Personals
This week-end should prove to he
an exciting and interesting one to:
KEBSLER, who will de
part from Clewell at l:lo Saturday
afternoon to visit the library, wliere
she has a table- and chair reserved
from 1:17 P. M. the same day to
4:48 Sunday afternoon.
PAT THOMSOlSr, who will have
as her guests Mr. and Mrs. Thomson
from Massachusettes.
ANN SPEES and MIMT WETb,
who plan to honor Wilmington for
the Azalea Festival,
DR. GREG SINGER, who is fly
ing to Rome in a jet-propelled plane,
where he will instruct a class of
Monks in ‘^Thc Art Of Diagram
ming.^^
RACHETj CLTNE, who will be the
guest of her parents at their home
in C’oncord.
MARTHA THTES, who is enter
taining J. T. Winn from Charlotte.
A group of RocHy Alouiit and
Wilson girls, including MARY LAW
RENCE, JULIA TTMBERLAKE,
CAROTjYN HARRIS, and ANN
POST, who are to visit SARA
CLARK at ^Vrightsville Beach.
They will leave the ocean a few
minutes to attend tlte Azalea Festi
val.
Ei^ANCEvS HORNE and HELEN
CREAMER, who, armed with tuning
instruments and barrels of paint,
'will tune all the pianos and paint
;i]l the practice rooms in Afemorial
Hall.
BETTY PARKS, who will visit
her home in Durham.
RUTH LENKOSKT. who ])lans to
dig the foundations for the new
Science Building. There will be a
limited number of grandstand seats
availai>le to those wlio may wish to
watch this amazing feat.
All the COCKROACHES in Cle
well. who are liaving a ^‘Pie Eat
ing’^ Contest Saturday night in
Coy.y Corner.
Miss Sara Ellen (88 Keys) Honey
cutt will visit her parents in Shelby,
SatTirday and Sunday.
We are glad to have Miss Betty
Beal of Greensboro back with us
after her absence of the past two
weeks.
Burlington will be graced by the
presence of Miss Anne Coleman who
will be the guest of her parents
for the weekend. SAE Dick is in
Burlington for his spring vacation.
Miss Josephine Hoyt will hold
o])cn house in No. I, Sister's for all
lovers of Vergil’s Aeneid. All con
versation will be carried on in Latin.
Miss Martha Hershberger is tak
ing time off from typing other
peoi)les’ term papers to spend the
weekend in the library writing one
of Iter own. The subject will
entitled ^^The Sex ,
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Pictured from left to right are:
Miss Betty Griffin, Durham; Miss
Janice ^^'ear, Winston-Salem; Aliss
Betty Beal, Greensboro; Aliss Sara
Honeycutt, Shelby; Miss Vicki Ham
ilton, Winston-Salem; Miss Lucy
Harper, Lenoir.
Juniors Elect Their Sophomore Marshals
Jane Hart Will Be New Chief
Personals
When Louise Stacy was asked
what sort of excitemeut was ]tlanned
on eniu])us this coming weekend she
causally drawled through a mellow
Chestertield, ^‘^la cutie pie is cornin’
up Saturday from Duke—that's sure
excitin’.” I^])on further inquiry
‘‘ma cutie ])ie” is none other than
Mr. Hugli Reams, a sophomore law
student.
Miss Lizzie Hancock is spreading
her wings toward Charlotte, N. C.
No furtlier information can be dis
closed. She ]>romises to give an ac
count for herself after her return
Sunday evening.
Lizzie also would like to express
her utmost appreciation to all those
who have helped her pull through
this 6 weeks.
Miss Beverly Johnson will be the
hostess to Mr. Pritchard this week
end. Bill is one of those lucky guys
that has completed his formal edu
cation but wishes he were back at
his,alma mater, Carolina for some
more of ‘‘those” weekends. ‘^Bev”
hasn’t made any definite plans as
how to entertain her escort. Any
one having any suggestions, please
locate Miss Johnson immediately!!
