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the fiftv-lirst edition was edited hv JEAN DAVENPORT. ELSIE MACON was the associate editor and JEANNE HARRISON was the business manager. Engravings were made by JAHN AND OLLIER, Chicago, with printing by ED\V.\RDS & BROUGH- TON. Raleigh,
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When we leave Salem, it will be hard for any of us to forget Miss Covington, the little white-haired lady who wears the at- tractive shoes. We will remember her for many things. For the way she stops us on the street to say, "Your ears should really be burning with all the nice things I heard about you yesterday." For her soft "hello" and smile as we meet her and o) in the hall. For her amusing anecdotes in to US. marriage class, and for her explanations of those mysterious things called stocks and bonds. We will remember her for her honesty and for her trust placed in us; for her sense of humor and for her hospitality.
For all these things Miss Covington will be remembered, but most of all, for her example to us of a perfect lady. Because she is dear to us, we, the Seniors of nineteen hundred and fifty-three, dedicate the fifty-first edition of Sights .and Insights to Miss Evabelle Covington.
Her love of shoes people endear her
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Here is Salem College, lin cil l)> those of us who li\c here antl respected by those who know her. As we pursue our stuches antl social activities here within her time- honored buildings, we see around us the work ol' hardened pioneer hands.
Let us stop a while and examine Salem's past which so influences our present, as well as our future. Let us catch the atmosphere of those pioneer days long past. Try to visualize the \ast uncultivated forest lands of early .\merica. For it is here that Salem College began. .\t first it was little more than an idea, but because of the vision and courage of a few Moravian pioneers, this idea became a reality.
Now in nineteen hundred and fifty-three. Sights and Insiohts records the history of Salem College. It is our hope that no one will forget her heritage, for Salem stands as a living memorial to the courage and perseverance of those who ha\e come before us.
We pay tribute to those u'/jo have come before us.
. . . ''Somel/iina ntw has been added,' said Joy. And there are Iwo of them. . .
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New scholars arrived in town accompanied by fathers.
In seventeen hundred and seventy-two, one hundred and eighty- one years ago, and before the founding of our Republic, the village of Salem was settled. Soon after the land was cleared of forest, a school for the daughters of the Moravian settlers was begun. It wasn't long before little girls in the village were excused from their household duties in order to attend the new day school. Naturally, a school where young girls could learn housekeeping attracted widespread attention in those early days. When re- quests began to come from other communities that the school be opened to their daughters, the first principal was appointed. In 1804 the school was first referred to as the "Boarding School for Female Education." New buildings were built as girls began to come here from all over the South.
With the arrival of new students, who were any age from eight to twelve, great interest was apparent in the communitv. The new scholar would arrive in a coach or sometimes on horseback ac- companied by her father or brother. The side- saddle room where the saddles were stored until time to return home can still be seen today in the Alumnae House.
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were placed in companies of twenty. C)\er i-aeh were two Tii- toresses who were always available for euinl'orl or eounsel. The stiidenls were assisjned aleoves in the common dormitory where thev li\ed until time to retiini home alter their education was completed.
How astonishetl a nineteenth (cntnrs .Salem t^irl would he il she could sec us al Salem today. Now there are two Salcms, an academy and a college, each with its own campus. Numerous dormitories and other buildings have been added, and sunns dorm rooms replaced alcoves to house us.
Comfortable recreation rooms are available Dating parlors are replaced
instead of prim dating parlors, and chaperones with gay recreation rooms.
are no longer needed for trips off campus limits.
Salem has changed. But she has changed within the bounds of
tradition. The new buildings still have the early .\merican archi- tecture with red tile roofs, "eyebrow" windows, and white-hooded
doorways. 'I he wrought iron rails. May Dell and its spring. Sisters"
dormitor>-. and the clock on the Moravian Church all contribute
to the strength of Salem's tradition. And the emphasis here has
always been the saine; it is on each of us. as individual girls.
The continuing aim has been that we prepare ourselves for a
gracious but responsible lile.
. . . M'hat a silly question. Mother. Of course there will he plenty of space in my room for chairs. . . .
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\V\ti. words dcsciihc liulr incn; lilllc words dcsirilx- bis^ men. Dr. Dale H. Ciranili-y is. in one shoit word, ■■Ours."
•"Ours" because we wanl him to lie l'ore\er our speaker in chapel. To be always analyzing us and helping us I'orm our phi- losophies of life. To be constantly explaining the world situation and its complications to us and making us look up hopefully to gain help from the same Good Father in which he confides. To be forever making us laugh at the things we consider to be ■■big oak trees'" in our lives today by showing us that tomorrow they will be just "■little acorns."
He is ""ours" even though he is occasionally "■other's," too. We're often envious of the limes committees and meetings take him away from us. But the Alumnae also want to call him ■■ours" and the N. C. Federation of C:hurch-Related Colleges also wants to call him "■our president."
But he is always basically ■"ours." We know; we can tell.
We can tell by the way he stops us on Salem .Square and asks us what's news from home, discusses the presidential political campaign with more understanding than the candidates them- selves, writes little verses or speeches that make us laugh or think, gives the Salemite a boost with ideas he learned while once an editor of a large newspaper, smokes cigarettes with us, under- stands us when we load him with our problems, and wa\Ts at us as he passes our classroom window.
He is also "ours" during Christmas holidays Our President and our Salem and summer vacation. We know because we Both are OUrs; both loved hear from him. At C:hristmas time comes the card, our favorite one, that we read over and over and that wishes us so many things for one little card. And in the summer he writes us about all our favorite people. He writes about the faculty — ■■Mr. Campbell is busy building another house — Dr. Welch is with the Lost Colony again this summer— Mrs. Heidbreder is touring Ocracoke."
And he never neglects to tell us aliout ■■our" Salem, its summer activities, its new paint jobs, how much Stevie misses us, and how ■■the church clock still strikes every C)uaricr hour. . . . How- does all this strike you?"
Yes, we can tell that he is ■■ours." .-\nd we are glad.
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Bishop J. K. Pl'ohl, Cliairiniiti: Dr. A. H. Bahnson: Mrs, Agnc-w H. Bahnson, Jr.; Mr. F. F. Bahnson, Jr.; Mr. Archibald Graigc; Rev. I. Howard Chadwick; Mr. C. E. Elberson; Mrs. Gilljcrt Fry; Rev. George Higgins; Mr. W. P. Sandridge; Mr. W. F. Shaffner; Mrs. Ronald Slyc; 1>. R. G, Spaugh; Mr. C. S. Star- buck; Mr. W. M. Vogler; Mr. F. F. Willingham; Mr. Julius A. Woodward; Mrs. Robert McC.uiston; Mrs. Dallacc McLennan; Mrs. Glaude Strickland; Mr. Charles N. Siewers; Miss .\da Allen: Dr. Fred Lineback; Mrs. Emil Shaffner; Mrs. John T. Simpson, Jr.; Rev. Herbert Johnson; Mr. H. M. Brandon; C^ol. L. Corrin Strong; Mrs. Gordon Hancs; Mr. Howard Gray; and Dr. Dale H. Gramley, rv nfficin.
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Marcaui 1 15arrii.r. B..\., .\1..\., Instructor in .Sorio/ogy: Jhhn Fries Bi air. B.A.. M..\., LL.B., Assistant Professor of English: Jess Licii.e Bvrd, B.A., M.A.. .Issociate Professor of English: Roy J. Campbeii, B..A., M.P.H., Professor of Biology and Physics; I. Howard Chadwick. B.I).. M..\., Lecturer in Religion.
Margaret Chapman, B.S., M.S., Assistant Professor of Physical Education: Evabelle S. Co\'ington, B.A., M.A., Professor of .Sociology and Economics; Arley Theodore Curlee, B.A., M..\., Professor of Mathematics; Eleanor Alexander Hart, B.S., In- structor in Education; Virgini.\ Hodges, B.A., Assistant Professor of Home Economics.
Harold Michael Lewis. B.A., KL.\., Ph.D., Professor of Modern Languages; Mar\' L. Meln'IN, B.A., Instructor in .Modern Languages; Catherine Nicholson, B.A., M.A.. .Issislant Professor in English; Elizabeth L. Riegner, B.S., M.A., .Assistant Professor in English. Director of Dramatics; Howard E. Rondthai.er, B.D., D.D.. LL.D.. Ph.D.. Lecturer in Bihte.
William J. Russell, B..S., NLS., Instructor in Chemistry: Lucile Vest Scott, B.A., Associate Professor of Modern Languages; Edwin F. .She\vmake, B..S., KL.\., .Issislant Professor of Fine .-irts; Ch.^rles Gregg Singer, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Professor of History; Minnie J. .Smith, B.A., M.A., Professor of Classical Languages.
Warren F. Spencer, B.S.S.. M..\.. Instructor in History: S.xdie Elizabeth Welch, B..\.. M..\., Ph.D., Professor of Education atul Psychology. SCHOOL OF MUSIC: Ralph Robert Bell, B.A., B.M.E., Woodwind Instruments: Louise Cox Bowen, Piano: Mary Frances Cash, B.M., Theory, Counterpoint.
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Nell Folger Glenn, B.S., Accompamst; Harriet M. Greider, Pimm: Eleanor Schaffner Guthrie, B.A., Harp; Hans Heide- MANN, Insln/cloi in Adianced Piano: Frances Horne, B.M., In- structor in Piano.
Eugene M. Jacobowskv, B.S., M.A., Instmctor in I'lo/in: Joan E. Jacobowskv, B.S., M.A., Inslructor in ]'oice: Laurie Rodgers Jones, B.A., Piano; Margaret Merriman, Piano; Paul W. Peterson, B.M., M.Mus.Ed., Professor oj Voice.
June L. Samson, B.A., M.A., .Assistant Professor of Public Scliool Music; Clemens H. Sandreskv, B.A., Dean of Scliool of Music; Frances Miller Sowers, B.M.. Inslructor in Piano: Nell Bushing- ham Starr, J'oice; Margaret F. Vardell, B.M., M.M., Organ, Piano .Methods.
LIBRARIANS: K.^th.^rine S. Pyron, B.A., M.A., B.S.L.S., .Associate Librarian: Grace Louise Siewers, B.A., Librarian. OTHER OFFICERS AND ASSISTANTS: Blandina Biggers, R.N., .Nurse; Mary Stockton Cummings, B.A., Dietitian: Edith Ann Kirkland, B.A., Director oj Public Relations.
GwEN Morris, B.A., B.S.L.S., .Assistant Librarian; Ruby Muller, R.N., .Nurse; Evelyn Jo Roberts, B.A., Secretary to Dean of Students; Eileen Smoke, B.S., M.A., M.S., .Assistant Dean of Students.
