^age Two.
the S a L E M I T E
Friday, October I 1, 1935.
Published Weekly By The
Student Body of
Salem College
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Southern Inter-Collegiate
Press Association
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor-In-Chief Virginia Garner
Associate Editors:— Feature Editors:—
Mary Hart Elizabeth Moore
Mary Matthews Stephanie Newman
Martha Schlegel
Music Editor Rose Siewers
I’oetry Ed>tor Sara Ingram
i
Louise Blum
Carolyn Diehl
Anna Wray Fogle
Virginia Foy
Louise Freeman
Mary Louise Haywood
Alice Horsfield
Florence Joyner
Josephine Klutz
REPORTERS:
Dorothy Lashmit
Carlotta Ogburn
Julia Preston
Ifary Elizabeth Reeves
Mary Lee Salley
Miriam Sams
Betty Wilson
Nancy Schallert
Garnelle Raney
BUSINESS STAFF
IJnsiness Manager Susan Rawlings
Advertising Manager Virginia Council
Exchange Manager : Helen Smith
PERSONALS
There were lots of visitors on the
campus this week-end. Here are
some of them;
Helen Massey’s family; Maude
Battle’s aunt; Sarah Pinkston’s sis
ter, a former Salemite; and her
friend; Covington Cole’s family;
Emily Richardson’s family; Felicia
Martin’s family; Annette McNee-
ley’s family; Virginia Jett’s fam
ily; Laura Emily Pitts’ friend Mary
Frances Ballew; Mrs. Payden and
daughters visited Cramer Percival;
Carolyn Radcliff ’a family visited
her.
GOSSIP
“Tick” Fraley went home to
Tl’gh Point for the week-end.
Cade Mullins visited her sister this
week-end.
ADVERTISING STAFF
Katherine Sissell Evelyn Henderson
Ruth Norman Edith McLean
Helen Smith Marianna Hooks
Dorothea Rights Martha Coons
Leila Williams
Circulation Manager Madeline Smith
Assistant Circulation Manager Janet Stimpson
National Advertising Representatives
NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE, Inc.
420 Madison Avenue, New York City
Grace Wliit^ett spent the week-end
in town with her adnt, Mrs. Carl
Harris.
Ginger Piper went home with Vir
ginia McConnell to Leaksville for
the week-end.
Virginia Thompson spent the week
end with her aunt.
There’s ahvays some’pin to be
thankful for, namely, this time, the
World Series is over. Maybe Va.
Lee and F. Salley won’t be making
any home runs, fouls and be having
Radio love affairs over “Schoolboy”
Rowe (Detroit pitcher). That Fear
ing gal is baseball minded too. Her
specialty is left handed pitchers.
Salley also has a purple passion for
large chicken legs, (mainly fried, but
she will take any other she can get).
As Mildred Minter says: quote
‘ ‘ Emily Post should change her book
on Ettiquette to “Etta leg” for
Salley’s benefit.
Wonder who those Freshies are
who hang out of a certain third floor
window' (southern exposure), every
night and gaze at the man in the
moon ?
Mary Nelson Anderson was asked
by a freshman what she would do if
her Bill should tell her that there
are other pebbles on the beach be
sides her. She replied that she would
tell him “Yeah, but I’m the only
shell with a pink lining.”
Centenary doesn’t do so badly by
our little Freshmen. Besides all
(CONTINUED ON PACE THRKE)
MfSS SCHWAIBE’S
PARENTS RETURN
TO AMERICA
At Home In Sisters’ House
Virginia May and Susan Bennett
Caudle spent the week-end at their
homes in Wadesboro.
1935 Member 1936
Plssocided CQlleeiole Press
Distributor of
GDlle^de Di6est
IN TRIBUTE TO
MISS STOCKTON
To live one must eat. The thought of sitting down to eat
three times a day every day in the. year is monotonous but at
iSalem the thought becomes a pleasant one.
To prevent dullness from entering into Salem meals Miss
Stockton devises clever, unusual ways to tempt our appetites.
