Volume
XLVII
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, March 11, 1966
Number 22
oodrow Wilson Foundation Taps
icCallum As Recipient For Award
By Paige Bishop
)n Thursday, March 10, 1,408
I,Cl'S of Woodro'w Wilson Na-
)iial Fellowship awards were an-
iffliced by the Foundation. This
roup, one third of which are wo-
leii, ' comes from all over the
Inited States and among this num-
,or is Lucy McCallum, a senior
iifcnch major here at Salem.
|The award, which is designed to
tncourage and support potential
)llege teachers, includes a year of
raduate education, with tuition and
es. plus a living allowance to any
■aduate school which the student
looses to attend. Lucy, who is still
jjite undecided as to where she will
iidy, is considering McGill, Har-
ird, and Yale, as well as other
ihools in North Carolina such as
take and UNC-CH.
Applicants for this award are first
iminated by the Head of a De-
irtment from their school. This
:ar over 11,000 nominations were
lade by professors throughout the
juntry. Of these, two-thirds were
iminated, and the remaining one-
third were called for interviews in
January. Lucy was interviewed by
Duke members of the Foundation’s
council in this region and in her
words, “It was horrible; they asked
me all sorts of questions about
French literature.” Of those inter
viewed, only half won scholarships
after a third screening by the Foun
dation’s National Selection Commit
tee. It is interesting to note that
while a majority of the winners are
college seniors in their early twen
ties, also included in this group are
a Marine veteran of Viet Nam
action, a former farmer, a college
trustee, four sets of twins, former
paratroopers, a New York City de
tective and a one-time real estate
developer.
Winners of the Fellowships are
expected to go into some field of
college teaching. Dr. Nathan Pusey,
Harvard’s president, observed that
“College enrollments are expected
to increase about 1.5 million in each
five-year period. If all of those
identified through the Woodrow
Wilson and other private and fed-
The Pierrette Players in "Six Characters" present a rehearsal
hot's quite a performance.
mcern With Truth, Reality
hminates ^^Six Characters
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By Laurie Williams
lAn exhausting philosophical exer-
se is only one of the intriguing
pects of Luigi Pirandello’s play,
Si.\ Characters in Search of an
Author”, now being presented by
the Pierrette Players. The last of
4ur consecutive performances will
toke place tomorrow night, March
12; curtain time is 8 p.m.
.’The philosophical exercise refer-
tfd to is a concern for “what is
truth and what is reality,” explained
Dr. Mary Homrighous, director,
^lie audience should feel unsure”
when they leave the theatre. As
the lines say, “the author plays the
fool with us all.”
The three-act play unfolds v/ith
the appearance of the stage man-
^or, played by Deebe Eyerly, call-
>ng together her acting company to
tentinue rehearsing a play by the
®ithor Pirandello when the family
of six enters, looking for an author
tor their drama. The members of
the family are “born characters”:
they are static in their relationships
*od situations and wish to live “only
tor the moment” with the actors of
the company. Almost immediately
the characters begin to dispute their
foies in the drama.
The downtrodden, frightened
®ther in the group is played by
Mary Ellen Lane. The father, re
morseful, rationalizing, and given to
“philosophizing”, is Mr. Vern Mock.
Bob Fogle plays the eldest son, 22;
who, being the mother’s only legiti
mate child, feels himself outside the
drama. Mary Lucy Hudgins, as the
eldest daughter, dashing and tem
pestuous, fains bitterness upon most
of her family. The two small child
ren are played by Alice and Billy
Mangum. Members of the acting
company are Barry Fox, Bonnie
Ayres, Karla Newsom, Mary Mc
Cormick, Pam Jordan, Linda Hol
land, Susan Gray Fowler, Juhe
Johnson, and Aranna Mangum. _
The entanglements of these six
characters, each with a unique iden
tity falls to the audience in bits and
pieces. Their actuality as char
acters is the paradox of the play.
They were “born for the stage,
quite literally, and their reality,
their situation, unlike that of the
members of the acting company, is
“fixed forever.” They were born
of an author’s fancy, and he denied
life to them.”
The confusion of what is reality
is brought to its height in the final
scene, when the reality of the situ
ation from the actors’ view is mer
ged with that of the characters,
leaving the audience dazed.
eral programs continue through
graduate school to the Ph.D. and
then enter teaching, we can meet
the nation’s estimated need for
30,000 new college teachers a year.”
Lucy is very happy to be a win
ner of the Fellowship as it is one
of the best of the few Felloivships
offered on a national basis for study
in the Liberal Arts. Most national
awards are made in the areas of the
sciences.
IRS Succeeds
InBigWeekend
By Judy Guillet
IRS weekend has come and gone.
The only visual remants are a few
dangling pieces of the Wake Forest
“Deacon” in the gym, cookie crumbs
from the breakfast, and empty cases
of Coke in the Fine Arts buildingl
But what about all those intangibles
—those memories of (by a consen
sus) the best Salem weekend ever.
Zelle Holderness said that the co
operation of the students and the
entertainment made the weekend a
huge success.
The Thornton Sisters Saturday
night created quite a sensation.
Rumor has it that several girls were
trampled by their own dates in the
mad rush for front row viewing.
Point of interest; the youngest sis
ter was thirteen.
