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Page Two THE SALEMITE Friday, Novemb. er 21. Misunderstandings Cause Animosity Between Croups Semester In Greensboro Criticism from the vocal minority of the "Silent Majority" has impressed us with the fact that there is a misconception regarding the attitudes of many of those involved in Vietnam protests. As exemplified by Vice-President Agnew, many of the "Silent Majority" tend to class Vietnam protesters as left-wing radicals in all areas of political and social thought. The Vice-President and others do not seem to be aware that those not supporting the President's Vietnam policy might well, and often do, support his other policies. To desire an immediate withdrawal from Viet nam does not have to imply a lack of patriotism. In actuality, these Americans are exercising the freedom to dissent granted to them in our country's constitution. Many of the protesters have loved-ones in Vietnam whom they want to bring home, many are relatives, friends and loved-ones of those 47,000-f men who have already died in this war, many are active-duty American armed forces personnel who risk much to exercise their constitutional rights in peaceful demonstrations, and many are just concerned Americans. While Agnew calls anti-war protesters "effete snobs" and the "Silent Majority" cries for "unity now," a basic misunderstanding of the motives and rights of Americans and of the issues, them selves, contributes to an often hostile disunity which could be alle viated by thoughtful tolerance and understanding on all sides. S. K. J. B. Institute Yields Exchange Plai With Bennett College By Linda Wofford Can Salem successfully establish an exchange with a nearby black college ? Would Salem students want to spend a semester on a black campus? Will they profit from having black students living at Salem ? These are questions 1 have asked since attending the YWCA spon sored Racial Justice Institute in Greensboro last montii. At that conference representatives from throughout the Southeast discussed means of promoting black economic power. As delegates from a stu dent YWCA, Judy White and 1, along with Mr. Jake Viverette of the Interdenominational Ministry at Wake Forest were looking for ideas that apply to a campus community. .At the conference we met the Aowwooh! Pierrettes Perform Shawls Pygmalion Successfully By Dee Dee Geraty Carol Hewitt and As most of us know, last Wed nesday through Saturday (Nov. 12- Lt) ouf Pierrette Players presented George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. .Shaw’s Pygmalion is the story of the metamorphosis of a -common London flower-girl, Eliza Doolittle, into a fine lady through the phone tics taught her by Professor Hig gins. Eliza was played by Carrie Hughes, a junior here and former Salem Academy student. For her role, Carrie was hailed by the Winston-Salem Journal’s reviewer as an Eliza “who has down pat the LEHER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor Having been a member of the Salem family as Head of Chemistry from 1948 to 1967, I certainly enjoy reading your newspaper each week. Mrs. French and 1 were particularly- impressed with your “Moratorium” issue. It was good to know, that the Salem girls are looking “beyond the square”. We have the fondest memories of our 19 years at Salem College and a strong interest in. all that is going on there. Any Salemite (student or faculty) who happens to be on Cape Cod is welcome at 72 Crosby Circle in Centerville, just a short distance from famed Hyannis Port! We are in the telephone book. Sincerely, B. Carson French Professor of Chemistry howl, yowls and yawns of the cock ney flower-seller and who also has the ability to portray th.e sensitivity and yearnings of the poor young girl who wants to become a lady.” Carrie won the Pierrette Award last year for her performance in “An Italian Straws Hat.” It was unfortunate that Jerry Crawford, who played Prof. Hig gins, joined the cast at such a late date that he w-as forced to use his script on stage periodically. Jerry is from Memphis but now lives in Winston-Salem and is employed by R. J. Reynolds. Col. Pickering was most convincingly portrayed by Mr. Bill Mangum of Salem’s art faculty. Celia Watson, Pierrettes’ Presi dent, played Clara Eynsford-Hill and Dee Dee Geraty played Clara’s mother, Mrs. Eynsford-FIill. Freddy Kynsford-Hill w-as played by Steve Loveland, a Wake Forest student who did a, great job in his first acting experience. Professor Hig- gin’s housekeeper, Mirs. Pearce, was played by .'Chris V'errastro and his tnother, Mrs. Higgins, w-as played by Margaret Floyd. .Mr. Pat Gar ber acted the role of Eliza’s father, Dolittlc, and also co-hosted the cast party with his w-ife Betty Garber, secretary of Salem’s Psych.ology Department. Other roles were well-played by- Jeff Groves (the Cabman), Cathy Gazes (tlie maid), and Alice Wat son (who a.s the Policeman, always got a laugh as she shooed the young lovers, Freddy and Eliza off the .London street). Pygmalion was directed by Dr. M,ary Homrighous. The production of Pygmalion- in volved much hard work on the part of many Salem girls. The costumes were especially difficult; since they werc period costumes, many had to be designed and put together from scratch. (Pelham Lyles and Carol Hewitt created many of the cos tume designs used). Eliza alone had six costume changes ! Students also set and operated the lighting for.,the stage, constructed and pain ted scenery and props, designed ■and printed the programs, ushered, handled the publicity, and helped with the stage make-up. Along with the hard work of backstage production, was the fun of rehearsals: often in rehearsing the tea party scene (Act Three— the scene yvhere Eliza is presented at Higgins’ mother’s “at-home”), the acting became a contest of w-ho could break up the other actors I All in all, much credit is due the Pierrettes for putting on a good production and here’s to even better ones in the Spring! (Remember: vve are all members of Pierrettes. W'hy don’t you be an active parti cipant in future productions?) Look for the Pierrette Council’s Reader s Theatre production of Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury in Assembly, Dec. 12. student delegation from Bennett College in Greensboro and discus sed the establishment of a student exchange. We noted the many similarities between our schools. Both have student bodies of young women -wdio come from middle to upper-class families and are