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THE SALEMITE
Friday, October 3
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New Voice Means
Student Involvement
Everybody's Talkin^
Cowboy Comes To Town
The announcement today of those students named as represent
atives and consultants to Faculty Committees places a responsibility
not only upon those girls appointed but also upon the entire stu
dent body. It is an open invitation to participate in the formu-,
lation and change in policies and regulations. It is impossible,
however, for these girls to be completely awore of student opinion
without the aid of the student body as a whole.
Having the right of petition and the right of representation on
these committees, each student has a voice on each committee if
she wishes to exercise it and be heard. Consequently, to rely
solely upon the representatives and consultants to do the job is
not only negligent but probably ineffective on the part of the stu
dent body. These girls will be only as effective as the students
they represent. This privilege of representation is a challenge to
more than just a few. It is a challenge to all to let their opinions
and ideas be heard for the benefit of all.
By Jane Cross
“Everybody’s talkin at me, don’t
hear a word they’re saying, only
the echoes of my mind—’’ begins
this modern tale of alienation and
loneliness as a Texas cowboy nam
ed Joe goes to The City in search
of love and adventure, only to find
callous rejection and lingering sad-
Travels
Broma, Sweden, Aug. 22, 1969
Dear Salem—Faculty members and
Student body.
I have spent two weeks by myself
at our countryhouse. It was un
usually nice and warm and I went
swimming every day and I have not
done a thing except thinking. I am
trying to conceive of what I have
e.xperienced this past year. It is
very hard if you look at the map
and say to yourself: “Here in
Winston-Salem I spent one year of
my life.” When looking at the
route, filled in with pen, that we
made by car during the summer,
the whole thing seems so immense
and hard to believe. When showing
all my friends the photographs I
have, however, it all seems so fa
miliar. Also the yearbook, which is
a beautiful piece of work, brings
memories fresh into my mind.
I wish I could show you the
photographs from our trip, because
it was also a great experience. As
some of you know we bought a
VW-bus. It was red and white and
over the rusty spots looking
through we put some bright flow
ers. Mrs. Chatham, I am sure,
remembers how worried Marijke
and I were until we were picked up
by our friends finally dropping in
during breakfast.
Finally we took off on the sev
enth and we went to see Ginger
Zemp and her family in Lenior,
N. C. I especially thought it was
great to sec them again after hav
ing spent several happy weekends
at their house.
Oft the following morning we
went through Cherokee (where you
pay a quarter if taking a picture of
an Indian) and Chattanooga to
Birmingham, where Susan, my
roommate, expected us. We stayed
there a couple of days to wait for
the fifth member of our group who
arrived from Michigan.
Mrs. Carruthers was very patient
with us, running around the place
trying to make the final arrang-
ments for our trip.
For the sake of having been in
Florida we went to Pensacola where
the water was clear and warm and
We drove all night and came to
New Orleans on Friday 13, so you
understand we had our first (and
last fortunately) flat tire at 1 a.m.
That day we also made Bourbon
Street, of course, and I lost one
earring and broke my sunglasses.
Still New Orleans is one of our
happiest memories.
On the next day we made it to
Dallas, which was a very modern
and beauiful city with many new
buildings.
We had to make some distance
to be in L. A. to pick up another
friend on the nineteenth, so we
made only one stop in Wichita
Falls before reaching Grand Can
yon. It was a terrific sight never to
be forgotten. Having taken ecology
I was more interested I think.
I think Arizona and Nevada made
the greatest impression as to the
landscape. Those rock deserts with
high plateaus with only a few
shrubs here and there.
Las Vegas I did not like at all,
although it was nice to have seen
it. Too commercialized and too
many neon lights.
We got to L.A. and stayed there
for a week, making trips downtown
and to San Diego and Tijuana.
The most beautiful views we had
on our way to San Francisco along
the shoreline through Santa Barb
ara and Carmel, two very nice
places with lots of young people.
The sight of the cliffs steeping
down into the water, the waves
roaring, was really magnificent.
The water was cold though so we
did not go swimming. June is not
a very good month in California we
were told.
We reached San Francisco and
were hardly set through the gates
at Travis AFB when we were to
visit Louise and Kathy Sherrill. The
guard thought we were grubby
looking hippies, w h i c h we could
hardly blame them for. We spent
three wonderful days at the Sher
rills’ house. We had delicious food
and we were real spoiled after that.
^ ^ MEMBER
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year by the Student Body of
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Managing Editor Sara Engrom Advisor Mrs. Laura Nicholson
John Schlesinger looks like some
what of an amateur in scene direc
tion, but by fusing bits of color and
black and white footage he achieves
a believable picture of an entire life
and its struggles to leap out of the
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Rarin
the beach was white. I built a
sandcastle but I do not think it is
there now.
We could hardly believe that they
would put up all of us because we
were seven at the time.
San Francisco I thought was a
most beautiful city. Imagine our
bus hardly making it up the steep
streets in 15 mph. We visited
Berkeley and Stanford where I
would really like to study some
time.
