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THE SALEMITE
May 11, 1%2
Seniors enjoy a few last moments of relaxation.
Judgment Receives Worthy Review
By Martha Still
The tribunal met! The verdict
was rendered—a verdict that set
off a furor throughout Nuremburg
and the entire world. A precedent
was being set that would raise a
storm of criticism for years to
come. For over three hours, view
ers of Judgment at Nuremburg
watched a simulation of history in
the making, as courtroom scenes
from the trial of four German
jurists were rendered with skill and
force. The legal action, begun three
years after the end of World War
II, against German leaders accused
Senior Remembers Varied Changes
By Peggy Brown
“The world will little note nor
long remember what we say here,
but it can never forget what (we)
did here.” When we take on the
broader viewpoint from beyond the
square, we’ll be part of that world
who will forget, but, here at the
jump-off point, these four years
seem to have been quite productive,
and very clearly remembered. It is
phenomenal how one class could
have so many financial fiascoes,
legislative successes that did not
affect us as a class, and losses
which, for the most part, were
happy ones.
For example, we lost freshman
permissions from home for all out
of town travel, (when we were no
longer freshmen), the Junior-Senior
banquet (just in time not to have
one ourselves). Rat Week (after
we’d already been through it), day
time sign outs (our third year), the
cut system (our last semester), the
nominating committee, having to
have three in a car at night (our
last semester), exam tickets, the
stop light and heavy traffic on
Main Street, and Harry’s (with ac
companying wild tales). As we
passed from darkness and grease,
through a snack shop in the Club
Dining Room and night permission
to walk to Gooch’s, to sunlight and
cafe curtains in the D.B., we also
lost, less happily, the ceiling in
South’s living room. Miss Battle as
class advisor (Thank you, Mr.
Bray!), soon with best wishes and
a prayer of thanks to you, at least,
for sticking it out with us. Dr.
Africa, and sadly, Mr. Harvey.
Speaking of losses, and lest any
one accuse us of bragging, we
might consider a few of the things
we’ve lost at . . . like, for example,
every money-making project we’ve
ever laid our hand to. I wonder
what Amhad Jamal would have
sounded like, why more people
weren’t just dying to hear Billy
Butterb—, why no one wanted to
eat during play intermissions, what
happened to the flag, and who
wants some slightly yellowing
Salem note cards (?). Although
the school may have no plaqued
memento of our passing, at least
we’ll have a brick or two in the
new Fine Arts Building. We have
also demonstrated an inability to
keep the kittens born in (what is
now) Mrs. Calhoun’s apartment, to
keep 91 of the original 162 mem
bers of our class, to find any con
crete basis for our continual com
plaints about Mr. Snavely’s prices,
to find husbands (our class has the
smallest percentage getting married
immediately following graduation),
nor to pick the right man for Presi
dent.
But wait! Before you condemn
us too severely, please remember
the introduction of refrigerators
into Sisters and South, new mar
shal dresses, having the library
open Sunday night, bicycles on a
large scale, integration with Wake
Forest after three years of false
starts, the Honor Evaluation Com
mittee, self-study under the South
ern Association, getting the annual
out two weeks early, being part of
the largest total student body in
Salem’s history, and being the lar
gest freshman class on record are
all to our credit, not to mention
our stellar success in the Field Day,
'62 Brings Beginning,
Not End Of Maturity
“But the Nemesis of all reformers is finality; and the
reformers of education, like those of religion, fell into the
profound, however common, error of mistaking the begin
ning for the end of the work of reformation.”
Thomas Henry Huxley
Since this is the final issue of The Salemite for the year and
the close of most college activities, it seems an appropriate time
to investigate the validity of the above statement. We tend to
begin to wish the days away, to dread exams, and to plan an
exciting summer. We tell ourselves that it is too late to in
itiate vital discussion on current issues; we believe that the stu
dents are too intent on finishing another year of college to be
concerned. In many ways this is a valid evaluation. Indeed
if one kicks off controversy it may well die over the summer,
and the return in the fall will be a return to dusty, dead issues.
