ierrottes select cast for
iedda Gabler. See Page 4.
Parker and Weiiand join
Salem faculty. See page 3.
Volumn XLIX
garrotte Speaks Here;
''Tradition” His Theme
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, October 6, 1967
Number 8
!i Dr. Paul Marotte, Executive Dir-
jector of the Piedmont University
Center, spoke on “Tradition and its
Pole in Higher Education” for the
Founders’ Day assembly on Octo
ber 4- Dr. Marotte graduated from
the University of New Hampshire
and received his Doctorate Degree
from the University of North Car
olina in Chapel Hill. His wife teach-
s sociology part time at Salem.
Seniors entered the auditorium to
'‘Faith of Our Fathers” wearing
aps and gowns. Dr. Charles Rice,
■Acting College Chaplain, gave the
devotional and Dr. Dale Gramley
spoke briefly on Salem’s first open
ing in 1772 as compared to Salem
today before he introduced the spe-
,ker.
After being introduced. Dr. Mar-
itte began his talk by asking “What
Rs tradition ?” which he answered by
jkaying that tradition is an actual
|Dr mythical experience recognized
later having a purposeful beginning
shaped to fit contemporary needs.
Jle evaluated tradition by saying
that it could be used to solve ed
ucational problems today or it could
|create problems which might hinder
|he progress of an institution,
i By bringing in the history of the
Piedmont University Center and
other such cooperative educational
brganizations. Dr. Marotte showed
Jrow an educational institution might
l^share its tradition and experience
ith a newer institution to help a-
chieve educational excellence with
competent faculty, high admission
standards, curriculum revision, and
finances. He placed emphasis on the
values of the founders of an insti
tution such as rel-gion, the role of
the individual, the role of the com
munity, excellence in learning, and
change. He further emphasized
change by saying that although
trustees, alumni, and administration
may not want it, it is up to the stu
dents to see that problems and is
sues of a contemporary society are
met.
He challenged the major educat
ional institutions in the state to
work together providing leadership
for those colleges who are trying
to improve their standards. Specifi
cally, Dr. Marotte pointed out the
problems of the ^mall Negro col
leges whose proud origins left them
with unwanted traditions and labels
which became pitfalls such as a
small student body, homogeneity,
restricted curriculum, no endow
ment, and the “teacher college” im
age. He went on to point out their
need to provide academic excellence
for all students although many of
their students have not been pre
pared to meet high academic stand
ards. Great sums of money are need
ed to overcome these problems and
pitfalls of the Negro college accord
ing to Dr. Marotte and he urged
educators to “meet the needs head-
on--there is no other way.”
Salem Celebrates I95th Birthday;
Junior Class Takes Day’s Honors
By Sandra Pappas
The time was 2 p.m., October 3.
The place was Salem C’s flag pole.
The Freshman Class graduated from
FITS and joined all other Salem-
ites in celebrating a very special
birthday. The day was Founders’
Day - the 195th birthday of Salem
College.
Founders’ Day traditionally began
with all classes entering the playing
field and participating in recreation
al sports. Class spirit was the key
to the afternoon activities as cheers
urged respective classmates on to
victory and good sportsmanship. Af
ter four hectic softball games, re
sults were tabulated to find the
winning class. The point system
used to get the final scores was four
points for each first place, three
points for each second, two points
for third, and one point for fourth.
The juniors earned the most points
with the freshmen, seniors and
sophomores following. For the field
events, the various class colors were
sported in the outfits worn. Pink
and blue were the colors chosen by
the seniors; dark blue and light
blue by the juniors; red and white
by the sophomores; and blue and
green by the freshmen.
Good food and refreshments a-
waited the student body at the end
of the field day events. The annual
Founders’ Day picnic was enjoyed
by all and enhanced by shouts of
class and school spirit.
Founders' Day activities were
gly Ducks Invade The Square!
Frosh Introduced To Salem Life
By Jane Cross
The Square has recently been in-
adcd by a flock of ugly ducklings,
he invasion began last Thursday,
September 28, at a Freshman Class
eeting. All the ducklings were
seated on the gym floor, when a
group of beautiful swans gracefully
glided in. With their usual grace
?nd charm, the beautiful swans
(alias class of 1970) tried their best
to shape the ugly ducklings into
fwans. Each freshman received a
anie and a beak. Friday in as-
ierably, the ducklings, directed by
:oose-herder, Paige French, were
introduced to the entire student
dy. Each one duck-waddled onto
the stage and announced her name
.and hometown. A few were more
tnthusiastic and sang such songs
as:
“Quack, quack ducklings,
Have you any sense ?
No ma’am, no ma’am
We are dense.”
“I’m a duckling
Look at my face
Isn’t it an awful disgrace?”
j They were reminded of the FITS
■*«k rules such as no hair rolling,
no make-up, respect to upperclass-
fann, and wearing beanies and beaks
at the proper times.
