Volume XLII
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, October 27, 1961
Number 6
Salem Trustees Adopt Ten-Year Development Program
A ten-year development program
for Salem Academy and College
was adopted by the Board of Trus
tees at the annual Fall meeting yes
terday. The development program,
presented to the Board by the
Committee on the Academy and
the Development Committee, in
cludes these objectives for the col
lege;
—Auditorium-Fine Arts Center,
on the ravine site, at a fur
nished cost of approximately
$1,750,000.
—Dormitory for approximately 85
girls at an estimated cost of
$400,000.
—Indoor swimming pool (to serve
both the College and the Aca
demy)
—Additional shop and storage
facilities
—At least $3,000,000 in unre-
AssemblySeries
Begins Oct. 31
Beginning next Tuesday, the As
sembly committee will present a
series in five parts entitled “Idenity
and Anxiety.” This series con
cerns itself with the individual’s
problem in relating himself mean
ingfully to today’s social scheme.
The subject will be approached
from four viewpoints. The first,
on October 31, is introspective psy
chology with Dr. Richard Proctor,
a local psychiatrist, as the speaker.
The second program, on November
2, will feature Mrs. Ethel Tilley of
Woman’s College, who will talk on
social psychology. Dr. George
Abernathy of the Davidson College
philosophy department will deliver
a speech on November 9 on main
taining one’s own personality in
today’s world of political threats
and pressures. The last speaker
will be Dr. Davies of Princeton
University. He will be visiting our
campus for Religious Emphasis
Week and will address -the students
on November 14 on the religious
and spiritual aspects of the indi
vidual.
The final program, on November
16, will be a panel discussion by
four students, one from each class.
A student moderator will lead the
panel as it relates and coordinates
the four programs.
On November 6, Assembly will
be a Student Government meeting.
Tennis Club
Makes Plans
A Tennis Club has been formed.
The members play either or both
Tuesday and Thursday afternoons
at 3:30. The club plans 1) to have
a singles tournament between the
members , of the club, awarding a
trophy to the winner at the end
of the season; 2) to invite a Wake
Forest team for a match sometime
next week and then soon after in
vite the Carolina team; 3) to have
a mixed doubles match with both
Wake Forest and Carolina, pro
vided there is enough support.
Anyone interested in joining
should contact Bonnie Bean in 203
South.
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Girls who want to lose a few
extra pounds are invited by the
Hockey Club to come down to the
field every Wednesday afternoon
at 4:30 to play hockey. The club
plans to challenge Wake Forest,
Carolina, and other nearby colleges
if enough support is shown.
stricted endowment
—At least $500,000 in scholarship
endowment
—Possible expansion of the lib
rary
■—Possible expansion of the in
firmary
—Special endowment for summer
session scholarships at foreign
universities
—Special endowment for support
of research by Salem faculty
—Special endowment for lecture
ship program
Plans for the Academy include:
—Parking, roadway, landscaping
(now under way)
—New residence wing
—Scholarship aid endowment
' —Unrestricted endowment
The development program is
based on certain assumptions: (1)
assumptions for the future in re
gard to the nation as’a whole and
the South in particular; and (2)
assumptions for the future in re
gard to Salem Academy and Col
lege. The national and regional
assumptions that indicate that the
ten-year period, 1962-72, will be one
of general prosperity and strong
Stee Gee Distributes
Student Budget Funds
The Finance Board, made up of
the treasurers of all budget and
non-budget organizations, the busi
ness managers of the publications,
and faculty advisors, met on Octo
ber 17 for the distribution of Stu
dent Budget funds and an explana
tion of plans for the year.
It was decided to continue the
detailed study of organization bud
gets and needs for planning the
Student Budget in the spring, for
this has been an effective proce
dure in the past. Deadlines will
be set for making requests for
changes in allotment. Student
members of the Executive Commit
tee of the Finance Board — Jane
Thompson, Linda Wall, Lyn Ball,
and Chairman Judy Summerell—
will conduct the study and make
recommendations for consideration
with the faculty members of the
Committee,
25 Students
Make Holiday
New York Trip
“Broadway or bust!” is the cry
of twenty-five girls who are mak
ing a theater tour of New York
during the Thanksgiving holidays.
The group is planning to leave
Salem at two o’clock, Wednesday
afternoon, NovenJber 21, and will
arrive in New York about one the
next morning. They are making
the Taft Hotel their headquarters
until the following Sunday when
they return to school.
Nina Ann Stokes, Pierrette presi
dent, has been^ busily making ar
rangements for chartering a bur
and securing theater tickets for the
shows. Each girl may choose the
plays she wants to see. Among
those which have been selected are
The Sound of Music; Mary, Mary,
Carnival; Camelot; My Fair Lady;
Unsinkable Molly Brown; Ghost;
and Gideon. Mr. and Mrs. Carver,
chaperones for the party, are anxi
ous to see a friend of Mr. Carver’s
who' is acting in How To Succeed
In Business Without Really Trying.
