APRIL 17. 1980
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Meredith honors faculty memhers
Four Meredith College
faculty members became the
first recipients of awards
from the Faculty Applied
Meredith Endowment
(FAME), and the originator of
the FAME program was
Dr. Thomas C. Parramore
honored during Meredith’s
Dinner With Our Friends
Thursday evening, April 3, on
the women’s college campus.
Meredith President John
E. Weems presented Mrs. Jay
Massey, chairman of the
physical education-recreation
department, and Dr. Thomas
C. Parramore, associate
professor of history, with
Pauline Davis Perry Awards,
and Mrs. Olive D. Taylor,
instructor of mathematics and
Joe Maron, assistant
professor of art, with Laura
Weatherspoon Harrill
Awards.
Faculty recipients of the
four cash awards were not
notified about winning the
awards before the dinner.
Mrs. Harrill, a Raleigh
resident and Meredith trustee,
was also surprised when
President Weems announced
the Harrill awards,
established by the Meredith
College Board of Associates in
her honor.
Mrs. Harrill, as chairman
of the board of associates in
1977, was instrumental in
having the board establish the
FAME program as an in
dependent fund for sup
plemental faculty benefits.
More than $250,0(X) has been
raised for the FAME
program.
Harrill Awards, con
sidered presidential merit and
recognition awards, are
presented by the president.
Some criteria used in selec
ting faculty recipients include
involvement in campus ac
tivities, dedication to
academic area, and com
mitment to Meredith.
Pauline Davis Perry
Awards were established in
honor of Mrs. Perry by her
husband, Clifford W. Perry,
former treasurer of Hanes
Corporation in Winston-
Salem, and their three
chUdren, Clifford W. Perry,
Jr., Mrs. Kenneth Som-
merkamp, and Ms. Judy C.
Perry.
One of the Perry Awards
is given for excellence in
teaching and the other is given
Mrs. Jay Massey
for outstanding research,
publication, or artistic
achievement during the past
three years. Recipients are
selected by the president from
nominations by faculty, staff,
and students.
Mrs. Massey, Perry
Award recipient for ex
cellenceinteaching, was cited
by Dr. Weems for “her
commitment to all her
students at whatever level
they are studying’’ and for
“her boundless energy in
pursuit of excellence that is
recognized by all who know
her both at Meredith and
throughout the community.”
Dr. Parramore, Perry
Award recipient for researdi
and publications, waa honored
for publishing “numerous
books, articles, and papers in
the past several years.” He
has “written a book on North
Carolina history that has
become a state-adopted junior
high school text.” And, in
addition to being a member of
four historical societies, he is
“recognized across the state
of North Carolina as a
dedicated historical
researcher and writer.”
Before presenting the
HarrUl Award to Mrs. Taylor,
President Weems said she
was “well-known as an out
standing teacher both by her
Joe Maron
associates and students.”
“Her active interest in the
total well-being of her
students extends beyond the
classroom into student life
activities, teacher education
responsibilities and religious
activities. Her dedication to
what Meredith College stands
for serves as an inspiration to
all who meet her,” Dr. Weems
said.
Foreign student visits Washington
by Anne Earp
Margarita (Maggie)
Herbozo, Meredith’s
Organization of American
States scholar from Peru, was
presented formally to the
Inter-American Commission
of Women and to the
Organization of the Americas
on March 15.
Accompanied by Dr.
Sandra Thomas during her
six-day visit to Washington,
D.C., Maggie met with of
ficials of World Bank, Inter-
American Development Bank,
Panamerican Health
Organization, and World
Health Organization.
During the National Town
Forum, she heard a speech of
Foreign Affairs Advisor
Zbignev Breshinski. She also
attended a reception at the
John Hopkins School for
Advanced Internationals, at
which Prince Sinouk of
Cambodia spoke.
Maggie commented on
her trip, “I went to
Washington to get to know the
women of the organization
who awarded my scholarship.
I really like Washington, since
is a very important political
Playhouse presents one-acts
by Marlene Debo
The Meredith Playhouse
will present two one-act plays,
“Enter the Hero” and Mark
Twain’s “The Diary of Adam
and Eve,” on Wednesday and
Thursday, April 23 and 24 at
8:00 p.m. in the Studio Theatre
(125 Jones). Admission is free.
“Enter the Hero,” by
Theresa Helburn, is a modern
melodrama about a young
girls’ contrived love affair
with a completely un
suspecting male. When the
male finds out everyone
knows he is engaged, he sets
about untangling the
“misunderstanding.” Sarah
Taylor will portray the overly
imaginative Anne. Deborah
Taylor will appear as her
naive sister, Karen. Their
concerned mother will be
played by Charlie Bright. And
Ed Smith will portray the
entrapped young man,
Harold.
The play is being
directed by Mer^ith senior,
Samm Thompson, as part of
her drama minor.
Mark Twain’s “The Diary
of Adam and Eve” is a
dramatic adaptation of two
Twain short stories. The play
shows us the practical side of
life in Eden. With tongue in
cheek Twain shows Adam and
Eve learning to live with one
another and eventually to love
one another. Kristi Morrow
will portray Eve. Bob Talley
will appear as Adam. And
Churck Morton will play the
Snake. The play is being
directed by Marlene Debo for
her drama minor.
and cultural center.”
