May
an. Jfaiu ^a 2>ne6.6. . . .
The Student Government Assembly on Tuesday did one thing if it
solved HO problems about clothing a,;id reception of callers. It became
the scene of something that has become rare at Salem—controversy
over a policy that involves everybody and a policy about which every-
bo(4y should have a say-so. The trend of the discussion was toward an
upholding of the rights of each individual student.
One side of the argument said: let each girl be her own judge as
to what she should wear irLfront of other girls’ dates. Surely each girl
has enough discretion to know what to wear.
But surely, if this were true, the problem would not have come up
in the first place.
Another group argues: living rooms are for the girls primarily; let’s
worry about the boys when and if they come over next year.
But the boys who have already come, who would be coming whether
Wake Forest were here or not, are still faced with the embarrassment
of a roomful of dressed-for-bed girls.
In the fervor of defending individual rights, it seems that the pos
sibility of using the student union was dismissed much too quickly, with
a murmur and feeling and very little thought as to why this plan is so
undesirable. Could it be that we are rejecting a committee suggestion
jiust because it is a committee suggestion ? Without considering wdiat
it could do to alleviate a problem that has been tolerated rather than
tackled with all year?
Of course, the use of a central location for the receiving of dates
has one strike against it already; Clewell, as such a center; is rarely
used except for dates coming t6 the campus for the first time.
And perhaps the “Salem feeling” within each dormitory is strong
enough to warrant an individual solution of the problem by each house.
But, if the majority of students insist this-is true, an over-all stand
ard ought to be set and a certain amount of consistency prevail across
campus.
It’s the same argument—old but very true—an individual judges
Salem only by the part he sees. If that be the living room of one dorm,
it should be representative of the others.
And, with the least restraint possible on each student’s rights, a
high standard (the same standard) of appropriate dress and general
neatness should be raised and maintained by all dormitories.
Beyond the Square
By Carol Campbell
I'his week America suffered a
great loss in the death of Senator
Alben W. Barkley. While address
ing a student political convention
at Washington and Lee on Mon
day, the past Vice-President died
immediately of a heart attack.
Just before the attack he had
sa.i(I, “1 would rather be a servant
in the House of the Lord, than sit
in the house of the mighty.” From
the time he was a farm boy work
ing his way through college until
he became Vice-President under
Truman, Senator Barkley was a
‘servant’ to the public in the truest
sense of the word.
It was Barkley who took the
Democratic Convention in 1948 and
breathed the hope into the dis
couraged delegation that Truman
had a chance for victory. It was
Barkley who fought for the Demo
cratic policy and could instinctively
scent the opponent’s weaknesses.
It was Barkley who caught the
nation’s fancy when he married, at
71, pretty Carleton S. Hadley.
And in 19S4 at the age of 76
Barkley conducted his usual vigor-,
ous campaign and won a seat in the
Senate for the fifth time.
With the passing of this tri
umphant nonconformist comes the
end of two eras in history. The
New York Times sa}'S that these
eras are the Roosevelt-Truman
periods and the era of a Congres
sional politician who is seen no
more. This politician whom Bark
ley represented possessed a parti
sanship wliich was as proud and ;
unshakable as the legends of his
beloved Kentucky. i
As his friends said of his death, 1
“It is the way he would have
waiiteil to go. He never could turn
down a crowd.”
PEOPLE
Antbropoligist Margaret Mead,
one of the most popular visitors
ever to grace Salem’s campus, pre
sided over the mental health dis
cussions held Monday in New
York’s Waldorf-Astoria. This meet
ing launched the beginning of Men
tal Plealth Week and featured
many noted speakers such as Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. Mental
Health, said Miss Mead, is in
divisible with the international,
racial and labor management ten
sions of the day. The meetings in
tend to study the increasing num
ber of mental health problems - in
our country today.
* * *
Speaking of Mental Health—
Sigmund Freud received quite a
knock at the American Psychiatric
Association that is meeting in Chi
cago this vyeek. According to Dr.
Percival Bailey modern techniques
such as tranquilizing drugs, shock
therapy, and frontal lobotomy are
inadequate. Discussing Freud,
By Bebe Boyd
Gosh, is mother going to be proud
of me! You might call me the
typical example of a success-story!
Me—A princess. A PRINCESS
. . . me. (Ouch, these darn ballet
shoes hurt.)
When I look back to my fresh
man year at May Day and , realize
that I w'as assistant to the Phy
sician (and the physician had two
lines to say) and then my 2nd May
Day part was assistant to the
Queen Mouse . . . (she didn t say
Tnything)—ah, last year I knew 1
was on the road to success ... my
role was Elephant Trainer’s boy.
