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i Peige Two ^a^ocUdan . . . WiJJumi ^lucidatlan i' r>o"s li,iv.‘ tiicir fleas and men have their taxes. And a> one ^reat man surmised: Two thirds arc certain on this earth—death and taxes. 'I'he rerent announcement from the Forsyth County Taxation De(»t. has sent Sitlemitcs r,era])ers and questions on the run. (n e.sscucc, the interpretation of the Per sonal Property Tax law as it pertains to Salem CoHege students is this: We, as students on campus, have certain items of personal pro perty which, .under law, should be listed either by us or by rnir parents. Mr. I’crry', Tax Supervisor of For.syth Cqtinty explained it to Don Britt: “People, sij.ob as fiorents, tend to forget to list some luxury it.ern:s that their children have at col lege. 'I'hese items must be listed and taxed— and in the recent years, they have been over looked.” This announcement to the college and academy students is made to insure the listing of su*'.h items. Tiie immediate question brought to the stu- dCJits’ minds were centered on the problem of knowing tti;' worth of certain items they pos- se.fTsed. u'ew' of us are sure of the trade-in value of mtr radios or cameras. We would guess that the watch we own is worth more than $100(), but does a jeweler? Whj" should we‘list t car whicdi isn’t even in our names, when our fiarents have already paid taxes on it? Why should a girl who isn’t old enough to. .vote have to pay tax on her typewriter? Isn’t thi.s UxatioH without repre.sentation? Hov/Ih heard from Bitting Dorm. After sueceeding id getting an engagement ring, it sehmed unfair to have to pay tax on it! Miss Gcyingtcn quickly came to the rescue with her definition that an engagement ring is only loaned to the girl. It is not her property until she succeeded in getting a wedding ring too 1 (This information may prove worthwhile or fatal.) Tjic solution, 1 feel, is simply to decide to li.st'your personal property items in your own cQunty tiie.tiext time you go home. No listing is. reqnucd here if your property is being li,Sted by your parents. The problem really does .-not look as large as we first imagined.- [Tad 'the iaw required us to list our items in Fprsytk County, then we would have had more rea.son to be |nizzic.al. One fact that should linger with us is that we, at Salem College, have fina.i I f>ei*ome aware of that which will face us wh.M; we graduate. January 13 Around Tise Squore By Jo Smitherman | heat to them. “Nobody can t work Tlie I. R. S. decision against the j when they’re cold,” Miss Essie wearing of Bermuda shorts in the reasoned. After a near-zero post library caused more disturbance j Christmas week, nobody would dis- than the suggestive article in a ‘ agree with that bit of wisdom. Winston-Salem newspaper and a Snatches. Newspaper man Chester newscast over WAIR. A Raleigh Davis (who summarized 1955 in Times newshawk incorporated the chapel last week) must really be Salem incident rather unfairly in a as vehemently concerned about the feature article on the well-dressed traffic problem as he seemed. The appearance of college girls in the Sunday newspaper featured a full- Raleigh area. page spread by the little man on According to Miriam Quarles, why North Carolina put a stop to whose mother clipped the article Ed Scheldt’s putting a stop to traf- and sent it to Salem, the mention fic accidents. I’m convinced they’re By Toni Gill Small women’s colleges are not finishing schools or covents The supporters of the large co-edueati as many ' lonal We arc rnunity OUT'S as through tl hlessingii f C>,- future a.s citizens of a com- i nation. Many benefits will be ■rut'nu's of this nation — can we see ' duties' and regulations to those Bebe Boyd of Salem left the impression to all who read it that we had been wearing Bermuda shorts restraint until the action I. R. S. brought “a screeching halt” to the practice. The article consisted of quotes from Peace, Meredith, and Saint Marys’ girls who said, in effect, that “I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing Bermudas in town!” And there was a picture of two fully- dressCd (fur-coated, high-heeled, et cetera) Peace girls. Well! Miss Kirkland, judiciously guarding the Salem girl’s reputa tion, informed the reporter via letter that: “The statement that ‘the wearing of Bermuda shorts off campus and in the school library came to a screeching halt’ is com pletely in error—it has never even had a screeching beginning.” Within the bounds of tact, but not with kid gloves. Miss Kirkland further clarified the action of the I. R. S. and the traditional Salem policy regarding such matters. The Times article was entitled: “Shorts ? . . . Heavens No—Not At Our Schools!” A commendation is due our Public