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Newspaper of the Students of Meredith Colleee
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N.C.
Chemistry professor to give graduation address
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MARCH 29, 1976
Dr. George K. Schweitzer
will deliver the 1976 com
mencement address,
Academic Dean Burris has
announced. The Bac-
caulaureate is to be given by
Dr. W. Perry Crouch.
Dr. George K. Schweitzer,
a native of Poplar Bluff,
Missouri is at present Alumni
Distinguished Service
Professor of Chemistry at the
University of Tennessee in
Knoxville. His duties include
teaching and directing
research in the fields of
inorganic and theoretical
chemistry. His research in
terests are photoelectron
spectroscopy and molecular
orbital theory.
Professor Schweitzer
received a B.A. in chemistry
from Central College, and
M.S. in geochemistry from the
University of Illinois, an M.A.
in religion from Columbia
University and Union
Theological Seminary, a Ph.-
D. in inorganic chemistry
from the University of Illinois,
a second Ph.D. in philosophy
of religion from New York
University, and an honorary
Doctor of Science for his
work in the history of science.
Dr. Crouch is General
Secretary Treasurer of the
Baptist State Convention. He
is the author of Guidance for
Christian Home Life and
Baptist Work in North
Carolina - Decade of the ‘70’s.
Crouch has served as pastor of
the first Baptist Church in
Asheville for 20 years.
Graduation ceremonies
will take place Sunday, May
Union President will
deliver Staley speech
Delegation attended Model UN
A solution to the Middle
East’s problems was reached
by the General Assembly in
Plenary Session. Fourteen
Meredith Delegates par
ticipated in this GA and other
areas of Harvard National
Model United Nations (HN-
MUN) which was held in
Boston, Massachusetts,
March 4-8.
It was the purpose of this
conference to increase par
ticipants’understanding of the
role the United Nations plays
in seeking international
peace. An indepth study ot
diplomatic tactics and of the
pragmatic solutions reached
in UN sessions were central
goals of the conference.
The Meredith delegation
represented Sweden in the
General Assembly, its three
permanent and two special
committees, as well as in the
Security Council. Ap
proximately 60 schools,
representing 100 nations or
groups (PLO, Vatican,
NPLA) were represented at
the HNMUN.
Southern Seminary Junior College
Four issues dominated
among the scores examined
by the committees. Extensive
debate ended in the establish
ment of a Middle East peace
amenable to Israel, the Arab
countries and to the PLO.
Israel agreed to relinquish her
possessions gained in the 1967
war. In addition, critical
areas of conflict were put
under the surveillence of UN
Emergency Forces.
The Economics com
mittee forwarded a resolution
to the GA supporting the
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Kanipe elected president
John T. Kanipe, Jr.
John T. Kanipe, Jr., 35,
vice president for institutional
advancement at Meredith
College in Raleigh, N.C., was
elected seventh president of
Southern Seminary Junior
College by its board of
trustees Saturday, March 6,
according to Southern
Seminary Trustee Chairman
Hamilton M. Redman.
Dr. Roscoe L. Strickland,
Jr., president of Southern
Seminap^ Junior College since
1972, will retire as president
on June 30. Kanipe will
assume the presidency on
July 1 and will continue at
Meredith until late June.
Southern Seminary is a
private junior college for
women founded in 1867 with an
enrollment of 250 young
women. It offers the associate
degrees in Arts, Fine Arts
and Science.
Kanipe directed the fund
raising efforts at Meredith.
“In recent years the
development program at
Meredite College has been
instrumental in helping un
derwrite the total college
program for our students,”
Meredith President John E.
Weems said. “Mr. Kanipe has
done an excellent job during
his eight years at Meredith
organizing one of the best
programs of any college in
North Carolina.”
“We deeply regret his
leaving as he has made a vital
contribution to all of college
life here at Meredith College,
but he will have our very best
wishes for success in his new
position as president of
Southern Seminary,” Dr.
Weems said.
Dr. Weems pointed out
that in seeking replacement
for the vice president for
institutional advancement at
Meredith he has asked
Shearon Harris, chairman of
the Meredith College Board of
Trustees, to appoint an ad
visory committee to talk with
prospective applicants.
In commenting on his
election, Kanipe said, “The
presidency of Southern
Seminary poses an exciting
challenge for me and my
family. Southern Seminary
has a tradition of providing
living and learning ex
periences which are
meaningful to its students
because of its unique
characteristics.”
“Mrs. Kanipe and I are
looking forward to assuming
the responsibilities at
Southern Seminary and the
related experiences in the
local area and throughout the
Virginia educational family of
private and public in
stitutions,” Kanipe said.
Before becoming vice
president for institutional
advancement at Meredith in
as an
in the
1968, Kanipe served
associate director
Division of Student Affairs at
North Carolina State
University where he had been
employed since 1963.
