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Page Two MONDAY, MARCH 22 the uncensored voice of the salem community co-editors AVERY KINCAID LAURA DAY associate editor MARILYN MYCOFF business manager SALLY JORDAN assistant business manager CAMERON HARRIS Office hours; 2:00-9:00 p.m. Monday 4;00-6;00 p.m. Thursday Telephone: 723-7961, Ext. 250—Salemite Office MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1976 TH£ SAL^MlTt Are Basic Distribution Requirements Real Needed? Students Want Possibility of Choi* ty in life. It is through lear^ Moi editorial Since this is the last newspaper the current Salemite staff will publish, I’ll take liberties with this last editorial and open it with a quote. Hopefully, you’ll stick around long enough to read what follows. Gerald W. Johnson, whoever he is, says that “If a college doesn’t teach a man to think his own thoughts and speak his own mind, it doesn’t teach him anything of prime im portance’’. Now Gerald may be a non-entity but what he says has a lot of significance for Salem College. All year long concerned students have been talking about change and the need for change at Salem. They’ve come up with some specific ideas about what needs to be done and how to do it. Now they need the support of other stu dents, faculty, and administration. At Salem, it’s incredible that often we don’t really com municate with each other, that we don’t really make an effort to understand or encourage new ideas. It’s even more incredible because in a setting as small as ours, we should be able to make change work. The Carnegie Commission, in a 1974 set of recommenda tions for higher education, stated something that Salem students and administrators already know, that “change is more likely to be accompanied by controversy in any estab lished institution and is never easy to bring about’’. The report further goes on to say, however, that “this fact should not deter one from advocating constructive reforms, but it should encourage individuals to undertake them in a process that involves broad discussion and consent’’. Many students are thinking their own thoughts and •speaking their own minds, so Salem, according to Johnson’s definition, must be teaching them something important, even if it is simply the realization that Salem has got to con stantly change. Change, however, will never be achieved here without a broader base of support than what we pre sently have. A small group of concerned students cannot effect or sustain change by themselves if the rest of the college community will not give support. It’s simply too frustrating and demoralizing. We need, as the Carnegie Com mission report suggests, faculty, students, and administra tion meeting together in an open forum, not pitted against each other, but openly discussing the problems of the college and working together on solutions. A common complaint at many schools is that every en counter between students, faculty, and administration is “all talk and no action’’. At Salem, we don’t have this problem be cause we often don’t make it even to the talking stage. After four years here, I’d like to think that some day it might be possible for more of us to meet together and discuss, not once, but on several occasions, Salem’s direction. And once we’ve taken this big initial step, then we can worry about making changes. This year, a few more people have begun to voice their concern about the college. There is more talk of change in the air. We’re at a crucial point now. The talk will either mount or from lack of support and encouragement die a frustrated death. I’m banking on the former. Laura Day Modern Poetic Criticism Pursued By English Department In January By Jennifer Caldwell The English department of Sa lem College has been the first to take advantage of the $50,000 Z. Smith Reynolds grant awarded recently to the College for a three-year term. Department chairman Dr. Wil liam White submitted a request that department faculty be al lowed to pursue study in the field of Modern Poetic Criticism for the month of January. The pro posal was approved and therefore no structured January courses were offered through the English department. Dr. Louise Gossett, Dr. Brian Meehan, Mrs. Laura Edwards and Mr. James Jordan partici pated with Dr. White in the exam ination of literary criticism that has been recently published. They met for a weekly seminar to dis cuss their reading. A budget of $850 was appropri ated for the faculty study, with the majority of the funds going for books. A lengthy reading list was made, including many im portant critical works published since the wave of “New Criti cism’’ a few decades ago. The English department se lected this topic as many English majors had requested that more emphasis be placed on criticism. It was also stated in the pro posal that poetry was the most difficult medium to teach; not only to freshman classes but to advanced English students. Dear Editors, Is there still a need for basic distribution requirements? I think it’s time the students and faculty seriously consider this question. The purpose of basic distribu tion requirements is to give the student a broad, well-rounded education. Well, frankly, I, a grad uating senior, remember nothing and learned nothing from the several courses that were chosen for me. I consider it a wasted semester’s worth of time about $1900 down the drain. So it goes. Don’t you think that a student can decide for herself the courses which may interest her? During my sophomore year I took courses which were of interest to me, and at the end of the year I had dis covered that I had completed four b.d.r.’s. The point is that I took these courses on my own initiative, and for this reason they were interesting and bene ficial. I would still like to have taken other electives, but because I was bogged down with predeter mined courses I was unable to fit them in. Salem Tavern To Reopen By Patt Hall Have you missed the food spe cialties of the Salem Tavern lately? It has been closed for several months and the Salem community has missed its ser vices. Good news: it will be open- ing again by the end of March. The building is being leased by the same company running the Zevely House. They have bought all the colonial furnishings and have spent much time restoring the inside and updating the kitchen. For those that enjoy Ger man dishes, the Tavern will still be serving a similar menu—with prices also about the same. 