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Volumn XLX
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, November 21, 1969
STUDENT VIEWS
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS
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Number 15
All Moratorium Quietly Says
Only Give Peace A Chance”
By Kyle Fauth
(Ed. note: Kyle attended the
A'ashington march along with sev-
|cra! other Salem students.)
The November Moratorium held
fni Washington, D. C. surpassed all
expectations as far as participation
was concerned. Much more signifi
cant, however, was the attitude of
the people involved there and the
subsequent feeling that enveloped
a crowd greater than 250,000. A
certain spirit of generosity, kind
ness and cooperation on everyone’s
part prevailed. So much so, in fact,
that the mood was very reminiscent
of the Woodstock Days. I had
never seen such complete open giv
ing of food, shelter, respect and
love between strangers before. But
common beliefs bonded all of us
together, and that alone proved
potent enough to draw us in friend
ship.
Last Friday’s “March Against
Death” saw not only the expected
students challenging the cold, but
also a large number of the clergy,
parents and even their young child
ren. The solemn procession traveled
from Arlington National Cemetery
to the Capitol (easily five miles)
and was directed almost entirely
by the New Mobe’s 3,000 marshals.
During this and the following day’s
Mass March and rally, the police
were barely necessary. Neverthe
less they were always present . . .
l)ut usually smiling and cooperative.
Nutcracker Suite
■An example of their restraint was
snown in that the D. C. police used
only tear gas to disperse the minor
ity of militants present. Quite a
reversal from the clubbings and ex
cessive arrests tactics employed at
the Chicago Convention.
Friday night at the Washington
National Cathedral, 5,000 people
packed into the building to hear a
service with Rev. Coffin and folk
singer Pete Seeger. All sophistica
tion was put away that evening as
everyone stood to sing “The Battle
Hymn of the Republic”, “Where
Have All the Flowers Gone?”, and
“We Shall Overcome.” Few of us
bothered to hide our tears.
The mass inarch down Pennsyl
vania Avenue Saturday could only
be called tremendous. More than a
quarter of a million people united
together to peacefully voice their
dissent over our commitment in
Viet Nam. Never before had so
many gathered in protest. The
march eventually culminated at the
Wasliington Monument grounds
where McCarthy, Goodell, Mc
Govern, Coretta King, Dr, Spock
and others spoke to the multitude.
Peace seemed very possible that
afternoon as Peter, Paul and Mary
and Pete Seeger led all of us in
singing “Ail We Arc Saying is
Give Peace a Chance.”
If President Nixon spent Satur
day watching the Ohio State-Pur
due game (as the news reported)
then he missed a very moving
demonstration by the greatest num
ber of people that have ever massed
together to express their disap-
provement over the war. His de
cision to completely ignore such a
large, yet peaceful voice says verj'
little for our governmental system.
One can almost rationalize the me
thods used by the militant few.
Though a definite mark against
the Moratorium, perhaps the vio
lence that did occur can be used
in our favor. All too often, society
tends to type-cast an entire group
by its most vocal or active mem
bers. In this case, it became dear
to everyone that the disruption of
peace was an act by an extremely
small percentage.
“We the people here don't want
no war.”
Singing Salemite
Dee Dee Geraty poses with her guitar and the poster announc
ing a Melas II performance during their European tour this past
summer.
Dee Dee To Sing On ABC TV’s
"All American College Show”
Singing for Salemites, entertain
ing troops abroad, performing on
nationwide t e ! e v i s i o n. Dee Dee
Geraty is at home with a guitar in
her hand apd a song to sing.
This Salem senior’s most recent
achievement in the entertainment
field is her selection to perform on
the All American College Show,
ABC’s (Channel 8) Saturday night
presentations of promising college
talent. She will sing “Both Sides
Now” written by Joni Mitchell and
made popular by Judy Collins.
Dee Dee wfill travel to New York
[School Of Arts To Perform
With City Symphony Orchestra
( North Carolina School of the Arts students perform fantartic
leaps as Trepak (Russian) Dancers during the performance of The
Nutcracker to be held in December.
By Libby Cain
Music Editor
In this year’s production of The
Nutcracker, Clara will have some-
thing besides live toys to gaze at
in wonder—approximately sixty real
musicians. This year’s production,
the fourth, will be the first to have
live music for all performances. In
previous years, Winston-Salem per
formances were done to taped
music, although the North Carolina
Symphony provided the music for
last year’s tour to Raleigh and Dur
ham. This year, the Winston-
Salem Symphony, under the direc
tion of John luele, will play for the
Winston-Salem performances.
