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THE SA L E MIT E
Saturday, May 19, 1928.
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Something to Think
About
Four things. a man must learn
If he would make, his record
To think without confusion
- clearly;
To love his fellow. man sin
cerely;
To act from honest motives
To trust in God and Heaven
—Henry Van Dyke.
Spring Fever
The season is here, but the com
plaints are not yet. Certainly if Sa-
leiQ is spared the annual epidemic,
the faculty will be grievously disap
pointed. Perhaps it is the cool
breezes and the torrents of-rain that
have successfully deceived our spir
its until now. We .shall not boast
for the crucial week awaits us—it
may be then that we wrll fed-the
first symptoms of the universally
dreaded disease, Spring Fever.
The whole year through, now and
then, a goodly portion of us who are
fatigued from long continued study
ing sit and yawn in our professor’s
face as he lectures—if we do not go
to sleep entirely,'■ But, according to
our past record, it is now time for
us to begin our daily siestas, or to
sit meditating upon tlie pleasures
that wait for us during the summer
vacation, planning our summer
wardrobe, or our houseparty. After
a long winter’s laborsj ”a cramming
for knowledgej” a ■ rest is due our
tired and overworked minds; in fact.
We may believe that our mental
grasp has completed its possible in
take. Among the most ambitious of
men spring fever is- rather to be de
sired! Sleep is the most ideal form
of rest, and the occasional nap: is
merely in obedience to the general
laws of health.
There is even financial value in
this painful disease. : The. thick,
toasted sandwiches and the heaping
sundaes no longer have their past
delicious appeal. Our appetites now
call for dainty bits of food, fruit
juices, and cool and sparkling
drinks rather. than a ‘ greasy heavy
diet. This is the season that the re-
dticing subject should like.best!
When we sulfer from unbearable
inertia, .unsupportable ennui and a
peevish temperament, let us rejoice
and be glad. We have Spring Fever !
There are countless others experi
encing the same symptoms. All of
us are only satisfying our natural
desires and the tendency of s)?lf-
preservation—we will not do the re
quired work wliich we are asked to
heap upon our desks these few re
maining days. “The consequence?”
some one may ask. Examinations
are hand but the best one can do
is memorize the subject the night be
fore the final examination. It is in
sympathy with the instructions that
we'- succumb to ■ these-. unnatural
spring seizes. We suspect that in
eight months they have exhausted
their year’s supply of knowledge and
that they hare worn out their physi
cal strength imparting facts to our
open and readily receiving mind.
FIELD DAY!
What day is Friday, May 18?
There is no one so dumb, so unin
formed of current happenings that
he’cannot immediately respond in a
loud voice—I'ield- Day. As to what
Field D33' consists of why “'loggone”
even a freshman knows that. In a
the-first place it consists of a swim
ming-meet and in -the second or
last place a track -meet. The swim
ming meet -is expected to be a very
wet party and-the track meet is ex
pected to be a very snappy affair.
At two-thirty in the afternoon the
swimming party will take place.
The audience is looking forward to
seeing ■ with envious eyes fine form
among shivering forms as they
cleave-the nice cool water in a flying
dutcbman or swan, o^ swim the
length of the pool in a swift crawl
or trudgeon—especially since Rose
Frazier-has entered her name un
der every event in her big bold
handwriting. -The track meet will
take place at four-thirty on the same
afternoon. In past years “Saepe
trans finim jacula expedite.” For
the ' benefit of the intelligentsia of
the upper-classes who have forgotten
their Horace, this means that the
javelin- has often been hurled be
yond the-mark; -The javelin prom
ises this'year to go all the way out
of • sight of ‘ the- mark with Anne
Hairston hulling it.
-The baseball game will be played
on Monday at four o’clock. The
freshman team will at-this time play
a combined team of the other classes
fofr the baseball championship. The
tennis tournament will also proba
bly be completed on Monday. The
winners in the single tournament so
far are: Miliicent Ward, Sara Bell,
Anne Hairston, Elizabeth Marx,
Edith Kirkland, Elizabeth Ramseur,
Sai-a Efirdj Lenora Riggan, Virginia
Welch; Janet L-owe and Mary Nor-
Open Forum |
B-L-'U-E R-I-D-G-E—Blue Ridge,
i; There is no place like it and there
is none half so wonderful. From the
moment you see the white columns of
'Robert E. Lee Hall until you leave
lyou have a kind of thrill that you
do not get anywhere else.
If you have talked to any of the
girls who have been there you must
have heard them singing her praises,
for everyone who goes loves her.
The Conference is all too short, and
the ten days are gone before you
know it, and you, begin wishing you
could, stay all- summer.
