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THE SALEMITE
October 2, 1964
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Behind the Scenes
^ Sllf Choral Group Attacts Europe
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Goldwater Reaches South;
Avoids Complicated Issues
By Susan 0. Smith
The Presidential campaigns are well under way. With No
vember 3 only a month away, both Goldwater and Johnson are
trying to reach more voters.
Goldwater made his trip through the South two weeks ago;
for him, it was an important part of the campaign. Both Gold-
water and his staff view the southern states as crucial. The
128 electoral votes of the South could well be the nucleus of a
victory in November.
During Goldwater’s trip, two events occurred to strengthen
his position. Senator J. Strom Thurmond broke with the Demo
crats and publicly joined the Republican Party. In the same
week, three federal judges in Birmingham, Alabama, ruled that
the Public Accommodations section of the Civil Rights Act vio
lates the “due process” clause of the Fifth Amendment. This
tends to confirm Goldwater’s doubts about the constitutionality
of the act.
Goldwater met his largest and most enthusiastic receptions
in the South. But there was recurring criticism of his speeches,
particularly in Florida, where he seemed to avoid issues which
were of interest to his audiences. In Tampa, which has a large
Latin American population, he never mentioned Cuba. In St.
Petersburg, a peaceful city with a large percentage of elderly
or retired people, he spoke on crime in the streets—^not on social
security.
At the time of Goldwater’s tour, polls indicated the sentiment
as follows:
Alabama (10)—definitely Goldwater
Florida (14)—leaning toward Goldwater
Louisiana (10)—leaning toward Goldwater
Mississippi (7)—leaning toward Goldwater
North Carolina (13)—leaning toward Goldwater
South Carolina (8)—leaning toward Goldw^ater
Virginia (12)—leaning toward Goldwater
TOTAL—74
Georgia (12)—solidly for Johnson
Tennessee (11)—solidly for Johnson
Texas (25)—leaning toward Johnson
Arkansas (6)—leaning toward Johnson
TOTAL—54
Johnson is gaining in Florida, Mississippi, and Virginia.
If the election hinges solely on civil rights, analyst Harris
estimates a 60% victory margin for Goldwater. But on other
key issues Southern voters favor Johnson by a 3-2 margin.
It is difficult to tell yet how successful Goldwater’s Southern
campaign was. So far he hasn’t found “the handle”—the issue
which will interest the majority of voters. He says, “I refuse
to go around the country discussing complicated, twisted issues.
I want to talk about freedom.” Only November elections will
reveal the force of Goldwater’s impact on the South.
Sources: Newsweek, September 28, 1964
Time, September 25, 1964
By Brownie Rogers
Many Saleinites were scattered
all over the world this past summer.
However, the biggest attack upon
Europe was probably made by the
thirty-three girls in the Choral En
semble.
Last fall, a concert tour of Europe
was merely a dream. After count
less concerts, rehearsals, and plan
ning, the dream was realized on
luly 28. The Choral Ensemble met
that day at Salem Academy to get
ready for the flight to Europe. On
fuly 29 we were off, arriving m
London July 30. We spent sev
eral days in England, Holland, Ger
many, Switzerland, and France be
fore returning home August 20.
We experienced all the typical
tourists’ frustrations of being late
getting on the bus, not having
Library Receives Books
Covering Varied Subjects
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Golding, William. The
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Spire. 1964.
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The author poses the
question, can vision and
purpose built on a false
foundation be effective.
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Gordon, Richard. The Blight
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on the Ivy. 1964
The results of a sociolog
ical report which investigat
ed the emotional stresses
endemic among college stu
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dents today.
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Hamilton, Edith. The Ever
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present Past. 1964
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With keen intellect and
critical judgement, one of
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By Jerry Crews
If you would like to be entertain
ed in a delightful way one evening,
go to the Barn Dinner Theatre near
Greensboro.
Bales of hay and old saddles on
the front porch set a rustic atmos
phere that continues throughout the
Barn. Old newspapers, hoes, rakes,
and yokes decorate the walls inside;
lanterns swing from the ceiling.
Red-and-white-checked cloths cover
each table.
The dining room-theatre proper
is square. That’s simple enough.
But the room is divided into three
descending tiers, like a modern box
ing ring. From seven until eight the
guests may fill their plates with a
variety of delicious foods served
buffet style in the lowest, center
square. Then the buffet tables are
removed, the square is cleared, and
the waiters and waitresses prepare
for their roles in the night’s per
formance. At eight-thirty, the stage,
rather than the curtain, descends
onto the square, complete with
props and actors. The Barn is
magically turned into a theatre-in-
the-round.
