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THE S A L E M1T E
November 2. 195(^
Reporter Finds K. K. K. Fools* Paradise
Now I know why I have an
education. And I am glad I’m not
a fool. Because some people are.
I found this out Saturday night
when I attended a Ku Klux Klan
meeting at a drive-in theater in
Concord. Naturally, I went out of
curiosity. But I went entirely
open minded. The Klan could have
persuaded me that they were, in
the right. But they didn’t.
Cross Lights Way
A huge cross, as big as a two-
story building, stood in front of
the white screen of the drive-in.
A rope was around the stage and
more than a hundred people were
hanging on to it. Some of them
were laughing. Some were listen
ing attentively.
On the stage were four or five
hooded figures. The other six or
seven men with sheets and dunce
caps were standing in front of the
rope.
The speaker knew his powers.
He was not unlike one of these
hoo-doo men who let their voices
rise and fall with the wind to give
it an eerie and super-natural
quality.
Speaks In Name of God
"I’m speaking in the name of God
when I say that He made the
whites white and the blacks black.
He meant for the whites to be
better. I have a servant at my
house. She knows her place and
she’s happy. She’s a nigger and
she’s glad of it.’’
Then he told that he was an
ordained minister and that his con
gregation knew where he was and
wanted him to speak here.
Praises Law Enforcement
There were a dozen policemen
standing around. “I want all you
good people to know that North
Carolina has the finest police force
in the state ... the finest and
smartest highway patrol . . . the
finest F. B. I.”
Damns Reporters
And to the reporters. "I reckon
you reporters will go out tomorrow
and print your usual lies in the
papers. You’ll say that there were
jtist a handful of ignorant people
here and right now I can count two
hundred. Now say an Amen for
me.” Reverent “Amen’s” answered
him.
"Walk With Your Cook Up Main
Street”
He even had a most reasonable
answer to Southerners who were
for integration. I’ll tell you why
you want integration.” He paused
dramatically.
"Maybe—just maybe, your cook
SALEM
SHOE
REPAIR
is more than a cook to you.
Maybe you’d rather walk down
the main street of town with her
instead of taking her on the back
roads. Now say Amen.”
Sense of Humor Nil
The "minister” felt he should
prove that he was a native of North
Carolina. A cute, original joke
would do it. “I’m a Tarheel born.
I'm a Tarheel bred, and when I
die I’m a Tarheel dead.”
The audience went into gales of
laughter. Obviously they had never
heard the U. N. C. alma mater.
Very original.
“I know you all are wondering
how to get into this organization,”
he said. By this time I was won
dering if it was worth getting a
run in my stocking by tromping
through the weeds.
Exclusive Organization
“Only special people can be a
member.” He repeated this. Not
everyone can be a member of this
fine organization. You have to meet
a lot of qualifications. Christian
. . . White . . . Gentile . . .
Protestant . . . No half-breedswillo
White.”
The dozen Klansmen then passed
New Layout
To Be Used
In Yearbook
Sissie Allen, editor-in-cheif of
“Sights and Insights”, and her staff
have decided upon a definite lay
out and are working hard to make
this year’s annual the best one yet.
Some pictures, including indi
vidual photographs, have been made
already; the rest will be taken
within the next four weeks.
The chief writers—Jo Smither-
man, Mary, Walton, Judy Golden,
and Toni Gill — and their helpers
have turned in the first draft of
the annual copy.
Jane Wrike, business manager,
has been busy with the hard job
of financing the annual. "With
out her we couldn’t live!” declared
Sissie.
According to Sissie "Sights and
Insights” of 1957 will be quite dif
ferent from the ones of past years.
Some nice surprises are in store
for us when we receive our annuals
next May, she claims. From all
reports, this one should really be
the best yet.
■—Nan Williams
out questionnaires. The Grand
What’cha call it pronounced it
“questioneer”. There were very
pertinent questions on it. For ex
ample, age and weight and height.
We decided the Klan wanted to
know whether to fit a member with
a single bed sheet or a double bed
sheet.
I had nearly stepped in a mud
puddle in the field and besides the
sparks and the smoke from the
burning cross were about to choke
me to death. We left though we
could see we would miss a talk by
an important red-satin-sheeted of
ficer. I had heard enough.
—Marcia Stanley
Holiday Rules
Something big planned for the
Thanksgiving holidays ?
The Dean of Students’ office re
minds you that you must have
parents’ permission to spend the
holidays anywhere other than at
home. This rule will not apply to
those girls going to New York
with the Choral Ensemble if their
parents have signed the permission
blank for college trips.
Thanksgiving vacation, which be
gins Wednesday, November 21, is
the only holiday during which the
college stays open; it will be com
pletely closed during Christmas
and Easter.
Students who plan to stay at
Salem during the Thanksgiving
vacation will be put together in
one central dormitory.
No One Else
By Frank Kinney
It is your business if you are
content with ill fitting clothes or
a shoddy hair style. No one else
will notice.
Yet, no one can catch the eyes
of others easier than you when you
are well dressed and I
your hair frames your
features in a way that
compels attention. You
will never lack admirers
•—you may even have
more than you are due,
when you are nicer
looking than your competition.
Your good looks and your future
are your responsibility , . . Make
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waved by Thermal Modulation at
The Hairdesigners Beauty Salon,
416 N. Spruce Street. Drop in or
phone 4-2411.
Scorpions
(Continued from page one)
ant editor of the college yearbook,
a marshall, secretary of the Junior
class, and a member of the Future
Teachers of America.
The Order is formally dedicated
to the fostering of “the true spirit
and ideals of Salem College.”
Qualifications for membership are
also secret, but the Order fre
quently includes and anticipates
major campus officers. Member
ship is limited to juniors and sen
iors.
Fresh
men:
All of you have something
to say — well, say it! Or
better still, write it and
enter it in the Salemite
Creative Writing Competi
tion. Deadline — November
23.
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