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SALEM HAS A
NEW SIGN
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Volumn XLX
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, February 14, 1969
POOL TOURNAMENT
PAIRINGS
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Number 20
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Salem Explores Means Assembly Notes Academic Honors;
Of Comtempory Service |-4ixson Recognizes Dean’s List
By Joy Bishop
“The Presence of the Holy” a
contemporary worship service, was
the title of the assembly program
presented February 7.
Clark Thompson introduced the
unusual service by explaining that
strange forms of expression would
be utilized throughout the fifty
minute service and that these mo-’
dern media would serve to express
the presence of God. Mr. Thomp-
,gon called the audience to worship
and repeated some of the words to
the hymn which the audience then,
sang, “Let All Mortal Flesh Kc«;p
Silence.” ,
Jane Dimmock played- Oliver
Messiaen’s “The Celestial Banquet”
on the organ. This was followed
by some meditations on life’s mean-
ijig_readings from Kierkegaard by
Mr. Thompson. The readings ex
pressed Kierkegaard’s thoughts on
the meaning of life, the end of the
Ivorld, and the soul. The readings
included the author’s personal ideas,
but could easily be interpreted by,
A song by Paul Simon entitled
“Save the Life of My Child” was
played as a musical reaction to the
readings. The song expressed the
desperate search for identity in
which people are involved.
The audience then participated in
a “Liturgy of Confession and Quest”
in which the presence of God was
explained as He is found in our
daily, common lives, not as a mys
tery, beyond the frontiers of our
thought.
Following a prayer, the Choral
Ensemble presented a number,
“Thee Lord, Most Holy.” Sandy
Kelley, Carol Carson, Liza Pond,
and Helen Jones then recited vari
ous selected poetic meditations by
such authors as W. H. Auden,
Gerard Manley Hopkins, Edna St.
Vincent Millay, and Robert Frost.
As a final modern expression of
God’s presence, a group of Dan-
salems performed an interpretive
dance of Isaiah’s Vision of the
Temple as Frances Breeden read
audience as universal truths.'^ the selection
the
:$ome examples are:
I have the courage to doubt
everything i
I have the courage to fight every
thing
But I do not have the courage
j to know everything
Life has become a bitter drink to
: me, yet I must take it like
a medicine—drop by drop.
K Everything is to be acquired in
^ stillness and; in the silence of
% the; Divine.
jCraighead Has
■ Organ Recital
i Organist David Craighead gave
a recita In Hanes Auditorium on
■VV'ednesday, February 5. He was
presented to the Salem community
under the sponsorship of the
Agnew Bahnson Memorial Fund,
which annually brings to Salem an
outstanding performer to play the
Holtkamp Organ, a memorial gift
of the Bahnson family to the
School of Music.
Craighead displayed flawless
technical facility and control of t e
instrument. His use of a wide range
of colors gave variety and interpt
to his program, which was domin
ated by the works of J. S. Bach.
Included in the selections from
jj^ach were four of the Chorales
from the Orgelbuchlein, each from
a different part of the church year,
the Trio Sonata No. 4, and the
Prelude and Fugue in A mmor.
The program opened with the
Sonata No. 3 in A major by
Mendelssohn. Included also was the
Concerto No. 3 by the Spanish
Composer, in which the rhythmic
vitality and Craighead’s choice of
colors were especially charming.
Completing the program were^ fan
tasies on the chorale,
Brightly Shines the Morning Star,
by the Baroque composer Buxte
hude and the 20th century German
Composer Max Reger. The contrast
in compositional techniques which
each used to explore the chorale
were emphasized in their juxta
position on the program.
Craighead, who is head of the
Organ Department of Eastman
School of Music of the University
of Rochester, was a visitor to
Salem for two days. On Tuesday
afternoon, he presided at a Master
Class, during which, organ students
from Salem and North Carolina
pchool of the Arts were given the
opportunity to play for him.
Following the hymn, “Sing Praise
God,” Mr. Thompson pro
nounced the benediction.
Expert To Visit
Salem Campus
Victor Christ-Janer, a distin
guished architect whose background
and training also include scupture
and painting, will be on the Salem
Campus on February 19 and 20 as
a Danforth Visiting Lecturer. His
visit is sponsorel by the Lecture
Committee and the Rondthaler
Lecture Fund.
