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THE SALEM IT E
October 8, 1954
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Last Spring, the various organizations Avere
critieized because there was an overlapping
of publicity activities, Orientation Week, and
certain money making projects. The discus
sion was specifically concenied with the over
use of skit material and talent.
One of the major points of the discussion
was that the organization heads were not
developing and fostering enthusiasm among
the majority of Salem’s students; thus giving
a false impression that only a few girls Avere
qualified to assist in the leadership and func
tions of the various clubs and groups on
campus.
Another fallacy of our extra-curricular acti
vities, as pointed out in the discussion, Avas
that the budget and non-budget organizations
were not functioning as a unit for the better
ment of Salem, but were competing as indi
vidual groups. Hence, there Avas a degree of
friction and an unhealthy competative spirit.
These criticisms were generally expressed
at the spring meeting of the out-going and
in-coming presidents of budget and non-budget
organizations. This group felt that these
criticisms were constructive enough to war
rant their immediate attention. Consequently,
the idea of a President’s Forum Avas conceived
and put into working effect last Monday
night.
The forum hopes that by uniting the or
ganizational presidents Avith a common aim,
these Aveaknesses of their groups Avill be
alleviated. AVith the suppoiT of the Student
Body in giving constructive criticism and
help, this ncAvly formed group can achieve its
purpose.
A. E. E. and B. L. AV.
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As a college student you haA^e many oppor
tunities.
A^ou have the opportunity to either accept
or reject the advantages that Avill be offered
to you. You are considered a mature person
and can make your own decisions.
AVill your decision be to forgo the informal
talks with your professor, to ignore the
‘minor’ rules as interpreted by your Student
Government, to forget the faculty and student
concerts, to wear pajamas under your skirt to
class, to “let somebody else do that job”, to
forget to say thank you Avhen someone does
you a small faAmr, to forget the coffee for
the lecturer because you don’t like to make
‘small talk’, and to criticize Avithout offering
a better plan.
Or will you be the girl Avho offers her
talents to some organization, compliments
somebody on a job well ddne, takes time to
talk Avith that lonely student, enjoys visiting
Avith the faculty, remembers that chapel is lio
time to socialize, appreciates Sunday vespers,
giA'es a little of her time to someone else, and
loves being a Salem girl?
^alemite
Did you know that the time has come
To put those fancy bedspreads on?
To hang that picture, dust that shelf
To make your room shine by itself?
To ’range your desk ’n chairs ’n table
To place them best as you are able
To hang up clothes—to throw ’way trash
To be quite sure your colors don’t clash.
Do you suppose that you can guess
AVhy I am spouting all this mess—
We’re having a contest on room decoration!
Three factors enter into' this theme
Originality, neatness, and color scheme
On Monday judging Avill take place
The winners will accept with grace
A prize of the Washington mint’s invention;
The runners-up get honorable mention!
So work Avith roommate and agree
That your room Avill be best to see.
Bobbi Kuss
Letters To The Editor
Dear Salemite Editor,
Upon completion of the handbook
test last week, there was a spon
taneous gathering of sophomores
for a smoke and a discussion of
the regulations. We came to the
conclusion that the rules made by
the ■ Student Government are for
our own good and are an attempt
to lead us in the right directions.
We realize that we are attending a
democratic college which imposes
as few rules as possible upon its
students. There is, however, one
small but not insignificant rule to
Vhich we object.
On page 35 of the handbook
under section F, number seven, we
read: “All students returning from
an overnight during the week must
be in by their usual time. Sunday
hours are 10:45 for freshmen and
sophomores.”
Now our contention is, that as
college students for the second
year, we should be entitled to at
least fifteen minutes more time to
sign in on Sunday night than we
had as first year students. After
all, we are well acquainted with
the class schedules and the general
college set up. We have learned
Here And There
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By Freda Siler
Last week France, West Ger
many, and Britain sought to draw
up a plan for the collective defense
of Western Europe. This was
quite a job as the plan had to be
strong enough to withstand the
Russians, flexible enough to let the
British and Americans stand half
in and half out, and roomy enough
for Frenchmen and Germans to live
-peaceably under the same roof.
Each country had its own idea
of how this could be accomplished.
France wanted: 1) a British “asso
ciation” with the continent; 2) the
admission of Germany and Italy to
the 1948 Brussels Pact; 3) a system
of “strict and severe controls” and
the armies and arms of all Brus
sels Powers, but especially on the
Germans.
However, France refused to give
Germany immediate admission to
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization). Germany wanted
simultaneous membership in the
Brussels Pact and the NATO Al
liance. Konrad Adenaur, German
Chancellor, said that he would ac
cept controls on Germany only if
the other countries had similar con
trols. Britain was hoping to work
out a compromise between these
two views which would involve
Britain more than EDC (European
Defense Community) did and that
would also commit the U. S. more
emphatically. This last point is
of
to accomplish much more work in
a shorter period of time than it
formerly took us. As a result, we
feel that we should be allowed to
come in on Sunday night at eleven
o’clock.
The main basis for our argument
IS that fifteen extra minutes would
fenable us to return to school from
but of town with a little more
ease. If, for instance, you wish to
get an express bus from Charlotte
to Winston-Salem (according to
Vhe last year’s schedule) you could
leave at eight and should get here
by ten-thirty. Many girls, how
ever, have been unfortunately de
layed en route and so were late
signing in. If the sign-in time had
been eleven o’clock, there would
have been no trouble.
