Vol. LIX, No. 4
Salem College, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Friday , Dec. 10, 1976
Why is this man smiling? See viewpoint, page 2
Converse Hosts Conference
on Southern Women's Colleg
es
by Kathy Kirkpatrick
This fall, Converse College initi
ated an effort to form an organiza
tion that would ally the many
Southern women's colleges. The
■purpose of such an organization is
for similar colleges to exchange
ideas and discuss common pro
blems. A steering committee,
[composed of representatives from
Converse, Salem, Columbia, and
Meredith colleges met to organize
[and make plans for the first
Southeastern Women’s College
Council of Student Government.
This first council was held at Con
verse on November 5-6. Len
Brinkley, Karen Smith, Dean
Johnson as our faculty advisor.
and Kathy Kirkpatrick attended
this first council.
Eight colleges attended the
council: Salem, Converse, Colum
bia, Peace, Meredith, Agnes Scott,
St. Marys, and Wesleyan. Activi
ties began Friday evening with the
opening banquet and Paula
Phillips Berger spoke on “Women
in Leadership Roles.” Saturday
morning three separate workshops
were held simultaneously with Sa
lem being represented at each.
These were Student Government,
House Board, and Honor Court.
That afternoon three special topics
sessions were held. These topics
included: drinking, visitation,
assemblies, student apathy, day
Christmas Events in Old Salem
CANDLE TEA — Single Brothers House — Sponsored by the Women’s
Fellowship of Home Moravian Church
3, 4: 2 p.m. to 9 p.m.
2 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Dec. 2,
Dec. 9, 10, 11:
I For information write: Mrs .Lucile Kimel
Adults - $1.00
Students — .50
Age 12 and under — 25ff
3101 Old Salisbury Road
(General Chairman) (Tel. No. 788-5531) Winston-Salem, 27107
Mrs Powell Winstead —
217 N. Pine Valley Road, Winston-Salem, N. S. 27104
(School Chairman) (Tel. No. 722-2169)
NOTE: Reservation for group tours will be accepted by telephone
only beginning September 7, after 9:00 a.m. at (919) 722-2169
CHRISTMAS EVE LOVEFEASTS — Home Moravian Church —
Sponsored by the Church
Dec. 24: 11:44 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. (children’s)
5:00 p.m. and 7:45 p.m.
For more information write to::
Home Moravian Church, 529 South Church Street
Winston-Salem, N. C. 27101
SALEM CHRISTMAS — 1800 — Sponsored by Old Salem, Inc.
Dec. 14: 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. (Afternoon presentation) free
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. (Evening presentation) not free
Qvance ticket sale begins November 14 (limited sales)
Adults: $2.00 Students (including college): 50(2“
n ordering tickets, please designate either afternoon or evening
These two presentations — taking place in the center of the restored
Old Salem - recreate the sights, sounds and smells of the
ittle Moravian congregation town of Salem in 1800. Five exhibit bulld
ogs are open: Single Brothers House, John Vogler House, Salem
Tavern, Miksch Tobacco Shop and Winkler Bakery. Activities include
“oking in the old firepaces and bake ovens, craftsmen at work in their
™ops and the presentation of music known to have been performed in
aalem: —
students, and faculty-student ad
vising systems. There was also a
chance for faculty advisors to get
together. After these sessions
there was a general evaluation of
the day, then discussion of future
plans for this council. To provide
for continuity, the colleges re
presented decided to hold another
council in the spring after college
elections so that both old and new
officers could attend. Salem
offered its campus as a central
meeting place between the Vir
ginia colleges and the George
colleges. A tentative date has been
set for April 15-17.
Salem’s representatives bene
fited from this council. Stereo
type sand reputations for the
various colleges were broken
down and each saw the other as
people in similar situations trying
to move forward with their owm
student governments.
Executive Board left this council
feeling quite proud of Salem. Of
the eight colleges present, Salem
was the only one that allowed
drinking in the dorm rooms. Only
three others had drinking at cer
tain times and in certain places on
campus. Salem’s Honor Council
seemed to be the most advanced,
and the exam policy was the
most liberal. Salem was the only
college that allowed intervisita
tion. Hopefully at the next coun
cil with more colleges present we
will be able to work toward some
policies other colleges have that
Salem does not. This council
should continue to grow and gain
momentum — Not for colleges to
be exactly alike, but to help and
to learn from one another.
Refectory Vandalism:
Who's to Blame?
by Jettie McCullough
Seven hundred and sixty-six
pieces of silver, worth $1,150.00
have been taken from the refec
tory since Sept. 2, 1976, said Jim
Robinson, Food Director and em
ployee of Epicure, Inc. This is
an average of ten pieces every
day.
In response to this problem, six
Salem students gathered the
glasses, silver and china from all
the buildings and dorms on
campus. They found 26 pieces of
silver, nine dinner plates, 48
glasses, seven coffee cups, six
small saucers, one small serving
dish, five salad plates, four coffee
saucers, one soup bowl, two cereal
bowls, six salad bowls and one
vinegar cruet. This is only a small
percentage of the total loss.
