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AT THE THEATRES
Women of the Week
BETSY CASTEEN
A lot of people call her “cocky,”
so I called her ‘ ‘ cocky” to her fa»e
to watch her reaction ... a fire
cracker might just as well have ex
ploded. “I am not cocky,” she
shouted, “I just have an inferiority
complex I have to hide!” Those
who know her feel that she cer
tainly makes a successful cover-up
. . . strutting along, tossing her feet
forward and her head backward.
If you’ve ever played dolls and
had a favorite that you could
throw around and have it always
bounce back at you as good as new
—you had a replica of Betsy Cas-
teen. She is adorable from the tip
of her dirty saddle shoes to the
top of her curly copi>er-colored
hair. Always with a twinkle in her
blue eyes, she can be as pert as a
clown; and it’s impossible to get
offended ... all one can do is
laugh, which makes her all the more
violent.
She is from lieakesville, N. C.,
but spent most of her holidays in
Greenville, N. 0., to be near her
current heart-throb . . . that is until
he joined the Air Corps. And if
you’ve ever been fortunate enough
to double-date with her . . . wow'
Ain’t love grand?
But why should anyone tell you
aliout Betsy Casteen? She is ev
erywhere from the basketball court
to the smoke house . . • you might
even catch her studying now and
then. The smoke house is her main
place of existence^ however; and if
you ever see a lou# green plaid
skirt, red sweater matching her hair,
and something sticking up behind
. . . that’s Betsy. If you need a
lift or a bit of fuu, go over and
talk to her. She will be glad to
oblige — providing you don’t call
her “cocky.”
NANCY SNYDER
She moves about just as if she
were a puppet on strings — mean
ing that if anybody was ever loose-
jointed, she is. Certainly this is
_ compliment; for everyone will tell
you how nice it is to have Nancy
collapse all around you and just chat
—oh, for any length of time. She
has discovered the secret of the
good conversationalist »— namely,
that of making you think that the
story of your operation is the most
thrilling,isd etaoi shrdl cmfw cmfw
interesting bit of gossip she has
ever heard. The odd part of it is
tbat she ..is ..interested genuinely
and thoroughly interested in what
you hav« to say.
Nancy is a Home Ec major and
is apparently rather fond of tte
color red. It se©ms that in a recent
clothing exhibit, she swung down
the aisle in three costumes all a
fire truck red. Suffice H to say
her’s is not a retiring personality.
Even though not addicted to the
weed—Nancy is one of the more fre
quent visitors to the Smoke House.
Almost any time of day, you will
find her there folded up all over the
floor—enjoying hugely whatever is
going on around her. Of course
when the love-of-her-life-Kandy was
here, she sat on chairs—but that was
because Randy found it too hard to
get up from the floor.
The only time Nancy’s company
is in the least painful is on those
Monday mornings after a visit to
U. Va. and Bandy. Her conversa
tion is still as bright as ever—but
she grows such deep brown circles
around her eyes that it is quite
distressing to look at her.
However—disregarding such _oS
days as the ones above—it is quite
easy to say that Nancy is one of
the best people in the world to be
around.
SOME PAGES FROM
A SENIOR’S NOTES
IMARTHA’S
I MUSIN6S!
Ah, spring! You’ll have to admit
it’s a pretty wonderful season . . .
except, of course, for a fefw dark
clouds like classes, term papers, oral
reports and school in general. But
if if there weren’t school to fuss
about it would probably be the
WAACS, or the WAVES.
What a miserable week-end NOK-
MIE spent on restriction—^but we
hear that Miss Turlington, had oth
er ideas about Normie’s W£fek-end.
And speaking of the week-end,
wasn’t Ben Washburn the most pe
culiar-looking person trying to hide
those two blankets under his coat
Sunday afternoon?
Could we have missed ADAIB’S
Ladd this week-end? I guess a
young man’s fancies do turn even
when he’s in the naval air corps.
MAC MUKBAT declares ' that
nothing could be more perfect than
the way her schemes to get to see
BOBBY are working out. It’s the
weather what’s doing it.
Now what’s Allen Sawyer got that
Bill Jake ain’t? We say nothing,
but what does SABAH HENBY say?
