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Students Will Elect Candidates By Preferential Voting
The slate for Student Govern-
njent officers has been presented
to the students by the Legislative
Board, the deadline for petitions
has passed, the procedure for elec
tions and preferential voting has
been set up, and the kick-off ban
quet has been planned. All that
remains to be done is the actual
voting.
The slate presented by Legis- '
lative Board is composed of the
three nominations made by the stu
dent body except when one of
these nominees wished to withdraw
or was ineligible. When it was
necessary to add other names to
allow for those which may pos
sibly be dropped due to winning a
previous election, nominations came
Freshmen Show Parents
How Salem Changed ’Sally’
“What’s become of Sally?” is
the theme for freshman Parent’s
Day this Saturday at Salem Col
lege.
The freshmen have planned a
full schedule of activities. Jo Dun
bar and her committee will begin
registering parents at one o’clock
Saturday. Name tags will be given
to every parent. They will also re
ceive programs with a schedule for
the entire day, neatly compiled by
the Program Committee headed by
Mason Kent.
Student conducted tours will be
given from 1:00 to 4:00 by Mary
Stewart Rosenblatt’s committee.
The tours will start in the square
on front campus. Parents will be
shown through Main Hall where
art and departmental exhibits will
be on display. The next stop will
be the Science Building. The fresh
men plan to have laboratory equip
ment set up as if for an actual
lab. The Alumnae House, Little
Chapel, and the Library are also
on the itinerary.
Mary Jane Harrell and Ann
Simons are co-chairmen of the tea
which will be held from 2:30 to
4:00 in the Day Student’s Center.
This has been planned to provide
an opportunity for the parents and
faculty to meet informally. Rus
sian tea and cookies will be served.
From 4:00 to 5:30 the parents
can see where “Sally” lives. Open
house will be held in both fresh
men dorms. Mary Eastland, Bab
cock, and Aurelia Roberson, Cle-
well, are in charge.
Marty Richmond, class president,
will be the official hostess at the
banquet to be held from 6:00 to
7:30. The specially prepared tur
key dinner will be followed by
speeches from Dr. Gramley, Dean
HeidbrCder, and Dean Hixon. Dean
Heidbreder will discuss the social
side of “What’s become of Sally;”
Dean Hixon plans to give the aca
demic side of “Sally’s” life; and
Dr. Gramley’s topic will be “Sally”
in general. Co-chairmen Boo Best
and Paula McPherson have also
made plans for the freshmen in
the Choral Ensemble to sing at
the banquet.
The climax of the day will be
the skit at 8:00 in Little Chapel.
Chairman Frances Bailey has re
vealed that the skit will continue
the main theme of the day, “What’s
become of Sally ?” It will consist
of a humorous portrayal of what
has happened to “Sally” since she
was left on the threshold of Salem
last September and what parents,
teachers, and friends think about
the changes which have occurred.
In addition to the wide variety
of activities planned, parents may,
if they wish, request private con
ferences with the faculty during
the afternoon.
Jackie Lamond and Marguerite
Harris, overall co-chairmen, have
been busily making plans for the
big project. Marguerite com
mented, “The members of the
freshman class have worked hard,
and we hope this day will give our
parents an idea of what has be
come of their daughters in the last
six months.”
either from suggestions made by
the organization itself or from the
next highest nominations from the
for one office are being counted,
student body.
In assembly on Tuesday, March
7, elections will be held for Presi
dent, Vice-President, Secretary,
and Treasurer of Student Govern
ment and Chairman and Secretary
of Judicial Board. The next step
in the election is by the staff for
the editors of The Salemite, Sights
and Insights, and The Archway.
The President of Day Students will
be elected at this time. All other
officers listed on the slate will be
elected on the night of Wednesday,
March 8.
Elections will be through pre
ferential voting. Under this sys
tem voters list candidates by pre- concerning the ideas for new pro
grams and improvements that she
would like to see carried out.
Candidates for Chairman of Judi
cial Board will not speak since it
is felt that public-speaking is not
a chief requirement for that office.
Since this position is of major im
portance, students are urged to
study the candidates’ qualifications
and aims as published in this is
sue of the Salemite.
It is the hope of Student Gov
ernment that elections of officers
for the year 1961-1962 will be car
ried out thoughtfully and enthus
iastically. Students are reminded
of their responsibility to vote, both
in assembly on March 7 and in
Memorial Hall at 6:30 on the night
of March 8.
ference, thus eliminating the neces
sity of run-offs. While ballots cast
students will be voting for another
office on which there is no repetion
of nominees. Results of elections
will be known immediately. (Dur
ing the recent election for Trea
surer of Student Government about
400 ballots were counted in seven
minutes !) It is hoped that through
the use of this faster and more
efficient method of voting, the
election procedure will be greatly
improved over that of previous
years.
