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Page Two THE SALEMITE Friday, January Poverty: It’s Time To Act By Joy Bishop The time has come for a bold new advance in the War on Poverty and many are suggesting that the move should be or ganized around three major proposals: 1. Income supplements for the working poor 2. Public service employment 3. Economic development of ghettos and depressed rural areas. If we really do mean to "abolish poverty," and there has been a lot of rhetoric aimed at that lofty goal, then this is perhaps the way it can be done. It cannot be done by the programs of remedial services to in dividuals—job training, education, health, and legal services— which we now provide under the label of a War on Poverty. These services are valuable and to cut them off would be a cruel reversal of national policy. But as we endorse their continuation, we should understand that they were never designed to meet the real task which lies before us. Not long ago it would have been politically naive to talk of a bold new advance against poverty which might be considered as precedent-shattering as Social Security or Medicare. But this is a time of swift change in American society, and new opportunities have appeared which, if properly exploited, could make these goals attainable within the reasonable future. It is time we faced up to these three major issues at the heart of the debate over how to fight poverty, rather than continuing with essentially petty discussions over whether the Office of Eco nomic Opportunity has been studied enough, whether a Com munity Action Agency in a given city may have not been expertly administered, and so on. In other words, it is time that the debate and the action on poverty turn to what really needs to be done. iFrom jE^nitor g 1|0 Sligljts? By Sandy Kelley Except for the snow, there’s not much going on around here besides term papers and projects. As I sat at my desk staring at a blank page and searching my mind for a topic about which I could editorialize, i.c. about which I could publicly sound off, I was struck at this late hour with the dimness of my room. Normally I study in the study room of first floor South where the bright overhead fluorescents are quite adequate. However, since there is something wrong with the fan in the study room heater which makes it sound like the whole Egyptian army trying to sneak into Israel, I have relocated myself (hopefully temporarily) in my room which, at 11 p.m., looks like a cata comb lit with a single candle, or two, or three, but not much more. My room is quite large (I drew number 1 in room drawing), which doesn’t help, but the problem is compounded by the fact that we. have only one light bulb in our 2-bulb light fixture, (and I would place money on its not being over 75 watts). I don’t know anything Public Opinion Page WENDT PRESENTS CRITICISM Dear Editor: I quote from last week’s Salem- ite: “Faculty and students are de nied voice and vote in issues con sidered by the Board which directly or indirectly concern them.” This just might be the other half of the bargain of academic freedom. I can imagine that some things said and some things done in. class rooms have had a direct or indirect affect upon the Trustees acting “as the financial governors of the col lege.” Come off it! This representation binge gets boring. Our Trustees are in communication wnth the fac ulty. I have personally served on committees with some of them from time to time. What objectives would be accomplished by a one-shot minority vote ? Why not come up with the really purest point of view? This would be the dissolving of the Board of Trustees and have a joint Faculty- Student Committee try a hand at the nitty gritty business of running the “permanent and continuing” as pects of the institution. Good luck. Sincerely yours, Robert L. Wendt Associate professor opportunity of being more closely associated with persons aware of the reality of the sentiments and situations on campus.” The Salemite feels that putting a student and faculty member on the Board of Trustees would be an effort toward greater communica tion, and of benefit to the entire College Community. It is hoped that this would also perhaps facili tate the decisions of the Board by making them more aware of actual rather than theoretical situations. The idea of a “one-shot minority vote” would obviously be a foolish motivation if one interprets it in the light in which Mr. Wendt pre sents it. The Salemite considers Mr. Wendt’s implication that stu dents wish to gain a controlling hand in the government of the Col lege through the Board of Trustees as presumptous and a misinterpre tation of what was written. Furthermore, if Mr. Wendt does not wish to support or participate in such a change, it is certainly his prerogative to do so. WANTED: JR. CLASS REVIVAL REPLY (Editor’s note) : it is obvious that Mr. Wendt has misinterpreted not only the content of the editorial in December’s Salemite advocating the placing of a student and a faculty member on the Board of i'rustces, but also the motivation behind that editorial. Mr. Wendt fails to mention an other point brought out in the editorial: “The Board is denied the Dear Editor, It has come to our attention that the 1970 elections at Salem College may have to be cancelled due to lack of interested candidates. Major office-holders of the Class of 1970 will be retiring in anticipation of certain June activities, and it is highly questionable as to whether a united Junior Class exists to meet the need for leaders. The above news flash may seem a little pessimistic, but as members of the Junior Class, we merely want to show our concern. We realize now that mixed dorms are a mixed blessing. We have enjoyed living with the other classes, but this has been at the expense of our class unity. Class unity is not the most important aspect of a college edu cation, but as we take over posi tions of leadership in student activi ties, class unity will be vital for a successful