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Editor-in-Chief Dee Wilson
Associate Editor Lockhart Ledbetter
Business Manager Vickie Moir
Assistant Business Manager Elaine Foster
Office Hours: 5:00-10:00 p.m. Monday
4:30-7:30 p.m, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Telephone: 723-7961, Ext. 250-Salemite Office
Or call 727-1421 or 727-9002
Thursday, October 4, 1973
Editorial Staff
News Editor Clark Kitchin
Asst. News Editor Nancy Duenweg
Feature Editor Margy Dorrier
Asst. Feature Editor Cindy Greever
Managing Editor Mopsy Nesmith
Layout Editor Becky Minnig
Copy Editor Carol Perrin
Headlines Editor Katherine Skinner
Fine Arts Editor Joan Spangler
Photographers Liz Malloy
Dean Cecil
Editorial Contributor Beth Perry
Adviser Mrs. J. W. Edwards
THE SALEMITE is the Uncensored Voice
of the Sale m Community.
Business Staff
Circulation Manager Pat Terry
Mailing Managers Piecey Myers
Susan Gregory
Advertising Effie Little
^yP'^9 Len Brinkley
Laura Day
Sally Jordan
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holidays and summer vacation, by Stu
dents of Salem College. Subscription
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P. O. Box 10447, Salem Station, Winston-
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Required Assemblies Proposed,
Alternative to Student Apathy
editorial
The editor’s job entails coordinatinjr all facets of the
paper in an fittempt to assure that the newspaper comes out.
This involves supervising three separate aspects, for the
newspaper contains basically three different jjarts: the news
itself, includinjT the feature articles; the editorials; and
the advertising. Although most students ignore advertise
ment in their haste to read the news, the paper could not
be published without the financial support obtained from
advertisement by local firms. The largest national news
papers as well as the smallest college publications depend
upon advertisement as one-third to one-half of their finan
cial basis. This is not to .say that advertising firms influence
what goes into the paper because of their contributions.
Rather, the significance of advertisement lies in the in
formation it provides the reader of services offered by firms
in the Winston-Salem area.
Ads relate what is new on the market as they state
information about the goods pre.sented for sale. The infor
mation jirovided allows the reader to make more discrimi
nating buying decisions. Ads are also an excellent place for
the individual to obtain information concerning local enter
tainment. They .serve as a channel of communication be
tween the area firms and the students at Salem College.
It is beneficial to the student to know where certain goods
can be purchased and where certain services are available.
The advertisement .section of The Salemite resembles a
miniature Yellow Rages as found in the telephone directory.
Thus, ads can .save the reader time because he knows where
to go for .sjiecific consumer demands. Ads can aid the in
dividual in making decisions about his material needs.
Without overstep])ing the individual’s freedom of choice
to read the iiarts of the newsjiaper he desires, I would like
to urge that attention be given to the ads also. I am not
directing Salem students to patronize only those firms with
ads in The Salemite. Hut, I would like to point out that these
firms have suiiported the newspaper and oftentimes the
annual.
In my dual role of selling ads to local firms, I have
frequently received the .same response upon my inquiries
about renewal of advertisement in The Salemite. Most
ownei’s of businesses in the Winston-Salem area think
highly of the college and the students. They are willing
to supijort the school in any manner. In renewing their
ads, they provide a dual service for the college. It is financial
suppoi’t of the newsjjapei’ and also ;i “free mai'ket’’ where
one can browse through the ads in a type of window
shopping before one actually enters the store and makes his
purchases. It is this type of response that the local firms
hope to achieve when they advertise in the newspaper. They
want to attract Salem students. Yet, often the businesses
get no response at all. It is a mutual relationship of service
to the students by making available certain consumer
demands and to the business when one secures his products.
Jack Kauffman, President of the Newspaper Advertising
Bureau wrote; “The newspaper is an information package
and each individual .seeks in it the things that are important
to his needs, his interests and his way of life. This includes
the inforngition he gets from advertising as well as from
the editorial offerings of news and opinion.’’
