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THE SALEMITE
Sophs Plan
IRS Breakfast
Published every Friday of the College
year by the Student Body of
Salem College
OFFICES: Basement of Day Student
Center
Printed by the Sun Printing Company
Subscription Price $4.50 a year
Editor-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—.Mary Lou Atkinson
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
New IRS Officers Require
Full Support Of Students
Friday, March 3—8 p.m.
Concert: The Impressions—
Hanes Auditorium — church
clothes
*Don’t forget your Salem iden
tification card.
12:30 a.m. Sign-in
Saturday, March 4—2 p.m.-4 p.m.
Dormitory Open-houses
5:15 p.m.-6 p.m. Special Buffet
Supper—refectory (guest tickets
$1)
♦Remember, no hair rollers or
bermudas.
8 p.m.-12 a.m. Dance: the Tams
and Chester Mayfield
Gymnasium — informal (skirts
and sweaters). No smoking on
Gym floor!
12 a.m.-l a.m. Sophomore Break
fast—Day Student Center
1 a.m. .Sign-in
Sunday, March 5—1 p.m. Sunday
Dinner—refectory
(guest tickets $1.25)
New governments always promise changes for the better and
ours is no exception. Today^s newly-elected student officers have
set for themselves the goals they believe to be our own. The in
novations they propose have evolved from their conception of our
desires and needs. Yet, in addition to the latent power which
every good intention holds, these girls need the solid support of
all six-hundred Salem students. By awarding the winners an of
fice we have already indicated that we subscribe to their view
points and acknowledge their capabilities. Since it is us who have
elected them, we must now be the ones to offer them the encour
agement to aim at fulfilling their campaign promises.
Someone will say, "But I didn't vote for her. I don't know how
she got elected." Well, a majority of the votes must have been in
her favor or she would not have been elected. And what can we
do now that she has won—just leave?
No, the solution can't be found in stopping the game because
one of our hand-picked players lost. We can't all leave because
the party we bet on didn't win. There's one thing we can all do,
though, and that's to work with and for the officers we've elected.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
There will be Inquirers’ classes
concerning religion, and specifically
the Episcopal Church, held on
Thursday nights beginning March 9
in the Day Student Center. These
discussions will be given by the
Reverend Mr. William Merrill,
Episcopal Chaplain to Salem. All
students are invited. There will be
notices as to times of discussions.
NBT
BASKETBALL!
Queens vs. Salem
Tuesday, March 7
7 p.m.
Salem Gym
Restoration Of Old Salem Offers
Authentic Look At Early Town
By Jane Roughton
Any stranger who walked into the
Farmer’s Dairy Bar around noon
could witness an anachronism as
apparent as any in Shakespeare.
There might be several men clad
in 18th century costumes enjoying
a hamburger, but those who are
familiar with Old Salem know that
these men are part of the Old Salem
guide staff. Indeed the quaint cos
tumes worn by both the men and
women guides add much charm to
Salem Square.
Visitors can walk around restored
Salem enjoying the old-fashioned
atmosphere of brick walls, lamp-
posts, and authentic Moravian
homes as well as enter many of the
old residences, shops and museums
to get a closer glimpse of how these
early settlers lived. Among the re
stored buildings that are open to
the public is the Miksch Tobacco
Shop dating from 1773, which is the
oldest tobacco shop standing in
America. On the corner of Aca
demy Street and Main is the Wa
chovia Museum where the Boy’s
School was originally housed. This
1794 building exhibits school ma
terials used by the young Salem
Novelist Ehle To Address
Friends Of Salem Library
John Ehle, distinguished North
Carolina novelist, will speak at the
annual meeting of the Friends of
Salem College Library, Monday,
March 6, at 8 p.m. ' His topic will
be “Experience of a Novelist.” For
the past year while living in Win
ston-Salem, he has been working on
his new novel, The Road, that is to
be published this week.
A former member of the faculty
of the University of North Carolina,
.Mr. Ehle has been active in pro
moting education in his native state.
As a special assistant to former
governor Terry Sanford, he origi
nated the idea of the Governor’s
School and the North Carolina
School of the Performing Arts. He
has also been active in cultural and
anti-poverty programs in the state,
and in 1965, was appointed to the
National Council on the Humani
ties.
In 1964, Mr. Ehle was awarded
the Sir Walter Raleigh Prize for
The Land Breakers. This story is
set in the late eighteenth century
and describes a young couple start
ing out across the mountains of
North Carolina to begin their mar
riage. Their trials, hardship and
rewards are graphically told. That
same territory years later, forms
the background of his forthcoming
work The Road, with the mountains
still presenting a formidable barrier
to man’s progress. The author was
named recipient of the 1965 May-
flow'er Cup Award for The Free
Men, a description of the tension
in Chapel Hill during the Civil
rights demonstrations.
