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Volume
IX
WE DO NOT APOLOGIZE
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C„ Friday, October 28, 1976
Number 2
Students Support Candidates
Jimmy Carter
By Jo Beth Allen
This election year of 1976 has
■ought with it some sense of
tension as well as a certain sense
of rising excitement. There is also
a strange sense of history in the
jng. Things are happening in
election year that have not
happened in many many years,
or that have never happened be-
The man in the center of it
... mil be, I believe, the next
president of this nation. Jimmy
Lrter is the first presidential
nominee from the deep South
since before the Civil War. He is,
if not THE first, at least one of
first to reach the level of
political success he has without
help from major party leaders,
without owing political debts
to anyone. He took with him to
national convention this sum
mer the highest number of pri
mary-won delegates on record.
He is the first presidential candi-
to start so slow and go so
far, so fast. The most primary
election votes ever cast for any
candidate of either party were
cast for Jimmy Carter this year-
509 primary votes.
This presidential election will
depend, to a large degree, on
the candidate who can give the
best impression of his potential
as a strong leader. Some sense
of character and strength must
be projected to the public. The
American people, after Water
gate, are ready to elect a strong,
strong leader — someone they
know they can trust. Jimmy Car
ter claims to be, and "l am
sure he is, a basically moral and
honest man. Various people have
criticized Carter for placing too
much emphasis on morality and
hmsty in his campaign. Carter
himself can not deny the fact
that for twenty-one months he has
traveled the fifty states, preach-
hg the need for a moral revival
h this country. He feels that one
of the very basic issues of this
campaign has been the decay of
morality and honesty in govern
ment. None of us can deny this
realization. I see no reason why
me fact should not be emphasiz
ed again and again that the
bmted States government must
c honest, moral, efficient, com
petent and respected.
In many months of campaign
ing, Jimmy Carter has revealed
to the American people a great
deal about himself. Perhaps we
have all been confused by his
complex personality. My first im-
pressions of Carter were that this
smiling, Georgia peanut farmer
was a friendly, gentle, easygoing
man. My second impressions
have been that he is a demand
ing, tough, impatient, hardwork
ing, excellent executive. Neither
side of Jimmy Carter’s personality
is false. The smile is real, and
yet behind the smile is a stern,
firmly disciplined man. Both sides
of Carter’s personality come
with the candidate.
I do not dislike Gerald Ford.
But I do feel that it is of particu
lar significance for the good of
the country and the American
people that the president work
effectively with the Congress. This
is one of the keys to a successful
presidency, and I do not believe
that President Ford has done this.
I support Jimmy Carter because
he stirs within me the desire to
be intensely patriotic. He seems
to have a tremendous amount of
faith and confidence in the fu
ture of this country. The presi
dential race, so far, has been
extremely exciting and demanding
and will continue to be so. Regard
less of who wins this election, I
for one, am eagerly looking for
ward to November second!
Gerald Ford
By Sandra L. Spear
On November 2, you will have
the opportunity to make a signi
ficant decision which will affect
your future. The result of the
Presidential election will deter
mine not only whether you will
be able to get a job upon grad
uating, but how much of the pay-
check you receive will be avail
able for spending and what that
“take-home pay” will buy in the
market place.
Disregarding the minor party
candidates for the moment, two
major options face the American
electorate this fall: James Earl
Carter, Jr. and Gerald R. Ford.
It has been asserted that the
real choice is between potential
leadership and uneventful stabi
lity. Two independent lines of
response can be argued against
this assertion. First, it is not a
true assessment of the situation:
the record of Jimmy Carter’s
administration in Georgia is the
only indication which we have of
his abilities, and in terms of
leadership ability, it exhibits at
best two years of the type of
leadership commonly associated
with died-in-the-wool politicians,
i.e., power politics, special favors,
arm twisting and the like. His
record also exhibits two years of
virtual neglect of state matters
as he began his bid for the
Presidency.
Gerald Ford, on the other hand,
has exhibited remarkable lead
ership, considering the circum
stances surrounding his two years
in the White House; leadership
which has been effected with very
little evidence of power politics
between the White House and
Congress. The options then,
are clean, open leadership with
Ford or politics as usual with
Carter.
Secondly, even if one accepts
the assertion as stated, taking
into account the characteristics of
Carter’s leadership and his pro
posed policies, the option is more
accurately stated as one between
an activist administration re
miniscent of F.D.R.’s first term
(by Carter’s own admission), and
a relatively peaceful one, remini
scent of Eisenhower’s administra
tion; one marked by economic
growth, low unemployment, low
inflation and peace.
