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Page Two. THE SALEMITE Saturday, November 19, 1932. The Salemite Published Weekly by the Student Body of Salem College SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 a Year :: 10c a Copy EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief Josephine Courtney Managing Editor .. Dorothy Ileiden Associate Editor Minor Phillips Associate Editor Patsy McMullan Literary Editor Susan Caldei Literary Editor Courtlancl Preston Local Editor Martha Binder Music EditO! M iry Absli Music Editor Rosalie Smith Alumnae Editor Elizabeth Gray Sports Editor Margaret Long Feature Editor Sarah Lindsay Feature Editor Kathleen A Local Editor Meriam Steve BEPORTEB Cora Emmaline Henderson Lucy James Lois Torrence Celeste McClammy Gertrude Schwalbe Virginia Nall liUSINESS STAFF Business Manager Sarah Hortor Advertising Manager Mary Sampli Ass’t Adv. Manager Ruth McLeod Ass’t Adv. Manager .... Isabelle Pollock Ass’t Adv. Manager Grace Pollock Ass’t Adv Manager Claudia Foy Ass’t Adv. Manager .... Mary Delia Irvi Ass’t Adv. Manager ... Margaret Ward Circulation Manager Jane Willii Ass't dr. Manager Sarah Jetton Ass’t Cir. Manager Mary Frances Linney LITTLE THOUGHTS FOR TODAY “Of all the fruitless errands, sending a tear to look after a day that is gone, is the most fruitless.” —Ralph Niclcleby. “What never run smootli yet, can hardly be expected to change its character for us.” —Martin Chuzsletmi. “A mother—she alw, ;ves what’s good, sir.” —Dombey and Son. be- A SERIOUS MISTAKE When Miss Anna Preston returns from a neighboring, state with the in- formation that people in that locality think that Salem is a place where girls wear hideous uniforms and march to church twice a day, that is the time for Salem students to rise in rebellion and correct this peculiar idea. If school authorities in Vir ginia think such things of Salem, what could people in Texas or Cali fornia tliink of this grand old school? Do they think about it at all? Have they even heard of the name of If at the end of a hundred and sixty years of continued school sions the general impression of Salem College among people of the nation is false, something should be done about it. There are many citizens of prominence in North Carolina think that sleeping quarters at Salem are still alcoves and that all the old rules which are framed and hung the Sisters’ House as out-dated ( ■ riosities are still exacted. Their cc eeptions of historic old Salem refuse to include modern dormitories, stu dent self-government, regulations for smoking, or an athletic field. They even fail to notice the high standards of scholarship, maintaining some vague notion that the most impor tant subject at this college is em broidery ! COLLEGE MERGERS Small colleges are merging Mo larger ones, and the small college v/ith low scholastic standards and meager equipment is becoming non-existent. This fact becomes evident from month to month as the newspapers carry the stories of consolidation of colleges. Prin cipally it is an economy moveme- BecT.use of the amount of mo! that could be saved N. C. C. ^Y., State College, and U. N. C. have recently been merged into the gi'eater Norih Carolina University with one president, 'Dr. Frank Graham. During the past week the .Methodist conference astonish ed people of the state with the iiouncement that Davenport Col lege at Lenoir will be combined with Greensboro College, and Weaver College and Rutherford (.,'ollego will be combined as a two- year co-eduvatioiial college locat ed at the pi‘c;'.e;.t site of Daven port (!ollege. Four colleges will bcoome two. The need for many small colleges i>assed with the ad vent of good roads and quick com- iiiunieation, and schools which are (|uiieinent,s iirist go, for th(‘y will not be patronized. The pi’ocess ol merging one school with anothc'. pi-esents almost insurmountable difficulties. Wlien an old, estab lished school is about to lose its identity through consolidation, alumni cry out against it. Other complications and troubles are in volved in the process of iconsolida- tion, but as sure as the tendency of the times demands it, small col leges will merge into large ones. Another tendency brought by today’s financial situation is the increased number of co-edueation- al schools. A few years ago wom en invaded the campus of the uni- v(:rsity and State, only to be treat ed coldly and plainly shown they were out of their proper places. Then no man attended a woman’s college. This year, however, al most every college allows “co eds.” Salem