Vol. LXVI
^ston-Sa/em
November, 1983
Number 3
On The Inside...
Editorial Page 2
Lighter Side Page 3
The Oracle Page 4
No Afternoon Tea at Women’s Colleges
By Cathy Cass
It was not until the end
of the 1700’s that women
were able to attend public
schools. Today females
comprise more than half
the college population.
With few exceptions they
can go anywhere they
Want to receive an educa
tion, but the greatest suc
cess stories are the
graduates women’s col
leges.
In the past decade many
studies have shown that
Women’s college
graduates are more likely
than ever before to go to
graduate school, pursue
Careers not historicaly
Open to them such as a
doctor or a lawyer. Not on
ly are women succeeding
professionally, but they
ore also receiving public
recognition. Women’s col
lege graduates have ex
celled ahead of their
counterparts at coeduca
tional colleges both
academically and profes
sionally.
Although women’s col
leges are graduating suc
cessful students, over half
of these colleges have
either closed or gone co
ed. Only 111 remain today.
Women’s colleges enroll
125,000 studentsa year,
which is less than 2% of
the nations female
undergraduate population.
According to Anne C.
Roark, writing in the L.A.
Times, many observers
view women’s colleges as
“places where young
ladies of upwardly mobile
aspirations learn the
genteel ways of drinking
tea in the afternoon, atten
ding operas in the evening
and generally preparing
themselves to become
Junior League
volunteers.”
The finishing school im
age that women’s colleges
has had for years can be
changed by making the
public aware that women
have become executives of
major corporations and
political leaders.
According to Abigail
McCarthy writing in the
Commonwealth magazine
that “almost half of the
women in the House of
Representatives, one of
the two women Cabinet
members, and many state
and local officeholders”
graduated from small
Catholic women’s col
leges.
Not only are students of
women’s colleges suc
ceeding in politics, but
they are concentrating in
areas like math, biology,
and chemistry. The
Women’s College Coalition
found that the percentage
of women majoring in
these subjects at women’s
colleges are “two to three
times the national average
for women.”
The list of women who
have graduated from
women’s colleges reads
like a Who’s Who list. Ac
cording to the L.A. Times,
“Actress Katherine Hep
burn graduated from Bryn
Mawr College in Penn
sylvania. Margaret Mead
graduated from Bernard
College in New York.
Mme. Chiang Kai-shek
graduated from Wellesley
College in Massachusetts.
Dixy Lee Ray, the late
Washington governor,
graduated fron Mills Col
lege in California. Federal
Judge Sarah T. Hughes
graduated from Goucher
College in Maryland.
Former Chicago Mayor
Jane Byrne graduated
from Barat College in II-
linios. Julia Child, Nancy
Reagan and Gloria
Steinem are all alumnae of
Smith College in
Massachusetts.”
Women’s colleges no
longer teach needlework
or how to properly pour
tea. Today’s women are
being trained to balance a
professional career, a
family, and still entertain
in an elegant style. Gone
are the days of ladies with
no interest in careers.
Move over men; make
room for the Women.
Computer Terminals Salem Women On
to Open Jan. 1
The Run
By Anne Roberson
Have you taken any
Computer courses? Now
^ay be an excellent time
to enroll in a Computer
Science course here at
Salem.
According to Dr. Lewis
Lum, “Three years ago
Western Electric Co.
helped me set up Com
puter Science 120 here at
Salem. Essentially we got
free computer time and
free use of their com
puter.”
Hecently, Western Elec
tric has had a crack down
on security. Thus, they ob
tained a smaller computer
(WB-5) for public use only.
The hew WB-5 computer
will be located at Western
Electric Co.
When asked how this
will affect Salem College,
Lum said, “Wachovia has
agreed to give is 16 com
puters terminals that will
be hooked up to the WB-5.”
The 16 terminals will be
ready for use by January
1, 1984. Lum said, “Again
we will receive the use of
the computer free and
computer time free.”
The faculty members at
Salem have already
okayed four new computer
courses. Lum said, “In the
very near future, at least
two new courses will be of
fered.”
By Barbara Teates
On March 31, 1984,
Salem College will host a
10 kilometer road race.
This will be the first major
competitive event for
women in the southeastern
United States.
The goals stressed by
the race committee, head
ed by co-chairman Alison
Barron (class of 1954) and
senior Kristen Rountree
are: having a premier
women’s athletic event in
Winston-Salem, publicity
for Salem College, and
raising competitive spirit
here at Salem.
The road race will begin
at the rear entrance of the
college, move through Old
Salem and the downtown
area, and finally loop back
to the starting point for a
total distance of 10k, or 6.2
miles.
Area women’s track
clubs, college and univer
sity teams, and any
women interested in
distance running are in
vited to compete. Salem
students are strongly en
couraged to enter,
especially members of the
newly formed Running
Club. A wide span of com
petitors will be divided in
to the following age
categories: 16 and under;
17-24; 25-30; 31-35; 36-40;
41-49; and 50 and over.
Prizes will be awarded to
the first, second, and third
place finishers overall as
well as the first three win
ners in each age group.
Each participant will
receive a T-shirt.
Bocock-Stroud, a local
sporting goods company,
will finance the race, and
Twin City Track Club is
providing a race director
as well as technical ad
vice.
Entry fees for the race
are $6.00 in advance and
$7.00 on the day of the
race. Checks should be
made payable to Salem
Road Race.
Student participation is
needed for the planning
and carrying out of this
event, so~On your mark,
get set, GO SALEM!!