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Page Two T H E S A L E M I T E October 16. iQtn fCnyuA > _ ... I vne Y PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY OF THE COLLEOEJEAR by THE STUDENT BOPY OF SALEM COLLEGE In Dean Shirley’s assembly address, we were struck with .his thought that education must meet the needs of the community. We began to w 0 n d e r what the relationship between Salem and Winston-Salem is. How can we actively make our influence, that of an institution of higher learning, felt in Winston-Salem? For it is often said that this city does not seem to realize that it has two excellent colleges within its_ limits. For instance—the type of articles that are carried on the front pages of the local news- papers offends an educated student. It is dif ficult to see why we should he forced to leaf through the Dixie Classic Fair and the in numerable other stories which never register because they are of no significance, to page 11 for a story and picture of Madame Pandit The history department is hard put to it to find enough material on the front page for a 5 minute pop test. What can we do to raise the level of the lead stories? Letters to the editor from Salem College en masse might help. Are there any other areas where our in fluence might be felt? Perhaps the Winston- Salem Symphony has already been inspired by the turnout of the Music Appreciation classes. An effect, was already noticeable Tuesday night, for the symphony played more cohe sively and more coherently than it has in at least three years. Our music faculty has done much to support this cultural effort and let us hope that the audience reaction will con tinue to inspire them. The presence of two colleges in a metropolis of necessity represents a higher than normal standard of culture for the entire population. \Pa^e ^63 And Oiden. DITOR Susan Foard business manager Betsey Guerrant News Editor - Feature Editor ..Mary -Lu Nuckols Harriet Herring Headline Editors Alta Lu Townes Joanne Doremus Copy Editor ..Barbara Altmcw acuity Advisor Miss Jess Byrd Asst. Business Mgr.....Sara Lou Richardson Advertising Manager - Jo Ann Wade Circulation Manager Becky Smith] Managing Editor Elizabeth Lynch Managing Staff Sandra Gilbert Letters To The Editor Salem Needs More Freedom, Responsibility By Anne O’Connor Featured in last week’s Salemite was a most interesting article en- Should We Have Lunch Time Ratting? A big roar arose from between Clewell and Babcock Monday at lunch, signifying an ^out break of sophomore spirits. The ban on “rat ting” had proved too irritating. Our first reaction was **Too bad. They ve broken the conditions for FITS Day. This is the end.” . But then the freshmen began reacting. W e liked it.” “As long as we’re in big groups, we think its fun!” And the rumor was going around that all “ratting” was not in large groups. The ten sion in the dorms was getting hard to bear. The solution, and there can be one, might lie in a plan for one day a week between Orientation ^nd Founders’ Day being set aside for “Group Activities”—perhaps just at lunch time. The freshmen know the seniors and have been to Big Sister parties, but they must wait until Founders’ Day to meet the sopho mores as a class. While for practical purposes, since this is the only day without afternoon classes. Field Day must he held on Founders’ Day, surely there can be some air raids, some serenades— some “preratting” — during this five-week period. rr V4e Semdten^ “Book of the Semester” is an experiment being tried this year by the Davidson YMCA. The whole student body has been encouraged to buy a copy of Vance Packard’s The Status Seekers, one of the top 10 best sellers on the non-fiction list. After a sufficient length of time has been allowed for a summary by the more ambitious readers on .campus to spread around (even Davidson doesn’t expect miracles), the author, Vance Packard, will visit Davidson and hack up his opinions. Among other discussions planned, a panel will be held with Mr. Packard confronting, a group of leading local businessmen. This sounds like an easy way to make sure that every one on campus is acquainted with at least one up-to-date book a semester. There are many authors living in the vicinity of Salem, including William Faulkner. With the abundance of paper hacks, this could be the answer to that perennial plea of college stu- dent.s—“I haven’t read a best seller in years 1” titled “Salem Outshines Other Small Colleges in Student Respon- ibility and Freedom. Having thor oughly familiarized myself with the 1959 edition of the Salem Hand book and the many rules and regu lations therein, I found this title quite fantastic. As a former stu dent of Hollins College, Hollins College, Va. which also classifies itself as a “small college’’, I found this statement unbelievable. Upon further investigation into this article, I found that Salem was identifying itself with such North Carolina collegiate organizations as Lenoir Rhyne, Elon, Pfeiffer, and Catawba to name a few. After four columns of comparisons and con trasts of one sort and another which made Salem seem like “para dise”, compared to other small col leges of N. C., I was still as uncon vinced, as I had been before even seeing the article, that Salem be stows enough responsibility upon the individual or gives the student enough freedom to develop as a mature young woman. I believe that Salem’s Student Government Association with its three branches is effectively or ganized for meaningful and signi ficant communication between faculty, students, and the many or ganizations which are an integral part of student government. I do not believe that a girl at Salem has sufficient freedom, or responsi bility entrusted in her to become a mature citizen aware of her capa cities and limits and capable