Volume XLII
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, March 2, 1962
Number 1 5
Salem Lecture Series
Sponsors Lesley Frost
On Thursday, March 8, at 8;00
p.m. in Memorial Hall, Lesley Frost
will speak on “Modern Poetry
Looks at the Modern World.” Miss
Frost, daughter of the renowned
American poet, Robert Frost, is
being sponsored by the Salem Col
lege Lecture Series.
A brilliant and incisive observer
of our cultural scene. Miss Frost
was sent to Latin America by the
State Department’s Cultural Divi-
IRS Sponsors
Birthday Dinner
The annual IRS Birthday Ban
quet will be held next Thursday
night, March 8, at six o’clock in
Corrin Refectory. The banquet
celebrates the birthdays of the en
tire student body in one gala affair.
For the special occasion, the din
ing hall will be divided into twelve
main sections representing the
twelve months of the year, with
three tables for each month. The
tables will be decorated to signify
the respective months, and students
will sit at one of the tables desig
nating the month of their birth.
IRS members will be dressed to
represent their birth month. Other
students will wear Sunday attire.
A special birthday present will be
given as a prize to one person from
each month.
sion for the expressed purpose of
lecturing on American literature
and thought. For several years,
she was in Madrid, Spain, as Cul
tural Officer and Director of the
U. S. Information Library. At
Rockford College, Rockford, Illi
nois, Miss Frost was associate pro
fessor of English. Before World
War II, she was director of the
King Smith Studio where she con
ducted important experiments in
adult education; then she became
head of her own Frost Studios in
Washington, D. C.
Besides being associate editor of
Doubleday-Doren and Poetry Edi
tor of the old Dearborn Indepen
dent, Miss Frost has published
numerous books and articles for
leading magazines and newspapers.
She now lives in Florida with her
husband, Joseph W. Ballantine,
who was the former head of the
State Department’s Far Eastern
Division. At the present Mr. Bal
lantine is Professor of Foreign Re
lations at the University of Miami.
The lecture will include Miss
Frost’s readings with commentaries
on several major poets who have,
for the past twenty-five years,
made philosophic contributions to
our way of thinking about the his
tone scene.
Since the Lecture Series is finan
ced through the student fees, stu
dents do not need tickets to the
lecture. Tickets are no longer sold
in town.
Gay, Austin
Carroll Roberts
Judy Summerell
WRA Forms Intramural
Basketball Tournament
The WRA is presently conduct
ing an intramural basketball tour
nament. The games are scheduled
for each Tuesday and Thursday
night at 6:30. There are three
teams particiating; the freshman
team, which is also composed of
two juniors, the sophomore A team
and the sophomore B team.
The schedule so far has been as
follows:
Tuesday, Feb. 20—Freshmen vs.
Sophomore A.
Tuesday, Feb. 27—Sophomore A
vs. Sophomore B
Thursday, March 1 — Sophomore
B vs. Freshmen
The first game between Fresh
men and Sophomore A team, was
won by the Freshmen, 39-21. Addi-
Banquet Mar. 5
The Kick-Off Banquet for the
coming elections will be held in
Corrin Refectory on Monday,
March 5, at 6:00 p.m.
The Executive Board of Student
Government and the three presi-
dental candidates will be seated at
the head table on the platform.
After supper, the candidates for
president will each give a short
speech presenting their ideas on
what they would like to see ac
complished if they are elected.
Elections will be held during as
sembly Tuesday, March 6. The
Salemite and Sights and Insights
staffs will elect their editors at
1 ;30 on Monday, March 5, in their
respective offices. The Day Stu
dent President and the editor of
the Archway will be elected later
in the week.
Presidential CandidatesSummerell,
Austin, Roberts Express Views
tional games between the teams
will be scheduled in the future.
On Tuesday, March 6, at 6:30,
Wake Forest will play Salem here.
The Salem team will be made up
of players of all three intramural
teams. A second game will be
played between Wake Forest and
Salem some time in March. All
games are open to the students,
and student support for their teams
is encouraged by the WRA.
