Page Two. THE SALEMITE Friday, October 1, 1937.
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FRESHMAN
INITIATION
Now that Sophomore Court is over, here are a few friend
ly thoughts for the freshmen from a sophomore. Honestly and
truly, when you came to coHfege, didn’t you rather expect to be
initiated in some manner, and wouldn’t you have felt a little
cheated if you hadn’t been? You had read about college haz
ing stunts, and you had heard college friends talk about the
ridiculous things that they had to do, hadn’t you? Of course,
you thought there would be something like this to make you a
part of Salem as there would be at any other college.
Think of all the letters that you can write home about
how “mother’s little dear was picked on,” and to Bill telling
him how his “little angel was nearly killed” and how you
“wanted him so badly to resoue you,” and to Mary gossiping
to her about “what a goose the other girl from your home
town looked drinking milk from a baby’s bottle!” You’ve
enough material now for a dozen letters to impossible relatives
too.
Were you really scared of us, or did you just put on an
act to try to save your neck? The sophomores didn’t want to
hurt you; they just had to get even with somebody for what
happened to them last year, and they hadn’t a chance at the
juniors, so they took a jab at you. You didn't really mind, did
you? We think you had an awful lot of fun; we did last year.
Do you realize that because Salem has no sorority initia
tions, there would be nothing of this sort if we had no Sopho
more Court? This evening of foolishness helped the whole
school to get acquainted with you and find out what kind of
sport you are. Now we know how much fun you can be and
that you “can take it.” We have a good idea of the spirit of
the whole class; we know how you’ll play our sports and how
you’ll react to unusual situations. The several days of suspense
have made your class spirit grow and have given you a far
greater interest in each other and in us.
So instead of being a night of torture. Sophomore Court
was swell fun; and now you can start planning what you’ll do
to next year’s newcomers. Can you beat our showi
H.
As I dropped in for a “pop” call
and interview with Frances Cole,
today, it occurred to me again what
a wise choice we Salemites had made
in electing her president of the
I. R. S. “Fanny,” as friends call
her, seems to have all the qualities
we should like in a girl who is to
represent Salem. In Frances, it does
not seem a paradox that she is both
highly intellectual and soundly logi
cal; practical and imaginative; re
served, yet gracious and charming.
She was born in Charlotte July 28,
1916, and has lived at her home at
1300 The Plaza ever .since. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Cole.
At Salem, Frances is a candidate
for a Bachelor of Arts degree in
English. She is minoring in Span
ish and is getting a Teacher’s Cer
tificate. She was a member of the
\'. yf. C. A. Commission her fresh
man year; a member of the Student
Council, and a member of the
Sights and Insights staff, her sopho
more year, and is a senior advisor
this year.
And now. I’ll let you in on the
interview. I put up my usual ques
tions of, ‘ ‘ W^hat do you like most,
and what do you dislike, and what,
if any, are your idiosyncracies?”
“What do I like? Why, Fluto!”
burst Fanny enthusiastically, “He’s
been my bosom companion for four
years.” (for those of you who don’t
know, Pluto is a little red, china dog,
but speak of him with reverence.)
“Oh, and I love and adore Yard-
ley’s. It is my one and only passion.
I’ve recently left off wearing rouge
to give me that stylishly anemic
look.”
“Don’t forget to say she has the
“lettuce look,” chimed in her room
mate, “It’s her skin.” (Reporter
heartily agrees.)
“Perhaps you can tell me a thing
or six?” I turned to the room-mate.
“Um-Hum! She loves to weai*
t)lack. She diddles her foot, especial
ly when she is annoyed. She says
Thank yo. ’ She sleeps on the Beau
ty Rest mattress. She uses the words
‘frankly,’ and ‘horrible,’ lots. And
she lifts her left eyebrow at her
room-mate to give her a superior
look. ’ ’
As soon as Room-mate stoppifd
for breath, Fanny continued, “1
like fried oysters and peach pickles.
