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Vol. LXV
Number 8
May 6,1983
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serving the salem college community since 1920
Lane To Address Seniors
Mary Turner Willis Lane, commencement speaker.
By Stephanie Vance
The class of 1983 has
selected Mary Turner
Willis Lane as its com
mencement speaker. In
1934 Lane received a B.A.
from Salem. Since that
time she has worked at the
University of North
Carolina in Chapel Hill as
Associate Professor for
the School of Education.
She has also been the
Chairwoman of the
Elementary Education
Program. While at Chapel
Hill, Lane was chosen by
the UNC students as
outstanding professor. In
1974 Mrs. Lane was a
delegate to the United
States Department of
State Conference on
Population. Since that
time she has been a
Delegate to the Second
World Conference on
Reading in Denmark; and
she has also been involved
in the study of British
Primary Schools - Oxford,
England. During 1978 Mrs.
Lane was the Director of
Institutes for Population
Education in Alexandria,
Egypt. Lane is presently
Director of the Women’s
Studies Program at the
College of Arts and
Sciences.
Through an extensive
search and much
deliberation the seniors
are pleased with their
choice of Mary Lane. With
her qualifications and
background, the seniors
are confident that she will
enhance the com
mencement ceremony. As
a past graduate of Salem,
the seniors feel that Lane
will provide a good role
model for us all.
Commencement exe
rcises will be held in Salem
Square at 2 p.m. on Sun
day, May 22. (Rain
location will be Hanes
Auditorium). All students
are invited to attend
commencement exercises.
Baccalaureate services
will be held at Home
Moravian Church at 4 p.m.
on Saturday, May 21. Dr.
Gramley will speak at the
service.
Martha Keys Opens The Door To Politics at Salem
By Carla Blakely
Martha Keys, a former
member of Congress,
spent the week of April 24-
29 at Salem discussing
with students political
problems and what it
would be like to run for
office or to serve in
Congress. Ms. Keys
arrived at Salem on
Sunday and began a week
of lectures and presen
tations for the college and
the academy. The topics
Ms. Keys lectured on in
cluded “Policy Making in
Washington,” “Women
and Leadership,” “How
Secure is Social
Security?” and “The
Congress in the 1980’s.”
Some of Ms. Keys
highlights during the week
included her induction into
Pi Gamma Mu, Salem’s
International Social
Science Honor Society,
and a reception held in her
honor at Professor
Michie’s home on Monday.
After a lecture-assembly
breakfast with campus
leaders on Tuesday
morning, Ms. Keys ap
peared on Channel 8’s
A.M. Carolina. On Wed
nesday Ms. Keys lectured
on “Politics in 1983 in
Washington and Raleigh,”
which was a panel
presentation with State
Senator Margaret Ten-
nille. Ms. Keys spoke to
the Marriage and the
Family class on Thursday
and discussed “Balancing
a Public Career and a
Family.” In the afternoon
Ms. Keys joined in on a
Politics Book Discussion
Group in Hanes House.
The book discussed was
The Years of Lyndcm B.
Johnson: The Path to
Power by Robert A. Caro.
As a gift, the history
majors presented Ms.
Keys with a copy of the
book during her final
lecture “Congress and the
President; A Difficult
Relationship” on Friday.
The Salemite to give a big
thank you to the students
and faculty for being so
warm, wonderful, and
friendly. She commented
that the girls here were
very intelligent and eager
to learn all they could
about politics.
Ms. Keys enjoyed
learning about Salem and
the traditions here. She
said, “It was a treasure to
hear harps at Founder’s
Day and to be awakened
by the band on Thursday
morning.” Ms. Keys asked
Student Government Chosen for1983-84
The Salem College
Student Government
Association installed its
officers for the 1983-84
school year on April 12,
1983, at the monthly
Student Government
Association meeting. Next
year’s officers will be; Lee
Ann Manning, President;
Virginia Suiter, Vice-
President; Sandra
Freuler, Secretary; Leigh
Flippin, Treasurer.
Other officers installed
were; Gwen Campbell,
Chairman of Honor
Council; Hudso|^ Cooper,
Secretary; Janie Parker,
Senior Class Represen
tative; Kate Weatherman,
Junior Class Represen
tative; Julie Trabue,
Sophomore Class
Representative, and
Debbie Hester, Day
Student Representative.
The Honor Council is
devoted to upholding
Salem’s honor systeni.
Interdorm Council is an
organization dedicated to
maintaining an enriched
dorm life atmosphere.
Pamela Murrell was in
stalled as Chairman of
Interdorm, with Alyson
Essa serving as secretary.
The Director of Student
Activities is Elizabeth
Clark, the chairman of Big
Four is Neal McArthur,
and the chairman of the
Social Activities Council is
Karen Lea. AU of these
committees help to
organize and implement
Salem’s students social
activities, such as the
Christmas Tree lighting
and the four major dances
Salem holds each year.
The Chairman of April
Arts is Nancy Moore. April
Arts is committed to
emphasizing and spon
soring cultural activities
on campus, including a
special week in April,
devoted specifically to the
arts. The Chairman of Fall
Fest, Mary Lou Swann,
will be dedicated to
organizing Salem’s Fall
Festival in September.
Lee Luchenbach will serve
as the Chief Marshal for
the 1983-84 academic year.
Serving on the campus
publications are Alice
Crawford, editor of the
Salemite, the campus
newspaper; Pat Phillips,
editor of Incunabula, the
campus literary
magazine; and Mary Anne
Craven, editor of Sights
and Insights, the campus
yearbook.
S— El«ctk>nt, p. 8
On The Inside...
Editorials,
Critique, Letters
to the
Editor p. 2
Around the
Square, Honors
Assembly .. ,p.3
Photo
Spread.. pgs. 4-5
Wills .. .pgs. 6-7
Cartoon... .p. 8