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THE SALEMITE
March 23, 1945.
Distribution of tlie Paper on Sunday
It has been the custom for a number of
years to distribute the Salemite on Friday
night. Until i-ecently there appeared no reason
why this procedure should be ciianged.
Now, however, a difficulty has arisen. Our
paper circulates mainly on campus; it is for
the students and we endeavor to make it as
satisfactory as ])ossible. The publicity which
Salem receives off-campus—in Winston-Salem,
in North Carolina, and out of the state—is
handled through larger newspapers. These
larger papei-s regularly print very small Satur
day editions, and for this reason we think it
desiral)le for Salem news to appear in Sun
day editions which are larger and have a
greater circulation than the Saturday papers.
(The local newspapers have 12,000 greater cir
culation on Sunday than during the ^veek.)
When big stories appear in the Salemite on
Friday, they must be released to Saturday
papers and will not be accepted in Sunday
editions.
In oi'der to m^ake Salem publicity more
generally widespread, we are planning tem-
j)orarily to distribute the Salemite on Saturday.
We hope that our readers will understand the
problem and cooperate with us. Other plans
may be made in the future.
Anyone desiring further explanation should
see either Miss Kirkland, Public Relations
Officer, or the Salemite Editor.
—Mary Ellen Byrd, Ed.
Headline Headaches
A glance of the careful observer at the front
page of the Salemite last week must have
created a sensation ! W^e would like to say that,
just as all newspapers do, we like to publish
a sensational front pa!ge. But it has never
been our idea to startle by printing misspelled
headlines!
The errors which stared you in the face
last week do not indicate any terrific vacuum
in the spelling ability of your staff. Thanks
to Freshman English (with a little extra help
on PIERRETTES) we can spell enough words
to write fairly intelligible headlines.
—Ed.
We want to remind you that this is the last
issue of the paper before Easter vacation. The
next paper will be on Saturday, April 14.
The Salemite staff takes this opportunity to
wish you all of the joy, peace, happiness, and
rest which your Easter may bring.
The Staff.
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EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Editor-in Chlef Mary Ellen Byrd
Assistant Editor , Eflie Ruth Maxwell
Associate Editor Hazel Wattg
Sports Editor Mary Lucy Baynea
Music Editor Peggy Davis
Copy Editor Helen McMillan
Make-up-Editor Virtie Stroup
Feature Editor Marguerite Mullin
Faculty Advisor Miss Jess Byrd
Senora Lindsey, Frances Law, Martha Boatwright,
Helen Thomas, Bifrnice Bunn, Catherine Bunn, Jane
Mulhellem, Coit Redfearn,' Adele Chase, Janet John
ston, Rosalind Clark, Genevieve Frasier, Margaret
Styres, Lynn Williard, Lucile Newman, Rosamond Put-
zel, Peggy Taylor, Margaret Fisher, Constance Scog
gins, Maria Hicks, Rebecca Clapp, Jane 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 Bilsiness Manager
Elizabeth Beckwith Ass’t. Business Manager
Mildred Garrison Circulation Manager
Betsy Thomas Advertising Manager
Betsy Long, Doris Little, Marianne Everett,
Kathleen Phillips, Martha W^alton, Sheffield Liles,
Lomie Lou Mills, Margaret Brown, Martha Harrison,
Winifred Wall, Mary Farmer Brantley, Nancy Hills
Davis, Margaret Nichols, Mary Frances McNeely,
Margaret CarteT, Betty Hennessee, Mollie Cameron,
Norma Rhoades, Mary Stevens, Marion Waters, Sally
Bosewell, Carol Beckwith, Edith Longest, Ellie Rodd,
Ann Hairston, Mary Elizabeth Reimers, Barbara
Watkin."!. Margaret West, Dodie Bayley, Agnes Bowers,
Greta Garth, Catherine Bunn, Leslie Bullard, Emma
Mitchell, and Henrietta Walton.
“If Winter Comes....”
by Marianne Everett
Yellowbells . . . quick, fresh ‘April showers’, March winds tossing
the budding trees . . . puffy clouds in a soft blue sky—oh, it’s hard to
keep your feet on the ground, your head out of the clouds! The
warmth of the sun . . . the intoxication of jonquils. Spring fever
—what cHn you do? They used to give molasses and soda . . .
The I'>eshnien are putting the Spring in their hearts into a new
Date Room . . . Why, we won’t even know Old C'lewell Basement!
With the help of the administration and Miss Allen . . . Why, we’ll
be able to keep up the old traditions . . . keep smilin’l
And the singin’ we used to do ... on warm Spring nights
out on the terrace as soon as ten o’clock rolled ’round . . . and in the
Smokehouse with that newly tuned piano . . . Let’s sing over
here while the boys over there make “G. 1. Jazz”—song sessions
accompanied by harmonica and jew’s-harp are filling the foxholes!
