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Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C. - Thursday, September 19, 1974
Number 4 ^
Salem’s New
A Stimulating
MRS. HALE
Sue Hale, director of financial
id has recently assumed new
esponsibilities as the director of
areer planning. Mrs. Hale is a
-raduate of Wake Forest and
as completed courses at Guil-
Qrd and Babcock School of
lanagement. She came to Salem
,hen the Lifespan Center was
tarted but left the center to
?ork in private business for a
-ear before assuming the position
f (director of financial aid last
"ebruary.
Mrs. Hale is married and has
I son who is a sophomore in
ollege. Her primary interest is
leople but she also enjoys read-
iig, bicycling and hiking.
DR. VILLARINO
A newcomer to the Spanish
lepartment at Salem this year is
)r. Alfonzo Villarino. Dr. Villa-
ino was born in Orense, Spain
ind attended Madrid University
fherc his main interest was
loccer. In 1966 he moved to
England where he was married
ind taught Latin and Spanish at
ifmall college in Northhampton,
lere he became involved with
Irama and produced several
days.
Dr. Villarino came to America
n^968 and acquired his Ph.D. at
lasc Western Reserve University
n Cleveland, Ohio. Before coming
0 [Salem he taught and coached
occer at Theil College in Green-
dlle, Pennsylvania.
Salem reminds Dr. Villarino of
he small, women’s college where
le (taught in England. He enjoys
he size of Salem and the relaxed,
nformal atmosphere. Dr. Villa-
'ino also comments that the
louthern United States is “like a
lew country” in comparison with
lis first American experiences in
he North.
At Salem Dr. Villarino hopes to
ichieve direct involvement with
lis students and generate interest
n drama, Spanish singing and
hternational affairs.
Idr. warnes
'The college’s new biology pro
fessor, Dr. Carl Warnes, received
his Ph.D. in Microbiology on
^gust 30, 1974 and six days later
his teaching at Salem. Dr.
%rnes, a native of Ohio, at-
taided Otterbein College in Wes
terville, Ohio. After receiving a
S, in Biology in 1970, he ob-
^ed his Masters and Ph.D.
fom Ohio State. His thesis dealt
with microbiological life in Lake
h-rie. It included the study of
sediments, the cycle of nutrients,
3nd research on the chinin that
are found in Lake Erie.
When away from the Salem
campus. Dr. Warnes and his
'e, Sarah, enjoy an occasional
amping trip; they anticipate
'Siting the North Carolina moun-
tfm Warnes also finds
fin-V collecting antiques, re-
fnniK furniture, playing tennis,
nail, and swimming. He likes
Sfekes especially
inp^'^n ®”^^^®'ustic about teach-
ctnH i ■ Warnes feels that his
! ^re well-mannered, in-
HT-3ud eager to learn. Dr.
appears to be an inter-
tho person, with much to offer
«enl body a, Salem.
Faculty Add
Atmosphere
DR. LUM
One of the new faces being
seen around campus is that of
Dr. Lum, the newest addition to
the math department. Dr. Lum
comes to Salem after spending
time on the campuses of the
University of Oregon, and the
University of Tennessee. His spe
cialty is topology, which is an
abstract form of math.
Dr. Lum utilizes what little
spare time he has by continuing
his work as a research mathe
matician. Two days of his week
are spent at Guilford College
where he discusses this research
with others interested in the field.
Although Dr. Lum finds predom
inately female classes rather un
settling, he is already enjoying
being a part of the Salem College
family.
DR. ALBRIGHT
For Ancient Art History stu
dents, Dr. Frank Albright will be
at Salem this semester. Dr. Al
bright studied first at Wittenberg
University in Springfield, Ohio
and continued his graduate study
at Johns Hopkins University.
There, he received his masters
and doctorate degrees in classical
archeology. He and his wife,
Lena, have lived in Winston-Salem
since 1954. Before coming to Sa
lem, Dr. Albright worked as the
Director of the Museum in Old
Salem. Before retiring in 1972, he
served as the Director of Re
search in Old Salem for the mu
seum. Aside from his interest in
archeology, he enjoys animals, es
pecially birds, and nature. He
says he is glad to be teaching
and reports that Salem “was very
good from the very beginning.”
