Page Four.
THE SALEMITE
January 18, 1946.
A Modest Proposal
For the Abolition of an Admin
istrative Financial Burden and
an Infinitesimal Student Need.
by Pegathan Swift Davis
Salem’s communication system is
flt a crucial point. It is a deplor
able fact that the majority of board
ing students are unable to place
or receive telephone calls.
After serious consideration, in
vestigation, and deliberation, it has
been possible to devise the follow
ing sdlution to the problem. All tele
phones on the campus should be
consolidated into one central com
munication station; i. e., a telephone
booth equipped with one (1) pay
telephone should be erected in some
centrally located area (possibly ou
the lawn between the arch and the
flag pole approximately .'in feet west
of the weeping willow tree.)
The advantages of this system
w’Ould be numerous. The walk to
the booth, being located out of
doors, would provide fresh air and
exercise vital to growing girls.
Furthermore, some enterprising
organization with an eye to creat
ing social activities on campus might
arrange for nightly entertainment,
games, refreshments, etc. for the
numerous girls who sit from 7-10:30
each night trying to place a call or
receive one. Study rooms and prac
tice rooms might later be added in
wings adjoining the booth to pro
vide constructive leisure for those
who stand and wait. An added at
traction is the exclusiveness that a
pay telephone affords. Salem stu
dents will not be annoyed by super
fluous calls that are made by people
who consult telephone books; with
this consolidation of phones, there
would be no number at all listed for
Salem in the loc-al directory.
It has been rumored from re
mote sources that there are those
who favor installing more telephones
in dormitories on the campus. Some
oven advocate private phones for
each hall instead of one pay tele
phone to each building. This would
be catastrophic, not only for the
above reasons, l)ut also because of
the following: (1) there would be
no place in the dormitory where
a group of girls could gather and
chatter during |uiet hour. (2) This,
in turn, would deprive proficient
proctors of the privilege of giving
call-downs for the unnecessnry noise
created in locating a nickel, waiting
in line at the phone booth, and ac
tually placing the call. (3) Most dis
astrous of all perhaps would be
the incalculable damage done to
the Salemite if new telephones were
installed: the paper would be de
prived of its chief editorial con
troversy.
What Price Qlory
(Continued from page three)
even more glances in our direction.
In the meantime, the Garrous
managed, after one wreck and
many narrow escapes, to reach home.
They called Morganton and re
ported that Anne and Nancy had
left with two men in a green car.
So while we peacefully slept in
Hickory thirty miles away our
poor parents, not having received
the night letter, had made a search
of every spot in western N. C.
where the dead bodies might be
found. They called out the police,
the F. B. I., and the S. B. I. As
if this weren’t enough publicity all
the newspaper hounds were on our
trail.
We went on our way to Morganton
on the 12:10 train. Arriving there,
we were met by the chief-of-police
who was determined to see us safely
home.
We walked in home cheerful over
our crazy experience, only to be
halted by our families’ haggard
faces. They were tearfully reading
their latest letters from ug thinking
they would be the last!
P. S. Night letters are not de
livered until the next day.
^^Conversation While
Playing Bridge”
^Twas The Night Before Exams
There is no doubt that bridge is
a universal game. Everyone plays
it. Eva Martin Bullock plays it
If Mammy’s Little Baby can play,
why shouldn’t a Salem child be able
to? But can I?
Someone has a telephone call. I
am sitting near the lucky person.
Thirteen pieces of stiff cardboard
are crammed into my limp hand.
The girl with the phono call rushes
by, crying “Oh, if it’s only Jack!”
Simultaneously two pairs of hands
reach out and grab my two feet.
And there I am-—playing bridge!
“Twio
Silence.
heailts.” “Two spades.”
'“TJh, p-pass,” I stammer. Some
thing shines in the eyes of the
girl sitting opposite me. Something
unmistakable sharp.
Let’s see. She said two hearts.
What should I have said? That the
hearts of Peg Witherington and
Don are beating at top speed?
That our hearts are moved with
envy for Booty Crenshaw’s naval
officers and Jo Holler’s lieutenant?
That Durham will gain favor in
three new hearts the week-end after
exam s—those of Barbara Ball,
Janet Westbrook, and Joyce Priv-
ette? But no. Bridge is above all
that.
‘Three diamonds”. But shucks,
I know there are more than three
being dis-played around on the left
hand. Why there’s that hunk of
Janie Mulhollem’s Bud Cox of the
Naval Medical Corps on her left
hand, three plays down. Mary Hills-
mau’s supporting an engagement
ring from her nied student—Dick
Anderson. Now Pago Daniel can’t
be left out of the “snagged-now
hooked-later” society just because
her Robert Hollister isn’t a medical
man. Did I say just ‘three (diamonds’.
Come to think of it there are only
three.
But eh, the alumnae!' Hubba, hub-
lia, liubba! In Washington, D. C.,
right about now, the Seewalds
should really bo excited. Nellie, class
of ’45, is going to marry Lieutenant
(j. g.) Frank E. Doe, T'SNR of
Rochester, New York, on January
2fi. But say, Mary Be.st, who was
in her sccond year at the Wo
men’s Medical College of Penn., is
giving up school to marry Billy
Bell, of Windsor, N. C., Saturday
morning, February 9th. IIow about
tliatf And her fiance is ex-Miss
Margaret Pierce’s huband’s bro
ther!!! Down in Newbern Billy Gas
kins gave a diamond to Helen Mar
garet Duffy, ex-’47. Eaton’s sister
Aileen Seville, ’44, is to marry Her
man Read Rice in early spring, and
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Chase have
announced the engagement of their
daughter Adele to Malcolm A. Selig-
man.
