COMING EVENTS
Friday, May 14
8:15 p.m.
Senior Recital—Voice
Rebecca McConnaughey
Shirley Recital Hall
Sunday, May 16
4 p.m.
Senior Recital—Piano
Mary Joan Potter
Shirley Recital Hall
Monday, May 17
7:30 p.m.
Junior Recital—Piano
Patricia Barnes
Shirley Recital Hall
Thursday, May 20
Saturday, May 22
8:15 p.m.
Musical: “Little Mary Sunshine”
Salem Academy Drama and Glee
Clubs
Hanes Auditorium
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Hanes Corporation has given
Salem College six copper sculptures
of Old Salem Themes created by
Nina Winkel. The sculptures de
pict the religion, education, and
music of the early day culture of
the Moravians who settled Salem
in 1766. Originally made for the
Bicentennial of Winston-Salem in
1966, the works were displayed in
the New York office of the Hanes
Corporation in that same year.
The sculptress, Nina Winkel, is a
native of Borken, Germany. She
studied the art of sculpture in
Frankfurt, Germany and Paris be
fore coming to the United States.
Her works have been exhibited in
the Metropolitan and Whitney Mu
seums and the National Academy
of Design in New York City.
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Stuart Wright, Wake Forest Uni
versity graduate and former student
of composition at Salem during
1970-71, has established a music
composition award to be known as
the Stuart Wright Senior Com
position Award. It will be pre
sented annually to a senior judged
outstanding for her work on a musi
cal composition. There are five
provisions to this award:
1. the composition must be writ
ten in the senior year
2. the composition must be per
formed in public
3. $25.00 will be provided for the
winner to choose books or re
cordings for the library. ^
4. an inscription of the donor’s
name will be put in the fly of
the book designating the donor
as winner of the Stuart Wright
Senior Composition Award.
5. the judge or judges will be
chosen by the Dean of the
School of Music
Games Games Games
Reviewed by Victor de Keyserling
David L. Silverman invented his
first'game at the age of seven in
order to arouse his grandfather’s
waning interest following a pro
longed losing streak at casino.
Since that time Silverman’s passion
for games and puzzles has been
consuming. It culminates today
with the publication of a fascinat
ing book: Your Move—A Treasury
of 100 decision problems designed
to challenge your insight (McGraw-
Hill, $6.95).
“The objective of this book is to
entertain,” the author indicates.
"Any instruction you derive from
it is unintended." The book suc
ceeds admirably, at least in failing
to provide a shred of instruction.
The first part of the volume,
illustrated by Don C. Oka, consists
of 80 game problems with the solu
tions printed on the reverse side—
the author hates to thumb through
a puzzle book in quest of a solu
tion, with the risk of inadvertently
reading the solution to a problem
not yet attempted. For example:
“Driving in unfamiliar territory,
you stop to get directions at a large
house with a fenced-in lawn.
Absent-mindedly you neglect a sign
at the gate which says BEWARE
OF DOG. You are halfway to the
house when you suddenly see a
vicious-looking Doberman Pinscher
streaking toward you with teeth
bared. You have neither weapon
nor protective clothing such as a
jacket with which to defend your
self. And you haven’t a chance of
getting back to the gate in time.
Your move!”
(Appropriately, this situation
occurs in a section titled, “Life
Games.”)
The second part of the book con
tains 20 unsolved games—a mine of
intriguing research problems that
serious gamesters may find even
more entertaining than the solved
problems.
The problems in both sections
involve challenging “moment of
truth” decisions in games of chance,
games of skill, games conventional,
unconventional, serious or bizarre.
Silverman is a consulting mathe
matician at Hughes Aircraft’s Space
Systems Division, is instructor at
the UCLA Mathematics Extension,
“Problems and Conjectures” editor
for the Journal of Recreational
Mathematics, and vice president of
the Chester Conklin Fan Club.
He is chief consultant for the
Litton Industries’ “Problematical
Recreations” series as well, and still
finds time for such hobbies as horse
back riding, body-surfing, boogie-
woogie and jazz (vintage 1930),
ancient Greek and Roman satiric
poetry, English literature of the
17th and 18th centuries—and, of
course, puzzles, problems, and
games of which he claims to have
a book collection exceeded, if at
all, only by the Library of Congress.
