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WELCOME
freshmen
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Volumn XLX
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1969
GLAD
YOU’RE HERE
Number 8
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Experiences
Await The
Of College
Class Of ’73
Orientation Committee members welcome you to Salem.
Where It's At
Winston-Salem Full Of Interesting
Places And Activities To Enjoy
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Welcome to Winston-Salem. You
are not only a resident of Salem,
but also a resident of this lovely,
hilly Piedmont city which offers
you a variety of places to see and
things to do.
Of course, there is Old Salem, a
“must” on your list of places to see.
Prom your tour of the exibition
buildings and from just walking
along the brick walks of this au
thentically restored Moravian Con
gregation town, you will begin to
understand some of the heritage of
Salem and perceive the peaceful
ness that characterizes this settle
ment.
In addition to the exhibition
buildings in Old Salem, you must
be sure to visit the Winkler Bakery
and Salem Tavern where old Mora
vian receipes add to the authen-
! ticity of Old Salem. Down the
street from the Tavern is another
attraction of this area. There, in
the Museum of Early Southern
Decorative Arts (MESDA) you are
taken from room to room, period to
j period through a fantastic collection
of Southern antiques that reveal
j interesting cultural patterns of the
South from its earliest settlements
until 1820.
A facility that regularly changes
1 >s the Gallery of Contemporary
Art on Main street heading to-
'Ward town. You won’t want to
: miss their interesting exhibits which
V include many forms of contemp
orary art. Presently, there is a
sculpture exhibit by Bill Langston
and Vic Pickett showing through
October 2.
Reynolda Estate should also be a
must for your leisure time. Rey
nolda House, the former home of
Richard Joshua Reynolds, founder
of R. J Reynolds Tobacco comp-
! any, houses an excellent collection
^.of American art from colonial times
1 through the present. For both study
I and relaxation, students also find
I Reynolda Gardens a pleasant
I change of pace.
If you’re looking for a bit more
activity, you might head over to
Whitaker Park (near Wake Forest)
and tour the largest cigarette manu
facturing plant under one roof in
the world (they give free cigarettes,
too). And it’s possible that the
Schlitz Brewery (also the largest in
the world), located on Highway 52
South, will begin to give tours this
year (free samples, maybe?).
Tanglewood Park in Clemmons
about 10-15 minutes out of town on
Interstate 40 West offers golf,
boating, riding, and great picnicing
facilities, and Pilot Mountain and
Hanging Rock State Park (both
about 25 miles North of W-S on
Hwy. 52 North) can provide a full
day of hiking, picnicing, and beau
tiful scenery.
To fill your evenings if you want
to be constructive yet not neces
sarily academic, you may enroll in
the Experimental College at Wake
Student Power
Forest for such courses as skiing,
contemporary theatre, the thought
of Paul Tillich, etc., or you may
sign up for classes in Arts and
Crafts at Hanes Community Center.
The YWCA and YMCA h ol d
swimming classes (including WSI)
throughout the year if you want to
improve your swimming and get
some exercise.
For entertainment, there are con
certs and programs held frequently
at Salem, Wake Forest, and the
N. C. School of the arts. In addi
tion, the city has its own Little
Theatre, Singers Guild, Symphony,
foreign film showings (Film Fri
ends), and several other such
groups which you may take advan-
age of.
If you’re not busy enough around
the Square ' or just want to get
away from the campus for a while,
get to know Winston-Salem. It has
a great deal to offer you.
So now you are a Freshman. You
see new smiles, new styles, new
trees, new dreams. You wear a
nametag, gather heavy textbooks,
sign last name, first name, middle
initial. It’s all in your beginning
as a member of the class of 1973—
a Freshman.
As a Freshman you are not the
bottom of the totem pole, you are
its foundation. It may seem a bit
scary at first, but no other year
Tvill be as much fun or exciting.
You are heading into a new world
—college.
College means adjustment, re
sponsibility, experience, and growth.
It’s seeing, walking, meeting, lis
tening, thinking . . . it’s being
totally you. College leads you
through laughs and tears, through
hard work and good fun, and even
much more! You are under Salem’s
Archway, ready to travel the red
brick road on a totally new exper
ience. Be open, be receptive, be
curious and, most important of all,
be ready, ready to accept the gift,
the challenge college offers.
Salem’s doors are wide open,
ready and waiting to welcome all
the new faces from so many dif
ferent places. Through them you
will see life around the Square.
