Newspapers / The Salemite. / Sept. 23, 1965, edition 1 / Page 2
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Page Two Published every Thursday of the College year by the Student Body of Salem College OFFICES: Basement of Lehman Hall 414 Bank St., S. W. Printed by the Sun Printing Compony Subscription Price $4.50 a year Jan Norman Ann Dozier Copy Editors Quincy Stewart Jeannie Barnes Assistant Business Manager Tripp Tate Advertising Manager Nancy Hundley Photography Editor —. l-is“ Mobley Headline Staff Lynda Bowling Vicky Hanks, Mary Editor-in-Chief — Business Manager Associate Editor Cara Lynne Johnson Managing Editor Baird Brown News Editor Jane Hall Feature Editor _Nancy Thomas Catherine Davis, Harris, Ann Jennings, Sue Overbey Managing Staff Cara Lynne Johnson Layout Dolly Sturm, Connie Sorensen Circulation Manager ^ Harriet Funk Secretary Katherine Wilson Adviser— Miss Jess Byrd Old Salem Spirit Meets New Salem Challenges A senior puts on her cap and gown and giggles and a juninr walks a little further to get from Gramley to the art studio. A sophomore tells her roommate that they are now upperclass- Ln while a freshman wonders what the college game is all Thout. A faculty member takes a look at his overflowing class ^’^Eacf S us seL change not only around but in too. Particularly this year change means challenge persona , social, and academic. We see the chaUenges, old and new ; we ^e discussed and heard about them until they sound almost trite And yet that senior, junior, sophomore, freshinan, and even the faculty member sometimes wonder what to do with these challenges. The flowers in Bitting from the freshmen may be a good answer. , „ i i While Salemites may change and the college may look a little different, the important thing remains the same — that old Salem spirit.” It takes work to keep it going full blast and maybe a little harder try. But with it we can handle the chal lenges and have a good time doing it. It starts with a Letter to the Editor To the Editor: I think it is beginning to dawn on Salem’s upperclassmen just what “Orientation, 1965” really means. Of course, we recognize that it is centered around the freshmen. As we watch them enter into Orienta-* tion, praise it—and even sing about it—we see it as a tangible, construc tive experience, just as it should be. But I’m not thinking just about Club Carnival and Handbook Ses sions—or just freshmen. It’s over whelming when we realize the vast Orientation program we all must enter as we begin our new school year. We upperclassmen feel that we have grown past the questioning stage. And, of course, we should be beginning to feel secure as we head for graduation. But I suggest that we each give ourselves a pri vate test, right now: 1. Am I going to grasp at the new opportunities for learning this year—or am I going to try to get by with as little as pos sible ? 2. Does my presence at this small THE SALEMITE September 23, 19(,5 N I OFF THE BRICKS Add 185 freshmen to Salem. Mix haphazardly with two new build ings. Result: more people to meet, more names to learn and rriore space to explore (and in which to get lost). Since the mode of trans portation between buildings has re mained unchanged admist all the other alterations the Pyrennic- type climb from Gramley to the Hear+5 Flower^--' cLCvd •V A Fine Arts Center may be just what Jill and Finley had m mind to solve the summer weight problem they claim to have acquired in D. U Getting up, out and over might be facilitated for Gramley residents however, if the fire alarm would only continue to go off at 8 a.m. each morning as it did the first Monday. After everyone _ agreed that no alarm clock could ring ra loud for fifteen straight minutes, Mr. Yarborough was summoned to stop the noise. Is Salem society really so money conscious that it has caused shy Martha Laird to phone 250 strang ers each day this summer, begging them to collect money from their neighbors? Probably not. In fact. dre\( woman’s college indicate my desire to be creative and to profit from Salem’s unique ad vantages ? 3. Was what I did and thought today indicative of the kind of life I want to lead when I leave Salem? During Freshman Orientation a panel consisting of Dr. Byers, Dr. Hill, Mr. Bray, and Mr. Jacobow- sky inspired the freshmen to begin their studies at Salem with expec tation and a desire to become aroused. We upperclassmen missed that discussion, which was called “The Excitement of Learning.” Now, if we aren’t careful, we might slip into what we might call a “dull” aca demic year. I hope that each of us can see, as we become oriented to new pro fessors, new classrooms, carpeted floor, and air-conditioning that, more than ever before, the “Excite ment of Learinig” is available to us. Sincerely, Mary Dameron President Student Government Connie Newell Wedding bells have already rung or will be ringing for a number of Salem girls. The newlyweds in clude Jan Crawley and Freddie Mills from Wake Forest, and Mari lyn Ward and Steve Moore. Both Jan and Marilyn are living in Win ston-Salem to finish at Salem. Also, Lynn Suit is now Mrs. Bill Suggs and is living at home while Bill is in Texas. Gwen Smith, now in New York, is married to Perry Trafford, who is in Viet Nam. A few Salemites are wearing dia monds now. Shelia Colclough is engaged to Mike Carden, a Carolina graduate. Cathy Odom’s fiance is Johnny Hite from UNC, and Joe Anne Whitehurst is dreaming of her future with Walter Jones of NC State. Those girls who have recently re ceived pins will be heading in seven different directions this year. The list includes Nancy Sale and Ted Howell from Davidson, Elizabeth Wilhelm and Kit Hyman from IJSC, Patsy Martin and Jack Waters from Carolina, Jane Cottle and Bill Joyner from Wake Forest, and In grid Kvam and Peter Ariessohn from Johns Hopkins. The freshman class already has two girls who are pin ned. Harriet Browning has Cary Fishbourne’s pin from UVa, and Ellen Vann wears Van Austin’s pin. Van is a student a Duke Medical School. AHENTION Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. in the basement of Lehman the Salemite staff will meet with all students interested in working on the school newspaper. The various aspects of putting out the paper will be ex plained and you will be asked your preference of jobs. Bring your schedule with you and please come! 