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Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C. Friday, May 5, 1972
Number 3
Irs. Duncan Replaces
Retiring Food Administrator
by Susan Milner
familiar face will be missing in
Refectory after May 31. After
;y-four years at Salem, Mrs.
nings is retiring from her posi-
as dietician. Mrs. Duncan, who
ntly is housekeeper for the col-
,will be the new dietician. Both
en seem to be looking forward
e change.
s. Cummings may be more fam-
with Salem than anyone else
le campus. She grew up in Old
n attended first through third
;s at the elementary school
h used to be here, and gradu-
from Salem Academy and Sa-
Col’ege. She has three children
six grandchildren; her oldest
dchild is at the Academy now.
e job of dietician is not an
one. Mrs. Cummings says her
: day usually last from 7 ;30
to 5:30 PM, sometimes she
:s sixty-two hours a week. She
s records of menus and food
1, and from her stacks of
:s could tell you what was
V e d on any particular day
le past ten years. Since she has
been working, the kitchen has been
remodeled and the Student Center
added. She has done everything In
the kitchen from planning the meals
to maintenance work, and once
almost crawled into the dishwasher
to fix it. Sometimes the job calls
for special service, such as coming
over at 10PM the night before the
Easter Sunrise Service to make
sugar cake, or serving a picnic for
fifteen-hundred people. Mrs. Cum
mings also works during the Gov
ernor's School and says they eat
even more than Salem girls, some
times 427 loaves of bread and 90
dozen eggs a day.
Mrs. Cummings says she has en
joyed her job and that she has
worked to try to make everyone
happy. She also said that she could
not have done it without the fine
help from her employees, and that
they like to think of themselves
as “one happy family.’’ When asked
what she would do when she retires
retires, Mrs. Cummings said, “play
bridge, and go back to sleep at
5:30 AM instead of coming over
over here.”
loard Selects Scholars
lie summer of 72 will certainly
a memorable one for Allison
me and Barbara Brothers. Win-
; of the 1972 Summer Scholar-
s for the University of Oslo in
), Norway, the girls were se
ed by a faculty-student com-
;ee for grants to study at the
rnational summer school,
tudents from all parts of the
Id come to the University of
0 to study the Norwegian lan-
ge, literature, art, crafts, music,
ety, economics, history, and in-
lational relations from a Scan-
ivian viewpoint.
wo scholarships of $800 each
awarded each year from estate
he late L. Corrin Strong, former
lassador to Norway, and former
(tee of Salem Academy and Col-
Selection of the girls for these
slarships is made by written
lication. Many factors are taken
K consideration and a special ef-
; is made to select students who
benefit from the international
erience and will be able to share
larbara Brother, and AlU.on Towne are Salem’, new O.lo scholar..
Mrs. Duncan is also from
Winston-Salem and spent one year
at Salem College, but received her
degree from Old Town. She has
been been housekeeper at Salem
for the past six years and although
she has enjoyed her work she says,
“I am looking forward to the new
job because food work has always
been my first love.”
Mrs. Duncan has an impressive
background in this type of work.
She has been assistant manager
in a restaurant in Washington, head
of the dietary department in Mar-
- tinsville, Virginia’s general hospital
for five years, cafeteria manager
of Baptist Hospital for ten years,
and assistant manager in the Wake
Cathy Gazes, Chairman, and Beth Duncan, Secretary, enjoy working with
the Orientation Committee, and look forward to greeting the 199 new
students next September. (Not pictured is Sarah Tucker, assistant chair
man, who was ill at the time this picture was taken.)
this experience with other Salemites
the following year.
Allison, a junior from Lakeland,
Florida, is now treasurer of SSC.
She has served on both the As
sembly-Lecture Committee and the
200th Aniversary Committee. A
history major, Allison will include
the history of Norway in her course
of study at Oslo.
Barbara, a math major, is a sopho
more from Mobile, Alabama. She
is a member of the Salemite staff
and a lights and sound technician
for the Salem Fine Arts Center.
She is secretary of the YWCA and
Honor Council. While in Oslo she
plans to study Norwegian literature
and applied arts and crafts.
Both girl's are really looking for
ward to their trip, which will begin
June 22 when they leave New York
and end August 23 upon their re
turn to the States. They are anxious
to meet the other students and
hope to contribute as much to the
program as they expect to bring
back to us at Salem.
Forest cafeteria before coming to
Salem. In her hospital work, she
was often responsible for seven
different menus a day.
When asked her feelings toward
serving cafeteria style in the lie-
fectory, Mrs. Duncan said, “per
sonally I prefer cafeteria style.”
But she also said that our kitchen
is not set up to serve that way.
Mrs. Duncan has some exciting
new ideas for the Refectory, such
as new menus and perhaps a salad
bar everyday. She is also very open
to student ideas and would wel
come our suggestions. She says, “I
hope to feed you all well.”
