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Page Two .A PRESS — Published every Friday of the College Joy Jones, Anne Wilson, Barbara Spet- year by the Student Body of nagel, Bebe Moore, Sue Ann Brooks, Salem College Newman, Diane Youngs, Pat Schram, Judy Campbell, Susie Robin- OFFICES- Basement of Lehman Hall son, Louisa Wilson, Anne Kendrick, 414 Bank St., S, W. Beth Provost, Alice Reid, Wendy Mc- Glinn, Feme Hauser, Bitsie Richheimer, Printed by the Sun Printing Company Elizabeth Sykes, Landis Miller, Frances Mock, Ross Clark, Dotty Girling, Susan Subscription Price $3.50 a year Leigh, Barbara Gottschalk, Carol Ann Derflinger, Dale Eyerly and Marty Editor-in-chief Anne Romig Plummer. Business Manager Alice Reid Advertising Manager Bitsie Richheimer Associate Editor Bonnie Hauch Writers - Elizabeth Sykes, Betsy Managing Editor Connie Rucker pcterson, Margaret Persons, Brenda News Editor Brenda Bethel Bethel, Chri Gray, Anne Jennings. ■ ' Layout Editors... Jerry Johnson, Al Bruton Copy Editor . ^Trud, Schmidt Mgr...... Mary Jane Harrell Assistant Copy Editor Robbin Causey Ann Dozier Photography Editor Mary Alice Teague ^ Writers — Lucy McCallum, Betsy Fowler, Jean King, Tavy Seawell, Jane Hall, Faculty Advisor Miss Jess Byrd JFK Murdered In South; Editor Asks: Why Here? Everyone has said that the tragic incident of ttree weeks ago could have happened anywhere m the f^ifed States m tL West or in the North. However, John F. Kennedy was assassinated in the South, and, regardless of the fact that this event could have happened elsewhere, it is the South s problem. It is the problem of the Ku Klux Klan, the John Birch Society, and the do-nothings who lend silent consent to the extremists. It is a problem of the spread of these extremist groups which lead to the climate which implemented Kennedy’s death. This climate was developed in an area that worships a war fought a hundred years ago, but rarely remembers the two world wars fought in this century. It is a climate where most school children spend so much time studying the Civil War, that there is no time for contemporary history. It is a climate which will leave the South academically barren. Is it not time to think about the effect of our emotional and intellectual stagnation? What good does it do to say that Kennedy’s death could have happened in another area? it happened here. Students Express Thanks For Faculty Cooperation We express appreciation to the administration for the me morial service held in honor of our late President, John F. Ken nedy. The Eeverend Walser H. Allen is to be especially com mended for his eulogy. We also wish to thank the academic advisors for the suspension of classes during the time of the funeral Monday, November 25. Editor Notes Successes, Failures Of Assemblies We wish to congratulate the assembly committee for the excellent programs it has brought to us this year. Every speaker up to now has been interesting and worth hearing. However, many complaints have arisen due to a misunder standing about the changed assembly procedure. In previous years, students have resented the necessity of going to chapel when a speaker cancelled at the last minute and a replacement was found. The substitutes were often of little value. Because of the difficulty of obtaining two good speakers a week, Salem’s Student Government petitioned to have a speaker on Thursdays and student programs on Tuesdays when requested. The reason the change was made was to improve the quality of assembly programs—not to diminish the quan tity. We feel that the change is successful. The cut allotment for assemblies was reduced because of the probability that some Tuesdays would be free. However, since September there has been only one Tuesday when a program has not been scheduled. If we continue to have programs every Tuesday and Thursday, students are free to petition for five assembly cuts. Since the Tuesday essemblies have been pro grams which must be held in the fall (i.e., Y program and May Day elections), it would be prudent to wait until the end of the year before petitioning. Perhaps there will be fewer as semblies next semester and the number of cuts will be satis factory. Refectory Serves Steaks! Three cheers for the refectory! Real, tender, juicy steak has come our way twice in the last two weeks—that is the kind of innovations we like to see around here. Keep up the good work! THE SALEMITE December 13, |c Feeling Of Shock, Unreality Fill Salemites On Friday, November 2 WHAT GREATER HONOR By Barbara Johnson I was returning from the book store when I noticed a group of girls gathered outside of South dormitory intensely listening to something. Each stood motionless with her hands clasped to her mouth. It was Friday, November twenty-second. Their faces had a look of horror. I rushed over to find out what had happened. I learned the President of the United States had been shot. The news shocked me. My first reaction was, “It can’t be true.” What was going to happen to all of us now? What would we do? I felt weak and frightened in that moment of unreality. It was as though we had been hit by a bomb, and I didn’t know where to turn or run for help. I felt alone and afraid. After the initial shock, I turned and ran to the dorm, telling every one the horrifying news. Many people hadn’t heard. Telling each person seemed to relieve me some what and establish a bond between us. I didn’t feel so alone anymore Downstairs people were gathered around the television set in silence, each one staring at the screen in disbelief. News reports were com ing every few minutes. Within an hour we heard the final report that confirmed