This week’s play is See How They
Run, a comedy by Philip King.
The professional New York actors
who starred in the play include
Lloyd Douglas, Daryn Brent, John
Starr, and Vallerie V e r a s k a.
The play is about Mr. Toup,
an English vicar; his ex-actress
bride; their most curious and saucy
maid Ida; Miss Skillon, the town
busybody, who is most prim and
proper; and a long-lost actor-friend
of Mrs. Toup’s.
After a series of a slapstick antics
similiar to the famous Keystone
Cops chases, the play ends with
Miss Skillon in quite an inebriated
condition, most unladylike, and not
“in complete control of her facul
ties.” The vicar’s identity is finally
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the most respected scholars
of oiir day, cuts through
modern chaos to shed light
on man’s accountability to
himself and his (civilization.
Hochhuth, Rolf. The Dep
uty. Preface by Albert Sch
weitzer. 1964.
A controversial Broadway
play which stresses moral
responsibility to truth and
duty.
Kim, Richard. The Marty
red. 1964
A war story told with
imagination fitting the polit
ical and spiritual urgency of
the modern Job theme.
Merriam, Eve. After Nora
Slammed the Door; Ameri
can women in the 1960’s;
The Unfinished Revolution.
1964
Eve’s eternal problem,
probed with wit and under
standing.
Richter, Conrad. The
Grandfathers. 1964.
The story carries, the
reader on a charming visit
to an isolated farm com
munity embroiled in all the
ingredients of a modern
hillbilly medley.
V i n i n g, Elizabeth Gray.
Take Heed of Loving Me.
1964
A well written biogra
phical novel based on the
love of John Donne and
Anne More.
enough free time for varied activi-
tics and museums, not getting
enough sleep, and having to change
the roll of film just as an interest
ing shot was presented. But be
cause of our concerts and the
people we met in the various cities,
our trip was rewarding as well as
enjoyable for each of us. Concerts
were given in London, England;
Zeist, Holland; Bad Boll, Konigs-
leld, and Heidelberg, Germany. All
hut the concert in Heidelberg were
given in Moravian churches. In each
diurch we were able to meet and
talk to the members. In each com-
nuniity we took planned tours of
the Moravian settlement buildings
and thus acquired a fuller under
standing of the Moravian tradition.
Two of our stops. Bad Boll and
Konigsfeld, took us to places where
the usual tourist does not go. In
these places we were housed in
Moravian buildings and ate in
Moravian homes. In Konigsfeld our
concert was given in the church
where Dr. Albert Schweitzer has
performed on the organ.
We encountered endless exper
iences. If you want to know more,
ask Gammy Crowell to give you a
tour of London. She is quite pro
ficient and has the accent down pat;
or ask Catherine Davis if she will
correspond with you; or ask G. G.
Sapp about the white MG behind
our bus for four days; or ask Har
riet Haywood how many red roses
she got. And if you want to hear us
sing do come to our next concert.
WRA Sponsors
Blazer Project
A representative from the Rollii
Blazer Company will be in the Sti
dent Center Friday, October 2. A
blazers will be fitted from 1:15-5 d
p.m., and each student, freshmen (
upperclassmen, must either make
five-dollar deposit or pay the entii
$24.95 at this time. Any upperclas
man who wishes to order a blazi
in her class color may do so at th
time. The purchase of ctass blaze
is a project sponsored by the WR;
Report Quells Suspicions;
Some Will Still Speculate
The Warren Commission Report has finally been reveal
Its findings are hoped to quell any doubt or further inquiry ii
the President’s assassination. The commission found Lee Harv
Oswald to be acting on his own, not as part of a conspirai
The same was true of Oswald’s killer, Jack Ruby.
Now the matter is formally closed. At least it is supposed
be. But there are always those people who look under ev6
bed for a Communist . . .
Early Bird Eaters Object
To Unprepared Breakfast
Breakfast is served at Salem from
7:15 until 8:30. We are not ex
pected to enter the refectory before
7:15 or after 8:30. That is the
policy of the dining room.
But we have a right to expect to
be served promptly at 7:15, which
IS, after all, the time agreed upon
Yet too often the door is locked;
One's Critics pnoliPerate
iri direct ratio to the
paucity op one's Peers.
the food is not ready; there is
silver; we have to wait in line.
We who go to breakfast at 5
have a reason for doing so.
want to study before a first pei
test; we want to run notes aroi
campus; we want to write a
letters and go to the post of
before class; we are student tea
ers who must leave Salem by 7:.
We urge that immediate act
be taken in this matter. If we
to be expected to live up to
end of the bargain, certainly
refectory should live up to their:
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