We were beginning to worry about
BECKY CANDLEB — after all,
Mrs. Beal was her roommate; and
well, you know, we were just kinda
worried.
—BROADCAST—
be performed. Marian will .sing her
song entitled ** Smells”, a most un
usual name for a very entertaining
song. Her piano composition, “Tom
cat”, is most subtle, even in its
rather straight forward manner.
Margiirot Leinbach will likewise
hav« two compositions on the pro
gram. “Circus Day at Pumpkin
Center”, her piano solo, is care-free
and humorous in vein. Contrasting
in Mood is her vocal composition,
“Snow Toward Evening,” a lyric
impressionistic number. Marian
Gary will sing both vocal numbers
and Margaret will accompany.
Also featured on the broadcast
will be a two-piano number played
by Lacy Lewis and Dr. Vardell.
This “Suite in Canon Form,” by
Arensky is written for two pianos
and is one of the outstanding num
bers on Lacy’s recital program
which takes place Monday night.
The broadcast is a most unusual
and interesting one and you are all
invited to be present at Memorial
Hall, Sunday evening.
But She^s Nice
^Have a Weed?
—WEEKS—
be a definite and stimulating in
crease in American writing. Being
editor of the Atlantic IVTontlily, ne
cessitates his being on the look
out for new writers. At the present
he is particularly interested in dis
covering a new American humorist.
“Humor used to be an American
characteristic,” he says, “but some
thing has happened to us these past
ten years, for today there certainly
is not enough of it to go around. I
have been on the search for a new
American humorist, some one who
bv making us laugh at ourselves will
give us a refreshment we can’t oth
erwise possess. Someone who will
do for our generation what Artemus
Ward, Mark Twain, Mr. Dooley and
Will Bogers did for theirs.”
Mr. Weeks states also, that good
short story writers have become
fewer and fewer. He presses the
importance of getting more “sweet
ness and light’ ’ into the writings of
short stories. He does not object,
however, to humble stories of the
degraded personality if they are
told skillfully and realistically. On
the other hand, Mr. Weeks says that
“poetry, which is clearer and more
meaningful’’ is definitely on the in
crease.
Great Hoppin Hortense but this
politicing is wearing me down to
a grease drop, I have passed out so
many cigars, cigarettes, and chew
ing gum that I fell like a night
spot gal. Hoarse—thats’ me. I ve
just plain talked myself black in the
face for my ciiiididates. If ya don't
believe me, just please toll me why
I nearly landed on the stage Tues-
dav morning to sing with the rest
of them fine folks. PoUtic'ing—that s
what done it.
And talking about slapping people
on the back, I’v« been on ^ more
backs than a new sweater in the
dorm. Funny thing—when I slap
folks on the back I always get a
rise out of them—in the form of a
blister—doggonit!
After a whole week of politicing,
I can pump palms like a represent
ative from the Ajax' Plumbing
Company. Hmmn believe I’ll give
up the hectic life of a politician
and start demonstrating pumps.
Have you ever heard of a stuffed
turkey? What about a stuffed shirt?
Hold your hats kids when the next
ballots are tallied you are going to
hear of a stuffed ballot box—and
also of a young lady with the stuff
ings knocked out of her. ^
Yours truly—the politician
Oh well—Tally-ho!
YOU DON’T SAY!
Los Angeles, Calif. (A. C. P.)
That the lay world has small idea
of the developments in chemistry
and what the war will usher in is
indicated by Dr. G. Bos^' Bobert-
son, director of the chemical labo
ratories on the Los Angeles campus
of the University o^ California.
Whereas in 1883 only 15,000 or
ganic chemical compounds were
known, in 1936 th^ number rose to
350,000, and there are now more
than 450,000.
“Undoubtedly large numbers of
compounds are known to industries
but are still being guarded as indus
trial secrets,” says Prof. Bobertson.
Each arrangement of atoms found
in organic compounds is absolutely
precise as to number, weight and
volume of constituent parts, and
represents a chemical compound. A
single combination, therefore, may
occasionally represent a new ten-
million dollar industry.”