What then is the solution? Do we end our adventures into
problems, complexities, situations at the end of April? Do we
leave the issues dangling and hope that the individuals will
nurture the ideas themselves and bring them back in the fall?
Naturally the students must hold the ideas; they are both the
source and the judge of the worth of Salem’s suggestions and
plans. There are plans underway at the moment to begin a
summer reading program with discussions to follow in the fall.
This seems one good indication that fears that the enthusiasm
and interest of Salem girls will die is somewhat over-exag
gerated.
But in considering Mr. Huxley’s statement, our concern
should perhaps be centered on our achievements during the
past year. We as a student body have made steps forward in
our attempts to reach maturity and responsibility for ourselves.
Both major and minor accomplishments highlight the year;
abolishment of day sign-outs, re-statement of the drinking
policy, re-evaluation of the Honor Tradition and other changes
have been made. This is progress; this is a further means to
an end. But none of these successes are final; none are laurels
upon which we can rest. Each is only a beginning, a step to
ward independence, toward maturity.
Song and Skit divisions of Fits
Day, and the fact that we lured
several of our transfers back this
year and last—not at all a common
occurrence.
Simply by virtue of our subtle in
fluences, I think we might justly,
in addition, take some credit for
getting Mr. Michie, Dr. Paine, Mr.
Hill and Dr. Stewart married off.
Then too, we saw the introduction
of the preferential voting system
(Thank goodness!), the refugee
student projects, school rings, the
Judicial Board with Rosemary
Laney as its first Chairman, the
new addition to the Science Build
ing, the change in the drinking
rule, and (somewhat less praise
worthy but probably most vividly
remembered and told) the swim
ming-pool-class-bell - front-page - of-
the-J.S.-visitors-in-South-ghosts-in-
the-attic riot of spring exams
sophomore year. Stretching a point
definitely too far, we might also
brag a little on the formation of
the Admissions office (we made
Salem so notor—I mean famous
that people are just flocking to get
in!), getting the class bell electri-
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LastWeek-Ends
Herald Exams
By Pam Truette
Exams are one and one-half
weeks away . . . Sellar’s master
piece has arrived . . . the teachers
are squeezing in those last minute
quizzes . . . Spring Germans is
over . . . the Wake Forest Pika
Dream Girl weekend at the beach
is just ahead . . . These few weeks
will be the last for transferring
sophomores . . . And here come
the brides . . . the freshmen are
losing Pat Barber, Jane Webster,
and Arlette Lambert . . . the sopho
more class loses Pene Rendino, Jer-
rine Fuller, and Mary Elizabeth
Hunt . . . the juniors are Lucy
Lane, Dean Major, Jean Lippels,
and Barbara Ann Harrington . . .
there are twelve engaged seniors
. . . Dot Grayson, Carolyn Mc
Clain, Winnie Bath, Anne Jewell,
Sallie Paxton, Kaye Pennington,
Mary Jane Dunn, Sue Sample,
Rachael Parker, Tina Thrower, Pat
Robinson and Edith Story . .
Becky Gaddy is engaged to be en
gaged to a Pika at Duke . . .
Hannah Gilliam has joined the
Olympics . . . This weekend the
Pika’s at State and the Sigma Chi’s
at Carolina will help Salemites
celebrate Mother’s Day . . . C’est
Tout!
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of administering Nazi laws raised
significant questions: Is a man re
sponsible first to himself or to his
government and its laws ? If one s
personal standards and the laws
that he must enforce or follow come
into sharp conflict, how much is he
obliged to suppress his own beliefs r
Can responsibility be placed on in
dividuals for heinous actions taken
by their country as a unit ? Judg
ment at Nuremburg attempted to
renew these questions without pre
judice toward one viewpoint.
It was refreshing to discover that
movies are still being made which
do not classify completely as senti
mental trash. Almost documentary
in its presentation of evidence.
Judgment made little appeal to
sympathy and saved the tears for
the few moments that Judy Gar
land appeared. Personalities, ex
cept for that of the judge played
by Burt Lancaster, were only ex
posed enough to bring in both sides.
