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Friday, March 6, I95t
May 27 has been described by a few fatalists as Annihilation or
A-Day. Few of us need be told that this is the day set aside for the
consumation of what now is called the Berlin Crisis. Our reactions to
the Soviet Union’s ultimatum have run the gamut from cautious con
sternation at Khruschev’s audacity to sober contemplation^ of what it
may mean to us personally. Whatever may come of the Prime Minis
ter’s Conferences, whatever parleys Macmillan and Dulles may have,
whatever decisions, (we hope agreements) are made between the powers-
that-be-contending in Berlin, the crisis has revealed some rather per
tinent characteristics about the citizenry’s attitude toward the govern
ment, particularly the State Deparment.
It reveals the citizen’s virtual isolation from matters of foreign policy
as far as knowing what our objectives are and the procedure for follow
ing them through. Perhaps Dulles has been going around with our
foreign policy in his head, as Dexter Perkins laconically surmised during
his visit to campus, but we seem to be content to let him continue to
do so.
It is only when we realize the personal imp(ort of a situation such
as the one in Berlin that we cease to view the government as some
abstract body who does little more than determine our draft status,
levy taxes, and play I-dare-you with the Soviet Union.
The conjecturing of our communications elite makes the solution
more perplexing. Rach commentator has a different idea about what
our course will be. To say that we as citizens have no idea about our
position is to put a rope around our collective neck.
On March 6 we say we will not back down, whatever this may
mean. What happens on May 27 will depend on our support of tbe
unwritten, unstated procedure the State Department will follow.
THE SALEMITE
Stee 6ee Reporter Spot Checks Opinions
Of Students On What Makes A Party
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Jean Smitherman
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Cordellia Scruggs
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Headlines Alta Lu Townes
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Sarah Tesch
Columnists: Mary Lu Nuckols, Bobbie Mor
rison
Faculty Advisor Miss Jess Byrd
By Mary Lu Nuckols
The Student Council for the last two weeks
has been faced with the problem of deciding
what constitutes a party, and what should
have to be approved by the Dean of ^pdent s
office. This seemingly simple question of
“What is a party!” was brought up by student
questions about the following rules. 1) Stu
dents do not stay off campus after local so
cial affairs involving both men and women.
2)* Students are not expected to visit in the
home of men friends except with the permis
sion of the Dean of Student’s office. Thus far
the Student Council has not been able to agree
upon an answer.
Since there was such a wide range in opinion
in the Student Council, the Salemite decided
to do a spot check to see how many people
the students think constitute a party. There
was very little agreement upon this question.
Two of our Juniors seem to like a small
group for their parties. Sarah Tesch thinks
that two or three couples make a party.
Evelyn Vincent agrees that three couples^ or
over is considered a party. Another Junior,
Harriet Herring, decided that four or five
couples would be a party in her opinion.
The Sophomores who were interviewed
thought that a large number of people were
required to make a party. Both Jane Givens
and Cathy Gilchrist considered that six couples
would be a party. They also agreed that a
party depended upon what the people were
doing. To them a party had refreshments,
dancing, and fun as well as a set number of
people.
Some of our students had a more liberal
idea about what a party is. Freshmen Sue
Luter and Sue Pronenberger thought that a
real party consisted of from 25 to 50 people.
This problem was discussed at some lengfl
Monday when the Student Council met wi|
the Faculty Advisory Board. In trying tl
decide how to define a party the Student Coiu,|
cil asked Mrs. Heidbreder why the rules ha|
been made. |
Mrs. Heidbreder explained that these ruk
were made so that the office would have h
formation on where the students were and wb
the chaperons were in case any question eani'
up about a social affair. She explained tha
neighbors of people who were giving partis
(whatever they may be) involving Salem stii
dents have called into the Dean of Student
office and complained about noise or askci
for information. If this information is no
available, the office is left in the embarrasin
position of seeming not to care where the st\i
dents are.
Many of the girls, while agreeing that tb
office should know where the students are'
think that these vague rules should be mad’
more definite. Now, as it is, there is a greai
deal of question about what a party is am
what should be approved. As the problei
stands, such questions as “Can I double dat
to the Plantation and come back and speni
the night out in town!” and “If my date am
I go to the home of a married couple here i
Winston-Salem to play bridge, does the hos
or hostess have to call in and issue the ir
vitation through the office!” The questio
also came up as to whether the parents of
boy living in town have to call in to invite
girl to come and eat dinner with them and t
visit. It will be very difficult to arrive i
any one decision on these problems.
As one of the Stee Gee members said afte
the meeting Monday, “I have gotten up to tl
point that I don’t care what they decide
party is as long as the rules are definite.”
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 Wimmer.
Williams Recalls Experience Of Election
Being elected President of the
9l WUcd yan Make 9t
By Jane Bellamy
How many times o’er and o’er have I said
To hell with it all—I wish I were dead.
The routine is too much—I’m so in a rut.
I’ll quit going to class—but I’m already overcut.
Bells ring constantly early in the morn
And just like Keat’s Nightingale, they toll, “forlorn”!
