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Salemlte, November 11,1*77, Page 2 -r~^ -m ,n%t ,11 ,9ltm3la2 Jbditorial Change Part of Well-Laid Plan? Task forces ... new majors ... curriculum changes: words which have caused controversy among faculty; words of which students have heard all too little. According to the grapevine change is in the air, but few students seem to know what is being changed, what the effects of change will be, or, most important, why the changes are being proposed. of new majors can affect all facets of Saleiris future status: the quality of studente “d Sv horn she cm attract and keep, the way in which the business com^ mMity and graduate and professional schools will view her But requisite to change is the existence of a purpose for that change • CoUege’s future that such change wui nf ® ff recently proposed changes in curriculum are part cL M ! ^°™P';fhonsive plan for Salem’s future, then students whj should have had a major voice in determining that plan, have not even been told of its existence. Should not this fact call into question the desirability of that plan? Indeed it should Se is even tempted to speculate about the motives of the plan’s architects whoever they are (another point for speculation). ^^^hitects. If, on the other hand, these proposed changes are not part of some comprehensive design, they should be. Indeed, con^derhig the possible repercussions of broad changes in the nature of Salem’s curriculum, embarking on such a course of action without a clear goal in mind would be nothing short of folly. “ INDIAN WOOD SCULPTURES — Two Salem sisters, Debbie Austin, ^nior and Aime Austin Kflbe, a 1972 graduate, have given the College two w(^ sculptures owned by their family for 25 years. Tlie figures a dancing bw of mahogany and a raccoon of wild mountain cherry’ w^^n^by Indian students of the weU-known Cherokee sculptor,’ Of course, change is not intrinsically bad, but neither is it necessarily good, particularly when it comes as a response to current fads and not as a part of an overall plan for the future. The need for change may exist, but that need should firstly be established to the College community. Before action is taken, however, the CoUege ^^tOTl t^reSeUtS OrSHn RpHtal community (mcluding alumnae, trustees and administration but ® pnmarily students and faculty) should convene to discuss candidly what ^lem is today and what we want her to be in the future Then we should insist that future changes affecting her future be discussed and analysed openly. With so much at stake, including a 205 year-old tradition of academic exceUence, we can afford to do no less By Suzanne Eggleston — Sandra L. Spear S.G.A. Reports By Anne Piedmont Everyone seemed to be very honest about their problems esoeciallv m he area of social regulations. We found that of the Lhools Snt Salem had the most liberal social rules. Some of the other schools had htUe or no visitation or dnnking privUeges. Salem also has the higS iW c k'Tk administration and trusted One school had no input in the curriculum and another didn’t pvph know what their coUege president looked iikT. Agnes Scott. Wesleyan, Peace ^MeredtlT"!?.?'''* Interment. Although we were dis^nnnint!S n,’ Virgin!?. a.d not attend. weU' S SSseTwIS ln™lvS the1trSure”5d other ways to Tucturp 1 ^ collecting the Student GovemmSTe™^"^ S.G.A. SALUTES ilfiSffOT°their'help Md^M^dMcI'T’ Johnson and Suzanne converence. We also want to thank Rnh- executing the deCourt and Jan Guiton for leadinp wn Susan Miller, Amy .0 an toe glcls who serv^ as hK2tr1he\Sg‘ ‘Sr’ Like a boomerang returned to Its thrower, Susan Heaton has returned to Salem College. Susan graduated from Salem in 1973 with a Bachelor of Music in organ and has since received her Master of Musical Arts from Yale. She presently is employed by Salem in the preparatory music department, and on Friday, Nov. 11 will present an organ recital in Shirley Auditorium at 8:15 p.m. Susan packs her small frame with a boundless energy that finds its outlet in many ways. She teaches a eurhythmies class to a group of six and seven year-olds. The class combines music with dance to have tlft students walking, running, and leaping to the music. Susan is very en thusiastic about the class, and feels the students are learning a great deal and enjoying it. She also teaches organ lessons and is organist and choir director at All Saints Episcopal Church in Concord. Since July, Susan has been helping Charles Fisk add the finishing touches to his new organ at the School of the Arts. Susan’s recital will consist of music from the early 18th cen tury to contemporary, including pieces by Bach, Vieme, Alain, and Hindemith. The varied program, combined with Susan’s unquenchable spark, should make the evening exciting. Barrett Speaks on Math Careers By Rebecca G. Lasley “Women Mathematicians Past and Present” seemed an unpromising title for what turned out to be an interesting and en tertaining lecture by Dr. Uda K. Barrett, professor or mathematics at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. The lecture, presented Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 26, provided some intriguing insights into the battle women have fought for recognition in a field generally considered to be singularly “unladylike.” ^ Finding records of past women mathematicians proved to be a somewhat difficult task at the time Dr. Barrett did most of her research on the topic. Since she was only a graduate student then, she found one pattern in the lives of these women to be particularly disturbing - with few ex ceptions, they all seemed to have died young. Another factor, which they shared with women scientists, was that most of them entered their field “by virtue of being daughter of or wife to a mathematician or scientist. From that point, they often had to fight to be allowed to continue their work, and used every ploy they could devise from marriages of convenience to writing under assumed male names. Even when her work was accepted by her masculine colleagues, however, the woman mathematician found herself hailed as a startling anomaly of her sex, rather than as a person who happened to choose mathematics as a career. Dr. Barrett interspersed her thoughts about these women with anecdotes about herself in her role of mathematician, which she has chosen to combine with being a wife and mother. Her career has been a varied one. She has taught at universities in Texas, Pennsylvania, Utah, Con necticut, Wisconsin and now in Tennessee, where she also has served as a consultant at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. the CoMege^v^ar'^bv'*the*?t'’rt Published every Friday of o'lege year by the Student Body of Salem College. Editor-in-Chief - Beth Renters Assistant Editor - Sandra Spear Associate Editor ■ Jane Dittmann Copy Editor - Susan Miller Reporters; Margaret Aslanis Anne Beidleman Laura Castellanos del Valle Becky Dunbar Suzanne Eggleston Holly Freeburg Beth Jones ' Margaretta Yarborough . Ad Sales - Laura Castellanos del Valle Margy May Circulation Manager - Debbie Hudson Art Editor - Hannah Haines Art Staff - Anne Beidleman Sally Lowndes Liza Ovington Betsy Vance Head Photographer - Karen Smith Photography Staff - Mildred Thomasson Ann Yazujiaii deadline, staff meetings every Monday 4-^ « c . ~ Salemite office (below Student Center).
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