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THE SALEMITE
Saturday, May 20, 1933.
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Mary Ollie Biles Mary Penn
Martha Binder Cortland Preston
Eizaheth Gray Gertrude Schwalbe
Special Reporters—
I.ucy Guliok Hopers
Cora Kninialine Hendersi
Sunshine Kirby
Jane Rondthaler
Eugenia McNew
EDITORIAL
If you didn’t feel at your best
Wednesday when you came out of
ehapel, something is badly wrong I
It takes a personal talk from a per
sonal friend such as we had Wednes
lay to make us really realize the
ipportunities which we are wastinp
and the overwhelmingly joy ol
knowledge which we are missing by
infining our thoughts and our
■rests to our own college walls.
'I’hink seriously of the times
through which we are living. After
f/c. have started back up the hill
and very, very few of us are w
in disposition or health for
have lived through. We, as
dents, have been thanked for ou
o])eration during this unusually
ng school year. Are we worthy of
tliese thanks? I.et’s see what
do really to deserve praise. What
say?
... Claudia Foy
BUSINESS STAFF
ness Manager Isabel Pollock
rtising Hanaer.
Mary Frances I.inney
Annie Zue May
Susan Hawlinf's
fr.-iret Ward
ary Adams
Jane Willian
iger Martha Scblegel
Florence I.edbel
Mar
LITTLE THOUGHTS
FOR TODAY
Sometimes I wonder if this
be the world we live in, or the
world that lives in us.
A ])layed-out world,
Although that world be ours,
It had best be dead,
'1 liere are worlds enough to
follow.
HomeEconomics Juniors around the campus
Entertain Administration
Six Course Dinner Is Served
To Guests
On Wednesdaj' night the Junior.'
wlio are majoring in Home Econom
ics entertained at the Practice House.
Dr. and Mrs. Rondthaler, Miss Law
rence, Miss Likes, Miss Siewers.
Miss Blair, and Mr. Oerter were hon
or guests.
The menu was as follows:
Fruit Cocktail
Consomme Stuffed Olivef
Creamed Asparagus on 'I'oast
Crown Roast of Lamb Potatoes
Baked Tomatoes Buttered Roll;
Heart of Lettuce Salad
Strawb(Try Ice Cream
Coffee
PARAGRAPHICS
THE ART EXHIBIT
Wv’rc. sorry for any of you who
didn’t go to the Art Exhibition. It
as the work of the North Caroli
Professional Artists’ Club, you know,
1 was brought to Winston-Salem
the Junior I.eague. We were ij
norant and didn’t know that there
were so many distinguished artists in
N'orth Carolina. A particularly
pleasing part of our experience was
the di.scovery that in spite of our in
nocence of any technical knowledge
of art, we could be wonderfully ex
cited by many of the exhibits.
The riotous dreams of eolor by
Louis Vorhees made us think we had
been transported to the ancient
pleasure dome in Xanadu, or perhaps,
were wandering with Endymion
through the irridescent land of gems.
Alas! we “would have sinned etern
ally” to own some of the formal
flower designs by Gene Erwin—the
“Dahlias,” “Gardenias” and the rest.
W^e wouldn’t have been surprised if
Dr. Collier Cobb or Horace Williams
had spoken to us, so well had the ar
tists captured those delightful gen
tlemen.
The portrait of James J. McLean
keeps haunting us. Particularly did
provocative study “From the
Bread Line” gtt under our skin. That
face is a more (ffeetive treatise
selfishness and inhumanity tl
ty articles on economic re-ad
justment.
We were proudest of all of the col-
sketches of Salem by Gene Erwin,
and of Bill Pfohl’s etchings, copies
>me of which we can see at Mr,
■ely’s and are going to buy if
the rather essential shoes anil
slamjis are taken care of.
