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NEW DANSALEMS
Dansalems, Salem’s modem
dance society, has selected the
following new members; Nan
Barefoot, Lisa Bedle, Roxanna
Boldea, Jocelyn Dradley, Ruth
Clark, Greta Harrell, Mary
Taylor, Charlotte Tomlison,
Melanie White.
Old members include the
group’s president, Carol Coggin
and Suzanne McCaskill, Susan
Owen, Kathy Goodman, and
Lynn Ewing.
The continued success of
sleeping pill manufacturers
never ceases to amaze me. After
all, why should anyone take a
potentially habit-forming drug to
induce sleep when all around her
a permanent cure for insomnia
masquerades as public speaking.
I refer to the countless unin
spiring speeches delivered with
increasing regularity by even
less inspiring speakers, many of
whom are, unfortunately, in
leadership positions which
require periodic addresses.
One contributing factor to the
dearth of good orators may be the
lessening emphasis on good
English usage in the schools. Just
as one cannot become an expert
tennis player without first
learning the rules, so one cannot
become an adept writer or
speaker without firat learning the
rides of grammar and com
position on which the language is
based. The ability to use the
English language effectively is
requisite to conveying one’s
ideas, even in daily conversation.
Yet, every year more and more
students graduate from high
schools (and are admitted to
colleges) without even knowing
the basic parts of £^)eech.
Fortimately, one can still Qnd
some practitioners of good
English usage and excellent
oratory to remind us of what
might be. Witness U.S.
Representative Barbara Jordan
who mesmerized the nation with
her eloquent and inspiring ad
dress to the 1976 Ilemocratic
National Convention. Qoser to
home, former Academic Dean
Jan Somerville was a refreshing
ray of light in an otherwise
oratorically dark administration.
Is there hope for a renaissance
of skillful oratory after the
murky rhetoric of the dark ages
to which we have become ac
customed, or shall we join those
who have been mourning the
demise of oratory for years?
-Sandra Spear
NOTE: This writer makes no claims
to having reached perfection in her
writing, but she is trying. SIS
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People on Campus Series
This summer Betty Shull gained insight into the world of the art
museum. Working as a non-paid intern in the Mint Museum in
Charlotte, Betty participated in all phases of art museology including
matting, framing and restoring art, planning and hanging exhibits,
and research and sales. Betty’s endeavor was doubly successful, for in
addition to gaining valuable practical experience she was awarded
one course credit for her summer job.
Features
Groth
Jenny Eury will have the distinction of having published in an
Undergraduate Journal when her article, “Every Quadratic Equation
Is a ‘Howler,’ ’’ appears in the September issue of the Journal of
Undergraduate Mathematics, a biannual publication of the
mathematics department of Guilford College. The paper, which
describes a theory which employs a non-traditional method to solve
quadratic equations, by obtaining the correct solution through in
correct reasoning, was written under the direction of Dr. Lewis Lum.
October 6, 1977, 8:15 p.m.,
Hanes Auditorium, Salem
College presents artist-
correspondent John Groth and
his work. An autograph session
and reception will follow the
lecture. Mr. Groth is brought to
Salem by the Lecture-Assembly
Committee with the help of Salem
alumna Abbie Suddath Davis.
Lisa Greenberg cites her pre-professional study in a hospital during
January as one of many factors which influenced her decision to seek
a career in medicine. Lisa achieved the first step towards her very
important goal on Saturday, Sept. 17 when she learned of her ac
ceptance to the University of Virginia Medical School. U.Va’s first
year class has 133 places and 20-25 per cent of the places are filled bv
women. ^
The Washington Center for Learning Alternatives allowed Sarah
Parsons to go “behind closed doors” in the United States Attorney’s
Office, Felony Trial Section of Superior Court in Washington D.C
Sarah worked as an intern-paralegal this summer assisting
prosecutors in the preparation of their cases for trail, calling hundreck
of witnesses, writing motions, which required legal research and even
standing in an official Metropolitan Police Department liiie-up.
Contributions to the “People” column should be placed in the
Salemite box. Main Hall on Mondays before 4:30 p.m.
John Groth was Art Director of
Esquire Magazine from 1933-37,
then a correspondent in England,
Germany, Russia, and Mexico.
Groth is most famous for his war
illustrations. Ernest Hemingway
wrote: “If John had made his
drawings from any closer up
front, he would have had to sit in
the Krauts’ lap.” Groth has
followed wars as War
Correspondent-Artist for the
Chicago Sun Syndicate in
Europe, in Korea, in French
Indo-China, in Japan, Formosa,
Thailand, Spain, and Morocco.
He covered the Vietnam War in
1967 for the U.S. Marine Combat
Art Program as artist-war
correspondent.
S.G.A. Reports
By Anne Piedmont
La^ week, Elxecutive Board appointed a small committee to look
mto the matter of Interdorm. The members of this committee are-
Rohm Maxey, house president of QeweU; Amy de Court, house
president of Babcock; and Marty Pratt, hall advisor in Gramley. They
will be studying the Constitution and making with proposed alterations
for Interdorm. Anyone with thoughts on the subject should get in touch
with this committee or with any member of Executive Board.
S.G.A. Salutes
This week, S.G.A. salutes all students, who gave blood when the Red
Cross Bloodmobile was on campus. Sept. 26.
Dear Editor:
This letter is in response to Dr
Dudley D. Shearbum’s jLetter iii
the Sept. 23 issue of The Salemite
Writing letters to the editor
enables students and facultjf! to
express their opinions. One can
assume that what is said is
opinion without having to use
introductory statements such as
“I think” and “In my opinion,"
Obviously it is one’s opinion and
obviously one is thinking it if one
writes it. If my first impression of
the faculty retreat was inac
curate, I certainly am not so
close-minded as not to listen to
the opinions and impressions of
others.
My views to scrnie extent were
shaped by the fact that my
mother is a teacher ane I know
how much she dislikes to be
surrounded by school all .the
time. The faculty and students of
Salem do not need to be
surrounded by. each other and by
Salem Ccdlege all the time,
Community is important, but it
should not swallow up the in
dividual.
As for opening convocation, it
was a fiasco to me in light of
other Salem convocations.
Because Dr. Shearbum is a new
faculty member, she has not seen
other SALEM convocations. For
three years, I had anticipated my
senior convocation, and then I
was disappointed by the lack of
formality and by some of the
speeches. This is not fact but my
opinion.
-Bedi Jones
Restaurant
Review
By Eleanor E. Gibson
Sam’s Canterbury Inn
Club Haven Shopping Center
Dear Mom and Dad,
I thought I would tp^ to fiod a
good place to eat in Winston-
Salem so that I could take you
there when you come to visit.
Since I had heard nothing but
praise about Sam’s Canterbury
Inn, I thought I would try it.
This eating establishment is
especially noted for its boun®
salad bar. Granted, the “up-
petizer bar” looked appefcingi
but, as the adage goes, “Yo“
can’t judge a book by its cover,
Certainly it is impressive to serve
such items as boUed shrWi
oysters on the half shell, caviar,
and pate on a salad bar, but wm
they are tasteless or of P
quality, it would be b®tter
serve a simple, fresh ereengl^^
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