Class projects ran full force with
the sophomores selling Cokes both
nights and the freshmen holding a
breakfast on Saturday night. The
sophomore class made $30. One can
not discount the help of Danny
Mosely, who drank ten cokes; Carol
Lee Scholtz, who was up at dawn
to meet the Coke man; and the girls
who so cleverly hid the nickels so
a noble gentleman -would donate a
nickel to the class.
Even blind dates seemed to turn
out all right. Some boys were lucky
enough to be taken out for dinner.
And then there were the brave ones
who fought the winds and cooked
out at Tanglewood.
From a backward glance the week
end seems like a dream. The cam
pus is again bare of males and the
halls will not resound with male
voices for many months. Memories
remain — unless you are lucky
enough to have your date arrive on
Monday, like Molly MacPherson’s,
and ask if he is too late.
KU
Dabney Kelley, next year's
plans to keep the ball rolling.
President of Student Government,
Elected Officers Present
Reactions jAbout Positions
Student Government officers for
the year 1966-1967 were elected last
Friday, March 4. Heading the list
as President of the Student Govern
ment Association is Dabney Kelley
from Charlotte. Dabney is a bio
logy major and a chemistry minor.
She has already made plans to
follow Mary D a m e r o n around.
“The only thing I can say is that
I’m happy as I can be, but scared
too. I guess I’ll need all the help
I can get.”
Chairman of Judicial Board is
Jane Grimsley, a sociology major
and elementary education minor
from High Point. Jane wants open-
minded, individualized, and unpre
judiced opinions and decisions next
year and says, “Although I haven’t
had the experience of working on
Judicial Board, I am looking for
ward to meeting the challenge that
it offers.”
Also from Charlotte is Roberta
Frost, the newly elected Vice-Pre-
"sident of Student Government. Ro
berta has chosen English as her
major and psychology as her minor.
Because she has previously been on
the Assembly Committee, Roberta
can say, “I couldn’t be happier. This
is the job I feel I am most qualified
for.”
Linda Moore, the newly elected
Secretary of Student Government,
comes from Reidsville. A sopho
more biology major, and tentative
English minor, Linda says about
Freshmen Announce Plans
As Parents’ Day Arrives
Salem’s freshmen are making final
preparation for Parent s Day, Sat
urday, March 19. Nancy Holder
ness, class president, announces that
the schedule of activities for the
day will begin with registration and
coffee in the Strong Friendship
Room from 10-12 a.m. that morn-
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Lunch will be served at noon, fol
lowed with a period until 3 p.m. for
daughters to show their parents the
classrooms and introduce them to
some of their professors. Slated
for 3:30 p.m. is a mother-daughter
volleyball game in the gym, with
energetic fathers and Saiemites on
the sidelines as cheerleaders.
The evening will begin with a
banquet at 6 p.m. Then, at 8 p.m.
in Hanes Auditorium, a skit en
titled “Our Great Expectations” will
be presented. No other plans are
scheduled after the skit ends about
9;30 p.m.
Decorations for the banquet are
being handled by Elaine Beavers
and Candy Stell. For the skit, Milly
Daughteridge is organizing the
background chorus and Lillian
Young the dance “We Are In.”
Debbie Yager heads the schoolroom
scene; Liza Pond, the roommate
scene; Sara Ulmer, the beach
scene; Martha Comer, the “Fits”
scene; Molly McPherson, the exam
scene; and Joan Hobbs, the dedi
cation scene. Mary Lou Ford is
working with the stage lighting
crew, and Muff Tarrant is handling
props.
Nancy invites the parents to ar
rive on campus any time that day,
but urges them to come in time to
register and get their name tags.
She also mentioned that freshmen
wishing to work on any of the com
mittees should see the chairman as
soon as possible.
being elected, “It’s great. I recog
nize the responsibility and will try
to live up to it. Jane Grimsley wfill
be my tutor until the end of the
year.”
Nancy Lineberger, a sophomore
from Charlotte, is the new Treas
urer of the Student Government
Association. Nancy is a biology
major and hopes to go to Bowman!
Gray School of Medicine her senior
year for the medical technology
program. She is optimistic about
the upcoming year, even though she
realizes the work involved. “I’m
very happy and excited, but a little
scared about handling money. I
know it’s going to be a good year.”
Marilyn Lowry, a sophomore
from Charlotte, is the new Secre
tary of Judicial Board. A math
major and French minor, Marilyn
says that she feels very honored
and excited. One of the main
thoughts she has at present is that
next year it will be necessary to
focus on the new sign-out system,
making sure that it works out.
Salem Enlarges
Dining Facilities
An additional wing is to. be ad
ded to the Salem College Refectory
by September, 1966. The Refectory,
which was built in 1941, was a gift
from Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong,
who gave us Strong Dormitory;
and is named for her son, Corrin
Strong, former Ambassador to Nor
way, who furnished the Strong
Friendship Rooms and gives Salem
two scholarships each summer to
the Oslo International summer
school. The Refectory seats 450 stu
dents and would have been inade
quate with the admission of a large
freshman class in the fall. The
planned addition includes a wing
behind the left portion of the pre
sent dining room with entrance
through three arched doorways
which will replace three of the pre
sent windows. Redecoration and
new draperies are also planned, as
is a vestibule at the Bitting en
trance so that the juniors and sen
iors may use that door.
The administration is consulting
fvith the Student Center Committee
and the Student Government Asso
ciation in order to design facilities
to please the students. There are
tentative plans for a hangout area
or club space in the basement under
the new wing. The administrative
planning committee will discuss
these plans in more detail at a
luncheon to be given this week.