Volume XLVIll
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Saturday, May 7,
Faculty Members Leave For
Various Places This Autumn
“The professor I had this semes
ter was great! Try to get him . , ,
What I He’s not coming back next
vear? Oh no! Well try
she’s
i
leaving too? Where are they go
ing?”
This is the general reaction of
the students to the departure of the
many faculty members who will not
return to the Salem campus as pro
fessors next fall. It really seems
like a mass exodus. While some of
them will be moving way up North
or way down South, others will just
move across the square.
Mrs. Honeycutt, assistant profes
sor of Home Economics, and her
family, will move to Richmond, Vir
ginia where she will put her educa
tion in practice.
Moving South, Mr. Hare will teach
math at the University of Southern
Mississippi. Farther North, Dr.
Paine plans to join the faculty
at Bradley University in Peoria,
Illinois. Included in the classes he
I will instruct are American Litera-
SalemDoesWell
In Tennis Match
Marion Jefferds, Olive Jenkins,
and Cilia Taylor, all sophomores,
and Jane Bray, a freshman, repre
sented Salem at Carolina Tennis
Day, Saturday, April 30. Salem was
invited by Converse to participate
■in this all-women’s tennis tourna-
;mcnt in Spartanburg, S. C. Seven
schools participated: four from
South Carolina and three from
North Carolina.
Marion Jefferds and Jane Bray
played singles on the Converse Col
lege courts with Marion placing se
cond overall in singles for the day.
Olive and Cilia played doubles on
the Wofford College courts (with
much coaching from the sidelines).
It was a round-robin tournament in
which each couple played seven
games, then the number of wins for
each couple was totalled. They
finished 4th overall in doubles com
petition.
ture and Elizabethan Drama.
Leaving Salem for a year, Mr.
Thompson will study at Brown L’ni-
versity in Providence, Rhode Is-
land. He -was awarded a fellowship
in religious studies at Brown and
wall work toward his PhD. in that
field. His area of concentration
will be in the History of Christian
Thought. The felloivship provides
full tuition and living stipend. Dur
ing the summer months Mr.
Thompson will be in the Blue Ridge
Mountains at the Moravian Con
ference Grounds. His work there
promises to be quite different from
that of next year, for he will teach
arts and crafts to children.
Tw'o of the faculty members
plans are “up in the air” at the
present time. Miss Bennett is
thinking about renting a house here
in Old Salem for the summer wdierc
she will teach three classes in
painting. They are Beginning, Se
cond, and Oil and Landscape Paint
ing. She is especially looking for
ward to the latter class because it
will give her a chance to work, too.
Dr. Lewis, who is taking a Sabbati
cal leave first semester, still has
not decided where he will go. It
is certain that he will either be
somewhere near a good library and
wdiere he may get the desired
courses, or at home working on his
book.
Among the five faculty, members
staying right here in Winston-
Salem is Mrs. Dobbins who plans
to be at home. Continuing her
work for the city, Mrs. Drummond
is Supervisor for Recreation Cen
ters and Senior Citizen Activities.
Mrs. Jordon will leave the Salem
library to be libarian at an elemen
tary school in the city. Also stay
ing here, Mrs. Mittemeijer will re
verse positions and take courses at
Wake Forest and at Salem. In her
schedule she hopes to include Ger
man Literature, English, and Span
ish. Mrs. Schoonmaker promises to
be busy still while she attends Law-
School at Wake Forest.
Agreeing with many upperclass
men, the classes of 1969 and 1970
are really losing out!
Mr. McLeod's plant morphology class returns from their field trip.
Plant Morphology Class Camps
In Beautiful, Rain-Filled Mountains
April Showers bring May flowers
in Just
spring when the world is mud—
luscious . . .
Yes, it was during that wonderful
time of year w-hen the sweet, deli
cate flowers w-erc at their prime,
that Mr. McLeod’s plant morpho-
lo.gy, class ventured to the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park.
The crew left Thursday, April 28,
happy, excited, and clean.
The purpose was to see and iden
tify approximately 250 wild flowers;
however, after getting lost in the
driving rain, the class began to
w-onder if they w'ould ever arrive
at the camp site near Gatlinburg,
Tennessee. By 9:30 p.m. they had
traversed the Smokies and, after
finding their lost leader, Mr. Me-
May Day Pageant Presents Court;
Uses 'The Frog Prince” As Theme
r
This afternoon at 4 p.m.. May
Day presented its annual pageant
in the new amphitheater. With a
colorful “cast of thousands,” the
presentation had something for
young and old alike.
The story was based on Grimm’s
fairy tale, “The Frog Prince.” The
motif was carried through on the
programs with frog prints (“prints”
as in “prince”) wandering toward a
castle.
{Faculty Passes
I Smoking Petition
The Faculty Advisory Board has
I approved Legislative Board’s peti
tion of April 28 concerning smok-
I ing. It was decided that smoking
[will be permitted in the dining
I room at the evening meal, after
|6:15 p.m.
This permission will become ef-
I fective Monday, May 9, on a trial
[basis. Continuance of this permis-
] sion next school year will depend
[upon the care with which students
[observe the 6:15 time and the care
[with which they protect table linens
I and the floor of the dining room
these last weeks of school.
Mr. Campbell, Salem College’s
Mr. Grimm, and Eleanor and Paul
Sandresky opened the pageant.
