NBV^PAPEROF Tt^tSTUDENTS' '
'OF MEREDITH C(XLEQE
VOLUME LXIII NUMBER 22
APRIL 8, 1965
Little Friends
sparkle your weekend
by Lisa L CIvk
Have you ever wanted to regress
back to your childhood days of inno
cence? As a col lege student, I often find
myself wishing 1 was younger without a
care in the world. Last spring my child
hood days came back at Meredith as I
cared for a little friend for the weekend.
My little friend, Kathwine, arrived on
Saturday moming with excitement as she
was eager to push her nrwther back home
for the weekend. She came loaded with
her suitcase, a sleeping bag, and most
importwitly - h^ teddy bear. After we
an-lved at my fourth f k>or donrn room, she
informed me that her teddy bear and cny
teddy bear would become roomniates for
the weekend. When Katherine had ur>-
packed her clothes In my closet, we pro
ceeded to the courtyard for afterrKion
of crazy games such as klckbali with a
four-foot-wide ball.
At dinner time I was amused when
little four feet girls tried to choose their
food when tl>ey could barely see over the
ratling. The evening was a child’s heaven
on earth as we were entertained by a nfB-
gic show, “Guppy the Qown", and the
'bfuppef Movie. We spent the rest of the
night In a slumber party In fourth Brewer
parlor. The slumber party was everything
t had remembered from my childhood -
no sleep and giggles all night long.
Or) &inda}( l^herlne ar^ I attend^
a ch^t service ttpwially'planned for
our “little friends." Following worship
l^herine's mother came to pick her up,
and Katherine informed her mother that
she was ready for college (at the age of
seven). As Katherine drove away, I
thought about how I wished college
imlly was like my “little friends week
end."
Little Friends Weekend is coming up
April 27 and 28. Make sure you are a part
of the fun.
—MURRAY &VBS UBRARY BOOKS —
Library receives
scarce materials
on Wake County
by Dr. Frank Qrubbs
Mrs. Elizabeth Reid Murray, an
Alumna of the College, has declared h^
Intent to present the Meredith Library
with a large number of source m^erlals
pertaining to the history cjf Wake County.
Mrs. Murray is the author of Wake, Capi
tal Cou/}ty of North Carolina (1^) the
only thoroughly researched history of the
County. Wafce is only volume one of the
protracted- history. Mrs. Murray is pre
sently working on volume two.
Woodrow Wilson Scholars bring a touch of China
by Beth Blankenahip
As Rose Ling sat at the lunch table
in her modem-looking business suit
eating Southern fried chicken and apple
pie, she vividly described the China she
left in 1949 and the Qilna of today.
“I was very lucky growing up in the
time period that I did in China,” Mrs.
Ling said. “I had an education and pa
rents who believed in education for both
men and women."
Rose Ling wrinkled her small nose
and frowned as she talked about the
China of the past In relation to women.
“Women had no freedom of choice,
no social life, no choice in man'lage. wo
men did lower-type w^ in the Chinese
industrial factories. Chirta is still a man-
centered society.”
Rose laughs an almost sarcastic
laugh as she twglns to discuss the Com-
munist-controiiedO^inaof today. “There
is no freedom in Communist... China. No
one, women or men, is allowed to fuity
develop to their potential." Mrs. Ling
says this because the Communists dic
tate to the Chinese exactly what tl>ey are
to do with their lives.
“Education Is easy to get today for
men and women, but the Communists
tell you what you can ms^or in.”
“If there is a shortage-In engineers,
they (the government) send you to spe
cialized school in engineering. I was in
terested in engineering even though I
was put there. The same goes for doc
tors, tec#)niclans.”,. . „ ,
Mrs. Ling slightly smiles ^ liHe
thinks of the friends and family she left
behind.
“The new leader, Dung, is better
then past leaders t^t things are still not
good. If you speak against the govenv
ment, you may lose your jobs or tie sent
to a labor camp.”
Rose Ling raises her eyebrows and
inches closer on her chtair as she talks
alxut the government's soiutkxi to an
overpopulated China.
“There can only be one child per
family. If a woman finds she is pregnant
with her second ^ild she must have an
abortion.”
Mre. Ling shakes her heed. “No
abortion, rro ration of food.”
She places her sntai) hands toget
her.
"Many families only want sons. If
baby isagirl, some )ust let them lie with
out food or medicirte until they die."
Mre. Ling mentions at this point her
own four children - two are doctors, one
is a teacher, and the other a homemaker.
All of them live In the United States.
Mrs. Ung again smiles as she looks
off into the distance. She glances back
as she thinks of something else she
wants to say.
You know, “the inference of the
Western wortd has helped China Qlrts
used to wear blue pants and blue shirts.”
She'chuckles and waves her hand in the
air. “You couldn't tell the girls from the
boys. People dress in cotorfui clothes
and even get hair pennanents."
f/rs. Ling pushes her tray aside and
looks up.
"There is still a food ratton,” Mrs.
