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Page Two THE SALEMITE March 3, 1961 Stop Think Don’t Drop Trash! Why Not Compete Oslo Summer Scholarship “Oh I could never win,” said Susie. “That’s the way I feel too,” answered Betty. “Besides you know that Ann will win—why she’s been president of every organization she’s in.” But Carol thought about the Oslo scholarship carefully. Oslo sounded like such fun and she did want to go. “I have nothing to lose,” she thought. “And if I don’t apply I can’t win.” So Carol picked up an application form in Miss Simpson’s office and filled it in. Oh, Carol may not win, but Susie and Betty have eliminated themselves from the competition. From the small number of applicants for the Oslo scholar ship last year it seems that certain misconceptions have arisen about the purpose of the scholarship and the qualifications necessary to win. The scholarship is not a reward that you win by having been the president of an organization or by being a straight Dean’s List student. There is nothing that you can do to deserve such a reward so you are not bragging that you are qualifid if you apply. You are merely signifying that you are interested in getting to know the people of other countries better at the summer school. The qualificaions state that you must have a 2.0 average, you must have two professors and one student to recommend you, and you must write a paper. Certainly an $800 scholarship is worth taking time to write a 500 word paper about your views of what the image of America should be in Europe or your answer to one of the controversial issues you would be asked about in Oslo. The qualifications do not call for a saint, a genius, or the president of an organization. Neither are you required to be majoring in history to win. In the last four years, we have had two music majors, and a science major as well as five liberal arts majors go to Oslo. If more history majors seem to win, it may be because more history majors apply and not that they win because they are majoring in history. Then too, some students seem to assume that someone in their class will automatically win the scholarship. Over and over you hear “Oh, you know that Ann will win,” but fre quently Ann has not even applied since she assumed that Betty would win or because she has other plans. And so it goes. Perhaps its Southern reluctance for competition with our friends that keeps us from trying for something that we would like to have. Maybe we avoid any competition unless we think that we will win. And by not competing we can not win. Do you want to go to Oslo? If so why not apply? The deadline isn’t until March 13th. Around The Square Published every Friday or the Collkoe year PRESS BY THE STUDENT BODY OF SALEM COLXB«E OFFICES—Basement of Lehman Flail — Downtown Office—414 Bank St., S.W. EDITOR Mary Lu Nuckols BUSINESS MANAGER Sara Lou Richardson Printed by the Sun Printing Company Subscription Price—$3.50 a year News Editor Becky Boswell Cartoonists—Eloise Upchurch, Bugs Bran- Associate Editor 1 Susan Hughes Catherine Eller. Feature Editor Ellen Rankin Advertising Manager..! Becky Chappell Copy Editor Ginger Ward Circulation Manager Becky Bartak Headline Editors-Alta Lu Townes, Susan editor .... Becky Boswell Ray Kuykendall and Madge Kempton. Asst. Business Manager. Sue Parham Advisor Miss Jess Byrd Managing Staff — Wanda Cervarich Photography Editor Betsy McFate Rooney Nelson and Connie Rucker Typists ...Becky Bartak, Elise Vitale Proof Reader Liz Smith Kate Caswell By Mary Jane Crowell Spring has come around the square, but many Salemites haven’t had time to think of Spring Fever yet. The freshman class, under the leadership of Margy Harris and Jackje Lamond, are busy putting the finishing touches on the plans for Parents’ Day which will be held tomorrow. Those who aren’t directly in charge of the tours, the tea, the banquet, or the skit are desperately stuffing odds and ends under beds and in closets to show their parents “how organized I am!’’ Every night from 7:00 to 9:30, another group of hard-working Salemites can be found in Old Chapel. Miss Battle and the Pier rettes are practicing there for their second semester production. School for Scandal. The list of students who won’t be returning next year seems to be growing every day. Many girls are frantically filling out application blanks and running here and there for interviews, while others like Barbara Mann, Nancy Lytle, and Nancy Muse are flipping through the latest issue of Brides’ Maga zine. Chapel Hill leads the list as far as transfers go, and a tribe of hopefuls check the Post Office faithfully every day looking for ac ceptances. Psychology il02 students have begun observing their “little mons ters”—the child-haters relate with grimaces, while students having more maternal instincts give glow ing reports. Of course, it