THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College^
VOL. LII NO. 11
MEREDITH COLLEGE. RALEIGH; N.C.
NOVEMBER 17, 1977
Graduation speakers chosen for 78
by Jean Simpson
Seniors are “looking
forward” to hearing the
speakers selected for
graduation and bac
calaureate, according to
senior class president, Miss
Beth Cobb.
Last week, both Mrs.
Ellen Kirby and Dr. John
Chandler acknowledged
accepted the invitations to
.speak at the events.
Mrs. Kirby, who will
deliver the baccalaureate
sermon, is a Meredith
graduate. She is presently
working with the intercity
ministries of a Methodist
church in Brooklyn, New
York.
A Wake Forest University
graduate. Dr. John Chandler
will speak at the graduation
exercises. Dr. Chandler is
president of Williams College
^^Sei-FF’ course to be
taught spring semester
by Georganne Branham
A course relating science
fiction to historical and
psychological perspectives
will be offered at Meredith in
the Spring through the
Raising the Sights of Women
(RSW) program. Made
possible by a grant, the course
will be “team taught” by
Dr. Sarah Lemmon, director
of Continuing Education, and
Dr. Jack Huber, chairman of
the psychology department.
The grant releases the faculty
members from one of their
courses, thereby allowing for
some free time for extra
leaching.
The course will be
structured around selected
science fiction novels from the
IRth century to the present, as
well as some films and tapes.
Two of the possible iilm
features are “2001 Space
Odyssey” and “Terminal
Man.” A special attraction is
the original broadcast of H.G.
Wells’. “War of the Worlds.”
When asked about the
original interest in the course.
Dr. Huber was quick to say
that Dr. Lemmon was the
drawing force behind it. “She
has unique ways of teaching
that go beyond the ordinary.”
Dr. Lemmon said that in
stigation of the program had
been a long term process. “I
could never get any nibbles
until Dr. Huber bit,” she said.
Both faculty members
view the course as an exciting
experience and are looking
forward to teaching it as a
means of expanding their own
horizons as well as those of the
students. Says Dr. Lemmon,
“If it can stimulate faculty
creativity and imagination, it
will stimulate all people.”
in Williamstown,
Mass.
To select the speakers,
nominations were made by a
commencement committee.
Members of the committee.
Miss Cobb and Dr. Bernard
Cochran, received
suggestions from the senior
class and the faculty. Meeting
with Academic Dean, Allen
Burris, they composed a list in
order of preference. From this
list. President John Weems
made selections.
According to Dean Burris,
eight suggestions for bac
calaureate were received and
nine for graduation. Mrs.
Kirby was the only woman
suggested for baccalaureate
and will be the second
Meredith graduate to deliver
the sermon. Suggestions for
graduation speakers included
movie stars, politicians,
lawyers humorists, and
television personalities. These
suggestions were almost
equally divided between men
and women.
Dean Burris added that it
is “usually not too much
trouble to get speakers.”
Students to attend IWY
Four seniors will
represent Meredith at the
national observance of In
ternational Women’s year,
Nov. 18-20, in Houston. Texas.
Pat Clemmer, Ginger Gay,
Vicki Jayne and Cindy
Truelove will attend this
meeting as observers for the
college.
The national women’s
conference will determine
resolutions on 26 issues in
cluding. homemakers, women
in employment, women in
business, women on welfare,
minority women, disabled
women, child care, insurance,
credit, ERA, health, rape,
battered women, child abuse,
women offenders, older
women, sexual preference,
education, reproductive
freedom, women in elective
office, women in the arts,
women in media, statistics,
international affairs, rural
women and a women’s
department at the cabinet
levels. The final resolutions
will be turned over to
President Carter for final
approval.
The students attending
this meeting will hold campus
and community seminars,
visit department club
meetings and will participate
in the spring symposium
sponsored by Raising the
Sights of Women upon return.
