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SALEMITE
May 1, 19^5
(Around fflte of4^are By
Ann
Ward
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Despite the ciouay and un-week
end like weather, Washington and
Lee, Davidson, Wake Forest, and
State had a mighty big group of
representatives from Salem. Among
other things they heard tunes sung
Letter To Editor
Salem Regrets Loss Of
Individualism, Imagination
Uniformity is the way to a better America—at least it seems
to the North Carolina State Board of Education. They tell us
that their purpose is to insure the quality of teachers that our
colleges and universities are now to produce. In keeping with
our mechanistic society, certainly the best way to insure this
standard is to set up certain specifications which all education
departments must meet.
An individual can teach only as he has been taught. And
yet we standardized teachers of tomorrow are expected to en
courage creativity and individualism in each child we teach.
Or are creativity and individualism no longer desirable?
The girls that leave Salem as teachers have, by their own
merit, proved the excellence and worth of our education depart
ment. If we have met the goal for which the State Board is
aiming, is the means of education then more important than the
end product? Salem does not refuse constructive criticism. Nor
does she refuse change if change promises improvement. But
if there is criticism, let it be valid. J. N.
Dear Editor,
I would like to extend a persona
“thank you” for the fine editorial
in last week’s issue concerning as
sembly conduct. It is all too ob
vious that the student body is not
aware of the sloppy, lackadaisical
impression that pervades in our as
semblies. On the other hand, I
would concur with your statement
that “some of the speakers ... are
not especially interesting . . . and
their manner of delivery sometimes
interferes with easy comprehen-
sion.”
However, incompetence on the
part of a speaker should by no
means prompt careless etiquette on
the part of the Salem student body.
■Moreover, scarves, chewing gum,
slovenly posture and a chaotic re
cessional cannot be effectively
regulated by the marshals alone.
If each girl would only give that
.“old Salem spirit” to the “musts”
,of assembly etiquette, our assembly
program would certainly be on its
way toward improvement.
Jill Stewart
by such people as Dionne Warwich,
Mary Wells, Major Lance, and
Chuck Berry. From what I hea
several of our Salemites got a htUe
over anxious about meeting e
celebrities and had run-ms (liter
ally) in the most unusual places.
Cecelia Moore upon returning to
her date (after her trek from right
field) bumped into one of the mem
bers of the combo doing—what did
you say, Cecil?
Ann Haas was trying to get Otis
Redding’s autograph, but he kept
disappearing. Finally she tried one
last door only to find a huge sur
prise waiting for her. Bet you
didn’t know that was his dressing
room-or did you? Noell Coleman
had a little problem with Chuck
Berry about who was going to use
the ladies’ room first. Never did
find out who won. Ask Shelley
Laws how truth is sometimes
stranger than unanswered letters,
or how to run into the right
VMI cadet at the wrong W & L
party.
The Phantom in Bitting tells me
that Sally Day had some trouble
getting a ride back from Lexingt,
Sunday. She had some
peculiar combinations—a transp,
truck and chartered bus. I
the problem was that she was hai-
ing so much fun with Bill that st
was reluctant to come back. /
least she described him to me
very emphatic terms.
The excitement here in Winstoi
Salem was incredible. Fredd;
Sprock and Finley found things»
exciting they went hunting for 4
bull-fighter’s cape, or at least tkh
what they told me they were doiij
Better luck next time.
Peggy Booker’s got that sow
thing we all need. Two weeks
it was a lavaliere, this week it wj
a beautiful pin. Can’t wait to
what’s going to happen ne.xt wcet
end.
The Tid-bit for the week
Tillery has a charming game st
will be glad to share with anyoc
who wants to learn it. Marti;
Eubanks and the whole Farm:
Dairy shared in it the last tin
and Tillery hasn’t stopped blusHi,
yet.
New Art School Opens
May Day Festival, Customs Stem
From Old Religious Celebration
By Bebe Moore
From its ancient beginnings as a
time for religious rites to its twen
tieth century development at a time
for political demonstrations, the
first day of May has been a time
for celebration. Throughout the
centuries certain customs have
taken their place among the festi
vities.
The Roman name for the fifth
month of the year was derived
Economy Climbs Upward
US Sees Brighter Future
By Cara Lynne Johnson
One of the most enterprising pastimes in the United States is
observing the nation’s economy. For fifty months, the economy
has been progressively gaining for the longest uninterrupted
peacetime expansion in history. The first quarter-year in 1965
made an epic rise.
The Dow-Jones average of business and industry rose to 906
in February, faltered for a few weeks, and then surged upwards
to a record 912.82 in mid-April. The Dow-Jones average re
flected the rise of the gross national product by $14.5 billion
over the last quarter in 1964. LBJ’s tax cut may have been re
sponsible for “consumer optimism” which caused spending to
rise $11.7 billion.
Also responsible for the increase of consumer spending was
an automobile boom. As a result of automobile worker strikes
last fall, production on new cars was halted. There was an
accumulation of customers whose demands could not be met
until January.
A further influence on the nation’s economy is President John
son’s request that American tourists limit spending in foreign
countries and prevent outflow of funds by curbing direct in
vestments abroad. There was some voluntary compliance to his
proposal. European economy was upset by a “dollar shortage”
and United States economy was lifted by the resultant domestic
increase of dollars.
