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choral Ensemble selects
repertoire for the year.
See page 3.
Student reviews "The Passion
Plot". See page 2.
Volumn XLIX
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, October 20, 1967
Number 10
Odum Notes Environmental
! Crisis Of Twentieth Century
Dr. Eugene P. Odum spoke on
I the topic “Man and Nature: Co
ll operation or Conflict?” in assemb'y
Wednesday, October 18. Dr. Odum
was introduced by Donald McLeod
I of the Salem College Bio'ogy De-
! partment. After receiving his Bach-
j elor and Masters degrees from the
j University of North Carolina at
i Chapel Hill, Dr. Odum earned his
; Ph.D. from the University of 111-
t inois. In 1940 he went to the Uni-
! versify of Georgia where he is now
Alumni Foundation Distingu shed
Professor of Zoology. Ecology, the
study of the relationship of organ
isms to their environment, is Dr.
Odum’s special interest.
Dr. Odum began h's talk by saying
that the modern age has reached an
environmental crisis. Now that man
has reached a high level in tech
nological development, it is time
to take a fresh look at his environ-
I ment. Dr. Odum said that th’s tech-
! nological development presents man
jvvith the problem of knowing just
I how much of a good thing is enough.
I He remarked that although concrete
jis very useful, man would not want
I the whole earth covered with con
crete.
- OOPS -
The Salemite apologizes to Mar-
[ tha Eubanks for omitting her name
the article on Who’s Who
^Among American Colleges and Uni
versities in the October 13 issue.
Martha is one of the twelve Salem
seniors honored with membership
in the organization. She is a socio
logy major from Monroe. She was
president of her class both her
freshman and senior years and vice-
president her sophomore year. She
was WRA representative from her
[class her sophomore and junior
years. Martha has also served on
the Calendar Committee the Stu
dent Center Committee, and the
[Student Curriculum Evaluation
Committee.
Dr. Odum then discussed tw’o gen
eral approaches towards natu e. The
idea of man’s being a part of and
in harmony with nature is char
acteristic of the Orient. But the
western concept has been one of
“man against nature.” The p'oneers
were successful and during the
twentieth century the West has
made great advances in “defeating
nature.” Dr. Odum then raised the
question, “What now?”
Until recently, the study of bi
ology has centered on individual
organisms. Dr. Odum pointed out
that man has now realized the fun
damental importance of ecology or
“environmental biology”. Nature has
a master plan of ecological develop
ment which can be compared to the
development of an ind’vidual. To
illustrate the young and mature
stages of development. Dr. Odum
used several slides.
A picture of a field crop in Japan
illustrated young nature. Character
istics of this stage are a high rate of
growth and productivity and a cer
tain amount of instability. A trop
ical jungle scene showed mature
nature. Less productivity and more
self-sufficiency and stability are
characteristic of mature nature. Dr.
Odum pointed out that both stages
are very important. The young stage
has a simple food chain and provides
man with food either directly or
indirectly. The mature stage spends
much energy on protection and self-
preservation. This quality is ex
tremely important when many plants
are threatened by disease or other
crises. Dr. Odum said that man
must now begin to understand the
mature state of nature as well as
the young stage.
Dr. Odum emphasized the import
ance of the study of ecology by
showing how it involves two im
portant problems facing the world
today. One of these problems is
whether the population explosion
will be controlled. The other prob
lem deals with the increasing use
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Leslie-MelvillesTo Lecture
Of Daily Life In East Africa
Here
Betty Bruce and her husband
Jock Leslie-Melville will present a
true-life account of daily life in
East Africa, “Africa’s Our Home!”
in assembly on Friday, October 27.
They are sponsored by the Salem
College Lecture Series.
An unusual husband and wife
team, the Leslie-Melvilles conduct
“non-hunting tours for non-rich A-
mericans” that operate out of Nair
obi, Kenya. Uganda, Ethiopia and
Tanzania are also familiar territory
to them, and in their joint program
the Leslie-Melvilles convey not only
some of the historical and political
problems of these countries, but also
the hilarious misadventures that can
happen when Africa is your adopt
ed home.
For Betty Bruce, it’s a far cry
from her native Baltimore, where
she attended John Hopkins Univer
sity, to encountering the different
peoples and tribes of East Africa,
and being entertained by such not
ables as Ethiopia’s Emperor Haile
Selassie. But, except for brief per
iods when she returned for lecture
AHENTION
Students and faculty are urged to
donate to the Bloodmobile at the
National Guard Armory on Stadium
Drive on Monday and Tuesday. The
blood unit will operate from 10 a.m.
until 3:30 p.m. on both days.
Forsyth County is under a blanket
blood program. Th's means that any
one who lives or works in the county
may receive free blood without ob
ligation for replacement. Salem stu
dents qualify for this program.
Forsyth County is presently on pro
bation and in danger of losing blan
ket program privileges, so this blood
drive is an etremexly important one.