what all of us had been dreading to hear. The President was dead. My heart seemed almost to stop beating as I heard the words repeated. It just couldn’t be true, it couldn’t be! I began to think about all the things I had witnessed in my life- time and thought, now this. I thought of my future children and how they would ask me, just how it was on November 22, 1963? How would I answer? How would I ex plain the terror and grief the world was experiencing? I knew I could not put into words the ache that filled my heart. Everyone in the dorm began voic ing her opinion on the horror of the tragedy. Suddenly I very much to be home with family. I called them but no answered. Although I knew t was nothing they could do soothe my feelings, I wantec hear their voices and to share tragedy with them. They c; me that night. Since the assassination, e time I hear President Kennedy ferred to as “our late Presidi the shock and disbelief comes 1 to me. It is still like a bad dr I keep waiting for someone to me it really isn’t true. But true and now we must look to future and pray for strength guidance for our new Preside November twenty-second, started off like most days, i and uneventful. But ended in v disaster. Why did it happen? it an act of providence? The w of the newscast come back tc and seem to lodge in my th “What greater honor can any have than to die for his countr Vespers, Gifts Keep Girls Busy; Salem Christmas Holds Memork Christmas at Salem is . . . the Candle Tea and smell of hot coffee. . . . Moravian stars hanging on porches along South Main Street. . . . Carols and tree decorating with the veterans. . . . Jangling bells on the basement door of the bookstore. . . . Happy children at the Indus trial School singing “We wish you a Merry Christmas” to de- Letter Directs Student Action For Civil Rights parting buses. . Lighted candles and “Morning Star” at Senior Vespers. . . Red and green posters on the refectory board. . . . Christmas music coming from Old Chapel before supper. . . Ice on the sidewalk across the Square in early morning. . . Green and silver trees with varied colored balls in dorm re ception rooms. . . Scraps of Christmas paper and bright ribbon thrown carelessly in wastebaskets after gift wrap ping. . . . Stockings awaiting “Peai on dormitory doors. . . . Secret theme and Santa ( at the banquet. . . . Homemade cookies and Cl masy atmosphere at the Day dent Tea. . . . Cocktail dresses and low 1 at the Christmas Dance. . . . Cabs stopping at Clewell with happy girls and many ] ages. . . . More quizzes, less studying no real regrets at present. . . . The last one for the senii Dear Editor; We are becoming increasingly concerned over the intolerance that has been allowed to exist in Amer ica. Without our realizing it, this intolerance has crystallized to form a hate that obscures reason and that makes sane judgment impos sible. To the average citizen, the civil rights issue is a battle between black and white, rather than a struggle for the American ideal— freedom. This hate is not one sided, but is present among mem bers of both races. Both races must work together in mutual understanding to dissolve this hate. What can we as college students and future voters do to encourage the initial step? From reliable sources we have discovered that students are needed to tutor Negro elementary and secondary school pupils, to instruct in a Reading Clinic, and to register Negro and white voters. The time has long passed when we could afford to evade the issue. The time has come for action. As our late President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy said, “A great change is at hand. Those who do nothing invite shame as well as violence. Those who act boldly are recogniz ing right as well as reality.” Very sincerely yours. Flora Melvin Carrie Newman Jaya Gokhale Ann Rothfuss Christmas Looks Bright For Berlin: East Offers Day Passes For Season 2. By Dottie Girling A note of hope for the happiest Christmas in three yean Berlin and all Germany was struck with a recent concili^ move by the East German Government. In a message to « Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt, the East Germans offered “to tribute day passes that would enable West Berliners to ei East Berlin at the Christmas season.” Such an offer has long been desired by the West Berlin who are the only group of persons prevented from croffi the border. The situation has existed ever since the b munist building of the Berlin wall in August of 1961. S; that time. West Germany has attempted negotiations for; 1. “Easing of conditions for political prisoners in Bast ( many.” An end to the order that Bast German border gni shoot to kill. “Permanent day passes for West Berliners.” “Gradual easing of travel restrictions for Bast Gern wishing to visit relatives in the West.” West Germany’s offers in these negotiations have been siderable and are “understood to include large credits for dustrial equipment and machinery in the framework of trade agreement between the two Germanys.” The unabating tension in West Berlin is noted strong!. The Atlantic’s December supplement on “Berlin: The Brc City.” Written too early to witness West Berlin’s affirma of faith in the West of their John F. Kennedy, the supploi does contain an informative article by Michael Mara, writes, as a former East German border guard who defo to the West on Christmas Eve, 1961: “The urge toward! dom cannot be suppressed, and this fact gives us somethm hope for.” 3. 4. Sources: New York Times, Dec. 7, 1963. , Michael Mara, “Why the Border Guards Pei The Atlantic, December, 1963.
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