Mr. Christ-Janer will give an
address in the 11:00 assembly on
Wednesday, February 19, on "Con
stituent Imagery and Poetic Rea
soning” in which architectural
form will be considered. On Thurs
day night, February 20, at 8:00, he
will give a public lecture in Shirley
Recital Hall on “Architecture as
an Art Form.” Mr. Christ-Janer
will also meet informally on Thurs-
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DEAN’S LIST
Seniors
Adams, Jane
Bolt, Rebecca
Coble, Nancy
Cole, Lynn
Dietz, Marsha
Donegan, Margaret Anna
Fowler, Susan Gray
Gay, B. B. 'James
Gunter, Gay
Halward, Veronica
Hart, Peggy
Hewitt, Lillian Young
Hobbs, Joan
Holderness, Nancy
Jones, Helen
Keck, Barbara
Long, Kathrine
McCarty, Katherine
Mallard, Suzanne
Masters, Hillary
Messick, Lynn
Orser, Amy Murray
Peabody, Betsy
Plyler, Ann
Pond, Eliza
Prevost, Margaret
Richardson, Nancy
Rogers, Gail
Shelburne, Elizabeth
Smethie, Barbara
Smith, Elaine
Vance, Virginia
These seniors made Dean’s List
taking the Block Program the first
half of the semester and student
teaching pass-fail the second half
of the semester.
Breeden, Frances
Copenhaver, Ann
Gingher, Marianne Buie
Hennessee, Betty
Hunt, Sara
LaPan, Susan
McGrath, Joanna
Pollock, Clarine
Stout, Greer
Taylor, Nancy
Torrence, Lee
Touchton, Barbara Belinda
Wyche, Anne
Conner, Ann
Covington, Janice
Cronister, Beth
Davis, Marty
Dodd, Ann
French, Paige
Grant, Cynthia
Homey, Barbara
McLaughlin, Mary Lindsay
Mitchell, Diane
Newbold, Minetta
Rhodes, Sally
Wade, June
Walker, Virginia
Wetzell, Nancy
Sophomores
Bartholomew, Sandra
Cargill, Anne
Code, Chris
Dimmock, Jane
Duke, Stella
Engram, Sara
Fleming, Betsy
Garrett, Carolyn
Gayle, Lynn
Greene, Susan
Hand, Linda
Kapp, Mary Lou
MacBryde, Betsy
McAlister, Betsy
Mclver, Mary Gordon
Morrow, Harriet
Peterson, Jean
Potter, Mary Joan
Rand, Margaret
Sebastian, Nancy
Timmons, Sydney
Wilbur, Louise
Wood, Emily
Young, Mary Randolph
Freshmen
Arrendell, Amy
Barnes, Pat
Collins, Carolyn
Johnson, Rita
McClintock, Mary
Mahood, Dail
Morrison, Susan
White, Judy
Williford, Margaret
Honor Society
Cain, Elizabeth
Cronister, Beth Lu
French, Paige
Gibbs, Ann
Homey, Barbara
Mitchell, Diane
Rhodes, Sally
Wetzell, Nancy
Salem College’s Honors Assembly
was held Wednesday, February 12,
in Planes Auditorium.
Dr. Dale H. Gramley opened the
assembly with remarks concerning
the fact that no one ever achieves
to the full extent of his ability. The
important thing is to do the best
one can and not to blame others
for one’s failures.
Dean Ivy Hixson then announced
and congratulated the old and new
members of the Honor Society and
first semester’s Dean’s List.
Guest speaker at the assembly
was Dr. John N. Bridgman, Jr.,
Director of the North Carolina Ad
vancement School who spoke on the
topic “From Honors to Honors.”
Dr. Bridgman opened his talk
with the comment that he felt un
usual speaking to a group of college
girls because he is used to speaking
to male under-achievers at the Ad
vancement School.
Dr. Bridgman’s main concern
seemed to be the coming generation
—the children of today’s high school
and college students. He charged
his primarily student audience to
help the coming generation realize
their potential for honors by set
ting good examples and by sur
rounding them with opportunities
for success.