—DW
By Kathy Black
The proposal of re-instituting
mandatory assemblies on Salem
campus is receiving a more
“open” attitude by students, ac
cording to Dr. Douglas Cardwell,
one faculty member on last year’s
Lecture Assembly Committee.
This comment came in response
to inquiries being made about the
lack of student attendance at
planned assemblies. Dr. Cardwell
said that last year’s Lecture-
Assembly Committee had dis
cussed required versus optional
assemblies as an alternative to
dropping assemblies altogether.
Change Aids
Tourists
By Laura Osborne
One of the newest changes at
Salem is the reversal of the di
rection of traffic flow around
Salem Square, Students now ap
proach the Square from the left,
in a clockwise pattern. The reason
for this surprising change accord
ing to Mr. Place, Salem’s busi
ness manager, is to benefit the
tourists of Old Salem. Besides
benefiting the tourists, the corner
across from Sisters and Clewell
dormitories has also had its con
gestion problem alleviated by
making the street one way in this
new direction.
Mr. Place is aware of the park
ing problem with which the
students are plagued. The most
accessible area for student park
ing is in front of the dorm; but,
this method has its drawbacks.
The major problem is the neces
sity for a designated fire lane as
specified by a city ordinance. The
enforcement of this city law gives
the local police the right to ticket
and tow away any cars, student
or otherwise, blocking the fire
lane. Consequently, most students
make the trek to the FAC to
park.
In an effort to remedy the sit
uation, Mr. Place has been look
ing for areas on campus more
readily convenient to the students
in hopes that these areas can be
converted into additional parking
spaces.
Prizes for
Limericks
In the beginning ... is Incu
nabula. And in the beginning of
this year Incunabula is staging a
limerick contest so that you may
create a limerick. The require
ments are easy — simply write a
limerick. There will be two di
visions in the contest: the first
division is a general limerick
contest for students and faculty
with a first prize of a gift certifi
cate to Hickory Farms or a case
of beer. The second prize will be
a dozen Dunkin donuts. The sec
ond division is for freshmen only.
After a hectic and possibly har
rowing introduction to Salem,
some interesting limericks should
spring up in the minds of fresh
men that would be worthy of a
gift certificate to Winkler Bakery.
The deadline for the limerick
contest will be October 12. Lime
ricks should be turned in to Gwen
Smith or Anne Manly or in the
Incunabula b ox on first floor
Main Hall. ’
There once was a bright Salemite
Who thought she wanted to write
She sat down with her pen
Composed, with a grin,
A limerick in tune with her plight,
or
There once was a bright Salemite
Who took a few moments one night
To sit and lyricize
And thus won a prize (!)
A true Incunabula — rite!
Go forth and procreate!
“We thought that if we could
get really interesting people, and
publicize them, people would
come . . . The results were not
really what we’d hoped.”
“Towards the end of the year,
there was more openness to the
idea that we should have required
assemblies because the effort of
finding out and getting interesting
people on campus was not worth
it when there was no audience.”
Hanes Auditorium was packed
last year to hear Abbe Hoffman.
About 200 Salem students (one-
third of the student body) at
tended, the rest being the public.
Dr. Cardwell was surprised at the
number of people who didn’t even
know who Hoffman was.
He said “You can’t attract a
majority of Salem students into
assemblies.” He said even with
the play last year in the refectory,
people actually got up and left
before it started.
Dr. Cardwell said last year’s
attendance to the China movie
was about 75 students and 50 non
students: the second largest turn
out for the year. The lowest was
about 20 people, some of whom
were faculty.
He said that there is no time
when the community gets to
gether. Assemblies are the “intel-
lecutal stimulus that gets people
talking outside class and in the
community to contribute to the
intellectual atmosphere.”
His alternative to dropping as
semblies altogether is to get and
schedule good speakers through
out the year and then to require
student attendance.
