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THE TWIG
NEWSPAPER OF THE STUDENTS OF MEREDITH COLLEGE
Vol. IXII No. 1
MEREDITH COLLEGE
September 12, 1983
ASPA receives
national award
Tlie Meredith student
chapter of the American Society
for Personnel Administration
(ASPA) received a national merit
award for its professionalism in
Its Human Resource Manage
ment programs and
achievements.
TTw firat meeting of ASPA
will be held September 21 at
5:30 p.m. in the President’s
Dining Room in BelK Dining
Hall.
ASPA meetings, which are
held once a month, feature
business men and women from
the Raleigh area involved in
personnel administration.
ASPA is a nationwide
organization with chapters all
over the country. Meredith’s
student chapter members
receive the monthly Personnel
Administrator magazine axl
bulletins updating them on the
personnel activities nationwide.
Chris Lai ley. Personnel
officer with First Citizen's Bank,
and Ann Willson, Personnel
analyst with the City of Raleigh,
will speak on the meaning and
impact of ASPA. New officers
will be elected as we strive for
another award-winning year.
The club is open to anyone
wh6 is Interested in getting a
greater insight into the field of
personnel. Advisors are Dr.
Bledsoe of the business
department and Marie Capet,
Director of Career Services. If
you would like to join, contact
Tomi Mutschler at 556-2653.
This year there will not be a
student membership fee as
required in the past by the
parent chapter. Bring your tray
and join us for dinner!
Pictured above from left to right Is the 1963^ President, TimHyrtn Mutschler and the 1982-83
President, Foust, receiving the award Imm Ann Willson, who is sponsoring Chapter President,
and Dr. Tony Bledsoe, Advisor to the student chapter.
'Peter Pan’ to open theater season
This is the
Official Logo
For
Festival News.
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The Anr^erican musical
comedy version of Sir James
Barrie's ever-popular fantasy,
"Peter Pan” will I* presented at
Meredith College Nov. 4-6, 11
and 12. Bartte’s amiable mastet.
piece was Americanized Into a
musical extravaganza in 1954
with Mary Martin as ttie little
.role first made legendary by
Maude Adams. This musical
version won such favor ttwt it
was transformed Into a
television spectacular early in
19S that was vtewed by an
estimated 67,000,000 citizens
who promptly demanded a
repeat perfomrtance for the
boy who refused to grow up - a following year.
Festival features medieval life
Festive To Feature Medieval
Life Sept. X-30
A Medieval festival is being
planned for the Meredith
community. The festival, which
will be held during the week of
September 25-30, Is t>ang
designed to encourage an
appreciation of society in
Europe between the years 1200
A.D. and 1450 A.D. The festival
will incorporate a wide variety
of activities that should provkje
the Meredith community with
opportunities to learn atx)ut the
various aspects of medieval life.
The week-long program of
events is being designed to
appeal to a wide variety of
interests. Topics will range
from medieval music to
medieval disease to medieval
daily life. A four-day film
festival will coincide with the
week of events - the films will
ail develop medieval themes.
The Meredith community will
have the opportunity to view
original medieval manuscripts,
attend a Latin worship service,
and make brass rubbings at the
Brass Rutting Shoppe.
A highlight of the week-long
festival will be a nrtedieval fair
that will be held In the court on
Thursday evening. The Fair will
be designed as authentically
medieval as possible,' including
tnjmpeteers, bagpipe tiandsT
dancers, jugglers, tumblers,
and wandering troubadours.
Booths will be prepared to
entert^n, to instnict, and to
feed the participants. Dinner
will be a Medieval meal
prepared and served in the
manner of a medieval touma-
nr»ent feast.
Detailed articles will appear
in each Issue of the TWIQ,
providing information that will
help you to plan your vtieek of
activities. Watch all issues of
ttte TVflQ for the Medieval
Festival symbol, as seen at the
head of this article. Stop and
read ail literature that has this
symbol.