Committee Plans
Orientation Fun
The Orientation Committee met
on April 24, at 6:30 p.m. in the
Day Student Center, and again on
May 1.
The first meeting next fall will
be on Friday, September 1, at 10:00
a.m. in Bitting. The committee
members will arrive on August 31,
and the Freshmen, September 2.
Faculty Members Seek
New Horizons, Goals
Several Salem professors are not
returning next fall because of other
plans that they have made, and
their plans vary from working on
doctorates to working in Africa.
Karen Johnston has resigned from
the physical education department
in order to teach biology in Sierra
Leone, West Africa. She plans to
be teaching at the Kanabai second
ary school for girls and hopes
eventually to set up a physical edu
cation program for the school. She
came into contact with the school
through family friends and has al
ways wanted to do something of
this sort. As everyone can imagine,
now that she has obtained the op
portunity, she is very excited about
the challenge presented her for
next year.
John Sanders, professor of socio
logy at Salem, is leaving Salem to
teach sociology at the School of
Education at the University of
Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass.
He is looking forward to the change
in environment and will be able
to work toward his Ph.D. while
there.
Mrs. Snow of the Home Eco
nomics department will take a leave
of absence this fall term and ■will
work with the Urban Affairs Com
mission in Winston-Salem. She
hopes to concentrate on the urban
slope and urban society within the
realm of home economics. She
definitely will return to Salem for
spring term.
Daniel Scheuer, although leaving
Salem, has not made definite plans
for next year. At the moment he
is considering several possibilities
in his field of interest.
Richard Kruse, of the math de
partment, has decided to pursue
his doctorate at the University of
Montana and will be absent next
year.
Michel Bourquin plans to be the
resident director for the Junior
Year Abroad of the Associated
Mid-Florida Colleges in Switzerland.
These professors, as we can see,
have exciting plans for their
futures, and we hope that all will
be happy and perhaps return to
Salem some day soon.
Sorry girls, only the Orientation
Committee members can come
early!
There can be no dating of Com
mittee members or freshmen during
the first week of Orientation. The
committee is to help the Freshmen
adjust, to make Salem familiar and
to set the proper tone and atmos
phere for them—academic, extra
curricular, and social. The com
mittee members’ role is to act as
advisors to the freshmen.
Cathy Gazes, Orientation Chair
man, prbposed that an additional
office be created, that of an As
sistant Orientation Chairman. The
Assistant Chairman would be a ris
ing Sophomore because she ■would
have just completed being “orien
ted,” and her job would be to '
handle any details so as to leave
the committee members free for
other jobs. The proposal ■was passed
by the committee and Sarah Tucker
was appointed Assistant Chairman
by Cathy.
Cathy Gazes has proposed “201“
as the Orientation theme. As it
will be the 201st year of Salem,
the idea is to orient the Freshmen
more towards possible careers and
less towards fantasy. The emphasis
will be on Orientation itself and
Salem’s heritage, combining the
best of the old with the best of
the new. The committee decided
unanimously to adopt this theme,
getting away from traditional fan
tasy characters and themes.
At this time. Orientation plans
are being formed with no problems
and the committee members are
anticipating a fruitful week in the
fall.
Salem Concert Displays Medlin-Power,
Cellist’s Virtuosity Offers Style
Charles Medlin, cellist, will give
a recital at 8:15 pm., Friday, May
12, in Hanes auditorium. The per
formance is open to the public with
out charge.
Medlin, a member of the faculty
of the Salem College School of
Music, has been first cellist of the
Winston-Salem Symphony Orches
tra since 1953. Last year he was
selected to play in the first World
Symphony Orchestra. This group,
sponsored by the People-to-People
Federation of Washington, D. C.,
included musicians from 64 sym
phony orchestras in the United
States and 94 foreign orchestras.
They performed in three special
concerts under the direction of
Arthur Fiedler: for the United Na
tions at Philharmonic Hall in Lin
coln Center in New York, at the
opening ceremonies for the Walt
Disney World in Orlando, Florida,
and at the Opera House of the
John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts in Washington,
D. C.
The pianist for the program will
be Anita Bultman of Charlotte, also
a well-known performer and teacher
who is currently on the faculty of
the Department of Music at Queens
College in Charlotte. She is a
graduate of Queens College and
studied privately with Edwin
Hughes of New York. She is
pianist and harpsichordist for the
Charlotte Oratorio Singers Orches
tra, and organist at Westminister
Piesbyterian Church in Charlotte.
For his program, Medlin will play
the' “Sonata No. 2 in D major” by
Johann Sebastian Bach, “Sonata in
g minor. Opus 5, No. 2” by Ludivig
van Beethoven, and “Schelomo”—
Rhapsodie Hebraique by Ernest
Bloch, a version for cello and
piano by the composer.