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

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This is my first year . . . . and Tve had every difBculty a Freshman is supposed to have. During orientation everything was a big blur of tests, faces, blanks and constitutions. But by the end of the week I knew the difference between a light cut and a call down, could find my way to the Book Store and knew what all those mysterious inidals stood for — I.R.S., Y, Stee Gee. . . . During the first month of school other mysterious words took on new mean- ings, too. Rat Week — directed by solemn sophomores — finished up the business of initiating our entire class into college life. I wore baby clothes, carried cigarettes for the sophomores, and learned to eat a square meal and spinach sandwiches. But at the Fresh- man-Sophomore party after Rat Court I found out that Sophomores can ac- tually smile; the next day I wore lip- stick for the first time in four days. As soon as six-weeks ' tests were over our class elected officers. Jane Alex- ander, who had served as temporary chairman, was elected president, and Anna Katharine Dobson was our vice- president. Jean Calhoun was chosen as secretary, and Eleanor Fry managed our finances. Finances brought up the problem of filling the class treasury. Finally we decided on a -fashion show, which was given on December 6 in the Day Stu- dents ' Center. Several of the Freshmen modeled the clothes from Montaldo ' s — I thought that the twins. Grey, Cacky, Judy and the others looked at least as sophisticated as Juniors. After Christmas I had my first siege of Salem exams — learned what the old girls meant by reading day, cramming, blue books, and Mr. Campbell ' s final. In the spring I went to my first Salem-Davidson day, and worked on the committee for Stunt Night. When the pool opened I sunbathed there every afternoon that I didn ' t have Choral or a Lab. Lu Long ' s suntan looked good that first Saturday in May. The whole Freshman class was proud of her as she walked into the May Dell with Lucy Harper and the rest of the court. Some of us were in the pageant and most of us had dates for the dance that night. After another round of exams I be- came a sophomore and before I left, all my furniture was stored in the attic in Clewell — labeled with a sticker that said I ' d be back next year. . . . they dm ' t look so bewildered! class officers Anna halli- erine Dobson, Jane Alexander, Jean Calhoun, Eleanor Fry . . . hey, whaddya do with this sophomore? . . . pretty nice, signing out for that fast date 26

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Freshmen First Row Jane Alexander, Statesville Barbara Allen. Bethlehem, Pa. Nancy Arnott, Tuckahoe, N. Y. Betty Ball, Charlotte Bryan Balfour. Winston-Salem Second row Elizabeth Bass, Henderson Ruth Beasley, Germantown. Tenn. LaMar Berry, Morganton Catherine Birckel, Strasbourg, France Mary Lou Bridgers, Wilson Third row Alison Britt, Murfreesboro Ann Burnett, Elizabethton, Tenn. Jean Calhoun. Clinton Catherine Chenoweth, Jacksonville. Fla. Kav Cunnina;ham. Redwood Citv. Cal. Fourth row Anna Katharine Dobson. Elkin Jean Edwards. Raleigh Joan Elrick. Baltimore, Maryland Doris Faley, Winston-Salem Helen Fansler. Vinston-Salem Fifth roic Bennie Farquharson. Washington Edith Flagler, Hickory Betsy Forrest, Hillsboro Phyllis Forrest, Hillsboro Eleanor Fry. Philadelphia. Pa. Sixth row Patsy Gatlis. Raleigh Carol Glaser, Charlotte Marguerite Greenlee. Detroit, Mich. Boots Hampton. Raleigh Lucv Bovd Harris. Henderson 28