NOT PHOTOGRAPHED: George G. Higgins, B.A.. B.D., Instructor in Religion; Lelia Grah.\m Marsh, B.A., .Alumnae .Secre- larr; Ethel Martin. B.A., M.A., Instructor in Christian Education; Moselle P.m.mer, B.A., Instructor in Physical Education.
ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE: B. Carson French, B.S., M.A., M.S., .Associate Professor of Chemistry; Edwin A. Sawyer, B.S., B.D., M.A., Chaplain and Instructor in Religion; William B. Todd, B.A., M..\.. Ph.D., Professor of English; Harry VV. Martin, B.A., M.A., Instructor in Sociology and Economics.
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Mrs. Howard E, Rondthalcr, the friend of Salem College students, was a wonderfully versatile person. Her calm quiet faith and interest in others endeared her to all who knew her. Of all the groups whose lives were touched by hers, Salem students were perhaps the beneficiaries in a larger degree than any others.
Miss Mary Jones, another friend of Salem Students, will long be remembered for her cheerful and unselfish service to Salem. .\ member of the Music School faculty for thirty years, she possessed a brightness of spirit, a wealth of kindness, and a devotion to her work that will be missed bv those of us who knew her here.
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The hardships of log houses determine first curriculum.
In the early days when three girls composed the student body and one teacher the faculty, the curriculum was small but practical. The founders of Salem, the community, and Salem, the Academy, saw that the school would have to prepare its students for a new life in the New World Wilderness or be useless. Therefore, the courses were designed to equip the young ladies for living amid the hardships of log houses, tallow candles, and hand-woven cloth.
Besides reading, writing, and arithmetic; music, drawing, and needlework early appeared in the curriculum. The "select" classes considered themselves greatly favored in being allowed to sit around a table on benches without backs in advanced classes. This was the reward for pursuing extra studies, such as reciting French to the principal at seven o'clock in the morning.
In the nineteenth century, Annual E.xamina- tions prior to Commencement Week were big features. Throngs of relatives arrived to see the exhibitions in the Church galleries. There were paintings, embroidery designs, footstools, and what- nots designed at school. After roll call there were various exercises, musical exhibitions, dialogues, etc., in which groups of girls named parts of flowers or worked algebra on a blackboard.
The compulsory sewing hour known as '"plain needlework" was abandoned — with joy — at the turn of the century. Courses were added as the needs arose, and a gradual streamlining of the curriculum took place. Today in nineteen hundred and tifty-
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. . . Ill a word, ,i;"/j, Hume simply says thai "When men have had experience enough lo observe Ihal, whatever may he the consequence of any single act of justice performed by a single person, yet the whole system oj actions concurred in by the whole society is infinitely advantageous to the whole and to every pari, it is not long before justice and properly take place . . .
three the courses offered us rank with those of the leading women's colleges in the country.
In an era of vocational colleges, Salem affirms the strength of the liberal arts program as the basis of life as an individual and as a contributing member of society. Specialization is reserved for our later years of study, and a wide field is available to us from which to choose.
Some of us come to Salem with many scholastic interests, some with only a few, and .some with none. For the first two years we are given an opportunity to take a wide variety of courses and thus be exposed to many fields of study. In our third year here we choose the field we like best and concentrate on it.
But some of us have a fitness for and interest in a profession when we arrive. For us there are available the fields of music. science, home economics, and teaching. And
we are aided in our search for our areas of We're given an Opportunity study through a careful testing program and to learn our own interests. thorough counseling and guidance.
We. the .Salem girls, often seem to take our privileges for granted. But within each of us is a prayer of thanks to those who help us.
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With scientific discoveries being made daily, the Labhngs, Salem's own scientists, kept us informed on the latest findings. Numerous Bowman Gray doctors talked to us informally once a month at the meetings in the science building. Joanne Moody, president, and other club members planned the programs and kept us well fed with re- freshments.
Another project of the lablings was to keep the science bulletin board decorated. We looked in awe at it all year and wondered where the girls could possibly have found such realistic pictures of people's insides.
When Dr. Hubert Alyea came to lecture, the group helped entertain him. We learned at his lecture that the scientist was a man of brains and wit. He startled his audience by spraying carbon dioxide on them in addition to talking learnedly about atomic energy.
While the science devotees were listening to lectures or working on the lower two floors of the science building, the Home Economics girls were busy upstairs. They were making clothes, preparing foods, and slip-covering furniture.
Food, costumes, dances, and fashion shows only started the Home Ec. group on its yearly schedule. With snack-loving dorm friends always around when the food was ready, Martha and her cohorts were the objects of constant but flattering pleas for handouts.
After becoming" experts on decorating cakes, flowers, and in- teriors, the girls then showed their art with the needle. The hours of stitching, ripping out, and stitching again proved that Nettie Rosenstein could profit from our seamstresses' efforts.
These moulders of velvet varied their household duties by sponsoring the Gingham Tavern dances. After weeks of planning, the girls watched with pleasure as the night club atmosphere put the proper touch on one of their most successful projects.
. . . Why, Mr. Campbell. It'/ml are you doing willi so 7nany girh? . . . IJ she'd known we were coming, Sara Sue would have baked a cake . . .
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The campus artists tiUiic down rroiii ihcir atiic hicii'-away to open up the Held of art to the rest of us. Leading ihe Art Cllub were President Alison Britt. Vice-President Bobbie Kuss, Treasurer Norma Williams, Secretary Carohn Dobson, and Reporter Sue Harrison.
Despite movie projector failures and worn out reels, we watched in amazement the foreign films illustratins the dexelopment of movie producing and acting. We enjoy foreign films de-
Later in the year the art forum delved deep Spite USUal projector troubles. into the principles behind art and kept us buzz- ing for weeks with ". . . and did you hear what Dr. Singer said to Dr. Lewis?"
In the spring we rummaged around in our roommates' closets and felt our way up Lehman's stairs to the costume room to lind something to wear to the Art Club's masquerade ball.
Finallv, the C:lub sponsored an exhibit of their own works lor us. Picasso himself would have been proud of the display.
Not only do we have on campus the facilities to enjoy art, but we also have a group which furnishes us musical enjoyment. The Choral Ensemble, headed by Mr. Peterson, gave us music of all types throughout the year. We took the long way back from the Book .Store just to hear the afternoon singing sessions.
Programs of .Sacred Music were presented at local churches and also out of town. We envied the choral members their voices and also their trips to "anywhere."
During the Christmas season, we heard the Ensemble in chapel and in the Moravian Church. As their fame spread by their appearances at clubs and meetings in Winston-.Salem, we were proud of our group.
In the spring all of the members practiced long and hard for the Spring Concert. Mr. Peterson coached for long weeks in advance, and the girls with solo parts sang oftener than usual in the showers. White blouses were diligently washed and ironed, and black skirts were cleaned and brushed. When the Concert was o\er. the Ensemble as usual had given an expert performance.
Ensemble members sing in showers and wash blouses.
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With three foreign students on campus to encourage knowledge of international affairs, the International Relations Club began its year's work eagerly.
During Orientation Week, the group showed its international flavor. It entertained us with a combination of native dances and songs competently rendered by Connie Murray. Boots Hudson, and Mrs. .Spencer.
When the nation began discussing and fussing about the presi- dential election, the I.R.C. invited Hoke Norris to discuss the summer political conventions. At the next meeting Miles .Smith, a Stevenson supporter, debated with Clyde Randolph, an Eisen- hower fan. Foreign students visit Salem The biggest event of the year was the Inter-
College for panel discussion, national Day held in the spring. Barbara .\llen,
as president of the Club, with her other officers — Connie Murray, Virginia Hudson, and Florence Swindell — planned the program. Foreign students from nearby colleges joined us for a panel discussion.
While the nation was pondering international problems, we had our own. With the inevitable advent of practice teaching, the Student Teachers made lesson plans, arose with the sun. and bored non-teachers by eternally relating anecdotes about their students.
The professional club on campus. Future Student Teachers make lesson Teachers of America, give Juniors and Seniors plans and arise with the sun. who were earning teaching certificates a chance
to belong to a professional club while still on campus.
Since "misery loves company," the F.T.A. girls enjoyed talking shop about "our children."' The practice teachers discussed their experiences with their hellions and gave the Juniors sound advice about the do's and don'ts of the beginning teacher. Local teachers, principals, and foreign students were invited to talk with us about the teaching profession.
Later in the year the practice teachers, under the sponsorship of the F.T.A. and the college, gave a dinner for their critic teachers. Much to their surprise, the practice teachers discovered that they had learned a great deal about teaching and about children.
In the spring, we chose "Miss Student Teacher" from our group here at Salem. .She represented us, along with other members, at the state conference in .^sheville.
. . . Barbara, are they really going to drajt women? . . . And just think, we'll have summers free and every Saturday too . . .
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at least not on the Salem campus. The fourteen girls that manage
the Order give service to the college by attending to the neglected
or overlooked needs of the school. "Service in small things" is
their motto, and the greater part of their work is unrecognized.
The Order of the Scorpion is not an honorary organization, but
rather a group which has shown previous interest in, and a desire
to help, Salem. Their ultimate goal is to be a
Scorpions are not dreadful part of the active and growing Salem life,
animals to us here at Salem, supported by an enthusiastic student body.
Membership in the .Scorpions is limited to fourteen girls from the junior and senior classes. The .Senior members are Anne Lowe, Marian Lewis, Eleanor McGregor, Peggy Chears, Emma .Sue Larkins, Jane .Schoolfield, Jane .Smith, Jeanne Harrison, Marilyn .Summey, and Anne Louise Rhyne. Scorpions from the junior class are ."Mice McNeely, Jean .Shope, Joan Shope, and Jean C^alhoun.
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Some of oiii' ornani/alions on cainims arc l)ra\cK' hoEiorary instead of ac'li\c. Alth()ut;h these have no pai'lieiihu- I'luiclions, they give special recognition to outstanding students.
Most of us ha\e heard the mysterious words "I'hi Alpha 1 heta" iiuirinured by those who seeincd to know what it meant. This year the organization is repre- r raternity scnted for the first time in Sights .\nd Insights, Salem for
Salem's first fraternity. Phi Alpha Theta, was organized here last year under the leadership of Mr. Spencer. Salem's chapter of the national fraternity recognizes students and faculty members who have had eighteen hours of history with high averages in all subjects.
Banquets in the fall and spring this year honored new niemlx-rs. 'I'hey were planned by Jane Smith, president, while jean Daven- port, secretary-treasurer, took care of financial matters.