Relations direc tor for attempting to make it known that this, generally speak ing, is the sentiment of Salem girls, too. * * ♦ Miss Essie happened into the Salemite office the other afternoon and wanted me to assure the girls on the third floor of Bitting that she was attempting to get some both right . . . Despite the irony of it, the faculty’s feeds during without exam period are as ‘enjoyable as of the traditional (Miss Byrd’s party for Sisters, Mrs. Heidbreder’s break fast for Strong girls. Miss Coving ton’s pancakes-and-coffee for eco nomics students, and the deans’ Reading Day tea for everybody) ; ... It is exciting that Dr. Hixson has recently been empaneled for jurj' duty—with possibly a capital punishment trial on the docket. The dean has horrifying visions of being police-escorted to and from tlie hotel while we take exarhs and begin second semester . . . My nomination for Personality of the Year for 1955: Charlie Brown . . . What do you think about the State of the Union? . . . And what does Ike think ? . . . Dr. Spencer (whose family and he spent most of Christ mas at the national convention of the American Historical Society in Washington) would be in favor of Pogo’s proposal for a revised cal endar on which Christmas lasts a month. And there would be no Friday the 13th’s . . . The most familiar sight on campus since Christmas is Dr. Welch’s office all lit up at all hours of the day and night. Open book exams, the greatest plague of them all . . . What I remember most about Christmas: Perry Como and little Barry Gordon, lying on the floor near the Christmas tree and sing ing “Silver Bells” . . . Did you know Miss Collett can play the flute?. Neither are they confininff- Lt- supporters of the large cc schools justly claim that the studentslia'^ wider variety of subjects from which to cli ^ * at the universities. However, they offer*'*'** proof that the average student will choose t? best courses offered. A small school offe smaller variety of courses, but the cours** offered are generally the most desirable fr the larggr curriculum of the average students. universities for After the girl in a small school finishes th required courses, she will undoubtedly hav' the same few teachers for the courses in t, ^ major and minor. This offers certain advan tages and disadvantages. Many support th large, impersonal faculty of universities be' cause this impersonal quality in the profes sors develops independence in the students I do mot deny this, but I still favor tie teacher-student relationship of the small school. Some students learn more from dis cussions with professors in the” campus drug store than they would ever learn in a laro-e class where the teacher enters, cheeks the seating chart, lectures, and leaves, not to be ^een again until the next meeting of the class The women’s college has a different method for developing independence. When plays are given, the girls handle the lighting, and tie building and painting of the scenery. The editors of the paper and the annual are girls, as are all the officers of the classes and or ganizations. The small size of the school offers more girls a chance to lead. In the eo-educational school the most important jobs go to the men. I agree that it is a broadening experience to -go to a university. The student meets many types of people from all over the country. But how well does she know them! In the girls’ school she will come in contact with a smaller variety of people, but she will (Continued on Page 4) (?cyt ®t)e Salemite Published ®vory Friday of the College year by the .9tud««t Body of Salem College Sobrerlption Price—$3.50 a year OFFICES Lower floor Main Hall Downtown Office 304-306 South Main Street Printed by the Stm Printing Company Editor-in-Chi«t WcCIore Assodate Editor Mary Benton Royster Assistant Editor .Bebe Boyd Managing Editor Smitherman News Editor - Itnight Feature Ediror -ludy Graham Assistant Featura Editor Martha Ann Kennedy Copy Editor Mariam Quarles Hrods Editor Toni G'i> Make-Up-Editor Sue Jette Davidson Pictoral Editor Peggy Horton Music Editors Ella Ann Lee, Beth Paul Circulation Manager Ann Darden Webb Faculty Advisor Miss Jess Byrd lusiness Manager Ann Williams Advertising Motroger Marian Myers Editorial Staff.. Mary Mac Rogers, Sissy Allen, Marianne Boyd, Emma McCofter, Sudie Mae Spain, Sarah Vance, Ann Coley, Nancy Warren, Oottie Ervin, Barbara Durham, Anne Miles, Marcia Stanley, Pat Flynt, Jeane Smitherman, Ann Summerell, Pat Houston, Mary Anne Hagwood. Business Staff. Bunny Gregg, Katherine Oglesby, Becky Doll McCord, Betty Byrum, Jane Shiflet, Peggy Ingram, Mary Curtis Wrike, Kay Hannan, Sue Davis, Jean Jacobs, Margaret Hogan, .lane Uttle, Morgoret Flelcher. Beyond the Squrre By Emma McCotter second