Have you really seen
Jober House yet?
Wees are, you passed
[. and thought; this
pks just like any other
Wing in Old Salem.
Ml, if this opinion was
purs-you’re exactly
pt. When the college
pcided to reconstruct
Wer House, the Old
Mem Community
^tiuested that it look
Ipactly like the house
'Ottlieb Schober built in
W. The college
Wred this request as
'*3rly as possible-the
% “modern” addition
y the outside of the
Mse is the wheelchair
t*bp in the back,
“wever, on the inside
“thenticity has
^finitely been left
®hind. Bright, new
Hices and reception
feas catch your eye,
W although the in-
'fior is not fully fur-
ished yet, you can tell
'at Mary Scott Best,
"nie Jenkins; Annette
pch, Liz Boyd and
'sir other helpers have
'ade themselves at
"me.
Weady, compliments
®Ve come in for the
tractive admissions
"iiding, and Ms.
sakins seems to have
"pressed the at-
Jssphere of Shober
%se best; “We try to
fsate a positive im-
Wsion for families,”
'ss said, “in a building
5 keeping with the rest
? the campus and Old
Wm.” The admissions
pee does just that, and
a matter of fact,
pttlieb Schober,
Mginal owner of the
iWe, did essentially
® same thing.
Share in the pride of Shober House
Page 3, Salemile, February 29,1980
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Ironically, the
Schobers were directly
related to Salem Collge.
Their daughter Pauline
was one of the first girls
to live at the Girls
Boarding School in
Salem. Since she was a
town girl, she helped
new girls adjust to the
customs and lifestyle of
the community, and
when she finished her
education she taught at
the school for eight
years. Her father
Gottlieb Schober, who
was quite a character,
was a jack-of-all trades-
-he was a preacher, a
senator, a lawyer, a
tinsmith, an organist,
and a rag-seller in
addition to many other
things, and he served as
the town’s postmaster
for many years, with
Shober House as his post
office. Mr. Shober also
served as Salem’s
fremden diener-he was
the official welcomer of
tne traveling public,
just as our admissions
office welcomes new
women to our school.
After the Shobers
died, the house stood for
some time, but even
tually Salem’s library
was built on the site of
the house. Then the
library was moved, and
plans were made to
reconstruct Gottlieb’s
original building. The
basement of his home
was found when
builders broke ground
for Shober House.
So, the admissions
office is placed in the
same spot that the
Moravians placed their
Photo by Cookie Snyder
fremden diener in 1785,
and one of the rooms in
Sisters is probably Uie
spot where Pauline
Schober lived many
years ago. Our ad
missions office is proud
of its direct link to
Salem history, and it
wants students to come
in, chat, and look
around. There will be an
open house later in the
year, and everyone is
encouraged to come.
Now that you have some
historic background,
don’t think of Shober
House as just another
building in Oid Salem-be
proud of it!
Information for this
article was taken from
The Old Salem Gleaner,
and Less Time for
Meddling, by Frances
Griffin. Robin Elmore
Salem’s
NMUN
Prepares
t 4
March
“New track for an old major
There have been
several developments in
the new courses ap
proved for the Home
Economics department.
Two of the courses will
start in the fall, and the
remaining ones will be
started over a five year
period. The ones which
will be offered in the fall
are;
Home Economics 130.
“Home and Career;
Management Princi
ples.” This course will
teach work sim
plification, time study -
how to conserve time
and energy and do work
efficiently. Lifepsan will
work with the home ec
department in this
aspect of the course.
With women combining
families and careers,
this course will also help
go abroad
Expedition Research,
Inc., a placement
service for adventurers
and explorers, is now
accepting applications
from college students,
photographers, scuba
divers, mountain
climbers, archaeolo
gists, ocean sailors,
scientists, and other
explorers who want to
be placed on various
scientific and ex
ploratory expeditions
worldwide.
Registration with ERI
costs $15 per year for
students ($20 regular).
Registrants receive
monthly issues of
EXPLORATION, re
sume forms, and a 20
percent mail order
discount on outdoor
equipment ordered
through Eastern
Mountain Sports.
Students may register
by sending $15 to
Expedition Research,
Inc., P.O. Box 467R,
Cathedral and Franklin
Streets, Annapolis,
Maryland 21404, or
write for further in
formation.
future career girls to
deal with the “super-
woman” image.
However, this course
could also appeal to
bachelors and single
women because they
have to combine careers
and home life too.
Home Economics 110 -
Intermediate Clothing.
This course will give
girls who want to be
textiles or mer
chandising majors
additional depth in
working with clothing
construction, design and
fabric.
Over the summer the
home ec department
will begin collecting
slides, illustrations and
books for another new
course-History of
Costume. There is a
need for a real costume
room on campus. The
ultimate goal would be
to have a combined
effort of the School of
the Arts, Dr.
Homrighous and the
Drama Department and
Old Salem and create a
wardrobe-costume
room and clothing
museum. Independent
studies will be created
beginning in the fall to
start finding and
combining information.
This is a great op
portunity for history,
drama and home ec
majors because it will
combine all three fields.
For more information,
contact Mrs. Snow or
Miss Pulliam.
Nancy Coudrlet
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