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. . . fin/il row. Mis. Heidhredn. Dr. Hi\on. .Miss Covington. Dr. .Smith, lamp . . . back row^ .Mr. Spenm, Di/inr \'iiii<;hn. Pisgif Johnson. Harharn .illen. Jane .Smith. Jriin Davenport . .
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Each year Salem's leading .Seniors arc recognized in ]\'ho's Who Among Sludenh in American Colleges anil Universities. They are the ones who have made the most of their college career and who have given the most of themselves to Salem. Qualifications for membership include excellence of scholarship, service to the school, future use to the community, and general citizenship.
This year Marilyn Summey, Marian Lewis, Anne Lowe, Jane Smith, Peggy C^hears, and Florence Spaugh were recognized by Who's Who.
The members have the advantage of a place- ment .service conducted by the publication and used as a reference bureau by business firms, graduate schools, and education boards. Who's Who also serves as an incentive for students to get the best results from their college experiences and to provide a means of recognition to students for what they have already achieved.
Membership at Salem is chosen by a faculty committee and the president of Student Government. Students who are selected submit a record of their college career.
Who's Who provides recogni- tion to students for good work
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We are the Salem girls of 1953. We eat, sleep, study, see movies, date-worry, and generally enjoy whatever we do. But the Salem Girl is not only the girl who attended Salem in 1953. She is also the little girl who came from across the square to learn house- keeping in 1790. She is the young lady who rode in a carriage all the way from Texas in 1820. She is the flapper who "hopped" a train to Salem in 1925.
At Salem long ago, school life was indeed home life.
When she arrived at school during any time of the year, the new pupil remained until she was "educated." If she had not finished school and was not ready for marriage by the time she was sixteen, she was considered terribly retarded.
As soon as she was settled in school, there were constant in- structions from parents:
. My rule is that no article should be sold them except such as are necessary . . . idleness, carelessness, and extravagance are among the causes of ruin to many families. . . .
I would recommend flannel draw'rs under her other gar- ments, and I will be quite obliged to you. Sir, if you would be so kind as to request her tutoresses to have them made for her. .\t the end of the term, there were two weeks free, but most of the pupils remained at Salem. Distances were long, and roads were bad.
The greatest increase in boarders came with the Clivil War. Parents felt that their daughters would be safer at Salem than at home, and every day brought new requests. The reply went out
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Allhough the ^'ank(■<■s oicupicci the region, the roulinc ol sc bool was never interrupted for a single day. Nor did the crowded student body go hungry e\en when the principal hinisell' had to ride into the hills in .search of loot!.
And the students never stopped coming to .Salem. During a gay and impromptu reunion in June of 1886. the .Mumnae .\ssoci- ation of .Salem Female Academy was organized. The lirst ■.XKunnae Scholarship Girl" entered in 1897. the same year in wluch the present title of Salem Academr find Cnlleoe was adopted.
For the outdoor girl of the twentieth century, frame-roofed walkways connecting buildings were no longer needed. .She was no longer prohibited from talking at meals but
was e\en encouraged to chat. Today talking School never closed, nor did continues, and the entire student body can Students lack food during war. olten be heard singing "Happy Birthda>" at lunch. Sweaters and skirts have replaced fartheringales for the Salem Girl, and cigarettes are no longer scandalous.
Vet, the .Salem Ciirl belongs to all times. We represent only one small cross-section of the many who have made Salem their home.
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in our caps and gowns for Opening Chapel this year. That first step down the aisle jarred us awake, and we looked around us. Everyone else was standing, and they were watching us. We were Seniors, we marched forward, the organ music swelled, and the year began.
. . . President Faye Lee, Secretary Peggy Chears, Tice-President Drane I'aug/iih Treasurer Norma Williams . . .
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when plans for marriage would materialize for some of us. W'r resumed our work, and we caught a glimmer of understanding of its purpose. This was our last year, and we had our visions of the coming summer-marriage, trips abroad, jobs, teaching appli- cations, or just time to relax. We worked, but we looked ahead.
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We eleeted Fave Lee as otir presidi-nt and Drane Vaughn as\ ice-president. Peggy CUiears We shamefully admit we wore struggled with minutes and records, while OUr tassels OTl the WroTlg side. Norma Williams collected and spent our money.
Many things were new to us, howe\'er. and sometimes we made mistakes. No one knew, for example, that we were marching down the aisle in Opening Ohapel with our tassels on the wrong side. Then we saw the faculty wearing theirs on the same side.
When tlhristmas came we were tired, but the festivities meant more than usual to us. \Ve decorated hundreds of beeswax candles in preparation for vespers, and our cold feet warmed our hearts as we sang Christmas carols the night before \'acation began.
In the spring .Sisters and Bitting bounced with activity. We burned our blue books at Hat Burning and handed over our robes to the Juniors. We crammed for and wept over comprehensives, but surprisingly enough we pas.scd. We gave our graduation recitals as proudly as we would have in Carnegie Hall.
.And finally graduation arri\'ed. It wasn't as happy a moment as we had thought it would be. The campus had never looked as green or felt as much like home. We had "our" chair in the library, "our" table in the dining room, "our" practice piano, and "our"' room. We thought about the times we had talked to Mr. .Snavely in the Book .Store, searched for
Miss Essie, drunk coflfee at the drug store. We burn our blue books and and sat under the willow tree talking about shed our robes at Hat Burning. where we were going the next week-end. But now we found ourselves saying, "Let's all meet here this time next vear.''
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"Love is where you find it" is PEGGYAN ALDERMAN'S theme song. Peggyan is a Winston-Salem girl who has been a member of the May Court for two years and reigned as Maid of Honor in the spring. She has been both a boarder and a Day Student, a welcome addition to both.
C:ON.STANCE BARNES, a Wilson girl, came to us from .St. Mary's with a ukelele on her knee and a song for every occasion. When she was elected to the May Court, Connie insisted it was because of her brains and not her looks. .She belonged to the F.T.A. and served as house president (official door- locker) of Bitting.
Alternating between feeding experimental mice in the .Science Building and collecting presents for the Orphanage Christmas party was ELLEN BELL. Ellen, a Home Ec. major from Dublin, Virginia, suffered through practice teaching, daily lesson plans, and early morning hours to complete require- ments for her teaching certificate. Gleeful laugh, big brown eyes, and boundless energy is Ellen.
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We'll al\va\s rcnicmlHT ihc Bcaulorl i;irl. NEVA BELL. Xc\a is a pulilic school music major and an accomplished musician with any instrument (including the cello). She was a member of the F.'r..\., tlhoral En- semble, and Instrumental Ensemble. Neva is patience personiticd, an interested listener, and an understandino friend.
Milk, big meals, any kind of dancing, and music — these are DORA C;AMER0N".S loves. Dora, a piano major from Wilmington, entertained us by singing no\elt>- songs, banging on the red piano, and telling jokes — slightly changed from the original version. An ace ping-pong player with a dangerous slam — that's Dora.
JOANNE BELL, a Wilsonite with a love for Morehead, came to us from .St. Mary's. An English major with a model's figure and bangs, Jo served on the LR..S., Salemile and Sights .-"iND Insights staffs, and as junior class secretary, marshal, and feature girl. Her musical and artistic ability made her a natural choice for Mav Dav Chairman.
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PEGGY CHEARS, a Danville lass who refused to say "house" and "mouse" like a North Carolinian, worked in nearly every organization on campus — Student Govern- ment, Salemite, Sights and Insights, Scor- pions, House President of Clewell, and Secretary of Senior Class. Still she found time to listen to the opera and to play bridge.
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LOMA FAVE CUTHBERTSON spent the greater part of this year finishing her B.M. in Public School Music. She was quite an executive, too: she was president of the Methodist group and of the F.T.A. From Glen Alpine the drawling Loma also served as vice-president of the "Y."
Petite and neat JEAN DAVENPORT from Rocky Mount proved that she could edit the Sights and Insights, practice teach, act as secretary-treasurer of the Phi Alpha Theta, publicize May Day, and still have time left for innumerable trips to Chapel Hill. An F.T.A. -er, "Dave" plans to teach English in high .school.
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MRS. NINA DERAMUS, with a house, a husband, and a small boy, returned to college to get a degree just because she wanted to. She attended VVingate Junior College and the University of North Carolina. At .Salem she was an economics-sociology major and minored in English.
RUTH DERRICK came down to Salem from her hill in Clayton, Georgia. Bitting's Basement was decorated with her sketches of the class, the Salemile ran her cartoons, the composition class gasped over her prolific writing, and we sang her lyrics to Joanns music. Ruthie served on the Salemile, \..\. Council, and as a practice teacher.
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MYRA DICKSON, the Gastonia girl with the blond streak in her hair and diamond on her finger, was our authority on Latin quo- tations. Besides being a Latin major, she specialized in cats, Greek, bridge, and Ger- man. Myra was a member of the LR.C. and the Lecture Committee, and wrote for the Salemite.
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LORETTA DIROM from Lynchburg guided Sisters dorm as house president this year. This post was supplemented by work on her two majors, history and Spanish; her endless hours spent as "heads" editor of the Salemile; and by her endless typing for the Sights .\nd Insights. Lorrie, Sisters' youngest, is characterized by her rolling walk and her ability to sleep through earthquakes.
CAROLYN DOBSON, an art major from Greenville, South Carolina, was a loyal supporter of class athletics. Art, softball, basketball, tennis, modern dance, and knitting tilled her time. All four years we ran to her room to get our knitting untangled and to have posters made. We'll remember Carolyn and her green Ford.
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JANE CAROLYN FEARING, the "mon- ster," is a lover of onions. She is an art major from Statesville and was president of the Art Club her junior year. She minored in primary education and trips to Charleston, and she was on the May court, the A. A. Council, and the I.R.S, Council.
Sisters" one claim to musical fame was in the personage of one MARGIE FERRELL of Kinston. Margie's flexible personality could change the atmosphere from Chopin to Gershwin in five minutes. Besides giving recitals, Margie wrote for the Salemile, led the class cheers, sang in the Choral Ensemble, and giggled.
BARBARA FISHER from Concord came to Salem on the five-year plan so that she could double major in public school music and organ. By the end of her second Senior year she had almost a triple major. During her Salem years Barbara belonged to the F.T.A., "V Cabinet, and I.R.C.
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FAY FULLER, a day student, had a double major of Latin and history. She was another one of the "dawn" girls who rolled out of bed for practice teaching. Besides this, Fay still found time to help behind stage with the Pierrettes. .She was also a member of the Honor .Society and Phi .Alpha Theta.
