Volume LV
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N, C., Monday, April 23, 1973
Number 2
poet Reads Works,
Entertains Girls
If you didn’t make it to the
May Dell Thursday afternoon,
April 12th, you really missed a
treat - and I don’t mean just a
wine and cheese treat! Jonathan
Williams, our poet-in-residence,
gave an inform^ presentation of
some of his works.
He hates labels and therefore
hates to be called a poet, be
cause, he said, “I certainly dp
more than just write poetry.”
Labels only limit someone.
Williams, who was born in
Asheville, has a permanent home
near Highlands, and an early
17th century stone cottage in
Yorkshire, England. He is execu
tive director of the Jargon Socie
ty and founded Jargon Books,
of which he is editor, publisher
and designer. Williams is associ
ated with various organizations
among which are the Appala
chian Trail Conference, CORE,
the Sierra Club, Youth Hostel
Association, the Society for In
dividual Rights and the Cam
paign for Homosexual Equality.
In addition, he serves as musical
director of the Macon County
(N.C.) Meshuggah Sound Socie
ty, as a member of the Advisory
Board of The Foxfire Magazine,
and as co-founder of The Cast
Iron Deer Owners of America.
He also enjoys volleyball, hiking
and Colonel Sanders’ Kentucky
Fried Chicken!
Williams’ published work in
cludes An Ear in Bar tram’s Tree,
a collection of his poems written
between 1957-1967; The Loco
Logodaedalist in Situ, selected
poems between 1968-1970; and
Blues and RootsjRue and Bluets.
He was awarded a Guggenheim
Fellowship for poetry in 1957-
58; has received a Longview
Foundation grant for editing Jar
gon Books, and three grants for
publishing projects from the Na
tional Endowment for the Arts.
He holds the honorary degree
of Doctor of Humane Let
ters from the Maryland Institute
College of Art.
Besides being poet-in-resi
dence at Salem, Mr. Williams has
been scholar-in-residence at the
Aspen Institute for Humanistic
Studies in Colorado and poet-in-
Girls involved in this study felt
that the major thing he im
pressed upon them was to be
more observant. He demonstra
ted how he takes most of his
poems from everyday occurences
and objects.
Mr. Williams extends an open
invitation to all Salem students
to attend informal meetings held
at his faculty apartment at Wake
Forest every Thursday night at
7:30. Students from Wake For
est, Winston-Salem State Univer
sity and the School of the Arts
also participate in these meetings
where many subjects are dis
cussed.
- Nan Wilson and Carol Perrin
Jonathan Williams, poet-in-residence at Salem, added to the festi
vities of April Arts week by reading his poetry in the square.
Departments Offer
New Courses in Fall
-by Margy Dorrier
Few people are aware of the
re-evaluating and revising of
courses which is being carried
on constantly by the Academic
Dean, the Curriculum Commit
tee, and the faculty members
at Salem. Several exciting
changes have recently been
made, which will come into ef
fect within the next two aca
demic years.
The English department will
be offering two new courses
which both sound like interest
ing additions to the growing
list of courses being offered.
English 230. “Highlights of Eng
lish Literature from 1370 to
1900” will be the title of a
course being offered starting in
the fall term of 1973. This
course will involve a study of
characteristic works of some of
the major English authors such
as Chaucer, Spenser, Milton,
Swift, Johnson, Wordsworth,
Tennyson, and others. English
245, “Selected Southern Writ
ers”’, will be offered beginning
in the fall term of 1974. This
course will be a study of in
fluential southern writers from
William Gilmore Simms to the
they relate to all age groups.
The cultural and behavioral as
pects of nutritional patterns will
be considered. This course will
be taught by Mrs. Weaver, who
is a nutritionist te';ching at
Winston-Salem State University,
deals with the fundamental prin
ciples of design in home furnish
ings and textiles in relation to
use, economy, beauty, and indi
viduality. Home Ec 324,“A His
tory of World Furniture” will
involve a study of historical as-
and Mrs. Snow. Home Ec 160, pects of furniture from the E-
‘The American Woman” will be
offered starting in the spring of
1974. This course involves the
exploration of the relationship
of women in the total life cycle,
to work, to the family, and to
society. The present Home Ec
courses, Home Ec 226 and 227,
“Design for the Family” and
“Historical Aspects of Design
for the Family”, are being ex
panded from two to four cour
ses. Home Ec 224, “The House ,
which will be offered next fall,
is a course concerning principles
of house planning and construc
tion, with emphasis on psycho
logical and social aspects of
housing. Home Ec 225, Fur
nishing the House”, will be of
fered next spring. This course
gyptian through the Victorian
Period. Home Ec 325, “Con
temporary Furnishings”, will in
volve a comparative study of
contemporary furniture design
ers with emphasis on materials
and methods employed.
