cine.
These so-called radicals are our contemporaries, as part of our
generation. Do we have the courage to speak out with them and
take a firm stand on the issues—or are we going to watch the
world go by? Will we choose to maintain our apathy in the main
stream of the controversial issues of today or will we utilize some
peaceful means to express our opinions and stand up to defend
them?
Just think about it
SNC
Little Theater Presents
Musical "The Boyfriend”
By Jane Horton
Creating current theater excite
ment in Winston-Salem is The Boy
friend hy Sandy Wilson'. From the
l.ondon scene featuring Julie An
drews, this play shifts to the stage
of tlie r.ittle Theatre from May
8-19. Curtain time Monday-Friday
is 8:1.S p.m., and Sunday matinees
are at 3:15 p.m. individual tickets
can be purchased at a cost of $3.50.
Set' on the French Riviera during
the 1920’s, The Boyfriend features
a cast of twenty Winston-Salem
players. Principal characters are
portrayed by Little Tlieatre veterans
with the exception of Polly, played
by Beverly Culbrcath. Johnnie
•Smith assumes the role of Bobby
Van Heusan; Mary Ramsey of
Masie, and George Lee of Tony.
Other characters of foreign and
noble origins arc Madame Dubon
net, alias Jane Dull; Sir Percival
Browne, played by Jim Austin;
Bobby Dayle as Lord Brockhurst,
and Helen Bryant acting as Lady
Brockhurst. Doris Pardington di
rects the cast.
There is much singing and danc
ing in the show. Choreographic
work is managed by Deanne Col
lins : music is directed by Phyllis
Oesley. Also adding color is a col
lection of authentic 1920 costumes
and 1968-styled old fashioned bath
ing suits. This is a production of
personality which promises much
audience appeal to theater-goers of
Winston-Salem. In Little Theatre
terms, “This show lilts; it is tune
ful and reflects the high spirits and
innocence of the Charleston and
cloche hat days. You’ll have a
ball!’’
Other writers contributing this week are Jane Bostian, Cyn-
dee Grant, Candy Stell, Barbara Homey, and Sara Engram.
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THE SALEMITE
Friday, May 10, 1%8
The College Protest Gan
Relate To Salem Students
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Recent riots, demonstrations, and marches by students across the
nation and in all four corners of the globe have shaken the strong
hold of some administrators in the ranks of both small colleges
and large universities. These avid protestors stage their attack on
institutionalism in varying degrees between one extremeor the other
Some accomplish their goals through peaceful agitation of a non
violent nature. In contrast, the intensity of their cause is not be
yond inflation to the point of violence.
The annual meeting of the Board
of Directors of the Piedmont Uni
versity Center will be held on Tues
day, May 14, at Reynolda House.
Dr. Dale H. Gramley, President of
the Board, will preside at the meet
ing.
Students Express Views
On Exam Changes, SSC
Dear Editor,
The northern area of the college
Alumnae Association will meet on
campus on Thursday, May 16.
Aggression can be a tool to prod defensive parties into comply
ing to the offense, war has proven this. But is aggression to be
the too! of civilized men the world over or become the code of
a culture? Peaceful methods have proven effective as well. Are
today's young people striking out against the strictors of institu
tions, society, or the generation on the other side of the "gap?"
Are they seeking independence to decide the issues themselves to
improve their society or, in fact, are they fighting for the responsi
bility they feel qualified to accept and participate in directing,
mainly that of the Vietnam War.
A grant of $400 for 1968-69 has
been received by the college from
the Presser Foundation of Phila
delphia. The grant will be awarded
to a music student who is planning
to teach.
Perhaps all this revolutionary action seems irrelevant to the col
lege community here at Salem, but falling back on our apathetic
attitudes of the past—of non-involvement—is not necessarily the
answer. The rebelling youth who took over Columbia University
and those who peacefully "lived-in" on Duke's quadrangle are
part of US. They are the men and women with whom we will
shape the future of the state, nation, and world—socially, economi
cally, culturally, and politically. They are expressing viewpoints
and attitudes not just of students still in the process of learning,
but of young adults who will go to the polls in November, who
seek an end to discrimination—or rather racial peace, and whose
men are subject to Uncle Sam's call to duty despite aspirations or
potential for graduate school, with the exception of those in medi-
Dr. James W. Edwards, Head of
the Biology Department, will be on
campus this weekend to assist in
the senior comprehensive examina
tions. Dr. Edwards is completing
a year of special study at Cornell
University.
The American Guild of Organists
will hold a workshop in Hanes
Auditorium May 10-11.
Pool To Open;
Rules Set Down
In the near future Salem’s swim
ming pool will be filled with water
(rather than frying girls), and the
lifeguards will take over their do
main. In preparation for this com
ing day, WRA has asked that we
pay attention to certain rules.
