Friday, November 18, 1938.
THE SALEMITE
Page Three.
FEATURES-SOCIETY
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CHAT PER
Where is Felicia going this week
end? Do you suppose slie’ll have to
^wim home I . - • This is the
theme song of a certain girl in
Senior — Love Lies in a Man’s Eyes,
and Lies and Lies — know who we
are talking about? . . . Annette, our
pres, has a date, she says, not in this
town but ninety miles down. So
have fun ’Net, don’t make us lose
our bet — remember I. E. S. yet . . .
Alice says she is gonna play either
Monday or Tuesday night . . . Why
is Peggy Bo’ so excited lately, is it
the doctor she saw or the trip to An
napolis? , . . Forrest had a date the
other night, but she also had a
study hall. Which one won? . . Peggy
Rogers says Mr. Holder has changed
her whole life. . . . Tootie says it’s
worth “a three hour sitting” to be
with John Watlington those last few
minutes. . . .The Morris Plan Bank
has recently begun sending hints to
housekeepers . ■ . Guess what, Glenn
Griffen had a date with Tommy
Wilson Tuesday night. This W'as
whispered to me confidentially. . . .
-\rchie is coming to see Skinner
again this week-end. Nothing more
needs to be said . . . Mary Turner
certainly was worried about the
jvrospect of Charles coming Thursday
night. Can’t you see Mary Turner
reading bedtime stories with Cliarles
looking approvingly on? (over the
radio). . , . Gene’s “day dreaming”
again, at least that’s what Forest
heard over the radio. . . . Kluttz
what is that fatal power? Duke one
week-end, and State the next . . .
We wonder why the ‘ ‘ clanish ’ ’
•luniors have been making social calls
for the last two days? . . . Why does
a certain wedding that Kathryn
Troxler is going to this w'eek-end
interest her so much? . . . Frank
says that Thomas is in the “dog
house,” but he came up Thursday
night. . . . What do you think of
Lyell Glenn’s getting a present -every
time she sees Shelton? This time it
it a pearl cross with a Sigma Chi
seal. . . . Since the girls went to
Davidson, Salem sees quite a bit of
those boys. Kelly Ann, Miriam, and
others are expecting their swains this
week-end. . . . Sarah Euark has to
stay away from the dances to make
time with her date or else her homo
town Pikas will miss her. At any rate
an or*hid came Sunday . .. The cur
rent romance to watch is Jackie and
‘ ‘ Boots. ” He 'must like the rough
treatment. . . . One wonders whether
it is really impossible for the N. C.
Glee Club soloist to make the Mor-
ri»on-Ai)palachian game and whether
a certain little Pitzer girl is losing
her appeal? , . . Why does Hol
brook’s face turn red when that
letter from'Citadel is mentioned . . .
It must be getting serious when
“Butch” gets her one and only to
join her church. . . . Sallie says if she
had had a little more time at Duke
she would have added a few more
dates to the liistory book . . . Take
a tip to what happened to Davenport,
girls, and don’t introduce your best
beau to your sister . . . Doris has
been all smiles since the arrival of
a certain letter from Davidson.
HOLIDAY FORECAST
I was sitting in the room the other
day, talking with some of the gals
when someone came out with:
“Say, people, do you realize we
haven't got but five more days till
Thanksgiving? ’ ’
“Boy, that sho’ sounds good,”
said one of the freshmen. “ I ’11 never
stop thanking you old girls for vo
ting for that.”
A blond head lifted up from her
magazine and said:
“I can’t wait to see that V. M, 1.
vs. V. P. I. game. If V. P. I. does
n’t win r don’t think I’ll cqme "back
to school. It’ll ruin me.”
“All, right, all right,’ ’said an
other, “you prom-trotters and foot
ball fans can go to all the football
games you want to. But I’m going
home and sleep, and eat turkey and
cranberry sauce till I pop.”
At that time the bell rang for
lunch.
DID YOU KNOW?
That Miss Covington’s apartment
wsa once the “Sick Boom” or In
firmary?
That tlie President’s House was
once called “Annex” and was built
without a back door to house two
room-conipanies of little gii’ls?
