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THE SALEMITE
January 12, 195]
JllLAXiAdf . . .
The iii)|)!ic;ition of th(> honor system does
not stop with conduct on exams and sif^nino-
in and ont. Other things are covered by this
system and, though not so obvious, are just
as much a part of it.
One of these concerns the procedure set up
in regard to the use of reserve library books.
Kvery student knows that all books from the
resei’ve room are to be checked out at cu‘tain
hours and returned within a specified length
of time. This procedure is not arbitrarily .set
up, but is designed to enable each student to
havi‘ an eipial opportunity to benefit from the
fi’serve books.
When a student ignores the established ))ro-
cedure and takes a book out without signing
it out of th(' library, she is abusing the honor
system and diminishing her personal honor.
/lHH0444^Ceme4tt6. . . .
Sometimes it is absolutely necessary for an
nouncements to be made in the dining-hall.
To make this procedure as ])ainless as jios-
sible, it has been suggested that all persons
making announcements ring the gong loudly
and spi'ak distinctly. This way everything
will be heard, and the “handwavers’’ woift
have to ask for a repeat performance.
Word has been received that “Sleep-no-
time-(ial” will be the hit song of Salem cam
pus during exams. It has a catchy tune, but
don’t let the lyrics apply to you.
No-doze and Henzedrine are for those who
anui't wise enough to know that their use of
these sleep-delayers sadly weakens their ner
vous system. 1’he ones who realize how much
good health means are the girls who will learn
as many facts about Chaucer and Milton as
possible and then go to bed. They know that
rest is the secret of clear thinking on an exam.
G3-ftteit. . .
All entries in the composition contest for
freshmen should be in the Salemite office or
given to Clara Belle LeCrand or Lee Rosen-
bloom by Friday, February 2.
Short stories, poems and essays are eligible
for (Uitry. A five-dollar award will be given
to the winner of the contest, and her com-
position will be published in the Salemite.
Editor’s Note: Publication of the Salemite
will be resumed February fl. The next issm*
u-ill be edited by Lee Rosenbloom.
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1951
By Carolyn Harris
It’s January of the new year,
1951 ; I’m 20 years old and think
1 know prett}- much about life,
and yet deej) down there’s a funny
feeling tluit reminds me that I’m
only a minute ]>arl of this depthless
world. .After dinner while smok
ing my cigarette, 1 began reading
the headlines in “The Shelby Daily
News”. (1 don’t know much about
Shelby, but all the headlines are
pretty much the same.) .After the
first glance which tells me that
the Communists are pushing our
troo])s further back and 210,000
Communist troops are preparing an
attack on U. N. I-orces, a dark
shallow or maybe just a terrible
feeling that seems to surround me
makes me want to put the paper
down and pick up that love comic
that is lyitig on the table. But
siimethmg inside says, “No, Carol
yn, all you know is that there’s a
war in Korea with boys losing
their lives and our forces losing
grounds”—So 1 read. General
“Somebody” says that he only
hopes the terrible slaughter in .Asia
won’t move to .Atuerica—Suddenly
1 feel a weight in the jiit of my
stomacli—
Yes—Ann’s going to marry Bad
ger tins summer if he has to go—
Sally and Howard want to marry
before he has to go over, but—
Pm 20 years old with a future
that takes the shape of a big ques
tion mark. My brother is 29, mar
ried and has one child. T have
hardly had time to get to know
him. School, Army, then Germany,
When he came back he seemed
different, older—T guess it's hard
to realize when you are younger
lhal your big brother is one day
I a man who has had experiences
that he doesn’t like to mention.
Then one day he breaks loose and
tells you about the time he lay
flat on his belly for 24 hours with
sniiiers taking a shot at him every
time he raised his head. Finally
one young boy crawled back to the
lines and got help—How' bayonets
and knives were used—But he is
home, yes, he is home with both
arms and legs, his eyesight and
perfect health—Thank God for
that This time it’s worse.—A
wife and child will be left behind
and only a fear greater than the
ione before will accompany him be-
’ cause he knows—.
j This time my boy friends will be
■marching along beside him. And
Any girl friends who spent a week
or two with their husbands, then
i kissed them goodbye, will be sit-
' ting back at home, with the mem
ories of only those few weeks.
