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THE SALEMITE
Friday, October 9, 197q
Founder’s Day —
A New Approach
Once again another Founder's Day has slipped into our mem
ories, to be cherished or forgotten through future years. As always,
the days preceding Founder's Day were hectic, but the big day of
action obscured the nasty thought that had passed through our
subconscience.
This year. Founder's Day worked the advent of a new approach
to Salem's celebration of its birth: The senior class attempted to
promote increased school unity by withdrawing from the contest
side of the class competition events. As senior class president,
Weezie Vincent, said, "In the past, there have been too many
hard feelings about who won or lost."
Such a concept as class spirit, with one class pitted against
another, cannot possibly promote the ideal situation of love and
harmony preached in the skits and songs performed on Founder's
Day. The point made by the senior class was generally well re
ceived by Salem students. For the thoughtfulness of the class of
'71, Salem should be grateful; The Senior class dug out Salem
Spirit from under the pile!
MLD
Dear Editor,
I want to compliment the staff
for a great paper last week. The
articles were well done and inter
esting, the letters were good, and
the layout was fantastic. If we can
see more Salemites like that this
year I think we might be able to
classify as a top-rate student news
paper instead of a social gossip
publication.
I was especially interested in the
editorial about the financial prob
lems our campus organizations are
in. It seems strange that Salem’s
“young intellectuals” should spend
so much time and money on Foun
ders’ Day when there is such need
in these more worthwhile organi
zations. I’m not so much against
the fun-making of Founders’ Day
and the spirit which it raises, but
I am seriously opposed to the pre
cedence Founders’ Day seems to
have over anything else. It seems
to me Salem is becoming more and
more of a “play school” every day.
Those that dedicate their time to
academics, music, art, and those or
ganizations that require such sin
cerity of intention and work have
all my praise. Of course Susie
needs relaxation time etc. but with
toe much play Susie becomes a dull
girl.
Sincerely,
Pelham Lyles
(Ed. note: The following para
graphs were received from a stu
dent at Davidson. The Salemite
welcomes comments and reactions.)
Dear Salemites,
Announcements And Other
Interesting Information
Dr. Elizabeth Welch was the
principal speaker for the Sperry
Award Banquet of the 23rd Annual
Conference of the North Carolina
Family Life Council in Greensboro
on Friday, September 2Sth. The
subject of her address was “The
Family; Transmitter of Values.”
Friday, Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. the
Friends of Moravian Music Foun
dation will present a concert of
English music in Shirley Audi
torium. All Salem Students are in
vited.
Dr. Welch delivered the final ad
dress at the SOth Annual Conven
tion ■,»£ the North Carolina Congress
of Parents and Teachers, held in
Asheville, N. C. on Saturday, Oct
ober 3rd. Her subject was “A Time
for Values.”
Dr. Welch lias given 171 ad
dresses in the past two years, utiliz
ing information gained in the two
seminars on international education
in twelve countries around the
world, Lhe addresses have stressed
the priority' of education in estab
lishing and perpetuating a W'ay of
life, and the psychology underlying
the- behaviors expected in each
value ,sys;tem. . . ,
ӣ)ean' Hixson, Dr! Austin, and Mr.
M'ason attended the Annual Meet
ing of the North Carolina Classical
Association at Wake Forest, Satur
day,' Oct. 3.
Salem College will be represented
at inaugurations of college and uni
versity presidents by the following:
Mrs. Norman (Dolly Darr) Mess-
ner, ’49, of Chambersburg, Pa., at
the inauguration of Charles Chester
Cole, Jr., as president of Wilson
College on October 10; Mrs. H. M.
(Lucy Harris) Poulson, ’54, of
Shreveport, La., at the inauguration
of John Horton Allen as president
of Centenary College of Louisiana
on October 21; Mrs. John H. (Anne
Heath) Hardage, ’63, of Richmond,
Va,, at the inauguration of Allix
Bledsoe James as president of Vir
ginia Union University on October
30; and the President at the in
auguration of David G. Mobberly,
Greensboro College, October 16;
Terry Sanford, Duke University,
October 18; and Donald K. Drake,
Piedmont Bible College, October 23.
The Board of Trustees will hold
its fall meeting at 3:30 p.m., Thurs
day, October 29, at Salem Academy.
Trustees Archie K. Davis and
Frank Willingham, Sr., Dianne
Dailey, Esther Mock, Jack White
and the President represented
Salem College at a luncheon in
Charlotte, September 17, given by
the N. C. Foundation of Church-
Related Colleges in honor of Duke
Power Company, long-time contri
butor to the Foundation.
