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Volume XLVIII
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, February 10, 1967
Number 18
\ssembly Honors Dean’s Philosopher Bugbee To Visit Salem;
jst, New Honor Society Lecturer To Discuss Existentialism
The new members of the Honor
ociety were announced in As-
;mbly by Dean Hixson on Wed-
esday, February 1. The old mem-
srs, Betty Brock, Lita Brown,
lizabeth Carr, Susan Hines, and
ebecca Scott, were introduced
rst. New members Carolyn Bill-
igs, Peggy Booker, Mary Alice
leLuca, Nancy Lineberger, Carolyn
.ich, and Kelly Watkins joined
lose already named for having at-
lined a 3.2 overall quality point
verage. Skipping over the list of
rose placed on probation, Dean
lixson then read the names of
lose who earned Dean’s List for
le first semester:
ENIORS:
Bonnie Ayres
Bretta Barrs
Peggy Booker
Betty Brock
Suanne Brooks
Lita Huffman Brown
Vicki Burn
Jane Cottrell
Mary Dove Fulcher
Susan Hines
Barbara Hooten
Fay Jackson
Bebe Moore
Sue Overby
Becky Scott
Tripp Tate
Kelly Watkins
UNIORS:
Carolyn Billings
Mary Alice DeLuca
Vicky Hanks
Ingrid Kvam
Nancy Lineberger
Mallory Lykes
Carolyn Rich
Frances Temple
Sallie Tuton
SOPHOMORES:
Jane Adams
Rebecca Bolt
Jane Bostian
Sally Cargill
Nancy Coble
Lynn Cole
Margaret Holroyd
Barbara Hunter
Helen Jones
Suzanne Mallard
Lynn Messick
Katherine Morrison
Becky Porterfield
Margaret Prevost
Nancy Richardson
Gail Rogers
Anne Stuart
Anne Swing
Jennie Vance
Judy Van Dyke
Jane Vaughan
FRESHMEN:
Kathy Anderson
Louise Brock
Elizabeth Cain
. Kathleen Foster
Paige French
Ann, Gibbs
Helena Guy
Amelia Harper
Beth Harris
Sara Jo Lohr
Lindsay McLaughlin
Mary McNair
Sally Rhodes
Louise Sherrill
Dr. Henry G. Bugbee, Jr., philo
sopher, will be at Salem on Febru
ary 16-17 as a Danforth Visiting
Lecturer. While here he will give
a public lecture Thursday at 8 p.m.
on “What Is Existential Thought?”
and an assembly address Friday on
“Of Myth and Legend: Stories to
Ponder.” In informal meetings with
students and faculty he will dis
cuss “Themes of Oriental Thought,”
Friday at 2 p.m. in Strong Friend
ship Room, and “Nature and Art”
on Thursday at 10:2S a.m. in the
Lecture Rehearsal Room of the
Fine Arts Center (Room 190). All
students are urged to attend these
lectures.
A philosopher in the continental
tradition. Dr. Bugbee has recogniz
able affinities with Gabriel Marcel
and with the late Martin Buber.
His interest in oriental throught
allies him in some respects with the
MIT philosopher, Huston Smith.
Campus visits by Dr. Bugbee are
made possible by a project begun in
1957 and sponsored jointly by the
Danforth Foundation and the Asso
ciation of American Colleges. Dr.
Bugbee is one of several scholars
or specialists from this country and
abroad selected by the Foundation
and the Association’s Arts Program
for campus visits during the current
academic year.
Dr. Bugbee was born in New
York City, the son of a urologist.
He attended Princeton University
and was graduated with a major in
philosophy in 1936. He did gradu
ate study in philosophy at the Uni-
Drs. Brywiy Gessel Challenge Students
^5 Religious Emphasis Week Begins
By Mary Day Mordecia
Religious Emphasis Week in-
vitably inspires Salemites to seri-
us thought. Such was the case in
fe opening assembly program Tues-
ay night, February 7, when stu-
ents were called to challenge their
thical beliefs in the light of the
ew morality.
The assembly was to take the
orm of a debate between Dr. Mc-
-eo.d Bryan, Christian social ethics
rofessor at Wake Forest, and Dr.
Dr. John Gessel
ohn Gessel of the School of Theo-
ogy at the University of the South,
t soon became evident, however,
hat both speakers assumed basi-
■ally the same position on the sub
set of the new morality.
Dr. Bryan opened his lecture by
Lsking his listeners to throw out
he word “new” because of its mis-
eading connotations. The concept
)f what is today called the new
norality is not really “new,” but
>as been proposed many times in
previous generations. Dr. Bryan
does not really want complete lack
of authority, but the new morality
requires that all laws be relevant.
Even the laws of the Bible and
church history are not absolute.
True law must come from relation
ships, in the form of a covenant.
The new moralisist does not seek
to discard this concept of law. He
does seek to eliminate “cheap re
ligion” by breaking down the clear
lines between right and wrong. He
admits that no person or Christian
ever knows what is good or evil.