His honesty and intelligence, the
depth of his character could have
been portrayed with a little less
gusto; as it was, Lancaster’s over
dramatized role was not quite that
of an old man. Yet one was im
pressed with Lancaster’s acting, the
acting of the other big-name stars
in the movie, and especially the
Oscar-winning performance given
by Maxmillian Schell. Few of the
actors were on the screen long
enough for one to tire of them.
The quick shifting from scene to
scene was occasionally puzzling but
usually ingenious; fortunately there
was enough movement to keep up
the rapid pace of the film. Few
small details were left out; though
the movie was in English, care was
taken to indicate that the Germans
actually spoke German. The photo
graphy was very good, though the
viewer was relieved not to be taken
on a guided tour of Nuremburg.
Even the occasional appearances
of the Nuremburg residents did not
really bother the astute viewer, for
one felt that he was seeing the
Germans at their worst and best.
The hearty background music fitted
in with these robust people. Back
in the courtroom, where the focus
rightfully belonged, special interest
was directed toward apparently the
wisest one of the judges in order
to point out the difficulty in reach
ing a just verdict. Though the
audience was shown authentic films
of German concentration camps,
even the sentence and the comments
on it were presented without forc
ing any viewer to automatically
accept the verdict as just. The de
cision was explained but not even
unanimously reached. The interest
of the audience in the persons por
trayed was invited, yet one could
watch Judgment objectively without
being required to become too
closely involved with the characters.
The neutral, unbiased, but vigorous
manner in which Judgment at Nu
remburg was filmed, combined with
the talent and skill exhibited, will
surely make it a significant and
controversial film. And if it causes
even a few people to think about
the question of responsibility, it
will be a worthwhile film.
Salemites Should Know
More Of World Affairs
By Marty RichmoTid
Paris, Canada, Eome, Switzerland, Austria, Mexico—-These
are a few of the many places “Beyond the Square” that Salem
ites will be visiting this summer.
When I was asked to write this column, I was wary as to
what topic I should discuss. Because “Beyond the Square”
usually deals with national and international affairs, I started
reading up on news upon which to comment. Then I wondered
if other Salemites were asked to write this column, how many
of them would actually be able to sit down and spontaneously
write an article on world affairs including their own opinions
about them without rushing to a magazine or newspaper to
find bits of information about which they are not at all familiar.
In other words how well informed are we, and do we have any
definite opinions on world events?
This summer many of us are traveling or working in the
United States or abroad. We are eagerly anticipating our new
venture, marveling with the ideas of what we will see, what
especially fascinating things we will do, what we will buy, and
wondering if we will really get to know the “real” people of
the villages and cities which we will visit.
Providing that we do not play the role of “the ugly Ameri
can” who goes on a tour in Europe and expects the “natives”
to jump at his beckoned call, or providing that we do not try
to avoid speaking even a few words of the language of the
countries we visit; providing that the Saturday night crowds
that we associate with in onr summer jobs don’t decide to show
the little town down the road what the college generation is
really like by creating such a disturbance that the townspeople
complain, we will have every chance to see the “real people”
of these areas, make new acquaintances here and abroad and
return to the Square next year with some fascinating stories
and many happy memories.
And yet, could you write “Beyond the Square”? Do you
know what is going on in the states of the U. S. or the countries
abroad? Upon making new acquaintances in these places do
you believe that tact is important, and if so, do you know what
particular issues in an area may place you in a position of
playing with fire?
Granted, that we all cannot know everything about every
place, and that part of the fun of our summer travel and em
ployment is learning about the particular people of an area and
about the opinions they hold, we, as the informed college stu
dent, should be capable of possessing enough of a scope to write
Beyond the Square,” and to at least know what is going on
m the areas we are visiting this summer. We will he asked
questions on world and national affairs this summer, and we
should have some answers.
Therefore, during these last few weeks of school, why don’t
we stop skipping those articles in the paper about Europe, Asia
^ about places we may be visiting this
summer. ^ The comics and social column can wait. Summer
vacation is almost here, and our ventures “Beyond the Square,”
when we are informed, can he very, very thrilling.