THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Wleredith College
VOL. LIIl, NO. 2
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH. N.C.
SEPTEMBER 7. 1978
Students remember Lillian Wallace Parker
by Belinda Bulla
On September 18,1978 the
first lecture of the Lillian
Wallace Parker Endowment
Fund will be held in the
Mclver Amphitheatre at 8:30
p.m. Sir Harold Wilson, the
former Prime Minister of
Great Britain, will speak on
the “Transatlantic
Connections from Sir Winston
Churchill until Today.” The
lecture will be open to the
public and all interested
guests are invited. Before the
lecture Sir Harold Wilson will
lead a question and answer.
session for members of the
Meredith Community at 5:00
in Carswell Auditorium.
Not only because of the
presence of Sir Harold Wilson,
but also because it represents
Uie culmination of the first
student-initiated endowment
at Meredith Collie, this
lecture is a very important
and exciting event for
Meredith College. Lillian
Wallace Parker came to
And a cow?
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Gypsy” is cast
by Marlene Barnett
The cast for the musical
Gypsy (to be presented
October 5, 6, and 7) has been
chosen. Auditions were held
August 23 and 24. Gypsy has
an extremely large cast of
thirty-three people. Among
the characters in the play are
twelve women, twelve men,
nine children, one dog, one
bird, and one cow!
CJarol Roser will portray
Rose, the domineering stage
mother who intends to make
stars out of her daughters.
Lynn Dyson will play Louise,
who becomes the burlesque
star Gypsy Rose Lee. June,
the star of the children’s
vaudeville act, will be played
by Jan Brinson. Molly Hall,
Rita Jennings, and Joy
Johnson will appear as three
burlesque performers.
Members of the musical act.
The Hollywood Blonds will be
Jean Nance, Kristi Morrow,
Cathy Clapp, and Dana
Warren. Jenny Jenkins will
portray Miss Cratchitt,
secretary to the theatre
manager. Carla Parker will
play Renee, a maid.
There are several men
from the community (and
even one faculty member) in
the cast. Bob Pearson will
play Herbie, the act’s
manager and Rose’s
companion. The four boys in
the vaudeville act wUl be
played by Phil Chapa (’Tulsa),
Mark Fox (Angie), Gordy Sisk
(Yonkers), and George Huette
(L.A.). Other men in the show
include Marty Palmer, Monty
Busby, Stan Carpent^, Ray
Maret, Bernard Cochran,
Erik Benrud and John Bono.
The six girls in the play
are Michelle Benzing, Susan
Pearson, Jennifer Maret,
Elizabeth Freeman, Meredith
Henderson, and Emily
Douthit. The boys’ roles will
be played by Todd Pierce,
Derek Pearson, and Russell
Pearson.
Rehearsals are under
way, the set is being
constructed, and a lot of
people are working to build a
success by October. Be sure to
make plans to attend the slx)w
and see if you can decide who
plays the cow!
Meredith in 1921 as a history
instructor. She remained so
for 41 years, the last 13 being
spent as head of the History
Department. Yet Dr.
Wedlace’s contributions to
Meredith were only a part of
her contributions to the
Raleigh community. Known to
Meredith students as an
outstanding swimmer and
tennis player. Dr. Wallace
was also a professional
musician, holding offices in
such organizations as the
Civic Music Association, the
Chamber Musicians Guild of
Raleigh, and serving as
president of the Musicians
Union local for many years. In
her own field of study. Dr.
Wallace held memberships in
the Southern and American
Historical Society, the
Archeological Institute of
America, and the American
Academy of Political and
Social Sciences. One copy of
her book. The Papacy and
European Diplomacy: 1869 -
Wanda Henderson presents check to Dr. Lindsey. (Photo by
Rymer Shaw)
1878, belongs to the library in
the Vatican.
Even after her retirement
in 1962, Dr. Wallace remained
a vital {art of the Meredith
community. It is for these
reasons the class of ’71 chose
for their class project the
raising of money in order to
establish an endowment chair
in honor of Lillian Wallace
Parker. Now in 1978, the
Meredith community has
again the chance to honor this
remarkable woman.
