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Page Two Pranks, Love, Storm, Burglar Invade Salem the S a L E M I t e Cleo By Sue Froneberger Never let it be said that there is ever a dull moment at Salem! Anyone hearing this remark would immediately reply, “What else could you expect with 450 girls—some tall, boisterous, some meek; some freshmen, some sophomores, some juniors, some seniors — all Salemites.” Yes, interesting and exciting in cidents seem to be common occurrences in our Salem community. The freshmen have wasted no time in join ing in on the mischief around campus. Gay Austin, Ann Davidson, and Sally Hudson short-sheeted certain sophomores’ beds in Bab cock plus leaving traces of their artistic abili ties on the mirrors using lipstick rather than paintbrushes. Our newest Salemites have started their col lections of fraternity pins early with the Sigma Chi pin given to Joy Wolbrook last weekend. The seniors are not to be outdone—congratu lations, Rosemary Laney. The soj)homores gave Ann Booker a warm send-off after her recent marriage. Rice was thrown, the car was decorated, tin cans were tied to the bum per, and she even had the traditional bouquet to throw. The girls in South dormitory don’t seem to share any of these romantic feelings, at least not towards the Betas at Davidson!. Cathy Gilchrist is the President of the “I hate Betas” club. The warm, balmy weather this fall has af fected life at Salem as much as any other factor. Salemites in faded blue jeans, tennis shoes that once were white, and sloppy shirts knotted at the waists, and white splotches of ■ soap suds in their hair have probably been scrubbing flats for the play, “The Boy Friend”. Miss Battle and Mr. Yarborough have h«d some heated arguments over whether or not the soap was killing the grass. It isn’t difficult to imagine who won. Katie Kochtitzky didn’t care too much for the weather the other night during the storm. She had to crawl out of bed in the middle of the night to close her window,' and as she was climbing back into bed, it crashed to the floor. The weather has also had adverse effects on a junior in Mr. Woosley’s religion class. It is his custom to open class with prayer, and she, not realizing what he was doing, took notes halfway through the prayer. 77v£ rigidity of th/5 siTvnrioN IS ov£/^~WHELNing ' October 9. IQ^ Point System Defeat! Restricting Motion The question of giving points to members s the play east was raised at the Legislate Board meeting Tuesday. The motion was defeated, first on the pratt cal grounds that many of the seniors who major offices would be unable to take parriH the plays “ le prays. A more theoretical reason for defeating Hi motion was also pleaded. The legislators fd| TTT-/-»■»-»ri Tr\T* « .. lUULlUU- jr that once points were given for being a mej,. ber of the play cast, points would also given to each member (not just the office^ but each member) of the many clubs on ea» pus. Just as points would be given to thoj active Pierrette members, points for Dansalii; performers would have to be set up. In every active member of a club on campni would have to be given points. Since ereR Salemite is an automatic member of each M get organization, this would give everyone J campus a surplus of points. For these two reasons, the motion was 4. feated and the Point System reniains a p«, tical method of apportioning offices rafc than becoming a cumbersome restraint on clii! PRESS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY OF THE COLLEGE YEAR BY THE STUDENT BODY OF SALEM COLLEGE participation. More Pranks qPPICES Lower Floor Main Hall — Downtown Office—414 Bank Sf., S.W. Printed by the Sun Printing Company Subscription Price—$3.50 a year EDiTOR Susan Foard BUSINESS MANAGER Betsey Guerrant News Editor Mary Lu Nuckols Asst. Business Mgr. Sara Lou Richardson Feature Editor Harriet Herring Advertising Manager Circulation Manager — Jo Ann Wade Becky Smith Copy Editor — Faculty Advisor — Joanne Doremus Barbara Altmcw Miss Jess Byrd Managing Editor Managing Staff .Elizabeth Lynch Carole King Sandra Gilbert Yes, it has been an inspiring as well i exciting week. Never let it be said that is ever a dull moment at Salem! In relating incidents that occurred this wsf of course Bitting’s visitor must be mentiond Upon seeing a man in her closet, HenreitI Jennings remarked, “You just come right oi I know you’re in there.” She said she y have tackled him if he hadn’t been so Mr. Wright, the night watchman, must been disturbed at having missed when he tii a shot at the intruder, for he was seen takiii target practice the next day hoping to i prove his aim. Dr. French checked out a in the library on tranquilinzing drugs. | Along with all this excitment, this has also been Spiritual Guidance Wee^ Salem. Dr. Brokhoff and Miss DuPree 1( discussions, made talks, and held pricate ci ferences with Salemites during the week, i Y. W. C. A. is to be commended for proviii Salemites with these opportunities during*' week. GuLo4tl Heuo-UUianf SeancU By Nancy Butler (Ed.’s note: Nancy Butler has lived in Cuba since last September and -was there during the revolu- In order to begin to understand the events which have taken place in Cuba during the past few years, some knowledge of the political background involved is necessary. First, it must be remembered that the Cuban people have never lived under a democracy. It is still an ideal which they hope to attain in the future. Their first step toward freedom was made at the end of the last century when the