The ballet is under the direction
of Robert Lindgren, dean of the
■ North Carolina School of the Arts
dance department. Students are
auditioning now for solo roles and
competition is keen for the roles
of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Cavalier,
Snow King, Snow Queen, Spanish,
Arabian, Chinese and 1 repak (Rus
sian) dancers.
Performances are at 2 and 8 p.m.
Saturday, December 13, and 2 and
6 p.m. Sunday, December 14 at
Reynolds .'Auditorium. Tickets are
$2.50 for adults and $1.50 for child
ren through hig(i school.
The Winston-Salem Symphony
Guild is in charge of ticket sales.
Tickets will be sold at the Sym
phony office, 610 Coliseum Drive,,
by mail and in person (not by tele-
piione). The office will be open
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m, November
10 to November 21.
Mail orders wilj be filled as re
ceived. First, second and third
choices may be , indicated on mail
requests and money will be re
funded if performances are sold
out. (Previous performances have
been sold out by Thanksgiving)
Mail orders should include money
or check and a stamped, self-
addressed envelope..
The ballet will also be performed
at Page Auditorium, Duke Univer
sity at 8:15 p.m. December 16, and
4 and 8:30 p.m. December 1? at
War Memorial Auditorium in
Raleigh. Music for these perform
ances will be furnished by the
North Carolina Symphony.
If this year’s performances match
the high standards of previous
years. The Nutcracker will be a
dazzling treat, well worth time,
money and effort to attend.
over Thanksgiving vacation to tape
the show which will be shown at
a later date. The taping will take
place at Reeves Theatre in Lincoln
Center the afternoon of Saturday,
November 29. Dee Dee hopes that
the show will be performed before
a live audience and encourages any
Salemites in New York over the
holidays to come by the theatre and
watch.
Her selection- occurred when the
show staff reviewed a tape which
she and Linda Camp (a 1969 Salem
grad), then the Melas If, had sub
mitted as a result of their winning
WGHP’s (Channel 8) Campus
Talent Contest last year. Linda,
because she was no longer a college
student, 'could not participate, and
the All American College Show
asked Dee Dee to send in a tape—
which they obviously liked.
Performing is not new to Dee
Dee, as Salemites who have seen
her in .A.ssembly will testify. Dee
Dee has sung in Melas If and in
several other groups. This past
summer she hit a high point in her
career with an entertainment tour
for the United States Armed Forces
in Europe with Linda as Melas If.
Sponsored by the Armed Forces
Professional Entertainment Office
and handled by the U. S. Army
Special Services, the Melas If spent
eight weeks performing more than
40 shows at U. S. Army and Air
Force bases in Germany.
When asked how they were re
ceived Dee Dee said.
“We were amazed. Some of the
hoys had never had a show before.
We toured many of the small, re
mote bases along the East German
border. They’d ask us ; ‘How is it
in the world?’ They .especially liked
the audience participation numbers.
I think they like to laugh at them
selves.”
They began their trip from Ma
guire Air Force Base after a 14
liour delay because of mechanical
trouble on two of the three planes
which they were to take. Their
first stop was the Azores where
their schedule was considerably
lighter than later in the tour. Often
they would give two shows a day.
In addition to playing in the small
bases in Germany, the girls traveled
to Holland to give special shows
for bases supervised by NATO
SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters
Allied Powers Europe) at which
their audiences were usually of
mixed nationalities. They even
made it to England where they took
a three day R & R in London fol
lowing two shows.
The Melas. II toured with their
manager, John Davis, a high school
English teacher from Lexington,
who “discovered” the duo on the
cover of his mother’s Salem College
Alumnae Bulletin and introduced
them to the idea of this tour. They
were escorted by Army Lt. Jeff
Paulus and traveled most of the
time in military vehicles—helicop
ters and tanks included. They
usually stayed in local hotels and
Dee Dee tells some funny stories
of hotel clerks who kept trying to
register them as two couples.
A nice finale to Dee Dee’s tour
was her trip to Vienna, Austria on
her last day off to see former
Salem exchange student Eva Drex-
ler.
Dee Dee, a history major from
Charleston, South Carolina, has a
lot of interesting anecdotes and
stories to tell if you start her talk
ing about her European tour, and
she should harje a few more upon
her return from New York.
Alumnae Invitation
The Salem College Alumnae As
sociation invites all Freshmen, new
students, and new, faculty to visit
the Moravian Candle Tea, Wednes
day, December 3, between 3 and 5
p.m.
The Tea will be held at the Bro
thers’ House across the Square.
Guides will demonstate candle-mak
ing, serve sugar cake and coffee to
‘ the guests, and show them the tra
ditional putz.
Plan to attend this Tea which
combines hospitality and fellowship
and marks the opening of the
Christmas season.