of making her own decisions. To cite the most obvious example, Salem is still on a limited class cut system. This to me seems redicu- lous. The administration expects maturity in academic fields but will not grant the opportunity for the students to exercise mature judge ment in other fields: class atten dance. I refuse to listen to those out-dated educators who say that an unlimited class cuts system will not work under any conditions. As a freshman at Hollins College, “a small college in Virginia”, I had unlimited class cuts with no re strictions as did every other stu dent there. I saw the system work, and I was a part of it. I watched six hundred students learn to de velop individual responsibility and at the same time get an excellent education. The Hollins students do not wildly cut classes. The classes are so dynamic and challenging that one does not want to cut. When you do, it takes 2 hours to make up the one hour missed. Does the faculty at Salem feel that they must compel the students to attend classes? Are they afraid that the students would not come if given unlimited cuts? If the subject mat ter is made interesting to the stu dent and the professor is interested in his field of study and earnestly wishes to make it interesting to each of his students, this situation will never arise. Other examples of “freedom which “the small college in Vir ginia” entrusts its students are un limited overnights to sophomores, juniors, and seniors with a C aver age. Surely as an institution of higher learning, Salem wishes to aspire to the highest ideals. Would not the administration and student body like to see Salem listed as one of the ten top colleges in the United States ? If so, then they must com pare themselves with “small col leges” all over the United States and not just in North Carolina. “In 1938 the Supreme Soviet declared all students have equal ability,” said Dr. ley at the Rondthaler coffee. Here in a m shell lies the difference between the Rassii concept of togetherness and the Amer' ideal of individualism. “As I traveled for six weeks throughji Russia and walked into many different sixt grade classrooms, I didn’t miss a lesson, over Russia, students were turning the sai page at the same time.” There is no timefr questions, no acknowledgement that the teat ers and the pupils have the human handitj of being more interested in one subject ai failing to comprehend another in the allotti time. “I asked a physicist, a member of the tional Academy of Science, if he thought I was life on other planets. He said, 'Yts Eagerly I tried to discover if the Rnssiai had established contact with Venus or Mars.- what proof he had. He said, ‘Oh no, i haven’t any new scientific data. I know fc is life on other planets because Engels (a hort of Marx) wrote that every _living tL in the universe contained protein moleca Therefore we scientists know that there is throughout the universe, since Engels was viously implying this.” The party line is reason—it has risen to Faith. Around The Squar Or Is It Cube? Betas Reply HEADQUARTERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT CLUB DAVIDSON COLLEGE Davidson, North Carolina MEMORANDUM TO: Editor of gossip column of Salemite. (Attention Miss Froneberger) SUBJECT: Article in Salemite of 9 October, 1959. 1. The staff has read the follow ing statement: “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. 2. After consideration of this statement, the staff has reached a conclusion and has summar ized it in two words: SOUR GRAPES: (We’ll leave you to the Deacs.) For the Commander of the WNC Richmond W. Rucker S-2 (Intelligence) * * * BETA THETA PI Davidson, N, C. October 12, 1959 Dear Editor: The formation of the Betas” Club, mentioned Froneberger in the October 9 Salemite, will pose no threat to our prestige since the “I Like Betas” Club, (composed of the enthusiastic group of Salem girls who will come to Davidson for Homecoming) has attracted a much greater following. Sincerely, Leonard Richardson “I Hate by Sue Girls, have you been living, or merely eiis ing this week? Can’t you do anything roM tic on your own? Now really, y’all. Can' you create your own atmosphere? Mustjd rely on a hep band, a swinging group, dank, sweaty fraternity cellar; This last® must not have been a big weekend—^no onai pinned or ringed. Maybe this weekend act as a catalyst—at least at Duke’s hornet® ing—and speed up these slow reactions. Open paragraph to the faculty: Now real y’all 1 First, there were graduating then semester exams, then mid-semesters,® now, three week’s. Have you no confidtJ in your ability to transmit matter ? 0i i you think that the students are not study* conscientiously ? There were grumbles about the last issiiH the Salemite. One point concerned the use« so much international news. Nancy Butte article on the Cuban revolt was long, butt! editors thought it was well written—^persoB informative. What other school our size® boast a foreign correspondant ? This defense of the paper’s stand is b*' reprimand. The editors do not want to sti your comments. They hope you do have oP ions of your own. Please express them m P' lie where they will do some good. Writ* letter to the editor. Your opinions arent ually solitary, you know. Will neither rain nor cold stop you Gte from going to class incognito iu your d glasses? Noy really, y’all. Your big bad complexion, and stringy hair still si You will never be mysterious and elusirs trying to be mysterious and elusive. Dont me you “just forget them!” Are you someone is looking ill? Social deans, we Salemites know that d are to be dismissed at the door. Sonisi we forget. Sometimes we are starry * and that extra minute or two is impo'’ Now really, y’all. Can’t you be a little abrupt about reminding us. 1
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