Campus News
Faculty to
be hired
by Patricia Earnhardt
The communications program is
expanding its faculty as well as its
accessibility to evening students.
Due to a growing need for
communications classes, the
Academic Planning Committee
approved new faculty for the
program.
Students who only attend night
courses have been unable to
complete the requirements for a
communications major. The new
expansions will now enable night
students to complete all of the
•tiajor requirements.
The Committee approved the
hiring of adjunct faculty for next
fall. There will be adjunct
professors for both day and evening
courses.
Farris
finds true
profession
by Amy Cass
Going once, going twice, sold! If
you were present at lunch last
Wednesday, this is the type of
phrase you heard being thrown
around the Refectory.
On April 11 the senior class held
fhe Annual Senior Auction in the
f^efectory. Fortunately there were
*^0 problems getting professors and
focal businesses to donate various
gifts and items to the cause. Such
donations auctioned off included an
®il change from Darryl in
hlaintenance, tea with Sarah
Albritton, a $40 gift certificate to
%an's, a Dynastar ski bag from Ski
®^d Tennis, gift certificates from
hfue Ridge Ice Cream, a strawberry
cheesecake from Dr. Ersoff, a
*^anicure from Techniques, and
*^uch, much more. If you weren't
fhere, you missed out!
Dr. Cindy Farris nervously began
fhe auction at noon, making her
debute and first appearance as the
^uctioner. Once she got started
everything went smoothly. In fact,
®he did such a superior job that if
she decides to leave the sociology
field, she'll succeed as a top-notch
®Uctioner - somewhere.
The senior class raised almost
^500 from this traditional event.
At this time, the seniors are not
quite sure where the money will be
invested, but it is for certain it will
he used toward a worthy cause.
page 9
Dresses from the past exhibited
Bustles
to
boyish
by Lynn White;
adapted by Susanne Estes
Lynn White, an Art History/Art
Management major, has for her
Senior Seminar in Art History
prepared and curated an exhibit of
vintage costumes. Salem College s
Costume Collection consists of
approximately 220 objects including
daywear, wedding dresses,
baptismal dresses, lingerie,
graduation dresses, and accessories.
The collection has been donated to
Salem by alumnae and friends.
The costumes, mearung clothing of
the past, in Salem's Collection are
very representative of fashion
history. Women's fashion trends
can be traced back from 1870 to 1924
through the dressed in the Trunk
Show exhibit. During the 1860s the
weight and fullness of the hoop
skirts shifted to the back of the
skirt, and thus the bustle was bom.
By the end of the 1870s, the bustle
disappeared, and the fullness of
the back of the skirt was lowered
and extended into trains. The
bustle was revived again in the
early 1880s and disappeared again
by the end of the decade. Ir\ the
1890s, the style emphasis shifted
from the skirt to the sleeve and
bodice. Skirts were simple, fell
smooth over the hips, and often
had a short train. Day dresses had
high necks and were elaborately
trimmed with lace, ribbon, and
ruching. The fullness and
popularity of the leg of mutton
sleeve grew to enormous proportions
by 1894. By the end of the century,
the full sleeves vanished and the
line became more smooth and
fitting.
The female silhouette of the
early 20th century is best described
by the "S-shape". Corsets pushed
the bust forward and the hips back.
Fashions from 1900-1910 were
detailed and delicate and looked
like garden-party dresses. The
lightweight fabrics employed were
finely tucked and augmented with
lace inserts and ribbons. In 1910,
skirts became narrow at the hem,
and in 1913 high collars
disappeared and the "V-neck"
became popular. After the end of
World War I, the waistline
disappeared and the silhouette
resembled a cylinder. In the 1920s
the skirt shortened and all curves
were completely abandoned for the
"schoolboy" look.
The costumes in the exhibit are
not only objects of beauty and
fashion, but they are also
representatives of the past society
in which they were creates and of
the women who wore them.
Selections from Salem College's
Costume Collection will be on
exhibit in the Fine Arts Center
until April 19.
Senior Lynn White with the Salem
College costume collection. Miss
White is the curator of the current
exhibit on display in the Fine Arts
Center. Visit the past of Salem
College. Courtesy of the Office of
Publications.
Don’t worry
we couldn’t do
it either!!
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