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THE SALEMITE
February 17
Published every Friday of the College
year by the Student Body of
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Edilor-in-Chief Nancy Thomas
Associate Editor Cara Lynne Johnson
Business Manager Kathryn Wilson
Managing Editor .. Carol Quick
News Editor — Sybil Cheek
Feature Editor _ . Paige Bishop
Copy Editors Nan Johnstone,
Lillian Young
Assistant Business Manager ....Becky Scott
Advertising Manager Carol Peterson
Photography Editor Ann Wyche
Headline Staff Sallie King,
Karen Shelley, Jane Bostian, Helen Best
Managing Staff Elizabeth Pridgen,
Hillary Masters
Layout Vicky Hanks,
Kathy Clements, Sally Williams,
Sandy Kelley
Circulation Managers Sandy Kelley,
Debby Lotz
Adviser Miss Jess Byrd
Salem Appreciates Efforts
Of Unacclaimed Supporters
The names of the nominees who will compete to fill the 1967-68
Student Government offices ore appearing in today's Salemite. In
next week's issue we will publish the candidates' platforms which
include statements of their qualifications for office. If the girls
who have been nominated are not already known to the entire
student body, they soon will be. Following elections the promi
nence of the offices to which the winners are elected will insure
public recognition and appreciation of their contributions.
An equal amount of acclaim is not in store for those, the ma
jority, who act unassumingly in the background to complement
the occupants of the foreground. Although they receive minimum
publicity they nevertheless continue to contribute their maximum
efforts and talents.
Prior to the exhilaration and accompanying tension of elections,
a season when attention is fixed on the candidates themselves,
take time out to appreciate the work done by all the P. B. T. S.'s
on campus—they're the People Behind the Scenes who set the stage
for the show.
NBT
"The Cold War” OffersSolutionTo
Advocates Invisisible Shields For Protection
Irounc
Wow! This place looks like a
florist’s I Wow! Look at all the
roses and carnations! Wow- Wow!
Look at the candy! Chocolate!
Freshmen Gain
Later Hours,
Lose Sleep
By Sarah Mitchell and Mimi Farrar
And now no longer a sweet voice
calls
At 11:30—“good night, you all!”
So at last the freshmen have trans
gressed the golden mean,
And now a light in every room can
be seen.
No longer do they kill themselves
to study all day.
For now when night comes, they do
nothing but play.
No more are they quick and alert
in class.
This semester sees many a sleepy
lass.
One o’clock, two o’clock, three
o’clock—Hark!
No longer do proctors sneak around
in the dark.
The flashlights are shelved—soon to
be sold
To next year’s freshmen if they
be so bold.
They begin their studying promptly
at 10,
And when 12 comes, the games
begin.
Late movies and bridge take their
toll
Now that the class of ’70 boasts
they’re one semester old.
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1 dke e)4aore By Nicholson
By Sarah Lynne Cobb
Sitting here on my bed, miserable
with a “common cold” and trying to
study, it suddenly occurred to me
that there would be many advant
ages to being “an island unto one
self.” Not the least of these ad
vantages being the reduction of or,
at best, elimination of the “cold”
itself. Especially in situations where
many must live communally, such as
colleges and universities, it would
be of great benefit to be able to
isolate oneself from mankind. This
is not to imply that one would have
to run away from human life and
take on a Throeauistic life by a
Walden Pond. Rather, there should
be some means of maintaining one
self within the framework of so
ciety and, at the same time, pro
tecting oneself from other people
and their germs.
As of now, the only means of
isolation is administered too late,
after the germ-exchange has taken
place. And despite regular use of
modern disinfectants in addition to
long used hygiene methods such as
covering sneezes with a tissue, the
ru
(Character from Charles Schultz)
Good-by face! Wow! Champagne!
Wow! I love it! Valentines Day!
Wow! Wow!
Well, one thing is for sure—
whoever sent all that stuff to Pam
Hoffman, Kristi Scott, Julia Gra
ham, Tuck Smith, Netta Newbold,
Trisha Pollock, Anne Plyler, Carol
Anderson, Edie Hofstead, Paula
Pritchard, Carol Livingston, Greer
Stout; Judy Stevens, and Barbie
Barton (to name a few) sure didn’t
keep any money out of circulation!
Boys, the girls thank you but, most
of all, the government thanks you!
The big rage for Salem girls to
give their boyfriends for Valentine’s
Day is gaily decorated underwear.
Nancy Corbett and Clare Givan
gave Billy Poteat and Mac Tucker,
respectively, T-shirts decorated with
hearts while Sally Cargill, Sarah
Ulmer, and Martha Corner gave
their boyfriends frilly, home-deco-
rated boxer shorts!
Getting Valentine’s (or some
thing!) off to an early start was
the anonymous donor of a lovely
cake last week to Annette Wampler
and Sissie Kincaid. “Memories Lin
ger” was the inscription, but neither
girl knows WHICH memories!
Louise Marsh has proved once
and for all that “crime doesn’t pay.”
It seems that Louise decided to
cut her eight o’clock class last Fri
day and enjoy a leisurely breakfast
when in walked Mr. Peck and the
rest of her class. They hadj
to hold class over a cup of cjiJ
the refectory! I understanj
Louise did an ejtcellent j,)
blending into the crowd!
