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Page Two T H E S A L E M I T E PRESS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY OF THE COLLEGE YEAR BY THE STUDENT BODY OF SALEM COLLEGE OFFICES-Lower Floor Main Hall - Downtown Office-414 Bank St., S.W. Printed by the Sun Printing Company Subscription Price-$3.50 a year Big Open Field Awaits Majors In Social - Econ. EDITOR Susan Foard BUSINESS MANAGER Betsey Guerrant News Editor Mary Lo Nuckols Asst. News Editor Sally Tyson Feature Editoi Harriet Herring Asst. Feature Editor - Susan Hughes Headline Editors Alta Lo Townes Joanne Doremos Copy Editor Barbara Altman Asst. Business Mgr Sara Lou Richardson Advertising Manager Jo Ann Wade Circulation Manager — —Becky Smith ^opy uutiwi — Faculty Advisor Miss Jess Byrd Managing Editor Elizabeth Lynch Managing Staff Carole King Sandra Gilbert AU Studzntl Jtaae (leAfLanlilulUif 7a Hem04Ae Pn.ef4tdice February 26. Can you Pixik QaudideUeil * * By Nina Stokes “Our abundant plains and mountains would yield little if it were not for the applied skill and energy of Americans working together, as fellow citizens bound up in common destiny^ tL achievement of brotherhood is the crowning S'lLb'ctatog SS\v.,l, ...lions poised for ad- vancement or destruction, we must enlarge our spirit of brotherhood to include all men who live under the banners of liberty and law.” Dwight D. Eisenhower Honorary Chairman of Brotherhood Week The preamble of, the USNSAcon^^^^^ inherent digrdty as individuals, equal rights and possibilities for siondary and higher education reprcliess ot sex. race, religion, political belief or ecolinfc circumstances.’^ If these ideals are not to be mere Sypocricy k is necessary that we work to fulfill the promises of a man- pfnd that is endowed by its Creator with certain inalienable rights t U e l berty\nd tL pursuit of happiness. Such a fulfil ment calls for he geSe cooperation of all men to build a social order that is no shoddy, dishonest, false, or restrictive, not limited to one people, but ‘^^Lafmafhas within, his grasp the scientific knowledge and power with which to destroy himself and all he has created. It is PP St Sn’s future, if he is to have a future, will be determined by the degreT to which he succeeds in understanding his fe low man. „ If we af cdlege students, are to become the “leaders of ™rrow we must become more sensitive and more concerned with our fellow Students in order to begin “removing those barriers which ussually p fe" “ud! humln sess.SvWy" We must individually beg.u to praCce ’’W,'a'.'’c» i«°d"; Elia. Cl.a.ry of the Ger.nau.own ^ .hen. e™e them and then do what you as an individual can do toward living as a brother. You can not correct all the evil m the world, but you can do a great deal by correcting the evil within RroS^rhSci Week is not a time for sentimental glob and “doing the right thing.” It is a time to sharpen and focus our thoughts on true democratic human relations. It is a time to exchange ideas and a time to seriously ask ourselves about our prejudices, not only the one fore most in our minds against the Negro, but those against Jews and per haps even people from other countries whom we don’t know and under stand. The aim of Brotherhood Week is to educate, and with this edu cation comes understanding. r . m Monday in Chapel, Dr, Lewis Webster Jones, President of the Na tional Conference of Cliristians and Jews, will speak to us. The organi zation he represents is engaged in a nation-wide program of intergroup education. It enlists Protestants, Catholics and Jews who without com promise of conscience or of their distinctive and important religious dif ferences work together to build better relationships among men of all religions, races, and nationalities. NCCJ maintains that one week of the year has not been set aside for the practice of brotherhood. It says “ that all weeks are equally in need of cooperation and civic unity among men of good will. Rather it is a time^ of renewal and resolution to sustain brotherhood throughout the year. And as Dr. Jones says. “ . . - the need for brotherhood has never been more urgent.” After four years of college and a B. A. degree in Sociology-Eco nomics, what can one do? Narrow the question down to two areas go to work or go to school! The field of social work consists of social welfare work and social ^ group work. Opportunities for jobs in either are limitless and employ ment is immediate. Any college graduate with 18 hours of sociology may take a merit examination for the position of case work assistant (salary rang e— $3600-^600.). Positions as junior probation counsellors in juvenile court and parole trainers are also available. Because every state and country in this country has a public welfare department, one may seek employ ment in family service, child wel fare, and school social work. Num erous private institutions such as adoption agencies, settlement houses, old people’s homes, and day nurseries offer position for in terested college graduates. Jobs in the field of the medical social work are -becoming more available and better salaried. Occu pational therapy, whose goal is re habilitation of individual patients, includes therapeudic, administrative teaching, recreational, and social positions with minimum starting salaries at $3,000. With extra years of specialized training, one may do skilled psychiatric social work, such as diagnosis and treatment in men Ual hospital and clinics. Sophomores, scholarships are available for your junior and senior years, plus two of graduate school in public welfare service up to $700 per semester in