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THE TWIU
SEPTEMBER 7, 1978
THE
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TWIG chapel is reopened
COLLEGE
Who labors?
The butcher, the baker
Hie candlestick-maker
As well as almost every other wcnlcing person in the United
States (and Canada) took Monday, September 4, off. The first
Monday of September has been celebrated as a legal holiday
since 1887. This day, nicely located at the end of the summer and
suitably separated from all other holidays, is a day set aside and
dedicated to the millions of workers who keep the wheels of the
world turning day after day.
But not everyone had Labor Day off as a holiday. While the
secretaries and maintenance men enjoyed an extra day of rest on
Monday, the faculty and students of Meredith College carried on
as usual. This situation leads to some interesting questions. Who
. labors? What is labor? Is it only work done with one’s hands?
Could it be that the person who sits quietly for hours working his
mind ceaselessly over problems labors not? My favorite
question: if we are not laboring, what are we doing?
by Anne Earp
“To telieve in God is to
get high on love enough to look
down at your loneliness and
forget it forever.” The banner
prodaiming this thought
demonstrates the informal
and personal atmosphere d
the small, rustic chapel
downstairs in Jones
Auditorium.
Students and faculty who
visit this quiet room for a few
moments of meditation
discover shingled walls, five
wooden benches, an altar with
devotional material, and an
abstract form of a Greek
cross.
The idea for a chapel was
first conceived by Meredith
students ia the 1960’s.
Although attendance of chapel
services in Jones Auditorium
three times each week was
required, they felt that a more
personal place of worship was
needed. They discovei^ a
large, unused storage room in
Jones, but professional
remodeling was tw costly.
Throu^ the leadership of
Dr. John Hicks from the
School of Design at North
Carolina State, Mr. Leonard
White from Meredith’s art
department, and Chaplain
Bud Walker, students and
faculty, shingled the walls and
did much of the other work. It
was completed in 1965.
Dr. Hicks designed a T-
shaped cross with a square at
the top, representing Christ’s
head. It was cast specifically
for the chapel.
In its beginning, the
chapel was us^ for vesper
services four times each
week; The Episcopal
chaplain from State held
communion there.
However, as the music
and performing arts
departments b^an
outgrowing Jones, the small
chapd had to be used as a
practice room and later as a
store room. With the building
of Wainwright and the
completion of the renovations
in Jones, the chapel was again
cleaned and made available to
students.
Individuals may visit the
chapel any day, but groups
desiring to meet there must
contact the secretary in the
campus minister’s ofHce. It is
downstairs in Jones
Auditorium, across from the
Rehearsal Hall.
JACK ANDERSON WITH JOE SPEAR
WEEKLY SPECIAL
Consulting our faithful Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, I
found that labor was first defined as “physical or mental toil,” or
“bodily or intellectual exhaustion.” Certainly students and
faculty would fall into the “mental toil” category (if not the
“intellectual exhaustion”!). Perhaps it could be called to the
calendar - makers’ attention that we too number among those
who “labor and are heavy laden.”
K
Meredith
Keeping it pretty
Everybody likes pretty things, right? Pretty dresses, becoming
haircuts, a handsome man or woman, an attractive campus -
they^re all so nice to look at and enjoy. We’re all willing to work
hard for pretty things too. We’ll shop for hours for the attract
ive dress, and spend twice that amount of time on our hair.
So why is it that some of us carelessly forget how enjoyable
the MerecUth grounds are when we come in at night? The rosy
fingers of dawn not only brush across flowers andshrubberyeach .
'morning but also across beer cans, bottles, and other remnants
from the night before. There is simply nothing like walking across
campus in the early morning, admiring the wet green fields
spreading out before you, and then tripping over a bottle
carelessly thrown by the roadside.
Nocturnal litterers, wake up! Obviously in the dark one is not
really aware of how unattractive trash looks peeking through the
grass But think of how this unconsciousness ruins everyone’s
enjoyment of this pretty campus.
It’s like having the rain ruin your hairstyle, or even more like
having someone spill coffee on your new dress. If they had only
paid a little more attention to what they were doing, the waste
could have been avoided.
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Germany and Japan Can Now Afford
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WASHINGTON - Thirty-
eight years ago Germany
and Japan were in ruins.
The United States wanted
to rebuild the world, so we
helped our former enemies
back on their feet.
