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Page Two THE SALEMITE March 18, 1961 Salem Students Express Views On Topics Of Interest I don their Speaker Comments I of honor^ . , „ March 3rd, 1961 5. Salem’s Honor Tradition now values, it follows that some IS bogged down in many minute freedom and responsibility given to respo„.ibilitie. and. These Problems could be worked sMlar .0 it, would improve of the out. Most important is educating academic life at Salem. It would students about the “positive values” allow the students the privilege of Dear Miss Byrd: | IS bogged down in many mmuie ireeuum ana Honor System, as the editor having decisions to make on their I have only one complaint about rules and exceptions ™les,^and, students must be hand I suggests. Any system of honor is own without ^depending completely my visit to Salem College—it was i therefore, we agree that a study entirely too brief. Some day I group should be put into effect im- to come ^ack and have a mediately to investigate these want chance for a leisurely time — a chance for a little talk with you and the faculty and more time with your wonderful girls. What start led me about them was that not only were they a delight to the eyes but they are bright as buttons along with—and that is, indeed, a devastating combination. With every good wish, Harrison P. Salisbury Honor System Dear Editor: After reading the editorial in last week’s Salemite, both positive and negative reactions occurred to us: 1. We must consider that the re cent number of cheating cases may be due to a new alertness on the part of the faculty and not a break down of the Honor Tradition. 2. It is certainly a violation of one’s personal honor to purposely break any rule, no matter how un important or useless the rule ap pears to be, so long as the rule is in effect. 3. We question whether people would take the job of turning in their best friend as a MAJOR re sponsibility. 4. When honor is taken away problems. Sincerely, Trisha Weathers Sallie Paxton Dear Editor: I am writing this in support of your editorial of last week on the Honor Tradition. As the new chair man of the Judicial Board, I would, like to see a plear distinction made between social infractions and honor offences. I think that the Honor Tradition is overburdened by emphasizing 'every infraction as an honor in fraction. This greatly distracts from the seriousness and impor tance that should be placed on vio lations directly involving a person’s honor—that is violations involving lying, cheating, and stealing. Too often students feel that since there is no definitely stated rule pro hibiting them, it is permissible to act dishonorably. If this is the '"I'would like Judicial Board and ! rr^y"Ts%t;;;'g ;V^tIose who sup-, on °ver=tlk rule cH c^ts. Legislative Board to work together I port it. u i j t if I f ’teachers to make to evaluate the present Honor Tra- The editorial should lead to self- to the “^ke their dition and to propose definite! examination-a more conscientious classes interesting and important changes. Support for the honor and serious consideration of the enough to rna the udents want tradition and respect for it calls Honor System by each student. Thank you. Sincerely, Janet Yarborough for more than the attention of these two boards; it calls for a re- evaluation of each individual of her basic values. Sincerely, Nancy Peter Dear Editor, First, I would like to commend you on your proposal of a new PJonor Tradition. The fact that a new system has been worked out and outlined in your editorial is certainly a large step in the right direction. I agree with the new system. But in regard to yoiir statement that “in order for this new Honor Tradition to work, we must be required to turn in other students for honor violations” and that anyone cognizant of such a violation’ “should be considered as situation, then we do^ not have an student who did the honor tradition, but just a set ot j disagree thoroughly! In rules printed in the handbook. Under an Honor Tradition, the individual is responsible for her own conduct, but what happens chen the students abdicate this re- from social regulations, there is the sponsibihty ? What happens when possibility that more frequent vio- ' the individual’s honor and yalues lations will occur. SOME people are not meaningful to her? ihen, do uphold ALL rules now because since the individual students aban- Editor Leaves Many Ideas For Salem’s Improvement This is the last Salemite to be published under the old editor; the new editor and staff will take over for the first issue after spring vacation. The editor would like to thank everyone who has helped to publish the paper week after week. There are still some suggestions which we would like to see carried out at Salem in the future. Before we leave office we would like to recommend that: —the Honor Tradition be re-evaluated and the changes sug gested in last week’s editorial carried out. —the Chairman of Judicial Board serve as an ex-officio mem ber of Legislative Board in order to promote greater co ordination between the two boards. —the Legislative Board and Judicial Board meet together regularly once or twice a month to work on rule changes and clarifications and to work with the more intangible problems on campus. -the ^changes__ m the ejection ^system Jiecontmu^^^^ lasted as long as it has. Yes, it! wish that several basic rules could is idealistic; and it demands high be revised, but we realize that in standards of honor. The fault of order to make any great degree of it may be with the person involved j change in Salem’s rules, we would —not in its structure. It is an have to have the support of the ideal of which to be proud. whole student body behind such a I was one of those “officers” who ! movement. The general opinion is spoke of honor last fall. In my that Salem students are not well speech, I passed over the “ob-1 informed on legislative matters, vious”; frankly the “obvious” had This letter is written for the pur- fact, this is probably the best way to keep the new Honor Tradition from working. Honor is personal and must come from within the individual. Turn ing someone in would not help the honor of either the violator or the informant, who might be mistaken anyway. Rather, it would permit dishonesty and cause animosity among students. Futhermore, if one admits that there are dishonor able students on campus, how can one fail to see that these would lie to protect their friends and would turn in their enemies ? At least under our present system the dis honest person can hurt only her self and her own conscience. Sincerely, Frances Bailey Dear Editor, Three cheers fbr the editorial in last week’s Salemite, “Let’s Make Honor Tradition Work!” Para phrasing or rather rephrasing So crates, “an honor system unex- to attend their classes. Thirdly, the abolishment of our present class cuts system would encourage those students with below a 2.0 average to work a little harder for the reward of having more class cuts, and it would make those stu- ing reasons: 1. We are old enough to go to town without giving informa tion. 2. It is a trivial rule and unneces sary. 3. Everyone puts “town” anyway —it is a vague rule. 4. It is a nuisance to have to sign in. 5. Students of Converse and other small girls’ schools don’t sign out during the day. 6. Even W. C., with 1800 students, does not. 7. It causes house presidents un necessary trouble to write out calldowns. 8. The majority do not respect this rule, and it is definitely not enforced. 9. It does not hurt a student’s conscience to break the rule. 10. It is too much trouble to walk back to the dorm after classes just to sign out for town. 11. It is just as hard to find some one on campus as off campus. Sincerely, Molly Scarborough Pat Howell Johanna Johnson Winnie Bath Kaye Pennington Ann Sellars Caroline McClain Frances Taylor Class Cuts Dear Editor, Several weeks ago, a discussion on “academic freedom” encouraged a group of us to seriously consider how much academic freedom Salem students really have. How often have you heard someone remark that in a particular class she could amined is not worth having”. It maintain the same average without appears that a re-evaluation of attending class ? How many of your courses do you really con- Honor Tradition is in Salem’s order. However, I submit that we pro ceed with caution. Certainly our These were the kind of questions present Honor System has its'we asked ourselves after this lec- merits; otherwise it would not have | ture on “academic freedom”. We freshmen a full vote for NSA coordinator and to have the editors of the publications and the Day Student president be nominated only by the individual group involved rather than the whole student body. —^the denominational groups meet together once a month in stead of competing with each other and splitting the group attending the meetings. —the excellent assembly programs continue. —the Legislative Board establish a cut system whereby stu dents who do not attend the meetings are dismissed and a new representative is elected to serve on the board. —Humanities Club and IRC become even more active as forces to coordinate the specialized fields of knowledge we have studied. —the faculty advisors of student organizations be presented with a financial report in the spring of the year and then invited to attend the finance board meetings only if they feel that it is needed. —the excellent Y community service projects be continued. The Student Council has made progress in many fields this year. With some creative thinking by the officers for next year, even more improvements can be made. Published every Friday or the College year BY THE Student Body of Salem College OFFICES—Basement of Lehman Hal! Downtown Office—414 Bank St., S.W. EDITOR Mary Lu Nuckols BUSINESS MANAG'^R Sara Lou Richardson Printed by the Sun Printing Company Subscription Price—$3.50 a year News Editor Becky Boswell Asst. Business Manager Sue Parham Associate Editor Susan Hughes Advertising Manager Becky Chappell Feature Editor Ellen Rankin Circulation Manager Becky Bartak Copy Editor Ginger Ward lay-out Editor Becky Boswell Headline Editors—Alta Lu Townes, Susan Ray Kuykendall and Madge Kempton. Faculty Advisor been expounded so thoroughly that it had become trite. When anything becomes trite, it has grown meaningless. Here I ended; here the editor began. What’s wrong? The answer may go deeper than the Day Sign Outs Dear Editor: We think that the rule have a 2.0 average work T ed fo the follow equally as hard to keep the pri- should be