As I previously stated, we are
very happy with the majority of
regulations at Salem College. Our
honest opinion is that the ten forty-
five sign-in hour should be rhoved
up to eleven o’clock for sopho
mores. We hope that any other
student who agrees with us will be
brave enough to say so. Students,
speak out!
Jeanne Eskridge
taken care of in the NATO all-for-
one agreement.
Last week the United Nations
Assembly elected as its president
Dr. Eelco Van Kleffens of The
Netherlands. He is a 59 year-old
diplomat who knoAvs laAV, eco
nomics, and four languages and has
been active in the U. N. ever since
its birth in 1945. This seems to
have been one of the few things
the U. N. decided as it opened for
its ninth session.
Only one of the Big Four For
eign Ministers—John Foster Dulles
of the U. S.—was present. Again
the Assembly tabled for a year the
Russian proposal to oust Nation
alist China and to give its seat to
Red China,
The H-bomb has claimed its first
victim. During the U. S. H-bomb
tests in the Pacific the Japanese
tuna boat Fortunate Dragon cruised
too close to the site of the blast.
A fine Avhite dust rained down on
the boat and its crew. From this
dust the crew contracted radiation
sickness. On arriving in Japan
they received transfusions and anti
biotics, to which all but one re
acted favorably. This one was
Aikichi Kubozama who died last
week after remaining in a coma
for almost a month. It seems the
fine white dust has earned its
Japanese name of shi no hai—the
ashes of death.
Last week some bored G. I.’s
stationed a*t a NATO base in Ice
land had a quite different occupa
tion. They were sent out with
machine guns to kill a pack of
killer whales that had almost dis-
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uy Donald CaldAvell
This Aveek is, as you already knoAv—
Or maybe you don’t knoAv^. So 111 tell you.
Saleraites, this is Fire Prevention Week.
Since the honor (?) of being the Salem
College Fire Chief is mine, I have become
quite an expert on fire and fire prevention.
In fact, all I have done the past fcAV days is
chase people around the campus and tell
them to prepare for a fire drill.
The first thing that I had to consider in
this matter Avas the fact of Avhen Fire Pre
vention "Week Avould. take place. I learned
much to my surprise that every year the Aveek
of October sixth is set aside as Fire Preven
tion Week. And I’ll bet you don’t knoAv Avhy
is 6itliGr.
It is really very simple. The Chicago fire
Avas on October the sixth- ever so many years
ago. So Mrs. Murphy’s coav, Avho Avas only
kicking at a fly, Avas the beginning of it all.
Too bad he had to do so much bad to begin
this good.
After getting Fire Prevention Week straight,
I began to Avork on fire prevention (bet you
thought that I Avas going to say Aveek) here
at Salem.
Until this year, I had alAvays thought that
somebody just pulled the fire alarm, the girls
gathered' up their belongings, hurried out of
the building and that Avas it. Well, Avhat is
left of me is here to tell you that that isn’t
all there is to it.
You have to get a captain in each dormi
tory. Sounds easy, but imagine going up to
someone and saying:
—Will you be fire captain in your dormi
tory ?—
They don’t knoAv anymore about Fire Pre
vention Week than I did before my re-educa
tion in the Avays and rules of fires. So all I
get is a funny look or just a big hehaAV.
After I have convinced someone that I am
serious and they agree to take the job, I have
to go through the Avhole process again to get
a lieutenant on each floor of each dormitory.
That adds up to seventeen people that have
to be convinced that I haven’t lost my mind
—not counting the proctors on each floor Avho
help too.
When I get the seventeen people lined up,
I have to explain to them Avhat their job is.
I shoAv each captain hoAv to turn on the fire
alarm. It is quite a task. You have to use
a minute key. Of course there is only one
key for each dormitory and they must not be
lost. The solution to this is to furnish each
captain Avith a large chain to chain the key
around their neck. This is a little uncomfort
able, but Fire Prevention Week only lasts a
Aveek.
The lieutenants are given a list of the girls
on their hall and they also receive instructions
on Avhen and Avhere to rej)ort. The lists have
to be pasted on cardboard, so they Avon’t he
jost and each lieutenant is to put her list
aAvay in a safe place. If any of them find a
safe place, please let me knoAV so I can craAvl
into it for a little peace of mind.
Speaking of peace, there is never any.
After I had everything all organized, it hap
pened. The thinkers start to bombard me
Avith questions. What to do if you are in
the basement studying? In this Aveather do
you have to Avear a heavy coat? On and on
the questions go. Things that I never thought
of, but being a diligent fire chief I made up
ansAvers that sounded pretty good. Even if
I do say so myself.
Then the big night comes. The Winston-
Salem Fire Chief is going to he there for the
drill that is supposed to start at eleven o’clock
sharp. Will everything go right? What if
someone forgets Avhat she is supposed to do?
The tiny things that could happen get aAvfully
big. And the Fire Chief—namely me—gets
smaller and smaller.
But soinehoAv all the girls seem to get out
Avith all the things that they should have
and some things that they shouldn’t have.
Teddy hears, fur coats, pictures of him. But
we ahvays think of our valuables. Noav that
Fire Prevention Week is just about over, this
Fire Chief feels that she can safely say that
she will retire come Sunday.
The main thing I Avill remember about my
career as fire chief of Salem College is that
I never had a chance to ride on a fire engine.