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April 19, 1%3
Easter W'eeWG^/To Early Stan
On And Off Salem College Campus
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c that the White, Dr. Inzer Byers, Miss Bar-
found on SuiKlay j^r. Mary Hill, at
Easter weekend started on Book Store was closed By 6:30 a.m. the service
'' ‘ WC'U SX J or*d eVPrvOnP Tirvvrs !
By Susan Leigh
They
going
Shall We Try A Symposium?
Can it happen on our campus? Is it possible for Salem stu
dents to plan and execute a symposium for students in colleges
and universities located all over the Southeast? Legislative
Board is now discussing just such an undertaking. le
is thinking in terms of a weekend conference which would
include several speakers, exhibits, and entertainment. If such
a symposium were given, money would have to be raised bj
the' students, although the money for a fine arts festival to be
held this year is still available.
Before the Board goes any further in discussing-plans for a
project of such huge dimensions, the Salem students should
think carefully about several questions. Are we willing to de
vote a whole year of planning and working to one project.
Are we interes'ted in supporting this project with our time and
attendance? How would Salem as a college benefit from the
conference? How would the students benefit?
Several colleges have instituted a yearly symposium; among
them are Brineetoii and Yale. Randolph-Macon Womans Col
lege in Lynchburg, Virginia, has just begun such a program
this year! These schools draw students from all over the
United States. Princeton usually has thirty speakers; Ran
dolph-Macon started this year with fifteen. Their student
bodies actively participate each year to make these symposiums
successful.
It seems that, with student support, a small symposium of
this type would be a worthwhile venture for Salem. At least,
it would be different. The lecture series does not draw large
crowds and the fine arts festival fizzled. Let’s try a symposium
as a new and exciting way to utilize the money given to us as
a means of going beyond the square.
A. R.
Thursday at Salem. It was per- dered if the Barn ^
haps, different from most weekends all Saturday nigne ^
because it is spring and this was out that it was Bearing of sleep.
Easter. After going home for a Janet Wales ana Sunday afternoon was much like
quick visit, a number of Salcmites entertained their Sunday afternoon-
headed for Pawley’s Island. Parma spent the porm on everyone was returning to campus.
Lane, Marcia Weersing, Susie Ma- Eastei eggs in ‘ Rablen had Babs Bodine, Betty Bullard, Ethel
terne, and Marsha Forrester joined Saturday nigh ' qig Col- Perry, and many others were com.
many other college students at the a male visitor weekend with the
beach. . a mrcallers had gone, family. Daphne Dukate was the
By Friday night the “emptying- were djecl an ^ Salemite that got pinned,
out” process was nearly completed so everyone g awake- Marty Richmond came back with
when the last bus headed for home, hours ot seep. , stories about a mcrry-go-roimd. b
Sue Cook, Lisa Rankin, Diane Mor- ned, however at 1.30^ ^ork City,
ton, and quite a few more girls . q^rough Win- .Another weekend at Salem had
left for Greensboro and the Greater Band^wnm ended, another Sunrise Service had
Their S^alemites who remained '‘Thims"tVc hour 'that Anne passed. Next week brings another
on campus anticipated the visitorel Heath, who was in a gigglmg mood^ weekend, and next year the Mo-
on campus and the Moravian Sun- had the seven gir s ravians will hold another Sunrise
rise Service. They wondered aroused to prepare A, ^ Service. Perhaps, the weekend
whether or not Mr. Suavely would Salemites '' William next year wall be much the same,
be open for business on Sunday, few sleepy professors, Dr. wuiiam
Paxton Davis Lectures At Salem
On Situation Of Literary World
By Marsha Ray
From his lecturn before the
“surly, whey-faced male adoles
cents” of his journalism classes at
Washington and Lee, from his desk
as Book Review Editor of the
Roanoke Times, and from his per
sonal “two-hours-a-day-regardless”
w'riting on novels and poetry, Pax
ton Davis came to Salem on April 16
to discuss the trends of the pub
lishing industry, to lament Ameri
can reading habits, and to provoke
into discipline and action through
critical compliment and attack the
young writers on the Salem cam
pus. As a successful combatant
in the literary world of which he
said that “the business of writing
today is a deadly matter of sur
vival,” Mr. Davis had published
various poems and stories and a
novel. Two Soldiers (1956, Simon
and Schuster) wdth another novel,
New Market, to be published in
June, 1963 by Little-Brown Co. He
is at present under contract by
Morrow for another novel. Fever,
w'hich is yet to be completed.
