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Page Two THE SALEMITE November bOuNc'N® BRICKS By Nancy Thomos 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 Company Subscription Price $4.50 a year Editor-in-Chief — Jon Norman Business Manager Ann Dozier Associate Editor Cara Lynne Johnson Managing Editor Baird Brown News Editor — lane Hall Feature Editor Nancy Thomas Copy Editors Quincy Stewart Bev Paisley Assistant Business Manager Tripp Tate Advertising Manager Nancy Hundley Photographey Editor — Eleanor Lauck Headline Staff Catherine Davis Elizabeth Garro'^r, Sallie King, Sue Overbey, Karen Shelley Managing Staff Ginger Kinnaird Layout Boodie Crow Vicky Hanks, Connie Sorenson, Sally Williams, Becky Porterfield Circulation Manager _ —Harriet Funk Re-writers Terrie Allen Paige Bishop Adviser - Miss Jess Byrd Are Required Assemblies Only Exception To Rule? One place where the night light burns rather consistently around Salem’s campus is the new Fine Arts Center, it has been the scene for many on-campus and off-campus events thus f 3>T But what has really added life to the new cultural bastion of the community is the students themselves. Perhaps the new ness” of the center has a magnetism for students. But have they taken full advantage of this attractive force? It does seem that Salem students have captured a greater awareness of the arts and have been attending some events in the center with more regularity. For example, they have been devoting more time for discus-i sion and examination of paintings on exhibit in the center. Last year’s Day Student Center exhibits seemed more remote to the student because they were not located directly on the academic path. Now that these exhibits, recitals, lectures and plays have been placed in a conspicious location and drawn together within one building, students should find it more convenient to attend these presentations. A unification of the arts has been accomplished. Will student response to this stimulus be effected in its fullest capacity 1 C. L. J. Short Stories Demonstrate Style Of Southern Women verge her prime concern is with re ligion and the final destiny of the soul. Her characters usually end in destruction or violence, frequently without being aware of their fate and the part they have played in their own destiny. The moral is for the reader and not the char acter involved. Flannery O’Connor’s prose does (Continued on page 4) The traditional rites of Founder’s Day, Halloween and Mid-Semester have all been observed at Salem once more. Besides, the completion of a seemingly endless number of classdays, mid-semester signifies for each class a different level of achievement. For the freshmen it means that they have all witnessed, if not yet mastered, one fourth of a college year. Anne Henderson may remember it more warmly as the time when she enjoyed the first Gramley sauna bath, resulting from a loose screw in her room heater. Freshmen are not affected only by chance circumstances, but also benefit from the contrived plans of their classmates. For Nancy Coble and Susie Hinkle, mid-semester may always be identified with an unexpected roomful of tissues and shaving cream. Sophomores are taking their first courses in psychology, wherein they >^0RNER By Anna Cooper, Librarian The past months have witnessed the publication of two important collections of short stories, . each culminating the writing career of an outstanding American writer. Both are Southern women who have excelled in the medium of the short story, and who are part of a group of writers of which the South can be proud. Katherine Anne Porter is the dean of the group in age and sta ture. While her recent novel Ship of Fools had some literary success, it is her short stories which have won her fame and influenced the younger group. Collected Stories, just off the press, contains most of her best works in this medium. While critics often disagree on which story is the best, or flawless, they all agree that KAP, as she has come to be known, is a gifted story teller who has earned a high place in modern American literature. The subject matter of these stories is varied and her characters are drawn from a wide array of social and personal situations. In most cases the plots are concerned with flashbacks of memory and ob servations, not action. Development is achieved by subtle probing be neath the obvious and the reader is permitted a momentary glimpse of reality when the character comes to terms with his fate. KAP’s prose is superb. It is lean, exacting and penetrating. It has rhythm and style. While her wit is often ironic, it is never caustic. Her probing of character is done with subtlety and a hint of sym pathy. Flannery O’Connor admits having been influenced by KAP but her style and craftmanship is geared to her individual ideas and personality. In the post-humous collection Everything That Rises Mlust Con- AY DAY KOfAlHATloMS 5^4 .iUST Coui-OlliT A DhTt AT lo 111 learn the subtleties of what Mr. Bray calls “LUV, dearhearts . though required sessions at t e Advancement School may not prove stimulating in this respect to mos girls, at least one tutor has been motivated to express her affection overtly by kissing her tutee goo( bye at the end of each session. The fact that her classmates have found other diversions is evidenced by a dozen red roses sent to Gree Jones and a Lambda Chi pin pre sented to Paige Bishop by Bill Mangum. Last year’s plans for the future are materializing, indicating to the juniors that they have crossed the mid-point toward graduation. Aim Richert has at last acquired Kip Ferrell’s KA pin, from N. C. State, whereas Suzanne Bunch and Ro berta Frost find that their interests are of a simpler nature. It was on Sunday afternoon that they were discovered by Harriet Funk and her family, frolicking in a bed of leaves! The juniors’ unusual experif,, extend to include hacking qd"* locked doors Bev Paisley dedl] to see if the music blaring fj her record player could