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

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seniors 01 L L HESTS were still being brought up tlie stairs. Bitting is just like any other dorm, isn ' t it? my roommate said, still opening doors in the room. Maybe. But look. What lu.xury. An adjoining bath. I said e.xcitedly. Then I opened the closet door. Oh, well. We can ' t have everything. I came into the living room on .Sunday night and gave a startled jump. All the furniture had been draped with white sheets. .Someone shoved me back upstairs to strip my bed; one more lamp needed a dust cover. Downstairs once more I demanded an explanation. Well, since we can ' t use it except for dates and guests, we decided to take care of it. A better time was the .Senior Follies. Lights were dimming, noisy murmuring was subsiding, and Martha and Ella Ann were beginning the o erture. I heard Julia whisper. All right, girls, you ' re on. The music played on and we stood there. Turn around and bow, I heard Agnes whisper to me. Accidentally I found myself in the right figure and soon it was over. A lot of things were o er. We had al- readv been to our last Putz. C ' hristmas 22

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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

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baiK|uct. and Miwia i at C cntcnarN ' . Vc had planted a crab apple tree. siuit Clhristnias carols to faciiltN ' families, and been to Senior ' espers. Then one evening my roommate came in and said. Hey. I thought you ' d be packing. I came to help you mo e. . few hours later, settled in the Practice House, I went downstairs to get out dishes for the next morning ' s breakfast experi- ment. It was late. I opened the cabinet door quietly and . . . crash ! Down came glasses, dishes, shelf, and all. Plates kcptcom- ing and so did Miss Pctrea. Soon I moved back Id i5ittinii . . . and comprchcnsises. ••What lime is il: ' I asked a Icllow- sullercr sitliuL; beside me. •■ ' I ' wo o ' clock. she replied. ■ ' . n(l I haxcn ' t begun my sophomore notes vet. . music major was sitting in the eorni ' r. humming a strange melody and staring ai her composition notebook. In two weeks she would gi e her senior recital. Do you think we ' ll li -c through it? I asked. Oh, yes, my optimistic friend replied. Other people have. Senior Class Offcers, left to right: Denyse McLawhorn, President Ann Coley, Vice-President Jane Langston, Secretary Ciirolyn Sjmugli. Treasurer 23