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Salem versus Davidson
March 13
Volume XXVIII
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C, Friday, February 20, 1948
Number 1 5
New Board
For Problems
Is Formed
The recently-appointed Studeut-
Faculty Conference Group held its
first meeting Tebruary 10.
The purpose of this group is to
discuss problems pertinent to the
student body, and to make suggest
ions for the alleviations of these pro
blems to the proper campus organ
ization. This group includes stu
dents elected by the student body
and appointed members of the fac
ulty and administration. The mem
bers are as follows: Marg.aret Carter,
chairman of the student members,
Patsy Moser, Jane Morris, Peggy
!Davis, Carolyn Taylor, Euth Len-
skoski, Jean Griffin, Muriel Hines,
Marion Gaither, Mary Bryant, Dr
Bondthaler, chairman of the faculty
members. Miss Pangle, Miss Wilson,
Mrs. Rondthaler, Miss Cov-rngton,
Dr. Jordan, Miss Baynes, Mr. Wein-
land, and Dr. Smith.
At the first meeting the group dis
cussed the use of the campus living
rooms. They made recommendations
to the President’s Forum vrhicli met
February 18, and passed these recom
mendations. They are: that the
Alice Clewell Living Room may be
used by the students, in the morn
ing, for the purpose of listening to
the records recently bought for this
room; that the house-presidents of
the dormitories plan a progr/im by
which club meetings will be held in
rotation among all the dormitories;
that the Alice Clewell Living Room
be available for club meetings and
teas when an out-of-town speaker is
being entertained; that the Aiice
Clewell Living Room be used only
by students with,guests after eight
p. m. on week-days, and in the after
noon and evening on week-ends.
Other decisions made by the Pres
ident’s Forum are: that there be a
“Pay Day” on every Student
Activities day on which club dues
may be paid; that Miss Eloise Bay
nes be appointed as a social mediator
between the faculty and the stu
dents; that each club print a finan
cial statement in the Salemite.
All the decisions will go into ef
fect immediately.
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SALEM OLYMPICS—The twelve athletes above will represent Salem in the North Carolina State Play-Day to
be held on campus tomorrow. The girls, chosen by the Athletic Association are Janis Ballentine, Cackie Pear
son, Olinky Clinkscales, Eaton Seville, Beverly Johnson, Gloria Paul, Carolyn Taylor, Ann Roberson, Jane Hart
Nancy Wray, Connie Purvis and Ann Eixey.
Chora|Group
Pla ns Tour
The Choral Ensemble plans a busy
schedule of concerts this spring. On
Friday, March 19, the EnscMble will
present a p^rogram at Rocky Mount
with a possible .'idditional concert
the following night.
Three dates have been scheduled
for April, including a Vesper Service
at the Home Moravian Church on
April 11, a broadcast on April 21,
and the Spring Concert at Memorial
Hall, April 23. Arrangements are
being completed for two other con
certs during ifay.
The repertoire presented by the
ensemble this year stresses music of
an educational type. The' program
consists of music from the 17th Cen
tury to the present and is representa
tive of all phases of musical litera
ture. These include the chorale,
early church music, oratorio, spirit
ual, madrigal, operatic chorus and
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Salem Coed Likes Science,
Motorcycles, and Tall Gals
Best all ’round? Well, yes, but
let’s not use that tag again. It
would be much better just to leave
a big blank so you could fill in your
own superlatives for Larry Egbert
Plaster.
By reason either of those gray
trousers matched with the gray
maroon-figured sweater and arm-
ored-plate snowshoes or the grayish
wind-breaker with the gray head-
hugging ear-flap motor cap—he was
among the best dressed males on
college and university carapuses last
year. Of average height on the
Peter Lawford ("Good News”), cut,i
he has light brown hair and brown
eyes, the American glow, and—but
you probably know.
* At Reynolds High School here in
Winston-Salem he took a science
course, served in student government,
was a member of the Hi-Y every
year, and was interested in airplane
modeling. He played sax'and clari
net in the school band and almost
every local night-clubbing organi
zation of note, for that matter.
After gra,duation in 1945 with an
A. S. (Amateur of Science) he at
tended Davidson for two years,
where he continued his interest in
science and figured generally as a
‘ ‘ reg ’lar fellow. ” For a while there
were thoughts of the air corps, but
at the last minute Salem won out.
- Of course it’s still science. He
takes history and Bible too and
Dr, Northrop
Gives Answer
For Peace
by Peggy Sue Taylor
F. S. C. Northrup, renowned edu
cator and philosopher, suggested a
solution to the problem of world
peace in his lecture in Memorial Hall
Thursday night.
Sights Goes
To Press
“The whole thing has gone to
press,” Margaret Raynal, editor of
Sights and Insights announced to
day. May Day pictures should be
ready next week.
The proof should arrive in about
four weeks, and Jf everything works
according to schedule, the annuals
will be distributed before gradua
tion. For those who don’t know,
His topic, “Education for World know, but are too
timid to ask—the man with the cam
era seen frequently on campus i9
Mr. Redmon, official photographer
for the Annual, whose studio is in
Elkin. The annual is published by
the Edwards and Broughton Com
pany in Raleigh, and engraving is
done by John and Oilier in Chicago.
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LAERy plaster
totes that monstrous sophomore lit
book around, jjg become a
dentist.
He likes camping trips on moun
tain tops. The blue motorcycle with
the Davidson sticker on the wind
shield is his. He still goes for a
western ” occasionally. He doesn’t
make music much any more, but he
likes to dance. And tall girls are
definitely on his list.
