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Page T wo. THE SALEMITE Feb. 2, 1945. OON’T FENCE US IN! Kvery spi'iiis' it’s the .same old story, and no matter how hard you try you eaii’t even find a new way to tell it. It begins around the first ol' February when the rains cease Ion" eiiouj^h for the sun to eonie out and the dead lookinjr rrass blades bejjin to perk u)) with a lively new sreen color on. At times the air is so warm that we leave our coats in the buildings be- hii '1 us and walk outdoors with a new kind of !.':aietv. Aii'J here’s where tiie clinui.x of t!ie story (‘0i.)es. We walk everywhere—on the streets aii(! sidewalks but also on the lawn and across ecrners—on tlie grass. The jjrass can’t' survive tl'e hosts of tram])in}r feet, and it dies leav ing: barren spots ainon" the irreeii. Then ilr. Iligfran conies to the rescue an I ])uts ui> lit'le fences /(*very^^■]lere and we all fviss :ibout the fences. That’s the end of the sad little story. l)Ut the 1945 chaj)ter is just beginning. \V!;y don’t we fjive it a different emling this year—a iitte unexpected turn ? So fai‘, Mr. Txi^jjan has put up only one little fence this sprint;. Just as he was finishin*; that one he heard son^eone in Bitting siniinr ‘‘Don’t Fence Jle In’’ and he just didn’t liave the heart to put nj) any more rf his green posts. -Maybe if we make that OUT' theme soiifr and keep off the "ra.ss, too, t!iere won’t be any more fences—not even the ' et'k before May Day! It would be a delight ful unexpected tui'n, all right. . . . MESSACE FROM THE “Y” Each Sunday night, at \'es[)ers are held in the recreation room of Louisa Wilsoif liitting Building. The program committee works continuously and tirelessly in an effoit to give Salemites worthwhile and hel])ful pro grams. The work of securing good sjteakers and planing interesting programs has seeming ly been wasted on 95 per cent of the student body. The attendaiuje .iu.st isn’t! Tiie program committee would like to have speakers from town. One cannot ask a speaker to come out to Salem and address an audience of fifteen. And it ‘s (|uite eMibarassing to have nu)re faculty- inembei's present at Vespers than students. On January 14, Miss Bonney gave one of tlie best programs of the year, and the student body was elsewhere. Those who heard hei- felt they had I'eceived an edifying experience. Th Y.\V.('.A. is sui)posed to be an integral ))art of each Salemite’s college life. Why don’t you go to Vespers? Vespers are planned to appeal to the students. Salemites are missing a good thing and fail to realize it. CJo to \"espers, support the V, and i)rofit wisely from your exi)erience. The Y Cabiaet I’uhlislied Weekly By The Student Kody Of Salem College .\fciiil)er Soutliern Iiiter-Cdllegiatf Pre.ss .\ssociation .'I l\srKl!Ti().\ 1’RI.CK - $12. YKAK - 10c Of)I Y KDITORI A I, DKI>A ({TMfJ.N'T Kditor-iii (‘liief M;ir\ Ellen Hyrd A.ssistiHit Kditdr KfFie Kuth Maxwell Associate Kditor Hazel Watts .Sports Editor Mary Lucy Haynes ftlusic Editor I’eggy Davis Copy Kditor Helen McMillan M j.ke-uj)-Editor Virtie Stroup i>'pature Editor Marguerite Miillin Facility Advisor Miss Jo'ss Byrd Senora Lindsey, >'rances Ijaw, Martha Boatwright. Helen Thomas, Bi'ruice Buun, Catherine Bunn, .lau'> Mulliellem, Coit Kedfearn, Adele Chase, .Tanet John ston, K’oealind Clark, Genevieve Frasier, Margaret f^l.yres, Lynn Williard, Lucile Newman, Rosamond Put- /.el, I’eggy Taylor, Margaret Fisher, Constance Scog gins. Maria Hicks, Rebecca Clapp, Jane Calkins, Jane Bell, Peggy Davis, Sheffield Tales, Lois Wooten, ^tar- g!iret Williams, Sarah Hege, Nell .Tane Griffin, Jane Lovelace, and Martha Lou Heitman. BL’^SLNERS DEPARTMENT Kmily Harris Business Manager 'Kli/.abeth Beckwith Ass't, Business Manager Mildred Garrison Circulation JIanager Betsy Thomas .'idvertising Manager Helsy Long. Doris I,ittlc, Marianne Everett, Kathleen l’liilli]is. ]\r}utlia Walton. Sheffield Liles, l.omie Lou Mills. Margaret Brown, Martha Harrison, Winifred Wall, Mary Farmer Brantley, Nancy Hills Davis, Margaret Nichols, IMary Frances McN'et'lv, Mfiigaret (’arler, Bettv Hennessee, Ifollie Catneron, Norma Rhoades. Mary Stevens. Marion Waters, Sallv Bosewell, Carol Beckwith, Edith Longe.^t, Ellie Eodd. Ann Hairston, Mary Elizabeith Reimers, Barbara Watkins, Margaret West. Dodie Bayley,'.\gnes Bowers, Greta Garth, Catherine Bunn, IjesHe Hullard, Emma Mitchell, and Henrietta 'Walton. © ESQUIRE. INC.. 1945 Reprinted (rom the February issue oS Esquire ‘Someone called her for a date' Don’t Quote Me—But.... Sprint; ;it last is on it.s way . . . tr.M-lii and our spirit.s are nil the win;;—ain’t it wonderful having the sun about agwin? There is no reason to go back aiirt recall them filthy e.xams . . . what Phidias must think of us for putting that "Ludorisl Throne” off on him . . . or u'liat new delight ShOrridan must have experienced when— but it's of no cnnse(juence—We must, however, recognize Dr. Jordan’s relajise into kindness . . . After taunting his weary French, examees for the first limir lie suddenly trips out and, shortly afterwards, re turns with a round of cokes . . . That, if you please, should be' come a cu.stomi .