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Number 13
April 25,1980
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Salem’s Fulbright Scholar
Dr. David Kurtz,
chairman of the math
department here has
been awarded the
Fulbright Hayes Award
for the 1980-81 and 81-82
academic years.
Kurtz and his family
will leave in August to
tour Europe before
settling into their “new”
house on the grounds of
Chancellor College at
the University of
Malawi in the southern
region of Africa.
Kurtz will teach
mathematics at the
college, although
specific courses have
yet to be determined. “I
applied for this position
because it seems to be
the one that I thought I
Was most qualified for.”
He explained that
most of the positions
open in the more
developed nations, such
as European countries
and Australia, are
Seeking advanced
researchers to complete
or begin projects in
those countries.
Applications for the
Scholarship are
reviewed by the
Counselor for Inter
national Exchange of
Scholars.
Information regar
ding the most promising
applicants are then sent
to the appropriate
organizations foreign
countries, and they
return their choice to
the states. The
Exchange is ad
ministered by the U.S.
State Department.
Kurtz said the
University will furnish
housing for his family,
nnd the state depart-
uient will supplement
his salary, because
u^ost of the natives of
Malawi have an annual
•Ocome of a few hundred
dollars.
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seem a little more than
foreign to Americans.
Women in Malawi are
forbidden to wear slacks
or dresses that fall
above the knee, and
men must wear their
hair above the collar.
has been by the black
majority rule, and
added that Malawi is
one of the few black
nations that has
maintained relations
with South Africa.
under the British
system of education,
which requires full year
courses. Final exams
constitute sixty per cent
of the course grade.
The president of
Malawi, who holds his
position for life, has also
forbidden bell-bottomed
pants.
Although the Kurtz
family is looking for
ward to living in
Malawi, Kurtz noted
fhat some of the laws
Malawi gained in
dependence from
England in 1965, so the
official language is
English.
Kurtz is expecting
gentle weather in
Malawi, as the elevation
is around 300 feet, and
the terrain is rather
mountainous. Although
Malawi lies about 14
degrees below the
equator, the heat should
not be a real problem,
he said.
Kurtz explained that
the ruling government
Kurtz will be teaching
He added that the
British academic year
is about the same as in
the United States, and
he hopes that his family
will have a chance to
tour Africa during the
months between his
teaching.
Kurtz will return to
Salem upon completion
of the two years in
Malawi to begin his
ten.i year as
m'ofessor here.
Carolvn McCollurr
Salem
Challenge
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Salem Academy and
College began the
largest fund raising
drive in its 208 year
history last Thursday,
with a $12.2 million goal
to be reached in a five
year period. The fund
raising effort, directed
by Ms. Ruth Funsett, is
called The Salem
Challenge. Financial
aid will help Salem face
the impending
challenges and un
certain conditions that
the 1980s will present
and enable Salem to
deal with problems
while continuing ta
improve and strengthen
as an academic in
stitution. “Our job in
The Salem Challenge,”
said Dr. Richard Morrill
at the campaign kickoff
luncheon, “is to promise
Salem to future
generations.”
According to The
Salem Challenge, the
problems that lie in
Salem’s immediate
future are;
the significant
decline in numbers of
potential high school
and college students
projected to be more
than 20 percent in North
Carolina by the mid
1980s;
the increasing
popularity of co
education with many
new spaces for women
opening at formerly all
male or predominately
male colleges,
universities and
preparatorj schools;
posed to liberal and
general education
programs; and
endowment of 6,000,000
within the next 10 years.
- the unrelenting
budgetary pressures
caused by rapid in
flation.
Hans W. Wanders,
chairman of the board
at Wachovia Bank and
Trust Company is
general chairman for
the fund-raising project.
Dr. Dale H. Gramley,
Salem’s 13th president
will serve as honorary
chairman. A19 member
campaign cabinet was
formed to assist the
chairman. It includes
Dr. Morrill and Salem’s
15th president. Dr.
Merrimon Cuninggim.
Also included in the
cabinet are former
trustees, businessmen,
and Salem ad
ministrators.
The Salem Challenge
has studied the in
stitutions immediate
and longer-term needs.
A list of priorities has
been developed which
adheres to the most
pressing problems
Salem will have to
confront in order to cope
with the oncoming 80s.
These priorities in
clude: new construction
to fill Salem’s unmet
facility needs (a new
center for Student Life
and Fitness has been
proposed and will be a
- the high cost of
compliance with
burgeoning govern
mental regulations and
requirements;
increasing com
petition for able
students by tax-
supported institutions
that charge a traction of
Salem’s tuition;
valuable resource to
Salem in the years
ahead), the restoration
and rennovation of some
existing buildings on
campus, including the
start on what will be a
major restoration of the
historical Single Sisters
House. In addition to
these priorities.
- the heavy demand
for vocational, as op-
These capital
requirements are not in
place of - bu»
plementary to - the
continuing need for
operating support.
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Salem relies on regular
giving from family and
friends, as do most
private schools, and this
need will continue.
In order to meet the
needs identified by
Salem Academy and
College, a total of
12,200,000 in new capital
funds will be required.
The Salem Challenge
campaign, to be con
ducted through 1980, has
developed the Phase I
needs listed below.
Phase I seeks $7,400,000
in gifts and pledges
from corporations,
foundations, alumnae
and friends of Salem.
Phase II of the cam
paign will continue
through 1985. An ad
ditional 4,800,000 will be
sought through
government and other
grants, continued
support by alumnae and
friends, and from other
sources.
In making the cam
paign’s announcement
last Thursday, Dr.
Morrill described every
item in The Salem
Challenge as “a tool for
excellence, an in
vestment in the future.”
‘‘The Salem
Challenge comes at an
Internal Studies have
projected a need for
doubling the present
absolute turning point in
the long history of a
priceless institution, an
institution that is
composed of a great
historical company of
believers and sup
porters,” he said.
Missy Littleton