Page 2, Salemite, April 25,1980
Editorial
It is apparent that the 1980s are not going to be easy years.
According to newspapers, magazines, and Walter Cronkite, we are
all in for some rough times. Unfortunately, something very close to
us is especially vulnerable to the impending hardships - our school.
Salem, being a small private institution, is wide open to the threats
and difficulties of a changing world. Though Salem can’t be excluded
from them, she can be fortified.
The Salem Challenge Campaign is one way of strengthening our
school. Financially, this endeavor promises to be a great help. But
money matters aside, Salem is going to need all the love and support
she can get in order to survive tiie uncertainty of the 80s. This kind of
backing must come from us - her students - because we are Salem.
We must do our best to help keep her going because if she falters - we
falter.
So we have to join forces and face what may come together. Salem
needs financial help - sure - but she also needs our devotion to give
her confidence. We can give her a boost bv improving and vitalizing
those areas of Salem that need it.
Everyone can help get enrollment up by promoting and ad
vertising our school. Of course Salem needs students - so when you
are home rave about how great Salem is!
Participate in all facets of life here on campus. Student in
volvement is a strength and asset to any school. Get involved and
excel in anything from academics to toe arts, from the student
government to the student activities. These aspects of Salem can be
improved by more student involvement and interest. This in
volvement will not only benefit the school but toe student as well.
The survival of toe Salem community is as important to us in toe
future as it is or should be to us now.
We have been taking from Salem long enough, now, in her time of
need, we should start giving to Salem. In our Founder’s Day song,
toe sophomores sang, “Our future relies on Salem” well now
Salem’s future relies on us.
Missy Littleton
On April 30th Salem students will be able to experience the past
and present of Salem CoUege. As we live here, many of us are not
aware of Salem’s heritage. On Wednesday, I hope we will all learn to
appreciate the legacy of our school.
It is so hard to concentrate in the spring. With all sorts of plans
being made for next year, our first Founder’s Day will help us
conceive the idea of Fallfest being something totally different. As
students in the oldest educational institution for women in continuing
existence in the United States, we need to honor toe actual founding
of the school.
This day will be a day to view changes that have taken place in 208
years. The College, Academy, and the Salem community will be
entertained by the best talent Salem can offer. Founder’s Day has
not been observed as such in quite a while. I hope all Salem students
will be proud to attend the functions and learn more about their
school.
With the many events in the spring - dances, prospective students
weekends, and alumnae weekend ~ this day is set aside to enrich us
and exemplify our education and heritage. Even toough it is not a
day of fun and games and we don’t have kegs in the afternoon,
everyone should still be eager to attend the activities. Founder’s Day
is a serious occasion. The students can take this opportunity to show
the residents of Old Salem and toe Salem community that we respect
this school as much as they do. Let us show them that we are indeed
proud of 208 years of fine education.
Joan Gentry
Class reunion
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slated
Class reunions will
bring Salem College
graduates back to the
campus for the school’s
annual Alumnae Day
this Saturday, April 26.
Those celebrating
50th, 55th, and 60th
reunions - menibers of
the classes of 1920,1925,
and 1930 - will attend a
dinner Saturday
evening at the home of
the president and his
wife. Dr. and Mrs.
Richard Morrill.
Former classmates
will begin to gather
Friday night for a
reception and barbecue
in the May Dell, when
students will entertain
them with music. The
senior alumna expected
to attend is Mrs. Cleve
Wharton of Winston-
Salem who was
graduated in 1906.
The weekend schedule
includes registration
Saturday at 9:30 a.m. in
the Fine Arts Center,
general meeting at 10:30
a.m. in Hanes
Auditorium, reception
on the refectory lawn at
12:30 p.m., lunch at 1
p.m., class meetings
and picture-taking at 2
p.m., and class parties
in the evening. Some
will attend the Home
Moravian Church
service and have lunch
at the refectory on
Sunday.
Alumnae director
Doris Eller is coor
dinating the event.
Introduction to
Salem planned
About fifty high school
juniors will be arriving
Sunday the 27th for
junior prospective
students weekend. The
juniors will be visiting
on campus until after
lunch on Monday.
On Sunday afternoon,
the students will be able
to attend programs in
four special areas -
will be four hour
sessions in which the
juniors can talk with
students and faculty
about various aspects of
the college life. Their
visit will end with lunch
in the club dining room.
Liz Boyd is in charge
of the overnight
weekend and she had
these comments. “We
Humanities, Social have found in the past
Sciences, Sciences, and that people are deciding
Fine Arts. They will earlier, and earlier
choose their specific where they want to go to
area of interest and
spend about an hour
talking with professors
and finding out what
graduates have done in
those particular areas.
This program is
basically to give the
girls an introduction to
Liberal Arts. The
students will be en
tertained on Sunday
night with the Salem
talent show which will
take place at 8:00 p.m.
in Shirley Auditorium.
On Monday the
juniors will attend
classes of their choice
and also four small talks
on various things
around camnus. These
school. We hope to get
Salem in the running
early enough. There are
lots of people helping
admissions and we
certainly appreciate all
their efforts to help
these girls and to help
Salem,” she said.
Most of the girls are
from North Carolina,
but some are from South
Carolina and Virginia.
This is the first time to
visit Salem for many of
these girls and the first
time to visit any college.
The first impression is
always the strongest
and we hope it will be a
good one.
V.
TIig S.l ernite
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every Friday of the College year by the Student
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Co-editors - Missy Littleton and Joan Gentry
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