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Volume LIV
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C.,Monday, November 13, 1972
Number 13
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Miss Janis Elam and Miss Les
lie Maddocks will present art
lectures at Reynolda House Mu
seum of American Art Thursday,
November 16. They will discuss
the artists Lyonel Feininger and
Mary Cassatt, respestively, with
emphasis on paintings by the
two artists which are a part of
the Reynolda House collection
of American paintings.
The program will begin at
8;00 p.m. and is open and free
to the public.
Miss Elam, a former resident,
is now living in Greensboro
where she is an elementary school
teacher. Miss Maddocks is an
art teacher at Parkland High
School here. Both have attended
the American Foundations
course in history, art, and music
held annually at Reynolda
House.
Artist Feininger’s paintings in
the Reynolda collection, to be
discussed by Miss Elam, are
“Church orf a Lake”, painted in
1922, and “Rainbow II,”
painted in 1928. Mary Cassatt’s
painting in the collection, which
will be discussed by Miss Mad
docks, is “Mme Meerson and
Daughter.” Miss Maddocks will
also talk on the influence of Ja
panese print making on impres
sionist painters.
Alden Hanson bones up on women's role in society in preparation
for Thursday's "Woman's Day at Salem."
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by Mary Donna Kimrey
You know, in this day of ris
ing prices, there IS one bargain
left. That’s your admission to
the various productions that
Pierrettes puts on here at Salem.
For only $2.00, you get three
one-act plays, two reader’s thea
tre productions, and an opera in
the Spring. Quite a good deal,
and all right here on campus!!!
That means no cost for trans
portation.
All this IS leading up to a
plug for the second Pierrettes
production - the fall reader’s
theatre. In keeping with the
“women” theme of the one-act
plays, the three selections for
Reader’s Theatre also deal with
women, but this time, they don’t
necessarily come _ out on top.
“Here We Are” by Dorothy Parker
is a verbal picture of a honey
moon couple. “He” is Tom Mon
ey, a Wake Forest senior, and
“She” is our own Nan Wilson.
Sylvia Plath’s poem for three
voices entitled “Three Women”
takes place in a maternity ward.
Peggy Whittington, Boykin Ex-
um, and Julie Kidd take on the
identities of Miss Plath’s charac- .
ters, and they take us through
the uniquely feminine experi
ence of having a baby. The third
selection, “That Was the Day
That Was That Day” by Amy
Lowell, delves into the problem
of boredom with life and what
consequences boredom can have
on the life of a not-so-young la-
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jPiedmont Lecturer
peaks Tuesday
Tuesday, November 14, Eu
gene D. Genovese will be at
Salem to speak on “Southern
Paternalism As Seen From the
Quarters”. He will appear in the
Drama Workshop at 1:15 p.m.
and his lecture is open to the
public. Doctor Genovese is one
ot the visiting lecturers in the
Piedmont Lecture Series and
qualifies as an authority on the
role of blacks in America and
their socio-economic impact on
white society. He is a member
of Science and Society, and also
an editorial board member of
Studies on the Left and the Jour
nal of Social History.
Doctor Genovese received his
B.A. from Brooklyn College in
Tuesday, November 14, Dr. Eugene Genovese will speak in the
I Drama Workshop on "Southern Paternalism as Seen From the Quar-
jters." He is a participant in the Piedmont Lecture Series and is spon-
Isored at Salem by the History Department. The lecture begins at
lTl5 p.m.
SALEM COLLEGE LIBRARY
1953, and his M.A. in 1955. He
then attended Columbia Univer
sity where he received his Ph.D.
Since then he has served as an
instructor at the Polytechnic In
stitute of Brooklyn, Assistant
Professor at Rutgers University,
and Professor at Sir George Wil
liams University. Currently he is
Chairman of the Department of
History at the University of Ro
chester.
