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Volume XLVII
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Thursday, October 7, 1965
Number 9
iafety Pi ns, Rules, Dicipline Prevail;
houlish Sophs Bib Freshmen
The ominous rumble of stamping
feet and chanting voices heralded
the arrival of a horde of sopho-
inores as FITS began Wednesday,
September 29. _
% fanie McCaslin, chairman, white-
sheeted like her classmates, quelled
{he rising chorus from the floor of
“We Shall Overcome” with an up
lifted hand, and welcomed the
freshmen to their position as the
scum on Salem’s campus. The
ghoulish sophomores, faces dis
figured by stockings, then filed be
hind the freshmen and tied a terry
^loth bib around each neck.
As they left to go to the refec
tory, the freshmen had to pass
along a walk lined with sophomores,
enacting one of their rules, curtsy
ing to all upperclassmen. At the
•{meeting” Janie had announced this
plus others: no rolling hair or using
■^ake-up, no taking off bibs, no
shaving legs, and calling all upper-
Jassmen “ma’am.” And the rule
that resulted in the wolf-pack
noises every night after supper was
that freshmen had to bark at the
flagpole when they passed. .
jFor each infraction of a rule, a
safety pin pinned meant obtaining
the signatures of five seniors, five
juniors, and five sophomores.
Thursday night at 10 was the
first of a series of parties at which
the Class of 1969 were forced to
show off their talents of playing
dead bug, knitting with arms out
stretched, and trying to distinguish
between their eyes, ears, mouths
and noses. Various superior ex
amples were singled out: Martha
Corner was a Raid can, and Mary
McMillan miserably failed the toe
touching event. A terrace-room
long can-can climaxed the evening.
Late Friday afternoon was the
second organized event, a beauty
contest. The losers were the win
ners : Ann Calhoun, Robin Rick
man, and Elizabeth Garrou. A sur
prise visit by Lambda Chi pledges
gave some freshmen a chance at a
real mixer.
Saturday was free from organized
activity, but sophomores still gave
their little sisters reason to remem
ber that they were the “scum”' or
“trash” their bibs proclaimed. A
favorite duty was catching up on
letter writing by assigning _ it to
freshmen, who had to write ' on
subjects like “The Sex Life of a
Juniors, like all Salemites, turn into ham actresses
Salemites Present Skits;
Themes Use Book Titles
By Paige Bishop
Pn Wednesday, October 6, Salem
ites sang, joked, and danced their
way through the world of books to
air their complaints about and love
for Salem. Book titles used as skit
thfemes by the four classes ranged
from works by Chaucer to Ian
Fleming.
^The plot of Catcher in the Rye
was the basis for the senior skit
entitled—“Catch Her in the Roug’n.”
It [seems that the seniors are per
plexed as to what comes after
Kraduation, exhausted from early
morning practice teaching, yet de
lighted to be seniors. All of these
points were made in a series of
songs and narration between scenes
by Holden Cauldfield.
Holden helped to solve, for one
senior at least, the age old worry
of senior girls everywhere — “who
will I marry ?” The closing scenes
3lso found the plot of the book
somewhat changed, for it was not
Holden who was the neurotic, but
the class of ’66.
Vhe juniors took a step back to
the beginning-of English- literature
and used characters from the Can-
Bathtub Ring.”
Sunday night another terrace
room party singled out individuals
for songs and jokes, and “Head,
Shoulders, Knees, and Toes” was
sung for the thousandth time.
Monday night a scavenger hunt
raged through Bitting, and on Tues
day a review of the week in Kan
garoo Court finished FITS for 1965.
AlumnaePledge
Symposium Aid
The Executive. Board of the
Alumnae Association of Salem Col
lege met last Thursday, September
30, at the Fine Arts Center for its
first meeting there. They voted
$500 per year to the Salem Sym
posium.
The Alumnae Association has
been making gifts to the college for
many years and has also been in
volved in specific projects. The
four main ways in which the Asso
ciation makes direct contributions
to Salem students are the Presi
dent’s Prizes for excellence in a
particular field of study; the Kath
erine B. Rondthaler Awards for
creativity in art, literature, and
music; tlie Rondthaler Lectureships
established in 1952, riow bringing
tlie Piedmont University Center
Speakers to 11 a.m. assembly; and
now the Symposium. The Alumnae
Association gives a sum total of
$2100 per year to Salem students.
The Alumnae Association wanted
to be more involved in outside pro
grams coming to the campus; there
fore, they contributed to the Sym
posium. Not only are the alumnae
interested in the Symposium, but
they are also interested in attend
ing it. Over 1500 Salem Alumnae
live within commuting distance of
Salem College, and the new Fine
Arts Center will make it possible
for them to attend the Symposium
next spring.
Salemites sneak in a brief practice before the next game
Students, Faculty Enjoy
Another Founder’s Day
An entire day of speeches, games,
and skits celebrated the 193rd anni
versary of Salem’s founding yester
day afternoon. Classes were sus
pended, and both students and
faculty participated in Founder’s
Day.
The formal dedication of the
Salem Fine Arts Center was held
at 11 a.m. Following the academic
procession. President Gramley wel
comed the public, alumnae, and stu
dents who attended the ceremony.
