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THE SALEMITE
March 7, 1947.
Qla^pjx QUgJa, ^eH>Uetta Qaae, a WmA. auu £^ow
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Just read a pam-
plet donated by Mr. Weinland—“ Skill in
Listening.” Ever stop to think how many
different kinds of listening there are(?):
attentive—speeches in assembly (supposedly,
that is)
sentimental—Sinatra, etc.
passive—“Mae listened to that program, l)ut
I didn’t hear a word.”
critical—“He never really says anything.”
stylistic—“I could listen to Orson Welles talk
forever. ”
marginal—in one ear and out the other.
Suggestion for imjtroving listening habiijs:
try pricking up your,ears occassionally and
see what you hear! Sound effects and musical
backgrounds in radio; the sermon on Sunday
morning; a line you would have missed at
the movies; or an extra point in history class. . .
RECITAL SEASON OPENS: Monday night
Gwen Yount will lead off the ’47 series, with
hubby “Rip” for chief cheer leader—Not-to-
be-missed: purty singing and tres purty gurl.
Musical autobiography seems to be the
fashion. Latest is Joseph Szigeti’s With
Strings Attached—reviews say it is full ®f
irresistible wit . . . and always interesting.
Those three easy-going guys of Picadilly
Circus (the Three Suns) are fast becoming an
American institution, according to the TIMES
. . . Two brothers, A1 and Morty Nevins, guitar
and accordion, and a cousin, Ai’tie Dunn, organ,
do a stint in the wee small hours "Wednesdays,
Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays . . . The music
they make is copied by every makeshift band in
the U. S.—described by A1 as “at best a tone
with a hole in the middle.”
CIVIC MUSIC Tuesday night: the Cincin
nati Symphony directed by Eugene Goosens.
Major work on the program will be Franck’s
“New World” Symphony.
Opera Saturday: DIE WALKURE featuring
the Traubel-JIelchoir team ... AN agner!—
“Ho-jo-to-ho . . . oooooop!”
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We wish, first of all, to commend the
office.s of the Student Government Associa
tion, and the entire Student Body, on the ex
pedient and effective manner in which the
past elections have been conducted. The stu-
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dent interest exhibited in the elections has
been an indication of excellent school spirit
at Salem College. We feel, also, that the
qualifications for student officers and the
insistance of the President on “positive cam
paigning only” were well stated.
But a few members of the Student Body
have become aware of a situation which, we
.feel, should be called to the attention of the
entire Student "Body. We realize that it is
only natural for an officer to have in mind
some specific person whom she favors to suc
ceed to her position. How’cver, we feel that the
Committee on Nominations is exceeding its
authority in refusing to accept petitions sup
porting well qualified persons.
In a democratic type government, as
Salem’s is, we think it is presumptuous of the
.Nominating Committee, elected representatives
of the students, to disregard the opinions of
twenty-five or more students, with regard to
their favored candidate, when there is defin
itely no question of honor nor scholastic stand
ing involved in their rejection of a petitioned
candidate.
Perhaps we should examine our Student
Government Constitution and more clearly de
fine the grounds for rejection of a candidate
petitioned by the students.
Margaret Fisher
or Vice o’ Versatility
by P. Davis and P. Evans
Henrietta was twenty-two when they laid her away. All
her life she was abnormally normal. She was the typical American
girl—and very versatile. In fact, they voted
h?r Miss Versatility when she graduated from
high school. Later, she had a long list of
achievements under her name in Who’s Who
in American Colleges and Universities.
It all started in the tenth grade at
Pillville High. “I’d give my eyebrows for
that office, “she said when she was nominated
for pencil-sharpener of the Student Council.
It was a close race; Stinky Babinski had the
votes of all the football team and most of the
crowd from Pillville Grammar No. ■5. But Hen
rietta won the election. Of course, they had to
have a run-off, and in the meantime Henrietta
had her campaign manager treat all the gang
to suckers at Pop’s Place. But Henrietta was
fleeted.
