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THE SALEMITE
Friday, February 28,
Salemites Question Billing Smithes Letter Evokes Responses
Of Salem Book Store fYOm Many; MrS* Smith Replys
Recently Salem students have received book store bills—the
second ones this year. Many students complained about the time
lapse that occurred, and many parents complained to the students
about this.
Books are expensive but they seem especially so when the stu
dent receives one or two bills which are composed of books and
necessities (?) charged since school started. Paying these bills in
small installments is a lot less painful for the average student (or
parent) than paying a large lump sum.
Also many Salemites complained that they could not figure out
what the bills said—they could not account for certain figures and
notations. The Salemite staff realizes that the bookstore is in a
period of transition, and that this may account for some of the
delay in billing. We would like to suggest that perhaps this se
mester, bills should be sent out at shorter intervals. Also, we sug
gest that perhaps someone could explain to Salemites why the
bills were detained and how the billing-paying system works, so
that as students we may understand and appreciate our bookstore
and its staff.
Dear Editor:
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Mrs. E. Leonidas Smith’s letter
of February 21st relative to the
Rev. Glenesk’s lecture at Salem
College raises two questions to
which I wish to respond.
The first question is what pro
vides a “genuine worship experi
ence.” Contrary to Mrs. Smith’s
opinion, many of us find as “Chal
lenge ’69” indicated, that dance and
films and contemporary literature
and art can indeed invoke a sense
of the presence of the holy. Per
sonally, I welcome the current
efforts to break from commitment
to forms of worship which reflect
the specific cultural viewpoint of a
past era and to try to work out new
forms of worship which speak to
the present.
The second issue is the concept
of a boycott as a way of dealing
with ideas. Such a response is, in
my opinion, contrary to what the
academic world is all about. One’s
presence at a lecture does not imply
approval of what is said. But he
who is unwilling to listen is ill-
equipped to respond, positively or
negatively. I hope that we as mem
bers of this college community hold
ourselves committed to freedom of
speech as a basic right and to in
telligent listening and response as
our personal obligation.
Sincerely,
Inzer Byers
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Dear Editor:
Reed And Barton Opens
Silver Opinion Competition
During the months of February
and March, Reed and Barton,
America’s oldest major silversmiths,
are conducting a “Silver Opinion
Competition” in which valuable
scholarships totalling $2,050 are be
ing offered to duly enrolled women
students at a few selected colleges
and universities.
Salem College has been selected
to enter this Competition in which
the First Grand Award is a $500
scholarship; Second Grand Award
■ is a $300 scholarship; Third Grand
Award is a $250 scholarship; Fourth,
Fifth and Sixth Awards are $200
scholarships; and Seventh, Eighth,
Ninth and Tenth are $100 scholar
ships. In addition, there will be
100 other awards consisting of sterl
ing silver, fine china and crystal
with a retail value of approximately
$75.00.
In the 1969 “Silver Opinion Com
petition”, an entry form illustrates
twelve designs of sterling with eight
designs of both china and crystal.
The entrants simply list the three
best combinations of sterling, china,
and crystal from the patterns illu
strated. Scholarships and awards
will be made to those entries
matching or coming closest to the
unanimous selections of Table-set-
ting editors from three of the na
tion’s leading magazines.
Carol Carson is the Student Rep
resentative who is conducting the
“Silver Opinion Competition” for
Reed & Barton. Those interested
in entering the “Silver Opinion
Competition” should contact Carol
at 304 Bitting for entry blanks and
for complete details concerning the
Competition rules. She also has
samples of 12 of the most popular
Reed & Barton designs so that
entrants can see how these sterling
patterns actually look.
In response to Mrs. E. Leonidas
Smith’s letter of February 21, I con-
dem (sic) any student who boy
cotted the assembly featuring the
Rev. William Glenesk if that action
was taken in response to his topic—
However because the assembly was
not widely publicised (sic) on cam
pus and because it was the last as
sembly of the semester, I do not
feel the students who cut that as
sembly were boycotting Rev. Glen
esk or his views.
As Mrs. Smith hesitates to see
how any dance, film or pop art
painting can provide a meaningful
worship service, I hesitate to see
how these art forms, under the
right conditions, could not promote
a most meaningful service. It is
obvious to me that something is
rotten in the state of the church.
I’ve been to too rriany churches
where religion is in no way rele
vant to the worshipper in 1969. It
ANNOUNCEMENT
Dr. Harry Harlow, a noted psy
chologist, will speak next Wednes
day, March 5, at 3 30 p.m., in
Winston Hall at Wake Forest
University. Anyone who is
interested is encouraged to come.
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seems to me that drastic innovation
is necessary if organized religion is
to stay alive. (the
ness of Salem College
hierarchy of
most churches is admitting the fact
and trying to improve the situation
—for example — the South-Eastern
branch of the Presbyterian Church).
