LIBERAL ARTS
DAY FAIR
OCTOBER 28TH
THE TWIG
VOLUME XLIV, NUMBER 10
Meredith College. Raleigh. N.C. 2Tfi«7
OCTOBER 28. 1965
Marshall-Green To Speak On Woman’s Role In Ministry
On Wednes(Jay, October 30, Dr. Molly
Marshall-Green will be at Meredith Col
lege. Or. Marshall-Green is an Assistant
Professor of Theology at The Southern
Baptist Theological Semir>ary in Louis
ville, Kentucky. While at Meredith she
will speak In chapel at the 10:00 a.m.
vnorshipservice; lead In a lunch dialogue
on Women in Ministry, at noon in the
President's Dining Room; and interview
prospective seminarians In the foyer of
the Cate Center from 1:30-4:30.
The noon lunch dialogue is open to all
who are Interested. Bring your tray or
sack lunch down to the PDR; the dia
logue will dismiss in time for 1:00 p.m.
classes, tn speaking to the role of women
in ministry. Or. Marshall-Green will draw
from her experiences as a summer youth
minister; campus minister; minister to
youth and sln^ adults; and her current
role as pastor of the Jordan Baptist
Church In Sanders. Kentucky.
A native of Oklahoma, Or. Marshall-
Green holds thie bachelor’s degree from
Oklahoma Baptist University, both the
M.Div. and Ph.D. degrees from The Sou
thern Baptist Theological Seminary. In
addition, she has done special studies at
both Cambridge University and Tantur
Ecunwnical Institute.
Tidball Praises Women’s Colleges
Molly Marshall-Qreen
■•LIQHT YOUR FUTURE"
Vice-President To
Speak At Fair
by Cynthia L. Church
Co-Editor
Chet Delaney will be the speaker at the
Liberal Arts Career Day opening cere
mony Monday, October 28 at 10 a.m. in
Jones Auditorium.
Delaney, Vice-President for Systems
Training and Standards with the Chase
Manhattan Bank of New York, will spend
the rest of the day at Meredltti College
observing Latin, history and religion
classes. He will tie available br
questions, from 2'dp.m_in Cate Center.
As manager of a bank unit, Delaney
works with staff development related to
information technology. His unit also
develops corporate standards, its de
velopment, maintenance and dissemina
tion.
Having studied philosophy, classical
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by Casey Bass
Dr. Elizabeth Tidball spoke at the
October 21 Convocation on the subject of
Foundations of Achievement. These
foundations are based on the general
framework of human resources mainly
being ability and opportunity.
A women’s college is much more adept
to the individual and her abilities.
Through a women's college, abilities are
trained, directed, and guided, which
leads to reward. Today’s woman holds
the largest untapped source of talent. It
is at woman’s college that this source is
opened, since the number one priority
of the college is the education of women.
Dr. Tidball Is not unfamiliar with wo
men’s education. She graduated from
Mount Holyoke College. She Is now Pro
fessor of Physiology at George Washing
ton Medical Center. By working at a co
ed college, she has the t>asis for her
comparison of the two types of colleges
in her tweareh.
Or. Tidball spoke on three areas of col
lege environment. These three areas in
clude self worth, self confidence and self
esteem.
On the subject of'self vrorth, Dr. Tid
ball spoke on the traditional definition of
achievement for women by society.
These are, ttiat a successful woman is
either married to a successful man, or
the mother of a successful child. Even
today, when a woman Is recognized as
successful on her own account, it Is
looked upon with skepticism and as a
rare feat.
Different colleges offer different mes
sages about achievement. Co-ed col
leges stress football captains. Home
coming Queens, and the usual male
Student Body Presidents. The male is
usually voted on because he is male, not
because of credentials. On the other
hand, at a women’s college, the woman
Is pushed to ask — Where are my role
models? What are my abilities? The wo
man sees the whole range of achieving
womanhood within her faculty, staff and
peers. In this way it is a promoting en
vironment. Also, at a college such as
Meredith,-the n^e faculty is very con
cerned with women and their achieve-
nnents.
