Meredith College - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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1988 Ninety-Seven educational opportunities with the change in location, and a lack of cooperation and un- derstanding between faculty and students. As former President E. Bruce Heilman sta- ted during a 1 968 Founders Day address: I believe we possess a full appreciation of our tradition and we have a clear vision of our ob- ligation and opportunity to serve. I am per- suaded that so long as Meredith College re- mains dedicated to and succeeds in acheiving the objective chartered by its Founders, ' to sway the minds of men in behalf of virtue and religion, ' its light shall continue to beam brightly. As Meredith furthers here edu- cational pursuits and persists with her high level of integrity and respect; we can truly say, You ' ve come a long way, lady. — Mary Ann Lisenba and Sherri Rockstad photo by Jennifer Horton For more information about the history oj Meredith College read the second edition oj the History of Meredith College by Mary Lynch Johnson. Copies are available for purchase in the Student Supply Store or may be found in the Carlyle Camp- bell Library. 6 Opening p 1 a a 1 « iiiiii Oil 3E| - 1 1 1 i . ■- P : 1 L

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Business, Elementary Education, and Music. New majors evolve almost every year due to the great demand from inter- ested students. )ust this year a Child De- velopment major and a Dance major was offered for the first time. Our Music de- partment has expanded to the Music, Speech, and Theater Department. The salaries have changed over the years as well as the departments. They are much higher, but the teachers question today whether they are high enough to meet the increasing cost of living. Meredith ' s downtown location was chosen because of its accommodations for tinued to build new buildings at a conserv- ative rate. The number of residence halls has almost doubled and the number of classroom buildings continues to rise. Re- cently an art building was constructed to place all the art majors under one roof and provide them with the learning facilities they need. This year the student center — or Cate Center — received some renova- tions during the Christmas Holidays. The Office of Career Services moved to the second floor to larger quarters in order to better serve the continuing career services of students and alumnae. The Student Leadership suite moved downstairs to fill cessible to the students since they are lo- cated in a central location on first floor Cate. The last area of growth and develop- ment is represented in the name Meredith College, formerly the Baptist Female Uni- versity. t wasn ' t too long after the opening of the college that the name was in ques- tion. The trustees realized in May of 1 909 that the term university was not ne- cessarily the top peak in academic ac- complishment. Not to mention the entire school name promoted the school to be an object of ridicule . So the trustees changed the name to Meredith College. Meredith potential growth and development; how- ever, the Board of Trustees realized that Meredith could grow no further because it reached the boundaries of the property. The lack of privacy, the intolerable noise level of traffic, the danger of crossing such busy streets, and the lack of available land space caused the Board of Trustees, May 23, 1 92 1 , to vote to move the campus. The present site, once a one hundred thirty five acre farm located three miles west of Raleigh on Hillsboro Road, was chosen. Actual construction began in the fall of 1924. Since that date, Meredith has con- Move. The Baptist Female University located downtown Raleigh on Edenton Street between Blount and Pearson Street, the square next to the Governor ' s Mansion and only a block from the State Capital. Once the location moved to Hillsboro Road, the main buildings were bought and used as hotels, apartments, and office buildings. By 1967 all of the buildings that once served as the Baptist Female University campus were torn down. the open space left by Career Services. Student leaders now have more office space plus a conference resource room to help them better serve in their leadership roles. Although atmosphere plays only a small role in student leadership and develop- ment, it certainly makes them more ac- has withstood several strong winds in his- tory not just from critics — but from the upstanding members of the community. Once in November, 1939, and again in November, 1944, the thought to merge Meredith and Wake Forest College was seriously contemplated. Both times the motion to merge the two colleges was de- feated. The student body listed five reasons, three of which say enough about what Meredith was and still is today. Merging the colleges would have meant a limit to the leadership opportunities for women, a sacrifice of cultural and religious Opening 5

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Years in the Making Is it that time already? Many of us asked ourselves this same question as we entered the Meredith gates. Summer is definitely over; whether we spent our time wisely or f ool- ishly — we couldn ' t postpone it any longer. The fall semes- ter was here! Cars waiting to be unloaded lined the drive between Heilman and Barefoot. With the circle gone, we simply say, Good luck! to those resident students in Brewer, Faircloth, and Poteat who must walk just a little further to their dorm. Hope you didn ' t bring back as much this year. After picking up our room key, it ' s back to our car for the first load. We make it up the stairs and down the hall. Okay, we ' ve all been in this situation before — we know the room will look bare, but with a few pictures and odds and ends, we will make it like home suite home. WRONG! You open the door to find your roommate has already been there. Her luggage and boxes are all over the floor and on both beds. Welcome Back! yells your suite mates as they come running through the bathroom. Everyone exchanges hugs and the chatter among you will continue long after midnight. There ' s a bright side to this story. Classes won ' t start for two days. So what do we do? We sell our old books — get what we can get for them, buy new books or try to find them used, and hammer a few more nails into the wall to get that look we want our room to have. Now let ' s don ' t forget to see all our friends to find out how their summer was, who they are dating, and where we are going out to- night. For some of us it isn ' t that easy. You might have been one of the unlucky ones who spent their first few days running around campus with drop add slips trying to rear- range your schedule at the last minute. For some the schedule changing continued throughout that first week of school. Well, you made it! You ' ve managed to sit through all your classes for a solid week. You ' ve come far, but you ' ve got a long way to go! — Mary Ann Lisenba hoto by Kimberly Menhiruck Opening 7