In the words of Silverman’s favorite
writer and modern expatriate, “Be
fore they made Silverman, they
threw away the mold.”
Qo4Aip-f
GAixi OUte^ ^>Uaia
This is the last issue of The
Salemite!
There don’t seem to be any amaz
ing facts going on this week. But
everyone is planning exciting things
for this summer. Scottie Newell is
going to Europe. And Holly Ma-
terne and Lucy Draper will be there
all next year.
For those of you who don’t take
a pencil into the bathroom with
you, the Johnny Jewel last week
was a picture of Snoopy.
Miss Ruftie sometimes gets car
ried away.
Laura Crumpler had a rough week
end.
Gramley Dorm was full of excite
ment last Friday night when some
body tripped the fire alarm at 12:30
am.
For future reference—if you ever
need a rat (or rats) exterminated
from Bitting, the girls there have
just found out the proper procedure
—fill out a repair slip.
Volume Llll
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, May 14, 1971
Number 5
by Chris Young
“This is the age of wisdom, if you
grasp the opportunity to seek wis
dom ; this is the age of foolishness,
if you chase instead the side shows
of life.
This is the epoch of belief, if you
hold fast to the values that count;
this is the epoch of incredulity, if
you succumb to every doubt.
This is the season of light, if you
look unafraid to the skies; this is
the season of darkness, if you close
your eyes.
This is the spring of hope if you
look for the positive in life; this is
the winter of despair, if you sur
render to every discouragement and
withdraw from the challenge of de
veloping and enriching your mind
and heart and personality.”
Dr. Gramley’s own words at
Opening Convocation in 1964 indi
cate his attitude towards Salem and
his philosophy of life. In April of
1949, Dr. Dale H. Gramley assumed
a new position and brought change
and vitality to Salem’s campus . . .
the Science Building, 1951; addition
to the Science Building, 1960; the
laundry’s steam plant, 1956 (now
converted); quadrupling of faculty
salaries; gymnasium addition, 1958;
Babcock, 1957; Gramley, 1965 ; South
Hall restoration, 1966; the Fine Arts
Center, 1965; largely increased
trusts and endowments; no Federal
Government loans: no debts — in
1950 or now . . . Such are some of
the tangible achievements of Salem
under Dr. Gramley’s leadership. He
also tried to get us an indoor swim
ming pool I
Dr. Gramley came to Salem from
a competent and diversified back
ground. The son of a minister, Dr.
Gramley attended Albright College
in Pennsylvania. Before his gradu
ation from this institution, he held
many positions of responsibility at
Albright—newspaper editor, college
publicity director, year book staff
member. He was an English major
—and played right tackle on the
football team!
Following his graduation with a
B.A. degree. Dr. Gramley worked
in the newspaper business, did pub
lic relations work, studied for his
Masters degree at Columbia Uni
versity, and for 12 year, until 1942,
was chairman of the Journalism De
partment of Lehigh University.
From 1942 to 1944 Dr. 'Gramley
served as Assistant to the President
of Moravian College and Theo
logical Seminary in Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania, and until 1949, he was
Editor of the Bethlehem Globe
Times. Since 1949, he has been
here at Salem as the 13th President
of the College and Academy.
Dr. Gramley has received honor
ary degrees from Albright and Mo
ravian Colleges and Wake Forest
University. He has served many
organizations in positions of leader
ship, and has been active in com
munity service. Twice he made
presentations for Winston-Salem in
the All America City Contest which
it won.
In his approbation of change, and
of the enrichment of the minds and
personalities of each individual. Dr.
Gramley has been an example and
a leader. Continually urging us to
explore the uncharted regions of
our minds and our intellects, he,
and Salem, have provided us with
rugged maps. With that big grin
that spans any gap of generation,
in his warmth and personal interest
in individuals and the college as a
whole, he has led us, prodded us,
and inspired us.
So, for giving us 22 years of your
life. Dr Gramley, for your wisdom,
your warmth, your challenges and
your inspiration—^we thank you. We
salute you.