The staff of the Library cordially
invites interested students to hear
Mr. Ehle and remain to talk with
him.
CORRECTION
Sue Sue Britt is marrying
Mendall Jordan, not Wendel
Williams as reported in the Feb
ruary 24 issue. Sorry for the
mix-up Sue Sue and Mendell—
whoever he may be!
March 3
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By Jane Litton and Janie McCaslin
Canto I
I lie awake at night and ponder-
What's to become of me, I wonder?
Shall I do my math today
Or shall I do it Tuesday?
There's a pressing question on my mind.
It seems to take up all my time.
Should I ask my Johnny boy
Or find myself another toy?
(Take that anyway you want to.)
I hate to make the dreaded call
And ask a boy to the gala ball.
Should he be dapper, suave, or kind;
Short, fat, ugly, or blind-it don't make no never mind.
What'll I do if he says no?
I guess I'll just eat until my appetite is so
Fully satisfied that to indulge in
More would be obnoxious to my tastes.
Chorus: Talk to me-bee do do . . ." etc.
Canto II
I've got the dime poised over the slot.
I'm not sure if I'll go or not.
My hands are clammy, my face is red;
One more minute, I fear 1II be dead.
He answers the phone, but 1 cant hear
My heart is pounding in my ear.
My voice goes faint, I choke and wheeze;
I fear I've got the dread disease.
The fateful call of one dark of night
Who? he seemed to say—though I couldn't say for sure.
(Continued on Page 3)
Psychedelic Music Takes
Listener To Other Worl
By Lyn Davis
students along with some primitive
household utensils and pottery.
Across the corner from the Wa
chovia Museum is one, of the most
unusual structures of the restora
tion which was built in 1769 and
1786, The Brothers’ House, called
that because it was the home of all
unmarried Moravian men from the
age of 14 on, is half-timbered leav
ing the main structural beams ex
posed. Here every Christmas, the
Putz is on display and visitors stand
in line for hours to watch the tradi
tional candles made and eat Mo
ravian sugarcake.
We are all familiar with the
Market Fire House for it stands
in the middle of our square. Those
who stop by to observe will find a
collection of Old Salem’s fire-fight
ing equipment on display.
Perhaps one of the most attrac
tive stops on the tour is the John
Vogler House built in 1819. Inside
the home of the town silversmith
and clock-maker, much of his
fractsmanship is on exhibit. The
Vogler House also reveals how the
inside of Old Salem homes were.
Characteristics of these interiors are
comfort and simplicity which pro
vide a charming antiquity. Of
course one of the main attractions
of the Salem restoration is the
Salem Tavern where George Wash
ington slept. On these grounds is
an agricultural museum in the barn.
The restoration of this Moravian
Congregation town founded in 1776
provides this area with the historic
educational and cultural advantages.
Salem College students are especi
ally encouraged to visit these spots
for no admission fee is required.
Salem’s identification cards will al
low admittance to all of these mu
seums and old buildings. If you
have not already taken the tour you
are urged to do so in order to share
the delights of our neighborhood.
Psychedelic music—"It's uninhibited, free. It flows. It
hold of you and makes you want to do things." It lets you
out" and "turn on, tune in, drop out." It's the thing that's
heard all the way from San Francisco's Avalon and Fillmore'sM]
toriums, where it supposedly originated, to New York City,fS
ranges from the Blue Magoos' Psychedelic Lollipop to Simoiu.
Garfunkel's Seven O'Clock News/Silent Night, a strange comi ’
tion of the report of the Student Nurses' Slayings in Chicago
a Christmas carol.
What is it? Basically it's an outgrowth of the "conscious
ponding" effects of drugs such as LSD. It supposedly allows!,
listener to "cast off" . . . outmoded and restricted standards
thinking, dress, and social etiquette in order to express create'
his relationship to his immediate environment and the social si
ture as a whole, without the aid of LSD. "It makes you vibr
when the lead guitarist of a band such as the Electric Pruneslis
his back to the audience and plays directly into the concerts^
amplifier, causing all the sound to go from the guitar to theaif
fier and back again and again. j
To derive the most from this "other world" music, blinU,:
colored lights, slides that flash from polka dot to stripe tops!,
running together, and films of "just really interesting things"! ;
heart beats, activity in the blood stream, and lymphs glandss.
used in the dance halls. The makers of the new beat evensf!'
far as to use a sound oscillator turned up so high that a i®'
waved in front of it will produce this psychedelic music ii!
purest forms. It knows no boundaries as it, along with ISDs j
psychedelic art, tries to free the listener from this world Wo ^
one beyond.
SOURCE: National Observor, Februray 27, 1967.
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