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

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Along These Paths We constantly make decisions in our lives. In making decisions we real- ize that there are always many differ- ent directions in which each decision can lead us. It was one particular deci- sion which led us all to Salem. One might say we all took the same path. If we take a look at our surround- ings, we will notice that there are end- less paths. Literal paths that take us all over campus, and figurative paths which take us both back through time and into the future. All over we see the brick walkways which take us to class, to meals, to see friends. As we walk along these bricks we must decide where to turn off, or where to go straight ahead. We are walking on the same walk- ways that the first students walked on over two hundred years ago. It is al- most as if we are walking in their foot- steps. But will we choose the same paths? Those girls who have walked before us had similar decisions to make, but that does not necessarily mean we will choose the same paths to follow as they chose. We are individ- uals, and while we can walk in the footsteps of tradition, we can also leave our own footprints in any one of many new paths on which we trod. At Salem we have myriad opportu- nities open to us. We can choose a path rich in tradition, or we can make our own pathway to suit our goals. The path we choose now will affect the rest of our lives, and at Salem we will become qualified for whatever path we may choose to walk along. OPENING 3

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Along These Paths Cont. Salem is a college composed of indi- viduals who strive for independence, as well as quality of character. Our campus is just the place to achieve these goals. At Salem we are encour- aged to be responsible citizens who contribute to our community. We are given freedom without giving up the tradition and ideals of the college. We are given respect by our peers and by our faculty because we continue to exhibit exemplary character, scholar- ship, and ambition. We are given re- sponsibility because the administration believes in us. We are given privileges such as self- scheduled exams, self-determining hours, and take-home tests. We are on our honor to have our dates out of the dorm on time. We are given these gen- erosities that other schools do not have because we have shown that we deserve to be given responsibility. We have very special relationships with our faculty and staff. We can as- sociate with them on an individual and personal level. Many students consider their RHD ' s their closest friends. It is because of the close, personal friend- ships that many students and faculty hold so dear that Salem is so special to us. Because of the unique size of Sa- lem, we have the opportunity to make friends that are closer and longer-last- ing than at a larger school. Due to the design of our January term we are given the opportunity to get to know those around us on a more personal level than usual. January term is a time to spend with friends — shop- ping, going out at night, and taking long walks in the afternoon. All in all, Salem College is the place where we best learn responsibility, citi- zenship, and friendship. It is here that we learn our strengths, our weakness- es, our fears, and our ambitions. It is here that we decide not only what we will make of our lives here, but what we will make of our l ives from now on. It is on this campus that we choose which path is right for each of us — as individuals. 4 OPENING Above Students walk the paths which have seen many Salemites come and go. Center Left: Emily Wilson and Heather Lewi- sohn enjoy the good student-teacher relations Salem has to offer Center right: Lee Shackleford talks with a stu- dent about dorm life Below: Sisters Dorm welcomes back upper classmen by making fun of the ghost stories which haunt Sisters