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(Volume XLVII
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Thursday, September 30, 1965
Number 8
Departments Fill Vacant Positions;
Faculty Acquires Six New Members
Included in the new faculty are
khe head nurse, Mrs. Lois L.
Dancy: Dr. James W. Edwards,
Associate professor and acting head
the department of biology; Miss
lildred Elizabeth Derrick, instruc-
'tor in chemistry; Mr. Alton L.
Ipare, assistant professor of eco
nomics; and Mr. Jerry L. Surratt,
■ Instructor in history.
: When asked what they had done
prior to teaching at Salem, they
replied in various ways. Miss Der-
Hck said she had been working to
ward her Ph.D. at Emory Univer
sity, but decided to interrupt her
studies to teach for a year. "This
year,” she explained, “will help me
decide whether or not I will con
tinue teaching.” She has always
thought she wanted to teach, but is
aware also of the demand for re
search chemists. Mr. Surratt, who
also has a class at Wake Forest,
was an assistant professor of his
tory at Emory last year, and Mr.
Spitz taught economics at the Uni
versity of Tennessee for three years
I The May Day fashion show gives Salem freshmen an oppor
tunity to show the upperclassmen the appropriate attire for acti-
~'ities from grand balls to football games.
reshmen Model Newest
In Annual Fashion Show
By Hanna Nicholson
If
fWhat is the latest in college fash
ions? Ask the freshmen; they
know. Wednesday night they
demonstrated their knowledge in
the “Freshman F'ashions A-Go-Go”
production. The event, an annual
May Day presentation, was organ
ised by Happy Price and narrated
by Mary Lucy Hudgens. As a
special part of the program, Moira
de la Rosa, from Panama City, per
formed a Panamanian dance in her
native costume.
|The models, numbering over
fprty, were freshmen and transfer
students who had been selected by
their handbook advisory groups.
Prom New York, Alabama, Penn
sylvania, Mississippi, Florida, Ha-
?lfraii, Panama, and Holland they
came bringing with them clothes to
impress even the most unobservant
male.
[Never before have clothes been
so varied or individualistic. Each
girl now has a chance to choose
styles that suit her own tastes and
personality, whether she be book
worm or dance enthusiast. Most
popular with the freshmen were
simple styles. Feminine minds, such
as Joan Elder’s, chose velvets and
before coming to Salem.
Dr. Edwards, who has taught at
the University of Utah and at Saint
Francis College in Loretto, Penn
sylvania, has noted a “good deal of
interest in education, especially
among the freshmen” here at
Salem. Also observing a similar
attitude, Mr. Surratt said that, al
though he teaches only freshmen,
he believes Salem girls are “very
eager to learn,” that they are of a
“better quality” and are most “will
ing to participate in class.” In
speaking of the friendliness of the
students, Mrs. Dancy said, “No
body can appreciate it more than
I.” She worked for many years
Salemites gather around Rev. Parks Todd to listen to his
sing a few folk songs, and drink coffee at the "Y" Coffee
guitar,
House.
as assistant head nurse at the For
syth Nursing Care Center with
older people. She is enjoying her
new and entirely different job and
loves working with such a “wonder
ful group.”
Our new faculty members came
to Salem for a variety of reasons.
Mr. Surratt, who is working on his
Ph.D. at Emory, was doing research
on the early Moravian Church, so
he talked to Dr. Gramley and re
ceived a one-year appointment here.
In this way, he will be able to com
plete his research and obtain his
doctorate in June or August. “I’m
from North Carolina and have al
ways heard of Salem,” said Miss
Derrick when asked her reasons for
coming to a girls’ school. “Of
course, its reputation of being a
good school and having good stu
dents had a lot of bearing.” Dr.
Edwards, who admitted this is his
first experience teaching girls, likes
it “just fine, so far.”
Anyone who has seen how tall
Mr. Surratt is will believe that he
attended Wingate Junior College on
a basketball scholarship. He is
active in the Knollwood Baptist
Church and is in charge of a stu
dent group that meets on Sunday
evenings. He is married, as are
Mr. Spitz, Dr. Edwards, and Mrs.
Dancy. Mr. Spitz favors tennis
and Dr. Edwards prefers golf, al
though he plays tennis, too. Read-
Reverend Todd Entertains
At YWCA Coffee-House
Amid the informal atmosphere of
red-checkered table clotls s and
candlelight. Rev. Parks Todd from
Brookstown Methodist Church
entertained with song and guitar
for the YWCA’s “Coffee-House,”
Tuesday evening, September 28.
Students joined in singing choruses
and several complete numbers while
enjoying refreshments of hot coffee
and cookies.
Interested in folk music since col
lege days at Duke Divinity School
when he played with dance bands,
Mr. Todd is no novice to folk sing
ing. Since then he has been using
folk music in church work with
young people. His long-time fami
liarity with this kind of music al
lowed him to insert short back
ground information about the ori
gins of various types of folk songs
and spirituals.
First on the program was a pison
song, “Take this Hammer,” that
had evolved from train gangs build
ing the first railroads. In a similar
vein was another tune, “Drill, Ye
Tarriers, Drill.”
