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THE SALEMITE
Friday, March 6,
Elections Call For Serious “Guys And Dolls”
Consideration of Candidates ^^Musicsil Fa.bl6 Of BrOd.dwcl^
Will Be Produced At N.CSJ
With elections Monday night, Salem students once again decide
//ho their leaders will be for the coming year. In making such a
decision, students are not only delegating responsibilities to those
students whom they feel are best capable of handling the re
sponsibilities associated with each office, but they are also assum
ing the burden of responsibility themselves of ensuring that Salem
be led—and led well—by girls whose qualifications make them
outstanding choices for these offices.
The matter of elections is a serious one. There has been some
discussion among students that there are girls running for offices
who, in the opinion of some students who have worked with these
girls previously in the organizations concerned, are not qualified
for one reason or another to hold the offices for which they have
been nominated. Such talk occurs every year, but it seems parti
cularly pronounced this year.
The question must be raised that although it is an honor to be
nominated for an office in Student Government, does not each girl
nominated have the responsibility to all of evaluating herself and
her qualifications before she accepts the nomination? We cer
tainly hope that each girl nominated did this before she accepted
the nomination.
It has been suggested that nominating procedures be revised in
some way to ensure that a student not qualified is not nominated.
Since Salem operates with both democratic and republican pro
cedures in nominating through both the student body and Legis
lative Board, a revision of the procedure might possibly jeopardize
the systems under which we operate. Consequently, as stated be
fore, the burden falls upon the girls nominated to make the de
cision as to whether or not they are qualified.
In light of the possibility, however, that some students did not
do this, the student body must assume the burden of carefully
scrutinizing the qualifications of each girl—her past experience in
the area concerned, her leadership abilities, and the platform
which she has or has not presented either in The Salemite or ver
bally.
In nominating and electing someone to an office, we nominate
and elect our own hopes for the next year at Salem, and conse
quently, for the years beyond that. Thus, the responsibility be
longs to us all to ensure that the most qualified girls will lead us.
Eighty-eight dance, drama, music,
scenery , and production students
and eight faculty members are
working on the production of “Guys
and Dolls,” which will be presented
in the drama theater at the North
Carolina School of the Arts March
6 through March 14. Matinee and
evening performances will be given
on Saturday, March 7, and Satur
day, March 14. Matinees will be at
2 p.m. All evening performances
will be at 8:15 p.m. Admission will
be charged (adults, $2.50; students—
through college, $1.50). Reserva
tions should be made by telephon
ing the box office (784-7843).
The all-schools’ production of
“Guys and Dolls” is directed and
choreographed by Duncan Noble of
the dance faculty. Noble has taught
ballet and modern dance at the
School of the Arts since the school
opened in 1965. In the past five
years, he has choreographed five
new ballets which have been pre
miered at the School of the Arts.
He has been production coordinator
for Joseph Leighton of New York,
the director of Paul Green’s outdoor
drama, “The Lost Colony,” at Man-
teo for the past four summers.
Before coming to North Carolina,
Noble was a featured dancer with
the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
He appeared in seven Broadway
shows and was featured on NBC-
TV spectaculars. P'or four years he
was resident choreographer and
Warning! Be Careful While
Observing Solar Eclipse
Looking at the unshielded face of
the sun with the naked eye or
through , any optical device, such as
the viewfinder of a camera, can
seriously damage the eye. Eastman
Kodak warns those interested
m
the
observing and photographing
March 7 solar eclipse.
Adequate protection means look
ing at the sun through a material
which will not only reduce the vis
ible energy of the sun for comfort,
but which equally and sufficiently
W'ill reduce the visible ultraviolet and
infrared radiation which can cause
instant damage, including blindness,
without the person’s being aware of
it.
Kodak warns that some erroneous
recommendations of filtering ma
terial have been made. One erron
eous suggestion involves use of
crossed polarizing elements which
absorb only the visible rays, not
the dangerous infrared rays.
Medical authorities suggest that
a neutral density filter of metallic
silver of at least 5.0 density will
provide adequate protection when
placed in front of the eyes before
facing the sun.
Such a filter can be made with
two thicknesses of black-and-white
film such as Kodak Verichrome Pan
Film (do not use color film) which
has been completely exposed and
fully developed to maximum den
sity. It can be prepared by unrol
ling it and subjecting the film to
daylight and full development ac
cording to the manufacturer’s direc
tions.
According to George T. Keene, a
photographic engineer at Kodak
and author of “Star Gazing with
Telescope and Camera,” the thous
ands of photographers who train
their cameras on the March 7 solar
eclipse will risk “serious, even per
manent damage to their eyes” if
they neglect necessary precautions.
