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WINSTON-SALEM, N. U
Volume XLII
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, November 10, 1961
Number 8
Betty Cox
Judy Summerell
Dean Major
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Beverly Heward
Anne West
Scorpion Order inducts
Two Seniors^ Three Juniors
The Order of the Scorpion, an
honorary organization whose aim
is service to Salem students, in
ducted five new members this se
mester—Betty Cox, Beverly He
ward, Dean Major, Judy Summer
ell, and Anne West. Dean Ivy M.
Hixson, advisor of the Order, an
nounced the riew members in as
sembly on November 9.
The Order of the Scorpion is a
service organization established to
foster the true spirit and ideals of
Salem. It performs many tasks
around, campus which might other
wise be left undone and is often
the silent, moving force behind a
large project.
All activities of the Scorpions are
kept secret in order for the service
to be done without thought of
praise for either the organization
or the individual members. Mem
bership is limited to fourteen jun
iors and seniors and is based on
service to Salem.
Betty Cox was secretary of the
freshman class, president of the
sophomore class, secretary of Stu
dent Government her junior year
and is vice-president of Stee Gee
this year. From Laurinburg, Betty
is majoring in Spanish. She is
practice teaching this semester.
Beverly Heward, an art major
from Tenafly, New Jersey, is Art
Editor of the Sights and Insights
and Art Editor of the Archway.
She was co-chairman of sets for
May Day last year and is presently
program chairman for Pierrettes.
Hockey Team
Suffers Defeat
The Salem Hockey Club met the
Wake Forest team in a close and
thrilling match, on Friday, Novem
ber 3. Although the score was 1-0
in favor of Wake Forest, the Salem
team made a fine showing.
Outstanding performances were
given by Diana Marshall, halfback,
who is a fast runner and a steady
player; Jo Turney, halfback who'
often played back in the backfield
and consequently aided the full
backs from allowing the ball in the
cage; Karen Kropp, inner, who
again amazed all spectators with
fier dodges and her remarkable
speed; and Stuart Laimbeer, wing,
who plays her position well and
stays ahead of the ball in order to
receive long drives.
After the game, the Salem team
was hostess to the Wake Forest
girls for a party. Notices of future
games will be posted.
Faculty Approve Cut Abolishment;
Administration Gives Support
Dean Major is secretary of Stu
dent Government. She was NSA
Co-ordinator and an Oslo Scholar
last year. From Columbia, S. C.,
Dean is a history major.
Judy Summerell, a Spanish and
history major from Gastonia, is
treasurer of Student Government.
She was Chairman of FITS, a Cle-
well hall president, and a member
of the NSA Committee last year.
Anne West is vice-president of
the junior class and a marshal. A
sociology major from Greensboro,
Anne was secretary of the sopho
more class. She is a member of
the Honor Evaluation Committee.
Present members of the Order of
the Scorpion are: Nina Ann Stokes,
Sallie Paxton, Nancy Peter, Linda
Leaird, and Trisha Weathers.
An unlimited cut system has been
passed by the faculty. It will go
into effect second semester. The
change will not affect freshmen.
At the faculty meeting held
Tuesday, November 7, a motion
that “the present cut system be
abolished, with the exception of its
application to the freshman class,
effective at the beginning of the
second semester of the current
year, 1961-62” was passed by a
close vote.
Dr. Dale H. Gramley, president,
issued the following statement con
cerning the change;
“The new class attendance plan
is designed by the faculty to place
increased responsibility for aca
demic performance upon students.
The success of the plan, therefore,
is largely in the hands of those
whom it is expected to challenge.
“This type of plan has been tried
at other colleges with uncertain re
sults, but the Salem Faculty and
Administration expect it to operate
effectively here because of the
carefully selected quality of stu
dents. The plan should work far
better than does the present sys
tem, under which some students
seem to feel they should take all
of the cuts to which they are “en
titled”.
