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Volume XL
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, October 16, 1959
Number 4
Faculty And Students Compete In FITS Day Stunts
Blair Talks On Moravian
Education On Wednesday
John F. Blair of Winston-Salem will speak in assembly Founders’
Day Oct. 21, on the topic, Moravian educational tradition antedating
Salem Academy and Salem College.
Mr. Blair received his BA in philosophy from Haverflord College, Pa.,
his MA in English from Columbia, and his LLB from Harvard.
For a period of two years he was a lecturer and assistant professor
atjMoravian College in Bethlehem, Pa. He also spent eight years with
the University of North Carolina Press.
In 1952 he came to Salem and taught English for one semester. At
present Mr. Blair is publisher of his own printing company in Winston-
Salem.
Salem Observes
Founders Day
Salem College observes Founders’
Day annually October 21. It marks
the day the cornerstone for South
Hall, the first building to house
boarding students, was laid.
The grant to open a boarding
school was issued October 31, 1802
and the school was opened May 16,
1804.
Art Faculty
Win Prizes;
Mount Display
At the Dixie Classic Fair last
week, Mr. Shewmake was awarded
a premium for his oil painting por
traying the ambiguity of signs com-
' which he developed this summer,
mon in American life, a project
Miss Kesler, also of the Art De
partment, won a purple ribbon for
her watercolor, “Portsmouth Town
Fleet”. Her work was judged the
best graphic w'ork in the exhibition.
A new collection of pictures has
been mounted this week on the
stairs of the north wdng of Main
Hall and on the third floor of
Memorial Hall. The pictures are
on loan from the Winston-Salem
Gallery of Fine Arts and will re
main in place until November 14
when a collection of Japanese
prints w'ill replace them.
“Tobacco Barns”, a non-objective
work by Claude Howell of Wilm
ington, is the featured work. In
the Main Hall collection are three
scenes and tw^o completely non
objective works, chosen by a board
of judges w'ho evaluate paintings
for the Art Gallery twice yearly.
Each work of an artist is judged
individually and chosen for its own
merits.
Mary Goslen, a special student at
Salem, has her work, “Blue City
displayed in this collection.
■ A few more photographic pic
tures are included in the Memorial
Hall collection. However, Mr.
Shi^make chose the more progres
sive works for Main Hall, in order
“To expose the students to them
every day.” He hopes that by daily
contact with these works, the stu
dents will become familiar with the
various styles and begin to criticize
the works on their artistic qualities
rather than exclaiming at the color
NOTICE
Students must sign in by 7:30 or
[ it will be considered an evening
engagement.
The school itself had been in
operation since 1772. Sister Oester-
lein was the first instructor. The
only complaint about the sister’s
work was that the girls were learn
ing no arithmetic. This was be
cause Sister Oesterlein herself
knew no math. This situation was
corrected when she got married
and Sister Sehnert became the
teacher—she knew, arithmetic. Thus
mathematics was added to the early
curriculum of Salem.
There are few records of cele
brations of Founders’ Days. Miss
Marsh, alumni secretary, remembers
that they usually' had picnics or
parties and a half-day recess. Re
cords in the library show that cere
monies were held as late as 1942
with an address by E. M. Holder,
associate professor of history at
Salem.
So Founders’ Day is part of
Salem College’s history. As Mr.
Holder said “Colleges are not
founded in one fell swoop. Every
student, every teacher, every ad
ministrator who has held in his
mind a w'orthy idea and has cheri
shed in his heart a love for the
college is as truly a founder as
those who broke ground and erected
buildings.”
FITS Unites Classes
In Exibitlon Of Spirit
JoKanna Johnson, Martha Tallman
Practice A Relay
Students Must
Register For
Hygiene Exam
Students who plan to take the
hygiene examination Thursday
evening, Oct. 22, at 7:15, must reg
ister now on the sheet provided in
the Recorder’s Office.
All candidates for the BA degree
must pass an examination in Per
sonal and Community Hygiene be
fore the completion of the junior
year. Study guides and biblio
graphy are available in the Re-,
corder’s Office.