Tennis is my chief sport.”
When I asked her about books,
she said, “I love and adore ‘Alice
Wonderland’.”
“And she loves Ramon Novarro
and Dr. Willoughby,” (R«om-mate
had her breath back.)
“One of my pet aversions is
‘Twirley’ Temple. Another is auto
mobiles horns. I loathe, despise,
detest, and abhor Roger Prior and
have no love for his orchestra.”
“The only band that she recog
nizes is “Red” Nicklos.”
‘ ‘ I love to go to bed and hate
to get up.”
“Uh Huh! Roommate is very
helpful.) Don’t forget how she fid
dles w'ith something foolish and
looks up suddenly to say, ‘Fun?’
And the way she says, “I just don’t
know? Oh, and she loves to make
up words to songs that don’t fit!”
“Oh, and my indirect lamp — I
couldn’t live without it!”
“What do you like in people?” I
asked.
“Sincerity and frankness,” Fran
ces said.
“And broadmindedness,” from
room-mate.
“Oh, definitely! I’m lazy myself,
and I sit and look with open mouthed
astonishment at people who are con
tinually on the jump. Keeping up
with Leila wears me out. ’ ’
“Put in that she wears rimless
glasses, ’ ’ Room-mate said, ‘ ‘ but that
she looks like the type who would
wear oxfords. ’ ’ (It’s her English
refinement.)
“I adore anything English.”
In fact, she is English — and
proud of it!”
‘ ‘ But my mother is Irish. ’ ’
“Um hum — ‘smiling eyes’ —
(they are brown, however.)
As I left, Frances sighed, “Now,
I ’11 go around with a perverted look
because I’m so (conscious of my
peculiarities! ”
MR. CLIFFORD BAIR
When I asked someone to tell me
something about Mr. Bair the first
thing I heard was this. “He is with
out a doubt the most thoughtful man
I have ever known.'* I believe that
is all I need to say about that side
of his nature. I might add, that if
you have ever noticed him at col
lege dances, you know that he is one
of the most cordial men on the
faculty, and w’ithal a veritable Lord
Chesterfield. But now let us get
on to “the story of his life,” which
is more than interesting.
It is not difficult for us to believe
that Mr. Bair has been singing since
he was seven. He was .born in York
County at Etters, in Pennsylvania.
From Etters, his aunt took him to
Harrisburg to the choir school when
he was six, however, he was not
allowed to sing until he was seven
years old. He tells of the many
late hours which were necessitated
by his trips to Harrisburg and home
again. He added with a grin that
a policeman alwayslooked after him
on his midnight journeys. He says
that he remained at the choir school
until his voice began to change. Two
years later, he went back as a tenor
in the choir and had the tenor solos
when he left to attend college. Along
the way, he had acquired a yearning
for the electrical and therefore, en
rolled at Lehigh University for a
course in electrical engineering. Not
long after enrolling there, his fa
ther took him to Mr. Witherspoon
who, upon hearing his voice, said
that he would accept Mr. Bair as a
student. Instead of electrical en
gineering, Mr. Bair took Italian at
the City College in New York and
studied with Mr. Witherspoon and
Mr. Wedge.
After about a year, Mr. Wither
spoon was made president of Chicago
Musical College and so to Chicago
went Mr. Bair, in order to continue
his voice lessons. He, entered the
Chicof^o Musical College in nineteen
twenty-five and was graduated in
nineteen twenty-eight. During his
last year there he was given the
opportunity to take Dale Cox ’place,
who was at the time head of the
musical department of Battle Creek
College, at Battle Creek, Michigan.
Mr. Cox was ill at the time. Mr.
Bair was then for a part of a year..