“The faculty action, which was
by a close vote, was nevertheless
grounded in a unanimous devotion
to improvement and enrichment of
the academic program and to ele
vation of standards and perform
ance. Ideally, the only legitimate
“loss” possible under the new plan
might be an increase in the number
of flunk-outs. This can happen,
however, only in the cases of those
students who have a false sense of
values and/or those who are un
willing to accept personal responsi
bility.
Davies Speaks On Our
Role In Today’s Crisis
Dr. Horton Davies, Professor of
Religion at Princeton University,
will be on Salem’s campus next
Tuesday and Wednesday, Novem
ber 14 and 15, as the main speaker
for Religious Emphasis Week.
Dr. Davies is a British theologian
and church historian who was born
in South Wales in 1916. He re
ceived both his M. A. and bachelor
of divinity degrees at Edinburgh
University. In 1943, Oxford Uni
versity conferred on him a doctor-
Organizations Announce
Speakers, Plans, Policies
Lablings will take its annual trip
to Bowman Gray School of Medi
cine on Monday, November 13, at
4:00 p.m. They will have con
ducted tours of the chemistry de
partment. All members of Labl-
ngs and others who are interested
in science are invited. All those
who intend to go are asked to
contact Sue Parham, Nina Ann
Stokes, or Alice Reid.
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Greyhound Bus tickets and sche
dules are available on campus
through the service of the Grey
hound student agent, Nina Ann
Stokes. Students may buy bus
tickets from her in 208 Bitting
any time during the year.
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Five places, and possibly ten, are
available on the chartered bus
going to New York over the
Tickets for the Pierrette pro
duction of Shakespeare’s Tam
ing of the Shrew are on sale in
the Main Hall foyer, Monday,
November 13, through Thursday,
November 16, at the following
times: 10:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.,
and 1:30 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.
Student tickets may be pur
chased at these times for $.50.
The Taming of the Shrew will
be presented in Old Chapel on
Thursday, November 16, and
Friday, November 17, at 8:30
p.m.
to
Thanksgiving holidays. The bus,
chartered by the Pierrette Players
for their Theatre Trip, will leave
Salem on November 22, at 2:00
p.m. and return on November 26
at 10:00 p.m. Any student who
would like to ride the bus to cities
on the itinerary see Nina Ann
Stokes. The itinerary is posted in
Corrin Refectory.
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The Chapel Committee announces
that three tardies to assembly will
count as one chapel cut. A tardy
is given when a girl comes to as
sembly after the singing of the
hymnal. Tardies given during first
semester will not carry over
second semester.
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The October 27 issue of The
Salemite mistakenly stated that ap
plications for the National Teacher
Examinations may be obtained
from the Educational Testing Ser
vice, Princeton, New Jersey. These
applications are available in Miss
Simpson’s office and should be
filled out immediately.
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Dr. Horton Davies will speak in
assembly on Tuesday, November
14, on spiritual adjustment in con
temporary society. On Thursday,
November 16, a panel consisting of
representatives from each class will
evaluate and correlate the assembly
series. The members of the panel
are Susan Harrison, freshman;
Diane Fuller, sophomore; Becky
Boswell, junior; Helen John,
senior; and Judy Summerell,
moderator.
ate in philosophy.
Since then. Dr. Davies has served
as minister of the Wallington Con
gregational Church in South Lon
don, Director of Education for the
YMCA with the British Army in
Germany, Professor of Divinity at
Rhodes University, Grahamstown,
South Africa, and Dean of the
theological faculty at Rhodes. Prior
to his professorship at Princeton,
he was head of the Department of
Church History at Mansfield and
Regent’s Park Colleges, Oxford
University. He is a member of the
Department of Missionary Studies
of the International Missionary
Council and the World Council of
Churches.
Among Dr. Davies’ published
works are “The Worship of the
English Puritans”, “Great South
African Christians”, “The English
Free Churches”, and “Mirror of the
Ministry in Modern Novels.”