N. C. and $900 out side the state. A sociology major with a teach ing certificate and nine to 12 units of specialized work in a specialized area may enter the field of special education. This includes work with the deaf, blind, physically handicap ped and mentally retarded. Opportunities for social research are quite varied, although some what specialized and limited in number. Some possibilities are business corporations, research foundations, labor unions, public opision polling, etc. A B. A. de gree plus training in statistics and research methods are necessary re quirements. One can apply for jobs by taking the Federal Service En trance Examination (Civil Service)'. :This type of work along with gov ernment positions usually appeals to students with an emphasis on economics in college. On Wednesday, March 2, an activity begins on Salem campt^ wh^^h will continue in towns, states, and even the entire riy in 1960-eiections. ihections present two problems^ X to vote for and how to get people to vote We hope that this vear on the Salem campus at least, there will be ^ Problems about gettmg people to cast their votes The Legis. lative Board, forseemg this problem, has planned to have ballot boTes both in Mam Hall and in the dining room Only jj evmyone votes, will a real majority decision be made and the "bowman wet^w who is the right candidate? Ever, girl nominated has the proper experience to hold the positioa, What is the mark of the best candidate? In determmg this, the voters on a woman’s campus have a special gift, which can- u7t be found among a male constitnent-femmine mtuition, wLt is the added ingredient of the candidate which onr talent of intuition percieves but Personality ? Personality, by the very nature of the word takes m the essence of the candidate which causes them to act. No girl,n» matter how experienced or how capable, can be a good leader on campus unless she has some action in mind, some goal to achieve, some ideas. ^ -n l ■ Let us accept Plato’s- argument that these ideas will be m- possible to achieve. This presents a frustratmg situation for these leaders. But the second element of Personality is a cer tain balance, a certain ability to keep on striving after these ideals even knowing at the same time that they can never be realized. In other words, we need a student body president who can envision presiding over a Stee Gee meeting with violent de bates from students all over the auditorium, but can accept without bitterness a silent, passive mass of faces lisening with boredom to a list of constitutional changes. Or we need an IRS president who can plan a spectacular May Day dance, spending hours on decorations, invitations, etc,, all the time knowing that perhaps half, certainly not more, oi the student body will want to atend. Or an editor who sees a combination of the jovialty of the Charlotte Observer and the insight of the New York Times, bat can see clothes dripping on a couple of Salemites without re- signing. Or a May Day Chairman who can plan dances and dresses and music to perfection, but also can take into account the in evitable awkwardness if dancing over bumpy, muddy, bare groimd, the sunlight showing through the mounds of tissue paper stuffed in hustles or even (Heaven forbid) a rainy May Day. . j j To be a leader takes calmness and peace of mind and a certain quality of optimism. Let this be the deciding factor whe nyou cast your votes. hibrary Gets Large Messer Book Collection Please . . . On behalf of the Assembly Committee I would like to remind students of I. R. S. regulations concerning gum-ehewing in Assembly. Rules or no rules, girls, from the platform yon look pretty bad, especially those of you in the balcony—all those mouths going, and out of rhythm, too! It would be good also if yon could manage to sit a bit straighter. Please, no tuggmg on of boots or wrapping up in scarves as the speaker is still coming to his brilliant conclusion—and no books, no letters, no studying of notes, please. If we rescind this rule, we 11 have chaos, you know that. Please let the seniors go first—after four years of toil, it’s small enough privilege! (You did well on this last Monday.) Please, checkers, remain seated to check roll; come early so you can sit along the aisle; above all, do not call the roll aloud! Seriously, girls, let Assembly be a little something special. Just relax. Let it be a pleasant break between note-taking and term paper-writing. This editorial is not meant to be nasty and harsh—But it hurts when we hear Salemites criticized for things which are merely thoughtlessness. Sarah Tesch Recently released was news of a large donation to the Salem College Library by Dr. William Stuart'Mes ser. The grant, made last summer, is in memory of his wife, Mrs. Edna Erie Wilson Messer, a Salem alumna and a native of Winston- Salem. Dr. Messer estimates his gift at 1500 volumes, and it contains an extensive collection in Greek and Latin language and literature. The gift is also comprised of many volumes in language, literature, art, philosophy, travel, and music. Dr. Messer, for many years Pro fessor of Greek and Latin at Dart mouth College, included in his do nation the complete works of Tho mas Carlyle, Charles Diskens, Leo Tolstoy, Rudyard Kipling, Guy de Maupassant, Washington Irving, George Eliot, and Moliere, as well as many others. Also included is a fifteen volume autographed limited edition of the Anglo-Saxon Clas sics, Norroena. Many of these books are cur rently on display in the lobby and the reading room of the library. Jdadd&n, ol
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