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K.ATHERINE GREEN from Midland found much to interest her at .Salem, but plans for a June wedding occupied most of her thoughts this year. .■\ piano major, Kappy participated in many musical activities for four years. .She also likes good books, Chinese food, parties, and Max best of all.
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THERES.\ HEDRICK from Lenoir was at Bowman Gray this year studying Medical Technology. She was also at Annapolis quite often studying to be Mrs. Stewart Sherman. Theresa was president of the Lablings her junior year and will be remembered afso for her hula dancing, blue Be Sota convertible, and her artistic "hat burning" hat.
ANN HOBBS HELSABECK, one of our married Seniors, commuted daily from King to complete her Senior year. An active member of almost every organization on campus, .\nn was president of the Modern Dance Club, House President of Strong, and a freshman feature girl for the annual. Ann's journalistic ability was seen in her Salemili- articles about her little brother or her husband.
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ANN HUGHES, a Winston-Salem girl, reigned as Salem's twenty-sixth May Queen. Ann was on the May Court her junior year after she transferred from Mitchell College. An economics-sociology major and with ele- mentary education as a minor. .\nn has served on the I.R.S. Council two years and was \-ice-president of the I.R.S. this vear.
CARMEN JOHNSTON is the gal who gets things done without bothering anyone. She lives in Winston-Salem, and has been active in the Home Ec. Department and in Stee Gee work, acting as treasurer in her Sophomore year. We've always admired her neatness and quiet dignity.
MARGARET BRITT KEEL, whom we continued calling Peggy Britt, is one of our en\ied married seniors. From La Grange Peggy majored in history and minors in pri- mary education. She was also active in the F.T.A. and LR.C. and was noted for her tiny waist and neat appearance.
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SALLIE C;F..\I. KI.RNER from Hender- son is an or^an major and tilled her four years with a variety of acti\ilics. She was a member of the Choral Ensemble, the •■\'" Clabinet, and the Honor Society. This year she had the added responsibility of being president of the Choral Enseinble.
BETTY LOU KIPE came to us from Plainfield, N. J. Before entering Salem, she attended Oberlin College for two years. Organ is Betty Lou's main interest as well as her major, and she had the distinction of giving the first student recital of the year.
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ELIZABETH KRAUSS has the distinction of being the only foreign student in the senior class. From The Hague in Holland, Elizabeth is a world traveler, having lived in Australia, Java, and the East Indies and visited in China and Japan. She was an ardent member of the I.R.C at .Salem.
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Our class president was FAVE LEE from Smithfield. Her poise was admired at Student Council, I.R.S. and .Senior Class meetings. Engaged to Ross, Faye found time to write letters to Korea as well as practice teach, be Business Manager of the Salemite, and write copy for Sights and Insights. In addition she was a former marshal and president of the I.R.C.
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ANNE MILLER, who is known to all at Salem as "Beauty," came to us from Lin- colnton. Beauty's main interest was her history major, hut w-e will remember her for her sandy-colored hair, slow drawl, and distinctive walk.
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Trips to music hall to practice piano and to V.P.I, to sec Billy kept JULIA MOORK from Norfolk busy this year. But in spite of that, she found time to be active in the May Day Committee, the Choral f.nsemble, the C'anterbur\ Club, and the Lecture Committee.
.\N.\.\ FR.\NC:E.S MORG.W transferred to .Salem from VV.C. in her sophomore year. .Since then, she's become a practice teacher, holder of the class's highest average in our junior year, and both treasurer and \ice- president of the Day Students. She can us- ually be found discussing .Spanish literature with Dr. Lewis or objectives with Dr. Welch
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Home economics major MARTHA NEW- COMB hails from Henderson. This year was an exceptionally full one for Martha, for she was president of the Home Economics Club and also a practice teacher. In addition, Martha found time to be active in the Lablings, the F.T.A., and the I.R.C.
Last August JOANN WHITE married Percy PAYNE, and they found an apartment near Salem. This year Joann could reach Music Hall to practice piano, her major subject, in one leap. Joann's activities in- cluded the Y Cabinet, Sights .\nd Insights staff, and Choral Ensemble. We will re- member Joann for her ability to play almost any song in any style — even on the red Bitting piano.
As president of the Canterbury Club, NELL PHILIPS from Battleboro spent a busy year. Her religious music and organ major as well as her voice minor kept her in music hall much of the time. Nell still managed to find time for a frequent week- end visitor from the Duke med. school.
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During her years at Salem, Statesville's ANNE LOULSE RHYNE was a marshal, treasurer of the Junior class and of May Day. a feature girl, a Scorpion, and a math major. With all this activity, it was no wonder that "W'illie" corrected a first grader when he said he "had drewed "by telling him to say he "had drawed" instead.
From Dan\-ille ("Virginia, of course"), JANE SC:H00LF1ELD served as chief mar- shal, photographic editor of the annual, and news editor of the Salemite. She was al.so a Scorpion and on the Lecture Committee, but most week-ends found her at Chapel Hill with Bryant. Jane took her dancing and history major .seriou,sly at Salem.
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From way down south comes BEBE SKINNER. Bebe has the distinction of being the only twin in the senior class besides Marcia. Bebe loves Florida houseparties, friends she makes on train trips, sips of cokes, and Selma, Alabama, her distant home town. Her side interests are her history major and practice teaching.
BETTY JEAN SMITH, who is known as "B. J.," is from Scarsdale, N. Y. Besides majoring in economics and sociology, B. J. found time to take countless trips to An- napolis to see her Milt. Even with a Yankee accent, she was a true Southerner to all of us.
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"Ah ha\' th" t'ollowin' aiinouiuriiu-iUs,'" drawk-d Srlma's JANE SMl'lH in chapt'l this year. Vice-president of tin- Stcc (Jcc was only one of Jane's acconipHshments. She was also president of Phi Alpha Theta, a member of the Honor Society, Scorpions, and ]\'/!o's \i'/w. VV'ith such a record she was still known as the gii'l who lost things and was "ever\l)ods"s friend."
FLORENCE SPAUGH has more talents than anyone can count, and still is modest about them. Hailing from Leaksville, she lived at Reverend Spaugh's home during school. We'll remember her for being off- campus "veep," Day .Student Stee Gee representative, and Dr. Singer's prize history major.
MARILYN SUMME\' from Dallas, N. C:., devoted much time and energy to the "'Y" as its president. She also found time to be a member of Who's Who, the Scorpions, and the Honor Society. She is quite a remarkable girl, since she had a double major in music and math.
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DRAXE VAUGHN, a day student, spent this year getting a B.A. degree in history as well as a teacher's certificate in elementary education. Drane transferred to .Salem her junior year from Hollins College. .She served on the Salemite staff, was \'ice-president of the senior class, and was a member of Phi Alpha Theta.
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S.\RA WILLARD. president of the day students, transferred to .Salem her sophomore year from W. C. .Sara is a math major and joined the ranks in rising at dawn for practice teaching. Sara also served on the Lecture Committee and spent many hours deciding what important people to bring to .Salem.
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In spite of long sessions with paint and crayon in the art lab, NORNL\ \VILLL\NLS from Wilmington always managed to look freshly dressed. Her sociology-economics major and art minor gave her a variety of interests, for Norma was active in the Art CUub and was treasurer of our class this year.
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Then came the junior year, probably the happiest time of all, for ue were absorbed with our friends, boys, and studies we at last liked. Proud of the accomplishment of having two years of college work behind us, we were the elite; we could pick our own courses. We could sit on the steps of Strong and South in cool disdain of the lower classes. But in our position as "Big Sisters" we decided that the freshmen were pretty nice people, whose friendships were worth cultivating. We realized that the professors actually had our interests at heart and liked to see evervone in their classes pass.
This year Alice McNeely took over the duties of president of the class, aided by Mary Lou Whiteheart. \ice-president, Betsy Forrest, secretan,-, and Connie Murray, treasurer. Connie also had the job of locking the doors of Strong and keeping an eye on her ""children."
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With the closing of the school year, friendships had been strength- ened by three years of association, and we were beginning to feel like the class of fifty-four rather than fifty individuals. We were part of a unit: as rising seniors we felt our responsibilities; and for the first time we were fully aware that we were Salemites.
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Jean Clalhoun, Cllinton
Anna Katharine Dobson, Winston-Salem
Arvel Dyer, Winston-Salem
Third row:
Jean Edwards, Raleigh Elaine Elrick, Baltimore, Md. Joan Elrick, Baltimore, Md. Elynor Rights, Winston-Salem Edith Flagler, Hickory
Fourlli row:
Betsy Forrest, Hillsboro
Carol Glaser, Charlotte
Sarah Hackney, Wilson
Donald Hartzog, Winston-Salem
Priscilla Henrich, Westficld, N. J.
Fijtli row:
Virginia Hudson, Raleigh
Nancy Huffard, Bluefield, Va.
Elissa Hutson, Winston-Salem
Eleanor Johnson, Peterborough, N. H.
Peggie Johnson, Raleigh
Sixtli row:
Betty McGlaughon, Kingsport, Tenn. Ruth Mcllroy, Winston-Salem Doris McMillan, Galax, Va. Alice McNeely, Mooresvillc Cynthia May, Greenville, S. C
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Aiuu' Mciiill. Moiinl Airy
Laura Mitchell, Charlolte
Joanne Mooch, Syha
Anne Robertson Morgan, Winston-Saleni Molly Quinn. Kinston
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Second row:
C^onnie Murra\', Durham Lu Lons Ogburn, Smithfield (ilenn Pettyjohn, VVinslon-Saleni
Thud row:
Jean Shope, VV'eavervillc Joan Shope, \Vea\ervillc Dorothy .Smothers, Reids\ille Frankie Ann Strader, Burlington Sarah Sue lisdale, New Bern
Fourth row:
Betty Tyler, Kinston
Betsy Turner, Oxford
Mary Lou VVhitehcart, Winston-Salem
Mary Lu Williams, Fayettevillc
Mary Joyce Wilson, Rural Hall
S/iidetils .Vol Pholooraphed
John H. Byrd, Jr. Russell Chambers Sue Harrison Patricia Locke William Philip Long James McDaniel Harold Shoemaker Edith Tesch
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We Tried to Be Remembered
When we wcnl lo class and heard ihc nie\ilahlc t Chaucer read to us, we knew that our sophomore \car had actually begun. We were no longer Freshmen, and it was good to "know the ropes" and to ha\c extra overnights and cuts. We knew Ihal when wc began bumming rides to Carolina, Duke, .State, and Davidson.
