FEATHERSTONE follow-up
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Volumn XLXf ^
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Thursday, April 16, 1970
I. R. S. PLANS
BIG WEEKEND
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Number 1
New Junior Member Joins
Order Of The Scorpion
Dean Ivy Hixson, Honorary Mem
ber and Advisor to the Order of the
Scorpion, has released the following
announcement:
The Order of the Scorpion has
been in existence for more than 30
years. Its sole purpose and ideal is
Service to Salem with no thought of
personal glory for indivMual mem
bers or for the Order itself. Mem
bership is restricted to juniors and
seniors, and the number does not at
any time exceed fourteen.
Membership does not require the
highest academic average or the
strongest record of leadership, but it
does place high obligation on those
upon whom the honor of member
ship is bestowed. The Scorpions
have no planned program; they may
do nothing big, they may devote
their energies to intangible, small.
Don’t Miss April Arts Events!
April Arts Festival is here!
Thursday, April 16, at 8 p.m. in
Hanes, many of your friends will
reveal their hidden talents. Though
we have included well-known cam
pus performers on the program, a
''Father Image*' To Resign
President Gram ley Has Seen Many
Changes, Improvements In 21 Years
By Jeanne Patterson
President Dale Gramley an
nounced to the Board of Trustees
at their recent meeting that he will
retire as soon as a successor can be
found. He hopes to leave at the
end of this year, but will stay as
long as June, 1971, if necessary.
Dr. Gramley has recommended
that the Board appoint a committee
representing students, faculty, alum
nae and the Salem Academy to find
a new president. He suggested that
the Board set up criteria for the
type of man desired. Gramley him
self set a precedent by being the
first Salem president who is neither
a member of the Moravian clergy
I nor even Moravian.
Dr. Gramley, who will turn 65 in
September, wishes to retire. He
plans to live in Winston-Salem, but
has made no other plans.
After receiving a B. A. degree
from Albright College in Reading,
Pa., Dr. Gramley became editor of
a newspaper in Bethlehem, Pa.
Later, he went to Columbia Univer
sity to get his Masters degree.
Dr. Gramley said that he got into
teaching by “chasing a skirt.” He
happened to notice an offer for a
journalism teaching position at Le
high University in Bethlehem on a
bulletin board one day. Since he
was dating a girj in Bethlehem at
the time, he decided to take the
position. He married “the skirt”
Mrs. Gramley.
The Gramleys then moved to Mo
ravian College in the early 40’s. He
had gone back to newspaper work
when he was approached by Salem
trustees to become president. After
his repeated refusals, the trustees
convinced him at least to come look
at the school. The Gramleys left the
ice and snow of January in Pennsyl
vania and arrived in Winston-Salem.
The temperature was 72 degrdfes. He
took the job.
Dr. Gramley mentioned that he
was first introduced to the Salem
girls at Assembly. He happened to
say in his speech th.tt he had four
sons. There was a buzz through
the audience until he told them hi%
sons’ ages—at that time six through
fourteen years.
In the 21 years that Dr. Gramley
has been at Salem, he has seen
many changes. The number of
boarding students has increased
from 225 to around 570. In 1949
there were eight one-person de
partments, including math, biology
and education. The number of
volumes in the library has mot'e
than doubled.
Faculty salaries and scholarship
aid have quadrupled. Two dormi
tories, the science building and the
Fine Arts Center have been built.
Several other buildings have been
renovated and expanded.
Dr. Gramley noted that when he
arrived at Salem the key to pro
gress was a new' heating system
The old one, located where Babcock
Oslo Scholars
is now, was too out of date to
handle any more buildings. In 1955
Salem got a new heating plant.
After this, expansion could take
place.
Dr. Gramley said that there are
several things he would like to see
added to Salem. Among these are
an indoor swimming pool (which he
has wanted for 21 years now), a
new library or an expansion of the
old building and an increase in en
dowment funds.
For the past 21 years Dr. Gram-
ley has been a “father image” to
Salemites. Salem will indeed be
lucky to find another man of Dr.
Gramley’s calibre.
few new talents wall make their
stage debut.
The event not to miss is the panel
discussion which takes place at 11
a.m. Friday in Shirley Recital Hall.
This potentially provocative panel
will discuss “The Role of the Artist
in Society.” The panel will include
Dr. William Baskin, Assistant
Academic Dean at the North Caro
lina School of the Arts; Mr. and
Mrs. Gyula Pandi, dance faculty,
NCSA; Mr. Fred Chappell, writer-
in-residence, UNC-G; Miss Patricia
Pence, harpist; Miss Beverly Wol-
ter, art critic; Miss Susan Moore,
artist; and Mr. Jim Shertzer, movie
critic.
No longer will there be dancing
in the Dell to celebrate spring. For
on the last day of the April Arts
Festival, the May Dell will be dec
orated with student art works which
might get in the way of the dancers I
The art exhibit will be viewed to
the music of “The Miracle Work
ers.” The April Arts Festival will
conclude at 5:45 Friday with dinner
on the lawn. Please come and bring
all your friends. Support Salem’s
First April Arts Festival!
unrecognized needs. They may also
be the moving force or the quiet in
fluence behind some larger project.