Dr. Bridgman stressed the fact
that every person is the sum total
of his or her reaction to and inter
action with the environment. He
asked the audience to watch out for
the pitfalls of adulthood, parent
hood, and “teacherhood” and strive
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Juniros
Barham, Sallie
Cain, Elizabeth
Challenge Week Sponsors
Movie, Play, Melas II
Student Qovt. Announces
Revision Of Handbook
In an effort to promote social
maturation in a college environ
ment, as well as encourage intellec
tual development, the Salem College
Student Government Association
has presented the students with a
new set of social regulations. The
new “handbook,” to replace pages
8 and 29-39 in the present Hand
book, was distributed to the Stu
dent Government Assembly on Feb
ruary 10. Dean Johnson expressed
the desire of the college to create
“a realistic framework in which you
can assume more responsibility and
become more mature.” Joan Hobbs,
chairman of Judicial Board, also
emphasized the new role of the
college in allowing the student to
make her own individual decisions
in social matters, thus de-emphasiz-
ing the college as “an extension of
parental care.” *
Dean Johnson stated that the
changes were made by the Faculty
Advisory Board through the help
and recommendation of the Exe
cutive Committee of Student Gov
ernment. The Faculty Advisory
Board, composed this year of Dean
Johnson, Dr. Gramley, Dr. Byers,
Mr. Jordan, and Dr. Kelly, made
certain changes in the Salem Col
lege social regulations. The group,
observed Joan Hobbs, has been
working on the changes since the
beginning of the academic year.
Changes were made in the order
of the social regulations as they
appear in the old Handbook, as well
as in the applicability of the regu
lations. Major new changes include
a new statement of the Honor Tra
dition and Honor Code, revision of
sign-out and/or approval procedure
out-of-town day trips, a change in
overnight allotments, with only first
semester freshmen having a limited
number, and the introduction of
General Restriction to replace both
This year the YWCA’s traditional
Religious Emphasis Week was re
modeled as the new and highly suc
cessful, Challenge Week (February
4-7). The Week’s events began on
Tuesday evening with a film en
titled “Roadsigns On A Merry-Go-
Round,’ which dealt with the philo
sophy of Deitrich Bonhoeffer, Mar
tin Buber, and Teilhard de Chardin.
The film portrayed accurately the
hustle and bustle, anxiety, and ten
sion of life in the twentieth century,
as well as presenting the theology
of these three men which helped
them to explain and cope with the
bustling, confused twentieth cen
tury world. After the movie the
group adjourned for refreshments,
and then split up into seven dis
cussion groups led by faculty mem
bers and townspeople: These groups
were highly provocative and fruit
ful, and a few of the discussions
lasted until after 10.00 p.m.
Wednesday afternoon Rev. James
his talk, by pointing out that the
road signs on the merry-go-round
of life will be made clearer by a
belief in God and His providence.
Faith will greatly relieve the an
xiety and tension which we experi
ence in the modern world.
On Thursday night the Theater
of the Word presented a play
called “Impromptu,” in which the
stage manager and the stage were
all of life. The actors had to im
provise until the stage manager was
satisfied with their performance.
Only then would he bring down the
curtain. Again, a discussion group
followed the performance, and there
was much disagreement as to the
nature of the God whom the play
wright presented in this play. Some
people saw Him as a deistic Gi^
whereas others could not identify
Him with God at all.
The climactic event of Challenge
Week was “The Presence of the
Holy,” which was well organized
General Restriction to replace botn weanesuay tioiy, wmcn was wc.x
Single and Double restriction. Also. Hughes of Home Moravian Church Thompson, and well cxe-
smgie aiiu Tittle Chanel, which was .„i k,. oil tiinsp who took oart
the new handbook addition includes
the previous changes made in social
policy. Nancy Richardson empha
sized that everything is organized
into a new order and each student
must have a copy of this addition
and learn the rules, because every
one will be held responsible for
these rules.
spoke at Little. Chapel, which was
held in Shirley Auditorium. By
way of introduction the Melas II,
Dee Dee Geraty and Linda Camp,
sang two songs, one of which was
the beautiful “Until It’s Time For
You To Go,” popularized by Buffy
St. Marie. Then Rev. Hughes re
lated the film that we had seen to
cuted by all those who took part
in it. In the service the medium
truly was the message. By means
of music,(some of it contemporary),
literature, and the dance, Mr.
Thompson and his group communi
cated beautifully and inexplicably
“The Presence of the Holy.”