For instance, the Indian Supper we had last week — what a joy
to eat while we watched the smoke curl up from the IttAle^ log
fires in front of the wig-wams. And, too, there was the crisp
night when the girls enjoyed a hilarious hayride and weiner
roast. Everyone ate an unbelievable amount of the ideal picnic
lunch and topped at off by playing games and singing until time
for ithe delightful trip home. Could an ordinary dietitian think
ing only of preparing “something to eat” over do this! Think
of the party luncheon given for the freshmen, the after-dinner
coffee for the seniors, the picnic suppers on the lawn, the teas,
the “snacks” on Sunday nights. Salem is fortunate and Salem
appreciates Miss Stockton.
—Alice Horsfield.
RfiAD EXCHANGE PAPERS
IN SAIEMITE OFFICE
How many dances does Converse have a year? Do you know
what Jane is doing,at Mary Baldwin? Who is President of the
Student Body at Davidson? And many other questions are asked
everyday concerning other colleges. If you go to the Salemite
Office, .you will find exchange papers from North Carolina, Vir
ginia, Georgia and South Carolina Colleges. Among them are:
‘‘The Carolinian” (W. C. U. N. C.), “Agonistic” (Agnes Scott),
“Parley-Voo” (Converse), “Campus Comments” (Mary Bald
win); “Queens Blu&s” (Queens), “The Gamecock” (University
9^ South Carolina), “The Twig” (Meredith), “The Davidson
ian” (Davidson)'. ■
It is very interesting to see what other schools are doing and
to compare them with Salem, Also, you might find some
“Choice” gossip about your “best beau.” WTiy not go to the
Salemite Office today? The papers are yours and you are urged
to read them.
Garnelle and Janice Raney went
to their home in Salisbury ifor the
week-end.
Nancy McNeely spent the week
end at her home in Cooleemee.
Margaret Sears went to High
Point for the week-end.
“Kea” Council spent the week
end in Danville, Va.
Margaret Lofton .spent Sunday at
her home in Albemarle.
Mavis Bullock and Sarah Johnston,
alumnae, spent the week-end here.
CHAPEL
SINGING
If you could stand in the vestibule of Memorial Hall and
listen to the opening hymn in chapel, you would truly be sur
prised, for the singing is so weak that it can scarcely be heard if
t#ie doois are closed. Then if you could look at the audience
when the closing hymn begins, jou would see that not usually
more than half of them are singing and that several of the hym
nals-are not eA-en opened.
, This poor singing in chapel is hardly a credit to Salem, but
how many of Us would knowingly discredit the school we are
so proud of? It is simply c^relessnef5s and thoughtlessness that
causes our chapel singing to be so weak, so let’s try to make it
so much better that Salem will be as proud of us as we are of
her.
, _ To the readers of the Salemite — this column of the Sale-
mite is yours as well as ours. Please leave your signed contribu
tions in jthe office. All opinions on all subjects are acceptable.
WHEN ~~
EDUCATED?
cler^vmi®"of%1,iTnTi"?-"^^®^-’’ ^^^^on, famed
Clergyman ot Philadelphia, gives answer: “When he can look
out upon the universe, now lucid and lovely, now dark and
terrible, with a sense of his own littleness in the great scheme
things, and yet have faith and courage, when he knows
how to make friends and keep them, and above all, when he
t\r J can hunt
the birds without a gim and feels the stir of a forgotten iov
fflint star-crowned trees, and the
glint of sunlight on flowering waters, subdue him like the
memory of one much loved and long dead.
minderl happv alone, and high-
minded amid the meaner drudgeries of life. When he can look
“'fr, be»,i« „,„d
bevond son wl f T ^ something
beyond son When he knows how to live, how to love, how to
"Ot afraid to die ir7his
hand a sivord for evil, in his heart a bit of song.”
—The Speakers Library Magazine.
BROWSING “
AROUND
1 empty library at your acce.ss? If vou
have, did you take advantage of your excellent luck and lazily
browsed around, fingering books, reading bits here and there
in some of them, and finally settling down n a library chair
with a carefully chosen book in your hand?
This rare privile.ge of being alone in a library such as
Salem s is seldom possible. There are usually busy students
doing last minute reference work or reading industriously
tor an assignment days ahead. Nevertheless, it is possible to
We did just that the other day and had lots of fun We
interesting books, ranging from quaint old copies
01 masterpieces to brand new editions.
