January 16, 1946
THE SALEMITE
Pase Five
Salemites Announce Elngagements
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^ Buth Lewis
Stee Gee President
Discusses Shortcomings
OPEN LETTER
There is a great fallacy at Salem
in our discussions of problems. This
is not a fault peculiar to Salem and
foreign to other institutions; but,
as the most we can hope to do at
the moment is to correct our own
faults, something should be done.
This quite evident shortcoming of
most of us Salemites is our constant
tendency to criticize, not often con
structively, the function of various
campus activities and yet make no
attempt to do anything about cor
recting these ills. More specifically,
for the benefit of concrete thought,
we might use our criticism of tlje
Student Government.
Many of us privately discuss
among ourselves the obvious short
comings of Student Government, and
yet we never carefully analyze our
dislikes and then present them to
both the student body and the ac
cused organization as a means of
bringing to light for the benefit of
the entire college those faults which
most obviously need correcting.
It is all well and good to criticize
constructively an organization of
our own making, but what are we
going to do to ERASE these blem
ishes? Are we going to continue
to discuss privately among our
friends the practices, rules, tactics,
or whatever our complaint may be
of this representative body, or are
we going to do something about
these evils? Rash, hot-headed criti
cism can hope to accomplish no im
provement. This is also the plight
of the passive, insensitive student
n'ho lias no interest in the very or
ganizations which slie has a hand
in forming.
Level-headed, far-sighted, construc
tive criticism never did any person
Or group harm. _Our student govern-
j ment would not only accept but
also welcome the views of the stu-
i dents who present their arguments
I with a sincere desire to improve
this group. They would welcome
this information not only as an or
ganization but also as a group of
normal persons subject to mistakes
as any other group whose duty it
is to deal fairly all persons af
fected by its existence.
If we are desirous not only of a
better student government but also
of a better “Y»^ ^ jj. S.,
and a better A. A., we as students
must do our part in presenting our
constructive criticisms directly to
these groups for the*ultimate good
of the entire school.
Mary Bryant
Alumnae
Will Wed
The Winston-Salem Journal Sent
inel society editors have had a busy
time with announcements of Salem
ites ’ engagements and weddings.
Through their courtesy the pictures
appear on this page and the stories
follow below.
Mr. and Mrs. James Coit Eedfearn
of Wadesboro, announce the engage
ment of their daughter. Miss Helen
Coit Redfearn, to Joe Marshall Siles,
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe M.
Siles of Wadesboro. The weddiiig
will take place in the early spring.
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Coit Redfearn
Mr. and Mrs. John Monroe Coun
cil of Lake Waccamaw, N. C., an
nounce the engagement of their dau
ghter, Miss Mary Robiteau Council,
to Dr. Thomas Oliver Coppedge, Jr.,
son of Mrs. Thomas Oliver Coppedge
of Nashville, Tenn. The wedding
will take place in the early spring.
Jfr. and Mrs. William Neilson Gar
rett of Knoxville, Tenn., announce
tlu! engagement of their daughter,
Miss Julia ^rabson Garrett, to Rich
ard Baynard AVillingham, son of Mrs.
Richard Furman Willingham and the
late Mr. Willingham of Winston-
Salem.
Dr. and Mrs. Eoscoe McMillan of
Red Springs, X. C., announce the en
gagement of their daughter. Miss
Mary Lou Stack, to Benjamin Robin
son Huske, III, son of Mr. and Mrs.
.loseph S. Huske of Fayetteville,
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Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Lewis .-wi
nounce the engagement of their dau-
gliter, Rutli, to Mr. Tommy Speas
son of Dr. and , Mrs. W. P.‘ Spease!
The wedding will be in June.
^liss Brona Nifong, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Nifong, became
the bride of Rev. Edward Roy on
December 20, 1947. Rev. and Mrs.
Roy are making their home at Bre
vard College, where Rev. Roy is Pro-
fess6r of Religion.
Davis Speaks
OnCommunism
Chester Davis, investigative re
porter, spoke in Thursday’s assembly
on Communism as a problem in North
Carolina and in the world.
“There isn’t a chance of it be
ing miminized today as it was, after
tlie last war,” said Mr. Davis.
Mr. Davis reported that the pro
blem of Communism is emphasized
too much in the Carolinas. He ad-
ded, “We go too far overboard in
fighting something that is not
there.” He did say that Winston-
Salem is now the home of the Com
munist leaders of North Carolina.
The best way, said Mr. Davis, to
win people of other nations to our
capitalistic system is to show them
that it is the best one. Attacking
Communism is the negative approach.
Mary Lou Stack
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Teau Council
Past Holiday
New Diamo
Brings
nd Rings
by Pinky Carlton
Sparkling and glimmering are the
five new diamonds that Christmas
holidays brought to light. Frances
Winslow, Barbara Ward, and Ann
Millikan are the senior members of
the circlet society; Lillian McNeil
and Barbara Ball are sophomore and
junior members. Outdoing tliem all
is the former Ann Bennett of tlie
freshman class who joined with life
membership. She eloped on January
■1 to marry Elmo Williams.
Barbara Ward plans to be mar
ried in August, or just as soon after
June as she and Ellis Hall can find
an apartment in Chapel Hill. Ellis,
a junior at Carolina, is from Winston-
Salem. He not only knows almost
e.veryone at Salem but speaks to
everyone. Barbara’s ring is a soli
taire set in a gold band.
Fran Winslow is engaged to Jack
Spillers of Winston-Salem. The mar
riage date is indefinite as Jack is
still at Carolina. You’ve all seen
his ’47 royal blue convertible on
campus. Fran’s ring is a platinum
band with one diamond in the mid
dle and three diamonds on each side.
Barbara Ball’s fiance is Tom Riv
ers of Tnckahoe, New York. He is
a six-foot brunette that Barbara has
I known for a long, long time. She
got her ring, a gold band with a
! diamond in the center and one on
, each side, on Oiristmas Eve.
Lillian McNeil is engaged to Boyce
• Roberts of Charlotte who is now in
the Marine corp. No wedding date
has been set as Boyce doesn’t know
when he will be out of the service.
Lillian plans to leave Salem the
end ojf this semester to the great sor
row of all of us; she wants to work
for a while at home before her mar
riage. Lillian’s ring is a ^ diamond
set against a platinum background
in a gold band.
Ann Millikan will be married
some time this summer to Harold
Hornaday of Greensboro. Harold
graduates this January from Duke
and will work for the Burlington
; Mills' in St. Paul, N. C. He is the
slow-talking, good-looking blonde
that you’ve seen at Salem dances.
Ann’s ring is a platinum band with
a diamond in the center and two on
each side.
I These five Salemites are engaged;
I they’re lovely; and they prefer g^ld
bands in their engagement rings—
I three to two. Their rings sparklet
their eyes sparkle. Let’s make them
I our shining examples.