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In the eleventh grade she was copy editor of the Pillville
High Capsule; they said she was the eyes and ears of the whole
staff. Miss Pruddy, the advisor, used to say, “Henrietta is my
eye tooth; I don’t know what the paper would ever do without
her.” You see, all through school Henrietta just sacrificed herself
to every cause. She put her whole self jnto “helping out.”
Why you’d never believe all she did her senior year. Under
her picture in the annual they said she had a finger in every pie.
And sure enough, she was nominated for nearly
every major office. She was in the National
Donor Society, the Flee Club, The Serious Sewing
Circle, the Girl Preserves, the C. A. E., the D.
A. K., the U. D. C., the W. C. T. U., and
the P. D. Q. And that isn’t all—she was on
the annual staff, the Library Gaff, and presi
dent of the Riff & Kaff. She was chairman of
the Chair Committee, head woman on the Cap
Committee, on the planning committee for
— the Stingaree Jamboree, and on the planting
committee for Ardor Day.
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And it didn’t stop when Henrietta went
off to college. They used to say, “Henrietta
certainly keeps her nose to the grindstone.”
She rolled 7,000 bandages for the Red Gross
her freshman year and got national recognition
for her poem, “Two Blank — — ”, in the
Annual American Anthology of Amateur Authors
Anonymous. She was even offered a scholarship
by the A. A. A. of A. A. A. She joined the
Student Federalists her sophomore year, and
all anybody had to say was, “Henrietta, lend
your voice to The Cause,” and it was done. ^
Three important campus organizations said,
“Henrietta is our mouthpiece!” And it was that
very same sophomore year that Henrietta said, \>
“I’d give my right arm for the lead in the
Mal-pomme fall production, “All Gall in III
Parts.” She goi the part and poured out her
soul on the opening night.
Outstanding in athletics she put her best foot forwqird and was
elected to the All State Croquet Team, and won the Intramural
Fancy Jack Rocks Tournament for her exhibition of “Pigs in the
Pen” and honorable mention for.“Flipsy One-handed.”
But Henrietta’s selflessness didn’t stop
when she was graduated martyr come louder.
No. She kept her shoulder to the wheel.
She wgnt back to Pillville after commen^e-
menf at the University of Alabassippi and
organized the U. of Alabassippi Aluninae As
sociation. She was immediately elected pres
ident (even though at 22 she was the young
est member) and made a superb inaugral ad
dress. She rose to the rostrum and with a
magnanimous gesture said, “My heart goes
out to you.”
She had given Her All. Henrietta was
The student body as a whole should be
commended for its fine participation in stu
dent elections this year.
In the past years, students seemed to have
had a “don’t care attitude,” but this year
there has been new vitality. The sj^stem by
which voting is carried on is worthy of praise.
By establishing assembly periods as voting
time, students are more likely to vote than as
before when voting took place over the course
of a day.
Still, in the opinion of many,^the system
of electing the officers this year has not fallen
in line with the usual standards of Salem.
Salem is a small college—too small for cam
paigning. True, everyone likes having their
choice in office, but it should not be at the
expense of the other candidates. Salem is run
by the students—and it is all well and good
if we voice our opinions as to whom we want
in office, but we should.not make unjustified
remarks about our opponents. Each girl should
make her own choice—);he one who she thinks
is best-qualified to fit the office’s demairds. Per
sonal feeling should never enter into it.
The voice of the student is being heard—
nevertheless this voice should be controlled
after elections. Maybe your candidate didn’t
win, but forget your grievances and support
the winner.
More elections lie ahead. Thought, wise arid
honest thought, can make for a better campus
election.
A QUutice At *7Ue.
All those who attended the symposium held
this week will agree that this was a major
event in the 175th anniversary celebration.
It ga\e Salem students a chance to prove that
they are interested in education and the future
of women. Most of the students attended at
least one of the lectures and many attended
all. Those who did attend the lectures got a
well-rounded view of the opportunities for wo
men in their particular fields of religion, busi
ness, medicine, and literature. We, the stu
dents of Salem, wish to thank the administra
tion for making this symposium possible.
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