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THE TWIG Newspaper of the Students of Ifieredith College VOL. LIII, NO. 12 MEREDITH COLLEGE. RALEIGH, N.C. FEBRIIARV 1, 1979 Women gain milestone in recognition by Ginny Porter This year, the United States will honor Susan B. Anthony by putting her por trait on.the new, small-sized dollar coin. This move is especially exciting in this tense moment of struggle for the Equal Rights Amendment. It is important in that it is the first time that a portrait of an historical rather than sym bolic woman will appear on the coinage of the nation. Susan B: Anthony is best known for her legal event of the U.S. versus Susan B. Anthony. During the year of 1872, she had encourated the delegates of the suffrage convention to check the theory that the Fourteenth Amend ment did not keep women from voting. An article printed in a Rochester, New York newspaper called for all citizens to register to vote. This article stirred Susan Anthony to action. Not one word indicated that the vote excluded women voters. On Nov. 1, armed with the Fourteenth Amendment and the state election law, she persuaded the male in spectors to add the names of 16 women to the voting register; on Nov. 5, the same 16 women cast their votes in a national election. Later the same month the marshall arrested Susan Anthony and her compatriots. All of the women pleaded guilty to the charge of voting. Susan An thony was placed in custody of the marshall, and the trial was set for the summer session of the U.S. District Court. The trial was held in June, 1873. She was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and the expenses of the prosecution. She never paid the fine. She did continue to work for 33 more years, speaking, writing, and counseling the believers who would continue her course and bring about passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. Susan B. Anthony had been well prepared for her part in this period of history, and she never gave up her effort to record for history these events of the Women’s Movement. Black Emphasis Week will feature drama, art by Mary Pickett This year the Black Voices in Unity Club plans an in teresting Black Emphasis I Week. The group, under the direction of President Debbie Racrow, Secretary Jennifer McNair and Treasurer Jackie Foxx, hopes to increase Black awareness through a variety of activities. On Monday, February 5 the guest speaker at con vocation will be Ms. Vinie jBurrows, a noted Broadwav actress. A native New Yorker and graduate of New York University, Ms. Burrows has created many programs for the college and national theater curcuit. She speaks regularly on univdi^sity campuses,and the title of'her presentation will be ^‘Walk Together Children.” A Black Art display will be exhibited in Johnson Hall beginning late in January and throughout Black Emphasis Week. On Tuesday, February 6 at 7:00 p.m. there will be a reception in the rotunda, and the entire Meredith com munity is invited to attend. Mr. and Mrs. James Huff, two artists from the Raleigh area, made possible the exhibit and will attend the reception. Scheduled activities will culminate at the Wednesday morning worship service on February 7. The guest speaker will be the Dean of Shaw University’s Divinity School, the Reverend James Alexander. It is hoped that all will participate in the week’s program and take advantage of the various oi^ortunities. Selt-Stndy Committees Tabulate Students aren’t the only members of the MerediUi community writing papers and preparing reports. The nine committees in the Self- Study program for re- accr^itation are now com piling preliminary reports of their findings. These reports follow a guide set by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Each one first describes Meredith’s present situation, in regard to faculty for example, then evaluates it, and finally recommends ways to improve the situation. The question naires filled out by the student body in December play an important role in the evaluations and recom mendations. Committees are presently tabulating the results. But their tentative February 15 deadline is ap proaching fast. NEW DOLLAR COIN DESIGN - The new dollar coin authorized by Congress will bear a likeness of the noted suffragist, Susan B. Anthony on the obverse. The reverse will carry the design emblematic of the symbolic eagle of Apollo 11 landing onithe moon. The eleven-sided inner border on' both sides of the coin will make the new dollar coin readily distinguishable from the quarter by touch as well as sight. U.S. Mint Photo. Fine Arts Scholarship offered to students by Marlene Debo A $500 Fine Arts Am bassador Scholarship is now available to Meredith theatre, music, or art students in terested in spending a sum mer in another country. The scholarship is jointly spon sored by Meredith’s drama department and the Triangle Council of the Experiment in International living. The recipient of the scholarship will choose the country in which she wishes to study. She must be reasonably proficient in the country’s language. Several countries however, require only English. For instance Austria, Bolivia, Germany, Greece, India, Italy and Norway have English speaking programs. Academic credit can be arranged. The recipient must be a returning student in the academic year 1979-80. She must also supplement the scholarship with more than $1000. (Prices vary from country to country.) “We hope this scholarship will become a yearly thing,” said Phyllis Thompson, Meredith’s drama instructor. “The Meredith Playhouse wants to do all it can to enrich ,experiences in the arts for all Meredith students. So we’re really excited about being able to give this opportunity to one lucky girl every year.” The deadline for applying for the scholarship is Friday, February 9. Applications and more information can be obtained in Phyllis Thomp son’s office - 243 Jones. (Phone extension 228) Ap plicants will be interviewed by a committee of Faculty, students and Triangle Council members, with the final selection completed by the end of February. Join in GREAT DECISIONS If the major foreign policy issues facing the U.S. these days leave your mind boggled and confused, then GREAT DECISIONS is the program for you. GREAT DECISIONS is a program designed to give Americans a chance to learn and understand foreign policy issues. Beginning February 6 and running through April 3 Meredith College is hosting a GREAT DECISIONS ’79 program. The program requires only a minimum of time and effort. A program book presents unbiased examinations of the issues to be covered. The material in the book includes the background of each topic, a pros and cons analysis of the courses of action open to the U.S., and most interesting, opinion ballots. These ballots can be filled out after the . issues have been pondered and then sent in to be tabulated. The results reach America’s top leaders and media. To supplement the book, Meredith will host a guest lecturer each week who will speak on the issues under discussion. The first speaker for the forum series will be a diplomat in residence from NCSU. The program, which is co sponsored by Meredith and the Foreign Policy Association, is open to all students. Handbooks can be purchased from the Phi Alpha Theta members on campus. TOPICS FOR GREAT DECISIONS ’79 The Next Agenda 1. The Technology Ex plosion: How to Harness It for Peaceful Change? 2. Trade and the Dollar: Coping with Interdependence 3. NATO and the Russians: Will the East-West Balance Hold? 4. - Dealing with China: What’s at Stake-in Asia and the World? 5. The U.S. and Latin America: Facing New Facts of Power 6. Black Africa: More Weight in U.S. Policy Scales? 7. World Law of the Oceans: Narrowing Options for the U.S. 8. International Terrorism: “Do Something!” - But What?
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