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PRESS Published every Friday of the College year by the Student Body of Salem College Feature Editor Linda Lyon Copy Editors Marianne Wilson OFFICES: Basement of Lehman Hall 414 Bank St., S. W. Printed by the Son Printing Company Subscription Price $3.50 a year Editor-in-Chief Robbin Causey Business Manager Bitsie Richheimer Associate Editor Jan Norman Managing Editor .Anne Kendrick News Editor — .Cara Lynne Johnson Should We Vote At IS.? Around election time someone always makes a promise to lower the voting age to 18 - if elected This year is no excep tion. Why do politicians suggest the change? Do they really favor the idea as a sound move or are they hoping for more support? (And if so, from whom?) v, The quLtion is whether 18-year-olds are mature enough to determine the future of our country. We think not. At eighteen most young people have just gra,duated from hi^ school and are entering the adult world of business, industry, or college for the first time. Often their only real experience is school life. They are inexperienced, eager, a little scared. ey are easily influenced by others, sometimes neptively. They are often more ob.iective than their elders, but they are also ofte more emotional. Eighteen is insecurity with a showy coat. Do we want these young adults running our government, making laws? What do the majority of them know of current affairs, political maneuvers, economics? 1.1 Think back to the time when you were eighteen. Would you have been mature enough to vote? To run for and hold an of fice? Were you interested, seriously, in affairs of government. Did you want to accept such a great responsibility? You say “But what about the boys who are drafted or volun teer for service at eighteen? They are offering to give their lives for the man they can’t even help choose.” You may have a point there, but is it fair to say that those in the armed services can vote, but the others cannot? Once an exception is made, others inevitably follow. , m, ^ r i In a democrary the majority is the rule. Therefore, we feel that the majority of eighteen-year-olds in America are not mature enough, or interested enough, or serious enough to vote. The common complaint that today’s generation grows up too fast would be given legal sanction if the voting age were lowered. Behind the Scenes Various Religious Groups Stimulate Salem Students By Brownie Rogers Various religious groups have been at work on the Salem campus during the year. One of these is the Westminster Fellowship of the Presbyterian Church, U.S. During this year the group has been rheet- ing at the First Presbyterian Church on Sunday nights. Their program has consisted of various speakers m the community. Their chief responsibility at the church has been to keep the nursery each Sunday. The group has tried to send re presentatives to the church con ferences around the state. Nancy Hughes, president, is planning to help improve the organization for next year. She and her officers, Carol Derflinger, Peggy Booker, Anne McKinnon, and Jane Le Conte are planning to contact the incom ing freshmen during the summer so that they will be familiar with the organization before they arrive. They are also working on joint meetings with the Wake Forest group. The Baptist Student Union is also active on campus.. This group has suffered in participation be cause the Baptists are in a min ority on campus. They have been meeting every fourth Thursday night. This will be changed next year to the second and fourth Thursday nights. Gaye Brown, president, says that their group is closely associated with the other Baptist groups in the state. Their major project for this year has been to help raise money to send eight college stu dents to Korea to work for the sum mer. No Salem student is attending By Cacky Hubbard May 15, 1% Baird Brown Assistant Business Manager ... Ann Dozier Executive Editor Ann Wilson Advertising Manager Tripp Tate Photopraphy Editor ...Ann Rothfuss Headline Staff Betsy Patterson Beth Prevost, Ann Jennings, Linda Bowling Managing Staff Jerry Crews Boodie Crow, Ginger Kinnaird Circulation Manager Kathryn Wilson Typists Thomas Betty Gardner Advisor Je” Shewmake Offers Explanation Of Karprow’s Pop Art Theory By E. F. Shewmake " All art lovers who were disturb ed by the negative approach taken by Ad Reinhardt during the sym posium can possibly find encourage ment from some of the statements made by Allan Kaprow in a recent talk at Chapel Hill. Mr. Kaprow is known as the inventor of the Happening, but he claims only to have originated the label. He was the first to use the word in regard to