Trisha Weathers, president of the
Y, has stressed “Dr. Davies’ pur
pose on Salem’s campus is not to
preach a sermon but to challenge
the students intellectually.” He
plans to carry out the theme of
Religious Emphasis Week, “You in
the Crisis Today”, by speaking
about the meaning in life, especially
as it relates to students and young
adults. His contact with the stu
dents will be three-fold: formal
discussion, informal discussion, and
private interview.
Three formal discussions are
planned. In assembly on Tuesday,
Dr. Davies will speak on “A Stu
dent’s Role in Today’s Crisis”. The
other two discussions will be held
in the living room of Bitting
Dormitory on Tuesday and Wed
nesday evenings. Dr. Davies’ topics
will be, “Is Religion Realistic?” and
“Religion, Race, and Social Re
sponsibility” respectively.
In addition to these talks, two
coffee hours are planned for the
students to speak informally with
Dr. Davies. "The first, on Tuesday
afternoon from 4:00 until 5:00 in
the Strong Friendship Rooms, is
being held especially for members
of the Y Cabinet. The other is
open to all students and will be
held Wednesday afternoon from
3:30 until 5:00 in the Day Student
Center.
Dr. Davies will also be available
on Tuesday and Wednesday to any
student who may wish to confer
privately with him.
“It should be clear to all that
faculty members reserve the right
and the responsibility to set stand
ards for course work. These stand
ards may, in any instance, include
class attendance requirements as
well as quality of performance.
“Under the new plan, faculty
members will be as willing as ever
to help students make up class or
laboratory work which students
miss because of illness and field
trips. However, faculty are not ex
pected to change their schedules
for subject matter presentation and
testing to suit student con
venience.”
The cut system as a college
policy has been abolished, effective
second semester. Each faculty
member will have the right to de
cide his own policy concerning class
attendance.
Academic Dean Ivy M. Hixson
also commented on the new policy:
“The decision of the faculty in
regard to class attendance is a tri
bute to the quality of the present
student body, and offers a real
challenge to each individual. The
faculty has, in effect, given a vote
of confidence to all students and
has provided those beyond the
freshman year an opportunity to
assume full responsibility for class
attendance. It is understandable
that some faculty members are
skeptical about this new plan, and
likewise some students may be
skeptical. In the second semester
both students and faculty will be
in position to demonstrate whether
or not academic interest and
achievement reach a higher level
when the student assumes responsi
bility for attending class. Let’s
make the demonstration successful
in every aspect!”
Burge States
Contest Rules
Miss Bardee Burge, tour man
ager for the 1962 Maid of Cotton,
visited the Salem campus on No
vember 8, 1961. Miss Burge is also
visiting other North Carolina
schools, as well as Salem, in search
of the 1962 Maid. Because of the
requirements for a Maid of Cotton,
the search is being carried directly
to college campuses, especially
those which have high scholastic
standards and outstanding reputa
tions.
To be eligible to be Maid of
Cotton, a girl must be between the
ages of 19 and 25 and at least five
feet, five inches tall. She must
never have been married and must
have been born in a cotton-produc
ing state.
“It takes an exceptional girl to
be Maid of Cotton,” Miss Budge
pointed out. “She not only has to
have beauty, but personality, in
telligence, background, and a great
deal of poise for her age.”
Twenty finalists will compete for
the 1962 Maid of Cotton title in
Memphis, December 28-29. The
winner will travel extensively in
the U. S. and Canada and will visit
Europe’s leading fashion centers.
Anyone interested in becoming a
candidate for the title of Maid of
Cotton should see Pinky Saunders,
president of I. R. S.
On Monday, November 13,
nominations for May Queen,
Maid of Honor, and May Court
will begin. Ballot boxes will be
placed by the bulletin board in
Main Hall and will remain there
until 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday,
November 15th.