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Vol. LXVII No. 6
May 1986
On The Inside. . .
Pushing The Panic Button? p. 2
Class of 1986 Last Wills and Testaments pp. 4-6
Mangum and Shewmake Retire p. 3
Alumnae Association Celebrates Centennial
By; Susan Webb
Over the next year, a multitude
of exciting events will be occurring
at Salem College in honor of her
Alumnae Association Centennial
Celebration. The celebration came
about because of the tremendous
pride Salem College and Academy
alumnae have for their alma mater.
Salem College and Academy are
214 years old and the Alumnae
Association itself is older than
most institutions in the country. A
hundred years ago in the June 1886
issue of The Academy this message
appeared:
"We, the undersigned ladies,
former pupils of Salem Female
Academy will meet this evening in
the chapel adjoining the church,
for the purpose of forming an
Alumnae Association. We beg all
the graduates of this insitution
who may be present to join us
there. . ."
This message was delivered by
Dr.Rondthaler on June 16th
during Commencement and later
that evening, the association was
started.
This year of celebration is highly
important to the alumnae as well
as to the students currently
attending Salem. As Susan Mickey
of the Development Office said, it
is an event that will occur only
once in our lifetime; noneof us will
be around for the bicentennial
celebration. The 100th anniversary
is not without its goals. The
Centennial Cabinet hopes the
year's events will "heighten the
visibility of the Academy and
College locally and nationally."
It also hopes to give individual
Alumnae Clubs "a greater sense of
purpose and identity" by involving
members in more concrete activit
ies and programs. Another goal is
to increase annual giving to
Tuition Costs Up
By: Barbara Teates
The tuition, room, and board fee
at Salem College will be increasing
by 6.19% for the 1986-87. scholastic
year, according to Chief Business
Officer Tom Macon. The increase
to a fee of S 10,300 from this year's
fee, $9,700, is due mostly to
increases in the faculty and staff
salaries. According to Macon, "the
fee increase isn't identified as going
to any particular place. . .the main
thing that is eating up the money is
the faculty and staff salary
increase." The faculty members
will welcome a 6.65% increase
while staff members will receive a
5% raise this coming year.
The money collected from each
student's tuition fees covers
approximately 74% of the college's
operating costs, Macon said.
Gifts and endowment', cover the
other 26%. 'The increase in the
basic fees for next year is pretty
much in line with general
inflation," Macon said. He added
that it is a "rather modest" increase
when compared to other institu
tions comparable to Salem. Ihe
tuition, room, and board at
Sweetbriar College, foi example, is
quoted at $2,000, while Davidson
College is $11,175 and Mary
Baldwin College w ll charge
Si 1,185 for the 1986-87 year.
Salem parents have already been
informed of the $600 increase, said
^Jacon, and are probably just
happy that it was not a higher
increase. When asked if the
increase would make a difference
$1,000,000 by 1986-87. We
currently have approximately 7000
alumnae who are generous in their
support of us but Susan Mickey
believes we still need to promote
ourselves. Salem College and
Academy needs still more support
and recognition.
On a more personal level and
perhaps more importantly, part
icipation in the events to come
demonstrates our appreciation for
all that Salem College has given us
during the short time that we've
been here, and all that we will take
with us when we leave.
This being the expressed
sentiment, we are all invited to
attend the Centennial Celebration
Kickoff on May 3, 1986, in the
May Dell. This ceremony with all
of its birthday party effects will
make the beginning of a year-long
celebration. Alumnae will share
Salem memories and Dr. Gramley
who was President of Salem for 20
years will give a speech. Everyone
is urged to attend because alumnae
truly want to know what is current
ly going on in the lives of Salemites
as well as share their fondest
memories with us. Other events
during that weekend will include
the grand opening of the Rond-
thaler-Gramley House and a brunch
that will include a "fashion show
case of a 100 years of Salem
women's wear."