We left the West Coast on July
7 and drove to Yosemite National
Park which impressed me a lot.
Hiking to the top of Nevada Falls,
the sight and sound of which was
terrific, gave us the exercise for
the coming two weeks. We had our
first cook-out and a great time.
Passing the Salt Desert and Salt
Lake City we got to Yellowstone
National Park and Grand Teton.
From there we sort of rushed to
get to Chicago on the ISth when
Marijke and I flew to New York.
There I met my parents and we
spent three days together. They
had an opportunity to visit Salem
and they liked it very much.
The flight home took us a long
time, but when we finally made it,
it was great to be back; The first
week I spent walking around the
vicinity where we live and I can
not get over how beautiful it is.
I do not think one appreciates it
enough until one has been away
from home for a while.
Today I was accepted at medical
school in Uppsala which makes me
very happy. I want to thank Mrs.
Scott, Dr. Edwards and Mr. Bray
for giving me such excellent letters
of recommendation. I could hardly
believe what they said when T
finally got to read them.
Also I want to thank Dr. Gramley,
Dean Hixson and Dean Johnson,
all my teachers and all members of
the student body for giving me
such a wonderful time during my
year at Salem College.
depths of self-pity and self cen-
teredness. He has lost some of the
depth of his previous works, “Dar
ling” and “Far' from the Madding
Crowd”.
To borrow from the words of
Wake Forest’s Douglas Lemza:
“The incredibly artful balance be
tween perversion and beauty is
hard to maintain, but ‘Midnight
Cowboy’ does it with a perfect
sampling of taste and decorum.”
It is this razor’s edge quality that
gives this story such poignancy
and a fleeting sense of immediacy.
Country hero, Joe Buck (John
Voigt) ventures to the big city
with but one aim in life: “to be
one helluva stud.” On arrival he
meets Enrico “Ratso” Rizzo (Dus
tin Hoffman), an unpredictable
cripple whose role is that of a
public parasite. The two form a
symbiotic relationship which is at
the same time beautiful and strange.
In an abandoned brownstone they
build “castles in the air” and live
for a dream. Every interaction in
the movie besides their friendship
seems to come off empty and
vaguely to resound the echoes of
the Lennon-McCartney song “Elea
nor Rigby,” (“All the lonely people,
where do they all come from? All
the lonely people, where do they all
belong?”) “Ratso’s” failing health
brings them closer together as they
try to escape their lonely self-made
hell by heading to Miami—with
hopes for a new way of life.
As
actors, Voigt and Hofi
are excellent as well as k r
the many minor actors
ses Brenda Vaccaro, Vivai’?
If you are a city person
be able to relate to “]
Cowboy,” and even if you
Jt may bring you to a bette
standing of the unreality q
III a dying giant—The City.
NOTICE
President Gramley announced
the Faculty Meeting today that
Board of Directors of the Alum
Association has approved an an,
priation of $3000 to continue
1970 the summer leave program
faculty members. Under the pre,
plan, two $1030 awards and'
$500 awards are granted each si
mer for further graduate study
faculty members here and aim
During the past summer, La
Nicholson, Instructor in Engl:
studied at the Holloway College
the University of London, and Ji
Jacobowsky, Assistant Professor
Voice, studied at the Meadowbre
School of Music at the Univers
of Oakland at Rochester, MicMg
Charles H. Gibson, Instructor
Political Science, continued
graduate studies in the PhD, pi
gram at the University of Noi
Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Mi
Ann Garcia, Instructor of Mode
Languages, also studied at Qa|
Beyond The Square
Nixon’s Activism Is Slow
Sincerely Yours
Karin Hammarborg
By Joy Bishop
On September 15, President Nixon withdrew 35,000 troops f
Viet Nam. Later that week Mr. Nixon spoke at the United Noli
On September 19, Mr. Nixon announced the cancellation of d
colls for November and December.
Admirers of the President see Mr. Nixon's words and action
worthy of praise and ore especially impressed with his Viet 1
withdrawal policy designed, os they see it, to move Congress
word draft reforms.
Critics of the President hove charged him with covering up
real issues with unconvincing and insufficient platitudes. In'
Nam policies, they see Mr. Nixon's withdrawal move os temper
and open to revocation at any time.
Mr, Nixon seems to be working on his early conviction that
honorable peace in Viet Norn must be obtained. His policies h
served to calm down much public unrest about the war, but
many he seems to be testing the patience of Hanoi and the pu
to see who will break first.
Many believe that the President's withdrawals will not fo
Saigon into making meaningful political reforms or tranquil
student unrest on campuses around the nation.
President Nixon campaigned as the man who would fake
activist view of his office." He said that the President "must o
culote the nation's values, define its goals and marshal its will'
The question remains as to whether President Nixon's polk
hove the far-reaching goals of the nation in mind. In ony M
the people ask that the President speak out on the issues to mo
his political position clear.
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