And now, here I am, out on the
dell dancing, swirling, leaping—one
of the Twelve Dancing Princesses!
(Does that Waltz dance have a
count of 3 or 4?)
I hate to admit it but I know
how to waltz better than the prince
hope he doesn’t mess up my
Around the Square
By Martha Ann Kennedy
Tension is bustin’ out all over.
As exam time approaches, water
fights and similar hullabaloos have
transformed the area between Cle
well and Sisters’ into a battlefied.
War has been declared and both
dorms stand ready with loaded
vv^astebaskets, tin cans, coke bottles,
guns and saucepans in case of at
tack. Everyone seems to be caught
up in the spirit, as Monday night,
I witnessed some of the more se
date sophs wearing bathing suits
and holding umbrellas.
It all started when Mickey Clem-
mer’s skirt was run up on the flag
pole to celebrate her receiving an
pole to celebrate her receiving an n^Hrlv t, .
,1.1- ( c will satisfy Mother ana Uaaciy . • . , that,
emerald-cut diamond from Charlie Voo--i
whose hundredth birthday is next
week, he wondered “how long the
hoary errors of Freud will con
tinue to plague psychiatry.” In
elusion, Dr. Bailey predicts that a
chemist will solve the problem of
mental illness, not a psychiatrist.
On the other hand. Crane Brin-
ton writes in the Saturday Review
that one of the contributions of
the Freudian attitude is the belief
that the .individual must get from
within himself the energies and
wisdom that will free him. His
tory majors—read the article to see
how Brinton connects it with de
mocracy.
* * *
Married—Autberine Juanita Lucy,
26, first Negro to attend the Uni- !
versity of Alabama, suspended and t
then expelled, to Rev. Howard Fos- j
ter, 27, ministerial student in Dal
las.
* * ^
it must have been eery when the
stonemasons finally pried off the
lop of the tomb and found nothing.
For literary detective Calvin Hoff
man, it must have been disappoint
ing. Working on the theory that
Christopher Marlowe wrote Shake-
.speare's plays, Hoffman had
thought there might be indicative
manuscripts in the tomb of Mar- ;
lowe’s patron. Sir Thomas Walsing- !
ham, but the search was a failure, i
Hoffman does not appear to be
daunted, however, and said that
this has neither proved or disproved
his theory that Marlowe was not
murdered in 1593, but lived on to
write the plays credited to Shake
speare.
e
He stood at the scarlet-draped
podium before 10,000 of his fellow
countrymen and unexpectedly said
that his country was ready to co
operate with the U. S. in develop
ing trade and cultural relations.
This was pudgy Nikita Khrushchev
who had just alighted at Moscow’s
Central Airport after his visit to
England last week. Referring to
Ike’s last foreign policy speech, he
also said that he hoped that the
President’s words would be followed
by action. There’s a switch!
As far as most people can s^e,
the Russian visit to England solved
no international problems. But the
visit may have shown the Russians
that the Socialists of England are
not to be persuaded of Russian
goodwill with a smiling tour. Un
like the cheering crowds in India,
the reception in England was dis
tinctly cool. Another result of this
visit is the possibility that countries
such as India will lessen their criti
cism of the H-bomb tests made by)
the West after the Russian boast
of a guided missile that could hit
every point on the globe. That
statement was undoubtedly a slip
to be regretted.
. , One of the hostesses for the Vog- | (Gee, I hope she’s watching how
Personally, I think a little spring ler House i ^ dan« this-I think the girls
rioting” during noisy hour is good demurely clad in Moravian costume ^^e out of step ... oh, I get it,
® walking down Mam Street and 2, 3, 4, and turn. 1, 2, 3
puffing on a cigarette ... I hope :
Salem. Just goes to show |
you that Old Salem took to new gtyjJent ball games, and soon we
Salem* as quickly as we did. Mr. "jjg jqq away from Tom
Suavely reports the bookstore has Perry’s and Mr. Snavely’s . . .
already sold out. (thank goodness I won’t be around
* * I to keep charging things.)
Guess the cruel world will wake
for releasing pent-up energy, as
long as the mobs don’t get too
carried away and inconsiderate of
persons and property. Besides, my
watergun got broken.
* * ♦
Most exciting event of the week:
Receiving the new Sights and In
sights with their goodlooking Prus
sian blue cloth covers and match
ing blue-black print . . . Hearing
the applause that followed the an
nouncement of the yearbook’s dedi
cation to Mr. Britt.
I think that everyone was pleased
that the seniors picked such a
popular and deserving campus
figure—and one who could give a
spur-of-the-moment speech of
thanks like the one we heard Tues
day.
