THE TWIG
VOL. LI NO. 10
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N.C.
Students and staff visit Roxboro churches
by Vicki Jayne
Eleven students and eight
staff members visited 17
Baptist churches in Roxboro,
North Carolina, November 6-7
to express Meredith’s ap
preciation for the churches’
contributions to the college.
The students included;
Paula Clayton, Vicki Jayne,
Mary Bowen, Peggy
Gurganious, Debbie Gault,
Susan Kitts, Penn Ervin,
Debora Phillips, Belinda
Smith, Freda Middleton, and
Ginger Gay.
Faculty and staff in
cluded: Mr. Joe Baker, Dr
Rosalie Gates, Mrs. Alice
Goode, Miss Jane Sparks,
Mrs. Cleo Perry, Mrs. Carolyn
Robinson, Mr. Larry
Williams, and Dr. John
Weems.
Each representative
spoke in one church during the
Sunday morning worship
service. The r^resentatives
expressed Meredith’s
gratitude for the churches’
financial support through the
Futuri$tspeaksDec.6
by Rosie Bowers
Mrs. Barbara Marx
Hubbard will be the con
vocation speaker Monday,
December 6 at 10 a.m. in
Jones Auditorium. Author of
The Hunger of Eve, Mrs.
Hubbard is also a co-founder
of The Committee for the
Future.
Begun in 1970, the Com
mittee for the Future is a non
profit organization dedicated
to bringing the positive q)-
Poetry Program
The Seasons of Our Lives,
as expressed by various
Southern poets, will be per
formed by Becl^ Bennett, Lou
Cocker, Lynn Dyson, and
Jacque Lawrence, Monday,
November 22, at 8 p.m. in the
recital hall on toe ground
floor of Jones Hall.
The program, arranged
by students of Mrs. Nancy
Truesdale’s oral in
terpretation class, will
open to the public free of
charge.
Poets represented in the
program are: Conrad Aiken,
James Dickey, Dubose
Heyward, Randall Jarrell
Guy Owen, Edgar Allen Poe[
Sam Ragan, Gary Snage,
Dabney Stuart, and Thomas
Wolfe.
tions for toe future into the
arena of public discussion and
action.
The Committee has
developed a new conference
process which invites diverse
elements of society to come
together to examine their own
needs in the context of the
growing capacities of society.
Edward S. Cornish of the
World Future Society states,
“Barbara Hubbard’s con
tribution to futurism has been
unique.”
As a futurist, Mrs.
Hubbard believes, “women
are shifting their primary
function from biological
emphasis on the reprokiction
of toe species to the creative
roles of nurturing toe human
community toward a new
age.”
The Hunger of Eve is Mrs.
Hubbard’s own expression of
“the inner struggles, the pain
of decision, the vision of a
positive future” which led to
the organization of The
Committee for the Future.
After spending her junior
year at toe Sorbonne in Paris,
Mrs. Hubbard was graduated
cum laude from Bryn Maw
College in Pennsylvania.
She now lives at the New
World Center, a community
for toe future she founded.
The Center is located in
WashingtOTi, D.C.
Cooperative Program and
through their prayers. The
Cooperative Program is
designed to help finance
Southern and state Baptist
projects by toe voluntary
giving of individual churchy.
Students also explained
what Meredith means to them
as a Christian college and
expressed their desire for the
churches’ continued support.
Most churches designated
toe sermon time for these
representatives, and each
person developed his or her
presentation individually.
Representatives and
other people from the
association gathered with the
Meredith delegation for a
Saturday evening meeting.
Paula Clayton gave a slide
presentation on Meredith and
Mrs. Alice Goode led a
singalong accompanied by
Susan Kitts. Mr. Williams and
Dr. Weems spoke about
Mwedito’s involvement in the
Cooperative Program.
The churches belong to
the Beulah Association. In
1976, the Cooperative
Program has pledged 25.30
cents of each dollar in the
budget to go to Baptist
colleges and universities. This
year the Baptist State Con
vention, through the program,
will contribute $3^,000 to
Meredith.
Merit Weekend topic
Goode. Larry Williams, and Penn Ervin dbcnss plans for
mittog Roxtoro Baptist chnrches while students and staff board
the Inis in the background. The visit was made in an effort to
acquaint churches with Meredith's mission as a Christian ctdiese.
