By Patti Pig
It seems that Salem always has to be sand*bagged into
moving on. We are so afraid of being foolish or impolite
in assembly that we will do anything short of crawling
under our seats to avoid public exposure of our minds.
Hence, the sand-bag procedure in Monday's assembly by
Dr. Lewis.
It was a classic example of the Salem lady's Let's-Get-On-
With-lt technique of paying homage to the assembly slip.
Nothing less than a roaring circus of pink lions and three-
legged baboons would have interested such a ho-hum
audience. I guess that Mr. Potter didn't know that we
expect robot-perfect speakers and instant, just-add-water
knowledge, because he tried to interest us in such an in
teresting but clubfooted subject as art! He tried as capably
as he could, and all the response he got was a lot of cough
ing and some doodlewong from Dr. Lewis.
Come on, Salem, give assemblies a chance. Why expect
a speaker to supply us with a scholar's knowledge of the
subject in fifty-five minutes? Why be embarrassed when
someone dares to challenge a speaker? Why be ashamed
to challenge a challenger too? Let's eliminate the neces
sity for Dr. Lewis' sand-bags by becoming participants as
well as observers!
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Volume Lll
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, October 16, 1970
Number 8
Barbro, Jette Holding Their Own
By Jeanne Patterson
Barbro Nevart is tall, blonde and
from Karlshamn, Sweden. (Where
else?) Yet life in the United States
is not new to Barbro, She spent
the summer of 1969 in a suburb of
Boston, Mass. In fact, Barbro’s
roommate, Susan Lundeen, was sur
prised to find that Barbro, as a for
eign student, has needed so little
help getting adjusted to the lan
guage and most American customs,
Barbro arrived in New York on
September 7 and spent one day
there. Then she flew to Winston-
Salem and spent a few days with
Mary Leight. Barbro said that she
liked Winston-Salem much better
than New York, but she was sur
prised that it is not as crowded as
Boston.
Barbro was curious about attend
ing an all girls’ school, since she
graduated in a class with five girls
and twenty-one boys. “I thought
that the girls would talk about no
thing but boys, but that is just not
true.”
The dating practices of American
girls did surprise Barbro a bit. In
Sweden teenagers go out in groups.
The first time she heard of the
good old American custom of
“blind” dates she was surprised to
hear that a girl would really go out
with a boy nobody knew.
Last weekend Barbro went to
Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia
with a group of girls where she was
introduced to partying at the moun
tains and to the “Bitting Bug.”
Barbro likes her classes because
she is unused to the close teacher-
student relationship. The honor
system confused her. She could not
believe that girls were allowed to
“sit so close together” during the
Handbook test. She feels that the
Honor System is good because “it
really makes you not want to
cheat.”
Founder’s Day was new and ex
citing to Barbro. She took part in
the Junior class skit and in making
decorations.
When asked about American food
-7-specifically refectory food—Bar
bro said she likes everything except
the “orange cheese” and “the beans
—there are so many different
kinds !”
By Laurie Daltroff
Jette Wessel is a Salem student.
Jette is also an exchange student
from Denmark, Whenever one sees
her roaming around campus in a
group or alone, she appears at
home, a fact which should make no
impression upon anyone who
accepts people for themselves.
Jette arrived at Salem after
months of waiting and expectation,
anxious to see the place which had
Barbro Nevert and Jefte Wes-
se! are foreign students at
Salem this year.
selected her through the Inter
national Exchange Students pro
gram. She has come to us pre
pared for her sojourn in a foreign
land, for she lived in England with
her sister for a short time, and has
studied English for about eight
years.
Jette, who rooms with Louise
Wilbur, enjoys everything about
Salem. She particularly likes the
small classes and close atmosphere
of this college community. “It’s
rather strange to be in this type of
school. I went to a very small
school, but if I were to go to the
university there would be thousands
of people.”
Jette says that she loves the way
the girls at Salem are so friendly.
She spent a short time in New York
before she came to North Carolina
to go to school, and disliked the
way people in the city ignore every
one. She feels that the open at
mosphere here is delightful.
The only criticism that Jette
offers is dismay over the food
served at school. “Your breakfasts
are so strange here. You have
eggs and meat with biscuits, or
some other heavy foods. In Den
mark we eat rolls and coffee or
tea, nothing so large. And your
meat! It is overcooked ! I cannot
get used to your meat.”
Louise Wilbur has many things
to say about the experience of
rooming with Jette. She feels that
this is an opportunity for which a
person should prepare, maintaining
an open mind about the background
and ideas of someone from outside
the United States. “Over here we
develop preconceived ideas about
types of people and how they
should behave, which Europeans
usually do not do. A chance to live
with a girl from another culture is
very exciting and can teach one so
much.”
“Jette is amusing and interesting.
She has a delightful sense of
humor, always coming out with un
expected remarks at very appro
priate times. She is interesting be
cause of her British accent, and be
cause, well, she is Jette. Jette is
a completely natural person.”