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THE SALEMITE
May 5, 1961
Salemite Prints Weekly
Legislative Board Report
Begiiming next week in the last issue of this year’s Salemite
and contmumg next fall, a weekly column will be published
giving a report on the Ijegislative Board meetings, ihe class
representatives to the board will alternate weekly as reporters.
A copy of the minutes of the meeting will also be posted on
the builetm board of Main Hall.
The Salemite heartily commends this action of the board.
For tlie past several years the Legislative Board has lost con
tact with the students. It has been hard to find out what the
representatives were doing until the board’s activities were pre
sented to the student body m assembly in the form of a motion
to be voted upon. The blame for this must lie both with the
students and the board in their seemmg lack of interest of
communication with each other. But contrary to some opinion
on campus, the Legislative Board is not a secret organization
that purposely does thmgs behind the students’ backs. It is
the students’ board with student representatives.
We hope that this action of the board will stimulate interest
in the board’s activities and make it more representative of
student body opinion. We urge that students read the reports
and talk to the representatives so they may bring student
opinion back to the board meetings. In this way the Legisla
tive Board wdl become a true representative group.
Should America Interfere
In The Cuban Cold War?
By Helen John
The defeat of the Cuban exiles’ force was a blow to U. S.
prestige comparable to last year’s U-2 incident. Last week the
U. S. began a search to find out 1) why did it fail? 2) where
does the failure leave Castro, the anti-Castro Cubans, and the
U. S.? and 3) how can the U. S. meet Communist subversion
in this hemisphere and throughout the world?
The preparations for an attack against Castro began more
than a year ago, but Kennedy has assumed full responsibility
for the basic decisions on whether, when, and how to take
action. The main criticism however, fell on the Central Intel
ligence Agency, whose job is to get and to evaluate infor
mation. The CIA was said to have underestimated Castro’s
political following and his military strength, and to have pre
dicted that large anti-Castro uprisings in Cuba would accom
pany the invasion. Plans for attack insuring success were
based on this information.
The consequences of the episode were that Castro gained new
propaganda material, and increased his standing in the eyes of
the iSoviet leaders. Communist shipments of arms and supplies
are expected to increase. The anti-Castro Cubans were badly
shaken, in both the loss of exile troops and in morale. As for
the U. S., the incident tended to blur the “New Image” which
the Administration has been trying to create in the eyes of both
our opponents and our allies.
Two key problems are involved in how the U. S. can meet
Communist subversion in this hemisphere and throughout the
world. The first of these is the unifying of the West against
Communist military, political, and economic pressures. This is
especially important, and difficult, in the Latin American coun
tries. The dilemma before us is whether to stand aside and
watch the mounting build-up of Soviet power in Cuba, or to
act alone, even if this action is unpopular with our Latin
American neighbors who prefer to close their eyes to the prob
lem. By treaty and policy we are bound not to interfere in
the internal affairs of any member of the Organization of
American States. However, through these same treaties we
are committed to resist the spread of Communism to the Wes
tern hemisphere. By every objective test Castro is today creat
ing a Soviet Socialist State in Cuba, tied to the Soviet Union
and Red China, who have intervened in the internal affairs of
every nation they can get their hands on. Non-interference
in the “internal affairs” does not bind us to non-interference
in the spread of Communist dictatorship to the Western hemis
phere or in building a Soviet military and political base in
Cuba. These two things are not just the “internal affairs” of
Cuba; they are the external affairs of every democratic Wes
tern hemisphere country. Non-intervention, as Kennedy seems
to have concluded, is no longer workable. It leaves the Com
munists free to fix their hold on Cuba while we remained im-
moblized. What we must do to gain the respect and confidence
of Cuba and all of Latin America is to act in the knowledge
that we can build strength and friendship only as true friends
and aid their problems of hunger, misery, disease, and degra
dation, and not merely as the associates and protectors of the
native and foreign investors who have hogged the wealth and
left only dispair to the poor.
The present situation, in Washington’s view, cannot be per
mitted to continue. Castro said that he would be willing to
negotiate with Kennedy. The State Department’s reply next
morning was firm: “Communism in this hemisphere is not
negotiable.’’ This brings us to the second problem, that of
unconventional cold war” operations. Kennedy expressed his
concern about these pressures when he said that the Com
munist bloc ‘relies on covert means for expanding its sphere
of influence on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion
instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on
guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. No war ever
posed a greater threat to our security.”
S?mr ^
Combo Party, Shoe Shine
Keep Salemites Active
aid refugee students, the freshman
class sponsored a “shoe shine”
Thursday. There won’t be any ex
cuse now for dirty shoes at the
dance!
The freshmen are also going to
sell snow cones at the pool as
soon as it opens. These delicious,
low-calory snow cones will be re
freshing to both sunbathers and
swimmers, and the profits will go
to the refugee student fund.
Would you like to have a black
and white checked sun dress with
a matching jacket for only $3.00?
Would you like to have your last
year’s skirts hemmed to this year’s
length for a very small fee? Would
you like to have your hair cut, or
would you prefer a “Coiffure by
Miss Jenny” for only $.50?
All of these bargains—and more
—a r e available on campus. The
junior class, sponsoring individual
projects to raise money for their
refugee student in Hong Kong, is
offering all these services to the
student body for a small fee. They
plan to raise their $300.00 through
these individual projects.
I would like to apologize for dis
tinguishing Becky Newsome, Jane
Kelly, and Beth Norman for the
wrong thing in last week’s article.
Rather than being fraternity sweet
hearts at Davidson, they had the
honor of being dated at Spring
Frolics by the Inter-Fraternity
Council representatives.
