Friday, February 26, 1943.
THE SALEMITE
Page Three.
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Sunday night, tired but happy
prom-trotters returned from State
snd Carolina with, their long tales
of woe and of fun. One of the most
Successful was SIS SHELTON’S
Miad date who turned out to be a
romantic letter writer. Maybe aii'
other Wordsworth! Speaking of
lilind dates — MAC turned into
luite a speech maker and JINNY is
growing quite friendly w'ith side-
ivalks. Truth is stranger than fic
tion. How about “STU” and her
phone booth romance? . . . We’re
Waiting for this weekend to prove
it. Speaking of soldiers’ uniforms,
roommates always seem to like the
Same things; for What Sa^emite
ttade eyes at a man in uniform in
a not too far distant city last Sat
urday? Not only the army but
Salem — being greeted with a ‘ ‘ big
Hug” for one Ensign by PEGGY
Bolin, kuth beaed taylor
Was welcomed back into the fold
of Salem College last week as a
aost hoppy “young married.”
Nancy McCLUNG upw-a-days
W’cars a Connecticut “rock” on her
feft hand. KACKY T’s “kick in
the teeth” came when her Punk re
pealed his date with on© of Caro-
Hna’s coeds , . . Better luck next
time, KACKY. Has SAULS got
something on the ball — first it was
“BULL’S Bob and now NANCY’S
Bill?. Although ADELE CHASE is
Verbally engaged, she still rates
With the med. students. It seems as
tho LUANNE can’t make up her
mind who it is:' Jim or William?
• . . Martha’s anxious to know, LU
ANNE. Eumor has it that another
Sajemite (a freshman at that) has
joined the race for Davidson’s E.
L. . . . What about it CAMPBELL?
The question is; are they coming or
aren’t they this weekend? . . . Har
old and Andre can’t seem to make
'ip their minds . . . FRANCES J.
JOYCE are wondering, too! Oh
^es, if any of you girls need a man
-^come up to Dody Bayley’s room
and pick yourself one out—thanks
to Mark. That squadron spread
over one side of the wall looks pret
ty good, Dody. Well, that’s all for
now, there ain’t no more. Goodbye
and I’ll seel you next time.
raster
SALEM BEHIND
IN BOOK POLL
GRADUATES AND SENIORS
SOUGHT FOR FEDERAL
OrVXL SERVICE JOBS
Vrsins Amoricans to “Keep ’em Flying” through the purchase of more
VTar Bonds, the above poster will soon mahe its appearance in several
hundred thousand stores and display spots throughout the country. It was
painted by Georges Schreiber, internationally known artist, whose pictures
hang in the Metropolitan and Whitney Museums in New York and other
' museums in various cities. f/. .9. Treasury Department
No Fuss, No Fetter, NoWaste
—No Nothing
Salem students, are you reading
books relating to the war? Do you
wish to know what are the best ones
being published on this subject!
The Council on Books in Wartime
recommends certain new volumes ad
judged important contributions to
the War Book Panel composed of
the editors of th« New York Herald
Tribune Books, Saturday Review of
Literature, New York Times Book
Review and others will from time
to time select a book considered by
them to be “ Imperative.’ ’ The first
one to be awarded the “Imperative"
is W. L. White’s They Were Ex
pendable. Have you read it?
The complete list of books rec
ommended by the Council is x>oste4
in the Library and Will be revised
as new titles are selected. The ti
tles given below are. on the list.
Have you read them.
“Prelude to Victory,” by Hes
ton, answers most of our questions
about the politiiES of the war. The
theme of the book is that we can
not win this war until it ceases to
be a struggle for personal aims and
becomes a national crusade for
America, and the American Dream.
Grew’s “Report from Tokyo,” is
a collection of former Ambassador
Grew’s speeches all stressing the
point that Japan (like Germany) is
seriously bent on universal conquest.
It is an expos^ of the Japanese mili
tary machine. The book is swift,
easy and surprisingly exciting read
ing.