At all times the Order of the
Scorpion attemps to be alert and re
sponsive in some tangible way to
such needs as may be observed by
its members or referred to it by
others.
The Order of the Scorpion is
pleased to welcome a new junior
member, Rebecca McConnaughey.
Rebecca joins thirteen members of
the Order. They are : Barbie Barton,
Chris Coile, Sandra Culpepper, Di
anne Dailey, Sara Engram, Paige
French, Sandra Holder, Lindsay
McLaughlin, Dianne Mitchell, Netta
Newbold, Louise Sherrill, Emily
Wood, and Wendy Yeatts.
By Chris Young
Rebecca McConnaughey and
Marily Saacke, new Oslo Scholars,
are so excited about their summer
in Europe that they can hardly
stand it. But, when asked why they
applied, Rebecca said that she
wanted to go, and Marily responded
that she was “dodging the draft.’
Rebecca has always wanted to go
to Europe, not in a tour group, but
in an actual living situation. She
wants to be involved with people
and become included im^eir way
of life. She is looldn*p)vard to
the university atmosp'h^M and to
living and studying in Norway.
A group study tour has already
taken Marily through Europe. Last
year’s trip merely highlighted
places, so she didn’t have a c'ljance
to get to know the people in the
different countries. Marily truly
anticipates living with people from
all over the world. Marily also
hopes to gain a broader perspective
and a greater insight into the way
other people look at the United
States. Her coming experience in
Scandinavia has piqued her curio
sity.
When asked how they reacted to
the announcement of their selection,
■ both girls simply grinned from ear
to ear. Dean Johnson noted that
Rebecca’s feet “had not touched the
ground, yet.” Rebecca said that she
was “very happy,” which seemed to
be a vast understatement, but which
conveyed her feelings accurately.
“Honestly surprised . . . really
didn’t think I had a chance . . .
sensational . . . nervous wreck be
fore announcement . . . happy dis
belief . . . could not believe . . .
didn’t really realize . . .” were
Marily’s reactions.
The girls’ intended plans for Eu
rope sound exciting. Rebecca and
Marily, in planning their weeks of
free travel, have decided they may
go and do what they please for two
weeks—on their own. Places men
tioned were Salzburg and Vienna,
Paris, Amsterdam, and Copenhagen,
in addition to the countryside in
between. The girls plan to travel
light, carrying only a knapsack and
a guitar apiece. They wish to tra
verse Europe and meet her people
as free of luggage as possible.
Rebecca hopes to return lean,
SALEM COLLEGE LIBRARY
Winston-Salem, N. C. 27108
McConnaughey, Saacke Plan
Fantastic, Summer In Norway
, brown, and healthy, knowing how
to sail and cycle, and bringing a
music box. Our “scholarly gypsy”
hopes to gain as much as possible
in the experience. She hopes to
grow, and feels that this honor
places the responsibility on her to
get as much out of the experience
as possible.
Marily will be studying Nor
wegian literature, and history at the
University. In addition to these
scholarly subjects, Marily, who de
nies being anything but unscholarly,
hopes to learn about the different
peoples and their cultures. As well
as trying to gain a broader per
spective of the way we live in the
U. S., she hopes to “bum, have fun,
and sing.”
Both girls are a bit awed about
all they will be able to absorb, and
want to give, learn, and grow as
much as possible. Marily’s final
comment epitomises their feelings
about the scholarships: “One thing
I just can’t understand . . . they’re
paying us to go to Norway to have
a fantastic summer.”
History'Club
Adds Four!
Phi Alpha Theta, the honorary
history society, was organized at
the University of Arkansas on
March 17, 1921, and has since bur
geoned into an international honor
society. Thursday, April 11, Phi
Alpha Theta formally inducted four
new members at Salem.
Phi Alpha Theta maintains several
objectives. Each chapter wishes to
promote such ideals as historical re
search, good teaching, and the ex
change of knowledge and ideas.
Members may include students and
professors who have excelled in the
study or writing of history. .
Members of Phi Alpha Theta
need not be history majors; how
ever, in order to qualify, they muM
have successfully completed twelve
hours of history with overall super
ior work in all other courses. i
The new members of Phi Alpha
Theta are:
Barbara Homey
Beth Talley
Mary Watson
Ginger Zemp
Old members of the society in
clude
Pam Anderson .
Sally Barham . -
Chris Coile
Sara Engram
Cyndee Grant
Sandy Kelley
Lindsay McLaughlin
Sidney Timmons
Nancy Wetzell
The Archway Singers will
have try-outs for alto, first
and second soprano positions
on Tuesday, April 21 at 6:30
in Room 190 of the Fine Arts
Center. We encourage all
who have tried-out before as
well as those who never
have. Hope to see you there!
if.