THE TWIG
JVetvspaper of the Students of Ifteredith College
VOL. LVIII, NO. 21
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N.C.
APRIL 17, 1980
Dance Group to perform
Dance Group
Wolpe to speak at
Psyche Conference
Nationally known
psychiatrist Joseph Wolpe,
who has helped thousands of
people relieve their stress and
anxiety through mental and
physical tricks and
mechanisms, will be the
keynote speaker at the 1980
Carolinas’ Psychology Con
ference scheduled at Meredith
College for Friday and
Saturday, April 18-19.
“Neurotic Anxiety and
Depression: Their Ex
perimental Basis and
Treatment,” will be the topic
of Dr. Wolpe’s address to be
given Saturday, 9:00 a.m. in
Kresge Auditorium at the
Cate Center at Meredith.
The regional un
dergraduate psychology
conference is co-sponsored by
psychology clubs and Psi Chi
chapters (Psi Chi is the
national honor society in
psychology) at Meredith
College and North Carolina
State University.
Registration for the
conference, which, in terms of
■ papers presented, is one of the
largest in the U.S., is $2.00.
The public is invited to attend.
Undergraduates will present
papers on original research
Saturday 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
and 10:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Other conference events
will include a festival of new
films, a Friday night social,
and panel discussion Satur
day, 3:00-6:00 p.m., on
behavioral toxicology, getting
a job with a B.A. degree in
psychology, and entering and
staying in graduate school.
Dr. Wolpe received the
Distinguished Scientific
Award for the Applications of
Psychology in 1979.
Because of Wolpe’s work
in developing systematic
desensitization therapy,
thousands of patients attest a
reduction in fear and distress.
Wolpe was bom in 1915 in
Johannesburg, South Africa,
where he was educated. He
received the- M.D. from
Witwatersrand University. He
conducted research at
Stanford, California, was a
professor in the psychiatry
department at the University
of Virginia School of
Medicine, and is presently
professor of psychiatry and
director of the Behavior
Therapy Unit at Temple
University.
The Meredith Dance
Performing Group will
present its spring recital
Thursday and Friday nights
at 8 p.m. The group will
present three solo dances and
three group pieces.
The group will perform
segments from Continuum, an
original composition by local
artist Rosemary Harms.
Harms, originally from
Ithaca, New York, works with
performing arts in the Raleigh
school system. Nine dancers,
including Charlie Krebs,
Meredith’s lighting director,
will perform Orbital.
“Triumvirate,” a dance for
three, and a duet will also be
presented. The Thursday
night performance will be
viewed by members of the
National Endowment for the
Arts, from whom Harms is
seeking a grant for further
work on Continuum.
“Pretty Bird,” a duet
from the ^nce Grits, will be
performed by junior Susie
Beggs and sophomore Ellen
Flippin. The piece was
choreographed by Cynthia
Schraf-Fletcher, of Raleigh’s
Easy Moving Dance Com
pany. Schraf-Fletcher is
originally from Washington,
D.C.
A work choreographed by
Meredith dance instructor
Deborah Whelan, “Bits and
Pieces,” will also be per
formed. The work, based on
music by Bonnie Raitt, was
performed at the group’s
recital last fall. Seven dancers
will perform in this piece.
Solo performances will be
given by Ellen Flippin,
sophomore Lee Anne Hern
don, and freshman Betty Lyn
Walters. All will perform
original compositions. Flippin
wUl perform “Ipomea” and
Walters will perform “In
spirations by Jo.” Herndon’s
dance, entitled “By My Side,”
uses music from Gc^speli ai^
is based on sigh language. She
will perform it on Wednesday,
April 16, at worship as well.
Other dancers in the
group are Leslie Best, Sandra
Golding, Mary Haskett, Karen
McAden, Ella_ Plyler, and
Kathy Tourtellot.
The dance concert will be
given in Jones Auditorium. A
reception with refreshments
will follow the performance on
Friday night in the lobby of
Jones.
Come to Play day!
April 11-17. Carol Sue Ipock,
Senior art exhibition, Wain-
wright Lobby.
April 13-23. Kathy Parker,
Senior art exhibition, Bryan
Rotunda of Johnson Hall.
April 13, 2:00-5:00 p.m..
Reception, Johnson Hall.
April 18, 8:00 p.m Betty
Leigh Osborne, Graduation
voice recital, Carswell.
April 19, 5:00 p.m. Patricia
Bost, Junior piano recital,
Carswell.
April 20, 3:00 p.m. Beverly
Taylor, Graduaation voice
recital. Melanie Morgan,
Graduation piano recital,
Carswell.
April 21, 8:00 p.m. Melody
Frazier, Junior voice recital,
Carswell.
April 23, 8:00 p.m. Brenda
Stallings, Graduation piano
recital, Carswell.
