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THE SALEMITE
Friday, October 2, 1942.
Published Weekly By The Student Body
of Salem College
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EDITORIAL DEPABTMENT
Editor-In-Chief Ceil Nuchols
Associate Editor Bobbie Whittier
Make-up Editor • Mary Best
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT
Business Manager Mary Margaret Struven
Ass’t Business Manager ... ■ Mary Elizabeth Bray
Advertising Manager Betty Moore
Circulatioiv Sara Bowen, Ellen Stucky
ADVERTISING STAFF
Margy Moore, Elizabeth Beckwith, Katie Wolff,
Jape Willis, Nancy Vaughn, Corrinne Faw, Martha
Sherrod, Becky Candler, Doris Xebel, Adele Chase,
Nancy MeClung, Sarah Lindley, Allene Seville, Eliza
beth Griffin, Margaret Kempton, Harriet Sutton, Ruth
O’Neal, Yvonne Phelps, Elizabeth Bernhardt, Edith
Shapiro.
A WORD FROM THE EDITOR
There has been some apprehension on the
campus as to the exact role the SALEMITE
will play under a new regime in this strange
new world. It’s a world quite different from
the world of a year ago. There isn’t a place
for quite as much frivolity as we had a year
ago . . . there is an urgent need for construc
tive thought and honest criticism.
President Roosevelt said recently: “The
challenge of the new day for American col
leges is very great. All our energies at the
present must be devoted to winning the war.
Yet winning the war will be futile if we do
not throughout the period of its winning keep
our people prepared to make a lasting and
worthy peace. This time the peace must be
global the same as the war is global. Ai^und
the peace'table the voice of the United States
will have great weight. It is of tremendous
importance that that voice shall represent the
aspirations of a people determined that man
kind everywhere shall go forward to its des
tiny. The soul of that destiny is the maximum
freedom of the human spirit.”
We realize that we young-people are the
ones who must prepare to “make a lasting
and worthy peace. We expect to receive
here at Salem a sense of responsibility in order
that we may recognize the purpose of this war
as “maximum freedom of the human spirit.”
One medium of that training is the SALEM
ITE. We offer you the opportunity to really
think constructively ... to give voice to your
ideas. And as long as this paper is published,
we guarantee your privilege of free speech.
As Voltaire said, we may “disagree with every
thing you hav to say,” but we, will “defend
%vith our lives your right to say it.”
—Ceil Nuchols.
ENTER NOW!
The Salemite as yet has no staff —
what we want is a better staff for a better
paper, to become a member, and we want
all of you to try, you must:
1. AVrite one article — either feature,
editorial, or straight news — long or short
— gay or serious.
2. Type the article (or write it legibly)
and leave ie unsigned in the Salemite office.
In an envelope put the name of your article
and your own name.
The editor will choose the best of the
writers for the new staff. Membership will
be based only on quality, so each of you has
a chance to make '42-’43 a memorable pub
lication year.
—The Ed.
Qu’est-ce que c’est que “la France”? Est-ce la beaute de Paris,
la ville la plus gracieuse de la France? Ou-est-ce la belle vallee du RhSne,
ou la vallee chevaleresque du Loire? Ou est-ce la littrature de la France
—I’esprit de Voltaire, la passion do Victor Hugo, ou la satire de MoilSre?
Ou est-ce que les peintures des fameux artistes frangais Renoir, Manet,
et Cezanne representent la vraie France? Non, on ne peut pas limiter
la significacion du mot “France” S, un aspect de sa grandeur artistique
et philosophique. Ce sont seulement des seulement des ’emanations de
I’esprit fran?aise. Les caractferes de cette civilisation sont trop varies
pour qu’on puisse dire qu’un seul de ces caractferes soit “la France.”
On sait, bien entendu, que la raison — la beaute de la langue fran^ais.
Et en toutes choses un sentiment inne de la forme et de la moderation.
Cet esprit et cette civilisation appartiendront toujours a la France;
et, “la F’rance,” symbole de liberte, et source de I’ideal d6moeratique ap-
partiendra^ toujours a tous ceuv qui croit en la dignite de I’etre humain.
A POLL OF READERS* INTEREST
In our eagerness to find out what you like to read in your
newspaper, we have taken a sort of Gallup Poll among students
and faculty. We have ti'ied to select a representative number
of people, but if your ideas conflict with theirs, we want you
to let us know. The Salemite pledges itself to print what
you want printed—what will stimulate your thinking—what
will entertain you. We want you always to remember that
this is your newspaper—we want you to make constructive
criticism—we urge you to give us your ideas at all times. For
example:
Dr. McEwen likes student expression in editorials, but
he cautions writers to be tactful as well as honest. He likes
the gossip column as long as it is breezy and well written.
Lucy Farmer enjoys tlie editorials and opejn, forums—
the “hashing out” of student problems. She thinks, however,
that there are more important things than dirt columns.
While the Salemite is not a literary magazine, Lucy believes
that feature articles have a place in the newspaper. In sum
mary, she is convinced that it is the duty of the Salemite to
reflect the uncensored opinion of the majority.
