November 19, 1943.
THE SALEMITE
Page Three.
FILTH COLUMN
REPORTING:
Well, where were the seniors last
week-end? They really hibernated
—what with the Med School party,
Betty Moore and her Harry here,
Charlie and her Eay, the huge open
fire, and a few to home. Of all the
seniors we find that Mary Jane
Kelly made the best impression
Sd called twice last night. But the
one who made the best imprefssion
with the seniors was Ed Chow from
Chungking. Especially did he im
press V. V. and he really looked quite
smitten when getting her signature.
Plans are coming forth for the
Dec. 4th I. R. S. dance, and there
may be a chance of getting the High
Point cadets. The most excited per
son in this school is Helen McMil
lan—Bud is coming home. Also ex
cited was Tap Swlnson with her new
new pictures of Bob— from Aus
tralia. Sue is looking forward to
Thanksgiving and Washington and
seeing Jake—sounds like fun. ..Ella
Lou has on display a wonderful pic
ture of Harold. You’d do well to
see it, and in color, too.
Citadel bound this weekend are
Sarah Merritt, Helen Bobbins, Bar
bara Watkins, Edith Longest, and
Helen Thomas. Did. you hear of
Helen’s wire to John? “Damn the
torpedoes, full speed ahead to Cit
adel. ” Have a good time, girls. (And
were we surprised when we heard
Bill and Edith had broken up!)
The greater part of Lehman is
heading for Chapel Hill and the
Duke-Carolina game this weekend.
Betty G., Peggy N., and Pormy are
among those included. Tormy has
recently been dealing with a hand
some Lt. from Camp McCall—no go
tho he did try to get in touch with
her over the entire weekend. And
how about that last good news from
Paul, Garrison?
Also Carolina-bound this week
end are K. Maiming, Polly Starbuck,
K. Traynham, Sehia Midyette, Ann
Barber, Doris Little, Betty Harris,
Julia Garrett, Martha Sherrod, Lou
Stack and a few more we’ve proba
bly overlooked (and we’ll miss Nan
cy Kenny, too, whil6 she’s away).
Congratulations to Bobby Hawk
ins, who will say ‘‘‘I do” in Decem
ber.
Prom the day students we learn
that McNair has a bid to the Med
dance already! Why isn’t she bring
ing Ben to our dance? What was
Phyllis Hill’s big problem last Mon
day night? Having trouble Kitty
trying to decide which Med student
to ask to the dance? How is Mrs.
Park walking around without a heart
since it is sailing the seas? What’s
this we are hearing about ‘‘The
Three Unconquerables”? They are
taking the town by storm. We won
der what’s so interesting in Norfolk
for Juanita Miller lately. It seems
that a certain boy from V. P. I. has
been seeing Louise Taylor every
weekend. Who said men were scarce?
Prom all reports, Kitty Angelo, Nan
cy Hyatt, and Louise Totherow had
three sets of dates last weekend.
We hear that this year’s freshman
class is full of those things com
monly known as “snakes”! Among
the latest of these are Bernice Bunn,
Iiight Joslin, and Mae Noble. Light
visited Frances Elder last weekend
and in the course of the visit po
litely (?) took Frances’ man! Win-
ston-Salem’s ‘ ‘ Sonny” can’t make up
his mind between blonde Mae Noble
and brunette Sally Boswell!!! As
for Bunny, she isn’t quite sure how
sue stands, so she’ll have to save it
for a later date!
Those sad looks on Patty’s and
Betty’s faces are all because Tommy
and Henry are “in the army now.”
Too bad, girls, but now you know
how the rest of us feel . . .
That bracelet Carol Gregory ig
flashing around is really good-look
ing. Now she can’t make up her
mind—is it Joe or Jule? Or is it
Billy? These girls that can take
their pick . . .
Alice Cannichael’s call Monday
night all the way from New York
caused quite a bit of excitement.
If you ask her what he wanted she
nonchalantly replies, “Oh, just a
date for Christmas Eve”!
