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Page Two. THE SALEMITE. Saturday, January 21, 1928. The Salemite Published Weekly by the Student Body of Salem College. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 a Year :: 10c a Copy ■ration with this request would make a great difference in the appearance of our campus. Wc are proud of our attractive surroundings, and we should be proud of them. However, we should be willing to give our pride act expression by doing, each her o part, to keep the campus looking best. We should be deeply ashamed, indignant too, if our college judged by a disorderly campus, us be careful then, to give no cause for an adverse judgment on that score. EDITORIAL STAFF Margaret Schwarze, 'IS..Editor-in Chief i.eonora Taylor, ’28....Managing E Margaret Vaughan, ’29 Also. E Dorothy Ragan, ’29 Aeso. E Doris Walston, ’2S....Announcement Margaret Parker, ’28 Current, Editor Elizabeth Andrews, ’29 Music Editor Ruby Scott, ’29....Campus News Edi BUSINESS STAFF I Dowling, ’28 Bus. Mgr. ie Davis Adv. Mgr. .Adv. Mgr. Ray Dewey, ’30 Asst. Mgr. Worth I Remembering Isabel Dunn, ’29. Elizab Adelaide McAnally, ’30, Asst. Adv. Mgr. Mary Miller Faulkner, ’29 Circ. Migr. Carolyn Brinkley, ’30....Asst. Giro. Mgr. Eleanor Willingham, ’30, Asst. Circ. Mgr. REPORTERS Laila Wright, ’30. Athena Campourakis, ’30. Catherine Miller, ’30. Lucille Hassel, ’30. Something to Think About; They are the wise who look be fore. Nor fear to look behind; Who in the darkness still ig- Pale shadows of the mind. Who having lost, though loss be much. Still dare to dream and do; For what was shattered at a It may be mended, too. —Madison Caxvein. BEGIN TODAY The time to begin studying for examinations is the week in which school opens in September. Ex amination week is a dreadful night mare of mental and nervous strain only to those who persistently put off until next week what they can best accomplish by application today and tomorrow and each succeeding day. The time to begin reviewing for examinations is several weeks before they begin. An orderly and syste matically planned review is an in estimable help in gathering together loose ends, and in firmly fixing the broad outlines of a course in one’s mind. You can find out what you working for and what you have accomplished by going over in re view the entire course, and in see ing the relation of the parts to the whole, without which a half year’ work would be of little value. Reviewing for examinations need not be an unbearable drudgery un less put off until too late. If you plan your daily work systematically you will undoubtedly be able to set aside a little while everyday in prep aration for examination week. Start studying today, if you have not al ready begun and you will avoid much unnecessary “cramming” and many sleepless nicrhts during exami nation week. :iis week was celebrated as the versary of the birth of Benja- I'ranklin, who was born Janu- 17, 170(>. It is worth remem bering in every American home and school because of what Benji Franklin accomplished. Here some of the things he did for his country. Secured aid of France for America in Revolutionary War. Helped write Declaration of In dependence. His influence kept together colonies during the many crises of the Revolution. Primarily instrumental in secur ing repeal of the Stamp Acts. Organized first Anti-Slavery So- KXPUKSSIOXS OF THE SPRIXa MODE IN— SUITS, ENSEMBLES. COATS AND TAILORED FROCKS Fascinating in their youthful stijle. tendencies they ■H'ill send a thrill to the heart of the miss who joys in wearing the new modes first. New Things First THE IDEAL TRADE AND WEST FOURTH PARAGRAPHIC5 During the next two weeks, the Salemite will enjoy a rest while her editors enjoy an exam or two. s the ti This week and next remember the famous fable of the ant and the grasshoppt you see no need for studying your self, beware lest you annoy your friends by dancing and singing or by otherwise enjoying life too hilar iously, during study hours. We have noticed lately that the freshmen are “stepping out.” The swimming-pool fund is prog ressing very satisfactorily. A little more effort and the coveted cover will be hovering above the pool. (Alliteration not premeditated.) KEEP THE CAMPUS CLEAN! PESSIMISM VS. OPTIMISM Of all the different attitudes mani fested by students, pe.ssimism is one of the worst—not the most common, but certainly the most unpleasant. Some people cultivate a chronic cold- and-dark-and-drear'- pose, and main tain it whether the rain falls