It couldn’t be Spring that lures the art teachers away . . .
they leave at all seasons! We had at last heaved a sigh of relief,
that Miss Kark would stay—But she’s bound for South Africa!
Even the party she gave the Art Students doesn’t compensate for
her leaving—we sure will miss her!! '
It’s good to see the May Day practices begin again! For what
is Spring without May Day ... an ancient Greek custom, older
than the written word? With the fresh, green newness of life, there
comes a renewal of hope ... so we hail the Spring on May Day! If
you have such Spring fever that you feel like one. of William Steig’s
Lonely Ones—you “can't express it”—then come on out inti) the
sun and dance around the maypole!
Isn’t this a grand time to have religious emphasis week! We’ll
even leave the cool Spring twilight and the Smokehouse to go to
the Day Student’s Center . . . for Dr. Mauze’ has something to say.
And here’s something we found while browsing through the
newspaper—.lapan has closed all schools except the first grade, to
help with the war effort! But we know better than Japan—we
know there’s more to the war than the mere winning. As the green
Spring breaks through the cold winter earth, so there will b^ peace
after the war . . . who prepares for the peace? Maybe you’ve had
a pang of concious, a desix:rate desire to join something . . . Well,
stop and think a minute;—don’t you already belong to something?
You belong to a student body. Just think . . . civilization ... all
^ that man has thought and believed through thousands of years. History
... it helps us to understand the present. English lit. ... it has en
riched man’s heart through the ages. Yes, we know . .• . there’s more
to war than just winning ...
Afuuiiei.
iLa Primavera! Por lo comun en la primavera del ano, las
muchachas tienen fiebre primaveral. Es un tiempo muy hermoso
euando los 4rbol,es se ponen verdes y los pajaros cantan. Las
senoritas piensan que ellas tienen que 6star tostadas por el sol,
y reposan por la piscina de natacion. Entonces no pueden estudiar
porque los hombros se hacen dano y las caras estan demasiado
fervorosas. Sin embargo, es un tiempo muy agradable, porque
quien quiere estudiar de todos modos?
War Bonds Will Finish Them
By Ferd Johnson
Chicago Tribune—Neto York Netvs Syndicate, Inc.
TH'
AMMUNITION,
FOLKS'
please:
It’s Tennis Time
Spring is here. Can the tennis courts be far
behind?
With the advent of warm weather and red,
slightly peeling noses, we begin to speculate as
to wlien the tennis courts will be fixed, the swim
ming pool filled, and the golf course rejuven
ated. We begin also to do that wishful think
ing that nmyi)e all this will be done while we
are away for spring holidays!
It would be particularly advantageous to
have the tennis courts already graded and
marked off when we come l>ack to school in
April. If this were possible, we could start
practicing earlier and have the tennis tourna
ment before interest lags and everyone is too
J)Uijy to participate in it. There is so little time
after the holidays, that we feel that it would
be better to get the spring sports program un
derway early this year.
The “Where” of Sunbathing
“Look at that sun tan!” and, “Look at
that sun burn!” These are the cui'rent favorite
expressions in this immediate region. Salem
girls are really going out after that sun in a
big way!
That’s fine, since sunshine is quite marvel
ous for the health. We also agree that a tan
gives one that luxurious, carefriee appearance
of having lounged on a Florida beach all wint
er. But, oh, what the process' of getting all
Salemites tanned does to the otherwise beauti
ful scenery of our campus. Really, it’s a bit of
a nuisance to stumble over a basking body,
properly unclothed—for sunbathing—at the
turn of every coi'iier.
Go get your sunshine and rebuild your brok
en health, girls. Just remember that the ad
ministration has set aside ample appropriate
space for this procedure—the swimming pool
and the east side of the gymnasium.
That even, golden tan is good-looking, but
a clutter of bodies sprawled all over the
grounds isn’t. Remember that parents, visitors,
and potentiid friends have to judge our school
by that first appearance, and we would hate to
give them a bad impression. Since the proper
length for skirts covers the knees, and bath- .
ing suits are not the proper dress for public
places, be considerate and seek the oppropriate
places to tan your legs and backs.
(This is a poem taken from the book, Poemis
from the Desert by Members of the Eighth
Army.)
Think at this Tirne ... '
Think at this time of the patient infantry
Far from your comfortable, lit rooms,
Where you sit talking about Victory
And listening to gramophones.
Outside—oh, not in the books you read!—
Is the legend of wounds that bleed,
Stor.v of the Sower and
The dragon-seed.
It is the harvest-timQ in no-man’s-land.
And the big granary is being made, '
The yawning, open grave
For casualties,
Who will be wrapped in blankets
When death puts out their eyes.
G. 0. Physick
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