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Salem Trustee
The life of women
here at Salem College is
determined by a govern
ing body known as The
Board of Trustees. This
year, the Board met on
Thursday, October 6th.
There are seven com
mittees within the whole
Board that determine
what is best for the
women here. They have
seven two-hour commit
tee sessions in the morn
ing, and after lunch they
meet as a whole to
discuss the findings of
each committee.
The student affairs
committee, chaired by
Elizabeth Rose and
comprised of student
representatives Linda
Eudy, Suzanne Fowler,
Jeanne Karkins and
Betsy Morrow, examin
ed the new drinking pro
posal and focused on the
need for a Student
Center in the near
future.
The short range plans
for a new Student
Center are underway,
and the new center is
proposed to be opened in
January of 1984. This
new Student Center will
be next to the Club Din
ing Room, which has
already been refurbish
ed. The core of the
meeting seemed to be
the work of the Building
and Grounds Commit
tee. Apparently, all
three rooves on the new
athletic complex have
been installed incorrect
ly. The members of this
committee insist that
this error will not affect
the athletic program
here at Salem, however.
This mistake was
discovered in late July,
and the architect and
contractor, as well as
the college have been in
daily communication
with each other trying to
reach a resolution.
Salernos Future in Sports
By Lee Sears
The Salem inter
collegiate sports program
is at the bottom of the bar
rel in this region.
Salem College has four
teams: volleyball, tennis,
riding, and soccer. Hollins
has eight teams. Mary
Baldwin has nine teams.
Randolph-Macon has ten
teams. Sweet Briar has
eight teams, and Wells has
six teams.
Most of the schools com
parable to Salem offer
lacrosse, field hockey, and
basketball in addition to
the four sports that Salem
offers.
Dr. Litzenburg said
Salem cannot claim to be a
premier women’s college
while Salem offers such a
limited selection of inter
collegiate sports; other
premier women’s colleges
have at least twice as
many sports to offer.
Litzenburg said, “a
sense of competition and
self-esteem have not been
encouraged outside the
classroom.”
He said that students
should be encouraged to be
competitive and ag
gressive outside the
classroom.
Litzenburg said,
“Students come and go.
The institution is perma
nent,” therefore it is not
entirely the students’ pro
blem that Salem is defi
cient in intercollegiate
sports.
The new soccer team
seems to indicate that the
students and faculty are
interested in expanding
the sports program at
Salem.
This spring, a new field
hockey team will start
training for next fall.
The Admissions office is
now creating a sports pro
file of prospective
students.
Litzenburg said that a
school’s reputation rides
on an interconnecting str
ing of factors. The main
factors affecting a reputa
tion are achievements of
graduates, ac
complishments of faculty,
reputations of trustees, ac
tivities of the president,
and the activities of the
students.
Litzenburg said that our
interconnecting string is
“threadbare in spots.”
Sophisticated Admissions Program
"*■ , onH mail sent to the students ...
can have machines and
publications, but what is
When asked what makes really special is our wan-
By Neal McArthur
Salem Admissions pro
gram so special, Paige
French, dean of admis
sions, said, “The students,
parents, and alumnae join
hands in their own way
and make it better.”
The most successful
ting to get to know you and
being sure Salem is a good
place for you to thrive.”
“This is true for Salem
and true for admissions.
The student is not a
number in a classroom,
why should she be a
aspect of this program br- number when applying?
ings students to Salem for
tours and overnights. Of
the young women that
come to the overnights, —
between 60-70 percent app- staff. The prospective stu
ly and 50 percent or more dent is not judged only on
come to Salem. Salem has SAT ““ '''''
French included that
Salem has a very personal
admissions process and a
very dedicated admissions
more overnights than any
college with which the Ad
missions staff is familiar.
Dean French said, “The
reason we can have more
overnights is because of
our students. We owe them
a tremendous debt of
gratitude; the success of
scores or grades.
French said, “We want to
get to know the people...
understand what makes
them tick, understand
each one on their own
terms.”
Ten people comprise the
Admissions staff which is
an average size for a col-
these overnights is due to lege like Salem. There are
the students.”
In addition, Salem alum
nae are planning to have
50 parties and receptions
in their homes in the
southeastern United
States and Texas this
year.
The faculty is also an
important part of the ad
missions program. Facul-
seven professional staff
members including Dean
French—three primarily
travel on the road from
September to December.
Three plan overnights and
attend receptions and par
ties, and one works part-
time recruiting music
students. There are two
secretaries and a person
ty members correspond on the word processor,
with prospective students Another key to the suc-
and spend time with them cess of the admission prO'
when they come to visit. gram
is the word pro-
French stressed, “You cessor. It personalizes the
mail sent to the students
by dealing with their
specific interests. The
students are listed by their
zip code: the word pro
cessor prints out all the in
formation the student has
given to Salem about
herself.
There are approximate
ly 7000 high school seniors
who have requested infor
mation on Salem, and 2000
have made a second con
tact with the college.
As of Monday, Oct. 2,
Dean French said, “2150
high school juniors have
told of an interest in
Salem.”
One of the goals of Ad
missions is to increase the
applicant pool. If more
people apply to Salem,
then Salem can be more
selective about the people
it accepts. Currently 85
percent of the people that
apply are accepted and 50
percent enroll. Dean
French hopes the percen
tage of students accepted
will be lowered if more
people apply.
Two ways to increase
applicants’ responses are
phone contacts and parties
given by Alumnae Admis
sions Representatives
(AAR). There has been a
substantial increase in
AAR’S. Last year there
were 80 and over the sum
mer it was increased to
250. Salem representatives
are scattered across the
country—Hawaii to Maine
to Florida.
An intense travel pro
gram in the Eastern
United States is another
method the Admissions
staff is using to increase
the number of applicants.
The Admissions staff
visits schools and homes in
15 to 18 states per year,
and is now implementing
tele-travel, a system
which will allow Admis
sion staff to talk to
students it is upable to
visit in person in as many
states.
The success of the ad
missions program can also
be attributed to its
publications and cor
respondence, such as the
new up-dated brochure
prospective students
receiving.
are
The Admissions staff
would love to answer any
questions the students
have. Dean French said,
“The door is always open;
we never turn down
volunteers in admis
sions!”
The Admissions Office
Wants To Express Its
Great Appreciation To
The Students And
Faculty Of Salem For
The Time, Effort And
Enthusiasm Which You
Gave To The Recent
Prospective Student
Overnight, You Made It
A Great Success For All
Of Us, And We Most
Grateful, Many, Many
Thanks!