Though some of us stayed on
campus waiting' anxiously to see if
the world would really end at noon
last Sunday, other braver souls de
cided they could perish just as well
other places as here.
Ann P. Austin went to More-
head for the weekend and had fun
despite rain and cold weather.
Betty Pope, Claudia Crawford
Liz Irwin, Patty Warren, Beth
Troy, Hannah Gillam, Bonny Bean,
Ann Cunningham, Jenny Jordan’
Sandy Sheets, and Anne West tra
velled to Danville to watch exciting
sports car races.
By Mary Eastland
Talk “around the square” this
week is all of May Day as the
long-awaited weekend draws nigh.
Practice every afternoon and long
hours spent on costumes will all
seem worthwhile when the lovely
“WOODLAND FANTASIA” is
presented Saturday.
Thanks are due to the sopho
more class for its terrific idea of
a combo party Friday night. This
will make May Day a real “week
end” which the music of the TAMS
will start off just right. Tickets
may still be purchased from the
sophomore representatives, and re
member that the proceeds will go
toward the refugee fund.
Also working to raise money to
Student Replies
To Criticism
Dear Editor;
In reply to the editorial con
cerning the misbehavior of college
students in the Salem College As
sembly I would like to make the
following comments.
As a member of the group which
sang and “misbehaved,” I feel that
the editorial was unjustified and
was intended as a personal insult
to Wake Forest. We presented a
program which contained several
distinct divisions: religious music
was performed with proper atmos
phere and the deportment of the
choir was beyond question. Other
sections of the program were non
religious or “secular” and even
though they were probably inap
propriate for presentation in a
“Salem A s s e m b 1 y”, they were
meant for entertainment—obviously
someone enjoyed that part since
the applause was more than enough
to be just “nice and considerate.”
The performing choir seems to
have introduced a new approach to
singing which the student body ap
preciated and a certain writer on
the Salemite Staff resented. We
attempted something unusual in
our singing—an informal program
designed and made to fluctuate to
meet the demands of our audiences.
We feel that we selected and pre
sented our program in a manner
suitable for the demands of the
situation.
Be as it may the Touring Choir
of Wake Forest College enjoyed the
opportunity of singing for the Salem
girls in spite of the obvious phy
sical inadequacies of the building
provided for the assembly meeting.
We enjoy singing and do not at
tempt to deny that fact. It seems
to me that the writer of this edit
orial must have ignored the pro
gram since she failed to observe
the enormous amount of enthus
iasm which radiated from the group
as they sang.
■Very sincerely yours,
Dan Jones, Senior Class
Wake Forest
Group Restates
New Y Purpose
The following new purpose of
the YWCA has been recently
drawn up, stating the reasons for
having a Y on Salem’s campus
When read carefully, this purpose
should reveal what the organiza
tion stands for, who makes it up
and its overall position and aims.’
It reads as follows: “The YW
CA is a fellowship of students con
cerned with the search for the
deeper meanings of the Christian
understanding of life. The Y wel
comes all honest inquirers of what
ever religion or of no religion who
are interested in this search. The
Y believes that one should show
Christianity in all aspects of one’s
life. Therefore the Y seeks to de
velop social responsibility among
its members.”
In order to carry out this pur
pose, a cabinet has been selected
to serve as a representative nu
cleus of the student body. It is
composed of one representative
elected from each class, the presi
dent of the various denominational
groups, and eight appointed mem
bers, chosen to speak for various
groups of students on our campus.
These new members and officers
are: vice-president, Martha Still;
secretary, Kay Kearns; treasurer,
Tish Johnston; Cabinet members;
Ann B. Austin, Mason Kent (so
phomore class representative), Jo
Dunbar (Wesley Foundation repre
sentative), Irene Rose, Tish John
ston, Judy Rogers (day student re
presentative), Lucy Lane, Dotty
Pooser, Martha Still, Kay Kearns
(junior class representative), Joy
Robinson, Linda Leaird, Margaret
Duvall (Canterbury Club presi
dent), Cynthia Randolph, Gail Og-
burn (Baptist representative),
Caroline McClain (senior class rep
resentative), Johanna Johnson, and
Judy Coston.
These cabinet members serve
only as a representative group of
the entire student body who make
up the members of the Y. Addi
tional members of the cabinet will
be appointed in the near future in
order to make the cabinet more
representative according to the new
dorm assignments.
The following committee chair
men have been appointed to or
ganize the Y projects for next
year. Community Services; Judy
Coston, Lucy Lane, and Ann B.
Austin; non-denominational pro
grams: Joy Robinson, Caroline Mc
Clain; vespers; Dotty Pooser, Cyn- '
thia Randolph; Y Watch; Irene
Rose, Kay Kearns; Morning
Chapel: Tish Johnston. Mason
Kent; special projects (Thanksgiv
ing, Christmas, and Easter): Jo
hanna Johnson, Gail Ogburn; Pub
licity; Mason Kent, Jo Dunbar.
These committees will be made up
of members of the student body
interested in presenting and fur
thering the Y’s aims.
A great difficulty arises in such
a large organization as our Y in
knowing where the interest of its
membership lies and in finding and
utilizing interested people to serve
on the various committees. There
fore the Y would like to appeal to
you its members, to let your in
terests be known to these commit
tee chairmen in order that the
Getting back to May Day, as
'''''' cnairmen in order that the
weekend to hein ^ effective committees can be
rv“y te, U>y orga.i„d l„ s.™ Salem in .h.
— * I most advantagous way.
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