THE TWIG
JVewspaper of the Studeutg of Meredith College
VOL. LVIII, NO. 12
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N.C.
JANUARY 24, 1980
Outstanding Seniors announced
by Lee Callahan, Senior Class President
On December 12,1979 the following girls were voted by their
class as Outstanding Seniors: Diane Bacon, Sarah Bellamy, Lee
Britt, Danette Gordon, Mae Nelson, Ella Plyler, Susan Sherron,
Kim Smith, Mary Wallace Tarkington, Ann Williams and Frances
Wooten.
These girls were selected by their fellow classmates on the
basis of contributions to their class and to the Meredith Com
munity. They possess spirit and leadership abilities, and have
unselfishly given of their time to clubs, class projects, SGA,
plays, MCA, and numerous other activities.
Mrs. Sullivan lectures
Kim Smith
Mary Wallace Tarkington
Ann Williams .
Frances Wooten
by Kelley Stone
On Monday, January 14 in
Jones Auditorium, Jane W.
Sullivan, assistant professor
of voice, presented the
Distinguished Faculty Lec
ture-Recital of 1980. She was
accompanied during her
performance by Evelyn H.
Culton at the piano. Her
lecture-performance, entitled
“From the Mountain of
Conceit to the Valley of
Humility,” presented the lives
and music of the two in
novative composers Richard
Wagner and Charles Ives.
Mrs. Sullivan, a Meredith
graduate, has done
graduate studies at univer
sities throughout the nation.
She joined the Meredith
faculty in 1966 and has sung
professionally for groups such
Plans made for Religious Emphasis Week
by Susan Taylor
The week of Jan. 28 - Feb.
1 has been designated as
Religious Emphasis Week.
Each year, a committee plans
activities for this week that
will attempt to meet the
spiritual needs of the
Meredith Community, as well
as coordinating with a chosen
theme. This year’s theme is
“Inward and Upward: A
Unending Pilgrimage” and
will offer an opportunity to
honestly examine ourselves as
individuals and our
relationship to God.
The guest speaker for the
week will be the Rev. Judi
Smith. She is not new to
Meredith, having spoken at
worship previously as well as
being a Meredith graduate.
She recently received her
Master of Divinity degree
from Duke Divinity School
and is currently a Methodist
minister in Currituck, N.C.
Rev. Smith’s topics for the
week will be “Let Me Do It
Myself,” “I Can’t Do It
Myself,” and “We’re All In
This Together.”
On Thursday evening at
8:00 a concert will be
presented in Jones
Auditorium by “Chalice,” a
Christian band from St.
Petersburg, Florida.
Check posters and
programs for the dates and
times of the events. Students
and faculty members are
encouraged to attend
scheduled activities.
The Rev. Judi Smith and
“Chalice” will be present at
REW.
The group “Chalice” will perform.
Leadership conference opportunity at Caraway
by Darla Stephenson
There will be a leadership
workshop at Camp Caraway
on February 2nd and 3rd
based on the theme of chance
and opportunity in leadership.
The overall objective of the
conference will be “to
promote an awareness that
each individual is an agent of
change and to encourage
mastery of the concepts,
skills, and values viable for
effective communication and
leadership.”
Dennis Rodger, well
known columnist for The
News and Observer, will be
leading an informal
discussion at the conference.
Another guest leader will be
Nancy Polk, a counselor at
N.C. State University, who
will speak to the group on
decision-making. Dora Shell,
a 1975 Meredith graduate.and
a member of North Carolina
Student Development, will
speak on group dynamics -
attitudes, plans, and skills
which are vital to leadership
in one’s group.
Other sessions, will focus
on motivation led by Martha
Hollowell and Margie Snell,
human sexuality led by
Patrice Strifert,
parliamentary procedure
headed by Nancy Clendenin,
programming and evaluation
chaired by Pam Gerace, time
management led by Gerry
Stott. Another area of focus
will be headed by Linda
McCaskill and is entitled
“Procrastination.” Jane
Tatum will lead a session
concerning the wheel of op
portunity.
■ The chance and op
portunity motif will be rein
forced by a monopoly board.
for there are certain risks in
taking offered opportunities
and investments while
traveling around the board.
There will also be a
Sunday morning worship
service, a time for recreation
led by Susan Sherron and
Teresa Parker, and an
evaluation-wrap-up on Sunday
afternoon. Freshmen
Resident Advisors Lynn Moss,
Joy Jones, and Cindy Mays
have planned the conference
and are eagerly anticipating
the week-end.
Campus SIVCAE organized
by Denise Brame
A Meredith chapter of the
Student North Carolina
Association of Educators has
been organized in the
Meredith community. SNCAE
is affiliated with both the
North Carolina Association of
Educators and the National
Education Association. The
purpose of the club is to
promote and to keep .members
informed about issues in
education.
The organizational
meeting held November 19
included guest speaker Craig
Withrow (State SNCAE
president), a student at St.
Andrews College. The-
meeting provided enough
student interest to make the
group successful.
At a second meeting on
November 26, officers were
elected: president-Mary
Wallace Tarkington, vice-
president-Jill Paget, and
secretary-treasurer - Denise
Brame.
as the North Carolina Sym
phony and the Raleigh
Oratorio Society. A native and
current resident of Durham,
she is active in numerous
civic, cultural, and church
activities as well.
Because she lectured on a
subject involving the per
forming arts, Mrs. Sullivan
had at her disposal not only
academic facts, but also
musical creations through
which to communicate with
her audience. Her presen
tation facilitated intellectual,
aesthetic, and emotional
understanding .simultaneously.
As explained to a
student after the event,
her intention was not to force
the audience to appreciate the
music of Wagner and Ives.
Rather, she attempted to
provide insight into the lives
and purposes of these two
controversial composers.
Mrs. Sullivan began her
lecture with Richard Wagner,
“the mountain of conceit.”
Wagner lived from 1813 until
1883 and is best known for his
operas, such as “Tristan and
Isolde” and the four operas
comprising “The Ring of the
Nibelung.” He was over
whelmingly selfish and
convinced of his superiority in
the world of music. In
debtedness, revolutionary
political involvement, and
amorous affairs \ylth women
characterized his life.
Nonetheless, many today hail
him as the greatest composer
of opera. Mrs. Sullivan per
formed the five German songs
comprising Wagner’s
“Wesendonk Cycle,” so
named because the songs
were written by Wagner for
the birthday of one of his
lovers, Madame Wesendonk.
During the second half of
the lecture-recital, Mrs.
Sullivan expounded upon
Charles Ives, the “valley of
humility.” Ives was an
American composer who lived
from 1874 until 1954. He was
raised in New England,
receiving extensive musical
training from his father, who
had directed a military band
in the Civil War. Although
Ives studied composition at
Yale, he went into the in
surance business upon
graduation. He lived in two
worlds, the world of business
and the world of music. His
music was slow to be
published and recognized, but
when recognition came, Ives
did not dwell on his success.
His music incorporates
traditional American musical
idioms such as fragments of
marches, folk songs, and
hymns. Mrs. Sullivan alerted
the audience to many familiar
tunes in Ives’ music as she
sang selections from his
collection of 114 songs.