MS. GANET
Ms. Martha Ganet is Salem’s
newest addition to the Learning
Disability Program. Ms. Ganet,
who was born in New York, at
tended Lewis and Clarke College
in Oregon for one year before
completing her undergraduate
study at Boston University. She
received a Master’s degree from
Northwestern University in Illi
nois.
This semester Ms. Ganet is
teaching a course in Child Devel
opment and is team teaching an
introductory course in Learning
Disability. In addition, she is
the supervisor for Learning Dis
ability interns.
Ms. Ganet and her husband
Frosh Orientation Old Salem Filmed
Is Great Success
Orientation. Those first hectic,
fun-filled days for Salem’s newest
class. Orientation Chairman Ann
Aultman and all of her commit
tee worked hard through the sum
mer to make this year’s program
the best ever to introduce Salem
to the Class of ’78. From the
beginning of hot and harried ar
rivals until the Opening Convoca
tion, the freshmen’s days were
filled with tests, meetings, and
handbook studies. But in between
all of the necessities, the commit
tee managed to fit in a lot of
good times with the Babcock
sing-a-long, ice cream parties, a
very creative Club Carnival, and
a tour of Winston-Salem.
Everywhere they went the fresh
men found willing people to help
them with any problem that hap
pened to crop up and always “If
I don’t know the answer. I’ll find
someone who does.”
When asked what they thought
of Orientation Week, one fresh
man said in response; “They
kept us so busy we didn’t have
time to be homesick.” Another
seriously began, “Meetings were
informative and worthwhile,” and
then added with a smile, “Had a
blast!” But all of the girls ap
preciated the trouble and effort
put forth to make them feel wel
come and at home. It was a
terrific start to be a part of the
203rd Session of Salem College.
Dr. Meehan
Enjoys Study
During the long summer
months, several of Salem’s pro
fessors can be found travelling
across the country pursuing indi
vidual fields of interest. This was
true of Dr. Brian Meehan, a
resident English professor, who
elected to conduct his sabbatical
in Los Angeles, California. He
was granted a $1,000 scholarship
and began in June, 1974.
Dr. Meehan sifted through
sources of mass research in the
Huntington, UCLA, and Clark Li
braries of Los Angeles. He stud
ied 16th and 17th century skepti
cal epistemology, as well as the
major development in the thought
of the period. The English 251
class (Early 17th Century and
Milton) should benefit from Dr.
Meehan’s research.
When questioned on the success
of his sabbatical, he quickly re
plied, “I enjoyed it,” and with a
sigh added, “Though there was
not sufficient time.” It is to be
The first TV Christmas special
you watch this year may be one
filmed at Salem College.
Since last spring, WBTV of
Charlotte has been shooting
scenes in Old Salem for a pro
gram that is scheduled to air in
early December. If plans go as
expected, the movie will be of
fered to CBS.
The 30 minute special is a
history of the Moravians from
1753-1788. It begins with their
earliest settlement in Bethabara
and continues with the building
of Salem. The story centers
around Anna Catharina, a Mo
ravian woman whose second hus
band, Christian Royter, helped
survey the new village. After Sa
lem was built, Anna moved to
the dwelling that present-day
Salemites know “as the little blue
house on the way to the post
office”. She later married two
more times (both husbands were
ministers), but died childless.
One segment of the film por
trays the wife of a Moravian
bishop bringing greetings to Anna
from the church Board of Elders.
The subject of the news is Anna’s
forthcoming marriage, the setting
is eighteenth century Pennsyl
vania, but the scene was actually
shot September 8 in the courtyard
between Sisters and Clewell.
Mrs. William Ficklin, mother
of Becky Hazzard who plays
Anna in the film, explained some
of the headaches involved in
moviemaking. Cars passing
through the Salem campus and
students’ blaring stereos caused
some minor problems, she said.
Inclement weather postponed the
completion of filming a week.
Carol Wansavage, director of the
film, also mentioned the time she
and her crew spent 12 hours
straight shooting scenes in the
Old Salem Tavern.
A native of Winston-Salem, Ms.
