The Salemite
Volume LXtII
Numbers
Oct 17,1980
serving the salem college community since 1920
President Carter waves to the receptive crowd.
pMore than 100 Salem
p°hege students
gathered at the Dixie
assic Fairgrounds to
Qpport President
^fter in his campaign
|5^ts last Thursday.
.Hours before the
Resident and his en-
j.'**‘age arrived, Salem
j.**dents were making
helping to check
tickets, escorting
to their places
trying to unravel
mystique of the
‘^‘"et Service men.
.^ost of the crowd
^democrats; no one
Ij^^hied upset when the
ripped up Reagan
u^Kers for confetti.
Ojof the confetti fell
j ® Woman, dressed in
jj^fivolutionary war
hn democratic
W, ® pinned to her
p^fant hair. She was
(. “Sing out literature to
® crowd.
t(^it there were some
t(,®®gan supporters
“We don’t want
;Cyone to think this is
Carter country ...
Lice’s Republicans
b® too,” she said.
(;*:y the time the Paul
ji^mweli show was
featuring dance
C.®°“g. the patriotic
had begun, and
were beginning to
organized. The
tijy'ct Service was
the police were
n'ounted for, and the
“‘»0(
on the roof with
lo^j/cuiars had begun to
^ more relaxed.
IkV atmosphere was
that of a fair. Signs
like “Reagan will Bite
the Dust,” “Gimme
Jimmy,” “Win with the
Grin,” and “Send Amy
to Salem,” often ob
structed the view of
shorter supporters, but
Mr. Carter noticed
them.
After the Winston-
Salem State University
Band performed a short
piece. Governor Hunt,
Senator Morgan, Mayor
Wayne Corpening and
other state and local
officials arrived to
make short comments
before the President
spoke.
Mayor Corpening said
North Carolina has
become a leader of the
economic growth in the
South in recent years.
The state has
acquired $7 billion in
new industries, and
110,000 more North
Carolinians are now
working. The Mayor
noted that test scores on
the high school level
have continued to in
crease, and plans are
underway to encourage
this improvement.
Corpening also
praised the new agency
to study the problems of
senior citizens and the
community watch
programs, which
received Governor
Hunt’s endorsement,
which have resulted in a
marked decrease in
neighborhood crime.
During the comments.
Senator Morgan was
also recognized for his
efforts in a trade
‘GIMME
JIMMY’
agreement to protect
North Carolina’s textile
industry, vital to the
state’s economy. The
plan resulted in a 40 per
cent increase in te:rtile
exports from the state.
Hunt said.
Hunt said N.C.
tobacco prices are in
creasing more than ever
before, and net farm
income in the state has
increased 75 per cent.
Hunt said he favors an
energy policy which
would make North
Carolina “strong and
independent.”
Governor Hunt in
troduced the President
as a “man who un-
dertands the South, our
land and our com
munities.”
The crowd cheered
and waved as the
President arrived. The
response was louder as
he rose to speak. Carter
called the candidates on
the N.C. democratic
ticket “one of the best
(groups) in the coun
try.”
President Carter said
the re-election
represents the “future
of the South.” He noted
that his family were
tobacco farmers in
Bertie County before the
Revolutionary War,
“But I think they grew^
some goobers too.”
Carter said America
is still the strongest
country in the world,
and any idea that U.S.
military strength is
second rate “creates a
false sense of concern
and raises some false
expectations.’’ He
explained that foreign
countries should not get
the impression that
Americans have lost
faith in the country’s
capabilities.
The President said
“America will never
have to rate second,”
and that he is com
mitted to use American
strength to keep peace.
“The best weapon is one
that is never fired in
combat. The best ,
soldier is one who never
has to shed his blood or
give his life on the field
of battle.”
Carter criticized
Governor Reagan’s
endorsement of the
Kemp-Roth tax cut
proposal, which would
mean 35 times as much
tax relief for a family
with an income of
$200,0(X) as it would for a
family earning $20,(X)0.
He noted that Reagan
has called for a
“voluntary” social
security program, and
advocates individual
states administering
programs such as
medicare and medicaid.
Carter said that if the
federal programs
Reagan has mentioned
are transferred to the
states’ jurisdiction, N.C.
state taxes would have
to be raised 99 per cent,
or $644 each year for
each family of four.
