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THE SALEMITE
January 16, 1948
An explanation is needed. \\ hen students
are not allowed to sit in the living room of
their dormitory and listen to records on the
excellent new phonojrraph that they have re-
e(*ntly purchased, there must be a reason. It
r would be helpful to all concerned if the admini
stration would state for exactly what occasions
the Clewell Campus tjivin«r IJoom is to be used,
by whom and WHY.
The letter w'hich appears below is only
one of the many stud.ent opinions that lias been
voiced to the Salemite. We are expressing an
opinion in behalf of all the students.
( — The Editors —
3bed/i CdUa^:
Dear Editor:
I would like to give a word of praise to
the students for the very encouraging response
we received last Tuesday when Samuel Lever
ing was here. It really does cheer the hearts
of the world government advocates on campus
to know that more of the students are inter
ested in this problem than the surface shows.
Both discussions were well attended and T hope
the calibre of smokelu)use conversations was
lifted momentarily.
There was only one hitch in an otherwise
smooth program. We weren’t allowed to hold
the meetings in the Campus Living Room of
Clewell. Various members of the student body
have wondered just why this happened, and
T would like to take this chance to ask for
some concrete reasons why special meetings of
this sort cannot be held in that room ? We real
ize that the room was prepared for dating pur-
])oses, but we don’t think that so many people
are going to be dating at 4:30 in the afternoon
tliat they can’t all find a satisfactory place to
'go. Which is more important anyway?
Jane IL Morris
International Relations Clut)
t/foi Plaa
CEEING THANGC
by Catherine Gregory L/
Strong Domitory needs an ironing-board
ajid an iron! It has an Iron but the iron doesn’t
heat. It has an ironing board, but it is both
warped'and soiled. Iron out our troubles so
we can iron out our clothes. Thank vou.
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Fairy Tale.
by Debby Sartin
Once upon a time a beautiful prin-
ce.ss lived in a beautiful golden pal
ace deep in a thick forest completely
surrounded by a circle of red hungry
flames which burned night and day
so that no handsome prince could
leap the moat—brave the flames—
fight the lions—or run away w’ith
the beautiful princess.
In the surrounding country there
lived two eligible men who had their
hearts set on the love of the beauti
ful princess and who were both plan
ning to rescue the princess from her
imprisonment when the moon and
the signs of the Zodiac should at
last give the correct time with the
most favorable conditions for suc
cess.
While Hennikan was a young, rich,
handsome noble who possessed all
-the better attributes of young man
hood—shooting, riding, lancing, prim
ping, and looking lovely at 10, 2
and 4-^Hanikoy was a distinguished
“older” man who had much exper
ience in all the diplomatic circles
and of whom it was said'“he speaks
with the tongues of angels”. ^
Finally, the Zodiac specialist found
all signs were favorable for both ex
peditions and the two adventurers
set out fpr the long trip of many
hardships to the palace where they
would have the final, test and dis
cover which one would win the
princess.
During their subsequent attempts
to reach the princess, Hennikan and
Hanikoy were throughly shaken up
and both of them lost several arms
and legs and at times a few eyes and
ears to. pacify the hungry waters,
flames, and lions.
At last, both of them came through
their ordeals and they reached the
door to the princess’s boudoir at
the same time where they stopped
and glared at each other for several
days until they finally decided to
let the princess decide between them.
As soon as they reached their de
cision they flung open the door and
rushed into the room which was hung
in the golden tapestries and which
contained many objects of art.
Their hungry eyes fell upon the
princess as she reclined on her chaise
lounge—What! Murder! ! ! Murder
! ! ! What? Was she in another
man’s arms? Woe oh woo! It was
true. Colonel Suittzlegruppenbacjh-
enwach had reached her twenty
years ahead of Hennikan and Hani
koy, through a trap door in the ceil
ing. The disappointed young men
were so disappointed that they flung
themselves from the ramparts into
the moat where they swam to the
other side and went dutifully home
to their respective mothers.
Moral: Never trust a Zodiac or a
Suittzlegruppervachenwach.
Questionnaire
by Jane Morris
With all due respects to the New
York Times, we again submit for
your approval a series of'questions
to test your prowess in current hap
penings.