Maybe I’m lucky because I’m not
in love. Some call it “playing the
field”, but no one really knows
who is lucky or unlucky.
Twenty years old is still young,
' almost too young to have^ a hus
band fighting for his life and
i country in a place miles across the
ocean,
■ Who knows what will hapnen.
■ who knows what to do?—Emily is
hardly the same person she used
to be—“Dune” has been in Korea
for some time and that last lettei
i seems so long ago .
This ciirarette is burning my fin
gers. Who’s that playing “Be-
; cause” ? Emily is telling how she
and Dune will plan their w-edding
when he comes back—When Dune
' and all the others come back and.
Dear God, let them come back—.
1951?
By Inge Sigmund
.-\ccording to the title of his lec
ture “What Atomic Energy Can
Do l-'or A Peaceful World”, Mr.
Laurence dwelt primarily on the
peaceful uses of atomic energy, and
ex))ressed his convictions that even
in the form of weapons this energy
is an instrument of peace: the very
fact that the American A-bombs
are more powerful than the Rus
sian bombs jmd America’s stock
])ile of them is larger has so far
prevented a third world war or a
Russian march into Western
Europe.
The whole lecture would have
been very reassuring, the fears
about the present crisis would have
been mitigated by Mr. Laurence’s
optimism about the w-orld situation
(“1 don’t believe that there will be
a war”), if there would not be
questions and doubts about several
of his statements, and if the next
day’s newspaper would not talk
about “speeded mobilization”, “U.
S. to fight if we must”.
Mr. Laurence said that the A-
liotnb :ind the Ll-bomb are deter-
etits of war; they would give the
U. S. time to stren'gthen their de
fense force—but would this not also
give time to Ritssia to build up
more power ?
The builditig up of a more power
ful defense force is preventing a
war, he said, for it would keep the
enetny afraid. Rut can an army
actually be formed only to frighten
the opponent without the aim of
using it for armed dispute?
Eixplaining the use of atomic
bombs in case of war, Mr. Lau
rence said that they will be used
for destruction of industrial cen
ters, not very likely against fight
ing troops—which again makes
Russia fear a war, for their in
dustries would be destroyed. Yes,
but is there not also the danger
that Russia’s atomic bombs might
be efficient enough to destroy
America’s industrial centers?
As to the use of .Atomic bombs
in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Mr.
Laurence declared that this saved
half a million American and two
million Japanese lives, which again
would show that the general opin
ion of the .A-bomb as the most
destructive weapon is a miscon
ception, but there are other opin
ions about this; declaring that the
dropping of these two bombs was
not at all necessary for the out
come of the war.
About the European question,
Laurence remarked that these
countries are still like “a sick man
after a terrible illness”, that “they
build up a defense”—but he forgot
they must have time to recover, and
that a terrible illness is a great
experience, and that this sick man
has not the slightest desire to go
through all his sufferings again.
Definitely, it remains very doubt-
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1951...
E.xchange Editor
Deaton
Faculty .Advisor: Miss Jess Byrd.
By Anne Blackwell
Problems for New Congress
The eightj'-first Congress closed
its record last week and the eighty-
second moved up to take its place.
There was very little of the gaiety
or the kidding that usually accom
panies the formation of a new Con
gress. House Speaker Sam Ray
burn of Texas set the mood when
he asked the members of the ses
sion to do things that would
frighten away “international des
perados and despots”.
The new Congress can afford to
lose no time, for many issues are
waiting to be settled. Debates will
soon arise concerning arms for the
United States, arms for the rest of
the non-communist world, foreign
policy, domestic controls and finan
cial problems. The job of the
eighty-second Congress is to settle
I all problems confronting a nation
I intent on building up its defensive
strength.
