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THE SALEMITE
Published every Friday of the College
year by the Student Body of
Salem College
October 13, \%y
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By Carol Carson
As if having that supreme witch-
protect many a
.. . Friday the 13th
ing day of Halloween in the month jf the four-leaved clovers are
of October were not enough for picked before you get a chance a
this month, it also can claim the patch, there’s always hope that
distinction of having October 13, someone might have a hex sign
Clover chains have been known to ly will be well-protected today. B„t
^ careless maiden on if you had it on inside out and you
Salemites Call For Lights
In Remaining Dark Places
The recent occurrances of finding strange men in the dormitories
has led to warnings for students to be careful about locking win
dows and doors and walking to the Fine Arts Center and Farmers
Dairy with a companion. These precautions are good safety prac
tices, but the buddy system is not always practical and windows
and doors cannot always be bolted at dusk.
The Salem campus is generally well lighted, but a few additional
lights could help lessen the present gnawing fear that accompan
ies students walking about campus at night. The sidewalk run
ning alongside the swimming pool, with three small but treacher
ous steps at both ends, seems to loom a mile in length at night.
Color television in the Student Center is hardly worth tumbling
down the steps beside Strong into the hands of the unknown. Could
arrangements be made for a light in the vicinity of the Anna
Catherina House on the way to the Farmer's Dairy?
A few lights would be quite inexpensive in comparison to the
cost of possible physical injury due to a fall or the psychological
injury due to meeting a surprise visitor in these dark places.
Roommates May Affect
One A^iother^s Qrades
1967, fall on a Friday. So this is a
doubly evil month for all the ghosts
and goblins that are known to roam
around Salem campus. Each Salem-
ite is urged to avoid the “lower
pleasure grounds” on these two
dates, especially during the dark
hours as Mary Dell is the beasties’
favorite haunt.
If you think that tripping on the
bricks is almost a once a day oc-
curance for every student here at
Salem, beware, because you’ll think
those bricks are doing it all on pur
pose today. And who knows, may
be they’re out to get you, ’cause of
that hard pounding you gave them
last weekend while you ran to get
’into the dorm before closing time.
And if this was the month that
began without your remembering
to say “rabbit, rabbit,” you should
be really on your guard for little
beasties to haunt you. Friday is
the perfect day to catch up with
you for forgetting to salute that
prolific creature.
Stop! Put this paper down and
watch where you’re going. You al
most walked under a ladder just
then. And on the 13th, too! That
could be very dangerous you know.
And after all the warnings you’ve
been given, too. Before it’s too late
perhaps you ought to go find your
self a horseshoe and some clover.
AHNOUNCEMENTS
Do college roommates affect each
other’s academic performance? For
certain groups of students, the ans
wer is yes, according to a study on
“Roommate Choice and Academic
Achievement” recently conducted by
Robert A. Pierce, instructor in psy
chiatry at the University of Ro
chester School of Medicine and
clinical psychologist in the Univer
sity’s Student Flealth Service. Col
leges and universities tend to regard
the provision of housing facilities
for their students as a service -—
perhaps more for parents than stu-
dents---rather than as an education
al tool. Dr. Pierce says.
However, housing arrangements
do appear to have educational im
plications, according to his survey
of two groups of students and their
roommates. He found that the stu
dents in the fall semester of a class
in Introductory Psychology tended
to achieve at a level similar to that
of their roommates, but that there
were interesting differences when
tlie group was broken down by sex
and class.
For the overall group, only men’s
achievement levels were significant
ly related to those of their room
mates. Broken down by class, how
ever, the survey showed that fresh
men, “who are for the most part
arbitrarily asigned to teach each
other, tend to accommodate their
level of achievement to that of their
roommates.”
Among upperclassmen, who are
free to choose their roommates, it
appeared that “men choose room
mates who achieve similarly to
themselves-—while women seen to
pay no attention to this dimension
at all.”
Repeating the study with the spring
semester class and their room
mates, Dr. Pierce again found that
the overall group tended to achieve
at a level similar to that of their
roommates as did the freshmen. “But
the findings that upperclassmen
match their levels of achievement
even more closely to that of their
roommates, or choose roommates
of similar achievement levels, was
not borne out in the second study,”
he said.
On the basis of his findings. Dr.
Pierce concluded that among cer
tain groups of students, school
achievement correlates positively be
tween roommates and that “over
achievement” probably accounts for
a fair portion of this effect. (An
overachiever was defined in the
study as a student whose class stan
ding at the end of the semester or
of the academic year was higher
than his ability as measured by
College Board scores.)
The latter conclusion was based
on the fact that of the roommate
pairs whose achievements were most
similar, nearly half showed mutual
overachievement, rather than mut
ual underachievement, “Convergen
ce” (the brighter student undera
chieved and the less bright stu-
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they’d let you use for the remainder
of the day, that is, if they beat
you to the clover.