I, for one, am sick of repeating
words that offer little to think
about, singing hymns that offer
minimal insight on how to achieve
perfection in 1969 and above all
listening to someone gripe about
the financial state of the church or
chose (sic) a topic which is un
timely. The hypocracy (sic) in or
ganized religion is overwhelming
and becomes twice as desgusting
(sic) when it starts in the pulpit.
Aside from that, no matter how
ardent and sincere a church mem
ber might be, they are human and
humans desire variety. Put it this
way, our generation is crying for
variety and different ways of ex
pressing ourselves. The church with
its often unmeaningful ritual stifles
us. It amazes me that people have
been reciting the same words and
singing the same hymns for thirty
or forty years and still put up with
it. —If worshipping God con
sists of that—how dull and lifeless
their God must be.
Marilu Pittman
Dear Editor,
In reaction to Mrs. Leonidas
Smith’s letter of February 21, we
would like to express our point of
view. Mrs. Smith’s inference that
Salem students boycotted the as
sembly featuring the Reverend
Glenesk is, in our opinion, entirely
wrong. We agree that the lack of
students present at this assembly
may have given Mrs. Smith the
impression that the students deli
berately did not attend in order to
express disapproval of the speaker
or topic. However, it is not unusual
for students to reserve cuts for final
assemblies, and naturally, they take
advantage of these cuts. In our
opinion, this was the case. The
obvious fact is that students cannot
possibly know what a speaker will
say until they actually attend his
lecture, and we do not think the
title of the subject was controversial
enough to result in a deliberate
lack of attendance on the part of
the student body.
Mrs. Smith also pointed out that,
she did not see how “any dance,
film or ‘pop art’ painting is going
to provide a genuine worship ex
perience for an ardent and sincere
church-goer.” On the contrary, it
seems as though religion today does
not need to be limited to a strict
interpretation of the Bible or simply
attending church, but rather may
be found in all aspects of life, the
aesthetic arts included. Further, the
way an individual wishes to wor
ship is his perogative, and if “pop
art and dancing lend a feeling of
reverence for him, then he certainly
is entitled to worship in this way.
Consequently, how a person chooses
to understand and worship is irrele
vant-more important is that he
expressed a desire to do so at all.
Although we doubt that many
Salem girls participate in this type
of ceremony, it is the responsibility
of Salem College to present all as
pects of a topic in order to help
the students become aware of the
availabilities and to educate them
in the pertinent trends of the so
ciety—of which necessarily they are
a part.
We would also like to take this
opportunity to express our appre
ciation for the earnest (and success
ful) efforts of the Assembly-Lec
ture Series committee. We have
heard many comments commending
the work of this committee. Not
only have our assemblies been ex
tremely interesting, but they have
also presented a variety of subjects
m an effort to increase the aware-
P.S.
students,
Sincerely
Carroll Lennon and
Hillary Masters.
We did attend the
^Poke.
in which the Rev. Glenesk
Dear Editor,
Mrs. Smith’s letter in the Fk
ruary 21st issue of The SakJ,
raises several questions all of whi
center around academic freedom'
philosophy as basic to the struct®
of learning as the principle of re
ligious freedom is basic to our m.
tional philosophy.
These two basic philosophies co«
verged during the chapel program
presenting the Rev. Glenesk h
which a viewpoint of, perhaps, con.
troversial nature was given’ aca
demic consideration. Mrs. Smitl
in advocating boycott of this pro!
gram would in application deny i
hearing to any who would depart
from the traditional in matters of
religion, (or from what is con
sidered traditional in our time)
This viewpoint challenges the righ
of student to experience the fruits
of contemporary religious thinking
and simultaneously places in jeopi
ardy both religious and academit
freedom.
In regard to worship Mrs. Smitl
implies that her way is the
way, failing to see that tradition
apart from law and owes its
to respect rather than obligation,
and that respect for traditionil
forms does not preclude respect foi
variations and creativity in
ing and the new forms that thj
produce.
Surely, Mrs. Smith, being a wel
trained musician, should have
appreciation for the variation fora
for the symbolic language of musk
does not limit itself to recapitula
tion. There are no rules to in.
that worship be a ground bass.
Patricia Pence
Dear Editor:
It is with regret that I learnei
in The Salemite this afternoon
I had accused the Salem studeil
body of taking a stand on wMcl
they were not guilty.
I had supposed that the student!
had read the publicity concernin(
the speaker in question and wen
acting in a positive rather than
negative manner.
I hereby apologize for creditini
the student body with an opinion
which was mine and mine alow
Sincerely,
Helen Smith
(Mrs. E. Leonidas Smi®
LetterToEdito
Dear Salemites,
It has been brought to my atteo'
tion that a recent “Untitled” po®
which I wrote for Archway hejn
striking resemblance to Leona
Cohen’s “Song” in The
of Earth. I wish to state that
did not intentionally use any pot
tion of the Cohen poem, if '1"
similar, this similarity was not ®'
liberate on my part.
Sincerely,
Jane Cross
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