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Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, April 28, 1972
Number 2
Senior Follies Madca
Bring Forth Fun, Frolic
Anyone who appeared at Hanes
uditorium Thursday night at 8
m. missed a fantastic cultural ex-
jrience. This year’s Senior Follies
)itomized the marvelous flowering
•lent typical of a Salem girl. Das-
.rdly clever puns and uncensored
nips were delivered by ladies en-
3wed with the acting ability of
arah Bernhardt, the voice of
;nny Lind, the twinkling toes of
inger Rogers and chests that are
Dretty flat.”
The theme of this year’s Follies
as “This is Your Life, Salem.”
1 the Follies the Seniors presented
le trials and tribulations of Salem
:udents for 200 years. To the nar-
ition of Kathy Manning and the
eyboard gymnastics of Chris Ver-
istro, “Everything Began Coming
fp Roses," and went out with
aisies. The performance included
brief sketches portraying the di-
imnas and deliriums each era
;arfully faced.
The opening scene presented girls
dressed in original Moravian cos
tumes, singing to the tune of “The
Twelve Days of Christmas” and
dancing a minuet. Kathy Manning
quickly changed to a drawl and
and set the mood for the appear
ance of several lovely Southern
belles. To the batting of eyelashes
and the dropping of lace hankies,
these dainty damsels chirped out
original lyrics to the tune of“When
Johnny Comes Marching Home.”
Their presence on stage was re
placed by a much more austere
group of young women, represent
ing the rigorous and righteous suf
frage movement. Carrying such
signs as “Abortions are Cruel ’ and
“Legalize Castration,” these girls
bellowed out the interests of Salem
students during that lively era.
Appropriately, their tune was “Let’s
Put it Over with Grover.”
The “Sweet Salem Sues,” who
performed next, excelled in their
Dean Hixson An nounces
New Scorpion Members
Dean Ivy Hixson, Honorary Mem-
er and Advisor to the Order of the
icorpion, has released the following
nnouncement:
The Order of the Scorpion has
een in existence for more than 30
ears. Its sole purpose and ideal is
lervice to Salem with no thought
f personal glory for the individual
aembers or for the Order itself.
Membership is restricted to juniors
.nd seniors, and the number does
lot at any time exceed fourteen.
Membership does not require the
lighest academic average or the
trongest record of leadership, but
t does place high obligation on
those upon whom the honor of
membership is bestowed. The Scor
pions have no planned program;
they do nothing big, they may
devote their energies to intangible,
small unrecognized deeds. They may
also be the moving force or the
quiet influence behind some larger
project.
At all times the Order of the
Scorpion attempts to be alert and
responsive 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 adds
two new juniors to its ranks. They
are Catherine Cooper and Pam
Langston.
Catherine and Pam join twelve
members of the Order. These mem
bers are Susan Lundeen, Mary
Davis, Mary Pat Lennon, Janet
Ward, Gwynne Stephens, Ann
London. Susan Hendrick, Marily
Saacke, Eleanie Harrell, Christina
Spence, Jenny Snead, and Alden
Hanson.
Scientists Explore Wilds;
Find Unexpected Pleasure
by Beth Wilson
Beaufort or Bust! That was our
:ry last week on the Taxonomy and
Ecology field trip to the coast.
Every spring the Taronomy troup-
:rs run over sand dunes and
;hrough the maritime forest to col-
ect all the little flowers and in-
leresting plants they can find to
?ut into an enormous herbarium
A'hich must be complete by the end
af the semester.
This year most of the Taxonomy
;irls were old hands at beating the
terrain around Duke Marine Lab,
so they did their best to lead the
Ecology troupers to the right
places—namely the treacherous mud
flats. The Ecology class was too
smart, though; they remained in the
grass while Janie Foster and
Melinda Vick strayed into knee
deep mud!
choreography. They bumped and
grinded their way through the
Charleston. These costumes were
exceptionally cute and accentuated
the Salem flappers’ dancing abili
ties. Moving from the roaring 20’s
into the world of bobby socks,
saddle shoes, and Bill Haley and
the Comets, the next group rock’n
rolled to the tune of “Rock Around
the Clock, ’ as they popped their
bubble gum and c.icked their fin
gers. The fads of the sixties, in
cluding Beatlemania and the Twist,
were captured in the following
sketch. The girls of the sixties wore
famous Villager shirtwaist dresses
(the ones which are as long from
the top to the waist as they are
from the waist down). The final
gripping scene brought the au
dience to the present as the girls
paraded around in their body shirts
and slacks, blew a little grass and
jumped into the sack. Obviously,
these girls portrayed the modern
free woman who has come a long,
long way.
Without a doubt these seniors
successfully captured the mood of
each era, combining the periods’
highlights in the hysterical manner
of a folly. Ending on a serious note,
the entire group sang “Day by
Day” and then their Junior class
song. Afterwards, refreshments
were served and the audience was
allowed to congratulate the seniors,
who in their usual hardworking
manner, created an evening of en
joyment.
Archway Singers, dressed in their new concert dresses, practice for their
tour.
Archways Tour South U.S.-
Sing Way To Friendships
In order to conclude a year that
has been exciting as well as stren
uous and time-consuming, Salem’s
own Archways are touring a small
section of the United States. As a
result of this tour the Archways
hope to broadcast not only their
own musical talent but also the
charming reputation of Salem.