\»d then there was registration . . . Who for goodness sakes dreamel that one up? Any year now, we [iredict, a course in Registra tion will be ‘ ffered if not required ... We hope you’ve noticed that Miss Kark is still here . . . usually about this time of year a tinge of excitement runs through our noble hearts as we wonder what the new semester brings in the form •of an art teacher . . . Ummmmin, nice isn’t it? . . . But then we had better not brag too hard ’cause from previfius experience we have fourd that tlie gremlins can read. What with Miss Kark and Joan both .'Moinid, this Southern drawl of ours seems pretty flat doesn’t it? So we liave chucked the old home town brogue and now can whip up an •‘Oh, 1 say now” just as broad as the next Londoner. What we definitely love is the temperament of the chapel organ —;ht‘ croup, perhaps, every one else has it . . . -\nd the psycliic i)owers of Dr. Ansconibe—ain't they amazing, tho? Just like the man said . . . ,iust like the man said—first about our Tuesday Chapel program and then abont our Philosophy class— All probable knowledge ... all probable . . . then, too, to (juote him “Since we have developed television bv machinery we have saved evolution the time” ... or “why won’t you will to do what you won’t.”' All probable knowledge . . . Well, cheerio old things . . . AfKMttei “AM£RICA LATINA” by Salvador Ifueda Las palinas .son la gloria, y los palmares Cubrir de gloria a .‘America parecen; Los mares son lo inmenso, y la guarnec.en Vastos espejos de estruendosos mares. Los rios son poesia, y con cantares Las liras de cien rios la erisordecen; Los montes son grandeza, y la enaltecen de Cordilleras seculares. Pueblo que, cara al Sol, grande caraina; Hunde su apocaliptica retina Del tiempo venidero en lo profundo; Y contempla a su raza triunfadora La hostia elevar, sublime y redentora, Que ha de mirar arrodillado el mundo. THE NEW REGISTRATION SYSTEM The registration system for the second semester was different. Miss Hixson put forth a great effort to improve the old method. Some students liked the new system; others did not. Here are two contrasting opinions. What do you think? p]d. The new type of registration which was tried at the beginning of this seiriester has received a great deal of comment, botli favorable and tnifavorable. As a great deal of work and plan ning went into this new tyi>e of registration we regret to say that for the most part it is necessary for many of us to criticize rather than ))raise this new system. The changes made in the organization of second semester ;'egistration seemed to me quite effective.. There seemed -to be less confusion than there was the first semester; everyone seemed to know what she was doing. Explicit directions were given and each step of registra tion was carefully explained. There were enough faculty members present to facilitate a more rapid registration. There was not even a bottleneck in the-double cheeking of sched ules. The chief advantages of the new system are Slaving appointments made for a definite time with one’s faculty adviser and also sep arate registration for freshmen and upper classmen. This eliminates the/students’ crowd ing around the facilty advisers, and the re- stdting confusion. When an appointment was concluded, one moved to another table to fill out the class cards rather than filling them out at the faculty adviser’s desk. This was another time-saver. I think that this improvement was a de finite step in the direction of more efficent and |uicker registration, and eventually perhaps we shall have a completely painless registra tion ! Martha Lou Heitman The assignment of appointments to each student might have proved very successful had all students been required to be on the cam pus by two o’clock Monday afternoon. As this was not the case, many students arrived at four o’clock or later to find out that the time for their appointment hatl expired. Others were faced with the problem of waiting for some one who had an earlier apointment and had not yet arrive'd. The result of this was that many studnts waited idle for a considerable time in the Old Chapel for those with earlier appointments who had not ari'ived. •Many I'ound a general air of confusion do minant throughout the greater part of the I'egistration period. History students were con sulting math advisors, English students con sulting science advisors and many seemed to have no idea whom they were to consult. We aT)i reciate the eff()rt the administration put forih to impi’ove registration day, but to many of iis this new system fell far short of the j-i'oal at which it aimed. TiOis Wooten RHYMERS UNDAUNTED The following appeared on the editorial page of the WinstourSalem Journal recently. We’re just wondering what t^ie amateur limerick writer would do with “Salem” ... , ‘‘From Chapel Hill Raymond Adams writes The Greensboro Daily News that it isn’t so very difl’ietdt after all to find rhymes for the word Massachusetts. He gives this e.xample: “I’m a bibliographic bookworm and I hail from Massachusetts. Of teeth for masticating books 1 always carry two sets: Lightweight teeth for single books, Eaten befoi-e the glue sets. And heavyweights, which I a.ssume Whenever I must chew sets. The carping critic might object to this pro- (iess on finding a rhyme for Massachusetts on the ground that the Chapel Hill scholar over works the word “sets.” However he probably would agree to let the mattei' rest if asked to fiiul b(‘tter rhymes of his own devising for the naiiu' of the proud old New England State. Even more intriguing is the promise of the ChaT>el Ilillian to produce a rhyme about Con necticut. One of our writers of humorous verse lias f>ro(luced a clever limerick on the young ladv of Connecticut who flagged down a train with her “petticnt,” but it lacks something in the .way of proper treatment of the “nee” syl lable, To leave out the “nee,” or “ec” in Con necticut is tautamount to leaving out the “c” in Arctic Ocean, as so many grammar grade school children are inclined to do. Albeit tlie really clever rhymester will doubt less solve the Connecticut rhyme problem.”
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