THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
VOL. LlII. NO. 17
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH. N.C.
MARCH 29, 1979
Woman of the Year
Professor receives award
by Renee Keever Davis
The chairman of
Meredith’s business and
economics departments, who
was honored on Founder’s
Day for 25 years at Meredith
and was named 1978 Out
standing Teacher by the
Parents’ Association, has
received yet another award.
Last week, Lois E.
Frazier was selected Wake
County Woman of the Year by
the Pilot Club, a service
organization of professional
women.
Dr. Frazier is the third
Meredith faculty member to
receive the Pilot Club award
during this decade. Two
former roommates of Dr.
Frazier, Leslie N. Syron,
chairman of the sociology
department, and Sarah M.
Lemmon, dean of continuing
education and special
programs, were selected in
1970 and 1972, respectively.
“When I came to Raleigh
in 1954 the three of us lived
together. At that time, each of
us was a state officer for three
different women’s groups,”
Dr. Frazier said.
“We had one room we just
called the ‘club room’ because
we had so many files and
things.”
Since Dr. Frazier joined
the Meredith faculty as
department chairman in 1954,
her community involvement
has extended beyond campus
committees such as the
Academic Council and Self-
Study.
She plays an active role in
several professional and
community organizations as
well. For example. Dr.
Frazier was not only the first
woman member of the
Raleigh chapter of the Ad
ministrative Management
Society, but, last year,
became its first woman
president.
She also has served as
president of the Southern
Business Education
Association, president of the
N.C. Federation of Business
and Professional Women’s
Club, and treasurer of the
National Federation of
Business and Professional
Women’s Club.
In 1975, Dr. Frazier was
named “Member of the Year”
of the N.C. Business
Education Association. She is
presently a member of the
board of the National Business
Education Association and is
also active in the American
Association of University
Women and the Edenton
Methodist Church.
While all this activity
culminated in Dr. Frazier’s
selection as “Woman of the
Year” it simply reflects her
conviction that “a person
should contribute to their
community and profession
through church activities,
clubs and civic organi
zations.” There is little doubt
that she has followed this
imperative.
Dr. Lois E. Frazier
Committee proposes judicial system changes
by Carolyn Morton
There may be some
changes in the Meredith
Judicial System. The In
terdormitory Board will no
longer try any cases. Instead
there will be two boards
within the Judicial System to
try cases.
Mary Bowen, chairperson
of the Steering Committee to
Reevaluate the Judicial
System, clarifies, “There will
be an informal Mediation
Panel to hear cases and a
more formal Judicial Board
for the same purpose. A
student can choose which of
the two boards she wishes to
come before.”
At the Mediation Panel a
student can represent herself
and bring in a witness. There
are five members of the
Panel, which include the
Chairperson of the Judicial
Board and the Secretary of the
Judicial Board. The three
voting members of the Panel
are made up of one faculty
member and two students
rotating from the members of
the Judicial Board.
There are no changes in
the Judicial Board itself.
There is the addition of a jury.
“The Judicial Board will act
as judge and twelve students
will act as jury. These
students will be
systematically chosen by a
computer. The jury will
decide guilt or innocence, and
the Judicial Board will decide
the penalty from that
decision,” Miss Bowen added.
She later explained that if
a case is too severe for the
Meredith Panel, it would be
referred to the Judicial Board.
“There have been two
offenses added to those
already in existance. It will be
an offense to have a pet in the
room. Also, it will be an of
fense to be in contempt. This
can include a failure to appear
before the Board or Panel
when summoned or a failure
to comply with a penalty,” she
said.
These charges were voted
on in the last SGA meeting.
These changes were carefully
considered by the committee
after studying the N.C. State
manual and talking with a
lawyer. A forum held on
February 20th helped the
committee to get student
reaction to these changes.