The Archways have been invited
to sing at the Ponte Verra Inn
near Jacksonville Beach, Florida on
Thursday, April 27, and at the
Cloister on Sea Island, Georgia,
Saturday, April 29. They also plan
to make Disney World in Orlando,
The trip lasted from Tuesday
through Thursday, so that we missed
three days of classes. It was no
vacation, however. Mr. Donald
McLeod worked us hard enough
for at least twice our normal load
of classes, and most of the girls in
Ecology furiously took notes on
every scientific name Mr. McLeod
mentioned. Everyone tried also to
take adavntage of sunshine on the
beach. Of course a few girls got
sunneck instead of an even tan, or
an even sunburn!
The entire trip was rugged; we
dug, up tube worms, trolled for sea
urchins and oysters, held back the
seasickness, trudged through muddy
salt flats to see some stupid snails,
and had to get up at 6:30 in the
morning. We had it ROUGH!
Every member of the group thor
oughly enjoyed the trip though.
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Academy Dedication
Promotes 20Cth
The dedication of the two new halls at Salem Academy will be held at
2 p m., Sunday, April 30, in Hanes auditorium. The public is invited to
participate in the service of dedication which is being held on the 200th
anniversary day of the founding of Salem in 1772. Dr. Dale H. Gramley,
president emeritus of Salem Academy and College, will be the speaker for
the ceremonies.
The two new halls form wings from the central Academy building on the
side toward the Salem Fine Arts Center, from which Salem College stu
dents have observed the construction of these additions. Part of the ser
vice will be held before these new halls.
The halls are the Lucy Reynolds Critz Hall, named in memory of a
Salem Academy student of 100 years ago, and the Mary McCoy Hodges
Hall, named in honor of Mary McCoy Hodges, who served the Academy
for 30 years as Dean of Students. Critz Hall contains 15 classrooms, two
science laboratories, a language laboratory with 30 stations, a study room
for 50 students, a seminar room and 15 faculty offices. Hodges Hall in
cludes two student lounges and two counselor .suites. An auditorium seat
ing 280, a voice studio, and a small chapel are on the ground floor.
For the dedication ceremonies Dr. Evald Nolte has prepared a special
edition of the Moravian composer Gregor’s “Der Herr 1st Gross,” to be
sung by the Salem Academy Glee Club directed by Mrs. Jean Burroughs,
and accompanied by the Winston-Salem Symphony String Quartet. In
addition, Margaret Vardell Sandresky has composed five pieces for the
Salem Academy Glee Club. (Mrs. Sandresky is a member of the School
of Music faculty and is an alumnae of Salem Academy.) They are “In
vocation,” “Letter” with words based on a letter from the Unity Brethren
of August 31, 1765, “Sister Oesterlein,” the first teacher of the Girls’
School, “From This Still Shore,” from a poem by Carol Watson, who was
graduated from Salem last year, and “What Brought Us Together.” The
Salem Academy and Glee Club will be accompanied by Dr. John Mueller,
organ, and Patricia Pence, harp, both members of the Salem College School
of Music.
The Salem Band, directed by Austin Burke, will lead with music as the
group moves from Hanes to the service of dedication before the new halls,
and Miss Alice Litwinchuk, principal of Salem Academy, will read excerpts
from the dedication service of South Hall which was the first building
erected for the Girls’ Boarding School in 1805.
The invocation for this service will be given by the Right Reverend
Samuel J. Tesch, the 273rd Bishop of the Moravian Church, while Dr.
John H. Chandler, president of Salem Academy and College, and Mr.
Douglas Peterson, chairman of the Board of Trustees, will lead in the
acts of dedication for Critz and Hodges Halls. Anyone who attends this
momentous ceremony will enjoy a spectacular dedication of buildings which
will be appreciated in the future.
Florida. With their new floor length
dresses the Archways certainly will
fit into the tropical climate of
Florida and coastal Georgia.
At the end of This trip if the
weather is sunny there will be seven
suntanned girls to add to the grow
ing number of Salemites whe^man-
age to spend some time at More-
head Beach, Myrtle Beach, the
Clewell pool, or the Babcock Ter
race.
This tour is one of many per
formances for which the Archways
have been practicing this spring.
During Spring Break the group ap
peared in Trenton, S. C. at the
wedding of a former Archway
singer, Dencie Reynolds. Dencie,
who is now Mrs. Dick Page, wanted
to depart from traditional wedding
music such as “I Love You Truly,”
and asked the Archways for sug
gestions. Selections from The Car
penters, Peter, Paul and Mary, and
even from Beethoven (originally)
were included in the unique cere
mony. Trenton is a very small
conservative town, but the Arch
ways report that even the old
home folks seemed to enjoy their
. musical break from tradition.
Other spring performances in
cluded singing at the Winston-
Salem Kiwanis Club at the Conven
tion Center, the Winston-Salem
Association of American University
Women at the Salem Fine Arts
(Center, and the kick-off banquet of
the Third Century Campaign in the
Salem College Refectory. The Arch
ways also presented an assembly
on April 12 for Salem students.
The Archways are looking for
ward to the upcoming trip as a
rewarding interval in their busy
schedule. Members going on the
trip are Marily Saacke, Frannie
Erwin, Clark Kitchin, Camille Mur
phy, Beth Perry and Kim Royster.
Beecher Mathes and Leah Lane
McDonald, who is the group’s regu
lar accompanist, are unable to go
on the tour, but Chris Verrastro
will fill in for Leah Lane. The
Archways anticipate this fun way
of ending their spring singing sea
son because they have a love for
music and feel that trips like this
one are the culmination of a year’s
hard work.