This Week’s Editor
Is Alison Britt
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Scholarships
Offered For
Oslo,Norway
Two all-expense scholarships for
Summer school study at the Uni
versity of Oslo, Norway, are being
made available to Salem College
students by the Honorable L. Cor-
rin Strong, Salem trustee and U. S.
Ambassador to Norway, it was an
nounced Thursday by President
Dale H. Gramley.
On a competitive basis, the schol
arships, worth $800 each, will go to
one junior anc| one sophomore. Dr.
Gramley said. Application blanks
were made available to students fol
lowing chapel.
Announcement of the scholarship
winners is expected to be made
when Salem observes International
Day on March 18.
Under the terms of the scholar
ships being offered by Ambassador
Strong, the students will sail for
Norway on June 23 for six weeks’
itummer session, July 3 to August
14. They would return on the
same boat, the SS Stavangerfjord,
on either August 21 or September
3.
The students would take six hours
of credit study. All course work
will be given in English. Field
trips and week-end excursions are
planned.
The two Salem students would
join a group of approximately 200
American and. Canadian student
who are expected to enroll for the
summer session at the University
of Oslo.
Ambassador Strong is the son of
the late Mrs. Hattie M. Strong,
who gave two buildings to Salem
and for whom Salem’s foreign stu
dent scholarship program is named.
Under this program, inaugurated in
'950, three forei.gn students study
'at Salem each year. The endow
ment for these Hattie M. Strong
Scholarships now totals $65,000.
•Ambassador Strong, who became
a trustee of Salem Academy and
College in 1952, undertook his post
as Ambassador to Norway last Au
gust. Following his mother’s death,
he e s t a b 1 i s h e d the Friendship
Rooms in Strong dormitory at col
lege and placed chandeliers in Cor-
rin Refectory.
Grimsley Talks
On Personality
Mrs. Corinne Grimsley of the
North Carolina State College Ex
tension Service spoke in assembly
Thursday on “Looking at Yourself’’.
Mrs. Grimsley was introduced by
Mrs. Elizabeth Tuttle, home demon
stration agent for Forsyth County.
Mrs. Tuttle said that the speaker
works with home demonstration
agents all over North Carolina and
has served as vocational guidance
counsellor for the women students
at Duke University. Mrs. Grims
ley now holds the position of
Family Relation Specialist of the
N- C. State Extension Service.
In her talk Mrs. Grimsley asked
her audience to look at themselves
because “the kind of person you
are is more important than what
you do or say”.
She then discussed various ways
of solving problems: the direct and
the indirect methods. Sometimes
tve can solve our problems as such;
sometimes we must take a detour
around them for solution.
In the latter method, Mrs. Grims-
Icy listed such possibilities as
rationalization, identification, and
day-dreaming, some of which can
be bad methods of problem solu
tion.
She concluded her talk with a
discussion of “what is love” saying
that love is a growing thing be
ginning with self-love in the baby
and ending with the mature sacri-
ncing and giving love of the adult.
Next Week’s Editor
Is Betty Lyim Wilson
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, March 5, 1954
Number 16
IlT}'® of Old Salem shown above, depicts Salem Square in winter as it was in the 19th century.
Under the present plans, Salem Square will be restored with the same type of fence, a firehouse, and a
sun-dial.
Daughter Of R.J. Reynolds Donates $25,000 To
Old Salem For Reconstruction Of The Sauare
A gift of $25,000 for the restora
tion of Salem Square has been
given to Old Salem, Inc., by Mrs.
Nancy Reynolds Bagley, of Quarry
Farms, Greenwich, Conn.
In making the donation to Old
Salem, Mrs. Bagley stated in her
letter enclosed with her check: “I
am enclosing my check for $25,000
to Old Salem, Inc. and would like
for it to go to the Main Square to
reconstruct the Market-Fire House,
the fence, relay the sidewalks in
brick and for any new lighting that
would be required. I realize the
amount of this check is more than
is needed for this^ specific project,
but the balance can go into the
general fund.”
According to announcement made
by R. Arthur Spaugh, Jr., President
of Old Salem, Inc., the Square will
be returned as nearly as is practical
to its appearance of the period of
1820 to 1830.
