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Feature Editor Marty Richmond
Salem Sees Vast Change,
Must Keep Present Pace
A survey of the past four years reveals many chanps m Me
at Salem—particularly in the social life. When the class of 64
came here, girls still had to sign out during the day Daytime
signouts have been abolished as well as the “P” system Last
year, upperclassmen got unlimited evening engagements. In
the past four years, we have gained permission to stay over
night in Winston-Salem and also to drink in Winston-Salem.
Our hours have been lengthened and the freshmen have two
additional overnights.
In the academic area, upperclassmen have been granted un
limited cuts and fewer assemblies. We no longer have chapel
checkers. Many new courses and new faculty have been adaed.
The curriculum is constantly changing. Money for the Fme
Arts Building has been raised and construction
Salem changes through continual self-evaluation. The Salem-
ite staff would like to recommend a few areas which need to
be checked. „ i. n
The Symposium committee should be either all faculty or all
students. Preferably, it should be students with a general fac
ulty advisor and a financial advisor. We deem it detrimental
to student-faculty relations that the two should be Placed m
such a position as to be working against each other. Further
more, it is not necessary, even in a small college, for students
to know the personal differences among the faculty.
Student Government should take an active interest m the
affairs on other campuses and should encourage students to
participate in activities at different schools. Salem is almost
200 years old; it needs to go beyond N. C. borders. We recom
mend the student exchange program taking place at other col-
lc^6S
More independent study for seniors or juniors should be en
couraged. Students and faculty ought to consider the possi
bility of requiring independent study. ^
In connection with independent research, a fund for boo^s
and periodicals in the library must be increased.
—House Councils should take over the responsibility of room
checking in order to leave the IRS free to be a social organi
zation rather than a police force. The whole function of IRS,
including its name, needs re-evaluation.
—To alleviate higher costs and to redistribute money, more
student jobs ought to be made available. The responsibility
of a job would also give the student a greater sense of purpose.
In particular, we feel a program of student waitresses could be
initiated in the future.
-Students should continue the refugee program. This pro
gram is of great benefit to foreign students, and one in which
we should all take pride.
—More students are needed on the Lecture Series Committee.
Since the money for these lectures comes from the Student
Government budget, students should be heavily represented on
this Committee.
THE SALEMITE
March 6, 1964
Copy Editor Trudi Schmidt
Assistant Copy Editor Robbin Causey
Photography Editor Ann Rothfuss
Circulation Manager Ann Dozier
Asst. Business Mgr Mary Jane Harrell
Advertising Manager Bitsie Richheimer
Rewriters Beverly Butler
Ann Rothfuss, Betty Bullard, Marianne
Wilson.
Headline Writers — Elizabeth Sykes, Betsy
Patterson, Margaret Persons, Brenda
Bethei, Chri Gray, Anne Jennings.
Managing Staff — Boodie Crow, Jerry
Crews, Brenda Bethel.
Faculty Advisor Miss Jess Byrd
Salem Entertains Parents, Visitors
While Many Take Weekend Trip
TPr
By Linda Lyon
For the first weekend since their
arrival at Salem College freshmen
ignored their many dates to give a
Saturday night to their special
Byers Opposes
Latest Addition
To Offense List
Dear Editor:
I have just read
the notice on
the Main Hall Bulletin Board about
the changed statement of major of
fenses. I have decided reservations
about the new 8th statement: “any
offense deemed sufficiently serious
by the Judicial Board” shall be con
sidered a major offense.
In effect, the 8th statement
makes the preceding statements
about major violations unnecessary.
The Judicial Board has been given
a blank check to make any offense
a major one, if the Board so
chooses to regard it. This really
makes a mockery of the rule of
law, for the principle of rule of law
is a defined code of behavior. Ac
cording to the new wording, whet
her an act is a major offense or
not is to be determined after the
event. This I consider a very un
wise principle. On such a principle
have dictatorships relied in order to
secure a monopoly of power; on
such a principle, absolutist forms of
government flourish. I expect
neither to occur at Salem. But I do
think that the legal code of Salem,
should be in accord with democratic
principles of limited government.
This new statement is an unlimited
grant of power to determine major
offenses, a grant which I think is
contrary to the principles of con
stitutional government under which
Salem operates.
Inzer Byers
beaux-their Dads, Among those
girls who showed their parents the
Freshman Side of the Story were
Carrie Newman, Boodie Crow, Bar
bie Hooten, Jill Stewart, Fmley
Stith, Catherine Davis, Edna Har
vey, Becky Tatum, Mary Vincent,
Sharyn Deitwiller, Sherry Hobbs,
Beth Rose, Karen Viall, and many
others.
Observed on the upperclassmen
front were ...
Babs Bodine and “BANANA
who journeyed to UVA!
. out-of-town visitors for Betty
Clark Gray, Betsy Patterson, and
Pat Wilson.
. . . pajama-clad juniors with tow
els outside South Dorm at 4 a.m.
... a flight to New York over the
weekend for Carolyn Crouch.
... a newly elected Stee Gee slate.
Congratulations, girls!
... a sunny springtime day at last!
. . . Tish Johnston, Sandi Kimbrell,
Susanne Boone, Doris Cooper, Anne
Kendrick, Harriet Haywood, Pat
Thompson, and Pat Redfern headed
homeward for the weekend.
