THE TWIG
IVetvgpaper of the Students of Meredith College
VOL. LIII, NO. 15
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH. N.C.
MARCH 1, 1979
Lambeth speaks to Meredith
by Nancy Newton
The keynote address of
Founder’s Day was delivered
by Thomas W. Lambeth of
Winston-Salem, North
Carolina. Mr. Lambeth is the
executive director of the Z.
Smith Reynolds Foundation.
Mr. Lambeth suggested to
the Meredith community that
“Founder’s Days are the
wearing together of memories
and expectations. It is the
time when we pause to take
stock, to pay tribute, to
engage in both praise and
promise.’’ He continued
stating that “the platitudes of
the honor are more tolerable”
at a campus such as Meredith
“because we meet where
noble intentions have already
motivated into real ac
complishments, ac
complishments that gives
purpose to this institution that
confirms its mission.”
Lambeth cited the
mission of Meredith as well as
the state of North as dual in
thrust: “education and
freedom” “Meredith - like all
educational enterprises - is a
place of self-discovery and
development.”
He elaborated on this idea
of stating that in the pursuit of
freedom “any institution is
only a mechanism. It puts
people and ideas together. At
their best, colleges send forth
into the world those whom
Woodrow Wilson described as
‘practical instruments of
appreciation!”’ It is,
therefore, Meredith’s task, as
it is of all institutions, to help
her students to “cultivate a
taste for knowledge, some
sense of history, perhaps a
fascination with the world of
ideas, a tolerance of the dif
ferences that enrich our lives;
and, possibly a sense of humor
to put it all in perspective.”
Meredith, as a woman’s
college, has the special task of
making her students aware of
the role and potential of
women in today’s world. “The
extent to which the College
continues to respond
imaginatively to its mandate
to recognize and re-enforce
the woman as a competent,,
skilled and intellectual person
will largely determine future
success.”
In his concluding
remarks, Lambeth challenged
the students and graduates of
Meredith to continue to learn
and grow after graduation.
“We certainly need to
remember that the best
graduates are those who go on
learning all their lives, and
that the outreach activities of
Meredith may represent some
of the greatest potential for
service.”
Thomas W. Lambeth of Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation.
Faculty participate in Founder’s Day.
Real Estate coarse to be taught
by Suzanne Barr
The Continuing Education
Office is offering yet another
valuable career opportunity
for Meredith students.
Beginning on March 14, 1979,
an introductory course in Real
Estate will be taught at
Meredith by Charles E.
Strickland, a realtor and
teacher from Rocky Mount.
The course will be taught on
eleven consecutive Wed
nesday evenings from 7:00 to
The Acorn
10:00 at a cost of $66. In
troduction to Real Estate is
the first of a two part series of
courses which are approved
by the North Carolina Real
Estate Licensing Board and
will prepare the students to
take the Real Estate Licen
sing Exam. A textbook will be
available in the student supply
store, and Mr. Strickland
plans to give tests which will
prepare the students for the
licensing exam. This course
does not yield any college
credit, but it will give students
valuable knowledge which
will help them in either selling
or buying real estate. Regular
Meredith degree candidates
are invited to enroll in this
course as well as the Con
tinuing Education students.
In addition to the Real
Estate course, Mrs. Martha
Bouknight of Meredith’s
mathmatics department is
presently teaching the course,
“Coping with Math Anxiety.”
The purpose of this course is
to help students overcome
their fear of math, and to
teach them the basic math
skills which are necessary in a
career in Real Estate.
In the future, the Con
tinuing Education Office plans
to offer another course called
“Property Management”
which will involve skills in
managing apartment com
plexes. According to Dr.
Sarah Lennon of the Con
tinuing Ed. Office, careers in
Property Management or
Real Estate are excellent
choices for women-especially
if they plan to combine
homemaking with their
career. Also, although many
women hold jobs such as
property management
without having had any for
mal courses, they do not have
the professional status which
would enable them to receive
the highest possible salary.
These courses which Meredith
offers will give students this
professional status.
Any student who is in
terested in enrolling in the
Real Estate course of the
Property Management course
sho^d sign up and pay the fee
either in the Business Office
or the Continuing Education
Office.
Deadline approaches for creative submissions
by Carolyn Morton
Meredith’s literary
magazine The Acorn is now
accepting work to be
published in the upcoming
April issue. March 12 is the
last date that works of poetry,
prose, and art can be sub
mitted for the biannual
Dr. Gates accepts position
by Ann Earp
Dr. Rosalie Prince Gates,
Associate Professor of History
and Director of Non-Western
Studies, has recently been
making exciting
achievements.
As a member of South
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Dr. Rosalie Prince G^es
Atlantic States Association for
Asian and African Studies, a
consortium of 25 colleges and
universities, she attended a
meeting of the Executive
Committee in Columbia,
South Carolina, at the
University of South Carolina
January 19-20.
Dr. Gates also recently
accepted appointment as
Chairman of Person County
Council on the Status of
Women by Person County
Council. “I feel that accepting
this position of service is in
keeping with my role as an
educator in a women’s
college and in keeping with
my pride in living in a
democracy where there is the
constant challenge to put
one’s principles into prac
tice,” she commented.
publication.
Editor in Chief Elaine
Ferrell commented, “We’re
accepting poetry whether it be
funny or sad. Prose works are
also needed whether they be
plays, satires, or short
stories.”
Elaine also noted the need
for art work. “We need art
work to be submitted in either
ink or charcoal. We’ll also
take photography. The works,
need to be easy to handle and
they will be returned to the
owner if they request it,” she
said.
Miss Ferrell elaborated
on the choice of student works
for publication. “We get a lot
of poetry about love. I’d like to
see more works with a dif
ferent style or topic. We’re
looking for works that reflect
the character of the person
who wrote it. It’s nice to feel
like you know a person after
you’ve read their work,” she
commented.
“There are a lot of
creative people on campus
who feel that they don’t have
the time to submit works or
who feel their works are too
personal. I’d like to see more
people putting their works in
The Acorn,” Miss Ferrell
added.
Not only is The Acorn an
outlet for creative expression,
but it’s also a good op
portunity for students to learn
how to put a magazine
together. “If anyone wants to
help put The Acorn together
they should contact Meg
Holman, art editor, or me. I
feel that in, my two years on
The Acorn staff. I’ve learned a
lot, including how to meet
deadlines. It’s all been wor
thwhile,” Elaine said.
Elaine is looking forward
to a good publication due to
the response from the student
body. “I feel that The Acorn
serves a purpose on the
Meredith campus. It’s a great
break in the reading because
it’s not heavy and it is fun to
recognize friends’ works in
The Acorn.” Elaine noted.