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EDITORIAL STAFF
Margaret Sehwarze, ’2S..EdUor-inChief
Leonora Taylor, ’26...Managing Editor
Margaret Vaughan, ’29 Asso. Editor
Dorothy Ragan, ’29 Asso. Editor
Doris Walston, ’2S....Announcement Ed.
Margaret Parker, ’28 Current Editor
Elizabeth Andrews, ’29 Music Editor
Ruby Scott, ’29....Cainpus News Editor
BUSINESS STAFF
Sara Dowling, ’28 Bus. Mgr.
Isabel Dunn, ’29 -...Adv. Mgr.
Elizabeth Ray Dewey, ’30 Asst. Mgr.
Adelaide McAnally, ’30, Asst. Adv. Mgr.
-Mary Miller Faulkner, ’29 Circ.
Carolyn Brinkley, ’SO....Asst. Oirc. Mgr.
Eleanor Willingham, ’ZO,Asst. Circ. Mgr.
stock, so to speak, of our personal
assets and liabilities. The habit of
self-analvsis is a valuable one,
it may be cultivated. It consists of
an earnest searching and question
ing into our innermost thoughts,
motives, our aspirations. Are
selfish, self-centred, indolent,
kind or insincere; or are we merely
thoughtless, given to procrastina
tion, fond of gossip and anxious to
make ourselves agreeable to other
peojjle.? Many of the so-called i
are merely instances of heedlessncss
and therefore are rasonably easy to
correct. We must, however, under
stand them ,realize that they exist,
before we can make any sort of an
effort toward improvement.
The ability clearly to analyze self
should be a part of every intelligent
person’s mental equipment. This
practice, if it is not pushed to mor
bidness, can be a source of real
character-building and will take the
place of any number of resolutions
made carelessly and without suffi
cient motive to carry them along.
Take stock of your strong points and
your weaknesses; be frank concern
ing both; and when you consider the
New Year, with its latent possibili
ties of success or failure, let each
hold its proper place in your mind
formulating your future conduct.
REPORTERS
Laila Wright, ’30.
Athena Campourakis, ’30.
Catherine Miller, ’30.
Lucille Hassel, ’30.
Something to Think About i
A laugh is just like stmshine.
It freshens up the day;
It tips the peaks of life •with
light
And drives the clouds away;
The soul grows glad that hears
it
And feels its courage strong.
A laugh is just like sunshine
For cheering folks along.
PARAGRAPHICS
Some people are human radios
they claim they were good last night
and promise results tomorrow night
—but oh, the static, today!
—Selected.
WILL THE NEW YEAR
FIND YOU THUS?
It is easy enough to find fault
with people and things. It takes
neither genius nor originality to do
that. To overlook faults and short
comings, and to recognize only the
good and admirable traits in others
does, however, require patience and
effort. No one of us is perfect—and
if we would only dare to look, we
should doubtless find In ourselves
those faults which we severely con
demn in others. Many of us are
guilty of criticizing our school and
its various organiaztions when things
do not go just as we think they
should. We say things and make in
sinuating remarks which are entirely
unnecessary, and which serve only
to cause hard feelings and discon
tent. In fact, a few of us seem to
have got in the habit of criticizing
people and organizations for no spe
cial reason .it .ill. Possibly , it is
just one of those unfortunate habits
that comes to those who are not
strong enough to stand alone, and to
be individual that makes us ever
ready and eager to find fault.
Let us promise ourselves nou
to criticize our friends, and to pledge
our loyalty to our school and
ganizations for 1928!
The Student Council learned ;
new things about the Hand-book
when the Freshman examination pa
pers were handed in. Strange, how
Freshmen discover facts which up-
per-classmen have looked for
The Infirmary has, in past times,
inspired all sorts of outbursts, lit
erary and otherwise. This week,
unusual atmosphere has given
spiration for a poem.
TAKING STOCK
The making of New Year’s i
lutions is apparently one of those
quaint old customs which has grad
ually faded and joined the ranks of
the obsolete. Even in the days when
people made a practice of forming
good resolutions on New Year’
Day, it is doubtful whether many
went through that ceremony with
any degree of seriousness, since
of the resolutions survived the first
week. Moralists tell us that it is
better to make resolutions and break
them, than never to make any at all.
