Volume LVIII
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Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Thursday, February 26, 1976
Number 6
President Chandler Resigns;
Dr. Cuninggim To Succeed
Dr. John Chandler, President of Salem College, announced his
resignation on January 15.
(Photo courtesy Salem College News Bureau)
Annual Foreign Language Day
Attracts High School Students
By Patt Hall
One Saturday last March, 800
high school students and teachers
converged on the Salem campus
speaking all sorts of foreign
tongues. A repeat performance,
the second annual Foreign Lan
guage Day is set for Saturday,
March 13..
Our Modern Foreign Language
department has planned a full day
of language competition for re
gional high school students at dif
ferent levels of study. The purpose
. of Foreign Language Day is to
further strengthen, promote, and
" foster interest and scholastic com-
f petence in the area of languages
in this region.
Various high schools in North
Carolina and Virginia are invited
to enter individual students or
groups of students to compete for
awards in various categories in
any or all of the following lan-
' guages: French, German, Latin,
and Spanish. Categories include:
Poetry —Level I, II, III; Group
: Song; and Drama Group. Trophies
) are given to winners in each cate
gory. Also a plaque will be given
in each language to the “teacher-
coach” whose students have ac
cumulated the greatest number
of points. The entire program will
be judged by representative teach
ers chosen from among the staff
of the competing schools.
Competition will take place in
the Fine Arts Center, Gym, and
History wing. Salem students are
invited to attend and perhaps sup
port their high school alma mater.
Dr. Villarino is asking for Salem
students to volunteer to act as
hostesses and helpers for this day.
If you would like to lend a hand.
please see Dr. Villarino in no. 213
Main Hall.
High schools participating in
Foreign Language Day are: Allen
Jr. High School, Greensboro —
Latin; Anderson High, Winston-
Salem — Spanish; Asheboro High
— French; Bishop McGuinness,
Winston-iSalem — French; Bow
man High, Wadesboro - Spanish;
Carlisle School, Martinsville, Va.
— Latin, Spanish; Carver High,
Winston-Salem —French, German,
Latin, Spanish; Charlotte Latin,
Charlotte — French, Latin, Span
ish; Dudley High, Greensboro-
German; Durham Academy, Dur
ham — French; Hanes High, Min-
ston-Salem — Latin; Hill High,
Winston-Salem—French, Spanish;
Mendenhall Jr. High, Greensboro
— Latin; Monroe High, Monroe —
French; North Forsyth, Winston-
Salem — French, Spanish; North
State Academy, Hickory-French.
Also, North Surry High, Mount
Airy —Spanish; Northwood High,
Pittsboro — French; Paisley High,
Winston-Salem — Spanish; Park-
French; Randleman High, Randle-
man — French; Ravenscroft, Ral-
•eigh — French, German, Latin,
Spanish; Reynolds, Winston-Salem
— French, Latin, Spanish; Salem
Academy, Winston-Salem
French, German, Spanish; Salis
bury High, Salisbury —French;
Smith High, Greensboro - Ger
man, Latin, Spanish; South Stanly,
Norwood—French; Surry Central,
Dobson — French, Spanish; T. W.
Andrews, High Point - French,
Spanish; Vance Academy, Hender
son-French; Wake Chapel Day
School, Fuquay-Varina-French;
West Forsyth, Clemmons — Ger
man; West Stanly, Oakboro—
French.
After five years as president of
Salem Academy and College,
John Chandler announced on Jan
uary 15 his resignation effective
June 30. He will assume the same
position at Scripps College, a wo
men’s school comparable to
Salem in Claremont, California,
about 35 miles from Los Angeles.
Scripps is part of a cluster of
six colleges—five undergraduate,
one postgraduate — in Claremont.
They are located on adjacent
campuses but operate as separate
institutions employing cross-re
gistration. With a total enrollment
of 5000 (600 of these attend
Scripps), the cluster is compar
able to a small Oxford University
set-up.
Dr. Chandler states that he
“hadn’t really thought about leav
ing Salem,” but the position at
Scripps was too appealing not to
Senior Day
by Kem Mims
To introduce Salem to high
school seniors, the Admissions
Office and the Fremdendienerin
have planned a glimpse of campus
life. The applicants will arrive
Sunday afternoon, March 7, 1976.
The events planned will offer a
multifaceted view of our life.
Included on the agenda will be a
student panel on “The Salem Edu
cation: What It Means,” a talk
with Deans Somerville and John
son, a skit performed by the 1975
Orientation Committee, a faculty
panel on “Current Issues: How Do
We Know The Truth,” and an
opportunity to attend classes.
An introduction such as this
could prove to be an invaluable
aid to each applicant in making
her decision about college. We
invite and welcome Salem stu
dents to attend these events and
to talk with the applicants. They
could be our future sister
Salemites.
SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 1976
2:00- 3:30 — Registration, Main
Hall
4:00- 5:00 —Student Panel,
Library Assembly
Room
7:00- 8:15 — Dean Somerville and
Dean Johnson talk
about Salem, Mu
sic Library FAC
8:30 “Salem is Joy!”
(skit). Drama
Workshop
MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1976
9:00- 9:50 —attend classes
10:00-11:00 — Faculty Panel,
Library Assembly
Room
11:00-12:00 — What’s Ahead, To be
Announced
ANNOUNCEMENT
Get your friends and money
together because its only a few
more weeks until its Y-Auction
time again. Dr. Lazarus will en
tertain us with his auctioneering
talents at 6:30 after supper in the
refectory on March 17th. Bid on
your favorite house mother’s choc
olate chip cookies. Its loads of fun
and all proceeds from the auction
go to a charity organization. So
get your nickels and dimes to
gether and bid at the Y-Auction!
be checked further. California is
home for Dr. Chandler — he was
born in San Francisco and moved
to Los Angeles in his teens. His
family connections with the area
made the Scripps offer quite at
tractive.
Chandler is now president of
the Southern Association of Col
leges for Women. From 1967-1971
he served as vice-president of
the Danforth Foundation. Prior
to that he was dean of special
academic programs at Ohio Uni
versity. He has taught at Dart
mouth College and at UCLA. He
received a Ph.D. in theology and
literature from the University of
Chicago, and was ordained an
Episcopal minister in 1960.
In 1971 Chandler succeeded Dale
Gramley as Salem’s president. He
views his years here with opti
mism. In 1970, as part of the
normal accreditation process, Sa
lem conducted a self-study under
the auspices of the Southern
Association of Colleges. After
five years Dr. Chandler says,
“We’ve now accomplished all the
important things recommended in
that study.” There have been
curriculum changes such as
interdisciplinary majors.
Chandler is pleased with the
increasing focus on women and
related issues at Salem. His years
here have seen the establishment
and growth of the Development
Office, and expansion of scholar
ship aid. Outreach into Winston-
Salem and beyond increased with
the foundation of the Special
Education Center and Lifespan,
both of which are separately en
dowed so as not to place a drain
on Salem’s current income. The
Third Century Fund (1971-1973)
was the single most successful
fund drive Salem has had, raising
$3.6 million. Of this, one million
was channeled into the endow
ment and approximately another
million toward the moving and
renovation of the library.
At the close of his time at Sa
lem, Dr. Chandler can say, “I’m
a great believer in women’s
education. Although there are
certainly problems ahead, I'm
leaving a college that is strong
and strong enough to survive.”
Dr. Merrimon Cuninggim will
serve as interim president of Sa
lem Academy and College. The
appointment is effective June 1,
which means Chandler and Cun
inggim will work side by side
for a month.
A Tennessee native raised in
North Carolina, Dr. Cuninggim
holds degrees from "Vanderbilt,
Duke, and Yale Universities, and
was a Rhodes Scholar. He is now
president of the National Meth
odist Foundation and head of
Cuninggim Associates in St.
Louis, Mo., a consulting service
to foundations, colleges, and uni
versities. He has served as an
advisor on program management
to the president of the Ford
Foundation (1973-1975), executive
director and president of the Dan
forth Foundation (1960-1973), dean
of the Perkins School of Theology,
Southern Methodist University
(1951-1960), and professor of
religion at Pomona College (Cali
fornia), at Denison (Ohio) Uni
versity, and at Emory and Henry
College (Virginia). He was
director of religious activities at
Duke University from 1936-1938
and served as chaplain in the
U.S.N.R. from 1944-1946. Dr. Dun-
inggim already has one connec
tion with Salem: he is distantly
related to Dr. Rondthaler, Dale
Gramley’s predecessor.
Dr. Chandler feels confident,
after five years of hard work, that
he is leaving Salem in good hands
with Dr. Cuninggim. “Without a
doubt, be is the best person in
the country to take this position.”
With Dr. Cuninggim’s advisory
help, the process of choosing a
new president should be consider
ably shortened.
The advisory committee for the
selection of a new president in
cludes Dr. Hill, Dr. Thomas, Dr.
Pate, Dr. White, Dean Sandresky,
Mr. Hudnall, who is principal of
Salem Academy, Lucy Rose, and
Beth Jones.
During the process of choosing
a new president, the selection of
a new academic dean will be
slowed. The number of applicants
(now over 300) for the position
will be reduced, and the next
president, once chosen, will then
have a role in the final decision.
Beth Jones and Katherine Skinner having tea party on upper pleasure
grounds. (Photo by Laura Day)