BARTON, CULPEPPER, FRENCH, SHERRILL SPEAK OUT
president of student
GOVERNMENT
of the crowd, sometimes at the
back. And it is to these people
that she delegates, responds, and
initiates. It is our choice—to claim
leaders and doctrines and continue
exercising our privilege and oppor
tunity of self-government.
Barbie Barton
[First, I would like to thank those
who nominated me. In addition to
it being a great honor, I consider
the nomination a great privilege
and opportunity. Working on Legis
lative Board for two years, I have
become aware of the many aspects
of Student Government and just
how precious the privilege is to
constitute and control our own
affairs on and oflf campus. As other
“^mpuses and communities lose this
self-governing privilege, we at
Salem continue in the progress and
sirength of the Honor Tradition
and Student Government. This is
only because of you and the leaders
you choose.
IWe have the opportunity to nomi
nate and elect our leaders; the
leaders which should not only face
the public with an open mind and
open ears, but also with definite
ideas, values, and words. Our
chosen leaders should keep fore
most in mind that under their re
sponsibilities, they have people, not
do-good machines. To lead is to
guide these people, to make them
fully aware, sometimes at the front
CANDIDATES
STATE VIEWS
See Pages 5 To 10
Sandra Culpepper
Thanks for considering me as a
worthy candidate for the office of
President of Student Government.
I feel that the most important
duty of any president of an organi
zation is that of executing the de
mands of the other members of that
organization. This, of course, would
require each individual to contri
bute his own ideas and opinions.
In applying a situation such as this
to Salem’s Student Government As
sociation, one finds that, ideally,
each student should recognize her
responsibility as a vital part of the
Association. Important changes
cannot be made unless opinions are
voiced and petitions are written.
Despite the many rule improve
ments and other changes which
have occurred in the past year,
there is much more yet to be ac
complished. Specifically, a decision
must be reached concerning the
scheduling of exams by students.
definite plans should be made for
improving the curriculum, and the
Constitution should be examined.
Also, more outlets should be estab
lished for direct participation by
underclassmen in Student Govern
ment. However, these changes and
others cannot occur without the
necessary student support and a
strong organization.
As Treasurer of Student Govern
ment and a member of Executive
Board this year, I have become well
acquainted with the duties of Pre
sident. I am aware of the responsi
bility involved and will strive to
justify this trust if elected.
I will endeavor to encourage the
participation of every student, and
to distribute responsibility to a
greater number of girls. I will seek
to maintain open lines of communi
cation between the students and the
administration in order that we may
continue to progress. I will strive
to represent the interests of each
student, to make sound legislative
decisions, and to preserve the spirit
and tradition of Salem. Having
served on Legislative Board for two
years and as Secretary of Student
Government, I am aware of the
functional aspects of Student Gov
ernment and the areas for possible
improvement.
I realize that this job will be a
difficult one, and I, appreciating the
confidence that you have shown in
me, accept the nomination. Join
your enthusiasm with my sincere
desire to serve, and, together, we
can make our ideals become reali
ties.
A candidate for any Student Gov
ernment office must understand and
respect the principle of self-govern
ment. It is basic that she have a
desire and willingness to serve, to
work, and to participate. On ac
cepting the nomination for Presi
dent of Student Government, I
accept the responsibility and chal
lenge which the office entails. In
addition, it is my hope to provide
you with something more, some
thing beyond these essential re
quirements.
Louise Sherrill
I feel honored to have been nomi
nated for President of Student Gov
ernment and feel that the experi
ence I have had as Chairman- of
Student Service Council and as a
member of Legislative Board
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qualify me for the office. Legis
lative Board has shown me how
student requests are processed and
how the student body works
through Legislative Board with the
faculty and administration. As
Chairman of SSC, I have learned
the problems involved in getting
action on antiquated ideas, pursuing
difficult problems to completion,
and in working with the faculty
for joint solutions.
More important than my past ex
perience are my present desires to
continue the atmosphere of change
at Salem. This change can come
through our awareness of innova
tions at Salem, in colleges in North
Carolina, and in colleges across the
country. Many students feel that
new ideas incorporated on other
campuses will not work here. I
disagree. We should work toward
a clear awareness of our needs and
use the actions of the other schools
to help us. This movement can
come with the support of each stu
dent as an involved and contribut
ing part of Salem. We need this
evaluation because of problems
which must exist in view of trans
ferring students. There are rea
sons for these transfers; we must
discover them. Let’s work together
to gain an understanding of Salem
and what it offers us.
