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Page Two THE S A L E MIT E November 6, 19‘jq Letters... Y Says Thanks Dear Editor, In behalf of the Japanese of Na goya, I want to express niy sincere thanks for your contributions total ing $150.00, and approximately four boxes of clothes. With the help of faculty and students this project has been a tremendous success. Thank you again. Eva Jo Butler Salem Challenges ' _ — f VB PRESS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY OF THE COLLEGE YEAR by the student body of Salem College OFFICES—Lower Floor Main Hall Downtown Office—414 Bonk St., 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 Feature Editor ..Harriet Herring Asst. Feature Editor Susan Hughes Headline Editors ........ Alta Lu Townes Joanne Doremus Copy Editor Barbara Altman Faculty Advisar Miss Jess Byrd Lou Richardson Asst. Business Mgr.—-Sara Advertising Manager. —Jo Ann Wade Circulation Manager Becky Smith Managing Editor Elizabeth Lynch Managing Staff '^’"9 Sandra Gilbert Around The Square By Sue Froneberger . . nround the square last week-end. Domj Few 1 shed their leaves for the winter. Was there resembled^treej^thaUrad^ evacuation to Davidson, U. N. C„ and State for ^the'^ week-ends-homecoming at State and Davidson, Germans at r N C Alice Huss and Jackie Baker had something other than meinories to show for their week-end-they came back wearing Rapp; Sig pins Barbara Edwards didn’t need to leave town for the week-end. Dear Editor, In the last several issues of the Salemite there has been criticism of certain aspects of Salem, mainly of intellectual aspects. In response to this criticism, several girls have said that they find little basis for change of these aspects—they are satisfied. Before I give my views on this subject, I would first like to say that I too am very much satisfied with Salem, otherwise I have found at Salem a great stimu lation to both my intellectual and social development. Thus I ask this question, Is there not always room for improvement in anything; can not a good thing be made better? This does not call for change and doing away with what we already have, but merely improvement of w'hat we have. Permit me to di gress a minute and say that those societies in the world which have been too satisfied with what they had and have not improved on the old, have stagnated or declined; whereas those societies which have exerted a continuous effort to im prove and those societies which today are our leading societies. Salem is a part of a society—our American society — which is con sidered a leading society. Why then cannot Salem take her right ful place in this society and im prove ? Now let me refer again to the intellectual aspects of Salem. Salem has many things conducive of an intellectual life. In our classes we are presented with problems, and challenged to debate these prob lems. Outside of classes, we have heard some very challenging lec tures: Mrs. O’Neal’s talk on Rus sia, Madame Pandit on India, Dr. Africa on Asia and Africa, the faculty assembly, and Charlie Jones. I believe these speakers have chal lenged Salemites to think. But our room for improvement lies in this: Salemites must not just think about these issues, but ACT. Salem, also, provides an oppor tunity through the IRC and the Humanities Club to learn more about international and cultural affairs. At these meetings students first “listen”, then they have the opportunity to discuss with the lec turer, faculty members, and among themselves. The next IRC meeting is in December. I am not sure of the date or program, but I encour age all Salemites to watch for IRC announcements and invite all to at tend. The Humanities Club will have its first meeting next Thurs day, November 12th at 7:30 in the Student Union. Owen D. Lewis will present a program on “beat niks” ; discussion will follow. I believe that our first attempts for improvement must be in using the potential and challenges we al ready have at Salem, as stated above. I hope to see many Salem ites next Thursday evening. Elizabeth Lynch We Get Letters Harris Praises Dear Editor, I have noticed that in three issues of the Salemite, Mrs. O Connor has criticized Salem students for not being more interested in world affairs. If she went to the library occasionally she would notice that a great number of students take time to read the newspapers in the reference room. Mrs. O Connor also criticizes us for not wanting a paper which emphasizes ^world af fairs. The Salemite is a paper for the students. It should and does give us news of Sslem s s-ctivities. If we wanted only world news, why have the Salemite? I am not say ing that the Salemite should not include world affairs. I am saying that it should be a balance of world news and school news. I be lieve that it is this. Marie Harris O'Connor Explains Two Approve Policy