encouraged to
attend the honor bonfire to be
held that evening at 10:30
behind Poteat residence hall.
Halifax dig
Want to learn about ar
chaeology in a Field School
conducted at Halifax by Mr.
Pat Barrow? Undergraduate
and graduate students from
many states will be working at
Colonial Halifax, N. C. from
April 28 through the summer,
digging, evaluating, and at
tending lectures by Mr.
Barrow. “It is not a way to get
free labor,” he told students
and faculty in a talk on
Friday, April 18, at Meredith,
“but a real Field School with
academic training as well as
physical exercise.”
According to students who
dug at Halifax last summer,
living costs are minimal.
Rooms at the local motel are
inexpensive and a cooperative
food project enables all the
crews to prepare dinner
together at the headquarters.
Three hours of academic
credit, graded on Pass-Fail,
may be earned. Interested
students are asked to see Dr.
Lemmon, in Joyner 118,
before exams begin.
Student abroad
Janet Fish has been ac
cepted for the Drew
University London Semester
next fall, and will spend four
months there studying British
government, economics, and
history.
Sophomore slate
The final results of
Sophomore Class elections are
as follows:
President, Patti Ellis;
Vice-President, Betsy Lee;
Secretary, Ruth Butler;
Treasurer, Beth Cobb;
Judicial Board Represen
tatives, Mary Ann Gilbert and
Sue Michael; Elections Board
Representatives, Cindy
Edwards and Fennette
Waters; Cornhuskin’ Co-
Chairmen, Suzanne Price and
Cheryl Shearin; Stunt Co-
Chairmen, Susan Fishel and
Kathy Morgan.
Junior officers
The final results of junior
class elections are as follows:
President, Kathy Frazier;
Vice-President, Beth Leavel;
Secretary, Debbie Edwards;
Treasurer, Suzanne Styron;
Judicial Board Represen
tatives, Cindy Dickie and
Julee Haley; Cornhuskin’ Co-
Chairmen, Millie McLaney
and Carolyn Pennington;
Stunt Chairman, Betsy
Porter.
Awards day
Monday, May 5th has
been designated as Awards
Day. Presentations will be
made during the 10:00 con
vocation hour.
Movie
“The Last Saturday Night
at the Movies” - Rebel
Without a Cause with James
Dean, Natalie Wood and Sal
Mineo at 7:00 p.m. Saturday.
Free Popcorn!