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i Page Two THE SALEMITE Monday, March 20, 1972 EDITORIALS Editor's Note: Jeanne Patterson and Laurie Daltroff collabor ated in composing this week's Salemite. • • • • This is a year of great possibilities in U. S. political affairs: the presidential, local and state elections are beckoning all citizens to become aware of the "state of affairs" in their own backyards. The '72 presidential election will be the first in which the new Con stitutional ammendment allowing 18-20 year olds to vote is effec tive. As a result many astute people are eyeing the primaries to see how or if voting trends change because of the new young voters. Already many statisticians gloat over the confirmation of their early predictions that the addition of young people to the voting ranks changes nothing. Unfortunately these statisticians and their more optimistic peers are discovering that one of the principle reasons behind the un wavering continuation of hereditary candidates' political solidity is the lack of young peoples' responsiveness to their new citizen responsibilities. What does this mean? It means that many young adults in the 18-21 category either have (1.) failed to register to vote or (2.) failed to evince strong enough interest in constructive political channels to influence significantly the platforms of political hopefuls. One cannot stress strongly enough that every eligible individual in the country should register and vote for the candidate of his or her choice. It is especially important for young voters to participate in elections—at least to save face and preserve power in intellec tual circles, if not to activate new ideas and approach new goals. Apparently, however, election officials have not elicited enough response from the 18-21 year olds on these or any other grounds. It is truly tragic when the voting registration officials have to go TO the 18 year olds in their schools to get them to register. This action in Winston-Salem city schools is pretty desperate—parti cularly when one considers its dubious legality according to North Carolina state laws, which more or less prohibit removal of the registration books from the Office of the Board of Elections. Last week, on the other hand, a Wake Forest University professor polled his economics class composed mostly of 20-21 year olds and dis covered that he was one of 5 of the 42 people in the class who had neglected to register. These diverse, thought-provoking reminders of negligence should spark us to more political awareness and active concern for our surroundings. The New Hampshire and Florida primaries' results show that a very accurate voting field is needed now as neve before. All students who are N. C. residents still have an oppor tunity to register before the primary in May. Registration fo eligibility in this primary is possible until the middle of April. AL students have the opportunity to register for national electior before November. We need proof of birth and residence for this, such as a birth certificate and driver's license. Why don't we, the "educated, qualified" students demonstrate our concern for our future? We can begin by working through legal channels, and it would help if we dispelled political scientists' growing belief that we talk much but fail to act. Or are we to be heirs to our ominously anonimous predecessor. The Silent Majority? Dear Editor; -LD A few month ago we accepted the Library Committee's report on the plans for the “new” Library and they sounded great. But as I look at the work which is being wrought I have come to think that we were over-hasty in this. The Library does need more space but does this have to be the way we get it ? Its too late for those gor geous old trees which have been chopped down and hauled away from the lot (I had thought at least a few of the trees bordering the lot would have been saved); but what about our college com munity atmosphere ? The Library on the corner forms part of a unit with Clewell, Sisters and the Square. Remember, the Square is our front campus. A family living in a private home on the corner where the Library now stands will not want girls hanging out of Clewell or Sisters’ windows calling to people below and playing loud music. One of the reasons that Gramley is such a quiet (deadly quiet) place to live is because it is closer to private homes than to other campus buildings. The neigh bors around Gramley do compiain of the noise as well as the cars. Admittedly we do not make as much “college noise” as we used to when ■ everyone parked up and down Church St. waiting for the dorms to close—there was always lots of yelling and singing and hoiiKing horns—^and did the neighbors com plain then! 1 ! So, what I’m asking is this; is. the money we are getting trom uid Salem for following the preseiu plan for the Library s expansion worth risking the possible loss oi some special essence oi uaiem s atmosphere i We are part oi wiu Salem aiiu, while both of us are gaining something tangible which we want, perhaps we will both lose out on something intangible in the long run. I appeal to you, Salem- ites—think on this and reply 1 ! ! It is still possible to reassess the situation. This year a very strange thing has happened around our campus (gasp.) Actually this strange thing is a build-up of a feeling that has been growing for several years. This year the campus has fallen apart. Now don't go around looking to see which buildings have been destroyed—it has been a gap in our communication system. We aren't the close-knit com munity that we used to be. Besides (or perhaps because of) the communication gap there has been a spread of (oh hated word) apathy. This is a nation wide feeling but that's no excuse for us. Perhaps the one thing that has made this problem so bad for us this year is the new assembly system. Upperclassmen remem ber that when assemblies were required it was easier to know what was going on around here. Also it is ridiculous for the Assembly-Lecture Committee to pay a high price for a speaker or entertainer when only a few people are going to attend. After all, we are paying for the assemblies. The Assembly-Lecture Committee has done an excellent job of selecting programs. Why aren't we taking advantage of them? What should happen to assemblies? Perhaps we should do away with them. But assemblies are a valid part of a liberal arts education. Or we could have them required again. Now that the Assembly-Lecture Committee has gotten away from the "we have to fill every assembly period" feeling it would not be so bad to have to attend about five to ten assemblies a semester. Is it worth this to you to have required assemblies again in order to pull this campus back together? _JP Sincerely, Carol Hewitt Dear Editor: With the end of four years at Salem drawing near, I find myself reflecting on the experience—and on Salem as an institution. It is hard to express the feelings that friendships and studies bring to the surface—they are indeed still too much an integral part of this highly emotional senior (sorry to betray the definion of emotion as presented by one well-heard professor). ' I would, instead address myself to two more practical aspects of Salem life. First, Salem needs a more diverse student body-cultur- ally, racially, ets. Will it be dif ferent next year? If not, how can an educational institution ignore this important aspect of education— and I do not mean tokenism. ^alTinttp Editor-in-Chief EDITORIAL STAFF Associate Editor Cori Pasquier Managing Editor Laurie Daltroff News Editor Chris Verrastro Assistant News Clark Kitchen Feature Editor Chris Moran Assistant Feature Dee Wilson Art Editor Barbie Pfiieger Copy Editor Anna Burgwyn Cartoonist Marcia McDade Photography Editors Beth Wilson Barbara Perry Roving Photographer Billie Everhart Jeanne Patterson BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager Lynn Bode Advertising Manager ... Margaret Brinkley Circulation Manager Pat Terry Mailing Manager ^.... Beth Duncan Head Typist Kathy Bacon Published by Students of Salem College Printed by the Sun Printing Company Subscription Price $4.60 a year Member U. S. Stur'/ent Press Association Advisor Mrs. J. W. Edwards The refectory—would it not be more economical to have a cafe teria situation, or at least the present set-up could use students on work-scholarship for waiting. Fewer employees are required for dormitory cleaning because students took more responsibility—can’t it happen again—possibly gradually, as with the dormitory situation? Janet Ward Students attending Salem-sponsored summer schools will have grades averaged Into their quality point ratio. Dear Editor, For so long all of us “Salemites” sat around campus griping about the food; everyone just griped, but no one did anything till finally some one sat up a food committee as part of IRS, which acted as a dele gation to Mrs. Cummings. I just want to say three cheers for this delegation and Mrs. Cummings’ co operation. I think the food at Salem C. has been improved lately— the new salad bar helps a lot for all you dieters and the entrees have been more balanced meals (with green vegetables as well as our meat and potatoes). Dear Editor: I regret that a misprint in tny letter of last week’s Salemite tna, have caused people to mistake a intent. I proposed a student-facult committee of “representative repr^ sentation”, not “representative ' sentation” as was printed). pre- Thank you Mrs. Cummings and IRS food committee. I understand that some of thi members of our community, stu dents and administration, have conn to Jeannine Hurford actual! alarmed over the apparent "fued' between her and Dr. Lewis. A casi of mutual admiration between thesi two could not be more obvious' Their exchange of letters througl the Salemite has been one of thi most amusing features of the news paper in recent weeks; if this i what good student-faculty relation! bring let us have more. Respectfully yours, Margaret Everhart Dear Editor, Attention English Department? You lucky guys and gals: It was so neat, to see such good grammar and great punctuation in the candi dates sneeches: last week. I was real imnressed with the rockgut expressions—they were so earthy. It was so easy to follow things be cause things were not indented, you know! You must have a real neat time with us and the stuff we write. How come you let all the girls who have written those words get by you without honorable men tion. If I must explain myself furtl let it not be thought that I fa the addition of more committees our present array. Committees i doubtedly serve necessary functii but when they purpose is fulfil let us prune them so they do i over-run us. Thank you. Sincerely, Carol Hewitt P.S. The Skinner theory of be havior is not at all pleasant; do beware of those calculated sales pitches, girls. To the Editor of the SALEMITE 1—Jeannine writes article satirizing linen shower. 'When you had them for classes in reading and writing, it was a course here, I think. Why didn’t they go to Smith ? I realize that we can understand alliteration, and that irony means irony and that to interdigitate is to hold hands. Those girls were so impressive—some of them. Such words, such dangling modifiers, those colloquialisms — wou.d you mind if I taught them a thing or two! I think you are real lucky to have such intelligent sounding people in your classes— it must be alot of fun to read term papers. 2—Dr. Lewis writes Letter to Editor saying “Jeannine, thank goodness you are not a Skinner rat in that you do not follow the crowd and fall for linen sales men. 3—Jeannine writes Letter to Editor saying “Thank goodness you are not a trained rat either, Dr, Lewis. You spoke up for what you believed in at last year’s assembly, and you did not just follow the crowd.” 4—Dr. Lewis writes Letter to Edi tor saying he is vesy surprised Salem College students havehad trouble in recognizing the irony in our articles. I would like to take this opportun ity to thank Dr. and Mrs. Lewis for the delicious dinner they treated me to the other night. Good luck and very fondly; Sandy Jeannine Hurford THE END. FRANKLYSPEAKING 'BIQ BOLOeV TKr-fiOTTZ) SWPVi' mich.
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