Dear Editor, Being reminded by Mrs. O’Con nor that we should use our school newspaper as a medium of com munication, we take this oppor tunity to communicate driectly with her. We do not feel that Mrs. O’Con nor has been at Salem long enough to justify her negative conclusions concerning both faculty and student body in her criticism of our campus. We take this opportunity to give constructive criticism. Being con scious that the average Salem stu dent reads a daily newspaper would lead us to believe that our weekly newspaper cluttered with Interna tional News is “a waste of money, time and effort.” In the past we have enjoyed “Beyond the Square, and feel it necessary—^we appreciate its effectiveness. We also appre ciate the newspaper as a means of “communication” with our fellow students and campus activities. It is unfortunate, Mrs. O’Connor, that you do not take an active interest in the Salem student and her acti vities. A pinning or an engagement can be very important. And after spending our week days studying, we find the news concerning our fellow students in “Around the Square” refreshing, as we do not have the time to learn this news personally. Do not misunderstand, Mrs. O’Connor, we are not ad vocating a newspaper filled with gossip—just one column informing us on what our fellow students have done “Around the Square.” And can Salem have a literary magazine? It certainly can. Mrs. O’Connor has proved the Salemite is a testing ground 1 In so doing, she has aroused much literary in terest—so on with the plans. Louise Adams Caroline 'Easley Dear Editor, Because of those letters to the editor which appeared in last week s Salemite, I feel it necessary, at this time, to state the purpose of both of my letters which have appeared in the Salemite. My purpose in writing the articles was to stimulate interest in matters on the Salem campus, to promote discussion of these topics and to incite the students to read through the Salemite. My purpose was not to be a “committee of one who in sists upon making Hollins out of Salem College.” I used Hollins College only as an illustration of a sj^stem in action to' disprove the statement that an unlimited class cut system will not work. I chal lenge Miss Carr to find one sent ence in my letter of Oct. 16, 1959 in which I propose to “make Hol lins out of Salem College.” Miss Carr mentioned in her letter “the allusion that Salem professors are not challenging.” Again, I chal lenge her to find one sentence in my letter of Oct. 16, 1959 which says that. I asked the question: “Does the faculty at Salem feel that they must compel the students to attend classes.” Miss Carr fur nished us with her own interpre tation and not mine. She'received a Thela Chi pin from a boy at Wake Forst. Alice Del,: HowS is ins. as prond ol the Pika charm she rece.ved. Two of our ex-Salemites seem to have scored at U. N. C. Gertit Barnes was crowned homecoming queen last week-end, while Kay Kirk. Xk was one ol .he seven finalists. Last week the Salemite stated that Sue Cooper is studying history and lean Smitherman is studying journalism at U. N. C. This is ». correct-they are both studying English there this year. Last, week-end was a bad one for Mr. Michie. Carolina was slaughtered and Virgina was cremated on the gridiron plus the fact that Mr. Michie had to entertain company all week-end. Betsv Gatling’s week was brightened with the return of “Frankie’ Sinatra to T. V. Crockett Rader and Pat Weeks had no time t; watch him They were too busy working off hours for their dram class No’ they weren’t rehearsing lines or making costumes for the play- they were running to and from the Dairy Barn buying cokes and food for those of the “theatrical world,” The Boyfriend cast. The seniors had the traditional tree planting Monday. They also planted ivy to cover a drab wall that the Gramleys must face etery day. Dr. Africa gave a very interesting talk on his Asian studies ii Wednesday Chapel. The letters to the Editor by Anne O’Conner have brought about mucli discussion on our campus. Let’s keep this interest alive, for that is tk purpose of Anne’s letters. Salemites, let’s hear some discussion also on what you like to real in “Around the Square”. This column has unlimited possibilities anJ can cover whatever aspect of college life Salemites prefer. This' your column, let us know what you want in it. Beyond The Square By Nancy Butler Although Indira Gandhi is not too widely known to us, she is one oi the most important women in India today. At present she is the presi dent of the Congress Party. The views on marriage were well expressed. I agree with them. My point in my letter of Oct. 23, 1959 was not to condemn pinning, as that would be a rediculous stand for me to take as a wife. My point was that this information can be transmitted fast enough by mouth and by songs in the dining