Volume LXIV
Number 4
November 6,1981
The Salemite
serving the salem college community since 1920
President Morrill to Leave Salem
Actors Are People Too
Salem Student Observes Film Take
New Post Begins June 1
by Sunny Nolde
Interesting observations
were made while attending a
class field trip; actors are
like the rest of us. They just
like to receive a little more
attention. They are not all
drug addicts. They are not all
having extra-marital affairs.
They are not all happy. And
they are not as beautiful as
they appear on camera. As
actor Christopher Wolken
remarked, “actors are people
too.”
On Oct. 26 and 27, Wake
Forest professor Dr; Julian
Burroughs took a group of
students to Pinehurst, N.C.,
to observe and partake in the
filming of an MGM science
fiction movie tentatively
titled Brainstorm. Burroughs
took about 14 students from
his Speech, Communications
and Theatre Arts courses. He
heard about this filming
opportunity through the head
of the Governor’s Office for
Movies-Films, William
Arnold, who said Brainstorm
should bring $1 million to the
state.
The current film-making
trend is to travel nationally
using local backgroimd talent
and local settings. The
Brainstorm team has been
shooting in different N.C.
locations with varying at
mospheres including Nags
Head, Duke and Pinehurst
since the end of September.
October 27 was their last
night in the state. Filming
will continue in the MGM
studios in Hollywood.
Starring in Brainstorm are
Natalie Wood (childhood
actress and star of West Side
Story), Louise Fletcher
(Academy Award winner for
her performance in One Flew
Over the Cuckoo’s Nest),
Christopher Wolken
(Academy Award winner for
his performance in The
Peerhunter), Cliff Robertson
(star of Charlie derived from
the novel Flowers for
Algernon), and Joe Dorsey
(t.v.-movie actor with roles in
Roots and The Great Santini.
Director Douglas Trumball
most recently directed 2001.
The crew, consisting of
assistant directors,
cameramen, lightmen,
costume and set designers,
hair and make-up artists,
vary in age, background and
experience.
The set decorator began as
an actor at age 11 appearing
in Leave It to Beaver. He
said, “There is a great deal of
nepotism in show business.
Most people are in the
business because of family
connection.s.”
Candid and Eager
The actors, actresses,
directors and crewmembers
were candid and eager to talk
to the students. Natalie Wood,
probably the most familiar of
all the stars, weighs no more
than 98 pounds, chomps gum,
is both bubbly and aloof. She
commented that “most
shootings are not as boring as
these (in Pinehurst).”
Louise Fletcher dresses in
jeans or warm-ups off
camera, smokes continually
and appears very relaxed on
the set and with the crew.
Fletcher, raised in Alabama,
said, “sometimes my
southern accent creeps out
and people tease me.”
Christopher Wolken enjoys
making humorous,
sometimes obnoxious com
ments on and off the set. Once
8 dancer, he is tall, slender
and smiles a lot.
Cliff Robertson is rugged
and dapper looking with
twinkling eyes and a warm
sense of expression. He is a
pilot and collects standard
full-size airplanes as a hobby.
Father of two daughters, ages
23 and 13, he said he does not
encourage or discourage his
daughters from entering
show business; however,
“Knowing all the pros and
cons of the business, as a
father, I am much more
sensitive to the cons.”
Long Hours
The actors and actresses
were on call from 8:30 a.m. to
7:30 or 8:00 p.m. The
crewmembers’ hours began
earlier in the morning and
continued later into the
evening.
Lights flashed, the cameras
rolled, and there was quiet-
on-the-set time and time
again. Twenty-four hom*s of
work were needed to capture
three to five minutes of film,
and film production cost
$10,000 per hour. Salaries
vary according to position
and experience. For exam
ple, the head cameraman
makes $8,000 per* week in
Hollywood and $2,400 plus
expenses per week on
location.
Working conditions are
long and hard. For many
scenes everyone is on call
Richard L. Morrill
Salem College News
Bureau Release
by Nancy Stephens
Richard L. Morrill,
president of Salem Academy
and College, has accepted the
presidency of Centre College,
Danville, Ky., and will leave
Salem at the end of the
academic year to assume the
new post on June 1.