1. Protesting the partition of Pales
tine, the Council of Ulemas in
December called on “all Moslems
throughout the world for “ji
had.” Jihad is (a) civil disobed
ience, (b) a hunger,strike, (c) a
holy war. What is the council of
riemas?
2. The French National Assembly
recently passed an emergency str
ike law over the vote of the Com-
seats do the Communists hold?
munists. How many Assembly
(a) one-fourth, (b) one-third, (c)
two-fifths.
3. London announced that Gurkha
volunteers would remain in the
British Army. Where do they
come from?
i. A great proving ground for atomic
weapons and beneficial products
of nuclear fission is being created
on Eniwetok atoll in the Paoific.
At what stage of the war w'as Eni
wetok captured and by whom?
5. The Constitution requires the
President to send his state of the
Union message to Congress (a)
at any time, (c) at the opening of
every January, (b) once a year
every session, (d) “from time to
time”?
6. The Treasury announced that a
new half-dollar bearing th^e like
ness of Benjamin Franklin will
soon be issued. Name the only
foi^r other persons, all Presidents,
who have appeared on coins?
What coins?
7. A seminar of physiatrists was held
in New York not so long ago.
What are physiatrists?
8. Thousands of Russians thronged
to the churches of that country
Down in a smoke house at Salem sat ten
or twelve girls. Gay laughter and animated
conversation filled the air. This came from a
small radio on the floor. The girls sat in dull
silence. From time to time one would stir
slightly as her neighbor’s cigarette ashes fell
on her. They stared at the floor while the radio
transmitted the exquisite delight of the aud
ience at some far-away comedian. One of the
girls looked up.
“Chan'ga station. I don’t like to hear
])eople laffing.”
“Naa’, the others agreed. Beautiful sad
nnisic came on the next station.
A girl with deep bitter lines etched on her
face sprang up in a frenzy.
“Change it quick I Music makes me think.”
“Yaa”, they agreed. One girl with the
appearance of having borne a great sorrow
took a deep ancf de.sperate drag on her cigar
ette.
“Never think about life”, she said tragi
cally. “You can stand it if you never think.
I stopped once and thought about things and
lo.ok at me now. Never think!” She broke off
and stared moodil.v out the window. Some
one cut off the radio, and they all sat in silence,
a bitter, cynical, jaded, broken lot. They had
tasted the joys of life and found them rotten.
Their tender young ideals had been trampled
and crushed. All that they thought good and
beautiful had withered at a touch, and their
higliest dreams had turned to ashes. Bitter
ness and a strident cynicism was their last
refuge, and they hated even that. In short,
they were College Seniors.
Into this sordid and dismal atmosphere
there came a wisp of a song. It came nearer
and, as it grew more audible, they realized
that it was “Old Polks at Home” accompanied
by a scraping sound. Closer and closer it
came, and every eye wa.? rooted to the door.
There was a breathless hush, a tense moment,
then into the room swept Little Mumbly. She
hummed the last few measures, pirhouetted
gracefully, and the waltz was over. ,
“Well, Ah do declare! Ah really must get
a breath of fresh air befoah the next dance,
Captain Butler”, she said, coquettishly lower
ing her eyes behind her glasses.
“Why yes, Ah reckon you maj^ walk in
the garden with me, Captain Butler”—flap
ping an imaginary fan—“Why mercy, how you
do run on! You know Ah’m not prettier than
all the ladies here!” She pouted prettily and
flounced her non-existent hoop skirt.
“Reallj", Captain Butler, if you persist Ah
shall be foaced to blush and Ah do detest to
blush”. With this she swished out-of the room.
/
Th(ft’e was a short silence. The girls w'ere
overcome. Finally the girl with the bitter
\ '
mouth stood up.
“I’m going to see that movie!” she an
nounced. “Are you all coming?”
Afa SaUmiie
Wednesday a week
was the occasion?
ago.
What
(Answers on page six)
Exams will interrupt publication of the
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Salemite for the next two weeks. The^^ next
issue will appear February 13. Peggy Gray
and “Pinky” Carlton were “executive” editors
for this issue.