Friday, September 24, 1971
Incunabula Needs People!
THE SALEMITE
Page Three
Dear Salem Students and Faculty,
This year your literary magazine,
jhe Incunabula, is also doing some-
thing rather innovative . . . Instead
gf an annual or twice-yearly maga
zine, the Incunabula plans to include
a supplement every other week in
the Salemite. Our objective is to
stimulate a badly-needed interest
in the creative arts at Salem Col
lege, as well as to give more oppor
tunity to a greater number of peo
ple for publication. By no means
is the magazine to be confined to
poetry and art; this year we hope
to include much, much more prose
and literary criticism, such as book
reviews, and reviews of some of the
cultural events in and around Win
ston-Salem.
Another objective is to include
some work by the faculty. We
hope to include poetry and/or prose
readings by local authors, and to
collaborate with some of the other
colleges and universities in the
Winston-Salem area.
May I remind everyone that all
submitted work is evaluated anony
mously by the staff, until accepted
for publication.
The past few years have wit
nessed a dwindling interest in what
should be one of the keenest and
most stimulating activities on the
college campus. It is my sincere
hope and goal to stimulate creati
vity and originality (and prolificacy)
in writing and visual art this year,
and to provide a viable outlet for
the literary ability I know could
flow from this college.
I urge EVERYONE to contribute
weekly.
Sincerely,
Kathy Manning,
Editor of Incunabula
Mathematician Kurtz Brings
New Outlooks To Salem
ANNOUNCEMENT
Dr. Austin—WFU, January-ln-Rome has been drasti
cally reduced to under $500 for round trip airplane
ticket, hotel, meals, and bus trips.
Allen To Share Ideas
With Students, Faculty
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Dr. Dwight Allen, Dean of the
School of Education at University
of Massachusetts, will be at Salem
Tuesday, September 28. He will be
in the Drama Workshop at 9:00-
11:30 to speak to the students and
answer questions.
Dr. Allen graduated from Stan
ford University with a doctorate in
Education in 1959. He has been
an instructor at Athens College,
Athens, Greece. He is a member
of the Association of Colleges and
Schools in State Universities and
Land Grant Colleges. He is also a
member of National Spiritual As
sembly of the Baha’is of the U. S.
Allen’s most recent book is a
textbook that he co-edited entitled
The Teacher’s Handbook.
Time published an article about
Dr. Allen on December 21, 1970.
This article discussed the innova
tions he has made since he became
head of the University of Massa
chusetts Education Department.
In the education department he
used multidisciplinary centers
"Woman Of
The Week
By Becky Ranson
On a mad dash from class I asked
our woman of the moment. Miss
Christina Weaver Spence if she had
a minute to comment on the world
situation.
After discussing some of the most
lalked-about national and inter
national problems such as the Viet
nam War, Nixon’s economic policy,
the coming presidential election and
the recent Attica Prison crisis, we
decided to dwell on some important
matters.
As every informed Salemite
hnows, the newly founded Inter
dorm Council supports the back-
jmne of our social life. Miss Spence
‘s well aware of this fact which she
gave recognition to in her nomi
nation speech. Students can hope-
■ully look forward to reforms in the
college’s penal system due to Miss
Spence’s extensive research on the
background of the Attica Prison
riot. Actually she cannot at this
rime disclose the details and nature
ri the anticipated reforms but we
do look forward with great expec-
ritions to the forthcoming social
7uar with our capable new leader.
that students in education did not
have to take traditional courses.
Time quoted Dr. Allen when
against opposition, “A little change
hurts, but a lot of change doesn’t
hurt much more.”
By Barbara Brothers and
Peggy Bullard
What is your conception of a
mathematician ? Balancing out a
checkbook ? Deciding your weekly
allotment for coffee at the FD?
According to Dr. David Kurtz, a
mathematician is “someone looking
out a window with a pencil in his
hand.” Yes, Dr. David Kurtz is a
new name around Salem College.
Dr. Kurtz did not plan a career as
a mathematician when he graduated
from Purdue as au electrical en
gineer. After graduation he spent
three years in the Philippines as a
Navy man, later receiving his Mas
ters from M.I.T. He first came
to Winston-Salem in the early
1960’s as an instructor at Western
Electric. During that time he took
courses in math at Wake Forest,
which prompted him to leave Win
ston in 1965 to seek a doctorate
degree at Duke.
And now a little information about
the person David Kurtz. Although
he is a married man with a five-
year old son, your friendly Salemite
reporters were quite charmed by
the Ohio native and his large desk
alarm clock. This nickel-plated
contraption was supposedly dis
covered by Dr. Kurtz in a city dump
during his boyhood.
But why is Dr. Kurtz at Salem
College? Besides the fact that he
likes Winston-Salem, he was in
terested in teaching at a small
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as favorable as it is here at Salem.
Dr. Kurtz believes every professor
should be able to get to know his
students. When asked what oppor
tunities there are for women in the
field of mathematics, he replied that
there is as much future for women
as there is for men. Although
teaching is the predominant employ
ment, a math major may also find
employment in the field of research.
This research does not entail ap
plied science, such as lab work, but
involves the study of theory. Dr.
Kurtz compared the “intellectual
endeavor” of math to that of music.
although the audience is much
smaller.
This year, much emphasis has
been placed on the position of a
woman’s college in our society. Dr.
Kurtz believes that society projects
the image that women are not aca
demically inclined. Here at Salem
our main concern is academics and
not social life or husband-hunting;
therefore, we help to destroy these
prejudices against women. Herein
lies the value of a woman’s college.
Although Dr. Kurtz is not yet fully
acquainted with Salem, he is in
terested in learning about the school
and its students.
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