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Volume XLIII
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C„ Friday, February 8, 1963
Number 1 2
Piedmont University Center Will
Join Colleges’ Literary Efforts
Final plans-w6re made in Greens
boro on Friday, February 1, for the
establishment of the .Piedmont Uni--
versity Center. The purpose of this
center is the cooperation of sixteen
Piedmont Colleges in an effort to
share scholars, lecturers, artists,
and library sources. Perhaps in the
future it will provide joint faculty
members and summer School. This
center is one of approximately
twenty-five similar organizations in
the United States and is patterned
after the University Center of Vir
ginia.
The colleges involved are Salem,
Wake Forest, Winston-Salem
Teacher’s, .Greensboro, Bennett,
Guilford, Elon, Fligh Point, Ca
tawba, Livingstone, Pfeiffer, David
son, Belmont Abbey, Lenoir Rhyne,
A. and T., and Johnson C. Smith.
An example of how the- center
could work together is in the field
of lecturers. A lecturer would be
asked to come to' this area by the
center and would lecture at a num
ber of the member schools. In
this way the cost could be shared
by all schools. This would decrease
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ANNOUNCEMENT
the cost for a single school, as well
as increase the number of lec
turers a member school could enjoy.
The center will be located here
in Winston-Salem at Reynolda.
Offices will open March 1 with Dr.
A. R. Keppel, retiring president of
Catawba College, as full-time exe
cutive director. The officers of the
center are as follows -. President,
Dr. Harold H. Hutson of Greens
boro College; Vice-President, Dr.
Dale Gramley of Salem; Secretary,
Dr. Willa Player of Bennett Col
lege; and Treasurer, Dr. D. Grier
Martin of Davidson College.
The marshals and the IRS Coun
cil would like to. ask the co-opera
tion of students in maintaining an
attractive appearance during as
sembly programs. The appearance
and- actions of a Salem audience
I create either a favorable or an un
favorable opinion on the part of
our speakers and guests. In order
to insure a pleasing impression of
Salem, students, the following are
considered to be out of place in
assembly: chewing, gum, candy,
scarfs, books, and knitting.
It is equally important to main
tain a favorable appearance at lec
ture series, concerts, and recitals.
Therefore, students are expected to
observe assembly regulations dur
ing these events
Choral Ensemble Will
Give Convention Program
On Monday, February 11, the
Salem Choral Ensemble under the
direction of Paul Peterson, will
sing at a dinner for the state con
vention of the Rotary Club at the
Coliseum. The principal speaker
will be the President of Rotary In
ternational from India, introduced
by Luther Hodges, U. S. Secretary
of Commerce.
The Ensemble’s program will be
a light one including four waltzes
by Brahms, “Moon River” from
Breakfast at Tiffany’s, “The Wells
Fargo Wagon” and “Till There
Was You” from The Music Man,
la rhythm-antic ■ arrangement of
“Cornin’ Through The Rye”, arid
“The Year’s at the Spring” by
Bach. A small group composed of
members of the Choral Ensemble
will also entertain with several
popular numbers.
In honor of the, guest , speaker
the Choral Ensemble will sing the
national anthem of India and also
“The Star Spangled Banner.”
Governor Sanford and Dr. Gramley confer on plans for the first sum
mer school session to be held at Salem College.
ATTENTION All members ' of
Salemite Staff (including news and
feature writers, typists, proof
readers, carriers, etc.): There will
be a brief meeting of all members
in the Salemite office (basement of
Lehman, Dormitory) at 6:30 p.m,,
Monday, February 11. The pur
pose. of. the meeting is to nominate
students for next . year’s editor.
Please be prompt.
Mary Hudgens Stars As Electra;
Pierrettes Present Greek Drama
State Holds School
For Smart Students
The cast for Electra, the second
reduction of the Pierrette Players,
has been chosen with Mary Lucy
Hudgbns playing Electra. Louisa
Freeman will take the part of Cly-
taemnestra and Margaret Edwards
will play Chrysothemis. The play
will run March 14-16.
