LIBRARY
I.UIIBI^RY
WINSTON-SALEM, N.. C.
Volume XLII
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, April 6, 1962
Number 1 7
New Salemite Staff includes (1. to r.) Betty Lou Creech, Copy Editor;
Alice Reid, Business Manager; Sandra Smith, Advertising Manager; and
Patty Nash, News Editor.
Absent when the picture was taken was Bonnie Hauch, Features Editor,
Salemite Editor, Staff
Explain Duties, Ideas
The newly chosen staff of the
Salemite began their duties this
week under Becky Boswell’s editor
ship. Anne Romig is the new asso
ciate editor. Anne’s duties include
writing editorials, working at the
Sun Printing Company, and assist
ing in making assignments. When
asked to state her aims for next
year, she said, “My aims for next
is in charge of writing headlines for
all articles which appear in the
paper.
Mary Alice Teague, who is photo
graphy editor, sees that all pictures
to be used in the paper are taken
and collected.
The new circulation manager is
Sue Humphreys. Her duties are to
make sure that all students and
year coincide with Becky’s on the faculty members receive their
establishment of a Salemite opinion ' papers. She also mails copies to
which will be sought after and re- ^ subscriber's and changes the college
spected. I would like to see the
Salemite become as efficient an or
ganization as possible with an
abundance of student enthusiasm
and participation.’’
The new executive editor is Gin
ger Ward. Her duties are writing
editorials, working at the Sun
Printing Company, floating on the
week night staff, and setting up
the lay outs.
Patty Nash is next year’s news
editor. She assigns all news arti
cles and each week gets news items
from Dean Hixson, and Dean Heid-
breder. She has said that her aims
are to see that news is reported
accurately and that all news of in
terest on campus is covered.
Bonnie Hauch, feature editor, as
signs feature articles, including
“Around” and “Beyond”. She hopes
to make “Beyond” more relevant to
the student and to see that
“Around” does not become a mere
gossip column.
Next year’s copy editor is Betty
Lou Creech. She and her assistant,
Connie Rucker, are responsible for
organizing a competent staff of
writers, copy readers, galley read
ers, and rewriters. The staff must
check all articles and headlines for
errors, type articles, and take the
paper to the Sun Printing Company
every Wednesday and Thursday.
Tish Johnston is headlines editor
until the end of this semester. She
Juniors Elect
Six Marshals
The junior class has elected six
marshals from the sophomore class
to serve under the Chief Marshal,
Mason Kent, Frances Speas, Fran
ces Holton, Anne Simons; Cliffie
Elder, Mary Lawrence Pond, and
Betsy Johnson are the newly
elected marshals.
Their duties will be to marshal
at Chapel programs, concerts, and
lecture series. They will also mar
shal for the 1962 May Day Program
and next year’s commencement.
papers in the library.
Alice Reid is next year’s business
manager. She sends out bills and
takes care of all business in con
nection with the Salemite. Her
reply to the question concerning
her aims was, “To keep the books
balanced.” Assistant business man
ager is Mary Jane Harrell.
The new advertising manager is
Sandra Smith. She is in charge of
getting ads and placing them in
columns in the paper. Her assist
ant is Sara Thomasson.
Jo Phifer and Betty Black are
the cartoonists for next year.
Dr. Welch Wins N. C.
Award For Playwriting
Dr. Elizabeth Welch has recently
been named one of the four North
Carolina playwrights who have dur
ing the last forty years made a
significant contribution in North
Carolina. The occasion for the
honor is the celebration on April
11, 12, 13, and 14, of the fortieth
anniversary of the Carolina Drama
Association in Chapel Hill.
Dr. Welch has been the winner
of nine state playwriting awards.
Two of the nine plays were
awarded the Betty Smith Award
for original playwriting in 1948 and
1950, and a third play was awarded
the Carolina Playmaker Award in
1953.
From these nine festive plays.
Trail of Tears has been selected to
represent her outstanding achieve
ment in playwriting and will be
presented at the anniversary cele
bration in Chapel Hill. It will be
staged by its original producing or
ganization, The Goldmasquers of
Goldsboro High School, under the
direction of Clifton Britton, who
directs The Lost Colony each sum
mer. The Trail of Tears is a choric
drama, representing the tragedy of
the Cherokee nation. It has a cast
of about fifty and uses two choruses
antiphonally with Indian men and
women. The vocal responses are
arranged to have the same effect
as musical instruments. Dr. Welch’s
drama was written and' copyvivritten
two years before the annual out
door drama. Unto These Hills,
which treats the same subject.
Prior to her coming to Salem,
Dr. Welch taught speech, creative
writing, drama, English, and Latin
in North Carolina public schools.
During her years teaching at Lee
Edwards High School in Asheville,
the school won over fifty awards
in theater arts and playwriting.
One of her former students at Lee
Edwards High is Mark Reece Sum
ner, who is one of the other three
outstanding North Carolina play
wrights. Mr. Sumner’s play, which
will be produced at the festival, is
Rock Dust.
Dr. Welch has spent each sum
mer working as speech consultant
and publicity consultant for The
History Dept. Introduces
Two New Russian Courses
The faculty voted at its meeting ' present. The first part of the
on Tuesday, April 3, to adopt the course deals with the period of
recommendations of the Committee revolution, the establishment of the
on Curriculum concerning a pro
posal from the Department of His
tory.
History 248, Tsarist Russia, is_ a
been revised to History 248, Tsarist
Russia, with the addition of History
249, Communist Russia. Both are
three hour courses.