Did everybody see KIIACKY
WALSEB with' Doe? Looking
mighty happy.
We’re wondering why Addison
Hawley doesn’t register here—but
then he’s securely registered with
Uncle Sammy.
And then there was Noyes here to
see EGG-HEAD GBIFFIN. The
Army’s really taking them.
There’s nothing like getting two
and three letters from George, is it
BET? And it was rumored that the
flame went out.
DOBIS LITTLE returned from
Chapel Hill last week-end. with broad
grins and some marvelous news for
KIIACKY T. Who am I kidding?
CABLOTTA is operating these
days — George one night, Tony the
next — but never Virgil again.
MABY BOYLAN’S ideas about
this war are really changed . . .
’specially since her three best bets
are married. But at least she’s seen
Sterling Hayden.
MOLLY BOSEMAN did get the
sweetest letter. Yes — “Precious
jewels come in small packages.”
Another sign of spring is the
crowd on the athletic field playing
softball. And speaking of softball
this is the proper place for Martha
to limp to the room and massage her
aching muscles.
And that romance of FANNIE
NEAL’S is on the wane. He lacks,
she has decided, that “certain sub-
lety.”
JEAN FULTON has cancelled all
plans except Boanoke ones^ for
awhile because of a certain brown
eyed Trinkle person.
Also from Sisters’ comes a great
wail which has been traced to
MABY MILLEB who can’t get the
g osign from papa for those wedding
bells.
(Mary Best)
Its a process which they call edu
cation. Some folks get it and some
folks don’t. It takes at least four
years in concentrated form to get
any recognition; in which four
years every student is exposed to at
least 600 hours of taking notes. As
we said, some folks get it . . . some
folks don’t.
MYTHOLOGY: Besults of exten
sive scholarship have proved that
the identity of Homer is a complete
mystery. He could, hav« been a
whole crowd of folks — or then
again, he could have been Homer.
Since about twenty cities claim him,
he was probably several guys named
Homer. He made a lot of mistakes
in the I. and the O. — but that
doesn’t really prove anything ’cause
a lot of writers do (exactly what
I don’t know) : (%fl
and endless other profundities prove
that you have to be a scholar not
to know who Homer is — though it
doesn’t really bear on the poetry at
all. Miss F— has not read her les
son — I can tell by the way she is
pretending to concentrate. The ra
diator is also deeply moved by this
discussion — or perhaps just by a
poke from Hampton. Look up the
story about Hephaestus and Ares—
Note: it is very obscene. The O.
is a better story and is really more
i artistically done — it has unity of
time, character, etc.; but the I. is
greater anyhow (subject to debate
and probable exam question). Saved
by the bell. Note; please read all
the assignment next time — it ain’t
such a strain that way.
POLITICAL THEOBY: The fram
ers of the Constitution were nothing
but a crowd of rich men who mar
ried rich women, which only made
them richer. John L. Lewis certain
ly keeps a brew brewing. If cap
ital can organize, so can labor;
though) some daddies don’t think so.
If wages are raised, prices must be
raised — and then wages must be
raised again, which is really a bad
thing but can’t be helped. There
are three economic factions in
America — the rich;- the poor, and
the poorer. If you bought a bond
for $75.00, you would feel gypped
if you couldn’t get but $2.50 for it.
Carolina—
Mon. - Tues.: Shadow of a Do'^bt
with John Cotton and Theresa
W right.
Wed. - Sat.: Arabian Nights, a tech
nicolor film starring Jon Hall and
Maria Montez.
State—
Mon. - Tues.; Night Mare.
Wed. - Thurs.: The Boogie Man Will
Get You.
Fri. - Sat.: Idajio.
Forsyth.—■
Mon. - Tues.: Now Voyager, star
ring Botte Davis.
Wed. - Thurs.: A Yank at Eton,
with Mickey Booney.
Fri. - Sat.: Palm Beach StorY, with.
Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea
and Budy Vallee.
Note: bonds are very unstable —
don’t buy any. The federalists ig
nored the Bousseau-an democratic
ideas because they really weren’t
the least bit democratic (the F’s,
not B). Sleep, where is thy sting?
