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THE S A LEMITE
October 27,
Published every Friday of the College
year by the Student Body of
Salem College
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Although Salem campus was al
most deserted this past weekend,
not too many girls complained
about the mass migration. Sounds
like Salemites really gave certain
campus’ coeds quite a bit of com
petition.
Meanwhile, a Salemite sleuth
heard of a campus mystery involv
ing “Sam the Answer Man,’ a
green car, and a prominent Wins
ton-Salem resident. Doesn’t Dean
Wood have a recently scraped
green car:
Assembly Committee Plans
For Excellent Assemblies
The Assembly Committee deserves congratulations for their work
in planning the excellent programs that have been presented thus
far this year. All the speakers have spoken well on a wide
variety of subjects. The fact that many of the Lecture Series pro
grams have been scheduled for the assembly hour not only im
proves the assembly series, but also enables more students to take
advantage of the Lecture Series.
Since all students are required to attend assembly, the Assembly
Committee is faced with the tremendous task of planning pro
grams that will be interesting and informative to a large group
with different interests. The committee has been very successful
in doing this. It seems that they have been more concerned with
student interest than ever before, and not only with filling the
periods. Also, the committee has announced the coming pro
grams. This enables students to be selective about which assem
blies to cut, cuts being few and therefore precious.
The six hundred required to attend thank the Assembly Com
mittee for making assemblies enjoyable.
Jones Talks To Class
On Whites’ Superiority
too.
By Carrie Heggoy
A passionate belief in the super
iority of White Protestant Ameri
cans was the basic theme of the
presentation which conjured up di
verse, but overt, emotions in a
group of Salem students. The spea
ker was Robert L. Jones, Imperial
Wizard of the United Klans of
America, Inc. Knights of the Klu
Klux Klan. His audience, the Min
ority Relations Class, is not likely
to forget the dramatic conference
of October 10.
With startling frankness, Mr.
Jones warned of the danger involv
ed in any association with “foreign
things”. He placed specific emphas
is on the immediate threat of the
Negro and the Jew to white citizens.
Just what is this threat? From his
answers to questioning students it
seems that Mr. Jones fears Com
munism (in connection with Jews),
intermarriage (in connection with
Negroes), and a regression of the
American civilization to a lower
level (which is the inevitable result
of contact with inferior races). Mr.
Jones explicitly states the basis for
assuming all non-white races are
inferior -- his assumptions are “well
grounded in the scriptures of the
King James version of the Bible,
the book of Genesis, chapters 9-11.”
(For those who felt further details
were necessary, he recommended a
book.) Several students, however,
pursued this idea of a theological
basis. Such questions as “Wasn’t
Jesus Christ a Jew?” and “What
color is God’s skin?” were regarded
as irrelevant and a result of the im
pact made by “Hippie” philosophy.
Upon request he discussed other
criteria of a secular nature that he
uses to judge a race inferior, Mr.
Jones named three points; (1) the
Negroe’s hair must be cut in the
opposite direction from the white
man’s, (2) the Negro has a bad
odor, (3) the Negroe’s brain is
smaller than the Caucasion brain.
Who makes up the Caucasian
race ? In reply, Mr. Jones sited
white Americans primarily, al
though Northern Europeans could
be included. He does not, however,
include Puerto Ricans or Italians
and is uncertain about the French.
Discussion of specific Klan ac
tivities w'as limited because it is a
secret organization. Mr. Jones did
state that as a civic organization it
did “a lot for the community”, for
instance, Klan members donate
blood to be used whenever a fellow
Klansman needs a transfusion. In
this way the organization assures
its members against any “mongrel
blood”. When asked the size of the
North Carolina Klan, Mr. Jones re
plied that “there are more mem
bers than there were yesterday, but
less than there will be tomorrow.”
In spite of the vagueness in some
areas one most important factor is
obvious: Mr, Jones passionately be
lieves he is right and his organizat
ion is dedicated to this belief and,
also, to action.
ANNOUNCEMENT
ANNOUNCEMENT
Dr. Wayne Williams from the
Division of Higher Education of
the University of New York will
meet in Main Hall with Salem’s
faculty of social sciences. They will
discuss fellowships open to college
graduates.
WALTER PIGEON
The only problem was with ^ the
candles which seemed determined
to burn down to the frosting be
fore Marianna could come into the
dorm. What a celebration!
More and more lavaliers are in
evidence around the Square. New
additions to the ranks of “claimed
Salemites” are Parker Rand and
Emily Harmon, both sophomores.
Emily is wearing a Davidson Sig
Ep, lavaher from Randy Phin'
A N. C. State lavalier from eI]
Shepherd is
proudly sported k
Parker Rand. Parker, did
11 T7 you Wear
two necklaces hriday night?
Oh, by the way, did anyone read
the notes left by Fredrick, Duke ol
Kent and Windsor, Earl of Lom
bardy? This has certainly been ,
week filled with distinguished
visitors I
Walter Pigeon made several trips
into Corrin Refectory this weekend.