“Our committee feels that
the secrecy of Judicial Board
meetings in the past has been
a weakness to the Meredith
community. Students know
very little about the
procedures and meetings of
the Board. The student jury
increases participation and
hopefully will increase the
responsibility each student
feels toward the Honor Code.
There will be a notice in The
TWIG whenever the Board
meets to keep students in
formed,” Miss Bowen added.
These changes must go
through a first and second,
reading and then be approved
by President Weems. Miss
Bowen made a move that the
changes become effective
when the ’79-’80 Board takes
office.
Miss Bowen emphasized
the desire for student feed
back, “If anyone wants more
information or has ideas on
how to put these changes into
effect in an efficient manner.
I’d be glad to talk with them.”
John Packer begins duties as new food manager
by B.D. Hall
W'hile Meredith waved a
sad farewell to Tony Hardy
with one hand, the other ex
tended a warm welcome to
John Packer, the college’s
new food manager. Mr.
Packer, who has an excellent
reputation with the ARA Food
Services, arrived on campus
March 21 and took full
control the following Satur
day.
Mr. Packer’s training and
his work experience have
prepared him to take charge
smoothly, competently. As a
matter of fact, he trained here
for IVz years under Mr.
Taylor, Meredith’s food
manager at that time. Thus,
the traditional Meredith
meals at Cornhuskin’,
Thanksgiving and Christmas
will continue.
For the next 5‘/2 years,
Mr. Packer served as food
manager at institutions
similar in size to Meredith, his
most recent such position
being at N.C. Wesleyan
College in Rocky Mount.
And during the last I'/z
years, Mr. Packer has en
countered every imaginable
problem related to a food
service. As a troubleshooter
working from the main ARA
headquarters in Atlanta, he
travelled to different in
stallations in the South. And
wherever there were
problems, he tried to locate
and eliminate the source of
worry.
Besides these
qualifications, Mr. Packer is a
native of Raleigh, and he is
married to a Meredith
alumna.
Mr. Baker, Vice President
in charge of Business and
Finance, affirmed that the
quality of food and service will
not decline.
Kappa Nu Sigma inducts 27
Among those inducted are the Kappa Nu Sigma banquet include (I
to r) Kristy Beattie, Sarah Cummings, Amy Davis. Lynn Dyson.
Jan Brinson and Joy Johnson.
by Valerie Farmer
The evening of March
twentieth at six thirty p.m.,
the Kappa Nu Sigma Honor
Society held their annual
dinner banquet, in the
Meredith dining hall. Parents,
husbands and friends were
invited to share this event
with the Kappa Nu Sigma
members, and in particular,
to share the induction service
of the new members into the
society.
During the induction
service, new members of the
Kappa Nu Sigma Honor
Society were asked to sign the
Kappa Nu Sigma pledge and
received a certificate of
membership. The new
members of the society are:
Lydia Barefoot, Cynthia
Bateman, Kristy Beattie,
Janet Brinson, June Byrum,
Marlowe Watson Carruth,
Sarah Cummings, Amy Davis,
Renee Keever Davis, Marlene
Debo, Lynn Dyson, Dawn
Hall, Sandra Hancock,
Florence Hassell, Linda
Horne, Joy Johnson, Martha
Lewis, Ruth Ann Morton,
Sheri Mozingo, Anne
Robinson, Amy Snipes,
Geraldine Stott, Joanne
Thanos, Nancy Walker, Silda
Wall, Nena Warren and
Francisca Yarur.
The guest speaker for the
evening was Dr. Thomas
Downing, a native of Front
Royal Virginia, who received
his Bachelor of Divinity
Degree from Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary, and is
currently serving as Senior
Minister at University Baptist
Church in Chapel Hill, in
addition to numerous other
honors. In his speech. Dr.
Downing reminded us that in
order to best accomplish our
goals in life we must
remember that we exist in
relation to other people and
have a responsibility to them.
For the benefit of the whole we
cannot isolate ourselves, for
“no man is an island.”