Bennett calls for racial liberation
by Miriam Victorian
Mr. Lerone Bennett,
senior editor of Ebony
Magaine, guest speaker at the
November convocation, spoke
on black-white relations in the
year 2.000 A.D.
Mr. Bennett stated that
the United States is in “deep
trouble” as far as race
relations are concerned. He
said the country is “at a fork
in the road” because we are
now in the process of deciding
what kind of country we want.
Mr. Bennett stated that in
regard to race relations, the
U.S. must decide to “ex-
cellerate liberation or further
repression.”
Relations between whites
and blacks, according to Mr.
Bennett.are “forged in the fire
of four facts.” He enumerated
these to be: the deteriorating
condition of black life in the
U.S., the increasing weight of
the black population in our
cities, and in the world as a
whole and the rising tide of
hysteria and reaction against
Lerone Bennett
women and minorities in
America. Mr. Bennett stated
that America is now in “the
post-revolutionary phase of a
revolution that never hap
pened.”
He also noted the shift of
political powe . especially in
America’s cities, as the black
population explodes there.
Mr. Bennett described the
worldwide majority of black
people as in the process of “re-
defining themselves in a
Renaissance of mankind.” He
specifically brought attention
to the importance of the
reaction of the U.S. to the
situation in South Africa. He
re-interated the opinion that
whites could run away from
the issue of black-white
relations, but could not hide
forever. Mr. Bennett stated
that we “must deal with the
fact that we have never been a
‘white’ nation.” Regarding
the rise of conservation in
America, he said we must ask
ourselves how far we will
allow it to go.
In closing, Mr. Bennett
assessed that race relations
will be “worse if we do not
open our eyes and hearts to
new realities.” This, he noted,
would require struggle,
determination, study, and
discipline on the part of whites
and blacks “together if
possible . but separate if
necessary.”
Margaret E. Kuhn, founder of the Gray Panther movement, will
speak in convocation, Dec. 5 at 10 a.m. on “The Future for the
Elderly.” She has been influential In movements to improve the
lives of the elderly.
Israeli pianist to
perform in Carswell
Meredith College will
present Boaz Sharon, a native
of Israel and a member of the
Duke University piano
faculty, in a piano recital
Friday, Nov. 18, at 8 p.m. in
the Carswell Concert Hall on
the campus, open to the public
without charge.
A child prodigy in Tel
Aviv where he was born in
1949, Sharon studied at the
Conservatory of Music there
before being accepted for
study at Belgium’s Royal
Conservatory of Mons. He won
the Premier Prix during the
first year at Mons, and later
won the Belgian government’s
highest award in piano, the
Pro Arte medal.
Sharon earned a bachelor
of music degree at the
University of Texas in Austin
in 1972, and in 1975, he
received his master’s degree
in piano performance from
Boston University. He came to
Duke in 1976.
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F'aculty piano recital
There will be a faculty
piano recital Monday, Nov. 28
at 8 p.m. in Carswell recital
hall.
Participants in the recital
will be Martha Abernathy,
piano instructor in the music
department. Alice Goode,
accompanied by James Cl-
yburn, chairman of the piano
department, and Ellen
Williams, accompanied by
Meredith piano instructor
Jane Margrath, will perform
vocals. Allan Ware, a
clarinetist at Peabody con
servatory, will also ac
company Ellen Williams.
Decision-making sessions
Two three-hour sessions
on decision-making skills will
be offered by RSW for campus
groups at several time during
the remainder of the year,
especially for seniors this fall
and sophomores before spring
break.
An effort will be made to
accommodate a senior and a
sophomore workshop before
exams. If you are interested,
please see one of the
following: Miss Wilson, Mrs.
Grubbs, Mrs. Spooner, Mrs.
Bouknight or Mrs. Dahle.
Capital punishment
Charles Dunn, former
Director of the State Bureau
of Investigation (SBI) will
deliver a lecture on “Capital
Punishment,” November 21,
1977 at 7:30 p.m. in 103 Joyner.
All interested students and
faculty members are cor
dially invited to attend this
activity, sponsored by Phi
Omicron.