Sept. 29, 1944.
THE SALEMITE
Page Three.
Letters From The Service
From Ensign Betty Moore (Salem
’44), now in the Waves:
“Each morntiig we’re up at 0:00,
cleaning up the room, fixing beds
and getting dressed. We are in uni
form now, with seersuckers on the
hot days—except Sunday is always
hlut?s. And they are wool blues!
YpsterdiTy, we had a big storm; so
today was. cool and we wore our
blues again—([uite comfortable. Of
course, we frequently start out with
our heavy raincoats, rubbers, and
havecocks, and it hasn’t failed to
clear up a single time! The choice
never up to us, though. . . .
“Went out to the Navy Yard.
We went right in on our uniforms
and T. D. cards and walked three-
fourths of a mile to the piers. Oh,
the ships we saw! There w('re two
cruisers in dock, one of which, the
tSpringfield, had been commissioned
just yesterday. We requested per
mission to come aboard, saluted the
quarter-deck then the officer of the
deck. We immediately attended
divine services on the quarter deck,
right out undt'r the sun and the
sky. An enlisted Wave played a
portable organ, and two more of
them who were there sang a trio. The
sailors and officers were all around
us. Wo could hardly hear the chapt
lain part of the time* for the noise of
riveting on the near-by ships and
the planes over-head. Behind the
X>ulpit were several of the large
colored signal flags.
After service’s we were taken to
the officer’s wardroom, which is
thc’ir lounge and mess room, and
met several of the officers, one a
N. C. bov. Another took us all over
th(« ton deck and bridges, and showed
us the guns, anchor, and plotting
rooms. This took fully an hour, and
it was good to put some of our
text book knowledge into practice.
We had been invited to mesa, so
went back to the wardroom after
wash hi O' up in the Admiral’s
Quartets!—the place he would stay
if he were aboard. Some midship
men had stayed, too, and we were
told that we were the first women to
eat in that wardroom. . . .
“Our teachers generally are gems,
f’ome have marvelous senses of hum
or and keep us in stitches. They
know we have no time; so they
scarcely suggest outside reading.
They tell us exactly what to learn
and what we don’t have to know.
We have quizzes frequently, as often
as every 'time, or every other time
we meet a class. For the most part
we have time to do our work suf
ficiently well. 4.0 ia the grading
scale, with passing at 2.5. Here’s
hoiiing!
“Our rooms are inspected most
everyday except Saturday and Sun
day and have to be “ship-shape”
and seaman-like until 1630 in the
afternoon (4:30). We have nothing
out in the room. The beds take at
least a half hour to make up on linen
exchange day, but the rest of the
time we sleep on our spreads! The
blankets on top are called admirals,
because they have a broad stripe
ENSIGN BETTY MOOKE
on them, and they have to be folded
just so, which is practically im
possible. The towels and wash clothes
also are in a specific way, the writ
ing in a certain position. Our'lock
ers have to have everything squared-
off, hung in graduated length, and
books arranged the same.
“Tt seems i>eculiar to be as casual
as we are at Northampton about
our trips to Boston and New York,
when at home a trip to New York
or Boston is planned for so well in
advance, anid looked forward to
with such great awe and enthusiasm.
Life in the Navy is much too ex
citing in itself for ,us to get ex
cited about everything. . . .
“Smith College is coming back in
session, and we see all the girls
around in their pretty clothes and
srblf clubs and long hair. Some even
have cars. The other morning we
saw some of the faculty members in
their academic gowns a liberal arts
education on the side! The other
night after our taps a bunch of
Amberst boys serenaded the Smith
College house across the street from
us. Sounded very collegiate, and
took us back to the ’ole days! . . .
“T guess you know that little tune
which says, “For I’m a Tar-heel
Born, Born, Tar-heel Bred, Bred, etc.
. . . ”f Well it is now graced by the
new words of, ‘‘For I’m a Comm-
Wave Born,” and so forth with the
words of the verse also being taken
from Carolina’s Alma Mater, and
pvcrvbody on the Tlill is singing it,
humming it, and whistling it in the
showers and in between class and on
the wav to mess. Tomorrow night at
the lecture we are planning to give
it it’s debut. Gee, but I sho’ do feel
at home with everybody singing that
good ole’ tune around here!
“We have oui* dog tags and are
really wearing them around our
necks. Also we have our little I. D.
(identification) cards, with the
pretty little pictures, that make us
look like fugitives—I couldn’t tell
you exactly what from. Aline is quite
creditable, considering the source'.
Y.W.C.A.
Column
Listcm, little sisters, at last you
can wear thoSe white dresses ■ which
you were asked to bring. Sunday
night is the time for Y. W. C. A.
installation service in the Old
Chapel at seven o’clock. This ser
vice will be held instead of the
usual vespers. Picture over a hundred
and fifty young girls in white with
^ lighted candles in the darkned Old
Chapel, and there you have our
lovely and impressive service. All
freshmen and transfers will parti
cipate. ... j
It is most interesting and inspir
ing to know that Salem College re
ceived a certificate of Highest Honor
for the work done in the World Stu
dent Service Fund this past year.
Our successful baby contest which
was held last spring was given a
write-up in the “Bright Ideas”
section of the W. S. 8. F. Hand
book for this year. . . .
