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THE SALEMITE
Saturday, November 5, 1927.
The Salemite
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Eiret Schwarze, ’28..Editor-in Chief
Leonora Taylor, ’28....Managing Editc
Margaret Vaughan, ’29 Asso. Editor
Dorothy Ragan, ’29 Asso. Editor
Doris Walston, ’28....Announcement Ed.
Margaret Parker, ’28 Current Editor
Elizabeth Andrews, ’29 Music Editor
Ruby Scott, ’29....Campus News Editor
BUSINESS STAFF
in the class room—al* these
forms of childishness which would
hardly be condoned in children
themselves. Their presence in
lege students is deplorable.
Let us retain the gaiety, spontan
eity, sympathy and extensive inter
ests of childhood, but let these be
enriched and supplemented by a dig
nity, self-control and sense of re
sponsibility suitable to college
Sara Dowling, ’28
Jessie Davis
Isabel Dunn, ’29
Elizabeth Ray Dewey, ’3(
Adelaide McAnally, ’30, A
Mary Miller Faulkner, ’2
Carolyn Brinkley, ’30....A.
Eleanor Willingham, ’30, ^
Bns. Mgr.
....Adv. Mgt
....Adv. Mgr.
....Asst. Mgi
t. Adv. Mgr.
....Circ. Mgr.
t. Circ. Mgi
REPORTERS
Laila Wright, ’30.
Athena Campourakis, ’30.
Catherine Miller, ’30.
Lucille Hassel, ’30.
Something to Think About
“How far that little candle
throws its beam!
So shines a good deed in a
naughty world.
Heaven doth with us as we
with torches do;
Not light them for ourselves;
for if our virtues
Did not go forth of us, ’twere
all alike
As if we had them not.”
From “Merchant of Venice”
PARAGRAPHICS
Be quite sure that your vision is
perfect before you accuse other peo
ple of being short-sighted.—B. C.
Some of the seniors are looking
rather haggard and worn, after their
daily battles with some of the young
hopefuls out at the High School.
Some individuals are being very
careless about how they use their
cuts. Remember, emergencies may
arise after you have taken all of
your cuts, and courses have been
failed more than once because of
I glimpsed the Artist through Hi
picture from afar,
His picture through a mist
Of rose and green and molten gold-
A faint and pulsing glow
In si'enee soon to break
Into a glimmering light.
IS but a glimpse,
artist drew a silken curtain
And hid His picture, wondrous
beauty, from my sight.
—A Freshman.
DANIELS FLAYS COLLEGE
CENSOR
Childishness
Certain recent observations have
led us to believe that childishness
its most chronic form is distressing
ly prevalent among students at Sa
lem college. Childishness is not t
crime nor even a serious misdemean
or; in fact it is very delightful and
attractive in young children. In
college students, however, childish
ness is exceedingly misplaced, dis
tasteful, provocative of much un
necessary confusion and ,disturb-
ance, and is indicative of either a
weak mind, a feeble will or a false
idea of attractive behavior.
Childishness displays itself in
many and varied situations. A “pop”
quiz is announced to a class of jun
iors and seniors, and immediately
such a cry goes up that the instruc
tor is well-nigh overwhelmed by
the commotion. In observing a class
of high school freshmen recently,
we were amazed at their quiet, re
strained conduct when the announce
ment of a quiz was received without
a single groan. We could not help
from mentally comparing this group
of “mere children” with some of our
groups of “college women” under the
same circumstances. Loud talking
in chapel and in the halls during
classes, the careless discarding of
paper cups and and papers on the
campus, inattentiveness and whisper
ing in chapel, excessiveness noise in
the dining room, disorderly behavior
WHOM DOES THIS COAT
FIT?
One of the greatest evils which
has to be fought down continually
in our college organization, is that
of destructive criticism. There
ilways, somewhere, /an under-c
ent of grumbling which meets every
action on the part of those who
authority, and which never r
the surface, where it might be
healthily dissipated; instead,
tinues as an undercurrent, doing
devastating work, and undermining
the carefully constructed frame-work
of the organization.
Why do not these habitual grum
blers come out into the open and say
what they have to say.^ If their
grievances are righteous, certainly
an opportunity should be given tc
improve niatters as far as possible;
and those who are being criticized
are anxious to be fair.
Some of the individuals in ques
tion do not stop at criticism. In
order to air their petty grudges,
they descend to mean gossip and
talk about the girls who, through a
conscientious adherence to what
they feel is their duty, have in some
way offended. In this way rumors
are spread about which have no
foundation whatever, and somebody
is hurt irretrievably.
