Winston-Salem To Open
Modern, Spacious Center
For Conventions In Fall
I This is an artist's projection of the completed This building will be a pace-setter for the re-
/inston-Salem Convention Center which is now development of 37 blocks in the heart of the
[under construction in the downtown area. The city as well as for the face-lifting of several
inter will open its doors officially this fall, downtown buildings.
Volume XLXI Number 4
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, April 25, 1969
hvernor^s School Sketch
Revolution Is In Progress - Now!
Conventions, trade shows, exhib
its, and meetings will converge in
even greater force upon the city
of Winston-Salem when it opens
its Convention Center in Septem
ber, 1969.
The Center, presently being con
structed in the down town area
across from the Robert E. Lee
Hotel, will be able to accommodate
up to 3,000 for a meeting or up
to 2 000 for a meal function. This
flexible, multi-purpose facility can
provide almost any seating arrange
ment or exhibit arrangement to
suit the purpose of the many
diversified groups that will be using
it.
The facilities of the two story
structure include a large banquet
hall-meeting room on the second
level, an upper and lower galleria,
a kitchen, smaller conference and
meeting rooms, ample lounge space,
large parking areas, and a large
exhibit hall on the lower floor. In
addition, the building is surrounded
by several outdoor gardens and
terraces.
Convention Center Director Ray
Baker noted in an interview that
there are plans to redevelop 37
city blocks in down-town Win
ston-Salem to provide more parking
facilities and a “face-lifting” of
part of the area. He also noted
that there are possible plans for
construction of more hotel-motel
fac'lities near the Convention
Center.
Concerning the activities already
funds have not been adequate to
cover the cost of equipping the
building because of inflation and
other unforseen construction de
tails. Consequently $200,000 was
borrowed from the Kate B. Rey
nolds Hospital. The Center will
operate on an annual budget allot-
by the city. Mr. Baker hoped that
in perhaps several years the Con
vention Center could conceivably
break even and operate at a profit.
Concerning refreshment and bar
facilities, Mr. Baker stated that no
policy on this has yet been set.
However, he remarked that if the
Liquor-by-the-Drink bill, which is
presently under consideration by
the State Legislature, passes, the
Center would attempt to have
facilities to meet the requirements
of this bill.
Zachary T. Smith, assistant treas
urer of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
and Chairman of the Board of the
Reynolds Foundation, has raised
considerable opposition to the
Winston-Salem Convention Center.
In a recent interview. Smith ques
tioned the advisibility of diverting
$200,000 from the Katherine B.
Reynolds Hospital Fund to give to
the Convention Center to meet
■immediate needs.
Smith cited the fact that the city
raised $3}^ million in bonds £is the
original cost ..of the Convention
Center but that the facility had
already cost more than that amount
The entire cost he said ;s still not
entirely known. He stated that in
here’s a revolution going on in
the twentieth century, and the
Governor’s School is making certain
400 brilliant North Carolina high
school students take advantage of it.
'”‘We’re going to try very defi
nitely to ‘open windows onto the
future’ for these kids.” asserted
Dr. H. Michael Lewis, the Co
ordinator of Curriculum for the
Governor’s School. Dr. Lewis, who
has worked with Governor’s School
since its inception in 1963, has found
the ■work very exciting. “It’s a tre
mendous reward because I get to
realize and put into effect ideas
which I don’t ordinarily get to use.”
These “creative and adventurous”
students seldom have had the chal
lenges of exploring the fundamen
tal concepts of the twentieth cen
tury and of competing with others
on their own level of intelligence.
Qroup T 0 Show
Vance Talents
By Nan Rufty
.ijThe Glen Tetley Dance Co. will
perform at Reynolds Auditorium
Friday, April 2Sth at 8:15 p.m. The
program will include “Pierrot Lun-
arie,” “Ziggarat” and “Embrace
"Rger and Return To Mountain”.
On the preceding Thursday, April
24th at 8:15 p.m., the company will
give a lecture-demonstration at
Hanes Community Center and on
the follo^wing Saturday at 11 a.m.,
a [master class in dance will be
conducted at the School of the Arts.
Apniission will be charged at each
event.
|Mr. Tetley has studied with Mar
tha Graham and the American Bal
let Theater and was a soloist in
each company. In addition he has
been a member of Jerome Robbins’
Ballets; USA.
tie is one of the most successful
choreographers in both the classical
ballet and in modern dance. His
works are in the repertory of the
Netherlands Dance Theater, the
Ballet Theater, the Batsheva Com
pany of Israel, and Ballet Rambert
in England.
friie Tetley Company has toured
the United States and Canada and
will perform in Europe upon the
conclusion of the present tour of
the United States.
Through the three areas into which
the school’s curriculum is divided,
they can probe these ideas and
learn to meet their intellectual
equals with humility.
Area I of the curriculum is di
vided into specific subject areas, in
academics: mathematics, natural
science, social science, humanities,
and in performing arts: drama, art,
instrumental music, choral music,
dance, and piano. “We’ll help them
to see, as much as we can, the
latest and most up to date things
in their respective fields—not just
to study the masters, but the most
vanguard things, to stir their curio
sity,” explained Dr. Lewis.
“An interdisciplinary course” ex
plains Area II, which seeks to inter
relate all the subject areas offered
in the school. The Logic of Science
and the Humanities, written by
F. S. C. Northrop, a 1968 visitor to
the Governor’s School, is the basic
text for this study. Dr. Northrop
is considered one of the greatest
living philosophers.
Because often the school’s stu
dents have found it difficult to re
adjust to their high school environ
ments following such an enlighten
ing and challenging program. Area
III has been added to the curri
culum. Here in a modern psycho
logy course headed by Jim
Bray, the students develop self-re
flection and self-expression to
realize their responsibilities in their
environments.
