Editorial Welcomes Students, Urges Participation in Open Forum Column, Sept. 12, 1925

This first issue of the Salemite is principally one of introduction and of welcome—to introduce the Salemite to new students, to introduce them to organizations and customs and to give to everyone a hearty welcome to Salem. To new students we say “How do you do! We’re glad you’ve come to Salem and we hope you’ll stay a while.” To old ones, “Welcome home! It’s good to see you again.”

Our second welcome is a welcome to the columns of the Salemite. We have an Open Forum column which is quite literally open to everyone, both students and faculty, and we want to ask you to take advantage of this invitation. We cannot have an Open Forum without your help. If you have anything to say publicly, you can say it effectively in the Salemite, with no danger of stage fright. A college newspaper attempts to represent student opinion, but it cannot do so if the students have no opinion or if they fail to express them. We are ready to print articles of both criticism and praise. A Freshman’s ideas are as valuable to us as are a Senior’s. Don’t be a nonentity. Make your ideas count. Write your article now and send it in. All contributions must be signed.

From the editorial page of The Salemite, the Salem College Student newspaper, Winston-Salem, N.C., Sept. 12, 1925

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