We cracked the usual Rat Week whip over the Freshmen this year. The mid-October leaves made a colorful prayer mat for the "lowly ones" as they praised Allah at the sight of one of us.
Bobbie Kuss, as president, led us in a constant endeavor to prexent our being called the "forgotten class." .She was competently assisted by Ernstinc Kapp, vice-president, .Sue Jones, secretary, and Betsy Files, treasurer. Sue also had the job of acting as "Mama" to more than a hundred girls in Clcwell. while Kay Cunningham took care of the girls in .South.
We certainly weren't the forgotten class in dramatics this year. This was proven in the production of Anlianne. Roonie played Antigone and was supported by Maggie and .Sally. We were even represented in the Greek chorus, which was led by .'\nne. Currin, Betty, Francine, and Nancy gave her their assistance and support.
The year was filled with the usual events, but somehow they were different to us. Greased door knobs and mis-placed drawers marked another playful Hallowe'en. Fast year's
formals across our beds and corsages outside We grease door knobs and mis- our windows revealed our preparations for the place drawers on Hallowe'en. Christmas dance. .Another wonderful February 14th passed amid empty candy boxes and fallen rose petals.
.\s Miss Anna's pansies began to bloom and the pool was filled with water, we exchanged our loafers and sweaters for sandals and cottons. The talk of transferring was replaced by plans for our junior year at .Salem, and we knew we had not been forgotten.
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First row:
Dorothy Rice Allen, Winston-Salem Norma Jean Ansell, High Point Mary Bambalis, Winston-Salem
Second row:
Anne Bryan Bowman, Wadesboro Roberta Browcr, Winston-Salem Jane Brown, Murfreesboro
Martha Anne Barnes, Bennettsville, S. C. Diantha Carter, Raleigh Marguerite Blanton, Mooresboro Martha Coggins, Sanford
Third row:
Kay Cunningham, Danville, Va. Jean Currin, Middleburg Kathleen Duffy, New Bern Anne Edwards, Bluefield, W. Va. Louise Fike, Wilson
Fourlh row:
Nancy Florence, Chevy Chase, Md. Irma Gatewood, Winston-Salem Emily Gunn, Lynchburg, Va. Bonnie Jane Hall, Elkin Emily Hall, Belmont
Fifth row:
Lucy Boyd Harris, Hender.son Emily Heard, Kinston Marlene Hedrick, Lenoir Edith Howell, Rahway, N. J. Sally Anne Hudson, Winston-Salem
.SV.v//; row:
Gertrude Johnson, Burlington Betty Carol Johnston, Draper Sue Jones, Charlotte Ernstine Kapp, Winston-Salem Carolyn Kneeburg, Salisbury
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IManc Knott. Rinston
Barbara Kuss. Allciitown, Pa.
.Ann Lang, Rinston
Jan Langlcy. Hamilton. Montana
Favc Lanham. C:larksdak-, Miss.
Tliird row:
Peggy McCanless, .Salisbury Patricia Marsh, .Salisbury Virginia Millican, Lumberton Anne Mi.\on, Summit, N. J. Dorothv Morris. Mocksville
njlli row:
Sally Reiland. Bluetield. \V. Va. Betty Riddle. Plymouth Freda Siler, Franklin Barbara Smith. Mount .\iry Bessie Smith. .Selma. .Ala.
Second row:
Betsy Liles, VVadrsboro
Audrey Lindlry, Winston-Salem
Jane Little, ,\li)cmarlc
Mary Scott Li\-ingston, Wilmington
Allison Long, States\illc
Font III row:
Jacqueline Nielson, Rinston
Sara Outland, Rin.ston
Francine Pitts, Lydia, S. C.
Rebecca Powers, Raleigh
Mary .Anne Raines. Clhevy C:hase, Md.
SIx/h row:
Mary Todd Smitli. Bethel Norma Rose Spikes, Burlington Mildred Spillman. Wilmington Ph\llis Stinnett, Buchanan, \'a. Hadwig .Stolw iizer, .Austria
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Florence Swindell, Raleigh
Betty Cllaire Warren, Win.ston-Salem
Helen Carole Watkins, Hartsville, S. C.
Carolyn VVatlington, Ruffin
Elaine Williams, Clhattanooga, Tenn.
■Second row:
Betty Lynn Wilson, Rural Hall Rosanne Worthington, Kinston
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We felt strange that first week at Salem as we watched the
Seniors proudly stroll in and out of Bitting, wondered at the
Juniors who rushed back to Strong after meals to play bridge,
and en\ied the Sophomores who gathered in a corner of Davy
to talk over the summer. We were a little scared and a little
anxious, but before we knew it we were eating out with our
"big sisters." singing "In the Evening" with the sophomores on
the lawn after supper, and paying unexpected
We avoid the Sophomores calls to our Senior advisors to find out what
and we look for "Gloria." we "read" on Reading Day. Litde by little the
newness wore off, and we really felt like we belonged when both our hockey team and our chorus line came out on top at the pep rally.
We had been told about Rat Week and realized the time was near when the Sophomores began singing in the dining room and holding mysterious class meetings in Old Chapel. We were Arabs, wore towels for turbans and prayed to Allah. At Rat Court we looked for "Gloria" and laughed at Temple singing "Don't Do It."
.\fter six weeks' tests, we elected Nellie .\nn Barrow to preside at class meetings. Bonnie Quackenbush served as vice-president, Jo Cullifer kept the minutes, and Ann Campbell balanced the books. For our project we "adopted" the orphans at the Family Service Home. On the side, we wrote to our boys in Korea whose names we got from the Red Cross.
The Christmas Dance, the Putz, Senior \'espers, the Christmas Banquet, and then — much too soon — our pencils were flying through those notorious little blue books.
After exams everyone sat back and relaxed for awhile. We prayed for sunshine that first Saturday in May and were mighty proud of Claire as she walked down the path and took her place with the rest of the May Court.
The year was over. We knew it had been a good one — but we knew, too. that next vear would be even better.
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First row:
Roberta Ashburn, Mount Airy Emily Baker, Rocky Mount Louise Barron, Rock Hill, S. C. Nellie Anne Barrow, Alberta, Va. Barbara Berrv, C:harlotte
Second row:
Lucy Bishop, Belhaven Nonie Bjornlie, Minneapolis, Minn. Jane Boyd, Marion, Va. Marianne Boyd, Charlotte Bonnie Sue Bowman, Elkin
Third row:
Bebe Brown, Jacksonville, Fla. Tommy Brown. Winston-.Salem Betty Brunson, Albemarle Helen Burns, Kershaw, S. C. Elizabeth Ann Butler, Moraanton
Fourth row:
Ann Campbell, Murfreesboro Donald Caldwell, Dillon, S. C. Alice James Carter, .Selma, Ala. Betty Jean Cash, Winston-.Salem Claire Chcsnut, Jacksonville, Fla.
Fifth row:
Josephine Ciuilifer, Murfreesboro Temple Daniel, New Bern Harriett .\nn Davis, Crozet, Va. Dayl Dawson, Chevy Chase, Md. Jo\' Dixon. C:harlotte
Sixth row:
Vivian Fasul, Fayettex-ille
Mary Ceile Flowers, Dan\illc, Va.
Lynda George, Mount .\iry
Betsy Giles, Morganton
Susan Glaser, Che\-y Chase, Md.
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Baibara Grt-cn, Dam illr. Va. Saress Gregg, Bennctlsx illc, S. C. Joy Harrison. Plyiiioulh Margie Hartshorn. Ashe\ille Peggy Hawkins, Goldsboro
Set 011(1 row:
Peggy Jean Horlon. Hictcorx- Emily Howell. Goldsboro Sara Kathryn HulF, Pulaski, Va. Diane Huntley, Lenoir .Mverta Hutton, Hickorv
7'hiri/ row:
Betty Sue Justice, I'itzgerald, Ga. June Kipc, Plainfield, N.J. Sally Knight, C^harlottesvillc, Va. Thelma Lancaster, Roeky Mount Jane Langston, CJoldsboro
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Polly Larkins, Trenton
Ella Ann Lee, Smithheld
Ruth Lott, .Ashexille
Mary Elizabeth McCllure, CJraham
EmiTia McCottcr, New Bern
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.Susan McLamb. CJoIdsboro Den\se McLawhorn. \\'inter\ille Patricia Malone, Salisbury Ann Marlow, Goldsboro Marv Lou ,\Liune\-. Charlotte
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First row:
Lane Owre. Charlotte
Julia Parker. Ahoskie
Sara Marie Pate. Rowland
Nancy Proctor. Greenville
Bonnie Quakenbush. Winston-Salem
Second row:
Margaret Raiford. Erwin Agnes Rennie. Richmond. \'a. Patsy Roberson. Robersonville Peggy Roberts, Anniston. Ala. Mary McNeely Rogers, Mooresville
Third roic:
Mary Benton Royster. Durham Mary Alice Ryals. Benson Betty Saunders. Convoer Phylliss Sherrill, Lenoir Eleanor Smith. Reids 'ille
Fourth row:
Joann Smith. \Vinston-Salem
Carolyn Spaugh. C^harlotte
Shirley Taylor, Winston-Salem
Anne Tesch. Winston-Salem
Anne Lynn Thompson. Winston-Salem
Fifth row:
Martha Thoriiburg. Hickorv Eleanor Wakon. Glen Alpine .Sandra Whitlock, Washington. D. C.
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Here Are Our Special Groups
I hey iir\rr m'l wet (.hisliini; U) class on i'ain\' class: ihc\ never si^n in and oul IVoni uptown; Salnitlay classes tlon'l upsei ihem: they ne\er wail until weekends to lea\'e school. 1 lie\ aie the day sludents.
Under the leadership ol President Sara VVil- lard; V'ice-president Sara Watson, Secretar\ Barbara Hine. Treasurer Sally Hudson, and Edith Tcsh to represent them in the Student Council, the off-campus s>irls are well organized.
1 heir home on campus is the Day Student Center coiuplete with a backroom for the inevitable card games. They ne\'er mind lending the Center for campus meetings, receptions, and Saturday night dances.
The Da)- Students are always on hand for supplying the campus girls with cars, getting furniture for Pierrette props, introducing town boys, and furnishing a coke inachinc that rarcK- runs out of cokes.
Their social activities are as varied as Winston-Salcm weather, covering everything from bring-your-date picnics to bring-your- mother teas.
There are members of another group of day students who are always conspicuous on campus — These are the men students. We see them everywhere, but they are most
often found in their own special room down in Three Camera shy men are the catacombs. finally snapped in desperation.