Glimpsed: Fever-Stricken couple
in the May Dell on Sundaj' after
noon. Lovely display of affection
and so private, too, with Emily
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checking on the pageant site and
Reverend Hughes’ little boy dash
ing through every five minutes . . •
May Day practicers “slippin’ and
slidin’ ” in Wednesday’s mud and
a crazy white dog running around
madly digging up his bones in the
very middle of The Silver Forest
. . . A broad smile on Agnes Ren
nie’s face. Her cuff-linked is
coming down from Annapolis for
the May Day Dance . . . Groups
of people busily making plans for
beach houseparties after exams, and
searching' for a young, non-relative,
partying, lenient, car-owning, blind, , ference . . . and paid our last se
deaf and/or dumb chaperone who ^ tuition. Mom’ll be glad of
style and poise.
Oops, there goes my shoe, how
will I ever get it on in front of all
tliese people? How does Emily
expect me to keep my shoes on
when she makes us point our toes?
Sometimes I wish that Mom had
made me take dancing lessons.
Look at Ann over there, she sure
knows how to waltz. I think she’s
doing it to the count of 3—^yes 1-
2-3, 1-2-3 . . . that’s it, but 'the
waltz is almost over now . . . which
way do I turn ?
Yes, it seems that I should have
had braces on my teeth and had
dancing lessons as a child. But
anyway. I’m a princess and that’s
a good part to have!
The next dance is the “Mirror
Dance.” That Lou Carrol thiife
she knows all about being a mirror.
Why she can’t even do a simple
twist, jump, turn and back step to
the count of 4!
Well, Lou Carrol has time to
learn to dance better—she’s not a
senior. Being a senior sorta makes
it hard on a girl . . . this is our
last May Day . . . Louise isn’t Stee
Gee President, there won’t be any
more Christmas Banquets, we’ve
had our last pre-registration con-
4and
-and turn!)
And we’ve seen our last faculty-
There was another general exodus j
from Salem again this week-end to
Spring Germans at Carolina, and
Joe College Dances at Dock.
Carol Cook, Lillian Holland, and
Marian Neamand were lucky
enough to be dating German Club
representatives and were presented
at the dance Friday night.
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me up fast . . . I’ve got to remem
ber to ask Tom how to prepare
coffee before I leave. (Ouch my
toes . . . these darn shoes).
There! There! There’s mom—
she’s not looking at . . . ah, now
she sees me. Wish I could wave.
Just think, me a princess in May
Day!
Faculty Releases Rule Changes
By Judy Graham
President, Student Government
The faculty has not forgotten that we like to date on out-of-town
campuses. .
Even though the petition of last October concerning the overnight
allotment was denied, the faculty has been discussing the present system
ever since. During the discussion they became aware of the fallacies in
the system and have made suggestions for improvement.
On Wednesday your Student Council was presented with the final
decision of the faculty concerning this matter. To us, it was a decision
which showed not only a great deal of thought but also, one which
showed that the faculty does have an insight into the social as well as
the academic life of a Salem girl.
The new system does not discredit the fact that our primary con
cern at college is academic, and it still leaves a premium on a high
academic standard. BUT this new system, passed by the faculty with
the complete approval of your Student Council, alleviates the present
problem of a girl with a relatively high average being limited to only
two overnights because she has only one E or F.
The proposal of the Committee on Academic Standards changes the
basis for determining the number of overnights from the semester aver
age to the number of merit hours earned during the -semester. 'Ihis
proposal will go into effect next year.
This means that with twelve merit hours or more, the girl get the
total number of overnights alloted to her class. If she has an E or
F, she is penalized ONE overnight for each E or F. The mid semester
report has no effect on this system.
If the girl has less than twelve merit points, the total number for
her class is reduced by two, and she loses one overnight for each E or F-
For instance, next year a junior with thirteen merit hours is allotted
twelve overnights per semester. If she has one E, she gets eleven. A
junior with eleven merit hours gts ten overnights; with two F’s, she gets
eight.
This proposal for next year is outlined below:
Unlimited except by an E or F in any subject.
With an E or F—With 12 merit hours: 14 overnights
per semester.
—Below 12 merit hours: 12 overnights
per semester.
With 12 merit hours—^12 overnights per semester.
Below 12 merit hours—10 overnights per semester.
Total reduced by 1 for each E and/or F.
v\ ith 12 merit hours—10 overnights per semester.
Below 12 merit hours—8 overnights per semester.
Total reduced by 1 for each E and/or F.
Seniors:
Juniors :
Sophomores:
I Semester
Freshmen:
II Semester
Freshmen:
4 overnights, only 2 of which may be taken before
midsemester.
With 12 merit hours—8 overnights per semester.
Below 12 merit hours—6 overnights,
lotal reduced by 1 for each E and/or F.
On Campus Dates Unlimited
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