Since all Salem girls wear slips,
if yours is on inside out you certain-
turned it right-side out, then you’re
really in trouble, especially today
Bew^are when you spill that salt
at the table tonight! Be sure and
pick up a pinch of it and throw it
over your left shoulder immediately
before it and the 13th get you. And
settle down to a comfortable and
leisurely dinner. After all, in only
six more hours it will be all over!
The Archway would welcome any
written or art work from students
or faculty. Submit work to any
staff member or put it in the box
outside the Archway Office. Please
do not put your name on the work
itself, but put your name and the
title or description of the work on
a separate sheet attached to the
work.
Any interested students are in
vited to the next meeting, October
18, at 5 p.m.
o
The assembly schedule for the
week of October 16-20 has been re
arranged. Yass Hakoshima, Mime,
will present an assembly Monday,
October 16, as part of the Lecture
Series and Dr. Eugene Odum will
speak Wednesday, October 18 as a
Rondthaler Lecturer. Friday will
have the free 11 a.m. period.
Nation’s Attitudes Create
Problems! For Democats
By Lyn Davis
It almost happened to Taft, to Hoover, and to Truman. Could
it happen to Johnson-could he be dethroned; denied the Presi-
edntial nomination at his party's national convention.
A nationwide movement is being fostered to dump LBJ in 1968,
Republicans and Democrats alike are declaring their intentions of
seeing the President defeated in his bid for another term. Follow
ing the pattern of the last few years, the Republicans are unable
to come up with either a strong platform or a strong candidate,
It is the Democrats who show more organization and even perhaps
more determination.
Their slogans range from "ABJ" (Anybody But Johnson) to "RFK"
(Robert F. Kennedy, the Senator from New York). Their leaders
are individuals as varied as their proposed means of defeating
Johnson in the primaries. Robert Vaughn, the man from U.N.C.L.E,;
John Kenneth Gailbraith, author of The Affluent Society and chair
man of Americans for Democratic Action; and Al Lowenstein, pasi
president of the National Student Association and a rising aggres
sive New York attorney—all are heads of these different groups,
Opposition to the war in Viet Nam seems to be at the heart of
the movement. Support for the President's domestic policies coo
tinue, but the injustice of the war beats out this area of approval.
The common cause and the common goal are not yet enough
The several anti-Johnson groups just unite among themselves. Tc
overcome "party inertia," alliance with other organizations wht
are opposed more to the President's programs than to the mar
himself would then become necessary. Only in a concerted one
fast-moving effort will their goal of refusing Johnson the Demo
cratic nomination for President be attained.
Sources: Newsweek—October 9, 1967
New York Times—October 8, 1967
twentieth National Student Congress
WRA Presents Hockey,
Tennis In Season Plans
The main fall sport is hockey,
and the hockey season had a kick
off picnic on September 27 with
approximately 25 girls present. The
hockey manager, Gini Herbst, and
the coach, Virginia Johnson, each
gave a brief talk explaining prac
tice, telling about the games, and
explaining other subjects of interest
to the players. Practice began on
October 4 and will be held every
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs
day at 4:30 p.m.
The hockey schedule this year
includes three home and three away
games, with the possibility of an
invitation to Hockey Day at Con
verse College. The first game is
with the Academy on Monday,
October 16, with the rest of the
season rounding out as follows:
Thursday, October 19, Wake Forest
University at Salem; Tuesday, Oc
tober 24, Salem at UNC-G; Tues
day, October 31, Salem at Catawba;
and Tuesday, November 7, Salem
at Wake Forest University. The
interest in hockey this year is
great, and the coach anticipates a
successful season.
Not to be forgotten in the fall
is tennis, especially the Freshman
Tennis tournament which is taking
place during October and the early
part of November. Approximately
35^ to 40 girls are participating in
this tournament, and the results of
the first and second rounds of play
will be published in next week’s
Salemite.
There has also been much ii
terest among the faculty in playh
tennis with the students in. tl
afternoons, and there are many sti
dents who have taken advantage!
this opportunity to become bett(
acquainted with the faculty met
bers.
Society Donate!
Untitled Rel'®
An untitled relief was pre«”'
to Salem College this morning
the North Carolina State Af
ciety and is hanging in t e
of the Fine Arts Center.
Mrs. George Pascal of *
president of the society,
presentation to Dr. Dale ■
The work, by Dons W
ley.
of New Smyrna Beach,
a 75” by. 75” relief in ena"
plywood, colored in red wi
and green. It will become
the College’s permanent art
tion.
$500 secK
The relief was a
place winner in the North
Artists annual competition
which had its first showing
Salem College Fine Arts
lakes a
-winning
-jetief
The society makes a |
donating prize
art institutions.
Who's superstitious?
Writers contributing this week were Beth Chronister,
Day Mordecai, Joy Bishop, Barbara Homey, Debbie Lotz,
Haines, Susan Shore, and Sandy Kelley.