Before singing “Blowin’ in the
Wind,” Mr. Todd explained that
such songs exemplified the social
protest type of folk music that re
cently has been revived. Mr. Todd’s
version of the “Boll Weevil Song”
was straight from his childhood in
Mecklenburg County. He also ex
plained symbolism found in such
favorites as “Freight Train,” “Five-
Hundred Miles,” and “Seek and Ye
Shall Find.” Closing the sing-
along was the selection “Ktim Bah
Yah.”
Previously Mr. Todd had served
as associate minister at Centenary
Methodist Church, but was familiar
to many Salemites from his pro
gram at last year’s Senior Banquet.
Industrious Salemites Hold
Diversified Summer Jobs
lace, while others selected wools
and colorful cottons.
Sleepwear ranged from the prac
tical, modeled by Janet Barbour, to
the feminine side. Lounging outfits
featured slacks and jump suits, such
as that of Carroll Cook. One ski
ensemble, shown by Mopsy Stone-
burner, was complete with boots
and ski poles and made everyone
wish for cold weather, snow, and
ski trips to the mountains.
In the field of date clothes, the
freshmen really shined. Bright
skirts with shell blouses, suede
coats, wool dresses, and hounds-
tooth suits were favorite choices.
Monogrammed outfits, like those
worn by Anna Lewis Kitchin and
Jane Abercrombie, took promin
ence. Also popular with the class
of ’69 were boots, either fur-lined
or leather, and a fur hat, worn by
Karla Newsom, for church or cas
ual outings.
Yes, no matter what the occasion,
Salem freshmen were ready to go.
Unfortunately, one element was
missing and the missing element
was the most important one—boys
to take the girls places they could
wear their lovely clothes!
ing, cooking, and sewing her own
clothes are Miss Derrick’s hobbies
while Mrs. Dancy, when not re
cuperating from her day in the In
firmary, works in her flower garden
or spends her time knitting.
By Rebecca McCann
There were four adventurous
Salemites who put their time to
varied and exciting use this sum
mer. Such intriguing titles as dig
ger, intern, counselor, and Girl
Reverend Ottoway Elaborates
On Church In Urban Districts
The Reverend Richard Ottoway,
Episcopal Chaplain to Salem and to
the other colleges and schools in
the Winston-Salem area, spoke on
“The Church in Today’s City” in
Assembly on September 24. Mr.
Ottoway is well qualified to speak
on such a topic since this summer
he attended graduate school at the
New School of Social Research in
New York City. There he studied
some of the problems confronting
the Church in New York and other
urban centers.
War, mobility, rural, Chesapeake
Foundation, and missions were only
a few of his topics. After ex
plaining that the church should
have a relevant role in today s city.
Ivir. Ottoway outlined the prime
obstacles which are hindering to
day’s Church: the mobile character
of the city and the social structure
of the city.
In addition Mr. Ottoway pointed
out that within the Church there
are four areas which need revamp
ing because they are weakening the
church’s goals in the city. These
handicaps are in the areas of the
university, ethics, teaching, and
education. Each area must move
closer to the heart of the city,
rather than remaining in the coun
try.
All is not dim because, as Mr.
Ottoway stated, there are many
“exciting adventures for the Church
in the city.” Theologians are study
ing and grasping a keen awareness
of the city; “likewise, the old
grounds and building committees
are establishing missions in new
areas and getting involved in areas
other than church buildings. A
third new avenue is in decision
making, where clergy are helping
people in the city make the overt
decisions which have never been
part of everyday life.”
However, Mr. Ottoway, points out
that with the changing city and the
opening of the new avenues, the
parishoners will have to adjust to
a new type of worship. They might
have to relinquish the personal re
lationships or adjust to a specialized
parish, but, Mr. Ottoway concludes,
all will work out if everyone “in
the Church will work for it.”
Scout became the call letters for
Ann King, Finley Stith, Patsy Mat
thews, and Lili Powers.
Ann King stumbled into her vo
cation by planting tobacco. Dr.
Austin spotted her, and before she
knew it she was in Winchester,
England, digging up a town.
Fifty students from the U. S.
went on this ten week archeological
expedition. First using picks and
shovels and then trowels, the stu
dents uncovered the foundations of
the old town.
Finley Stith spent the summer in
Washington, D. C. working for
Congressman McMillan from Flo
rence. Her duties ranged from
showing fellow South Carolinians
around the Capitol to sealing enve
lopes. The impressive title of in
tern gained her admittance to a
weekly seminar, where such famed
politicians as Ted Kennedy, Hubert
Humphrey and President Johnson
spoke.
Sophomore Patsy Matthews did
not have an unusual job, but she
did have an eventful summer. Golf
instructor and counselor to fourteen
twelve-year olds provided a com
bination which was bound to pro
duce strange results.
Lili Powers, a freshman from
Jessup, Georgia, and eleven other
Girl Scouts flew to Mexico for a
ten day jaunt. Their visit of sev
eral days in Mexico City was filled
with sights such as bull fights, the
floating gardens of Xochimilco and
the folk ballet. Next the girls set
tled in Cuernavaca at the Cabana,
an international Girl Scout center.