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

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TlioNo Xoi l liolo;£r»|»licil JANE CaRTKK. B.A. . ' I(.( ill! tell Mak 1,(11 I ' rongay, B.S. Annliitil III PhvsHiil F.iliuiilinn Tm RMAN KdW ARCS Asiiildiil in Flirsiial Ediualion Dr. HcJWARl) R.)M)THA1 i,R, H.A.. ' , ).. Ph.D. Riliiiil I ' lisiiLiit iij Siilini (jilli ' Of Geri DINK Bavnes Eggleston. B.A. Library AssislanI Arthur Smith, Jr.. B.S., M.. . Indiislrial Art Frances Horne, B.M. Inslruclor in Piano POLLYANNA GORDON StEVVART, B.S. Instructor in Home Economics |oan J.xcobowskv. B.S., M.A. Instructor m [ oice Margaret Vardem.. B.M.. M.M. Associate Professor of Organ Seerh ' fmm Fiuiilly-Stiidenl I ' ljlltylxill Come 19

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Cli SI fitter Two m IJIasses I in an uncontrollable sopho- nioiif spurt, I sprang from niy scat. But what good is it going to do you if you know c -cr thing science discovered and still can ' t get through Macbeth or sit through a concert or. . . . ' M - profcs.sor said. Well, now. ... I knew he was deliberately provoking us into discussion. And he had succeeded. -Ml of us were Hghting for the tluav. He repeated slowly, Well, now, girls. Let me ask you. What good is all that super- ficial, surface knowledge going to do you when you get out in the world and have to earn a living? I got a head start. Earning a li ing is not the important thing. It ' s learning how to li -e! I knew immediately how high- tlown that sounded. So I continued. What I mean i.s- I think that a girl should ha e a liberal education so she will be prepared for anything that comes up. Marriage or career or both. And if she wants to be a lab technician, she ought first to stud - the humanities and learn to cjuestion the h of e cry- thing. A girl on the back row came to life. Well, it might be all right for a lab tech to take English and art and history and to edit the paper, but a music major needs to give every minute to her four years to music. Especially anybody taking applied music. I know the music profession ex- pects perfection. And divided attention can ruin a music major quicker than anything. I couldn ' t wait to answer. Then music majors ought to isolate themsel -es in conservatories where they won ' t be tempted by other courses and extracur- ricular activities. The bell put a fitting ending on my dramatic conclusion. The professor grinned and sat still. We haven ' t done much about the lesson today. Next time we ' ll have to double up. Read chapter seven. The eighteenth cen- tury had plenty of musicians and scientists and poets and philosophers. Enough for all of us. Even you. He looked at me. I thought. I ' ll take all of them. Ciladlv. 21