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

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into rehearsal, and music majors woi- ricd about recitals. I ' oi- Seniors, sinnmcr weddings, joios. .uul irips to Europe seemed close. Ihey wondered what grad uation was like and if they would Ibrget which side of the cap the tassel went on. . . . Spring brought senior iccitals, coni- prehcnsi es, and more lenient rules as each class progressed. Still there were six weeks tests and wonder whelher ne. t month or e en next wei-k would bring war. Elections brought new ol- ticers to take the places of the Seniors and in three weeks the Juniors became old and responsible and wondered how they could better the work done by their predecessors. Freshmen were no longer Freshmen, Sophomores began to come out of their slump, and Seniors became sentimental alumnae, knowing that llie woiilil nr cr have it so good. Net eager lor the new job, oi ' liiish.md, oi ' [places lo go and see. . . . The Sa cmilc came out e -ery week and music was heard I ' rom ilie May Deli. The weather grew wanner and we still had rain almost e ' ery day. In May the briglit red co -ei- of the SujHrs .■ ND iNSiGirrs made its appearance on the campus. The staff read it with pride for they knev ' that it was the whole year rexiewed. In both words and pic- tures the adjustments, the changes, the achie ements, and the honors of the year were recorded. . . . This was the year of transition, the year so many changes were made, the year when tradition and change both became a part of the year and were integrated into memories, ev ' cnts, and dreams. . . . With a littered table and lots of hours. Sights . nd Insights met its deadlines 11

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the train. They still took the handbook test, and listened to lectures on how to budget their time. Sophomores still had the sophomore slump, ' ' even though Rat Week was the best ever. Juniors found their numbers depleted by trans- fers and weddings, but knew that they were almost Seniors and began v ' orking harder than ever on the organizations that they would head the next year. Seniors still left at eight every morning Mary Walton, Assistant Editor Shirley Redlack, Associate Editor Ams Ira, Brenda Goerdel, Art Editors Jane Bridges, Pttotograpliy Editor to practice teach, and talked about jobs and weddings after graduation. They wondered whether tassels went from right to left or left to right. . . . The fall meant getting used to Wake Forest, studying, football games, and the incessant noise made by the con- struction workers on Babcock Dorm. Ike was elected and the Republican professing majority on campus rejoiced while the Democrat minority specu- lated. Winter and Thanksgiving came Toni Gill, I inda Cliappell, Mickey Shuford Rosemary Laney; Class Editors the same week and brought the Sights AND Insights deadline, afternoons shop- ping, the dance, the banquet, and carols. The choral ensemble went to New York, and girls knitted Christmas stockings in the dorm, in class, at re- citals and lectures. . . . The year of 1957 brought rain, some snow, and exams. Salem girls played basketball and wished that they had a heavier coat. The Male Animal went 10 mattrnt mut

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T Faculty and Administration College professors are people to be wondered at. . . . That they can be learned and yet sympathetic toward us in out naivete. Some of them have children at home. Deans are equally wonderful. But they are rarely seen in the drugstore. . . . The trustees are almost incognito. . . . And presidents write and talk with an inimitable wit challenged only by tall assistants. . . . I -OFFICE- ISALEMCOUE