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Volume XXVIII.
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C, Friday, September 19, 1947.
Number 1
Salem Makes Faculty Changes
New Students
Finish W eek
Of Activities
The freshmen had their fling this
week. Before they reach the merci
less grasp of the super sophomores,
100 new students spent this week
attending meetings and meeting at
tendants. They had three full days
of the real peace that many think
is only legendary at Salem.
Activities got underway Monday
morning with registration of all
boarding students. The day students
served refreshments in the Day Stu
dent Center to the newcomers and
their parents during the day. Dr.
Rondthaler gave a welcoming ad
dress at an assembly at 5 p. m.
After dinner with senior advisors,
all women students met in Old
Chapel for an explanation of the
various campus organizations by
the major officers. Dr. Jordan, ad
visor, met the men students in their
headquarters. A party in Bitting
basement highlighted the day’s ac
tivities with entertainment by tal-
^ented newcomers, Joan Hassler,
Sally Ann Borthwick and Dolores
McCarter. !
Tuesday’s psychological and Eng
lish tests were offset by two coke
hours sponsored by the Pierrettes
and the Salem Players. After voca
tional interest, personality inven
tory. and language tests, the A. A.
entertained at an outdoor supper
with all students on campus ‘ ‘ gath-.
ered in the fire-place.” Miss Wilson ^
talked to new students at 7 p. m.
and the senior advisors held hand
book meetings at 7:45 p. m.
A math test, music theory place
ment tests and library orientation
Were the order of the day Wednes- :
day. The Sights and Insights and ,
International Relations club spon
sored a softball game later in the
afternoon and the I. R. S. ended
the day with an inform:i4 party at:
8:30. I
Dr. Frank P. Oraham
Y Sponsors
Book Market
Girls, you wpn’t have to run all
over campus from room to room
looking for second-hand books. Yep,
the “Y” has your problem all
solved! From Thursday through
Saturday down in the basement of
Clewell you can come buy your
second-hand books. The old students
will be glad to dump them there
I’m sure. From books which the
“Y” sells under 7Gc we’ll take 5c,
and all over 75c we’ll take 10c. It’s
worth it. I’ll assure you old girls,
not having to “peddle” them your
selves.
After we get things straightened
out we’ll get you old girls to
come by and collect all your book
money at the same time. Remember
—we’ll be looking for your books
and waiting to help you sell them.
P. S. Have you seen those new
coke machines? Help yourselves
girls; they’re in Clewell, .Strong,
Bitting and the Day Student’s
Center, just waiting for you!
Peg. Broaddus "Y” President
Salem Suffers Regrettable Loss
In Death of Dr. Willoughby
Funeral services for Dr. Pearl V.
Willoughby, head of the English
Department of Salem College, were
held Friday, September'11, at 4 p. m.
in Charlottesville, Va., Dr. Will
oughby’s former home.
Dr. Willoughby died suddenly in
Washington, D. C. at about 10 p. m.
Wednesday. Following a heart at
tack she was carried to Emergency
Hospital in W'ashington. She was
en route from her summer home in
West Barnett, Vermont, to Winston-
Salem for the opening of the school
year.
A native of North Dakota, daugh
ter of the late George and Theo
dosia Underhill Willoughby, she was
educated at the University of Vir
ginia where she received her Master
of Arts degree and Doctor of Phil
osophy degree. She was one of the
two women upon whom the Phi
Beta chapter at the University be
stowed the key when it first voted
to admit women. Dr. Willoughby
also studied at the University of
Minnesota and Stanford University.
For many years she made her
home with her mother on Fry’s
Spring Road in Charlottesville and
Was a member of the faculty of
Lane High School. Prior to her
mother’s death four years ago, Dr.
Willoughby spent her vacations in
Dr. Pearl V. WiUonghby
Charlottesville.
The only surviving relative is
Mrs. P. H. Fowler of Barnett, Vt.