Any member of the junior, sopho
more, and freshman classes is eli
gible to take this exam when it is
offered in fall and spring terms.
Relays, class songs, and dramatic
advice on “How to Catch a Man
will be part of the new FITS
(Freshman Initiation to Salem)
program on Wednesday. The pro
gram, which includes a field day
from 4 to 6 o’clock and a produc
tion at 7:30, will be the culmination
of work begun by the class of ’62
last spring. The entire .student
body and the faculty are to parti
cipate in the program.
No Classes
There will be no classes Wed
nesday afternoon.
Committee
Discusses Fund
Distribution
The 1959-60 Concessions Commit
tee had their first meeting, Wed
nesday, Oct. 7. The committee con
sists of one representative from
each class; Ellen Rankin, a sopho
more, is chairman; Julia Leary, a
junior, is secretary; Susan Deare,
a senior, is treasurer; and Cathy
Brown is the freshman representa
tive.
The main business of the meet
ing was the distribution to the dor
mitory presidents and to the day
student’s center president of 25c
per girl to be used at the discretion
of the students.
Organizations may petition the
committee for funds. Distribution
of the money is based on the best
way the funds may be used to
benefit the entire student body.
Wdk Qne> Blaiu"
That afternoon each class will
march on to the athletic field led
by their pep chairman. These pep
chairmen are appointed by the class
presidents to help organize their
class for the activities. Each class
will sit in a special section, and
they will have class colors, a class
song and cheerleaders to encourage
their participants in the relays and
stunts.
Master of Ceremonies
The pep chairman for each class
will join the Master of Ceremonies,
Jack White on a special platform.
Be nice to Mr. White for he will
call the relays and then announce
the winners.
Relays
There will be an over and under
relay (passing a basketball over the
head and then under the legs), a
shoe relay (running and finding
your shoe in a pile and then racing
back), and an innertube race (run-
ing and passing a innertube over
your head). There will also be a
three legged race and a walk, hop,
skip, and run reay.
There will be a special stunt in
volving the. girls with the longest
and shortest hair.
The freshmen who have not been
wearing their beanies will be given
a special task to do.
Evening Production
The production will present skits
by each class on the theme, “How
to Catch a Man.” Each class will,
have approximately IS minutes in
which to educate the student body
on this interesting subject. The
production will be from 7 ;30 to 9:30
in Old Chapel. The class presi
dents are responsible for their class.
Rehearsal will be held on Tuesday
night.
Award
There will be an award for the
class showing the best class and
school spirit. This award will be
presented at the production Wed
nesday night. Everyone is urged to
join in the fun and support their
class.
Mr. Johansen
Attends Hymn
Revision Meet
Professor John H. Johansen, col
lege chaplain, and head of the de
partment of religion at Salem Col
lege, leaves Sunday, Oct. 18, for
the Pocono Mountains in Pennsyl
vania, where he will attend a week-
long meeting of the Flymn Revision
Committee of the Moravian Church
in America.
Prof. Johansen, who is chairman
of the Southern Province section of
the committee, will attend the meet
ing with Dr. Herbert Spaugh of
Charlotte, and the Rev. E. T. Mic
key, Jr., and the Rev. John S. Go-
serud, other members of the com
mittee from Winston-Salem. Pro
fessor Johansen will return for
classes on Monday, Oct. 26th.
Tn .et Europe out of their systems and to give the student body a quick tour. Miss Samson, Miss Battle,
Mr Michie Dr Austin, Dr. Byers, and Miss Palmer (not pictured) will present an assembly program Mon-
r! 1 d on their trips to Europe this summer.
Eacnneaker will discuss a particular point of interest-including Berlin, Scandinavia, Mont-Saint-Michel
and Chartres, the House of Commons, Switzerland, and European architecture.
Any information for the
school calendar must be
turned in to the Registrar’s
Office by 10 o’clock on the
Friday preceding the event.