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THE SALEM ITE
April 21
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It IS my f)leasure as the new'editor of the
Salemite to extend hearty gTeetings and warm
good wislies to Dr. Grainley on his inaugura
tion. 1 realize my unfitness for such an im
portant task. Maybe Dr. Gramley, a former
Yankee newspaper editor himself, will sym
pathize with me and forgive the inadequacies
of one green in her job.
In its one hundred and seventy-eight years
Salem has had twelve presi,dents before Dr.
Gramley. The only one of these presidents
we have known is Dr. Gramley’s predecessor.
Dr. Romlthaler. We had associated Dr. and
Mrs. Rondthaler with Salem and our campus
life for two yeai-s. When we learned that
they were not going to be here for our last
two years, we felt that a gap would be left
in Salem life. AYe knew that Dr. Rond had
been here for forty years—to us he was as
much a part of Salem as the lapel flower and
walking cane were a part of him. It was hard
to conceive of any person being able to suc
ceed him.
AA'e have now lived almost, a .vear in asso
ciation v'ith onr thirteenth president, Dr.
Gi-amley. And we find there is no gap in
Salem life after all. Dr. and Mrs. Gramley
ha^'e quickly adapted themselves to the tradi
tions of Salem and the South. They and
their family have injected, into'our lives a
vibrant spirit. This spirit is personified in
such things as Dr. Gramley’s helpful .Salemite
forums, his patient willingness to listen to our
petitions and complaints. And nobody on
campus can miss the spirit of his four young
ROAD TO SALEM
by Joan Carter Read
Those of you who are looking
at this campus for the first time
• or those of you who have .been
looking at it from one to f o u r
years may wonder just how this
school and the Moravian Church
happened ' to get here. You may
wonder how and why the Sisters’
house was built or why the squ^ire
IS in that location. You might like
to know where' the first house in
this community was located and
who lived in it. 'If these and many
other questions are passing through
your minds', let me refer you to a
book, fhe Road To Salem, which
ivdl answer y our .questions and
otiiers that I'ou have never thought
of.
Dr. .Adelaide Fries’ book, The
-Road To Salem, is not fiction with
a background of. history, nor is it
history ^dth fictional additions. It
is the story of things that really
hapltened and the real people that
they happened to. The story of
.Vnna Catharina is taken from her
^ aiitobiography and elaborated with
;:iidrniation taken from other
diaries and records of the times.
In this book you will find a brief
background of the history of the
Unitas Fratrum from its beginnings
in 1457 in Bohemia to its establish
ment of towns in 1753 in North
Carolina. As Anna Catharina grows
up in Pennsylvania and notes the
th'mgs around her, you will get a
picture of a child growing up in a
Alonufan colony. W hen she joins
tlie Aloravian Church as a young
woiniyi, you see her throw herself
into its, activities in Pennsylvania;
then, with her first husband she
makes the long and difficult move
to North Carolina where she
spends fhe rest of her life.
It is at this point tliat the book-
gets particularly interesting to the
local reader or to someone who
has visited Salem. The final plan
for the town which was selected
called for a main street beginning
at the ford through the Wach and
running north on the ridge; there
was a parallel street to the east
and another to the west, and sev
eral cross streets. The open square
was to occupy a space between the
main street, the east street and
, two cross streets. The first family
houses were to be built on the
!west side of the main street, facing
the block north of the square.
The first lar.ge undertaking of the
Brethren in building Was the Bro
thers’ House which was completed
in 1769. In spite of the progress
of civilization, the settlers were
frequently reminded of how close
they lived to the frontier when
bears rtmie over 'the mountains
and into the community. The
Congregation House was the next
edifice to he bjiilt along With more
family homes.
In the early summer of 1791
Salem had her most distinguished
visitor. President George Wash
ington was to spend the night
here. The preparations for this
visit were many and varied from
the need of some new music with
English words to the general clean
ing and hub-bub preceeding a big
event.
.Anna Catharing’s story continues
until 1803 when she ceased to keep
her diary, although in a postscript
you will read of some of her later
activities. This book, through the
story of the life of one woman,
(Continued on page seven)
AA^p pould. hardl.v btilievi
WORLD NEWS
by Kitty Burrus
, sons!
Dr, Gramley seems to like the traditions of
Salem and to follow naturally in the steps of
Dr. Rondthaler. But also in keeping- with the
spirit of Salem, he seems to be progressive.
It is appropriate that on the day of his inaugu
ration he should be reminded of his duties to
Salem’s past. But it is also appropriate on his
inauguration day that the cornerstone of the
new science building should be laid. I am
sure the whole student body joins me in salut
ing Dr. Gramley on his inauguration day and
in hoping for him years of service and suc
cess at Salem.
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Hainan Island Invaded by Reds
Hainan, second only to Formosa
ill importance as a Chinese Nat
ionalist stronghold, has again been
stormed by Communist troops. The
invaders have, established tw'j
beach-heads on the island, but Nat
ionalist ground forces claim they
have a good cha'nce of wiping
them out if rei'nforcements can be
prevented from reaching the beach
heads. . Half the attacking force
of 8,000 men and 200 junks has
already been successfully driven
back.
During the past seven weeks the
Reds have made a half-dozen small
, stabs at Hainan, and both sides
have been predicting a full-scale
Communist attack. This heavy as-
salt may mean the big push has
begun.
Plane Clash in Baltic Area
The Soviet charge that an Ameri
can plane opened fire on Soviet
fighters over Latvia ten days ago
has caused considerable agitation
in the State Department. The
claim has been criticized as lack
ing “calmness and restraint,” and
although an immediate apology was
demanded by the Russians, the
State Department announces that |
the U. S., unlike the Soviet, will j
wait for all available information
before making a formal reply.
