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Volume XLI
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, September 30, 1960
Number
All Salemites Prepare For FITS Day On October Sixth
Mar ty-Kicumond (sitting at the
right) assumes her duties as fresh
man class chairman by directing
some of her classmates in a rehear
sal for their FITS skit. Pam Tru- | Thornton and Pat Lee. Sopho-
ette shakes her fist at “sophomore” mores, they later decided to change
Martha Ann Williams who is be- fheir skit because they LOVE you.
rating freshman Annah Leigh 1 .
The l96o-6l Lecture Series Presents
Muggeridge, Ferlinghetti, Salisbury
The 1960-61 Salem College Lec
ture Series makes its debut on Oc
tober 20 with the appearance of
Malcolm Muggeridge, noted British
wit and satirist. Mr. Muggeridge,
who has been a member of the
staffs of various magazines and
newspapers, was editor of Punch
from 1953-57. At that time he re
signed in order to make occasional
television appearances and to parti
cipate in more varied journalistic
pursuits. He believes the world is
too somber, and that a summit con
ference of humorists might “save
the rest of us from being bored to
death by ideologs or atomized to
death by H-bombs.”
The second lecture of the current
series will present Lawrence Fer
linghetti on November 14. Accord
ing to a recent article in Life maga
zine, Dr. Ferlinghetti represents
“A poetical pillar of a noisy, re
surgent group of poets” in San
Francisco, whose work has gained
respectful hearing from local and
even national critics. Dr. Ferling
hetti, who graduated from the Uni
versity of North Carolina, will read
poems which will soon be published
in his new book Love and Death.
GramleyTravels
Dr. Dale Gramley will travel to
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania where he
will deliver the dedicatory speech
for the opening of the Youth Cen
ter addition to the Bethlehem
Y. W. C. A. on October 2.
On the following Monday he will
speak to the men of Nazareth Mo
ravian Church where Dr. Edward
A. Sawyer is pastor. Dr. Sawyer
is the former. head of the religion
department at Salem. Mr. William
Gramley, Dr, Gramley’s son, is the
student pastor of the same church.
The final lecture on February 27
will have 1954 Pulitzer Prize win
ner Harrison Salisbury as its
speaker. Mr. Salisbury, New York
Times commentator on national and
international affairs, has traveled
extensively in the Soviet Union and
has talked to Soviet leaders, both
past and present. He has also
covered both Rithard Nixon’s tour
of Russia and Khrushchev’s visit to
the United States. Mr. Salisbury
is well qualified to interpret this
problem of Soviet-Chinese relation
ships in the years ahead.
Lecture Series tickets will be dis
tributed to Salem students next
week. A drive is currently being
carried on in W^inston-Salem to se
cure membership for the current
series. Tickets to individual lec
tures will not be sold,
Up until September 15, the fresh
men had been enjoying a rather
peaceful existence adjusting to their
new life at Salem.
Then the bedlam began as the
“sophisticated” sophomores arrived
on the scene. For the first time
the freshmen were made acutely
aware of the returning upperclass
men as sophomores ran about re
newing old friendships, discussing
summer loves, registering and un
packing.
That evening the sophomores
realized that they were no longer
in the limelight. At the same time
the bewildered freshmen were awed
by all the new faces and confronted
with the question, “Why am I
here?” or “Will the sophomores let
me be excused for the afternoon?”
Certainly no one individual can
bring about a close relationship be
tween these two classes. This is
the basic purpose of “FITS.”
Freshman Initiation to Salem was
introduced in 1959 to the class of
1963. It is a program designed to
unify the new freshman class, give
them a sense of belonging, and de-
•elop lasting friendships for them
vith the upperclassmen. The bean-
■es, songs, and group activities ‘ arc
only initial ways of getting ac
quainted.
The sophomores living in Sisters
Dorm, determined not to let their
classmates in Babcock and Clewell
get to know the freshmen better
than they, organized a scavenger
hunt for their FITS freshmen.