The work is quite a discouraging matter
What bothers me more .is girls’ idle chatter.-
They shriek over bridge and mourn i-dead Tyrone
Soon my skin begins to crawl to the bone.
There’s bound to be a bright spot in my life someday.
How I hope it does come before I’m old and grey.
Ah. yes, vacations and week-ends—on them I do thrive
Yet they seem to be gone by the time they arrive.
An idea struck me that I thought I’d pursue
Maybe I’d find solace in what great men would do.
With old Samuel Johnson I first played and toyed
But—“Life is a state much to be endured—little enjoyed.”
Hoping it wasn’t, I tried Aristippus’ theory
But my head ached next day—my eyes red and bleary.
Discarding my appetites and desires that I had
I tried to be stoical and endure what was bad.
To placid expression and subdued thoughts I did revert—
But I gained nothing but a new title—“Introvert!”
When I studied Socrates and vowed to nurture
My studies, for as he says, “Knowledge is virtue.”
“But surely I want more than that,” I cried in a seizure,
“What if something happened and I got amnesia?”
1 tried benevolence to others as advocated by Mill
I gave it up soon, as I got self-righteously ill.
Schopenhauer led me into further remorse—
Why would 1 want to live if my will were a loss ?
His theory of marriage gave me more pessimism
As an instrument for propagation I feel a mere mechanism.
As the rationalists view the world, “We know all we should know.’
What are schools here for? Just to take over our dough?
No, despite everything I’ll not quit, though it’s screwy
I’ll just be thankful this school’s not like Dewey’s—
“The world’s a stage” by gosh or golly
And this poor player has reached her finale.
These theories as I have written them
Are used too literally, so don’t you follow them.
But this method will show that it’s “how you take it”
For life to me is what you make it.
ge student. Nan Williams,
fully aware of and capable of handl-
ful for the honor.
Nan received the letter from the
Nominating Committee telling her
of the election results on Wednes
day afternoon just before she was
to go into a math lab. As the re
sults were supposed to be fairly se
cret until the announcement at din
ner, Nan didn’t want to show her
feelings in lab and, therefore, didn’t
open the letter. However, her
roommate Pat Weeks learned the
results and, not caring about math
lab, took the letter down to Nan
with a command to open it. Nan
says that, as she read the letter,
she experienced a “warm feeling’^—
the excitement, the back-slapping,
the jokes about “Pres.” came later.
For those first few minutes she was
simply happy that the students
thought she would make a good
Stee Gee President.
Nan will bring to her new job a
knowledge of the workings of Stu
dent Government and an under
standing of the new system, which
she has worked with and helped
form. • Further, she will bring
her office a real understanding
the honor tradition.
Nan feels that the honor traditk
is but a part of the larger idea
the type of school that Salem
She feels that'here—away from tl
pressures of home, yet guided 1
example and tradition—one has tl
opportunity to mature. An unde
standing and a sense of responi
bility to the honor tradition shou
be a part of this maturity. Ni
explains, “Individual growth is t
reason for the system and is mo
important than the rules.”
Kingston Trio Is Cancelled So
Salemites Anticipate Easter Bunny
By Bobbie Morrison and Frances Gunn
A SONG TO SEEING
Spring is coming
Skirts are getting tight.
Please to take a safari
In the middle of the night.
If you can’t take a safari,
A week-end will do—
If you can’t take a week-end
What’ya doing in college!
A most uneventful week . . . unfortunately,
the Big Trio cancelled at Davidson, to the dis
appointment of many Salemites. But Helen
London, Mary Louise Lineberger, and Gwen
Dickerson were fortunate enough to see them
at Duke Monday night at a concert and party
afterwards. Sturdley P. Sturdley, our under
ground wmrker, feels that the party afterwards
contributed t'o the inability to travel, mayhap.
However, and theretofore, they are to return
to Davidson’s fair campus April 9—Keep up
the false smiles, you’ll get there yeti
Another almost happening; A carload of 14
year-^lds ’bout cornered Dora Bryan and date,
Fred Tate, last Monday night in front of Sis
ters Dorm. Seems that several boy scouts just
returning from a meeting decided to drf
around Salem Square. Two catches: noi
were able to drive and the ear was stole
Bumpers bumped, and Fred’s car almost end
up in Sisters. Well, they’ve had roosters
South . . .
Sturdley also uncovered the secret to M
Paine’s painfully impossible exams — MA
COMICS.
The Easter Bunny has received most varr
and diverse, though generally condescen
opinions from Salemites because of 1
assertion of power in ordering that all eg
be dyed lavender this year.
Said one freshman “I just don’t understai
. . .” And a sophomore, “So long as he doesr
take away the chocolate eggs, it doesn’t affe
me.” Other comments ranged from a junio:
seasonal comment, “I mean really, lavend
just isn’t top drawer.” To the keen obser'v
tion of a senior, “So, impeach the East
Bunny.”
Then what ya’ got: Ya’ got thousands
bunnys trying to prove that their platform
best—That’s what you’ll have—Sooo—What
ya’ do!
We close.