THE SALEMITE
CURRENT HISTORY
The explosion in Number 2 mine
of the Utah Fuel Company caused
the deatli of one hundred and
seventy-three miners who are en
tombed "within. The catastrophe
occurred March 8. The mine was so
full of gas and smoke that for two
days attempts at rescue v/ere futile.
One rescuer was asphyxiated, and
it is absoltuely impossible for any
of those in the mine to have sur
vived. Most of them have already
been brouglit out and carried to the
Recreation Hall of the town, now
^ftted'^iip as a morgue. There are no
flov/ers for the dead, and only flags
are draped over the coffins of the
World War veterans. A corps of
doctors and nurses have arrived and
with the help of volunteers are
Working valiantly. A square of
automobiles is drawn up in order to
Hght the operations of the men who
are unpacking coffins for the victims
of the tragedy. The little village is
grief-stricken, for there are few
who have not lost some relative in
the disaster. Tlie living file by in
slow sad lines and gaze upon the
scores so suddenly and cruelly
snatched away.
Official investigation has as yet
failed to discover the cause of the
explosion, though it is believed to
have started by dust.
Investigation into the record of
Attorney General Daugherty have
been started in new directions. The
inquiry, as disclosed by the special
Senate committee includes charges
against Fall, Sinclair, and Doheny
of furnishing arms from the United
States to the De La Huerta re
bellion in Mexico; charges that the
department of justice secret agents!
in Mexico, who were trying to pre-j
vent rum running, were called ofifj
by Washington officials. Incidents}
of the Wood and Harding cam-1
paigns in 1920 are possibly in
volved in old scandal.
The special government counsel
will institute proceedings for in
junctions for the temporary sus
pension of operations in the Teapot
Dome oil wells.
Probable stock gambling by high
officials has been suggested and
various clues leading to discoveries
in this matter are being followed.
A subpoena has been served up
on Gaston B. Means, former de
partment of justice agent.
Affairs in the direction of
Daugherty seem comparatively
quiet, awaiting the storm which the
investigation will probably bring
on. The Attornej' General remains
in office and refuses to consider
resigning until after the enquiry,
although it has been hinted strong
ly by several officials that it would
be much less embarrassing if he
were to resign.
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PUPILS’ RECITAL ON
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
At the regular Music Hour on
Thursday at 3:45 P. M., another
pupils’ recital was given. The fol
lowing program was presented and
thoroughly enjoyed by those
present:
Beethoven-Busoni Ecossaise
Mary Pvatharine Brown
Heller March
Burgmuller The Swallow (Harp)
Marion Neely
Bartlett The Chase
Sue Carlton
Dell’Acqiia “Swiftly the
Swallows are Flying”
Margaret Harris
Lavallee Butterfly
Mildred Russ
Robinson Dream of the Fairies
(Harp)
Margaret Herndon
Schumann Epilogue
(from Fantasy Pieces)
Connie Fowler
Popper Gavotte
^arasate Spanish Dance
Isabelle Wenhold
Schutnaun ^^Soaring”
(from Fantasy Pieces)
Willie Valentine
RachmaninofT Prelude in
C sharp minor
Eloise Chesson
PETER PAN GLEN GOAL
HIKERS SATURDAY
OF
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JUNIOR CLASS HOLDS THE
Y. W. C. A. MEETING
At the weekly meeting of the Y
W. C. A., Friday, March the
seventh, the Juniors were in charge
of the program. The class president,
Ella Aston, presided.
The Scripture was read by Elgie
Nance, after which Elsie Harris, at
the piano, and Esther Efird, playing
the violin, delighted the members
with a very beautiful duet. This was
followed by a prayer by Eleanor
Tipton.
The outstanding feature of the
program was a talk on “Friend
ship” by Tabba Reynolds. It was
given from notes taken from
;imilar one given at the Presby
terian Conference in Montreal last
ummer, and was very interesting
;nd instructive.
After a song, the service was
oncluded by the benediction.
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SOCIALS
An appeal for the 25 per cent cut
in personal taxes was contained in
President Coolidge’s message to
Congress Tuesday. He urged that
the cut be executed before Saturday,
when the first installment is to be
paid on taxes. President Coolidge’s
appeal was received very coolly; in
fact, the house, who would have to
start such an action, was decidedly
against it. Chairman Green, of the
house ways and means committee,
stated that “At this late date it is
absolutely impossible to pass the
25 per cent reduction in taxes to be
paid in 1924i as a separate measure.”
A unanimous agreement would be
required to put the resolution before
the house. A former attempt to kill
the bill entirely seems to make the
unanimous consent impossible.
The President’s mesage was not
read until late in the day, and was
not considered on the floor of the
house.
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Catherine Giles was the guest of
Lois Neal.
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Sarah Galley visited Eva Flower,--
and Anna Southerland.
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Frances Jeffreys, a former Acad
emy student, visited Blanch Bur
nette.
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Ella Primrose was the guest of
Emiiy Grantham and Emelyn New
berry.
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Betsy McCarkel was the guest of
Rosa Caldwell.
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Margaret Proctor of Danville
visited Margaret Russell.
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Mrs. Riddle, with her daughter,
Georgia, visited Kathleen Riddle.
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Margaret Williford spent the
past week-end at her home in Rocky
Mount on account of the illness of
her father.
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Mary Alta Robbins spent the
week-end in High Point.
Lucile Reid spent
Greensboro.