There is a proverb which says:
“Small people love to talk about
big people.” If you find pleasure in
slandering another girl’s character alent in boys’ colleges, where the
you brand yourself as “small,” and council forced the editor to express
she is “big” by contrast. | opinion of the majority of the stu-
To be concrete, let us use the dents instead of his own honest
Student Council as an example. No opinion.
matter what action the council [ Mr. Daniels told the college edi-
takes, somebody is sure to criticize, tors that they should be in absolute
If the criticism were brought out, control of their publications I’and
and stated clearly and without hesi- should be guided by their own taste
tation, it would cease to be destruc- and judgment. He said they had
and would become constructive. I tlie right to reject any open forum
Constructive criticism is what is' contributions which seemed to them
needed and what really helps to objectionable but urged them not to
clear up difficulties. Perhaps you' set themselves up as infallible and
have new ideas, suggestions to offer ’
hicli have not occurred to anyone
Ise. If you have, bring them for
ward and let them be tested for
full value.
t us try to be fair and to gi'
the other side a chance to presei
ase. Sometimes we will be
dissatisfied. That is only natural,
but instead of letting the dissatis
faction seethe inside, or come out in
poisonous and insinuating remarks,
the reasonable thing to do is to say
what we have to say to those whom
it concerns, thereby giving them a
chance to satisfy us and at the same
time to find ,a remedy for the weak
ness, if a weakness exists.
Locke and Gibbon, et al, but that
disappointment should be mitigated
somewhat by the prospects of en
shrinement with the successes in
Who’s Who.
—New Student.
AT LEISURE
{From Winston-Salem Journal.)
Raleigh, Oct. 29—(AP)-—The
North Carolina Collegiate Press As
sociation convention closed today
is by Jonathan Daniels
of the Raleigh News and Observi
concerning certain problems which
face the college editor.
Mr. Daniels spoke in favor of
freedom of opinion and protection
)f rights of the minority by the
lollege press. “Faculty censorship
of college publications is absolutely
indefensible,” he said, “because it
develops a slave psychology in the
student editor and tends to make
him accept dictation of the same ig
norant elements in after life.”
He characterized as equally bad
tendency to put censoring power in
hands of publications councils, prev-
Pastime For Genius
'illing to admit their mistakes.
He urged them to regard news as
of primary importance and not to
run editorial pages out of propor
tion to the size of the paper or try
to usurp the functions of the mag-
Announcements
“Le Cercle Francais,” will hold
5 regular monthly meeting on
Wednesday afternoon, November 9,
o’clock, in the campus living-
1 of Alice Clewell Building. A
very interesting program has been
prepared and al' members are urged
to be present.
Have you a solution to the world’s
vils against which you rebel?
The Reverend Robert E. Gribbin,
- ,*>,ctor of St. Paul’s Episcopal
Are you a genius.^ Church in Winston-Salem, will
If you cannot solve the world’s speak at the regular Y. W. C. A.
ills, and if you are not a genius service on Sunday evening, Novem-
don’t rebel. You’ll get kicked out her 6.
of college, all right, but no one will
crown you, unless it’s an offended
president or student.
The Roundup, of the New Mexi-
A. and M. college, has brought
the whole problem of college kick-
outs down to this: “There is no ad
vantage in rebelling against the
present order unless you are abso
lutely convinced that you have a
solution to the evils against which
rebel” and “The past seems to
prove that only genius can rebel
come out on top. When the
average person is expelled because
of dissipation, lack of interest, in
things scholastic, and general flag-
rancy, it is only best for the major
ity, and does not place a crown on
the victim.”
The New Student advises all stu
dents considering getting kicked out
of college to take intelligence tests.
All failing to score at least 180 had
better go back to the books and
sweat rebellion out of their souls.
They will have to give up hope of
joining the company of Shelley,
There will be a hike on Saturday
afternoon, at 4- o’clock. All girls
who enjoy hiking and who are
need of exercise, are urged to c
out for this event.
The Dayton Westminster Choir,
under the direction of Mr. John
Finley Williamson, will give a con
cert on Tuesday evening, November
8, at 8:30 o’c'ock in the Reynolds
Memorial Auditorium.
On Saturday evening, November
5, the MacDowell Club will present
the delightful and entertaining
comedy, “The Campus Flirt,” star
ring Bebe Daniels and James Hall.
This is a real College picture, with
typical college scenes which are
both humorous and exciting. The
cast includes: Bebe Daniels, James
Hall, El Brendel, Joan Standing,
Gilbert Roland, Irma Kornelia, Jo
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