room. On Oct. 16, 1959 over one half of a page of the Salemite was taken up by information of this kind and pranks. I still am of the opinion that for a college newspaper repre senting mature young women of America in the pursuit of knowl edge, this is unnecessary and out of place. We at Salem have been told that we must be aware and take an interest in national and international affairs lest we be con quered unaware and unprepared to meet the challenge. Other views such as Miss Craig’s, Miss Carr’s, Miss Wilson’s and Miss Moore’s are well founded in their beliefs and should be expressed. None is absolutely right, for this is purely a matter of opinion. My thanks to them for taking enough interest in my article to write one themselves. This is what makes a good news paper. There are many things that I love about Salem too numerous to mention here. However, I feel that a person at an institution benefits more profitably from constructive criticism than from continuous lavish praise. I have hoped that through my letters, Salem girls and Salem faculty could re-evaluate cer tain phases of life at the college, formulate and strengthen ideas and opinions of their own and share these opinions and ideas with the entire community through the Salemit*. Since there is only one party in India, the importance and influetti of her position is quite obvious. Many believe that her father. Prim Minister Nehru, put her into this position in order that he might w her as a puppet However, Mms. Ghandi has showed by her diligence that she is ml going to be dictated to by her father. She has made a number of speaking tours through the country to inform the people of her pta and of the progress of the party. These speaking tours are quite necet sary since the majority of the people are illiterate and few can afW radios. Under her guidance, the Congress Party has driven a great deal of Communism from Kerala, a southwest state of India. Great considera tion has been given to the division of Bombay into two sections; iji Marathi speaking people and the Gujerate speaking people. Finally has taken a firm stand against the Chinese Communist’s aggressiveness In accepting this position, Mrs. Ghandi went into an entirely ms field. Both her father and her grandfather did a great deal towaii the independence of India. Politics was the main topic of all of then discussions, and consequently Indira’s thoughts followed a similar patteri As a child, her favorite occupation was delivering orations to the ser vants. When she was denied membership in the Congress party at It age of twelve, she and her friends organized the Monkey Brigade. Ttnf carried messages, water and picketed for the party and did office wot and gave first aid when needed. When she was twenty-five, Indira was put in jail for her politicil beliefs. After studying in India, Switzerland and finally Oxford, sit returned to her country to serve her people. She met Feroze Gandhi, a newspaperman and after much dispute tit) decided to get married. Her family, being Hindu, did not approve« her marrying a Parsi. Nevertheless, they were married in 1942 and M two sons. Feroze became a member of Parliament and Indira was ae* as hostess for her father, the Prime Minister. Thus they were seldc® together except for occasional vacations. Father and daughter working closely together, one of their aims is to give equal opportunity to all citizens. They are not trying I make the people equal but must improve the conditions of the P®* people. To carry this out, Mrs. Gandhi proposes a form of social* one that can be readily adapted to the needs of the country. further explanation, she says, “ . . . There are some sectors on private capital just cannot work effectively and, that is where the sta* has to step in. But neither private enterprise nor the state can a' alone. All must pull together.” Finally with regard to Communism inside India, Mrs. Gandhi_ defin>‘® She has made a number of speeches denouncing 6* Anne O’Connor opposes it. munisrn. As a result, many have made similar speeches condeming Communists and their actions. - rPut M c.u Liicii etcuuns. The Communists have lost a groat of support in India not only as a result of these speeches but beca® of their actions on Tibet and the Chinese incursions on the R ’’ border. Although the Congress Party has not gained considerable P®'' because of the growing dislike for Communists, the party’s membefS has increased. Indiras term expires early in the ^coming year. Some people that Nehru is thinking of his daughter as a possible successor sine® is already sixty-nine. However, Mrs. Gandhi has expressed her to return to her welfare work and her family. Whether or ' succeeds her father, she is coming to be recognized with Maha* ^Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru
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