and E. C. T. C. and W. C. II. N. C. open at least the Cronit doors to men, while girls at- t(>nd Wake Forest, Davidson, and State without the least enibarass- inent. The State Technician states that the attitude toward eo-eds is improving, and the AV. C. II. N. C Carolinian welcomes its male stud ents as cordially as its women. Does this mean that in time to come there wiJl be no colleges for women or for men alone? Will all colleges become merged into a few large, well-equi'pped, eo-edu- cational insititutions? The glad news came, Miss Sallie Vest, the beloved keeper of Prac tice Hall, who has been ill during the past week, is much better. She hopes to return to her duties on Monday. OPEN FORUM OPEN FORUM Dear Salemite; I’m puzzled—can you help me? I wonder what has happened to Dean Vardell and Dr. Rondthaler the they never entertain us so pleasingly in chapel any more by their bom bardment of fast and witty remarks Is sible that the thing called “Dep sion” has also overtaken the jovial spirit of this unusually “happy pair.” The freshmen have heard of the life of bye-gone days and are clam oring to have their curiosity satis fied by some out burst of wit. More than the freshmen, however, the upper classmen who really know and have been intimately acquainted with “the Chapel Pep” wish for a speedy return to the stage, the per sonalities of Dean and Dr. Mr. President Rondthaler, if you will accept my candid opinion, this is the one finishing touch that our chapel programs need. Sarah Lindsay. lo^STERErrf^l Did you ever hear of cookies being measured by the quart? Neither did I until last night, but now I well-learned on the subject. Lei tell you, and then you may go home Christmas well-educated. The Mo ravian Christmas cookies are measur ed by the amount of molasses used in them, therefore they are measured in quarts and gallons. However, they are brought by the pound. Can you figure that out? If you can’t let me order your cakes for you. They are worth a little bit of struggling with systems of dry measurements. Figui ; out the difference in being and being learned. Which rather be? You’d bettei IV. It’s a life-time job. 3 said that it OYEZ! OYEZ! The Academy Christmas Bazar will be open on Dec. 4 and 5 in the Academy social room. On Saturday evening the Academy will have .a fashion show. Attention: No pajamas are al lowed in the Wee Blue Inn. Delivery service, however, is cheerfully given There will be no Salemite follow ing Thanksgiving. Staff assign ments for the next issue are now posted and should be checked by every member of the staff. great to live long and live much. Many of us might live long, but few of us will live as much as we should, if we keep going at our present Don’t claim to be a stoic unless you rally know what a Stoic is. The goal of a Stoic’s life is to be called Did you ever try to figure why a candle doesn’t .smoke? It doesn’t you know. Just put your scientific mind to work, but if it refuses to I’ll tell you next week. Until then, vale! Week-End Travels In The Realvis of Gold “Much Have I Traveled in the Realms of Gold” The American College Girl is a collection of a number of essays written by college girls of ten large and well known women’s colleges of the United States. The essays collected are ihose which received j)rizes at a nation-wide college essay contest. Students of such col leges as Bryn Mawr, Smith, Mt. Holyoke, Vassar, and Simmons write about the histories, traditions, and ideals of their own colleges. Every essay sliows the love that the writer has for her school and the rev erence and respect for Alma Mater. Each one sees her college clothed in beauty, gnieious and humane, gay, many sided, and devoted to truth. Besides the spirit and history of the different colleges pre sented, the reader gets the picture of the college girl herself—the college girl, who is also the modern girl. Martha Berry by Tracy Byers. This is a biography of Martha Berry “the Sunday Lady of Possum Trot.” as the author calls her. Martlia Berry from Georgia, for thirty years has been giving a priceless service to her country, to her state, to her people, and to the youth. A wealthy, aristocratic southern lady, she was an hieress to vast and beautiful lands of Georgia around the Berry Hill. Even in her early youth she was not so polished and precise as her sisters and other girls of her breeding. She was thinking of thousands of illiterate men and women of Georgia and trying to find a way to help them. One Sunday in the winter of 1900 she was sitting in a cabin I longing to