Unemployment in March took its lowest dip in eight years by
dropping 4.7%, while employment rose by 1.6 million jobs over
March, 1964. These figures show that business and industry
have been stimulated, and businessmen believe they will con
tinue to be aided by the further tax reduction this year.
Now the prevailing question is whether or not the United
States economy is strong. Gardner Ackley, chairman of the
President’s Council of Economic Advisers, answered the question
positively. He said, “It’s a good prosperity with good balance
There has been no sign of excess
consumer and businessman.”
Can we not be optimistic now?
confidence is high in the
Time, April 23, 1965
Vital Speeches of the Day,
April 15, 1965
from the name of Maia, an obscure
goddess, and roughly means, “in
crease.” The ancients considered
the first of May the arrival of the
season of vegetation and made it
an occasion of agricultural rites to
insure fertility. They paid homage
to trees and leafy branches and to
a doll or living person symbolizing
the spirit of vegetation. The Celtic
peoples of the British Isles con
tinued this custom, calling the day
“Beltane.” Their rites included
leaping over a bonfire or driving
cattle between two fires, and wash
ing their faces in the morning dew
to beautify their skin. Such prac
tices remained popular even when
they lost their original meaning,
and some still survive in remote
parts of the British Isles. The
Church in Ireland transferred the
bonfires to a Christian celebration,
the feast of St. John on June 24.
Chaucer and other writers tell us
of May Day customs in medieval
and Tudor England. May Day be
came a public holiday, and people
of all classes took part. At dawn
the entire populace of a village or
town went out “a-maying,” gather
ing flowers and tree branches.
Especially popular was the hew-
thorn, whose bloom came to be
called “the May.” The celebrants
brought their vegetation to the vil
lage or town in a gay procession—
in the center of which was the
“Maypole,” a tree bedecked with
ribbons and wreathes of flowers—
and used it to decorate the win
dows and doors of their homes.
They set up the Maypole—for the
day in small villages, permanently
in London and larger towns—and
danced around it the rest of the
day. A Maypole might have been
as tall as the mast of a one hun
dred-ton vessel.
The custom of choosing a Queen
and King of May may have de
rived from the Roman custom of
paying homage to Flora, the god
dess of blooming vegetation. A
bower or arbor became the throne
of the Queen, chosen as the fairest
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By Sue Overbey
Winston-Salem -will have a new school opening this Septei
ber. The North Carolina School of the Arts, the only stati
ported school for the performing arts in the United States,
novation plans have already been started on Gray High Sck
where the arts school will be located. The present auditori
will be adapted for drama instruction, the small gymnasium ri
be used for the dance, and other rooms will be converted ii
practice rooms. In addition two 125-student dormitories,
for girls and one for boys are being constructed.
The North Carolina School of the Arts is intended primal
for high school students, but college level instruction will all
be offered as well as instruction for talented youngsters. A
demic studies are required of all students and therefore ft
accredited high school diplomas and college degrees will
given according to the requirements of the North Carolina SI
Board of Education.
Famed artists from all over the countiy will serve on
faculty. Eobert Lindgren, a former member of the New Yo(
City Ballet and the Ballet Ruse de Monte Carlo, has beeni|
pointed as dean of the dance. His dance program will inclil
such courses as ballet, modern dance, folk dance, jazz, hist®
of the dance, and choreography and theatre dance. 01^
Fuschi and Howard Aibel, concert pianists, will teach piM
forte. Miss Fuschi has studied at the Juilliard School of Mm
and has been a soloist with the National Symphony and oti
orchestras. She received praise from New York critics after
recital at Carnegie Hall where she is scheduled for another
eital in the fall.
Aible received undergraduate and master’s degrees fromJi
Hard and has won numerous awards and scholarships botl
the U. S. and abroad. At present he is on the faculty at Ji
Hard.
The head of the organ department is Mrs. Margaret
resky, the wife of Dean Clemens Sandresky. Mrs. Sandre^
a graduate of Salem Academy and Salem (jollege, received
degree from the Eastman School of Music at Rochester, f
York, where she held a graduate assistantship in counterpoi
In 1955, she received a Fulbright award and studied or?
harpsichord, composition, and improvision at the Ilorschule
Musik at Frankfurt am Main, Germany. She has served as
structor in theory at Oberlin (Conservatory, instructor in advH
theory and pedadgogy of theory at the University of Texas
Austin, and head of the organ department at Salem College
Dr. Gramley Attends Me«
Of Moravian Music Boan
On April 20-21, Dr. Dale H.
Gramley attended the semi-annual
Board of Directors meeting of the
Moravian Music Foundation in
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Ser-ving
as vice-president of the board. Dr.
Gramley helped to found the or
ganization.
Realizing the great part that
music played in the Moravian cul
ture, a research project was started
at the Moravian Archives in Beth
lehem and Winston-Salem in 1954.
Many original and yet unpublished
works dating from the eighteenth
century were found. These were
the works of not only M
composers such as Geisler,
and Herbst, but others s
K. P. E. Bach, Hadyn, Han
Mozart. Thus, the musical
the American Moravian
was transplanted from Eun
As a result of this stu
Moravian Music Foundatr
formed in 1956. Its purpo:
promote the cataloguing, f
ance, and publication of ea:
ravian pieces. The Board 0
tors meets semi-annually-
Also meeting semi-annuall
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