be he 1 in the hall through her closed do™ The music could be heard, and tl' door was closed—firmly. ’ ' For the seniors this was not imt another mid-semster, but their la,, fall one. Perhaps in anticipation of life beyond the walls of th Salemite office, Jan Norman chos' to celebrate by traveling where tkt gold is; Fort Knox. This may h one manifestation of the seniors' developing intuitive powers. An other occurred when Susie Matcrni “accidentally” chanced to get ™ for a drink of water Saturday nigh and received a 4:30 a.m. phone call Preparation was begun this weeli for the Senior Class Follies to 1» held on December 8. It is assumel that they will utilize in this pro. duction all of their accumulaW knowledge of life, love and the pur- suit of a mate! Clauss Gets Promotion, Assistant Professorship Recently there has been concern over the lack of religious direction upon our lives as citizens of the twentieth century. The upperclass men remember the Pierrette pro duction of “For Heaven’s Sake” two years ago. The YWCA has planned a program with a similar religious approach for Salem’s stu dents and faculty. On Tuesday evening, November 16, the YWCA will sponsor a show ing of “The Parable” at 6:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center in Hanes Auditorium. This 2S-minute color film received national acclaim at its presentation in the Protestant Pa vilion at the World’s Fair. It has now been made available to churches and schools all over the United States. The film is a “twentieth century parable” which is centered on a group of circus performers. There is no dialogue, only symbolic action. Its approach is unique. The film serves to stimulate response, not to give answers. After the showing, coffee will be served and discussion groups will meet with Mr. Jordan, Mr. Thomp son, and Dr. Byers. Also Mr. David Rife and Mr. Dick Ottaway, the Methodist and Episcopal campus chaplains respectively, will be pre sent for the discussion. The YWCA urges all interested students and faculty to attend and promises an evening well spent. This September marked the third year that Dr. Errol Clauss has been a member of the Salem College faculty. Coming to Salem as a his tory instructor, he is well-known by all students who took or are now taking his courses in Western Civil ization, United States history, the United States in World Affairs, and Modern Political Thought. On October 28, Dr. Clauss was promoted from an instructor to as sistant professor of the history de partment. A faculty member is promoted by the Trustees on the basis of a recommendation from the head of the department with the approval of the administration. His study was done in both the North and the South. After re ceiving his B.A. from Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, he attend ed Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and received his M.A. de gree. Continuing his work at Emory, he received his Doctorate there this past summer. The subject of the thesis which he did for his M.A. was a militar)' analysis of the Confederate Union Armies participating in tlit Atlanta campaign. This disserta tion which he completed for Ph.D. was titled “The Atlanta Cam paign of 1864.” Mr. Bell I. Wiltj; a noted Civil War historian, direc ted his dissertation. This past summer Dr. Clauss w busy doing research work. i he wrote an article, “Shemian'i Rail Support in the Atlanta Cam paign,” which will be publisM early next year in the Georgia Hii- torical Quarterly. One of his arti cles, “Japanese-A m e r i c a n Diplo matic Relation During the IB and 1930’s” is being considered i'« publication in a journal. At pn sent, Dr. Clauss is working on a- other article, “United States’ View on Manchukou During the Ms.' Perhaps future history students may look forward to having a kis- tory text-book written by Clauss. Delinquent Gang Disrupts Life In Buena Vista Area By Jane Hall The vandalism in the Buena Vista section of this city wfi has repeatedly occurred during the past several years, wass cently brought to the attention of the public through the lo« newspapers. During the past few months, a group of twent) five to thirty youths led by a handful of their number to created damages amounting to hundreds of dollars. Evidently out to obtain satisfaction in devious ways, this gs® has attempted almost everything possible. They have damaji private property hy wrecking and pouring acid on cars, throi ing rotten eggs and watermelons against houses and breaku shrubbery and statues. Likewise they have damaged seven public and business establishments such as Whitaker Scbej Reynolda Presbyterian Church, Stratford Medical Center,« Masonic Temple, Hathaway Park and Radio Station W They have also harassed women and children in devious Wf Many of the young people in this gang come from prominf families; some are equipped with their own cars and some W® under the influence of alcohol. The center of their recent meetings has been Cox Pbarm® of College Village in Buena Vista. Yet, even here, they to showed no respect. They have set the front awning on « stolen from Robert 0. Cox, owner and manager, and driven customers away. Although the police force has been increased in Buena these youths have been hard to find and identify. Many P^fJ are afraid to report incidents for fear of what the gang « do to them and to their children and for fear of the youngs» parents. The parents are also rarely willing to give detail even admit that their children are involved. As Mr. R. L. Wendt pointed out, the police are steadily/®* mg on this problem with the hope of bringing this vandab®®, an end in the near future. Presently they are working special units in Buena Vista. Sources: Thompson, Roy. “City Section Terrorized By Youths,” Salem Journal, October 30, 1965, pp. 1 & 8, Section A- , Thoinpson, Roy. “Police, Adults Keep Order for Buena Halloween, ’ Journal and Sentinel, October 31, 1965, pP’ ^ Section A., . ,
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