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Volume XXXVIII Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, March 21, 1958 Number 20 IRS Week Activities Will Bep March 24 Smitherman Elected Salemlte Editor; Bennett, Goddard, Mayhew And Burt To Head Campus Activities During last week’s elections, Jean Smitherman was selected for next year’s editor of the Salemite. Ruth Bennett was elec ted president of IRS; Mary Jane Mayhew, president of the YWCA; Martha Goddard, president of Pier rettes and Mimi Burt, president of the Day Stucfents Organization. lean Smitherman the new Salemite editor is from Elkin, N. C., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Smitherman. Jean is Feature Editor of the paper this year and has worked on it since her freshman year. Jean is an English major and liistory minor, but has time for many other activities also. She I played the lead role in Twelfth Night and was stage manager of the last Pierrette production, The Glass Managerie. Jean is treasurer of the Lecture Series Committee and of the junior class. She is a member of Phi Alpha Theta, honorary history society and a member of the Honor Society. Ruth Bennett, newly elected president of the IRS is from Harts- i ville, S. C., the daughter of Mr. I and Mrs. F. R. Bennett. 1 In January, Ruth was elected second alternate in the Maid of Cotton contest; she is also on the Salem May Court. Aside from,being a history major, Ruth’s extra-curricular activities Spiritual, Cultural, Social And Academic Sides Of Salemites Are Emphasized include Phi Alpha Theta and the Honor Society. She is treasurer of the IRS and was chairman of the Christmas Banquet her sopho more year. Last summer, Ruth was one of the Strong scholars studying in Oslo, Norway. Mary Jane Mayhew Mary Jane Mayhew, new “Y” President is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mayhew of Char lotte. She is taking a double major in religion and economics-sociology. A transfer from W-C last year, Mary Jane has served as a Mar shal, member of the AA and Y cabinets, and President of the Westminster Fellowship. Mary The week of March 24 has been set aside as I. R. S. week. During this time, it is the aim of the I. R. S. Council to present their views on ‘what makes a well rounded Salemite” through various activities centered around the sub ject. On Monday night, the Council will sponsor the annual Birthday Dinner. Appropriate alltire is a wool dress. There will be a special meal, music and prizes for one girl whose birthday occurs in each month. Each girl will sit at a table decorated to represent the month of her birth. In chapel Tuesday, the faculty will emphasize the cultural aspect of being a well rounded person by demonstrating their talents in art, drama, modern dance and music In relation to this a Salem Student Art Exhibit will be displayed in Main Hall. To emphasize the spiritual side of life, the I. R. S. has secured The Reverend Mac MacQueen who will speak to us on a subject foremost in many students’ minds —“College Skepticism” — at 7:30 Wednesday night in the Day Stu dent Center. Afterward, students are invited to talk informally with Reverend MacQueen at a coffee hour. Charm highlights Thursday’s as sembly program with a Fashion Show sponsored by Fred McCoy’s with I. R. S. Council members modeling. At 7:30, there will be an informal talk on what consti tutes a charming person by a Salem trustee. One of the highlights of the week will be Academic emphasis on Friday, when Dr. Lewis will deliver a ficticious “Last Lecture at Salem”. To conclude I. R. S. W'eek, summer reading lists will be distributed after the lecture to each student. During the week a booklet on etiquette entitled “Did You Know” will be distributed. It will contain hints and illustrations concerning proper etiquette. The chairman for I. R. S. Week Mary Lois James. The co- chairman is Marcille Van Liere. The other committee heads in clude: birthday dinner, Ruth Ben nett; publicity, Lydie Swann; bul letin board, Nancy Sexton and Nancy Cridlebaugh; art display, Norwood Dennis and Betsy Gatling; socials, Nollner Morrissett; chapel Evelyn Vincent and Jenny Elder; fashion show, Anis Ira; academic lecture, Churchill Jenkins and Lynn Ligon; reading list, Catherine Cline; calendar, Joan Melton and Janet Barnet; and etiquette book let, Mary Louise Howell, Erwin Robinns and Barbara Paine. Jean Smitherman Three Pertinent Topics Discussed By Stee Gee * ?he three main topics of dis- ision at the Student Council eting on Monday, March 17, re Salem’s orientation program, )resentation to the Student uncil, and the destruction of lool property by fraternity pled- 5'from other schools. STancy Cridlebaugh and Mary rtis Wrike, co-chairmen of last ar’s orientation committee P'"®' ited a recommendation to the udent Council concerning orien- :ion. They suggested that the ;mbership of the orientation com- ttee be kept as it is. (At pre- nt the committee is composed the members of the Student )uncil and the heads of the major ganizations. Since there must one committee member or ery four freshmen, additional embers are elected from t e ;nior Class.) Nancy and Mary rrtis also felt that the Club ar val is satisfactory and need no langes. However, they recom ended that, as the President of ;udent Government has many ities in connection with onen- tion, another member of Student ouncil, possibly the secre