one of his productions and the name caught on. Happening sprang up all over the world after the war, according to Mr. Kaprow. and the various instigators are just now beginning to communicate with each other, Mr. Kaprow’s statement that art comes from life, and that the sub ject matter of art is the contem porary scene is indicative of his anti-Reinhardt attitude. Kaprow goes a step further and says that Michie Supports May Day, Court Dear Editor, I read your editorial about May Day with interest. In spite of the weather, I thought this year’s page ant was one of the best I’ve seen since I’ve been at Salem. I’m sorry there is talk of discontinuing May Day. I hope this does not come to pass for many reasons, the main one being that the three future little Salemites that are at my house would be heartbroken! Sincerely, Hewson Michie this summer, but it is hoped that in the future some students from here will be able to attend. Others assisting Gaye are Jane Crutchfield, Carrie Newman, Sue Overby, and Carol Southard. Salem is proud of its religious organizations on campus. Canter bury, the Episcopal fellowship, has been very active this year. Canter bury has one monthly meeting and throughout the month holds Com munion, evening prayers, and Com pline on campus. This spring sev eral of the Canterbury members attended a weekend conference at Southern Pines. The present of ficers of Canterbury are Beth Pre vost, President; Anna White, Vice President; and Gail Carter, Secre tary-Treasurer. Dr. White is the group’s advisor. Beth says that there are plans next year for a college chaplain for Wake Forest’s and Salem’s Canterbury organiza tions. The Methodist fellowship on campus is the Wesley Foundation. The officers for the coming year are Sally Springer, President; Anne Kendrick, Vice President; Harriet Haywood. Secretary and Treasurer; and Hunter Gourdon, Publicity chairman. Wesley Foundation has a joint meeting with Wake Forest, Baptist Hospital, and Winston- Salem Teacher’s College every Sun day night. The organization has two monthly meetings on campus, one of which is Communion. Sally says that there are no definite plans for next year but the first meeting in September will be a reception to welcome all incoming Freshman. Library Exhibits Books In Honor Of Kennedy there is no separation between art and life. In order to produce art that accomplishes this sort of all- encompassing expression, he deve loped the Happening which he de fined as the placing of people in quasi-normal experiences. A Happening is different from an event because it is based not upon free but upon trained (or controll ed) associations. A bird flying through the garden, or a monk in Saigon burning himself up may be very dramatic things, and peool, may be deeply moved by them h they are events, not Happenings Events supply the “subjects” fo Happenings. Another artist wh' stages Happenings, Claes Olden' burg, said in an Art Buchwak column that he didn’t think therf was a definition for the word Hf was quoted, however, as saying thai all the elements and all the sense, plus' imagination are involved. Allen Kaprow’s Happenings de- (continued on page 3) Wendy McGlinn Voices Concern Over Schedule Dear Editor. Due to the controversy that has arisen, we feel that it is imperative that certain points concerning stu dent attitudes toward the five-day week be clarified. First, we feel that it is extremely unfortunate that students were not consulted at all on this matter. We believe that this change will cer tainly affect us as much as it will the faculty, and that consequently we should at least have the opport unity to express our views. Second, student opinion is divided over the five-day week. There is not an overwhelming majority either for or against this plan, as many faculty members mistakenly believe. Finally, w'e feel that there are many aspects of the five-day wed which remain unclear to student' and which may be causing unduf antagonism and concern. For in stance, will most students be attend ing classes until 5 :30 p.m. and wil classes start at 8 a.m.? Will th( new system prevent taking certaii courses already registered for? We realize, of course, that a de finite schedule has not been set u[ yet. However, we also feel that i would be advantageous if the stu dent body could be informed ai soon as possible about exactly whai the five-day week will entail. Sincerely, Wendy McGlinn for Legislative Board of Student Government Lake Expresses New Idea Of Freedom For Everyone In Campaign For Governor By Cara Lyne Johnson The Legislative Board meeting of May 12 opened with the approval of next year’s Finance Board which will consist