“Oh! that diamond, those three
diamonds ... I mean, pass.”
The increasingly loud silence sug
gests that some action by me is re
quired. I chew two fingernails down
to the nubs, twine and untwine
my one curl of hair, select a club,
and put it down. (Confidentially,
‘ ‘ Sayso” Morris’ Bud would be all
for her doing just that.) My jack
of clubs is immediately covered with
the king and two clubs of lower
denomination. Again I receive a
look from the girl opposite that
speaks a volume. Somehow I would
prefer not to read that volume. Too
realistic, shall we say?
The girl on my right puts down a
spade. And as the Sealtest an
nouncer would say, I’ll use that—
spade—to bury myself for the next
two weeks. Want to join me? But
we won’t play bridge!
Miss Byrd
Reviews Books
Miss Jess Byrd spoke on new
war novels at the meeting of a
Book Group of the Woman’s Club
Tuesday afternoon. She reviewed
Days and Nights by Konstantine
Simonov and Eepent In Haste by
John P. Marquand.
Relwj, /! Gat
by Phyllis Langdon
Cats have always been my favor
itc animals. I have known several
kinds of cats, all of which were do
mestic. Until recently I thought
that most undoiiiesticated cats live
in Africa and Egypt, but I have
found them in Messopotamia, India,
Persia, Russia and Arkansas.
In Arkansas, for example, there
are several ocelots. The ocelot is a
fierce forest cat whose fur is spot
ted gray and yellow. He is prob
ably a very interesting eat, but I
would rather tell you of ^ome cats
about which I know a Utle more.
The tabby cat is a well-known do
mestic cat. He makes a good pet
for a child because he is very friend
ly. Most tabby cats are two-faced:
they are just as friendly to a stran
ger as they are to their own masters.
A tabby cat is (juite content to stay
home until he finds out what fun^
it is to stay out late. He is human
in that respect. I knew a tabby cat
once who was a perfect “gentle
man” until he became acquainted
with his mother-in-law. He then be
gan to come in at more indecent
hours every night, and finally he
didn’t come home at all.
The house cat is familiar to prac
tically everyone. She is useful, for
she eats rats. She i.s usually a fat,
even-tempered, very qquiet animal
who satisfies herself W’ith eating
what is given her and sleeping in
the kitchen by the warm stove, hop
ing that a mouse may happen by.
The house cat is not a good play
mate because when she is not eating
she is sleeping and dreaming of mice.
The angora is a proud and aristo
cratic cat who is always conscious
of her pedigree and never has more
than one kitten at a time. If any
one strokes her long, wavy hair she
moves away and washes herself
throughly. She spends most of her
time sitting dreamy-eyed in your fa
vorite chair with her big plume-like
tail arched up her back. In the
presence of other cats the angora is
shy and unsociable.
Probably the most coninion of the
domestic cats is the alley cat. He
is the lean and worldly nocturnal so
loist, which everyone has heard if
not seen. He has been known to sit
for as many as five hours howling
on one fence post for several consec
utive nights entirely unaware of fly
ing shoos and other ill-aimed mis
siles. He is irresponsible and never
has to worry about going home l>e-
cause he has no home.
There are many kinds of cats, as
I have mentioned before, but there
are only two main divisions—the
tom cat and the pussy cat. Their
personalities are quite different es
pecially when they have kittens.
When the tom cat, who has no ma
ternal instinct whatever, has kit
tens he more than likely does not
even know it—at least he does not
let it interfere with his social life.
With the pussy cat, however, it is
quite different. Being the moth
erly type, she stays home even at
night with her kittens until she gets
tired of it.
Katherine Ives fell in love—
Lots of Salemites went to Spruill’s
dance—
May Noble has joined the rank of
elegibles—
Mary .lane McGee entertained for
Sal, Carothers, and Mary
Turner—
Salisbury and Charlie attracted
Bryant—
Some Clewell girl has a frat pin.
but its a secret—
Santa brought lots of fur t-oats,
have ya seen mine? It’s mink-
dyed rat tails—
Mart anc^ Torry swapped gorgeous
Christmas presents,—broke up
the next day—
Frank was Fran’s surprise present—
Janet Westbrook’s unbelievable trip
home even beats the worry
about the two Morganton girls—
Garnet’s big smiles were because of
Rabbit'—
Christmas brought Teau’s Frank a
lot nearer home—
Senora visited Jack in the hospital
... it made him get well—
Exams has sprung
Worries has riz
Christmas passed
Like a w'hizzz.
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’Twas the night before exams
And in a bright room.
Pen and paper were thrown
For study had begun none too soon.
Back in the corner
On their unmade beds,
Sat Ticka and Meaty
Cramming things in their heads.
Then into the room poped ole’ Sarah
Coe
Dancing ’round and ’round
Just like a mo.
From her head to her toes
She sparkled and glowed.
Asking into what ocean the Catawba
flowed.
Bet and Jeanne were busy as bees
Helping Sa So and Katherine learn
their ABC’s.
Gaither and Boaze were off in a
nook
With their noses supposedly in a
book.
Then to the amazement of all who
were there,
In came Lois with Julia pulling her
hair.
Lois was screaming at the top of
her voice
And it was plain to se? Modern
Poetry was not her choice.
At the same time across the dark
hall,
We spied a worried Mary P. McFall.
With history in hand and Dr. Confer
in mind,
She thought that America was dis
covered in 1409.
They heard such a clatter
Out in the front
That all who were there pulled a
great big stunt.
Books were sent flying here and
there.
Exams! We don't eaie.
Mary Bryant
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