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THE SALEMITE
Friday, February 20,
195
Refectory Complaints
Lacks Validity
Earlier this week Mrs. Mary Cummings, Salem's Dietician, ar
rived at the refectory as usual at 7:15 a.m., to find a sign taped
on the refectory door in crayon saying:
First The Round^^
Pierrettes To Present ^^Round
rrii 99 C*
Of Three” Spring Plays
This cafeteria has beene condemed(sic) fpr improper
diet regulations. Complaints:
1. food overcooked to a pulp
no variety
cheap food
adulterated hamburger meat
Bab newslll
2.
3.
4.
5.
This protest and the method of protest were unethical, unjust,
and unwarranted for several reasons. First of all, the girls did
not sign their names, thus indicating their unwillingness to come
face to face with Mrs. Cummings and the Refectory staff concern
ing their complaints. Secondly, the girls did not bother to investi
gate the situation in order to validate or invalidate their com
plaints. And thirdly, their complaints are not valid.
I talked with Mrs. Cummings about this situation and she indi
cated a complete willingness to talk to these or to any students
about their complaints by saying, "If they have any complaints,
I wish they would come to me" in order to talk over their com
plaints and arrive at an understanding or a solution. As she
noted, you can't please everyone all of the time. For this reason
the refectory posts the menus ahead of time so that girls not liking
what will be served can make plans to eat elsewhere.
Mrs. Cummings noted that the refectory has provided both
chocolate milk and the salad table at the requests of students this
year. And as for "cheap food", she said, "We never buy cheap
food. Cheap food is like cheap clothes—no one will use it and
you end up throwing all of it away."
The meals in the refectory lately have been good, in fact, better
than usual. In a college community, such as Salem's, where com
munication is good, much better than on other campuses, we can
not tolerate such irresponsible, immature acts of protest. Concern
ing the refectory, as well as other areas, students should be open
with their complaints either verbally or in the form of a petition
to the proper authorities so that understandings and solutions may
be reached in a mature manner.
SK
By Carol Hewitt
The Pierrette Players are pre
senting “A Round of Three” as
their spring billing to be performed
March 11-14. With this presenta
tion begins a new period in Pier
rettes history for these three one
acts will be performed “in the
round” under student direction. To
adjust the Drama Workshop for
this use, the front sections have
been removed from the stage, and
risers with seats on them will be
set up in the area, so that the per
formers will be completely sur
rounded by their audience.
The three one acts are, in order
of their presentation: The Boor by
Anton Chekov, Save Me a Place at
Forest Lawn by Lorees Yerny, and
Sancta Susanna by Paul Hindemith.
Those students involved in the
work on the spring productions are
tremendously excited by the possi
bilities of these precedents at Salem
—especially the aspect of students
continuing to direct future pre
sentations.
Chekov’s comic farce The Boor
is a parody, of the manners and
sensibilities of Russian country
gentry about the turn of the cen
tury. The dizzy, romantic heroine
is Mrs. Popov, a young widow to
be played by Margaret Floyd. Luka,
Mrs. Popov’s maid, will be played
by Janet Ward. The squire, Gri
gori Stepanovitch Smirnov, is to be
played by Reed Potter. Reed is a
law student at Wake Forest Uni
versity; this is , the first time he
has worked with the Pierrettes.
WUS Sponsors Essay
Contest: Cash Awards
Geneva, Switzerland. The Inter
national Secretariat of World Uni
versity Service (WUS), a world
wide association of students, faculty
and administration, recently an
nounced, as part of their 50th anni
versary observance, an Essay Com
petition in memory of DR. ZAKIR
Coming Events
Monday, February 23—
“Oliver Twist,” Film Series,
Choral Ensemble Room, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, February 24—
Focus, “Black Extremists and the
Government
Choral Ensemble Room, 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 24—
Singer’s Guild Concert
Tickets by reservation at door
Hanes Auditorium, 8:00 p.m.
Friday, February 27—
Lecture Reading, Dr. Carla Waal
“Women in Ibsen”
Hanes Auditorium, 11 ;00 a.m.
HUSAIN (1897-1969), the late Pres
ident of the Republic of India.
The organization, with national
committees in some 65 nations, will
cooperate closely with the Indian
WUS Committee, whose national
constituency will not only publish
the winning essays but will offer
cash awards as well.