Mrs. Bagley is the daughter of
the late R. J. Reynolds, founder of
Ray To Speak
The newly reorganized Baptist
Student Union at Salem has invited
Jimmy Ray, state secretary of the
Baptist Student Union, to visit the
campus Tuesday, March 9. He will
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speak in Chapel and at 1:30 will
meet with anyone interested in
summer B. S. U. work. During the
afternoon he plans to talk with the
council members about their duties.
After 6:30 all Baptist students are
invited to a coffee in the Friendship
Rooms of Strong.
Other activities for the Union in
clude a spring retreat to be held at
the Myers Park Baptist Church in
Charlotte on April 23, 24, and 25.
Banquet ToBeHeld
Dr. and Mrs. Dale H. Gramley
will enfertain the senior class
Thursday night, March 11 at a din
ner in the club dining room. The
dinner will be at 6:00 p.m.
The senior class together with
the senior men day students will
■be at the dinner. Mrs. Amy Heid-
breder. Dr. Ivy Hixon, and Miss
Catherine Nicholson, the senior class
advisor, will also be at the dinner.
After the dinner the Gramleys
will invite the seniors and the
special guests to their home for an
informal social hour.
the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Com
pany.
In restoring the Square, plans
call for it to be enclosed with a
fence similar to one described in
Moravian records between the 1820
and 1830 period. The fence wall be
of clapboard and will be painted
white. Construction will follow the
details as described in the records
of the Aufseher Collegium (town
governing body) which read as fol
low's : “Concerning the Square
fence, the Collegium advises to take
good timber from white oaks for
the posts and three bdards of the
same timber shall be nailed across
each other at suitable intervals.
Over the whole, a top piece is to
be nailed to a narrow board. The
height of the fence is to be about
4 feet. The length of the boards
is to amount to 16 feet and 3 posts
shall be set up within the space of
16 feet”.
It was pointed out by restoration
authorities that in replacing the
fence, sufficient openings would be
provided in the way of gates and
removable panels to take care of
pedestrians using the Square, and
for the assembling of large crowds.
The panels, authorities went on to
say, have been planned at strategic
places with suitable space openings
Parents’fDay
Will Be Held
Parent’s Week-End, March 20,
will have as its theme, “Orientation
Day for Parents”.
This will include registration,
chapel, visits with the faculty, open
houses in the various dormitories,
and dinner in the refectory, con
cluding with student entertainment
in Old Chapel that evening.
All parents are urged by the com
mittee to stay over until Sunday to
attend church with their daughters
and for the decjication of the Little
Chapel at 2:00 o’clock that after
noon.
The committee planning that
week-end is composed' of: fresh
men, Nancy Cockfield, Judy Gra
ham, Joan Reich; sophomores,
Mary McNeely Rogers, Eleanor
Walton, Eleanor Smith; juniors,
Bonnie Jane Hall, Barbara White,
Jean Currin; seniors. Sue Harrison,
Alison Britt, Boots Hudson.
The week-end is planned by the
students especially to acquaint the
parents with all aspects of life at
Salem.
to accommodate especially the large
crowds which gather to attend the
early Moravian Easter Service at
Home Moravian Church.
The Firehouse and Market to be
reconstructed will be a one-story
structure of brick with a simulated
wood shingle roof and will measure
approximately 20x30 feet. It will be
placed on the west side of the
Square facing Main Street in about
the middle of the block.
Two walks will be placed. They
will be made ®f 'brick, laid in an
early pattern and will cross in the
tenter. The walk from the South
west corner to the Northeast cor
ner toward the Home Church will
be restored to its original off-
center position. Officials state that
in the Square have been traced to
a number of the trees now standing
their date of planting of 1810, and
today one can see an outline of
the original walk by an alley of
trees.
The sun-dial to be placed will
duplicate the one built on the
Square in 1772, which was still
standing during the 1820-1830
period.
Proper lighting is being planned
for the use of pedestrians and for
special occasions, such as summer
band concerts. The lights will be
hidden.
Salem Square has been the center
of activity in the life of the Mo
ravians ever since the quaint little
village was established in 1766.