This Russian protest coincided
with the loss of a Navy patrol
plane over the Baltic, but the U.
S. officials say that this plane was
unarmed and that tl^ere were no
other planes flying over this gen
eral area at that time. The only
clue to the fate of the missing
plane is a yellow life raft picked
up in the Baltic. It is not known
definitely whether it belonged to
this plane or not, but it is being
flown to Copenhagen for expert
examination.
Waterways Bill Approved
A bill authorizing the Federal
Government to spend over a billion
dollars on flood control and navi
gation on the nation’s rivers and
harbors was approved in the Sen
ate. This bill only authorizes the
projects; Congress has to provide
the actual cash in separate legis
lation. The principal rivers affected
are the Mississippi, Columbia, Ohio
and Rio Grande basins.
Senator Douglas of Illinois made
strong attempts to trim the bill
in view of the estimate that the
government will go $5,000,000,000
into the red next year. However,
these attempts were overwhelm
ingly squelched by a vote of S3
to 19,
This Is For My Parents
by Lee Rosenbloom
This is for my parents. This is
an answer to their unasked or
partially asked questions. My let
ters can t answer their questions.
Letters say—“I’m flunking chemi
stry; I need ten dollars; I drink my
milk everyday, my love to all the
family. This is to tell them some
thing else. This, js, to tell them
what I’m like, what I want to do,
’what I think, and what I believe!
These are the. things they want
to know . . .
I suppose I’m average. I look
like any of the pictures of a 1950
college yearbook. This part is
mostly for you. Mother. The clothes
you bought for me were right. I
dress like the other girls. I wear
cashmere sweaters'; straight skirts,
and loafers. On weekends I wear
soft wool suits, and occasionally
satms and velvets, but usually my
clothes are casual. My hair is
short; always clean and shiny, but
; seldom combed. I wear very little
make-up, I’m still a little shy, but
I m told that I have a certain poise
which IS not characteristic of all
college girls. It seems it is some
thing one acquires only at small
colleges like Salem. But I’m not
sophisticated either. Most of all
I m just average.
Its hard to tell you what I do
Im always hurrying, and yet I al
ways have time to play a hand of
ridge or smoke a cigarette. Five
alike 1 ""q >"uch
alike. I write term-papers and take
exams I p to classes, to play-re
hearsal, write articles for the Salem-
^e, go to Student Government
meetings and to chapel. But one
Sunday morning last spring we went
down m the May-dell after break
fast and smoked a cigarette. For
once we all were quiet. And one
night after supper it was raining
and we walked bareheaded in the
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e it when the an-
nouneemeiit was made in chapel by Bish
Pfolil. But then, when the sketch o/the
building and the plans appeared in the Jour
nal, w.e began to realize that Salem Collen'
was at last going to have a new Seiettc'
Building.
Ever since we had come to Salem, 'ive had
heard about the new building. Every .student
at Salem has to be exposed to Science and
Park Hall for at least one year. AAY tvere
only too well-ecquainted v.nth the poor light-
ing, the clanking ^pipes, and the ever present
smell of formaldehyde. Nobody had to con
vince us that we needed a neiv science
building.
AYe were glad for Mr. Campbell and Mr.
French. Now the Biology students might
even be able to find something beside,s dmst
specks in their microscopes. And the Chemis
try students could lean back in their chairs
without making the whole roiv lean back, as
they did in the crowded leecture room in Park
Hall. And the Home Ec. majors would have
a washing machine and four kitchen units
up on the third floor of the new Science
Building.
Then they put the stakes beside the gym
nasium, and we could tell just about where
the building was going to be. We worried
as much about the new building as the archi
tects did. AA^ould the first floor be level with
the top of the hill? AA^ould the steps have to
be taken away? But then, several weeks ago,
the actual work began.
Everyone in Sisters and South was awakened
that first morning when the 'bulldozer crawled
through the arcdi. The old buildings vibrated
and shook. Then we. had to cut classes and
watch the bulldozer dig out the sand. And
we watched the old steps torn down and the
slabs of granite tlirown in big piles near the
side of the site of the new Science Building.
Before classes and after meals we ran down
to see what progress had been made. We
found out that the pipe line that ran under
the walk was for gas, and tliat the steel mesh
was to reinforce the concrete. And two digni
fied seniors put a ladder across a saw-horse
and see-sawed.
It was sad too, and we were worried. They
chopped down so many trees Jo make room
for the Science Building. And they tore the
steps away, and. the path just ended in a drop
where the steps had been. AAY went down in
the May Dell and looked up, and you could
see the new building. The May Dell seemed
crowded and changed too. AYe even won-
deied if a new Science Building could com
pensate for the trees, and the steps, and the
change in the May Dell.
But then the men hit soft dirt and gullies
when they were excavating. They called Dr.
Rondthaler, because they thought he could
explain it. Dr. Rondthaler said that the
oose sand had come from the excavation of
Main Hall. AVhen they built Main Hall, they
uad used the dirt to fill in the slope where
the Science Building is being erected.
^ It seems strange fo think that once there
Y asn t a Main Hall. It seems strange to think
that one spring, long ago, Salem girls watched
the men excavate for a new Main Hall.
-A-t the same time, it makes us realize that
the Science building is worth the loss of the
trees and the steps. For soon the seniors will
p ant ivy on the Science building, and another
Hee in the May Dell, and everything will
.lust as it was again, only better.