Volume XLVII
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Thursday, November 4, 1965
Number 13
Itoraska’s Lecture Brings
,nother Exciting Assembly
The second of the lecture series
on self-protection by Frederic Sto-
}aska brought a full assembly on
October 29 and an air of expecta
tion.
Mr. Storaska stated that there
are three major points to consider
when thinking about assaults. First,
one must accept that these people
are mentally ill. Second, girls are
assaulted and raped. Third, that
girl could be you.
. Mr. Storaska was careful to ex
plain that rape was not the worst
thing that could happen to a girl.
The harm exists mainly in the shock
of the situation, not in the situation
itself. “There is no shame if a girl
has got to submit to a man to save
her life,” he said. “The main thing
is for you to come back alive.”
[Speaking of the psychology in
volved in an assault situation, he
said that one should not struggle,
scream, beg, cry, or do anything to
entice the assaulter. These people
assault to conquer any living thing.
r ressure points to be used in case
of attack are at the top of the head,
the temples, ear lobes, throat and
Adam's apple area, the solar plexus,
groin, knee cap, instep, kidney,
floating ribs, jugular vein and spinal
column area.
Using two students, Ingrid Kvam
and Sallie King, Mr. Storaska illu
strated the technique to use to get
out of an assault grip. He stressed
the fact that it is important to be
as graceful as possible when at
tempting an escape. Being kind
and calm provides the best assur
ance of escaping to safety since
these assaulters are basically in
secure. In all cases, a girl must be
sure to report any kind of assault
to the authorities.
On November 5, Mr. Storaska will
return for his final lecture. A test
will be given to determine if each
student has understood the various
methods of protection.
Itudent Government Adds
Mary Lucy Hudgens, Gretchen Wampler, Ann Wilson, (bottom, I. to r.); Margaret Persons, Linda
Tunstall, Dottie Girling, Jean King (Middle); Mary Dameron, Jan Norman, (Top) are caught in unique
pose in the Fine Arts Center.
ffice Of FITS Chairman Nine Salem Seniors Receive Honor;
[student Government is hopeful
that the 1966 student body elections
will be even lengthier this year as
the result of the addition of a
lifewly created office, that of FITS
Chairman.
he proposal submitted by the
^gislative Board recommends that
the office be held by a sophomore.
In addition to serving on the Orien
tation Committee and the Legis
lative Board, , the FITS Chairman
will be a member of the Handbook
Committee. Her official function
will be to serve as year-round FITS
Chairman. This means that “Fresh
man Introduction to Salem” will be
as it should be—a continuous learn
ing experience throughout the first
year.
The FITS Chairman, acting in an
advisory capacity, would have the
responsibility of seeing that fresh
men are informed on such topics as
Founder’s Day, Parent’s Day, and
other functions for which freshmen
often need a preview.
It is recommended that the office
be a major one and that all fresh
men receive a full vote’s credit. The
addition of the office will involve
several changes in the Handbook-
changes which Student Government
hopes will be beneficial to the en
tire student body.
Committee Chooses I966 WHO’S WHO
Dr. Aung Leads Seminar
For Salem, Wake Faculties
Strong Friendship Room was the
site of the faculty seminar on
Burma which was held Monday
night, November 1, at 8 p.m. Dr.
Tsin Aung, a visiting scholar in
Asian studies at Wake Forest Col
lege, conducted the seminar. He
was rector or President of the Un-i
versity of Rangoon from 1946 to
19S3.
iFrom 1959 until 1963, Dr. Tsin
Aung served as ambassador from
Burma to Ceylon. He has been
visiting professor and scholar-in-
residence at the School of Inter
national Affairs at Columbia Uni
versity since September, 1963.
iDr. Aung holds degrees from the
University of Rangoon, the Univer
sity of London, Cambridge Univer
sity, and the University of Dublin.
He has served as director of the
Ringoon-Johns Hopkins Center for
International Studies and as chair-
tnan of the Burma Historical Com
mission. He is the author of five
books and numerous articles. Dr.
Tsin Aung is considered an autho
rity on Burma.
?This seminar was one of a series
held jointly by the faculties of
Salem College, Wake Forest Col
lege, and Winston-Salem State
Teachers College on Asian studies.
This program on Asian studies
began in 1960 as a result of a grant
frpm the Mary Reynolds Babcock
Foundation. The group of faculty
members from the three colleges
meet each month at one of the
schools to hold the seminar.
In the past a member of the
faculty of one of these schools pre
pared a paper which was distributed
before each monthly meeting of the
seminar group.
Nine Salem seniors have recently
been selected to represent Salem in
“Who’s Who Among Students in
American Colleges and Universi
ties.” Among those receiving this
honor are Mary Dameron, Dottie
Girling, Mary Lucy Hudgens, Jean
King, and Jan Norman. Also in
Who’s Who are Margaret Persons,
Linda Tunstall, Anne Wilson, and
Gretchen Wampler.
Who’s Who represents a national
organization with headquarters in
Tuscaloosa, Alabama. This book
was originally proposed for the use
of employees and personnel man
agers. Today it is still used but
less frequently because of the ever
growing number of college gradu
ates. Salem has been a member of
this organization for more than
twenty-five years. Those Salem
girls so honored were chosen by a
committee on the basis of scholar
ship, participation and leadership in
academic and extracurricular acti
vities, citizenship and service to
school and promise of future useful
ness. The committe, appointed by
Dr. Gramley, included Dean Sand-
resky, Dean Wood, Dr. Austin, Dr.
