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garrotte and Sanders join
Sociology Dept. See page 4.
Rondthaler Lecturer, Eugene
Odum, to speak at Salem.
See page 3.
Volumn XLIX
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, October 13, 1967
Number 9
Shaffner Speaks Here
Of Life In Thailand
Randolph Shaffner, an editor for
John Fries Blair, Publishers of Win
ston-Salem, spoke on “Peace Corps
Experiences in Thailand” for the
assembly on October 11. Mr. Shaff
ner attended Davidson College and
is a graduate of the University of
North Carolina. He also studied at
the Goethe Institute in Germany
and the University of Besancon in
France. He spent two years in the
Peace Corps as an English teacher
in Thailand.
Mr. Shaffner began his talk by
saying that although Thailand is
not the same today as it was when
he knew the country in 1963-64, the
people have remained unchanged.
Thailand has remained anticommu
nist, however, and has about 45,000
U.S. troops and 400 Peace Corps
volunteers located there. Mr. Shaff
ner brought out that the Thais have
“never mind” philosophy of life.
Mr. Shaffner then discussed cer
tain problems that Americans have
in Thailand. By giving several ex
amples he showed the importance of
tone in the Thai language and how
^mericans confuse Thai words by
merely pitching their voices wrong.
The spicy food of Thailand was
mother adjustment Americans have
0 make in Thailand. Mr. Shaffner
attributed the spicy food to the hot
limate and said that spices pre
sented a meal from being “blah.”
A Thai meal consists of a liquid
iiet of rice, chunked curry, minced
egetables, and peppers.
Further, Mr. Shaffner described
rarious social customs of Thailand.
LjAfter stating that Thais do not
date, he explained that before a
boy paired off with a girl for mar-
risge, the boy knew the girl well
from a distance. Then Mr. Shaffner
described the Buddhist marriage
ceremony in which townspeople
pour water over the hands of the
couple. If one partner was Christ
ian, however, the couple gave a big
party to tell people of their mar
riage.
Since the national religion of Th
ailand is Buddhism, Mr. Shaffner
also explained some of the Budd
hist’s beliefs. He pointed out that
when Buddhists bow down to the
statue of Buddha, they are only
showing respect “to a man who
knew the way to live.” About one
per cent of the population is Chris
tian and most of those are Budd
hists too, according to Mr. Shaffner.
By describing the social system of
Thailand, Mr. Shaffner showed cer
tain problems democracy faces in
Thailand. According to Thai cul
ture, the proper means of address
ing another person depend upon
age, salary, and rank in the govern
ment or temple.
Mr. Shaffner concluded his talk
with several examples of Thai greet
ing?. Instead of “hello” Thais greet
their neighbors with “Where are
you going?” Or “Have you had your
bath yet?” Mr. Shaffner explained
that the former provided for con
versation, and the latter was com
mon because Thais take several
baths a day because of the heat.
According to Mr. Shaffner, the
Thai has never had an ulcer, pos
sibly because of the “never mind”
philosophy of life.
Who’s Who Selects Twelve Seniors
To Join American College Leaders
Mallory Lykes, Carolyn Rich,
Patsy Mathews, Suzanne Britt
Jordan, Nancy Lineberger, Linda
Moore, Carol Quxk, Mary Alice De
Luca, Beth Taylor, Linda Holland,
Carolyn Billings, and Martha Eu
banks are the twelve seniors who
have been selected as Salem’s rep
resentatives to Who’s Who in A-
merican Colleges and Universities.
Considered in the selection was
scholarship, participation and lead
ership in academ e and extra cur
ricular activities, citizenship and ser
vice to the school and promise of
future usefulness. A committee con
sisting of Dr. Dale Gramley, Dean
Ivy Hixson, Dean Jessie Wood,
Dean Clemens Sandresky, Dr. Mary
Hill, Dr. Elizabeth Welch, Mr. Don
ald McLeod, Mr. Pete Jordan and
Mary Alice DeLuca, SGA Presi
dent, made the selection.
To mention just a few of the qual
ifications of the girls chosen; Mall
ory Lykes lives in Tampa, Florida
and plans to graduate with a major
in history. In her junior year, she
was NS A Coordinator and a mar
shall. She has been a member of
Pierrettes, Judicial Board, Legisla
tive Board, and Phi Alpha Theta.
This year she is president of South
Dormitory and on the Curriculum
Committee.
Carolyn Rich is from Greensboro,
and has a double major in English
and history. She is a past Clewell
hall president and president of Bitt
ing. She is now president of Phi
Alpha Theta and a member of the
Choral Ensemble.
Patsy Mathews lives in Kings-
Japi
anese Mime Presents Art
Form To Salem College Assembly
The Salem College Lecture Series
ill present Yass Hakoshima, a
apanese mime, on Monday, Octo
ber 16, at 11 a.m. in Hanes Audi-
j^orium. Mr. Hakoshima has created
a subtle blending of Western and
( Far Eastern art elements, but he
toes not imitate or derive from any-
me.
Yass Hakoshima avoids strict, de-
ailed stylistic forms, and he does
•not merely create simple parodies.
For his performance there are no
sets (except those created by the
viewer in his own mind) and there
IS only limited help from costumes
snd music. The essential elements
for Mr. Hakoshima are simply com
plete body control and great act-
Jg talent.