In addition to the above
courses, several more new
courses are being offered which
are described in the new Salem
College catalogue. The Psycholo
gy Department, for example, will
be offering Psychology 225,
“Physiological Psychology”. The
Sociology Department has great
ly revised many of its courses,
and is offering several new ones.
A description of their new
course offerings is in the new
catalogue.
Salem Dorms
Will Have
Male Visitors
“It is the policy of Salem Col
lege that male visitors be per
mitted in dormitory rooms only
on certain specified occasions in
accordance with standing rules
and procedures as determined by
the college administration.”
Tuesday, April 17, in SGA as
sembly, Dr. Chandler made the
formal announcement of this po
licy change passed by the Board
of Trustees at their spring meet
ing, April 9. This policy is a con
firmation of current procedure.
Regulations will be formulated
by a joint committee of students,
faculty and administration sub
ject to the approval of the Presi
dent. Dr. Chandler has recom
mended certain regulations con
cerning visitation. The privilege
“is not intended for overnight
accomodation of male guests.”
He proposed a policy of six
campus-wide open weekends
plus one weekend per semester
per house. Proposed hours are:
Friday, 8-12 p.m.; Saturday,
2-5:30, 8-12 p.m.; Sunday,
2-5:30 p.m. Dr. Chandler em
phasized that the administration
will follow a hard linp in pn.
forcement of regulations con
cerning visitation in order to pre
serve collective security. The pro
cedures will be instituted in the
fall term of 1973-74 and will be
subject to review in January ot
1974. The policy is a concrete
example of the progress achie
vable througli the cooperative
efforts of students, faculty, ad
ministration and trustees.
Assembly Features
Nelson Twins
residence at the Maryland Insti- present with emphasis upon writ
tllTp r\11 a A »•+ n r1 +V* T T M 1 _ +V-« rt I’ll
tute College of Art and the Uni
versity of Kansas. He has made
some 750 readings, lectures and
seminars in the United States,
Canada, Great Britain and Eu
rope.
Mr. Williams has already con
ducted an intensive study of
folklore with some of the stu
dents in the Control and Crea
tivity in Southern Life program.
ers of the twentieth century
such as Flannery O’Conner,
Katherine Anne Porter, Eudora
Welty, and Robert Penn Warren.
The Home Economics Depart
ment is also offering several new
courses. Home Ec 100,
tion. Behavior and Culture , will
be offered starting in the fall of
1973. This is a study of the con
cepts of normal nutrition as
Juried Art Show Opens
The Tenth Annual Open
Juried Show of Associated Ar
tists of Winston-Salem will be
on exhibit in the Gallery of
Hanes Community Center from
Sunday, April 29 through Frl
day. May 11, 1973. The exhibit
will open with a reception in the
Gallery on the 29th from 3 to
5 p.m., at which time winners
will be announced and awards
presented. The public is cor
dially invited to attend the re
ception and the exhibit, no
charge for admission.
Those of you Salemites who
have heard Susan and Nancy
Nelson at the piano and drums
respectively, won’t miss the op
portunity to hear them again
May 3rd in the FAC. But
for those of you who aren t
exactly sure why you should
not miss this event, perhaps a
little information as to their
musical background will give you
a clue. Nancy and Susan have
been playing together for eight
years. They have performed in
talent shows, at resort areas,
and for numerous civic organi
zations and conventions. They
have even performed several
times on television. Convinced
that you should come?
Well, if their past experience
does not impress you, maybe
their great versatility as musi
dans will be a lure to the as
sembly. The Nelson twins play
everything from Carly Simon
to Elton John to Brasil ‘66 to
Carole King to the Carpenters.
But if you think you will be
listening only to a series of
imitations of other artists, don t
be fooled. The great talent of
Susan and Nancy will come
through to you when you hear
their own unique arrangements
of popular songs, not to men
tion several songs they have
composed themselves. Don t
miss the chance to see the Nel
son twins in concert on the
3rd. Failure to see them will
result in failure to bring a
bright spot into your academic
day.
— Cinnie Condit
Library
Progresses
Although some students
might not think so, workers are
making progress on the Salem
College Library. The date for
construction workers to be fin
ished with the building has now
been tentatively set for Septem
ber 1, although the building will
not be completely furnished un
til December.
The library will still be tradi
tionally furnished except for the
periodical room, which will have
a modern decor. The renovated
library will be completely car
peted.
The new lounge will have
round tables and chairs for the
students’ convenience and study.
In addition, all stack areas will
have study cubicles.
The areas to be expanded
are the stack areas and the his
torical section. There will be
four new stack areas, which will
allow for the shelving of many
more new books. There will be
additional display space in the
historical section for exhibits of
such items as old textbooks and
photographs.
There is a possibility that
there will be 24 hour study on
the ground floor of the reno
vated library, but definite plans
have net been made.
SALEM COLLEGE LIBRARY