ary, :rve with the Senior Class presi- :nt as a co-chairman of the com littee. They also suggested that committee be formed within th tudent Council to plan the hand- ook study before school closes ,m re spring The Student Council oted to accept these _ recommen ations from last year s co-c len and pass them on o n year’s council. Mary Curtis next introduced the subject of representation to the Student Council. At present the Council is composed of the officers of Student Government, the IKb president, the class presidents presidents of the dormitories, and the Day Student president, with the stipulation that there must be at least six seniors, six juniors, three sophomores, and three fresh men on the council. Council mem bers felt that something should be done about this system sentation since, the size of the freshmen and sophomore classes is increasing and since representa tion is often divided very unequaUy among the dormitories. A com See was appointed to study our ;;;esent sysem and make recom- '"S^'tst matter discussed was tlJt of the destruction of school property by fraternity pledges froin TaS colleges. It was pointed S tLt the property mvo ved i sometimes expenswe, ^ as^^ is^^.^^ Se Sen from Clewell and Leh man and which are valued at ap • ot.lv forty dollars each. It rLognized that there Slid be less destruction if Salem- •les themselves did Jt encourage LU-r'-Sci™ for a Medge is one thing and mak- ior a pieag destruction of ‘^Cdollars worth of school pro perty is quite another. Academic Council Praises Faculty Evaluation Plan Mimi Burt Jane has .also worked with the Salemite and Sights and Insights. Martha Goddard, president of the Pierrettes is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. B. Goddard of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. She is a music major, education minor and is sec retary of the Music Club. Martha has, been a writer for the Salemite since her freshman year. Last semester she took the male lead in the .Pierrettes pro duction of Twelfth Night. Mrs. J. H. Burt, known on cam pus as Mimi is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. P. W. Joyner of Enfield, N. C. She has been elected to head the Day Students Organi zation next year.^ Mimi is majoring in economics- sociology and is planning to go on with education next year. She has served on the AA cabinet, IRS, and was sub house president of Clewell Dormitory last year. On Thursday, March 20, a spe cial committee of Student Govern ment and the Faculty Academic Council met together to discuss the' proposed faculty evaluation and the suggested questionnaire. If the plan is acceptable, the ques tionnaire will be submitted to the students late in the semester and probably will be filled out during each class. The questionnaire which Martha Duval, chairman of the Student Government committee presented included: presentation of subject matter, classroom tech nique, leadership and stimulation of thinking, attitude toward stu dent, apparent mastery of subject matter, personal characteristics, and method of testing. The ques tionnaire also includes an area of student self evaluation so that the faculty member will be able to judge the validity of the student s criticism and so that the student will be able to_ judge the validity of his own criticism. The evaluation program and the questionnaire was generally ac cepted by the Academic Council, however, it will have to be ap proved by the entire faculty be fore it can be enacted. The Stu dent Government hopes to formally present their plan in the faculty meeting on April 9. The faculty members discussed various means of compiling the results of the questionnaire. Dr Austin felt that it would be more objective if the results were tabu lated in a master office and sent to each member of the faculty Dr. Africa suggested that the re sults might be compiled into an editorial or general statement of students opinion of the schools academic value. However, Mar tha Duval pointed out that un pleasant -results had followed any public statement of the results in colleges which have a faculty evaluation system. The group de cided that the questionnaire would be of greater value if handled personally by each faculty member. Mr. Campbell questioned the value of the criticisms if the stu dents were not willing to sign them. Dr. Austin counteracted this point by saying that it is impos sible for students to feel that they can be frank with a faculty mem ber because, after all, “the faculty holds the upper hand.” Mary Curtis Wrike also added that the committee had decided not to have the students sign the ’question naires so that students would feel free to be frank. In this manner, the results would be of more bene fit to the faculty. However, each girl will be asked to indicate the course that she is evaluating so that the professor will be able to make specific applications of the suggestions. The rest of the meeting was oc cupied with checking the wording of the evaluation chart, and the faculty made several suggestions where they thought points needed clarification or re-wording. The Academic Council was quite complimentary of this project and felt that the questionnaire showed careful preparation. They were also quite enthusiastic about the project. As Dr. Lewis said, “I think it will be lots of fun; let’s do it.”
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