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Page Two Guest Editorialist Takes Soapbox Stand This editorial is the direct result of having talked with the Editor and discovering that no one took advantage of the free editorial space of last week. I am as guilty as everyone else. How many times have complaints and constructive criticism smoldered use lessly? Now, given the opportunity to speak out and be construc tive, no one did. We all just sat on our haunches. Or maybe no one read the editorial—or even the paper! What is the use of a student newspaper if the students do not use it? The paper belongs to the students and is a means of com municating with the student body. It is free expression of student views on campus, yet students refuse to make use of the paper in this light, i.e. the UNCENSORED voice of the Salem College com munity. I hope that no further opportunities to speak out construc tively will be ignored. Nancy Hunter THE SALEMITE Friday, March 5, 197] My Dear Editor and Fellow Stu dents : Much as it pains me to degrade any part of my Alma Mater’s sys tem, I must announce my growing discontent with the assembly set-up. Admittedly, most of the programs this year have been extremely in teresting, entertaining, and/or pro vocative, but must we be interested, entertained, and/or provoked an average of 2.25 times a week ? Now folks, I want my tuition’s worth of culture as much as the next Salem- ite, but I’d rather have a larger responsibility where self-improve ment is concerned In other words, why can’t we develop a system Marcia Abramson Commends Enlightening Lib Material Reviewed by Marcia Abramson College Review Service In the past few years, book pub lishers have capitalized on radical politics, splitting profits with the Abbie Hoffmans and James Kunens; some of the resulting books were good, most were terrible. Naturally, publishers eventually “discovered” the growing feminist cause but it has taken some time for them to come up with a compre hensive anthology of writings from the women’s liberation movement. Anyone who has been saving yel lowed clippings of “Notes of a Radi cal Lesbian” and “The Politics of Housework” from underground newspapers can safely invest $2.45 in Sisterhood is Powerful. Not only is the anthology excellent—most of the classic radical essays on the women’s movement are included— but all profits from the sale of the book will go to women’s organi zations. According to former editor Laura Furman, publishing houses are bas tions of male chauvinism; it is re markable that the Vintage antho logy is so good. Editor Robin Mor gan writes, “I had insisted on work ing with women at Random House, and it was agreed that my two edi tors (women) and myself would have no interference from men. Of course, what none of us foresaw was that neither of my editors had any real power in the male domi nated hierarchy of the house, and so were forced into a position of “interceding” with those who could enforce the decisions — men.” No doubt fewer problems plagued the more moderate Voices of the New Feminism, a respectable hardback put out by the Unitarian Universa- list Women’s Association. This latter anthology leans heavily on the respectability of a Martha Grif fiths or Shirley Chisholm; it is aimed specifically at more moderate members of the women’s movement and contains a short piece of Betty Friedan, organizer of NOW. These two collections represent the two divisions of the women’s movement: moderate and radical. Moderates speak of reforming the present system; never would they suggest abandoning the nuclear family or heterosexual norms. Radi cals will not stop at equality on the capitalist totem pole; they see the falseness of male-female roles, and demand a new kind of person. It is not enough for a woman to “make it” by adopting tough, masculine behavior; the definitions of male as dominant-aggressive and female as passive-sensitive must be ended be cause they are based not in nature but in economic and psychological needs to oppress. While the Thompson anthology contains an exhortation from Con gresswoman Chisholm for women to bring a spirit of moral purpose to politics, it does not investigate the alternative of lesbianism as does Sisterhood is Powerful. The Mor gan anthology is much more far reaching in its consideration of the problems and possible solutions of sexism. Both books stress the statistical evidence of women’s oppression. Both begin with excellent historical essays which correct long-standing misconceptions about women Con nie Brown and Jane Seitz in Sister hood is Powerful detail the mili tancy of the suffragist movement and explain why it failed. I, for one, did nyt know that the National Guard had to be called out in Wash ington in 1913 because of the up roar created by the women’s move ment. Several other essays in the Mor gan anthology are mandatory read ing for anyone who wants to begin to understand the women’s move- Editor-in-Chief . Sara Engram EDITORIAL staff Associate Editor Managing Editor News Editor Feature Editor Special Projects Editor Copy Editor Photography Editor Roving Photographer . linyer Ward Cori Pasquier . Jeonne Patterson Laurie Daltroff Catherine Cooper Jane Dimmock Beth Wilson Billie Everhart BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager , Phyllis Melvin Advertising Manager ... Martha Bernard Circulation Manager Libisy Seibert Published by Students of Salem College Subscription Price $4.d0 a year Member U. S. Student Press Association Printed by the Sun Printing Company Advisor. ..Mrs. J. W. Edwards ment. “Kinde, Kuche, Kirche as Scientific Law: Psychology Con structs the Female,” by Dr. Naomi Weisstein, has been of tremendous importance in its rejection of stan dard psychological arguments for female inferiority. Dr. Weisstein exposes fallacies of modern psycho logy and reminds us that one set of experiments has shown that ex perimenters (generally men) tend to find what they expect to find. She shows hOw many scientists, using only studies of children who have been socialized for years into tra ditional sexual role-playing, come to the conclusion that women are naturally childlike and submissive. Kate Millet’s much heralded Sex ual Po’itics, a treatment of litera ture from a feminist perspective, is excerpted in the Morgan antho'ogy; her treatment of Mailer and Genet are included. Capitalism and sexism are linked in Karen Sacks’ essay which examines the need of private enterprise to exploit the cheap labor of working women and the abso lutely free labor of the indispens able wife and mother who frees her husband to put in full time. Marge Piercy’s “The Grand Coolie Dam” tears apart the male chauvinism of of the male-dominated new left, and shows how much