Funeral services were conducted
by the Reverend John Fischbach,
chaplain of the University of Vir
ginia. Interment was in the River-
view Cemetery in the family burial
plot.
Dr. Graham
Speaks At
176 Opening
Dr. Frank P. Graham, president
of the Greater University of North
Carolina, spoke at the formal open
ing of Salem College at 11 o ’clock
A. M. today in Memorial Hall.
Dr. Graham has been president
has distinguished liimself for many
of the University since 1930. He
years in the fields of education and
public service, and is active in state
and national affairs. He was re
cently elected chairman of the North
Carolina division of the National
Confederation 'of Christians and
Jews. During the war ht served
on the War Labor Board.
A procession of the entire student
body into Memorial Hall preceded
Dr. Graham’s talk. Dr. Rondthaler,
who introduced the speaker, read
congratulatory messages from for
mer students. A traditional part of
the service was the singing of the
hymn, “Standing at the Portals”.
A floral arrangement was placed
in the auditorium in memory of Dr.
P. V. Willoughby by her close friends
of the faculty.
Holiday Mag
Features Salem
North Carolina and Salem College
are featured in the October issue
of Holiday. “It’s the richest State
in the Old South,” says the lead
article in the national travel mag
azine, “yet it remains the pioneers’
preserve that the early Americans
found it.”
This description of tlie Tarheel
State appears in an elaborately
illustrated 26-page portfolio which
gives Holiday readers a complete
guide to the interests that lie within
its borders. This year the State
will realize $175,000,000 from visi
tors seeking “sun, fun and a wonder
ful opportunity for laziness,” adds
the review.
According to the publishers of
Holiday, more than five million per
sons will see the North Carolina
issue, for which Jonathan Daniels,
well-known newspaperman, has writ
ten a 10,000-word account of his
native State.
In the color parade are scenes of
the bathing at Atlantic Beach,
fishermen surf casting at Hatteras,
the bus that runs from Hatteras
to Manteo, Main Street in Rocky
Mount, the City Hall at New Bern,
lettus fields at Castle Hayne, straw
berry farms near Wallace, the color
guard at Elizabeth City High School,
the Nu-Wray Hotel at Burnsville,
Fayetteville Road in Raleigh, the
North Carolina State College Ex-
permintal Farm, Salem College, tob
acco warehouses at Wilson, the mills
at Cramerton, and Lake Lure, formed
by a dam across' the Broad River.
Continuing its ro'undup of the
State’s coast attractions, the maga
zine refers its readers to New Bern,
where North Carolina ladies are
planning the restoration of a gover
nor’s palace; Tarboro Common,
where the town green is without
equal anywhere outside of New
England; and the famous nautical
reference points at Cape Hatteras,
Cape Fear, and Diamond Shoal, by
which Atlantic shipping steers.
Publication date’ of the North
Carolina issue is September 17.
Dr. Francis Anscombe
Editors Seek
New Talent
Do you like to try to write? Do
you have a secret hope that maybe
some day in the dim future you
might become a great newspaper re
porter? If so, why wait for tlie
dim future? The Salemite is for
you! Tryouts for the new staff will
begin tomorrow. Check the bulletin
board in the Salemite office for your
assignment and further instructions
not later than Monday, Sept. 22.
There is a blanket assignment for
straight news articles. If you want
to try a feature, we have some old
cuts that you^ can write a stoiy
about. If editorials are what you
like, write an editorial on any timely
subject. All tryout results must be
lianded in by 6 p. m. Wednesday,
September 24. New staff members
will be announced in next week’s
Salemfte.
The first meeting of the entire
staff will be October 7. The old'
staff will meet :\Ionday night at
6:45 in the new Salemite office
under Main Hall.
Dr. Anscombe
Replaced By
Dr. Barnwell
Several faculty changes have been
announced by the administration
during the past few months. In
addition to new appointments, sev
eral vacancies caused by deaths and
resignations have been filled.
Dr. Francis Anscombe’s resigna
tion has been announced by the Ad
ministration. Dr. Anscombe will
become emeritus head of the history
department and will continue to
teach two courses, modern world
history and history of philosophy.