Anyone in need of transportation
to the Armory may call the Red
Cross Chapter House at 724 0511 and
arrangements will be made.
Honors Program Selects Seniors
To Investigate Scientific Fields
By Sterling Winstead
Salem’s Honors Program was a-
Idopted in 1960. This Independent
1 Study Program, open to seniors
[provides “a formal opportunity for
special study under the guidance
of faculty advisors, apart from or-
|ganized courses, for honors and for
credit toward graduation.”
^ A Salem student wishing to par
ticipate in this program fills out an
application form in the spring of
her junior year. A department has
jthe right to accept or reject the
[application. The student selected to
participate in the Honors Program
|nmst have a 3.0 average in her field
of study and she must have an over
all average of 2.8.
The Honors Program is a two se
mester project and gives three sem
ester hours at a minimum as credit
each semester. The work is in the
^ form of either a formal paper or
..(S project on file in Salem’s Library
. The Honors Program student is
eligible to receive the Magna cum
lande if she is eligible to receive
!Um laude at graduation.
^ In the 1967-68 program, Judy
fi'l^ifer (chemistry) and Peggy Mc
Pherson (biology) are doing Honors
' ^Study.
Judy’s advisor is Dr. Mysels. Her
project is to determine the structure
Chemistry Departments.
of ninhydrin when it has reacted
with amino acid^ to p>-oduce a ^olor
compound ranging from red to pur
pie. R ght now she is doing research
in the Chemical Abstract to see how
much study has already been done
on this topic. She says that there is
Betty Bruce and Jock Leslie-Melville will speak on "Africa, Our
Home" on Friday, October 27, at 11 a.m.
tours and TV appearances, she has
called Africa “home” since 1960.
Jock Leslie-Melville, on the other
hand, has lived in Africa all his life,
with the exception of his schooling
at Eton. The grandson of a Scottish
Earl, he served in the Coldstream
Guards and w-as Aide to a colonial
(Governor of Kenya before that
country achieved independence. He
was also Executive Officer of the
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Touring 0roup Presents
Modern, Classical Ballet
The American Choreographic
Company directed by Richard Nick-
laus performed in Hanes Auditor
ium Thursday, October 42, to a
rather large audience.
The group began their perform
ance with “Second Act” and “Ga
laxy H”, modern ballets danced by
Margot Travers, who is only 18,
and William Thompson along with
other members of the troupe.
Following an intermission, Mona
Koelb, William Thompson, Kilby
Dickinson, Maria Di D.a, Margot
Travers and Diana Heckscher dan
ced to Mozart, which was an un
scheduled revision of the program.
An interesting number, danced
to Classical Kabuki Theatre Music
entitled “Tanka,” was well received
by the audience. Margot Travers
and William Thompson performed
this number.
A return to a more classical bal
let with wine and white costumes
in German Dance* by Ludwig van
Beethoven was most warmly receiv
ed by the audience. A good perfor
mance by Pamela Pilkenton and
Esteban de Leon brought much ap-
p 1 a u s e from the audience at the
close of the performance.
Richard Nicklaus, who has found
ed the company, choregraphed the
entire program and William Thom
pson, the Assistant Artist Director,
designed all the costumes. The
group appeared on its third tour
in North Carolina working under
the Winston-Salem Civic Ballet.
Salem Athletes Challenge
Several College Teams
Peggy McPhersoti and Judy Pifer, seniors in the Honor's Pro
gram, will be doing independent research in the Biology and
a lot of reading to do before she can
actually begin her project. Judy
chose her topic because of her in
terest in hospital bio-chemical re
search. She hopes to get a job with
the Red Cross Laboratory in Am-
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The hockey season officially be
gan on Monday, October 16, with
Salem College playing Salem Aca
demy on the Salem hockey field,
and the final score was Salem Aca
demy 1, Salem College Q. The Aca
demy defense showed well in the
first half in breaking up many of
the College’s attacks. The only
score in the game came with thirty
seconds left in the first half when
the Academy scored off of a short
corner. The second half was a big
defensive battle, with neither team
being able to score, although the
College came close to scoring sev
eral times. The members of the
College team for the first game
were as follows: Anne Cargill, Olive
Jenkins, Gayle Landress, Chris Con
nor, Jane Cross, Jane Cromly,
Shelly Habeck, Robin Ackroyd-
Kelly, Gini Herbst, Martha Gomer,
Debbie Lotz, and Roberta Thomp
son.
The first collegiate game for
Salem was played Thursday, Oct
ober 19 at Salem against Wake
Forest. The score is not known at
this time due to the Tuesday dead
line for the Salemite. Games next
week 'include one on Tuesday at
UNC-G, and one on Thursday with
High Point here at Salem.
The Salem tennis team went to
Queens on Thursday, October 19,
for a match on the Queens’ courts.
Those girls playing for Salem were
as follows: Nancy Richardson, Lee
Wood, Bevie Carter, Betsy Mc
Alister, Susan Harvard, and Shelly
Habeck.