Saturday in
On Saturd;>y afternoon, th^
Walking Club took a long hike as a
preliminary to the test walk, which
is scheduled for March the 23rd.
Dean Shirley took the hikers to that
favored spot which Salemites long
ago christened Peter Pan. Peter
Pan is a delightful place with a
stream, woodland, and gentlj^ slop
ing liills. It is one of those spots
suitable to a picnic, a bacon bat, or
a poetic reverie, according to
whether one’s mood is practical or
idealistic.
Saturday was just right for
walking, mild enough to be comfort
able and crisp enough to be ex
hilarating. The bare woods were
suggestive of winter, yet there was
■something about the mellow tints of
the meadows in the setting sun that
gave the glamour of spring.
OPEN FORUM
W'e are deeply grieved over the
resignation of our Y. W. C. A.
President, Miss Watkins, and we
wish herewith to attempt to express
our appreciation of her consecrated
and efficient leadership, which we
were happy to have had for this
length of time. Miss Watkins is
wonderfully fitted for the difficult
office she has held. Because of her
consecrated love for Our Master,
resulting in a sincere love for peo
pie, we feel in her a rare spirit of
friendliness which makes us proud
and eager to be her friend.
In return for her ready and
affectionate services to make our
Y. W. C. A. a vital part of our
college life, let us give our renewed
interest and prayerful co-operation
to the Association and we shall ex
perience together more deeply than
hitherto the joy of fellowship that
only a Christian Association can
give.
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Y. WEEK
Along towards the end of the
year, there seems to come, in almost
every college organization, a ten
dency to slump. It is quite true that
a thing well begun is half done, but
we can’t expect to depend on a good
beginning for nine months—w
must keep moving unless we want
to wake up some day to find a dead
organization on our hands.
This year, so far, the Y. W. C
V. has been “the livest wire on the
hill” and we want to keep that
•ight up until May 27th. Y. Week
begins Monday, March 17th, and
he cabinet members have planned
‘something special” for each day
But the Cabinet is only one part of
our Y. W. and the success of Y.
Veck depends on all the other partf
if the organization as well. This
means that each girl must do her
hare. Girls, if you’ll give your in
terest and your enthusiastic and
'oyal support, we can and will make
Y. Week a success.
LECTURES ON CURRENT
TOPICS BY MEMBERS
OF HISTORY CLUB
{Continued from page two)
tricks in the contract—tricks which
excite admiration for the cleverness
and disgust for their dishonesty.
The contract was for the govern
ment to get from twelve and one-
half per cent to fifty per cent—not
in money, but in certificates ex
changeable for oil. But, the first
lessee sells his lease, and he sells it
again, until the actual operator gets
about fifty per cent—out of which
come the government’t profits.
Tanks must be built along the
Pacific and Atlantic Coasts. Doheny
built them, probably with glee in his
heart and a song on his lips, for the
government paid for them. The
government received one barrel of
refined oil to Doheny’s two. The
tanks were paid for with the one
barrel and then there was no oil to
fill them with—so Doheny sold his
two barrels to Uncle Sam—at an
exorbitant profit!
“One day, somebody saw a small
thread sticking out; he pulled it,
and soon the whole thing began to
unravel, with the result that one of
the biggest scandals in History was
laid bare.” Fall, Denby, Sinclair,
Doheny, and McLean, even though
they are not convicted, will always
be tainted.
“The crimes involved are bribery,
misappropriation of funds, and
violation of an Act of Congress.
Not only the men directly accused
are involved, but many others even
higher up. The memory of dead men
is not safe. The name of the Presi
dent of the United States is not safe.
Nothing—no one is safe from the
dread hint of oil. Officials resign;
others totter upon the brink of im
peachment; penitentiary doors yawn
and prison stripes are nightmares.
Yet this is not the worst. If every
man—^guilty and innocent alike—is
acquitted; if everyone is legally
cleared of all suspicion, the country
will never forget. The man will
never again have the respect of his
fellow citizens; the United States
will not soon overlook such a blot
on her honor. The Teapot Dome
icandal represents not only the
perfidy and treachery of a few men,
out a stain on the glory and pride
of a nation, and as such it will not
or many years be forgotten.”
INTEREST IN HOCKEY
GAMES
Much interest and enthusiasm is
exhibited among the Hockey Teams
8S the games are approaching. In
spite of “the winter and rough
weather,” very few practices have
had to be given up and the teams
bid fair to do justice to the ex
cellent training of Miss Charlotte
Jackson. With a steady practice
which began three weeks before the
Christmas holidays and resumed
immediately afterwards, the games
promise to be the best in the history
of Hockey at Salem. The games
will begin promptly at 2:30 P. M.,
Monday afternoon, March 17th,
and a banquet held in the dining
room, will follow beginning at six-
fifteen. This will bring the Hockey
season to a close.
JOKES
Professor
iator’.”
Co-ed—"If a crocodile
matron. I’d be gladiator.”
“Use the word ‘glad-
ate the
Dumb—“My landlord gave mR
,ust two days to pay my room rent. ’
Bell—“What did you do?”
Dumb—“I picked Easter Sunday
and New Year’s Day.”
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“Did you take your father apart
and speak to him?”
“No, but he went all to pieces
when I told him.”
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Prof s wife—“Eustace, I do wish
you’d hurry.”
Prof. (absent-minded)—“Hurry.
Great Jupiter, I haven’t time to
hurry.”
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‘A Fresh stood near ^ roaring fire.
But as far as I could learn
He stood in perfect safety—
He was too green to burn.”
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