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Volume XLIII
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, April 26, 1963
Number 20
GovernmentAwardsGrants
More than 800 United States U. S.-other government grants; and
’'i government awards will be avail- U. S. government travel-only
. 'i able to qualified American graduate grants. Travel-only grants are in-
students for study or research in tended to supplement maintenance
■ ;,i any one of 49 countries during the and tuition scholarships received
^ 1964-65 academic year. The grad- from a university, a private donor,
‘i uate fellowships, available under or a foreign government. Travel-
■ ' i the Fulbright-Hays Act of 1961, are only awards are available for study
: administered by the Institute of in Austria, Brazil, Denmark,
I -vf International Education as part of France, Germany, Israel, Italy and
J J-'l the educational exchange program the Netherlands.
j, V'f of the Department of State. Since the academic year 1948-49,
General eligibility requirements approximately 12,000 American
j for all types of grants are; U. S. graduate students have studied
■sc! citizenship (at the time of applica- abroad under the programs which
I tion), a bachelor’s degree or its are now covered by the new Ful-
I equivalent before the beginning bright-Hays Act. The Institute of
1'. date of the grant, language pro- International Education administers
I'j ficiency sufficient to carry out the exchange programs between the
‘ proposed study project and for u. S. and more than 100 other
general communication, and good countries which annually involve
health. A good academic record approximately 6,000 students, scho-
and demonstrated capacity of in- lars, leaders and specialists,
dependent study are also necessary.
There are three types of awards;
Miss Weitzner
Salem Appoints
New Instructor
Miss Margaret E. Weitzner, from
Madison, Wisconsin, has been ap
pointed the new modern languages
instructor and will begin her teach
ing at Salem in September, 1963.
Miss Weitzner is a graduate of
For information on how to apply New York State College of Teach-
for a grant, see Dean Ivy Hixson ers at Albany, New York, where
U. S. government full grants; joint in the Dean of Student’s Office.
Frosh To Give Breakfast
Following May Day Dance
After the May Day dance the IRS has received campus late
freshman class will entertain at permission until 1:00 a.m. for those
Umberger Reveals Theme
Of ’63 May Day Pageant
May Day chairman, Nancy Um- Ward; Mock Turtle, Alice Reid;
berger, has released the theme of Caterpillar, Jo Dunbar; the Gry-
this year’s May Day pageant, which phon, Ann Wilson; Queen, Babs
will be Saturday, May 4, at 4:00 McRae; Frog Footman, Nancy
p.m. in the May Dell. The theme Griffin; Fish Footman, Mary
is “Alice and the White Rabbit’’ Dameron; Dormouse, Jean King;
adapted from Lewis Carroll’s Alice and Rose, Judy Markley.
in Wonderland and Through the 'I'iger Lily is played by Nancy
Looking Glass. Newton ; Daisy, L o u s i a Wilson ;
This escapade in a land of stuff and King, Dee Barbee. The cards
and nonsense is highlighted with are: Alice Wilson, Betty McMillan,
dances by the cards and with the Judy Cubberley, Nancy Griffin,
May Court as figures in the chess Betsy Hatton, Kay Isenhower, and
game. Martha Tallman, May Margy Harris.
Queen, has the only speaking part Dr.” Elizabeth Welch is the ad-
in the Court as the chess queen. visor, and Anne Dudley is the vice-
Music for the pageant is from chairman.
“The New World Symphony,” the
Salemite Rates
As First Class
For the second consecutive year.
The Salemite has received a first
class honor rating by the Asso
ciated Collegiate Press at the Uni
versity of Minnesota School of
Journalism. The score was based
on' first semester issues which were
published with Becky Boswell as
Editor-in-Chief.
Each publication is analyzed and
third and fourth movements
(Dvorak); “Till Eulenspiegel’s
Merry Pranks” (Richard Strauss);
and “Golligwog’s Cake Walk” (No-
wacek).
Alice will be portrayed by Mary
Lucy Hudgens. Others in the cast
are White Rabbit, Frances Bailey;
Cheshire Cat, Martha Willey; Du
chess, Pat Hankins; Hatter, Jan
Norman; March Hare, Penny
"Let’s Dance!"
she earned her B.A. degree.
She later received her M.A. de
gree from the University of Wis
consin and is presently a candidate
for her Ph.D. in August, 1963. Miss
Weitzner taught at the University
of Wisconsin where she held an
Advanced Knapp Fellowship.
President of Mu Lambda Alpha,
a modern language honorary so-
“The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party” in attending the dance. However, no ciety, in 1958 and 1959, she is a
the Day Student Center. Tickets one can be off campus after 12:15. member of Signum Laudis, an music of Stringbean and the Play- and with the same number of is
at $.75 a couple will be sold in the The students who attend the dance honorary scholarship society, and boys. The “Wonderland” is spoil- sues per semester,
dorms by members of the Ticket must be in the dorm at 1:00 a.m. of Alpha Epsilon. She is also a sored by IRS, and tickets may be The papers are judged on
Committee. The theme of the These arrangements are compar-
breakfast will complement the May able to those made for the break-
Day theme. fast held after the
Dance.
rated in its own classification by
Salem students and their dates the Associated Collegiate Press. It
may enter “Wonderland by Night” is judged in comparison with those
in the gymnasium at 9:00 p.m. on produced by other colleges of ap-
May 4. In semi-formal attire they proxiniately the same enrollment,
w'ill dance until midnight to the with similar methods of publication.
She is also a sored by IRS, and tickets may be The papers are judged on the
member of the Modern Language purchased from any IRS council effectiveness with which they serve
Association and of the American luember for $2,00 per couple. their individual colleges. Although
Christmas Association of Teachers of Spanish
and Portuguese.
