THE SALEMITB
(Member of the North Carolina
Press Association.)
Marie Edgerton, ’21 Editor-in-Chief
Sarah Lingle, ’22 Assistant Editor
Pearl Ray, ’21 Business Manager
Effie Lee Harding Asso. Editor
Elizabeth Gillespie, ’22....Asst. B. Mgr.
Mary Darden, ’21 Associate Editor
Evelyn Thom, ’21........Associate Editor
Mary Shepard Parker, ’22 Asso. Ed.
Alva Goswick, ’23 Associate Editor
Elizabeth Connor, ’23 Asso. Editor
Sara Watt, ’22 Associate Editor
Rachel Jordan, ’23 Associate Editor
Flora Binder, ’24 Associate Editor
Maude Bissenger, ’24 Asso. Editor
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PEDDLERS OF GOSSIP
“AND STILL THE SALEMITE
SAILS ON”
The Salemite is planning an ex
tensive, campaign for recognition.
Progress is its watch-word. Already
it has been ably represented at one
press convention and now delegates
have been elected to attend the ones to
be held in Davidson (Misses Sarah
Lingle and Maude Bissinger) and
Richmond (Misses Marie Edgerton
and Mary S. Parker.) This means
that oar college publication will claim
a place among the best in the south,
and it must live up to this position.
Every student has an active part to
play in this work. Voluntary sugges
tions and contributions are greatly de^
sired. The Salemite should be a
medium thiough which the wishes,
ide.HS and policies of the student-body
are expressed; and it is hoped that it
will accomplish this end.
‘Vote For the Girl Who Fills the Bill”
They are with us continually; more’s
the pity. A suspicion of a rumor is
breathed, it is passed on, and grows
in the telling until it would seem that
the entire faculty is up in arms, and
about to visit inevitable scourges upon
us; that the council is rushing to de
struction along with the rest of the!
school; 01 that some other gross per-!
secution or rash event is about to
occur.
Why is it that bad news travels so
much faster than the other kind? Is
it so enviable to be the first one to
spread the lurid, pessimistic report, or
to be the loudest knocker of the auth
orities, or vhe inventor of personal
slander ?
Don’t tell us it’s Salem nature. It’s
not!
“Vote For the Girl Who Fills the Bill”
SO IT IS
On the first of May the frogs in the
pond give a leap, they say.” And if
you have listened to the chorus from
Salem creek you will surely know that
spring has come. The unfolding buds
on upper campus, the tender green of
the trees on the lawn, and the general
festive atmosphere, proclaim “Spring.”
The person who has never seen Salem
campus in the spring-time has a treat
m store for her—she’ll never forget it.
Nature outdoes herself and lends her
most alluring charms to the fascinat
ing quaintness of Salem.
And spring has brought the ging
ham dress. How bright the old halls
look with blues and pinks and greens
flitting about instead of the sombre
navy blue.
But while we listen to the voice of
spring, let us not forget that our work
still goes on, and that before we know
it, the early spring blossoms will give
place to those of summer, and exams,
the final test of our daily work will
come.
THE FIRST GRADUATING RE
CITAL-GIVEN BY MISS NANCY
HANKINS.
On Monday evening, March the
seventeenth. Miss Nancy Hankins, ’20,
gave her graduating piano recital in
Memorial Hall. Miss Hankins was as
sisted by her brother, Mr. Foster Han
kins, violinist. This recital marked
the beginning of the series of graduat
ing recitals for the year 1921. And
truly it was a glorious beginningt- If
the .succeeding recitals equal this one,
the music lovers have numerous treats
to look foi'ward to before commence
ment.
SENIOR EXAM. EXEMPTION
DEFEATED
Much to the sorrow of the present
senior class—and we may add—of the
incoming seniors, the faculty disap
proved of the 80% exam, exemption
for seniors; and this privilege was not
granted.
“Vote For the Girl Who Fills the Bill”
CONTEST AMONG MEMBERS OF
PRESS ASSOCIATION
As announced in the last Salemite,
a contest is being held by the North
Carolina Collegiate Press Association,
among the contributors of the various
newspapers and magazines belonging
to the association. The Salemite
editors are all working all their mas
terpieces of journalism and we hope
Salem will cotne out near the top.
ANNUAL GOES TO PRESS
Goodness! Commencement is al
most here. Besides the election of the
new officers for 1921-22, this fact was
more clearly brought to our attention
several days ago when the annual
went to press. Maybe, not according
to custom, we’ll have our annuals to
furnish amusement on the train dur
ing our journey home.
We’re living in hopes.
Y. W. NOTES
At the last meeting of the College
y. W. C. A., Mrs. Rondthaler ended
her interesting series of lectures on
South America. In these talks, she
has told something of the geography
of the country, its two distinct social
classes, and numerous facts about its
girls and women. She brought in,
also, the effect of the Roman Catholic
church on the life of the people of
South America, and the great need of
self sacrificing missionaries. The lec
tures were interesting as well as in
structive and all who heard them have
a much better realization of condi
tions as they really are in this sister
land of ours.
MISS BL.4IR CALLED AWAY
Miss Rosannah Blair, our very effi
cient librarian, has been called to her
home in Carlyle, Pennsylvania, on ac
count of the illness and death of her
father. We deeply sympathize with
Miss Blaii in hci boreavtiiieni,.
Easter Costumes for the College Girl
STRIKINGLY INDIVIDUAL
DRESSES, SUITS, COATS, HATS, BLOUSES,--
Exquisite in Slyle and Quality,—the Kind You
Will Delight in Wearing. See Them At—
KANN’S
FASHION SHOP FOR WOMEN
415 Trade St.
Hines Shoes—
—Distinctly Different
EASTER RECESS ANNOUNCED
An Easter recess is announced be
ginning 12 o’clock noon Thursday,
March 24th and concluding 9 a.m.
Tuesday, April 5th. All dormitories
will be closed during this interval, and
it is necessary that boarding students
spacing for their absence from the
college, the academy and this com
munity. However should exceptional
circumstances make it actually neces
sary for any boarding student to re
main, suitable arrangements (at $1.50
per day) will be made provided ap
plication for such is made at the presi
dent’s office in person or by writing
in no case later than Tuesday, March
15th. It will be remembered that this
recess is balanced by the lengthening
of the term which places Commence
ment Tuesday, May 31, 1921.
(Signed) Howard E. Rondthaler,
President.
March 4, 1921.
Spring’s Picturesque
Fashions
In
MILLINERY, COAT SUITS
And DRESSES Being Shown Daily
We will Be Pleased to Show You.
ANCHOR STORES CO.
WEST 4th ST.
Salem College
Established 1772
WINSTON-SALEM, N. 0.
Degrees
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Science
Diplomas
Fine Arts
Music^—Business
Large Library facilities, well equipped Laboratories in
all departments—a progressive institution of high
ideals and with large financial resources.
‘148 Years of Continuous Service”