Morrill made the an
nouncement to faculty, staff,
and students Wednesday,
Nov. 3. Trustees and special
friends of the school were
notified by letter.
“This will truly be a great
loss to Salem, but one which
we will handle with the same
positive action that has kept
Salem healthy and growing
for more than 200 years,”
said Thomas S. Douglas III,
chairman of the Salem board
of trustees.
“We will always be grateful
for the three years Dr.
Morrill will have served
Salem,” he said. “We are a
Choral Ensemble To Perform
With N.C. Symphony
The Salem College Choral
Ensemble will perform with
the Winston-Salem Symphony
Orchestra on Tuesday, Nov.
10 at 8:15 p.m. in Reynolds
Auditorium. The Ensemble
will be featured in the third
movement of the Debussy
“Nocturnes,” “Sirenes,” and
will be conducted by Peter
Ferret, the symphony’s
conductor-music director.
This year, the choral en
semble consists of ap
proximately 30 students,
from all classes and majors,
who enjoy singing serious
music. James Bates conducts
the group. “It is an honor for
our ensemble to be asked to
perform with the symphony,
and Salem should be proud of
this accomplishment,” Bates
said.
Tickets can be purchased
through the symphony office,
725-1035.
Parents* Weekend Itinerary
Friday, Novembar 6
4:00-5:30
Registration - Main Hall
5:30 - 6:30
Dinner - Dining Hall
7:30-9:30
Lantern Tours - Salem Square
9:30
Sundae Party - Dining Hall
Saturday, November 7
9:30
Registration - Coffee and Sugarcake - Fine Arts
Center
10:00-10:30
Salem Overview - Hanes Auditorium
10:30-11:00
General Parents Meeting - Hanes Auditorium
11:15-1:00
Special Departmental Programs - FAC
12:00- 1:30
Lunch - Dining Hall
5:00-7:00
Pig Pickin’ - Dining Hall Lawn
7:30
Student Entertainment - Hanes Auditorium
Sunday, November 8
10:00-10:30
Interdenominational Worship Service - Shirley
11:30- 1:00
Brunch - Dining Hall
much stronger institution for
having had such a man as
president. The contributions
he has made will remain a
permanent part of Salem.”
Morrill became Salem’s
sixteenth president in August,
1979, coming from Penn
sylvania State University
where he was executive
assistant to the provost and
affiliate associate professor
of religious studies. Prior to
that, he was associate provost
and assistant to the president
at Chatham College in Pitt
sburgh.
In making the an
nouncement, he said, “My
decision is, of course, very
painful since I have a genuine
love for this institution and its
people. The past years here
have been extremely
satisfying ones.”
During his tenure, Salem
has launched a $12 million
capital fund drive, almost
reached the half-way mark in
that goal, started con
struction on a new Student
Life and Fitness Center, and
improved its admissions
picture dramatically.
A search committee,
headed by Salem trustee John
G. Medlin Jr., president of
Wachovia Bank and Trust
Co., will begin the job of
finding Morrill’s successor
immediately.
“We will be looking for a
person to continue the efforts
begun by Dr. Morrill -
someone to keep the fires he
kindled burning brightly,”
said Douglas, who is an ex
officio member of the search
committee.
Other trustees who will
serve on the committee are;
James A. Hancock, Roy C.
Haberkern Jr., Mrs. Jane (P.
Huber Jr.) Hanes, Mrs. Ellen
(William A.) Parsley, and
Calder W. Womble.
An advisory committee
composed of members of the
faculty and administration,
with one student represen
tative, win be named later.
Morrill, 42, will be the
eighteenth president of
Centre College, a foiff-year
liberal arts college chartered
in 1819, which has an average
enrollment of 750. He suc
ceeds Thomas A. Spragens,
president for 24 years, who
will devote full time to the
college’s Fund for the Future
campaign after Nov. 15, when
Edgar C. Reckard, provost
and dean, will assume the
interim presidency.