DR. ZAKIR HUSAIN was closely
associated with WUS from 1946
until his death. He was the first
Chairman of the WUS National
Committee in India and served as
the Chairman of the international
organization. from 1955-57.
Competition is open to anyone in
terested in higher education. Essays
must be original, not to exceed
10,000 words, using the English,
French or Spanish language. Five
copies of the manuscript should be
submitted with the text, typed or
printed and double spaced. Entered
essays will become the property of
World University Service.
The total cash awards amount to
$600.00: First —$300.00; Second —
$200.00; Third—$100.00.
All entries must be submitted to
The General Secretary, World Uni
versity Service, 13, rue Calvin, 1204
Geneva, Switzerland by March 30
1970.
Ruling Provokes
Props Resp onse
Editor
Salemite
The Judicial Board and the Fac
ulty Advisory Board have recently
made a ruling which I personally
consider to be an insult to me as
a professor. In effect, they have
ruled that a student can miss one-
half of my lectures and can theo
retically still make a passing grade
(why not an A?) in my classes
If
the Judicial Board and the Faculty
I
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envision to be brilliantly conceived
and beautifully delivered lectures
are of such little value—I say what’s
the use ? Lets all take a vacation
until after spring break.
On second thought, if you can
miss one-half a semester and theo
retically make an A, why not miss
all the semester and still theoreti
cally have a chance for an A? We
can all meet at commencement and
introduce ourselves to each other.
Confucius said that if he ex
plained one-third of a problem to
a student and if the student couldn’t
figure out the other two-thirds, he
would not teach him. Let’s show
the Judicial Board and Faculty Ad
visory Board that we can figure
out the other two-thirds. See you
June seven.
E. F. Shewmake, Head
Art Department
Carol Hewitt, a member of Pier
rettes Council, is directing The
Boor.
Second on the billing is Save Me
a Place at Forest Lawn, directed
by Pierrette President Celia Wat
son. Mary Davis and Mary Ann
Patterson co-star as the two old
biddies in this tragi-comedy. This
is an American play, set in a Los
Angeles cafeteria where two old
ladies spend their afternoon plan
ning their burials in L. A.’s Forest
Lawn Cemetery, a world-famous
showplace.
The third part of the Pierrettes
“A Round of Three” is a one act
opera, Sancta Susanna, which has
been translated from the Ger
This tragedy is one of Hindemill
lesser known works and perfon
ances of it are rarely given
Sancta Susanna should be espe:
ally appreciated by Salem’s tnus
lovers. Dee Dee Geraty and D-
Mahood, both Pierrette Couiii
members, are directing this pe
formance. Rebecca McConnaughi
will sing the role of Sister Clemei
tia. Heather Wemyss will sing tl
part of Susanna, and Libby Cai
will sing the Old Nun’s role; thf
will be assisted by a chorus (
“nuns,” The cast of the opera ai
excited about their work; they fin
(Continued on page 4)
Beyond The Square
Education Crisis Spreads
By Joy Bishop
A crisis in education is spreading across the nation. Schools i
the North as well as in the South are coming under sharp ottac
in the growing battle over racial segregation. In city after cit
public schools themselves are in turmoil, racked by racial conflic
and violence.
The U. S. Senate, in early February, was asked to require tha
all-black schools be broken up as vigorously in the North os the'
are in the South. That demand came from Southern Senators
but the idea drew support from some Northern lawmakers am
from the White House itself.
The claim made by most Northern cities is that racial segre
gation in their schools is de facto—the result of neighborhom
housing patterns—rather than the result of discrimination. Thi
U. S. Supreme Court has never yet ruled that de facto segregotioi
is unconstitutional.
Thus, the Federal Government has not yet started to movi
against de facto segregation. It acts only when it finds evidetin
of actual discrimination. However, the federal search for dis
crimination in the North has been stepped up rapidly in the las
two years—and indications are strong that it will escalate ever
more in years just ahead.
Some feel that what is needed for all-out integration of thi
North is a low that defines racial isolation as discrimination, thui
making de facto segregation illegal.
Congress, based on its record, is not likely to pass such a law
The Civil Rights Act voted by Congress in 1964 carefully exempteil
de facto segregation by saying that "desegregation shall not mean
the assignment of students to public schools in order to overconit
racial balance."
Sources: U. S. News & World Report
New York Times
FRANKLYSPtAKING ly Phil Bronk