. . . three upperclassmen stranded
in a Virginia snowstorm while in
convention
m
Salem Alumna
Loses Raincoat
At Dairy Barn
Dear Editor:
Opinions Differ About Waitresses:
Several Question Service, Prestige;
Others Support It Wholeheartedly
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Opinions differ about the possi
bility of using student waitresses in
the refectory. Of the 20 girls
polled, many favor the idea in prin-
siple, but they say they wouldn’t be
able to participate themselves.
Others question the need for it at
the present time. Several who
have seen it work at other colleges
support it wholeheartedly.
The major points of the confus
ion about the program center on
the details of the proposed system.
Who would be eligible to serve,
would it be easy to get substitutes,
and how long would the work take
per meal? It is generally recog
nized that switching from the pre
sent system to a new one would
cause much confusion at first. Some
students also wonder about the
quality of service and the prestige
of those who would serve.
Several girls opposed the idea
because they said the dining room
was at present a refuge from the
scholastic atmosphere, and they
didn’t think it would continue to be
if they or their friends had to
“wait on” tables.
The few girls who have seen it
work at other institutions are the
most favorable. At Wheaton it is
an honored position, and girls com
pete for the privilege. At Stevens
it is one of the best paying posi
tions on campus, and it is very suc
cessful at Centenary also. These
girls pointed out that while provid
ing more jobs for students it would
save the college money which would
then be used for other purposes
such as faculty salaries.
If presented in the right tone and
enthusiastically supported by the
entire student body, the idea of
having student waitresses in the
refectory could be a success.
route to an IRC
Fredricksburg.
... a group of “sisters” in a fran
My visit to Salem the week-end
of February 22 was an unfortunate
one—it cost me a new “London
Fog” raincoat 1 The coat was stolen
from my car while parked across
from the Dairy Barn. Since it was
a new raincoat there was no identi
fication within except a “MARY
RICE OF HAMLET” label. If any
one knows the whereabouts of this
coat, please contact me.
A Salem Alumna,
Mrs. Martha Jo Patton
109 Fox Street
Morganton, N. C.
tic clean up campaign!
. . . fourteen Salemites who re
turned “enlightened” from a State
Student Legislature Convention.
. . . a steady stream of polio-free
victims emerging from the gym,
. . . a crutch-filled campus as the
skiing season draws to a close!
. . . strange men wandering through
the freshman-sophomore dorms last
Saturday afternoon!
. . . Mary Ellen Emory and Gee
Gee Sapp at a “Roaring Twenties
Party” in Durham.
. . . Knox Bramlette, Judy Davis,
and Belinda Burke at Aurelia Ro
bertson’s wedding last weekend.
... an unusually crowded dining
room on Saturday night.
. . . Donna Raper headed toward
Wake Forest with her new dia
mond.
. . . Elaine Tayloe orbiting on her
diamond ring.
... a lopsided Duke-Carolina bas
ketball match!
. . . calendars which show only 14
more days until Spring Vacation.
Hurrah!
Nixon Implies Availability
For Upcoming Nomination
By Marty Plummer
The nineteen sixty-four elections are nearing and the Repub
licans are frantically attempting to choose among their four
most prominent leaders. For the second time in four years tbe
name of Richard Nixon comes to the _ foreground. _ Although
formally retired from polities after his disappointing loss of
the governorship of California, Nixon has been active oyer the
last four years, speaking to various groups, and writing his
book, Six Crises. His valuable experience in politics remains
to be' a key issue in the nineteen sixty-four campaign.
Richard Milhous Nixon was born on January 9, 1913, m
Yorba Linda, California, where he grew up. In 1930, Nixon
entered Whittier College, Whittier, California, where he ma
jored in history. During his college career, he won the inter
collegiate Championship of Southern California in extemporan
eous speaking. He was graduated in 1934 with the second
highest average. Upon graduation he received a scholarship to
the Duke University Law School, where he graduated “
his class. He worked with a law firm in California until tbe
war, when he entered the Navy. He left the Navy in 1943 wi
the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
Nixon first became actively involved in politics in 1946 when
he won election to the House of Representatives from Cahtor-
nia’s twelfth district. In 1948 he was overwhelmingly r®'
elected. During his six years in Congress he was a member o
the House Committee on Unamerican Activities. His work on
the Hiss case was one of his greatest achievements duriiig this
period. His voting record, which came under attack in 16
1960 campaign, was conservative; however, he was a strong
internationalist. In 1950, Nixon was elected to the SenaCi
where he remained until 1952, which was the year of his e ee-
tion to the vice-presidency, with Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Richard Nixon was one of the most active vice-presidents u
history, and worked closely with President Eisenhower uu
their re-election in 1956. During the last four years ot
Eisenhower administration, Nixon traveled all over the wor^
It was during his trip to South America that his car and i
occupants were spat upon. This incident later became one
his six crises. In July, 1959, he held his famous kitchen deba
with Nikita Khruschev.
In 1960 at the Republican National Convention, he ^
unanimously nominated to run for the Presidency. From
time until November, 1960, Nixon carried on a vigorous ca
paign which ended disappointingly. He based his
less on ideological differences with Kennedy, than on perso
qualifications. The experts agree that he might have ha
chance had he used President Eisenhower more in the _
ning of his campaign. The popular vote was close, with ^
nedy carrying the important states, which gave him the
toral votes. In 1961, Nixon surprised everyone by losiuS
governorship in his own home state.
Although he has not formally announced his candid^ j
Nixon has implied that he is available, should his party
him, and his experience will be valuable in the upcomiug ®
tion.
Current Biography, 1958.
Life Magazine, February and March 5, 12, 1962.
Who’s Who In America.
New Republic, October 7, 1960.
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