IVolume XLIII
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, November 2, 1962
Number 6
"A Matter Of Life And Death”
Meads Religious Emphasis Week
November at Salem—and we must study . . . and we must enjoy . . .
and it will be brisk ... and rainy ... and sad .. . and part of a unique
year of our lives.
Attention Students:
A Matter of Life and Death—
This will be the theme for the
most pertinent Religious Emphasis
Week ever to be observed at Salem
College. In view of the world
events during the past two weeks
and the present crisis, the oppor
tunity afforded to Salemites to
evaluate the relationship of their
lives to these events could be no
more revelant. The topics of Dr.
Heller’s nightly discussions and his
talk in chapel on Tuesday bear the
greatest urgency to every Salemite
to look at this matter confronting
her so closely—A M.ATTER OF
LIFE AND DEATH.
Aline Dearing
Sandy Smith
Co-Chairmen of
Religious Emphasis Week
Dr. Heller’s schedule during his
stay on campus is as follows;
Monday, November 5:
6:00 p.m. Dr. Heller will have
supper in the refec
tory.
Tuesday, November 6:
8:30 a.m. Religion 201
12:10 p.m. Assembly Program
“If I Should Die
Before I Live”.
1:00 p.m. Lunch in the refec
tory.
2:00-3:00 p.m. Individual Con
ferences.
4:00-5:30 p.m. Coffee for stu
dents and Dr. Heller
Day Student Center.
6:00 p.m. Supper in the refec
tory.
6:30 p.m. Discussion in Bit
ting—“The Christian
and the Future . . .
in This Life.”
Wednesday, November 7:
9:25 a.m. Religion 103 — tenta
tive.
11:00 a.m. Individual confer
ences.
1 :00 p.m. Lunch in the refec
tory.
2 :00-3 :00 p.m. Individual con
ferences.
ences.
4:30-6:00 p.m. Faculty coffee—
Strong.
6:00 p.m. Supper in the refec
tory.
6:30 p.m. Discussion in Bit
ting—“The Christian
and the Future . . .
in the Life to
Come.”
Evening Engagements End
Dr. Gramley Comments
Students Review Books, Discuss
Age Of Insecurity In Six Areas
! (Editor’s Note: This article re-
I viewing several of the books on the
I Summer Reading List was compiled
[by various students to indicate
their benefit from the suggested
reading and to suggest to other
Salemites some of the ideas to be
I found in certain books.)
Bearing the title “The Age of
I Insecurity”, the reading list at
tempted to suggest several authors,
each with a concept or attitude or
emotion about the twentieth cen-
I ury insecurity.
Eric Fromm, in his Escape From
Freedom and The Fear of Free-
i dom, is attempting to explain the
[ reasons for the appeal of confor-
I mity to modern society. He feels
that the individual bows to con
formity because the burden of be
ing individualistic is too much for
modern man to bear. Mr. Fromm
points out that this conformity in
its most radical form, can lead peo
ple to support a group theology
such as Nazism or totalitarian
Communism. There seems to be a
conflict in man between his desire
for individuality and his need to
be part of a community. Elmer
Davis, in But We Were Bom
Free, shares Fromm’s beliefs, as he
shows in addition to ways in which
man is attempting to throw over
his heritage and man’s fear of
actual freedom. Books like Wil
liam J. Lederer’s Nation of Sheep
further the idea of modern man’s
i desires to conform, as he attacks
I Americans for their willingness to
follow the leader rather than to
[ assert their abilities to make de-
1 cisions.
The theme of insecurity is ex-
I panded to include the aspects of
1 societv in imbalance. Allen’s The
Big Change is a delightful and in
formative commentary on the so-
1 cial development of the United
[States from 1900 to 1950. The
I author draws a graphic picture of
the transformation of America to
a complex and progressive society.
Vance Packer more frankly and
cynically devotes The Status Seek
ers to the ways in which the mo
dern American measures himself
and his neighbors by established
status symbols. Chester Bowles, in
Africa’s Challenge to America, de
fines the positive steps that must
be taken by the U. S. to prove
that we are not being false to our
own traditions when we relate our
selves to the forces at work in
Modern Africa today. Each author
concerns himself with possible col
lapse or degeneration of society.
Works such as Eugene O’Neill’s
The Hairy Ape illustrate the in
ability of primitive man to adjust
to modern society, destroying him
self in the attempt. Finally, Boris
Pasternak’s controversial Nobel
Prize winner. Dr. Zhivago, shows a
comprehensive picture of Russian
society and expresses through Dr.
Yuri Zhizago the cry of the human
spirit for freedom.
The growth and development of
the age of mechanization further
contributes to the feelings of in
security present in this complex
twentieth century man. Huxley’s
Science and the Modem Man and
Gisdon’s Mechsinization Takes
Command explore the impact of
machines on man’s earlier concept
of himself as a superior being.
With the Industrial Revolution
came the devastating blow to man’s
ego, as one machine was able to
do the work of several men. An
other phase of insecurity appeared.
