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Mereiltth Herat a Volumo XIV, Issue 20 We attract bright, talented,ambitious students. Naturally we're a women's college. February 25.1998 On the inside: Convocation researches founder’s geneology □ College focuses on abilir- ty during Disa^ bilities MVek. Page 2 J □ Meet Dr. Stephen Schanz and Meredith’s telephone opera tor Phyllis Fish. Pages 4 & 5 □ Where to dine next? The Herald reviews restaurants for different budgets. Page 8 □ Don’t for get to fill out the publications survey inside. :Mere^h Herald 'i College"" 3|pO Hliisborough St. • Kateigb, NC 27607 919) 829-2824 |®3^t91^9)829-2^^ Email: hi^ilandk@merefith.^u □ Dr. Louise Taylor challenges seniors to know their benefactors. KIM HIGHLAND Editor In Chief Meredilh College celebrated the 97th annual Founder’s Day on Monday. Founder’s Day was conunemorated with a convoca tion during the 10:00 hour pre sented by Dr. Louise Taylor, pro fessor of English. Taylor’s con vocation, entitled “In Search of Hugh—^The Meredidi Connection,” traced the genealo gy of Thomas Meredith, founder of the college. Taylca- explained that she got the idea for ihe con vocation when a student in one of her classes asked if a Hugh Meredith, mentioned in Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiogr^hy, was related to Thomas Meredith. Taken aback and intrigued by the quesdon, Taylor began to research the genealogies of both men last July to find out if they were related. By August she had a draft asking the convocation committee if she could present her speech at Founder’s Day. “Sam Carothers, administrator of the convocation committee, told me they had an offer out eo somebody ‘good,’ but they would get back to me if this per son fell through,” said Taylor. Taylor did get the job. Unfortunately, she found out that her information was wrong and had to work hard from Feb.3 on in light of new informa tion connecting Hugh to Thomas. Taylor was successful in her mis sion: she discovered that Hugh was the great-great uncle of Thomas. Tkylor was pleased with the convocation. “The audience was so responsive that it made it fun,” said Taylor. But she is glad it is over. *‘6h yes! I don’t want to be ambigu ous about that. I am very relieved that it’s over,” said Taylor. “I would like to thank John Kincheloe, who put togedier a beautiful slideshow,” Taylor added. “Seme of it was hilari ous.” “I thought Dr. Taylor’s speech In Starch of Hygh — Tht Martdith C»Rn«tl«n Monday, '/U '• • • F«feruit)t 23, 10:00 *.m. Janes AudltoriHin was incredible,” said Bill Rodgers of the them depart ment and head of the convoca tion committee. “She presented it in a humorous and lively man ner.” “I was intrigued by her process of discovery. And we learned a lesson: sometimes we feel like we are on the right track and then we get turned around, but she didn’t give up,” said Rodgers. “Dr. Taylor’s diligent research methods and her delightful pre sentation style made the class of 1998 very proud of their advi sor,” said Rebecca Huffsietler, president of the senior class. After the convocation, stu dents, faculty, and staff followed President Weems and members of the Granddaughter’s Club to the Thomas Meredith Memorial in front of Johnson Hall. At the memorial, club members read the names of the founders of Meredith and also read from the scripture and said a prayer. Then See HUGH on page? A major decision made fun for all □ Fifth annual Majors Fair allows students to choose their majors. Sarah baluss Stall nepon»r E)eclaring a major is probably the most important—and most stressful—decision a college stu dent has to make. Last Wednesday, the dining hall was crawling with confused Meredith students hoping to make that decision or at least become better informed. For the fifth succes sive year, the Meredith Career Center presented the students with a Majors Fair in which they could check out their options while enjoying themselves, too. The atmosphere was loud and festive as students walked from booth 10 booth, gathering infor mation on di^'erent (Usciplines while enjoying snacks such as pretzels and cookies. They received the chance to talk to professors as well as students who had ah^dy declared their majors. The professors and stu dents were more than happy to give advice and share their expe riences. Gordon Folger, who organized the Majors Fair, called it a “fun event with a serious purpose.” She said that the Majors Fair was a very convenient way to make information readily available to those seeking it. Students can declare their majors whenever they are ready, and usually should do it by the Spring of their sophomore year. TTiose students who were already certain got the chance to declare their majors while at the fair. While they gathered informa tion and chatted, the students also were able to participate in a drawing for door prizes. Just by attending the fair, they had a chance to win, among other thmgs, gift certificates to Harris Teeter and to various restaurants, baseball paraphernalia, souvenirs from departments here at Meredith, and candy. Emily Phillips, a freshman who helped with the door prizes. got a first-hand look at how stu dents enjoyed the fair. “The thing about the Majors Fair is that even if you don’t know your major it is a good way to get ideas about which fields you may want to pursue,”she said. Folger stressed that most stu dents come to school not know ing what they want to do. The Career Center is here for that exact purpose; there are three counselors ready to help students with those important choices. The purpose of the Majors Fair was to get information out to Meredith students and the Career Center was very successful in doing diat Those students who chose not to go ahead and declare their majors were stiU able to take giant steps in figur- See MAJORS page 7 Dr. Blue Greenberg talks with a student at the majors fair about the possibility of an art major. photo w alyson Rood
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