His arrivals were greeted by muf
fled screams (of delight?), oohs,
and aahs, fancy dance (?) steps,
and finally, ruffled feathers. Poor
Walter couldn’t wait for the meal
his “mothers” would be bringing
him. He’s not too excited about
Salem’s service with a smile. He’d
rather get it for himself, several
people feared. But Walter is a
clean old bird, really!
Midge West excited Salemites
earlier this semester with her
“rock.” Seems she found it just
where David Hardy of Palm Beach,
Florida threw it during their even
ing engagement for dinner in a
Miami restaurant. She either set
a time record for drinking a glass
of champagne, or the glass quickly
became a finger bowl. After a sum
mer wedding. Midge and David will
live in Europe.
Hey! What’s the latest infor
mation on readily available parking
spaces ? Gramley, send your first
floor informant throughout the rest
of the dorms. We need to know.
There will be a meeting of the
North Carolina Association of Col
leges and Universities at Greens
boro November 2 and 3. Dr. Dale
H. Gramley and Dean Ivy Hixson
will be the official delegates from
Salem and other members of the
faculty will attend.
NSA Congress Supports
Belief In Student Power
By Lynn Davis
In June, 1967, the Supreme Court declared that minors mustl
It’s been quite a few weeks since
Founders’ Day, girls. If you haven’t
located your trash cans yet, talk to
Debbie Lotz on second floor Cle-
well. She had about seventeen or
eighteen in her room not too long
ago. And, if your raincoat is miss
ing, Sophomore, check Strong’s
basement. You left it down there
about three weeks ago.
Marianna Redfern’s birthday was
quite a day! It started with a fire
drill in the early minutes of the
day (or was it the late minutes of
the prevous day for her dorm?)
and ended with a surprise birthday
party after an evening on the town.
afforded the same rights as adult citizens m legal proceedings,
This decision only confirms what many students on campuses a|
over the nation have believed for the last four years-that they
are ready to and must now assume the responsibility involved in
their rights as students to handle their own affairs in certain
areas. The first concrete, concerted action in this direction came
at the Twentieth National Student Congress (NSA) this summer,
Three hundred thirty-four colleges and universities from all the
states overwhelmingly affirmed their belief in the principles and
their support of the bill entitled simply "Student Power."
Its objective is simple— "... to gain for students their full
rights as citizens and their right to democratically control their
non-academic lives and participate to the fullest in the odministro'
tive and educational decision-making process of the college or
university." In the larger institutions, "full rights as citizem"
means freedom from having their rooms searched without a wor'
rant and freedom from double jeopardy from the administration
and civil authorities. To the smaller institutions, "to democrain
cally control their non-academic lives" means being allov/ed to
decide what they will wear, what and when they will drink, and
when they will arrive back on campus. To all institutions, it
means freeing the administration from petty details, thus allow
ing them to concentrate on the pursuit of grants, aid, and even
academic excellence.
Students on some campuses are more than prepared to use
strikes and sitdowns—the same tactics that have proved effective
for groups like the police, firemen, teachers, and civil rights
workers. These methods will be used to secure the right to ex
ercise responsibility for their own actions and to directly improve
the academic world by abolishing such senseless administrative
warnings to faculty as "Punish or perish." Thus the studentsjodoy
are not only demanding improvement—they want to initiate and
complete it themselves.
Even the South, although generally more conservative than the
rest of the nation, agrees with this stand and is taking steps to
follow the nationwide movement. Johnson C. Smith University in
Charlotte and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are
continuing programs to make their voices heard with campaign!
on everything from the judiciary system to women's rules.
Instrumental in carrying out the mandates of the "Student
Power" bill is newly-elected NSA Educational Affairs Vice Presi
dent Teddy O'Tbole (Phi Beta Kappa, Chapel Hill, '66). He sums
up the future of the student power movement: "The quest for stu
dent power will end only when students feel they, as members of
the academic community, are significant in shaping their own
lives and the future of their universities." For some, that tin!
seems to be in the distant future now—but that future shows every
sign of becoming a reality soon.
Hockey Team Defeated
By Wake, UMC-Q Teams
In their first game of the season,
the Salem hockey team -went down
to defeat to the Wake Forest eleven
by a score of 2-1, Displaying a
good offense and defense in the
first half, Salem scored on a goa
by Paip French, and the half end
ed 1-0 in favor of Salem. The Wake
Forest team came on strong in the
second half, scoring soon after the
beginning of the half. With the
score 1-1, the fired up Wake Forest
team charged down the field to
score their second goal. After the
second goal of Wake Forest, Salem
had the ball down in the Wake
Forest striking circle many times,
but the team was unable to capital
ize on these situations, and the final
score ended 2-1.
The second encounter of the
UNC-G, and the team again mfl
defeat in Greensboro by a score
2-0. The UNC-G team scored on»
in each half against a tougli M ^
defense. For most of the first J
goal UNC-G team had the ball near
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Salem goal, but was unable to sffl
even with repeated corner ,
The second half was more ev
matched, with Salem having
offensive action, although they'
unable to score. Thus the game
ed 2-0 in favor of UNC-G
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Writers contributing this week are: Debbie Lotz, Frances Jo”®'
Martha Eubanks, Joy Bishop, Sissie Walker, and Karen