wife. This has caused dis- Russia: For the new year, 1956, approval, from the nation’s club- Russia plans a full-scale resumption women. As a result they have of the cold war. This is the petitioned for a new law that would conclusion drawn from the two require Presidents to get parlia- speeches made by Bulganin and mentary permission before marry- Khrushchev at a meeting of the ing in office. That, they thought, Supreme Soviet in Moscow. Both of these speeches had war-like overtones, Bulganin speaking of the recent development of “inter continental” rockets and Khrush chev virtually threatened the West with the new Soviet H-bomb. This seems to indicate that the Russian government feels confident about their prospects in the Middle East and Asia. In this confidence, more than in the truculence by which it is expressed, lies menace. For a Russian overconfidence could lead to a Russian misstep in 1956. Cyprus: Great Britain’s case in holding on in Cyprus is twofold. First, it is strategic. Since aban doning the Suez Canal, Britain has made Cyprus its Middle East corn- might at least deter President Soe- karno from taking his full limit of , wives, which is four, j France: Algeria, technically a part I of metropolitan France since 1848, was the only part of France to I hold no election this week. But it was not forgotten: Algeria was the central, most heated issue in the French election. This is due to the fact that there are so many French troops in this trouble area, and the month’s casualties were the highest yet. Premier Faure promised Governor Soustelle a 60,000 troop reinforce ment. What will be the result of all the fighting in this French ^oDny'is still the big question. The Jordan-held sec- Middle East: mand post and has begun building tor of the Holy City still lay in a massive base at the bay of Epis- shock after riots in which at least kopi. It considers the loss of this area as one which would effect Britain and NATO as well. Second, it is afraid and con cerned for Cyprus’ Turkish minor ity which does not get along with the Greeks. Giving the former their rights might lead to internal strife. However, this seems to be just another step in the break-up of British colonialism. Indonesia: The President of this country, Soekarno, has chosen his 56 Arabs died protesting the ill- timed British proposal that their country join the new Bagdad pact for a Middle East anti-Communist front. Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria, all in opposition to the pact, ap-^ pointed Egypt’s War Minister, General Abdel Hakim Amer, as supreme commander of their three armies. This was quite a blow to Britain who had just sent tanks to both Egypf and Israel. By Nancy Warren The larger co-educational college provides a larger variety of opportunities intellectually, morally, and socially. This type of school should be more beneficial to the average stu dent than the small girls’ school. Let us look at the academic differences be tween these two types of colleges. The larger college affords a bigger variety of courses for study. The student also comes into contact with more teachers and more types of teachers. Some argue that a small college provides a closeness between teacher and student that would not be found in a large sdhool. This statement is not entirely true. Let us say one cannot be close to every teacher in a large school, but it would depend upon the student as to how many teachers one could feel close to. But are we striving for companionship or independence! One must learn to be an independent individual in order to cope with the problems of life. The choice of subjects in a large school is more varied; therefore the student must reason for himself- Thus the student in a large school learns am other phase of education — to rely upon his own judgment. Socially speaking the large co-educational school is not to he compared to a small girls college. The word co-educational itself sa?" gests the opposite sex. It is good for girls to be with both sexes while in college because they certainly will be in later life. A gif should see boys in all kinds of situations. L is good to be able to discuss together the dii- ferenee in views on religion, sex, politics, or segregation. The girls in a small girls’ school seem to live from week-end to week-end. Girls on th® large nuiversity campus take pride in then’ appearance each day of the week. Friday night at a small school seems to he clean-uPi fix-up, and paint-up night in preparation Wf Saturday and Sunday. Should not girls take pride in their appearance every day in t ® week ? Also, the small girls’ school usually ® select group of students. Select in intelligent®’ (Continued on Page 4)
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