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Want To Miss
by Dawn M. Darby
Salem Academy and College will
inaugurate Dr. Julianne Still Thrift,
the first female president in its 220-
year history, on Friday, April 24. In
conjunction with the inauguration,
Salem will host a symposium on
Wednesday, April 22 and Thursday,
April 23 titled " Women Achieving:
Our Legacy, Our Vision." Alumnae
who will speak include Mary N. Davis,
the president of Time/Life Books in
Alexandria, Va.; Elizabeth Pfhol
Campbell, the founder of Washing
ton Educational Television Associa-
Marshall Chapman
tion, or WETA-TV; Rolanda Watts, an
anchorperson and reporter or WABC in
New York and host of the weekly show
"Attitudes" on the lifetime cable network;
Celia Weston, a television and movie
actress who was a regular on the televi
sion series "Alice"; and Bonnie Angelo,
correspondent and bureau chief for Time
magazine.
The symposium is designed to appeal to
help women of all ages deal with the
working world and other issues confront
ing women. This is one of Salem's ways to
show the students and the Class of 1992
Mary N. Davis,
especially that they care about our future
and appreciate all of the hard work that
goes into every year of maintaining the
"Salem Pride." This symposium is not to
be treated as a job fair, rather a network
ing system in which resumes' should be
available upon request. The purpose is to
get some straight talk/answers about
what to expect in," life after Salem".There
will be as many different alumnae as
their will be students. They have volun
teered to come just for YOU and guaran
tee something for all. They will be here
giving talks on "What should 1 do with
Rolanda Watts
The Rest of my Life?", "Get Real! Real
Expectations for Living in the Real
World", "Changing Horses In Mid-
Stream: How and Why to Make a Ca
reer Change.""The Playing Field's Not
Level Yet, But It's Tilting Our Way!",
"From Cookies To Corporate Giving—
Contributing to the Community"and
much more!
The inaugeration of Salem College's
first women president will take place
on April 24, as Salem celebrates her
220th year.
Celia Weston
Salem Says Goodbye to our Own Steel Magnolia
by Lisa Findley
" I was surprised he didn't take me to
Hollins or Sweet Briar, but he just
brought me straight to Winston-Sa
lem for an interview!"
Most people move on after college
with graduate school, marriage, their
career, or travel, but Doris Eller de
cided to stick around Salem College's
campus to become an involved
member of the Salem community.
Surrounded by old photographs and
memoirs of Salem alumni in the warm
living room atmosphere of her office,
Mrs. Eller talked of her relationship
with Salem began and what became
of that relationship.
Mrs. Eller's sisterhood with Salem
started when her father brought her
here for a visit from their Virginia
home. " [He] just thought it was a
suitable place for me to go. Ijustloved
it and didn't want to look anywhere
else!" Shortly after graduahng, Mrs.
Eller married a Winston-Salem na
tive, allowing her to settle here.
Though newly married, Mrs. Eller
refused to let go of the relationship
she had with Salem. She offered her assis
tance to the college purely through volun
teer work.
Facets of her work included becoming a
member of the Board of Trustees and then
serving as President of the Alumni Asso
ciation for six years.
In 1972, Mrs. Eller's relationship with
Salem gained new strength when the col
lege offered her the full-time, paid posi
tion as the Director of College Alumni.
" Of course I happily said yes," she said,"
'cause it's the best place in the world to be.
I love it!"
Mrs. Eller then talked of the duties she has
as the Director of Alumni at Salem Col
lege:" I deal with organizing club meet
ings and organizing volunteers all over
the country to help us with admissions,"
she said," and with different phases of
what we need to have done."
This past year, some of the volunteers'
duties were raising money and planning
kick-off parties for the new Student
Commons.
Other volunteers help with recruiting.
Mrs. Eller gives them brochures and
packets to hand out to prospective stu
dents in all different areas of the coun
try. They are there to also answer any
questions the students may have about
Salem.
When talking about this year's rise in
enrollment, Mrs. Eller could not sup
press her excitement. Concerning next
year's enrollment, Mrs. Eller said that
the Alumni Associa
tion " feel[s] sure that if
this volunteer corps of
people do their job, we
can see at least another
20 students which
would be great!...We'll
be working on reten
tion too which will
keep more people
here."
Mrs. Eller also took an
optimistic glance to
ward the future. "Tenyears from now,
we're going to see a big increase just
because demographics are so there will
be larger high school population to draw
on."
Doris Eller's dedication to Salem Col
lege continues to strengthen. Not only
does she want the students to have great
experiences now, she wants the experi
ences to be passed down from genera
tion to generation.
"Oh, it makes me feel so good! You have
no idea what it means to us to have a
second and third generation come!" she
said.
" It thrills us to be able
to hang on to that kind
of tradition, and we
like to make a big to-
do about it 'cause it's
so special when it's
handed down into the
families." she said
enthusiastically. "The
feeling that people
want to come here-it
means so much to us."
" It gives you [the col
lege] such substance when you have the
continuity of generations."
Editor's Note: Mrs. Doris Eller, who is
featured in this article, is retiring on May
31. We appreciate all that she has done
for Salem, and she mil be missed