Ling said. “One day y6u can only buy SO
cents worth of meat. It depends on l>ow
much meat is avtdlable. Tlwe Is a lot of
rice. Always rice.''
La Cantatrice Chauve: C’etait bravo! 11
by Uaa L: Clark
Meredith’s departnnent of foreign
languages is ready for Broadway! Four of
Jt«de£ailfnec4’&iacutty ak»g with eey-.,
eral other Meredith stu^ts put on Eu
gene Ionesco’s La Cantatrice Chauve on
March 19th at 7:00 and 6:30 p.m. The
comical play brought numerous spurts of
laughter fnsm tt« audience as they
wat(^ied the actors in their humorous be-
twiviour.
The play is i»sed on the Theatre of
the Absurd which Is a dranrta that elabo
rates on the Surdity of man’s cortdi-
tlon. The characters in the play lack Indi-
vlduality, and tt^ act Insane. They have
a total lack of communication, and they
ramble aimlessly about any subject that
comes to mind.
Dr. Jacques Comeaux and Juanita
pi«y..Mr^ and Mrs. i^n, an
averse middle class family. Dr. Brent
Pitts and Dr. BurgundeWInz play Mr. and
Mrs. Smith play the exact replica
couple of Mr. and Mrs. Martin. The ac
tion centers around an evening at home
where these two couples have totally ab
surd conversattons. Dr. Mary Thomas
plays Mary, a high spirited maid. During
the course of the play, a fireman enters
the Smith’s home who adds more absur
dity to the conversation. Nicole Bert^erat
plays the fireman. By the.end of the play
thie audience Is lost in this crazy dialogue
where the moral is also compl^ely lost.
Other students who helped with the
£tpductlon._ are; Elizabeth Aycock as
stage rrtandger, Elizabeth Brock and AH-
cla IHutcheson for publicity, Janice
Bentley, Lla Braganza, Joy Whitley,
i-toney Greene, and Taryn Jenson for
props, Pamela Hardin and Julie Beil for
make-up, Lizzy Mills for prompting, Na
dine Ellsworth for sound effects, and
Lisa Clartc for lighting. These foreign lan
guage students and faculty spent many
hours preparing for the production and
should be commended for a successful
performance.
Or. Frank Grutitts, Heed,-History ^
Politics, s^d Mrs. Mun^s decision to
pressnt us wHh the beginning of what
will be significant amount of sources on
WslteCounty history, will allow Meredith
to become the sole depository of Wake
historical materials. Several other Col
leges would have been very pleased to
obtain this material, Dr. Grubbs stated.
Head Librarian Janet Freeman, Dr.
Qrubbs, Mrs. Murray, and Professor
Thomas Parramore have hekj several
meetings to determine the proper way to
house the Wake materials. Eventu^ly,
the Department of History will work up a
Locator File on W^e County which will
provkje scholars with a full index to the
Elizabeth Reid Murray Collection.
Summer School credits
need apprroval
. If you are planning to earn credits
toward graduation durir>g the sunvner at
a school other than Meredith, you must
have the courses you take appro^ be
fore they can be added to your academic
record. The form for summer school
couree approval can be picked up In the
registrar’s office. Your adviser ^ the
appropriate department head(s) at Mere
dith must sign it md It Is then brought
back to the registrar’s office for pro
cessing. When you are enrolled at the
other school, you siKiuld request that a
trwscript of your worit there C>e sent to
the registrar's office at Meredith. When
the transcript arrives, It will be matched
with the apprcwal form and the approved
courses will be added to yoar record.
Questions about this procedure will be
answered in room 120, Johnson HaU or
by calling 8593.
S/ll(/r£ TO STUdEHTLEAVERS
Awards and Recognition for Outstanding Leadership
bi Rhoda Sowers, Director
ofSnoentAetMtlae
EadivseFSHidents comfertogefher in
'Jorfes Audllcirtum to’(^reeoQii(iU^ and
pralseto oUsiandlngstudenMeadm se-
leoted by ^ commlttges and-officers'In
each organ1iattor>.'On'^F>kllVr' 12,
at lO'-'£ni, ten organizations will
sakite thoee students who have shown
«(ceptional leadersh^jsHllis and dedica-
to their organizafl^.'Orar ^awards
wHt be present^ ar^jt the oH'emony.MiJl.
be hlj^lighted iiiy a slide depidicig
e^ts from thi^ pastyeerih;Whi^ &tiH
dent teede» involved.
The istudeht Development Division
encourages everyo/w to attend to honor
thm outstanding individuals. Receiving'
awards are just not thf.-eame when few
people are present to ^^owledge their
pn^tatlon. So show^^r support and
interest in your sHideftf leaders antf
friends on Friday, April 12, 10 'a.m. (n
Jones Auditotum.
Tomorrow’s
Business
Women’s
Club
Year &id Party and aedTtONS Mir
beh^Wednesdciy, AprtflOai 7:^0.m.
In Brown ConfereMe Roolfi. Alt
bers welcofwh.