is never all work and no play around the square in any season. Beth Norman, house president of Sisters, had her mind on anything but work Sunday night when she locked the dorm at 11:00 p.m. sporting a Sigma Chi pin from Davidson. Speaking of Sisters, Donnis Mauney is the second girl which that dorm has lost to the marriage bureau this year. Must be magic in those old walls. And then there is always some where to go! Many of our Kappa Sig fans squeezed into a yard and a half of something or another and rushed off to Raleigh last weekend. Penny Bell and Letty McDonald were surprised to see their Valen tine gifts being modeled by their dates at the party. Saturday, Mr. Kellogg played chauffeur to two Davidson-bound girls, Sanda Smith and Betty invades the campus. When the sun came out, so did a new form of relaxation—sun bathing. Grace Townson led the early birds out side Babcock who were boasting that their winter-white skins will be tanned “by the end of March,” The more athletic Salemites are getting their sun on the tennis courts while some are content jusi to move their bridge games out side. Yes, all the “sun-worshippers’ will testify that spring has reall) come—or did I say that no om had tho.ught of spring fever ? By Dean Major Black. Gay Austin and Sue Cook spent the weekend at W. & L. Salem is never at a loss for past- times, especially when spring fever Within recent years a new term has assumed importance in the vocabulary of the diplomatic world. Seldom understood but often repeated, Khrushchev’s “peaceful co-existence” seems to provide an outline in brief to those policies which Russia plans to pursue in her relationships with the West. Into the development of this term has gone the history of twentieth century Russia: its internal problems, its external conflicts, and its latest difficulty—an ever-widening ideological split be tween Moscow and Pieping. At a recent Communist party gathering in Moscow, Khrush chev attempted to clarify his definition of this all-important term. Although stressing Russia’s intent to prevent nuclear war, to promote negotiations between Bast and West, and to pursue Communist aims by peaceful means, Khrushchev added; If the ruling classes oppose the (Communist) revolu tion with violence and refuse to submit to the will of the people, the proletariat must crush their resistance, resort to arms, and launch a resolute civil war. Almost seeming to be self-contradictory, the Societ concept of “peaceful co-existence” involves a dual approach to parti cipation in world events: the application of strong pressures at one moment, peaceful overtures in the next. These ures- sures have been aimed at three “hot spots” in the international scene: Laos, Berlin, and the Congo. Aiding the Communist forces in Laos, the Soviets have shows little enthusiasm toward the suggestion that a three-natior Asian commission be established to safeguard the neutrality of Laos. Instead, the Russians have stalled for time, firmly be lieving that the Communists need only time to gain power in Laos. Using Berlin as a tool in her attempts to gain concessio from the West, Moscow has continued to declare that there only one way to solve the Berlin problem. The Soviets ins: that West Berlin must be transformed into a demilitarized fr city. Although rebuffed in the UN last week, Khrushchev h again stated Russia’s demands that UN operations cease in t Congo, that the rebel regime of Gizenga be recognized as tl official Congo government, and that Secretary General D; Hammarskjold be ousted. What factors lie beneath these aggressive Soviet move Many observers trace these Soviet policies to the exertion pressure on Moscow from the Chinese Communists. This i lationship between the Chinese and Russian Communists w discussed in detail by Mr. Harrison Salisbury in his lectu Monday night. There is indeed evidence that the idealogic split between Russia and China is far from being resolved, may be that Russia is responding to Chinese pressure by i eniphasizing the strength^ of its revolutionary objectives. ™ Tiewing Russia as a new member of t have nations, stressed the desire of the Russians to avo nuclear war at all costs. Wishing to retain their gains of tl century, the Russian people no longer feel the necessity f vio ent revolutions and have revised some of their oriffir doctrines to fit present policies. However, the Chinese Co: munists, just beginning their long struggle for advaneemei worTd radical policies by Communists throughout t her ally and seeking control over her enemi' Existence”" »f “peaceful ( existence . No one can predict which of the two approach ^o f Mr- Salisbury present Statp! ^V)^^®nce a challenge in facing that future: as Unit AmeHcr^T’u'^® promote a forward-looking poli( America must be equipped to move before, not affer; ea
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