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March 5, 1948
THE SALEMITE
Page Three
Leach History Exposed;
Reporter Suffers Injuries
by Tootsie Gillespie
(Sentences in bold print were writ
ten by Mr. Robert Leach)
Once in many, many moons, as the
Old Indian says, the world is graced
by the presence of protoplasmic be
ing which can only materialize into
Phi Beta Kappa (which is an honor
ary degree given to male undergradu
ates who have completed six college
years without repeating a subject
and without dating any female un
dergraduate, faculty wives not in
cluded). Such a being is Dr. (sine
multo laude et cum magna multa cap-
illi) Robert Leach, who is assisted
in Salem’s Department of History
by two other college men.
Mr. Leach (I drop the “Dr.” be
cause I abhor formality. Why not
be chummy?) came into this world
rather singularly—it was the year
of the first publication of the World
Almanac, the Encyclopedia Brittan-
nica and the erection of the first
Canada Dry factory; and it was also
the year that Walbank and Taylor,
co-authors of “Civilization Past and
Present” made good their threat to
commit suicide. The first words of
Robert’s father were, “Get me a
barber!” for even at the age of
three hours, Robert had a nicely for
med head of massy, rough-rod hair
along with a full set of forty-two
dentures (causing considerable com
ment in Oral Hygiene).
It took no expert in the Rorschach
Leach by Bromberg
particularly hard time learning “Der
Buenaventura de le Massacio Ser-
vigne in the Jahr Quatrving-huit B.
C.”, which was Roberto’s favorite).
Robert’s mother had a very hard
time with his personal hygiene be
cause he was continually scraping
and digging around looking for old
manuscripts, thus keeping his Eaton
collars in a constant state 6f grime.
It was during one of those digging
episodes that Robert came across
the left arm of Venus de Milo,
technique to^ see tta^t Robert w^^ this, day
in miniature on one end of his watch
unusual child. He woula amuse him
self by the hour sitting cross-legged
on a bed of roses reading excerpts
from Boswell, Hippocrates, Diosthe-
nes, E-Z-Wheeze (a book on the cur
ing of asthma), Lord Keynes, Mary
Richmond, Steinbeck and Betty
Smith (of “A Pot Plant Sprouts in
Podunk” fame). To round out his
personality, he read a book on ‘ ‘ How'
To Win Friends And Influence His
torians”.
One babyhood demand which Rob
ert made of his mother was that she
sing him to sleep every night, but
not in the usual manner. Instead
of Rock-a-Bye Baby, Mrs. Leach
would sing dates in lullaby time, and
she also sang national athems in the
dialect of the country (she had a
chain. He only shows it to close
friends, however.
It was during Rob’s eighteenth
summer at Nantucket, where he was
undergoing treatment for inverted
warts, that he became interested in
the possibilities of a book about Nan
tucket Bay in the moonlight. He
sat barefooted for weeks in his tree-
house, where he wrote page after
page in braille in the moonlight.
Prefering magnolia trees to Nan
tucket, he transferred his activities
to Salem College where he now en
gages in giving pops, quizzes, tests,
exams and stimulators. (Mr. Leach
attributes his fine touch to Nan
tucket.)
Communists
Sieze Czech
Pol ice Force
by Janie Morris
This past week the papers have
been filled with news from Czecho
slovakia. The Communists have
come through again and have taken
over the country. Ever since last
Spring’s elections they have been
the strongest party with 38 per cent
of the votes. Actually this is not
a majority, of course, but with the
alliance of the Social Democrats,
their closest political buddies, they
have mustered a 52 per cent major
ity in the Czech Parliament.
Well, as it seems the Social Demo
crats apjipared to be wavering last
month, and with spring elections
just around the corner, the Commies
couldn’t take any chances. So, all
of a sudden the Communist Minister
of the Interior, Vafelav Nosek, began
shifting the police force around, tak
ing non-Communists out of key posi
tions. Nobody seemed to like this,
(except the Commies), and all the
members of the Czech cabinet except
the Communists members demanded
that Nosek recall some of his fel
lows that he had placed in these
key positions. He didn’t reply.
Things became a little strained
and twelve members of the cabinet
resigned. What they had hoped was
that the Premier, Gottwald, would
have to resign and general elections
could be held, but Gottwald, a Com
munist himself, denounced the re
signed members and after much mass
rallying and demonstrations on the
part of you know who. President
Benes had to agree to let Gottwald
form a new cabinet along his own
lines; which, of course, meant Com
munists in almost every department.
There yon have it! Crowds cheered
and light appeared on the future of
the coming elections when the Great
er Prague Action Committee for
bade any printed material against
the Gottwald government or “the
people. ’ ’
It the absence of Eger Beave iS
conspicious, I think you ought to
know that he is lost. I haven’t
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Schuster Likes Salem Girls;
Qives Brilliant Recital
T alking
Man
Janie Morris was the winner of
last week’s Miss Shush contest, and
the winner of a carton' of Chester
fields.
Winky Harris in collaboration
with Betty Biles, Martha Hersh
berger, and Nancy Jefferys, and
Lillian McNeil also entered the con
test.
Peggy Broaddus was the Miss
Shush. The clues were as follows:
^ After a honey bee (B)
A road appears before us
If you see an egg before thee
!why, you got it, don’tcha fuss.
! This week the Salemite is offer
ing a carton of Chesterfields to the
I winner of THE TALKING MAN
contest. Important: Leave your an-
I swer and an explanation of three
clues written on a Chesterfield wrap
per, in the Salemite office. Ans
wers not written on Chesterfield
wrappers will be disqualified.
Oh, do you see double?
What comes last shall become be
fore.
Are Chesterfields worth your tro
uble.
Shoot! Try it, and get Chester
fields galore. •
by Carolyn Taylor
“Here are the girls from the col
lege. They have called me up this
afternoon and they want to inter
view me. What is your first ques
tion?”
The truth is, we were too fasci
nated by Joseph Schuster, noted cel
list who played at Reynold’s Audi
torium Monday night, to ask him
any questions. He did most of the
talking.
“I asked the taxi driver to show
me something in Winston-Salem and
he says that there is nothing to see,
but that there is beautiful women.
And I did not see the beautiful
women til now.” Charmed by his
gallantry, his thick black hair and
dark eyes, we let him keep on talk
ing.
“Why did you not call me early
today and come to see me? All day
I have been so lonesome. I was
very tired from my trip down, and
I say to myself that I sleep all day
and I can not slefep. So I wander
around all day and am very unhappy.
Tonight I call my little boy—he is
three years old—and he say, ‘ ‘ Poppa
come home or send present.”
“No, this is not my first trip
South. I have been to North Caro
lina before. I play in—what you
call it—Charlotte and Raleigh. I
have played in a big college here,
too. Chapel Hill, it is. You know
you do not have a vtery beautiful
city here. But what a wonderful
audience. I was afraid that nobody
would be here, because people do
not like a cello much. But did you
like it? Was that you laughed be
fore I finish my encore? Somebody
I laugh before I get to the funny
I part! ”
We complimented him on his ac
companist, and he' said, “But of
course he is good. He would not
be here with me if he were not.”
He wanted to come out to Salem
and said, “Tomorrow you call me
and if I am still here I will come
to your college. ’ ’ But he left early
and we didn’t see him again. A
brilliant cellist and a very charming
person—Joseph Scliu.ster.
Victor’s rising stQi" of the iceyboard
— Larry Green — scores another hit . . .
"gonna get a GIRL''
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