Mr. Carver is head of dramatics at
Salem.
Except for attending the plays
the girls will be free to see the
I sights and shop as they wish. An
added feature of the trip will be a
visit with Salem’s Miss Battle, who
is staying in New York on a year s
leave of absence from the college.
For those interested, there is still
room for five more girls who would
like to go either on the theater
tour or merely for transportation.
The cost of the bus fare alone is
$26.50; for both transportation and
hotel it is $41.75. Food, tickets,
and other expenses are additional.
employment with a sharp increase |
in college enrollment. Assumptions ^
in regard to Salem College include:
—The curriculum will continue
much ns it is now; i.e., basically
liberal arts ^
—The quality of students will in
crease because of greater selec
tivity
—Teaching methods will continue
much as at present
—The college will continue to be
primarily a residential college,
with restriction placed upon
day student enrollment. Pre
sent thinking, according to
Board action last year, is 500
resident students and 100 day
students by 1972.
—The two-semester program will
continue in effect
It is hoped that the development
program will begin this spring with
efforts centered on two major ob
jectives: (1) the Auditorium-Fine
Arts Center and (2) the dormitory
at the College as well as the re
maining indebtedness on the Sci
ence Building addition, a total of
approximately $2,250,000. Approval
for this campaign will be sought
from the local Public Solicitations
Committee. '
A News Letter, to be started this
fall at the College and issued three
times a year, will set forth the im
mediate financial objectives of the
Twentieth Decade Fund and in
clude statements in regard to the
ten-year objectives.
The total income from the Stu
dent Budget for this year is
$11,013.75. It has been allocated as
follows :
Student Government -. $ 299.65
YWCA - 391.85
,WRA - . 138.30
IRS - -- 184.40
Freshman Class 175.95
Sophomore Class .— 166.75
Junior Class - - 108.10
Senior Class —■- 81.65
May Day -- 276,60
Lecture Series - 1,478.40
Salemite 1,828.85
Sights and Insights 4,843.00
Pierrettes 345.75
Literary Magazine 694.50
The funds of each organization
are handled directly by students
with the exception of the Lecture
Series, on which committee stu
dents serve.
Several announcements were
made before the meeting was ad
journed. One of these concerned
the committee which is now setting
up a standard of regulations and
requirements for a fairer distinc
tion between budget and non-bud-
get organizations. Another ex
plained the list of approved fund
raising projects to be posted along
with regulations governing their
adoption by organizations.
Committee Evaluates
Salem Honor Tradition
At the end of the first semester
last year, freshmen were asked to
evaluate the Honor Tradition. Last
spring, following a Salemite edi
torial, discussions on Salem’s
Honor Tradition were held and a
survey of the entire student body
was taken to determine how effec
tive the Honor Tradition really was
in all phases of student life. Due
to the approaching summer vaca
tion, further evaluation of the
Honor Tradition was postponed
until fall of 1961.
Before continuing this evaluation,
Legislative Board wanted to make
certain that all students understood
the present Honor Tradition.
Therefore the Honor’s Day chapel
was expanded to include Honor
Pledge Cards and discussion
groups. Legislative Board then
established an Honor Evaluation
Committee. This committee is com
posed of volunteers from Legisla
tive and Judicial Boards and stu
dents representing a cross-section
of student opinion chosen by the
Executive Board of Student Gov
ernment. The committee will use
the information obtained from the
above surveys and discussion
groups and a study of honor sys
tems in other schools in its evalua
tion of Salem’s Honor Tradition.
After completing its evaluation, the
committee will make recommenda
tions to Legislative Board.
The committee has met twice this
fall and has set up sub-committees
to assimilate student opinion and to
obtain information concerning
honor systems at other schools.
The chairman of the committee
is Nina Ann Stokes. Members are:
Marty Richmond, Marguerite Har
ris, Dean Major, Anne West, Edith
Harrison, Jackie Baker, Linda
Smith, Eleanor Quick, Elaine Tay
lor, Carolyn Tyson, Jo Hiergesell,
Martha Reid, Virginia Anderson,
Kit King, Margaret Edwards, Page
Day, Mason Kent, Myrtie Moon
Bilbro, and Debbie Linton.
Craver, Lanier Discuss “Shrew’^ Plans
Director Raymond E. Carver and stage manager Cathy Lanier review Taming of the Shrew
script as Jackie Zipperer checks the rehearsal schedule. The Shakespearean comedy will be pre
sented by the Pierrette Players in Old Chapel on November 16 and 17 at 8:30 p.m.