Dr. Smith objects to malicious gossip and anonymous arti
cles. Our publication, she says, should always conform to
the standards of I. R. S.; and should be governed by the re
straint of good taste. She would like to see more creative
writing and more alumnae news.
Lucille Newman’s favorites are stimulating editorials and
“1 Heard It This Way.” She would like to see personality
sketches and scoops on elections—the paper should be more
than a mere record of events. She doesn’t espcially like the
gossip columns, but she does like the news stories.
Dr. Downs said that, “the Salemite should be an organ
of student opinion, but the opinion must be based upon intel
ligent thought rather than upon prejudice . . . the Salemite is
no place for ‘he saids’ and ‘she saids’ . . . the editorials are
the features ... it is the business of the college to teach people
to think, and the paper should reflect this.”
Dodie Bayley thinks that new's briefs in the SaJemite are
necessary, since students have little time for daily papers—she
also thinks the gossip cohimns should he retained. Out of ev
erything, she said, she enjoyed the baby Salemite last Febru
ary more than anything else—^she’d like more original ideas.
Mr. Kenyon objects to the gossip column, but likes “I
Heard It This Way” for a catch all—things too good to pass
up. He would like to see even more student opinion through
editorials—an acceleration of our sports program through in
teresting individual mention—a greater variety in headline
caps—an occasional personality sketch, personal instead of
stereotyped—announcements and scoops given to the paper first
—mimeographed feature illustrations—condensation of world
events—and a feature story on the front page occasionally.
Louise Miller doubts the democracy at Salem when she
reads the dirt columns—she would like a variety of writers to
do the job. She thinks that advertisements would be more
effective in a column featuring campus personalities and ac
tivities. Her other ideas involve a staff photographer and pub
lication of creative writing.
Miss Covington declares that a newspaper may furnish the
reader with news of interest to him and simultaneously edu
cate his taste in news. The paper should not only serve the
reader but the institution also. Since students don’t keep up
with daily newspapers as well as. they should, a current events
column might be beneficial. Editorials an world affairs would
be an interesting illustration of student thought, but, for the
most part, editorials should bear closely on campus life. Open
Forums are excellent for unbiased discussion; but “in our zeal
for growth and improvement, we must not overlook the worth
while things that are being accomplished.”
That’s the storj^. We are all agreed as to'the purpose of
the editorials—we disagree as to the necessity of a gossip col
umn ; one faculty member enjoys it, three do not ;• two students
would love to have it throwri out, and two couldn’t do without
it. On the question of creative writing appearing in a news
paper—a student and a faculty voted “yes”—and another
(Student voted “no.” Personality sketches and current event
briefs were asked for—scooping announcements and elections
was set down as a “must.” We’ll try to please each of you
as nearly as we can. «
—The Editor.
SALEM VS. THE AXIS
Object as we might to the term, w'e have
returned to a rather cloistered existence.
From a world of action and rapid change, we
have come in to a world almost unchanged—
a world tempered by routine. Many of us
found it hard to return to the seemingly in
active life of school, for we felt that we must
be “doing” something tangible to help with
this war. Yet wej have evidenced by our very
presence back at Salem that we have looked
far enough ahead to realize that, though we
are relatively inactive, we are not unessential
. . . we have realized that our training here
will make us more capable to cope with the
world of war days and post war days.
Salem has a larger enrollment this year
than ever before,—which means that Salem
will needs be better than ever before. What
we hope to gain from college is: enough clar
ity in our thought to be good citizens, enough
knowledge of historical worlds to be good
students of this our world, enough confidence
in ourselves and our ideas to be good leaders.
Our administration has shown that it has con
fidence in us by allowing Student Self-Gov
ernment, by allowing freedom of the press, and
by allowing relative freedom of action. Salem
as an institution offers us every opportunity
to develop sobriety, sanity, and balance—all
so necessary to a control of the maddening
tempo of the day. We, ,as Salem students
must and WILL furnish the drive to build
good leaders of democracy and freedom.
—M. B.
what we want is spirit
The Athletic Council, fired as we all are
with the clean-slate spirit, hopes to inspire in
us an unprecedented interest in sports. They
will probably tell us that they are cooperat
ing with the national body-building campaign,
or ask us how we can hope to help with the
war effort if we sit in our rooms and slowly
atroijhy. Those of us who have sat at a col
lege football game (and which ones of us
haven’t) know what a grand feeling we have
when we shout in unison for “team.” The
game is really not the primary thing . . . our
interest is roused to fever pitch by keen* riv
alry. You perhaps remember that our interest
lasti year in Salem’s sports, excepting, perhaps
the faculty-student tussel) dragged painfully.
We sat around with bored expressions saying
that it really didn’t matter to us just who did
win the games . . . and then we wondered why
sports weren’t fun like they used to be. Of
course those were the days “before”; we could
tear off for week-ends npt really caring about
intramural sports at home. Rumor has it that
our activities will be seriously curtailed this
year; so we are apt to be facing some rather
tedious times unless we are resourceful.
Wouldn’t team spirit and a genuine interest
in sports help? We think it would!
—Z. V.
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