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Page Two Published every Thursdoy of the College year by the Student Body of Salem College Copy Editors. OFFICES: Basement of Lehman Hall 414 Bank St., S. W. Quincy Stewart Jeannie Barnes Assistant Business Manager Tripp Tate Advertising Manager Nancy Hundley Printed by the Sun Printing Company Photography Editor Eleanor Lauck Headline Staff Catherine Davis Subscription Price $4.50 a year Editornn-Chief Jan Norman Ann Dozier Business Manager Associate Editor Cara Lynne Johnson Managing Editor Baird Brown News Editor J«ne Hall Vicky Hanks, Mary Harris, Sue Over bey Manoging Staff Cara Lynne Johnson Layout —— Boodie Crow Feature Editor. -Nancy Thomas Dolly Sturm, Connie Sorensen Circulation Manager — Harriet Funk Secretary Katherine Wilson Adviser _.Miss Jess Byrd Salem Requires Courses; Relies On Other Schools The clouds of anxiety are gathering over the heads of the student body now tnat acauemic stuaies are hnaiiy underway. Stuaents are once agam startled by tne fact tnat there is no grauuai period of siiuing into tne work, but instead a sudden plunge into tne grinding and digging of the semester’s work. bpperciassmen, supposedly more adjusted to tne vast scno- lastic undertanmgs encountered m college, are airing their griev ances also. Une most frequently heard, came ecnomg from the wmdows of a Volkswagen bus wnien ISalem recently purcnased to transport some H.iS. candidates to Wake h'orest. 'i'heir cry was legitimate. Physics, a required course for the B.S. degree is not included in fciaiem's cui-riculum. Admittedly the oppor tunity of getting a very good course in Pnysics by attendmg Wake Forest is welcomed. Yet, in spite of the fact, the B.B. candidates are spending about two hours per week ‘‘on the road,” plus missing meals here on campus. They have to spend their own money on meals and miss valuable study time. It seems that if a course is required for graduation or for a certain degree is should be offered here on campus. Also to be considered is the tact that the college had a problem m hiring a Physics teacher, and as a solution this arrangement with Wake Forest was made. This may be satisfactory if it is tem porary. It IS agreed that a student may not object to the possibility of attending classes on the co-ed campus of Wake Forest. Yet some B. S. candidates do object to the sacrifice of additional time and extra money. Consequently some B. S. candidates are in the process of switching from a B. S. to a B. A. degree. There is distinction in having a B. S. degree, and it seems feasible that Salem should get the required courses for that degree on campus. 0. L. J. Letters to the Editor To The Editor: Dear Editor: We have now been at school two weeks and still some professors and students alike have been unable to fully embark on the semester’s aca demic program. The reason for this is found in the fact that few Salem- ites have all the books for which they filled out book slips the first two days of classes. If it were but a small portion of students who are faced with this problem then we could not really blame the Salem Book Store. To cite one example: is it un reasonable, with pre-registration in the spring, for sophomores to ex pect to get English books in the fall? Since the book is new and they could not purchase it second hand, it seems strange that one would be unable to predict with some accuracy the number of copies needed. Yet we find that it has already had to be re-ordered twice. Are we being unreasonable to object to paying special deliyery charges for books re-ordered just because the book store failed to order enough copies in the first place ? Would it not be less trouble to order a sufficient number of books in the first place and if necessary send back extra copies than it is to keep reordering books? There are but fifteen weeks in a semester—two of the fifteen have passed and still we don’t have all our textbooks. All we can hope is that second semester starts off better. Sincerely, Elisa Mabley Sincerely, Dottie Girling Editor, the Archway THE SALEMITE September 30, ]%5 Dr. Edens To Speak Founder s Day Tradition Lies Behind Celebration By Carol Carson Wednesday, Dr. A. Hollis Edens, Executive Director of the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation and former President of Duke Univer sity will be on Salem’s campus to speak at the Founder’s Day as sembly and the dedication of the Fine Arts Center. But before this important event it seems appropri ate for us, as students of this school, to look back at its history. For some of you this will be an old experience, but for us who are freshmen, Salem’s heritage is new, interesting, and inspiring. In 1772, the Moravian community founded a school here to teach its daughters some of the skills young ladies were expected to acquire. Sister Osterlein taught classes in needlework, reading, grammar, and writing until 1780 when she was le- placed by Sister Schnert, who in corporated mathematics into the curriculum. October 6, 1803, marks the laying of the cornerstone for the Academy Building (now South Hall), the first building of the new school. Courses in history, geography, draw'ing, music, and German were added to the list in 1780. New additions to the campus were made, and September 24 was set for Chapel Festival to celebrate the new chapel’s dedication. As years passed. Main Hall and South An nex were erected. The basement of the annex was the gymnasium, and under the porch a bowling alley was set up. Finally in 1865, the North Caro lina Assembly chartered the school as a college, but it was not until 1880 that courses for completion of a degree were offered. In 1890 Theater Offers Comedy, Farce College years are creative years—■ or are they at Salem? We of the Archway staff have sufficient rea son to believe that Salemites either are not writing creatively or are stifling their work. Certainly no one has ever brought work to us. This may be due to shyness, modesty, lack of infor mation or of initiative. Whatever the cause, we have yet to be ap proached by a student offering any thing of herself to her contempor aries. I suspect that it’s not only the “arty” Salemite who writes or paints; and, in any case, she can not speak for all of us. This letter is not an appeal to “join” or “sign up.” It is rather a challenge to each student to make the most of her undergraduate years: to give of herself, her thoughts, her momentary insights or labored expression; to channel her view of the 1960’s into a poem or work of art. More than anything, I am affirm ing that each of us has something to