TUDENTS ELECT DELUCA PRESIDENT
^ ^ t ” V results are as follows: dent of IRS; Patsy Mathews, Pre- Government; Nancy Richardson,
ere hid and the publications edi- Mary Alice DeLuca, President of sident of YWCA; Olive Jenkins, Treasurer of Student Government;
irs were announced today in as- Student Government; Linda Moore, President of WRA; Chris Connor, Sara Hunt, Secretary of Judicial
mbly. Ihese othcers were elected Vice President of Student Govern- Chairman of May Day; Connie Board; Barbara Keck, Chief Mar-
the student body and the publi- orient; Marilyn Lowry, Chairman of Sorenson, President of Pierrettes; shal; Cathy Clements, NSA Coordi-
itions stalls, respectively. Ihe Judicial Board; Anne Willis, Presi- Sue Wooten, Secretary of Student nator; Paige French, FITS Chair
man; Ann Westmoreland, Presi
dent of the Day Students; Carol
Quick, Editor of The Salemite.
Installation of the officers will be
held in the Student Government as
sembly on April 19.
olume XLVIII
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, March 3, 1967
Number 21
Nohlgren Speaks On Air Pollution;
Cites Destruction, Urges Controls
Jwin Shewmake, head of the Art Department, will speak in
ssembly on Friday, March TO. His topic will concern "Trends
I Modern Art." Mr. Shewmake is speaking as one in a series of
iculty lecturers. Immediately following the assembly he and all
iher members of the faculty are invited to join Salem students for
inch in the refectory.
By Sybil Cheek
Bidding realistic consideration
and adoption of control methods to
halt the “foreboding future plague”
that contaminated air threatens to
impose on America, Stephen E.
Nohlgren concluded his lecture,
"Some Comments on Air Pollution,”
in a program sponsored by Labl-
ings, Thursday evening, February
23.
After an introductory preview of
the topic and the background of the
speaker by organization president,
Louise Marsh, Mr. Nohlgren delved
into the cause-and-effects of the
problem. He cited a number of
types and instances of harm and
destruction that have occurred and
continue to happen as a direct result
of gaseous emissions into the at
mosphere. These examples, in effect,
served to point out the widespread
range of the problem in the United
States, but the scope of this tech
nologically oriented condition was
expanded even further with his ad
ditional comment on comparable
situations in Europe.
Of especial value were various
sets of statistics interspersed
throughout the talk that brought
the vastness of the problem down
to the personal level of concern.
These figures pertained to the in
creased health and medical prob
lems, massive sociological changes.
and ultimate evolutionary results
that air pollution can effect.
In addition to the need to develop
greater lay and professional interest
that will persist in demanding
abatement of contaminated air, Mr.
Nohlgren offered six ideas for
action toward realization of this
goal. These suggestions included
action groups of local residents,
region-wide air pollution legislation,
government example set by federal
industries, and a system of tax re
lief to encourage manufacturers to
adopt control methods of their own.
Control of pollutants from vehicles
and stepped-up research were other
considerations that the speaker pro
posed.
Sincere interest in the conse
quences that increasing contami
nation wdll cause to the earth’s at
mosphere motivates Salem’s new
biology professor to keep up with
the latest legislative developments
concerning it and to submit infor
mation about local action in this
field for publication in the news
letter series, Air/Water Pollution
Report.
His work with the actual me
chanics of the problem, however,
has been limited to study under
Professor Emil Chanlett at the
School of Public Health of the Uni
versity of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, and seminar study with Dr.
Newton Underwood, one of the de
velopers of the atomic bomb.
Britt, Kelly Share Oslo
Experience With Students
Susan Kelly and Sue Sue Britt
shared their trip and stay in Oslo,
Norw'ay as Oslo Scholars in the as
sembly of February 24. Having been
introduced by Dr. Gramley, the
girls began by talking along with
some slides taken on the trip.
They sailed from New York, June
16, on a ten day trip aboard the
Oslofjord. While on the ship, they
enjoyed themselves by taking part
in the many social and recreational
-acuity To Give
Ausical Ratings
Eighty young music students, in-
uding two of Dean Sandresky’s
lildren will meet at Salem’s Fine
rts Center Saturday morning
arch 4, to compete for ratings on
eir musical talent. The occasion
the Federated Music Clubs Fes-
ral district meeting.
The music students, ranging in
;e from elementary to high school,
ill convene in Hanes Auditorium,
>ming from as far away as Wilkes-
>ro. The young musicians will be
dged according to talent and
)ility levels. Each person will re
ive a certificate of rating, and a
lecial citatjon for superior ratings,
he more advanced pupils will com-
:te for scholarships in various
itegories with monetary prizes of
00 to $150. The judges will be
liss Nancy Wurtele, Charles Med-
Nell Jones, and Mrs. William
vera, from Salem’s School of
iusic. Also, Mr. Hubert Horne
id Rebecca Barrow from the
thool of the Arts will judge.