That the cooking and sewing lab
oratories were once called “The Big
Sleeping Hall” and fifty girls slept
there in alcoves?
That Mr. Burrage’s carpenter shop
was for twenty years, the Gymnas
ium?
That the Vardell’s and Down’s
aj>artments were once rooms of the
two literary societies of Salem, “The
Hesperian” and “The Euterpian?”
That the old organ in the educa
tion office storage room was once in
the old chapel?
That Dr. Willoughby’s Office was
where the girls hung their coats and
hats and kept their lockers?
That all the class rooms in Main
Hall used to' be, on Friday after
noons, the scene of “mending hour;”
every Salem girl darning and patch
ing her clothes under supervision.
That the Green Room used to be
called the “Trophy Room” where all
athletic cups and pennants were dis
played?
That the college kitchen used to
stand on the site of the Alice Clew-
ell campus living-room?
That the college woodshed used to
stand near the site of the lily pool?
Tliat the original willow tree of
wliich the present one is a scion
used to stand beside the fountain in
the Main Hall Courtyard?
That the Science Lab. used to be
the Home Moravian Church parson
age?
That the site of the Home Manage
ment House used to be a deer park?
That the old boxbush behind Lou
isa Bitting used to to be the center
of the old Sister’s House Garden?
That Society Hall used to stand on
the grass plot just north of the lily
pool?
That the library used to occupy
the second floor of the Faculty Din
ing-Room Building?
That the Faculty Dining-Room
used to be the cooking lab. and many
years ago, the room for the visiting
school dentist?
That there was a circular plank
bicycle track all around the Presi
dent’s House and the Science Lab.?
That the Academy hillside was a
cow pasture?
That the college springhouse stood
a few yards east of the Vardell’s
apartment?
That the maids used to come every
eveinng and morning with buckets
to the springhouse carrying the milk
back to the kitchen?
That Lehman Hall used to be call
ed, first “The New Sister’s House,”
then, “New Hall” then, “The Cot
tage ?’ ’
That Salem Academy used to have
chemistry physics Labs, in the Arden
Farm Store?
That the Office Building used to
be the President’s House?
That the Wachovia Museum used
to be the “Boys’ School” of the
town ?
That Miss Sallie Vest used to live
in and teach piano in class room 19?
That Memorial Hall stands on the
site of the President’s House Rose
Garden?
That Class Room 18 was the first
room built to receive boarding Sal
em girls in 1802? It was a parlor-
study hall.
That the dining-room used to have
tables to seat twenty girls and that
absolute silence during meals was
required?
That the laundry used to stand
within a few yards of the front of
Louisa Bitting?
That the seniors used to sleep, on
the fourth floor of Main Hall?
That the Juniors used to sleep on
the third floor Main Hall wing?
That the art studio was on the
fourth floor of Main Hall north
wing ?
That in 1913 a Shakespearean vill
age was built along the walk from
the brick steps to Lovers’ Leap?
WE BROADCAST
By Mary Lee Salley
Two more tense seconds of silence.
We all have our eyes glued on the
man at the control board, who is
counting off the seconds by motions
of his hand. Peter Rabbit supresses
a sneeze, Snow White a giggle, and
“the voice” backs against the piano
with a thud. The announcer comes
calmly to the “mike” and, — we’re
on the air! After the first two
speeches of the play, the tension has
disappeared and our voices have sub
sided to their normal volume. There ’.s
really nothing to it, just like talking
to another person — and not a deaf
person.
As the program progressed we
found it harder and harder to keep
from laughing because we were all
acting entirely differently from the
way we naturally do. Frank Hug
gins as Buttons, affected a perfectly
wonderful nasal catish voice with a
slight me-ow inserted at appropriate
places. Then as Mr. Miller became
in succession; a deep voiced grand
father, a dog, a pig and a bird, we
all shook with silent giggles and at
the same time, wondered with awe
at his versatility. When the splashing
sound effect came, Peter Rabbit,
known to you as Frances Kluttz, ac
tually got sprinkled with water, a
victim of her own and Benjamin
Bunny’s (Louisa Sloan), prank. At
this we discovered that the man in
the control room has -a very nice
smile.
