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INevotpaper •/ the Students et Meredith Ceitege
VOL. LII, NO. 17
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N.C.
FEBRUARY 23, 1978
Larry Larson (left) and J. Lawrence Smith (right) portray brothers in “Blood Knot,” Fugard’s
terrifying and tender drama of life in racially segregate South Africa.
Atlanta group to act
Fulgard’s ‘‘Blood Knot”
Athol Fulgard’s “The
Blood Knot” will be presented
by the Academy Theatre of
Atlanta on Tuesday, Feb. 28,
at 8 p.m. in Jones Auditorium
on the Meredith College
campus. The performance is
open to the public without
charge.
Frank Wittow will direct
Academy Company members
Larry Larson and J.
Lawrence Smith in this
poignant and personal drama
of two brothers, one dark-
skinned and one who could
pass for white, who'live under
the shadow of racial
segregation.
Athol Fulgard is South
Africa’s foremost playwright.
In “The Blood Knot” he has
written of the strain and hair-
trigger passion that exists
between the races in South
Africa. He was once described
by a critic as “one of the
several living advertisements
for the artistic advantages of
a repressive regime.”
Sponsored by the
Meredith Concerts and
Lectures Series, the program
is made possible in part by a
grant from the Southern
Federation of State Arts
Agencies and the National
Endowment for the Arts.
Three lectures by Old
Testament scholar G. Henton
Davies of Great Britain will be
open to the public on the
Meredith College campus
during February, March and
April.
“What Good is the Old
Testament?” is Dr. Davies’
February 22 topic, “My Part
of Britain” is his March 2
topic and “Declarations of
Love in Miss Jane Austin and
Mr. Anthony Trollope” is his
April 4 topic.
All three lectures which
are open to the public free of
charge will begin at 8 p.m. in
the Cate Center’s Kresge
Auditorium on the Meredith
campus.
“Dr. Davies is a highly
respected and a warmly
appreciated Old Testament
scholar. He is a strong
churchman and throughout
his career has been involved
in theological education for
Baptists,” said Dr. Roger
Crook, chairman of the
religion and philosophy
department at Meredith.
Davies is currently
teaching two courses at the
college: “The Literature of
the Old Testament” and
“Major Themes in the Old
Testament.”
A native of Wales, he
received his B.A., M.A. and
B.D. degrees from the
University of Wales. He also
received B. Litt. and M.A.
degrees from the University
of Oxford and was awarded
D.D. degrees from the
University of Glasgow and
Stetson University.
He has taught at the
University of Bristol, the
University of Durham,
Colgate Rochester Divinity
School, New Zealand Baptist
College, Whitley College,
Vancouver School of
Theology, Pacific School of
Religion and Southeastern
Baptist Theological
Seminary.
Dr. Davies has been a
minister at West End Baptist
Church, was a preacher at the
Universities at Sheffield, St.
Andrews, Birmingham and
Exeter and a select preacher
to the Universities of Oxford
and Cambridge.
Meredith to celebrate
87th charter year
An address by the Rev.
Dr. C. Mark Corts, President
of the Baptist State Con
vention of North Carolina, will
highlight Founders’ Day
activities at Meredith College
Friday, February 24, when the
college observes its 87th
charter year.
Dr. Corts, pastor of
Calvary Baptist Church in
Winston-Salem, will deliver
the Founders’ Day address at
10 a.m. in Jones Auditorium
on the Meredith campus.
The public is invited to
attend the day’s activities.
A wreath-laying
ceremony at the memorial to
Thomas Meredith will begin
the day’s activities at 9:15
a.m. The memorial is ad
jacent to Jones Hall.
Meredith, for whom the
college is named, was an early
advocate of a Baptist college
for women in North Carolina
and founded the Biblical
Recorder, journal of the
Baptist State Convention of
N.C.
Meredith President John
E. Weems will welcome
guests at the 10 a.m. program
and N.C. Court of Appeals
Judge David Britt, chairman
of the Meredith Board of
Trustees, will recognize
guests and introduce Dr.
Corts.
