Pae:e Four,
THE SALEMITE
April 18. 1947.
For A Place In The Sun
(Ed. note: This is the fii'st install
ment of a serial that will run as
weekly as possible in the Sa-
lemite).
“Ah-Choo! Ali-ChOc!” Miss Effie
sneezed twice as she stepped out of
her grave in Sunrise Cemetery for
the first time in thirty years. As
that spirited lad5' put it, “A body
could catch his death of cold in that
hole.” And Miss Effie, former Most
Weighty Ounce of the Little Ounces
for the Prevention of Disease in
Coughtown, Flu Dampshire, had de
cided she could' not stand another
winter underground. She had to get
some sun. Most people of fifty plus
thirty years with one foot in the
grave were on their way in, but not
so Miss Effie.
She stopped to admire her tomb
stone. “Ephigeniah Carlotta Mc
Whorter, 1867-1917,” it said with a
pretty lamb, which she liked very
much, carved at the head. These
plain modern slabs were,all alike.
Getting out in the world wasn’t as
easy as she had thought. After wan
dering around in the cemetery for
several hours, hopelessly lost, she sat
down on a nice, clean stone. She
had to admit she wasn’t used to
such exercise.
What Miss Effie didn’t know was
that two new and very efficient po
licemen had been watching her for
over an hour, and now decided that
this woulil be the ideal moment to
seize her for vagrancy.
“Arrest a McWhorter? Impossi
ble!” she cried indignantly.
“Impossible is right,” returned the
men. “The last McWhorter in this
town died ten years ago.” ,
“Little Elmo,” Miss Effie sighed,
reminiscing a moment. “But I’m
only here to get warm. I mean I—”
But by now the McWhorter blood was
boiling, and she was so v.'arm she
couldn’t even speak. She just glared.
The two policemen just glared, too,
for a minute. Then they grabbed her
firmly by the arms, put her in their
car, and drove to the station.
The chief was exasperated. He
called up the mayor, and thty check
ed the census of the newspapers, and
the legal files. •‘/Everything dis
tinctly sa3's that she died in 1917.
And I defy anyone to contradict the
official records of Coughtown. She’s
either an impostor or a lunatic!”
Naturally, the dull policemen could
not understand a . phenomenal lady
like our heroine, and they stupidly
decided she was unbalanced.
Poor Miss Effie shivered with
alarm, as she heard them call the
Coughtown Insanitariura.
P. A.
(Continued next w'cek)
Fellowship Elects '
Four New Officers
The Presbyterian Fellowship had
its election of officers for next year
Wednesday night at 6:43.
Tirginia Smith, rising senior from
Dillon, S. C., was elected ]>resident.
Lomie Lou Mills was the other
candidate. Virginia has been Vice-
president of tlie Fellowship this
year.
Lomie Lou Mills, rising senior
from Wadesboro, N. C. was elected
vice-president. Barbara Ward, Ann
Carothers, and Mary Billings were
also nominated for the office.
The corresponding secretary is
Mary Elmore Finley, rising senior
from North Wilkesboro, who ran
against Polly Harrop. The record
ing secretary is to be Margaret Mc
Call, rising Junior from Salipbury,
who ran against Dot Uedfoarn.
Mary Billings, rising senior from
Morganton is to be treasurer next
year. Betty Holbrook and Mary
Hill were the other candidates.
The annual banquet of the Fel
lowship is to be given by the Pres
byterian Church next Thursday eve
ning, April 24, at the Church from
6-8 p. m. The Reverend Paul T.
Jones from High Point is to be the
guest speaker. Any girls who wish
to attend should see Joanne Swasey
before Monday night.
Or, if you don’t care to risk the
pronunciation. The Column with The
Classical Sound. But that’s a word
we’ve admired for a long time. It’s
easy to write on the typewriter -
all it needs is a quick glissando
down the third row of keys. Un
like the Paralytic Reviewer or the
Weighty Lifter or worse, it doesn’t
tie us down witli big promises.
This column will be about books,
but we won’t often write reviews,
and won’t always lift our material
from sources as heavy as the New
York Times . Qwertyuiop doesn’t
say anything about once a week,
either. Even tliough it will be sup
planted as soon as a better name is
found, it’s one of our favorite words.
It does mean that we welcome con
tributions, and if you want {o say
inything about any book, there’s
plenty of space Iiere.
We remember "hearing Edward
Weeks bleat out vehemently last
year that no self-respeetii.g reader
ever looks at the Best Sellah lists.
We just committed the unpardon-
ible sin, and at the wroijg time, too.
Lydia Bailey is number one on the
fiction list, with The Wayward Bus
second. A book called Peace of
Mind, by John Liebman, is the most
popular in the non-fiction group.
Since we liaven’t seen Lydia
Bailey at close range, though, and
there have been all kinds of people
crouched over a copy in the book
store. We’ve been among the crou-
chers and can speak with the partial
authority that comes with being
almost through. We do hope every
thing Steinbeck writes isn’t so
flattening. This book lacks the
heavy truck-force of Faulkner’s
Sanctuary, but nonetheless we shuf
fled right queasily home. Its skill
ful realism has so blinded us that
we doubt it all adds up to anything
more than a wad of money for ^Ir.
Steinbeck. An erudite acquaintance
says she’s sure it’s a satire on some
thing, and we hope eventually to
find out on w'hat. In the meantime
we’ll keep on thinking that Stein
beck dissipated his talent this time.
And we won’t be hasty to finish it,
either, although somebody whispered
that we hadn’t even come to the
good part yet.
Peace of Mind is so popular that
we couldn’t do justice to a copy.