Kanipe received his B.S.
degree in 1962 and his M.Ed.
degree in 1966 from North
Carolina State University.
At Meredith he is the
administrator responsible for
all areas of institutional ad
vancement including fund
raising programs, alumnae
affairs, information services,
public and denominational
relations and deferred gifts
and estate planning
programs.
Dr. Donald W. Shriver,
Jr., President of Union
Theological Seminary in New
York City, will be the Staley
Distinguished Christian
Scholar Lecturer next Mon
day and Tuesday, March 29-
30. This lecture series at
Meredith is being made
possible through funds
provided by the Thomas F.
Staley Foundation.
The Staley Foundation
was established in 1969 by Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas F. Staley of
New York in memory of their
parents. It is a private, non
profit organization which
seeks to bring to the college
communities across the
nation distinguished scholars
who will challenge the minds
of the youth of American
colleges and universities. The
Foundation has sponsored
thwlogians on college and
university campuses across
the country, and this is the
third year Meredith has
received a Staley Foundation
grant to conduct a
distinguished scholar lecture
series. Dr. Shriver will con
clude his lecturer on Tuesday
evening at 8:00 in the CEA
with another lecture-slide
presentation, “Seeking a City:
Justice for Urban Citizens”.
During both days, Dr. Shriver
will be available to visit with
individuals and in some
classes. He will also spend
some time with the faculty
Tuesday at a Faculty Lun
cheon-Dialogue Session.
High quality
requirements are placed on
Staley lecturers by the
Foundation, and Dr. Shriver’s
qualifications and ex
periences indicate that he will
meet all expectations. He is a
native of Norfolk, Virginia,
and an alumnus of Davidson
College, Union Theological
Seminary in Virginia, Yale,
and Harvard. He has been a
Presbyterian pastor;
Presbyterian University
Minister at NCSU; professor
at NCSU, Emory University’s
Candler School of Theology,
Union in Virginia, and Union
in New York; and director of
vari^ study programs, in
cluding the Doctor of Ministry
Program at Candler. He has
edited and authored numerous
articles and bocrfis, including
Rich Man, Poor Man: Moral
Issues in American Economic
Life. He has always involved
himself in civic concerns and
is an active churchman on
local, national and world
levels.
A leader in the field of
Christian Ethics, Dr. Shriver
has chosen “Faith’s Search
for Justice” as an overall
theme for the series. Monday
morning at 10:00 in Jones
Auditorium, he will speak on
Liberty for the Oppressed” (a
Bicentennial Meditation).
Monday evening at 8:00 in the
C.E.A., he will give a lecture
and slide presentation entitled
“Caring for the Earth:
.Justice for all Creatures”.
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CCA Presents Edith Stephen
Dance Co.
The College Center
Association will present the
Edith Stephen Dancy Com
pany in concert Friday, April
2, at 8 p.m. in Jones
Auditorium. The concert
open to the public free
charge.
The modern dance has
been exclaimed for being a
forerunner in creating new
concepts in modern dance,
combining films, new music,
and other media. The
repertoire consists of
dramatic, humorous, and
provocative dance presenting
a unique picture of men in his
universe.
Edith Stephen, the
company’s choreographer,
center her compositions on
improvisations, letting a form
take shape and then allowing
her dancers to improvise
within the framework.
The company has per
formed throughout the United
States and Europe.
Friday night’s program
will feature the composition,
“Love in Different Colors.”
“The Peacock”, “Dream
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the Wild Horse,” and “Spaces
Indescribable.”
Correction
The feature story on Mrs.
Pauline Njuguna of February
19, 1976 was in error on three
accounts. The article stated
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Festival to highlight
creative women
of
Five notable women will
visit the Meredith College
campus between April 20 and
May 2 to celebrate the first
Festival of Creativity, ac
cording to Dr. Sarah Lem
mon, Raising the Sights of
Women (RSW) Committee
chairman.
Alice Parker, composer,
conductor, and arranger for
the Robert Shaw Chorale, will
be here from April 28 to May 2.
She will conduct rehearsals
for a performance of one of
her major works, to be
presented jointly by Meredith
College and NCSU, and she
will also visit classes and
meet informally with
students.
Heather Ross Miller,
author of At the Edge of the
Forest, will spend two days on
campus during the Festival,
as will authors Suzanne
Newton of Raleigh, Sylvia
Wilkinson of California and
Chapel Hill, and Patricia H.
Howell of Goldsboro. All the
authors will be available for
informal talks and friendly
visiting with students, either
in groups or singly.
Freshman class officers,
led by Belinda Smith, are in
charge of programs and
arrangements for the
authors; the Choral is in
charge of arrangement for
Alice Parker. RSW is spon
soring the Festival, which was
selected by the Freshman
Class to be their major
program this spring.