English Music of the Fifteenth
Century
The Ftaleigh Consort
The Ralegh Consort, a 16-
member vocal ensemble under
the direction of Richard
Motyllnski, will present a
program of fifteenth century
&iglish music In Jones Chapel
Sunday evening, September 25.
The eight o'clock concert will be
preceeded by an introductory
lecture by Mr. Motyllnski at
7:30 in the Chapel. The concert
will feature music of John
Dunstable and some of his
rarely-heard contemporaries.
Instrumental accompaniment
will be provided by organ,
recorders, crumhom, and
percussion. The concert is free
of charge and open to the
public.
Lecture: Moral Leadership In
Community: Some Twelfth
Century Abbots
Elizabeth T. Kennan
Dr. Elizabeth T. Kennan,
President of Mount Holyoke
College, will t« guest speaker
for convocation Mortday,
September 26 at 10 a.m. in
Jones Auditorium. Or. Kennan,
a distinguished medievalist,
has selected the topic “Moral
Leadership in Community:
Some Twelfth Century Abbots.”
The Mount Holyoke Alumnae
Quarterly, in a special issue
devoted to the ir>auguratlon of
President Kennan, described
her area of academic specialty
as follows: “Mrs. Kennan is an
expert on Cistercian
monasteries and the ascetic
inhabitants who, she explains,
endeavored to develop a
^irituai openness in order to
promote peace, generosity, and
worahip."
Place: Jones Auditorium
Time: September 26, 10 a.m.
Brass Rubbings
The Brass Rubbing Centre of
Manteo will make available a
collection of its brasses and
materials for making brass
rubbings in Cate Center on the
Meredith campus Wednesday,
Septemljer 28 and Thursday,
September 29. As a special
courtesy to the Meredith
Medieval Festival, the usual fee
for producing a txass rubbing
will be reduced'by one-half. The
availability of these brasses will
provide an unusual opportunity
to experience the fun of
producing a beautiful and
valuable piece of art in the
medieval style.
Place: Cate Center
Time: 10 am. to 0 p.m.
Opera: Abelard and Heloise
RobertsWard
Composer Roljert Ward,
pR3fessor of music at Duke
Univei^ity and winner of the
1982 Pulitzer Prize for music,
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“Peter Pan,” as everyone
knows, recounts the whimsical
adventures of the three Darling
children when Peter Pan entices
them into flying away from their
nursery with him into the magic
and wonder of Never Land,
wt>ere they participate in all the
exciting dreams children ever
dream - and a few that are
tieyond their drean^.
Never Land is peopled with
characters of rare inftagination
and charm. There are little lost
boys for wlrom Peter is seeking
a nwther, there are bloodthirsty
and villainous pirates led by
wicked Captain Hook, there are
real Indians, there are winsome
animals who talk, there are
lithesome n>ennaids and atx>ve
all, there Is Tinker Bell, an elfin
sprite of a fairy who buzzes
busily about like a hopped-up
firefly.
To Barrie’s ingratiating flight
of fancy have been added
lightsome dance numbers, an
epilogue he wrote for the took
but did not originally use in the
play, and a wealth of enchant-
'Ing songs like the delicate
lullaby "Tender Shepherd,” the
joyous “I’m Flying” sung py
Peter and the children as th^
commence their historic flight
to Never Land, the droll nor)-
sense song "Ugg-a-Wugg" by
which the English speaking
children and some hopefully
fierce Indian children try to
communicate, “Mysterious
Lady,” sung by Captain Hook to
the disguised Peter, “I Won't
Grow Up," the theme song of
the stubborn little boys and the
rich tribute to “Never Land”
rendered In sentimental tones
by Peter, The composers and
lyricists for these numbers are
Jule Styne, Betty Comden and
Adolph Green of "Bells are
Ringing” fame, as well as Mark
Chariap and Carolyn Leigh.