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PasS'Fail System To Qive
Opportunities To Salemites
After reading and hearing about pass-fail grading systerris
being instigated on other campuses throughout the country, it is
noteworthy that Salem is following suit by offering a limited num
ber of courses on this basis to juniors and seniors. As time pro
gresses, perhaps the program can be expanded to allow juniors
and seniors to take a maximum of six or eight courses on a pass-
fail basis, a maximum of two per semester.
Such a program will benefit the student by providing full aca
demic credit of hours toward graduation, while at the same time
free her to some extent for more intense concentration on studies
in her chosen major. Upperclassmen have selected courses as
electives and later found that these demanded time and study
equal to that of required courses in their major. Taking electives
on a pass-fail basis should alleviate some of these conflicts. The
program will also be a welcome relief to some freshmen and
sophomores who have been working to complete required degree
courses so that they can begin advanced courses in their major.
The Salemite welcomes letters from any reader on any sub
ject. These should be given to staff members or placed in Box
203 in Bitting. Letters received by 6:30 p.m. each Tuesday will
usually be printed in that week's issue unless adequate space
is not available—in which case the letter will be held for publi
cation the following week.
Students Test Anti-Anxie^
Drugs For Researchers
Audience Raves About
Limon Dance Company
By Nan Rufty
Tlie performance by the Jose
Limon Dance Company Friday
evening was the most commanding
and impressive I have seen.
Part I was a dance called The
Winged which was in eighteen dif
ferent sections with various mem
bers of the company dancing in
solos, duets, or groups. Each sec
tion expresses an idea connected
with birds. Although the entire
company has beautiful technique,
the two leading dancers are ex
ceptional. Louis Falco is strong and
dynamic and can demand the im
possible from his body. Sarah
Stackhouse is just as dynamic in a
lyrical way. It was fun to see what
each section was going to be and
the extraordinary ability of the
dancers.
Part II was entirely different.
The dance was Missa Brevis, a re
ligious dance, that was the most
overwhelming piece of choreo
graphy I have ever seen. It was
impossible to take your eyes off
Mr. Limon. The dance completely
captured the emotions and swept
you into the communication of
worship.
salemite Fridsy, November 8,J^
TIHICCILI©^I TIHIE WAILlLjf
By Sterling W'nstead
Ever hear the old phrase If you
give an inch, he’ll take a mile
Well that’s the way much progress
comes about. Just in the last few
years Salemites have been given
the privilege to smoke m the din
ing hall after meals. But ever
since woman suffrage, Salem
women have been fighting for
their rights, the right to smoke
included.
Because smoking had been going
on secretly before 1931, in The
Salemite September 19, 1931 the
>:tudents were reminded. “Violation
of the smoking rule is absolutely
not being tolerated.” However m
an editorial in The Salemite, Sep
tember 26, 1931, the Board of
Trustees issued t h e statement
“smoking is not a moral question
but a question of health, social
usage, and parental viewpoint and
since secret and unlawful smoking
threatens fire safety, breaks down
the spirit of student honor, and
promotes a dishonorable attitude,
students might smoke at Salem at
set times and places after due
consultation with their parents.”
The places designated as the smok
ing room was in the basement of
Main Hall and was called the
By Lyn Davis
Students in the next five years may have another study aid be
sides "dex" and No-Doz. Researchers at the University of Miami
(Florida) are in the process of testing an anti-anxiety pill that is
designed to reduce all kind of tension in the individual. Two dif
ferent formulas are being given to thirty students. Fifteen stu
dents received Type A, fifteen Type B. Neither the researchers nor
the students know what drug they are taking. In this way, the
scientists hope to be able to produce more accurate, unbiased
results.
Student volunteers were recruited from a classified advertise
ment in the newspaper. Approximately half of those applying
were rejected because their psychiatric problems were too great
or they were motivated solely by the money offered to those
participating in the test.
The entire project is now under the direction of physicians at
Jackson Memorial Hospital. Students will be checked once each
week during the duration of the experiment. After the month
has ended, all participants will undergo the same type of exhaus
tive psychological examinations as they did before they were
accepted into the program. The thirty who were selected gener
ally suffer from such things as "insomnia, disturbing or repetitive
thoughts, fears and tensions." The drug will be available only
after many more tests and evaluations.
Green Room.
Week days (Saturday an exci
tion)
7:30 to 8:30 a.m.
9:00 to 10:00 a.m.
12:30 to 3:30 p.m.