According to Mr. Grimm, once
upon a time there was a king (Bebe
Anderson) who had fourteen (14?)
daughters. The eldest daughter
(Paige Bishop) had a golden ball
which was her most favorite posses
sion in all the world. One day,
whilst playing by the well, she
dropped the ball and it fell into the
deep well. Lo and behold, out
jumped a frog (portrayed by Elea
nor Lauck) who retrieved the ball
and immediately fell in love with
the beautiful princess. The prin
cess, however, was horrified by the
frog, but she made the mistake of
promising to be his friend, if he
would get her golden ball for her.
With a little encouragement from
her father, the princess kept her
promise though she was quite un
happy about it.
The years passed. Suddenly, it
was May Day at the king’s court
again. The fourteen daughters had
grown up, and one had been chosen
queen. Quite by coincidence, the
little princess of the story was the
chosen one. Happy Price was
crowned queen, with Carol Ann
Derflinger her maid of honor. In
the queen’s honor, royalty from all
over the world had brought their
finest talent to the court to present
to the queen. From Russia came
troika dancers; from Spain, a cow
ardly bullfighter and winning bull;
from Greece, more dances; from
Scotland, a “highland flinger” with
bagpipes; and tumblers and jug
glers. As a finale, all the talent
joined in a gala Polka.
Queen, Happy Price, was very
pleased with the entertainments. At
just that moment, the frog ap
proached the queen, asking if he
could offer her something. With
her permission, he sang “My First
Love Song.” The queen, her court,
and the entire audience were com
pletely charmed. Graciously be
stowing a kiss on the frog’s fore
head, the queen was amazed when
he turned into a handsome prince.
He explained that he had been put
under a spell by an ugly witch, and
that it was only by the queen’s kiss
that the spell could be broken. The
court and cast joined in the May
pole dance. Needless to say, they
all lived happily ever after.
Leod, they pitdied tents in the
rain.
On Friday they arose, eager to
see the mountains, but unfortun
ately, were greeted by another
cloudy day. On the way to Cling-
man’s Dome, they stopped at a fur
and spruce forest, one of the most
unusual sights of the entire trip.
This type forest is found primarily
in Canada, but the altitude of the
Smokies causes it to flourish. The
cold and mist helped create the
illusion of a fantasy forest for all
the romantics in the group!
Dinner on Friday night was de
lightful. Staley’s chef has nothing
on Work Group B. Even the
handicap of cooking in the rain did
not keep the steaks and baked
potatoes from being, as Mr. Mc
Leod would say, “EExxx-cellent!”
Friday was also the night for a
trip into Gatlinburg to a Wild
Flower Clinic slide show at which
color slides of the flowers bloom
ing in the Park were shown.
Cades Cove was the main attrac
tion for Saturday. This is an iso
lated valley which has been main
tained as it was during the pioneer
days. Cades Cove is also famous
for its variety of wild flowers. The
girls soon grew- accustomed to Mr.
McLeod’s loud, clear erv, “Ah-ha,
now people, what is this?” They
began to answer immediately “Mar-
silea” no matter what it was (Mar-
silea is the only plant which, if
found, would give an automatic A
in the course.)
One of the highlights of the trip
w^as the three mile mountain hike
to see a giant tulip poplar tree.
This trip was infamous for the de
luge which started about halfway
en route. Of course, the troopers
could not let a “little” rain stop
them, so they trudged on to view
the wondrous tree.
One must think that Saturday
night in the mountains of Tenn
essee with nine girls and an in
structor accompanied by his family
would be dull. But this was not so.
.A.bout 12:30, after returning, from
Gatlinburg with new friends from
U. T. and V. P. I., the gang de
cided to go for a “bear-walk.” As
yet no one had seen a bear and all
were determined to do so before
leaving. Dabney Kelley, succeeded
in spotting a bear and was also
nominated for the Olympic track
team.
Sunday was a day for which all
had been waiting. This last day,
everyone was eager to shed wet
sleeping bags. .As the tents had
gone up in the rain, they came
down in the rain, and the camping
adventure was over,
and it’s
spring
when the world is puddle-wonder
ful
Office Reveals
Salem Scholars
The Salem Scholars for 1967 have
been announced by Miss Edith
Kirkland, Director of Admissions.
Four entering freshmen have been
notified of the scholarships desig
nated each year for Salem Scholars.
The scholarship award winners
are Sally Ann Rhodes of Staunton,
Va., Elizabeth Cain of McLean, Va.,
Beth Harris of East Point, Ga., and
Barbara Homey of Greensboro.
The four honor scholarships are
offered each year on a competitive
basis to incoming freshmen in
recognition of academic achieve
ment. Awards range from $200 to
$1,200 annually deiiending on need.
Three of the 1967 award winners
are semifinalists iti the National
Merit Scholarship competition and
Miss Cain is a finalist.
Miss Rhodes is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. .Alan L. Rhodes of
Staunton. She will be graduated
from Robert E. Lee High School,
the Salutatorian of her class. At
Salem,, she plans to work for a
Bachelor of .Arts degree, as do Miss
Harris and Miss Homey.
Miss Cain, a tentative voice
major, has enrolled in a program
toward a Bachelor of Music degree.
She will be graduated from McLean
High School where she has been
active in theater productions and
choral groups. Her parents are Mr.
and Mrs. Leighton A. Cain of Mc
Lean.
Miss Harris, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James E. Harris of East
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