This year the men students seemed to be camera shy. They were informed that Woodrow was coming to take their picture for the annual, and at the appointed time, none of the men appeared. A few days later, they were notified again, and again the room was einpty. The third time was a surpri.se attack which was another utter failure. Finally in despera- tion a meeting was called by a faculty member, three men ap- peared, and the picture was hastily snapped.
This year no officers were elected by the men, but thev con- tinued to attend class, play cards in the catacombs, and boost our morale.
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We liked taking imaginars' trips to Holland with Elizabeth, to France with Guillamette, and to Austria with Hadwig this year. Elizabeth Krauss from The Hague was the first Dutch girl we have had at Salem, .\fter hearing her speak our language, we wondered why we e\-er picked up the many slang phrases we use. After a few weeks with Elizabeth, her earrings became as familiar to us as Miss Anna's pansies.
Guillamette Roussel lived up to what we thought the typical French girl should look like. Her chic hairdo and her ability to wear high heels every day astounded us. The night Guillamette was elected to the May Court was one of the highlights of the year, because she was the first foreign student to accomplish that feat. Tyral, Austria, is the home of Hadwig Stolwitzer. It wasn't long after she arrived that we nicknamed her "Heidi." Heidi gave up skiing when she came to Salem, but her long white socks were reminders of Austria and of home.
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female George Washington . . . nicknamed "Sheep" . . . basket- ball star, speaker, singer, and choir director . . . love of monkey car- toons, cokes at bedtime, ironing, and dating in Winston-Salem
unusual craving for chicken wings . . . exotic We Seniors are fond of the blue stationery . . . hair rolled in socks . two top Stee Gee officials, swooner to "Halls of Ivy" . . . busy but never too
busy to stop . . . true platinum blond hair, blue eyes, and a catching smile . . . Madame President . . . our Marian.
JANE SMITH ...
Alabama drawl . . . handwriting of a two year old and a mind that rates the Dean's List . . . conductor of searches for better contact lens solution . . . quick wit that matches a quick walk . . . love of long cigarettes, football games, and weekend trips . . . momentous decision to double major, "So I won't be wastin' Daddy's money" . . . naturally curly hair and a pair of dimples . . . favorite of Miss Essie's . . . Madame Veep of the Stee Gee . . . quite a girl . . . Janie.
CONNIE MURRAY . . .
Mama Strong . . . "That reminds me of a joke" . . . never ceasing energy . . . Strong's hair designer . . . letters from Korea . . . "Nobody tells me anything" . . . tango lessons in the basement . . . whiz at crossword puzzles . . . love of knitting . . . forever seeing the bright side of life . . . hula dancer ... red hair, freckles, and blue eyes . . . beat-up loafers . . . class treasurer . . . "I'm coming, Laura" . . . our own Connie.
Dancing and writing lessons are available to us Juniors.
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JEAN CALHOUN . , .
"Come go to Clin'on with me" . . . quiet easy manner . . . never too busy for that extra write-up . . . dry wit . . . "\'ou don't say" . . . burning the mid- night oil in the Salemite office or knitting for her namesake . . . polished fingernails . . . black penitentiary garb . . . chuckling laugh . . . love wicked with a tennis racket . . . Jean.
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First Lady of C.lcwi-ll . . , shiniin; smile i'ov r\i-i-\onc . . . ;[l\v,i\'s getting ■•nutty finger" cookies IVoin home . . . Ivre|)s a si rap-book . . . loyal to Davidson's defeated team , . . polishes her nails every Friday . . . teased about being an Old Maid
"cause she is so neat . . . wears a hair nei ai Class and house presidents night , . . keeps letters in a big cookie box . . . chosen by sophomore class. onU child . . . has trouble getting her roonunale up at 7:45 a.m. . . . studies in bed using a big lapboard . . . wild about steaks and U'/iile Shouldin perfume .
BARBARA KUSS . . .
"Bobbie" . . . C:iass President . . . has naturally curly blond hair . . . wears socks turned up . . . \'ankee accent . . . member of May Clourt . . . knits argyles and sweaters without lo<jking at them . . . player on hockey varsity . . . draws and paints . . . yearns to play the piano . . . collects .souvenirs for bulletin board and scrapbook . . . has a room full of Pennsylvania-Dutch ceramics . . . likes the South, except for black-eyed peas and grits . . . enjoys sea food and the ocean . . . majoring in languages . . . A. A. Clouncil . . . likes earrings and high heels . . .
ANN CAMPBELL . . .
big brown eyes . . . always neat . . . likes cashmere sweaters and stoles . . . wears pearl earrings the size of the oyster . . . bubbles with rhythm . . . gets boxes of luscious food . . . wears a fur coat^ from Aunt "Coycie" . . . likes to date tall boys . . . imitates Johnny Ray . . . "Do you really think so.''" . . . never too busy to listen to your troubles . . . energetic . . . good sense of humor . . . native of Mur- freesboro . . . always co-operative . . . treasurer of freshman class . . . sophisticated innocence .
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ELLA ANN LEE . . .
looks like a page out of Vooue on "dress-up" occasions . . . lives and breathes music . . . talks excitedK with her hands . . . plays— or sings— for Music Hour . . . lea\es town every .Saturday "Fm .going to quit smoking tomorrow!" . . . tries to put thirty-six hours' work into a twenty-four hour day . . . plays piano duets with her roommate . . . brings forth her green French umbrella every time a gray cloud appears . . . Faye's little sister . . . tells tales of summer experiences in New York . . .
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Housekeeping and gardening kept the Salem lasses busy.
At Salem Female Academy in the early days, a student's usual day was quite different from ours. She arose early from her alcove and dressed simply, usually in a calico gown made by herself. Then she descended to the sitting rooms below, whose floors were in- tricately patterned in white sand. Here, after breakfast eaten from pewter plates polished with rushes from the creek, she re- turned to study at long tables. In the evenings, the tables were lighted by candlesticks — one to every four girls.
But there were other activities besides lessons which varied her days. There were rotating housekeeping chores to keep her busy. Hymns were often sung for diversion, and country picnics were long awaited occasions. She might often be found tending her garden, for each pupil had her own garden plot. The first Principal "encouraged them to transplant many of the beauti- ful wild flowers found during their walks."
Impressive Moravian services highlighted life at school during Christmas, New Year, and Easter. Prayers, hymns, processions, and Love Feasts were parts of the celebrations, and .Salem students were privileged to participate.
The twentieth century brought new clubs to .Salem, as the independence of womanhood began to be asserted. There was the mandolin club, but several members played guitars instead, for guitar was one of the favorite courses taught at .Salem. Bloomers, braids, and bows failed to halt the enthusiasm and energy of students as class sports became popular.
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A typical day in the life of a 1953 Salemite is quite different from one in the early days. There are classes to attend and lessons to be prepared, but our days are crowded with a variety of other activities. There is the pool for warm fall or spring days; there are trips uptown for shopping or seeing a movie; and there arc si.xteen organizations whose meetings we attend.
But diversion isn't our main concern here at Salem. We have our term papers to write and to worry over, but we have the library to bury ourselves in until they are done. There is the Art Gallery to keep us informed in the fields of painting, sculpture, and architecture, and we can hear the world's best music in the Listening Room. There are concerts in town and lectures in Memorial Hall, where we become accjuainled with the famous and hear views new to us. Churches of all denominations are oiaen to us, and guidance and advice from the faculty arc ours for th? asking.
Our activities ha\e changed from those of the Our year is filled with classes, earlier days, but the ideal of individualized Sports, dances, and meetings. education has remained to show us life at its best in all its aspects.
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Good use is made of the newly painted Stee Gee room.
Petitions, restrictions, daily meetings — this is not the real Student Self-Government Association; these are only the super- ficial trappings of the organization.
When we returning Salemites arrived at the portals, we found that Marian had things pretty well under control. The Stee Gee officers had started to carry out some of their plans. A suggestion box wa.s put out, and for the first Student Body meeting, there was only one suggestion, "Try Dentine." Later, less frivolous suggestions were made, regular monthly Student Body meetings were held, and petitions were originated. Jean Calhoun worked hard trying to type letters of restriction faster than the penalties were given.
Several of Marian's cabinet members were late joinino- the ranks. In October, Alice McNeely was elected president of the junior class, and Kay Cunningham was chosen house president ot newly reopened South dormitory. The junior class selected Alison Britt and Carol Glaser to represent them, and the freshmen elected Agnes Rennie and Martha Thornburg as their repre- .sentatives to the Stee Gee. Jo Cullifer was chosen to serve as temporary freshman cla.ss chairman, .\fter the six weeks period ended, the freshmen elected Nellie Ann Barrow to serve as their class presi- dent. The regular Council meetings were held on Mondays in the newly-painted Stee Gee room. The group discussed the important campus problems. Penalties were posted or announced, Sunday dating hours were extended, and the pre\-alenf attitudes were discussed.
In spring election time began. The Nominating Committee pondered about possible candidates. Petitions were submitted which called for more meetings and pondering. Then ballots were mimeographed and votes were counted.
Marian and the old Council got things in order for retirement. The Juniors succeeded the Seniors. New faces had new ideas, but the honor system and the self-governing principles continued.
. . . Jmie Snulh, Florence S'paugh, Anna Kalherine Dobson, and Jean Calhoun . . . First Lady, Marian Lewis . . . U'/ia/ lovely pipes you have, girls . . .
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1 hrouyh the >car llic l.R.S. rrniiiulcd us iliat we icprcscnl Salem. Good dining-room manners, neatness, thoushti'uiness. and poise were the qualities lor whieh we strived. Aho\e all. the l.R.S. tried to t;i\-e us an aeli\c interest in Salem's traditional dignitied li\ing.
Freshmen and new siudenls were intixxliieecl to the l.R.S. .uul its president, Elsie Maeon. in September. Dtiring Orientation Week the organization sponsored a I'reshman I'ashion Show. and with the ■•^■." a Freshman Danee.
Three times during the year we had birthday dinners with candlelight, ice cream, and cake. On weekdays we had room check to see that e\-crything was in order, and on Smidays, organ music at dinner. Before we knew it, December
was here. The Salem l.R.S. tries hard to
■"White Clhristmas" . . . bright paper . . . make US behave like ladies. sparkling colored lights . . . black tux and tulle ruffles . . . December 6th . . . the Clhristmas Dance. The l.R.S. incmbers. who had spent hours using Mr. Snavcly"s paper cutter, climbing ladders, and selling bids, were pleased.
