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THE SALEMITE
September 30, 1960
Inform Yourself
We at Salem have a challenge—to become
more aware of the world in which we are
living, to find out what the terms we hear
discussed every day really mean, and what the
issues of national and international life really
are. We talk glibly about what Mr. Nixon
says about Mr. Kennedy’s realistic view of the
United States and its status in the free world.
Likewise we hear vehement attacks on the
part of Mr. Kennedy, on the Republican Farm
Policy, but how many of us know what either
party offers the farmers, or what the people
of the world do think about us as a world
power? When we hear the words “creeping
socialism”, how many of us turn our ears be
cause those are bad words? Do we really go
below the surface of the issues, or do we think,
“I’m in college, what I think now makes no
difference; I’m not old enough to vote, so my
ideas don’t really matter.”
It does make a difference, for the attitudes
we form today will be the ones which deter
mine how our country is run in the future—
our attitudes will influence our children and
our grandchildren. We, as Americans, have a
tendency to blame the bad things that happen
in government on the “politicians” and to for
get that onr government is supposedly a gov
ernment of and by the people. We elect the
people whom we blame for the mistakes.
Must we not begin to blame ourselves, as a
nation,_for the mistakes? Our thoughtful con
sideration and judgment can determine the
success or failure of our government in the
future.
College presents an opportunity for us to
broaden our knowledge of the real issues and
to learn, for instance, what each candidate in
the 1960 elections stands for. If we waste
this opportunity, we will more than likely
never form the habits of thinking clearly and
precisely about elections and what they really
mean to the American way of life. It is just
fine if your family has been Republican or
Democrat for three generations, but is that
reason enough to vote for a candidate?
Edith Tesch Vaughn said that her liberal
arts education helped to prepare her for her
life in our newest state. She took advantage
of her opportunities. All of us as Salemites
should realize that although we may not be
come women senators or diplomats, we can
influence those around us in more subtle ways,
by our attitudes and by our recognition of the
challenge and responsibilities of living in a
democracy.
ng-Marie Recalls Salem
With Love And Gratitude
(Editor’s Note: Ing-Marie icook-outs (pancakes and eggs
Predriksson from Sweden was Ln ^he rock most of the time),
"t^-lto bribe them to Jeubs Lake
Beyond The Square
By Janet Yarborough
I hate to be one of these optimistic souls
who somehow manage to see a bright side in
a totally black picture. But if you will par
don me, I would like to focus our attention
on a small glimmer in the present world situ
ation. That “glimmer” is the Third Bloc—the
neutrals.
• those newly independent countries
Asia who stand uncommitted to
the West or to the_ East. Once we of the
United States were in a similar position—an
undeveloped resourceful country, which de
pended on powerful England for protection
trom the ambitious powers. As we had the
Monroe I^oetrine, so now in 1960 President
Nkrumah of Ghana calls for an African “Mon
roe Doctrme”.
The three most eminent leaders of the Neu
trals are: President Tito of Yugoslavia, Presi
dent Nasser of the United Arab Republic, and
Prime Minister Nehru of India. These men
are leading the neutral nations toward a more
^ role of seeking a truce between
East and ^West. Their former role has been
mo^ passive—that of being courted and aided
by Russia and the U. S. who want to maintain
tiiG uneasy balance of power.
I am thankful for these neutrals first of all
because they believe in and rely on the United
Nations. The U. N. lends them much prestige,
for their votes in the General Assembly are
I nations,
thankful for these neutral nations
Sect l^h^ .because they demand that Russia re
spect their interests and opinions.
sesm"on'’o/thA''TfT Khrushchev came to this
session of the U. N. was to draw the neutral
rnrTn however even tho^
^ three-man committee
(consisting of a representative of the Com-
^he Free Nations, and one
it a blowfthe a N."'
one of our two
dents last year. She worked
this summer at Girl Scout
Camp Nawakwa in the San
Bernadino Valley in northern
California. Lena Lundgren,
whom she mentions, was our
other foreign student. Winnie
Merritt, a Salem alumna of the
class of ’59, had met Ing-Marie
and Lena and had invited them
to visit in her home in Ararat,
Virginia, last year.)
Solbuuksgatan 29
Goteborg C.
Sweden
September 18, 1960
Dear Dr. Hixson,
Red brick-walls in the
shadow of green willows;
happy sun-tanned faces, that
were always ready for a happy
and friendly “hello”; sweating
on Sunday-morning over that
paper “about a place that you
know real well, and please no
generalisations” for Miss
Byrd; trying to swing that
golf club exactly according to
Miss York’s instruction, but
not doing very well; well,
these are only a few things
that I remember from my first
weeks at Salem in September
last year. How I loved it! How
wonderfully unusual and nice
everything was!
