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THE TWIG
OCTOBER 1, 1980
Meredith receives bequest
AI4GEI.
Meredith College has
received a bequest in excess
of $100,000 from the estate of
the late Ellen Dozier Brewer,
professor emerita and former
chairman of the home
economics department of the
women’s college, Meredith
President John E. Weems has
announced.
Part of the money will be
applied toward construction of
a $1 million chapel on the
campus, and the balance will
be used to establish the Love
Bell Brewer Scholarship in
honor Miss Brewer’s mother.
Student aid funds and the
chapel represent two
segments of the $20 million
Visions Program at Meredith.
“Miss Ellen Brewer’s life
was an inspiration to all who
knew her,” President Weems
said. “Her exemplary
Christian witness embodied
the highest ideals of Meredith.
Her influence is on-going in
our department of home
economics and the gift from
her estate is a further
example of her love and
devotion to Meredith.”
Science club plans
Trips to the Smithsonian
Museum and the Natural
History Museum and a debate
on evolution were among the
plans for 1980-81 discussed at
the first meeting of the Barber
Science Club last Wednesday.
Meetings will be the first
Wednesdays in each month at
7:30 p.m., with membership
dues of $1 per semester. On
Oct. 1, Dr. Lyn Aubrecht will
speak in 107 Hunter at 7:30
p.m. on the active role of
science majors in the PAGE
program for gifted and
talented children.
In November, science
club members will visit the
Natural History Museum in
Raleigh and will sponsor a
debate on evolution during the
Life Decisions Symposium. A
short business meeting and
Christmas party are planned
for December.
A trip to the Smithsonian,
open to members only, is
tentatively scheduled for the
first weekend of April. To
decrease expenses, two fund
raisers will be held: a sale of
Current stationery and other
products and a pizza sale on
Oct. 29 at 9:00 p.m.
Please check the bulletin
board between Dr. Bunn’s and
Dr. Reid’s offices for future
announcements. For further
information, contact Paula
Wetherington (828-6536), Terri
Hoffman (828-6536), Tammy
Hall (833-1736), or Anne Earp
(821-1265).
Meredith students
save workman’s life
by Kathy O’Brien
Two Meredith women last
Tuesday played key roles in
the emergency care which
helped a construction worker
reach Wake Medical Center
alive.
Susan Jane Owen and
Karen Mills, both
sophomores, gave Laddie 0.
Faison, who had apparently
suffered a heart attack,
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
while waiting for the arrival of
an ambulance to carry the
man to the hospital.
Faison, 61, is an employee
of the W.C. Vicker Con
struction Company, con
tracted to repair and replace
the brick walks around
campus. According to Mrs.
Magdaline J. Nelson, a
spokesperson for the com
pany, Faison had been sitting
on a stack of bricks when the
attack occurred.
The job foreman, J. E.
Bailey, was present at the
time and told Ms. Owen and
Ms. Mills he assumed Faison
had passed out from the heat.
Temperatures Tuesday were
reported in the low 90’s.
Ms. Mills was passing by
at the time, and she said she
went over to see if she could
help.
“I didn’t know what to do
at first. The other man
(Bailey) scared me. I couldn’t
find a pulse. The other man
looked at me and said ‘he’s
dead, isn’t he?’ I started
massaging his chest then,”
Ms. Mills said.
As she began the chest
massage, Ms. Owen and her
roommate, Virginia Work
man, arriv^ while Ms. Work
man left to call security for an
ambulance, Ms. Owen asked
Bailey if he knew mouth-to-
mouth resuscitation.
“They said he wasn’t
breathing. I asked if anyone
knew mouth-to-mouth and he
(Bailey) just lodced at me
funny, so I thought I should
try,” she explained.
Ms. Owen, who has a first
aid certification, said the
experience was frightening. It
was only after Faison began
breathing again that a nurse
from the iitfirmary arrived.
This was the first time
Ms. Owen had ever used her
first aid training. Although
she does not have a CPR
certificate, it was a part of the
training she received.
It was the first time Ms.
Mills had ever been in a life
saving situation as well. She
had received first aid training
as part of a life-saving course
and had been exposed to CPR
tecniques in a high school
health course. Both women
felt fortunate to have been
able to give Faison the
emergency help he needed.
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Miss Brewer died at her
home on September 19, 1979,
at the age of 82. She had
served as the first chairman
of the department of home
economics at Meredith from
1922 until her retirement in
1966. The home management
house at Meredith was named
in her honor as the result of a
gift from a relative, the late
Talcott Wait Brewer, a
Raleigh businessman.
A native of Wake Forest,
Miss Brewer’s father became
Meredith’s third president
while she was an un
dergraduate student at the
women’s college. She
graduated from Meredith in
1918, taught English at
Meredith in 1919, and then
earned her bachelor’s and
master’s degrees in home
economics from Columbia
University.
It’s in the handbook....
BULLETIN BOARDS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Bulletin boards should be read daily as students are held responsible for
all information contained in notices posted on official boards in Johnson
Hall. Communication centers are also located adjacent to the Cate Center
and the library where all campus organizations post programs, projects
and meeting times. Each caiirpus organization is responsible for its own
announcements, and each publicity item should be dated. To provide ade
quate space for each organization, all announcements should be put up no
earlier than one week prior to the event, and all articles should be re
moved immediately following the program. The Dean of Students Office
posts Today's Events each day on displays located on the breezeways at
the cafeteria and Johnson Hall. Announcements that are to be posted on
these boards should be submitted to the Dean of Students Office by 4:00
p.m. the day prior to their announcing. While announcements may be
posted on individual hall bulletin boards, no publicity articles should be
placed on residence hall doors or on the doors of other campus buildings.
All announcements that are improperly posted will be removed.
Phi Alpha Theta inducts memhers
On Thursday, September
18, the Meredith chapter of
Phi Alpha Theta held its fall
induction ceremonies and
elected new officers for the
1980-81 year. Dr. Gates, Dr.
Grubbs, and Dr. Parramore
presided over the induction
procedures which were held in
the Alumnae House, one
senior, Deborah Still, and one
junior, Jo Ann Burke were the
two new initiates to be
welcomed into the
organization.
After the induction
ceremony, the following of
ficers were elected: Jackie
Revels - President, Nina
Breedlove - Vice President,
Deborah Still - Historian, and
Jo Ann Burke - Secretary-
Treasurer. Phi Alpha Theta is
an international honor society
in History, and Meredith’s Phi
Omicron chapter has as its
members Nina Breedlove, Jo
Ann Burke, Kathy O’Brien,
Nell Olive, Jackie Revels, and
Deborah Still.
COLLEGE POETRY REVIEW
THE NATIONAL POETRY PRESS
announces
The closing date for the submission of manuscripts
hy College Students is
November 5
ANY STUDENT attending either junior or senior
college is eligible to submit his verse. There is no
limitation as to form or theme. Shorter works are
perferred because of space limitations.
Each poem must be TYPED or PRINTED on a
separate sheet, and must bear the NAME and HOME
ADDRESS of the student, and the COLLEGE ADDRESS
as well.
MANUSCRIPTS should be sent to the OFFICE OF THE
PRESS.
IVATIONAL POETRY PRESS
Rox 218 Agoura, Ca. 91301