Now our good deeds are
coming back to haunt us.
German and Japanese fac
tories, built at U.S.
RSW
Program
Reviewed
by Suzanne Barr
The idea for “raising the
sights of women,” RSW, was
born five years ago when
President Weems noticed and
was troubled by the fact that
Meredith women were
accepting jobs which were
obviously below the level of
their ability. Under the
directorship of Dr. Sarah
Lemmon, a committee of
students, faculty and staff
devised a program which
would help Mer^ith students
realize their potential. The
program sttessed the
development of important
inner qualities such as
leadership and the ability to
make decisions. A grant was
secured from the Mellon
foundation and the
Rockefeller foundation to
support the three year
program.
Among the highlights oi
RSW were a festival of
creativity, seminars on life
direction, career planning,
leadership and management
potential, and a symposium on
the future.
According to Dr.
Lemmon, the program was
quite successful. The students
responded enthusiastically,
and gained valuable
experience as well as new
insights into themselves.
The program also proved
valuable to the faculty and
staff who felt that the
experience improved their
communication with each
other and with the students. It
is interesting to note that
many of the faculty members
trained to lead the life
directions seminar have
either been promoted, gone on
to higher education, or have
changed careers entirely.
Although formally the
campaign to raise the sights of
women has ended, it is hoped
that its benefits will not be
lost.
expense, today are putting
American firms out of
business and American
workers out of work.
In Japan, for example,
we provided both the fi
nancing and technology to
create a Japanese textile
industry that today
threatens our own with
ruin. We also helped the
Germans and Japanese to
build other plants more
modern and better
equipped than our own.
We helped to build, ex
pand and modernize steel
mills, chemical plants,
shipyards, aluminum mills
and other industrial facili
ties. Our tax money has
been used to develop not
only manufacturing but
merchandising in Ger
many and Japan.
As a result, our World
War II enemies are sur
passing us in economic
power. Today, the German
mark and the Japanese
yen are stronger than the
American dollar.
One reason for their eco
nomic prosperity is that
they aren’t saddled with a
huge military budget. We
protect West Germany and
Japan with our military
might. Yet they don’t pay
for the cost.
Last January, Soviet for
eign piinister Andrei Gro
myko flew to Tokyo to
warn the Japanese to keep
away from mainland Chi
na. Gromyko sternly ad
monished them not to de
velop close ties with
Peking. Yet a month later,
Japan signed a trade
agreement with China.
Now Japan and China have
signed a treaty of peace
and friendship.
Yet Japan does not have
the military power to stand
up to Russia. It’s the
United States that backs
Japan’s tough diplomacy.
■Ih^ same is true of West
Germany. In May, Soviet
leader. Leonid Brezhnev
paid a four-day visit to
Bonn. He brought powerful
pressure upon the West
Germans to loosen their
ties with the West. The
West Germans stood up to
him. They were able to do
this because of U.S. mili
tary backing.
Meanwhile, the Ger
mans and the Japanese are
enjoying unprecedented
prosperity. Maybe the
time has come for them to
help bear the military bur
den that makes this possi
ble.
Campus Popeibock bestsellers
September
1. The Thorn Birds, by Colleen McCullough. (Avon,
$2.50.) Australian family saga: fiction.
2. The Dragons of Eden, by Carl Sagan. (Ballantine,
$2.25.) The evolution of intelligence.
3. The Lawless, by John Jakes. (Jove/HBJ, $2.25.) Saga
of an American family, vol. VII: fiction.
4. Delta of Venus, by AnaTs Nin. (Bantam, $2.50.) Elegant
erotica: fiction
5. Your Erroneous Zones, by Wayne W. Dyer. (Avon,
$2.25.) Self-help pep talk.
6. Looking Out for #1, by Robert Ringer. (Fawcett/Crest,
$2.50.) Getting your share.
7. The Book of Lists, by David Wallechinsky, Irving and
Amy Wallace. (Bantam, $2.50.) Entertaining facts.
8. Passages, by Gail Sheehy. (Bantam, $2.50.) Predicta
ble crises of adult life.
9. Jaws 2, by Hank Searls. (Bantam, $2.25.) Gripping
shark sequel.
10. The Sword of Shannara, by Terry Brooks. (Ballantine,
$2.50.) Fantasy novel.
This list is compiled by The Chronicle of Higher Education from
information supplied by college stores throughout the country