Taylor Of The Salemite
Is Forever Tuat’s Delight
by Tootsie Gillespie
If you take a cup of capability
and intelUgenco, two-thirds of a cup
of humor, four heaping tablespoons
of vesatility, mix well and bake in
a hot oven of ^'push”, nothing in
the world but Carolyn variously
known as Chief, W^'ordsworth, Casey
ami ‘"Girl”. Ever since her fresh
man year when Carolyn (and a fev,^
of her friends) talked the Strong
seniors, into believing there was a
fire at 12:80 A. M. and rushed them
outside, only to scream ^ Apiil
Fool!” out ’ the window, she has
been the outstanding enigmas at
Salem. The cold, dull facts of her
life are known. She is Morehead
City’s own claim to fame, a child
of beach, sand and study. At. var
ious times in her life, she has picked
up such interests as - playing the
c-larinet, jiving up the hymnal in
boogie time, swimming (just like a
fish), taking three showers a day,
keeping up with the latest in read
ing, making without fail the Dean’s
Inst, the Honor Society and Who’s
Who, and incidentially, developing
a propensity for editing the Salemite.
Carolyn of the slamming doors
^lad the fast walk has found time
(and talent) to be on the basket-
hall, softball and hockey varsities,
(resulting in a bright yellow ^'S”
CAROLYN TAYLOR
on licr blazer to give proof of her
efforts) and between times, she has
Avorked up nine snappy variations
of Yankee Doodle Dandy on the
piano. What more could you ask?
The fact that she knitted a pair
of socks her sophomore year entitles
her to a chair in the smokehouse,
and besides that, she makes up her
bed every morning.
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Memorial Hall will be graced with
seven good looking marshals for tlie
year 1949-50. Last Thursday the
student body elected Jane Hart to
be chief marshal, and Tuesday the
junior class selected her associates.
They are Vicki Haniilton, Betty
Beal, Betty Griffin, Sis Honeycutt,
Janice Wear and Lucy Harper.
Jane is a dark haired brunette
math major from Kinston. This
year she is on the basketball snb-
varsity, and sophomore basketball
team. Last year she was on the
freshman varsity team, on the
Salemite staff, a member of the
Salem Players, and the president of
the freshman class.
Betty Griffin is an energetic Eco
nomics and Sociology major from
Durham. She has been a member
of the Lablings, the Spanish Club,
and last year Avas a freshman fea
ture girl for Sights and Insights.
This year her little friend Gordon,
from Carolina, won the Sweetheart
of Salem contest.
The day student chosen to be mar
shal is Janice Wear from Winston-
Salem. She is an organ major, and
is a member of the Choral Ensemble.
Our adept ])iano-playing Sis is a
music major from Shelby. She is a
member of tlie Choral Ensemble, and
is nctiA^e in dramatic Avork. This year
she Avas one of the characters in
‘ ‘ Stage Door ’'.
Betty Beal is a blonde piano major
from Greensboro. She has been a
member of the Mlodern Dance Club,
the French Club, and the Salemite
staff. Last year she was on the col
lege Lecture Committee, and is the
secretary of the sophomore class this
year.
The music department is again re-
])resented by Lucy Harper. She is
a liai-p major and is secretary of
the Choral Ensemble this year. Last
year she v/as the freshman represen
tative to the judicial board.
Brunette, golf-champion Vicki is
from Winston-Salem. She transfer
red here this year from Stratford,
in DauAdlle, and is a history major.
Last fall she won the the title of
AVomen's Golf Champion at Forsyth
Country Club,
Salemites Have
Consolation Club
The Consolation Club has an
nounced its officers for 1950. Joan
Carter Read, Pres., Mary Jane Hurt,
Vice-Pres., Ruth Lenkoski, Chaplain,
Marilyn Marshall, Social Chairman,
Helen Kessler, Recreation Chairman,
and Peggy Corriher, Decorating
Chairman. Meetings will be held
every blue rainy Monday under the
steps of Clewell, Frances Horne
will serenade each meeting with the
Funeral March and other appropri
ate dirges. The Constitution will be
drawn up next week with provisions
for new in coming members as
elections on campus continue.
Personals
Our own little Salem Sweetheart
is returning to our campus this
Aveekend by special request. I’m
sure you’ll all recognize handsome
Gordon Tuggle, Carolina man. As
usual, he is dating Betty Griffin.
Tommy Auspaugh has decided to
take back all of his previous a^ows
against Salem girls. How did you
get him to do it, Nancy Florence?
