Volume LIV
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Monday, February 19, 1973
Number 17
English Staff^ Writer Joins
Brings Aduice, Friends
A tall silver-haired lady
greeted me at the door of the
Home Management House. Ush
ering me into the parlor, I met
Margaret, her daughter, current
ly a student at Salem Academy.
Margaret ambled to another part
of the house as Dr. Wagoner and
I sat down for an interesting chat
on a cold windy afternoon. We
talked of her arrival on the Sa
lem College scene as the new
visiting English professor. It
seemed rather unusual for a resi
dent of Washington state with a
faculty post at the University of
Puget Sound to be sitting in the
Home Ec house of Salem, three
thousand miles across the coun
try.
Actually though. Dr. Wagon
er is no stranger to the East
Coast, having been educated in
Eastern schools herself. Her ties
with Salem stem from a close re
lationship with Mrs. Chandler, a
former student of Dr. Wagoner’s
at Lake Forest College in Chica
go. Her acquaintance with the
Chandlers continued through her
work with Dr. Chandler at the
Danforth Foundation. It was at
his invitation she decided to
come to Salem for the spring
semester.
Dr. Wagoner is excited about
teaching at a small private col
lege in the South because it helps
fulfill her goal of teaching all
over the country. She finds Sa
lem delightful, enjoys seeing all
those feminine faces, and loves
the good manners of the stu
dents. She detects a difference
in atmosphere from the coed uni
versity of Puget Sound, but says
it’s too subtle to define. She
stated that the class discussions
at Salem followed the same lines
as discussions at any college.
But she thinks perhaps girls
speak up more readily in an all
female classroom. Dr. Wagoner
related the observation that she
Pierrettes Set Date
The Pierrette Players have
cast parts for two operas to be
presented March 14, 15, 16, and
17 at 8 p.m. Rehearsals are
being held and tickets will be
available Wednesday, March 7.
The Medium stars Julie Heyer
as Madame Flora, George Lee as
Mr. Gobineau, Laura Sutphin as
Monica and Julie Kidd as Toby.
Double roles have been assigned
to Clare Cook and Zan Amos as
Mrs. Nolan, and to Julianne Kirk-
man and Cathy Coffer as Mrs.
Gobineau.
The Telephone has iwo cnar-
acters for the opera. Meredith
Hardy and Susan Finley will al
ternate as Lucy and George Lee
will play Ben.
always knew her male students
before her female students at
the University because the male
students were the first to volun
teer answers in her coed classes.
She remarked that she also
Ukes teaching the freshmen, a
different experience for her. As
a senior member of the English
department at Puget Sound, she
taught only upperclassmen,
freshmen classes being instructed
by junior professors. We dis
cussed the trauma of freshman
term papers and she informed
me that she felt her freshmen
students were exhibiting true
Southern courage, especially
with the present condition of
the library.
At this moment our conver
sation was interrupted by the
appearance of a cat, who also
desired Dr. Wagoner’s attention.
I was informed it was a stray
about the campus, and it
dropped in for tea every after
noon at the same time. Nick
named Cat Stevens by her daugh
ter, the feline settled itself com
fortably in her lap as we con
tinued our conversation, this
time steering towards the writ
ing phase of Dr. Wagoner’s busy
life.
The author of one already
published novel and a second
novel which will appear in print
this year, she is currently writing
a third. The subject matter of
her novels is historical trials. The
book due to be published this
Continued on page 5
Chris Young was named Miss Student Teacher on Tuesday,
Feb. 13.
Student Teachers
Select Chris Young
- by Gwen Holland
“Have you ever spent a
WHOLE day hanging on to a
fudgesickle stick?” This is how
Chris Young, the newly chosen
1973 Miss Student Teacher, o-
pened her speech in the special
pened her speech in the special
assembly on Feb. 13. She was
stressing what an important part
-reativity plays in the overall ed-
icational experience.
Chris was selected as Miss Stu
dent Teacher from 3 finalists.
Peggy Melvin and Libba McPher
son were the other 2 partici
pants.
Each of the 3- finalists gave
a 3 minute speech on their phi
losophy of education and then
drew a question to answer ex
temporaneously. After this the
floor was open to any questions.
The judges for the event were
Dr. Troost, Dr. Welch, Dean Hix
son, Dean Johnson, Laura Turn-
age and Nancy Sandidge.
Chris will represent all of Sa
lem’s student teachers in the
April 13th Education Conven
tion in Greensboro, N.C.
Salem Women Discover
New Areas For Growth
h..psThe S.nio,-?i during «r Mexican shir, snie on Vaienrine’s Day.
Women who enjoy working
with lots of people and dislike
sitting at a desk are becoming in
terested in real estate. It is a field
which has been heavily populated
with women, even before wom
en’s lib became popular.
Salem students have heeded
the call of real estate and have
begun taking the special courses
offered at Wake Forest at night
by the Babcock School of Busi
ness. Karen McCotter, Jeanie
Dorsey, Michele Siebert and
Margaret McCloy have partici-
oated in the night courses in
real estate.
Jeanie said that she took the
course because it afforded
her a trade other than teaching
and going to graduate school.
“Whatever I end up doing,” she
said, “1 can always sell real es
tate. Besides, women need to
know things about buying
homes, drawing up contracts and
other things like that. “I didn’t
know anything like that until
I took tire course,” she said.
The 30 hour course entitled
“Real Estate Institute” is open
to students, businessmen, home
makers and everyone else. Jeanie
5aid that real estate is a very
“It serves the people of the
community as well as those
coming in and going out, she
said. “It means a realtor is not
just a salesman but a representa
tive of his city to welcome new
comers, make them comfort
able in their new environs and
make those already there com
fortable.”
Jeanie said that she wanted
to take the course because she
was interested in selling herself
to the public through sales tech
niques that are good in business.
She said that being a college se
nior prompted her to take the
course because few positions are
available to graduates without
experience except when the
graduate has some kind of busi
ness degree in addition - such as
a real estate license.
She said that this way she can
at least determine her own fu
ture despite marriage. Courses
like this are encouraging for
women because they cover law,
finance, construction, and bro
kerage. Jeanie said that she has
begun to realize what a liberal
arts education is through courses
like this one.
The next real estate course
^ , . begins in March.
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