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THE SALEMITE
Friday, November 20, 1942.
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EDITORIAL AND FEATURE STAFF
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Sports Editor Sara Bowen
Mildred Avera Mary Louise Rhodes
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beth Griffin, Margaret Kempton, Harriet Sutton, Ruth
O’Neal, Y^vonne Phelps, Elizabeth Bernhardt, Edith
Shapiro.
A PLEA FOR STEE GEE
We all know that the new constitution
this year specifies that there be faculty and
students in the Legislature of the Student
Government Association. Naturally, it is nec
essary lor the administration to know what
is going on at Salem, and to approve of the
laws that the students initiate and pass; but we
find that we can hardly sit in awe at great
words of wisdom before lunch only to forget
i-espeet in upholding principles in the after
noon meetings. We find ourselves wanting to
say “Yes, ma’am” to ideas that weren’t quite
what we meant at all; we find that in and
by respect we have railroaded ourselves into
things we hadn’t wanted at all. So
visions of the failure of the new legislative
idea just inaugurated this year by our impres
sions at the preliminary meeting.
To a great many of us, it seems that the
measures should be initiated by students alone
and that nominations should be made by
students alone. Why couldn’t the faculty
make their suggestions to members of the
student committe; who would, in turn, bring
up the proposed matter for discussion in the
Legislature. It doesn’t seem necessary for
the faculty to be present, and it may even be
awkward some times to have them there.
There are a lot of subjects that the students
might like-to “hash out” without having the
faculty present to listen to the discussion.
Why couldn’t the Legislature pass their meas
ures, present them to a council of the faculty
before putting them in effect, and then if the
faculty vetoes the measures, have a student-
faculty meeting on the disputed measure and
reach some decision that way? Maybe some
of you students can supply a better*^luti^
to the problem, but don’t you agree that the
Student Government should have a student
legislature ?
—D. S.
Hockey is a magnificent game! Don’t let this column prejudice you
against it just because ive’re too mangled from said sport to have
heard anything at all other than how pained are th^ more active mem
bers of Salem at this point. Chiefest) catastrophes have turned up upon:
1) Hobson’s eye, 2) Nuchols’ shin, 3) the Seniors, body general. How
ever although we loathe bringing this thing up over and over again,
we refuse to let hock.ey, kill us off before we’ve had our chance to cry,
yeh! yeh! at the Freshmen. Dear Babes, the Seniors hav decided to
Now, with vengeance w'iped almost clean out of our soul, we select
as our hit-the-yellow-sheet-gal this week . . . Miss Mary Ellen Carrig!
Just as out of every trap comes some mouse, out of every A-student
comes some disaster. We, therefore, take glee in announcing that an
F has just blotted an otherwise spotless career. The thing that puzzles
us, however, is how the blaze does one manage to get an F on a
course that ain’t convened but once in two weeks?
Having muddled that little matter up, we now feel called upon to
comment that an unwholesome number of folk deserted their work for
“Gentleman Jim” this week. For two hours we awed at Errol Flynn
. . . and we have now positively concluded, “Oh, to be a nightclub
dancer!” !
Although we definitely think that the WSSF drive is one of the
more worthwhile campus projects, we can’t help poking fun. Have you
seen the i>oster on the Scenter’s door which asks: “What if you were
in a concentration camp instead of on the campus?” and then, the
student dig: ‘|^re you kidding?”
It’s from the married battalion that we extort this next meat. Doris
caught flu to stay with hubby, Vivian caught relatives to stay with
hubby, and Fitzie -ain’t got back to tell what she caught yet. We deny
that our mouths are full of sour grapes ... we merely wish we had
some excuse!
Desi>ite our aim of, keeping this column as low as possible, we can’t
resist the temptation to marvel at Dr. Anscombe. How we could pos
sibly sit through all those unlimited Bible and' history courses under him
. . . and STILL enjoy him more than most any other body in chapel'. . .
is a down-right mystery to us!
Then about this black-out business ... all we’ve got to say is that
it looks mighty foolish to us for all the people on third to hurdle all
the people on second and first in order to get up the shutters by the
time the two latter floors get to the shelter. Grand organization!
And from behind-scenes “Hans Brinker,” we gathered this bit. S'ome
confused lass jumped ahead of her lines, and skipped right on over
the plot to where the doctor was supposed to enter. ‘ ‘ See who’s .at the
door,” she cried . . . while Mildred Lee ventured to steer back to in
telligibility' by opening the door, seeing the doctor, closing the door, and
saying nonchalantly, “Nobody.”