“There go the ships,” by Carse
is the thrilling story of a convoy’s
five months’ trip to Murmansk and
back, told by a man who enlisted in
the Merchant Marine.
College graduates, especially wom
en, are being sought for war-time
jobs with the- Federal Government.
Through the new Junior Profession
al Assistant examination, announc
ed today by the United States Civ
il Service Commission, graduates
from recognized colleges with ma
jor study in any field niay be eli
gible for employment.
An unprecedented step for Jun
ior Professional Assistant Examina
tions, no time limit is set on re
ceipt of applications by the Com
mission, and examinations will be
held periodically when a sufficient
Humber of applications have been
filed. 'College seniors may apply
when they are a semester or two
quarters from expected graduation.
Since seniors who pass the test may
receive provisional appointments
before they graduate, students are
Urged to apply early, in order to
be considered for vacancies that oc
cur.
An added incentive is the in
crease in salaries. With a stan
dard Federal workweek of 48 hours
(which includes 8 hours of over
time), the present rate of compen
sation for overtime increases sal
aries for these x>ositions about '21
per cent.
No options are specified, although
applicants are particularly desired
With tfaining in public administra
tion, business administration, eco
nomics, economic geography, library
science, history, public welfare, sta
tistics, mathematics and agriculture.
Eligibles in these fields will be ap
pointed to positions paying $1,800
and $2,000 a year plus overtime,
mostly the latter.
Those with majors in English,
modern languages, music, education.
In these perilous days of pleas
ure bans and rations, it behooves
a body to consider various inexpen
sive, appro ved-by-the-0. P. A.
schemes of entertainment. Now one
of such schemes,, which has proba
bly escaped you, is kite flying. Yes
indeed, kiting is just the ticket . . .
you can even make your own (kite,
I mean)! And aside from the joy
of construction; you’ll have the op
portunity to contemplate the breez
es, the clouds, the birds, the bees,
and the vast heavens. You can
lie on the grass and recall your
kinship to the soil. Yes, kite-flying
will save money while serving both
the aesthetic and the fun-search
ing senses.
Now all you have to do is to
jerk a stick out of the bottom of
one of the window shades ■ • ■ Miss
Esee won’t care, but the shade nev
er works quite the same without
the stick; so'we suggest using your
neighbor’s shade. Take tho stick
and sever it cautiously iu cen
ter .. . don’t be alarmed if you
destroy several sticks and several
fingers . . . your perseverance will
be rewarded in the end. You will
iudutiably aspire to a hexagon
shaped kite; but after three hours
of juggling s^x sticks, you’ll decide
that diamond shaped kites are just
as effective. If you ever get the
diamond put together, cover it
with a S'ALEMITE so you’ll be able
to brush up on the news as you go
plodding along . . . and buy a dime
pot of paste to seal the works to
gether. Now your kite’s almost
made . . . but the sticks have prob
ably slipped, the paste come loose,
the string gone haywire; so go on
and buy a twenty-five cent kite and
a ball of twine at the dime store.
(Your expenditures thus far: paste,
10c; bus fare, 14c; kite, 25c; string,
15c; tax Ic ... or a total of 65e).
These kites, however, come some
what 'incomplete; so work up a
nice tail out of the room-mate’s pa
jamas or sheets (shredded).
With this perfected kite safely
tucked under your arm, coast down
to the hockey field and un-wad
some ten feet of the string . . .
then catch hold of tlie remaining
ball and run like mad head on
into the wind (it may require ten
or twenty romps up and down the
field to get the blasted kite off the
ground . . • buj then again, you
may never get it up). Anyhow, as
suming that you finally attain suc
cess ... we proceed to the stage
where you trudge back up the hill
and recline under the flagpole in
order that your kite may find more
obstacles to grapple with. Lie down
and breathe in deep the joys of
Spring and gracefully floating kites
and youth ... and don’t pay any
attention when deluges descend
from great black clouds on high,
’cause the gods are just jealous that
you’re having fun. Simply lie there
watching the kite tack and jibe
. . . but ignore it completely when
you hear resounding crashes . . .
it’ll only be one of the Dining Hall
windows. Besides your kite’s shot
to shreds by now ... so go on back
up to the dormitory and take a hot
shower and mull over how to im
prove the whole kite ordeal next
time.