There are many things which the
Blue Ridge Y. W. C. A. Conference
has to offer, entirely too many to'
enumerate. The most important-
thing is the Conference itself. The
speakers and discussion groups are
excellent. Then there are all forms
of sports to participate in, and for
the less active of us there is a glor
ious view to behold all the day lojig.
The most wonderful thing, however,
is the fellowship. Not only the
fellowship of girls from all over ther
South but the fellowship with your
own school mates . You learn to
know them as your’ve never known
them before.
The Conference is ten days of a
glorious house party filled to over
flowing with -work and play. If you
haVe the chance please don’t fail to
go to Blue Ridge and if you think
you don’t have any chance then try
The Spirit of Blue Ridge is sum
med up in a song that we sing bet
ter than anything else.
“One-nine-two-eight at Dear Blue
Ridge.
No other.year the same.
Every girl a comrade true,
Whatc’er her age, or name, or fame.
One-nine-two-eight at Dear ^ Blue
Ridge,
Sunset and evening glow,
But it’s the inspiration most
That makes us love it so.”
—■Sarah- .Turlington.. .
A Day at Blue Ridge
Dear Anne:
If you would spend just one day
here at Blue Ridge, I believe that
you would pack your trunk and settle
in this spot for the remainder of the
holidays. The mountains are beauti
ful and it is much cooler here than
it is there at summer school.
Let me describe to you a typical
Blue .Ridge day. We are supposed
to get up at seven o’clock in the
morning, now you needn’t be horri
fied at that for the early mornings
are so clear and refreshing that it
takes no will power at all to get up
and play tennis or go walking before
breakfast. At eight-thirty a short,
impressive Jch'apel service! is held
outdoors in a quiet, secluded glen,
and after that the various lectures
begin, lasting until ten o’clock. The
lectures are followed by an hour of
conversation. Everyone comes to
gether in. order to discuss the pre
ceding lectures and the problems, of
school and home life. From eleven
until eleven forty-five is known as
free hour and I usually avail rnyself
of this opportunity to take a swim.
Others play- tennis, hike, read, or
even flirt a little with P. W. B.’s.
I’ll let you guess what-that means,
but I’ll warn you not to make the
mistake that I made and think the
letters stand for “Presbyterian
Working Band,” for it means noth
ing of the kind. There are some very
attractive P. W. B.’s here,, and I’ll
confess that I’m not-above a little
flirting myself. At eleven forty-
five we call off. the games and .flir
tations and meet for what, is known
as the work shop. It certainly is an
appropriate name for at. that, time
campus troubles are discussed and
remedied. After liinch we can do as
we please, perhaps hike to,Montreal,
or go on one of . the trips.-planned-for
the girls,' Dinner is served at six,
and immediately after that a, short
vesper service is held o,n - the froiit
steps of the Robert E. Lee hall. You
'just can’t, imagine how-, beautiflu
and impressive these services are un^.
til you sdt- there in. the quietness and
watch the- sun, sink behind the moun
tains, feel the-, cool breezes of the
approaching night, and see the mist
rising in the valley... Every eyeiiing
at seven-thirty ■ there . is an address
by some prominent person a.nd after
this we play around until the sound
ing of taps at ten o’clock. . ;
• -;You see, a Blue ..Ridge ,.d.ay,:is a
combination of work and.pleasure.,_J-
believe that you would like.it. , Think,
the .matter over .and *->, .come
to Blue Ridge this summer.
Lovingly,
j Announcements \
; Mr.s. Anscombe entertained some
o;f her art pupils at dinner on Tues
day evening. Those present were
Miss Nellie Dodson, Miss Mabel
Mehaffey, Miss Agnes Thorne and
Miss Genevieve, Marks.
Dr. Francis Anscombe delivered
the address at the Commencement
exercises of- the Rainey Creek High
School on Thursday afternoon., The
subject of his talk was “What.- Is
Education ?”
The Sociology class enjoyed a
-trip to Samarcand Manor, on Mon
day'. The group visited the adminT
istration buildings and dormitories,
and was the guest of Miss McNaugli-
ton at lunch, on the Samarcand cam-
AN APPRECIATION
W& wish hereby to express our
deep appreciation to all those who
helped to make the rJunior-Senior
Prom a success. Without the kind
ness of some of our Juniors’ moth
ers,, the splendid aid of Mrs. Siew-
ers,- the able services of the Fresh-
rpen, and the interested and faithful
oo-opferation of Mr. Campbell, we
sliould never have been able to un
dertake “the Prom.” To all of
these, and to many- others whose
kindly efforts ■ we recognize, our
sancere thanks are -due.
—The Juniors.
Tag: “Ticket, please.”
Mary: “Aw, I can ride anywhere
on my face.”
- -Tag: “It:does look a little mash
ed.”
Teacher: “What do we , import
from Italy?”
Freshman: “Italians.”
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