SEPTEMBER 15, 1976
THE TWIG
PAGE 3
Truelove travels south tor experiment
by Miriam Victorian
and Nancy Newton
Thou has made me known to
friends whom I knew not,
Thou has given me seats in
homes not my own,
Thou has brought the
distance near and made a
brother of a stranger.
When one knows thee,
Then alien there is none,
Then the door is shut.
This poem by Rabin-
draneth Tagore to Cindy
Truelove is the theme and
goal of the “Experiment in
International Living.”
The organization was
founded by Don Watts after
World War II as an ex
periment to establish world
peace through living together.
Cindy, a junior American
civilization major, took part in
the “Experiment in In
ternational Living” traveling
to South America this past
summer. She found the
program to be a “unique and
rewarding experience.”
Cindy became acquainted
with the program through
information posted in the
history department and
through Dr. Sandra Thomas
who has led groups in the
program to Spain and South
America.
After receiving in
formation from the program’s
headquarters in Vermont,
Cindy chose Latin America to
improve her understanding of
the relationships between the
North and South American
countries, for cultural in
terest, and for exposure to the
Spanish language.
Team directs show
by Kim Dale
Nancy Truesdale and Kim
Hewlett make up the dynamic
and energetic directing team
for Mer^ith’s fall musical,
“Cabaret.” Both have much
experience in and enthusiasm
for the theatre.
During her first year at
Meredith last year, Mrs.
Truesdale directed Meredith
productions of “No, No,
Nanette,” and “The Prime of
Miss Jean Brodie.” She also
supervised Cathy Bland’s
student directed production of
“The Bald Soprano” last
winter.
Mrs. Truesdale said, “I
am impressed with the spirit
at Meredith-the optimism. I
look forward to expanding the
(drama) program.”
Nancy said that she “fell
into theatre” between her
years as an undergraduate
student and a candidate for
her master’s degree.
Her enthusiasm for
dramatics is not confined to
the Meredith campus. This
summer she played “Pep
permint Patty” in the Raleigh
Little Theatre production of
“You’re a Good Man, Charlie
Brown.” “It was the high
point of my summer,” she
said.
Her husband, Denny, is a
student at NCSU in the writing
and editing department.
Meredith junior Kim
Hewlett is serving as assistant
director for “Cabaret.” She
has appeared in Meredith
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productions of “Blithe Spirit,”
“No, No, Nanette,” and “The
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.”
“It’s strange being on this
side (of directing),” said Kim.
She said that being assistant
director is teaching her much
that will help her future ac
ting.
Kim also remarked that
she loves “the glamour of the
stage.” She said that the
acting bug had really bitten
her since coming to Meredith,
though she was in a high
school production of “You
Can’t Take it With You.”
An English major, Kim
hopes to get a master’s degree
in library science and com
bine it with her dramatic
interests to become a
children’s librarian.
Kim commented on her
wish for a drama major at
Meredith sometime in the
future, “I would like to see a
drama major here. It would
be an asset to the curriculum
and the school itself.”
She remarked that there
is a great deal of interest and
talent at Meredith that would
greatly benefit from such a
program.
Kim lives in Brandenton,
Florida “just outside of
Tampa” and said that her
interest in Meredith was
sparked by two friends she
was visiting in Rocky Mount,
N.C. (where she used to live)
who had applied.
A native of Rochester,
N.Y., Mrs. Truesdale received
her BA in English from
Wittenberg University in
Springfield, Ohio, and her
masters in speech and
dramatic arts from Eastern
Michigan University in Yp-
silanti, Michigan. Before
coming to Meredith, she
taught two years at Chowan
College in Murfreesboro, N.C.
While there, she directed such
shows as “The Roar of the
Greasepaint, The Smell of the
Crowd,” and “The Night of
January 16.” She also tau^t a
summer program at Emc^
University in Atlanta Georgia.
Cindy spent the first week
of her tour in Peru where she
visited Cuzco, Machupicchu,
and Lima. Then she went to
live with her “experiment
family” in Santiago, Chile, for
a period of three weeks.
Cindy explained the ex
perience in terms of “meeting
strangers at the New York
City airport, being asked to
live with them and having
them show you their life.”
From Chile, Cindy traveled on
to Buenos Aires, Argentina
and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The program is led by a
person fluent in the language
of the country being visited.
Participants range in high
school age to the adult. It is
possible to obtain academic
credit in foreign language and
cultural studies.
Cindy has given thought to
preparing a research paper
for such credit.
Financial need is no
barrier to one’s chances of
participating in the program,
since scholarships and loans
are available. She believes
that “the experiment” is
worth the possible momentary
sacrifice and is a matter of
one’s priorities.
Cindy believes that the
Raleigh community and
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Meredith as well is fortunate
to have Dr. Thomas as the
head of the local committee of
the “Experiment in In
ternational Living.” She
thinks Meredith students have
a tremendous opportunity to
become involved with the
program.
In closing, Cindy stated
that she was interested in
education as a career because
“education has given me the
opportunity and vision that
only this sort of exposure
could give.”
Her real desire being to
give to others the opportunity
to explore their interests,
Cindy said of the “Ex
periment in International
Living” that “the way to learn
to live together in terms of
world peace is to share in
those experiments which
compose the living ex
perience.”
Junior Cindy Truelove poses in front of a few of her South
American souvenirs collected on her recent trip to Peru, Chile,
Argentina, and Brazil.
Costa Rican chooses MC for psych
by Kim Farlow
Georgina Quiros is a 20-
year-old sophomore from San
Jose, Costa Rica. She is at
tending Meredith to study
psychology.
“The psychology
programs in Costa Rica are
very new. I didn’t like them so
I went to the American
Embassy for help,” she ex
plains. “They recommended
four schools to me: Duke,
NCSU, UNC and Meredith.
Don’t ask me why I chose
Meredith.”
Having had friends who
attended southern schools,
Georgina selected a southern
school because “people told
me that the weather and
people were similar to Costa
Rica.”
Georgina had visited the
U.S. for vacations prior to her
decision to come here for an
American education. She
plans to finish her studies in
Sophomore Georgina Quiros, from San Jose, Costa Rica takes a
psychology study break.
the U.S. but is considering
transferring to a larger school
for her last years. Georgina
studied English in England for
two months in 1973. She has
had formal English training
for about 8 years. She speaks
fluent Spanish also.
There were few surprises
for Georgina in the U.S. or in
North Carolina, “I like them
both very much. It is as I
expected. I like Meredith, too.
The girls are very nice.”
She admits, however, that
“those first days were
terrible! I was lost!”
Becuase of her command
of the English language, she is
having little trouble in her
closes. She is currently
taking biology, psychology,
anthropology, and an English
course at N.C. State. She
understands the professors
“except when they talk fast.”
Of the u.S.-Costa Rican
differences, Georgina says
there are few. “I think really,
it is much like Costa Rica.”
She expressed a strong
fondness for shopping centers.
Cat Stevens, dancing, and the
movie One Flew Over the
Cookoo’s Nest.
The American system of
college education differs from
Georgina’s native system. Of
^is she says, “At home,
college students live with their
parents. There are no dorms.
You go to college in the town
where you live.” (Editor’s
note: Costa Rican colleges are
government subsidized). “I
don’t understand why girls
come so far to school!”
She concluded her in
terview with an emphatic
“I’m very happy here!”