Beth Coursey and Betty Kincaid sure
AA'ould appreciate your telling them
just hoAV you did do it.
Beth Kitrell has plans for a rug
ged Aveekend at her home in Pine-
tops, N. C.
Miss Dot Massey, Miss Betsy
Evans, and Miss Betty Griffin with
a croAvd of St. Mary’s girls are
looking foi’Avard to a big weekend
at WrightsA^ille on a Beta house
party. While there, the girls will
attend the Azalia FestiA^al.
Miss Dolly Loughran is leaving
Friday to spend the Aveekend in
Asheville, , N. C., visiting her par
ents, Air. and Mrs. R. B. Loughran.
Miss Lee Rosenbloom will spend
the Aveekend in Rockv Mount, N. C.
Ape and Essence
Causes Qualms
by Ruth Finnerty
There are many books AAiiieh may
soothe you, reassure you and trans
port you. And these are good, but
Ape and Essence by Aldous Huxley
is a book that will aAvaken you, fill
you with doubts, and make you
think. And that is excellent, for
people need to be aroused, need to
realize that this world is not as
permanent and safe as they had al
ways supposed. Some people are
prone to forget that just a few
years ago there was born a power
ful child who is today growing by
leaps and bounds and vAio is as
potentially dangerous, if he be re
leased, as the most cataclysmic of
nature's forces. This child, atomic
energy, was conceived and brought
into being to do good; but, in the
Avrong hands, he can become the in
strument of world-wide destruction, ^
This book, after a rather confus
ing and irreleA^ant beginning, grows
absorbing and increasingly horrify
ing as we progress. Several hund
red years after an atomic Avar, a
shy young scientist from New Zea
land lands on the shores of North
America, in an area once known
as the United States, Avith a group
of other scientists Avho wish to re
discover this land and study its life.
There they find nothing but desola
tion. Separated from his party, the
young man is thrust into what re
mains of our civilization, a com
munity of pagan savages aaJio, stran
gely, regard him as an inferior be
ing. As can be seen, the usual pat
terns of society are completely bro
ken down, but at the end we feel
that Ave can summon up the hope
that life will happily return to what
we call normal.
If you are like myself, you Avill
be chilled to the bone by the terri
fying situations shoAvn. You will
long to tear tlie book to shreds, be
cause it is too frighteningly true.
It lays bare all of the smug preten
sions that are so dear to us, so
necessary to our peace of mind. But
also we AA’ill find it hard not to
A’alue more deeply what Ave do liave
that is of real, true value.
Keeps trcam’s Roommate
Interviewed By Taylor
EMELYN GILLESPIE
by Carolyn Taylor
I was warned. Forearmed and
forewarned, I came to Salem. I had
heard of Emelyn Gillespie tAvo years
before I entered these halloAved
Avails. I haven’t stopped hearing
of her yet.
For Tootsie, as she is knoAvn to
us all, is the kind af person one
hears of and listens to. With a
mean hand on the piano, she keeps
Bitting lively during our recreation
hours, these being any time between
7:30 a. m. and 12:30 a. m. It’s
customary in auTnterview, I believe,
to discuss likes and dislikes. This
is rather difficult to do A\dth Tootsie.
For her literary likes range from
Shelley to Schiilman and her amor
ous delights from Errol to Earl.
Few things there are that Tuat
can't do. Besides spending a few
hours editing the annual this year,
she has made three dresses, created
the inimitable Folderol, keeping the
readers of the blessed Salemite
happy, and has found time to sing
in three Aveddings, singing being
only one of her talents.
Word from her room-mate, Keep-
stream, brings evidence that Tootsie
is not hard to please. We disagree,
for her gourmet tastes are such that
she requires Miss Lytch to ser\^e
especial foods for her in the dining
room, onions in every salad being
one of her major weaknesses. But
don't let us alarm you; otherwise,
she's ^^a good kid” and Ave quote.
At present, Tootsie is engaged in
a job-hunting campaign, using as
bait her'^^brand new Pontiac” as
she calls it. ^^With that car'', she
says, ‘Land my looks, I'm bound to
have Congress in hand before the
next fiscal year.” We don't doubt
that, for Tootsie has about every-
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