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What Jobs Are Available For Religion Majors? The student majoring in religion may select her specific work from a range encompassing direct church work at home or in mission service; social and welfare work; com munity service organizations, teach ing in specific areas, especially re ligious education; and government work. The church itself offers unlimited opportunities. With a BA degree, the religion major may become a church secretary or an assistant director of religious education; with an added year’s study, she will be come a certified DRE. A graduate with some knowledge of music may direct a choir or participate in other musical activities within the church. A teaching certificate and major in religion is a good combination. A girl with such a background can find openings for the establishment and direction of church affiliated kindergartens. The religion major with a teaching certificate is pre pared to conduct Sunday School classes and to lead workshops and discussions for instruction of Sun day School teachers. In many communities religion teachers serve under the Released Time” religious education program. Since direct religious instruction and public school teaching are us ually looked upon separately, child ren are released from school for a specified length of time in order to attend classes of religious instruc tion at their respective churches. A religion major may enter the Charlotte Girl Gives Recital Thurs, Feb. 23 field of foreign mission service in her church, or in another denomi- nation. Here she will find herself carrying out many duties teaching, nursing, as well as working in the church program. Two of the lar gest mission boards are the Presby terian Church, USA, and the Ameri can Boards for Foreign Missions. The religion major, qualified to enter social and welfare work, may find employment at settlement houses such as Valley Settlement House, 33-41 Tompkins St., West Orange, N. J., and Neighborhood Settlement Association, 1001 Huron Rd., Cleveland 15, Ohio, or at train ing centers for delinquent or emo tionally disturbed young people, such as Ridge Farm, 40 Old Mill Rd., Lake Forest; , 111. For the graduate interested in community service, opportunities lie with such groups as Girl Scouts of U. S. A., 830 3rd Ave. N. Y. There are jobs on Girl Scout Councils throughout the country, and also openings as staff workers with volunteer leaders in any community. There are similar opportunities with the Girl Clubs of America, 265 State St., Springfield, Mass.; the Camp Fire Girl organization, 16 E. 48th St, N. Y. 17, N. Y., and the YWCA, 600 Lexington Ave., N. Y. 22, N. Y. Employment suited to the re ligion major also exists with the government through the U. S. De partment of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington 25, D. C. The student of religion who is seeking summer employment may find the above references helpful in obtaining work. ^.,11. I, to riasse'! and lunch since mid-semester breal, pl-^o introduce bicydes on campus, come sprin, SnoiP Gets Moans, Cheers From Girls After Giving Fun, Taking Awa'^ Trijis IRC Will Meet Sandra Moore, pianist, and a sen ior at Myers Park High School in Charlotte, will give a recital in Memorial Hall Thursday, Feb. 23 at 8:30 p.m. A student of Hans Heideman, Sandra hopes to enter the freshman class at Salem next fall. Thursday evening Sandra will play the Bach C Minor Partitia, the Beethoven sonatd in E flat. Op. 27, No. 1, two preludes by Debussy —Dead Leaves and Fragrances and Sounds that Pass in the Night. She will close with Goldfish and Fire works by Debussy. Three Davidson foreign exchange students will give their opinion of American girls and related subjects at the IRC meeting next week. Betty Wilson, president, expects two English boys, Glenn Hughes and John Reid, accompanied by a third European student, to present a rousing discussion. The date for the meeting will be postponed. By Sue Froneberger Slip . . . slide . . . slush . . . slush! These have been the char acteristic sounds around the Square this week. Most of this slipping and sliding was encountered on the beaten path to the post office, es pecially last weekend when every one risked their lives to get to the mail box and that special Valentine. Helen Crevensten did her slipping and sliding down the library steps, ending up with a fractured :rib. Linda Leaird also had a tumble and slid half a block down Main Street, suffering no injury other than a wet seat. The snow brought shouts of joy from some Salemites (the Florida girls) and long, dreary faces to others (thosq planning to, leave Saturday for Davidson or U. N. C.). BAR Fountain favorite, for co-ed. Grace Walker’s day was brightened when Gordon finally arrived at eight o’clock p.m. Saturday after a lengthy delay because of the snow. Beth Bobbitt, who recently re ceived a Pika pin, and Ann Neely, also pinned to a Wake Forest Pika, dediced that the snow couldn’t stop them, and so they decided to walk to Wake Forest. Fortunately, the boys got here before they left. Sue Luter and Carole Meadows and several other Salemites de cided that they would get back to Salem from, V. P. L, where there was 17 inches, of snow, at all costs. They took a train consisting of three cars—the engine, one passen ger car, and the caboose. If the cleaning boxes in Babcock look a little soggy, it’s because they — Want To Go When You Want To Go MORRIS SERVICE Next to Carolina Theatre * Sandwiches - Salads - Sodas “The Place Where Salemites Meet” now have an added use—they malt wonderful sleds. Some freshmen, it seems, preid skating to sleding—roller skatinj that is, up and down the halls ii Babcock. Chip Wilson didn’t realize tbt the weather was bad this weekeiii The diamond she received addti sunshine to her life. The annual Birthday Dinner w held Tuesday night, and every sej- son of the year was depicted h the table decorations. Salcmite looked their best in honor of# occasion. Now the sun is trying it’s best ti shine around the square. II sounds of slip . . . slide . . . h' given way to the sounds of sliii . . , slush . . . slush. We appreciate your ■wonderful patronage DAIRY BARN FREE One Shaffers $1.98 Pen V^hXjaSJjai^ F^£dtj^ When Purchasing 98c Worth Of Shaffers Ink Cartridge FOR SCHOOL NEWSPAPERS , H” yearbooks PROGRAMS COLOR-PROCESS PUTES Let our experience solve your problems. Salem Book Store PIEDMONT ENGRAVING CO. A 2-9722 WINSTON-SALEM. N. C. Every leader has ideals ... The ideals guiding Thalhimers are three- fold . , . First, to serve you and our communit to the best of our ability. 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