Understanding, ’ ’ was well-chosen, i
for Professor Northrup is professor j
of philosophy at Yale University and
has been in the education field since
1923. , I
Professor Northrup pointed out
that the greatest danger facing the
world today lies not in the scienti
fic, mechanical field, but in the field
of the humanities. He states that
it will be impossible to solve the
economic problems of Europe until
the political problems are solved.
“These problems,” be added, “are
caused by the degenerate ideals of
the Europeans themselves.”
Next, Professbr Northrup explain
ed why the United Nations has fail
ed to solve these problems. He com
pared the United Nations to the
League of Nations, stating that both
of these organications were compos
ed of leaders who came together and
made agreements about freedom and
democracy for the world and that
both Were unsuccessful in carrying
out the agreements. The reason for
this lack of success, according to Pro
fessor Northrup, is that each country
applies different meanings to the
words and it is impossible to se
cure freedom and democracy for all
the countries of the world until these
words are defined internationally.
‘ ‘ Freedom, ’ ’ continued Professor
Northrup, “is fundamentally a po
litical concept in the United Sta-tes.
Tn Russia, w the other hand, it is
an economic freedom, political free
dom is useless.” The Latin Ameri
can concept of freedom, as explained
by Professdr Northrup, is one of psy
chology, for the Spaniard believes
that the glory of life is in his in
dividual freedom\ The solution then,
HS proposed by Professor Northrup
is to bring together a group of inter
national thinkers and philosophers
who would take the elements of the
individual ideologies of all the coun
tries and construct an international
ideology for the world to live by.
Salem Plans
State-Wide
Play Day
Meredith, Mars Hill, Gilford, WC-
LTNC, Greensboro, and Salem will
participate’ in an inter-college basket
ball championship this Saturday at
Salem. The games are scheduled
from 10:45 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Miss Stout and Ann Caroth'ers will
welcome the girls at 10:30 in the
gymnasium, just before the games
begin. Each game, will last fifteen
minutes. The winner of each game
will receive three points; the tying
teams will receive two points; and
the losing teams will receive one
point.' The standing of the teams
will be announced at a party for
all those participating at 5 o’clock
in the Club Dining Room.
The Committees for Play Day are
as follows: General Chairman, Ann
Carothers; schedule and program,
Isabelle Leepfer, Ruby Moye, and
Ann Rixey; correspondence, Susan
Johnson and Carolyn Dunn; of
ficials, Gloria Paul and Peggy Ilar-
rill; liostesses, Beverly Johnson,
Betty Wolfe; and Jo Dunn; registera-
tion, Jane Morris and Marion Gai
ther; refreshments, Jean Griffin and
Sarah Clark; and publicity, Peggy
Watkins and lone Bradshcr.
The schedule for Play Day:
10:45-ll: 05—Meredith-Mars Hill
11:05-11:25-^Guilf ord-WCUNC
11:25-11:45—Meredith-Salem
11:45-12:05—Mars Hill-WCUNC
12:05-12:25—Guilf ord-Salem
12:25-12:45—Greensboro-Salem
12:45- 2:00—Lunch for players
2:00- 2:20—Greensboro-Meredith
2:20- 2:40—Mars Hill-Salem
2:40- 3:00—Greensboro-Guilford
3:00- 3:20—WCUNC-Salem
3:20- 3:40—Meredith-Guilford
3:40- 4:00—Greensboro-Mars Hill
4:00- 4:20-^WCUNC-Meredith
4:20- 4:40—Mars Hill-Guilford
4:40- 5:00—Greensboro-WCUNC
5:00—Party and Announcement of
winners in Club Dining Room.
E. L. Peterson Will . Lead
Campus Writing. Forum
Edwin L. Peterson
Correction
t^arbara Ward’s name was inad
vertently omitted from the list of
Honor Society members in last
week‘s Salemite.
Edwin L. Peterson, professor of
creative writing and Victorian lit
erature at the University of Pitts
burgh, will be on 'campus Thursday
and Friday, Februa^-y 26, and 27, as
a guest of stiidents and faculty.
This visit has been arranged by
the Arts Program of the Associa
tion of American Colleges.
Mr. Peterson is a successful teach
er. His students have been awarded
prizes in short story contests of
‘ ‘ Story Magazine “ Atlantic Mon
thly ’ ’, and ‘ ‘ Harper’s ’ ’. He advises
all young writers, as well as his own
students, to try to discover what
makes life worth while. Once a per
son has found his reason for living
and what lie wishes to say’ about
life, he will be apt to find the right
words to express himself, Mr. Peter
son believes. He adds that the tech
niques of writing are important; a
love of people is 'still more important.
Most of Mr. Peterson’s own stor
ies and poems are based on his own
two main interests in' life, the out
doors and teaching. He has written
poems, essays, short stories, and a
trout-fishing novel. No Lile So Hap
py, which was published in 1941.
Mr. Peterson has expressed his
wish to talk to anyone interested in
creative writing or in fishing. He
would like to meet anyone who shar
es his philosophy that achievement in
writing d^ends upon the realiza-
Tion that life is worth the living
as well as the knowledge of writing
techniques. Individual conferences
with Mr. Peterson may be arranged
by signing up on a schedule placed
on thp door of the English office.
Conferences will be held in the of
fice next to room 4.
, Tt is hoped that both students and
faculty wil get acquainted with Mr.
Peterson and will enjoy his visit. He
is staying in the guest room on the
campus and will eat with the stu
dents and faculty in the dining
room.
The, schedule of Mr. Peterson’s
visit follows': .
Thursday
10:4.5—Lecture in chapel: “An Art
Worth Your Learning”
1:00—Lunch with Salemite staff
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