Meredith Herald
Vol. 2. No. 2
Meredith College, Raleigh. NC 27611
September 11.1986
Former President Jimmy Carter to address the
Meredith Community
by Martha Ann Brawley
Jimmy Carter was raised on a farm in
Plains, Georgia by upper middle class par
ents who were strict, but loving. He was
considered an inquisitive and bright child
and once told his mother he would someday
run for president.
He graduated from the Naval Academy
in Annapolis, Maryland in 1946 and later
served directly under the famed "Father of
the nuclear submarine,” the late Admiral
Rickover. Mr. Carter was a nuclear engi
neer, as well as a state senator and served
one term as governor of Georiga. In 1974,
this southern politican came fix)m virtually
no where, ran a fierce campaign in every
Slate in the Union and became President of
the United States on January 20,1977.
Six years after his last days in a some
times fnwtrating term as president, Jimmy
Carter is coming to Raleigh to address
the Meredith Community. .
Students and faculty have reacted fevor-
ably 40 former President Carter’s visit.
Most freshmen rece^«»a“ irtfofrmition on
Mr. Carter’s visit this summer with their
orientation information. "I was very ex
cited about hearing his speech,” said fresh
man Kim Hudson.
According to Dr. Clyde Frazier of the
policital science department, Meredith
stands to gain not only publicity from this
lecture, but academic interest will also get
a boost. Mr. Carter’s speech will enchance
many classroom discussions and do a great
deal of public relations for the college.
Security for the visit will be tight Mere
dith security will not be contacted until
several days before Mr. Carter’s arrival,
said Mr. Dan Shattuck, chief of security.
We are expected to aid the North Carolina
Highway Patrol, as well as the former
President’s own secret service in making
this a safe visit. There will also be Raleigh
undercover policemen on campus to help
the state patrol and Meredith security.
Mr. Carter’s ^ech is titled “America...
A Champion of Peace?” The Carter lec
ture is hopefully the start of an ongoing
series of lectures funded by the Lillian
Parker Wallace Lecture Fund. The endow
ment hopes to schedule lectures of this sort
on a regular basis (every two to three
years) in the future, although no definite
dates have been set
Former President Carter will spend
approximately six hours on the Meredith
campus September 11. His visit will begin
at four o’clock with a one hour question
and answer press conference in Jones Aud
itorium, open only to the Meredith faculty,
student body and the local press. At this
time several students will be allowed to ask
the former President questions and hear
The press conference will be followed
by an invitation only dinner with Mr. Car
ter and a reception just before his lecture at
seven o'clock Thursday evening. The lec
ture is open to the entire Raleigh com
munity.
This is a great opportunity for all Mere
dith students to become more educated
and even enriched in an area of government
very few experience. Sophomore Frances
Gantt said, “1 think it will really help the
Meredith community to have a former
president on campus.”
Former President Jimmy Carter
College Lecture Fund sponsors
Carter’s Visit
by Anne Carroll Mustian
The Lillian Parker Wallace Lecture
Fund is responsible for bringing Jimmy
Carter to Meredith College on September
11, 1986. The endowment was started in
1971 to honor Dr. Lillian Parker Wallace,
a histoi^' professor at Meredith for 41
years. The graduating classes of 1971 and
1973 promised to support and sanction the
fund which honors Dr. Wallace who died
in 1971. The interest raised from ihe
endowment pays to bring speakers to
Meredith. The cost to bring the former
President Carter here has not been re*
leased, but one source estimated the cost to
be anywhere between $10,000 to $12,000.
The fund sponsors speakers as funds be
come available. The dale for the next Lil
lian Parker Wallace Lecture has not been
planned.
Parking policy changes at Meredith
from Charies Taylor, Vice President for
Business and Finance
Last February the Meredith College
Board of Trustees adopted a five point
policy on campus parking. Here is the
policy as copi^ from the Board min
utes of Febniary 10,1986.
1. Increase the parking fee for dor
mitory students to $40.00 per semester;
for day students to $25.00 per semester,
and for night students to $10.00 per
semester.
2. Use money collected during the
first year to build parking spaces to
alleviate the current overcrowded con
dition; including parking on the front
drive.
3. For the first year (1986-87 aca
demic year), maintain the current pol
icy of not allowing freshmen and sopho
mores to bring cars to campus except in
unusual circumstances.
4. Use the money collected during
the second year to build parking spaces
for sophomores with at least a 2.5 grade
point average — providing the revenues
are suf^cient.
5. Thereafter study the feasibility of
building additional parking spaces to
accommodate others.
The addition of approximately 125
new parking spaces on the east campus
was to “alleviate the current over
crowded conditions, including parking
on the front drive." As Ihe policy states,
there has been no change in the policy
of not permitting freshmen and sopho
mores to bring cars to the campus. Spe
cial permits for hardship cases have
been issued with the approval of the
Vice President for Student Develop
ment. These permits have been limited
to the number of spaces available.
Temporary permits will continue to
be issu^ according to the rules stated in
the student handbook. These too must
be limited to assure that every student
who has a permit is assured of a place to
park. This is in contrast to other institu
tions which sell permits that are really
“hunting licen^s.”
In order to assure that qualified stu
dents have their parking privileges pro
tected, the security department has been
instructed to strictly enforce the park
ing rules. Violators of Meredith parking
regulations will be dealt with in ths
manner outlined in the student hand
book.
All of the funds (Stained by raising
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