With the growth of the Moravian
congregation and visitors attending
the early Easter Service, the Square
has become the gathering place of
a multitude of worshippers.
News Briefs
Dr. Dale Gramley conducted Jun
ior Town Meeting of the Air
Thursday night on WAIR. The
topic for discussion was “Should
the Voting Age be Lowered?” Six
high school students from the
county composed the panel.
Thirty Moravian ministers from
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania
and New York who were speaking
in Moravian Churches in ‘the Win
ston-Salem area visited the campus
Monday afternoon. Dr. Dale Gram-
ley and the Rev. Edwin Sawyer
led the group on a tour of Salem.
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Mrs. Margaret Merriman and
Mrs. Bowen both resumed their
teaching duties March 1.
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Mr. William L. Polk will give a
talk on his recent book Southern
Accent at 4:00 o’clock at the Arts
Center on March 7. Mr; Polk is
assistant editor of the Greensboro
Daily News. Refreshments will be
served after the lecture.
Faculty Play
To Be Given
8:00 Tonight
Tonight is the world premiere of
“The Investigation of Salem,” a
musical comedy written and directed
by the faculty. It stars the faculty,
featuring such actresses as Jess
Byrd in the part of “Eartha” Byrd
and Evabelle Covington as “Little
Eva.” It was costumed by the
faculty. The choreography and set
were done by the faculty. Light
ing and music were done by the
faculty. Jn fact, this is the Faculty
Play for 1954.
The play i'S divided into two acts,
depicting Salem at work and Salem
at play. Act I takes place in 1772
or 1791 and features campus acti
vities set in classrooms, professor’s
offices, smokehouses and the gym
nasium. Act II is set at a Ging
ham Tavern dance, and is repre
sentative of the present time.
Dr. ‘Elizabeth Welch, as the nar
rator, is “Miss Student Teacher of
1926.” The chorus ic composed of
“Antigone” Horne, “Pantigone”
Reigner and “Edwin” Shewmake.
Miss Elizabeth Colette fills the part
of “Passim.”
The play includes a number of
original songs sung by such vocal
ists as George Washington Sawyer
and Student Catherine Nicholson.
One of the outstanding dances of
the musical extravaganza is an
apache number featuring Frances
Horne and Charles Medlin.
Plans for the production, a pro
ject undertaken by the faculty once '
every four years, were made by a
committee headed by Catherine
Nicholson and composed of Miss
Evabelle Covington, Margaret Bar
rier, Virginia Hodges, Elizabeth
Riegner, Warren Spencer, Edwin
Shewmake, Dr. Elizabeth Welch,
Paul Peterson and Dr. William B.
Todd.
Proceeds from the play will go
to the World Student Service Fund.
Meeting Plans
Are Scheduled
March
3—5:00 p.m. (Wednesday)
9—5:00 p.m. (Tuesday)
H—1:30 p.m. (Thursday) Nomi
nations for Group I
15— 9:30 p.m. (Monday) In case
of petition
16— Assembly (Tuesday) Election
of Group I by student body
(President and Secretary of
Student Gov’t)
16— 5:00 p.m. (Tuesday) Nomina
tions for Group II
17— 9:30 p.m. (Wednesday) In
case of petition
18— ^Assembly (Thursday) Elec
tion of Group II by student
body (Vice-President and
Treasurer of Student Gov’t)
18— 1:30 p.m. (Thursday) Nomi
nations for Groups V and VI
19— 1:30 p.m. (Friday) Nomina
tions for Group HI
19—9:30 p.m. (Friday) In case of
petition
22—1:30 p.m. (Monday) Election
of Group V by staff (Editor
of Sights and Insights
22— 9:30 p.m. (Monday) In case
of petition
23— Assembly (Tuesday) Election
of Group VI by student body
(Chairman of May Day; Pre
sident of A. A.)
23—5:00 p.m. (Tuesday) Nomina
tions for Group IV
23— 9:30 p.m. (Tuesday) In case
of petition
24— 1:30 p.m. (Wednesday) Elec
tion of Group III by staff
(Editor of Salemite)
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