It is especially important that the
pool area be entered only when a
life guard is present. The official
swimming times will be posted in
the Refectory as soon as they are
decided upon.
Also, the WRA has asked that
tliese rules be adhered to;
1. No food, chewing gum, cigarettes
or glass containers will be al
lowed in the pool area.
2. The pool is to be used by Salem
students only.
3. Proper pool conduct is expected
at all times. No running, horse-
I>lay —' only one on the diving
hoard, etc.
4. Students must wear a bathing
suit when using the pool.
5. Enter the pool area through the
basement of Clewell. Do not go
over the wall.
6. No Smoking in the pool area.
WRA feels that it is only fair to
warn Salemites that infringement of
these rules will be referred to Stu
dent Government. However, obey
ing a few regulations should help
to make this a pleasant swimming
season for all of us.
I would like to try to clarify
exactly what has happened in re
lation to NSA on this campus since
last November.
When I was elected Coordinator
of NSA around Thanksgiving, NSA
was in trouble. Legislative Board
had set up a commission to study
the value of Salem’s affiliation with
the United States National Student
Association. The NSA and I tried
to evaluate our position and then
plan a program of action that would
enable us to keep our affiliation.
But within the space of two weeks,
we felt that it was a hopeless fight.
The few who knew anything about
NSA didn’t like it; the few who
knew nothing about it APPEARED
to be against it. We therefore,
under my direction and advice, de
cided to petition to drop Salem’s
affiliation and thus avoid a fight
that would drag out all spring and
undoubtedly end in defeat. I tried
to keep what would be most bene
ficial to the student body in mind
at all times when I began to initiate
action.
While Mary Alice and I were
trying to plan an organization that
could take over the functions of
NSA, the Internationa! Relations
Club petitioned to become a budget
organization. Gail Rogers, Kathi
Long, and I compromised to form
two separate bodies. IRC, in its
trial year as a budget organization
next year, will try to take over the
non-service elements of NSA—in
ternational programming, speakers,
informing the students of current
levents, discussion groups, films, etc.
The problem tlien was to draw up
what was left of NSA into a com
prehensive, effective body that
would aid the student body.
The idea for a Student Service
Council came into being. With the
help of Mary Alice and ideas I had
gathered from innumerable NSA
functions, I wrote the petition to
form SSC and its constitution. It
would not be a part of Student Gov
ernment in the sense that the bud
get organizations are, for it would
take its money directly from Stu
dent Government; yet its head was
to be a major officer, elected from
tlie student body. In this way, we
hoped that SSC could become a
ivital part of life at Salem. SSC
would not only continue such me
chanical work as the Book Ex
change. It would also be an aggres
sive, challenging force that would
gather ideas from other campuses
and use them to stimulate student
government to continue existing
programs (such as curriculum evalu-
ation, which has been allowed to
drop). I had hoped that the SSC
would serve as Salem’s contact with
the outside world.
But it did not happen quite that
way. SSC, as the new Leg. Board
has set it up, could become little
more than a tool of student govern
ment. Its head is not a major of
ficer, although she does sit on Leg
Board without a vote; she will not
have the students’ backing she
would have, had she been elected
by the students. Rather than be
coming a part of a dynamic, active
student government — one that in
itiates petitions and moves quickly
in immediate response to its stu
dent body—I fear that SSC will be
come another organization that will
lie, useless and idle, until someone
or a Somebody happens to think of
it and uses it because it had been
impotent for so long. The future
of SSC lies in the hands of the
student body. By voicing an opin
ion to someone on Leg. Board who
will speak up in the meetings, SSC
can become a nerve center on
Salem’s campus.
SSC is NOT to become a second
NSA, either in name or form. I
now regret that I did not push the
NSA disaffiliation petition (it was
introduced in January but not acted
on until March) so that you, the
student body, would have had time
to offer suggestions as to how you
w'ould have liked the resulting
bodies structured. By being more
aggressive, perhaps I would have
been allowed to explain the think
ing behind the petition creating
SSC to the new Leg. Board before
they set it up.
All my “I wish’’ ’es are now too
late. I can only give my endorse-'
ment to SSC’s new head, Louise
Sherrill, and hope that the student
body will be given the opportunity
one day to read and vote on SSC’s
constitution.
If anyone has any questions re
garding my stand or what has been
done within the last six months, 1
hope they will come to me directly.
I will be glad to do all I can to
continue to serve the school and
tlie student body.
Respectfully,
Lyn Davis
Dear Editor:
I have delayed in writing this let
ter for a long time, with the hope
that the exam policy of the college
might show some improvement, but
unfortunately I have seen few signs
of amelioration in a system which
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