After the program we piled into a
convenient taxi and made a quick
return trip to Salem. In fact, we
got back so quickly that Jliss Law
rence asked if we had used an air
plane, but we were inclined to think
that the taxi had that magic power
which enables carpets and goat carts
to cove^r distance inthe time it t;ikes
you to whistle.
EARLY RESULTS OF
LIBRARY QUESTION
NAIRE ANNOUNCED
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tion leads the way, closely followed
by biography. Poetry wins over his
tory and social problems while sci
ences, arts, and drama draw up the
rear.
According to this, poll magazines
are the most widely read literature
among Salem College students. Books
follow, but interest , in newspapers
lags rather far behind.
The questions “Who is your fav
orite author?” and “What are your
two favorite books?” brought forth
an amazing variety of answers. Mod
ern authors and modern literature
win over the classic. Among the fav
orite authors named were Thornton
Wilder, Charles Dickens, Robert
Louis Stevenson, Van Loon, Ludwig,
Bronte, Clarence Day, Christopher
Morley, Thomas Hardy, and Louisa
May Alcott. “Gone With the Wind”
and ‘ ‘ Jane Eyre ’ ’ received the most
votes as the favorite book. Others
named were: “Cyrano de Bergerac,”
“Letters of Robert and Elizabeth
Browning,” “Return of the Na
tive,” “A Tale of Two Cities,” The
Bible, the Jalna Books, “Farewell
to Arms,” “Poetry of Rupert
Brooke,” “Little Women,” “Lucy
Gayheart,” “The Yearling,” “An
American Doctor’s Odyssey” and
“Sonnets from the Portuguese.”
The last question asked, “Why
don’t you read more?” brought forth
a unanimous response — “I don’t
have time.”
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I DARE SAY.
Jane Kirk says that the perfect life would be to play hockey all
winter and read biographies all summer. Page Miss At and Dr. Willough
by.
What a joy it was to be able to iloi> on the floor in the library
and hear Mr. West read “On Borrowed Time” last week. Truly, he did
transport his audience from the reading room to a scene far away. Pud,
Miss Nellie and Gramps — and even Aunt Denietria — will be with us
always and vividly. Miss Siewers could tell from our faces what a pleas
ant two hours we spent, and here we want to thank her and implore her
to invite us again to a similar reading.
I
Margaret Wilson’s trips to the post-office appear to be made mostly
for the exercise — or so it would seem from this poem which Margaret
wrote and which your columnist filched from Lib V/eldon for your benefit;
“With happy heart and loping gait
To the mail I wend my way —
Always early I hopefully wait
But always find no mail today.
I
‘ ‘ If some kind understanding soul ^
Would take the time and ink
To write me something sad or droll,
I’d be happier I think”
—Margaret Wilson.
Freshmen were overcome when Virginia Lee, last year’s May Queen,
and Meredith Holderby, last year’s Maid of Honor, came to Salem, both
in the same week. The oos and ahs which resounded through freshmen
ranks commended the taste of last year’s beauty judges, certainly.
I
Some freshmen and their Sunday night dates last week who prome
naded outside the Campus Living Room of Clewell attracted much at
tention from second floor-ites in Clewell and Bitting. Just in case the.v
didn’t know ...
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When you start the annual pilgrimage home to
get a good square meal (we presume you’re
not immune to the charms of a home-cooked
drumstick!) remember the sage advice of the
Puritan Fathers . . . “Always travel by Grey
hound and save your money for a rainy day
or a really svyell party!” You can manage the
whole out-of-town week-end for a little more
than you’d spend hanging around the college.
The trip, at Greyhound’s low fares, cost less
than half as much as driving a car . . . even
a pre-Mayflower rn'^dcl!
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Raleigh $..3,45
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Washington 8.55
New York 14.40
Charleston, W. Va. 11.25
Greensboro, N. C .90
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Chicago, 111 21.60
Augusta, Ga 7.75
Asheville, N. C 4.70
Baltimore, Md 9.55
Roanoke, Va 3.90
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