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Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C. - Thursday,
October 11, 1974
Number"3-^3
Founder's Day always brings ‘em back. Former Salemite Amy
Johnson reminisces with Seniors Julie Smith and Lynda Cassanova.
The
Founder'
Day
Follies
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The motley crew from Strong Dorm stand .
Right Girls ? ? ?
but not for long.
With a little help from the Senior Class, Mrs. Foster
“gets into” Founders Day.
Sue Spaugh WILL have FITS.
Pull Freshmen Pull — They did and they Won.
THE ESQUIRE REPORTS JOBS HARD TO FIND
New York, August 20th ... In
September Esquire, published to
day, a special college report
reveals what’s happening on
campus. You name it. It’s hap
pening.
In one Esquire article, a dis
gruntled Vassar co-ed says her
school didn’t really go co-ed, “just
bisexual.” In the southwest, stu
dents are boozing it up in down-
to-earth working class bars.
Meanwhile, back east at Yale,
nobody has time for anything
outside of school,” reports Es-
Pre. Going west to the U.S.C.
campus in Los Angeles, Esquire
observes that “the high-rise off-
campus apartment has replaced
e fraternity, the disco and the
each as the social nexus.” Pin-
oc e is the name of the game on
ooth coasts. Apparently, says Es
quire, “it doesn’t obsess the play
er like poker or chess . . . doesn’t
keep you away from the books.”
Marijuana is taken for granted on
most campuses.
What’s happening after college?
Unemployment. According to Es
quire reporter Roger Rapoport,
most college graduates “aren’t
likely to get into graduate schools
or find jobs." The American Bar
Association reports that there
were only “16,000 jobs for the 29,-
000 lawyers admitted to the bar
last year.” Teachers are even
worse off. Last year, reports Es
quire, “there were 117,000 posi
tions available to the 231,000 el
ementary and secondary-school
teachers looking for work.”
Apparently, the worst is yet to
come. Administration studies pre
Wake Law School Stages Debate
^ By BETSY WARREN
l: - Forest Law School is staging its very own political debate
J tail. Rufus Edmisten (Dem.) and James Carson (Rep.), candi-
^ or North Carolina Attorney General, will square off October 17
^t;e-to-face confrontation.
! 0 Thursday afternoon encounter is sponsored by the Student
LAssociat'"- ” ’ - - ... -- T
.-laiion Speakers Program It will convene in the Law School
at 3 p. m.
ttce a little-known position, the office of Attorney General has
uficorne one nf tua anH soupht-after elec-
yp ff. utie of the State’s most expansive and sought-after elec-
ackina^^u fewer than 12 Democrats publicly sought their party s
)r tu Robert Morgan stepped down earlier this year to run
d States Senate. .... a
le'bp . fhe development of a consumer protection division and
,ce °f penal and rehabilitative study and reforms, the Jus-
f the ^™ent has gained respect and recognition in the public eye
f thp A?,®' ^nny duties and critical powers now reside in the office
Attorney General.
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diet that for approximately 9.8
million college graduates entering
the labor force during the 70’s,
“only 6.6 million jobs requiring
more than high school educations
will be available to them.”
It’s not always the fittest who
survive in times like these. Pre-
med students at one Michigan col
lege admitted they were willing
to “lie, cheat, steal, sabotage or
do anything else it takes to get
into medical school.” A chemistry
grader and tutor told Esquire
how, after exams were handed
back, an average of 50 students
would flock to his door “clamoring
for a few extra points.” “Many
made crude attempts to change
wrong answers and would try to
bluff their way to better grades.”
That’s what’s happening to tomor
row’s would-be doctors.
Fewer students are buying the
college-as-the-r o a d-to-success il
lusion: there are now 680,000
vacancies on American campuses,
notes Esquire. Fewer students
means fewer teachers. Many col
leges have fired both tenured and
non-tenured faculty. Apparently,
teaching is no longer the secure
profession it once was.
Is college worth it? According
to Esquire, “nearly one third of
college graduates don’t earn more
than high school graduates.” Har
vard educator Fritz Machlup and
Princeton economist Christopher
Jencks both agree wtih Esquire
that college graduates earn more
“because they were brighter or
better off to begin with,” and
most of them “would earn just as
much if they didn’t go.”
Freshmen Love Founders Day
By Anne Piedmont
Founder’s Day to me was a lot
of things—it was a time for letting
loose, for singing, and yelling, and
dancing; but most of all for get
ting closer to people and sharing
a neat love with them. I loved
every minute of it.
Jan Guiton
This reaction is not an uncom
mon answer to the question,
“What do you think about Foun
der’s Day?” However, it is special
because it came from the fresh
man Founder’s Day chairman,
Jan Guiton.
It was exciting to see Founder’s
Day grow from just plans and
endless voting on colors, theme,
and song, to an event that took
place. Nobody really knew what
to expect but, as Julia McMillan
said, “I was delightfully surprised
at the spirit and enthusiasm that
I saw and felt at Founder’s Day.”
Founder’s Day was a good time
for all of us to get to know one
another, and to know that we
were really doing something as a
class, and also as a part of Salem.
Mary Sparks expressed that idea,
“I thought it was a great time to
get to know a lot of people and
there was such a great unity be
tween the classes. And it was a
heck of a lot of fun!”
The general consensus is that
Founder’s Day should be con
tinued in the future. Kitty Rich
ardson says, “It was a really
neat experience. I think they
should continue it in years to
come. It brought everybody as a
class and as a school together.”
The simplest, and the best re
action 10 Founder’s Day came
from Becky Dunbar, who said,
“I loved it!” This is probably the
best way to sum up the Fresh
man class’s reaction to Founder’s
Day
ANNOUNCEMENT
Anyone who took black and
white pictures of the Founder’s
Day skits please get in touch with
Leigh Thurston, 206 Bitting. You
will be paid $1.00 by the Sights
and Insights staff for each picture
that is used in the yearbook.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Don’t forget the WRITER’S
WORKSHOP h e 1 d by INCUNA
BULA this Friday and Saturday.
ARDIS KIMZEY, a poet from
Raleigh will be here to conduct
a workshop on writing poetry
(Friday—4-6 p.m.) and on teach
ing children to write poetry (Sa
turday—10-12). Everyone is invit
ed to participate as well as just
listen. All meetings will be held in
the Drama Workshop.