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THE SALEM!TE
May 10. lQi;7
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f.;ist November the campus was one hundred per-cent election con
scious. 'Everyvvliere you went there were signs “Only Democrats Sit
Here” and little,jiosters saying “We Like Ike”. One of the most thrill
ing (iinner.s that the Corrin Refectory has ever known .vas when Miss
Hyrd and Dr. Africti lead the loyal Adali supporters in to their reserved
seats, followed by the Ike supporters who boasted the intellectual appeal
of the Republican ticket.
But what has happened to the spirit of the election? Undoubtedly
there are still loyal Democrats and Republicans h.iding in the dorms
waiting until the next election year when they will be .able to burst
forth with all of their zeal.
But why should Salemites wait until election time to show their
[)olitical loyalties ? Or even more serious, why should all of the Demo
crats on campus miss, the thrill of seeing Senator John Kennedy when
he spok'e at Wake Forest, simply because they were not members of
a Young Democrats Club?
Salemites are const.antly talking about broadening their interests and
about being conscious of the world beyond the Square, If a Young
Democrats and a Young Republicans clubs were formed on campus, we
would have an excellent opportunity to learn about the issues and plat
forms on which we v\ill be voting in a few years, and to broaden our
interests.
Of course there are those who say a small girls school is not the
place for such organizations—they would cause too much conflict on
campus. Yet, such organizations would not be in real competition until
election time, and the rivalry on campus last semester did not destroy
Salem’s unity any more than do the debates over the nominating com-
uiltee.
If the students are interested, the Wake Forest organizations liave
expressed a desire to help us. .All we need is someone or some club to
accept the responsibility and to set up definite plans for formation.
Why not the IRC?
' —M. J.
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I.ast Tuesday’s student body meeting re-opened the ciuestion of the
nominating committee. Though the recent student opinion poll showed
that a decided m.ajority of the students felt that the committee is good,
the di.Scussion in chapel indicated that there is still discontent on cam
pus concerning the means of nomination.
The discussion brought out a new plan which would acquaint us with
the generally accepted means of nomination in public elections and
would also discard the disadvantages of the nominating committee and
of nominations from the floor.
The suggested plan of personal nomination might be developed in
this manner.
All the girls interested in running for an office or who have been
■■ approached by students and agree to run submit their names to a special
committee.
The committee would then circulate petitions for these girls among
the student body. The petitions m.ust be signed by one hundred students
(or some other number which the Student Council would deem suitable)
who feel that the candidate has the qualifications for the job. This
would en.able people to sign petitions ior more than one person, since
. we usually feel that there is more than one person qualified to run for
an office. This would also indicate whether or not the student body
felt that a person was qualified, thus serving the same purpose as the
nominating committee. (Failure to get the necessary number of signa
tures would not be any more embarrassing than failure to receive the
final nomination from the nominating committee after a person had been
recommended by a group.)
Since there would usually be more than one candidate under this
system, it would be necessary to have preliminary elections. The names
of the final candidates could be presented to the student body at lunch
and the first election could be held that afternoon. The votes could be
tabulated that evening and the two receiving the most votes would run
in the final election which could be held the next da.y. This way the
elections would only take the same length of time-as they do under the
present system.
A plan such as this one would include student censorship of those
they did not feel were qualified, wdthout going through the unpleasant
ordeal of objecting to a nomination made from the floor. It would in
sure those who were interested in an office the opportunity to compete,
even if they were eliminated because of lack of the necessary affiri-
mation. It would not prevent a girl from running for more than one
office. Most important, the student body, not a small group, would
make the final decisions.
— M. J.
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YVhen asked, “What does Salem mean to you
after four years?”—you are confronted with
a rather difficult question, a question with an
intangible answer at the present. However,
there are the basic attributes that Salem
should and has given me.
Salem has given me an index to life. I
know exactly to which pages I want to turn
in the contents.
I also feel better qualified to select and
choose with clearer insight—not only in the
fine arts field but in compatibility among
friends. But even in approaching the end of
these four years, 1 am still baffled at the vast
ness of what there is yet to learn and ex
perience.
Salem has given me my start and 1 can
better answer your question five or six years
hence.
Mary Avera
1. Di.scovery of stacked away cookies at
i :00 a.m. .Heading Day.
2. Counting the sunbathing bodies on a hot
day.
3. The musty sm.ell of encyclopedias at the
library.
4. Miss Essie endlessly armed with hose and
broom.
5. Hogey tolling the bell.
6. The little cussing man organizing a crew
at 7 :15 a.m.
7. AYatching the first struggles of buds and
newly hatched sparrows.
8. Dr. Gramley’s grin and comments.
9. Regular social rule changes at Student
Government meetings.
10. Asparagus and brussel sprouts, and pas
try and chicken.
n. Meetings, conflicts and choices.
12. A.dvisor-advisee confabs.
13. Tiectures, concerts and knitting.
14. Exposure to ideas—^formation .and refor
mation of opinions.
15. The Society “cheaper by the dozen” re-
'duced to 11.