(Photo Bill NoHon).
Engineering-hope or threat?
by Kim Dale
Meredith will sponsor its
sixth annual Merit Weekend
on Friday and Saturday,
November 19-20. National
Merit semifinalists and
commended students and
other gifted high school
students from North Carolina,
South Carolina and Virginia
will be on the Meredith
campus for toe event.
The wedcend will begin at
noon on Friday with the
arrival of toe guests who will
Panelists discuss effects of education
The Junior League -
Meredith College Community
Forum Series will present
“Education and Its Effects
Upon the Future of the
Community; Quality of Life;
Arts and Leisure - The
Creative Process” on Mon
day, November 22 at 7:30 p.m.
in the Continuing Education
Auditorium (CEA) in Cate
Center.
The program, which is
part of a "focus upon
historical, contemporary and
global perceptions of com
munity,” will present a panel
discussion of area educators
KEYNOTE SPEECH - A common sight in the CEA this fall has
been the weekly gathering of authorities to discuss various
aspects of the community. Next week the tq>ic wiU be education
as it affects the community, arts, and leisure.
and speakers. Panelists in
clude Dr. William Friday,
president of the University of
North Carolina; Dr. John
Weems, president of Meredith
College; Mrs. Mary Seamans
oi Durham, a humanist; and
Dean Jackson A. Rigney of
North Carolina State
University International
Programs.
The series, which is open
and free to the public, is
funded through the North
Carolina Humanities Com
mittee. The program is
coordinated by Dr. Rosalie P.
Gates of the Meredith history
department and Dr. Sandra C.
Thomas, vice president of
student development of
Meredith College.
Presented in an effort to
stimulate awareness,
dialogue, involvement, and to
observe our bicentennial year,
the series is promoting
women’s involvement in
community leadership as well
as to encourage indivicbal
participation in the com
munity.
be allowed to attend classes
have conferences with the
academic departments of
their choice and the admission
and financial aid offices, and
will be given a campus tour.
Friday evening, there will
be a dinner session during
which students will be in
troduced to various aspects of
the college.
The evening session will
be presided over by Dr. Leslie
Syron and will include a panel
discussion on the topic
“Human Engineering: Hqpe
or Threat of toe Future?” The
panel will be composed of Dr.
Lyn Aubrecht, Betty Brewer,
Dr. George Hoffman, and Dr.
Allen Page, with Dr. Roger
Crook observing.
Following the evening
session, there will be a get-
acquainted party for the
guests and Meredith’s Merit
and Harris Scholars.
On Saturday morning, the
s^ion will be centered on
discussion of the previous
evening’s topic.
The leaders of the
discussion will be the students
on the Merit Weekend
Planning Committee. The
students are: junior Cindy
Allen, freshman Penny
Brooks, senior Debbie Doss,
sopltemore Mandy Mitchell,
senior Robin Morgan,
sophomore Robin Reich,
sophomore Beverly Sing, and
freshman Gerry Scott.
Dr. Leslie Syron, panel
coordinator, states the main
goal of the weekend is “to
challenge the inquiring
mind.” Through the
discussion of the “multi
faceted, thought-provoking
question” at the evening and
morning sessions, the guest
students will be aided in
develqiing the “al^ties to
recognize and deal with
questions which have no
simple, ready-made an
swers,” according to Dr.
Syron.
The panel will raise such
questions as, “Should science
perform all the feats of
‘human engineering’ which
are becoming possible?” and
“Should the term
‘engineering’ be applied to the
human?”
These panel discussions
will be open for all Meredith
students to attend.
Salvation Army
The Salvation Army
Community Center at 902 Old
Wake Forest Road has
requested volunteers to teach
special courses such as
slimnastics, guitar, arts and
crafts, and ceramics to
children and adults.
Anyone interested should
contact Eugene Sumner or
Sue Vehom in 220 Joyner or
Newsbriefs
call extensifxi 348.
April Psychology
Conference
There will be a meeting of
all students interested in
obtaining information about a
possible trip to the Annual
Convention ot the Eastern
Psychological Association
next April. The meeting will
be held at lO a.m. on Friday,
November 19, in 105 Joyner!