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THE SALEMITE
September 28, 1962
Editors Urge Students
ResponseTo Editorials
Thf b^gmmS^S^he 1962-63 school year at Salem Produces
new deveipmeL and added growth in all its -g—
and groups. One such group which strongly feels the challenge
of this new year is the student newspaper The Salemite^
We must introduce ourselves to the freshman «^ss and win
its respect and interested participation. Xu
strengtnen what influence and reputation we m.ay ha
the u?per classes. Neither of these is a smaU ^onlv
which can be successfully completed in one year. ^okhie
strive to produce weekly a stunulatmg and thought-provoking
”^It^is^the hope of The Salemite that this, the editorial page,
will become the instrument through which the campus news
paper can act as a vital force at Salem College. By preceding
our written words with investigation and thought, perhaps oui
strivings will be partly successful. We cannot hope always to
be right in our pursuits—be they critical or complimen ary.
We can only hope to be logical and reasonable If we can
achieve these two ends, then our statements will be sufficient
support for themselves. Our most fervent hope is that you, the
students, demand our arguments be sound. If you question
The Salemite’s words, if you respond (favorably or not) to
them, if the editorial page becomes an area for healthy argu
ment and debate—these things will determine the success ot
The Salemite. . .
However, to even ask for your interest in the opmions oi me
Salemite, we must establish our newspaper to be an observing
and interested reporter of the Salem, campus. Thus the news
and feature stories in the paper must be honest and valid. On
those pages there can be no place for ignorance of activities
or lack of coverage. On a campus holding over 450 students
with as many interests and activities, it will be difficult to
achieve full and complete coverage. The Sakmite can only
promise to make a sincere effort to report this campus. The
participation and co-operation of you readers will simplify our
job.
Perhaps this letter to you seems a stuffy, staid, and even
empty declaration of high-sounding promises. Yet we shall
attempt them. We hope also to give you laughter and enjoy
ment. You may learn of new books in the library, activities of
faculty members outside the classroom, reactions of other stu
dents to events and ideas. "Gort” will return to Salem for his
sophomore year and Salem cartoons will reflect your problems
and your fun.
All in all. The Salemite looks forward to a full year—a dif
ferent year—even a difficult year. You are the factor which
determines our success and at the same time you are the parti
cipants in our efforts. You read The Salemite; you write The
Salemite. It is your paper!
The Editors
New Slant On Honor:
Be True To Yourself
By Diane Fuller
“Does the honor tradition at Salem work for everyone?” By
row, this (|uestion has been posed to all of you here, in a similar
;orm, and yon have been forced to answer it in one way or
mother. In trutli, the question itself is meaningless. Only an
ndividual can have honor; a school as an institution cannot.
Only an individual can assert her being and make honor work;
a school cannot. You are an individual, a created being with
life and a imrpose; your purpose is to justify your reason for
existence. If you have no reason for existence, then you have
no right to live. What your purpose and your reason for being
is can only be found through an oriented oneness of action.
You m\ist force yourself to live always in a state of awareness,
the awareness of yourself as an individual going in a single
direction to achieve your purpose. Existing in this state of
awareness, acting on the basis of your ideal is your honor.
And, you are absolutely dishonest if you fail to act within the
order of your unique status of individualist, and are false to
your ideal. You are not a class, a society, a school—you are
what you achieve for yourself. Appearances, appearances 1 Do
not waste time waiting for approval from someone else. You
are not competing with them. You should be competing only
with an ideal of yourself. Disregard the mores, the ethics of
your society if they are false to you—these are not the im
portant ultimate. Being true to yourself, the ideal you, is the
only way to achieve any sort of absolute in this world without
absolute. There are no stable certainties; life exists in a state
of change. It would be lifeless if it were still. Someone else’s
honor is not your honor; someone else is not you. If the honor
tradition is not adequate for someone else, this does not mean
it is inadequate for you; and, vice versa. Salem’s honor tradi
tion cannot be measured by statistics. Statistics are meaning
less to etbical questions. Any honor is completely and totally
personal and individual.
In years past, “Beyond the Square” has designated the cam
pus synopsis of the current political scene on both national and
world levels. At present in this issue, the “Beyond” takes on
an entirely different meaning: the beyond is the individual and
the concept of himself as an active, purposeful being, inside or
outside of the square.
Dr. Hixson Announces
Honors In Assembly
Senior Sue Smith awaits the
Opening Convocation.
The formal opening of Salem
College for the 1962-1963 school
year took place Thursday, Septem
ber 20, at 3:30 p.m. in Memorial
Hall. Following the academic pro
cession, the assembly sang the tra
ditional “Standing at the Portals.
The scripture reading and prayer
were given by the Rev. Walser H.
Allen, Jr., the college chaplain. Dr.