Dr. T. Robert Mullinaz,
Executive Secretary of the
Council on Christian Higher
Education at the Baptist State
Convention of North Carolina,
will deliver the scripture and
prayer. Joyce McIntyre
Rudisill of Charlotte,
president of the Meredith
Alumnae Association, will
deliver a tribute to an early
founder of the college.
The Meredith Chorale,
directed by Mrs. Jane
Sullivan and accompanied by
junior Susan Kitts, of Rocky
Mount on the piano, will
perform during the program.
A special program on the
Meredith heritage will be
presented by the Meredith
Student Government
Association from 1-1:45 p.m.
in Jones Auditorium.
Tours of the campus by
the Meredith Student Foun
dation, recitals by music
majors in Carswell Concert
Hall and open classes will be
held from 1:45-2:30 p.m. and
2:45-3:30 p.m. The tours will
begin in Johnson Hall’s Bryan
Rotunda.
A feature recital by the
Meredith Ensemble, directed
by Miss Beatrice Donley, will
be presented in Carswell
Concert Hall from 4-5 p.m. A
reception by the Student
Government Association will
follow from 5-6:30p.m. in Cate
Center.
An exhibiton of oriental
art by Lillian Sun-hsi Lu, a
1953 Meredith graduate, will
be on display in Bryan
Rotunda from February 22-
March 10.
Dr.Henton Davies to lectnre
Student leaders elected
Elections were held
Tuesday, Feb. 14, in the
cafeteria. The run-off was
held on 'Thursday, Feb. 16, and
the election results for the
1978-79 school year are as
follows:
SGA President - Cindy
Bizzell
Executive Vice-President of
SGA - Mary Catherine Bowen
MBA President - Cheryl
Coone
MCA President - Wanda
Henderson
Non-Resident President -
Lynn Benton
Elections Board and
Handbook Chairman - Peg
Stansil
Chief Student Advisor -
Anne Timberlake
College Marshall - Sharon
Nixon
Chairmen of REW - Claudia
Furr and Ginger Harlow
“Acorn” editor - Elaine
Ferrell
“Twig” Editor - Kristy R.
Beattie
“Oak Leaves” Editor -
Melinda Merrell
Freshman Dorm Presidents
- Kim p. Lawson and Teresa
Parker
Freshman Dorm Vice-
Presidents - Sherra Beachum,
Pamarah Gerace, Julie
Haskett, Martha Lewis, Mary
McLeod, Ken Noble, Betty
Leigh Osborne, Malinda
Owens and Cindi Smith.
NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS
“Twig” editor to
attend White House
news briefing
Vicki Jayne, editor of
“The Twig,” will attend an on-
the-record news briefing for
college news media on March
3. This briefing will include
four segments with senior
White House, cabinet, or
agency staff and a half-hour
with President Carter.
The briefing will begin at
8 a.m. in the Old Executive
Office Building and the
sessions will conclude at 1
p.m. Two hundred students
will attend this briefing from
colleges and universities
around the country.
Attendance is limited to
one representative per
organization. Ms. Jayne will
report on the briefing in the
issue of “The Twig” following
the special issue of March 16.
.Art and dance
presentation
An art and dance
presentation will be given by
Randell Peyser and Betsy
Rowland at 8 p.m. Monday,
Feb. 27, in Jones Auditorium
on the Meredith College
campus. The program is open
to the public without charge.
Ms. Peyser is an in
structor of art at Meredith and
Ms. Rowland is artistic
director for the Easy Moving
Dance Company of Raleigh.
Wendy Morrison to
present graduation
voice recital
Wendy Morrison, a
Meredith senior, will present
her graduation voice recital
on Saturday, Feb. 25, at 3 p.m.
in the Carswell Concert Hall
on the Meredith College
campus. The recital is open to
the public without charge.
Miss Morrison is
majoring in music education
and plans to teach music in
public school after graduation
from Meredith.
She is a member of the
Meredith Chorale and the
Renaissance Singers and
attended the 1977 Music
Educators National Con
vention.
Excuse us please
1. Tonya Jones’ name was
misspelled in an article in last
week’s paper.
2. Mr. James Huff’s picture
was identified incorrectly in
last week’s issue. We
apologize to Mr. Huff and to
Mr. O.A. Dupree for this
mistake.