Ticka Senter’s face is still bright
after weekending at Duke. Mar
guerite Worth and BlUle Eose Beck-
Hello Dear-
“The reason I have not written
is that I have been on an exhaustive,
and exhausting, visit to London.
Yes, the Yankee Doodle went to
London. The attendant preparations
for, and recuperation from, my trip
kept me from writing as I should
have.
I had to arise at the ungodly hour
of 4 a. m. to leave, so you can im
agine, with that as a starter, what
the rest of it was like. I believe I
saw everything of major importance
the fair city has to offer. I made a
pretty close examination of some
places the names of which sound
something like this: Picadilly Cir
cus, Trafalgar Square, The House of
Parliament, Westminster Bridge,
Westminster Abbey, St. James Park,
Buckingham Palace, The Tower of
London and about umpteen dozen
other places. I spent some time in
St. Paul’s and Westminster.
Altogether I should say that I
walked upward of 800 miles' in a
couple of days. That is a modest
estimate, as my feet are still sore.
I don’t regret a bit of it though. I
covered that town like a blanket. . I
couldn’t get very close to No. 10
Downing so I didn’t get a glimpse
of “Winnie.” It’s really a nice
town for all its age. It doesn’t
impress one as being as big as it
really is.
You seem to be having a wonder
ful time back in those dear old
States. Keep the good work up.
One can never tell when something
might happen and end those things.
Some day I will be back to enjoy
those things with you. You write
of doing the simple, natural little
things that are far removed from
here at this moment. A horseback
ride, a movie, dinner at home or in
a nice place somewhere, or just
browsing through a day lackadaisi
cally, all done without the knowl
edge that you’ve got to be back
in camp by 11 p. m., would be won
derful. Just keep right on living
like that. I want you to keep in
practice so you can teach me how
when I get back. I daresay I’ve
forgotten.”
What’s In a Name?
(Mary Alice Neilson)
erdite are planning big things for
their weekend at Carolina which be
gins tomorrow. Billie Eose doesn’t
go anything but B. M. O. C.’s—she
dates the president of the freshman
class at Duke, Ben Flowe . . . Speak
ing of freshman presidents, our own
Prue Coyte is (?xpecting a picture
any day now from, shall we say, her
“big moment.”
We all mistook Betty Bell’s moth
er for Betty’s sister. They really
look like twins!
Mary McIntyre and her roommate,
Jean McNew were, without a doubt,
the happiest persons on third floor
Sunday night . . . they both got
calls from their favorite “fellows.”
Ellen Brannock seems to have for
gotten her “one and only” para
trooper . . . g]ie’s all out for the
Navy now!
Shef Liles must have been efxcited
Friday . . . g},g missed her hometown
by thirty miles, and had to go all
the way back!
^ow, seriously, we must ask that
3^1 girls without dates stay out of
the living rooms over the weekend.
The campus is literaWy buzzing with
activity. Remember, stay out of
tlie living room—go only to the base
ment of Clewell, by the way—and
visit the “Gingham Tavern.”
Once upon a time there lived on
Mt. Mitchell a Young boy named
Eichard who was very puzzled—he
didn’t know which he wanted to
be: a soldier or a Farmer. What a
Eiddle! So he decided that the best
thing for him to do was to visit
both an army Fort and a farm and
then make up his mind as to which
he liked better.
As he approached the military
camp he noticed that a big Stone
Wall surrounded the place. He
climbed over and saw inside over
2000 soldiers Manning the Garrison.
How Noble of them, he thought.
Outside the recreation room he saw
a wonderful Bollin alley but right
in the Senter there were several
men in a huddle Casteen dice. (’D-
orton do that, he warned himself).
Eichard watched the camp activities
for the Longest kind of a time and
decided on the whole the men were
very Ernest about their work and
Merritt the praise of all. “Weir all
for you,” he Holler-ed as he bade
farewell to army life, “but it’s not
the job for me.”
The family rejoiced when their
son came home from the venture.