The members of the respective
teams are as follows: Freshmen;
Vicky Auman, Evy Meek, Beth
Moore, Betty Gail Morrisey, Linda
Hodges, Sue Harrison, Sue Smith,
Gay Brown; Sophomore A: Mason
Kent, Hannah Gilliam, Ginger Mat
thews, Betty Pope, Anne Simons,
Anne B. Austin, Ann P. Austin,
Winnie Davidson,, Susan Purdie,
Wookie Workman; Sophomore B;
Lynn Ball, Frances Bailey, Susan
Ellison, Marty Richmond, Leslie
Wadsworth, Margie Plarris, Fran
kie Kugler, Anne Morrison, Lynne
Morrison, Mary TenEyck. Special
mention goes to the Freshmen for
wards and to the Sophomore
guards.
The WRA hopes this program
will be continued and that all
classes will be represented next
year.
Riding Offered
The Physical Education Depart
ment will offer credit for horseback
riding during fourth quarter begin
ning immediately after Spring
Vacation. The classes will meet on
Mondays and Wednesdays at 4:30
and on Tuesdays and Thursdays at
1:50. There will be a $32.00 fee for
these classes. The classes will be
taught by Mrs. Sara Morgan.
Transportation will be arranged.
Any students interested should see
Miss Woodward for registration.
Gay Austin
I would like to see every student
realize and assume a more active
position in student government. I
feel that the cooperation, interest,
and resultant support of more stu
dents is necessary for us to pro
gress at our present rate. Student
Government has made much head
way in bettering rules, relations,
and general conditions on the cam
pus and off. I hope that we will
strive to attain a consistent gen
eral code of conduct upon which all
of our regulations can be based,
thus enabling many of the present
rules to be omitted and greatly
simplify those remaining. A cen
tral idea such as this, combined
with our Honor Tradition, will
stabilize and clarify our present
system.
I have served on Legislative
Board this year as Chief Marshal.
'Story* Offers
Opportunity
For Writers
Cash prizes totalling $2,000 await
collegiate authors in a short story
contest designed to discover talen
ted young American writers, it was
announced today.
Contest winners will have their
stories published in an annual hard
cover volume, “Best College Writ
ing.”
Eligible to compete is any college
or university student accredited to
educational institutions anywhere
in the world.
The search for promising young
fiction writers is the sixteenth in
an annual college short story con
test conducted by Story Magazine.
Prize money is being provided by
The Reader’s Digest Foundation,
which recently offered cash prizes
in a competition to find outstand
ing news and feature writing
among college newspaper editors.
The Digest Foundation is adding a
grant of $5000 to cover administra
tive costs of the contest.
Prize for the best short story sub
mitted in the contest will be $500.
The number two entry will win
$350, and third prize will be $250.
The next eighteen winners will re
ceive honorable ijiention awards of
$50 apiece.
Announcement of the contest was
made by Whit Burnett, Editor of
Story and by Sterling Fisher, Exe
cutive Director of the Digest Foun
dation. Both urged contestants to
prepare entries as soon as possible,
noting that the contest deadline is
April 20, 1962. Manuscripts should
be from 1500 to 9000 words in
length and should be submitted to
Story Magazine College Contest,
c/o The Reader’s Digest, Pleasant-
ville, N. Y. Manuscripts must be
certified by a faculty member.
Remember the Spring Con
cert of the Choral Ensemble
tonight, Friday, March 2, at
8:00 p.m. in Memorial Hall.
Carrll Roberts
As President of Student Govern
ment, I would like to see a greater
student unity and cooperation. The
Student Government, I think, can
induce campus co-ordination
through investigations of many of
the present systems on campus and
re-evaluation of the phases which
seem insufficient or overly suffi
cient. In doing this, a wide study
of student opinion outside the gov
erning body would give a more rep
resentative stand on the issues
being questioned. Also I hope to
see a more effective system of
honor worked out in which re
sponsibility rests directly on the
individuals, but which also is more
complete and better understood
than the present system. In every
area there should be more students
not on Legislative Board called on,
and more campus opinion expressed.