In his assembly expose of the
“Realism of American Letters at
the Moment,” Mr. Davis deter
mined to “think positively” at first
and listed four good signs in the
literary scenes: (1) that the yearly
increase in sales and profits of
American publishing houses indi
cates the flourishing nature of the
publishing industry; (2) that the
avid market for paperback publi
cation indicates a “hungry public
for good books at a cheap price,”
(3) that the publication of at least
five or six poetry books each year
by the large publishing houses re
veals a recent revival of interest
in poetry; and (4) that the emer
gence in the last five years of a
considerable group of American
novelists has overthrown the past
novel-slump in American literature.
Despite his conscientious attempt
to view optimistically the American
literary and publishing trends, Mr.
Davis said that the “bad signs out-
w-eigh the good points.” Having
stated previously as a good sign
the increase in sales and profits,
Davis views this apparent health of
the publishing industry as mislead
ing: “as the feverish blush of a very
sick man . . . not the , glow of good
health.” The present increases in
book sales are not at all pro
portional to the population in
creases ; furthermore, much of the
book sale is not for real books, but
rather for “non-books” such as the
popular “coloring-book” type.
A further lamentable trend in
publishing that Mr. Davis stated is
the recent merger of many houses.
“The diversity of interests, ideas,
and integrity due to the past mul
tiplicity of publishing houses” is
giving way to the growth of a
monopolistic situation centering on
commercialization. This is deteri-
mental, for “concentration and size
are the enemies of quality and
originality,” and commercialization
involves an almost self-imposed
censorship. Because of these eco
nomic trends, there is a steady
decline in literary publishing anl
increase in commercial publishing,"
Davis’ third diagnosis of present
literary ills centered on what he
called the continuing decline ol
serious fiction and the polarization
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US Questions Need
Of Press Censorship
By Barbara Gottschalk
The Cold War between the United States and the Commimist
countries has threatened many phases of onr American society.
Today one of the biggest threats of the Cold War is that ot
censorship of the news. Perhaps the most crucial decisions
Americans will have to make will be: Should we have censor
ship of the news? In making such a decision it is necessary
to decide if we really need censorship and if it would he wort
the price we might have to pay for it.
Before the Cold War period the Constitution covered most
problems of news censorship. Article I of the Bill of Big®
guarantees us that “Congress shall make no law abridging tM
freedom of speech, or of the press.” During war time thougli,
we have decided on a policy of prohibiting the publication ot
any information which will injure the United States or ^ve
aid and comfort to our enemies. In such wars as World wai
I and II “aid and comfort” would include information on troop
movement, weapon and food supplies, etc. It is relatively easy
to decide what to publish in wars such as these, but cold wars
are not fought with weapons and military tactics.
Words often in the form of propaganda are the chief weap
ons of a cold war. The amount of “aid and comfort tha
propaganda gives to the enemy is a much more difficult thm?
to decide than troop movements. The situation caused by tM
nature of cold war itself makes the question of press censor
ship a difficult one to answer.
Censorship of Progress ,
Should we allow any censorship of news at all ? Most peop *
agree that we should not help the Communist any npre .
publishing all the details on onr latest rockets and atomic wea
pons, but should censorship keep secret such information p
U-2 reconnaissance flights and the presence of Soviet rockets ®
Cuba? Both of these news stories could be placed in the |
and comfort” and “harmful to the country” categories,
high officials of both the United States and Russia
know about these things before they were ever published M
the public of the United States. Is it fair to the Amencaa
public to hear about missiles in Cuba from photographs in k®
don newspapers? Is it fair to withhold news until a for®*^
announcement is made in the interest of speaking, as Mr.
hur Sylvester said, “in one voice to our adversary?”
Censorship keeps many things other than military maneuve^
secret. One of the basic purposes of our press is serving as
monitor of government; the press helps to keep officials ^
agencies more efficient and honest. Does censorship ot j
press eventually entail the loss of more of our freedom as«
zens? Is it possible to have censorship of press and
a democratic form of government ? Does anyone have the
to decide the danger of something as abstract as words-
censorship of any real value in winning the Cold War?
Should we have censorship of the press? This is a qii®®
that every American, including you and I, should answer no ^
There seems to he little hope for ending the Cold War anytjj
soon, so the answp we decide upon should be one we can
with for a long time.