“Howell you look,” they all ex
claimed—except his sophisticated sis
ter who immediately asked, “How
do you like McNew hat?” (She
Hicks as she says “my”). How do
you like the lace on it? I just Love
lace!”
It wasn’t long, however, until our
hero’s feet began to itch again and
he started on his trip to the farm.
As he walked along the country
Ehodes, he met a Barber, a Taylor,
a Miller, a Weaver, and a man named
Jonies. They all advised him to go
West. Wooten you take their Coun
cil? Eichard took it for what it
was Worth and went Joslin on his
way, Whittle-ing as he went. After
a while he became hungry. He Tuck
er last Swift look at the Nichols
in his pocket and bought some Her
ring and a Bunn. This satisfied him
enough to climb the big Hill ahead
of him—even though he could have
eaten a ton—a Fulton.
He came to a beautiful country
Lane covered with Eedfeams,
Brown Eeids, and green Moss. Un
derneath a tree he saw a Loving pair,
Adams and Eva. “Ah Love,” Eich
ard gasped, “Holder tight.”
Further on he saw a rabbit. When
he realized what striking Furr the
creature had, he started to Chase
him with his Eodd—but the rabbit
was Slye and hid with the Coons
and Daniel in the lion’s Denning.
Eichard noticed every Byrd that
flew by, be it Eohbins, Mock-ing
birds, or Crow-ells. As he was walk
ing on the Shore by the lake, he saw
a beautiful White Swann.
At last he came to the farm. The
Farmer, with a Steele Hamer in his
Hand, was tying a Bullock near the
Hayes Stack. “Great Scott, I’m
glad to see you,” he Clapp-ed. “I
need all the help I can get to raise
bigger and better crops for our fight
ing men. Go down that Hall, turn
to the Eeich, and get a pair of ov
eralls out of the Garrett.”
Our friend, happy to have chosen
his life work, now feels like a New
man.
Moral: Please, no Moore of this.
It’s Hackney-ed. It ought to be
against the Law.
(Any reference to persons living
or dying at Salem College is Avera
strange incident.)
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BUSTLE OF BITTING
Voices calling from third to first
about a telephone call; symphonies
and jazz issuing from neighboring
rooms; lights all night; studying and
bridge games; serious bull sessions
and un-seniorish shouts—all this
makes up “Bitting.”
Probably the most frequent re
mark in Senior is, “Let’s go to bed
early tonight.” This is usually said
when the senior groans as she looks
at her haggard countenance. As one
senior aptly put it, “I’m so tired of
looking at my bags every morning!”
By night this wise saying has been
forgotten, and after the heavy study
ing (!), Bitting lets down her hair.
There is one group of seniors that
really goes into that in a big way —
they make themselves into modern
Cleopatras (c. f. — Senior class
stunt ’42) and parade through the
building, not infrequently bumping
into dates — other people’s I mean.
The parties in “Sitting’s Bottom”
are for all of Senior, given at the
slightest excuse of a birthday. After
cokes and crackers, the crowd starts
singing. The favorites right now
are, “It Can’t Be Wrong,” “Power
in the Blood” and “Minnie, the
Mermaid.”
Actually, it is whispered, the Sen
iors are already turning to their
second childhood. Imagine anyone
playing “London Bridge” in the
middle of the hall, at midnight I
Finally the building is quiet,* and
the worn-out senior sinks blissfully
onto her ‘ ‘ double spring” mattress
only to feel her solicitous roommate
pull her out of bed with “Let’s go
down for a cigarette!”
Settled at long last, the room
mates begin on the ever-important
subject.— men; what they think of
so-and-so’s date and that she cer
tainly can do a good paint job. He
just didn’t appeal to them, anyway!
(Bitting’s favorite song right now
is, “My Ideal.” It’s so “true to
life!”)
And, being seniors, their minds at
times, do run in serious channels, so
some nights roommates discuss jobs,
religion, and the various values of
different teachers.
Around two a. m. senior building
is really quiet, only to hum again at
seven a. m. with the groans of “Just
look at my circles! Let’s go to bed
early tonightl”
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