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Ata 2ueiiio*ii..... The disturbing nonchalance that hovered around first semester is gone. Nobody was able to do anything but wait. And patience has paid off. Seventy-five prospective dancers turned out at May Day try-outs. The overjoyed chairman and her choreographer literally expanded the cast in order to make use of the available talent. The balcony of Memorial Hall began to fill up a good half hour before Jean Erdman gave her modern dance recital. A group of freshmen volunteered to combine their efforts and collect local news items in order that “Around the Square” not be discontinued. A thirty-contestant badminton tournament was completed on sche dule and the average attendance at basketball practice is currently about as many girls as the gymnasium can accommodate. And there are lots of smaller things. Perhaps it is best not to speculate on this reversal in spirit. It is mysterious. We could not explain it if we tried. And it is pleasing beyond expression. 0He> .... There will likely be a new plan in the air soon. It will unfold some thing like this. “Each student is asked to check the bulletin board in the dining room. Beside each girl’s name will be the name of another student, probably in another class. “At 7:47 tonight each pair of girls will get together and stay together for an hour. Each girl should introduce herself and the two should proceed to get acquainted. “A mimeographed list of discussable topics will be distributed in case no common interests exist. “A girl is encouraged to make it known if her “partner” is a friend of hers. She will be given a new partner wTom she does not know'. “This plan is to be continued nightly until May. It is hoped that by then each Salem student wdll know every other Salem student,” Then we will be one big family. Q^uL .... “Babv Doll” is an admirable artistic February 8. Beyond The Squore-By Carol Campbel The Elia Kazan production of motion picture. Carroll Baker has recorded on film a human being, and she has captured the peculiar combination of awkwardness and awakening grace a twenty-year-old girl experiences. This twenty-year-old human being can be southern or northern or midwestern. Those critics wdio blast “Baby Doll” as a slam on the South are both unduly self-conscious about the South and unwilling to grant a movie any artistic achievement removed from story and implication. An example of this defensive criticism can be found in the editorial column of last W'eek’s “Davidsonian.” A principle of criticism from way back suggests that a critic consider first of all what the purpose of the writer (or director or actor) was. Elia Kazan was no more ridiculing the South in “Baby Doll” than he was running down the longshoremen in “On The Waterfront.” Tennessee Williams, who writes about the South because that is what he knows about, is drawing universal, not Southern, characters. Carroll Baker was attempting to give the “illusion” of a Southern accent (because the play was set in the South) and not a duplicate of the way Southerners talk. . These three artists produced a technical masterpiece. And it is vain , 'tt ■"( c' ' of Southerners to think that these artists would combine their time j the bmted States has Scanning the Television Section in the Sunday New York Times, I learned that N. B, C.’s excellent children’s program. Ding Dong School has been permanently drop ped by the networlj. Since the first announcement of such a decision. Dr. Frances Hor- wich (‘Miss Frances’), who con ceived and directed Ding Dong, said that she has received some 85,000 letters from both parents and moppets requesting her to con tinue the program. Despite this show' of interest from the viewers, the network has replaced Miss Frances with a wo men’s program — ‘Home’ — and ex cused their action on the grounds that the almighty RATING of Ding Dong had slipped and that Miss Frances had been so con ciencious about the products ad vertised on the show that they simply couldn’t ‘afford’ to continue it. Even as a public service. And so we come to the question of T.V. shows for children. Of all the spectaculars, dramas, mysteries and soap operas that you have seen, how many can you think of that are really appropriate or worth-while for the children? How many times have you seen little boys and girls plunked before the T.V. for hours on end watching prograrris that they couldn’t and shouldn’t possibly understand? Surely the effect of these sexy or criminal programs are bound to have some influence on the forma tion of their morals and ideas which will be carried with them through out their lives. If the television industry doesn’t meet its responsi bility to present either sponsored or unsponsored programs of w'orth for the children, the next genera tion in America w'ill be one of uncertain and warped ideals. And upon these ideals will be based the,., success or failure of our future world leadership. The Nation No President in the history of ever created and talent to chastise a now mythical section of the country. I such a complicated organization of tEte ^alemtte Publiihtd BVBry FHdoy of tho Collogo yoor by th« Studont Body of SoUm ColUg* Subscription Pric«—$3.50 a y«ar OFFICES—lowor Floor Main Hall Downtown Offie*—304*306 South Main St. Printed by tho Sun Printing Company Editor-in-Chief Jo Smith^rman Manoging Editor Carol Campbell News Editor Miriam Quarles Feature Editor Marcia Stanley Faculty Advisor Miss Jess Byrd Business Manager Ann Knight Advertising Manager Martha Jarvis Circulation Manager Feggy Ingram Pictorial Editors Dottie Ervin, Nancy Warren Make'Up Editor Jeane Smltherman Assistant News Editor, Mary Ann Hagwood Assistant Business Manager, Suejette Davidson Staff Writers: Pat Flynt, Mary Walton, Anne Catlette, Betsy Smith, Sally Bo- vard, Pat Greene, Slssie Allen, Mar garet MocQueen, Mary Brooks Yar borough, Martha Goddard Circulation: Ronnie Aivis, Barbara Bell, Evo Jo Butler, Helen Babington, Ruth Bennett, Laura Bible, Mary Calhoun, Nancy Jane Carroll, Susan Childs, Lina Farr, Betsy Guerrant, Ellie Mit chell, Marilyn Shull, Nan Williams, Merrie Jane Brown. Business Staff: Nancy Lomax, Sally Townsend, Sue Dovis. Letters To The Editor AAary Jo Wynn*, Ruth B*n- n*lt, J*rom* Moor* (Editor’s note: The .'