January 17, 1947.
THE SALEMITE
Page Five.
One Small Voice
I’ve just finished reading The
Pountainhead by Ayn Kand. In it
there’s a man who seeks to control
the world, by mastering minds and
\vills collectively. His inchoate
weapon is a syndicated column
called ‘‘One Small Voice.” His am
bition is, of coi^rse, thwarted. One
of th»^ men who helped to defeat
him once gave him advice that I
shall follow. He said, “Write what
you want to Ellsworth, but keep
it small.” I shall try to keep it very-
small.
That’s a book, by the way, that
I like. The author is a woman, a
Russian, wlio came to America in
1!)31 to write about “what she
wanted to.” She wrote a i>lay The
Night of January l6th that you
probably saw in movie ver.sion a
few years ago. The Fountainhead
came out in 194,3, and I feel that it
must have been sort of a sacrifice
for her to share with the world a
story that so obviously contains the
^‘pouring-out” of the author’s soul.
I think most people who read to
any extent are looking for an ex
pression of what they themselves
feel. They like to identify them
selves with a character in a novel,
for in^tance. Or feel a great satis
faction when they find in print an
idea that they had “thought up
alone.” It’s human nature, I guess.
That’s my self-justification for lik
ing particularly a passage in 'The
Fountainhead from a speech by
Howard Eoark, the protagonist:
‘‘I do not rccognize anyone’s right
to one minute of my life ... I am
a man who does not exist for others
. . . the world is perishing from
an orgy of' self-sacrificing.” The
theme of the book is a man’s struggle
to maintain his individual intergrity
in a world of collectivism, socialism,
and all the other share-yourself-isms.
When you think about it most of
us haven’t got a self really worth
offering for sacrifice.
But this voice is going to be
small.
Norma D. Ploom
Salemites Begin
Exam Week
By Carolyn Taylor
I opened my history book. Let’s
see. The exam starts on page 300
and ends—oh, my aching back-—!
That's almost 400 pages. I looked
around the library for comfort.
There, witli her head in a Romanti
cism book, was Virginia Smith. Well,
she had 1800 pages. My spirits
soared.
I again looked at my book. First
topic — reconstruction after the
Civil War. I tore through my notes.
Oh, me. I’ve lost my notes on re
construction. Maybe Betsy Schaum
has hers. I got up from my seat,
and stumbling over Elizabeth Lee,
studying physics, I tiptoed over to
Betsy. She wjis studying English
■vvith no sign of history notes. Oh
Well, I won’t study history now.
Chemistry. Uh-uh. Deciding to
study Physical Ed., I got up and
Walked out of the reading room
and down into the reserve room.
Tripping on the last step, I fell
in the doorway. Twenty-five girls, in
unison, said “sh-h-h”. Throwing my
shoulders' back, I walked over to
the shelf to find the basketball notes.
Hockey, tennis, modern dance—
everything but basketball. My
shoulders now drooping, I went
back upstairs. Just coming up the
steps were Meatie and Henny,
with economic books under their
arms. Oh, these seniors, lucky souls,
with so few exams to go!
Through the open door, I heard
shouts of laughter. Wondering who
could be happy at this eleventh hour,
I ran out of the door and down the
steps. Why, they’re going to the
tuovie! ^
“Hey, Eaton, wait for me. Is
Van Johnson on?”
Blands Music Store
Fine Stationary
Hallmark - Horcross Cards
422 W. 4th St.
Rondthalers
Plan Short Trip
I)r. and Mrs Howard E. Rond-
thaler will take a trip on January
27, 28, and 29 to visit alumnae clubs
in Durham, Raleigh, Rocky Mount,
Wilson, and Greenville.
Husband of Alumna
Killed In Crash
The former Eloise Podrick, Salem
alumnae of the class of ’35, was
widowed by the crash of the Miami-
bound Kastern Air Line passenger
plane near Fries, ^ irginia last Sun
day. Her husband was the pilot,
Captain Harold M. Haskew. Mrs.
Haskew, with her two sons, lives
in Miami, Florida.
Brailowsky
(Cont. from page one)
concert artists’ work in movies:
‘ ‘ Prom the purely artistic point
of view, it isn’t good, but you get
paid; that’s good already!” lie said
that he had refused to play in a
screen version of the life of Liszt be
cause it meant to cut the music.
“You play the middle of a com-
I)osition, the end, and then go back
to the beginning, “he said smiling
with the blue eyes and wide mouth.
(But the article didn’t mention the
prominent spiral-shaped viens that
curled along each temple with a
most Satanic effect when he smiled.)
The interviewers remembered the
phrase “fabulous repertoire” (Mr.
Brailowsky knows from memory
every piano composition that Chopin
ever wrote plus a vast number of
other composers’ works,) and asked
what happened to Beethoven’s
“ Appassionata” that was listed on
the program but replaced by the
overworked '“Moonlight Sonata.”
Appassionata? the pianist said
tistounded and reached for one of
the programs he had been auto
graphing. ‘‘Somebody has made a
mistake already—me or still my
manager.”
Intermission and the interview
ended as Mr. Brailowsky dropped
his cigarette, stepped on it, and
extended a hand to the press. The
‘‘press”
had a pencil in its hand,
but it shook anyway, and backed
out the door already now completely
confused and wondering yet how
to translate this genial Russian in
to a Salemite article now, already.