her which was some way from her home, when she saw two little boys approaching. She asked them— “Did you go to Sunday School?” “Sunday School! No’m. Course not. We got no clo’es.” was the reply. “Would you like to hear some Bible Stories?” After some hours the boys asked: “Be there more .stories ?” And every Sunday after that the children returned by the pos sum trot road, and every Sunday brought more children. Now Mortha Berry has educated some eight thousand boys and girls in her school at Mt. Berry. A thousand students from eleven states are enrolled, who are studying everything from primers to college courses for degrees, including the art of gracious and simple living. This-book brings a message of self-sacrifice, unfailing energy and everlasting love. It is an account of great love of a great woman, simple, sincere and inspiring. Years of Grace by Margaret Ayer Barnes. Years of Grace is in Bookman’s score of the most popular book of the month for three consecutive mnths of the year 1930. The story begins with the romance of Jane and Andre. Jane is just seventeen, Andre a little older. Andre has studied art in Paris studios; that’s one of the reasons why her family disapproves of him. They are very young and are made to part. Their last words are these: “My mother has forbidden me to give you any promises, but I give you my thoughts, all my thoughts.” Jane enters Bryn It is a charming book, delightful, clean in every way, fresh and one that leaves a smile on your face. ITHE FASHION PLATE FRENCH JUDGE OR NUN? Make your choice—will you be a judge, a child, a nun, or a kitten? Let your collar make you for a few hours what you have always hoped to be. The wide white neck decoration of the nun’s garb is very stylish. Folds of white pique varying in size make an attractive collar for a woolen dress. Silk crepe and silk pique are also used. Small strips of pique pagoted together and fastened with glass buttons make a stylish nun neck dress. This type collar makes a high neck line and extends almost to the sleeve, giving a wide, stylish, shoulder line also. Judicial collars are very “Frenchy.” On collar is planned with a pleated ruff in front made into three tiers and attached to a plain band with ends that tie at the back. Some of the collars of today re semble dressed up bibs. They are cut into triangular or other odd shapes and trimmed with buttons or metals. The latest fashion shows crochet ed Angora wool for collars, cuffs and buttons. This snow-like, fuzzy ma terial is very chic, made into a nun’s collar with small turn backs flaps at the neck and fastened in the front with Angora buttons. White collars are flattering to the wearer because they make a splendid outline for the face, thus empha sizing good features. The new neck wear is “the thing.” Choose and de termine, by wearing a nun’s neck adornment or a judicial collar your type for the day. Best Modern Books As Listed by Mims This week’s list is by Dr. Edwin Mims, head of the department of English at Vanderbilt University. It was first published in the Golden Book. It contains several of the same titles given in the composite list of last week—a fact which should stimulate the intellectually curious to find out the reason why. “Poerhs” is rather a discouraging general title, but if one looks inside a collection by Masefield one is like ly to see such an alluring title as “Right Royal,” “Dauber,” or “Rey nard the Fox,” and he who misses any of tliose misses a great treat. One who has not read Willa Cath, er’s My Antonia should make a bee line to the library and get it. As for Shaw’s “Man and Super man,” if you knew that Superman is Ji'o7nan yon would read it at once. BEST TWENTIETH CENTURY BOOOKS List by Mims Galswortliy—Forsythe Saga. Conrad—Lord Jim. Hamsun—Growth of the Soil. Lewis—Babbitt. Cather—My Antonia. Roberts—The Time of Man. Masefield—-Poems. Hardy—Poems. Frost—Poems. Robinson—-Poems. Masters—Spoon River Anthology. Strachey—Queen Victoria. Wells—Outline of History. Beard—Rise of American Civilization Bergson—Creative Evolution. Whitehead—Science and the Modern World. Eddington—Nature of the Physical World. More—Shelbourne Essays. Babbitt—^Rousseau and Romanticism Mumford—The Golden Day Sherman—The Genius of America. Shaw—Man and Superman. O’Neill—Strange Interlude. Svnge—^Playboy of the Western World. Adams^—^The Education of Henry Adams. “What happens to people who are so foolish as to allow themselves to become run down?” asks a doctor. They wind up in a hospital.
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