\thletic As sociation has discussed the desir ability of replacing hockey as a fall intramural activity with an other sport. No decision has been reached.) * * « To the Editor: When I asked around if hockey as an intramural sport should be done away with, the two most com mon answers were “Yes” and “yes, unless there are enough people in terested—but I, myself, don’t like it,” When asked why they didn’t like the game some only answ'ered “be cause I’m just not interested”, or “because it’s too rough”, but others gave the reasons listed below: 1. It’s too strenuous. 2. It’s too dangerous and rough for girls. 3. It takes too long to build up resistance and it’s a great shock to have to run so much the very first day. 4. It’s too much trouble and too cold at that time. 5. There is too much going on at the beginning, of school. Those reasons along with the following two seem to be reasons enough to do away with hockey and replace it with soccer or some other outdoor sport. There just isn’t enough time to acquire the knowledge and skills of the game when you’ve never seen a hockey stick before and are pushed into it the first physical ed. class. Besides, why let your self be pushed up and down a hundred yard field when you don't enjoy it, and develop physically that way, when you could put your energy into something not quite so dangerous as a hard white ball and a wooden stick ? So, let’s do away with hockey in the fall and have something which more students can enjoy, and in which they can acquire more knowledge and skill in the little time provided. -Mimi Joyner To the Editor: I hope that it is only a rumor that hockey as an intramural sport might be thrown out next year. It seems to me that we would be making a big mistake to make sucl\ a move based' on such flimsy rea sons as; hockey was a flop this year, it’s too strenuous, and the freshman class is more academi cally than atheletically minded. Granted that a record was selj this year in lack of interest in hockey as a .sport, but this offers no certainty that next year’s lack of enthusiasm will set a precedenlj for next year or the next. Last year every class had a full team,, and in most 'cases a full bench. This season could well be just an off year. I think we should at least give it another chance. If we find the hockey field empty again next fall, then is the time to consider re placing it with another sport. It’s true that hockey is played oi^ a field as large as a football field and that a lot of leg work is in volved, but it’s not too much more strenuous than a heated game o( basketball or even bopping all night at Carolina Germans. And— there’s always the goalie position. It sounds like the freshman class is made up of a bunch of eggheads. It does have a lot of near-geniuses, but I ve seen some near-Harlem Globetrotters on the basketball court as well as some good volley ball players. Athletes do not have to be dumb—on the contrary the best athletes are the best thinkers. Last year s hockey champions, the senior class, had its whole front line made up of members of the Honor Society. Reasons for keeping hockey on the intramural schedule are finan cial as well as sentimental. I realize I’m “Scotch”, but any- aids and advisors—both official and unofficial—as our present leader, Dwight D. Eisenhower. His abdity as a military commander and exe cutive lies in his ability to synthe size a course of action out to the views and judgments of other peo pie. Let’s be sure we know the ten man team who make up thq Cabinet for Ike’s second term- Secretary of Agriculture — Ezra Benson Attorney General (Justice Dept.) Herbert Brownell, Jr. Secretary of State—John Foster Dulles Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare—Marion Folsom Secretary of Treasury George Humphrey Secretary of Labor—James Mit chel Secretary of Interior — Frederick Seaton Secretary of Commerce—Sinclair Weeks Secretary of Defense — Charles Wilson Postmaster General — Arthur Summerfield * * ♦ Speaking of Charles Wilson, re member his recent charge that the National Guard had been a harbor for ‘draft dodgers’ during the Ko rean conflict ? Besides the denials from the National Guard and a re sultant N. G. investigation, this charge began a most interesting and explosive chain of events. First President Eisenhower attempted tri smooth over Wilson’s tactlessness but he told a press conference that the Secretary had made a very unwise statement, without stop ping to think what it meant”. In reply to the President, Mrs. Wilson indignantly told reporters that Ike’* remarks were “uncalled for” and that he “should have stood back of Mr. Wilson instead of spending his time commenting on how won derful Mr. Dulles has been.” Fin ally Senator Aiken told the Senate that Mr. Wilson had “greatly im paired