Organization, efficiency, effec
tiveness and representation are the
chief factors in forming a function
ing body, and I believe that our
student government can accomplish
its purpose if we are able to hold
to these qualities, remaining close
to the students and functioning
with a proper spirit.
I have had two years experience
on Legislative Board during which
I have become acquainted with its
procedures and purposes and also
its failings. I have also had ex
perience as a class officer and in
much committee work.
Carver Writes
Directs "Crisis**
Last week’s Salemite foretold of
“Crisis to come”—a crisis to look
forward to. This ‘crisis’ is a play
written by Raymond E. Carver,
director of Pierrettes and English
teacher at Salem.
Crisis, finished this year, is the
fifth play to be written and directed
by Mr. Carver. During his studies
of play-writing and dramatic litera
ture at Yale and Baylor Univer
sity, Mr. Carver presented four
original plays. Crisis will be given
during the week of April 9th.
The three female parts present a
variety of characters. One part
will call for a versatile actress—one
who can play an old woman, a
young woman, a frantic woman, and
a man. A second female part will
be of the Tulullah Bankhead type.
The third part is still being written
by Mr. Carver and will be added.
The play-wright says: “As with a
new play, sometimes the person
alities of the cast dictate changes.”
Open tryouts, which include
freshmen, will be given on March
5, at 8:00 p.m. in Old Chapel. Those
wishing to work on the crew are
requested to come at that time.
These committees will work on sets
and publicity, and will begin work
on March 7th. Anyone unable to
come on March 5th can contact
Mr. Carver or Nina Ann Stokes
President of Pierrettes.
The cast will be posted March
6th.
Judy Summerell
Many programs have been
started this year which should be
completed during the remainder of
the year and during the next year.
One of these is the Honor Evalu
ation, which needs to be carefully
discussed in order that any sub
stitutions or changes are worth
while and workable and meet the
needs of the student body and
Salem College. Also, NSA activities
need to be enlarged, both on cam
pus and off campus. A study should
be made to determine whether all
non-budget organizations are ful
filling their purposes. Finally, there
should be clarification and simpli
fication of existing regulations, with
emphasis being placed on establish
ing unity through a single code of
behavior toward which all regula
tions may be oriented.
I have been on Legislative Board
for two years, as a class repre
sentative one year and as treasurer
of Student Government this year.
In the latter office I also have ser
ved on the Executive Board. I be
came familiar with the House
Council branch of Student Govern
ment as a hall president last year.
School Makes
Announcement
Dr. Gramley appeared at the
Southern Area Alumnae Meeting
in Concord yesterday; he will at
tend the Northern Area Alumnae
Meeting in Reidsville on Thursday,
March 8.
* ♦ ♦
President Gramley and his wife
will give a dinner for the senior
class on Wednesday, March 7, in
the Club Dining Room. A dinner
for the senior class at the Academy
will be given on Friday, March 9.
* ♦ ♦
On the basis of a petition sub
mitted to Legislative Board by the
junior class, it has been decided
that qualified juniors may have cars
on campus after March 26, rather
than April 1. The change is due
to the date of this year’s Spring
Recess.
* * *
On March 9th, a third state wide
conference on Teacher Education
will be held in Raleigh. At the
conference, a two year study will
be culminated with specific recom
mendations being submitted to vari
ous boards concerning guide lines
for the approved program approach
for colleges in North Carolina
which train teachers. Attending
the conference from Salem will be
Dean Hixon, Mr. Michie, Dr.
Welch, Miss Sampson, and Dr.
Austin.
♦ ♦ *
Tickets for the Faculty Play,
which will be given on Thursday,
March 15, in Memorial Hall at 8:30
p.m., are on sale before and after
supper in the refectory. The price
of a ticket is one dollar and may
be purchased from members of the
various class refugee committees.
This money will be divided among
classes that want to continue the
program of scholarships for refugee
students.