year. For too long we have identified class spirit only with song and dance routines. But class spirit is miich more than this, and we can’t use apathy towards such activities as an excuse for neglecting our serious obligations ,in campus life. How can we lead the school if the average attendance at infre quent class meetings is 20? How can we call the Freshman Class our sister class if many freshmen have never met their junior sisters? How can we work in a larger community if we fight over whether to wear pink or blue blouses on Founder’s Day ? In our opinion the Junior Class is great—potentially. Now is the time for us to prove it! We would like to suggest that the Juniors get together again. Instead of 11 a.m. coffee with our own cliques, why not be sociable with OUR whole class at a Junior Coffee Hour? There is a lot for us to talk about— summer job opportunities, a more workable big-little sister program, the 4-1-4 plan, more inclusive Stu dent Government, or even the Jun ior Slump! We know that nobody has time now, but why not start second se mester with a Junior Class Revival? Some bugged Juniors STRONG ISN’T STRONG Dear Editor, PRESS -sw MEMBER Published every Friday of the College year by the Student Body of Salem College OFFICES: Basement of Studer.r Center Printed by the Sun Printing Company Subscription Price $4.50 a year Editor-in-Chief Business Manager Assistant Editor Managing Editor ..Sandy Kelley Joy Bishop Pat Sanders -Sara Engram News Editor ... Ginger Zemp Feature Editor Jane Cross Sports Editor Debbie Lotz Copy Editor Cyndee Grant Music Editor Libby Cain Art Editor Karen Park Advertising Manager Chylene Ferguson Photography Editor Tricia Allen Chief Photog. Willie Everhart Headline Staff Jeanne Patterson Managing Staff Cyndee Grant, Layout Corina Pasquier, Linyer Ward, Beth Wilson Circulation Manager Libby Seibert Advisor Mrs. Laura Nicholson As residents of Strong Dormitory, we have been inconvenienced by certain conditions which we asked to be improved. Repair slips seem inadequate for the solution of these problems, which include: 1. perpetually broken intercom 2. inadequate shower drainage 3. uncomfortable, unattractive re ception room 4. faulty electrical connectors 5. poor lighting facilities 6. roaches and rats 7. no laundry room or ironing room (hang it in the hall or hang it not at all!) 8. GAPING HOLE IN SECOND FLOOR BATHROOM CEIL ING (third floor bathroom pre sently above) 9. sweating walls and wailing win dows 10. loud noises very early in morn- (Continiwd on P«y« 3) about candlepower, but I do know that I have to squint to see—and that’s not good. It is, however, an improvement over the semi-naked or naked bulbs in Clewell where I lived my first two years. My eyes have gotten worse since I entered college, so have a lot of other girls’. I always thought it was from reading and studying so much, but now I am beginning to wonder. Also, I think girls try to compen sate for the inadequate lighting by bringing lamps from home and by occasionally buying their own higher wattage bulbs. Taking an informal survey on my hall, I found ■that girls often replaced the naked, harsh study lamps provided by the college with their own fixtures, which not only had considerably more visual appeal, but were also easier on the eyes. Besides replac ing the provided study lamps, 2 rooms on my hall had 2 additional fixtures, 2 rooms had 3 more, and 3 rooms had 4 more than the num ber given by the college. Those with four extra fixtures, conse quently, have 9 light fixtures in cluding overheads, sinks, and clo sets. Certainly we overcompensate both in the number of fixtures and probably in the electricity bill for the inadequate overhead and desk lighting. Red bricks are nice and so is car pet in the basement and wood in the fireplaces, but I should think that remedying inadequate lighting which may be detrimental to ws^r would have priority ove” luxuries - or are our values misplaced ? Elsewhere on this page La. written a year ago by gim” alumnae who lived in BittL ^ haps I am wrong, but I don't 1 anything was done about this „ le„ ,l.e„, and i, i, appear to me to have been ef five. But perhaps we can do so thing about it now. Talk hall presidents, house preside! dorin counselors, and Mr. Whi Maybe we can brighten things a bit. P S. A man walked into my ro, Wednesday and put two 100 * bulbs m my overhead light fixtt and told mie that the study ro, heater would have to have a ni bearing ( ?) put into it. This vv my answer to my repair slips your lights aren’t bright enouf you might put in repair slips 1 higher wattage bulbs. Also if y, live in a dorm where your overhe: light fixtures hold only one bul why not petition that new two-bu fixtures be installed ? Who kno» it might work. NOTICE All students with cars—When ] get new license number, pie: change this on your registrat card in the Dean of Students’ fice. Salemites Can^t See The Light * ♦ My eyes are dim I cannot see My 60 watt bulb Is blinding me. I now wear specs My grades are poor I lost my roommate Where is the door? When I was home I saw the light There is a difference Between day and night. You may have reasons Why wattage is small But my eyes Can’t understand at all. S R. T. D. Y. Several new regulations conce ing pass-fail courses have been nounced by the office. EffecI second semester, the follow courses have to be taken pass-f; Home Economics 360 Music 150 (Choral Ensemble Music 170 (Orchestra) Music 240 (Keyboard Skills) Music student staking more tl one type of performance course v have an option. The major pi formance course will be taken a grade scale. The second pi formance course may be taken a pass-fail basis. U. A one thousand dollar summer sebatical grant has been awardd to Dr. John S. Mueller, Head of the Organ Department, for special study at the Summer Academy of Organists in Haarlem, Holland.. FRANKLYSPEAKING ly Phil frank 'I TAtfE IT THIS PIR4T "A >li A CCUR6E ! ■ ©SbOWtJ A>4EiSf(A \i>Oi/ fcP/ir-
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