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Page Two. THE SALEMITE Feb. 9, 1945. To the Student Body No doubt many of you have wondered about the Oi'der of the S'Corpion—why there should be such an orj^anization, and what' its functions are. The Order of the Scorpion is a secret or^^aiuzation. It is secret not because of fear of criticism, l)ut because the members of the past and j>resent have found that in this way the organization can accomplish nuire. The meml)ership is not disclosed because we do not as- credit fcir the litle we may do. The names are withheld also in hopes of eliminatinjr any diflx'i’ences which may often arise. Just as we individually do not aslc praise for our services, neither does the orj^anization as a whole ask recoj;uitioii for its accomplishments b.y listing them one by one or keeping them constantly before you. It is not always the material improvements which need . promot ing but more often it is tlie spiritual. It is for this spirit of fairness, cooperation and love that we work. The idea of the Order of the Scorpion is ideal. Ves—in many ways it looks to an idealism we can never achieve. But we sincerely try to keep this goal ever before us, Members are chosen on the basis'of their abilities, willingness, cooperativeness, and de pendability—not on scholarship, ^^ e do not seek to help the girl, but we seek the girl to lielp Salem. Each one of us is proud to be a Scorpion; and, therefore, we do not feel it is amiss to dedicate a page of the annual to the outgoing members. We ask of you no praise or credit—onlv vour cooperation and respect. THE ORDER OP THE SCORPION Taking Stock Reports have come out and been sent home, we have received our “scholastic averages , and it seems time to take stock of the grades situation. Appro-ximately one-fifth of the student body made an average of B or more. There was a total of 64 E’s and 82 F’s. As a class the seniors, making no E’s or F’s, topped the other classes last semester. The freshmen grades con tained more of both E’s and F’s than any other group. There were more than 20 failures among the sophomores atul half as many among the juniors. On the Dean’s List the classes were repre sented fairly equally. There were 8 freshmen, 7 sophomors, r> juniors, and 6 seniors listed as those who had made, an average of B plus or higher. An interesting fact is that most of the girls whose names appeared on the Dean’s List are a-ctive campus leaders. This first semester inventory can be a chal lenge to us for the next semester. That total of failure and condition grades ought to be smaller at Salem. ^alcmite Published Weekly By The Student Body Of Salem College JMeniber Southern Inter-Collegiate' Press Association .Sl'BSCRII’TIO-V PKICE - $2. A YEAR - 10c A COPY EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Editor-in-Chief Mary Ellen Byrd Assistant Editor Effie Ruth Maxwell .Associate Editor Hazel Watts Sports Editor Mary Lucy Baynes Music Editor Peggy Davis Copy Editor Helen McMillan Mike-up-Editor Virtie Stroup Feature Editor Marguerite Mullin Faculty Advisor Miss Jess Byrd Senora Lindsey, Frances Law, Martha Boatwright, Helen Thomas, Bcrnice Bunn, Catherine Bunn, Jane Mulhellem, Coit Eedfearn, Adele Chase, Janet John ston, Kosalind Clark, Genevieve Frasier, Margaret Styres, Lynn Williard, Lucilef Newman, Rosamond Put- zel, Peggy Taylor, Margaret Fisher, Constance Scog gins, Maria Hicks, Rebecca Clapp, Jai;ie Calkins, Jane Bell, Peggy Davis, Sheffield Liles, Lois Wooten, Mar garet Williams, Sarah Hege, Nell Jane Griffin, Jane Lovelace, and Martha Lou Heitman. BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Emily Harris Business Manager Elizabeth Beckwith Ass't. Business Manager Mildred Garrison Circulation Manager Betsy Thomas Advertising Manager Betsy Long, Doris Little, Marianne Everett, Kathleen Phillips, Martha Walton, Sheffield Liles, Lomie Lou Mills, Margaret Brown, Martha Harrison. Winifred Wall, Mary Parmer Brantley, Nancy Hills Davia, Margaret Nichols, Mary Frances McNeely, Margaret Carter, Betty Hennessee, Mollie Cameron, Norma Rhoades, Mary Stevens, Marion Waters, Sally Bosewell, Carol Beckwith, Edith Longest, Ellie Rodd, Ann Hairston, Mary Elizabejth. Beimers, Barbara Watkins, Margaret West, Dodie Bayley, Agnes Bowers, Greta Garth, Catherine Bunn, Leslie Bullard, Emma Mitchell, and Henrietta Walton. This Thing Called College by Marguerite Mullin Could it be like thi.s with you, too? I wish I were beneath a tree, A-sleeping in the shade. With all the bills I’ve got to pay PAID. I wish I were beside the .sea; Or sailing in a boat. With all the things I’ve got lo write WROTE. I wish I were on yonder hill Or basking in the sun, W'ith all the things I've got to do DONE! —II. P. Webb. Well, anyway, there’s fun coming up in the contest to pick the Salem pin-up boy! Who knows-—he may be yours! Hang on to your pictures till the 2(ith. We take this opportunity to say to PMith Longest that we will surely miss her, and that “ we” goes for everybody in Salem. The Seui'irs should do better in basketball this year (anything they do will be better than last year, of course!) if blood}' noses collected so far count for anything. Miss Covington tells this one. A business man was charging 9 percent interest on loans and was thereby amassing for himself (]uife a sum. Said a friend to him, “Aren’t you afraid of what God will do to you, when you get to Heaven, for charging 9 per cent interest?” The business shark, nonplussed for a moment, came through with a relieved smile finally, and, “No, it’ll look like 6 per cent to Him!’* Tough about Mulhollem. For a while Thursday morning, she thought ;^he was going to get to use the roll of film she’s been saving for just such a time as this! (Snow.) The Home Ecers. are at it again! To the Practice House for something new—Butter Souffle—and lemon ]>udding, if you don’t mind scrajiing the floor! Says Dr. Willoughby on the pronunciation of Russian names, “Just sneezel That’s all you need to do.’’ And you know—it works! We tried it on Akakiyevich. Salem’s • right in the swim on the progressive school angle. Over in Park Hall, the quanitative analysis class is being taught by the quanitative analysis class. We knew we should have majored in science. Arc you in need of a choice bit of philosophizing relating to your recent exams?? Try this; we found it helpful. “Without dark ness, how see the stars?” Oil, we hear that Dr. Jordan wonders why “something” hasn’t api>earcd in the Salemite. Wc also hear that Ed’s comment is “I’ll print—with little censorship —anything he hands in to the paper— barring treason!” And now' goodnight . . . after a long day of broadcasting . . . we bring to a close . . . something . . . the great pageant of human events ,. . . something . tapestry . . . some gay, some sad . . . something, something . . . anyway, goodnight. iMuchachos! Donde? iAqui a Salem College! Esto es extrano pero verdadero porque manana los jovenes llegaran para el baile— esperamos. Todas las senoritas esperan divertirse. Algunas muehachas tienen citas pero naturalmente hay unas que seran serpientes. Antes del baile habra un concierto dado por las muehachas de Salem y cl coro de Duke. Manana es un dia importante y todo el mundo espera que su amigo sea guapo y que el concierto y el baile sean dichosos. Hasta manana entonces— Keep On One little step won’t teach you to walk— You’ve got to keep on walking . . . 4 One little word won’t teach you to talk— You’ve got to keep on talking . . . One little thought won’t teach you to think- You’ve got to keep on thinking . . . “Some Doing” Edward Weeks, editor of The Atlantic Monthly, wrote an article in his January, 1945 edition of this magazine i6alled “Some Do ing” which we think gives a vivid picture, without undue boasting, of what an “aroused and infuriated” America has done since Pearl Harbor. With all the complaining heard daily about the inefficiency of the leaders in polities and with various suggestions frequently heard as to how the Army and Navy of America might have gone about bringing about peace to a war detesting people faster and better, we think pei'haps some of the details he point ed out may have been overlooked by advocators of immediate impi'ovement in the ifficiency of the war program. Some of Jlr. Weeks’ major points in defense of the great accomplishment of a fighting Amei’ican people are the following: (1) Task Force 58 is the largest, most powerful com bat force in history. It can outrange, out- shoot, and outrun any fleet afloat, and it is oidy one task force, one unit of our Navy. Ad miral Ilalsey in a famous message concerning this force said, after the Japs had mistakenly reported its destruction, “Ships which the Jaf)s^ have sunk on the radio have been sal- vage'd and are retreating in the direction of the enemy.” This fleet was the result of an all out effort made by Americans who have not forgotteii the cidamity of Pearl Harbor. (2) The Liberatio)! of Prance was history in the making. We sent as much material across the water in two luonths from the beginning on D-Day until the final liberation as \\as sent to Pershing in the entire World Wai- I. (3) Take the work of the doctoi's. Our men are an inch taller, ten pounds heavier, better trained, better fed, and better cared for than the doughboys of 1917. Courage among the medical forces, the speed with which casualities are brought back, competent surgery aiul nurs ing, the I'esult of sulfa drugs, penicillin, and new insecticides all illustrate Mhat has been done to bring about the great improvement in the health of America’s fighting men of today as compared with 1917. (4) The Duck—a truck, mounted on a 2'/2 ton frame, propelling itself in water like a self bailing whaleboat shows what the ingenuity of an American mind dedicated to liberty has done to hasten a steady and lasting peace. Mr. Weeks concludes, by sayhig that he does not believe that we measure our strength by our abiMtv to do without butter, gasoline, cig arettes. and steaks. “Because we are an im- mitient. unmilitary, war detesting people, we keep thinking it might have been done faster, better states ]\lr. Weeks when referring to the opinion of an, American whose only thought is to ffpt this war over and the boys home again. We are inclined to agree with him when he savs that personally he doubts this pos sibility. We think it mif^ht be better for those who are prone to complain about the job being done bv our country to stop long enough to realVe that whnt we have accomplished al ready is really “some doing.” In Reply The editorials concerning the procedure for I’egistration were vei-y much appreciated, and although a paragraph written for one editorial was attached to the other, the two viewpoints were sufficiently clear. We believe that registration is universally difficult, complex, and yet necessary; and the plan recoitly tried was only another attempt to make the pro'cedure as painless as possible. Youi' suggestions and your comments are valu able to us at all times but may we caution you that a careful reading of all rules of procedure is the first requisite of any trial plan. Don’t lose your dreams of an ideal registration, and don’t fail to give us your ideas and your concrete suggestions. —Miss Hixson Don’t Buy It If you don’t absolutely have to have it— do without. Think tw'ice before you buy. In the old days, when you bought something, the store keeper simply ordered more and the manu facturer made more. It isn’t so simple' now. Today, when you buy something, you are either asking the mamifactui'er to wo(rk for YOU when he could be producing for the Army, OR you are getting in ahead of somebody else—who may need it more. Think twice before you buy. Do you really need it? Are you sure that you need it so much that you have the right to remove it from somebody else’s reach? Are you sure that you need the labor, materials, and trans portation involved more than our Generals need them?
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