_ After a relatively quiet week-end,
nITS resumed Sunday night at 10
Pni., with the “Goose and Gander
A Go-Go.’’ Each sophomore dressed
little sister to see who would
06 the ugliest duckling. Though
there were few ganders at the Bab
cock Discotheque, a few football
players from Wake Forest were
Jlad to dance with the ugly ducks.
Monday brought more FUN times
‘Or the little duckies at a pecking
'arty and scavenger hunt.
Founders’ Day finally arrived on
Tuesday, October 3. With its ar
rival came the long-awaited gradu
ation when the ugly ducklings shed
their duck-fluff and became beauti
ful swans.
Most of the freshmen really felt
they had benefitted from the week
long experience known as FITS
(Freshmen Initiation To Salem.)
Comments ranged from:
“I enjoyed it, and I met a lot of
people.”
“I hate it.”
“FITS is great."
to a laugh and a sigh of “FITS”,
what can I say?”
Paige French, goose-herder
(FITS chairman) felt this way
about FITS:
“On the whole, we feel that our
FITS program has been a success
ful and constructive one. As in
previous years, we have had to
make certain that both classes
understood the purpose of such a
program. However, I do hope that
we have been able to help every
freshman come to know the spirit
of Salem and to find her place here.
We would like to congratulate our
little sisters on being such good
‘“ugly ducklings’."
On the whole, FITS turned out
to be a constructive and purposeful
event which brought unity and
spirit to the Qass of '71.
Ghouls of the Sophomore Class terrorize freshmen during FITS.
"Under-over" contributes to the sore muscles and scratchy
throats, the aftermath of Founders' Day.
continued at 7:30 when upperclass
men and freshmen alike presented
their skits and class songs. The
overall theme used was fairy tales.
Each class was judged on spirit,
skit and songs, as well as the pre
viously tabulated scores on field
activities. The Junior Class^ who
presented the Pied Piper, won
Founders’ Day with a total of 68
points. They captured first place in
field events, tied for first in spirit,
and won second in song and skit.
Second place was captured by the
Senior Class with 62 po nts. They
enacted Peter Pan in “Forever
Ever Land.” The seniors won first
place in both song and skit, while
tying for second in spirit, and com
ing in third in field. The sopho
mores, whose theme was the Three
Little Pigs, came in third place by
tying for first in spirit, coming in
third for song and skit, and captur
ing fourth place in field events.
Fourth place was won by the Fresh
men Class who enacted their ver
sion of Cinderella—“Cinderfresh”.
The freshmen came in second in
field events, tied for second in spir
it, and earned fourth place in both
skit and song.
As Founders’ day came to a close,
an atmosphere of school spirit fi led
the campus. Individual class unity
was surpassed by the sisterhood of
seniors, juniors, sophomores, and
freshmen alike. Unanimously, all a-
greed that “You’re just sensational
SALEM I”
Piedmont Center Serves
Seventeen Schools Of Area
The Piedmont University Center
of North Carolina, created in 1963,
is a cooperative organization for
seventeen colleges in the North
Carolina Piedmont areas. By pool
ing a certain percentage of their
funds, each college is able to en
rich its curriculum and at the same
time avoid institutional conformity.
The center is located at Reynolda
House in Winston-Salem, former
home of the R. J. Reynolds family.
Its executive board, comprised of
the presidents of the member col
leges, is headed by Dr. Dale H.
Gramley. The Executive Director is
Dr. Paul A. Marrotte, Founders’
Day speaker.
The aims of the Center are to
help each member college to econo
mize on expenditures, to make ad
ditional services available, and to
increase educational effectiveness.
Six committees, each made up of
seventeen members — one from
each member college — are super
vised by the executive board. Thus
the specific needs of each college
are examined and compared and
ideas for improvement collected,
combined, and put to use. Commit
tees and their Salem representatives
are as follows: Business Manage
ment, Mr. Jack White; Library Af
fairs, Mrs. Cooper; Exhibits and
films, Mr. Bray; Faculty Research,
Dr. Gossett; General Educational
Program, Dean Hixson; Visiting
Scholars Programs, Dr. Austin; Ar
tists and Performing Groups, Mr.
Baskin; Personnel. Dean Wood.
Innumerable “bonuses” have been
provided member institutions under
direction of the Center. Visiting
scholars can be brought to the area
at a much lower cost. Requesting
services from the same bookbinders
and book dealers has enabled each
college library to put more money
into purchasing new reading mat
erial. Films are bought with Center
funds and loaned to member coll
eges instead of each school buying
its own. Funds for extra research
are now available for faculty of the
member colleges.
Two years ago the Piedmont Un
iversity Center was granted $2,000
by General Electric Inc., and re
cognized as the best educational co
ordinating agency in the United
States.
(C*nrinii«d oa Page 4)