That is quite true, but the point to
be gained is, that no one can make
a long list of items, beginning with,
“I hereby resolve,’ on any set day
in the year, and hope to live up to
every one of them. The time to
make a resolution is the moment
when we realize that some definite
reformation is necessary, such as the
forming of a good habit or the
breaking of an evil one. That reali
zation acts as a driving force to the
resolve and without any such force
the making of resolutions is an
empty and ridiculous ceremony.
The New Year, then, is not nec
essarily, though it may be, the time
for milking resolutions. It is, how
ever, a time for serious thought, a
time when it is advisable to take
THE SALEMITE
Saturday, January 14, 1928.
Announcements
The regular monthly meeting of
“Le Cercle Francais” will be held
on Wednesday afternoon, January
18, at 5 o’clcck in the campus living-
room. All piembers are urged to be
present and to come promptly.
The Senior class will have charge
of the Y. W. C. A. Vesper service
Sunday evening, January 1.5, and
a special feature on the program,
Chas. Norfleet, of Winston-Salem,
will sing.
AT LEISURE
Editor’s Note: The following poem
was inspired hy a certain well-
known canine, who, ordinarily, re
sides at 219 Clewell BuiUhng.
Oh, Desmond Dismal!
Such abysmal
Grief and misery.
Mocks at sneezings
And at w'heezings
Such as bother me.
Is your dejection
But reflection
Of doggish grief within;
Or an external
Flea-bite infernal
That irritates your skin?
Whate’er your trouble,
It’s sure you double
Our normal rate of grin.
What if our sinus
Does confine us.
So long as you, too, are in?
—Miss Eleanor B. Forman
Infirmary, Jan. 8, 1928.
A I,AST HOPE
After notebooks and term papers
-—examinations. This is the thought
that is uppermost in the minds of
; of the students. The fact that
■ of them realize the importance
of this time and are already prepar
ing for it is evidenced by the notice
able slack in the social life of the
campus and the sudden, in s
devotion to textbooks and
notebooks. To most of the girls, the
me from now to February first
time of dread; but to some it may
;ally be a time of hope, for
1 opportunity to work hard and do
(> work that has been neglected.
The ideal plan, of course, is n
leave everything until just before
examinations. If, however, in some
subject, a student has lagged and
has failed to make a satisfactory
grade, she still has a week and a
half in which she may, by applying
herself, be able to learn the work
and pass the course. Some of the
X students may have got behind
the fall because college methods
of study were new to them and they
not understand the importance
of keeping up^ but they should not
be entirely discouraged, for there
still a chance to go over the work
and make it up. One cannot do this,
though, by merely “cramming,” but
work hard and apply oneself
steadily in the time that is left,
no one be resigned to a failure,
for who can tell what can be done
by an earnest effort combined with
determination ?
Teacher (to new pupil)—What is
)ur father’s name, dear?
New Pupil—Daddy.
“Yes, dear. But what does your
mother call him?”
‘She don’t call him anything. She
likes him.”
(Continued From Page One.)
a terrible task of holding to
gether the many parts of his country.
The Serbs, however, are a literary,
artistic, musical and country-loving
people who have the spirit of beeom-
a prosperous nation. Her fu
ture is much brighter than that of
Roum.ania, for poor Roumania h;
Ithin it too many discordant fac
tors and political machines. The
work of America in Serbia has been
of great importance, and it is
to America’s aid that Serbia is back
on her feet again. “Serbia appreci
ates what America has done,” said
Mrs. Patterson, telling of a
ference of Bishops where each Bish
op requested her to bring his bless
ings to America.
After discussinn- the history, poli
ties, wars and social life of Serbia,
Mrs. Patterson told of her meetings
and visits with the royalty of the
Balkans. She was entertained by
Queen Marie of Roumania, both at
the city and country palaces. She
learned to know quite intimately
Princess M.arie, now queen of Jugo
slavia, and she met the king of
Jugo-Slavia, by w'hom she was dec
orated with the Cross of the Order
of Merc3' in recognition of her s
'S to his country.
Mrs. Patterson closed her ii
esting talk with a description of the
beauty of the scenery in the Balkan
States and a tribute to the musi
the Serbian gypsies.
EXPRESSIONS OF THE
SPRING MODE IN—
SUITS. ENSEMBLES. COATS AND
TAILORED FROCKS
Fascinating in their youthful style tendencies they
will send a thrill io the heart of the mi.s who joys
in wearing the new modes first.