or the sun shines. Perhaps it is a pleasure to them; to their associates it is not. They are like the old woman who “enjoyed poor health.” The person who wails mournfully, “I know I can’t pass that exam!” is taking the surest way to fail it. Of course no one is expected to be exactly hilar ious on the eve of an examination— but a little self-confidence w'ill make a little information go further. I simism weakens self-confidence: lessens ability; and it detracts from the joy of living. Moreover, contagious. One big scowl ii swered with another—and the first scowler is responsible for all the oth ers. Pessimism is useless. To be an optimist is quite as easy as to be a pessimism—and much more satis factory. Try being an optimist— and notice the difference. ciety. Founded University of Pennsyl- Father of the United States Weather Bureau. Responsible for charting Gulf Stream. Established first successful lating library. Discovered that lightning is elec- icity and subsequently invented lightning rod. First developed principles of magnetism. Invented Franklin stoves, near and far vision spectacles, mangle ron, smoke consuming stoves, and a opying press for taking copies of manuscripts. Was editor of the first and most successful newspaper of his ti His cartoon “Join or Die the first newspaper cartoon used. A-dvcrtising* ss s. fundanicntai force in business was initiated by him. Discovered that storms travel contrariwise to winds. Nearly two hundred ye£ the pithy quips of Benjami lin’s philosophy brought recogmui.u to his genius. The master of commercial enter- “In success be moderate.” “Success has ruined many a man.’ “Drive thy business; let not that drive thee.” >u’d knVA’ the value of mon- OPEN FORUM Every year it becomes necessary at intervals to remind the students that the college campus is not a waste-basket. That entirely self- evident fact is apparently uncom prehended by everybody, since girls continue to deposit candy-wrappers, '.andwich-wrappers, coca-cola cups and other trash wherever it seems most convenient, in spite of the fact that proper disposal would necessi tate only a few extra steps to the nearest trash-can. These cans are purposely placed at frequent inter vals all over the campus in order that unsightly papers and other such articles may be deposited there, rath er than strewn over the lawns. We have an unusually beautiful campus here at Salem; but it is real- Iv beautiful only when it is kept clean. The business of keeping it clean does not belong to the people who work about the buildings; it be longs to the college girls and the only exertion which it exacts of them is that they will not drop their waste-paper wherever they happen to be standing but that they w'ill ])ut it in the proper place. That is very little to ask, but a ready co-op- r. George W. Fisher, General Secretary of the Y. M. C. A., of Win ston-Salem, will be the speaker at the Y. W. Vesper service Sunday evening, January 22. Mr. P'isher will speak on “Experiences at Front With the Prince of Wales, special feature on the program 5S Read will play a violin solo. Courses have been so arranged iw that students graduating from the High Schools of the state in Jan- uary can enter Salem College begin ning the second semester. The “Y” Cabinet reading room, situated on the third floor of Leh- Hall is open at all hours. All e who are interested are cordial- nvited. ;ved: “To serve the Publik faithfully id at the same time please it en- :elv is impracticable.” “In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at top.” “You may give a man an office, it you cannot give him discretion.” Counsellor in the wisdom of life, ; urged: “Where there’s marriage without love there will be love w'ithout iage.” “Keep your eyes wide open before larriage—half shut afterwards.” “Nothing more like a fool than drunken man.” “Wink at small faults, remember thou hast great Above all, through his service to America Benjamin Franklin was known as the Nation’s greatest citi zen, but preferred to be known a; 15enjamin Franklin, Printer. DUKE STUDENTS AND THE HONOR SYSTEM (Continued From Page One) of the faculty spoke from the view- ’’oint of the administration, and fol ,wing this, Dean W. H. Wanna- iiiaker took a vote as to whether or not the student body favored a ref crendum vote as to the retention or abolition of the Honor System. The vote was almost unanimous in favor of such a referendum. The Honor System is being much discussed on the campus, and within this week the entire student body will be given