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Ji/fif, Panje4ttl
(Continued from page two)
Moravian cemetery for a long time.
And often in the evenings we sit
by the lily-pond or under the weep
ing willow and sing. Somehow we
always seem to end up with “Hark
the Sound of Tar Heel Voices.”
And then I’ think of Carolina-Duke
weekend and ^all Germans, of Bill’s
crew-cut head and his after shave
lotion, of his lop-sided argyles I
worked so hard to knit. I guess
that song w'ill always remind me
of football games and fraternity
parties.
It’s hard to tell you what I talk
about and what I think about, but
1 know you both must wonder at
times just what goes on in our bull
sessions. I remember one night we
were over in Welfare’s drinking
coffee, and we began to talk about
religion. After we came back to
the dorm, Winkie and I stayed up
nearly all night arguing. I think
we were both really trying to
clarify our own beliefs to ourselves
and to each, other.
Then last night after the Inter
national Relations Club meeting,
Sybel and I sat dowm in the smoke
house for an hour and tried to
decide whether we were really
World Federalists. And we’re still
talking about the play we saw in
Greensboro last Thursday and just
what Tennessee Williams was try
ing to prove. It seems to me that
all of these bull sessions are sort
of labs where we thrash out the
things we’re learning in college.
Sometimes when we’re talking, the
things we study in U. S. and World
Affairs and English Literature and
Contemporary Religion all seem to
fit together into a pattern, and
make sense.
There’s just one more thing I
rvant to tell you. Remember when
I was home Christmas, you asked
me, Mother, what I wanted to do
when I ,got out of school. We
talked then about graduate school
or maybe working in New York,
I)ut 1 didn’t say what I wanted to
say. I wanted to tell you how
often I have thought about what
1 would do with my life. I remem
ber thinking that day when the
telegram came from the war-de
partment that 1 would have to try
to make up for the loss of your
son, my oldest brother, Bobby. I
knew that all the hopes and plans
you had for him would be centered
in me. 1 believe that’s why I
hurry a little faster, and try a little
harder. 1 believe that’s the rea
son I know what I want now.
Right now I want to learn as
much as possible. I want to go to
graduate school and to travel in
hurope. I want to get a job in
XTw York and live in Greenwich
Village. But I want a husband and
children too. And I want my child
ren to have a sandpile to play in
and I want them to play football
and wear hait ribbons. I want my
boys to go to Carolina and my
girls to Salem. Most of all I want
my children to be happy, and I
want them to have something to
I>elieve in. What you have now is
what I want for myself and my
children. I know that is what my
brother would have wanted too . . .
This is a letter that will stay in
my stationery box. This is a letter
(Continued on page four)
Mrs. Gramley Impressed by Friendliness
And Moravian Customs At Salem
The above picture shows Mrs. Gramley, wife of Salem’s new President, relaxing with her family,
left to right are Bill, Stevie, Mrs. Gramley, Hugh, Diggs, and Dr. Gramley.
I eye which the students
by Winkie Harris '
From
Petit Point
(Continued from page seven) ,
matter so very important and yet
so little understood.”
From the earliest days Salem
took a rather stern pride in the
fact that no social distractions ex
isted for the young ladies. Salem
was an institution of Christian use
fulness “designed to compensate
the pupils for their loss of home.”
Closed study existed in the form
of needlework session. This was
designed to help the young
women keep their wardrobes in
proper repair — unfortunately, this
worthy pastime has degenerated
into a hasty, extracurricular acti
vity.
The 1884 catalogue states simply,
“Great care is taken that scholars
may not be overworked.” In 1885
a commercial department appeared,
and the next year courses were
offered in guitar and violin. We
see' the practical design of courses
by 1887 in Educational serving
(plain and fancy stitches, embroid
ery, and dressmaking) and Home
Laundry (household and bod y.)
Woodcarving was also a popular
course at this time, and imagine
how thrilled the young ladies were
when mandolin and banjo playing
were added to the curriculum in
1898.
The forerunner to the painful
six-weeks test appears with the
sadistic “quiz plan” of 1902. About
this time, too, students began want
ing cuts from their classes “—with
the most pernicious results.”
