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THE SALEMITE
April 20, 1945.
Give Your Clothes—Now
The War Activities Council is making a
collection of old clothes, in connection, with
the United Xational Clothing Collection. This
is a nation-wide drive for old but usable
clothes. These clothes will be shipped to a
clearing depot in New York, and there will
l)e washed, repaired, assorted and crated to
be sent to the destitute people of war-torn
Europe.
This is a worthy project indeed, and another
small share of Salem’s part in the war elfort.
It is hoped that every student will cooperate
in this drive. This Saturday is the deadline,
so don’t forget to place those old saddle shoes,
that extra sweater, or that faded blouse in the
cartons which have been placed on each hall.
Remeiiil)er, what you can spare, they can
wear!
Scholarship Is Worthwhile
Students have a tendency to overlook or
at least to underemphasize the attainment of
scholastic honors. Someone says “Honors Day
in assembly,” ajid the smoke house crowd signs.
No one wants to hear a successful person ex
pound on the value of making good grades in
college.
There is no doubt that many extra-curricular
college activities are important in developing
well-rounded personalities. Yet we should not
fail to recognize the importance of training.
ourselves to think, and to think on the basis of
facts.
History is always furnishing challenging
exaniples, and accounts of the life of the
late President Roosevelt are a challenge to
the student.* The following appeared in a news
paper write-up:
“At 14, he was sent from his fireside class
room to Gi'oton School for Boys. . . . He was
graduated with honors. Then he >vent to
Harvard and completed the four year course in
three years. Yet he found time for athletics
and edited the Harvard Crimson. Prom Har
vard he went to Columbia Law School, after
ward taking the examination for admission to
the bar and passing with high marks.”
That is the record of a college honor stu
dent who did not sacrifice academic work to
outside interests—he combined them. The
part his college preparation played in his rise
to greatness is something for us to think
about.
Mary Ellen Byrd
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Here And There. * ♦ *
by Mary Lou Langhorn
What a date-conscious campus! ^^Do you know when Shake
speare was born?” or ‘^When did Paul Revere arouse the good
citizenry of Boston—or was it Baltimore?” are just a few of the
questions which seniors are cramming for before the G. R. E.’s
disillusion them about the four fruitful years spent at Salem. Oh,
the gooil old days, when a female academy taught only sewing and
painting!
1775, 1812, l.')64 are not the only dates buzzing around in the
minds of the vivacious seniors—there are other kinds of dates that
require thought, especially since the Junior-Senior is near at hand.
And having observed the situtation from the sidelines there seems
to be a growing antagonism against the requirements of the draft
law. Maybe following generations of promenaders will allow Uncle
Sam only those from thirty to thirty-five; then, of course, the young
lives will object and that forty-five to sixty should be the limit
and we will know that that is approaching senility, so maybe there’ll
be no more war.
Mention of the war brings to mind the rumors and hopes raging
about the campus as to the fall of Berlin and the end of the war.
Then the vital question as to whether John or Jack will be in the
army of occupation—and from overhead conversations the War
Department will be the receiptent of unflattering letters as to their
method of choosing the occupation forces.
Ah, the armed forces—yes, tfie armed forces that prevent one
from studying and these daj's spring may be classed as a force!
Spring and . . . well, just spring .But how did spring creep in here?
Oh, yes the smell of paint from the swimming pool—or was it the
iodine lotion of sunbathers, which did not remind one of “the
magic scent of sweet magnolia.”
Well, it’s “Remember the Maine,” “What this country needs
is a good five cent cigar”, “Go West, young man,” “Have you bought
a bond todayt” for those Seniors who will need a slogan—and in
parting a reminder to the underclassmen that they, too, will be seniors
,someday.
BUENOS AIRES
de Viajando Por Sud America por Edward Albes
Volvimos a tierra para ver la hermosa Capital Argentina en
todo su esplendor nocturno. La famosa Avenida de Mayo, orgullo
de la metropoli de Sud America, estaba esplendidamente ilurainada.
Todo era alii luz, alegria y risa, pudiendo decirse, sin exageraci6n,
que la vida en aquella incomparable ciudad era un raudal continuo
de seres humanos que iban en busca del placer, es decir, un cordon
intermindable que subia y otro que bajaba por las anchurosas aceras,
abriendose paso por entre los centenares de mesitas de log cafes al
aire libre, en tanto .que el incesante ruido de timbres y bocinas de
los aut6moviles y otros vehlculos aumentaba considerablemente la
algazara. Notabase el mismo movimiento, vida y agitaci6n, las mismas
multitudes, pero menos precipitacion, y mas cortesia y finura que
,en la “gran via blanca,” o Broadway, de Nueva York.
War Bonds Will Finish Them
By Ferd Johnson
Chicago Tribune—New York News indicate, Inc,
TH'
AMMUNITION,
FOLKS'
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please;/
What’s The Answer?
The announcement in the Salemite last
week concerning the new “major seminars to
be required for next year” left the student
body ill a confused state. We would like to
have this situation clarifed. The article stated
that in certain departments, i. e. history,
English, etc., comprehensive examinations
would, be given in place of G. R. E. examina
tions. Do the girls majoring in science, mathe
matics, music, and home economics have to take-
the usual G-. R. E.’s? The latter part of the
article stated that major seminars were re
quired; lat^r it stated that a new course.
Senior Senimar, would be added to the cur
riculum. Is every senior required to take this
course ?
The rising seniors also want to know if
they are required to pass comprehensives to
graduate as has been rumored?
It’s Not Over Yet!
When the Chaplin has finished the service,
and the last note of taps has died away . . .
it’s too late for the dead to change their
minds.
They cannot say, as you can: “We’ve won
a few victories, so let’s forget al)out the war.
It’s nearly over.”
Tlie dead know . . . their comrades who
still fight on, know ... a war is not ended un
til the last shot is fired . . . until the last
enemy soldier throws down his arms—sur
renders.
This fact, known so well in the front line
is often overlooked on the home front. Read-
ing of victories in Europe, of American troops
on the Rhine, of bombers over Tokyo, we too
often change our minds about the urgency of
the war effort on home front.
Our war task, big and little, is still vital
. . . increasingly vital as the war approaches
its climax.
Continue to work in the Red Cross Room!
And keep working! Continue to give your
time! Don’t let down your country’s efforts!
Keep up good , work until the very minute of
victory.
Figures Can Be Wrong
Now that the major officers have been
elected and percentages have been compiled
I after each individual election, we can look
over such figures, and it doesn’t take us long
to come to the conclusion that we haven’t
done our part. From the first election of the
Student Government President to the last elec
tion of the War Activities Chairman, the
number of these voting has steadily decreased.
Our system of elections is a democratic one,
for we, the Student Body, have the opportunity
of electing our own officers, and, yet, we
9eeni to be somewhat unconcerned about the
matter if conclusions are drawn from the
age old saying that “figures don’t lie”. How
ever, we can contradict this saying and prove
that figures do lie. We can show greater in
terest in the organizational activities on cam
pus and support to the best of our ability
those girls and their councils who have been
selected to head our organizations for the
coming year.
DANCING GIRL’S COMPLAINT
Should I ask him?
No. lie’s a drip!
He can’t shag, or rumba
He can’t even dip.
Now, I could ask Tom
But he won’t come
It’s a good thing though
Cause he’s a hit dumb
AVhat about Jim?
My chances for him are kinda slim
Cause Mary Lou w’afnts him too.
, That’s the way these women do!
Of coui'se, there is Bill
But he’s too shy
Guess I’ll have to pass him by
Looks like there just ain’t no stuffed pair
of pants
That I can ask to that formal dance.