Forty-eight Orientation members
are on hand to just begin to show
you what it’s all about. From now
through Founder’s Day, through
Senior Follies, through the Christ
mas Tea, through Parents’ Day and
through final exams in May you
will discover what makes Salem so
unique. You are now a part of
Salem—its special spirit, its special
sisterhood.
As the ivy continues to grow and
the bells chime off, on, and around
the hour, you will notice yourself
growing accustomed to the red
bricks and tree-spotted campus. Be^
hind every door, in every corner
opportunities are calling. Clubs
and organizations are reaching out
for you. The year’s success de
Students Turn On Prof In Class
(ACP)—Increased involvement of
students in their own education is
not only possible but also meaning
ful as a maturity program for all
members of a university community,
comments the Oredigger, Colorado
School of Mines, Golden.
But there are two sides to stu
dent involvement, the newspaper
editorial continued, and only one—
the “political” side, through student
representation on important com
mittees and student government
action—has been considered. The
other side—the more directly “edu
cational” side—was clearly denion-
, strated in an experimental manipu
lation of the classroom situation.
A television camera was used to
study the effect of student involve
ment on the performance of a lec
turing professor. Students were in
structed, before arrival of the pro
fessor, to engage in “typical” class
room behavior (taking notes with
out looking at the prof., sleeping,
working on another subject) for the
first portion of the class. Then, at
a signal, they “attended to” the
professor physically through eye
contact and other manifestations of
interest. At a signal they returned
to “non-attending” behavior.
During the first portion, the pro
fessor lectured from his notes (only
occasionally looking up to see the
bored students) and remained al
most motionless. After about 10
minutes, he noticed several students
following his lecture closely. He
became animated. He gestured, his
verbal rate increased, he began to
lecture without his notes and he
showed a willingness to ans>ver
questions. At the second signal,
students again showed little interest
and he returned to his notes.
We know that students tend to
become involved with courses when
the professor is involved; conver
sely, they have little interest in a
course taught by an uninvolved pro
fessor, usually blaming the profes
sor for the boring situation. This
experiment shows that if student
involvement were to manifest itself
as attention and response in the
classroom, perhaps there would be
fewer uninvolved professors.
The experiment suggests that stu
dent “power” can be a meaningful
epithet for student participation in
education. But professors and stu
dents must realize that the learning
process is a two-way street, requir
ing mutual awareness of shared re
sponsibility for education.
pends on you and your interest.
Get involved, extend yourself, -it is
you the campus leaders can depend
upon to make dreams come true.
It is all 180 or more of you which
Salem needs to become a vigorous
part of her spirit.
We, who are Salem now, extend
our most sincere welcome to our
sisterhood. We raise toasts to you,
wishing for a most happy and- bene
ficial year. You are a F'reshman
and it’s exciting, unique; a begin
ning.
Barbie Barton
Orientation Chairman
Old Salem Tells
Historic Tale
Getting to know Salem involves
the new excitement of college life
and the antique appeal of Old
Salem. Freshmen as well as upper
classmen have a tempting ticket to
the past — free admission to the
various historical buildings restored
by Old Salem, Inc.
Just beyond Main Hall and almost
on the Salem campus is Home Mo
ravian Church. Described as “The
heart of Salem,” this stately edifice
reflects the love of the people of
the community. Salemites tradition
ally attend the first service of each
year at this church which was
dedicated in the year 1880.
On the way to the Post Office,
the John Vogler House once be
longed to a locksmith, silversmith,
and general artisan. Built in 1819,
this landmark served as home and
office for the former owner and his
family.
The other side of the Square
leads to the Boys’ School Building,
now known as the Wachovia Mu
seum. This location dates from
1794 but contains representative dis
plays of all periods of Old Salem
craftsmanship.
After being trained, young men
in Old Salem moved directly to the
Single Brothers House; Salemites
can follow the sidewalk in 1969.
Two dates of construction, 1769 and
1786, are indicated by the differing
half-timbered and brick parts. Nine
craft shops have been restored
within this building which also
houses the Christmas Candle Tea,
a favorite function of Salemites.
Not all Salem men were sihgle
brothers, however; those with fami
lies usually maintained their shops
at home. One such dwelling is the
Miksch Tobacco Shop, built in 1771,
where Matthew Miksch sold “odds-
and-ends,” principally tobacco. This
house ranks among the oldest in
Salem but has been lately restored.
A cheery landmark to travelers
was the Salem Tavern, an addition
of 1784. The curious facade of
solid brick kept the community
dwellers from corrupting peeks, but
present visitors including Salemites,
are welcomed daily. Hospitality is
still the trademark of Salem Tavern
and of the official host. Old Salem,
Inc.