16. Noisy wee-hour talks squelched by Becky,
17. Exam snow and thaw.
18. Quiet hour and call downs.
19. Sign out sheets and yellow cards.
20. Growing up in general.
Anne Miles
Pour years at Salem have been for me my
most maturing years, I believe. 1 have ma
tured intellectually in that I have been ex
posed to a certain amount of knowledge and
have been motivated to attempt to gain a
little more of that knowledge. I have, I be
lieve, acquired some of that “intellectual
curiosity” Dr. Singer used to stress so much
my freshman year.
I have matured socially too, because for
four years I have lived with a group of girls
who, although they have similar backgrounds
and interests, still have different ideas and
patterns of living. AVith them 1 have had
good times, bad times, happy times, sad times,
work times, play times, but I have learned to
get along with them and have made strong
and lasting friendships.
There is much, much more that four years
at Salem have given 'to me. , It would be im
possible to name them all. I feel sure that
after leaving Salem there will come a larger
realization of what it has meant to me.
I have grown to love this one hundred
eighty-six year old institution with its white
fence, cobblestone walks, and many traditions,
and I have developed a tremendous respect
of its faculty, administration and above all its
president.
I came to Salem four years ago as a slightly
cocky high school graduate who was, though
a little insecure, uncertain and apprehensive
about what was in store for her in life and
in college. However, I leave Salem College
better qualified to be a confident wife, teacher
and mother. ’
-Ann Knight
Suppose you were asked to write—-briefly__
what four years at Salem meant to you.
would you say?
Perhaps you would recall your attitude as
a freshman and try to frace it through four
years.
Surely four years have brought some change
in your aspect toward life. There may be
some changes you cau’t quite express, but you
know you have a different attitude toward
the things with which you come in daily cou-
tact.
Certainly, Salem has meant a change from
your high school outlook — let’s call it ma-
turity. Surely, you have matured—but what
went into the maturation? It must be the
things which comprise daily life, as that seems
to be where the major change is. On almost
any day of any year, a Salemites life is made
up of the Main Hall bell announcing classes
a trip to the post office, book store, and
Harry’s; Corrin .Refectory; uneven bricks-
gab fests; studies; problems and joys. Some
how all these ingredients and their components
added to one Salem fresman, and allowed to
age, produce a senior to whom Salem means
something.
AAUhat it is, I can’t say—can you?
—Sarah Eason
A^oice.s, pianos, and violins mingling with
tobacco-scented air — the blending of fresh
green and stale old red—a torn heel from a
brick that didn’t fit—the night water spills
into the swimming pool—a cup of coffee with
a teacher—songs, shouts, laughs after supper
—a walk in the May Dell in the fall and
spring—a bouquet of roses handed across foot
lights—the smell of old. books and the cata
combs — cockroaches — an undeserved honor
\mu try to live up to—the trees in the square
—a stubby pencil and, a yellow legal pad--a
shoulder to cry on a.nd a friend to laugh with
—confidence a.iid security in a place made for
myself.
—Sissie Allen
^ke*t?
Remember: w-hen Miss Byrd was a tyrant . . .
that IjuTiong Ogburn was May Queen . . .
when everybody in class was available for
blind dates . . . when.Reynolda was a deserted
hill on the road to the 421 Staley’s ... the
^villow tree outside Bitting in which a re
stricted Salemite entertained her date . . . the
Salemite’s ten-page May Day issue . . . Tom
Perry , . . where the old steam plant and
laundry were . . . when our class was twice
the size it is now . , . when the head of the
history department was an orthodox Presby
terian and predicted atomic war within ten
years . . . that Alice McNeely was president
of the student body . . . when the first Oslo
scholarship winners were announced in as
sembly . . . when Diggs Gramley was still in
high school . . . Martha Ann Kennedy ... the
AVizard of Oz May Day pageant with Boop
McGlaughon as the tin man . . . when Mr.
Yarborough hung around, underneath the Day
Student center . , , nobody had heard of a
Mr. Robert AYendt . . . that Carol Campbell
w'as pinned . . . closed senior dormitories . . ■
when Salem’s first appeared on campus . . ■
when Miss Shea,ly taught English in oxfords
and T-shirts . . . Barbara Bell’s auction date
with Mr. Medlin . . . when Lehman was an
office and apartment building where Miss
Riegner heard our freshman speech auditions
. . . how Dr. Hixson let her hair down in the
faculty play . . . that Dr. Rondthaler came to
assembly and applauded everytime he felt like
it . . . Lizann Ellis . . . when the water pipes
broke and Dr., Gramley’s bathroom was open
house . . . when Cokes cost a nickel . . . when
Mary^ Hadley Pike crashed into Salem society
smoking a jeweled pipe . . . when Bermudas
were too A^assarish for the, average Salemite
■ ■ • May Spam’s husband was the Spook
of Salem . . . when four girls formally invited
surrounding men’s schools “to a panty raid
at Salem . . . that Elvis Presley came to
vYmston-Salem in a pink and yellow Cadillac
• . . when Shaw had a crush on bachelor
Sandresky?
Marcia Stanley, Jo Smitherman