“In only a few days, I had
the opportunity to see so many
things and hear so many
important people. The thing
that amazed me so much was
the Kennedy Center where I
heard the Philharmonic
Symphony. I will never get
tired of the Smithsonian.”
Reflecting on her past
year at Meredith, Maggie
said, “All that I have learned
here will enable me to help the
programs for promotion of
women’s status in my coun
try.” Upon returning to Peru
at the end of this semester,
she will continue her work as a
nurse.
Mrs. Olive D. Taylor
Joe Maron, the second
Harrill Award recipient, was
cited by President Weems as
being “a Renaissance Man in
every respect.”
“He has a true sense of
today’s scientific world
tempered by his genuine love
of the genUe life, his sound
artistic values and his af
fection for all humanity. His
students cite his patience in
sharing his knowledge as a
quality that makes the
learning experience a
pleasure,” Dr. Weems said.
Grant made to
Meredith College
A challenge grant from
William A. and Joyce B.
Cranberry of Raleigh for the
Faculty Applied Meredith
Endowment (FAME) at
Meredith College has been
met by the Wake County
Chapter of the Meredith
College board of associates,
resulting in $75,000 being
added to the FAME program.
Mrs. L. Y. Ballentine of
Raleigh, a 1978-79 chairman of
the Wake County board of
associates, recently an
nounced that a two-for-one
$25,000 challenge grant from
Mr.and Mrs. Cranberry had
been met with the board
raising slightly more than
$50,000.
Cranberry is chairman of
the board of AMIC Cor
poration of Raleigh.
FAME was begun by the
board of associates in 1977 as
an independent fund for
supplemental faculty benefits.
Com;Jetion of the challenge
grant brings the total raised in
gifts and pledges to ap
proximately $350,000 toward a
goal of $1 million.
Yarbrough scholarship established
Staley Distinguished Scholar speaks
“Self-Esteem: A
Christian Perspective” was
the theme of the Staley
Distinguished Christian
Scholar Lecture Program
presented at Meredith College
Wednesday and Thursday,
April 9 and 10. The speaker
was Dr. Mahan Siler, Jr.,
director of the School of
Pastoral Care for North
Carolina Baptist Hospitals in
Winston-Salem.
Both of the lectures, held
in the Kresge Auditorium of
the Cate Center on the
Meredith campus were open
to the public without charge.
Dr. Mahan spoke on “The
Meredith’s Presidential
Election Results
45 Percent Democrats
90 Percent Carter
5 Percent Brown
5 Percent Kennedy
55 Percent Republicans
43 Percent Reagan
24 Percent Anderson
19 Percent Bush
11 Percent Ford (Write in)
3 Percent Crane
Roots of Self-Esteem” at 8:00
p.m., Wednesday. The
Thursday evening lecture,
also at 8:00 p.m., was on
“Resources That Enhance
Self-Esteem.”
Founded in 1969, the
Staley Distinguished
Christian Scholar Lecture
Program of the Thomas F.
Staley Foundation seeks to
bring to the college com
munity distinguished
theologians who wUl challenge
the minds of the youth of
American colleges and
university.
The foundation finds a
precedent for its program in
the activities of intellectually
gifted men such as Paul,
Luke, and Stephen, who
stimulated the brightest
minds of their day and
thereby gained followers of
Christ.
A scholarship in memory
of Lucile Ward Yarbrough, a
Meredith College alumna, has
been established at the
Baptist-related women’s
college by her husband, Cecil
M. Yarbrough of Burlington,
to aid needy and worthy
students, Meredith President
John E. Weems has an
nounced.
“My wife was always
helping people and the
scholarship was established to
continue this assistance by
aiding worthy students,’’
Yarbrough said.
Mrs. Yarbrough received
a B.A. degree from Meredith
in 1931 wito a major in French
and English. She taught
school, wrote poetry and short
stories, and had a volume of
poetry published in 1979, a
copy of which was donated to
the Carlyle Campbell Library
at Meredith and is kept in the
library archives.
A member of the First
Baptist Church of Burlington,
she was a past president of the
Women’s Missionary «Union
and former teacher of the
Philathea class. She was a
founding member of the
American Association of
University Women and the
Burlington Writers Club.
The Yarbroughs have two
sons, Cecil Yarbrough, Jr.,
who works with Prentice-Hall
Publishing Co. in New York,
and Dr. John W. Yarbrough, a
surgeon in Greensboro.
Congratulations.
... to Phyllis Thompson for
receiving the lead role in
Raleigh Little Theater’s
production of Marne.
... to Courtney Atkins, who
was recently elected Vice-
President of the North
Carolina College Federation
of Young Democrats at their
convention in Greensboro,
N.C.
... to Kathy Anderson and
Joanne Thanos, two History
majors, who have won first
place in the Wake County Phi
Beta Kappa Best History
Research Paper contest. Dr.
Thomas Parramore directed
Ms. Thanos’ paper,
“Ethnicity: The Greek
Process,” and Dr. Frank
Grubbbs directed Ms. An
derson’s paper, “The Effect of
WWII on Public Education in
North Carolina.” History
Department students have
won six out of eight Phi Beta
Kappa Awards. The contest is
open to all colleges and
universities in Wake County
and Raleigh.