In the midst of man’s personal
insecurity is the international situ
ation, with nations struggling for
superiority and threatening man
with weapons too powerful for his
comprehension. Setton and Wat
son, in Neither War Nor Peace,
discuss among other things, the
problems of Western policy in the
Cold War world and assist readers
in understanding the day-to-day
developments in the world. The
controversial, best-selling The Ugly
American further disturbs man s
concept of the success of some of
his institutions, as the American
diplomat abroad is severely ridi-
that
culed. Its authors maintain
the book employs “the rendering
of fact with fiction”. Its brief illu
strations make U. S. diplomatic
failures seem real and compellingly
urgent. Arnold Toynbee also
sternly critizes the U. S. in its
positions on nuclear weapons in
The Fearful Choice. The author
advocates unilateral withdrawal
from the arms race because of
Russian supremacy, saying that the
munist domination is, and must be,
choice between death and Com
an individual one, not a decision
imposed on man by nations. Nevil
Shute, in On The Beach, presents
a most terrifying picture of pre
sent-day, degenerate society faced
with utter destruction by nuclear
war. The island-continent of Au
stralia is the only remaining area
for human existence, and the
wasted faction of its society en
counters crisis in the face of death
In addition to th.e inability of
nations to communicate is the ex
treme problem of communication
between men. C. P. Snow in The
Masters shows the behind the
scenes power and politics in a col
lege, as the masters elect a new
president. The secret desires
emotions, and destructiveness
men pitted against their friends for
position fervently echos the cry
that man cannot successfully com
municate and share with his fel
low man. No Exit, by Sartre, more
vehemently denounces man’s fail
lire to relate successfully to other
men, as he portrays one man’s hell
being confined in a room with no
exit and two other people. The
torture and agony each imposes on
the other two awakens fears in
readers that herein lies man’s
weakness. Finally, Katherine Anne
Porter’s Ship of Fools creates pes
simistic characters of the twentieth
century, characters having no
values and no hope as they return
to a post-war Germany.
Man is plagued by the numerous
forces acting upon him. In the
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A petition from Legislative Board
abolishing the procedure of alloting
specific number of evening en
gagements to upperclassmen has
been approved by the Faculty Ad
visory Board.
The request to include second
semester freshmen in the evening
engagement procedure change was
denied. Dr. Gramley, in a letter
to Legislative Board, explained this
denial: “Both the Faculty Advisory
Board as a group and the Presi
dent as an individual believe firmly
that there should be a longer
period than one semester for new
college students to achieve the
state of self-awareness, self-discip
line, and self-control involved in
this whole matter. We believe
also that there should be consis
tency in regulations regarding
freshmen, and that, thus, the even
ing engagements for freshmen
should coincide, in a sense, with
the Faculty’s class attendance regu
lations for freshmen.”
The letter further explained that
the rule change does not eliminate
the sign-out, sign-in procedure. Dr.
Gramley said, “It is important for
Board Clarifies
Group Rules
Legislative Board in its meeting
on Tuesday, October 30, clarified a
rule which has caused much con
fusion since its change last spring.
Then the existing rule about cabs
was changed to permit two girls to
ride in a cab, and this was taken
by many students to mean that
two girls were considered a group
and could go anywhere after 7:30
without a third girl in the party.
Legislative Board would like to
make clear to all students that a
group after 7:30 consists of three
girls, and that it is not permissible
for two girls to go shopping or to
the movies without a third student.
The rule does allow, however, two
girls to ride in a cab after 7:30
under any of the following circum
stances : when it is definitely ar
ranged that a third girl will be met,
when attending PTA meetings or
the like (for the benefit of student
teachers), or when attending Civic
Music Concerts, Little Theater pro
ductions, church meetings, or the
like.
Student Government realizes that
this rule is confusing, especially
since it has been used in the wrong
connotation for some time, and
asks that if any question arises
concerning an individual case, that
the student ask Dean Heidbreder,
Judy Summerell, President of Stu
dent Government, or Heather
Peebles, Chairman of Judicial
Board, in order to avoid any ques
tion on this matter.
the protection of the student and
occasionally for her family that
there be a record of her general
whereabouts in the evenings. This
is not a matter of administrative
prying. It is a matter of common
sense in the event of emergency or
other reasons for locating a stu
dent or for explaining why a stu
dent cannot be located.”
Judicial Board announced a new
policy regarding students who fail
to sign-out. Judicial Board Chair
man Heather Peebles announced
the change, which went into effect
at the same time as the new even
ing engagement procedure. Judy
Summerell, Stee Gee president, an
nounced the change in a student
government meeting, Nov. 1.
Frosh Receive
Library Guide
This year, for the first time, the
Salem College Library prepared a
library handbook and distributed it
among the freshmen. The hand
book is designed primarily to ac
quaint new students with the lib
rary’s procedure and arrangement.
In previous years students were
given this information through a
lecture or mimeographed sheets.
There are several reasons the
library staff decided to prepare a
handbook. Almost every college
library has one, and the staff feels
the transition from high school
libraries to college libraries is dif
ficult. Students must deal with
more scholarly, detailed catalogue
cards, more specialized references
and in many cases, a sizeably
larger library.
The handbook, which has an at
tractive tan cover with a sketch of
the library entrance, is twelve
pages in length. It contains infor
mation about checking out books,
fines for overdue books and use of
reserved books. It includes a brief
history of the library. There is a
selected list of references, encyclo
pedias, and indexes which students
are expected to know. The cata
logue carding system is explained.
Information about the library’s
special collections, such as the Re
cord Collections, the one on the
Moravian Church, and the one in
the Treasure Room is also included.
Since the library must serve the
senior as well as the freshman, it
would be natural for the new stu
dent to be a little confused. The
Salem College Library Handbook
is an “attempt to get compact, use
ful information about the library
between two covers” with the hope
that this information will help eli
minate confusion.