Dr. A. Hollis Eders, .executive
director of the Mary Reynolds
Babcock Foundation and former
president of Duke University, gave
the address of dedication.
A special litany of dedication wtas
prepared by the Rev. Clark Thomp
son, college chaplain, and led by
the Rev. Richard F. Amos, a mem
ber of the Board of Trustees of
Salem College and Academy.
Reminescent of the vacated Me
morial Hall was a presentation of
a Book of Gifts to Memorial Hall—
a record of the many gifts from
alumnae and friends to the building
erected in 1802. Mrs. Elizabeth
Hendrick, president of the Salem
College Class of 1940, made the
presentation on behalf of the Class
of 1940, which gave the’ record
book to the college. Following the
program an invitation was extended
to the public to tour the new build
ing from noon until 6 p.m.
The students then descended to
the athletic field for games con
sisting of a 3-legged race, a relay
race, jump rope, passing the ball
up and over, passing the orange, a
potato race, a wheelbarrow race, a
laundry bag race, a ball-between-
the-legs race, and a hockey game.
Tliat night all four classes parti
cipated in competitive skits in the
gymnasium.
At the end of Founder’s Day the
awards were announced: the sopho
mores won the field events and the
juniors won the song, skit, and
spirit awards.
Three Special Asse
Storaska’s Self Defe
s Feature
Methods
terbury Tales to show many sides
of a junior at Salem. The scene
was the T a b a r d-on-the-G r e e n
where the juniors assembled during
their pilgrimage which will end with
graduation. At the Tabard was the
Lawyer, who represented the many
petitions which juniors send to
Legislative Board for such things
as cars and more, overnights. Also
there was the Wife of Bath, the
party-going Salemite; the Cook
who spends many hours at the Far
mer’s Dairy and is supplying good
ies for the dorm; and, of course,
the Scholar. The Knight repre
sented the all-around junior. This
ideal possesses all the qualifications
found in the other characters in the
junior version of the Canterbury
Tales.
If one was looking for mystery
and intrigue it was to be found in
the sophomore’s presentation of
“From Salem with Love.” A bomb
had been hidden among the ivy and
bricks of the Salem campus and it
was the job of the class of ’68 led
by Agent 007SSS, to save Salem.
The entire episode was set in the
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Security is the knowledge of
Karate, and any insecure males in
this area had better brush up on
their defense tactics before Oct. 13.
This date has been set for the first
of three lectures in a lecture-teach
ing series entitled Self Defense
Course for Women, to be taught in
assembly by Mr. Frederic Storaska.
The course was designed by Mr.
Storaska to teach women how_ to
better protect themselves against
potential assailants.
There is a definite need to be
come aware of the danger to women
by would-be attackers, as evidenced
this past summer in Chapel Hill by
the murder of a summer school stu
dent. It is believed that a knowl
edge of Mr. Storaska’s defense
methods would probably have saved
this girl’s life, as they did that of
an 18 year-old who was raped by
a man with a knife, but who man
aged to remain alive after having
heard Mr. Storaska speak for only
30 minutes.
Mr. Storaska, who holds a Black
Belt in Karate and Brown Belts in
both Judo and Ju Jitsu, believes
that it is necessary for women to
have confidence in their own ability
to protect themselves. An adequate
understanding of what types of
persons may attack, which situa
tions foster assaults, and the as
sorted motives involved is an im
portant constituent of self-defense.
The purpose of Mr. Storaska’s pro
gram is to acquaint women with
these patterns and thereby strive
for “prevention—not cure.”
All students are urgently invited
to attend Mr. Storaska’s lectures,
which will be held Oct. 13, Oct. 29,
and Nov. 5. It is expected that
everyone will take notes, as there
will be a written test at the last
lecture which will be corrected and
returned to the students by Mr.
Storaska. By this means, each
participant will be able to see what
she missed, and needs to learn.
This program provides a unique
occasion for all of Salem’s women;
to develop their art of defense. It
is important not only for students’
but for all women associated with
Salem in any way and each is in
vited and encouraged to attend.
Miller Presents Readings
As Lecture Series Begins
By Connie Wessells
Introducing the best in British
acting and accent to the Salem Col
lege Stage, eminent London actor
and director Hugh Miller will pre
sent “Bare Boards and a Passion,”
the first of the College Lecture
Series, Tuesday, October 12, at
8 p.m.
If the title is intriguing, so will
be the performance as Mr. Miller,
in evidence of his renowned range
of characterization, recites on a
bare stage. His readings range
from Greek tragedy to modern
comedy.
Noted as an actor,. director, and
teacher of acting techniques for his
captivating style and technical ac
complishments, Hugh Miller pre
viously presented this recital at uni
versities and at The Library of
Congress in Washington during
United States tours in 1960 and
1961.
A veteran senior director of the
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in
London, Mr. Miller is presently
serving as language director for
David Lean’s film of Boris Paster
nak’s Doctor Zchivago.
His previous accomplishments in
clude language coach for Lawrence
of Arabia, and director of Every
Man at St. Paul’s Cathedral; Out
of the Whirlwind, the coronation
play in We.sLminster Abbey; a new
production of Peter Pan at the
Scala Theatre; The Private Secre-
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