Innri advcnture. We ran across books which we
wondering about but had never bothered to
see whether they were m the library or not. The lazy feeling
of having nothing particular to do and yet knowing we werf
accomplishing something m our ramiblings gave us the as
surance we were not “wasting time.” We enioved our al
von wb library so much that we are tempted to advLse
Erv few hours free, browse around in the
library, and see if you don’t think it’s fun.
ON GOING
TO COLLEGE
Lately I have seen several cases of high school graduates
getting jobs even though thousands of capable college gradu
ates are put out “on their own” every year. A few college
studeiiitis resent having those youngsters grab their jobs (sal-
ary $9^00 per week), and feel that the four (maybe more)
years that they are spending in college are being wasted. But
we college students must realize that we are getting something
that high school graduates never can or will have. Even though
wo can’t find a job the very day w'e step out of college with
our degree clutched in one hand and our cap and gown in the
other, does not mean that we ’11 idle away the rest of our young
lives. The mass of people is slowly rea&ing that college stu
dents have a definite place in the present day world.
—Katherine Sissell.
Superintendent and Mrs. Fred
Schwalbe have returned at length to
Winston-Salem, and, with their
daughter Katherine, are now mak
ing their home in the Sister’s House
on the east of Salem Square. Mr.
and Mrs. Schwalbe are the parents
of Gertrude Schwalbe and are here
to see her complete her work at
Salem. They arrived in the city last
Tuesday, October 1, to spend a year’s
leave of absence from their mission
work in Alaska.
For the past twenty-eight years
Mr. Schwalbe has worked in the
Alaskan field and has been assisted
by his wife for the past twenty-six
[ years.
Mrs. Schwalbe has been teaching
iu the schools of Alaska and reports
an interesting life there. She has
been required to teach a little of
everything, although hygiene and
Englsh are especially important to
the natives’ education. The pure-
blood Eskimos attend the Federal
schools, and the children of white
and mixed blood attend the terri
torial schools. Gertrude, herself, at
tended the latter school until she
came to Salem. As the Eskimoes
are very susceptible to germs of al
most any variety, the school teachers
are usually able to serve as nurses
and to teach preventitive measures
for public health.
The Schwalbe’s home is in Bethel,
Alaska, a town of over three hun
dred people. The settlement was
founded by the Moravian mission
years ago and has now grown
to a town with two schools, six
stores, a few farms, two movie
theatre.s, and one jail and one marsh
all. It is the center of the fur and
fish trade in the valley, and the head
quarters of the synal camp are lo
cated there. It is the head of navi
gation for the region as it is the
furthest point to which the ocean
liners come. Mr.s. Schwalbe reports
that people there are very air-minded
and airplanes run on daily schedules.
The radio has an important place in
their lives, for through it they ob
tain the majority of the news. Every
night the day’s news is broadcast
from Anchorage at nine o’clock.
Even Alaska is not free from local
talent for every Friday night home
talent programs are broadcast over
that station. The re.st of the time is,
of course, consumed with recordings.
Life in Bethel is not devoid of
evcitement. In 1912 the volcano,
Katma, blew up, and although it is
about three hundred miles from
Bethel, Mrs. Schwalbe said she heard
the noise and felt the shock. Ashes
from the eruption ruined the lettuce
in her garden.
Mrs. Schwalbe spoke interestingly
of the native people, saying they
were likeable once their confidence
was gained. They tell fascinating
legends and fairy tales which have
been handed down by word of mouth
for generations. There was even an
Alaskan Cinderella. Her slipper was
a fur-boot, and she lost it on the
floor because the prince in the tale
had covered the dancing-floor with
pitch to catch a beautiful maiden.
The handiwork of the Eskimoes is
particularly beautiful, their bead-
work, basketery and work with furs
and skins being remarkable. Eskimo
dolls are interesting and usually
carved from ivory or wood. One
may tell the sex of the doll by look-
ing at the mouth. The men dolls have
a mouth that smiles and the women
dolls, being dragged down by worldly
cares, have a mouth that droops at
the corners. The most fascinating
thing Mrs. Schwalbe brought back
with her, however, is a group of fin-
ger-rings carved from the ivory of
mastodons, animals that romped the
earth lo these many years gone by.
The Eskimos find the bodies of these
great beasts frozen in ice caves or
embedded in river banks, and they
use the tusks of the animal to make
carvings which may become any
thing from letter openers to napkin
rings.