THE TWIG
Newspaper of the StudenU of Meredith College
VOL. LIV, NO. 4
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N.C.
SEPTEMBER 27, 1979
‘‘Miss Ellen” remembered
Miss Ellen Brewer, former head of the Home Economics
Department, died last week at the age of 82.
Miss Ellen Dozier
Brewer, professor emerita
and chairman of the home
economics department from
1922 until her retirement in
1966, died on Wednesday,
September 19 at her home.
She was 82.
“Miss Ellen Brewer’s life
was an inspiration to all who
knew her,” said President
Weems. “Her exemplary
Christian witness embodied
the highest ideals of Meredith,
which her father championed
as third president of the
college. Her influence is
ongoing in our department of
home economics.”
Born in 1897 in Wake
Forest, Miss Brewer was the
daughter of Charles Edward
and Love Bell Brewer.
Her father became
president while she was a
Meredith undergraduate. She
graduated in 1918 and joined
die Meredith faculty as an
English instructor in 1919.
The following year. Miss
Brewer went to Columbia
University where she received
bachelor’s and master’s
degrees in home economics.
She returned to MerediUi
in 1922 to become chairman of
the home economics depart
ment.
In “A History of Meredith
Financial aid made available
by Katie E. Lucas
“We have money, and if a
student is eligible, we can give
it to her. She has to take the
initiative.” So said LaRose
Spooner, Meredith’s Director
of the Office of Financial Aid
in a recent interview.
According to Mrs.
Spooner, there are three
categories of aid available to
students: financial assistance
not to be repaid, such as
scholarships and grants;
financial assistance that must
be repaid, such as loans; and
financial assistance earned as
wages.
The first category in
cludes five different state and
federally funded grants. The
Basic Educational Op
portunity Grant (BEOG) is a
federally sponsored program
that offers a student up to
$1800. Grants are based on
need, and the award is
determined by the govern
ment. The Supplemental
Educational Opportunity
Grant (SEOG) is a federally
funded program administered
by the College. Students with
exceptional need may be
awarded between $200 and
$1000.
Three grants are
available only to North
Carolina residents. The North
Carolina Legislative Tuition
Grant (NCLTG) awards $475
to North Carolina residents
attending Meredith full-time,
regardless of need. Two other
grants requiring a North
Carolina residency are the
North Carolina Student In
centive Grant, which awards 0
- $1300, and the North Carolina
Scholarships, which award 0 -
$2000. Both require a financial
need.
Other types of assistance
that ^ not have to be repaid
include Meredith General
Scholarships, awarded on the
basis of need, Meredith en
dowed scholarships,
established through gifts of
friends of the college, and
competitive scholarships,
which are not based on need.
The assistance that must
be repaid is in the form of
federally funded loans. In
terest rates are 3 percent for
the National Direct Student
Loan Program ($100 - $1000)
and 7 percent for the
I¥ews and Announcements
study Skills Workshops
The October schedule for
the Study Skills Workshop
sessions is as follows: October
2, October 9, October 23, and
October 30.
All sessions are to be held
at 4:00 in the Faculty Lounge,
Cate Center. Students who
need help in note taking, time
management, and test taking
are encouraged to attend.
These workshops will be team
taught by Patrice Strifert, Joy
Jones, and Elizabeth Wilson.
Upcoming Recitals at Meredith
Monday, October 1, Mary
Lynn Warren, Jr. Piano
Recital, 8:00 p.m. Carswell ■
RecitalHall.
Monday, October 8, Richard
Reed, guest pianist, 8:00 p.m.
Carswell Recital Hall.
WANTED!!!
People who do not have
9:00 classes on Wednesdays
are needed to help distribute
orders of worships for Wed
nesday Worship Services.
Contact Janice Patty through
the Campus Minister’s Office.
OOPS!!!
Ticket prices for Tom
Chapin Concert on October
3rd will be $2.00 for students
and $3.00 for non-students
rather than the $1.00 and $2.00
prices we previously an
nounced.
Guaranteed Student Loan
Program ($2500 maximum).
Financial assistance is
also available through
campus jobs.
“The jobs are in demand,
and there is presently a
waiting list. Students on
financial aid get first choice,
and then it’s a first-come-first-
served basis after that,” Mrs.
Spooner noted. But she also
pointed out that occasionally
an opening will arise, as some
students quit working due to
heavy classloads, etc. Also,
some jobs require special
skills, such as laboratory
assistants.
Some campus jobs are
federally funded by the
College Work Study Program.
There is also an off-campus
summer job program called
PACE which allows a student
to earn money for college in
her home community.
To apply for financial aid,
incoming freshmen must note
the need for financial
assistance on their ap
plications, and complete and
return the forms sent by the
college. Students who are now
enrolled and desire aid can
find applications on pages 34
and 35 of the Summer, 1979
Catalog.
Mrs. Spooner pointed out
that Meredith’s Financial Aid
Office has been able to meet
100 percent of the analyzed
need of each dependent
student eligible for aid. She
also noted that “due to the
liberalization of federal laws
relating to financial aid, more
students are eligible than ever
before.”
