Members Of Faculty Relate
Stories Of Their Courtships
By Mary McNeely Rogers
On a college campus there exists
a peculiar race of people known as
the faculty. Salem follows the
usual pattern by possessing such a
group. They are distinguished by
certain indefinable characteristics.
However, by careful observation
and research, it has been found that
the faculty of Salem follows cer
tain human practices. Marriage is
such a practice. The purpose of
this article is to show how certain
members of the Salem faculty ar
rived at the state of matrimony.
A typical example of the faculty
species is Dr. Gregg Singer. While
doing research for his Ph. D. m
Columbia, S. C., Dr. Singer resided
at Columbia Bible College. The
meals were above average, in fact
very good, so Dr. Singer decided
to investigate the source. He found
a very charming, young woman. At
the termination of his research, he
decided that he could not leave
such culinary ability unappreciated,
so he rnarried her.
Graveyard Romance
The moral of this story is, quot
ing Dr. Singer, “that the graveyard
of the First Presbyterian Church,
Columbia, S. C., under the Carolina
moon and pitched to the right tone
of darkness is conducive to re
search—and I don’t mean that of
a historical nature.” (He strongly
recommends this atmosphere to
Alice McNeely and Bill McCall.)
In contrast to Dr. Singer’s nioral.
Dr. Michael Lewis states: “If a
woman wants to get married, she
should ask a man for a cigarette,
and if she doesn’t want to get mar
ried, she shouldn’t ask for one.”
This statement follows the law of
contradiction. Dr. Lewis proved
this synthesis in the following situ
ation.
, One Sunday morning, as he was
having breakfast in a boarding
house in Jacksonville, Fla., a young
woman approached ‘him. She asked
him for a cigarette, and he asked
her for a date. Their marriage was
a result of this situation. Thus it
can be assumed that this cigarette
led to their marriage.
Chance Romance
Several faculty members fell into
the state of matrimony by chance.
This happened through the well-
known process of blind dating. For
example Mr. Warren Spencer met
his wife on a blind date. He re
members the exact date as ' Satur
day, Oct. 5, 1946. On Monday,
Oct. 7, 1946, he pinned her. This
is an obvious case of “love at first
sight.”
blind date system. Although their
Dr. Todd also benefited from the
homes were only thirty miles apart,
they traveled a thousand miles to
Camp Gordon, Ga., for their first
blind date. This date eventually
led to marriage.'
Mr. A. Theodore Curlee and Mrs.
I Scott used school as the medium
i for their respective marriages. Mr.
Curlee, former football star at U.
N. C., joined the faculty species at
Salem. His wife was a senior at
Salem during his first year as a
member of the faculty. They never
met—that is, they were never form
ally introduced, but somehow their
relationship led to marriage. Mrs.
Lucille Scott, an example of the
female member of the faculty
species, attracted her husband in a
Spanish class at U. N. C. It must
be true that Spanish is a romance
language.
Church Romance
Meeting in a church leads to a
home. This statement is verified
by two examples. The Rev. Mr.
Edwin Sawyer, head of the Religion
department, met his wife at a Young
People’s meeting at church. He
took her home from the meeting
and she literally fell for him—that
is, she slipped on the ice. Mr.
“Pete” Peterson, director of the
famed choral ensemble, met his
wife in a church choir in Rochester,
N. Y. Thereafter he attended re
hearsals regularly and enjoyed him
self thoroughly.
Although not members of the im
mediate faculty. Dr. Dale Gramley
and Mr. Donald Britt may be both
considered members of this species.
Mr. Britt, new assistant admini
strator, married the suitemate of
his girl friend. He and his' first
girl friend “agreed to disagree.”
He and the suitemate also parted,
but later met in a bakery, started
dating, and eventually married.
Select Romance
Dr. Dale Gramley, esteemed pre
sident of Salem College, met his
wife at a banquet his freshman year
in college. Dr. Gramley eyed all
the girls present and said “I want
that one.” He followed her' to
Bethelem, where he taught at Le
high University, until they were
married.
These are a few examples of the
human characteristics of the faculty
species. There are other members
who were unavailable for observa
tion.
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title “statesman” (see account of
his conference speeches in U. S.
News and AVorld Reports, Feb. 19).
Before we RSVP our other news
invitation in the warm realm of
S-E Asia . . . Indo-China, let us
look at the stipulations of our
“cordially invited” . . .
The Communist forces of Ho ,Chi
Minh are outmanned and outgun
ned by the Vietnamese and French
forces, but the latter are losing the
war. Why ?
First of all, nothing has been
done to build up the local anti-
Communist army as was done in
Korea. The French are rather un
enthused over the idea of an in
dependent Vietnam army. There
is no patriotic fervor or national
istic spirit in the army itself, stem
ming from the fact that Vietnam
is merely in the process of gaining
its independence from France.
Second, the French are as tired
of this eight-year old defensive war
as we were with the war in Korea.
Third, success in jungle fighting
does not depend on merely man
power and gunpower.
Remedies for these defects are
being provided in the form of U. S.
money (785 million dollars), equip
ment (200 million dollars worth),
and men (200 technicians already
in Indo-China and 400 more com
mitted;) in the expansion of the
native Vietnam forces with this
U. S. aid.
No one knows; but, with an
abundance of supplies, expansion of
local anti-Communist forces and
mostly the convincing of the Indo-
Chinese that independence is worth
fighting for, the U. S. may be able
to initiate a Vietnam victory and
RSVP to her invitation ... an
“acceptance with pleasure” of Indo-
China into the ranks of the free
world.
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movement are about to begin. But
wait! Movement and lines begin,
but the movement does not suit
the person speaking the lines, or
vice-versa. So, new blocking has
to be arranged.
The blocking is arranged and
changed. It is changed so many
times that Frankie, Bernice, and
John Henry are running in circles,
and Miss Reigner is following close
behind.
After four hours of blocking run-
throughs, with an occasional speak
ing part, the cast adjourns until the
next session of rehearsals.
As the cast begins to leave Old
Chapel and the footlights and heat
are cut off, one wonders if the
play will ever takq, shape. How
ever, the blocking always suits the
characters, the line and the move
ment. Eventually real props will
take the place of imaginary ones.
Before too long, the set will begin,
to take shape. And in the midst
of all the confusion will be Miss
Reigner supplying confidence to the
characters, as well as hammers and
nails to the stage crew. The only
concern from beginning to end is
“The show must go on” I
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The pictures perhaps
for children, but grownups’toofc,
a misty mood of i
are
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themselves in
romance,
Rob- Roy (Richard Todd) ,
chief of the clan MacCrA^
A.D. He is in love
Mary, a Highland lassie
tates to marry her as long , * I
IS fighting the English c
Johns plays Helen Mary ahH ,
handsome Helen she is too P^
are saying that I am tryS' i
spoil the movie. Not true! ^ ™
I just want you to be suia i
see Rob Roy’s strut through L
don town to get his pardon
King George I, of England and J
see that it is possible to make ve
fine movies at a great cut
cost of production.
. . . Lu Long’s and Mary W, I
pictures on the back of the "A ,i
nae Record.” People are sayi!|
that these are sneak previews „
appear jj
the pictures that will
the Salem annual. They are sayW
that they are very charming ph.
tures, too.
People are talking about desires,
spring, rings, plays, ballets, movies'
the Berlin Conference and cveii
Marilyn Monroe and her Joe. I
hope you are talking with them!
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