In addition to the Lyceum Series,
Winston-Salem State University
has scheduled three more concerts
in Hanes Auditorium.
Sunday, Dec. 13—
AnnuM Christmas Program
Sunday, Mar. 21
Symphonic Band program
Sunday, May 9
Annual Spring Choir Concert
Beyond The Square
Intolerance - Cause
For Campus Violence
By Laura Grumpier
Since September and the opening of schools across the nation
mtt?
many Americans have increasingly wondered whether this year's
campus will prove as violent as last year. After Kent State last
year, Nixon appointed a commission headed by William Scranton
to study campus unrest. The committee issued its first findings
recently. These findings were neither startling or new. ^
THE UNCENSORED VOICE OF THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY
Editor-in-CKief
-Sara Engram
The Commission was especially concerned with the growing
threats of violence across the nation-not just from students but
from law-abiding citizens who want to get back at protestors.
Students who bomb and burn are criminals' and National Guards
men who needlessly shoot or assault students are criminals.' The
Commission advocates prosecution if necessary.
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The reasons they gave for campus unrest were the usual-war
racial ,n|urtice and faults within the university itself. The Com'
mission criticized heavily the intolerance on both sides of the
issue-the militant students who insist 'that their own views must
govern and °re impatient with people who want restraint. K
also criticized the Americans who reject even the good in the
younger generation. ®
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■This IS an election year, and of course the issue of campus un
r^mar" oH cIndo7 we bdievT JThou"gh"°t2'
,ear-|h., playing polM.. wi'hT, .^'ya^aST tr'
ther alienation and radicalization of young people.' ^
-U. S. News and World Report
The fantastic bureaucracy, red-
tape, and tradition which Salem is
steeped in will challenge you
greatly, test your patience, weaken *
your fortitude, and almost break *
your spirit. But then, I thought that
Salem women wanted to be thought |
of as more than sex objects, prim '
young prudes to be tomorrow’s old '
maids, and sweet little empty- |
headed broads. Maybe I was wrong ,
Maybe you really don’t want to be
thought of as competent, hard- *
working, hard-driving women— I
fashioners of something respectable
not only for today’s society—but
for tomorrow’s. Maybe I was
wrong. Maybe you don’t give a
damn about anything — not even
yourselves.
By the way', when are you
girls at Salem going to get some
of the vestiges of liberty—like self-
determining hours ? The poppycock
that all of you put up with (and
I'm sure that some venerate) is be
yond me. My simple mind would
say that this pile of crap has got
to go!
The Arts
Corner
Real change seems to be
your responsibility. The responsi
bility of every member of your
society is to promulgate real
istic changes. Something that none
of you seem to have the time,
ability, or energy to do. Although
I certainly don’t practice all that I
preach, I haven’t been confronted
with a system as old-fashioned and
out-moded as yours. The natural
tendency would be to ignore the
problem.
Oct. 14 Peter Nero
Civic Music Association
Reynolds Auditorium 8:30 p.m.
Although apathy is far more
prevalent there than here, I truly
doubt that all Salem women accept
and adore the situation as it now
exists. Surely it would take a lot
of work, time and effort to do
something significant, but isn’t that
better than bitching about it or
leaving a system just as you found
it—not better because of you?
Oct. 12 “The Cameraman”—1929—
USA
(Buster Keaton) 8 p.m.
Oct. 18 “It’s a Gift”—1934—USA
(W. C. Fields)
8:30 p.m.
Bowman Gray Campus Movie Series
Where: Babcock Auditorium of
Bowman Gray School of Medi
cine
When: 7:30 p.m.
Admission; 50^
October 9
“The Spiral Staircase”
October 16
“The Mouse That Roared”
October 23
“The Thomas Crown Affair”
October 30
“Cat On A Hot Tin Roof”
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writer and must be submitted by
Tuesday at 5 p.m. in order to
appear in the Friday edition.
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Dale Smith
Oct. 10 Clarion Wind Quintet
North Carolina School of the Arts
Main Auditorium 8:15 p.m. free
Oct. 13 Alicia De Larracha, Spanish
Pianist, Wake Forest Universiay
Artist Series, Wait Chapel Audi
torium 8:15 p.m.
Oct. 16 North Carolina School of
the Arts Orchestra
Main Auditorium 8:15 p.m. free
Wake Forest Film Series
De Tamble Auditorium in Tribble
Hall (no admission unless noted)
Oct. 11 “The Old-Fashioned Way"
—1934—USA
(W. C. Fields) 8:30 p.m.