THE TWIG
NEWSPAPER OF THE STUDENTS OF MEREDITH COLLEGE
VOLUME LXII NUMBER 10
MEREDITH COLLEGE
DECEMBER.5, 1963
Winterfest begins
at Carowinds
Employees at Carowinds
theme park are busily putting
the finishing touches on
Winterfest, an old-fashioned
Christmas c^ebration.
Winterfest, scheduled from
now through Dec. 31, will give
people of the fast-paced 20th
century the opportunity to step
back in time, back to the more
relaxed era of horse-drawn sur
reys, street carolers, handmade
gifts and homemade foods.
No amusement rides will
operate at Carowinds during
Winterfest.
Carowinds General
Manager Wilson Flohr stressed
that the purpose of Winterfest Is
not to extend the park’s regular
operation into winter, but to
provide a unique holiday ex
perience for families.
“We want to provide all our
Wint^est guests with the op
portunity to relax and enjoy the
kind of old-fashioned Christ
mas that many of us have
dreamed about but have never
experienced," Rohr said.
“With the tasteful com
bination of traditional holiday
food..and driaks, handhiade gift
items, colorful costumes and
lots of live, joyful Christmas
music, Winterfest will un-
doutrtedly create an atmosphere
of warmth and nostalgia for
everyone."
Approximately one-third of
the 77-acre theme park will be
used to recreate Christmases of
bygone days during Winterfest.
The Plantation Square and
the Old World Marketplace sec
tions of the park will be trans
formed into a Traditional
Southem Christmas, a 19th
Century New Orleans Christ
mas, a Traditional English
Christmas and a Rural Country
Christmas.
Decorations, including
hundreds of gingham, calico
and velvet bows, gaiiands of
greenery and thousands of
Mfhlte lights, will distinguish
each “Christmas" from the
others.
the 340-foot Eastern Sky-
tower has been transformed
into a giant Christmas tree with
strings of white lights running
from top to bottom in a 360-
degree cone around the tower.
The tower is topped t>y a 30-foot
star. '
In addition to the heavy
emphasis placed on atmos-
A main attraction of Winterfest at Carowinds is the 340-foot Eastern Skytower decorated as
a giant Christmas tree.
Entertainment' during
Winterfest will include authen
tically-dressed, Dickens-era
carolers and a brass ensemble.
The Community Showcase will
feature.local church and school
choirs, adding a festive note to
the holiday celebration.
“The World of Christmas,"
an eight-person live show, will
phere^.a great deal of atteotioa-in--Hawnony
has been focused on traditional Hall. The 30-mihute show Is a
holiday food .and drinks, hand- musical performance
made crafts and quality mer- reminiscent of winters and
chandlse: Christmases past.
KC ^83 students to help city residents
Thousands of students at
tending Campus Crusade for
Christ's massive KC 83 con
ference Dec. 27 ‘ Jan. 1 will
spend part of their time helping
the Salvation Army share Gad’s
love in the inner city.
KC 83 directw Dan Hayes,
of Atlanta, and Kansas City Sal
vation Army commander Major
Clarence Harvey said that more
than half of the anticipated
25,000 college students and
college-t)Ound high school
seniors vrould “become the
Army’s hands” on Friday, Dec.
X, reaching out to work with
inner city r^idents In a variety
of ways.
“Some students will be
distributing donated food,
others will be replacing smoke
alarm tsatteries for the elderly
poor, still others will tie visiting
jails, and thousands will be
checking on shut-ins and sur
veying their needs," Major
Harvey said. All of the activities
will follow up ongoing Salvation
Army outreaches, in conjuction
with local churches and sup
porting community agencies.
“Every job ttwt the stu
dents will be doing is some
thing that we ourselves v^ld
do right away if we had the
staff,” he added. “The students
will t)e a godsend, especially to
the thousands of poor, elderly,
shut-in or handicapped persons
whom it woulcftake us months
to visit otherwise.’’
Hayes said that - the out
reach would be a highlight of
the conference. “Knowing
Jesus Christ personalty Is the
greatest thing that can happen
to anyone," he added, “and the
students will be prepared to talk
about JHim with those who are
interested.
"But helping meet people's
Immediate felt needs is also im
portant to us and important to
the Lord, and we are looking
fonvard to assisting the Salva
tion Army in their wonderful
ministry to Kansas City.”
KC 83 leaders expect ap
proximately 25,000 people,
mostly college students, to at
tend the x>nference; the largest
student e/ent sponsored by
Campus Crusade since the
EXPLO 72 conference in Dallas
drew more than 80,000 to the
Cotton Bowl for a week in 1972.