Those of you who because of lassi
tude term papers, or chronic orneri-
! did not get to the Robert E. I,
sday or Wednesday rue t
day and make up your minds that if
L'xt year offers a like opportunity
nu will not be among the foolisli
Y. W. NEWS
The “Y”
spor
ishing tea to get
delegate to Blue Ridge. The
started by one person who invites
three other people in for an informal
hour with the understanding that
each of those three people will bring
a dime and will invite two other peo
ple to tea. These^grouj)s of two in
vite one other person so that soon
everyone in school will have taken
' Don’t forget to come to the circus
Saturday night. You will have all
the thrill you had as a child in go-
eireus. Everyone is urged
in costume and have a rip-
;t Sunday night. May 11, the
Vesper Service was held out of doors
on the steps in front of Dr. Rond-
thaler’s house. 'I’he first hymn was
Tn The Cross of Christ I Glory,”
then a short scripture passage was
read bv M.-.ry Frances Linnev. 'I'he
next hymn was “The Spacious Firm
ament on High” which was followed
by a simple prayer by Erik.'
'i'he service closed with the singing
of “Savior Again To 'I'liy Deal
On Monday night at 8:15 in the
ball room of the Robert E. Lee
Hotel, the Mozart Club is pre-
.senting in recital Wilson Angel, w
ner of the Atwater Kent National
Radio Audition for 1932. Admission
will b- 50c — Salem girls are
ticularly invited to be present.
The Seniors had their first exam
this morning. I guess they feel the
end is drawing near. I wonder how
it ftcls? Wednesday they began
I ing in the center of the dining ro
They seem to be having quite a bit
of fun.
Wednesday morning. May 2'
expanded chapel, the clothing classes
of the Home Economics Department
will model some of the garments
which have been made during this
Can you give us any information
on the following young gentlcmen-
Mr. Waring, Mr. Abernathy, Mi
Homer, Mr. Britt, Mr. Webb, Mr.
Chauney, and Mr. McCoy? Please
report any knowledge of the abovi
young men to Miss Riggan.
Thursday evening. The Latin Club
had a Picnic out of town. They al
ways have the best food of any body
Yellow and purple pansies nod-
ling in the sun — spring is really
lere. Dr. Rondthaler .... and speak
ing of spring. I’ve got that well-
known fever, left over from last year
oh, hum, two more weeks. What’s
is about Salem attending the Kap
pa Sig house-party in Davidson last
week-end ? — Some girls are
cute . . . guess I’ll have a quiet
week-end sleeping .... Nope, that
English note-book is duo and Dot
and I have to play off our tennis
match .... The freshmen kinda had
the juniors fooled on this Green
Cabaret business—it was fun,
way .... Our new officers have sho’
been shining in their home-town pa
pers — Who sent in those notices,
anyhow? .... Mademoiselle, pour-
quoi avez-vous pas prepare votre
lecon? .... Shucks, hey you! T
that radio down and quit yelling.
How d’ya expect a guy to study'
Study . . . with that good-looking
moon going to waste? ...
reason at all, that reminds me of the
“Y” circus .... Zina sho’ is start
ing off with a bang ... so is Georgii
a case the first day. . . . Seems tha
sie had to write the Salemite las
■ek. You have our sympathy, Susie,
; got out a paper one week
These Juniors are making a lot of
•acket about senior privilegi
•ooms in Bitting for next ycai
S'ext year . . . wish I were going to
)e right back here in old Salem
W'hat’s that? Hadley, of course
if she doesn’t stop crowing some
one’s going to throw a slioe at her
?ome morning .... Oh, boy, the
Home Ec. students are going to
model in chapel .... now we won’t
have to listen to a speaker. . . . “Got
up!” . . . what do you think I am?
