THE TWIG
VOL. LI NO. 12
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N.C.
JANUARY 19, 1977
Cast chosen f or spring play
The cast for Meredith’s
spring production of “Come
Blow Your Horn” has been
announced by director Nancy
Truesdale. The Neil Simon
comedy centers on two New
York brothers, their parents,
and the two women in their
lives.
Alan Baker, the elder
brother, a thirty-three year
old, carefree playboy, will be
played by Craig Bromby. Mr.
Bromby’s previous roles on
the Meredith stage include
Tom in “The Glass
Menagerie,” Teddy Lloyd in
“The Prime of Miss Jean
Brodie,” and Ernst in
“Cabaret.”
Hunter Hirschman, a
student of NCSU and a
newcomer to Meredith
theatre, was cast as Buddy
Baker, the shy, insecure,
twenty-one year old brother.
Meredith senior Beth
Leavel was cast in the role of
Mrs. Baker, the boys’ self-
sacrificing Jewish mother.
New scholarship
recognizes merit
The M. A. Horner
Scholarship Endowment,
named in honor of M.A.
Horner of New Bern, founder
of Encee Chemical Sales Inc.
of New Bern, has been
established at Meredith
College, Meredith President
John E. Weems has an
nounced.
“We are pleased to an
nounce the establishment of
the M.A. Homer Scholarship
Endowment and greatly
appreciate the commitment it
represents from the family of
Mr. Horner to Christian
higher education and to
Meredith College,” President
Weems said.
It was established by the
children of M.A. Horner to
honor him and to express a
commitment to Christian
higher education for women
by providing scholarships and
other financial assistance to
worthy and needy students.
The first recipient of a M.A.
Homer Scholarship is a junior
music major at Meredith.
Horner founded EnCee
Chemical Sales in 1955 and
began serving five states in
the Eastern United States. It
now serves 28 states with
branches in Oklahoma and
Kentucky and its
headquarters in New Bern.
There are two divisions of
the corporation. One is the
industrial chemical which
serves 10 states with fluorides,
acids, chlorine, and other
chemicals. The second
division is the clear-clean
division that distributes bottle
wash for bottling companies
in 28 eastern states.
Miss Leavel is a veteran of the
Meredith Playhouse, having
appeared in numerous
productions here, among
them “Winnie the Pooh,”
“Blithe Spirit,” “The Bald
Soprano,” and “The Prime of
Miss Jean Brodie,” and most
recently as Sally Bowles in
“Cabaret.” Miss Leavel also
choreographed Meredith’s
productions of “Applause,”
“No, No, Nanette,’’ and
“Cabaret.”
Glenn Miller, a veteran of
such Raleigh Little Theatre
shows as “Don’t Drink the
Water,” “Look Homeward,
Angel,” “Finian’s Rainbow,”
and “My Fair Lady,” will
portray Mr. Baker, Alan and
Buddy’s father. This is
Miller’s first Meredith role.
Peggy Evans, the boys’
“dumb blonde” neighbor, will
be played by Kim Hewlett.
Miss Hewlett’s previous
Meredith shows include
“Blithe Spirit,’’ “No, No,
Nanette,” and “The Prime of
Miss Jean Brodie.”
Freshman Jenny Jenkins,
in her Meredith stage debut,
will portray Connie Dayton,
Alan’s major love interest.
Kim Dale is assistant
director for the production.
Lin Shehdan and Sharon
Holder are the technical
directors for the show. Te^
Eckhart, a Raleigh fashion
designer, will serve as
costumer. Kim Farlow is
publicity director.
Production dates for the
Neil Simon comedy have been
set for Febmary 24, 25, and 26
at 8 p.m. in Jones Auditorium.
Singer Gene Cotton will appear in concert on Thursday, January
27 at 8 p.m. in Jones Auditorium. The ABC recording artist is
appearing in conjunction with Religious Emphasis Week.
REW set for next week
Both Ron Willis and Gene
Cotton are lodcing forward to
Meredith’s Religious Em
phasis Week. During the wedc
of January 24-28, Ron Willis
wants to excite Meredith
women about the freedom
promised in the true Christian
life.
