October 8, 1954
Old Custom
is Observed
By Students
Salem College observed its an
nual Founder’s Day Thursday,
October 7, with an assembly pre
sided over by Dr. Gramley. Salem-
ites observed the commemorative
laying of the cornerstone for the
original Academy building, which
is now South Flail.
Dr. Gramley introduced the
speaker for the occasion, Mr. Don
ald McCorkle. Mr. McCorkle, new
assistant professor of musicology
at Salem College, spoke on Mo
ravian music in connection with
the founding of the college. Ffe
called to attention that these early
Moravians brought with them one
of the greatest musical cultures of
such time—together with their high
intellectual and artisan talents.
Tn the early Salem community
there was a group formed to per
form sacred and secular music.
Such music was written by church
men and passed on in manuscript
copies or hand copied from com
posers of Europe and circulated in
our country. The community
reached a peak in music activity
under John Frederik Peter, who is
believed to have composed the first
chamber music in America.
Each year Salem acknowledges
the founding of Salem Academy
on the approximate date in 1772.
Facilities for education in the
Salem settlement were begun only
six years after the community was
founded. Although these facilities
were not the original, they were
the foundation of our present col
lege and academy. Salem did not
become a boarding school until
October 6, 1803, with the addition
of a new building and the arrival
of Reverend Samuel Kremsh, the
new principal.
Today one still finds an impres
sion of the past in the Moravian
center. “Where else will you find
450 men, boys, and girls willing to
get up at 2 A.M. to play in an
early Easter service?”
Mr. McCorkle concluded by call
ing to attention the fact that
America is “in the midst of a
renaissance in the history of her
music.” Fie hopes that “American
music will soon break through the
shackles of European snobbery and
will gain its rightful equality with
European music.”
Clinics To Begin
Remedial reading and a speech
clinic are being offered as a service
to Salem students by the admini
stration.
There will be two sections of
tremedial reading on Tuesdays and
Thursdays at 11:15 and 2:00. The
classes begin October 19 and end
on December 16. Ten students are
limited to each class so that in-
'dividual help may be given to the
t
students who want or need it.
The speech clinic is designed to
'give suggestions, assistance, or
practice in speech. The classes
will be held in Miss Reigner’s
-studio on Mondays and Wednes
days at 12:CX). If any student wants
'to be scheduled at other hours later
in the year, she is requested to see
Miss Reigner.
News Briefs
The annual meeting of the Wa
chovia Historical Society will be
held Tuesday, October 19, in the
lecture room of the Science Build
ing at 8:00 p.m.
The first meeting of the Inter
national Relations Club will be held
on Thursday, October 14, at 6:30
o’clock in the living room of Bit
ting. All members and new stu
dents are invited to hear guest
speakers, Betsy Liles and Agnes
Rennie.
The annual meeting of the Board
of Trustees will be held at 2:00
p.m. Friday, October 22.
* * *
On October 23 the North Carolina
Deans’ Association will hold its an
nual meeting on campus.
* * *
The wives of the men attending
the annual conference of the League
of Municipalities will have sugar
cake and coffee on campus at 9:15
a.m., Thursday, October 21, prior
to touring Old Salem.
* * *
Two foreign students will arrive
at Salem later this year. Sonia
Mastrogambraski from Crete,
Greece, has sailed and is expected
to arrive early in November. Duk-
sung Hyum from Seoul, Korea, will
arrive in February in time to begin
the second semester of the present
school year.
*****
The editor should like to thank
Phyllis Stinnett, Judy Graham,
Judy Williams, Betty Saunders,
Martha Thornburg, Celia Smith,
Jane Brown, Beth Paul, and Nancy
Gilchrist for news articles this
week.
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Spaugh Speaks
On Conference
In chapel Tuesday, Dr. R. Gor
don Spaugh, delegate of the Mo
ravian Church to the World Coun
cil of Churches and previous pastor
of the Home Moravian Church, re
ported to the faculty and students
on his experiences while attending
the meeting.
This, the second conference, was
held in Evanston, Illinois. The
World Council of Churches was
constituted six years ago and met
for the first time in Amsterdam.
Forty-eight countries were repre
sented at this gathering last Au
gust. Delegates of Christian re
ligions from all over the globe met
with common aims ancf purposes;
the all-embracing goal was the pro
motion of world peace. All busi
ness was centered around the
theme of the meeting, “Christ, the
Hope of the World.”
Dr. Spaugh told the group of
some of the speakers at the con
ference. Bishop Oxnam spoke at
the opening session; his theme was
“We Will Stay Together”. Presi
dent Eisenhower and Secretary of
State Dulles expressed to the de
legates the world-wide need of help
from God through prayer.
The conference called for exten
sive planning and two years of
preparation by the people of Evans
ton. The delegates were housed
in the University of Illinois dormi
tories and sorority houses. Buses
were available at any time to ac
comodate them, and American food
was served to delegates from all
nations.
Dr. Spaugh said that many words
were written and many hopes were
expressed, but no momentous de
cisions were made. The great
realization, he said, came that
delegates from forty-*ight nations
could work together without ani
mosity in the different religious
thoughts of the day. The general
conclusion was that “we cannot
pull the world into shape, because
only God can bring us hope and
light.”
Jean Edwards, ‘54 Graduate,
To Speak At Vespers Sunday
Jean Edwards, a ’54 graduate of
Salem College, will speak at ves
m
Jean Edwards
pers Sunday night for the Y. W.
C. A., announced Sarah Outland,
president. She is a past president
of the Y and was a member of
the Scorpions. A double major in
Home Economics and English, Jean
is now an Assistant Dietitian of
the Baptist Hospital.
As part of her talk for vespers,
Jean will tell of the plans ajid
construction of Little Chapel. She
will give a brief history of the
activities that took place in order
to erect the Chapel.
Little Chapel is less than a year
old and has been used mainly for
vesper services, talks by visiting
ministers and morning devotionals.
Dee-hours New Look
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with our “New Look!”
Night Classes Held
Two classes for residents of
Winston-Salem and vicinity are
now being taught here on campus.
On Tuesday evenings from 7:30
to 9:00, Rev. Sawyer teaches a
course entitled “Great Messages
from the Bible” to adult residents
of the city. This course is an in
troductory course approaching the
Bible as a whole; the aim is to
study its essential message. The
course will be geared especially for
teachers of young people’s and
adult Bible classes.
The other course offered is one
of studio art classes for children.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Shewmake
will instruct from 10:00 until 12:00
on Saturday mornings.
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