Hugh Snavely said they were out
again, and sighed. But the most
comforting excerpts were reprinted
in the Reader’s Digest, and we got
hold of that. It’s a slicked up little
proof that Christian philosophy ov
erlaps modern psychology, and rec
ognition of that fact is supposed
to make us fit to endure all the
cares of modern life. Mr. Liebman
advocates Getting It off Vour Chest.
Wo moderns deplore repression, and
(lid not Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
tear their hair on occasion? It
goes on and on at this level, and
we doubt that anybody who can
read likes to consider himself such
an out-and-out novice, thanks to
Sunday school on one hand and the
movies on the other, as this book
presupposes.
In fact, the only person with any
use for Peace of Mind would be an
extravagant innocent, fresh from
The Wayward Bus. He, indeed,
would tend to snatch up the book
with the calm title and the big
blurb, and he might enjoy Mr. Lieb-
man’s platitudes. Aside from the
book clubs, that's the only excuse
for its popularity, and Liebman
probably owes Steinbeck more than
he dreams. At least it all keeps
the publishers happy.
We hope to find out something
about Lydia Bailey, after which
we mean to be through with the
Best Seller chart. We also hope to
dispense with the ten-foot pole
soon.
Nancy McColl.
REBECCA CLAPP
Clapp To Sing
Monday Night
Kebecea Clapp will be presented
)>y the Salem College School of
Music in her graduating recital in
Memorial Hall Monday evening.
Becky’s soprano voice has become
familiar to both the' students* and
the townspeople of Winston-Salem
in her four years here.
The first group of her program
will include: “Prcfito, presto io
m’innamoro” (Mazzaferrata);
“Within my heart of hearts”
(Bach); “Let me wander not un
seen” (Handel). Three nineteenth
century composers are represented
in the second group: “Im wunder-
schouen Monat Mai (Schumann);
“O wusst’ich doch den Weg zuruck”
(Brahms); “Die Forelle” (Schu-
Ijert); “O liebliche Wagen”
(Brahms). For her aria, Becky lias
chosen “Kegnava nel silenzio” from
“Lucia di Lammermoor” by Doni
zetti. The *third group represents
the late nineteenth century and the
beginning of the twentieth. Includ-
e d in it are: “Les cloches” (De-
bus.sy); “ L’invitation au voyage”
(Duparc); “La Chanson de I’Al-
ouette” (Lalo). The latest group
includes composition in the contem
porary field, beginning with Dr.
Vardell’s “A Song of April.” Then,
Becky’s Own composition “Lost.”
William Bergsma’s “Jimmie’s got a
goil” and “Ecstasy” will conclude
the program.
T^’ahers for the recital will be Bet-
tie Jones, Joanne Swasey, Mildred
Hughes, Margaret McCall, Virginia
Mclver, and Sara Haltiwanger.
Becky has been 'active in campus
organizations during her four years
at Salem. During her senior year,
she has been president of the Choral
Ensemble, soprano soloist at the
Moravian Church, and columnist
(‘‘Clapp Chats”) for the “Salem-
ite.”
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ELNOEA LAMBETH
Sophomore
Plans To Wed
Mr. and Mrs. _C. H. Lambeth of
Littleton, N. C., announce the en
gagement of their daughter Elnora
to Mr. William Leigh Glasgow.
“Boots,” a sophomore, during
two years at Salem has bo+'n active
in Pierrettes, I. R. S., cheerleader,
and the War Activities Council.
Bill, recently discharged fr,om the
Navy, is majoring in mechanical en
gineering at N. C. State in Raleigh.
The wedding is to take place June
7, 1947.
History Society
Has Meeting
Saturday, April 19, the history de
partment of Salem College will be
host to the North Carolina His
torical Meet.
There will be three meetings. The
aftprnoon meeting will be in the
Wachovia Museum. At G o’clock
there will be a dinner meeting in
the club dining room, and after
dinner, the group will go to Salem
Tavern for the final meeting.
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Salem Returns
DavidsonFavor
by Margaret McCall
“Salem-Davidson Day,” April 26,
will be a great day on Salem camp
us. Hundreds of men will flood the
ancient grounds of dear old Salem
College. A girl without a date will
be like “a ship without a sail.”
Plans have been made to give these
boys a day to remember. We have
the boys; we have the girls; all
we need to do is to match them
up!
Tables are being placed in front
of Bitting every day at lunchtinie
until Wednesday. There you may
deposit your $1.75 and sign again
for your planned blind date. Please
do not avoid these tables, for they
are placed there for your conven
ience. You w'ill not want to be
caught “without a sail” on Salem-
Davidson Day.
What is the $1.75 for ?This mere
sum of money will pay for the en
tertainment for you and your date.
Attractive favors are being planned
for you to give ‘■‘him,” and the aft
ernoon and night have been ar
ranged to the minute for fun; a
rousing game of softball is being
offered for all big athletes; each
dorm is entertaining in original
ways; a Danny Kaye movie, “The
Birth of A^Star,” is b^ing shown
in the Old Chapel; a picnic supper
is being served on the hockey field
and the Club Dining Rooni is the
center for round dancing. You, too,
can have a wonderful time on Salem-
Davidson Day! All you have to
do is send in $1.75 and sign for a
date. This is no trial offer or
free sample; this is a genuine, guar
anteed product. If you are not sat
isfied on the day after, chalk it
up to a hang-over and go back to
bed.
Keep fn Step With . . .
Majan. Goia
IT IS DIFFERENT AND
DELIGHTFUIi j
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Major Cola Co. I
Winston-Salem, N. C. i
“Lets Go To The Book Store”
Ma^i we always be worthy
of the expression so often
used at Salem
VIRGINIA HOLTON
NORRIS SMITH
MRS. E. B. WARREN
HUGH SNAVELY
ED. SNAVELY ,
SALEM BOOK STORE
SALEM SQUARE