Hakoshima’s repertory in-
eludes numbers that embody humor,
pathos, frustration, grandeur, and a
J^bolic struggle for freedom. A-
ffong these are Fisherman, Geisha,
Warakiri, Duel, Puppet, Illusion,
Flream, Labyrinth, Eagle, and Ecdy-
sis.
B Mr. Hakoshima was born and
Reared in Osaka. He studied classic
al Japanese literature at Kyushu
University (he has published a ser-
•«s of Haiku poems and calligraphy)
and did work as a solo dancer wdth
Yokayama Ballet Company in
,kyo. During the mid-fifties he
5pocialized in classic Japanese dance
and Noh movement.
.jHis interest in pantomime began
® 1955 when he was first exposed
ip Western mime work. The fol-
®wing year he became a member
the first Western Pantomime
■j’oup in Tokyo. Four years later,
t^hen in New York, he had the
opportunity to study pantomime
with Etienne Decroux, and modern
dance with Martha Graham, and
Erick Hawkins.
March 1966, Mr. Hakoshima
In
toured’*in eastern Canada and
made a thirty-minute film for CBb-
Twelve members of the Salem College class of 1968 were selec
ted as members of Who's Who in American Colleges and Univer
sities.
port, Tennessee and is a Latin maj
or. She is President of YWCA, on
the Curriculum Committee, WRA
swim chairman, and an SNEA mem
ber. In her sophomore year, she was
a hall president in Clewell.
Linda Moore is from Reidsville,
and is majoring in biology.
In the past she was a Leg
islative Board member for two years
and a hall president in Gramley.
She has helped lead Student Gov
ernment as its secretary and pres
ently as vice-president. Linda is also
a member of the Order of the
Scorpion.
From Raleigh is Carol Quick who
is a Salem Scholar. She has worked
with Pierrettes' as prop chairman,
lights chairman, and a member of
the Pierrettes Council. She has been
on the Lecture Series Committee as
well as the Symposium Committee.
She spent this past summer in Nor
way as an Oslo Scholar and is pres
ently the editor of The Salemite.
Her major is math.
Linda Holland is also a math maj
or and is from Charlotte. She has
been secretary - treasurer for Labl-
ings, is presently a member of
SNEA, and has worked with Pier
rettes in charge of costumes and on
the Pierrette Council. She is also a
member of Harlequins.
Beth Taylor lives in Wilmington,
North Carolina and has a double
major in Spanish and psychology.
She served as Sights and Insights
editor her junior year and is copy
editor this year. She was for three
years a delegate to the National
Model General Assembly in New
York, and was on Legislative Board
for three years also. She is a de
partment assistant in psychology
and has been active in the Young
Republicans Club.
A chemistry major, Mary Alice
DeLuca is from Mayodan, North
Carolina and this year is President
of the Student Government. She
has been on Legislative Board for
three years, in Choral Ensemble
for two years, and has served as
treasurer for SNEA. She is a mem
ber of the Honor Society and the
Order of the Scorpion.
Suzanne Britt Jordan of Winston-
Salem has a double major in English
and Latin. She was ah Oslo Scholar,
on The Salemite staff, worked with
the Archway and with Pierrettes.
She was on the Symposium Com
mittee for two years and has been
Day Student representative to both
Legislative Board and IRS.
(Continued on page 4)
Carol Weeks
From Sojourn
Returns
In Rome
Yass Hakoshima, Mime, who is present y touring the United
will perform in Hanes Auditorium Monday at 11 a.m. as
paTrfTh" Solem College lector. Serie..
TV. In May of that year he made
his New York debut to wide critical
acclaim.
Students are requested to be
seated by 11 a.m. since the program
will last a full fifty minutes.
Carol Weeks returned to Salem
for her senior year after having
spent her junior year in Italy. She
attended the Loyola University
branch in Rome from the last of
August, 1966, until June, 1967.
She selected this program through
a process of elimination. Dean Hix
son supplied her with catalogues of
European schools. After pouring
over these, Carol chose five schools
that offered classes in English.
Loyola’s program was the final
choice.
Of the 250 students, most of
whom were from around Chicago-
and the Midwest, there were three
from the South, and Carol was the
only student from North Carolina.
Although classes were taught in
English, the students were required
to take one semester of Italian so
they could chat with the natives.
Carol’s other courses included
art courses, Byzantine and Spanish
history, and Modern Drama. She
particularly enjoyed Art in Rome,
which consisted of “on the spot”
lectures. She said, “The class mem
bers, armed with notebooks, were
quite a sight on the Capitaline Hill.
To top it off, the teacher’s name
was Dr. Fink.” The school was lo
cated in an old villa rented from
the Vatican.
Carol had the opportunity to tra
vel widely. The school sponsored a
tour of the Near East and the Holy
Lands during Christmas. Carol and
several of her friends took side trips
to Greece, France, Switzerland, Spa
in, Germany, Austria, and Denmark
during Thanksgiving and spring va
cations.
Carol’s most exciting adventure
was being asked to model brides
maids dresses for a designer in an
original show. “The one aspect of
life in Italy that I was relieved to
leave behind was the pappagalli, or
boys who chase girls in the streets,”
she concluded.