Note: look up that quote about
sting—this ain’t right. Alexander
Hamilton had a lot to do with the
whole thing. Pvt. Joe Lee, Camp
Lee, Lee-de-Lee-de-de. The framers,
like some other people, thought that
what was in their heads was law, but
that is not the ease.
ABT: Whistler was born in Amer
ica so We claim him, though he
painted in England and was influ
enced by the Japanese. The im
pressionistic art is a weak thing be
cause it doesn’t have any lines.
Note; Whistler’s mother (Why does
n’t somebody jerk that chair out
from under her?) The design is
planned with light patches and, dark
patches. Another picture, another
patch-work —‘ really great art!
Buskin should have stuck to litera
ture. Do not be emphatic atout •
disUking anything, you might be
wrong — instructor’s wisdom!
Whistler’s mother again. Note in-'
teresting pattern. See K. about go
ing to town. Does Kelly green real
ly look all right with navy? Note
the high sky line copied from the
Japanese, At the same time that
Neo-classicism was going on, so was
romanticism, Whistler’s real value
is controversial—and isn’t every
thing?
TheVery Same Spring
From Two Viewpoints
JUST A GAY COTTON
CAN CHEER THE DAY
Co-ed Fry has dropped off to just
ordinary courting now — could be
the Clewell anti-bench committee
got ’im.
Bye.
(Peggy Nimocks)
It’s spring again and blossoms of
love are bursting into beautiful
flowers of romance. The milk
tastes like onions, and the flies are
flitting in and out the window.
And where does this get us? ... to
the point where we’re all insanely
impatient for spring vacation. At
this stage of the game, the campus
uniform is unusually interesting:
some are trudging about in saddle
shoes disguised in ink and filth and
winter; sweaters not disguising the
room-mate’s si?:e forty box as well
as. their' own thirty-two; and form
erly, supposedly pleated skirts. On
the exceedingly springy days. May
emerges in her new spring pinafore
or a ragged one which somehow man
aged to bear up under last summer’s
rare and tear - . * and on her little
tootsies, she displays bright un
rationed play-shoes. Then, just as
the summer rags are inventoried
and donned, comes that true and
dependable Winston weather ...
storm clouds, rain, and thunder
Some acclimate themselves to the
shift of season with real decent
looking, if somewhat dirty, rain
coats . . . but some swathe them,
selves in the shower curtain plus the
gardener’s hat pulled down over the
eyes, and sally forth ihto the weath
ers. And on their feet are found
the most unique of all apparel . . .
thigh boots, wooden shoes, and
beach sandals. Then^ of course, you
can’t miss the gym divisions
spots of black, red, and white lurk
ing beneath rain-coated surfaces.
Nor can yoii miss those brazen lass
ies who enter into the world in
ONLY TERM PAPERS
PRODUCE SUCH PAIN
(Bosalind Clark)
Do you all of a sudden look down
and find your ears scraping the
ground? Do your beautiful cup-like
eyes have big dark saucers under
them? Do your friends ask you if
you have T. B.? If you have these
symptoms, you are suffering from
a severe ailment called term-paper-
itis. Beginning symptoms may oc
cur maybe six months before actual
outbreak, but you never realize it
has got you in its grip until too late.
The age group it usually strikes is
the college age group. Although
many things have been done to try
to put down the dreaded ailment,
nothing has succeeded favorably yet.
The cause for the ailment is not
definitely known, but there has been
much discussion about it. The ac
tual time that term-paperitis lasts
about six weeks and then it sud
denly clears up although the effects
will usually last much longer. Its
marked effects on the body are: a
fe\^ered brain, gnawed fingernails,
and general weakness. Groups usu
ally get it together instead of sep
arate people because it is so contag
ious. Only one remedy has "been
found that is very satisfactory. If
taken in large doses, it is usually
more effective. It is called Spring
Vacation.
merely unmentionables . . . plus top
coats. Late in the afternoons the'
cute girls, the ones with dates, come
.bouncing out in love . . . ah, but the
spring inspires love! . . . and clean
ed spectators.
So goes the bright spring day . . .
and so goes the collegiate uniform!