*There is an extraordinary decency in the Salem family'
Dr. Litzenburg
“The strongest impact was
made by a wonderful break
fast with six of your fellow
students. Had the college
offered the position to me
after the breakfast, I
probably would have ac
cepted. There is an ex
traordinary decency in the
Salem family,” said Dr.
Thomas V. Litzenburg Jr.,
newly appointed president of
Salem Academy and College,
in a telephone interview
Saturday, April 17.
Excerpts from the in
terview with Allison Buice,
outgoing Salemite editor,
follow;
Question: Could you tell me
about your family?
Answer: My wife. Jayne, is
a graduate of a women’s
school and has had a suc
cessful career as a lobbyist.
She is currently associated
with the American Society for
Training and Development,
which is concerned prin
cipally with educational
programs for employees.
Litzenburg and his wife
have one son, Timothy.
Timothy was born Jan. 22. He
and his wife are film buffs,
enjoy bike riding and tennis.
However, Litzenburg ex
plained that his wife plays
-Thomas V. Litzenburg Jr.
tennis better than he does.
Q. Is your wife looking
forward to moving to Win
ston-Salem ?
A. Yes, I think it became
clear to her that being the
wife of a college president has
a definite career flavor. She’s
looking forward to making a
full time position out of being
a college president’s wife.
Q. Was there something
specific which caused you to
accept the position here?
A. I had said a number of
times that one of the things
which would draw me away
from Washington would be
see Litzenburg, back page
Vol. LXIV
Number 11
April 23,1982
The Salemite
serving the salem college community since 1920
Thirteen Seniors to Speak Out
by Carla Blakely
‘‘Being at Salem
provides us with the op
portunity to gain the self
confidence necessary to
liberate our creativity.”
This quote, from senior
Liz Crawley, is taken
from Creativity: Don’t Be
Afraid to Use It! which is
one of the thirteen topics
that will be presented at
Senior Speakout ’82.
This year’s Senior
Speakout will be held on
Tuesday, April 27, at 1
p.m. in Hanes Auditorium.
The entire student body is
urged to attend.
Senior Speakout is a
tradition at Salem. When
the academy was first
started, each senior girl
was expected to give a
speech based on ex
periences in learning.
Senior Speakout gives the
seniors an opportunity to
express their sentiments
and tell their experiences
about their lives at Salem
during the past four years.
The speakers and their
topics include: Fordham
Baldridge: The Lack of
Respect and Consideration
Shown by Salem Students
During Campus Activities,
Programs and Per-
formances; Pam
Fargason: Salem Elec
tions: Elections by
Popularity;
Kathy^ Mattson:
Transferring; Lisa
Hopkins: Tradition at
Salem: Are We Slowly
Losing It?; Lee Richard
son: Stagnation; Nancy
Fuller: Surviving
Sophomore Slump;
Roberta Hoyle: Volunteer
To Be Committed:
Jenny Lasley: Widen
Your Scope; Janet Baker:
Has Salem Met Your
Needs?; Liz Crawley:
Creativity; Don’t Be
Afraid to Use It!;
Cynthia Heath: Salem
Students: Just Doing
Enough to Get By? Kent
Watts: Have You Really
Looked at Salem?; and
Allison Buice: “Dig Into
the World.”
“I hope a lot of un
derclassmen will take the
time to come to the
Speakout. It gives up
perclassmen a chance to
communicate their per
sonal experiences at
Salem in hopes to inspire
and encourage un
derclassmen to carry on
and continue to make
changes happen after we
are gone,” said senior
Allison Buice.
IRS Swings into Action Tonight
Tonight: 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. A pig-pickin’ between the Science Building
and the Refectory. Tickets for guests are $4.25 and are available from
Food Committee members. 8:45 p.m. - 12:45 a.m. A Carribean cruise
party featuring the “Steel Drum Symphonette,” between the Science
Building and the Refectory.
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. “Festival in the Square’’ sponsored by
April Arts. 8:45 p.m. - 12:45 a.m. A dance featuring “Galaxy” and
“Smitty Flinn” at the Beneath the Elms ice rink. Tickets, $1 for students
and $5 for guest couples, are available from Big Four representatives.
BYOB. Mixers will be provided.
Sunday: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. A “Sunday Party” at the Tanglewood Barn
featuring “The Backstabbers.” Kegs will be provided.
‘Reach of Reason’ Series Announced
Salem’s 210th Birthday
Founding to be Celebrated
A six-part lecture series
entitled “Reach of Reason”
exploring “the enlightenment
in the 18th century” began
Monday evening in the
Library Assembly Room. Dr.
Claude J. Chauvigne,
associate professor of
romance languages at UNC-
G, opened the series with a
lecture on “La V’ie a Ver
sailles.”
The series is being
presented in cooperation with
the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro with
funds from the North
Carolina Humanities Com
mittee.
Lectures are being held
every Monday evening at 8
p.m. and every Wednesday at
noon for the next five weeks.
Topics of discussion in
clude; “Town Planning in Old
Salem,” “Literary London,”
“The Natural Knowledge of
Science,” “Mere Learning
and Unsanctified Reason,”
“The Social Contracts,” and
“The American Revolution.”
Programs will be held at
Salem, at the Single Brothers
House in Old Salem, at
MESDA, and at the Moravian
Music Foundation.
Schedule of programs and
seminars:
APRIL 26, 8 p.m., Salem
College Library, “Literary
London,” Dr. James E.
Evans, associate professor of
English at UNC-G; APRIL 28,
noon, Salem College Club
Dining Room, “Critique of
English Literature,” Dr.
Rose Simon, director of
libraries, Salem College;
MAY 3, 8 p.m.. Single
Brothers House, ‘‘The
Natural Knowledge of
Science,” Dr. Kenneth L.
Caneya, assistant professor
of history at UNC-G; MAY 5,
noon. Single Brothers House,
‘‘Botany in 19th Century
Salem,” Flora Ann Bynum,
chairman of Landscape
Restoration Committee, Old
Salem Inc.;
svv Lecture, back page
The 1772 founding of Salem
Academy and College will be
lelebrated on Foimder’s Day,
.'hursday, April 29.
Founder’s Day will of
ficially begin at 7:45 a.m.
when members of the
Moravian Band will play on
campus. At breakfast in the
refectory the Rev. William
Gramley will give the in
vocation at 8 a.m. The
Ambassadors will serve as
hostesses.
The Founder’s Day address
will be given by Dr. Judith
White, director of the
Women’s Resource Center at
UNC- G, at 1:15 p.m. in the
Library Assembly Room. The
topic of her speech will be
“Better Answers and Better
Questions.”
Tours of the college’s
historic buildings will be
conducted between 2 and 3:30
p.m. by students.
Members of Alpha Psi
Omega, the honorary drama
society, will give a Reader’s
Theater presentation of “Out
of Our Fathers’ House” at 4
p.m. At 5 p.m. members of
Alpha Psi Omega and Phi
Alpha Theta, the honorary
history society will be given
recognition for their con
tribution to the day’s events
at a reception.
The day will end with
students conducting lantern
tours of Old Salem and the
campus at 7:30 and 8 p.m.