Minister of Street
Ministries at First Baptist
Church, San Antonio, Texas,
and co-founder of a drug
rescue center, Ron has per-
Meredith graduate assumes staff positiou
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Miss Julia C. Bryan, 25, of
Raleigh, executive director of
the Wake County American
Revolution Bicentennial
Commission, has been ap
pointed assistant director of
development at Meredith
College, effective January 17,
Meredith President John E.
Weems has announced.
Her duties at Meredith
will consist of general
development work with
concentration on fund raising
and personal contacts with
trustees, associates, parents,
alumnae, and friends of the
college.
Miss Bryan received her
bachelor of arts degree in
history, graduating magna
cum laude, from Meredith in
1973 and her master of arts
degree in history from the
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill.
She has served as
executive director of the Wake
County American Revolution
Bicentennial Commission
from June, 1975, until
December 31, 1976, when it
ceased its day to day
operation. Miss Bryan worked
as an admissions counselor at
Meredith from September,
1974, until May, 1975, and
served as assistant dean of
students at Meredith from
June through July of 1973.
sonal experience in breaking
Christian stereotypes and
exposing individualilies.
Thus qualified to
elaborate on the theme “Free
to be you and me,” Willis will
be the key. speaker.
To supplement these
ideas. Gene Cotton, a young
Christian entertainer, will
perform. Cotton, a folk-rock,
pop singer who has performed
wifii stars like the Bee Gees,
Olivia Newton-John, and
Blood, Sweat and Tears,
shares with Willis a com
mitment to Christian in
dividuality.
In addition to these
leaders, RSW promises in
formal chats, a candlelight
communion service, and a
faculty luncheon featuring
Bob McClernon from Watts
Street Baptist Church in
Durham.
Dedication honors major donor
Julia C. Bryan has joined the Meredith administration as
assistant director of development.
Meredith College will
dedicate the Clara Carswell
Concert Hall in honor of Mrs.
Guy T. Carswell of Charlotte
wift a premiere concert on the
campus Friday, January 21,
at 3 p.m. in the Wainwright
Music Building.
The concert, which is open
to the public, will include
performances by the Meredith
Chorale, directed by Mrs.
Jane Sullivan; Ellen Barney
Williams, mezzo-soprano,
accompanied by Margaret
Simmons, pianist; James
Clyburn and D. Thomas
Hardison, duo-pianists; and
the Meredith Ensemble,
directed by Miss Beatrice
Donley.
Meredith College
Trustees named the concert
hall in honor of Mrs. Carswell
at their fall, 1976 meeting.
Mrs. Carswell, a trustee,
pledged a $100,000 leadership
^t in 1974 that began fund
raising efforts for the
Wainwright Building.
The 21,000 square foot
Wainwright Building, named
in honor of the late Harriet
Frances Mardre Wainwright
of Richmond, Va., a Meredith
alumna, is adjacent to Jones
Hall. Construction of the
building which will be
dedicated at Founders’ Day
on February 25 was completed
in December, 1976.
Measuring 42 by 56 feet,
the Carswell Concert Hall can
seat 175 persons and has
provisions for the han
dicapped. The floor slopes
from back to front, and a 20 by
30 foot elevated stage is in the
front of the hall. The stage has
provisions for an encased
organ to be added in the future
whose position will permit two
grand pianos or a musical
group to perform on the stage
without being crowded.
An electronic lab in the
back of the hall above the
doors permits recording or
play-back of concerts and
control of the lights. Portable
speakers can be rolled on the
stage for stereophonic
listening of recorded concerts.
The lights can also be con
trolled from the stage.
The high open ceiling and
the special contour of the
brick walls add to the
acoustics in the room. In
cluded in the room’s decor are
faceted stained glass win
dows.
“In my opinion, the
Carswell Concert Hall is
acoustically perfect,” said Dr.
W. David Lynch, chairman of
Meredith’s music depart
ment. “The brick walls,
carpeted aisles, high ceiling,
and acoustical blo^s on the
back wall make the hall ideal
for concerts. We are delighted
to have this concert hall as the
focal point of our new music
building.”
Mrs. Carswell is a charter
member of Myers Park
Baptist Church in Charlotte.
Her many contributions to
civic affairs in the Queen City
include service as president of
the Charlotte Women’s Club
and a member of the YWCA
board.
Wake Forest
honored her with their highest
nonacademic award, the
Medallion of Merit, in 1971.