Salem College - Sights and Insights Yearbook (Winston-Salem, NC)

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HI In niy ctccy fifty-one . . . . . . wc were students at Salem College. The one himdred and seventy-ninth vcar was nuieh like an - other year in Salem history. Hampton rang the bell for class at eight-thirty e ery morning, biology was as hard as ever, and the Seniors went C hristmas caroling the night before vacation. But in many ways nineteen fifty-one was difierent. The science building was completed then, and for the first time we had foreign students studying with us. We sang La ie En Rose, and planned trips abroad. There weren ' t as many boys on campus that year, bccau.se there was a Situation in Korea and the draft. Everybody was playing the ukelele, and nylons were hard to get. Prices were going up. and skirts were getting shorter. Nineteen fifty-one was much like any other year, but in many ways it was dif- ferent. In this annual, we have attempted to tell how it was, to show what Salem was like this year. This is the story of nineteen fifty-one.

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■H Dedicated to Miss Jess Byrd . . . . . . because she has a mind that is both liberal and comprehensive, a dislike for the insincere and the false. Miss Byrd doesn ' t have a forked tongue, of course, but she doesn ' t speak with the voice of angels, either. She is likely to have a score card in her pocket at all times— and be more than willing to match c -cry foul with a fair. But after awaking from a four-year slumber, we find that her criticism and frank- ness ha -e goaded and inspired us, that the barbs weren ' t bellicose nor the arrows irrelevant. And so the 1951 Sights and Insights is for her. JJ2

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Before yovi go any further , . . . . . we want to tell you about the seasons at Salem. You notice the change in weather, clothes and sports on the athletic field and in the gym. You notice the students who look bewildered in the fall, haggard in the winter and either rushed or lazy in the spring — depending on their class status. In the FALL you ' ll meet Dr. Gramley and the administration and faculty. The students arrive in September, too, and this includes our coeds and foreign students. You ' ll see how the Stee Gee and the publications work and recall the good deeds of the Y. The Lablings and the IRC are here, and you ' ll see the efficient prac- tice teachers of the Education Club. Pierrette work begins in the fall, too. and new members of Who ' s Who and the Scorpions are announced. With the first snowfall ]VLNTER arrives. The IRS presents the first formal dance, and the Choral Ensemble and Home Ec. Club do pre-Christmas enter- taining. Post-Christmas entertainment is directed by the faculty — e.xams, with such diversions as the Deans ' Coffee and Russell ' s Kitchen Party. And after exams, the sheep are separated from the goats and elevated to Dean ' s List and Honor Society. The AA, Monogram Club and Modern Dance Club take o -er in the SPRLXG and we find ourselves sunning on the Softball field and splashing in the pool. Spring recitals begin for the music majors, and when the Sights and Insights arrives Feature girls are announced. The May Day Committee steps up operations in April and May and pretty soon it ' s time for the Marshals to don regalia for the last time. And graduation rounds out the Salem year. ll 2: