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1 iiiiiiMiniiHiiiiinoiMiiiiiHiniiiiiiiiiiii[3iiiiiiHiiiiniiNiiiiHiinHiiiMiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiniiMt3iiiiMMiiiit3iMiiMiiiiiniii The Salemite Editor-in-chief Laurie Daltroff Associate Editor Chris Moran Business Manager Margaret Everhart Advertising Manager Chris Minter Monday, November 20, 1972 Office Hours: 5:00-7:30 p.m. Weekdays Phone 723-7961 Ext. 250 II "7 O "7 *1 O O "7 jinilllllllllltt?i!lHlimHC3llllllllllllC3llllllllllliaillllllHlimillllllllllinilHIIIIIIIIHIIIIl1lllllinillllllll TH^ Monday, November 20 Chat With Chandler •>by Shirley Brobst On Monday night, November 13, eight concerned students met with Dr. Chandler in his office to discuss issues that have been bothering them. Among the is sues discussed were the commu nication problem between the students and the administration, the privacy of student records, student-faculty relationships, and the function of petitions. Several of the students felt that we have begun to have faul ty communication with the ad ministration. Dr. Chandler recog nizes that a credibility gap has arisen, both on our campus and in other places. He notes that there seems to be a growing mis trust of anyone in authority and that people everywhere are be ginning to question how respon sibility should be dispersed. Dr. Chandler feels that we - includ ing the administration - should give people as much responsibili ty as they are capable of hand ling, and that we should contin ue to air our concerns openly in stead of resorting to rumormon goring and rec room gripes. The privacy of students’ re cords was another issue that the group discussed. At this time a committee is working to eradi cate private social restrictions from students’ permanent tran scripts, and is trying to devise a workable system in which pri vacy of the student is regarded with respect to open records, so that no student may be handi capped by teachers and poten tial employers misinterpreting portions of a record which a student would be unable to de fend. There also seems to be some question concerning the sign-out procedure for overnights, as to whether or not our present sy stem of cards protects the pri vacy of the student. The sign-out procedure is not a means used by the administration to pry into peoples’ lives, but rather it is a means of getting in touch with the student if such a need oc curs. He acknowledges that there are flaws with our current sy stem, but wants to hear of an alternative solution with which to replace it. It has been evident to some students that the student-faculty relations have not been as close this year as in previous years. Dr. Chandler believes that the use of informal time of faculty with students is very important and he is unable to completely ex plain this drift being felt by stu dents. He realizes that everyone has been working harder than usual this year, attempting to adapt to the new administration and help with curricular reform programs. He hopes that by the time the extra-heavy work load of the faculty lightens and the administration settles into a pat tern, the close student-faculty relationship will have resumed. This, he emphasized, is one thing that Salem has been able to pride herself on in the past, and is something we all want to retain. The petition process is a good way of expressing students’ wishes and the response of both students and administration has been generally good. Dr. Chand ler feels that this has been a suc cessful method of achieving re form. The only petition not to make its way from start to finish is the current petition concerning intervisitation. Dr. Chandler and the Board of Trustees have both taken strong stands against inter visitation on the basis of pro blems in other schools and on the lack of overwhelming merits for Salem’s adapting to this dras tic change in Salem’s social pro cedure. He suggested in the meeting that students organize a student platform of pros and cons on the subject of inter visitation at Salem, after which he would attempt to arrange a meeting of these students with Board of Tmstees officials in order to allow students to voice opinions directly to the Board. Since this proposal for intervisi tation is considered a major po licy change of life at Salem be cause it has never been a part of Salem and would require some large changes in security, etc., the positions taken by Dr. Chandler and by the Board of Trustees is very important in the acceptance or rejection of the petition. Wliile he makes no promises. Dr. Chandler wants the Board to hear the students’ side of the story. The meeting between these students and Dr. Chandler does not necessarily speak for the majority of students at Sa lem, but Dr. Chandler was very grateful that these eight students were interested enough to talk with him about basic issues in our community that concerned them. He felt that the meeting was profitable for everyone (and students involved felt reassured in the advancement of Salem College), and hopes that he will be able to hear from more stu dents in the future. He feels that contact must be made, not only on his part, but also by the students so that we will not have a breech in communication be tween his administration and the student body. Notice Pierrettes' New York Trip has been Cancelled. Dear Salemite, Since there seems to be a mis understanding among Salem stu dents concerning the new regu lation of the Wake Forest Library- which denies borrowing privileges to students from other schools and colleges, a few words of explanation seem to be m or der. I have talked with the Di rector and I assure you this policy was not taken without serious consideration. Wake Forest, like Salem, is a private college and is feeling the financial pinch of all non-tax supported institutions. The cost of library service has risen rapid ly until it now takes from 6 to 8 percent of an institution’s total educational budget. All libraries are re-evaluating their services with the idea of cutting cost without endangering their edu cational goals. Borrowing privileges between libraries is a courtesy extended only when it does not interfere with the needs of their own stu dents. College students tend to use similar books and the de mand is concentrated in a short academic semester. Wake Forest has been gener ous in the past and would like to be able to continue. However, this generous policy is working to the disadvantage of their students. It is a well stocked library with an active campus and tends to attract students from a wide area. It is not a sim ple matter of Salem students only, but all students. Were a reciprocal circulation policy allowed between Salem and Wake Forest, we would be at a severe disadvantage. Our col lection would be denuded of popular titles and the college and academy students would suf fer. Needless to say, we would TUE DP SYSTEM New Haven, Conn. - (I.P.) - A new grading system for under graduates in Yale College has been installed this year. Actually it is a return to an old system but with one new twist, which in itself testifies to a spirit of grumbling compromise. Professors will grade their stu dents A-B-C-or D ... but there will be no public record kept of any F for Fail. A student who “fails” a course will obviously have to make up credit by taking another, but the failure will not appear in his transcript. The new Yale system, in fact, was a compromise voted this past year to get rid of the old system that had been in effect since 1967 and had four grades: Honors, High Pass, Pass and Fail. The 1967 vote was the result of proposals by many students and some faculty for a simple Pass- Fail grading. But apparently the H-HP-P-F plan made fewer friends over the past five years than Yale’s Course of Study Committee on Grading had hoped. Clearly an answer to the issue would be to abandon grades of any kind and substitute long written comments or a simple pass or no-pass program. But even here there are problems. John Geesman, ‘73, a student editor of the Yale Daily News, distinguished in an editorial be tween the “grade-conscious” and the “grade-oblivious” student, but concluded that “it is blunt reality that Yale students would be placed at a disadvantage in getting into graduate schools if the grading system were abo lished, and it is the ultimate in self-centered elitism to believe that the entire graduate admis sions process would change if Yale were to adopt a pass-fail system.” Dean Horace Taft noted that - though there is no “F” grade as far as the public transcript is concerned, faculty members will still hand in their grades as if the F grade existed. Dean Taft believes that even for the least grade-conscious stu dent, the system affects beha vior in class. He notes that at another Ivy League College (Princeton) where two grading systems operate together - a standard system and a Pass-Faii plan - faculty members could tell by a student’s attitude under which method he was being graded. And at a Vermont insti tution where most courses are under a Pass-Fail plan, the educa tors there told him frankly that their students did more work in the traditionally graded courses. The A-B-C-D system is the 11th change in tlie grading sy stem in Yale College in this cen tury. From 1902 to 1918, for example, students were graded on a 0 to 400 scale in units of 5, with 200 passing. That system was replaced for nine years with the 0 to 100 point scale, with 60 as passing, but then returned from 1927 to 1932. Then, back to the 100-point system for 1933-1939. At that point a letter grading system - A-plus, A,B,C,D,F, and X - was begun which lasted only until 1943 when the 100 point scale took over again for essen tially a 24 year reign. have no legal means ot entorcin. responsibility for the return n books. Students are welcome tom. the Wake Forest Ubrary te sources in the building, kavij. the books available for their stn dents. We have the same poKa here. ^ The College plans to run a bus to the Wake Forest campus in the evening as often as needed Service can begin at any time The Public Library of Winston Salem and Forsyth County has recently revised its policy to give borrowing privileges to students with an institutional address ii this county. While their collec tion is not academically orien tated, it is good. A telephone call will determine if they own the book or periodical. Granted, the Salem Libtaiy is working under a handicap this year. However, its complete re sources, with the exception of some back files of periodicals, are available; and, hopefuiy, these will be by next semester. No library can have ever) book and there will always i requests for materials we donoi own. Students should checi with the library before going tr another institution. We will as sist them in determining when the book can be obtained ani how. If it is not in the area, note from the instructor statla the book is necessary, will sul free to set interlibrary loan prr cedures in operation. Ofte photocopies can be obtained, the material is not too long. H might even wish to purchased book. Come to the library at check our resources. You migi be surprised. I hope these remarks will he to clarify this problem. If thi do not, come in and lets ha further discussion. Sincere! Anna Cooper, Libraii ANNOUNCEMENTS This is a reminder that Fri day, Saturday and Sunday night meals wUl be served from 5:30 to 6:00 in order for the refec tory workers to serve heavier meals. Also, a turkey dinner will be served on Monday, November 20. l.R.S. is working on arrange ments for a concert this year. Performers under consideration are Grin md Jim Croce. An announcement will be made when there is more definite in formation. Are you planning youf week-end room cleaning??? Do you have stuff around in your way, like, gal's?* and cough medicine bottlft ice caps, heating pads, aci bandages and crutches? it you do take them to tli* Dorm desk and we wi pick them up. Thanks mud M. Casteveoi The I nfirmarf editorial staff BUSINESS STAFF News Editor Laura Turnage Feature Editor Dee Wilson Layout Editor Corl Rasquier Copy Editor Kathy Bacon Fine Arts Editors. . . .Barbie Pfiieger Marcia Garrett Photographer Anne TiNett Circulation Manager. Lane Crawford Mailing Manager . Evie Vli** Nancy And®'*’’ Muse of Inspiration Mr. Bernhard von Nicolai Contributing This Week . . . Cyndy Parker, Karen McCotter, Julie Bartan, Mary Ann Campbell, Chris Minter. Sally Gilliam, Sarah Dorrier, Allison Towne, Jeanie Dorsey, Lee Booth, Carol Perrin. Shirley Brobst. Member U. S. Student Press tion Intercollegiate Press Alternative Features Service Advisor Published weekly, excludins nations, holidays and tion. by Students of Salem Subscription Price $5.00^ Mrs. J. W. Edwards Mailing Address P. O. Box the salemite is the Uncensored Voice of the Salem Community. Salem Station. Winston-Salem 27108. N.t' "77^ second-"" Application to mail a postage rates is pending a Salem, N. C. 27108.
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