In the spring the l.R.S. was busy with new projects. The group sponsored Charm Week in March with talks in chapel and a fashion show. It made us realize that maybe we needed
to be more fashion-wise, .so we sported brighter Charm Week makes US take lipsticks and new cottons. a critical look at ourselves.
The May 15ay Dance, the last Salem dance of the year, was also sponsored by the l.R.S. For the Seniors it was a little sad because it meant the last dance of their school years. Dinner jackets . . . crisp organdy . . . soft lights . . . punch on the terrace ... 1 1 :35. May Day was almost over and graduation just ahead.
-'Mong with the president, Elsie Macon, .\nn Hughes helped as vice-president, Sarah Sue Tisdale as secretary, Jean Shope as treasurer, and Bessie Smith as reporter. Senior class representatives for the year were Jane Fearing and -Anne Rhync, and from the junior class were Alice McNecly and .Ann Bondurant. Tinkie Millican. Roberta Brower. and Bobbie Kuss represented the sopho- more class, while Marian Myers. Emily Howell. Jean Miller, and .\ellie .\nne Barrow were the new freshmen members.
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Best white summer dresses are our attire when we join "Y."
Buses and cars take us to the annual Christmas party.
Throughout the year the Y.W.C.A. attended to our needs supplying everything from Ibod for the mind to food for the body. We met the "V" first at the Orientation Party in Bitting and later in our best white summer dresses became members ourselves. \Vith that our work and pleasures had begun. There were Monday night cabinet meetings, •■¥" retreats at Betty Hastings, Vesper services, \V..S.S.F. Week, parties to plan, blotters to sell, and "Y"' stores to supply. Marilyn .Summey, our president, kept us organized.
In October, Dr. Forrell came for Religious Emphasis \Veek. We liked him especially for his views on early marriage, short en- gagements, and no .Saturday classes.
The night of the foreign student's party we trooped down to Bitting to drink cokes, to sing, and to present our gifts to Guilla- mette, Hadwig, and Elizaljeth.
At Christmas we gathered up our gifts, hopped into the station wagon and Ijus, and rode to the Negro orphanage for a party with the children. Ellen Bell was in charge of arrangements for the party and made sure that Santa would visit each child.
Dorm "V" Watch came at the right time during the week. With roUed-up hair and creamed faces we gathered in our base- ments on Wednesday nights for a short devotional and songs.
The Faculty-Student .Spelling Bee siu'prisingly enough pro\ed that the faculty could outspell the students. Poor Mr. Campbell missed a work that all freshmen know — antidisestablish- mentarianism.
Sally Kerner kept pictures on the ""Y" bulletin board at the foot of Main Hail steps. They looked mighty good to us as we staggered up the steps to our 8:30"s.
Loma Faye had charge of Sunday night Vesper services. There were speakers and meetings in .Strong or out on the campus in the spring. Exam teas by the lily pond gave to us tired students a place to rest and gripe. Cokes were sipped with, "Have you ever seen such a hard exam? Say, pass that box of cookies, will you?"
. . . PresidenI Marilyn conducts the meetings . . . Ann, Caimen, Ellen, and Loma Faye wrap orphanage presents . . . Alison conducts a "i"' ]i'atch . . .
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'"The lust PicriTlti- production this I'all will he .{nIi\;iini' ])v Socrates,'" announced Far Deaton. prcsidenl ol llic i^roup. to an eager chapel audience. And an e\en greater interest in the dramatic arts was displayed a lew days later when try-outs were held. Roonie Barnes and Mr. Blair won out over the others and were selected to lead the class.
Under the able direction of Miss Reiaiier. Pierrettes are successful with flats were painted, costumes were sewn, and a Greek play and an Opera. the play was rehearsed and rehearsed .some more. Finalh- the l)ig night arrived. Knowing the skill of .Salem's drama group, the Winston-Salemites and the campus .Salemites turned out "en masse" for the production.
The Freshmen were first introduced to the Pierrettes during Orientation Week. The group presented a skit entitled Shnicm .\amer! Desire or Train .Xarned Beastly Passion. E\-en those of us who had failed to see the movie laughed at the comic parody.
In \o\cmber a new production was decided upon, an opera entitled The Medium. The Pierrettes pooled their ideas and went straight to work. Mrs. Starr was put in charge of the singing, Miss Rcigner in charge of the acting, and Mr. Sandrcsky and Mr. Heidemann promised to play the pianos. The regular Pierrette group, with the stars, spent long hours perfecting the production. Their travail was obsuous when The .Medium was performed. To use a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer expression, it was a "sensational extravaganza."
Once In a Lifelime by Kaufman and Hart was selected for the Pierrette's spring production. Trade secretS are given by the It was a satire on the first "talkie," and we Pierrettes in workshop claSSes. laughed at it as hard as we had shed tears for An/is^rine.
Throughout the \ear, any of us who were interested in theater work enjoyed the opportunities gi\en us to learn more. The Pierrettes held workshop cla.sses in scene designing, set and costume designing and construction, lighting and sound, and the art of make-up.
.\fter giving their spring production, the Pierrettes gave their leaders, Fae Deaton and Eleanor Johnson, a well deserved rest for a fme vear's work.
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A laiiiiliar sii;ht last fall was W oodniw. camera in liancl. bcins; Ird around campus by jc-an. In spite ol iain\- weather, loryottcn appointments, and ehanges in the dumm>-. the annual pieturcs were linally taken and the Sights .and Insights staiT relaxed.
But the work had Just begun. Emma .Sue, .\nne. l''aye. Elsie. Peggy, and jane spent sleepless nights writing about ever\lhing that was to happen on eampus. Business Manager Jeanne Harrison worked out budgets and schemed for money.
and .\nn Simpson made trip alter futile trip Annual Staff Writes, makes lor ads. Lorric and Willie spent hours typing trips, and corrects mistakes. cop\-. while Miss NichoLson read and reread it.
Jean Da\cnport, Editor, worried and planned pictures, worried and rewrote cop\-. and worried. Finally, before exams everything was Hnished. and the staff settled down to wait.
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At Salem, Friday meant two things; a big weekend and the distribution of the Salemite. Throughout the week the staffs, headed b>- Eleanor McGregor, worked, wrote, and wept in order to keep the students well informed about lectures, recitals, plays, and campus leaders. Associate editors, Peggy Chears and .A.nne Lowe, tried to keep pace with the untiring editor.
Jean Calhoun, managing editor, read proof and made assign- ments while Connie Murrav and Eleanor FtCtures, features, crossword Johnson tried to get capables to write "Of All puzzles mark our Salemite. Things."
The business staff made trips to get ads under the observant eye of Joan .Shope. while twin Jean saw that the final product was circulated over cainpus.
Pictures, features, crossword puzzles. Campus Shots . . . this was our Salemile.
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White suits, they thought, were pretty with the gold re^aha, hut we should have long w hite evening dresses lor formal occasions. And get them they did . . . white organdy ones with tucks and tucks on the waist aiul more tucks on the skirts. "Sweet, lovely." and as C:ynthia said. "Just the type I could use lor bridesmaid dresses in my wedding this summer." All the
dresses were alike, but two looked e\en more Marshals get Organdy dreSSeS alike when the Shope twins wore them. with tlicks and more tUCks.
In the fall the first big night affair was the .Jacobowsky recital. Then there was the night Alyea practically exploded an atom bomb on the stage, and of course, W. H. .\uden"s night. There were nights when the radiators clanged and Lu Long got frantic because the mike began to burr.
The composure of the marshals was tested when .Alice almost tripped in the balcony; when there weren't enough robes at hat burnmg. and the marshals had to slip e.xtra ones to the rising Seniors; when .Alison couldn't get the spectator to stay in his .seat; and when Mary Lou had trouble ushering.
So the marshals performed at May Day, at lectures, concerts, hat burning, and finally at graduation exercises. It was on gradu- ation day that they wore their white dres.ses for the last time. That day they were the most excited and the saddest, because It was the last time they'd marshal for the Seniors who elected them.
Lu Long Ogburn was the chief marshal, and was often found mulling over chapel cards and walking down the chapel aisle with a handful of announcements. Mary Lou Whiteheart, Alison Britt, Alice McNeely, Cynthia May, and Jean and Joan Shope were the other marshals who were kept busy checking books, lights, and seating order; ushering; and keeping chapel quiet'
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l')53 was anolhcr year tliat wcnl •'all ihc way wilh die A. A." It was the year ihal Miss Margaret C:hapman became the Athletic Association advisor. It was the year that the old advisor, Mrs. Moran, didn't come hack, Init the Near the A..\. took over a new project— the role of godparents!
It was the year that saw nearU a hundred new Freshmen orienlalcd lo the .\..\. through lunma Sue's speech and her '■.\ccent (Jn .\tlilciics" books, and there was also the .\..\. picnic during (^rienialion Week.
It was the >ear that witnessed a great hockey sea.son led by Sally Anne and Marlene with the same old bruises and the same ^'ankees marching through the South on the hockey held.
It was the year of pep rallies that opened the three big seasons of hockey, basketball, A. A. takes over a new project and Softball. The classes gave yells led by their in the role of godparents. cheer leaders. There was a prize for the best stunt and fun and .sore throats for all.
It was the year of Play Days with VV.C:., Meredith, High Point, G.C:. and Guilford. It was the first year in years that Salem was invited to a Play Day, but it wasn't the first year Salem's varsities made a good showing and let other colleges know that our Salem teams were as "Strong as Thy walls."
It was the year the A..-^. gave chapel programs, mailed C:hrist- mas cards to the student body, sold Salem
blazers, sponsored the tennis, golf, ping pong. Play Days prove that Salem's badminton and archery tournaments. And it teams are as Strong as her walls. was the year that Jane Clarolyn took a sudden interest in golf.
It was the >ear that came to a close with the annual A. A. banquet which featured food and awards, team champions and poetry, and fun for the whole student body.
It was the year Emma Sue Larkins was president, Jeanne Harrison was vice-president, Allison Long was secretary, and Anne Merritt was treasurer.
1953 was the year that again, "The A. A. Went All the Way!"
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An auxiliary of the Athletic Association, the Monogram Club managed the publicity for the A.A. This included making an- nouncements in chapel, decorating bulletin boards, drawing posters, and keeping the student body informed on all A.a! activities and achievements.
The Monogrammers are the girls which have been outstanding in sports at Salem. Despite the long trek down to the gym, the cold winds of the hockey field, and golf blisters, these girls have managed to make twenty-five points or more.
Jean Calhoun, chairman of the club, represented the Mono- grammers on the .\..\. Council. When the A.A. needed men Tha A/f^„^« i-i I- _, athletes to sway the girls into becoming athletic.
