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Page Two Keefi 0^^ ^U^ This is not going to be a “blistering” edi torial. And it has no concern with keeping off the grass. Next Monday afternoon at 5:00 the Student Council and their faculty advisory board will hold a joint meeting to discuss and vote on the proposed changes in the constitution of the Student Government Association. The pro posed changes, which concern the distribution of activities within the Council, with whatever amendments the council and advisory board add, will be presented to the student vote in student body meeting on Thursday, adopted. They help to define more clearly the The changes in the constitution should be exact function of the council and its different officers. But most important they dispel the obvious contradiction of having the council act as prosecutor, defense, judge, and jury in cases of violations deemed important enough to come before them. It is to be hoped that the judiciary board, if it comes into existence, will begin with a clearly defined policy as to bases of their decisions, and their finality. “The Case Is Closed” The Salemite, May 4, 1958, q.v. The second major change to be presented to the student body is the points system, which has, along with the other changes, been discussed in student body meetings previously. The obvious advantage to the points system is the regimentation of student leadership, not so much to keep student affairs from being concentrated into a few students hands, but to allow more students, who have the capa bility but not the aggression, to assume posi tions of campus leadership. The points system as it is set up is certainly fair, and it cer tainly deserves at least a trial. If there are those who find it too binding, they could spend their extra time with more favorable results in matters academic. —J- S- PROBATION TO THE EDITOR: I have been asked to explain “probation' for the information of students generally. Here is a statement that may be helpful: Probation is a status in which a student may be placed as a penalty for a deficiency of one sort or another; and it is also a period of prov ing for the student. Thus, a student on pro bation has opportunity to reestablish himself as to campus citizenship, or class attendance, or chapel attendance, or other matters, as the ease may be. Probation is the lightest of the so-called serious penalties imposed by colleges. The others are suspension for a period of time (a week, two weeks, a semester, a year) and ex pulsion. In the event of expulsion, a student is denied the privilege of being readmitted to the college which expelled him. In the ease of probation, a student who “proves himself” and reestablishes his stand ing obviously has benefitted from the experi ence. A notation of this probationary status will remain in the student’s personal file, but it does not appear on a transcript of grades except in cases where a sHident'is on probation at the time the transcript is requested. The transcript of a student who graduates does not carry itemization of a probationary status in, say, his sophomore year. However, in all cases where letters of recom mendation are sought on behalf of a student, the college will include an explanation of the probationary matter and the student’s response as a result of it. It should be pointed out, of course, that a repeated or other serious violation by a stu dent while on probation usually leads to sus pension or expulsion. Such violation is gen erally considered indicative that the student involved does not warrant return to full free status. —Dale H. Gramley THE SALE MITE Friday. February 13, 195) Pakistan’s Problems Need U. S. Sympathy Caroline Easley and Sandi Shaver I Friday evening, we were fortunate in havingt Dr. Ralph Bribanti of Duke University here oiij campus to speak to us on Pakistan. Attend-! ance at the lecture was not good, but bettei| than if it had not been open to the public,, Student attendance totaled about 25, or 35-ii' 40% of the audience. Just as a guess, it) would seem that one cause was lack of know! edge of the subject. It certainly was not dut| to lack of publicity. _ ; For those of you who didn’t attend because you felt uninformed on the topic of his speech,' let us offer you some general background sc that you will not be embarrassed for the same reason the next time someone mentions Pakis-i tan. Hetc comes bhsfei^ing 'K. O'P'f ’t’Hc Faculty Discusses Worth, Results Of Evaluation By Mary Lu Nuckols Monday afternoon, the Student Council discussed the value of con tinuing the faculty evaluation program which was begun last year. At last a report has compiled the results of a faculty evaluation of the evaluation. Last year the faculty voted unanimously to have the evaluation. Only 18 of the 52 faculty members, however, considered the evaluation im portant enough to answer these ciuestions: 1) Do you feel you received any help from this evaluation? 2) Do you feel that you plan to change any part of your courses or any technique of teaching as a result of the evaluation ? 