5 :00 ot 7:00 p.m.
Again in March, 1937, the pr,
lem of smoking w'as revived in
editoral in The Salemite. “I (-h'
enge those in authority to g
serious thought to the question
smoking privileges. We fully reai
what a forward step was the mo
ment several years ago to g
Salem its Green Room but n
even more liberalism might be
sirable.” The girls felt the Gr
Room should be open all day
the following reasons: “ . . ,
unmannerly rush from the t:
would be eliminated . . . dur
Green Room hours girls frequet
smoke cigarette after cigarette
make up for the closed hoi
Such excess is far more harn
than moderate smoking. Of coi
a few girls would spend more t
in the Green Room than they
at present, but their newly gai
freedom would lose its fasciani
. ■ for human desire is to
what, we are forbidden to do.”
Salemites still haven’t lost t
enthusiasm for change. It might
interesting to look at a Sale:
thirty years from now when
newly acquired apartment rule
be old hat. Is it time for anol
change ? W h a t w i 11 the i
change be ?
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State Meetir
mas.
Arts Students Perform
Compositions In Asssmbly
Then at the end the humility of
Mr. Limon was so moving, the en
tire audience just raved.
Saturday morning a master class
was taught by Sara Stackhouse at
the School of the Arts for dance
groups in the area. Salem had eight
participants and they thoroughly
enjoyed it.
By Jane Dimmock
Talent is abundant at the North
Carolina School of the Arts, and
they consented to share some of it
with us in assembly this Wednes
day. Salem students enjoyed orig
inal compositions by Gary Buch
anan, a college junior, and Keith
Gates, a sophomore, as performed
by students of the school. Some
what surprising was the Sonatine
for Tuba and Piano—who ever
thought a tuba could play a soft
melody: The flute sonata, by Bu
chanan, showed much the same
style of composition, such as
repeated notes and dissonances in
the accompaniment.
Keith Gates is already accomp
lished as a composer, and promises
greatness for the future as well.
His string quartet showed ori-
Pass-Fail Passes
ginality as well as knowledge of
form and techniques, although he
has only played the cello. Unfor
tunately, the performance did not
do him justice. But please, Salem
ites let’s show a little culture and
learn not to clap between move
ments !
The highlight of the program
■jvas, needless to say, the p.ano
concerto which Gates performed
himself. It is quite evident that he
could be equally successful as a
pianist, for he showed excellent
thought somewhat unusual tech
nique. The piece was powerful, full
of life, and exciting at every move
ment. At present, Gates is the only
person who can play it, sicne he
hasn’t even finished writing it
down yet. One felt that every
chord was pulled from his inmost
self as he played, and an over
whelmed audience gave him a
standing ovation at the end.
By Sue Palaschak
Eight members of the Home I
nomics Club attended the fifty-
annual meeting of the North C
lina Home Economics Associa
in Greensboro. The girls atter
the November 1 and Novembf
sessions. i.
Brandy Aiken is presently S
Treasurer for 1969-1970. Sh:
Wendt is the newly elected S
Reporter. She will accept
duties for the 1970-1971 sessioi
the spring.
Many points of view were
sented at the meeting on H
Economists’ Focus on the (
sumer. Dr. Leroy C. Augens
was guest speaker. Dr. Au|
stein is professor and cliairmai
the depart of biophysics at Mi
gan State University. He spoki
“values for a set of tough si
pers.” His focus was on the so
ethical, and biological problems
ing today’s consumer in the vv
of scientific and medical discove
Other speeches were heard on
past and present legislation and
social and economic concerns ah
ing the consumer.
The girls also saw many spi
exhibitions and were able to co
a “bundle” of free “goodies.
Humphrey Supporter Donetta
George models her campaign
dress while promoting her can
didate.
A student during her junior and
senior years is permitted to elect
up to four courses (but no more
than one course in a given term),
with the stipulation that grades for
diese courses will not be counted
in computing the student’s quality
point ratio. A grade of Pass car
ries full academic credit; a grade
of Fail carries no academic credit.
A student must indicate at the time
of registration that she is choosing
to take a course under this arrange
ment, and she may not change it to
a letter-grade basis after the first
two weeks of classes. In preparing
his class roll the instructor will in
dicate which students are registered
on Pass-Fail basis.
Courses selected for Pass-Fail
grades must be other than those
submitted by the student to satisfy
the basic course requirements
group requirements and those in
the student’s major and minor.
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