By 1^)6 Exams were worked out
by a very careful plan and “Speed
Work” was instituted to assist stu
dents to perform their studies with
great alarcity.
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“Everything is being cleaned up
so for the inauguration—I hope
someone gets around to my win
dows.” Mrs. Gramley sounded al
most rueful.
We sat in the den, talking mostly
about Salem. Mrs. Grpmley ’ told
me how much she had been im
pressed by the campus on the first
visit. She feels that those people
who are not familiar with the Mo
ravian influence were more im
pressed. The smallness of Salem
and the friendly attitude found
here appeal to Mrs. Gramley very
much. She hopes that her children
will go to a small school.
She was born and brought up in
a Moravian community-—Bethle
hem, Pennsylvania. It was at Al
bright College that she met Dr.
Gramley. At Albright, Mrs'. Gram-
ley majored in English and got a
teacher’s certificate. She mentioned
how fortunate the future teachers
of today are because of good me
thods, coursek and practice teach
ing. Mrs. Gramley remembered
her first year of teaching when she
had no such benefits. “That dis
cipline problem almost got the best
of me the first year”, she said.
After that, Mrs. Gramley deve
loped a certain kind of look in her
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meant business.
As a teacher Mrs. Gramley often
had to direct plays, despite the
fact of having had very little ex
perience in dramatics. At one
time she was put in charge of the
school newspaper, even though she
hardly knew anything about jour
nalism. But by then she had met
Dr. Gramley ahd so readily found
able assistance.
When I first went in to inter
view Mrs. Gramley, she shpwed me
around the house. I saw the piano
in the den and asked her if she
played. She admitted that since
her college days there hadn’t been
time to practice.
Mrs. Gramley also admitted that
she enjoys antiquing and remem
bers an incident concerning a cer
tain chair. She saw this chair
while on a trip and persuaded Dr.
G r a m 1 e y to stop so they could
“look” at it. Then—“I bought the
chair for a song and was so proud
of it.” Mrs. Gramley came to
Salem soon afterwards and ran
into that very type of chair almost
everywhere she turned.
The president’s wife gave a small
sigh of chagrin. She picked up
Stevie’s overalls and started sew
ing them.
Famous Salem
Girls Attend
Inauguration
by Carolyn Harris
Among all the celebraties finding
their way around Salem’s campus
ne.xt Saturday, there will be three
women who will find themselves
very much at home. These three
women, Salem graduates, are mar
ried to college dignitaries who will
come as delegates to the inaugura
tion of Salem’s new' President, Dr.
Dale Gramley. Mrs. John Cunning
ham, wfife of Dr. I. R. Cunningham,
president of Davidson, is a graduate
of the class of 1916; Mrs. J. W.
Harrelso'n, wife of Col. Harrelson,
Chancellor of N. C. State, is a gradu
ate of the class of ’23; and Mrs.
Raymond S. Haupert, wfife of the
President of Moravian College for
Men, in Bethlehem, Pa., is also a
graduate of the class of ’23.
During her seven years at the
academy and college, Mrs. Cun
ningham proved to be one of the
leading figures on campus. The
First Lady of Davidson -was her
class president in 1913, first vice-
president of the student council,
and President of the Y. W. C. A.
She also was a Senior Marshal and
Advertising Editor of the Sights
and Insights. Athletics took a
large part of her time as she was
on the class basketball teams and
class captain. The Bureau of In
formation in the 1916 Annual gives
Miss Ray the nickname of “Rube”,
says she is found at cabinet meet
ings and that her favorite occupa
tion (with a question mark) is
flirting. Mrs. Cunningham would
probably take great interest in re
reading the prophesy of her class
which was written in the form of
letters from the girls themselves
,to the editor. She says, “Likely
you have heard it rumored (and,
oh, how true are some reports!)
that I am wed to Count Martini.”
It was Cunningham, not Martini,
and Doctor not Count. But with
seven years of college activity, Mrs.,
Cunningham was w'ell prepared for
her life on Davidson”s campus.
Mrs. Cunningham W'as recent pre
sident of the Alumnae Association
(Continued on page eight)
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