It’s midnight—go’way! . . . “Eight-
ten!” Move, woman, I gotta dress
and t
. “Y”
tchwoi
ACADEMY NEWS
I can still see astonished people
izing at t'.ic bus as it s])ed
ast last Friday night. The fresh-
len and juniors made enough
I their attempts at singing to
IV dead. You see the freshmen had
n-elted at the thought of anothi
\a added to the long list; so they
ecided to be original by taking
iiniors to the ])lay, Gnrn Stockings.
s it necessary to say that ever
njoyed it Knox)
u'nselv? And to add to the fun the
uniors found a wonderfu
waiting them in the social
!ieir return. 'I’hen another event!
o one could get out to Mary I>ou-
SORORITIES ENTERTAIN
THEIR SENIORS
On Saturday night. May 13, Beta
B( ta Phi entertained for ^lisses
Mary Catherine Siewers, Mary Kath
erine 'I’horp, and Margaret John:
A color scheme of red and black
carried out in decorations and m(
Each honor guest received a sliould-
er corsage and a small pencil
B. B. P. engraved in gold.
Other guests were Misses Mary
Sample, Dorabelle Graves, Grace
Polhnk, Miriam Stevenson, Elois
Padr ck, Ann Shuford, Ann Taylor,
Bi th Norman, Isabel Pollock, and
the following alumnae. Misses Vir-
gin'-a Martin, Edith Leak, Nina
Hoffman, Ann M‘ister, and Winifred
Fisher.
On Friday ii.glit, May 19, Alpha
Phi Kappa entertained for Misses
I.oulse Brinkley, Josepliine Court-
i^OPEN FORUM I
Mumble, mumble, mumble, buzz,
brrrh. Do you know what that is?
No, it’s not Mr. Curlee in math
lass, though it does sound like him,
n.stead it’s someone making an an
nouncement in ehapel. Of course,
10 way of knowing whether
they are calling a meeting of the
la-bouelie” Club or the
X. Y. Z. council or even inviting
“everybody to a meeting of the
‘poorer’ class.” They are speaking
in the unintelligible language of in
audibility. Nor are students to
blame entirely; the faculty also are
guilty. Many of their communica
tions in ehapel, and some of their
ipeeche.s too, are inaudible to their
audience, especially those in the back
of the hall.
There is an old saying in school
used to squelch those of us who talk
too loudly; “Lower your voice to a
shout.” This isn’t bad advice for
one who would be heard in ehapel.
When the United States Govern
ment i>assed the law which gave its
citizens the right to freedom of
speech, just what did it mean? un
fortunately I’m afraid it meant gen
erally speaking and not individually
carried out.
College education consists of self-
expression as well as exclusive tech-
niealitie.s, and self-expression is a
form of freedom of speech. Can
you say that we have this so-called
freedom of speech on Salem College
campus? No, I’m afraid we don’t.
If our views are somewhat radical,
then everytiiing is done to suppress
these view point.s.
Then too, common decency plays a
great part in this trait, for if a per
son talked exactly as she felt at
times, there would certainly be many
people nursing a wounded pride.
When freedom of speech is exer
cised—unless it happens to run para-
lell with someone’s else views, you
are accused of having the wrong at
titude or something equally as ridie-
I.ots of people are thoroughly con
vince d that there is plainly no privil
ege of this kind evident anywhere.
This is my own opinion—after all
everyone is entitled to her own opin-
i(m and you might call this a form
of “speecli freedom!”
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big somb
TABLE MANNERS
This is not Emily Post on “How to
Hold Your Knife'and Fork.” Tha
is merely a mechanical detail. 'I’able
manners go deeper than that. Have
you ever thought that table manners
aren’t like a hat, something you take
off in your home and only ])ut on
when you go out?
Our home dining-room for nine
m.onths of the year is the college
dining-room. De we come straggling
in to dinner at the home of a friend
ten, fifteen, or twenty minutes late,
pull out a chair, flop into it and be
gin gulping down food? Are we in
terested in the conversation or do we
apply ourselves solely to eating? Do
we laugh at the clever jokes of oth-
n tin
Rondthaler
the girls ab uit
■h (lie shouldn’t have
r at o
r do w
look superior? Can we talk about
something besides the cat we cut up
in zoology or the crayfi.sh we played
with in biology? De we have to be
punched in the head to pass a plate
which our neighbor has held faithful
ly for five minutes trying to attract
our attention?
