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THE SALEMITE
February 28. 19SR
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Daddy, Rolls, The Big Wedding
“ . . . and thank you for this nourishment I Hand me the rolls, Ellen, and stop pouting,
,to onr bodies and for our loved ones and It’s only my second roll. Mother. Now I know
By the end of each election period, the number of students voting! friends wherever they may he. Amen.” Hand I haven t ^
wLs diminishes. Why? ' me the rolls. Mother. Now listen Mother. Okay, okay. I’ll stop
always diminishes. Why. ,
The most generally applied answer to that question is that students
have lost interest in the campus elections. This indicates that the stu
dent body is not concerned with" Salem’s future or with the leadership
and policies that will govern their campus life. Therefore, the student
body should not have the privilege of voting. ■ , -ri, t
The current nomination procedures should be discontinued. Then, the
Nominating Committee and a special faculty committee, would select
representatives from each class to do the electing of the officers. The
number of representatives from each class will be determined by the
committee, and they will be selected on the basis of interest shown m
campus affairs. In this manner, all of the elected officers will represent
the decision of those who are concerned about Salem. It will also save
all those who feel that voting is too bothersome from exerting the
effort that it takes to throw away an unmarked ballot.
jbon't Sit And Qo*nfdaiH
—/i PetiliOH.
Something has been done this year to incorporate the student body’s
opinion into the nomination of campus officials. Now it is the student
body’s responsibility to see that they use all of the election privileges
made available to them. , , r , rc
The Nominating Committee presents two candidates for each office,
but this does not mean that they are the only two students capable.
The students always have the privilege of petitioning whomever they
feel is qualified. A qualified student whose name does not appear on
the primary nomination is not handicapped in the election; therefore
petitions are not useless.
Since the students have the right of petition, there is no reason for
anyone to say that the Nominating Committee controls elections or
that their preference was not considered for an office. However, the
right of petition is useless unless people exert the small bit of effort it
takes to compile a petition.
Students Stiil Like Ike
In recent months there has been much discussion about the popularity
of President Eisenhower. To find out what American college students’
opinion is on the issue. Associated Collegiate Press asked the following
question of a representative cross-section of men and women across the
nation:
“On the whole, how would you rate the job being done by Presi
dent Eisenhower? Would you rate it excellent, good, only fair,
or rather poor? Why?
Analysis of poll results indicate that over half of those interviewed
feel the President is, at least, doing a good job. A sizeable proportion
of them rated the job “fair,’’ and only a relatively small number felt he
was doing a poor job.
There was generally a more favorable attitude among the college men
interviewed than among coeds. Nearly sixty percent of the men rated
Eisenhower’s preformance as good or better, while just slightly oyer
fifty percent of the college women did so. Similarly, the proportion
of “excellent” ratings was substantially higher on the part of the men
interviewed than among coeds. Equal proportions of men and women
felt that the President’s performance deserved a “good” rating, but
more women than men considered the job he was doing to be “poor.”
Only a very small percentage of students were undecided on the issue.
Reasons given for rating the President’s job “excellent” varied
greatly. A Wayne State University (Detroit, Mich.) sophomore felt the
president was doing an excellent job “because of his attempts to im
prove the position of the business man and because of the Civil Rights
Bill. Also, because of his devotion to his job.” A freshman at Juniata
College (Huntington, Pa.) rated the president’s performance “excellent”
because, among other things, he “settled the problems in the Middle
East.”
Among the reasons given for a “good” rating was one by a sophomore
coed at Wayne State University (Detroit, Mich.) who feels the “country
has prospered” and that Eisenhower is “a good leader.” A University
of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nfebr.) senior coed also feels he has done a good
job because he “has has many obstacles in his job and has done well
in handling the situations,” and a senior at Indiana Technical College
(Ft. Wayne, Ind.) feels “he is a competent president who holds the
respect of every discriminating American.” A junior from Knox Col
lege (Galesburg, Illinois) agrees that the president is doing a good job,
but adds, “Any evaluation of his work is difficult since one lacks his
torical perspective. The real answer to this question will not be given
for many years.”
A University of Vermont (Burlington, Vt.) senior feels the job being
done by Mr. Eisenhower is only fair because “His poor health is a
handicap.” A Chatham College (Pittsburgh, Pa.) senior coed also gave
a “fair” rating for the same reason as several others—that the president
had done nothing either strikingly good or strikingly bad.
Although in the majority, students interviewed who felt the president
is doing a poor job also offered many reasons for their rating. A Tyler
Junior College (Tyler, Texas) freshman feels that, among other things,
the president “has made the U. S. integration problem too big,” while
a sophomore coed at Bradley University (Peoria, 111.) thinks the presi
dent “delegates too much authority.” A Missouri School of Mines
(Rolla, Mo.) senior voiced the opinion t-hat the president spends too
much time on vacation.
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You know Wednesday mornings are gettin
to be my busiest. Never had so many pat
ients in the office. Eleven examinations today.
Like to see it that way though. Everybody’s
talking about the wedding Saturday. Poor
old Claude. Gettin’ his daughter married to
the Governor’s son. He told us in church last
Sunday that he had to buy Champagne for
four hundred people.
Pass the peas, Ellen. Thank you. Mother!
you know I don’t like mushrooms in my peas.
No. I did not eat any of Euth Fletcher’s peas
at the dinner party last night. Hand the
peas back to your mother, Ellen. Don’t let
it happen again. Mother.