On Monday night, March 6, the
kick-off banquet will be held in
Corrin Refectory. The candidates
for President of Student Govern
ment will each give a brief speech
Presidential
And Peter
Candidates Cox, Paxton
Give Views On Office
Betty
Cox
As a candidate for President of
Student Government, I would like
to see the student body more in
formed about things which the
Legislative Board does. I feel that
the student body and the Legisla
tive Board are not as closely con
nected as they should be. Along
this same line, I would also like to
see more students not already on
the Board put on more of its com
mittees. More specifically, I would
like to see Student Government
continue its work towards perfect
ing our new election system with
such a question in mind as “Are
there some major offices for which
the entire student body should not
nominate candidates ?” Finally, I
would like to see the Legislative
Board evaluate the rules which we
now have, to clarify any which are
often misinterpreted, and to do
away with any which are not
needed.
"Y” Encourages Student Participation
|n Their Many Community Projects
Salinger Speaks
On Modern Lit.
Dr. Herman Salinger, a member
of the German department at Duke
University, will lecture in chapel
on Thursday, March 9th.
Dr. Salinger will discuss Modern
Comparative Literature and its im
pact on our society. This program,
with its international flavor, is the
fifth in the series on 20th Century
Culture presented by the chapel
committee.
Earlier programs have treated
modern philosophy by Dr. Stewart,
modern music by Dean Sandresky,
modern art by Mr. Shewmake, and
contemporary drama by Miss
Battle. Dr. Salinger is the first
speaker who comes from another
.smpus.
By Becky Shell j
Salemites are still reaching "be
yond the square—a growth is being
seen as we broaden our interests, ^
and escape the complacency of
being caught up in our own “little
world” of the day in, day out
routine of studying, dating, drink
ing coffee at the Barn, eating soup
on Wednesdays, and checking the
mail.
Captain Collins was excited as
she described how the girls at the
Red Shield Girls’ Club anticipate
our arrival! Six pairs of shorts
have been brought by six little
girls who “can’t wait” to see Pat
ricia Weathers who comes weekly
to teach them the techniques of
tumbling. Colquitt Meacham is
“feeling her way through as an
amateur talent-scout trying to dis
cover appropriate girls to fit vari- . 11 r-- i > u
ous roles in the play she intends Trisha Weathers is teaching tumbling at the Red Shield Girls Club.
to produce at the club. Anne West mal espects of our society and our * •
has been clever in teaching her responsibility. Tuesday night ten
knitting class—she is developing Salemites went to the monthly
their skill by taking two girls at party for the veterans in the Salis-
a time working with new “eager- bury hospital. Colquitt Meacham
beavers” when past pupils have was in charge with Beth Norman,
learned the art. Kathern Parrish, and Frances
Who says love doesn’t creep up Bailey performing as a “hillbilly-
when least expected? One Salem- band”. Group singing gave the
ite working with the Red Gross patients and girls an opportunity
Bloodmobile located at Wake to share a feeling of “together-
Forest learned the truth of the ness.” The men need to see -new
statement. A boy whom she had faces, and to become subject to a
dated in the past came to give a healthy atmosphere. Each one
donation. She assisted him—rather longs to experience the love that
gently I would assume—and their , be missed in the outside world,
old relationship was revived! (And j Alt little boys are not able to
girls, the next mobile will be at I dimb _ trees. All cannot run and
^ ’ c \ romp m the green grass. Yet every
Reynolds ! So . . .) j (.biid loves the sunshine—the out
Patients in mental hospitals are , doors —■ even the handicapped
hot crazy nor are they insane— one that lives in the Amos Cottage
they are emotionally ill, the abnor- out at Graylyn. It is my hope
that the 59 girls who have shown
a desire to work with this Child
ren’s Clinic will make dishearted
little ones burst out with real
laughter as they walk on the
grouds, perhaps held up by a
Salemite, or get wheeled around.
You know it isn’t much fun to look
out the window in a wheelchair—
wishing.
A few other highlights: With
spring just around the corner, the
ladies at the Rest Home will enjoy
your taking them out into the
fresh air. Much thanks to the
girls who are keeping, and have
kept, the Moravian Church Nur
sery, and to those who knitted the
tobogans for the Red Cross’s vic
tims. We still need girls to check
gift boxes packed by the elemen
tary grades to be sent overseas
. . . could you?
Sallie
Paxton
As President of Student Govern
ment I would like to have closer
cooperation between the Legisla
tive and Judicial Boards. I am also
interested in more involvement in
NSA with increased student parti
cipation through the proposed NSA
committee and a class president’s
forum to increase efficiency by
eliminating conflict of class pro
grams.
I would like equal student parti
cipation by all members on Legis
lative Board representing the vari-
our organizations. In addition I
would stress evaluation of the pre
ferential ballot and suggested im
provements for it.
I have been President of the
junior class. Vice President of the
sophomore class, and Treasurer of
the freshman class.
Nancy
Peter
As president of Student Govern
ment I would like to encourage an
enthusiastic interest among stu
dents in their campus organizations
and in their student government.
I would hope that the legislative
board, which is the representative
board of the students, would be
come more representative of the
opinions of the student body. The
entire student body, not just the
members of the legislative board,
must become more informed and
more interested in campus activi
ties before we can have an effec
tive and active student government.
I would like to see two main pro
grams carried out by Student Gov
ernment: first, we need to perfect
the new election procedure, and
second, we need to revise the rules
in the handbook, clarifying any
ambiguous rules and changing any
rules which seem unnecessary.
I have served as class representa
tive to legislative board and as
treasurer of Student Government
for this semester.