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Page Two THE SALEMITE February 16, 1962 Published every Friday of the Colleoe year BY THE Student Body of Salem College OFFICES—Basement of Lehman Hall 1 — Downtown Office—414 Bank St., S.W. EDITOR; Ellen Rankin BUSINESS MANAGER; Sue Parham Printed by the Sun Printing Company Subscription Price $3.50 a year Associate Editor Becky Boswell News Editor Anne Romig Feature Editor: Kay Long Advertising Manager ..Alice Reid i Photography Editor . Mary Alice Teague Proofreaders ...Connie Rucker. Mary Alice Teague, Ginny Padgett, Joan Lukens, Gee Gee Sapp, Liz Smith, Betty Lou Creech, Patty Nash, Anne Gore, Martha Jo Phifer Typists Susan Feagin, Lyn Ball, Lynn Hall, Nancy Griffin, Sue Humphreys. RewrIters Liz Smith, Linda Wall, Jane Raynor Copy Editor Ginger Ward Faculty Advisor Miss Jess Byrd Lay-out Editor Becky Boswell Circulation Sheila and Sandra Smith Connie Rucker Managing Staff — Wanda Cervarich, Jean Pfiefer Cartoonist Betty Black Asst. Business Manager Sally Glenn Headlines . Susan Ray Kuykendall, Tish Johnston, Marguerite Harris "Student” Organizations Require Student Support Our lives at Salem operate under a system of “student government with “student” organizations. We use quotes to indicate that we question the validity of this adjective. “Stu dent”, when applied in this manner, assumes that the machinery of the government is exercised by students and that organi zations are led and controlled by students. Several organizations on campus do not function as student organizations. The reasons for this are primarily two: students refuse to exercise their privileges under a system of student government and to accept their obligations as students in stu dent organizations; secondly, our student government anc many of our organizations are over-bearingly “advised” by ad visors. Generally speaking, the second situation can be allevi ated by the execution of the first. We hate to be so trite as to say that an organization is as strong as its weakest member, but, nevertheless, it is true. If students would accept their responsibility, their obligations, activate their interests, and exercise their individual strength, then our organizations could be student led and controlled. If students cared about having student organizations, then Salem would have them. There are two situations which promote the occasion of an over-abundance of non-student leadership and control. One If found, as we have said, in the absence of student initiative and concern which forces the advisor to assume student responsi bility. Secondly is the situation in which an organization has interested and capable students who are willing and seeking to exercise their initiative and concern, yet the leadership of these organizations is controlled by overly-interested “ad visors.” Thus the organization is manipulated by non-students Of these two situations, the second is completely unjustified. Might we remind the Salem community of the purpose be hind student government and student organizations—that they form a integral part of our educational and personal develop ment and growth. However theoretical this may seem, it can be empirically verified. Allow us to make an observation: any organization on this campus can function without advisors, but none can without students. E. R., J. E. R., N. A. S Did you -Pail to land The Big One again,Sort? your ' perceptivity is as keen as my chagrin? This time I was determined to hook . the rogue? I employed patience, cunning, daring, strength... Miss Charlotte Arrives On Jet Mr. Don Britt, Assistant to the President of Piedmont Airlines, assists Kenny McArver, Miss Charlotte as she deplanes in Winston-Salem on Thursday night, February 1. She has just returned from New York on the first jet flight to land in North Carolina and her first jet flight. Mr. Britt commented, “Kenny is certainly an attractive girl and was on about fifty pink clouds when she arrived back here. She couldn’t be- ieve she had been all the way to New York and back In one day.” Mr. Britt is former Assistant to the .’resident of Salem College. Students "Prepare” For Activities By Lucy Lane I guess this week could be called the week of preparation! Every body is preparing for something— preparing to go to Davidson, pre paring to go to UNC, preparing to get out of the infirmary, preparing to go in to the infirmary, preparing to hide so they won’t have to go to the infirmary, and some prepar ing to hide so nobody will know hey will be on campus this week end ! Certain slighted Salemites are preparing nasty letters for those mthinking would-be Valentines. WFC is preparing for a big and mportant Duke game. Lenny Chappell is preparing (I hope I) to core fifty more points. Babcock is preparing to extermi nate Beth Moore, and burn her bathroom brush. Well, how would YOU like to wake up with a prickly bathroom brush staring you in the face or gouging you in the back? 