changed for the follow- unlimited cuts. In conclusion, we want it tho roughly understood that this pro posal is only the opinion of a few and that it is nowhere near com pletion. Colleges with this plan are being consulted in order that we understand how Aheir systems are created and exactly how effec tive they are. The main purpose in proposing this plan is to stimu late interest in an effort to even tually construct a more liberal cuts system. This plan is open for dis cussion and editorial replies; take advantage of it, and form opinions. Salem girls have been accused of being “bland”; let’s show some in terest, Salemites, and disprove this accusation. Sincerely, e Didi Headley Paulette Harper Driving in Town Dear Editor: Good for you I For ages, stu dents have been discussing the in effectiveness of our. Honor Tra dition. It is the opinion of most Salem students that it is nothing more than a farce. We are con fident that if Mr. Gallop took a poll at Salem, the majority of stu dents would admit to breaking at least one of the major violations. While we’re complaining of the lack of honor at Salem, we would like to complain in another area: Cars! We would like to propose that some system be worked out whereby 1) juniors and seniors would be able to have cars on campus, and/or 2) all classes would be able to drive in Winston-Salem regardless of whether or not their parents are in town. Here are our reasons; 1. The main objection to the use of passenger cars is lack of park ing space. Let only juniors and seniors be allowed to have their own cars on campus, but let every one be allowed to drive them. Re quire juniors to park their cars in front of the Brothers House and the Community Store area. ■ 2. Taxis cost too much. This situation is especially bad when one student has to take a cab by herself. Most places are too far to walk. 3. In connection with this, a car is much safer than walking to sider stimulating enough to be worth the time you spend in class ? pose of informing each student about the tentative reform which is now being discussed. Salem’s class cuts system is the topic, of discussion. Although a plan of reforming Salem’s cuts sys tem is still in the discussion stage, surface. It is obvious that some and will be for some months we have worked out a rough draft for the student body to weigh and con sider. We feel that under the pre sent system, Salem students are not allowed the privileges of de veloping a sense of responsibility. Students are to a great degree de town. Salem is more or less m a slum area and there have been numerous instances of girls being propositioned. Also, with the new highway and intersection, the traf fic problem is much worse on the walker. 4. A great danger is the drunk date. It would be far safer if we were permitted to drive if our date is intoxicated. Actually, we think that it ought to be a rule that a students are dissatisfied with the Honor Tradition. Part of the an swer may lie in the basic distinc tion made in the editorial between universal values and Salem’s values. Perhaps, when we consider this difference, we can work out an honor code such as the editor sug- prived of the learning experience ' Salem^tudent drive Tf her date is .. r • , j- «1 having to make decisions for not in any condition to drive. The suggestion of including ly- themselves because so often the 5 Not having or being allowed mg as an honor offense is a rele- answer can be found clearly stated to drive cars is a great disadvant- vant one. At present lying is, in the handbook. Therefore, for age to girls when they are taking not an explicit offense. I think, purposes of discussion, we have weekends at Carolina, Davidson, o begin a reform program had cars, we would waste less t\rnt on the class cuts system. trying to find rides and more time ) reshmen need the guidance studying. This may sound like a i ^ system. This plan ex- , ridiculous reason, but have yo" eludes freshmen. _ , | had to spend three days try- 2) Upperclassmen with an aver-’ ing to find a ride to Germans? ^ u^ ?. above should be will also save more money spent ^ ™ ’rnFed cuts. i calling long-distance to tell your 3) If a student has below a “D” date that you can’t find a ride and m any class she should not be al- also may make Salem girls more owe cuts in that class. j popular with distant boys schools. "" °v^rXrverag^oflB"2 seLgTd^^ forthe^SigK^S In lying to the administration or faculty” rather than just “lying”. One criticism I have of the pro posed honor program is the possi bility of weakening social honor. Having “honor offences and social regulations” separates our system ^ age of into two levels with the possible effect of strengthening the first and diluting the second. It is also difficult to clearly se parate the two levels. “Falsifying Managing Staff - Wanda Cervarich Photagraphy Editor Betsy McFatesocial violation, being a “lie” could better, she should Still be allowed siehts and the Sakmife COmeS up- Rooney Nelson and Connie Rucker Typists Becky Bartak, Elise Vitale be considered an honor viola- unlimited cuts in her other elassec Tf u j i more Proof Reader Liz Smith Kate Caswell tion. We feel that this S, or ' If people had access to cars, 1 (Continued On Paffe Three)
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