'The authentic atmosphere will be maintained through decor and costume. Should you be inter ested in part-time or summer employment, talk with the man ager at the Zevely House. Follow ing Spring Break, spend an evening at the Tavern and treat yourself to the new manage ment’s hospitality. an atmosphere of responsibility, maturity, motivation, and acade mic seriougness on campus. But now, there are courses which are considered “jokes”, and con sequently there is apathy. One last note ... I think Fresh man English should be a required course only because that is where a student can enhance her read ing and writing ability, a necessi- " '■‘uuugn lean to express one’s thought i. i: _ , Qp tin haf u t J 111 coherent and articulate msl - that one learns to be free t the quest for freedom is the * purpose of this letter. “ BethWatlW P. S. If all of this sounds “liberal” don’t worry; SaleniC lege will never become a hi ' > haven... Summer Study In Osl sta onl 50 No wonder there is so much apathy and disinterest in so many classrooms! How can and why should a student be excited about a course where the subject matter is uninteresting to the particular student? How can a teacher maintain interest for his or her course when half the class doesn’t even give a shit!! If a student cannot find at least four courses per semester that she would like to take, then why is she here in the first place? Do we have b.d.r.’s because Salem students are mindless, irresponsible little girls who need to be told what to do? Do we have b.d.r.’s because other wise a student would spend all of her four years confined to only one or two fields of study? Do b.d.r.’s exist in order to guarantee enrollment for certain professors? Maybe a certain freshman needs help in deciding what to take. But couldn’t she get advice from an upperclassman or her faculty advisor? If she is uncertain, then b.d.r.-type courses could be sug gested to her, but not forced up on her. I think we need and deserve the POSSIBILITY of choice. Abolishing b.d.r.’s would create The academic year ends in May for most of us, but two lucky Salem students have the oppor tunity to study in Oslo, Norway at the International Summer School. Scholarships for two students are provided by the estate of the late Honorable L. Corrin Strong, for mer ambassador to Norway and former trustee of Salem Academy and College. This year’s summer session ex tends from June 26 to August 6. The recipients of the two scholar ships will include a present soph omore and a present junior; eli gibility for the award requires that the candidate return to Sa lem College for the entire aca demic year 1976-77. 'The students will be selected by a community appointed by the Academic Dean, this year including Dean Johnson, Dean Sandresky, Dr. Dudley, Ms. Melvin, Mr. Jordan, Dr. Kurtz, Peggy Erikson, Wendy Wycoff, Debbie Knight, and Rody Spivey. Winners of the scholarships will be announced by Wednesday, March 24. There is a brochure of the Uni versity of Oslo 1976 International Summer School available in Dean Sommerville’s office. Former Oslo scholars—Peggy Erickson, Wendy Wyckoff, Debbie Knight, and Rody Spivey—can also provide additional information about the program. Following is an account of Debbie Knight’s summer ex perience ; Oslo, Norway has become a me Editorial Staff news editor - Jan Warner feature editor assistant news editor ... Betty Massey assistant feature editor Anne Duncan columnist Catherine Delbridoe headlines editor fine arts editors Jane Elliott Jane Clemens photographers Avery Kincaid Marie Plonk Laura Day Donna Dismuke sports editor ... Kathy Watkinson reporters Ellen Johnson Sherrin Gardner Aiyce Eskridge Betty Duncan Beth Kinney Betsy Roberts Debbie Waldron Susie French Suzanne Sherrill Betsy Sherrill Liza Tilly Kathy King Kathy Hay Rhett Huber Mary Denson Abbitt Wade Purcell Lynn Knox Jennifer Caldwell Margaretta Yarborough cartoonists ,E A. McConnaughey Janet Crowther special place to me. Its Dei Hi and charm still linger witU sk’ But it is so hard to writes m£ share with you all my ex]e pr ences. The International Sum Pa School molded my life in a ti mi quiet but powerful way. h to never actually aware that it| Re such an impact on me, ui co came back to Salem. The frie W I made from literally all overt Ai world will always linger in: Ki mind. And the memories of as breathtaking scenery will re my spirit now, as it did wi th was there. ra Most of all the summer sell to in Oslo was one for sharing of eryone shared part of their { ture, their beliefs and in sot a part of themselves. You« not help but feel that your become a little bit Russian,!: zilian, English and German. (]| to mention a few of the thirty-r; fa countries renresentedl. Bi I would finally just like to sh w with you my appreciation toS re lem for sending me to Osli; hi one of their representatives. tl have shared with you briefly k it meant to me. If you would er ai like to see my pictures andr’ se thousand tales to go along i: ti them, please drop by my rot ei Because sharing Oslo with| C( will only bring fond renit is brances of the eyents I shat: ol with 159 unforgettable peo! ri Tussen Tak! (A thousand thai Salem!) O' b Business Staff circulation manager .. typists Amy de Court Ellen Johnson Kim Nelson Stoney Kathy Susie Sally Jo- Sally Gs'- Janett Published bi-monthly, excluding exjn* tions, holidays and summer vacation, students of Salem College. Subscript is $7.00 yearly. Mailing address: P, Box 10447, Salem Station, Winstofv lem. North Carolina 27108. 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