Volume XLV
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C„ Friday, February 14, 1964
Number 3
Pierrettes Reveal Cast
For Dramatic Production
THE CHAIRS
By Eugene Ionesco
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Th'
And many othM chiacto;
A SLIGHT ACHE
By Harold Pinter
A/r^r\ Landis Miller
Mary Lucy Hudgens
Artfully Absurd” a dramatic
Several of the committee heads for Freshman Parents’ Day. February 29, are, left to right, Susan Kelly, Dorm
Freshman Class Discloses Schedule
For Annual Parents* Day Program;
Hooten Reveals Committee Heads
The freshmen plans for Parents’
Day are well under way, as the
I committees have started work on
I the activities of the day. The com-
I mittee heads are as follows: Class
j attendance (for parents), Ann Mc-
I Neill and Karen Viall; Registration,
I Tonya Freshour and Becky Tatum;
Skit, Ann Richert, Mary Vincent,
I and Eleanor Lauck; Program, Fin-
|ley Stith and Nancy Pendleton;
jOpen House, Dale Eyerley and
iMaria Devinney; Banquet, Nan
[Pierrettes Begin
mnual Series
[Drama Lecture
The Pierrette Players are estab-
'shing a permanent theater fund
;to bring to Salem ever}' year a
^cturer in the field of the theater.:
his annual project will be a free
[service to the students as the fund
'p. ‘treated from the proceeds of
^ iPierrette productions. To open the
J the Pierrettes contributed
, P400 from the proceeds of the initial
f production of For Heaven’s Sake,
j ! By bringing the lecturer to cam-
Pus, Pierrettes is trying to cut
across the lines of theatrical as
pects in the fields of acting, direct-
.pg, techniques, interpretation, and
criticism. The lecturer will be
®sked to stay one full day to speak
^ assembly, to attend theater
passes, to attend a Pierrette pro
duction, and to criticize the pro
duction techniques and acting.
jFor the first lecturer Pierrettes
has obtained Alan Schneider, a
Broadway director of national and
Lternational fame. He is currently
known for directing Edward Albee’s
Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolfe?
Schneider is expected to ar-
rive at Salem the Tuesday before
^he Symposium.
James and Betsy Carr. These com
mittees, with the help of the fresh
man class, are preparing for Par
ents’ Day on February 29.
Plans for the program include
registration from 11:00 to 1:00 in
the Strong Friendship Rooms,
where name tags and other perti
nent information will be given to
parents of freshmen. At 12:10
parents are invited to have lunch
with students.
From 1:30 to 3:00 freshmen will
guide their parents through a brief
“day of classes” at which time
teachers will present a general out
line of the course and introduce
the parents to their teaching me
thods.
Clewell and Babcock Dormitories
will be open from 3:00 to 5:00 in
order for parents to visit their
daughters rooms. These hours are
free for other activities such as
touring Old Salem as well.
Dinner at Corrin Refectory will
begin at 6:00 and will be highlighted
by remarks by President Dale
Gramley. After-dinner entertain
ment will be provided by members
of the freshman class, who will per
form in Old Chapel at 8:00 p.m.
Details of the plans for the an
nual affair are being made by the
committee chairmen.
production for the symposium in
April will consist of The Chairs, a
tragic farce, by Eugene Ionesco and
A Slight Ache by Harold Pinter.
The production staff for “Art
fully Absurd” will include the fol
lowing people: Production Assist
ant, Pat Wilson; Assistant to the
Director, Penny Ward; Stage Man
ager, Frances Bailey; Assistant
Stage Manager, Feme Houser; and
Costumes, Ann Ferguson.
Other committee heads are Props,
Janie O’Keefe; Publicity, Mary
TenEyck; Programs and Tickets,
Jean King; Light, Wendy McGlinn;
Sound, Bitsie Richheimer; Scenery,
Beth Prevost; Make-up, Frances
Holton; and House, Phyllis Sher
man.
AHENTION
President Dale Gramley will rep
resent Salem on Thursday, Febru
ary 20, at the inauguration of Don
ald C. Dearborn as president of
Catawba College. President Dear
born succeeds Dr. A. R. Keppel at
Catawba. Dr. Keppel is presently
executive director of the Piedmont
University Center.