—M. B.; 0. N.
SWEAT AND SWING
FOR THAT OVERCUT
Omaha, Neb. (AGP)—Something
new has been added to Creighton
university’s accelerated wartime
study program.
It’s a disciplinary measure which
punishes each unexcused absence
froin an academic or military class
with two hours of physical exercise
or campus work. In the case of
undergraduate coeds, each unex
cused absence brings a $1 fine,
which may be worked out in library
or office work.
Explaining the now measure, be
lieved to be unitjue among American
universities, the Very Rev. Joseph
P. Zuercher, jiresident, commented:
“In these war years there is no
room in college for loafers. The
armed forces have been cooperative
in the matter of permitting serious-
minded young men to remain in
college, with the single view in
mind of preparing themselves ade
quately for future service as offi
cers. We intend, on our part, to
see that the students make such
preparations as adequately and as
speedily as possible.”
etc., are in limited demand, but will
be considered for clerical positions
paying $1,620 and $l,8fW a year plus
overtime.
For positions in chemistry, engi
neering, geology, metallurgy, met
eorology, physics and soil conserva
tion, persons with appropriate study
should apply under the announce:
ments for junior grade positions in
those fields ($2,000 a year plus over
time). No iwritten test is required
for these last-named positions.
There are no age limits. Appoint
ments will be for the duration of
the war and for no more than 6
months beyond the end of the war.
HERE IS THE HOLE STORY
There’s a hole in the paper that’s
got to be filled.
The editor’s about to flng a fit. To
the marrow she is chilled.
The paper has to go to press oh
else-much disappointed.
And without a paper the editor
fears her immediate removal.
If only we could find some more
jokes, or maybe another ad,
The paper might not be so hot, but
at least the hole wouldn’t be
so bal.
If only people would try to get
their assignments in on time
Our readers would not have to smell
stuff like this obnoxious little
rhyme.
—M. A
Leonora straightened the objects
on her desk with great care. She
had put her desk at the end of her
room facing the door so that when
her mother came in she would have
to cross the whole room under Leo
nora’s stem executive eye to get to
her. From movies and pictures in
the newspapers Leonora had gotten
,a good idea of how the desk of a
busy woman of affairs should look.
With an important scowl, Leonora
picked up a sheet of paper. Now she
was two people — herself, ths busy
woman, and her own stenographer.
,“Miss Simpkins, take a letter to the
Secretary of the Treasury, wiU
you?” she murmured under her
breath. “Yes,
immediately,”
she murmured
back at hersalf.
Leonora
cleared her
throat and
looked at the
ceiling for in
spiration. Miss
Simpkins bent
over the sheet of paper hanging on
the words about to fall.
“Dear Mr. Morgenthau,” — “Got
that?” — “Yes, madam.”
“I am—ahem—thirteen years old
and anxious to be of all possible
service to the country at this time,
ahem!
“I earn a weekly income of from
$1.37 to $2.12 by helpmg with the
housework and by shovelling snow.
I am at present in possession of one
War Savings Bond and am buying
stamps weekly. I want to become a
member of the 10 percent Club. I
feel it to be—ahem—not only my
duty, but my privilege” (“How do
you spell privilege?” asked Miss
Simpkins. “Don’t bother me with
these details,” said Leonora)—my
privilege as an American to invest
at least ten percent of my income
in War Bonds.
Yours truly,”
“Get that off at once. Miss Simp
kins,” said Leonora. “Yes, Ma’am!
You certainly are an important
woman, ma’am,” said Miss Simp
kins.
(Letter from an actual communi
cation in the files of the Treasury
Department.) ■ IJ. S. 7>easury Department
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