THE TWIG
Neusspaper of the Students of Ifieredith College
VOL. LIII, NO. 16
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N.C.
MARCH 22, 1979
IVB€ correspondent
to speak to grads
Judy Woodruff, White
House correspondent for NBC,
will deliver the main address
during graduation exercises
on May 13, Connie Floyd,
senior class president, an
nounced this week.
Ms. Woodruff, a 1968
graduate of Duke University,
attended Meredith for two
years before transferring to
Duke to pursue political
science study.
Following graduation,
Ms. Woodruff worked at the
ABC-affiliated television
station in Atlanta as a
secretary, and later, at the
Atlanta CBC affiliate where
she covered Georgia state
politics while Jimmy Carter
was governor.
She moved to NBC’s
southeastern bureau in
Atlanta early in 1975 and
began following Carter early
in his presidential campaign.
S^oon after Carter’s
election, Ms. Woodruff was
assigned as the network’s
White House correspondent.
This assignment places
Ms. Woodruff in the center of
on-air coverage of
Presidential activities.
This also means that Ms.
Woodruff is often in close
proximity with the President.
She not only has an office in
the White House, but she often
travels with his entourage on
presidential trips.
As other national on-air
personnel, Ms. Woodruff has
attracted much attention.
Redbook magazine did a
beauty report on her during
the summer of 1977, and Ms.
Woodruff is featured in the
Spring, 1978 issue of Meredith
magazine.
The graduation speaker is
chosen by a committee with
student, faculty and ad
ministration representatives
This year’s selection
committee included Connie
Floyd, Allen F. Page,
associate professor of
religion,* and Allen C. Burris,
Academic Dean.
Ms. Floyd said she was
pleased with the outcome of
the committee’s work.
“Ms. Woodruff is very
young, aggressive, and
successful,” Ms. Floyd said.
“I think she will appeal to
graduating seniors in every
curriculum.”
Ms. Floyd also announced
that Stewart A. Newman,
visiting lecturer in
philosophy, will deliver the
baccalaureate. A graduate of
Hardin Simmons University
and Southwestern Baptist
Seminary, Mr. Newman
joined the Meredith faculty in
1973.
Judy Woodruff, White House correspondent for NBC will speak at graduation. May 13. Ms. Woodruff
is a Meredith alumna and a Duke graduate.
Protests produce assessment of Infirmary status
by Mary Katherine Pittman
The infirmary, a subject
01 controversy in previous
issues of The TWIG, is con
cerned about the current
student unrest regarding its
health services. Dr. Martin
expressed his concern about
student complaints, saying
that none of those who are
dissatisfied with their
treatment in the infirmary
have approached him with
their problems.
Dr. Marie Mason, director
of Health Services, also ex
pressed her concern for lack
of communication between
the infirmary staff and the
student body. She sees a real
need for an increased un
derstanding among students
about what should be expected
of a college infirmary. Dr.
Mason also says that the in
firmary has adjusted its hours
so that students may see the
doctor before class. The in
firmary hours are: 7:30-8:30
a.m. (previously 8:00-10:00
a.m.), 1:00-2:00 p.m., and
6:30-7:30 p.m. (Any treatment
after 7:30 p.m. is reserved for
emergency cases only.)
Dr. Mason further says
that “the nurses are on duty
long hours and need an op
portunity to rest during the
twenty-four hour period.” Dr.
Mason presented the
proposed plan for next year
’79-’80). “The nursing staff is
the same as it was ten years
ago. Since then, the increase
in resident students has been
49 percent. There are more
students living on campus and
We have not increased the
nursing staff proportionately.
We hope by next fall to have
additional nurses who will
work on eight hour shifts.
Then when they work eight
hours shifts, there will be no
set infirmary hours - students
can come any time.” She also
expresses her concern that
students are not taking ad
vantage of the services of the
nurse practioner who comes
six hours a week.
The Health Advisory
Committee has been formed
this year. This committee
hopes to establish better
communication between
Meredith students, faculty,
and administrators who are
interested in the health ser
vices. The committee is in
terested in “finding out what
students think of Meredith’s
health services, finding out
exactly what a college in
firmary shall be expected to
do, and better informing
students of what to expect
from their infirmary.” The
Health Advisory Committee
asks that students with con
cerns about health services
present their problems to the
committee.
Committee members are:
Dr. Sandra Thomas, Vice
President of Student Affairs;
Dr. Marie Mason, Director of
Health Services; Dr. Clara
Bunn, faculty member and Dr.
Charles Stewart, faculty
member. Also on the com
mittee are student leaders
Kristy Beattie, The TWIG
Editor; and Lynn Dyson,
Chairperson of the Student
Life committee. Student
representatives are Lee
Brown, senior; Carolyn
Crowell, junior; Beverly
Mass, sophomore; and Lynn
Johnson, freshman.
Distinguished Faculty Lecture
Huber chosen to lecture
Dr. Jack Huber, chairman of
the Psychology Department,
will deliver lecture March 28.
Dr. R. John Huber,
Associate Professor and
Chairman of the Department
of Psychology will present the
Distinguished Faculty Lec
ture at Meredith College on
March 28,1979. The title of his
lecture is “Alfred Adler and
the Evolution of Humanity.”
Dr. Huber has received
numerous educational grants
and honors. He has been
named to Who’s Who in
American Colleges and
Universities and Who’s Who in
the South and Southwest. He is
a member of the American
Psychological Association,
North American Societj' for
Adlerian Psychology, and
serves on the Executive
Committee of the North
Carolina Psychological
Association. Dr. Huber has
published several articles in
the professional literature
dealing with Adlerian
psychology.
Dr. Huber received an
A.B. degree from Kent State
University, an A.M. from the
University of Vermont and a
Ph.D. from the University of
New Hampshire. He joined
the Meredith faculty in 1974.
The lecture will be at 8:00
p.m. in Jones Auditorium on
the Meredith campus.
The public is invited.
There is no admission
charge.
Study in Guyana
A trip to Guyana may be
just the way to start the
summer vacation. Meredith
College will award two full
scholarships for a three-week
study program at Georgetown
University in Guyana, South
America. The program, which
will run from May 17 - June 6,
is open to all interested
students.
The deadline for the schol
arships (of $1,350 each) _ is
March 30th, so it is necessary
that all interested students
stop by Dr. Sandra Thomas’s
office, the Office of Student
Development, as soon as
possible.
The study-abroad
program in Guyana is
designed to aid participants in
increasing their un
derstanding of the people,
culture, and economy of
Guyana as well as the
problems encountered in
building a nation. A series of
luncheons, tours, and
receptions with both
Guyanese and American
government officials will
make up the gist of the
program.
The Guyanese Study
program is sponsored by the
Raleigh - Durham Consortium
and is supported by a grant
fro the United States In
tel lonal Communications
Agency, Washington, D.C.