Cindy Lovin, secretary of
Student Government Association,
said “Assemblies aren’t interest-
NCSL Backs Bond
At an interim meeting, the
North Carolina Student Legisla
ture (NCSL) today voted to sup
port a resolution backing the
November 6, $300 million school
construction bond referendum.
The NCSL, modeled after the
North Carolina General Assembly,
represents more than half of the
state’s college students.
The resolution stated that “ade
quate educational facilities are
necessary to provide students
with an environment conducive to
learning,” and pledged that the
NCSL will “exert every possible
effort to promote the passage of
the (school bond) referendum.”
The resolution was passed
after Jim Blackburn, represent
ing a group called “Sound Invest
ment in Tomorrow’s Education
(SITE)” revealed what he called
a “great need to construct schools
in many areas of the state.”
NCSL student governor, 'tValker
Raegan, of Duke University sited
the passage of the resolution as
“an example of NCSL concern in
an area that is crucial for all
North Carolinians.” “We need
more schools now,” said the stu
dent leader.
ing enough for people.” She saio
that some students think assem
blies should be entertaining ant
others think they should be •
learning experience. ‘
“Assemblies should be re
quired, but that takes the fun oni
of them. You shouldn’t be made
to go, but you should go because
you’re interested.”
The Committee thought that the
time of day was a problem, bn
night programs were also unsue
cessful.
She also suggested that the
faculty “talk up assemblies it
classes.”
Last, she said that other schools
have large foundation funds fo'
programs, and that much more
could be done with more financia
support.
Kathy Bacon, another studen
member of the Committee, made
several points about student at
tendance. People want a “Bi;
Name”. A “Big Name” cost
$1500-2000. Lecture Assembly is
allotted $4000 for the year to worl
with. What do you do?
She said the reason most peopls
don’t go to assemblies is tha
they think the hour will be bettes
spent elsewhere, for example
studying or writing letters. Bn
generally, a student returns t(
her room and raps with her room
mate or does something equall;
as important.
When asked if she thought as
semblies were sufficiently publi
cized she said that there an
plenty of signs, but most peoplf
don’t think about them. “We neec
to alter ourselves to look out foi
them.” She said people should bf
“orally reminded”.
“It helps in these assemblie
when the departments push them
Maybe that’s the reminder yoi
need.” She said participation in:
class concerning an assembi]
will give an incentive to go.
Also, the “positive reinforce
ment of others going helps ii
attendance.”
But at the present Salem cat
only work within its means
Students obviously don’t attenc
enough assemblies to know wha:
they want.
Casts Selected
Salem’s Pierrette Players have
held auditions for and picked the
casts for their series of one aci
plays to be presented sometime
this fall. The cast for “Chambei
Music” will include Mary K
Stallings, Beeg Foreman, Ze.
Gilbert, Janet Jones, Chrii
Moran, Shirley Brobst, Kath)
Voss, Ann Bell.
The players for “Overruled
are Julie Kidd, Frank Dalimonte,
Kathy Scoggins, and Howarc
Taylor.
The cast for the third one-act
“Gas Heart,” will include Beck)
Minnig, Sherrin Gardner, Karei
Tager, Ginger Harris, Barbate
Edgerton, Nancy Sandidge, anc
Ann Poston.
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FRESHMEN PETITION PASSES BOARD
Plans for Founder’s Day were read by Kem Mint
They were approved by Legislative Board. A genen
schedule of events will be printed for each student.
The next Legislative Board meeting will be held Moi
day, October 1, at 5:15 in the Student Center. In «
following weeks, meetings will be held at the pn
viously scheduled time of 6:30.
The plans for FITS were presented by Kem Mi®
They were approved.
The petition from Gramley freshmen regarding w
extension of dorm hours on Saturday night was ai
proved. Interdorm will provide a list of rules ai*
guidelines for freshmen on duty in the dorm.
Barbara Perry reported on refrigerators. They ai
supposed to arrive between October 12 and 15. Si®
the units are arriving one month late, the rent M
be lowered accordingly. Students will be notified tin'®
to four days before the refrigerators are delivered.