Clauss, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Shewmake,
Miss Woodward, and Mary Dame
ron. The number of girls to be
chosen each year is determined by
the organization on the basis of
Salem’s enrollment the previous se
mester.
Each of the girls has participated
actively in Salem academic and
extra-curricular campus life. Mary
was vice-president of her freshman
class and won the President’s Prize
in Physical Education this year. She
was the NSA Co-ordinator her
sopohomore year and Secretary of
the Student Government Associa
tion her junior year. This year she
is President of the Student Govern
ment Association. In 1965 she was
chosen as an Oslo Scholar and as
a member of the Order of the Scor
lative Board representative her
sophomore year, and won the Presi
dent’s Prize in English her fresh
man year. With a double major in
English and French, Dottie hopes
to study or work in Copenhagen,
Denmark and eventually teach Eng
lish or French.
Mary Lucy, hailing from Spar
tanburg, South Carolina, is major
ing in history and minoring in
drama and French. As a freshman,
she was a representative of the
Pierrette Council, and in the fol
lowing years she has beeti secre
tary, treasurer, and is now presi
dent. A member of the Harlequin
Society, she won the Pierot Award
in 1963 and 1965.
pion.
Editor of the Archway,
was an Oslo Scholar in 1964,
Dottie
Legis-
n
Frost’s Poetry Illustrates His Life;
Thompson Presents Added Insights
The poems of Robert Frost do
the same things that struts on early
airplanes do; they both hold to
gether and keep apart. Dr. Law
rence Thompson, professor of Eng
lish from Princeton University, and
more recently. Frost’s official bio
grapher, elaborated on this idea in
assembly Wednesday, Ooctober 26,
Dr. Thompson’s biography. Fire
and Ice, will come out next Sep
tember following an already pub
lished documentary book including
letters exchanged between the two.
Dr. Thompson first met Robert
Frost on the campus of Wesleyen
College in Connecticut. Frost in
vited anyone who brought a manu
script to come to a discussion of
them. “Mine was terrible,” Dr.
Thompson said, “but he asked me
to stay afterwards. On the basis of
this poem and our mutual acquaint
ance with New Hampshire towns,
we got together.” . t.
Through a discussion of Frosts
Dr Thompson showed the
life.
forces that created the struggles re
vealed in his poetry. When Robert
Frost was two years old, his par
ents separated. Frost’s “awareness
of right and wrong stemmed from
a fear of punishment.” When he
was eleven years old, his father, a
brutal alcoholic, died and his
mother then taught. Frost con
stantly felt the need to be accepted,
so much so that he forced himself
to excel in high school and emerged
co-valedictorian with Eleanor
White, to whom he was engaged
by the time they graduated.
The poet lasted one semester at
Dartmouth, and then, after leaving,
he came back to help his mother
discipline her unruly eighth grade.
After staying at the school for a
while he obtained a job in a mill,
where some of his former pupils,
also working there, roughed him up.
After finding a retired prize fighter
and taking his course he did “such
a good job of mauling his first op
ponent,” according to Dr. Thomp
son, that he was brought into court.
From this incident and Eleanor’s
continued displeasure at his drop
ping out, came a turning point: to
please Eleanor, Frost printed a
poem he had sold to a national
magazine, and four others in two
books. He took one of the books
to Eleanor, who nevertheless turned
him away. At the point of suicide,
he wandered through North Caro
lina. Eleanor, afraid of what he
might do, forgave him and they
were married.
“Whenever two artists marry,”
Dr. Thompson said, “there’s bound
to be trouble.” Eleanor painted and
there was trouble. Eleanor’s first
child died and the Frosts moved to
the country to escape a danger of
tuberculosis; both of them were
"crushed and unhappy.” Here the
poet developed a “new poetry; a
new set of images and metaphors,
and Frost found a reconciliation of
pain and sorrow by caring.”
A music major, Jean has been the
Secretary of Judicial Board, Sopho
more Class President and a mem
ber of Pierrettes Council. Presently
she is the Vice-President of Stu
dent Government Association and a
member of the Harlequin’s Society.
A native of Lincolnton, Jean hopes
to teach public school music “in a
new and different place.”
Jan, a native of Richmond, Vir
ginia, was NSA Representative her
freshman year, Vice-President of
Dansalems and President of Bab
cock her sophomore year. Associate
Editor of The Salemite her junior
year and is presently Editor of
The Salemite. .Also a member of
Phi Alpha Theta and the Honor
Society, she is majoring in English
and history.
Margaret, a music major, has
been a day student for three years
and a boarder for one. During her
freshman year, she had the highest
class average and she won the
President’s Prize for music her
sophomore year. Presently, she is
Vice-President of the Daj' Student.s.
A math major and art minor,
Linda Tunstall was treasurer of her
sophomore class and vice-president
of her junior class. Also in her
junior year, she received the Presi
dent’s Prize for the highest junior
average. Presently, she is a mem
ber of the Honor Society and vice-
president of the Senior Class, Linda
is considering graduate school at
present but says she would rather
work in some capacity to be able
to use her math.
Ann, hailing from Jacksonville,
Florida, is majoring in math and is
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