say about life, even if that some thing is only “I don’t understand.” Most of us don’t understand; but I believe that each conscious at tempt to express our bewilderment ends in diminished confusion. Un doubtedly each such attempt in volves us more intensely in our existence now. What do you have to say to the 20th century? The Salemite Offers the Freshmen Our Sympathy During FITS! eight students were granted the first bachelor’s degrees from Salem College. . j In 1898 Salem Female Academy became Salem Academy and Col lege, and to this day, the name re mains unchanged. Building, faculty members, and students have changed, but Salem still stands as a symbol of the educational oppor tunity for qualified women even where. E. M. Holden, in his Founders' Day address in 1942, reminds that “each of you has a part in % founding, and it is for you to judg, how worthy is your idea and h« well you are building it into Hi total design and structure and spiri that is Salem.” Battle Of Kashmir Rages; Red China Adds Tension By Laurie Williams Tlie world heaved a guarded sigh of relief as Bahistan anj India apparently were willing to let their differences be c(®. trolled by the U. N. But tensions are rapidly pulling apart tit cease-fire, and this article will probably be out of date whei it appears. , • . ir,- That doesn’t stop the questions raised by the conflict. Tit United States had two large concerns: the first was the fatt that arms and support had been given to both governmenh, The only thing the United States could do was to cut military aid to both countries; the government was careful not to tail sides. On a basic level, India deserves blame for not allowing tit promised plebiscite for Kashmir’s independence. But Sliastri and his government would be decidedly weakened, politically and physically by Kashmir’s loss. The "second concern was Red China’s joy to have a politic morsel between her paws that she could give at least a few lid President Ayub Khan did not want China’s military help; 1 reverberations would have been disastrous. So while playiij with Pakistan, Mao has stirred up enough trouble on the hordes to divert some troops and keep the world thoroughly worritl with its attempts at an upper hand. Meanwhile, our government seems to be following the only advisable path: through the United Nations’ efforts. "Wla India and Pakistan can agree is a crucial question, but whetta Red China’s hark will become a bite looms as a bigger questiii every day. Salem Student Remembers “The Madwoman of Chaillot” greets us again, and she is madder than ever. This time you will be able to see the unusual circum stances and results of the teaparty, and you will be delighted. Both this comedy and the hilarious farce, “The Rivals” will be presented at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro by the National Reper tory Theatre. The Pierrettes are sponsoring transportation to and from the presentations Friday and Saturday nights, October 15 and 16. “The Madwoman of Chailott,” written by Jean Giraudoux, and “The Rivals,” by R. B. Sheridan, star Eva LeGallienne, Sylvia Sid ney, and Leora Dana. “The Mad woman” will be given Friday at 8:30 p.m.; “The Rivals,” Saturday at 8:30 p.m. The tickets are purchased for you by the Pierrettes at a 50 percent reduction, thus the prices for Salem students will be as follows: orches tra—$2.50, $2.00; mezzanine—$2.50; balcony—$2.00, $1.50, $1.00. If you are interested in going with the Pierrettes Friday and/or Saturday, see Susan Kelly in 312 Gramley. Reservations must be in by October 6. Year Of Travel In Spain By Bretta Barrs On June 24, 1964, I left the United States with 23 other south ern girls (seven from Salem) for a tour of Europe. We sailed from New York on the SS France and landed in La Havre, France, five days later. We toured through thirteen European and Scandana- vian countries for six weeks seeing all the sights possible. On August 17, the tour ended and I said very tearful goodbyes to all my friends as they flew to New York and I flew to Madrid to meet my family. My family had been in Spain traveling all over looking for a good place to live for the year. They decided on a small but rapidly growing town called Torremolinos, on the southern coast, two and one- half hours driving time east of Gibraltar. We toured around in the VW bus for the next two weeks camp ing out along the road whenever and wherever we pleased. I was back in Madrid by the first of Sep tember to meet two of my friends from Tampa. The three of us soon found a Spanish family to live with through the University, registered for the fall courses, and got settled in our new surroundings. Before school began, we took trips to nearby places, the most interesting being Gibraltar and Morocco. Senor and Senora Munoz. We did not have any heat in the whole apartment and believe me we bund led up in sweaters and coast to keep warm. We ate all our meals in our bedroom and not with the family as we had hoped. By the end of No vember and several bad colds later we decided we had lived with our Spanish family long enough. We moved into an apartment in the newer section of town and finally had some of the modern convc iences of home — mainly heat as hot water. Going to the University was qd an experience. We had the nsi* placement tests and were ( into groups according to our : We went to classes from 4-1 Monday-Friday. I was in cto with students from all differts countries and in order to commiii' cate we had to speak in Spanish, everyone had different native 1® guages. The most shocking thi? to me about the University wasth bar in the basement. Then in January we registe* again for classes. Unfortunate!! after a month, riots of students® professors broke out demonstraW for a free student union. The sit ation got progressively wort* Franco closed the University three different occasions. the chaotic conditions, we ded^* to drop out of school and si* traveling. A group of us borW"’^ the VW bus from my drove to Barcelona, put it ® ship and sailed to Greece. " drove through Greece, Yugosla* Italy, France and back to Sp* This was perhaps the most have ever had because we ns stayed in youth hostels or erf out and we really got to s** “untouristy” part of Europe. After this trip I left taS friends and went to Torrenwl While my parents and little sis moved out of the house, I toe's three brothers to tour France England. We then met my P*'* in Belgium, made the circle Italy and sailed home on the chelangelo. I returned to the U* States June 24, 1965 — exactly" year to the day I had left
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