'Retaliation of a minor form has taken place, however—like a sur prise of forty-three suitcases neatly )iled on her bed one evening not so long ago. Good ole Beth! From all reports (valid sources, of course I), third floor Babcock is oreparing to impeach Ella Ray mond, its new p r o c t o r—on the grounds of mistreatment of very close friends! Watch out for mob action, Ella! Clewell is preparing to build a small boxing arena to the right of the library, so I hear . . . Strong has been preparing those “unmen tionable” but adorable Valentine presents all week long. The fruits of their hard work were displayed during class meeting the other day. You always wonder—do they really ever wear them ? Sue Cook has been preparing Valentine presents this week also— framed liquor labels for a certain abstaining Carolina gentleman friend of hers. Sue, where DID all those labels come from, anyway I ? This could be a serious situation. Everybody is preparing to borrow everybody else’s clothes this week end. This is the beginning of the big trading season. How many times have you heard these remarks lately; “I’m so sick of all my clothes!” and “I just don’t have ANYTHING to wear!” and “If I have to wear wool one more day. I’ll scream!” A note of cheer to those poor souls in the infirmary: nothing much is happening in the outside world around Salem — except that everybody is still talking about the exposure of Raoul Gondemar and trying to figure out who painted what! May you all be blessed with notices to pack up and leave your beds for the dorm, Germans, or Midwinters this weekend! And then there are those less fortunate members of our college community who are already pre paring for spring vacation in nasty ol’ Nassau—they’re preparing to re turn with luscious tans and de flated pocketbooks. They’re also preparing to relieve one of the branches of the local Wachovia Bank of some of its funds in order to make the trip possible. Take heart — I’m preparing to stop this racket and wish all of those who are preparing (hope fully) to get pinned this weekend the best of luck. (By the way, Becky Bartak, now at East Ten nessee State, got pinned on Febru ary 6.) And Frannie Mac—have a good time “on campus” at David son ! See you around the square! Durrell’s Novels Describe Modern Middle East Lantz Contest Offers Prizes Montaldo’s ad in last week’s Salemite announced that Lanz Col lege Co-ed Fashion Contest is open to college women. Entry blanks must be postmarked no later than March 15. Winners will be notified no later than April 15. Entry blanks may be obtained at Montaldo’s. Applicants must plan a Lanz Fashion Show for their col lege campus, including promotional plans, stage setting, and merchan dise to be featured. The winner will receive a summer session at a European University of her choice. A Pan-American Jet Clipper flight to Europe, and tuition, room, and board at the uni versity of her choice will be in- (Continued on next page) Lawrence Durrell’s four recent novels Justine, Balthazar, Mount Olive, and Clea have been pub lished under the collective title of Alexandrian Quartet. These stories were originally conceived as a unit with the same setting, a common list of characters, and a similar plot. However, each story presents the central theme from a different perspective, correcting, amplifying, and enlarging the picture. Modern Alexandria, Egypt, just before World War II is the back ground for the series. This deca dent city, teeming with many races and nationalities, was then the cross roads of the Middle East and used by several countries as a base for political intrigue and diplomatic maneuver. Durrell loved the city with Its bad odors, bazaar establish ments, and dirty streets. His poet- mind was sensitive to the color, warmth and sensuousness of this environment and he has the gift to take advantage of it. One critic has referred to this work as “an erotic fantasia on the theme of Alexandria in the 30’s. This alive ^ and colorful city ser ves as a fertile field for the author’s poetic and vivid prose. He can handle the English language as well as any living writer. Indeed, the most important and enjoyable parts of this work are the poetic asides. We are glad when he stops his story to describe a sunrise or the sights and sounds of a native night club. Most of the characters appear in some capacity in all of the novels but they are presented with a dif ferent emphasis. A short, but tem pestuous love affair of the narrator with Justine, is the central theme of the series, but each story an alyzes this one episode from a dif ferent point of view. This device is used to obtain depth and a three dimensioned view of the motives of the characters. It is a difficult technique for the author and the reader. Close reading is necessary to prevent confusion of events and characters, but it does give the author a means of probing deeply into situations and of judging action from several angles. Even though each story is a separate unit, they can be better understood and enjoyed if read in proper sequence. With the publications of this work, Durrell has become better known in this country. He is a cosmopolitan writer, having been born in India, having been educated in England, and having lived most of his life in the Mediterranean area. Few of his books have had wide sale, and he has made no at tempt to cater to popular tastes. He is better known in Europe for his poetry and critical works than his fiction. This quartet is a work bold and original in design. The author is now at the height of his power; with his apprenticeship behind him, he is an English writer to watch.
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