Club helps
by Cathy White
The Meredith community
will benefit from a
contribution made last spring
to the Carlyle Campbell
Library. The donation was in
the amount of $100.00 and was
given by the Psi Chi Honorary
Society, the national
Psychology honor society.
Members of Psi Chi raised
the money through bake sales.
The donation was one of their
major service projects of the
’77-’78 school year. The
members feel that as one of
Meredith’s honor societies, it
is important for them to
support the school library,
and they requested that the
money be used to strengthen
the Psychology department of
the library.
As a result of the
donation, all members of Psi
Chi received lifetime
memberships in Friends of
the Library, an association
supportive of the library. Two
other campus organizations,
the Student Government
Association and the Colton
English Club, are also
members of this association.
The Psi Chi members hope to
encourage other campus
organizations to support the
library and become members
of Friends of the Library.
Meredith Self-Study: A chance to grow
by B.D. Hall
Meredith College began a
two-year, in-depth study of
itself last spring in
preparation for accreditation
by the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools. College
accr^itation is renewed
every ten years. Faculty,
administration, students, and
trustees here are jointly
compiling a report on
Meredith’s progress and goals
since 1970.
“The Self-Study really
becomes a planning document
for Meredith College for the
next ten years,” President
Weems explained. For the
report not only shows
Meredith’s current strengths
and weaknesses but also
recommendations to improve
the educational oi^ortunities.
Computer course considereu
by Ginny Porter
Thanks to the strong
efforts of members of the
business and mathematic
departments, Meredith will
possibly be initiating an
introductory computer
programming course. Mrs.
Evelyn Simmons, chairman of
last year’s curriculum
committee, proposed the
course through a Computer
Committee, with Dr. Dorothy
Preston acting as the
committee’s chairman. Other
members of the computer
committee were: Dr. Charles
Stewart, Dr. Charles Tucker,
and Dr. Alden Peterson. The
course will offer 3 hours credit
to students taking the course.
According to Mrs. Simmons
the course is for any
interested student regardless
of her major.
The course has been
approved by the Curriculum
Committee and in turn was
recommended to the
Academic Council for final
decision. Tuesday, Sept. 12,
1978 is the date set for the
voting.
Recommendation of the
course is a result of a survey
taken last year to decide
needed academic additions to
Meredith’s curriculum. .Senior
status computer science
majors at NCSU will abso be
allowed to use tlie computer
needs at Meredith.
At present the course is as
follows: A study of the
capability and limitations of
the computer including its
impact on society. A simple
hypothetical computer will be
studied to give students
insight into computer design.
Flow charting will follow a
thorough study of designing
algorithms to solve problems.
Several simple computer
programs will be written from
the flow charts and run in a
batch process. The
students will also get “hands
on" experience in the use of
canned programs. The
academic committee is able to
alter the above description in
any way.
The 1970 report listed 301
recommendations; 277 have
been put into effect. Student
membership on college
committees, the printing of a
Faculty Handbook, the
placement services at Cate
Center, and the Student Life
Committee, all resulted from
the 1970 Self-Study.
This comprehensive study
is an evaluation of the
standards Meredith operates
under. Nine committees
examine the prescribed
areas: the college’s purpose,
organization and
administration, educational
programs, financial
resources, faculty, library,
and student development.
Students, faculty,
administrators, and trustees
serve on each committee, and
a small steering committee
coordinates the total work on
the report.
The report will be
thorough. The area of student
development, for example,
covers extracurricular
activities, health services,
athletics, and student
behavior as well as records,
financial aid, housing,
counseling, administration,
and student participation in
government. No stone will be
left unturned.
This lengthy report is due
in the fall of 1979. The
following spring an
accreditation committee of
twelve or so faculty and staff
members from other colleges
will descend upon the campus.
They will talk to students,
administrators, professors
and staff and decide whether
the college is meeting its
goals. If the decision is yes,
Meredith’s accreditation will
be renew’ed. President Weems
forsees no problems. He views
the study as a means of
growth. And as Dr. Frazier,
Chairman of the steering
committee, said."There is no
progress without change."