Sunday afternoon each sophomore
from Sisters gave her freshman a
list of items (?!) to collect; and
the first girl to complete her task
won a dinner at the Steak House
The following was composed by the
winner in appreciaton:
Ode to the Sweetest Gals on
Campus
By Becky Gaston
I searched the whole darn campus
For a bug, a spring, and a ball.
T griped and grumbled and made a
fuss,
ut I really didn’t mind at all.
To. all of you darling Sisters’ gals
A great big hug from the winner!
I feel I’ve made some more good
pals.
Not to mention the Steak House
dinner.
The highlight of “FITS” is Field
Day (on Founders’ Day). Each
class and the faculty will parti
cipate as a unit in the relay races,
skits, song contest and events of
the day.
This year, to begin a new tra
dition, the class scoring the total
high in points will receive a gold
cup to be passed on each year to
the winning class. Scoring will be
based on class participation in the
races, games, skits, song contest
and general class spirit.
Although “FITS” is specifically
to introduce Freshmen to Salem, it
can only be a success if each in
dividual supports her class. “FITS”
is a feeling of togetherness; sup
port it—make it- work I
Music Club
To Hold Picnic
The Music Club extends to all
the music students, the music
faculty and their families an. in
vitation to the annual picnic which
will be held Thursday, October 6,
from 5 :30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.,
Please meet in^ front of Main
Hall PROMPTLY at 5:30. There
will be cars there to take everyone
to Miller Park. Bermudas or slacks
may be worn.
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Salem Continues Growing on 1772 Foundation
The foundation on which Salem
College and Salem Academy grew
had its beginning in 1772. This
was the year that Sister Oesterlem
opened her day school for girls m
the newly established town of
Salem. As early as 1780 requests
for admissions to this small girls
school began coming from outside
of the community. In 1802 Rever
end Kramsh 'assumed the position
of principal and ■ plans were made
for a new building to house the
students. The cornerstone of the
Academy Building, now South Hall,
was laid on October 6, 1803. The
completion of this building changed
the growing day school into Salem
Female Academy, a school for
boarders.
For the rest of the century Salem
Academy progressed rapidly. More
students enrolled, more buildings
were erected, and more courses
were offered. In 1866 the Academy
was chartered by the State of
North Carolina as a college, and in
1898 it was officially called Salem
Academy and College.
This year Salem Academy and
College will observe Founders’ Day
on October 12. Founders Day at
Salem is set aside each year to
date. Founders’ Day is also kept
Salem College has not yet ended.
Salem has grown through the years
by plans, ideas, and aspirations of
interested men and women, its
students and__^its faculty. In this
way Salem will continue to grow
and add to the foundations of 1772.
and as British Consul in Los An
geles and San Francisco.
Among the languages he speaks
are: T u r k i s,h, Kashmiri, Hindi
French, Spanish, German, Portu-
geese, and Italian. Since retiring.
Sir Robert has been living in Wal-
mer in Kent, England.
Sir Robert Speaks
On Founders Day
The speaker for Founders’ Day
this year will be Sir Robert Hadow,
K.B.E., C.M.G., M.C. Sir Robert
has been in the foreign service of
his country for many years and
served in the - British headquarters
of various countries of the world,
his titles include: Knight of the
British Empire, which he was
granted by Queen Elizabeth II in
1954; The Cross of Saint Michael
and George; and the Military
Cross, received for his service in
World War I in Mesopotamia. He
also served in France during the
war.
Sir Robert, before retiring from
the service, held posts in Turkey,
Austria where his daughter Mrs.
Michie, wife of Salem’s history
professor was born, Czechoslovakia,
Sir Robert, who is now traveling,
will arrive at Salem shortly before
October 6, the date set aside for
Founders’ Day. He will speak to
the student body concerning the
student’s role in world relations
and his responsibility to keep in
formed.
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cLimemorate its earliest founding j England, Argentina, Washington
Sir Robert Hadow