Dr. Genovese has written a
number of books inquiring into
the Afro-American heritage of
this country and the effects of
inherited black problems on A-
merican social structures and
economic balance. His works in
clude The Political Economy of
Slavery, The World the Share
holders Made, In Red and Black:
Marxist Explorations in South
ern and Afro-American History,
and twelve articles on slavery.
Salem’s history department
is sponsoring Dr. Genovese as
part of the Piedmont Lecture
Series and would like to invite
members of other departments
to attend his lecture. He speaks
on a topic which concerns not
only history majors, but also all
other students and faculty who
care about the world in which
we live.
Women’s Day
Strikes Salem
WOMAN'S DAY AT SALEM
Thursday, November 16
sponsored by the Salem Forum
12:45 p.m. film Growing Up Female: As Six
Become One. A film about how Amer
ican society has molded women from
infancy until becoming an "accept
able woman.
Co-sponsored by the Salem Forum
and Lifespan Counseling center.
6:30 p.m. Informal coffee - discussion with rep
resentatives of N.O.W. (NATIONAL
ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN) . . .
Talk to women who are up to date on
the legislation in process to eliminate
inequalities for ALL humans, includ
ing women . . . Hear where North Car
olina stands on passage of the Equal
Rights Ammendment.
8:00 p.m. Reader's Theater presents three short
plays
BY WOMEN
ABOUT WOMEN
AND
FOR WOMEN
Observe the commentaries of Sylvia
Plath, Dorothy Parker and Amy Low
ell on woman's plight.
Growing Up Female: As Six Become One, a film that will be
shown on Thursday, November 16, as part of a day-long focus on
women, WOMAN’S DAY AT SALEM, provides for all of us a unique
opportunity to examine our roles as women in today’s society. A
film by Juba Reichert and James Klein, Growing Up Female: As Six
Become One shows the socialization of the American woman
through a personal look into the lives of six females. Their ages
range from 4 to 35, and their backgrounds vary from poor black
to upper middle class white. We see in action how many faces
shape them: their parents, teachers, guidance counselors, the media,
advertising, pop music, and the institution of marriage. It is a com
pelling film that demands one’s response.
The following are excerpts from reviews of the film;
“The film Growing Up Female: As Six Become One is the finest ma
jor documentary about the experience of being a woman in America,
and because it is persuasive and honest fills a gap in what has pre
viously been available to us. Asking women to bear witness to the
quality of their lives and to their options for self-definitiOn, the
film derives much of its painful authenticity from its structure - a
series of encounters with six females. The filmmakers have wisely al
lowed us to meet real women, not merely cases in point. Strong,
sometimes harrowing in its picture of self-contempt, the film out
lines new terrain.” —Janet Sternberg, Film Library Quarterly
“Seeing Growing Up Female is one of those painful experiences
that are good for the psyche. With a minimum of comment, the
film shows how female human beings are brainwashed into passi
vity, mental sluggishness, and self-contempt.” -Susan Sontag, film
critic, writer and filmmaker
“1 was much moved by this film and its genuine picture of ordi
nary American women. In its unadorned truthfulness there is a sad
and simple poetry, and a lesson about the lives of all of us.
Elizabeth Hardwick, film critic writer. New York Review of Books
“This is a simple film, but it digs deep into the question of
women in today’s society. Your students will be roused to new
evaluations of themselves and their world, not rebelliously, but
with serious examination of women s essential role on all aspects
of life.” -Forecast Magazine
WHAT ARE DATES
SUPPOSED TO DO ON
SATU R DAY NIGHTS
WHEN THERE ARE NO
PARKING SPACES LEFT
AROUND THE SQUARE
AND THE GUARDS HAR-
RASS THEM FOR SPEND
ING TEN MINUTES IN A
NO PARKING ZONE
WHILE THEY PICK UP
THEIR GIRLS FROM
GRAMLEY, BABCOCK,
CLEWELL, SISTERS AND
SOUTH???
THOUGHT FOR THE
WEEK: Does God shave her
legs? --SME
QUESTION OF THE
WEEK: Does anybody know
what's going on?
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