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Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, October 25, 1968
Number 13
vronda Salutes Ladies,
Teaches Asian Studies
By Lynn Bode
Salem College is definitely fortu
nate in sharing a program of Asian
Studies with Wake Forest Uni
versity and Winston-Salem State
■'College. Dr. Marcelino A. Foronda,
associate professor of history
^nd literature l" De LaSalle Col
lege in Manila, Philippines, is the
first of four teachers for this new
course.
This class in Asian Studies
meets at Salem three times a week
and carries three semester hours
of college credit. Being divided in
to mainly four areas of study, the
lectures will give an insight into
Philippine history, culture, religi
ous movements, and literature.
Iloko culture and history will also
be discussed.
Joan Hobbs tells us that Dr.
Foronda is most concerned about
relating all aspects of Philippine
life to his students. Open discus
sion is a big part of the course.
Each day, a different student will
Ifed ill this student participation.
He pulls other modes of learning
from lecture and personal experi
ence. Through comparisions and
analogies to other countries, Dr.
Foronda presents a very compre
hensive course.
(Among these other countries, of
course, is the United States.
fi.merica has controlled the Philip
pines since the 1890’s and it seems
that the natives of the Philippines
are ready for a free and indepen
dent chance to become equal. This
country is deeply grateful to the
United States for all its effort to
ward helping in the developement
of the Philippines, but the small
country has an internal desire to
stand on its own Asian heritage.
Though this is not a violent revolt,
it is an earnest one participated in
by mainly the educated middle
class and the students. The Philip
pines are not interested in a com
plete break with the United States,
but rather a trade relationship,
isugar cane especially.
Pierrettes Musical-Comedy Holds
Promise Of Entertaining Evening
By Mary Murchison
Dr. Marcelino A. Foronda, Jr.
arty Speakers
iews At IRC
By Gail Rogers
I “A half-joking, half-serious verbal
free-for-all.” This is how the Win
ston-Salem Journal described the
International Relations Club panel
discussion of last Thursday night,
October 17. Shirley Recital Hall
S^as filled nearly to capacity with
students, faculty, and townspeople
who had come to hear the speakers.
:Dr. Sidney Kelly moderated the
panel, which consisted of William
T. Graham, Chairman of the For
syth County Republican Party;
David (Pat) Mast, Chairman of the
Forsyth Democratic Party; and
Foyd Hanes, District Co-ordinator
for George Wallace. Mr. Graham
and Mr. Mast are lawyers here in
Winston. They have appeared to
gether before, and were both look-
•ng forward to the novel oppor-
Jinity of debating with a third-
party representative.
[After initial statements by each
Speaker, Dr. Kelly opened the dis
cussion to questions from the audi
ence. Considering the nature of
the panel, these were not long in
coming. Hanes, who was some-
''^hat handicapped by the fact that
he had just received Wallace’s
^atform, did not have much to say,
though he did provide several
pointed comments.
Dr. Foronda really impresses his
classes with his interest in the
girls at Salem. Joan Hobbs added,
J‘He is not only up on the lingo of
the United States, but also of our
generation.” Because communica
tion is of such great importance in
his classes. Dr. Foronda makes
checks with the girls to be sure his
English pronunciation is right and
up-to-date. Dr. Foronda says that
Salem has a real “thirst for know
ledge.” Another quality of Salem
that is obvious to Dr. Foronda is
the “tradition that permeates the
atmosphere.”
Dr. Foronda obtained his B.A.
fom Santo Tomas University, his
B.Ph. and Ph.D from Far Eastern
University. He also did graduate
work at Notre Dame and Stanford
University. His studies and travels
have taken him not only to the
United States, but also to Hong
Kong, Canada, France, Holland,
Italy, Switzerland, and Spain.
Dr. Foronda published three
books and many articles on Philip
pine History and Culture. One of
these books, Cults Honoring Rizal,
was given to Salem as a gift on
October 2, 1968, with this inscrip
tion : “To Salem College,
With best wishes on her Founder's
Day.”
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To Salem, October 30 through No
vember 2, comes one of the most
exciting presidential elections of all
times! In Of Thee I Sing presented
by the Salem Pierrettes, a new
political party emerges with a plat
form based on love. The party’s
presidential and vice-presidential
nominees John P. Wintergreen and
Alexander Throttlebottom take the
country by storm, resulting in an
hilarious administration the country
will never forget.
Of Thee I Sing, originally written
in the 1930’s, was revised for the
Pierrettes’ presentation by technical
coordinator, Joy Miles. The musi
cal comedy, directed by Dr. Mary
Homriglious, contains such high
lights as a song and dance routine
by William Mangum and Dr. Sid
ney Kelly, a beauty contest, and a
combination presidential inaugura
tion and wedding ceremony.