3) Could you suggest any changes or additions to the questionnaire used? 4) We would like your frank comments on this evaluation. Of the answers received, 11 faculty members were in favor of the evaluation and considered that they had benefited from^student sugges tions. The remaining professors who replied did not consider the evaluation of value. The professors who favored the evaluation had several suggestions, but the ones against it had no constructive criticism to make. Violent opposition was expressed by one of the professors who said that, “The evaluation was a waste of time and proved nothing. The student has no business trying to act the teacher. The student is neither mature enough nor capable enough to know if the faculty is doing a good job.” Such violent objection raises the question of why this professor objected to the evaluation after he had seen the results and not during the vote taken by the faculty preceding the evaluation. Of the 11 faculty members in favor of the evaluation, 10 had sugges tions for improvements. Those in favor seemed to think that there was not enough class time given for the students to carefully consider the evaluation. Many seemed to feel that the check list used was inadequate and that there should be more space for comments and for student self- evaluation. Even the professors who were in favor of the evaluation felt that too much emotion was involved for the evaluation to be effec tive. The Student Council decided to ask the faculty again this year to vote on having the evaluation, the matter will be submitted to' a vote at the next student body meeting. Published every Friday of the College year by the Student Body of Salem College OFFICES—Lower Floor Main Hall — Downtown Office—414 Bank St., S.W. Printed by the Sun Printing Company Subscription Price—$3.50 a year EDITOR Jean Smitherman BUSINESS MANAGER Cordellia Scruggs Assistant Editor .Susan Foard News Editor Carolyn Ray Feature Editor -Grace Walker Headlines Alta Lu Townes Joanne Doremus Rewrite Editors Nancy Jane Carroll Sarah Tesch Columnists: Mary Lu Nuckols, Bobbie Mor rison Faculty Advisor .Miss Jess Byrd Asst. Business/Manager Betsy Gilmour Advertising Manager Rosemary Laney Asst. Adv. Manager Lynn Ligon Circulation Manager Becky Smith Copy Editor .Sallie Hickok Copy Staff—Irene Noell, Sybrilla Caudle, Cathy Pollard, Healan Justice, Sue Sample, Sandy V/immer. Pakistan is located on the Snb-Continent oi Asia (This is the area where India is located),| Twelve years ago, it was part of India, bat in 1947, the area was subdivided into two separate countries. By the provisions of the subdivision, Pakistan was divided, itself, into two parts, a thousand miles apart, one looking toward Southeast Asia, and the other looking towards the Middle Bast. This is borne oat by the fact that Pakistan is the eastern anchor of the Bagdad Pact and the western anchor of SBATO. Thus oriented in two directions, it serves as a bridge between Asia and the West. Though this physical make-up is an interlocking factor internationally, nationally it serves only to divide Pakistan into Two cal- tures, creating severe economic and political problems. These two cultures stem from the extreme diversity of the climates of the two areas. The eastern portion is very wet and fertile while the western portion is very dry—“a camel cal ture”, as Dr. Bribanti put it. The original partition was a result of the religious conflicts of the inhabitants of India Those who became Pakistani were predomi nantly Moslem, while the Indians were Hinjja The Pakistani government was organized as i theocratic one, but this has not been true ii practice. Dr. Bribanti attributed the difficult; of setting up this government as well as othe problems to five general factors. First of all, there are conflicting opinion as to what exactly constitutes an Islamic stab (The attempt to organize such a sate is uniqu in the world today.) Secondly, the cultural differences betwee: the two areas have affected the inability o the people to set up this theocratic goverr ment. There is much more religious diversit in the eastern portion, which includes man Hindu who did not flee to India at the tii^ of the partition. The third reason is more complex. A “Anglo-Oriented” select group of Eaft'iSjtai who are trained in the English politictl t/i’^*^ tion manage both internal and external aA‘fairi The masses of the people, however, are “Ii lamic-Oriented” people who have little interes in things beyond the confines of each loci area. The fourth point which Dr. Bribanti calle the “Literary Generalist Tradition” is the tei dency of officials and educated men to be moi interested in their literary ability than in the: political accomplishments. Lastly, and probably most important, is tl question of Pakistan’s foreign policy, and tl Kashmir district. This is the territory whic divides the two parts of Pakistan. At tl time of the partition, it was agreed by hoi India and Pakistan, that as soon as cqnditioi were more settled, the people of Kashm would he given an opportunity to determh their own future by means of a plehiscit India has refused this right of self determin tion of the residents of the Kashmir distri after repeated attempts of the UN to hai India abide by her agreement. There is strong sentiment in Pakistan to have the tv areas connected but as long as they are thi separated, the setting up of an orderly ai effective system of government will be d layed. Dr. Bribanti offered no solution to the pro lem, but simply stated the ease for Pakish in order that there may be better understan ing between peoples of the East and Wef Refusal to try to understand on the part either side simply delays any impending sol tion. This brief description does not begin , coyer the problems of Pakistan or our relatio ship to her, but is simply and purely an opc ing totmutual understanding and sympathy.
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