Maybe, you would like to
know' that my summer was a
great success. That job that
we were working so hard for
was just what I wanted. It
was a full twenty-four hour
day job to be counseling at
Camp Nawakwa, but it was a
lot of fun to keep the Blue
birds active, to plan their little
for a swim, yes, even to drag
them out of bed five times
every night and walk them to
the bathroom at the light of a
flash-light. I made many good
friends among the counseling-
staff at Nawakwa, and the
night before I left the moun
tains, they gave me a big sur
prise party with cokes, buns,
ice cream, home-made gifts, a
camp-fire, and all the rest. I
sure hated to leave Nawakwa
just as much as I hated to
leave Salem and now I long
back to both places. Maybe
some of your foreign girls in
the future would like to see
more of the States and I highly
recommend Nawakwa. After
eighty-two tiresome but very
interesting hours on a Grey
hound Bus I was back in New
York where I revisited Toni
Lamberti and her charming
family before it was time to
embark the DC-4 back to Go-
threnburg. As I had never
been on a plane trip before it
was quite a big occasion and I
enjoyed it. Lena and I had so
much to talk about and some
times we got too excited, so
people who tried to sleep at
night had to tell us to be more
quiet.
Well, at home I talked for
one week, slept for two weeks
and now I am in Gothenburg
trying to study again. That
is, I am trying to concentrate
on the abstract and general
thoughts of Anthony Beavis in
(Continued On Page Four)
Around The Square
By Susan Hughes
While the freshmen are taking a good look
at the sophomores, while the juniors are trying
to raise money, while the sophomores are “rat
ting”, and while the seniors frantically try to
set the date for Senior Follies and get re
hearsals under way, Mr. Nixon has been saying
that we must get rid of the “farmers,” and
Mr. Kennedy has been graciously ignoring his
opponent’s slips-of-the-tongue.
Seriously, it was a sign that Salem students
ARB expanding, when just about every girl
on campus crowded around the television sets
Monday night to watch the Nixon-Kennedy
“Great Debate.” From the comments and dis
cussions heard during and after the program,
hardly any of them were watching just be
cause the history department “advised” it. I
think everyone was really interested in what
the presidential candidates had to say.
But somehow, the enthusiasm didn’t cover
the visit of the Democratic National Chair
woman who visited the campus last Friday.
A few students turned up to hear her explain
the stand of the Democrats on the various is
sues which crop up in every dorm political
discussion.
When Salemites aren’t discussing politics,
they seem to be spending all their time trying
to figure out the puzzles that the logic class
has been working on. The girls who aren’t
in the class have found books and spend hours
on these fascinating little ditties . . . “Some
red heads are not good tempered. All Bud
dhist priests are good tempered. Therefore,
some Buddhist priests are not redheads.
Prove whether this is valid or invalid.”
Around the square, the freshmen spent Sun
day afternoon on a scavenger hunt—looking
for such useful things as Montaldo’s sales slips
over ten dollars, and so on. There are 465 stu
dents around the square . . . 404 are residents,
one is a senior “med tech” student at Bow
man Gray School of Medicine, twenty-five are
special students and thirty-four are day stu
dents. The swimming pool has been drained
and cleaned and everybody is glad they didn’t
leave the water in there to stagnate like it did
last year. Caroline McLain became pinned to
Bob Abernathy, a Beta at Davidson—I say,
that makes three Beta girls at Salem, doesn’t
it? Cathy Gilchrist became engaged to Joe
Walser over the weekend, and an old Salemite
Jackie Reeves Timms has a new baby boy.
Pfohl House girls are learning how to over
come the bright lights down there at night,
and the Bitting girls are really making use
of those RAID cans to get those moths. It
really works like they say on T. V.
^ The big question at lunch is—Where is the
hot tea that we always look forward tot
The Moravian Music Foundation Board of
Directors held their semi-annual luncheon
meeting in the Club Dining Room Tuesday,
i hat explains all the men wandering around.
Things seem to be settling down, papers
have been assigned—it was such a shock to
have a test assigned today. The school year
IS really here to stay. The first easy week of
tew assipments and little studying has passed
and work must begin in earnest. But for those
who just can’t wait, it is only fifty-seven days
until we get out for Thanksgiving and eighty-
one days until Christmas vacation.
Beyaeid Cont.
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Miss Jess Byrd
Khrushchev, in a press conference after his
unpopular speech, stated that if the U. N. re-
^cts his proposals, (and certainly one of the
thfu N K will not U;:
ne U N. If he did otherwise, the great num-
daL*^^ neutralists would regard him with dis-
®i^®wing the importance of these
that°Th^fp^w-n^^“^ Is Khrushchev’s assertion
hat there will be no disarmament talks if we
do not include the neutrals.
todaV. n'* ^ iiie role of
reminded is because it is a constant
reminder for the U. S. and the West of our
Ire only “^^^^^1 countries
the?’policy'^of neSrShy.^^"^ continue
Sources:
Greensboro Daily News, September 27,
New York Times, September 25, and 26,