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Page Two THESALEMITE April 28 Va ^4e Sti4xteH.t Bodif Dr. Gramley was inaugurated as the 13th President of Salem Saturday. On Thursday girls were installed as heads of major campus organizations. We know that these leader.s are capable and we’ve shown that we recog nize their abilities by choosing them for. their respective positions. But it is obvious that these leaders can accomplish little without the active support of each student. It’s not enough to sign out when we go up town and to attend vespers and morning chapel occasionally; by active support we mean complete cooperation with campus leaders and participation in the activities sponsored, by organizations which they head. When the President of Stee Gee asks us Avhether the I. R. S. should sponsor all the dances, each student should think about and discuss the idea and voice her opinion. It’s not enough for us just to sit in the smoke houses and gripe, but we should bring our ideas and opinions out into the open in' order to let our leaders know what we really think. Active participation also involves going to the baseball games and decorating the gym for our dances. Active participation might be called school spirit, and. if there’s any school that deserves this, it’s Salem. We were proud of Dr. Gram- ley and the laculty on Saturday. We were proud of the new science building and the campus. These things were given us by the administration and Miss Essie and her staff. They can’t give us school spirit . . . that’s up to us. EXAM SCHEDULE THURSD.kY, MAY 18 9 A. M. English 112 R. 1 French 2A R. 24 French 2B R. 24 French 252 R. 22 German 2 R. 4 Italian 2 R. 20 Sociology 202 R. 8 Spanish 2 R. 29 2 P. M. French 4A R. 20 French 4B - R. 29 French 104 R. 22 German 4 R. 4 Psychology 207 R. 8 Spanish 4A R, 24 Spanish 4B R. 26 FRIDAY, May 19 Latin 6 Mathematics 120 Music 204 Spanish 282 TUESDAY, MAY 23 9 A. M. Economics 210 Home Econ. 220 Latin 8 Music 110 Music 206 2 P. M. English 104A English 104B ' English 104C English ,242 Home Econ. 304 Sociology '210 WEDNESDAY, MAY .24 9 A. M. R. 29 R. 1 Lab. R. 8 9 A. M. Biology 104 R. 200 English 272 R. 4 History 104A R. 1 English 282 R. 1 History 104B R. 4 Mathematics 2A R. 24 History 104C R. 8 Mathematics 2B R. 26 History 202 R. 20 Mathematics 2C R. 29 Home Econ. 101 Lab. Music 102 R. 100 Music 252 Studio Sociology 204 2 P. M. R. 8 2 P. M. Art 102 R. 131 Home Econ. 209 Lab. Economics 102 A R. 1 Latin J R. 4 Economics 102 B R, 8 Music 214 Studio Music 212 R. 101 Psychology 102 A R. 1 Philosophy 202 R. 20 Psychology 102 B R. 8 Spanish 104 R. 24 SATURDAY, MAY 20 THURSDAY, M.4Y 25 9 A. English 1 M. R. 26 9 A. M. Chemistry 2B R. 200 English 2A R. 1 Chemistry 2A R. 200 English 2B R. 4 Latin 4 R. 4 English 2D R. 8 Mathematics 206 R. 26 English 2E R, 24 Music 2 R. 100 Geography 202 R. 29 Music 208 R. 101 History 210 R. 20 Sociology 220 R. 8 History 228 • R. 22 2 P. M. 2 P. M. Art lOOA R. 131 Economics 300 R. 8 Art 100 B R. 131 Music 216 Studio Chemistry 104 R. 200 Religion 104 A R. 20 Enghsli 202 R. 1 Studio Religion 104 B R. 29 Music 304 MONDAY. MAY 22 1 Physics 302 R. 4 AVe want to thank you for the Sights and Insights. A\ e want to tell you that we appreciate the unusual pictures, the subtly humorous write ups and the striking cover. In your Annual .you have managed to portray the things we did, the things we said and the way we felt in 1949-1950. AA^e know you and, your staff worked hard aud we want you to know we appreciate it. 9 A. M. Biology 2A Biology 2B Education 224 Music 306 Religion 230 2 P. M. Chemistry 204 ^ English 292 ■ History 212 Home Econ, 102 I FRIDAY, MAY 26 R- 200 j ' 9 A. M. R. 200 : Education 226 R. 102 Hygiene 10 R. 101 Mathematics 104 R. 20 R. 200 R. 1 R. 20 Lab. TO BE ARRANGED: Chemistry 206 Music 222 Music 232 Music 324 Instrumental Ensemble R. 102 R. 4 R. 26 ACTI AND MAY DAY By Jane Watson The student body wishes to express its sym pathy to Lucy Harper in the loss of her mother. Published every Friday of the College year by, the Student body of Salem College OFFICES Lower floor Main Hall Subscription Price—$2.75 a year EDITORAL DEPARTMENT Editor-in-Chief Clara Belle LeGrand Associate Editor Lee Rosenbloom Associate Editor Mary Lib Weaver Assistant Editor Lola Dawson Make-up Editor Ann Sprinkle Copy Editor ... _ Jane Watson Music Editor Muggins Bowman Sports Editors: Adrienne McCutcheon, Marilyn Samuel. Pictorial Editor Sig Hines Typists; Jane Parker, Peggy Chears Faculty Advisor: Miss Jess Byrd Editorial Staff; Sybel Haskins, Winkie Harris, Polly Hartle, Fay Stickney, Betty Leppert, Sis Pooser. Editorial Assistants: Charlotte Woods, Eleanor Ma- Gregor, Lorrie Dirom, Jane Fearing, Anne Lowe, Ann Simpson, Carolyn Harris, Elsie Macon, Loma Faye Cuthbertson. Business Manager Betty Griffin Advertising Manager Carolyn Butcher Assistant Advertising Manager Jane Schoolfield Circulation Manager Clara Justice This is the story of a cow, not really a whole cow, just half of one. Still for Acti it was a chance in a lifetime. It would be her eyes which looked out of the cow’s head to watch the May Queen and her court and all the dances. She would at last be on the inside of things. Acti arrived eagerly at Jhe first-practice carrying her makeup kit, “Memoirs” by Isadora Duncan, and her press agent. The cow group was assigned a hiding place •under the May Dell bridge to wait for their big ^entrace moment. Acti bounded dovvn the bank of the stream. She was terribly excited. Delightedly,: she discovered that if she lay prone, under the tiny water fall, she could coyly peep