Music is provided by Hans Heide-
mann and Peggy Hart. All of the
choreography is coordinated by
Miss Nan Rufty. A special added
extra is a movie of election returns
filmed by Flip Froelick. In creat
ing this movie, Flip has taken pos
ter boards of captions and super
imposed them upon slides of the
different scenes.
The sets, products of a hard
working committee headed by Cari-
lee Martin and Robin Rickman, are
quite different from the conven
tional flats. They are combined
into a type of box which revolves
with a scene change.
The costume committee with
chairman Mimi Harper has cre
ated costumes ranging from fur
trimmed bedroom jackets to poli
tical campaign suits. The minor
characters will have paper dresses
that change with the scenes by
different accents with trims and
accessories. Conservative men’s and
women’s suits will be mingled
Present Candidates
Political Discussion
IRC panel members displayed knowledge, creative thinking, and
elocution skills.
than
how
ever,
complaint
Graham and Mast more
made up for the deficiency,
though there was later some
that they showed the
lawyer’s talent for talking around
the point of the questions. ^
On the whole, the discussion was
extremely lively, with no
and comments trom
In a follow-up dis-
coffee, a couple of the
well as some towns
people, expressed their surprise at
and
the
of questions
the audience,
cussion over
speakers, as
Jane Cross and Lynn Messick dance in "Of Thee I Sing.
among bunches of red vests and
dirndl skirts. Dyed mopheads will
become Supreme Court judges’ wigs.
Wardrobe mistress is Vicki Mele,
and Lee Torrence is in charge of
props.
The cast is headed by Flip Froe
lick as John P. Wintergreen. Alex
ander Throttlebottom is George Lee
and the French Ambassador is a
former Wake Forest football play
er, Ruiio Anderson. Bev Lancaster
portrays Mary Turner and Celia
Watson portrays Diana Devereaux
with Dee Dee Geraty as Mrs. Ful
ton. Other cast merribers are Mary
Davis, Carolyn Garrett, Sally
Rhodes, and Carolyn Hughes.
Tickets for the play go on sale
October 28 at the Pierrette box of
fice. A sneak preview of the play
is on Channel 12’s. “Today At
Home” show, Friday, October 25.
Look for your favorite presidential
candidate on stage in Of Thee 1
Sing.
Computer Elicits Varied
Reactions From Faculty
the enthusiasm, intelligence,
knowledgibility displayed by
Salem students.
Salemites will get a chance to
display whatever influence these
men may have had on them In a
straw vote to be held in an as
sembly prior to the election, spon
sored by the International Rela
tions Club. It is interesting to note
that in past elections, the Salem
vote has indicated the way the na
tion voted.
The new computer on campus has
naturally evoked various reactions
and opinions from the students and
faculty. An important question is
whether or not progress to such an
advanced degree fits in with Salem’s
academic program. Since our fac
ulty has had the opportunity to
take the class in computer program
ming and some have worked with
the computer, they were asked to
express their feelings about it. The
following are their comments :
Jack Sanders—“I’m glad we have
it now. It will help in advanced
courses by saving in arithmetic. We
can let it do the dull part. Most
important, it enables us to be more
statistically oriented in sociology. I
can assume that students know the
basics in programming from now
on. My Social Research class is
now taking the course.”
Dr. Elizabeth Welch—“I thought
it was excellent in view of the fact
that in this contemporary world the
use of computers is a part of our
way of life. In psychology the use
of the computer is essential.”
Dr. Estella Mysels—“It is useful
in the sense of getting to use it
and in instructional purposes of the
computer. For chemistry, we can
do problems as well with the slide
rule, but it should prove interesting
to everyone to see how the com
puter works, and how to give it
instructions. Even people in the
languages and communication
should find it interesting.”
Adam Stiener—-“I feel it can be
useful in the future in language
instruction, although that has no
possibility here at this time. In
analyzing literature, it has little use
but there are potentialities.”
Hewson Michie — “I’m sure it’s
very good and very useful in some
fields, but I’m not a child of the
Industrial Revolution; it’s all Greek
to me.’
Jim Bray—“It can serve a very
useful purpose at Salem J -t-1=2.”
Robert Wendt — ‘It’s good for
students to familiarize themselves
with computers, but they (com
puters) really have no place in a
liberal arts college. I think com
puters should be for technical
schools.”
Dean Notes
GRE Dates
All those preparing for admis
sion to graduate school should be
sure they have fulfilled all the re
quirements in advance. Among
other things, many graduate schools
now require scores from the Grad
uate Record Examinations. This
test is offered October 26 and De
cember 14 in 1968 and January 18,
February 22, April 26, and July 12
in 1969.
Individual applicants should be
sure that they take the test in time
to meet the deadlines of their in
tended • graduate school, graduate
department or fellowship granting
agency. Early registration also in
sures that the individual can be
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