Paid registrations to date
stand at more than 11,300 from
some ^ colleges and schools
throughout the U.S. and
Canada, Hayes said, and the
number climbs daily.
KC83 speakers will include
Campus Cnjsade founder-
presldent Bill Bright and evan
gelist Billy Graham, as well as
popular writer-lecturer Eliza
beth Elliott Gren, Campus Cru
sade author-speaker Josh
McDowell, ■ and Cravrford
Loritts, director of the inter
denominational organization's
Here's Life. Black America
ministry.
Dallas Theological
Seminary professor Howard
Hendricks, a nationally known
radio sp^ker, will lead Bible-
te^ing sessions each morn
ing.
Plans also call, for
numerous training seminars on
fostering campus spiritual
awakening 'and on evangelism,
Hayes said, and optional
seminars will focus on such
subjects as love, prayert and
sex and dating.
Other specialized sessions
will be held for particular
groups, including faculty, fra
ternity and sorority members,
minority groups, athletes, and
others.
Costs of the conference
will be $95, including lodging
for five nights, non-refundable
registration fee of $25, all corv
ference materials and two con
certs. For commuters, the cost
is $50. After Dec. 2, the fees be
come $105 and $60, respec
tively.
Further information is
available by writing: Campus
C^sade for Christ, KC 83,
Attention: Matt Sanders 3800,
An'owhead Springs, San
Bemardino, CA 92414.
Winterfest will. be open
every day Nov. 25 - Utec. -31,
except for Christmas Day.
Winterfest hours ol oper
ation are: Monday - Friday, 4
p.m. - 10 p.m.; Satundays,
Noon - 10 p.m.; Sundays, 2
p.m. -10p.m. Winterfest clo^
at 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve,
Dec. 24. Hours for New Year's
Eve, Dec. 31,' will be an
nounced.
Admission to Winterfest is
$3.50. Children 3 years old and
younger are admitted free.
Group rates of $2.75 a
person are available to groups
of 25 or more when advance re
servations are made. 1983 and
1984 season pass holders are
admitted free.
Carowinds, located on 1-77
al the' North ll^lina-South
Carolina t)order, will reopen for
the 1984 season on March 17.
Faculty notes
Dr. Ellen Ironside recently
served on the planning commit
tee for a regtonat conference
sponsored' by the American
Council on Education, Com
mission on Higher Education
and the Adult Learner. At the
conference, hekJ in October at
NCSU, she was moderator for
one of three discussion ses
sions in which representatives
of business, goverment, and
education considered the topic,
"Developing Human Capital: A
Shared Responsibility.”
Dr. Ironside also repre-.
sented Meredith In October at
the inaugurat,loa of Nenah E.
Fry as seventh president of
S\^t Briar College. Dr. Fry
was fomnerly academic dean at
Wells College.
Emily Johnson attended
the national conference of the
American Association for Par
alegal Education in S^ Diego,
California, October 5-8. TJie
AAfPE is a national organiza
tion serving paralegal educators
and educational institutions
which works closely with the
American Bar Association.
James McCord, AAfPE Presi
dent was a member of the ABA
visitation team which approved
the Legal Assistants Program
last summer.
Professor W. R. Ledford,
foreign languages, sen/ed as a
consultant to the Department of
Foreign Languages at Gardner-
Webb College, Bolling Springs,
NO on November 14-15.
The purpose of his visit to
the campus was In preparation
for N.C. Teacher Certification
and for Re-evaluatlon by the
Southem Association . of
Schools and Colleges.
Dr. Allen Burris, Vice
President and Dean of the
College, has been appointed as
a member of. the Advisory Panel
of the Governor’s Commlsaon
on Education for Economic
Growth.
Dean Burris was honored
recently by the Alumni Associa
tion of Wingate College as the
r^lpient of the Distinguished
Alumni Award.
Rhoda Sowe^, Director of
Student Activities, has been
ngtfned “Outstanding New Pro
fessional” by the North Carolina
College Personnel Association.
This is a state-wide award
recognizing excellence and out
standing contributions to the
field of college student per
sonnel. Rhoda was presented
with the award at the annual
conference of the association
held November 17 at Peace Col
lege.
Dr, Sarah Lemmon spOke
on "North Carolina in the Firet
World War” as the keynote
speaker for the Duplin County
Historical Society's obsen/ance
of Veterans' Week, Nov.' 5-12,
1983.