Wansavage received her masters
degree from radio-television
school at the University of North
Carolina. She previously worked
in the WBTV studios and made
television commercials. Presently
she directs a six-man camera
and tape crew and believes that
“it’s not unusual in this day and
time (for a woman) to do this,
if she’s qualified.”
Besides Anna, played by actress
Becky Hazzard of Charlotte, the
cast includes nine other princi
pals. Among these is Ms. Dotty
Tobies, a veteran of several
Charlotte Little Theater produc
tions, who plays the bishop’s
wife. The rest of the cast con
sists of 25 extras associated with
the Winston-Salem Little Theater.
live on a farm near Winston- ^Lifespan Center Active
Salem. Ms. Ganet enjoys playing ficient time to hnd out me exatt
the flute and the piano and is
interested in photography.
meaning and significance
skeptical epistemology.
of
annovncement
Twenty-five students have niade
their deposits and are definitely
going on the Tour of the British
Isles with Dr. and Mrs. Edwards.
There are forty spaces reserved;
this means fifteen vacancies exist.
Requests for membership in the
tour are being received from
other colleges, but in keeping with
our policies to serve Salem Stu
dents first the following oppor
tunity is being offered:
If you wish to participate in
_ “Tour of
the January program
the British Isles” register in the
Science Building with the secre
tary, Mrs. Susan Lassiter. Sen
iors will be given the first places,
then Juniors, Sophomores, Fresh
men. Students from other schools
in that order. If you are interested
in learning about the program --
Mrs. Lassiter has itineraries and
details in her office.
On Salem Campus
On Tuesday, September 17, the
Lifespan Center for Women a
special program on study skills.
The program was designed to
inform the freshman class about
what the center has to offer in
the area of study skills and to in
troduce themselves to the stu
dents.
The Lifespan Center for Women
is now in the process of develop
ing programs for individuals who
wish to improve skills of many
types. There will be opportunities
for students to develop note tak
ing and listening skills. They are
also devising some tips on taking
tests!
Dr. Phil Falkenberg, a psychol
ogy professor at Wake Forest
The TRUCKS are here . . . and
finally so are the TELEPHONES?
Dr. Mead
Will Speak
At Salem
Margaret Mead, renowned an
thropologist, psychologist, teach
er, lecturer, and writer, will ad
dress Salem College students and
faculty Friday, September 20 at
11:00 a.m. Her lecture topic is
undisclosed.
A graduate of Barnard College,
Dr. Mead received her M.A. and
Ph.D. degrees from Columbia Uni
versity. She holds 20 honorary
doctorates and many prizes and
awards, including The American
Museum of Natural History Gold
Medal.
In 1926, she began her career at
The American Museum of Nat
ural History as assistant curator
of ethnology in the anthropology
department. She was later named
associate curator, then curator,
and is now curator emeritus of
ethnology.
During her years at the mu
seum, one of Dr. Mead’s major
achievements has been the es
tablishment of the Hall of Peoples
of the Pacific which opened in
1971. Her interest in Pacific cul
tures led to the publication in
1928 of her first book. Coming of
Age in Samoa. It is a study of
adolescent girls in that country.
Dr. Mead has also studied the
children of Man, one of the Ad
miralty Islands, as well as Amer
ican Indian and New Guinea
peoples. Because of her long as
sociation with Pacific peoples, she
has mastered seven of their
languages.
She has authored 20 books and
co-authored or co-edited 15 others,
as well as scientific papers, jour
nal articles, and a regular column
for Redbook magazine. She has
also written and narrated several
films.
For the past few years she has
studied Western culture and her
comments on the “generation
gap” have fostered more under
standing of the problem between
young and old. Among her inter
ests is ekistics, the study of
culture building, cultural change,
and human settlements, and she
is founder of the World Society
for Ekistics.
Dr. Mead was invited to Salem
last spring by Dr. John Chandler
and her visit is sponsored by the
Salem Lecture-Assembly Commit
tee. After her lecture. Dr. Mead
will conduct a short question and
answer period and then lunch with
student and faculty representa
tives.
University, developed a course
called “Learning to Learn.” He
will be at Salem from time to
time working with the Lifespan
Center staff on developing study
skills.
The Lifespan Center for Wom
en, located in Lehman Hall, in
vites students to come by and
investigate the center’s offerings.