Volume XLIII
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, November 9, 1962
Number 7
Lewis-Smith Debate Gives
Pros, Cons Of Merit Raises
Dr. H. M, Lewis, head of the
Language Department, Mr. R. La-
Marr Smith of the mathematics
department, and Dr. Dale H. Gram-
ley were members of a panel Tues
day, November 6 which discussed
“Merit Raises for College Teach
ers.” The panel discussion was
sponsored by the Salem Chapter of
the American Association of Uni
versity Professors and it was at
tended by faculty members from
Salem.
Representing the pro side of
merit raises for college professors,
Dr. Lewis pointed out that it is not
a question of merit ratings, but a
question of what kind of merit rat
ings are practiced. He believes
that a ranking of some kind is used
but the type of rating is not al
ways openly known, agreed upon,
and systematized.
Mr. Smith, in discussing the
draw backs of merit raises, said
that the difficulty lies in getting
objective criteria for determining
who is doing a superior job of
teaching. For him, the problem is
setting up standards by which to
judge the superior professors. The
panel discussion was concluded by
Dr. Dale Gramley’s comments on
the attitude which Salem takes to
ward merit raises.
IRS Council Plans Tea
Honoring New Faculty
The IRS Council will sponsor a
Student-Faculty Coffee in the
Strong Friendship Rooms on Tues
day, November 13 honoring the
new faculty members;. The drop-
in coffee will be from 3:00-5 ;00
p.m.
Jane Kelly, vice-president of the
Council, is in charge of the coffee.
Members of the Council will serve
as hostesses.
New faculty members who will
be honored at the affair are Mrs.
Carol Bernasek, librarian; Mr.
Marshall Booker, economics de
partment ; Dr. Changbok Chee,
Asian studies; Dr. Stuart Deskins,
geography; Mrs. Patricia R. Early,
music department; Mr. Allen Har
ris, history department; Miss Vir
ginia Johnson, physical education
department; Mrs. Emily Kellam,
music department; Mr. Juan Mir
anda, language department; Mrs.
Martha Rowe, librarian; Miss Flo
rence Spencer, English depart
ment; Miss Nancy Wurtele, music
department; and Mr. David Wurt-
zel, art department.
Students and faculty are cordi
ally invited to attend.
The eight seniors elected to Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities are, bot
tom row, left to right: Gay Austin, Carroll Roberts, Judy Summerell, June Beck. Top row, left to right:
Lucy Lane Riddle, Heather Peebles, Dean Major Clifford, and Becky Boswell.
1963, Who’s Who In American
Colleges Elect Eight Salemites
Eight seniors have been elected
to Who’s Who Among Students in
American Colleges and Universities
for 1963. The Salem students are:
Gay Austin of Ocala, Florida, June
Beck of Winston-Salem, Becky
Boswell of Charlotte, Dean Major
Clifford of Columbia, S. C., Hea
ther Peebles of Arlington, Virginia,
Assemblies IncludeTree Planting
Mary
strong
“Little
sented
Chapel.
Jackson and Jack Arm-
practice for a scene from
Mary Sunshine” to be pre-
November 14-17 in Old
Senior tree planting, an annual
Salem tradition, will take place
during assembly November 13.
Each year the senior class, in caps
and gowns, plants a tree and an
ivy plant somewhere on campus.
On November 20 assembly will
be a Thanksgiving service spon
sored by the YWCA. Dean Hixon
will talk to the juniors at the class
meeting during assembly Novem
ber 27.
State Home Ec. Chapter
Sends Project To S. A.
Mary Jane Flarrell, state trea
surer of the North Carolina Home
Economics Association, College Di-
Peterson Acts
As President
Patjl Peterson was elected Presi
dent of the North Carolina Chapter
of the National Association of
Teachers’ of Singing at a state
wide meeting held at Charlotte Col
lege last Saturday.
Mr. Peterson also presented a
review of his new book. Criteria
for the Evaluation of Vocal Per
formance, which is scheduled to go
to press in a few weeks. He is
also the author of the textbook
Natural Singing and Expressive
Conducting, published by John F.
Blair, and an adjudication form
Evaluation of Vocal Performance
published by the Brodt Music Com
pany.
vision and Mrs. Wayne Hunnicutt,
advisor to the Salem College Home
Economics Club were Salem s rep
resentatives to the North Carolina
Home Economics Association Con
vention held on November 2-3, at
the Grove Park Inn in Asheville,
North Carolina.
Saturday morning Mary Jane
and Mrs. Hunnicutt attended a
breakfast meeting of the North
Carolina College Chapter of the
Association. This was followed by
a lecture and a movie dealing with
the challenges of homes of the
future.
The state project of the College
Chapters will involve sending plas
tic dinnerware to the first home
economics department in South
America, at the University of Co
lombia in Bogota. Each college
was asked to donate towards this
project.
Plans were discussed for the Col
lege Chapter, Home Economics
Convention to be held March 29-30
at Meredith College in Raleigh.