Cuban people won their independency from Spain. Jose Marti, the liberator of Cuba, was the leader of this revolution. His principles of freedom and democracy formed the basis of the Revolution. Cuba began its inde pendence under the guidance of the United States. When it was finally granted full independence, the government fell into the hands of people lacking ability and interest. These dictators were not concerned with the economics of the country nor the welfare of the people. They only wanted personal glory and therefore very little money was re invested in the country. Since Cuba has existed under a succession of dictatorships from the time of her “independence”, the people do not know what to do with freedom. Batista, the last of the dictators, was probably the worst in Cuban history. Under him, the public lived in constant fear. No secrets were held from the secret police. All long distance telephone calls, im portant meetings, and other such gatherings were tapped. News papers, magazines and letters were censored. The originator of any anti-Batista move was convicted of treason. Originally, he was legally the President, that is by election. Sev eral years after his terrn, he and his followers re-entered the govern ment by a coup d’etat. During this last period, his personal gains were enormous. By the time he left Cuba, Batista had $600,000,000 for his “retirement fund”. All this time Castro was working cautiously and diligently to win liberty for the Cuban people. His first attempt to overthrow the Batista regime took place in 19S3, and it ended in suppression. With the help of a clever lawyer, Castro was pardoned and allowed to go into exile in Mexico. But like Samuel Adams, Castro could not stop there. He would win freedom for his land and its people. With only forty men he returned to Cuba and established his camp in the treacherous Sierra Maestra. His band of followers rapidly grew, as did his control. He cut off the supplies to the other end of the island. Through a clever under ground system, he gradually cut Batista off until Havana was the only province in the dictatorship. January 1, 1959 was the climax. Castro’s troops drove Batista and his followers from the island and took over the government. A great number of bearded rebels entered Havana before Castro was finally able to complete his journey up the island. The happiness of these re joicing people illustrates the recep tion Castro was given. I could not even begin to describe the reactions of a nation of people who for the first time in history are free. I can not exaggerate the horror of the Batista regime. I think that it is clearly explained in the fol lowing letter in a Havana peper which was written by a group of Cuban students. January 28, 1959 We Cubans have always liked and respected Americans very much and for that reason we want them to know the truth of what is' hap pening in our country. For seven years a dictator called Batista and his men ruled Cuba with an iron hand. For seven years the Cuban people lived in terror and fear. We had no rights at all. Any arm of the govern ment, be it policeman, soldier or politician had the right to search our homes with out a warrant; the right to take anyone off to prison; the right to kill with impunity. Those they did take to jail were submitted to the most horrible tor ture imaginable. Can you feel the anguish of a mother who hunts desperately for her missing son only to find him in the morgue ? Can you understand the suffering and sorrow of thousands of fami lies who lost their beloved ones in this horrible fashion ? If the United States had only spoken out then, it would have helped us to fight this inhuman tyrant. But un fortunately the United States was silent. If only the United States would have raised its powerful voice for justice when defenseless cities were bombed and women and child ren were among the victims. It would have helped to stop such un lawful massacres. But once again the great United States was silent, We Cubans fought on alone until we won freedom and justice for all the people in this beautiful land of ours. And now we alone want justice for these criminals, these soulless beasts, who have brought irrepair- able sorrow to so many Cuban homes. We must exterminate them so that the reign of terror and death that we suffered for so many long years will never be repeated! Never! And these men who once tortured and killed without n®’| are receiving a fair trial with 'right to call witnesses; to havei lawyer defend them if they sot sire it; and only when it is pro* that they are guilty—only them* they executed in the most huniif manner possible: by a firing sqfc Many have been allowed to goto for lack of evidence. Only 4 guilty ones are being punished,I • We know that Americans besit' in justice and democracy. We that Americans sike fair play, f' that reason we are writing to J to help us explain the truth to I American people. Let them that our democracy is not S' until the cancer which was ' vooring and destroying onr co«» has been eliminated forever. do not ask for vengeance. We not ask for retalliation. We' ol ask for justice in the name humanity. This was not written by a f nalist, but by a group ol y® boys who had worked to make Revolution successful. Thro« this article, they hoped to clea> some of the misunderstandinS garding the Revolution. They cerely believe in their princip^ Next week there will be a na' on the situation since Januaf 1959.
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