Throughout the year Salem
alumnae will be returning to
campus for the Salem Academy
and College Alumnae College
focusing on the historic preserva
tion of Old Salem, the Christmas
1986 events, historical exhibits and
a special music faculty perform
ance. The Centennial Celebration
Finale will take place next May
inviting back the "stars of Salem"
for a black-tie dinner dance gala.
These stars of Salem will put on a
review for the alumnae attending
the weekend's festivities. What
great excitement it will be to have
such prominent alumnae ihl our
midst.
Over the next year, when you see
alumnae visiting, remember that
these are women who slept in our
rooms, ate in our refectory and
studied in our classrooms. They
are women who have contributed
their talents and efforts to
increasingly make our school the
wonderful place that it is just as we
continually strive to leave our own
marks on this insitution. We
should all honor and welcome
their return to our campus. They
are what makes the Alumnae
Association.
in the number of students
returning to Salem and to the size
of the applicant pool, he said he
thought there would be almost no
difference between the figures
from this year and those for next
year,
Neville Watkins, Salem's Direc
tor of Financial Aid, said the
financial aid available per student
for the 1986-87 year would
increase in proportion to the
increase in basic fees, so students
will not be losing money. She
asked the Board of Trustees for an
increase in financial aid money for
next year, but will not know of any
changes until June. Federal aid
cuts have also caused a problem
for the financial aid department;
the amount of federal money
available to students will not be
known until next month.
In order to help students receive
financial aid and meet the rising
fees at Salem, the department is
"encouraging students to search
for outside scholarships," Watkins
said, "Right now, our major
concerns are keeping student debts
to the school at a minimum and
raising the general fund pool at the
school." Watkins reported that the
most successful financial program
at Salem at this time is the
Guaranteed Student Loan pro
gram. Watkins said approximately
90% of the money needed for
financial aid next year will be
covered by the school. As with the
Business Office, the Financial Aid
Department is looking to private
sources for more funds.
Musicians of the First Order
From Salem College, January,
1984
The living room of their house in
Winston-Salem would be domin
ated by its grand piano if it weren't
for the charismatic presence of the
owners themselves. When Clem
and Margaret Sandresky are in a
room, their persojialities, their
warmth and charm fill the space as
no inanimate object ever could.
Collectively, Dean Clemens
Sandresky, Professor of Piano,
and his wife Margaret Vardell
Sandresky, Professor of Compos
ition and Music Theory, have
helped to guide and shape the
Salem College School of Music for
67 years, though Margaret's life
has been entwined with Salem for
virtually all of her years.
Her move to Winston-Salem
came at age two when her father
Charles Vardell came as instructor
in piano. Later he was Dean,
succeeding H.A. Shirley, until his
retirement in 1950.
After the War Clem toured as a
piano soloist and accompanist.
Returning to North Carolina to
teach at Asheville-Biltmorc Col
lege (now U NC-Asheville) he
served as organist and choir
director at All Souls Episcopal
Church in Biltmore.
In 1952 he was appointed Dean
of the Salem College School of
Music, where he met Margaret,
Her Fulbright Award in organ to
The musical inspiration and talent the Sandreskys have shared with
Salem will long be remembered.
Frankfurt, Germany in 1955
separated the couple, but their
marriage closely followed her
return in 1956.
A former student has called the
Sandreskys, "musicians of the first
order", and their dual careers
confirm this.
Margaret has continued her
composition, with works ranging
from music for a Junior League
Children's Theatre production to a
Wake Forest Unviersity commis
sioned cantata. To the Chief
Musician, a New Song for the 1982
dedication of their rhusic building.
A woodwmd quintet Seven
Japanese Drawings, written in
1970 was recorded by the Clarion
Quintet and was most recently
perTormed at the 1983 Spoleto
Festival in Charleston, South
Carolina.
Clem's list of piano workshops,
lecture recitals, and performances,
is a collection of works done for a
wide-range of musical associations
and institutions—University of
Florida, Transylvania Music
Camp, University of Alabama,
Asolo, Italy, Charlotte Symphony,
Handel Society and Dartmouth
College.