Salem C. Offers Hard
Work, Many Rewards
Well, Class of 1975, you're finally here. You have made
ii through the drudgery of high school, college placement
tests, college applications, college acceptances and college
decisions. You have been packed, traveled, unpacked,
moved-in, kissed goodbye and now you're saying "Hello."
Soon you will be settled down, "oriented" and ready to
start your first semester of college work. You are really
a lucky bunch, you know. You are the first class to be
completely under the 4-1-4 system, which should prove
rewarding and challenging. Social regulations have
changed enough in the last three years so that you will
be treated as the women you are. Salem is celebrating
her 200th birthday this year and you're invited to the
party. But it will be only as good a party as you make it.
The academic side of life at Salem is important. Your
teachers want to offer you intellectual challenges and to
guide you as you grow academically, but you have to re
spond to these challenges to make it worthwhile.
Another important feature of small college life is the
emphasis on participation in all phases of community life.
Organizations play an important part in life at Salem.
Extra-curricular activities give students an opportunity to
be active, first-class citizens of the college community. Club
carnival will show you that all the organizations on cam
pus need a fresh dose of new ideas and young spirit.
Action, not sleep, is what makes a college great.
The bicentennial celebration is a great chance to get
involved. Nearly all of the organizations on campus are
planning special activities for it. But they all need help
and interest to make it a success.
It is not an easy job. Of course nothing here is. There
will probably be many times when school work will get
you down. It will take a lot of work to make our organi
zations what they should be. The relaxed social rules may
force you to make decisions you never had to make when
you were a sheltered high school kid.
Salem has a lot to offer, but none of it will be any good
at all if you don't give in return and learn to grow with
Salem. It may be hard, but it's worth it.
Where It’s At
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Winston-Salem ~ YOUR aiY
Welcome to Winston-Salem! You
are not only a resident of Salem,
but also a resident of this lovely,
hilly Piedmont city which offers
yon a variety of places to see and
things to do.
Of course, tlierc is Old Salem, a
“must” on your list of places to sec.
From your tour of the exhibition
buildings and from just walking
along the brick walls of this au-
thentically restored Moravian Con
gregation town, you will begin to
understand some of the lieritage of
Salem and the peacefulness that
cliaracterizes this settlement.
Tn addition to the exhibition
buildings in Old Salem, you must
l)e sure to visit the Winkler Bakery
and Salem Tavern wliere old Mora
vian reccipes add to tlie authen
ticity of Old Salem. Down the
street from tlie 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
period through a fantastic collection
of Southern antiques that reveal
interesting cultural patterns of the
Soutli from its earliest settlements
until 1820.
A facility that regularly changes
is tlie Gallery of Contemporary Art
on Main Street lieading toward
town. You won’t want to miss tlieir
interesting exliilrits wliicli include
many forms of contemporary art.
Rcynolda Estate siiould also be a
“must” for your leisure time. Rey-
nolda House, the former home of
Ricliard Josluia Reynolds, founder
of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Com
pany, houses an excellent collection
of American art from colonial times
tlirough tlie present. For both study
and relaxation, students also find
Reynolda Gardens a pleasant cliange
of pace.
If you’re looking for a bit more
activity, you might liead over to
Wliitaker Park (near Wake Forest)
and tour tlie largest cigarette manu
facturing plant under one roof in
tlie world (they give free cigarettes,
too). And the Sclilitz Brewery
(also the largest in tlie world),
located on Highway 52 South, offers
tours.
Tanglewood Park in Clemmons,
about 10-15 minutes out of town on
Interstate 40 West, offers golf,
boating, riding, and great picnicking
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, picnicking, and beau
tiful scenery.
To fill your evenings if you want
to be constructive yet not neces
sarily academic, you may enroll in
tlie Experimental College at Wake
Forest for such courses as skiing,
contemporary tlieatre, tlie thought
of Paul Tillich, etc., or you may
sign up for classes in Arts and
Crafts at Hanes Community Center.
The YWCA and YMCA hold
swimming classes (including WST)
tlirongliont 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 tlie
N. C. School of tile Arts. In addi
tion, the city has its own Little
Theatre, Singers Guild, Symphony,
foreign film showings (Film Fri
ends), and several other sucli groups
wliicli you may take advantage of.
If you’re not busy enough around
the Square or just want to get
away from the campus for awhile,
get to know Winston-Salem, It has
a great deal to offer you.
Old Salem Tells Historic Tale
Getting to know Salem involves
tlie new excitement of college life
and the antique appeal of Old
Salem. Freshmen as well as upper
classmen have a tempting ticket to
tlie past—free admission to the vari
ous historical buildings restored by
Old Salem, Inc.
Just beyond Main Hall and al
most on the Salem campus is Home
Moravian Church. Described as
“the heart of Salem,” this stately
edifice reflects the love of the peo
ple of the community. Salemites
traditionally 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 Boy’s School Building,
now known as the Wachovia Mu
seum, This location dates from 1794
but contains representative displays
of all periods of Old Salem crafts
manship.
After being trained, young men
in Old Salem moved directly to the
Single Brothers House; Salemites
can follow the sidewalk in 1971.
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 single
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
restored house ranks among the
oldest in Salem.
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. There is also
a story of ghosts in the Old Salem
Tavern.
Next door to the Old Tavern is
a second Salem Tavern, built in
1969 in the Old Salem style to
accommodate tourists and show how
Old Salem cookery tastes. Hospi
tality is still the trademark of Salem
Tavern and of the official host. Old
Salem, Inc.