ACADEMIC DEAN’S TEA — Student leaders (1-r) Kafliy Kirkpatrick, Anne Piedmont and Conni.
Caldwell talked wldi Dianne Dailey (center) atent dieir academic concerns. (Staff photo by
Mildred Thomasson)
Freshmen Tell Why
They Chose Salem
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By Amanda Vannoy
You could call it an institution
f higher learning. You could call
a girls’ school. You could call it
melting pot.
K is Salem College, and it is all
iree of these things. Six hundred
3lem girls are not confined to
)me bases within a few hundred
ales of the campus. The
wiety of Salem College has
>read and inched its way
roughout the U.S. Of the 179
eshmen this year, 58.7 percent
e from out of North Carolina
, 1® states are represented. It
mteresting to see how girls
am unusually distant places
icided on Salem as the place to
igin their college career.
Sue Moore, who is from Ft.
' Fla., has close
% ties with the Salem area.
“f°Wier is a junior at Wake
wMt. Sue heard about Salem
^mg her visits to Winston-
brother. When it
liic c choose a college,
oover considered a
frhool. I wanted to leave
thought she would stay four years
at Salem, Sue said she wasn’t
sure. She is interested in the
Learning Disabilities Program,
but she has not made definite
plans for the future.
Midland, Tex. is the home of
Katie Van Horn, who had never
seen Salem until she arrived in
September to start her freshman
year.
“I was headed toward the
University of Texas like all my
friends,” said Katie. One day her
brother, whose business involves
extensive travel, c^e home
with news about a place called
Salem College. Katie was curious
£0 find out about S^em so she
wrote and asked for information.
“The letters were so personal,”
choice was Wake
waiting
hp j , ™J’c, however, so
'Thenp'*^^^ ^0 come to Salem,
aid so sincere,” Sue
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Katie said, and it made me feel
like they really wanted me to
come-not like a big university.”
When she saw Salem, Katie
said she knew she would like it.
Even though she had pictures
from the pamphlets Salem had
sent her, she explained it was
nothing like seeing the campus in
person. “I think I’m going to be
very happy here,” she said.
Kathy Marakas is from
Chatham HaU, N.J. She learned
about Salem from her mother’s
best friend, who attended Salem.
Kathy wanted to go away to
school because “there’s no where
to go in New Jersey.” She thought
about Michigan State and several
other schools, but chose to come
“down South” to Salem.
One reason Kathy made this
choice was Salem’s January
term program. None of the other
schools where she looked offered
a January term. “I think it’s
neat,” Kathy said, “and the
program seems like such a good
idea.” Her academic interest’is
political science and tentatively,
she is planning to stay at Salem.
All three of these freshmen
seem happy and well adjusted.
Being so far away from home is
not the foremost concern which
these girls face. “I’m just
worried about staying in school!
exclaimed Sue Moore.
Connie Caldwell
Field trips and International
Evenings, coed dorms and fish
for dinner almost every night -
all these things were a part of life
at the International Summer
School in Oslo, Norway. This past
summer, I was fortunate enough
to be the recipient of one of
Salem’s two Oslo Scholarships,
enabling me to live and study in
Norway’s capital for six weeks.
During those six weeks, I learned
many things about Norway, but I
learned even more about people.
I had the opportunity to meet and
become friends with people from
such far away places as Turkey,
Rumania, Scotland, and
Germany. Meeting people from
other parts of the United States
was also exciting since my
knowledge of Montana is not
much greater than my knowledge
of Turkey.
The I. S. S. provided numerous
opportunities for the exchange of
ideas and beliefs. Classroom
discussions often compared and
contrasted some aspect of
Norwegian life to its counterpart
in other countries. Outside the
classroom, students could learn
about other cultures through
informal discussions, evening
lectures, and planned social
events. During the session, there
were several International
Evenings, each devoted to a
different nationality. At these
events, the students from one
country gave a presentation
which might include films,
music, dancing, poetry reading,
and, of course, refreshments. The
foods served were specialties of
that country and were always
delicious.
Dorm life in the summer school
was very different from life here
at Salem. Students tended to have
more individual lifestyles,
possibly because most were older
than the average college age.
Coeducational living was a
worthwhile experience;
gatherings were more informal
and spontaneous. Students rarely
went out for entertainment - why
pay the incredibly high prices to
go to a nightclub when each dorm
had its own singers,
instrumentalists, comedians and
dancing partners? More often
than not, a night’s amusement
consisted of five or six students
talking and telling stories until
early in the morning.
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Hockey Team Faces
Challenging Season
By HoUyFreeburg
The field hockey team has
already begun a hard practice
schedule to prepare for a tough
season. The team, under coach
Susan Miller, is concentrating on
running and stretching to
prepare them for playing under
the new rule which stipulates 35
minute halves with no
substitutes.
Helping Mrs. Miller coach this
year is E.A. McConnaughey a
Sai;«?m graduate and former
hockey star. Defense is E.A.’s
speciality, working especially
with the fullbacks and halfbacks.
This year promises to be full of
excitement. It is the first time in
three years Salem is playing
Wake Forest, a traditional rival,
at home!!
Returning players include
Sarah Parsons, Sarah Kay, Beth
Crozer, Brook Fauth, Betsy
Hardy, Becki O’Connor, Kim
Hineline, Nancy Frizzel.
Hockey Team Fall Schedule
Oct. 6th, Thursday, Salem at High Point 4:00
Oct. 11th, Tuesday, Wake at Salem, 4:30
Oct. 14th, Friday, Averett at Salem, 4:00
Oct. 18th, Tuesday, Duke J.V. vs. Salem at
Wake, 4:30
Oct. 25th, Tuesday, Salem at Averett, 4:00
Oct. 27th, Thursday, High Point at Salem, 4:00
Nov. 1st, Tuesday, Salem at Davidson, 4:00
Come out and support your team!