The Federated Music Clubs Fes-
val has been held at Salem for
any years, and many students
oni our preparatory School of
iusic take part.
Poetess Carolyn Kizer To Lecture
In Assembly; Topic-Modern Poets
(Press Release)
When Carolyn Kizer’s second
book of poetry. Knock Upon Silence
(Doubleday & Co.), waS published
in late 1965, it was immediately
hailed as the work of “one of the
best poets writing today.” No
“Ivory Tower” poet, Carolyn Kiser
has worked ceaselessly and traveled
extensively, meeting the challenges
and grappling with the problems
that face all of today’s poets, writ
ers, and artists. Perhaps the great
est honor yet paid to her achieve
ments both as a poet and as a
champion of contemporary litera
ture came in early 1966 when she
was appointed the first directory of
the literary program for The Na
tional Council on the Arts in Wash
ington.
High praise for her work and
recognition of accomplishments are
not new to Miss Kizer. She began
her writing career in The New
Yorker when she was 17. Since
then her poetry has appeared re
peatedly in that magazine and in
numerous other renowned publica
tions, including The Atlantic, The
Kenyon Review, and The Hudson
Review. Under the auspices of the
State Department, she spent the
academic year of 1964-65 in Pakis
tan as Poet-in-Residence, lecturing
and reading at The University of
the Punjab, Karachi University,
Peshawar University, and other
Pakistani colleges; and investigat
ing contemporary Urdu and Ben
gali poetry.
Her love of Chinese and Japanese
poetry is apparent throughout her
work. Miss Kizer’s lecture topic is
Contemporary Poets in Changing
Landscape, and in this she leads
the way to an exciting new under
standing of poetry. Miss Kizer will
speak in assembly on March 8 as
a Lecture Series speaker.
It is rare to find a writer who is
both passionate and incisive; in
Carolyn Kizer the two are cohesive.
Her poetry combines a true clarity
of expression with a unique sensi
tivity to the complexities of emotion
and thought. Her voice is pure and
particular in perfect control; and
as a craftsman, she exploits tech
nique for the freedom it allows her.
That she is not concerned solely
with her own creativity but with
the entire world of poetic expres
sion was evidenced when she found
ed Poetry Northwest. Miss Kizer
is also director of the Association
of Literary Magazines.
In addition to developing her own
poetic voice, Carolyn Kizer has not
stopped in her efforts to bring the
work of innumerable present-day
writers to an ever-expanding audi
ence. In this country she has
traveled from coast-to-coast discus
ing poets and poetry at universities
and symposiums, among them The
Carolyn Kizer
University of California, Duke Uni
versity, and the University of Vir
ginia. In England she has spoken
and read at several colleges and uni
versities, including Oxford, and at
the London Institute of Contem
porary Arts; and has been broad
cast by the BBC.
Born in Spokane, 'Washington,
Carolyn Kizer graduated from
Sarah Lawrence College in 1945. In
tensely feminine and uncompromis
ingly individual, she accepts no
limitations in her mind, reaching
out to the world for her horizon.
She is not a literary lady; she is a
first-rate poet. And, as one obser
ver has exclaimed, she is “what
every woman poet should be—
scandalously beautiful!”
activities offered such as swimming,
sunbathing, ping pong, and dances
every evening. As for the food all
Susan and Sue Sue could say was
“Great!”
When they arrived in Oslo after
having docked at several Norwegian
ports, they were soon settled in one
of the three dormitories at the Uni
versity of Oslo where they would
attend the International Summer
School. Four hundred students
were enrolled for the summer with
129 from North America and the
remainder from all parts of the
world. The Summer School began
in 1947 for North American stu
dents and was expanded interna
tionally in 1958. It was established
at Oslo because Norway had been
sighted as a , typically European
country.
From the various areas of study
offered by the university, Susan
chose Norwegian music and Sue Sue
chose Norwegian history. Both girls
studied Norwegian literature and
international relations. The girls
explained something of the recent
political history of Norway. They
described Norway as a very inde
pendent country which, though re
maining neutral on most political
situations that do not effect it, has
joined the United Nations and
NATO for protective measures. It
has, however, imposed the stipula
tion that no foreign troops can be
stationed on Norwegian soil except
in times of war. Strong indepen
dence and stragetic location make
Norway a country to be handled
with “kid gloves”.
As Americans, Susan and Sue Sue
expected to be challenged about the
Viet Nam situation and found their
international relations professor,
Mr. Per Friedberg, a little opinion
ated on the subject. He said that
the United States uses democracy
as a rationale to excuse its presence
in a foreign country. But in spite
of his disapproval of U. S. presence
in Viet Nam he advocated a con
tinuation of the war since our in
volvement was already so deep.
While in Oslo the girls attended
a reception at the palace of King
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