ELECTIONS
6 P.M. TUESDAY
HANES AUDITORIUM
Number 23
'oet-Move list To Speak On Reviewer Evalmtes Play
"Regionalism In Literature” Presented By Arts School
Man. Twentieth Century Fox re
leased a movie “The Flim-Flam
Man’’ in August, 1967, based on Dr.
Owen’s novel. He uses Cape Fear
County as his setting in the work
and fills it with fresh, light hearted
colloquialism.
Dr. Owen received his B.A., M.A.,
and Ph.D. at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He
also spent one summer at the
Governor’s School. He is presently
Professor of English at North
Carolina State University.
In addition to his talk to students.
Dr. Owen will answer questions and
read some of his works which
should prove amusing because of
their colloquial nature.
He will also speak to the Friends
of the Salem College Library at
their annual meeting at 8 p.m.,
March 10.
By Linda Glenn.
Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage
is presented nightly by the North
Carolina School of the Arts. The
play directed by Ira Zuckerman and
starring Irene Dailey is entertain
ing and challenging. The perform
ances of the student actors are im-
presive especially those of David
Wood as the cook and Douglas Mc-
Corkindale as the chaplain. Both
characters are charming and witty
in spite of the fact that they repre
sent somewhat villainous aspects of
human nature. Throughout the play
the audience was amused by the
songs and jokes yet horrified by the
callousness apparent in the inter
actions of the people. All three of
Mother Courage’s children die dur
ing the Thirty Years War because
Seniors Pitch Pennies;
Donate Christmas Tree
Dr. Guy Owen, author of the Flim-Flam Man novels, will speak
Salemites Monday in the Library on his special interest, "Region-
'sm in Literature."
Dr. Guy Owen, a noted poet and
'velist, will speak to students on
regionalism in Literature” in the
sin Room of the Library March
St 4 p.m.
Dr. Owen’s special interest is re
gnal North Carolina from which
■ takes many of his settings and
sracters for his novels and poems.
He uses regionalism in his works,
as humor, especially in the use of
dialects. His poem collections in
clude Cape Fear County and Other
Poems, The Guilty and Other
Poems and The Green Stallion. His
novels are Season of Fear, The
Ballad of the Flim-Flam Man, and
The Resurrection of the Flim-Flam
By Mary Pickens
Tradition, an integral part of
Salem College life, was exhibited
last Friday at the annual Tree
Planting Assembly. Tree Planting
became a tradition here in 1891
when Salemites planted a tree on
campus between Dr. Gramley’s
house and the Science Building. A
marker now signifies where the tree
once stood. Since then each Senior
Class has planted a tree on the col
lege campus, and thus this tradition
has survived.
This year the Class of 1969 de
cided to combine two Salem tra
ditions : Tree Planting and Christ
mas Tree Lighting. The Seniors
chose a white pine for Salem’s first
permanent Christmas Tree to be
planted behind Main Hall. Dr.
Gramley, accepting the tree on be
half of “everyone who believes in
Santa Claus,” shoveled in the first
amount of dirt as Seniors threw
pennies for good luck into the hole.
A sprig of ivy was planted on the
side of the Old Chapel Building as
part of the Tree Planting Tradition.
The Assembly program was ended
with the singing of the Alma Mater
which proclaims in itself the idea
of this tradition:
“Strong are thy walls, oh Salem,
Thy virgin trees stand tall... 1”;
as she admits, “I haggled too long.”
The picture of Mother Courage
haggling over a price and con
stantly trying to make a profit pur
ports Brecht’s theory that war is
disasterous to the morals of those
involved because it is a product of
capitalism—a system which thrives
only on ruthlessness and selfishness.
Bricht was already famous as the
playwright of The Three Penny
Opera when he left Germany. Dis
gusted by his country’s activities in
the late 1930’s, he wrote Mother
Courage to illustrate war as only a
meaningless conflict constantly
breeding more war. In 1948 he
went to East Berlin and allowed his
plays to become instruments of
Communist propaganda. Thus in
every scene of Mother Courage the
audience is shocked as all tradi
tional values are distorted. (How
ever one must remember that these
values are traditional to the world
of the 1930’s.) The chaplain per
versely twists biblical scriptures,
while Mother Courage teaches her
children to be cowardly and dis
honest for those who are brave and
good only get “done in.” One of
Mother Courage’s most notable
statements is made when she hears
her son being lauded for “bravely”
killing peasants to get food. “When
ever there are great virtues, it’s a
sure sign something’s wrong.” Ac
cording to Brecht the “something
wrong” is capitalism as well as its
wars which requires humans to en
dure great hardships and destroys
natural feelings.