Also during his last year in Chicago,
he did radio work, choir direction
and even movie presentations. At
this time Mr. Van Grove urged him
to study character parts, which he
did. He went to Breslau for a year
and studied with Baron at the Stadt
Theatre Opernschule. Unfortunately
tKe Nazi movement necessitated his
rather immediate removal from Bres
lau. He returned to the States to
give his Debut Recital in Chicago
at the Studebaker Hall. He then
taught at the Chicago Musical Col
lege and the Columbia school of Mus
ic. He did German operatic work,
concertized, and again did some
radio work. As he said, it was
during the depression, and he did
anything he could get his hands on.
In the meantime he had been
building his repertoire as a “char
acter singer.” During the season
nineteen thirty-three and thirty-four,
he was asked to join the Chicago
Opera Company, which he did. He
was also asked to join the Detroit
Civic Opera Company. Not long aft
er this he was confronted with an
opportunity to try out his opera
dramatic theories at the State Teach
ers ’ ICollege in Nebraska. Aftei*
two years of Nebraska climate, he
could stand it no longer and thus he
came to Salem. He says he likes the
climate and the folks at Salem, and
too he wanted to ,be a little closer
to Pennsylvania.
After reading about such an in
teresting life, we can readily see
why our subject is such an interest
ing and likable person. He tells me,
as do his friends, that he does enjoy
a good meal. One of his favorite
dishes is avocados with onion oil
dressing. Since coming south, he
has changed his favorite entree,
which was spaghetti to fried chicken.
Oh yes, he detests okra in any form.
(And I don’t blame him!) By the
by, this gentleman is a wonderful
SCORPIONS TAKE IN
NEW MEMBERS
On Wednesday the following sen
iors were stung by the Order of the
Scorpion: Jane MaeLean, Washing
ton, N. C.; Josephine Gribbin, Ash-
ville, N. C.; Anna Leake Scott, Win
ston- Salem, N. C.; and Florence
Joyner, Kernersville, N. C.
NEW BOOKS IN
UBRARY
(Continued From Page One)
the new ones yet, and no doubt there
are many old ones with just as in
teresting and helpful information
which you have not seen. Take a
tip, and look around the library.
You may discover how much you do
not know.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
(Continued From Page One)
W^illiams, 21st; Mary Turner Willis,
22nd; Mary Woodruff, 26th; Vera
May Lanning, 22nd; Elizabeth Hen
drick, 26th; Louise Early, 26th;
Gertrude Bagnell, 25th; Christine
Dobbins, 30th; Eligabeth Shermer,
29th; Betty Scott, 30th; Dorothy
Wyatt, 28th; Elizabeth White, 31st.
“Fifteen minutes after putting on
a pair of your socks, I made a hole in
one,” wrote an enthusiastic golfer
to the sock manufacturer.
Now I lay me down to rest
Before I take tomorrow’s tests.
If I should die before I w’ake
Then I will have no test to take.
“What!” said the warden,
back again?”
“Yeh. Anv letters?”
‘you
and experienced cook. (I know be-
case I’ve tasted his spaghetti). As
for cards, he is not particularly fond
of bridge. He does like such fiction
as Hudson’s “Green Mansions” and
the movies. He gives a reason for
this in saying that the modern trend
in motion pictures, swings toward
imagination and fantasy, which to
him is the medium for the expression
of art. He thinks that the modern
ists are “losing themselves in a
maze of technique.” He is decided
ly interested in all sorts of expres
sion and recreational outlets in other
phases than singing. As a musician,
he believes that music shares a closer
intimacy with human emotion than
any other expression of art.
Mr. Bair is consistent, by doing
the things he believes in. Evidence
of this fact may be seen by the
plans which are now underway for
the opera to be given at Commence
ment. He knows music, he works
at it, and expects his pupils to do
likewise. He not only knows music
but he has a deep feeling for it. It
is a rare combination to find a mu
sician, and sportsman with a prac
tical streak, all in one person, but
here we have it. Mr. Bair likes both
football and tennis very much. He
says: “When I. was in high .school
I played football on the ‘ scrub team, ’
but I liked it.”
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