THE IDEAL
TRADE AND WEST FOURTH
The Guilfordian—Guilford Col
lege.
Maroon and Gold—Elon College.
The Chronicle—Duke University.
The Commenian—Moravian Col
lege.
The Agonistic—Agnes Scott.
The Sun Dial—Randolph-Macon
The Collegian—Greensboro Col
lege.
The Lenoir-Rhynean—Lenoir Col
lege.
Queen’s Blues—Queen’s College.
The Echo—Linden Hall Semi-
The Florida Flambeau—Florida
King College News—King Col
lege.
Highland Outlook — Asheville
Normal School.
The Rotunda—State’s Teachers’
College.
The Pinnacle—Lees McRae In
stitute.
The Budget—Vail-Dean School.
Technician—State.
The Acorn—Meredith.
Teeho Echo—E. C. T. C.
B. C. Bee—Bridgewater College.
Read the
Exchanges
Perhaps everybody is not acquain
ted with the fact that newspapers
and magazines are received as ex
changes from colleges all over
North Carolina and in many other
states. These papers are placed
regularly on a .special rack in the
Salemite office, and all wlio are in
terested in reading them are invited
mie to the Salemite office and'
take advantage of the exchanges.
Those papers and magazines re-
d regularly are listed, as fol-
The Carolinian—N. C. C. W.
Davenport Weekly Record—Dav-
iport College.
The Twig—Meredith College.
Davidsonian—Davidson College.
The Tar Heel—U. N. C.
Old Gold and Black—Wake P'oi
Undergraduate
Criticisms
New York—(By New Student
Service)—Football having p.assed
off the boards, curricular reform if
again engaging student attenton ir
several colleges. The undergradu
ate reforms have taken fair notice of
the criticisms overflowing current
periodicals, and have adopted a vig
orous style in attacking their cam
pus problems.
The Unversity of Washington
Daily, after publishing a series of
student criticisms of the university
and its work, has summarized by
blaming the faculty “for the lack
of intellectual stimulus and study
encouragement on the campus.” The
main draw'-back it conceives as “the
appalling over-emphasis on activities
for activity’s sake, that insistence on
activities at Washington which re
sults in the average collegian striv-
to be an activity hound from
freshman days to the end of col
lege.” The faculty is blamed for
having failed to el'iminate superflu
ous activities, and the Daily pre
sents the problem as one for the
teaeliers to solve.
President C. D. Grav of Bates
College has apnointed a student
committee of twelve to examine the
curriculum and suggest modifications
and changes. These students will
earn- on the work begun b a senior
committee last year. Three other
groups are working on the same
problem, one composed of teachers,
another of alumni, and a third, serv
ing as advisory, of outsiders.
Students in the College for Wom
en at \Vestern Reserve University
have selected representatives to
serve as their agents in presenting to
the faculty complaints against the
curriculum. They are members of
the student council, wlio will work
in conjunction with a faculty com
mittee, to w'hom they will make rec
ommendations after passing on stud
ent complaints.
The undergraduate curriculum
committee at Haverford college is
drafting its annual report to the fac
ulty. Its scope is wide, and its
suggestions w'ill deal not only with
the curriculum proper, but also
with the conduct of student affairs
and such matters as improvement of
iry lighting conditions, and
prompt dismissal of classes.
'The rfiain nolnts'in an undergrad
uate report just presented to the
faculty at The College of the City
of New York propose revision of
certain prescribed courses in order
o permit greater freedom in the
•hoice of electives, and the institu
tion of honor courses. In devclop-
ng these points the student inves-
tig.ations became critical of some of
existing courses for instance la
belling a quantitive analysis course
hemistry a “cook-book course.”
Doctor: “Do you ever talk in
lur .sleep?”
Patient; “No, but I often talk in
other people’s sleep.”
Doctor: “But how can that be?”
Patient: “I'm a college professor.”
—The Agonostic.
COLONIAL
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
JOHN BARRYMORE
—And—-
DOLORES COSTELLO
“When a Man Loves”
ALSO—“OUR GANG” COMEDY
WED & THURS.
MADGE
BELLAMY
—IN—
“VERY
CONFIDENTIAL”
FRI. k SAT.
BUCK
JONES
—IN—
“ B L O O D
WILL TELL”