Old Claude was kinda’ worried ’bout where
he was gonna put all those people. I told
that’s what he gets for marryin’ his daughter
off to the Governor’s son. I told him when
Ellen gets married I’d oblige myself to go to
South Carolina with her and then I’d take
her to the Dairy Mart and buy her a banana
split for her reception. Humph! Isn’t that
right Ellen. Hand me another roll. Mother.
Yep. When Ellen gets married we’re gonna
get by as cheap as we can.
Now, Ellen, I can’t help what ‘brother
Prank’ will want. It’s not gonna be him that’s
gonna spend the money for the wedding. You
probably won’t even marry ‘brother Frank.’
Now hush, Ellen. You know I don’t have
anything against ‘brother Prank.’ I do too
like him. It’s just that you might not marry
him. Alright we’ll see !
Oh yeth. Mother, Tom Presson was in this
morning. Said he was gonna have to borrow
some of Mecklenburg County’s police force to
keep the folks off the streets Saturday. You’d
think they were having a political rally in
stead of a wedding. I can see old Claude now.
Ha! Old Claude and the Governor. Pass me
another roll, Mother.
Like I was telling Claude the other morn
ing. I was ‘joshin’ him of course. And I said
“Claude, now that you daughter’s gonna be
living in the Governor’s Mansion I guess you
won’t be passin’ the collection plate with me
anymore!” I was just ‘joshin’ with him,
Mother. No, Mother. I said I was just josh
in’ him.
What did you say ‘brother Prank’s’ father
did, Ellen. Oh, yeah. Mother, how old is
Eisenhower’s youngest son. Oh.
You paid how much. Twenty-five dollars
just for a wedding gift. Now, mothbr, we in
this household treat everybody equal. Yes, sir-
ree, and we don’t go paying twenty-five dol
lars just for the Governor’s son’s gift just
cause he’s the Governor’s son. You can take
the gift back and get something cheaper.
No. I’m not going to the wedding. Claude
already knows I’m not going. Oh, he just
laughed and said he didn’t think he’d go
either. That Claude! he sure can ‘josh.’
Hand me that paper Mother. Wedding is
all over the papers too. I bet that kind of
sits pretty with old Claude. Oh, Mother,
listen to this. Just listen to this. On the
first page of the second section. Pajama party
at Carolina. Officers broke up a “pajama,
drinking and dancing party in an eary Sun
day morning raid.” And there were twenty
couples intoxicated. And undressed too. And
it was put on by a U. N. C. Fraternity. Okay,
Ellen, you aren t going to Carolina, anymore.
I don’t care if it was or wasn’t ‘brother
Prank’s’ fraternity, I don’t want you to ever
set your foot in Chapel Hill again. Eh-law.
What are the youngsters coming to. See. If
the Governor was such an important man, he
could stop all this nonsense at the State Uni
eating tomorrow. Ellen, go in the other room
if you have to cry. I am not the meanest
Daddy in the world, Ellen. Okay, Mother,
here, take the rolls. I just won’t eat anymore.
Ellen, lower your voice. No, Mother, no,
That’s alright, if you think I’m too fat I
won’t eat anymore rolls. Alright, alright,
Ellen, you can go to Chapel Hill this week
end, but if I ever hear of any more pajama-
parties you aren’t going again. You under
stand !
Do you know that everyone in the state oi
any political importance will be here. Old
Claude and the Governor. I bet the people
in the county are really gonna line the streets
I don’t get it. Mother. The Governor’s just
a normal man like the rest of us. No reason
what ever for all these folk to get so excited
about a Governor.
Got to get back to the office. Mother. Oh
yeah. Were there any phone calls for m
this morning? What did Mayor Wilson want'
You don’t say. You mean he wants me h
meet the Governor at the airport and drivi
him into town. Why, sure I will. Mother
You know I’d do anything for the state.
Oh excuse me. Mother. I think I’ll go cal
Claude.
—Shan Helm
Remember Chatty!
She’s So Cute
versity.
I was swinging on the chain of a fraternit;
pin when the wearer darted down the bac:
steps of a small dingy alley. I hoisted mysel
up on the guard as we entered a small dar
room, where two other girls were solemnl
seated around an empty can of tomato souj
One of the girls stuffed some dried leaves i
the can and lit a fire. She looked up as w
entered and motioned for us to sit dow
around the can. As my wearer seated hersel
on the dirt floor, I fell in the open lid of
flip-top pack of Winstons and peaked throug
the crack.
“Madam Chairman,” my wearer said to
tall, lean girl,” the select few are all presen
We must begin the meeting.”
The Madam stood up and pressed her rigl
hand against her chest. “We of this con
mittee have an important duty to perfori
today. We have been appointed by a gron
of two to nominate those girls who will nom
nate the Nominating Committee. Conn
Come I” The madam pointed to my weare
“Sally, bar the door tight.” She turned !
the other girl seated near the can, “Suzie, s(
that the window is locked tightly 1 ... No
we can begin. The floor is open to nomim
tions!”
“I nominate Patty Perky, Madam Chai
man.” Sally yelled.
“Give me your reasons why you think si
is qualified for this office, Sally.” the Mada
said.
“Because she has a good personality ai
everyone likes her and she’s always smilh
and because she’s pinned to my boyfriend
fraternity brother.”
“Anything you want to add in favor
Betty’s nomination, Suzie?” the Madam aske
“I’m in favor of the nomination, Mada
Chairman,” Suzie said. “I think she’s a re
cute looking girl.”
(Continued on Paff# Four)