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Page Two THE SALEMITE March 4, \%n /lU *1oo- 0*t PUBUISHED EVERY FRIDAY OF THE COUl-EGE 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 Susan Foard BUSINESS MANAGER Betsey Guerrant Oovern m e n t, Industry Offer Jobs In Science I Stitdenti Seek /7 CUall Qamfu^ News Editor Mary Lu NuckoU rew5 cuiiwi - ' ^ ,1 T Asst. News Editor Sally Tyson Feature Edito, Harriet Herring rcaiure uumwi u u Asst. Feature Editor Susan Hughes Headline Editors -.-Alta Lu Townes Joanne Doremus Copy Editor Barbara Altman Asst. Business Mgr..-Sara Lou Richardson Advertising Manager Jo Ann Wade Circulation Manager Becky Smith Faculty Advisor - Miss Jess Byrd Aanaging Editor..— Elizabeth Lynch .Managing Staff... Carole King Sandra Gilbert Qudi Soand Vo Stap> In the past month certain cases-decisions made by the Judicial Board have been criticized by members of the student body—in most instances, for the lenience of the penalties. We feel that this current of dissatisfaction with the Board’s work merits a thorough analysis. During the meetings of the Board on each of the cases, there were many rumors going around the campus, often even arous ing discussions late into the night. Students were aware of the fact that something had been done, but in every group, the story was magnified. No one knew the specific facts which the Judicial Board had to work with in rendering a decision. As the tales grew, the student body became concerned about what the Board’s decision would be. And, when the decisio^ were posted, few people could equate the mild penalties with the offenses they though had been committed. “Looks like you can get away with anything at Salem now,” became the campus opinion. However, the fact that such an opinion, a condemnation of leneincy, exists on campus is the fault of the Judicial Board. The only way to prevent rumors spreading and to show the relation between “crime and punishment” is to inform the stu dent body. We cannot be expected to judge the penalties cor rectly until we know the facts of the eases. We cannot be expected to have confidence in the capability of the Judicial Board until we know how and why their decisions are made. Not only would informing the student body restore their confidence in the power of the Judicial Board. An informed student body might also help the Judicial Board make a better decision. For, if the student body takes upon itself the re sponsibility to tell members of the Board that they are con cerned with the seriousness of the case, or if the Board merely becomes aware of this opinion among an informed campus body, the penalties given will probably not raise as much disagree ment as has been evident lately. A decision may be fair, in the Board’s minds, but it can create a very bad situation on campus if the students do not understand the reasons behind a lenient or stiff penalty. But how can the Board seemingly keep the students informed without violating the rights of the girl “on trial?” Obviously we cannot have the sensationalism of a Finch trial. But the total secrecy policy of this year’s Board defeats the very pur pose of granting this phase of activity to a group of students. In her speech as a presidential candidate, Janet Yarborough suggested that the Judicial Board bring weekly reports to the Legislative Board, a suggestion which members of the Legislative Board, no doubt collectively groaned about. Tied up in parliamentary procedure and carrying the pressure of both Administration and students on their shoulders, the Legislative Board cannot take on this added responsibility. Instead we feel that the Judicial Board should use the logical organ of communication on campus, i.e. the Salemite. Weekly reports on proceedings, with as much discussion as possible on the major cases should be published for the benefit of the whole student body. If the Judicial Board does not feel the details of a case can be opened to the public, there should at least be a list of reasons backing up a decision. A certain amount of publicity will result in explaining the Honor Tradi tion as it works or does not work in specific instances and will make the tradition a concrete part of every Salem girl’s actions. The gossip on campus must be stopped. This can be done only by publishing the true facts. g L F The woman who specializes in science rates the highest beginning salary of all women college . grad nates, and the prespects are even brighter in the years ahead. The woman chemist received the highest beginning salary, an average of $4,847 per year; mathematicians and statisticians were second, with an Average of $4,675; biological tech nicians, $3,854 is fifth with only the home economists and nurses inter vening. Perhaps, the most urgent demand for science majors is in the field of teaching. While a bachelor s degree with a teaching certificate is sufficient preparation for the secon dary level, college teaching requires graduate study leading at least to a Master’s degree. Salaries are not as high as in industry, but there are other benefits, such as freedom of research and less rigid schedules, as well as the atmosphere of the col lege campus. A large majority of chemists work in private industry, which offers higher salaries than other chemical careers. The wide variety of employment opportunities in this area include such well known com panies as Dupont, United States Steel, General Electric, and the many food, pharmaceutical, and oil companies. Chemists are also found in almost any department of the U. S. government, but particularly in the Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, and such organizations as the National Bur eau of Standards and the National Institutes of Health. By Fred M. Hechinger (The following is reprinted from the New York Times, Sunday, Feb ruary 7, 1960.) If you hear soft noises of re bellion on the college campus, it is not likely to be the protest ot freshmen confined to their quarters after a “panty raid.” Nor is it the explosive revolt of political radicals or of idealistic reformers. The voices are not violent. They are only impatient, They seek escape, not from the social order but merely from the protective, peaceful ivory tower. A student at New York’s City College asked to write an article about student life “then and now” for an undergraduate publication called an alumnus who had been graduated in the early Forties to find out how the older half had lived. He listened to the accounts of “peace strikes” and political feuds, student^ rallies and protest picketing. It must have been exciting,” the current freshman said, with a tinge of disbelief. ‘Things are quiet to day.” just too big. What are we to do> As a result, many students are either just cynical or they get kjj in their small personal problems We had to find a way to open up the world of the greater problems" The Challenge” tries to confront the student with that world, ft sets a theme for each term and it encourages public meetings, in formal discussions and, where pos sible, individual action and involve- ment. A student-sponsored colloquium on “The