Dr. Bryan stated that the tree of
good and evil in the garden of Eden
could never have existed because
that distinction between the two
extremes cannot be so clearly de
fined.
The new moralisist realizes that
man cannot know what is ultimately
right. He therefore concerns him
self with man’s “basic commitment.”
Dr. Bryan added that the “Gospel
reveals a kind of love which shapes
decisions.” It is upon this love that
the new moralisist bases his ethical
decisions. Dr. Bryan closed by sug
gesting that the best way for stu
dents to understand this approach
is to read from theologians like
Martin Luther and Bonhoeffer.
Dr. Gessel then took the plat
form, opening with a statement that
the debate is not between new
moralists and legalists, but among
situationalists themselves. “All of us
think contextually,” he affirmed.
Legalism and moralism must there
fore be rejected. The question is
“what permanent value is there in
the midst of a changing situation
which will not be reduced to new
legalism?” The new morality, he
pointed out, leads to new legalism
then becomes the new legalism. Dr.
Gessel then outlined the criteria for
the new morality in Fletcher s
then proceeded to clarify that man
Situation Ethics.
Following the assembly, the stu
dents, professors and speakers
gathered in the foyer for refresh
ments arid discussion. Dr. Bryan
and Dr. Gessel answered questions
of all interested in remaining.
Dr. Bryan has been Christian
Social Ethics professor at Wake
Forest University since 1956. He
spent most of 1959 in Africa on
grants from Danforth Foundation
Dr. Henry G. Bugbee, Jr., a Rondthaler lecturer, will speak at
Salem on February 16 and 17. -
versity of California in Berkley
where he was a teaching fellow for
three years and James Sutton Fel
low for one year; he received his
M.A. degree in 1940 and Ph.D. in
1947.
Following military service as a
naval officer on minesweeper patrol
and escort duty with the Pacific
Fleet, Dr. Bugbee taught succes
sively at the University of Nevada,
.Stanford University and Harvard.
From 1953-54 he was George San
tayana Fellow in philosophy at Har
vard, followed by three years as
associate professor and chairman of
the department at Chatham College.
Dr. Bugbee spent 1957-58 in philo
sophical study and discussion in
Paris, chiefly with Gabriel Marcel.
In the summer of 1958 he was a
participant in the Colloque Orient-
Occident in Brussels, which was
sponsored by UNESCO. From 1957-
61 he was professor of philosophy
at Montana State University, and
chairman of the department from
1959-61. In 1961 he became profes
sor of philosophy at Pennsylvania
State University (on leave, 1962-64),
and from July through December,
1962, was a research fellow at Har
vard.
As a boy, Dr. Bugbee spent his
summers working on a Western
ranch. He acquired a great attach
ment for that part of the country,
and currently resides in Missoula,
Montana, where he is studying''and
writing philosophy.
Chief publications by Dr. Bugbee
are “The Inward Morning” (Bald
Eagle Press, 1958, and Collier’s
Books, 1961) and • “Thoughts on
Creation”.. The latter is in “Es
says in Philosophy” by members of
the Pennsylvania State University
philosophy department.
Archie Presents Lecture
On Women’s Dual Roles
Dr. McLeod Bryan
and the United States-South Africa
Leadership Exchange Program. He
has written two books. Whither
Africa and Development for What?
He has also participated in other
South Africa programs.
Dr. John Gessell is Assistant Pro
fessor of Pastoral Theology and
Assistant to the Dean of the School
of Theology of the University of
the South. He has been a Fellow
of the College of Preachers and a
delegate to the International Con
vocation on “Pacem in Terris” in
New York City.
By Ginny Coffield
Dr. William Archie, a college ad
ministrator and professor, spoke in
Hanes Auditorium on Wednesday,
February 1, at 11 a.m. His topic
dealt with erucation for women, its
aims and purposes.
Life for women is eventual soli
tude, declared the speaker. There
fore, education is vitally necessary
to prepare them for this loneliness.
Women of today must be ready to
meet diverse requirements ranging
from the home and family to a
career, political leadership and
participation in community life.
Dr. Archie pointed out that all
mothers pass through a twelve or
thirteen year period of intellectual
stagnancy. During these years the
mothers devote so much of their
time to housework, children and
possibly a career, that they are
faced with the problem of staying
intellectually alive. This problem
can only be overcome by a con
tinual efforts on the mother’s part
to participate in cultural circles an.d
to read as much as possible.
In concluding. Dr. Archie emp
hasized that it is now more accept
able for a wife and mother to have
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BASKIN PRESENTS
FRENCH PROGRAM
By Cathy Dealy
In order to realize that a knowl
edge of the French language is la
means of communication as.well .as
a tool in the understanding of a
culture, a French club has been
formed under the direction of
Michel Bourquin. The purpose of
this program, according to Mf.
Bourquin, is not to learn Frenth
merely because it is a foreign lan
guage, but to learn French as a
key insight to a different cultural
environment.
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