Dale Gramley, president of Salem
College, opened his address by wel
coming the freshmen and greeting
the returning upperclassmen. He
reminded all students of their many
responsibilities and urged them to
do their best. Dr. Ivy M. Hixson,
Academic Dean, re-announced the
academic honors awarded last
spring. The President’s Prizes lor
art, and sophomore research were
awarded to May Brawley; Classical
languages, Nancy Gardner; drama,
Jacquelyn Zipperer; music and
music performance, Frances Speas;
physical education, Vicky Auman;
freshman English and highest
freshman average, Jerry Johnson;
and highest junior average, Linda
Kay Wall. The Gordon Gray
Award was awarded to Nancy
Knott and the Molly Cameron
Tuttle award to Barbara Harring
ton Williams. Class Honors for
1961-1962 were achieved by the fol
lowing: Seniors: Jacquelyn Baker,
Eugenia Turner Blackwood, Ann
Evans, Louisa Freeman, Sally
Glenn, Ann Hutaff, Mattie Gay
Lee, Dean Major Clifford, Marsha
Ray, Martha Still, Julia-Summerell,
and Linda Wall; Juniors: May
Brawley, Nancy L. Hutchins, An-
netta . Jennette, Letitia Johnston,
Nancy Knott, Landis Miller, Susan
Purdie, Eleanor Workman, and
Frances Speas; Sophomores : Suz
anne Boone, Mary Cooper, Daphne
Dukate, Marsha Forrester, Harriet
Haywood, Catherine Hubbard,
Jerry Johnson, Sandra Morgan,
Sara Thomasson, and Marianne
Wilson. Freshmen winners of the
Competitive and Honor Scholar
ships of $1500 were awarded to
Margaret Persons, a day student
from Winston-Salem; Brenda Bet
hel from Palatine, Illinois; Lucy
McCallum from Raleigh, and Linda
Tunstall from High Point. Honor
Scholarships of $350 were awarded
to Mary Elizabeth Barker, Jack
sonville, Florida; Elizabeth Ann
Bull, Greensboro; Dorothy Girling,
Taunton, Massachusetts; Barbara
Maliard, New Bern; and Louisa
Wilson, Islewport News, Virginia.
The Day Student Honor Scholar
ship of $300 was awarded to Mar
garet Hammock, Winston-Salem.
After the Academic Honors, Mrs.
C. Morris Newell, President of the,,
Alumnae Association, and Julia
Summerell, President of the Stu
dent Government Association,
brought greetings to the student
body. An academic recessional fol
lowed the singing of the Alma
Mater.
Football Game, Parties
Begin Weekend Activities
The Legislative Board met for its
first weekly meeting of the year on
Tuesday, September 25, and was
called to order by Judy Summerell,
President of Student Government.
It was found that Sisters Dorm
needs one representative to the
Legislative Board to fill the quota
alloted in the Constitution. Then
Janet Wales, NSA Co-ordinator,
gave her report and announced that
the Salem NSA won third place in
the national contest which was
entered last year; this is a signifi
cant honor to our refugee student
program.
The advisors were reminded of
their duties of grading the hand
book tests. It was announced that
this year there will be a required
Honors Program Monday night in
Memorial Hall. Tuesday during as
sembly there will be the usual
Honors Discussion groups. All or
ganization jieads were reminded to
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IRS Invites
Use Of Stereo
IRS invites all campus organiza
tions to use its portable stereo
phonic record player for any group
activity at Salem. The record
player will be available to groups
for use under the following con
ditions :
1. It may be used by any Salem
College organization.
2. The borrower may be any
member of the organization
with a slip of authorization
from the president of the club.
3. The borrower should see Mary
Jane Crowell, President of IRS,
in advance to get the key to
the closet in which the record
player is kept.
4. The borrower must sign for
the record player in a notebook
kept for that purpose, indicat
ing the date it is taken out, the
name of the organization, the
name of the borrower, and the
date of return.
5. The record player must be re
turned on the day following
the event.
6. The organization borrowing it
will be held responsible for the
condition in which it is re
turned.
By Elaine Tayloe
The Square is once again filled
with laughter and talk, as Salemites
greet one another after summer
vacation. “Pops” and “Myrt” at
the Barn issued a special welcome
to returning and new Salemites,
and the Barn is always a good place
for after-class coffee. There’s been
much activity there and in the
direction of the Bookstore, and a
few Salemites have been seen pull
ing themselves up the library steps.
Seeing this, we know that summer
has really ended and school has
begun.
Everyone needs a break from
“dull routine”, and quite a few girls
took their first one this past week
end, Claudia Crawford, Pam
Truette, Parma Lane, Sandra Mor
gan, Jean Snyder, Susan Purdie,
Marianna McClean, Jan Horner,
Barbara White, Gin Grey, and
Elizabeth Irwin were among those
who headed for State. They glared
across the football field in Chapel
Hill at Cliffie Elder, G. G. Monk,
Connie Rucker, Frances Bailey, Sue
Cook, Sarah Wills, Betty Gail
Morisey, Jan Sweum, Franny Mc
Clean, and Betty Lou Creech—some
of the girls who were pulling for
Carolina.
Best wishes are in order for Lynn
Morrison, Sally Glenn, Linda Wall,
Jackie Baker, Sheena Warren, and
Martha Jo Pheifer who became en
gaged during the summer. Also,
congratulations to Landis Miller,
Gretchen Morgan, and Anita Hat
cher who are sporting new frater
nity pins!
We’ve heard that Annah Leigh
Thornton is ' going to be married
Saturday—can you believe she gave
us up “just” to get married ?
Salem girls who stayed at school
this week end needed a break, too;
thus, on Saturday night many of
them went to the Wake Forest
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