This Greek tragedy deals with
he vengeance taken by Electra
nd her brother Orestes on their
nother Clytaemnestra, who, with
he aid of her paramour Aegisthus,
,iad murdered her husband Aga-
nemnon, the King of Mycenae.
■ Under the direction of Miss Bar-
V'lra H. Battle,, the play has the
following cast:
Electra—Mary Lucy Hudgens
Clytaemnestra—Louisa Freeman,
Chrysothemis—Margaret Edwards
Leader, of Chorus—Page Day i
Chorus—Judy Gillespie
Penny Ward
Gretchen Wampler
Susan Ellison
Nancy Smith
Servant Women—Nancy Griffin
Judit Magos
Orestes^—Buzz Sims
Paidagogos—Randy Shelton
Aegisthus—Les Snyder
Pylades—Bob English
This summer Salem will be the
center of academic activity as the
Governor’s School is held for high
chool junidrs and seniors. The
chool, which is financed by nearly
.1 half million dollars in grants, will
be in session from June. 10 until
August 2.
The new educational project will
be operated through the State
loard of Education and financed
by the Carnegie Foundation as well
as by citizens and ‘ industries of
Winston-Salem. There are definite
dans for three sessions in 1963,
’964, and 1965. Plans are being
nade, however, for the Governor’s
School to be a permanent institu
tion for summer study. The entire
facilities of the Salem College plant
will be used in this endeavor.
Much planning has gone into the
organization and operation of curri
culum. Mr.'Douglas Carter of the
Winston-Salem City Schools will
serve as resident director and will
live on campus. Assisting Mr. Car
ter and his planning group have
been two consultants: Dr. Franklin
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Salem Music Department
J. Keller, Director of the New York
School of Performing Arts, and Dr.
George Welsh of the Psychology
Department, University of North
Carolina. Dr. Welsh has been con
cerned primarily with research in
methods for screening applicants.
Mr. Carter stated that the ap
proach to curriculum and organi
zation will in itself be unique. A
complete report on this subject will
be released later. Three special
advisors have helped in the plan
ning. These men are Dr. Virgil
Ward of the University of Virginia
and author of the book. Educating
the Gifted; An Axiomatic Ap
proach, Mr. Everette Miller, Assis
tant State Superintendent, Depart
ment of Public Instruction, and Dr.
T. E. Ready, Director of the State
Curriculum Study.
There will be two major divisions
of study: academics and perform
ing arts. These two divisions have
been further broken down into, five
major areas. They are social stu
dies, natural sciences, languages,
fine arts, and performing arts. The
faculty members will come from
all parts of the country. In addi
tion, well-known authorities in sev
eral areas will be brought in for
two or three day workshops and
seminars.
A two-page, spread on Salem Gol- I campus including a picture of the
lege was featured in the January proposed auditorium and arts cen
issue of The Daughters of the
American Revolution Magazine.
The article was included in a sec-
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tion on Moravian music. The sec
tion is a tribute to Miss Lily Peter,
honorary State Regent and Na
tional Vice Chairman of American
Music for the South Central Di
vision of the DAR.
Louisa Freeman
The article on Salem contained a
brief historic description of Salem,
the names of some “well known”
graduates of the School of Music
and several photographs of the
ter.
Miss Peter, in a presentation of
two aspects of American music, in
cluded “Early .American Moravian
Music” and contemporary music in
its d e v e 1 o p m e n t, in the music
schools in American colleges and
universities. Because of the role
Salem, has had in both fields, it was
featured in the article. The music
school is “one of Salem’s strongest
claims to distinction among Ameri
can colleges” according to the arti
cle.
The. integrated student body of
four hundred students will come
from both public and private
schools. The enrollment of the
Governor’s School will be made up
of the state’s most gifted students
and will represent one-one thou
sandth of the total enrollment of
North Carolina public schools. En
trance will be on a purely competi
tive basis. Mr. Carter concluded
that the Governor’s School will
serve as an advantage for cul
turally deprived students as well as
offering a challenging summer for
the students chosen to attend.