The 85-mile wide path of totality
of the eclipse will run across north
ern Florida and up the southeast
coast of the United States as far
as Chesapeake Bay passing directly
through Greenville, North Carolina.
The partial eclipse will be visible
to all of Northern America, except
for the northern tip of Alaska.
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“Negligence,” Keene says, “will
result in almost certain damage to
the retina of the eye. It is pos
sible that only one second of care
lessness can result in permanent
blindness.”
He pointed out that the naked
eye itself is susceptible to this dam-
and the addition of the large-
operative camera lens concentrates
the energy and increases the danger
to the retina.
Take full precautions, especially
if your equipment permits a view
of the sun through the main imag
ing lens as in a single or twin lens
reflex camera or in certain zoom
lenses or telescopes equipped for
reflex viewing.
To protect the eye it is essential
that the metallic silver neutral den
sity filter always be located in the
path of vision between the sun and
the eye, whether the sun is viewed
directly or through some optical
path such as a camera lens, a view
finder, a telescope or binoculars.
In viewing or taking photos of
either the total or the partial
eclipse, according to Keene, it is
well to remember this rhyme, “Fil
ter nearest the sky to protect eye.”
This means in practice that an ade
quate neutral density filter must be
in front of any and all optics,
whether they be telescope, lens,
finder, eyeglasses, or binoculars’
Any other position of the filter in
the system, such as between the
camera finder and the eye, would
be hazardous.
The danger of eye damage is in
creased for those persons photo
graphing in areas where the sun
will be completely eclipsed. When
photographing the total eclipse, the
neutral density material must be
used during the early or partial
stages, must then be removed to
permit sufficient exposure of the
prominences or corona, and then
must be replaced in front of the
lens in time to prevent burning or
eye damage after the sun starts to
reappear.
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director for musical productions at
the Pittsburgh Playhouse in Pitts
burgh, Pa. He has been guest
choreographer and director for com
panies throughout the United
States.
Marc Gottlieb, first violinist and
a founder of the Claremont String
Quartet in residence at the School
of the Arts, is musical director for'
the production and conductor of the
orchestra. Michael Colina of Char
lotte, a music major, is assistant
musical director, and Sandra Wil
liams of Mobile, Alabama, a dance
major, is dance assistant to Noble.
Scenery and costumes have been
designed by Christina Giannini of
New York, a member of the visiting
faculty at the School of the Arts.
Costumes have been executed by
Linda Rogers, resident faculty cos
tume designer.
Richard Spock of the design and
production faculty has designed
fighting and is production man;
Susan Palmer, also of the d
and production faculty, is prodj
stage manager.
Diction Coach is Lesley H
teacher of speech in the schoo
drama. Vocal coaches are Go
Trautwein, teacher of voice
drama students and a membei
the visiting drama faculty, and (
thia Siebert of Richmond, Virgi
a music major. ’
“Guys and Dolls,” which has 1
called a musical fable of Broad;
is based on a story and charac
by Damon Runyon. It begai
nearly three-year run on Broadi
in November, 1950. That yeai
received eight Tony awards. '
movie, “Guys and Dolls," was
leased in 1955 by Metro-Gold;;
Meyer.
Beyond The Square
Hawaii Legalizes Abortioi
60 WEST, WOMEN!
By Barbara Homey
With all the recent interest in the problems of air pollution
over-population, it is interesting to note that last week the Ha
iian legislature passed the final draft of a bill which will lege
abortion in that state. The bill was then sent to Governor J
A. Burns, a Catholic, who refused to sign it but did not veti
The bill thus automatically became law in ten days.
This will make Hawaii the first state in the Union to have le
ized abortion for any woman over twenty who has her docl
consent. Also, the law stipulates that the fetus must not be (
to live outside the womb, which usually means that the gesta
period cannot be over twenty weeks.
Other states such as Colorado and North Carolina, which h
passed liberalized abortion laws, still require a panel of twe
three disinterested doctors to approve the abortion. Most of tl
liberalized laws also state that it must be proven that having
baby will be dangerous to the mother's mental or physical hec
The Hawaiians, fearful that their state may become an abor:
center, have attached a ninety day residency clause on the I
Nevertheless, there is much room for speculation as to the ef
that this revolutionary piece of legislation may have on the l(
makers of other states.
Source: Time, March 9, 1!
Ed note: Right on. Liberation!
FRANKLY SPEAKING
By Phil Fran
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