A student body meeting will be
held Tuesday, December 4. De
cember 6 assembly will be the Ma>j
Court elections. Class meetings
will be held Tuesday, December llj
Dr. Phoff from the Woman’d
College will speak at assembly De.,
cember 13. On D e c e -n b e r 18 a
Christmas program featuring th^
Choral Ensemble will be given.
Dr. Hixon will speak to the so-j
phomores during the January 8
class meeting. A student body
meeting will take place January ISj
“The Miss Student Teacher Pro
gram” will be given Thursday,
January 17. There will be no as-i
semblies during exams.
Seniors Plan
Year’s Activities
During the assembly of Novem
ber 13 the senior class will plant a
small red maple tree behind Old
Chapel, across from the front of
Bitting dormitory. In keeping with
the tradition, the officers, led by
president Marsha Ray, will shovel
the dirt to fill in the hole, and
seniors will throw pennies at the
tree. Along with this they will
plant ivy on the side of Bitting.
Other plans being made at this
time include traditional Christmas
vespers to be held by the seniors
Sunday, December 16, and the sen
ior Christmas caroling.
October 11 the seniors sponsored
the annual “Senior Follies,” which
Marsha termed a financial success.
She added, “The senior class wants
to thank the entire student body,
particularly the junior class, for
their support of Senior Follies.”
Lucy Lane Riddle of Durham, Car-
roll Roberts of Durham, and Judy
Summerell of Gastonia.
The four major qualifications
established by the National office
of Who’s Who are considered by
the Salem committee: 1) the stu
dent’s excellence and sincerity in
scholarship, 2) the student’s leader
ship and participation in extra
curricular and academic activities,
3) the student’s citizenship and ser
vice to the school, and 4) the stu
dent’s promise of future usefulness
to business and society.
Gay Austin is the Editor of the
Annual, Sights and Insights this
year, and was Chief Marshal her
junior year. Slie is a member of
the Order of the Scorpion, and was
a freshman representative on the
May Court. Gay has worked on
the annual staff her four years at
Salem and is a math major.
Violin major June Beck was vice-
president of the Day Students her
junior year and treasurer of the
group in her sophomore year. Dur
ing her junior year she served on
the Assembly committee and as
chairman of the Music Club Coun
cil. She was the rising senior al
ternate in the Oslo competitions
June plays the violin in the Win
ston-Salem Symphony.
\Becky Boswell is the Editor of
the Salemite and has worked on
the staff for four years, including
being associate editor her junior
year. She is a member of the
Order of the Scorpion and is an
English major. She was awarded
a National Merit Scholarship to
attend Salem.
History major Dean Clifford, is
president of the honorary history
society. Phi Alpha Theta and pre
sident of SNEA. She will practice
teach in history next semester and
is doing honors work this year. A
member of the Honor Society, she
was an Oslo scholar in 1961, and
is a member of the Order of the
Scorpion. She was NS A Co-ordi
nator in her sophomore year and
writes for the Salemite. Dean has
been a member of the Wesley
Foundation, the Humanities Club,
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and the International Relations
Club. During her junior year. Dean
was secretary of Student Govern
ment.
Heather Peebles is the Chairman
of Judicial Board and was house
president of South Dormitory her
junior year. The same year she
was a member of the I.RS Council
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Wake Forest Artist Series
Will Feature Rita Streich
On November IS, the Wake
Forest Artist Series will present
Rita Streich at 8:15 in Wait Chapel
at Wake Forest. Miss Streich
comes from Germany and has done
much singing in Vienna and West
Germany. She has also sung with
the leading opera companies of
Europe. She came to the United
States in 1957 and has made both
public appearances and recordings
here since then. Her coloratura
soprano voice is considered one of
the top three voices in the world.
It is especially good as far as sheer
technique and tone quality is con
cerned. She is mainly a lieder
singer, and her program will con
sist for the most part of lieder.
Her program for the night is as
follows: “Alleluia” from “Excultate
Jubilate;” “An Chloe,” “Das Veil-
chen,” and “Die Kleine Spinnerin”
by Mozart; “Lied im Gruenen, the
Romanse from Rosamund and
Siligkeit” by Schubert; “Du Denkst
mit I h n e n Faedchen,” “Bedeckt
mich mit Bluemen,” and “Maus-
fallenspurchlein” (the mousetrap)
by Wolf; “Le Rossignol” by Ala-
bieff; “Les Filles de Cadiz” by
Delibes; “Variations on a Lullaby—■
S c h l a f Herzens-sohnchen” b y
Wabernicolai; “Das Madchen
Spricht,” “Auf die Nacht in der
Spinnstuben,” and “Salamander” by
Brahms; “A Une Fontaine and
Tais-toi Babillarde” by Milhaud;
“Tales from Vienna Woods” by
Strauss; and “Lo Spazzacamin” by
Verdi.