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

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s Sophomore Surprise The Sophomores Pass The Tradition To The Freshmen Early one morning in late October the freshmen class got a big surprise: SOPHOMORE SURPRISE! They were awakened at 5:30 A.M. by the sophomore class banging doors, turn- ing on lights, ringing bells, and scream- ing. The freshmen were led out of the dorms with pillow cases on their heads, and were taken all over campus for fun and games. The morning of excitement ended with a special break- fast in the refectory. The sophomore class definitely showed the freshmen their sisterly love, their Salem spirit, and rightly welcomed the freshmen into the true sisterhood of Salem. Sophomore Surprise was even more of a surprise than usual because this year, for the first time, Sophomore Surprise was held in the fall. In previ- ous years this special occasion has been held in the spring. The freshmen were definitely surprised!!! 20 STUDENT LIFE

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September 1, 1986: The Passing Of An Era North Carolina Legislation Changes Nightlife Our nightlife changed a great deal this year due to the raised legal age for consumption of alcohol. When the law allowed 19 and 20-year olds to drink beer and wine, students frequented lo- cal bars such as Baity ' s, Corbin ' s, Ziggy ' s, and Penelope ' s. With the rais- ing of the drinking age, these bars are no longer as popular. Some bars in town have been sympathetic of the college students ' dilemma, and have continued to allow underage students into the bar to hear the bands, to dance, and to spend time with friends. These bars allow the students to enter, and give them arm bands identifying them as being underage. Many stu- dents do not like the alternatives which bars like Baity ' s offer. They pre- fer to seek out other forms of night- time entertainment. As an alternative to town bars, un- derage students spent more time on the campuses of other schools. We took more road trips. More bands were playing on college campuses than ever before, so we went where the bands were: Chapel Hill to hear the Producers, Wake Forest to hear Urban Edge, and Davidson and Hamp- den-Sydney for various other bands. We are fortunate at Salem in that our campus did not become totally dry, unlike many colleges in the area. The twenty -one year old students on our campus still have the option of drinking. Everyone on campus now ea- gerly awaits turning twenty-one more than ever. We are fortunate in not being a to- tally dry campus, thanks to the ingenu- ity of a committee who devised a sys- tem by which we can allow twenty-one year olds to drink at dances and mix- ers. The drinking jail is a sectioned- off area in which legal-age students are permitted to consume alcohol. It is nice for legal-age students to be able to drink, but it is frustrating for under- age students to be separated from their 21-year-old friends and dates. Left: Baity ' s is one of the few bars in town which stiil lets those 18 and older in Right: One of the few, the proud, the 21 year olds, Nanette de Groot, enjoys her privilege of being able to consume alcohol on Salem ' s campus. STUDENT LIFE 19

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tfl r «JIHWI Opposite Page: Above right — Mary Moody enjoys Sophomore Surprise. Center right — The pillowcased freshmen enjoy the sopho- more ' s surprise. Below right — Lauren Strain gets a friendly hug from sophomore, Rosalie Hill. Left — Sleepy freshmen on first floor Clewell wait for their surprise. This Page: Top — Ingrid Berg and Beth Douglas perform for the Class of 1990. Center - The sophomores and freshmen enjoy a special breakfast. Below — The sophomores show their affection for the freshmen. STUDENT LIFE 21