On the subject of self confidence. Dr.
Tidttall spoke of the educational environ
ment. In a women's college, women stu
dents are offered the entire range of lea
dership opportunities based on their
competency and talents, rather than their
gender. At a co-ed school, men are not
only the football captains, but also the
captains of everything. In this environ
ment, the women tend to tie the cheer
leaders. However, at a school like Mere
dith women can be the cheerleaders, if
they choose to do so, t>ut they can also
be the players and the captains.
On the final subject, self esteem, Dr.
Tidball spoke on friendships. The friend
ships made at women’s colleges have the
highest tendancy to withstand time and
distance. This is t>ecause the woman is
suddenly no longer such a part of our
male oriented world. This forces wonr»n
to get along with other women, and this
In itself is a great opportunity. Upon
establishing such relationships, the wo
man gains a realization of competence in
other women, respect of women, trust tn
women, and the desire to advance wo
men in key roles. Women should leam to
do, think, act, enjoy, honor and respect
each other, while living, working and
growing together.
Education of women Is directly pro
portional to the existance of women’s
colleges. It is within the walls of such
establishments, that opportunities for
women to flourish and achieve are pro
moted. It is through such promotion,
that ability becomes accomplishments.
Dr. Tidball challenged the Meredith
students to take full advantage of our
opportunities. Through this, we should
enjoy life at Meredith.
NCSU Novelist, Instructor To Speak At WINGS Meeting
by Carolyn Booth
Angela Davis-Gardner, novelist and
creative writing instructor at htorth Caro
lina State University will be the guest
speaker at the October 25 V^NGS
nieeting in ttie Chapel Commons room at
Meredith College. This month’s WINQS
meeting is co-sponsored by the English
Department to Introduce one of North
Carolina's most successful women wri
ters to the campus.
Davl&-Gardnei^s novel, Felice, has
sold over 10,000 copies since It was pub-
ished by Random House in 1982. It was
a Book-of-the-Month Club alternate
selection and has been published In
France, England and Canada.
Davls-Gardner, a graduate of Duke
University and recipient of a Master of
Fine Arts degree in creative writing from
the University of North Carolina at
Greensboro, taught literature mid com
position courses over the past 20 years at
UNC-G, Guilford College, Northern Illi
nois University, UNC-CH, and Tsuda In
Japan, before joining the faculty at
NCSU two years ago. She has also
worked on various newspapers and
magazines, Including The News and Ob
server and Ebony Magazine.
During her teaching career, Davis-
Gardner has continued to take writing
courses because she believes that the
discipllneof having to turn in written work
Is good for writers who need “a good cri
tic and a good audience to leam.” she
said. Thesuccessful author said that she
wrote first eight chapters of Felice
while taking Doris Betts' creative writing
course at Duke University. “1 needed
some encouragement and w audience
and I got It there," slie said.
Being a woman of today can be an ad
vantage compared to the Sixties when
she tiegan her career as a newspaper re
porter, said Davis-Gardner. On her first
interview for a job with an Atlanta paper.
she was told that only two jobs were
available — one was reporting on stock
car racing and the other on weddings. “1
said I'd do the stock car racing,” she
said, recalling the Incident that was
meant to discourage her from taking an
assignment that was different from the
accepted norm for women writers.
Fortunately, that has all changed now
and women axe holding top jot>s In the
writing field, said Davis-Gardner.
Although job opportunities may be
opening up. wonr>en with families still
have the extra burden of child-care which
limits the amount of creative energy left
at tf^ end of the day, she said. Speridlng
tln« with her two year-old son hteath, In
addltk>n to teaching two courses at
NCSU leaves very little time for writing.
“Most of the time, I just fall into bed
wtien he does and that's when I read.”
Contrary to thte avante-garde sound of
the hyphmted name, Angela Davis-
Angela Davls-Qardner
Gardner loves traditton. She lives in his
toric Oakwood becauseshe grew up In an
old house and “cherlshies” old homes for
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Being Made
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Pierc/s Column:
She takes the things
collegiates do and
shows how
much fun we have.
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