Marian Discusses Purpose
Of 1964 Seminar Project
Leon Marian, secretary of World
University Service, met February 6
with the NSA committee to discuss
Salem’s Student Refugee Program,
which is connected with the World
University Service. In concluding
his discussion, Mr. Marian informed
the group of the 1964 Asian Semi
nar to be sponsored by the State
Department this summer.
Approximately 18 students from
the United States along with about
twenty faculty members and ad
ministrators will be involved. The
purpose of the program is three
fold : to foster friendship and
understanding between American
Mangum Exhibits Works
In South Carolina Show
Last Sunday the Winthrop Col
lege Art Gallery in Rock Hill,
South Carolina, opened an exhibit
in Johnson Hall which featured,
among others, William Mangum,
assistant professor of art at Salem.
Running until March 3, the ex
hibition is entitled “Faces, Figures,
and Forms” and is a collection of
both paintings and drawings.
Exhibiting in conjunction with
Mr. Mangum are Robert Broderson
of Duke University and Kenneth
Callahan of Seattle, Washington.
Of the six contributions made by
Mr. Mangum, two are drawings and
four are paintings, both tempora
and oil. The majority have been
created in the past three years, and
all but one were on exhibit at the
Arts Council Exhibit held earlier.
Names of the paintings include
“Lillith,” “Archangel,” “Filet,’ and
“Self-Portrait.” A charcoal con
tribution is entitled “Survivor,” and
a pencil drawing, “Franciscan.”
Mr. Mangum received both
Barhelor of Arts and Master
Arts at the University of North
Carolina.
his,
of
and Asian students through mutual
responsibility in work programs; to
assist administrators and faculty
advisors in dealing with foreign
students on our own campuses and
encouraging the promotion of ex
change programs; and to impress
upon the American campuses the
part that they could play in inter
national understanding and assis
tance.
The opportunities for practical
experience in personal relationships
with Asian young people, for be
coming acquainted with Asian
leaders of our own day, and for
acquiring knowledge of language,
culture, and Iiistory of this area
are great.
The cost of the trip is $2300, but
enough scholarships should be
available by June to reduce the cost
of the trip fifty to 75 per cent. All
students except graduating seniors
are asked to contact Mary Dameron
for further information and appli
cation forms. All applications must
be in by March 1.
NOTICE
President Dale Gramley and Dr.
Joseph Johnston of Raleigh con
ferred Wednesday on plans for the
second annual Governor’s School to
be held at Salem this summer.
Dr. Johnston will again serve as
superintendent of the school, which
has received acclaim recently in
Time Magazine and in the Quar
terly published by the Carnegie In
stitute of New York.
Miller Presents
Opportunities
In Peace Corps
Thursday, February 20, will be
Peace Corps Day ou campus.
Peace Corps representative, Rod
Miller will be at Salem for lunch
and then will talk with students
from 1 :30 until 3 p.m. in Room 104
Main Hall. All students are in
vited and urged to come by to
learn more about the Peace Corps,
even if you are not interested in
a job.
Mr. Miller, one of the first Peace
Corps volunteers to go overseas,
arrived in Bangkok, Thailand, on;
January 21, 1962, as a member of
the first group of volunteers as
signed to that country. He was
assigned to the Boy’s Teachers
Training College, Songkhla, as a
teacher of English. There he
taught students, ranging in ages
from 16 to 21, essentials of spoken
English using a modern linguistic
oral approach.
After one year in Songkhla, he
was assigned to the Public Welfare
Department in Bangkok where he
did preliminary survey work of land
settlement projects to a,ssist the
Peace Corps assignments. This
work took him throughout the
country on visits to the various
areas where the future Peace
Corps volunteers were to be lo
cated. He subsequently acted as
a staff assistant to the Peace Corps
representative in Bangkok.
Miller returned to the United
States at the end of October, 1963.
Prior to his Peace Corps service
he attended Oklahoma University.
He also attended Tulsa and Okla
homa University Colleges of Law.
He received his B. A. degree in
Rod Miller
Philosophy from Oklahoma Uni
versity in 1960. Miller was a teacher
of English at Chickasha High
School in Oklahoma immediately
prior to joining the Peace Corps.
Miller is now serving as a Field
Representative in the Public Af
fairs Division of the Peace Corps
in Washington.