It is not a question of knowing
but of thinking. De we just eat, la;
our knife and fork together on th(
plate and let it go .at that? If wi
do, is it enough ? What do you think
eating
talked).
You mu.st not be surprised if you
see the Academy light.'? burning late
this Saturday night, for it will only
mean that the junior’s pajama party
for the seniors is hilariously going
on. And too, you mu,st be sure to be
sjieetators at our final baseball game
which is played next Monday. The
baseball picnic will be the follow!-
Saturday. Meanwhile everyone is
locking forward to commencement—
and vacation.
All college girls who are
members of the Academy class
es of 1929, 1930, 19.31, and
1932 are cordially invited to
be present at their alumnae
luncheon on June the second.
There are eighteen Academy
girls attending Salem College.
The Acadcmy wants each girl
to come to the Award Program
at twelve o’clock in order to see
what her successors have ac
complished and to stay for her
class reunion at luneh which
will be served promptly at one-
fifteen o’clock.
Will each girl please notify
the Acadcmy of her acceptance
if she has not already done so?
Wai
I Mai
Hugs
Mary B. Williams. A eolor scheme
ef y llnw and black was used. Each
honor guest received a corsage and
a framed sorority ,‘%eal.
Olher guests were Misses Georgia
Huntington, Sarah Horton, Susan
Calder, Cokie Preston, Virginia Nall,
y Louise Fuller, Dorothy Moore,
Martha Neal, Babbie Way, Jane Wil-
l:;-ms, Claudia Foy, Rachel Carroll,
Mary Penn. Frances Adam.s. Eliza
beth Gray, Betty Tuttl:- and M
Dcrothv Thompson and Edith Kirk
land, Alumnae.
B'-th ''f these banquets have bcei
held at the home of Mrs. J. P. Camp
bell at 812 Overbrook Avenue.
'I'onight Delta Sigma Delta will
ent; rtain for Mis.ses' \>atilda Mann
Nina Way Credle, Elizabeth Price
and >Lary Price. A color scheme of
lavender and white will be used and
corsages will be given each honor
Others present will be Misses
Katherine Lasater, Marion Hadley,
Ann Elizabeth McKinnon, Annie Zue
Maye, Margaret Ward, Margaret
Wall, and Mrs. Bill Simpson, Mrs.
Whit Davis, Miss Alice Caldwell and
Why shouldn’t
r them
locks. Aft-
1 upstreet
s the street?
Miss
a Bari
I'his banquet will also be held n
Mrs. Campbell’s.
Tuesday night at The History
Club, Miss Covington and Miss Fer
guson gave very informing lectures
on the economic question. It is a
shame that more Salem girls did not
hear these talks.
CAN YOU READ?
The starving beggar does not have
o be plead with before he shall eat,
)ut the people who are starving in-
ellectually for good books are eon-
itantly being plead with to use them.
It is not perhaps .so much that
books bring new things to one’s mind
as tliat they arouse and bring to light
unknown jjortions of the mind which
make them so essential in any life.
A lover of the best books is never,
as so many Babbitts think him, a
fugitive from reality; he is, on the
contrary, a seeker for^tfTe truth in
the l;v(S of others which thfy have
known how to transmit to him. And
in seeing their truth he sees a re
flection ef his own and recajitures it
for a short while.
It has been said that any man wh )
has learned an art in his youth is
never wholly poor; and this is also
true of the man who has learned the
love of an art in his youth. And it
is this last thing which is possible
for every man who lives. It need not
of course apply solely to a love of
literature but this is an art which is
peculiarly suited to more people than
almost any other, for the medium of
language is universal.
Perhap.'? it is a futile thing to be
like Richard Jefferies when he said
that he wished to be a follower in
“that small band of initiates who,
from the beginning, have laboured to
bring mankind the precious gift of
life.” but in giving it to mankind they
renew that gift for themselves.
As for those people who evade
their own needs by saying that they
do not have enough time to read, they
are neither honest nor truthful. There
is always a time and a place in any
person’s life for anything he really
wants to put in it.