the opportunity to de cide through the ballot whether - not the Honr >'’■ PROGRESS AND THE HONOR SYSTEM We of the modern generation are ;ver eager to show our superiority in the freedom and frankness of our conduct, over former generations. We loudly proclaim the coming of a new era when old conventions, long become empty and meaningless, are discarded in favor of new moral and social standards. One of the indications of this new order of things, is the use of the honor system in the schools, colleges and universities. Formerly, stud ents expected to take their examina- under the stern eye of a school master or mistress who watched their every move and very effectively pre vented even the temptation to cheat. Girls who did not cheat, prided themselves on a high sense of honor though they really had no chance display anything else. With the introduction of the i of the honor system, responsibility for individual honor was transferred from the faculty to the students themselves. Strict vigilance over [nations was removed and each student was considered worthy of Cheating is no less a disgusting •and a degra^ling fault than it was years ago; on the contrary it seems far, far worse under the present system, when a girl is deliberately false to an implicit trust which is placed in her honor. It implies a deficiency in moral sensitiveness which makes the individual who cheats unfit for the society of hon orable people. The temptation m sometimes be great but the desire prove worthy of confidence should be greater. If we can show that thy of being placed under the honor system, then our modern m«ch- boasted freedom, in this respect is an evidence of progress. However, the honor system, as it is now inter preted, means more than personal resistance of temptation. It in cludes, sometimes, bitter experiences, when the girl who is strong finds herself forced to expose the girl who is weak, not with the idea of ruining her, but with the desire to stop her in time, lest she go on to worse things. During the coming period of ex aminations, and afterwards, let us show that we, as a complete group, reserve the trust which is being placed in us. Each one has a sense of honor; let that feeling include, personal honor, honor for others, and honor for the name of our Alma 'Margaret Schwarze. LET’S ARBITRATE Ithaca, N. Y. (By New Student Service)—Regular faculty-student conferences for discussion of facul ty legislation pertaining to students is suggested by tht “Cornell Sun” to “promote greater understanding and insure complete co-operation in questions directly concerning the un dergraduate body.” The Snn be lieves a representative group of students meeting with the faculty would do much to remove mutual irritation. The proposal is not new. Elsewhere it has been presented in students’ attempt to gain access to faculty meetings. These efforts generally have been fruitless, pre sumably on the ground that the itudents are not sufficiently mature to be of aid to the administrators. However, some of the kindlier teach- ^ let it be known that the faculties are not so much afraid 'of student immaturity as they are of the danger that the inane character of most faculty meetings may be come too generally known. Teacher: “I have wrong isn’t it?” Pupil: “Yes, ma'.-: Teacher: “W'hy if Pupil: “Because yet.” That’s Mr.: “What part of the Ford •auses the most accidents?” Mrs.: “The nut under the steer- iig wheel.” “It ain’t s.anitary,” protested the raveler, “to have the house built )ver the hog pen that way,” Well, I dunno,” replied the na- ,ive. “We ain’t lost a hog in fifteen ,'ears.” —Kansa.i Sour Owl. Reports for the week upon the campaign for covering the swimming pool are as follows: Previously reported $10' Dr. Rondthaler Mrs. Rondthaler - Cam Boren Miss Minnie Smith Miss Covington In pledges . 271 Total . 12.00 1 will be abol- Can’t Get Away Froi They were climbing to peak of the Alps, and she ’ ing a few feet above turned around and gazed i t It. wonder- “What.” he asked ,“do you see?’ “Far, far below,” she cried, “I see a long, white sheet stretching like a paper ribbon alm( our hotel.” “Ha, ha!" he ejaculated, that hotel bill overtaking us.’ t back to COLONIAL MONDAY - TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY “7th Heaven —With— CHARLES FARRELL and JANET GAYNOR ADDED FEATURES Fox Comedy and Carl Hinnant Specialty THURS. ONLY ‘PUBLICITY MADNESS” With Edmund Lowe and Lois Moran FRI. AND SAT. TOM MIX —IN— ‘SILVER VALLEY”
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