Freshmen, we are especially count
ing on you to back us up by your
attendance at “Y” Watch and ves
pers 1
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Counterpoint Carrie
Lool(s. Listens, and Sighs
There’s a little fifinella up in the
tip top of Memorial Hall, and every
time a music Major pulls open the
ventilator, poor little Counterpoint
Carrie gets a tearful earful.
She hears Phyllis Cooper la la
la-ing. She is wakened in the morn
ing bv -Carolyn Furr’s “Improvisa
tion Moderne” (her own composi
tion). She eats her pickled polliwogs
at lunch time accompanied by Irene
Dixson’s pedal studies. And even
when she jOmps into her afternoon
nitroglycerin bath, she is tortured by
strains of “Malaguena.” (Is there
one music ms^jor who can’t play
that?)
All day long poor little Carrie has
to listen while Mary Wells
Bunting and Jean McNew go, “Mee
Mee Mee Mee, Mo, Mo, Mo, Mo,
Mo, Moo, Moo, Moo, Moo.” Her little
life is filled with “Inhale, e-xhale,
curve your fingers, elbows in, feet
and hands together.” . . . The life
she leads!
Only Carrie knows that the life
of a music major is not all peaches
and Phys. Ed.
And to think, that when Mary
Hunter Hackney kindly condescends
some day, “Y'es, you may have my
autograph,” casually Carrie’ll re
minisce, “I remember when she
sat for hours with her hands in
her lap doing pedal studies, and
kept me up all night trying to modu
late unchromatically. Ho hum.”
Ten years from now when .Tane
have their names in lights, Counter-
Frazier and Martha Moore Hayes
point Carrie will still be sitting up
in Meniorial Hall with her head in
Jier hands; it’s detachable, you
know.
Mr. Higgins Will Attend
Chemical Meeting
ProfesaoV Charles Higgins, head
of the Science Department, will at
tend a meeting of the American
Chemical Society in Charlotte on
September 29th. Mr. Higgins is the
chairman-elect of the Piedmont
Section of the society, which had
its opening meeting last year on
the Salem campus.
Dr. G. H. Gerke, head of the U. S.
Rubber Co. in Charlotte and an
outstanding authority on the sub
ject, will speak on the properties of
rubber at this opening meeting. It
is hoped that the next meeting of
the American Chemical Society will
be held here at Salem College.
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Thumb-Nail Sketch
Of Freshmen Life
It is with tearful eyes and woe
ful hearts that we gaze upon the
rejuvenated Salem. Where is the
peace and quiet we left last spring?
Gone. But then, who could expect
peace and quiet when one hundred
and twenty freshmen take over—
and what freshmen! That record-
breaking crew leaves no chance for
upper classmen to make news.
Why, just last night while passing
through Clewell we heard Paige
Daniels muttering, “ Verses to learn,
socks to wash, names to remember,
beds to make—ohhh, I give up!
Sophomores, come and get mel”
And that Clewell smokehouse—it
looks like Old Home Week in Rocky
Mount. Did you check Lib Price’s
agonized look when the tones of
that “smokehouse” piano reached
her perfect pitch ears?
Incidentally there are quite a few
campus cuties in Strong this year—
and they’re talented too! Babe’s
jiving and Marion’s monkey shines
are second to none. And for real
versatility, we refer you to Sal—she
can do it all!
Sister’s is powerfully quiet this
year, but the new .students seem to
like it almost as well as the girls of
last year.
Those double decker bunks haven’t
brought on much of a change—Leh
man is still the same ole place,
friendly as ever. And passing
through, we couldn’t possibly, miss
Johnnie!s new riding habit. That
even gives us the urge to ride.
And Society’s our new dorm this
year. There’re only eight freshmen,
but that’s enough to keep things
poping—Agnes (Shorty) Bowers, for
I’m learning to be a housewife!”
Jeanne admittes with unconcealed
enthusiasm. Yes, Mrs. .leanne Feuch-
enberger, who has kept house only
one month, is here at Salem to learn
more of the art of domestic science.
Jeanne, a freshman from Detroit,
Michigan, says lots of little ex
citing things have happened in her
life. But we can only work in the
highlights here. Born in .Minnesota,
.Teanne later moved to North De-
kota, where she lived for twelve
years. Last fall, she entered Cadet
Nurses Training in the Henry Ford
Hospital. Then in June (June 10,
1944, .leanne promps us), she was
married . . . and that’s how her
career changed from nursing to
home economics.
Joanne’s husband, a First Lieu
tenant in the Army Air Corps, is
on his .way to India. Until he re
turns, Jeanne states, Salem is the
perfect place for intervening years.”
During the past summer, Jeanne
travelled across the country twice,
visiting twenty-two states. She
finally landed here in Winston-Salem.
Temporarily, she is making her home
with the Persons . . . just down the
street.
You’ll like .Teanne. She has that
lovely golden blonde hair that we
air envy. Aside from being one
of our prettiest and most interesting
freshmen, she’s friendly and ever so
easy to know.
—Janet .lohnston
instance. She’s already started a
movement to lower all the ceilings
a couple of yards.
And did you see that Freshman at
the bus stop the other day? Sho
wouldn’t even ride in the bus be
cause the driver was a stranger. Well,
after all, somebody has to follow the
handbook! '
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