Carter said that North
Carolina presently
receives $910 million
from the federal
government in return
for state taxes. He said
Reagan’s plan would
mean less income for
the state, and the loss of
many federally funded
jobs.
Carter stressed that
George Bush, Reagan’s
running mate, has
called the proposal
“voodoo economics,”
and Gerald Ford has
rejected the plan.
The President
promised to investigate
the quality of tobacco
coming into the U.S.
more closely. He said
foreign dealers have
been shredding their
tobacco leaf to cir
cumvent U.S. customs
laws.
He said he has
directed the Depart
ment of agriculture to
determine the quality of
the leaf being brought
into the country, and
will propose a bill to
Congress later on to
rectify the problem.
The President also
made commitments to
keep environmental
concerns in mind when
discussing America’s
future.
Carter said
Americans “have never
failed to do anything
which we said we would
do.” He cited the first
and second World Wars,
the Korean War and
Watergate as some of
the more urgent
problems America has
faced in recent years.
“Nothing we face now
equals those problems,”
he said.
Carter left the crowd
on a positive note. He
urged deomcrats to
“work hard during the
next few weeks, and
God bless you.”
After the 15 minute
speech. Carter signed a
proclamation design
ating March 19 as
National Agricultural
Day.
Carolyn McCollum
Dr. Judy Mcllwee is a
new faculty member in
the Sociology and
Economics department
here at Salem. She is
teaching two courses -
Social Statistics and Sex
Roles in Modern
Society.
Dr. Mcllwee has lived
in San Diego, California
all of her life, where she
attended San Diego
State University and
received her B.A. Then
she went on to receive
her M.D. at the
University of California
at San Diego. For the
past two years. Dr.
Mcllwee has lived in
Greenbay, Wisconsin
and taught at the
University of Wisconsin
at Greenbay.
Carter giving his speech at the Dixie Classic Fair.
Photos by Carolyn McCollum
Sociologically Speaking:
She Likes It Here
Teaching at Salem
College is quite a bit
different than teaching
at the University of
Wisconsin. Being a
women’s college. Dr.
Mcllwee has found that
the students here have
much different
backgrounds than those
at the University of
Wisconsin. Faculty and
students at Salem are
friendly; therefore,
liking Salem isn’t hard.
, She also likes the city of
Winston-Salem.
In her spare time, Dr.
Mcllwee likes to jog or
swim, to go to movies,
and to read about the
latest news in Sociology.
She is divorced and has
two teenage sons.
by Ginger Sprinkle
Guatemala Girl
Praises Organization
Beatrice Heath is a 17-
year-old American
citizen from Guatemala
who arrived in the
United States for the
first time on August
twenty-ninth. She
stayed with an aunt in
Fayetteville, N.C. until
August thirty-first when
she came to Salem for
freshmen orientation.
Beatrice chose Salem
for two main reasons.
First of all, her sister
Cynthia (Heath) is a
junior here and Beatrice
liked all she had heard
about Salem. Secondly,
her parents wanted her
to go to college in
America, so Beatrice
chose to take advantage
of a good opportunity.
She has to study a great
deal, but overall, she
says “I like it all very
much.” Beatrice hopes
to be here for four
years, going home only
for Christmas and
summer.
Beatrice has noticed
two differences between
her home country and
America. Socially, it is
more rigid here, where
dating is preferred, than
in Guatemala, where
people generally go out
in groups. Also,
Beatrice said dancing
here is different
because “the shag
doesn’t exist over
there.”
The second change
Beatrice observed is the
people here always
seem to be smiling and
happy. In Guatemala if
they are not happy, the
people don’t hide it. She
will see how happy-
faced Salem girls are
during exam week!
Beatrice has been
most impressed here at
Salem by something
which we all take for
granted: organization.
SGA, Interdorm, Fall
Fest, and Freshmen
Orientation were “well
done” according to
Beatrice, who was
especially impressed by
the placement tests
given during orientation
being graded so quickly.
She said in South
America things aren’t
organized nearly as
well, since many of the
countries are under
developed. That is a
keen observation for an
outsider to make,
because I, for one, live
here and never give our
organized system a
second thought.
Amanda Mays