around the rushes and see not only the whole May Day proceedings, but also the exact spot where her own date, Frank N. Stein would be sit ting. The very thbught of him made little waves in the stream as she fluttered her to.es breathlessly. By now the practice had begun. The Del! was empty except for three girls grouped around a single tree in the effective “Three Mon key’s” pose singing in a husky murmur. “My Mama Dose Told Me.” Then a single flute sounded the clear opening strains of “Clair de Come-on-youair. At this sig- , nal the cast swung out of their trees and crawled from under their rocks gaily singing “Why Was I Born”. As they met in the center of the Dell, i Ramona French de tached herself from the group (an old trick she learned from Hou- dini) to tell the May Dell legend. How Acti envied her. “She is so appealing looking,” thought Acti wistfully. And indeed she was. A long scar across her cheek drew her nose a little to one side and her left eye down to meet it. When Ramona concluded her tale, Liza Grayham gave a soul- satisfying interpretation of “Eensy Weensy Spider” with cymbal ac companiment. She ended by tri umphantly collapsing in an esthetic heap. Entranced though she was, Acti could not help but be impatient for her cue. “Well, maybe tomorrow afternoon,” she thought; the six o clock bell had just sounded That mud was getting cold anyway The next day a slight case of pneumonia didn’t stop Acti from being in her appointed place. Today le May court was >to practice their entrance, A§ the string ensemble began the stately processional Cho- Pms “Funeral March”, the May Court, laying aside their books and horn-rimmed glasses, made a dig- mfied entrance Acti was in the fipt dance after the coronation, bhe sneezed excitedly, but avain the clock began to strike six. ^ On the bulletin board the next day. a special schedule was posted which announced , that practice would begin that day with the dances only. At promptly five o clock Acti patted her last spit curl m place over her low forehead and dipped her mascara brush in the stream to apply the finishing touches. At last she pulled the cows head over her own and waited milk h raised her milky brown, eyes to thank Heaven for such an opportunity, two fat mindrops caught her unawares, practice was dismissed. The next day Acti squirmed im- patiently mside her cow costume, for the speech class was practicing It s choral reading from “The Lay of the Last Minstrel”. At six she gave up, and with the rest of her group, climbed slowly up the hill, I Maybe tomorrow! back on. " - X A —III ulsiory or eeononbies; not the last minute cramming for an exam or even what we learned for course; not the songs we wrote to sing in dining room or our imitations of the faculty but there are a few experiences or memories that we will always think of in connection with Salem. My own personal memories are long and varied but among the outstanding things I will always remember are some notable people I have met or heard in the Lecture Series, throughout four years. There was the first time I heard John Mason Brown lecture aboifi America “Peter-panning its way through his- tory” and his comment about a Phi Beta Kappa. key being an abdominal adornment, Then there was the day I spent with Edward Weeks and was inspired to be a writer, tem porarily anyway. Richard Lauterbach waj another in my list of unforgetable lecturers I have heard; as were Ivnickoboeker and Durante’s debate on Russia (4 years ago!); Raymond Swing’s comments on current events and Bennett Cerf’s analysis of American wit, These were but a few of the ones I will alwa.ys remember. To see how my memory stacked up with the rest of the student body a poll was made this week of favorite lecturers. With the Seniors John Mason Brown, Mady Christians, Bennett Cerf, and Edward Weeks ranked tops in favorites. Several of them suggested that we have more lectures on current affairs pre sented in the witt.v style of John Mason Brown. Ihe Junior Class puts entertainment high ■ on their list too with Mr. Brown being first on their list and Miss Christians bringing up a close second. Miss Christians and Mr. Brown tied for first place among the Sophomore class. Second place went to Mr. Lauterbach because as many said they liked to hear about what people were like in foreign lands and they enjoyed talking to him in an informal after-dinner coffee session. In fact, it was suggested that we have more of these informal discussion groups as we had then and at the Inter national Relation Day with Dr. Hung. An other suggestion made was that we have some one like Cornelius Otis Skinner or Emily Kim brough for next year’s actress-entertainer. Miss Christians rated tops with the fresh men class and Mr. Brown was next. Most of the girls said that they had enjoyed all the lectures this year but'wished that they would come at better spaced intervals. They also suggested that the Lecture Committee choose subjects which would be more inter esting to girls and have an outstanding woman in current affairs. So it would seem that each girl who has attended the lecture has her own personal favorite and something special that appeals to her. Just how the Lecture Committee is going to please every individual is going to be a hard task for next year. It would seem that for the most part the students prefer to bp entertained to being educated. They feel that they get enough of the straight lectur® material in the class room and would rather nave something on the light side with a littl* food for thought thrown in.
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