The Monogram Club endures jean and the club were responsible for the Chapped Jaces and tired legs, publicity.
Calling W.C. and other female academies. P"t>hcizing the Play Days, announcing the swimming meet, shivering in bathing suits, and pestering Anne Merritt for money, made the year complete.
The B..A..O.C. (Big Athletes on Campus) are: Jean Calhoun. Jeanne Harrison. Carolyn Dobson, Emma Sue Larkins, Marian Lewis, Fae Deaton, .\llison Long, and Bettv McGlaughon.
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May Day at Salem seems a traditional festivity to us. But it is a comparatively recent activity.
•Simple pageants were sponsored bv \arious organizations until in 1927 the Order of the Scorpion adoptjd The project. That year Bessie Clark waved her magic sceptre in the May Dell and was Salem's first Queen of the May. The special natural stage for May Day was landscaped in the summer of 1928. a letter from Mrs. Rondthaler reveals.
There was no money allotted from the student budget in those
days, but a \ariety of money-making projects were sponsored.
The most notable of these were furniture auctions, a taxi company
of school cars, and the sale of food called the "Wee Blew Inn,''
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Lack o/ money _tor May Day organized in 1932.
necessitated projects for years. Each year a colorful and interesting pageant
is presented. o\-er which reigns the queen and her attendants. With the faculty, parents, children, and alumnae, we flock to the May Dell to see it transformed into a wonderland of music and beauty.
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Ihc May Dell was tilled with proplr. awaitini^ wiih ra[;ciiicss lli<- ix-inning of the annual May IXiy pageant. It was almost l'i\e o"eloek. Jo sat on the edge of her seat, wondering fratieally if exervone would remember her part. As she waited for the |jagcant to begin, she couldn't help but think back on the months of preparation which would be o\er in a short
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First had come the idea of a theme; it had by the May Day Committee
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Queen. Maid of Honor, and court took place, and before
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the script was written. Willie, as treasurer, began saving •■no"
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pricked fingers, while Julia and Peggy complained of their head- aches acquired while choosing appropriate music. Many trips to the florist were made by Norma and Carmen, and Mac took care ot the programs. The two Jeans-Davenport and Harrison- managed to get quite a lot of publicity for the occasion, and Eleanor Johnson directed and criticized.
The clock struck Hve: the music began. The dancers never missed a step; the court was breath-taking. It all seemed to go so fast. .As the court and cast made a final bow. Jo breathed a .sigh of relief. It was all ox-er now, and she wanted to say to each person who had taken part. -Thanks for a job well done "
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C:LAIRE CHESNUT Jacksonville, Fla.
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LU LONG OCBURN
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GUILLEMETTE ROUSSEL France
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Strong are thy walls, oh Salem,
Thy virgin trees stand tall. And far athwart the sunlit hills Their stately shadows fall.
Firm is thy faith, oh .Salem.
Thy future service sure, The beauty of thy heritage
Forever shall endure.
True is our lo\e. oh .Salem.
Thy name we proudly own. The joy of comradeship is here.
Thy spirit makes us one.
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Then sing we of .Salem e\er.
As proudly her name we bear. Long may our praise re-echo.
Far mav our sons; rino clear.
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Another year has passed at Salem. A new class has come, and an old class has gone. To the Freshmen it was a new experience and to the Seniors, a familiar one and a last look at Salem.
Fall was a time for fun. We took long weekends and went to lootball games. During the week we were awakened by the clicking of heels as the practice teachers ran to their seven-thirty breakfast. We pulled out our cashmere sweaters and wool .skirts and planned more weekend fun.
Christmas was almost here now and this was the busiest time of all. We longed for a happy Dances, gifts, and argyles keep holiday at home, but C:hristmas at Salem was US busy before Christmas. something special too.
The I.R.S. gave a Candy Clane Dance, and there was the C:hrist- mas Putz at Brother's House. We hurried to the Book Store for silver paper, cards, and gifts. Everywhere needles clicked on that last argyle.
When we returned to Salem, e.xams were near, and yellow pads, books, and pencils were everywhere. Russell lightened our spirits with a big Kitchen Party, and the Deans gave a Clofifee on Reading Day.
In February we sent comic \alentines and longed for warm weather. When it finally came, sweaters and skirts were stored m moth balls, and we went on a shopping spree for new spring cottons.
May was here at last with the May Day Pageant and dance. We started concentrating on a suntan and took long swims in the pool, played tennis, and lived in shorts.
Soon exams were here again. The Seniors sang at dinner and we started packmg to leave Salem for the summer. Some of us were leaving for the last time. We shouted goodbyes and all agreed that this had been the best year of all. Another year had passed at Salem.
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As you turn this, the last page of Sights and Insights, it is our hope that you have become deeply conscious of the heritage of Salem College; that you have caught a glimpse of the ideals and toil that have made Salem what it is; and that you have seen the Salem Girl of all times as well as of today — how we act, the things we do, and the way we feel and think.
Salem College is dear to us. It is "our" school and we like to live here. We like the friendly atmosphere in which all of us come to know each other well, faculty and students alike. We like the freedom we have in which to think and to express our- selves freely in class and out. and we like the way in which we are treated as adults, e\en though our behavior is sometimes childish.
-And we are grateful. Grateful because Salein College emphasizes universal truths rather than mere practical truths; because it pro\'ides Christian values as a direction for our knowledge; and because it tries to equip us to live with ourselves as well as in the society of which we are a part.
Salem has indeed changed in appearance, but its interpretation of education has remained the same. Of this, we, the students of Salem, are the inheritors, and our ancestors at Salem, the bene- ficiaries.
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209 West Fourth Street Wi\ston-Sai,f.m. N. C.
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BELCHER'S |
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SHOE STORE |
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MATT HOWELL MOTORS
Dodge - Plymouth Dodge Trucks
210 N. Marshall Street Winston-Salem. N. C.
) ()(/;• Sporting Goods Hewlquarlers
• Photographic Su]jplies
• (Jifts in China
• Spalding & MacGregor
Sporting Goods "WinslonSalerns Largest Hnrduare Store''
BROWN-ROGERS-DIXSON
■'The Best Place To Gel II"
COHEN'S
READY-TO-WEAR
Quality and
Style
West Fourth Street
BRODT-SEPARK
MUSIC COMPANY
Music of All Publishers
620 \^'. 4th Street
Phone 3-2241
THE SUN PRINTING CO.
Printing and Publishers
Dial 8235 306 S. Main St.
Winston-Salkm, N. C.
Compliments
of
FRANK A. STITH CO.
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WINSTON-S Al.KM. S. C.
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SAI.EM HF.DGEH'OOn CHINA — A COMPLETE STOCK OF ALL SCENES IN PINK AND BIA'E WRITE FOR PRICES AM) ILM'STR ATED CIRCULAR
MAYO UNDERWEAR
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MEN AND BOYS
I OR SALE AT YOUR LOCAL STORES
WASHINGTON MILLS COMPANY
MAIODAN an,l WINSTON-SALEM
YOIPRE MOST LIKELY
TO SUCCEED WITH THE SERVICE OF
McLEAN TRUCKING COMPANY
General Offices
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Chamber of Commerce
106 N. Cheriy Street Telephone 6138
Complimenis
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S. H. KRESS CO.
PILOT INSURANCE AGENCY
GENERAL INSUMNCE
407 Revnold? Building Phon? 6123
\\ INSTONSALEM. N. C.
Say It n itii Flowers
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\^ ALKER"S FLORIST
FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS
Corsaues Weddinti Decoraliom
Bouquets
Parlies a Specially
FLOWERS WIRE11 ANYWHERE
Bocock-Stroud Co.
Photographic Supplies
Movie Cameras Slill Cameras
Projectors Framins:
^ . Eourlli Street at Spruce Dial 4-2421
O'HANLON'S DRUG STORE
For Over forty Years IT inslon-Satem's Leadinsi Store
THE IDEAL
\T est Fourth Street
'The Best Place lo Shop After All"
Home Owned — Home Operated
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121 S. Main Street Winston-Salem. N. C.
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Conjirnliilalions and liesl Wishes for Success and Hafjpiness (lining the years lo come
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER FASHIONS
(-urnei Libert) and Tliirii Streets
BEST WISHES FROM
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FASHION SHOP
Fourth and Trade
WHERE SMART WINSTONS ALEMITES SHOP"
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1(12 W. Academy St. inioru- 72:V,'. |
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ROYAL TYPEWRITERS Standards - Portable - Electric
Carolina Business Machines Co.
616 W. till St. Sales - Service - Rentals
Complimentary
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STOCKINGS b^
HANES HOSIERY MILLS CO.. WINSTON-SALEM. N. C.
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ELFXTRIC SERVICE CO.
& HLINT\S
EVER VTH I NO ELECTR IC
FIXTl RES : WIHING SIPI'LIES
"Gifls for -III Occn.'^ions"
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Dial 2-M4A 116 W . nil St. Wiiislcin-Saleni. \. C.
TOM PERRY'S
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Winston-Salem, N. C.
I. Miller Shoes and Accessories
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PIEDMONT PUBLISHING CO.
JOURNAL & SENTINEL
RADIO STATIONS
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(',omi)limenls "/ DAVENPORT xMOTORS • Rooky Mount. N. C. |
GLYN'S, INC. |
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Peter W. Blum & Son |
SPECIALTIES
SHRIMP SPAGHETTI STEAKS SALADS
TOWN STEAK HOUSE
113 S. Hawtlioriif Rnad
PHONE 2-0005 FOR RESERVATIONS
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Congratulations, Seniors!
H. E. HARRISON WHOLESALE CO.
PLYMOUTH. N. C.
Telephone 2- 11 ST
.4^TIE & TAYLOR CO, Jeuelers
Robert E. Lee Hotel Buiidins; Winston-Salem, N. C.
l'J13 1953
WELFARE'S DRUG STORE
SERVING SALEM GIRLS FOR 40 \EARS F..r PRESCRIPTIONS
SODA FOUNTAIN DRINKS BILTMORE ICE CREAM HOLLINGSWORTHS I NISI AL C\NDIES And Eteiylhing found in a First Class Drug Storf
SAM E. W ELFARE. Owner } on Are Alunvs iTelrome at ff'e/'are's
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WALLPAPER
Coiiiplitnents
PFAFF'S, INC.
PHONE 3-7365 219 North Main Street Winston-Salem. N. C.
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PHOTOGRAPHERS
OFFICIAL SIGHTS AND INSIGHTS
PHOTOGRAPHERS
12 East Hargett Street RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA
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