the sexism of these “revolutionaries” has produced the impetus for the radical women’s movement. In “Double Jeopardy: To Be Black and Female,” another import ant essay, Frances Beal refutes the arguments that the black woman must build up her man’s shattered spirit. This is counter-revolution ary, she says; “we must begin talk ing about the elimination of all kinds of oppression ... We need our whole army out there dealing with the enemy, not half an army.” The Morgan anthology also in cludes poems, some by Sylvia Plath, drawings, and personal anecdotes. The Thompson anthology offers fewer essays, and several are dupli cated in the less expensive Morgan book. Perhaps the most interest ing piece is a report to the United Nations on the status of women, in Sweden, the country where the most progress has been made but which still has much to accomplish. Some day-care centers exist, for ex ample, but not enough, and the sharing of housework and outside- the-home work between husband and wife is only beginning. Marcia Abramson has been on the editorial staff of The Michigan Daily (University of Michigan), and is presently a graduate student in comparative literature. whereby the students are given the opportunity to choose to attend these programs ? Why can’t we have a greater percentage of non- required assemblies? Why cant more of them be at night, rather than during the day when the hectic pressures of the school day are driving us to exhauston ? Why can’t the professors of 12:00 Mon day, Wednesday, and Friday classes be given a break once in a while? After all, it is pretty exasperating to try to teach an hour’s worth of material in 30 to 45 minutes, and then expect the students to be re sponsible for everything! At least at night, one can derive a twisted pleasure out of shirking the old studies for an hour! Well, I’ve about exhausted my indignation ... I know that many of you, you interested students you, have griped about assemblies for weeks, months, even semesters! Now is the time to voice these gripes in a constructive manner. Go to members of the assembly committee, tell members of the faculty-advisory board w'hat you think about assemblies as a re quired, CONSTANT part of our w^eekly curriculum. Do something about it!! Anyone interested in do ing something to help change our rut is quite welcome to join me in my one-girl stand! Righteously yours, Laurie Daltroff Dear Faculty and Students: My letter asks your help in en abling young black men and women to achieve the quality of education necessary to prepare themselves for sharing the leadership in our ex panding democracy. Your response is shaping history! The thirty-six universities and colleges in our Fund have provided for many years the most effective avenues for aspiring blacks through, out the South to achieve a higher education. Last year our colleges conferred 5.428 undergraduate de grees and 882 graduate and profes sional degrees. Ninety-five percent of those graduating students were blacks for . . . although our col leges are thoroughly integrated, as suring educational opportunities to black students is our principal con cern. What’s happened to our grad- uates . . . later ? They include 83 percent of the nation’s black phy. sicians, 75 percent of the nation’s black Ph D’s and more than 50 per cent of all black officials elected to office in the LJ. S. And that’s only the “bare bones” of our record, for thousands upon thousands of our graduates have been modifying the course of American history in re cent years by their rational, self- disciplined and determined struggle for social justice through non violent revolution. Today hundreds of thousands of other young black Americans need your help to enable them to help build a more creative, dynamic America . . . and a more peaceful w'orld. Pleese reach out a generous hand to them! Whatev-r support you can give our Fund will directly to help a promising black student achieve a strong college education. Give us your best, please! Ifs the surest way toward a better world of the future! Yours faithfully . and hopefully, Martha B. Lucas Pate (Mrs. Maurise Pate) United Negro College Fund, Inc. 55 E. 52nd St. New York, N. Y. 10022 Big City Travelers Find Tiring, Trying Times By Jeanne Patterson The Pierrette-sponsored trip to New York City got off to a great start—at least as far as I was con cerned—as soon as the bus pulled away from the curb, my seat-mate said, “I sure wish I had a Drama- mine. I think I’m going to be sick.” This was the start of what was to be a W'onderful trip, yet one that would have its high and low points. The bus trip was uneventful, but pleasant, with music provided by Dee Dee Geraty, Susan and Nancy Nelson, and Catherine Cooper. Times Square Motor Motel was definitely not the Plaza, but it was cheap. When our bus arrived, all of the dirty old men turned out to greet us. The hotel didn’t look too promising at 2:30 a.m, and many girls slept with a chair under their doorknob that night. The next three days were full ones for us. Most people had definite things to see in New York. Some of the plays Salemites saw were Fiddler On The Roof; Pro mises, Promises; Midsummer Night’s Dream; Last of the Red- Hot Lovers; Butterflies Are Free; and Purlie. A few Salemites even made their stage debuts in Hair. We spent the rest of our time shopping, sightseeing, visiting mu seums, going to fancy restaurants and bars. Many Salemites spent a great deal of their time looking for fam ous people. Our group saw Gene Rayburn, Martin Balsam, Estelle Parson’s chaffeur and Charlie (one of the waiters at Sardi’s). Mary Davis. even got to talk to Estelle Parson’s chaffeur. Oh yes, I met Herkimer Somebody-of-Other when he was standing in the hall of Tims Square Motor Motel dressed in a towel. Also Dee Dee Geraty and her group just missed Laurin Bacall in Sardi’s. Among all of the thrilling ex periences were a few u'lpkasanl ones. Included in this category were a few close calls in the hote elevator, an interesting trip to tte hotel’s topless night club, a very scary walk-run back from th^ the ater one night for Mary Davis and me, and Maryann Patterson s por brains at brunch in the Rainbo"' Room. As we sadly but hurriedly the bus to return to Salem, all t e dirty old men again turned out see us off. Except for a few n""® things, the trip was an ovenv. ■heto- ing success. For this we all ibaal* and Pierrettes, especially Dr. Homrighous and Mary Davis, four Greyhound bus drivers, wP whom the trip would have impossible. ANNOUNCEMENT thoni been All students who have Nat''”' . Defense Student Loans and who ^ graduate in June or not be ra ing next fall should contact ^ Smitherman before spring vacah
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