Other Salemites participating in
this program in 1969 will be Michel
Bourquin, French instructor. Sue
Wooten, language lab “technician,”
and piano accompanists, P e g g j'
Hart and Carolyn Billings. Mrs.
Esther Mock is Public Relations
Coordinator for the school.
scheduled by the Center, Mr. Baker
produced a list of both tentative
and confirmed dates of rental of
the Convention Center meeting
rooms and/or exhibit booths
through December, 1970. He had
also scheduled several for 1971 and
one for 1972.
The Governor’s School will begin
its seven week session on our cam
pus June 16. Students, already
accepted, represent intellectually
and artistically gifted high school
students from the 160 public school
systems in the state. A staff of 75
will operate the session. Expenses
are provided by the Carnegie Cor
poration of New York, and private,
industrial and foundation contri
butions.
Mr. Baker emphatically stated
that there would be no rental of
facilities in competition with local
hotels. He noted, however, that be
cause the Center has its own
equipment for exhibits and can
accommodate up to 3,000 in the
main hall, it can cater to functions
much larger than a hotel could
handle for meeting or exhibit pur
poses. In addition to conventions,
banquets and exhibits, the Conven
tion Center will probably schedule
some one-night concerts and
dances.
Three years ago the people of
Winston-Salem voted a $314 million
bond issue to finance the con
struction of the Center. These
spite of the fact that conventions
have been scheduled for 100 days
of the coming year, these conven
tions have also booked at the Rob
ert E. Lee Hotel, where meeting
rooms will be provided free.
James Madden, General Man
ager of the Hotel Robert E. Lee,
replied to Smith’s charges. He
noted that any large conven':ions
held in Winston-Salem would re
quire a joint effort by all the city’s
innkeepers, not just the Robert E.
Lee. The hotel can accommodate
meetings of up to 503 people,
where->s other cilles int’ne state are
handling c onventlons of 1000-2000
peonle.
Madden emphasized that Wins
ton-Salem has missed several large
conventions because “there are
enough accommodations in the city,
but not a meeting place.” He noted
that the Convention Center will
have special facilities to meet the
needs of both small and large
groups. Madden also mentioned
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Murdock Guides Retarded
By Gale Landress
Silva To Strum
In Assembly
Jesus Silva, teacher of classical
guitar at the North Carolina School
of the Arts, wiH p e r f o r m in
Assembly Wednesday, April 30.
Silva, a concert guitarist and re
cording artist, has taught at the
School of the Arts since the school
opened in the fall of 1965. He is
a former student of Segovia and
graduated from the National Con
servatory of Music at Mexico City.
He was director of the Evening
Music School of the National In
stitute of Fine Arts at Mexico City.
He was professor at the National
Conservatory of Music and the
University of Mexico. He also
taught at the Brooklyn Music
School in Brooklyn, New York,
and he is a Fellow of the Classical'
Guitar Society of New York.
Imagine yourself in an institution for the mentally
retarded. How do you picture the people ? How do
you imagine those who work with the people? Salem
ites in Dr. Welch’s Abnormal Psychology class were
given the opportunity to look in depth for answers to
these and other questions when they visited Murdoch
School at Butner on April 16.
Do you know what mental retardation is ? A men
tally retarded individual is a person who does not
have the constitutionally intellectual ability to con
tribute to society as a normal participant. His im
pairment may be due to innate deficiency, disease, or
both.
Instead of merely imagining what an institution for
the mentally retarded is like, let me draw you a
picture of a school for the mentally retarded—Mur
doch School. Murdoch is a state supported school
housing 1400 residents with ages ranging from four
to ninety-two. The individuals at Murdoch are classi
fied and divided into groups according to age and in
telligence quotient. The I.Q. classification used
divides residents according to their ability to learn.
The classes for school purposes are educable (50-75),
trainable (25-50), and custodial (0-20).
Happy and contented are the first adjectives that
should aid in the formation of your picture of the
residents of Murdoch. The girls and boys of varied
ages are smiling and interested. While asking your
name, they grin and hold your hand—gradually you
are surrounded with an aura of joy, and you suddenly
realize that your worries about the test tomorrow or
your need for new shoes does not matter any more.
You walk around the impeccable rooms knowing
that the third adjective which can be applied to the
residents and workers is caring. The children care
for the welfare of their friends, they care for their
rooms, and they seem to care for you.
The children occupy their time in various ways ac
cording to their ability. Mr. Cecil Green, the Director
of the Public Relations Department, said that this
school attempts to develop the child’s ability to the
fullest extent. The educable children attend classes
in subjects such as reading, math and handicrafts.
There is a very modern library which has books that
the children can read, with fourth grade being the
maximum difficulty level. The trainable children learn
how to take care of themselves: bathe, dress and
maintain a neat appearance, and to learn trades, such
as simple mechanical skills and carpentry.
The last characteristic you must include in your pic
ture of Murdoch school is that of the extraordinary
people who work with the children. The nurses, who
work with the children who cannot move from their
beds, or who can move only with the aid of wheel
chairs, previously discussed as the custodial group, are
so loving and concerned that you almost forget the
hopelessness of these children’s future. The nurses
talk to the patients as if they were not mentally re
tarded. Even if the patients don’t understand, the
tone of a nurse’s voice lets them know that they are
loved. The other instructors who work with the
children appear very devoted to their work. They
call the child by name, and one feels as though these
people will do anything to help a child to do what
he wants!
With this picture of an institution for the mentally
retarded, you have to change your initial image. The
mentally retarded are people, people who need and
deserve love and just consideration as much as you
do—they aren’t “they”; they are individuals !