For more information,
contact Mrs. Audrey Gardner,
Meredith’s Financial Aid
Officer. She can be found in
111 Johnson between 9:00 a.m.
and 2:00 p.m. Mrs. Spooner’s
office is located at 112
Johnson, and her hours are
from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
College,’’ Mary Lynch
Johnson, professor emerita
and college historian, wrote
about Miss Brewer: “One of
the trustees presented her
name and the board
unanimously overruled
President Brewer’s objection
to the election of his daughter
to such a position (department
head) on the faculty.”
“Miss Brewer’s firm
foundation in the humanities
which came with her un
dergraduate major in Latin
and Greek, gave her students
a breadth of view not
narrowed to their specialty;
her knowledge in her chosen
field assured their
professional training; and her
rare qualities of character
and personality kept before
them a pattern of gracious
living.”
In an interview after her
retirement. Miss Brewer
chuckled that she was
remembered fondly by her
students as having a penchant
for parsley.
“I always insisted you
should dress up the plate with
something, if only a sprig of
parsley,” she said. “One of
my tniisms is ‘A sprig of
parsley turns vittals into
food.’”
Miss Brewer studied
during summer sessions at
Cornell University, the
University of Wisconsin, Iowa
State University and Oregon
State University.
She also traveled ex
tensively in the U.S. and
Europe.
In 1960, the modern Ellen
D. Brewer Management
Home was opened. The two-
story brick house provides a
place for home economics
majors to live for a month
before graduation. Here they
learn home management and
budgeting.
After her retirement, the
North Carolina Home
Economics Association
named its scholarship fund in
honor of Miss Brewer, who
was one of the early members
of the association and served
as president in 1932.
She was a member of
numerous other professional
associations including the
American Home Economics
Association, the International
Federation of Home
Economics; The American
Association of University
Women, and the N.C. Public
Health Association. She also
was a member of Kappa Nu
Sigma.
(Information for this
article was taken from page
16-B of the Wednesday, Sept.
19 issue of “The Raleigh
Times.”)
KNE Inducts
by Anne Earp
Seven seniors were in
ducted into the Kappa Nu
Sigma Scholastic Honor
Society. Three sophomores
and one junior were presented
scholarships in a service on
Monday at 6:30 in the
Alumnae House.
New members include
Anita Bristow, Susan Dowdy,
Debbie Holt, Leslie Morrison,
Melody Owensby, Julia
Poston, and Angela Stafford.
Membership in Kappa Nu
Sigma is determined by
quality point ratio. The ideals
of the society are beauty,
soundmindedness, and in
telligence.
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Freshmen elections held
by Jill Allen
The electing of officers last
week caused nuch excitement
and anticipation of the coming
year for Uie freshman class.
Girls filed for offices Monday,
Sept. 17 through Friday, Sept.
21. Their pictures and
qualifications were put on
display on a bulletin board in
the cafeteria so fellow
classmates could get a better
idea of how to vote. Voting will
take place Monday, Sept. 24.
Run-offs will be held Wed
nesday, Sept. 26.
A good number of fresh
men are running for offices
and many plans for the school
year seem to be developing.
Girls running for
president of the freshman
class are: Bee Edwards,
Kathy Farmer, Karen
McAden, Diane Nobles, Jane
Osborne and JoAnne
Williams; running for vice
president are: Betsy Boswell,
Grace Kim, Beth Parker,
Beth Taylor and Susan
Schaffer; Cherly Baddour,
Susan Jason and Debra Cabell
are running for secretary and
Kellie Farlow and Karen Mills
are seeking the office of
treasurer. Two girls are
elcted 0 be Judicial Board
Representatives. Those who
are running for this office are:
Mary Alexander, Rosemary
Norton, and Robyn Compton.
For Election Board
Representatives, two girls are
also elected. Karen Berwick is
the sole runner for this office.
One or two Cornhuskin’
Chairmen are selected. Those
running are Mary Arzonico,
Ginny Hayworth and Barbara
Eaton, who are running
together, Cindy Smith and
Sedius Smith, Harriett Bolen
and Sonja Reed, Jerene
Combs and Patti Briley, and
Annie Dillon and Libby
Walton. For Stunt Chairmen,
one or two girls are elected.
Those seeking the office are
Rebecca Hall, Sarah Walker
and Patty Jo Riddick, who are
running together and Polly
Foster and Katy Rhodes. Two
marshals are chosen. Those
running are Karen Gordon,
Katherie Harless, Kelly
Weaver, Margaret Southern,
Betty Walters, Melody West
and Joni Parker. Two
Legislative Board
Representatives are elected.
Mary Beth Ralston, Virginia
Gentry, Catherine Johnson,
Teresa Yates, Celeste Griffin
and Alice Barnette are
seeking this office. Two MCA
Representatives are elected.
Those running are Sarah
Jones, Connie Melvin, Loo
Johnson, Kim Smith, Betsy
Dawkins and Debbie Fretwell.
Two CCA Representatives are
chosen. Penny Middleton,
Melanie Mabrey and Kathryn
Mason and Lisa Brown run
ning together, are the girls
seeking this office.