Considering that Mr. Robinson,
known to the students as Jim,
must keep 600 knives, forks and
spoons, or a total of 1800 pieces of
silver in the refectory at all times,
these 766 missing pieces of silver
represent 42% of his inventory. If
the current rate of loss continues,
his yearly replacement rate will
be 134%
Mr. Robinson said, “It should be
less than 10% per year,” referring
to the rate of loss that he would
expect from breakage.
On Sept. 2 there were 250 coffee
cups in the refectory. On Nov. 16
there were 30. These coffee cups
cost $18.00 per dozen.
This fall Mr. Robinson has spent
$3,400.00 on china to replace that
which was lost last spring and
this fall, but he has no records on
how many pieces of china have
been taken from the refectory this
fall.
Attributing the majority of the
loss to students, Mr. Robinson
said, “I don’t think most students
view it as stealing. They don’t
realize the magnitude it gets to
sometimes.” He would make no
comments when asked why the
student search of the dorms had
produced such a small percentage
of the total loss of silver and
china.
Mr. Robinson did state, “I’m at
a loss, but I have learned to
absorb it.” Epicure, Inc., through
its contract with Salem College
pays for replacing china and
silver out of their budget. But, in
creases in Epicure, Inc.’s budget
come from the office of Bill Tal
bert, Director of Purchasing and
Institutional Services for Salem,
and increases in his budget mean
increases in Salem’s board costs.
When asked about the missing
silver and china, Mr. Talbert
called it a stealing problem, and
said, “The manager should make
frequent inventories to pinpoint
when the silver is disappearing.”
Stealing is an Honor Council
offense at Salem. Karen Smith,
Chairman of Honor Council,
responded to the situation saying,
“I have talked about it with
several people here on campus
who feel that it is not students —
they never see anyone.”
Mr. Talbert had an additional
comment, “We need to get more
specific and try to find when
things are happening. You never
solve anything by assuming.”
Students, Faculty Participate
in Pre-Symposium Discussions
by Anne Beidleman
The Symposium Committee has
been conducting meetings at the
homes of various members of
the faculty. The first meeting was
held at Dr. Rackley’s home on
Nov. 11 where the topic for the
evening was Humor. Several
faculty members attended along
with interested students. Discus
sions ranged from the universality
of humor, to the comic and non
comic elements in slapstick. At
the close of the evening, the
topic for the proposed symposium
on humor had been narrowed
down to Humor in America. Sug
gestions for possible events to be
conducted during the symposium
include: an exhibit of contempor
ary American Humor as it is
portrayed in art; a demonstration
by a political cartoonist; a night
of comedy film; and a perfor
mance of mime.
On November 15 a letter was
sent to various colleges to inquire
about their past symposiums. The
letter included requests for the
time-table used for the sym
posiums, the budget allowed and
the topic of the symposium. This
letter was sent to Smith, Queens,
Radcliffe, Hood, Wellesley, and
Converse Colleges, and South
western University at Memphis.
On Nov. 18, the Symposium
Committee met at Dr. Thompson’s
house for discussions on the pro
posed topic. The South. The topic
was narrowed down to The Art of
continued, page 3
Curriculum Committee Examines Academic Program
by Kathy Watkinson
The Curriculum Committee is
an enabling body with the respon
sibility of approving or rejecting
proposals from the departments
concerning changes in their
academic programs. We have had
several proposals this year, all
of which have met with out ap-
^ PiCOClUcUiUIl UI IllUiilC KllUWll X
hanrT streets around Salem Square, there are
Wat ^^f^onstrations, costumed men on horses an ^ j These proposals are then
w chman blowing a conch shell and calling the hours Traditional porvaL These propo
eshments are served in the various buildings. All participants are sent^ to the tacuity
early Moravian dress. Lighting is by candles, lantens and torches,
rhe event will take place on December 14 regardless of weather
, r further information write: Miss Frances Griffin, Old Salem, In .
Drawer
Salem Station, Winston-Salem, N. C. 27108.
decision.
The Religion department want
ed to delete Religion 260, Pro
blems in the Study of Religious
History, and add Religion 230, or
Religion in the South. Religion 230
will be offered this spring. The
Philosophy department proposed
a philosophy major. Up until now,
a student could not major solely
in this field. An American Diete
tics program was approved for
the Home Economics departmen.t
Biology 50, a course in human
ecology open to non-majors, was
proposed by Dr. Chase, and was
voted in. This course will have a
prerequisite. Biology 10, and will
be taught by Dr. Chase.
The Curriculum Committee is
here to help improve the academic
programs at Salem. You can help
by making suggestions to the
heads of departments for changes
and additions. I have heard many
suggestions and complaints from
members of this community. Do
something about it — go talk to
the head of a department where
you want a change. They want to
hear what students have to say,
and the Curriculum Committee
wants to work for you, but you
must take the initiative.