On April 17 students and
faculty will once again toss
aside papers and books to
compete in the annual
Playday activities. The
trachtion, which celebrates its
fortieth year this year, has
provided a unique setting for
faculty and students to get to
know each other outside of the
classroom.
In her History of Meredith
College, Dr. Mary Lynch
Johnson described the early
years of Playday. “Playday,
which owes its place on the
Meredith campus to Dr.
Campbell, was first
celebrated in 1941. In April or
May, classes are suspended
for an afternoon, and a duke
and a duchess are chosen to
reign over sports. Tennis,
archery, horseback riding,
swimming, shuffle board,
badminton, and hopscotch
attract the more energetic.
Students even humor the
partly middle-aged or the
daintily Victorian members of
the faculty by challenges to
croquet. In the shade,
jackrocks, chess, checkers,
and canasta are among the
games which draw spectators
as well as contestants. The
nonchalance with which Dr.
Johanna Dnnn at Meredith
DATE
HOUR
PLACE
AC’HVITY
TOPIC
CONTACT PERSON
April 22
2 - 3:30
Joyner 128
American Foreign Policy
“The extent of American
Dr. Frank Grubbs
Tuesday
3:30 - 5:30
5:30 - 7:30
Front of Cate Auditorium
Take Tray* to PDR
class
Workshop with publications staff
Dinner with honor societies
multi-national investments
and operations in Western
Europe’’
“Academic Excellence’’
Ms. Laurie McGinn
Mrs. Jacqueline Cbamblee
April 23
11 - 12
Hunter 218
Class in Fundamentals of
Ms. Susan Weasels
Wednesday
12 - 1
Belk Dining HaU
Business
Lunch with art
“Italian Mannerism’’
L. Whito
2 • 4
Office of Career Service*
Individual appointments
Career Information
Mrs. Marie Capel
April 24
5:30 • 7:30
8 - 9:30
Pre*. Dining Room
Joyner 215
Dinner w-ASPA
French Conversation Class
Informal French educational
Leigh Ann SUrewalt
Ms. Burgunde Winz
Thursday
9:30 - 12:30
Jones 233
Visit with art history classes;
lunch too
system and other cultural
aspects.
Art history as a background
for career and life styles.
Ms. Bluma Greenberg and
Ms. Rachel Brown
12:30 - 2
Hunter 211
Class in Personnel Mgmt.
Informal
Ms. Donna Mosier
3:00
3:30 - 5
President’* Suite,
2nd Johnson
Career Services Office
Appointment with President
John E. Weems
Individual appointments
Career information
Mrs. Dillard
Mrs. Marie Capel
April 25
5 - 7
8 - 9
President’s Dining Room
Joyner 126
Dinner with Colton English Club
Political Science 100-1
Ways in which government
Susan Felts
Dr. Charles Stewart
Friday
10 11
12 1
Hunter Hall
Joyner 126
Faculty Coffee Hour
Class in U.S. History since
policies affect business
Social
“How the S.E.C. Regulates
Dr. F. Grubbs
1-2
Belk Dining,Hall
1865
Lunch with Steering Committee
the American Investment
Structure"
Evaluation of visit
Dr. Sarah Lemmon
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ATTEND ANY OF THE MEETINGS WITH APPROVAL FROM THE CONTACT PERSON.
Canaday plays - and wins - two
games of checkers at the
same time, one with his right
and one with his left hand,
keeps an amazed circle
around him and his two
challengers.
“Everything gives way to
the softball game later in the
afternoon, which with stand
bys - Campbell, Peacock,
Canaday, Cunningham,
Williams - and with others less
skilled, the faculty frequently
wins. Thus they belie the 1953
faculty contribution to the
song contest. The Old Gray
Mare She Ain’t What She Used
To Be. Occasionally they win
in the total number of points
scored for the day. It is
significant of the espirit de
corps of the day students that,
as a group competing for the
first time in 1954 with the four
dormitories and with the
faculty, they won the coveted
award - a tin cup.
“The picnic supper in the
court is the climax of the day,
especially for faculty
children. There are usually
between twenty and thirty of
them - babies sleeping
placidly through the ooh’s of
admiration they excite;
toddlers who have to be lifted
to see Daddy run in tiie sack
race; small childm who are
allowed to win at hopscotch;
and long legged boys who
easily win from students
playing their best.”
This year may be the last
one for Playday, if student
participation is as low as it
has been in recent years.
Because of the lack of interest
among students, faculty has
decided not to cancel classes
this year. It is a crucial year
for Playday, and student
participation will determine
whether the tradition will
continue.
Playday activities will
take place between 3:00 p.m.
and 7:00 p.m. on April 17 in the
courtyard. Competition will
be among departments,
rather than dorms this year.
There will be a picnic
beginning at 5:00 p.m.