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Show TIIE DIXIE SUN December 18, 1959 i.Kr.iiiss TO THE EDITOU LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE May I apologize publicly for my attack upon the author personal success decided a was Conference Saturdays Leadership i in my letter to the editor. I only in terms of building a foundation to challenge future student meant to out some important officers. An experiment such as this could have been a flop points, to bring me at least, concerning or a success without much change in scheduled meetings and our assemblies. say I was attacking you, discussion sessions, depending on the enthusiasin and discus- butYoudont using the sion spirit initiated by those at the helm of conference phrase afteryou think fiasco was Fridays a form of attacking? That was a planning. A wise choice of speakers and location for the conference rather harsh term you used on our You might have writplus genuine interest in pertinent campus problems combined ten: assembly. view of our past assemblies to show skeptics that such an outing can be enlightening this In years, etc. and worthwhile. You stated in your last letter, nowhere in my previous letter did Many newcomers to Dixies leadership positions felt compare our assembly with telefor their time. The conference moved according to Ivision or the movies. Here I misa strict schdule and showed careful planning. You wrote in your interpreted IF ANYTHING were to be examined for improvement, first letter, you.with a' total enrolland very little showed this need seriously, it would be: what ment of about 400 to 500 it is virtalent-wisto did the conference do in support of its theme? We saw an tually impossible, a weekly assembly of which present in Your which read Place there Leadership. we can be proud. As a result, our imposing sign Did the conference tell us this? assemblies are not good, and cerA GOOD DEAL of time was devoted to discussions re- tain students, those with the enviable T, are burdened with a garding problems about which little will really be settled of the work. When you put through the often ineffective medium of hearing every- so much emphasis on talent, enwas a natural assumpbodys gripes. The posable value in such social discussion is tertainment that it might help make key leaders more aware of personal tion for which I am sorry. You also we also well-reward- ed e, ma-iori- feelings. The only emphasis given the theme was in a pointed final talk during the owning banquet. If students whose primary concern is IIowr can I become a belter leader? were those for whom this conference was held, each facet of the days activity should haw been tied down to this Question. It would seem that the only way individuals can become really effective leaders is by realizing what qualities they must develop and just what they are suposed to be doing as leaders. Many social and problems concern the entire studentbody. Leaders as students must be aware of these problems but their role in solving the problems is of a more personal and psychological nature. The individual must somehow' be sparked internally to discover just what his place in leadership is. External methods or discussion may be helpful, but when the smoke clears, how determined are we to make ourselves better leaders? If acquaintanc with school policies and problems was the object of the convention, it was a huge success. General reactions have been very favorable. Of course, the real test of the effectiveness of Dixies first Leadership Conference will be in the quality of leadership exhibited during winter and spring quarters on the Dixie campus. general-information- al IKES CHRISTMAS GUT The great annual theme of our Yule season is Peace and Good Will toward the nations of the earth. This phrase is the g core of many speeches made on appropriate occasions. The ti'ouble with many of these is that they are given and accepted with some emotion but little actual work in response. We have come to the point that such talk is hardly more than what we say at Christmas. IT IS GRATIIAING to witness dynamic, concrete action by the man most qualified to take positive steps toward w'orld peace. President Eisenhowers plea for peace and friendship in freedom in unprecedented personal appearances on the other side of the world is perhaps the greatest gift anyone could offer humanity on Christmas, 1959. It is wrong to assume that this peace mission will make everything right between world powers, but there is real truth in the belief that if anything beyond shouting can be done, this is it. tv cannot wrote, afford to compete with education. I believe assemblies are a form of education. Education isnt confined to the test tubes, library, etc., many people major in music, dance, painting not to mention the educating we need in human relations. We arent competing with education we are furthering it. I did not proposed the abolishment of assemblies, as anyone who read the last paragraphs of my letter could tell. Here again I misinterpreted you when you wrote in vour last paragraph until we have a good assembly (who is to judge?) let us stay in class Friday at eleven. Another quote from your last letter: I . . concede . that the host one has to offer is reason for applause, but it is still no excuse for med'ooritv. (Now you are attacking me). Applause does not increase ones grade point average (it may in some majors) or produce intercontinental missiles. May be it doesnt build missiles, but it may do a lot of better things for international relations. I refer here to all the orchestras, entertainers, etc., the state . . . stage-show- s, j department sends abroad each year. I dont think it is any more far fetched to think that in our as- semblies is the beginning of international understanding through the arts than someones beginning for building a missile. In closing Id like to say that you left many of my questions unanswered, but as far as I am concerned this matter is closed. If I am ever on another assembly I will try my best to do better, and in the meantime you could study the philosophy of education. Please forgive me for misunderstanding you but one thing we can say, Dick, we sure did increase the reader interest in the Dixie Sun. Kathleen Blake I am curious about the ability of our students to work together for something they probably all want. I, along with the rest of those attending the student leadership conference, was interested to learn of the problems facing publishing of our school paper. After having refreshed in my mind the objectives of a school naper or any newspaper, it seems to me that the paper staff is trying to run water up hill in attempting to meet the objectives of a It is virtually impossible for any newspaper to be a paper bearing news if it published only once every two weeks. Instead of a newspaper, it becomes a periodinews-Dape- cal. We as a studentbody are suffering because of this we are getting reports on events that have long since happened and instead of learning pertinent news of fresh events and events to happen. The point I wish to make is this you as a paper staff are not responsible for the paper coming out oolv everv two weeks. You are operating under a budget that only allows you enough money to come out that often. The way I see it, the studentbody itself can remedy the situation by naying at least 5c a copv. Thus Im sure no one in the studentbody would object to paving 60c everv quarter to receive the benefits of having the Dixie Sun published every week. Marilyn Fawson CONFERENCE COMMENTS Several worthwhile comments should be remembered from the Leadership Conference of Dec. 12. The first of these is regarding the respect shown teachers by Dixie students. A student suggested that if we are to maintain successful, collegiate relationships between faculty and students, more courtesy must be shown instructors. More specifically, we might take a tip from the old standing rules of military courtesy by using such terms as Fean Woodbury, and Miss Ilunsaker, rather than first names. This is a simple but meaningful respect which these trained and devoted people deserve. Other suggestions worth considering deal with campus conduct. It was recommended that our campus lift its standards in such areas as conduct during assemblies and in the lunch line. Several instances of crude manners have shown STAFF OF THE DIXIE SIX published themselves here. A thought on this any line jumper autoby the studentbody of Dixie Colleee Editor ,, . matically says Im better than anyone else. Campus Editor ? Sports ... ............... ..J oil ilollfinci v xehfln Editor The problem of keeping our campus clean was ment Viols Ashby. Xancv Kushton Business tioned. Have you stopped to notice just how messy these ReprtersTRuVhAnn""li'n bTCkaVhlVTn' ke,"Bo"n nie' Frei Jcfa nMoCorikie I atsy Dever. Dida Brooks. Kav Bruhn Bln Mel Visner can become through the thoughtlessness of people grounds a BbeeJesse Brown. Tom Bjorndal. all class and club who havent ever seen the waste cans on campus? Theres Sports writers: Durant McArthur, Merrill reporters Webb Faculty Advlaari Reed Blake. room for improvement . . . high-soundin- - |