History 248, (Modern Russia) has
survey of Russian history from ear
liest times to the beginning of the
revolutionary era of the early 20th
century. The first part of the
course stresses the origin of the
Russian state, the development of
political and social conflicts, and
the evolution of the cultural pat
tern of Tsarist Russia down to the
18th century. The latter part of
the course emphasizes the changing
world. Communist and non-Com-
I9th centuries and the growth of
revolutionary thought in the late
19th and early 20th century. The
development of Russia as a world
power also is underscored.
The new course. History 249,
Communist Russia involves an in
tensive study of Russia from the ■
Communist state under Lenin, and
the consolidation of control under
Stalin. The second part of the
course deals with the period from
the 2nd World War to the present.
Attention is focused on Communist
Russia’s relations with the outside
world, Communist and non-Com-
munist, and emphasis is also given
to the political, social, and cultural
trends within Russia. This course
is open only to students who have
had history 248.
Announcement
A profit of $435.00 was made on
the faculty play which was held
Thursday night, March 15. This
money will be used for the support
of the refugee students.
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House president elections for
dorms, other than Babcock and
Clewell, will be held soon after
room drawing, which will be over
time of the 1905 Revolution to the I by April 12.
Lost Colony production. For five
years Dr. Welch served as Dean of
Roanoke Island School of Fine Arts
and in that capacity taught speech
and dramatics and directed three
plays. Dark of the Moon, Peter
Gynt, and The Musical Seventeen.
She also wrote the original seven
teen songs for the production of
Green Grow the Lilacs. Last sum
mer she wrote the lyrics for “Roan
oke Lullaby” which is to be used
in connection with the twenty-fifth
anniversary of The Lost Colony
production this summer.
Dr. Welch is presently the head
of the Education and Psychology
Department at Salem. In the re
cent faculty play at Salem, Dr.
Welch wrote the lyrics and served
as pianist for the play.
Salem Exhibits
Jugtown Work
Of Vases, Jars
The pottery display in Main Hall
and the library consists of 125 or
more pieces mostly made by Ben
Owen, formerly of Jugtown, N. C.
Owned by Mrs. Mamie Braddy, the
jugs are gifts and purchases from
Jacque and Juliana Royster Busbee,
the “founders” of Jugtown.
In 1914, the Busbees, both North
Carolinian artists living in New
York, saw a piece of Jugtown ware
and recognized in it a fresh, ap
proach. In 1917, realizing the de
mand for such wares, they returned
to North Carolina to find the origin
of this pottery. They found a
small, backward community of pot
ters who could sell only their whis
key jugs, which, due to prohibition,
were no longer in demand. The
Busbees convinced the people to
begin making the vases, jars, and
plates they make now. Although
interested in pottery, the Busbees
never attempted to learn to make
it. They felt it their duty to help
the potters design and sell their
wares.
The Jugtowners adapted some
Chinese glazes; notably the white
and Chinese blue, a red and tur
quoise color. This blue glaze was
perfected by Jacques Busbee and
has not been reproduced since his
death in 1947. Also used are the
salt glaze and the grey rind-like
glaze produced by throwing salt in
the fired kiln.
Ben Owen, master potter of
Moore County, is the craftsman of
the pottery. He was with Jugtown
from 1923 until three years ago,
when he started his own business.
Some of the jugs worth noting
are the green whiskey jug in the
main case with “Mamie Hegwood’s
Jug-1935” written on the side,
which was given to Mamie Heg-
wood Braddy; a green Confederate
medicine jar in the right case on
the north side (during the Civil
War, the potters were drafted to
make pottery for the army); and
a natural color deep pie plate in
the case opposite the stairs in Main
Hall, which is a copy of the plate
which caused the Busbees to start
a revival in Jugtown Pottery.
The exhibit is sponsored and ar
ranged by Mrs. Frank Albright,
ceramics instructor at Salem.
Dick Bennick
Bennick Plays
'Crisis’ Actor
Dick Bennick, popular and well-
known disc jockey for WTOB radio
in Winston-Salem, holds the male
lead in Raymond Carver’s Crisis.
Mr. Bennick, who is formerly from
Charlotte, started his dramatic
career there in the third grade as
a rabbit in a toy shop. He recalls
the part laughingly as a frightening
experience.
At Harding High School in Char
lotte, Mr. Bennick worked with the
drama group as a member of the
lighting crew. He got his job by
tearing all the labels off the light
switches, which completely con
fused the production staff. They
had to make him a part of the
group, since he was the only one
who knew which switches con
trolled the lights. Ironically, the
one award he received for acting
in high school was for a bit part
which kept him on stage for only
five minutes.
After high school Mr. Bennick
worked for Wachovia Bank, but his
ambition was always to work pro
fessionally in show business. Con
sequently, he joined a magic show
which toured Nevada, California,
and surrounding areas. When the
show failed, he became a page at
a radio station where he was later
asked to audition. Mr. Bennick
was employed at WGIO in Char
lotte and nine other radio stations
before joining the staff of WTOB.
Although he has now been in radio
for thirteen years, he still hopes to
continue his career in dramatics.
In Crisis Mr. Bennick plays the
part of Jack, a former television
cowboy, who is trying to re-create
the historical character, Thomas
Paine. He holds the lead role in
the play within a play. That is, in
Crisis, Bennick is rehearsing the
part of the Revolutionary War
pamphleteer. During the play the
crisis comes for Jack as he learns
life of Paine.
Sanford Speaks
At NS A Conf.
Governor Terry Sanford will give
the keynote address at the Spring
Regional NSA Conference to be
held on April 27-29 at Belmont
Abbey. The meeting will include
several workshops on subjects such
as the role of Student Government
in off-campus affairs. Regional of
ficers will be elected, with the num
ber of voting delegates being de
termined by the number of students
going from Salem.
Room reservation is due by April
13. Anyone wishing further infor
mation contact Janet Wales or
watch the NSA Bulletin Board.