any future usefulness he ma>' otherwise have been.” All the furor seemed to have no affect on the Eisenhower-Wilson relationship, however, for when Kinj tain and has been responsible tempering Nasser’s acceptance "o( Russian courtship in many instj, ces. Eisenhower, who is a gr believer in the value of the Stat( visit to promote understanding world leaders, deplored the dij courtesy of New York to the Kij and hopes, through Baud’s visit t* preserve, our oil interests and pii„ out the danger of Communist pene, tration in the country of Baud. The World In the Middle East, the question is still the Israeli refusal to witl|. draw' to its original borders of th pre-Suez Crisis period. Unless tl» U. N. guarantees Israel that then will be no more Egyptian raid^ they stay put on the controversii areas of the Gaza Strip and Shan el Sheikh. Therefore the U. N, struggling to negotiate a comprej mise between Egypt who want the Israelies out of the area befori U. N. forces agree to occupy it ah Israel who will not move until after the U. N. E. F. agrees. Entertainment It looks like Jerry Lewis is reallij on his own now. As proof posi tive that he can get along withoti his former partner Dean Martit we point to the four-week engage ment at the Palace in New Yorl which opened last night and stars the Laughing Boy himself, God luck, Jerry, I didn’t like Dear Martin anyway. New York’s Second Avenui which is known as Little Broadwai s producing an overwhelminglij ,'ariety of shows this month will Shaw’s In Good King Charliei Golden Days, Strindberg’s Easts ind Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure all running at the sarai time. In addition to this, Bii! 1 Broadway w'ill soon present an other Tennessee Williams’ shocker Something Wild in the Country. * ♦ ♦ Is the Movie Empire fallini, apart? Many of us don’t realir that in the past couple of year, there has been a drastic alteration in this industry which has bee: caused by a number of reasons. Ike flew South last week for two [ One of them is, of course, tli: days of golf in .Augusta he invited two guests to join him on their way to Miami. Who? Why the Wilsons, of course. * * President Eisenhower broke all precedent last week when he drove out to the Washington Airport and personally escorted a tall man and little boy back to the White House. The man was King Saud of Saudi Arabia and the boy was his son, three year old Prince Mashhur ib Saud, who is in America to receive medical advice about his paralyzed arm and leg. Eisenhower’s action was in sharp contrast to the welcome given the King in New York where Mayor Wagner forbid any official recep tion on the grounds that Saudi Arabia was an opponent of Israel and an exponent of Arabian na tionalism. But let’s look at the facts. Saudi Arabia has strong ties with the 'West in the existance of the Atabian American Oil Co. which brought soaring revenues to their country and kept Saud in Cadillacs the year ’round. The King is fully aware that if Russia took control of his country he would once again be little more than a desert c'hief- body can see how much money is sunk into hockey equipment with a stick, shin guards, and ball for tvventy-one players—not to mention all kinds of' paraphanalia for the goalies. Field hockey seems to belong on the curriculum of a girls’ school this size. Every other small girls’, school in_ the state has a team. Hockey ,s just another one of Salem s traditions. Not long ago heard a Salem alumna, whose daughter is now in the sophomora class, say how thrilled she when she got on the team. was varsity hockey If dispelling with hockey as an intramural sport is not merely a rumor, I urge that we do not act too hastily in our decision. M. MacQueen television threat. As more an( more of the population has move: out to the suburbs in accordanc with post war prosperity, a nen situation has arisen whereby peo pie would rather stay at home an: watch television than drive all thi way into the city to see a movif Therefore the comment, “I haveri| seen a movie in six months” is be coming increasingly prevalent. Another reason is the separatioi of theatres and film producing com panics due to the government anti-trust decree which freed th; local theatres from committin: themselves to show a certain nuiii her of movies each year. Reasoi number three is the new trend o top stars creating their own coi porate productions and working fo the big studios only at phenomiii| allj- high salaries. (Typical agreft ment for a top star is $250,000 an| 10% of the profits of the fita)^ And the last reason is that ft some reason the American movie goers have shortened their list o[ favorite stars and will be entice: to back a movie only if it feature one of their few favorites. All this has resulted in a fright ened feeling among Hollywood big wigs and desperate attempts to wo the public with more highly se lected film material and ‘bloc! buster’ productions (War an Peace, Giant) that last from thre hours on. So perhaps it isn't : bad after all. For the public, th; is. * * * Did you know that Februai! marks the anniversary of: founding of the U. S. 'Wealb*' Service, Adlai E. Stevenson’s birtl day, Charles Dickens’ birthday, (h end of the French aand Ind**’ War,, Abraham Lincoln’s birthds! St. Valentine’s Day, the foundiffi of the Elks, Brotherhood George Washington’s birthday. 1^*! inauguration of Jefferson Da»" and Alexander Stephens as dent and Vice-President of 1^' Confederacy, and Longfello'* birthday?
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