Nuclear Age” brought to the campus Senator Hubert Hum phrey; General Carlos Romulo; General James Gavin, the former chief of research and development of the United States Army; Dr James Crow, professor of Medical Genetics at the University of Wis consin and August Heckscher, head of the Twentieth Century Fund. Opportunities in fundamental and applied research are related to medicine, private industry, govern ment and teaching. Of special interest to girls settl ing in North Carolina is the Re search Triangle that is being formed around Duke University, University of N. C., and N. C. State. Chemistry majors are also being sought for such specialized fields as patent law, technical writing, public relations, and advertising. The rapid growth of chemical literature and documentation opens up oppor tunities for girls who combine in terests in chemistry and English. The mathematician can find wide opportunities in government and in dustry. Depending upon the varied interests of the individual, employ ment is available in research or in applied mathematics. Many insurance companies, such as New York Life Insurance Co. employ women as actuaries and statisticians, and IBM has openings in computer work. Langley Air Research, RVA, Southern Bell Telephone Co., and General Elec tric are only a few of the industrial giants who hire women for mathe matical positions. The government offers advant ages under the Civil Service Ad ministration in research as well as in statistics and computing. Medical technology is a particu larly expanding field for the biology major. The medical technologist finds many career opportunities in hospital laboratories and with pri vate physicians, with the U. S. Civil Service Commission., The Veterans Administration and in the Depart ments of Health on the state, county, and city level. Varying career opportunities are available to Biology majors with the national and state government. Some of these positions include Wildlife Biologists, Bacteriologists, Geneticists, Aquatic biologists, zoo logists. The proportion of women to men in the field of science is still re latively low, but within the next ten years women are expected to be in the greatest demand in this field. Writing with loo much bitterness m “Liberal Education,” bulletin of the Association of American Col leges, Prof. Paul C. Wermuth, who teaches English at an Eastern state teachers’ college, speaks about stu dents who “have never suffered or worked hard or been caught in the economic trap; never felt loneli ness, fear, dread, loss, grief, pity, pain—and , liave not even shared these things vicariously through serious reading.” He describes tlieir campus activity as “merely social” and devoid of any real pur pose “except to amuse the witless.” Status Quo Commenting on today’s student, Edward D. Eddy, Jr., provost of the University of New Hampshire, said in a lecture ,at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York: ‘He is interested primarly in the maintenance t>f the status quo—a very comfortable status quo which makes him the sought-after darling of business and industry and the recipient of a generously paying job or fellowship immediately upon graduation.” This, Dr. Eddy believes, has led to an attitude he calls “privatism.” The student “searches for a rich, full life for himself. His strong interests are centered on the ma terial benefits which he and his family may be able to enjoy ♦ * The constant question is first: ‘What’s in it for me?” This week “The Challenge" will start printing a weekly newspaper and syndicate a column by prom inent observers to college news papers acros sthe country. Movement Spreading “The Challenge” movement is spreading. Students in other col leges in the East, Midwest ani South have already asked the leaders at Yale for help in starting similar programs. Organizations have been begun at Smith, Stevens, Antioch, Reed and Oberlin and at the Universities of Chicago, Wis consin and Princeton. Inquiries come in at the rate of one a day, A retired professor, looking back over a forty-year-long parade of passing students at the College of the City of New York says: “It must be hard for kids today. I don’t envy them. How can they get involved in the problems of the world when the problems are so big? What can they do?” What can they do? Some stu dents—not all of them; not eVen the majority but a top layer of intellect and sensitivity —ask this question today. The answers they give are quite different from the 'violence of the Thirties and from the hopeful dreams of “one world” in the middle Forties. ‘Left Out’ This need for student action may also be an indictment of the col leges : they have apparently left an intellectual vacuum. Dr. Eddy charges that while a university 'ought to be “the place for the air ing, wide open airing, of many points ' of view,” it today ofter covers all controversy “under a blanket of . . . objectivity.” Thus, while ‘today’s student is more educable than those of a great many past generations,” he is apathetic “in part, because the college fails to provide a truly demanding chal lenge.” The students are asking fa something better. “On some camp uses the student is ahead of tlif faculty,” said Dr. Eddy. Last ye^ at the University of Wisconsin, M student leaders wrote in a petitioi to the president ■,“*** We believ that the university has faded I challenge the students sufficient) In many senses, it is too easy I® thousands to ‘get by’ and neve learn to become critical, analyW' thinkers or to achieve an unda ■standing of the world around t ei Students on all levels of attaint feel that they have not worked the limit of their ability and time Student Conference Recently, students from six a leges met in a special “student go ernment conference” at Care' College in Northfield, Minn. 1 represented Antioch and 0 both in Ohio; Pomona College California; Reed College in ‘and Swarthmore College in nsylvania. The delegates that student government Typical of the questions and the new answers are those that have come from a group of Yale under graduates and their new venture “The Challenge.” It is described in the prospectus as “a student program at Yale University to con front with realistic concern and sponsible action the crucial i of today’s world.” Stephen Kass, one of the under graduate leaders of the program, sums up the reasons for “The ChaL lenge” more simply: ‘We felt left out. Most of the problems—take atomic energy for instance --- are a more active part m affairs” and in the creation ol re issues re^l interest ‘in social and po|' issues beyond the limitations o campus.” Admittedly, in their atteinpi achieve this, the students app^ 'to be floundering. Like their ^ ers, they left many of the 'ss to be clarified later—presurna ^ committees and surveys, the inot substitute for action. But m stirring—from Yale to Wise® from Swarthmore to the Coast—there are signs of reco tion that “privatism” is not en It would be naive to the question, “What’s m me ?” won’t be asked any But there is hope of a voice that seems to say: ‘We this together,”
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