usually conservative in outlook. Each school is proud of its academic standing and selective acceptance procedures. The Bennett students laughed about their college’s image as the “A'assar of the South.” Their college is also much the size of Salem, having 650 students. Bennett has previously conducted exchange jirograms with institu tions such as- Mt. Holyoke College, Ohio Wesleyan University, Sarah Lawrence College, Skidmore Col lege, Syracuse University, De Pamv University, and the University of Rochester. Thus the exchange con cept is not new for Bennett. Any student particijiating in such a program will receive numerous henefits. She rvill have the oppor tunity to live on a different campus with black students and to take a few courses in black studies. Al though Bennett’s curriculum may n.ot be as strong as Salem’s in some areas, other departments have w'ider course offerings than found here. The student will also have the advantage of the nearness of the schools. She can still keep in touch with Salem while spending a semester at Bennett. Salem College has much to gain from having black students living in the dormitories. This program offers a chance to diversify the stu dent body somewhat and to give the students a valuable experience in group living. The Salemite who rooms with the black exchange stu dent will benefit perhaps as much as the student who leaves campus. Difficulties will arise however Parental permission may not be easily obtained. The student and administration must also check carefully to be sure that credits will transfer to Salem. Problems may develop in cases where one student wants to go to Bennett yet her roommate does not care to room with the black student wdio comes to Salem. Such problems should not be enough to stop the program however. Salem’s administration is ready to consider this project. Both Dean Johnson and Dean Hixson hav pressed their willingness t set up a program if u,e sL want it. The most crucial IS student interest. So far the gram is in the planning will not be pursued unless participants are found. The future of this idea rests Student response. The q i ‘ "e jjalei welcomes letters discussing the, posal. Wendy Yeatts, president, and I stage^ Potei Y\\ ■ire open to s gestions. Any student who w; to see the program instituted o' interested in possibly partidpa, slKoiild contact one of us. mitment will he required at I stage. We plan to continue p|; for an exchange next semester next year if at least a few stude are willing to try. Something, be done for Salem if the stud, body will respond. Bestsellers The best selling non-requii books at college bookstores h been, released by the Student II view Service as compiled by t University Review. Paperbacks 1. 2. 3. 4. Soul on Ice—Cleaver Steppenwolf—Hesse Demian—Hesse The Politics of Experience 9. 10. Laing The Money Game—Smith Black Rage—Grier and Cobl), Autobiography of Malcolm 1 An American Melodramj Chester, Hodgson, Page Between Parent and Child Ginott Airport—Hailey Hardcover 1. 2. 3. 4. Portnoy’s Complaint—Roth The God Father—Puzo Ada—Nabokov Between Parent and Teenaji Ginott The Peter Principle—Peter a» Hull ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBER Published every Friday of the College News Editor Ginger Zemp year by the Student Body of Feature Editor Jane Cross Salem College Sports Editor Debbie Lotz Copy Editor Cyndee Grant OFFICES: Basement of Studerr Center Music Editor — Libby Cain Art Editor Karen Park Printed by the Sun Printing Company Advertising Manager .-.Chylene Ferguson Photography Editor Tricia Allen Subscription Price $4.50 a year Headline Staff Jeanne Patterson Managing Staff . Cyndee Grant, Editor-in-Chief Sandy Kelley Sandy Emerson Business Manager Joy Bishop —- ^Corino Posquier, Linyer Word, Sandy Emerson Assistant Editor Pot Sanders Circulation Monoger .. Libby Seibert Managing Editor .. Sara Engram ._...._Mr.. Laura Nicholson Thanksgiving. Holidays—The -dor mitories will close at 5 ,p.m., Wed nesday, November 26. If.it.is neces- .sary for a student to'leave at a later hour, she is to report to Cle- \vell with her luggage and. leave from th.ere. The dormitories will .reop,en after the holidays ^t 12 noon 01.1. Sunday, . November 30. If it is .ncGessary for a girl to return be fore that hour siie may vyait in the Day Student Center ,or the Student Center until the dormitories open. * * * Frdshmeu are' reminded double ciits will be given for sences from class of class before first day' of class . following tions. ^Gyond The Square Touring Congress Base Unrest On New Values are that ab- on the last day vacations and the vaca- Campus revolt has caused a great deal of new thinking in CW’ gress Last spring, 22 Congressmen took a tour of U. S. campu« and the following recorded in Business Weekly ore some though o one of them-Congressmon Donald W. Riegle, Jr. of Michigon Most people in the country do not have a basic understandmj o e campus unrest problem. Most of the men in Congress don! hove on understanding of what is happening. I he campus problem is not just the work of o small hand! or extremists or revolutionaries. In fact, if you were to subtroo all the revolutionaries, the bulk of your campus unrest sitwW" would still remain. Why? Because it is more a general prd«*' * * * Dr. A. Leonard Rhine, Director of the Computer Center at Bowman Gray School of Medicine, is con sultant to Salem in the use of the ■computer. He plans to talk with faculty to answer their questions and to suggest ways in which the computer might be used in their courses. A technician will be employed soon to be, in the center at certain hours to help those using the com puter. socipt^ e nation's priorities, against the unresponsiveness of 01'' government, the professions, business, etc. ' oncern on « protest ogqinst racism and poverty, very deep and serious way, a challenge a a concern and and I think in . f. / •’'p' OC7I iwuro vvviy/ w w ^ 's to be the value system of the country. thinnT/bessentially of the values that ore reflected in J we 1 *^°''®''"nnent does or doesn't do, the values 1^“ we seem to hold os individuals in the society. , devefo ° of the new value system that developing among young people. But I don't know if it is so of huLT j""" °f ° fo scale down the imporW humon volues-of wanting to hove 0^110^*^'"^ contacts with other people as ' oLnl! generally deal in a more humane way people who ore basically less fortunate."
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