Well, it finally came!
months and months of waiti
finally came—and there was ei
for snowball fights and snoi
Friday night dates were boml
from fortresses located aboyJ
main floor and overlooking
streets. Snowball fights wer;
tinuous. Take a tip from
NEVER pick a snowball figl
a boy unless you made the
pic dodge-ball team!
Last Thursday night a btit
Clewell idiots went out to p
the snow—^barefooted! Then,
nuts grabbed other unsus]
victims from the Rec I
after disposing of the victims'
and socks, proceeded to carry
out bodily and deposit theml
middle of the lawn between Q
and Babcock 1 Oh ! Did toes
get cold that night!
One last note before I leave
Beware of Henry’s Ghost
was found hanging in Patty
ler’s room, after having coi
suicide. His ghost roams t
ridors at night searching for
and an end to his constant
His only reprieve is the gin
a Salem girl—so never go
bathroom alone!
germ-exchange continues. Feeling
that there is no way to stop its
continuance, communal institutions
try to arrest germs after they’ve
been exchanged by building infir
maries. Infirmaries are clean, anti
septic buildings with rows of big
white beds and two or three star
ched white nurses. Their job; kill
germs. It must be noted that in
firmaries are very efficient at kill
ing germs and thereby healing pat
ients if one is fortunate enough to
get inside.
This brings up a problem; getting
inside the infirmary. One must
meet the “illness requirements” be
fore one is admitted. The average
entrance interview goes something
like this;
Nurse; What seems to be the
trouble ?
Patient; I habe a code.
N: Oh, I see. Sore throat ?
P: Uh-huh.
N: Let’s see. Throat is a little
red. Have you tried salt?
At this point the patient receives a
bag of salt with which to gargle.
This is an indication that so far
the patient is flunking the “illness
requirements”—she has been given
salt to take back to the dorm. But
suddenly the interview continues:
N: Cough ?
P: Uh-huh.
N: Nose running?
P:Yeth.
N: Seems you have a pretty bad
cold. If you'd only come in
sooner we could have stopped
it . . . Better check that tem
perature.
She plows a thermometer into the
mouth and leaves.
While she’s gone, the patifent
makes quiet appeals to be admitted.
She is miserable: chilled, with
watery eyes, stopped up nose,
cough, sore throat, headache . . .
The patient wrings her hands,
thinking, they have got to let me
in. I can’t Stay sick in the dorm—
I’ll infect my roomie and maybe
even the whole hall! Besides, I
can’t afford any more Kleenex.
The nurse returns. The patient,
still wringing her hands, looks up
(CoDtiQued on page 4)
Piedmont Center Provides
Study-Travel Programs
For Salemites In Eurof
By Sandy Kelley
Opportunities for student study and travel in Europe are!
and expanding. A student may now travel for reasonable*
and the opportunities for study exist in almost every field, r
Some students, including several from Salem, take partii
Junior Year Abroad program, but more often a student wishe
spend only a summer abroad in which she can both study
travel.
One of the most comprehensive and practical Summer Sli
Travel programs available to Salem students is that offered b|
Piedmont University Center. Their two programs, which pr»
study at either Dijon, France, or Burgos, Spain, include four#
of study in the language, culture and history of the countryi
weekend trips; and four and a half weeks of travel in Eini
Students wishing to apply must have completed study in f*
or Spanish through the intermediate year. They will tb®
placed on levels according to their knowledge of the languo?
The cost of the Piedmont University Center programs is
per person. This includes travel from New York to Europe^
back, sleeping accommodations, meals, excursions and tours,|
tuition and university library privileges. Last surnmer (
Hanks, a junior, studied on the Spanish tour, and Ann Sd*
and Veronica Halward studied at Dijon, France. Anyone inW
in these programs should talk to these girls about their experisi
Since the application deadline is approaching, anyone inW
in applying for programs should see Dean Hixson immedioldf
more details. Several universities offer study for a year i
not just in language study, but in many fields.
Loyola University of Chicago offers a year of study at itsE*
of Liberal Arts established in Rome in 1962. Classes aret«
by Loyola professors along with several foreign professors.
Weeks of Elizabeth City is presently in Rome under this pro?
She is studying history of Spain, Modern Drama, Art History,
Italian; and she will return to Salem in September.
Another Salem student, Suanne Brooks, spent her juni®^
abroad studying Spanish at the University of Madrid. SheopI
through New York University.
The Junior Year Abroad program for study in France is oj
by Sweetbriar College. One of the most unique programs
is that of Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont. This
gram is open to students who wish to work on a Masters I
at a European University.
These are just a very few of the many programs
Salem students. Anyone wishing information about a
sponsored by a college or university should write directly
institution. However, pamphlets and books have been p^'
with names, addresses, and information about many of thes®|
grams. '
One of these. Undergraduate Study Abroad, is put out 1
Institute of International Education which acts as a clearing
10X7®"^^^°"®! students and study programs. The Februaff
19^ issue of the Saturday Review lists many books which
ordered .. ' . ■
abroad.
containing information about study, work.
or
Dean Hixson or the Vocational Office can open doors to^
more opportunities to Salem students who wish to explo*"®^^