That last didn’t make sense to us either ... I think I’ll be forced
to quit.
Une des plus grandes tragedies de la Grande Guerre II est la situ
ation du peuple frangais qui oppose les Nazis. II est ironique qu’un
peuple si digne, soit conduit hors du chemin par une minorite des chefs
politiques. Quoique le Gestapo soit partout, on a developpg ^es organi
sations pour conduire des activites souterraines pour harasser complgte-
ment I’etat Nazi. Cette activite n’existe pas seulement en France mais
aussi s’est Stendue dans toutes colonics franQaises.
En Madagascar, par example, le signe de la Croix de Lorraine est
devenu un symbole mysterieuv de 1’organization souterraine. Lg
tache de supprenier, mais toufours I’opposition reparait. L’organisation
appela “Tananarive Libre,” est un edifice si cache que personae ne sait
pas avec qu’il travaille. Les assignments sont passees en bas du plus
hauD et sont conduits parfaitement d’heure en heure et de jour en jour.
Apr&s la Guerre des centaines d’histoires dea braves fran^ais le
vrai peuple fran^ais qui nous a leque notre ideal democratique, a tou-
jour.s ete notre allig.
WHY TKUB.SDAY?
The Pilgrims came to Plymouth Rock in sixteen hundred twenty.
Those folks really started something; yes ma’m, they started plenty!
They were mighty glad to be here—so glad to be still living.
That they took a day off Thursday, and had the first Thanksgiving.
The Indians came with heap much corn—in jugs and on the cob;
The Pilgrims shot some turkeys, just to feed the hungry mob.
It doesn’t seem to make much sense—^but a fowl time was had by all.
I’m tempted to stop the poem here, but I| just ain’t got the gall.
Thanksgiving is coming Thursday—that’s why this epistle—
Hope you get a lot of turkey—writh very little gristle!
—Mil Avera.
aRADES FOR GRADES’ SAKE?
All during our six weeks tests the general
■?ry has been, “What did you make? What’s
your grade?” We do not condemn this inter
est in grades. It is natural to wonder how one
compares with one’s fellow students. We do
think, however, that the emphasis which the
majority of students tend to place on “grades
for their own sake” is deplorable. This em
phasis is pure Materialism.
We Americans defend our materialistic
viewpoint by saying that we are not responsi
ble for it. It is forced upon us by circum
stances. It is difficult for us to place any
value on intangible, non-materialistic things.
A good grade is something that we can make,
something that is placed on our college rec
ord for all to see. It is definite, therefore we
value it. The same thing applies to other
phases of our life. For instance, the girl who
has beautiful clothes, excellent grooming, and
plenty of money to spend, is a social success
in our eyes. We can not take money and the
things money can buy for granted, because our
fathers have spent all their lives, devoted
their time and effort, to securing money.
What we are trying to point out is that there
is no denying that we live in a world which
emphasizes the worth of material things at
the expense of the spiritual, mental, or what
ever you may call it—that something which is
the difference between happiness and dissatis
faction, between living life to its fullest and
simply existing.
Circumstances may tend to force the ma
terialistic viewpoint upon us; but as college
students we should be able to rise above our
environment. Why should we wish to free
ourselves from the materialistic viewpoint. In
reply we may ask ourselves the question,
“Why; did I ■come to college?” We may have
come because our parents wanted us to have
more advantages than they. We may have
come because of the social life involved. We
may have come to mark time before securing
a job or being married. We ay have felt that
there is a great deal in this world about
W'hich wd kno^vi nothing; and we wanted to do
soething to remedy that ignorance. We may
have realized that the majority of adults are
not even aware of the problems with which
they are faced; and we may have thought that
in college we might learn something about
these problems. We may have chosen a pro
fession and come to college to prepare our
selves for that profession, W^hatever we
came to college for—we’re here, and might as
well do something worthwhile with the four
years we must spend before we can graduate.
If our minds are on grades we shall find it
impossible to get everything which college life
offers. We’re all familiar with the saying that
one gets out of something exactly what one
puts into it. Nothing could be truer about
our life a1^ Salem.
Six weeks tests are over. The freshmen
know just about what is expected of them.
The upperclassmen already know. In the
next weeks of this semester why not set out
to study to learn, not to study^ for grades? It
is not the material grades of today which will
count in later years. It is the knowledge
which is with us to stay, knowledge which be
comes a part of our spirit, that brings a fuller,
happier life. -yy
LiV Abner says—
J
Gawsb, There ain*t much time
b^ore New Year*s — and we gotta
s.^n up ter War Bonds with 10%
o* our pay by tbet time!