I Draft Calls On, Medical Profession
Last week approximately nine
thousand doctors and dentists were
■ told that they might soon be called
to active duty in the armed forces,
i These were the ones trained at
Government expense during World
War II. The United States De-
feVise Department announced that
jail of those who served less than
I ninety days in the last war are
'classified 1-A and will be called
j within six months. The ones who
^ served up to twenty-one months
will follow them.
At the same time all doctors and
dentists under fifty who are not
members of the Reserve forces are
to register for the draft before the
fifteenth of January.
^3.
By "Winkie Harris and Sybel Haskins
It was dark and all was quiet—except for
the pipes iii Bitting. In the basement, a tiny
light burned. Four girls huddled around it.
The spark was not yet extinguished.
“Iiife!” said Mable burying her head in her
hands.
“The Ideal!” said Gertrude burying her
head in the floor.
“_full of sound and fury signifying no
thing,” said Millie burying her head in her
book.
“Men!” said Activitus.
“I’m going to bed,” Millie mumbled. “If
I’m late to that 8:30 again she’ll kill me.”
“Listen, you,” the other three grimaced,
“Don’t let us sleep through lunch again, d’ya
hear? Yesterday we barely got to our five
o’clock class!”
Millie revolted “I can’t stand it any more!
All you do is sleep all day, cut the one class
per week you do have, go to the show, and
stay up all night talking about life. Litera
ture and The Wedding! Just cause you’re
through practice teaching—I don’t care if you
did warn me not to say those words!” She
was appropriately punished by fifty lashes at
sun-up. All the while she screamed tauntingly
“Lesson-plans, units, projects—”
At a quarter of one the next morning,
Activitus stretched twice, “Get up, Gertrude.”
She picked up a pair of dirty socks, blue
jeans, wool skirt, raincoat and staggered to
lunch. “Heh, heh! Never no more hose.
Never no more riding 12 miles in the country
at eight in the morning.”
Gertrude caught up with her “The show’s
finally changmg today. Let’s go.”
■‘What’s playing!”
“What do you care, it’s something to do
isn’t it?”
“I think I've got a class, but I just won’t
bother.”
After a roaring Western, attended by thirty-
nine strangely attired females, Gertrude,
Mable and x\cti collapsed into bed exhausted.
Millie was still in class.
“Lissen,” said Gertrude, “what’s this about
exams"?”
“Soon,” said Acti, saving her strength.
“Start Friday, I’m leaving Saturday.” Mable
giggled.
“Me, too. That gives us t\vo weeks between
semesters. Why don’t we go to New York?”
“Can’t,” Mable giggled, “got to plan the
wedding.”
That night the candle burned low again.
“IIow' about fuschia for the bridesmaids?”
Mable giggled.
‘Have you decided what you want me to
play?” Gertrude looked worried.
How about somebody toeing?” Acti inter
rupted eagerly, “I know practically all the
words to ‘Because”. A look sufficed to squelch
her.
“Why don’t you three go to bed?” Millie
mumbled. “I gotta read my eighteenth cen-
tui-y.”
Shuttup. Mable, tell us do, you really
think it 11 be the tenth for sure?”
Mable giggled “Yep.”
Millie groaned “Life!”
What s the matter?” Gertrude sat up
thoughtfully.
“Thomas Mann said that—”
“Men.” .said Acti.
■ . thoughtful silence.
Just think,” said Millie, “Next year this
time well be in New York. We’ll have a job
lu a publishing house.”
We 11 get an apartment,” Acti’s eyes gleam
ed. Chartreuse rugs, grey furniture, and
green walls.”
I want to play the piano in a nightclub.”
Gertrude sighed.
“Can we come see you?” Mable giggled.
bans spouse.”
“Ha.” said Mable.
said^Acti^^^^ Europe”
^^^d write,” chortled Millie.
yoj hoTSon.’^LitS”™'*'’
Life! came three echoes.