'Up The Down Staircase’ Presents ConfusionInLifeOfNewTeacher By Anna Cooper UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE, by Bel Kaufman is the most ori ginal book to appear on the best seller list in some time. In form and content it is not fiction. Nor is it intended to be humor but this reader almost fell off the sofa at some of the unexpected passages. It can best be described as a potpourri from the files of a sen sitive and dedicated school teacher, fresh from a course in pedagogy, whose first class turned out to be a SS section (special slow). Her assignment was to teach them to read, write, and have a little feeling for literature. What goes on from there is unbelievable. The material consists of notes, compositions from students, directives from “The Ad miral,” call downs from the admi- strative assistant and just plain let ting off steam. The situation presents a sad pic ture but it is undoubtably a true one. The facts are not new but here they are approached from a fresh and human side. A book of this kind will do more to further the cause of better schools than a commission of experts. Although the scene is depressing at times, we rejoice when “Teacher” turns down a position at a plush ivy league school to remain with her SS class. The humor created by bad spell ing, awkward situations, and poor— or rather non-existent—grammar is often pathetic. It was a revelation to one who has had no first hand experience in the classroom. “fund raising” Martha herself a salary from the Virginia Chapter of Cystic Fibrosis for making tie calls. The most original answe, that Martha received went some, thing like this: “Look, I’m I’m a grandmother; I don’t have any children !” Cystic Fibrosis, in. cidentally, is a childhood disease, Purple hair is definitely not i childhood disease. That’s whjt happened when Margie Winsteaii put a platinum rinse on her blonde locks. There seem to be some other changes in hair styles and colors that have also occurred during the summer. But let’s not go into that now since everyone here has been asking, “Is that all yours sure they mean my hair. Speaker Ban Law Poses Problem For Commission By Cara Lynne Johnson Freedom versus protection — these two terms have been til theses of factions debating about the controversial Speaker Bn Law in the recent hearings by the Weaker Ban Study Commis. sion Freedom is used by those opposed to the gag law. Tits majority of those opposed to the ban consists of university oi fieials, trustees, and faculty members who argue that the w versitiGs’ rights arc confinGd by the control the legislature has imposed with the law. Part of the trustees’ rights of authority has been infringed upon by the legislature. In addition, «■ creditation of the state-supported universities by one aceredi% association has been removed. This has provoked the resigm. tion of some faculty members and has made the hiring of nei teachers more difficult. The opposing faction (mostly legislators and conservative 1» yers, businessmen and executives) has a united cry of protectioi Protection, that is, of freedom so the threat of Communism nil! not infect the minds of those attending state universities. Tts conservative factor construes that Communism is directly of posed to our principles of a peaceful and democratic socidj. If even one person is won over to Communism, the Commimisli have gained a little in their battle to “bury us.” Each of these opposing forces which were heard at the speahi ban hearings had numerable points in its favor. The Speata Ban Study Commission has been fruitful because it disclosd conflictiug viewpoints of the two factions, yet each side t adamant in its convictions. Thus, the possibility that an able solution will he reached soon does not seem lilcely. Tk legislature has the upper hand in the problem because of its» trol. In fact, if the ban should prove invalid, the Deputy *' torney General, Ralph Moody has said that state legislators c ban Communist speakers from state schools by cutting off mon? to the campuses. Further, the pro side argues that this law the only valid law the state has which provides protection« campuses from Communism. The state anti-sedition law of 131 affords no protection (in one layman’s opinion) because 4 U. S. Supreme Court wiped out state sedition laws in the« of Nelson vs. Pennsylvania in 1956. It is still a matter of “Freedom for the universities,” or “pn tection of freedom from Communism” until the legislature cides to repeal, amend, or leave unchanged the Speaker I Law of 1963. Which do you want—freedom or protection ( freedom? elgh+ doy5 O'! ^scbool ““ bliS’Vered -Fee+? “Verv The following choice bits were from compositions written on why the class read myths: “because its a classicle” “to gain tolerance for others even if they dont deserve it” “its hard to avoid reading be cause everywhere you go it is there” From the suggestion box: “I dont like the way you read too emoting and over our heads” “Too much home work but I dont mind I dont do it anyway” This book may not be a “class icle” but it should be required read ing for those who intend to teach. It is also a rewarding experience for the rest of us because of its timely import as well as its funny, sad, and revealing glimpses into the human condition.
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