of Pat Redfern, Susan Young, and Beth Rose. Judy Camp bell and Mary Dameron were ap proved as the delegate and alter nate to the National Student Con gress. Orientation for next year was then discussed and committees set up. The five-day week was discussed, and it was decided that a clarifica tion of this new system is in order. Anne Kendrick then led a discussion on the Honors Assembly which will be held in the same manner as last year. More emphasis will be placed on it, however. A change in the point system for the Archway staff was approved: the editor now has ten points; the assistant editor has six; and mem bers of the reading staff have two. Fifteen President Kennedy Mem orial books are now on display in the library. These books, on topics of contemporary history, politics and international affairs, were given by the students in memory of the late President. Each one has on its cover “President Kennedy Mem orial” embossed in gold, so that it can be easily recognized on the shelf. The books were chosen by a stu dent committee made up of Ann McNeill, Barbara Mallard, and Wendy McGlinn. Alice Reid served as chairman while Mr. Claus ad vised the group. Approximately eighty dollars were available for the purchases of the books. All stu dents are urged to go and see the display which is on the second floor landing in the library. Among the Democrats who are seeking election in the May Pri mary for Governor is I. Beverly Lake, one of the most experienced candidates. With a strong political back ground, Lake has the qualifications which prove his ability to hold the office of Governor of North Caro lina. Lake was born in Wake Forest, North Carolina, in 1906. After grad uating from Wake Forest College, he attended law school at Harvard and Columbia where he received his degrees. Lake was Professor of Law for 18 years at Wake Forest College thus showing his experience in education. For four years Lake was Assist ant Attorney General of North Carolina and legal adviser to the Revenue Department and Motor Vehicle Department. During the Korean War, he was a member of the staff of the General Counsel of the National Production Authority. His past reflects his dedication to government work and the intelli gence he possesses for the positions he has held. This is Lake’s second running for the Democratic primary. In 1960 he was defeated by Terry San ford who promised “a new day and a new deal for North Carolina.” Lake’s platform then was segrega tion. However it should not be con fused with his present platform of conservativeness. Voters tend to forget that this is a new election and in his present platform Lake has new ideas of freedom for North Carolinians of “ALL SECTIONS OF THE STATE, and ALL WALKS OF LIFE.” Lake s program of conservatism begins with elimination of wasteful spending in the state government. This includes giving the state an efficient business administration, less wasteful spending by the High way Department, and compensation to public school teachers for their services. Since the state budget nov does not require all the state tai money. Lake also proposes to re lieve tax burdens wherever possible Lake wishes to preserve th( freedom of the individual — there fore he is opposed to the Civi Rights Bill currently being debater in Congress. He believes it is th( freedom of a proprietor of a busi ness, large or small, to select his customers and his employees as hf sees fit. Lake feels the Civil Rights Bill violates this. In addition. Lake seeks the esta blishment of a Senior Citizens In formation Center in each of th( 100 counties to give assistance tt our older people in matters of healtli and employment and necessary fin ancial aid. Lake, a life long Democrat, is currently engaged in private prac tice of law in Raleigh. His general platform is fair treat ment for all, preservation of dom, faith in North Carolinas future, and conservation and^ deve lopment of the friendly spirit o mutual helpfulness prevailing North Carolina. Lake has sai “The principles for which we ng are eternal.” By enforcing the abovi basic principles, he hopes to movi on to a better North Carolina all her people. Library Adds Ladies’ Lounge The Salem College Library ®’ has a Women’s Lounge. Due o quests made by students, the roon adjacent to the ladies’ i, - —pieicj. the basement has been corn? LUC uabcmciit uas - , and comfortably furnished mt dents who wish to relax froin dies without having to library. Talking will be and it is hoped that th*® rather than elsewhere in the i ■ will be used for eating * Smoking is not yet permit e may be in the near future.
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