1 he figure presenting the May certain basic standards for cover-
Quecn and her court will be formed writing and physical
m
NSA Offers New Opportunities
By Mary Dameron
NSA Co-ordinator
to Carolina or Davidson this week- tance! I can attend
end—but no one knows me and I and meet those boys!
have no way of meeting anybody!
In a lonely corner of a dark room j ^^hen I
somewhere at Salem College a .
li_ r~ — L. ^ A+ ■ri t*or ^ . . . . t
lone figure sits per^ched . At^^first ® Europe, but who has the
money for that—much less spend
ing money for all those museums
and tours. I’d love to go too! I
I we do not know what it is, for it
is hidden by the shadows. The
conventions
Travel and
Job Opportunities—why, there’s an
answer to everything through
NSA I”
The NSA room beckons you,
too. . . .
at 10:00 p.m. The committee chair
man for this figure is Mary Eliza
beth Barker. Other committee
chairmen arc Nancy Rouzer and
Mary Jackson, decorations; Pam
Truett, tickets; Janie Fleenor,
publicity; Charlotte Carter, invita
tions ; and Anne Griffis, refresh
ments. During the dance, refresh
ments will be served in the club
dining room.
need a good job too, but there’s so
jmoon shines through the window,
® and we discover that the figure is
i-iia girl. Her face is haggard from through, and
worry; she is wan from lack of ^ begin!
■sunshine; she is a wreck. Now we so„jeone help me???”
know — she is a Salem student.
iWhat has come over her?
Wait . . . she is speaking . . ■
(“Oh, why is my life so dull? I
Suddenly, out of the darkness, a
hand appears. It beckons, and the
Salemite follows. The mysterious
being leads on and on past the
Department Heads Set
All-IncI usive Examinations
can’t seem to be a part of any- Alumnae House, past the Day Stu-
thing at Salem. Everyone else has dent Center. Just past the Day
responsibilities, but no one
asks me to do anything. Right
stairway.
now, I don’t even have time to do gj^j^ble
ever Student Center, it makes a sharp
turn to the right and desends a
Senior comprehensives, the all- Seniors
inclusive examination covering four superior in
years of a senior’s work in her
major subject, are being scheduled
now by various heads of depart
receiving a grade of
their comprehensive Luncheon
still the Salemite fol-
anything. Just doing research for , . , They enter the student
that term paper has taken me a center and stop. To their left is
month! And how I’d love to go a door, which they enter. The
Salemite is standing in a room
which she never dreamed existed—
the NSA room! The mysterious
benefactor, otherwise known as the
NSA co-ordinator, has slipped
* A combo party will be sponsored away. A green filing cabinet
by the senior class on Friday night, before the Salemite. le opens
May 3, lasting from 9:00 p.m. until ‘he drawers, and the sight of seven
12:00. Late permission will
granted until 12:30 a.m. for those
who go to the party. Tickets are Projects—a
a part of Salem life! Reaction to
The temptation is irre- ments in which the “comps” are
Seniors Give
Combo Party
given.
Already set are the English exam,
to be held May 8 and 9 and the
Home Economics comps to be held
May 9 and IS. The others will be,
for the most part, during the first
three weeks of May.
Comprehensives are given in the
classics, ecomomics-sociology, Eng
lish, French, history, home econo
mics, math, Spanish, and religion
fields. Students in the School of
Music are required to give senior
exams may be exempt from exams
in their major fields. A superior
grade represents a B or better;
satisfactory, C- to B; passing, D;
and failing, a grade below D-.
Senior Plans
Voice Recital
proper
ties must be met, bonus scores are
given to papers showing unusual
imagination and initiative.
Seniors Begin
Activities
The schedule of commencement
activities for the class of 1963 will
begin with their induction into the
Alumnae Association just prior to
the 77th annual meeting of that
group, which will convene June 1.
The induction is scheduled for
11:30 a.m., the meeting following
immediately. At 12:45 p.m. the
seniors will attend the Alumnae
the college dining
room.
At 8:30 that night the Com
mencement Concert will be held in
Memorial Flail. A reception will
follow at 9:45 p.m. and will be held
in back of Main Hall, unless bad
weather necessitates using the Day
Student Center.
At 11:00 a.m. Sunday, June 2, the
Baccalaureate Service, with Dr.
Normie Abercrombie, a voice
major from Greenwood, South Kenneth Goodson as speaker, will
Carolina, will give her senior voice begin. The college will host sen-
recital May 3, at 8:00 p.m. iors and guests at a luncheon in
Normie, who is a student of Mrs. 1 .qq p
recitals, and those students major- Joan Jacobowsky, has been in the commencement exercises
, . ing in art must present a senior Choral Ensemble and has also sung , , , , . c- t
be little labels brings joy to her heart, the Sinpr’s Guild. Her talent scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Sunday
“Programs, Entertainment, and Comprehensives are not sche- aided her in winning the Miss in front of the Science Building,
chance for one to be ^luled in the sciences, for the work Winston-Salem contest last spring.
cumulative nature, and f ^duation Normie plans to
Yovk . , 1 1 , • TL iT * 1 TT It
,, , cises wul be held in Memorial Hall,
to go to
refreshments will go to the Refugee to help express Salem’s views on ^^rs, two hour courses in their Venice to continue her
matters of international impor- major. studies.
of
to be sold Monday by the seniors. “ ^ a spend the summer in New York
All proceeds from the tickets and Current Events-here s my chance science majors attend senior semi- studying and then intends
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where the seniors will be seated as
a group. In case of rain the exer-
voicc "Ttie commencement speaker will be
Dr. A. R. Keppel.