The choice lies not in either of
these areas to any great degree
but in the men themselves, their
records and their positions on the
issues.
Gerald Ford, the man, has been
described by allies and adver
saries alike as a “likeable guy ,
one known for honesty, integrity,
deep religious and moral convic
tions and unfaltering dedication
to duty. Indeed, one is likely to
become frustrated when looking
for an enemy of Ford; he has
none. While few people would
venture to call him an intellectua ,
it is widely recognized that he
has an uncanny sense for detail
and comprehension of both tacts
and ideas. Why the frequen
characterization of him as dull
and ignorant?” Most likely be
cause he reads poorly from a
prepared text and has the un
fortunate luck to slip on stair
cases on camera, not uncommon
fuults
As a politician, Ford has bene
fited from 22 years in Congress
where he developed his abilities
of negotiation and compromise.
At the same time, he was able
to familiarize himself with both
domestic and foreign policy issues
and the effect federal action has
on them. It has been argued that
instead of being an asset hi
experience in Congress i
liability because he has bj
trained in formulation of eg sla-
tion and not in admmistratiom
Two lines of analysis can
used in response. .One, ™a]or
influence which a President ha
over domestic policy is ]hat o
formulating and
lation for introduction into Con
press A legislative background
S not on'ly give a Pre.dent
experience in this area, bu
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Dr. Evelyn Helmick
New Dean Appointed
Dr. Evelyn Thomas Helmick of
the University of Miami has been
appointed academic dean at Sa
lem College. She will assume her
duties at Salem early in 1977.
“We consider ourselves ex
tremely fortunate to have found
a person of Dr. Helmick’s stature
to fill this important post — and
owe a debt of gratitude to a
dedicated faculty search com
mittee, headed by Dr. Mary Hill,
for their unflagging efforts.”
Dr. Helmick will fill the post
left open with the resignation of
Janis Somerville at the end of the
1975-76 academic year.
Director of American Studies
Program and associate professor
of English at the University of
Miami, she holds the B.S. degree
from Carnegie-Melion University,
M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the
University of Miami, and the Dip-
lome from the Universities of
Toulouse and Bordeaux.
She has taught in the Pennsyl
vania public schools (New Wil
mington), at the Pennsylvania
State University Extension in New
Castle (Pa.), and Southwest Pre
paratory School in Miami (Fla.).
She was the Rockefeller Founda
tion Fellow (College Faculty Pro
gram) in 1963-64, and can claim
a long list of academic publica
tions, literary reviews for the
Miami newspapers, and presenta
tions of papers at various lan
guage association meetings and
conferences.
Mother of three children, she is
in private life the wife of Dr.
Robert W. Hively, present dean
of the liberal arts college of the
University of Miami. Honoraries
of which she is a member include
Mortar Board (advisor, 1970-73),
Delta Theta, Mu, Alpha Lambda
Delta, Sigma Tau Delta (advisor,
1973- ), and Phi Kappa Phi
(secretary, 1971-73; president,
1973-74). She has served on
various University committees at
Miami, and is a member of the
Modern Language Association,
South Atlantic Modern Language
Association, Florida College En
glish Association, and American
Studies Association. She has
served also as a consultant for
the Educational Testing Service
and Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Publishers.
Neal/Mizell: Congressional Confrontation
By Margaretta Yarborough
Many Salemites might be sur
prised to learn that one of the
hottest congressional races in the
country is being conducted here
in the N. C. 5th District. Steve
Neal, the Democratic incumbent,
is being challenged by former 5th
District Congressman Wilmer
“Vinegar Bend” Mizell, whom
Neal defeated two years ago. The
campaign is a classic confronta
tion between liberal and con
servative, new and old-style South
ern politics. For those who won’t
vote in this congressional election,
viewing from the sideline can
be just as exciting.
The Neal-Mizell race has at
tracted national attention, and has
attracted many national politi
cians to the Winston area to
stump for their party favorites.
Those who have come to help
“elect their friend, Vinegar
Bend,” include John Connally, the
former Texas governor and re
cent treasury secretary; Sen.
Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., and
Ronald Reagan, who spoke at
a $25-per-plate dinner for Mizell.
Neal had a trump card up his
own sleeve, however. On the day
of Ronald Reagan’s appearance,
Jimmy Carter spoke at a rally
at the Benton Convention Center
which included two former N. C.
governors, Terry Sanford and Bob
Scott, the present contender for
the position; Jim Hunt, and other
state Democratic leaders.
Not only have Neal and Mizell
attracted big-name politicians,
but they have also managed to
loosen the purse-strings of many
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