COHEN’S
Ready To Wear Shop
Be Sure To Visit Us Early
West Fourth Street
Salem Regrets
Higgins’ Illness
Mr. Charles H. Higgins, head of
the Science Dept., has been unable
to meet his classes since our re
turn from the holidays. He is a
patient at the Baptist Hospital and
was admitted there Friday, January
3, 1947. At present he is not allowed
to have visitors but it is hoped
that he will soon be well and back
with us again.
Upperclassmen
Perform Thursday
The School of Music held a stu
dent’s recital in Memorial Hall on
Thur.sday, January K), at 4 o’clock.
The .selections were as follows:
“Rapsodie on Noels,” Ruth Scott;
“Wie Milodie Zieht Es,” Jane Mul-
hollem; ‘‘Quel Ruscelleto,” Jean
McNew; “Hopak,” Wolfgang Siebel;
“Ein Schwan, “Sarii Pruett;
“Etude in E major,” Sara Halti-
wanger; “Mit Deinen Augen
Blauou,” Betty Lou Ball; “Er Ist’s,”
Gwen Mendenhall Yount; “Con-
ci'rto in E flat major-Allegro, Gen-
evra Beaver.
All of the performing students
were upperclassmen, including
several of the outstanding music
majors in the senior class.
Virginia Sale
■Continued from page one'
seemed to go over; so she’s been
doing it ever since.
And she really does it! She thought
Salem provided a “wonderful”
audience and even said that she
wanted to send her Ginny here.
Coming in on a train two hours late,
she said she just couldn’t have played
to a “liard” audience Friday night.
She confessed that the “School Ma’
am” always steals the show and is
one of her favorite characters.
Virginia Sale left Salem Monday
A. M. with memories of rest and
quiet in Salem’s “peace” and a
piece of Mr. Regan’s wood patched
on her trunk.
Peggy Davis
SALEMITES
THE ANCHOR CO.
UP TOWN meeting FI.AGE
“The Shopping Center”
KRISPY KREME
Doughnut Company
Different — Tasty — Satisfying
“The Original Greaseless Doughnut”
The ANCHOR Co.
•
The Photographic
Department
•
dial 6126
2nd Floor
nnnniT
O’HANLON’S
DRUG STORE
On The Square
Faculty Enjoys Diverse
Christmas Experiences
In the words of the little song,
you will probably remember, “When
we said that wo were leaving, our
professors were not grieving.” As
of December 19, the faculty had a
great many interesting plans for
itself. For examples:
Three of our professors attended
educational conferences during their
(,'hristmas vacations. Dr. Jordan
wont to a meeting of the Modern
Language Association in Washing-
ton, D. C. Mr. Leach was in New
York City for a conference of the
American Historical Association at
the Hotel Pennsylvania. Mr. Lerch
was invited by the Juilliard Alumni
Association to attend the Decen
tralization of Music Conference in
New iork; the purpose of this
meeting was to encourage the pres
entation pf good musical programs
in the smaller communities.
Miss Pangle went to her home
in Omaha for the holidays and
found ton inches of snow on the
ground, with the temperature hover
ing around five and ten below zero.
She also spent four or five days in
Chicago, where she saw a play, a
ballet, the premiere of Cain and
Abel. Miss Byrd visited her family
in Morganton, where she attended
Ann Carter’s wedding, and was
kept busy with the usual holiday
activities. Dr. Willoughby seems to
have set the long distance record
with a trip to Arizona.
Miss Marsh and Mrs. Pyron en
joyed a week’s vacation in New
York. Miss Stout, after stopping in
Philadelphia and Now Jersey, joined
them in the big city on New Year’s
Eve. It seems they spent most of
their time in theaters, as they saw
nine plays in that week, not to
mention the Ice Follies that Miss
Stout and Mrs. Pyron attended in
Philadelphia. Among the plays wero
“O Mistres.s Mine,” “Lady Winder
mere’s Fan,” ‘ ‘ Happy Birthday,”
and ‘‘Joan of Lorraine,” which they
stood up to see.
During Miss Shamburger’s holiday,
she published, an article entitled
“Southey and The Three Bears” in
the Christmas issue of The Journal
of American Polklore. The article
deals with Southey’s sources of the
fairy tale The Three Bears, which
he wrote for hi.s own and the
Coleridge children. Dr. Laehmann,
a former member of oVir faculty,
helped Miss Shamburger in the trans
lation of a German source.
Rosamond Putzel
Classic Suits
tailored by Handmacher
they are here . . . the favorites for on and olf
cfunpus wear! Made of WEATHER VANE* a
Celaiie.se fabric of rayon, in pastel colors
and l)laek $22.95
“Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.
Birthdays
Weddings
Anniversaries
Any Gift Day
and you will find just what yon want from tlie
appropriate and timely collection of GIFTS
for ALL OCCASIONS at
ARDEN FARM STORE
Across the Sciuare from Salem College
Stop by for some of our delicious cookies on
the way back from the movie.
Style Wise Fashions for
Campus
SNIK’S
They go
together
a
CeC*CO«A
Winston-Salem Coca-Cola Bottling Company