Dr. Robert Barnwell will succeed
Dr. Anscombe. Dr. Barnwell comes
to Salem from a professorship in
history at State Teachers College,
Murray; Ky. A member of Phi Beta
Kappa and past president of the
Euphradian Literary Society, Uni
versity of South Carolina, Dr. Barn
well is also a member of the South
ern Historical Association and the
South Carolina Historical Associa
tion. He received his Bachelor of
Arts degree and his Master of Arts
degree from the University of South
Carolina. He did graduate work
at George Washington University,
and had his Doctor of Philosophy
degree conferred at Duke University.
' Miss June L. Sampson
Miss June L. Sampson is the new
Assistant professor of Public School
Music. Miss Sampson fills the va
cancy created by the recent mar
riage of Miss Louise Wood. Along
with lier duties at Salem College,
Miss Sampson will direct the choral
w’ork at Salem Academy.
For the past nine years she has
been in cliarge of the music at
Stuart Hall in Staunton, Virginia.
Miss Sampson is an honor graduate
of Brown University. She has at
tended Penn. State College summer
session and Juilliard School of Music,
and she just completed her Master
of Arts Degree at Smith College,
Northampton, ^Mass.
Miss Elizabeth Welch
^Hss Elizabeth Welch of Ashe
ville is head of the Department of
Education and Psychology at Salem
College this year. Miss Welch oc
cupies the ])osition left vacant by
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Virtie Stroup Reports On
Activities Of Class Of ’47
The next fifteen minutes brings
you the news of the class of ’47.
and if it’s wedding bells you want
to hear, listen: . . . Frances Rives
Rowlette, Betsy Long Sprunt, Hen
rietta Walton McKenzie, Ticka Sen-
ter Morrow, Bernice Bunn Lea,
Bettie Crouse Jones Cook, and Sally
Boswell Sexton are among the rice-
collectors. The rest are hunting,
fishing and trapping but our luck
seems to be on the occupation list.
Annabel Allen and Coit Redfearn
are their own bosses in the lab at
the new hospital in Lexington . . .
Hecky Brown and Betty Jane Bagby
are at Western Electric Co., in
Winston. . .
On the apple-a-day list are: Marie
Dwiggins, teaching the third grade
at Arcadia; Mildred Hughes, 11th
and 12th grade English in North Wil-
kesboro. Martha Walton has her
hand in English at Burlington, Griz-
zelle Etheridge is in Graham, Allene
Taylor the first grade in Roanoke
Rapids. Mary Anne Linn arid Maria
Hicks love W-S and “remember
me to Salem Square” so they are
teaching in the Camel City . . .
still chasing pots and pans are Fran
ces Carr at Watts Hospital and
Helen Reynolds at Bluofield Hospi
tal as Dietetic Interns. . . working
in their A.B. pursuits are Joanne
Swasey in Washington with the
Department of Justice, Mary Hun
ter Hackney, organist at Wilson’s
First Baptist Church, Juadaine Hol
der, graduate nurse at Bowman Gray
I Hospital, Martha Boatwright with
Raleigh NEWS AND OBSERVER,
“Trixie” Ziglar as Assistant Home
Demonstration Agent in W-S (her
engagement to James L. Joyce has
been announced), . Jean McNew
is in charge of the music depart
ment at Reinhardt College, Waleska,
Ga.,. and lil ’ Eva Martin Bullock is
in social work in Lincolnton.
Among those “standing at the
portals” of other schools are: Anne
Folger at Katherine Gibbs Secre-
tarical School, Hallie McLean start
ing her M. A. at Carolina, Sara
Haltiwanger continuing her piano
at Juilliard, Rosemary Cleveland also
in New York at the Cooperative
Bank Street School for training in
kindergarten and elementary work,
Emma Mitchell a secretarial course
in Wilmington, and Margaret Wil
liams at Bowman Gray as Medical
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