Newspapers / The Salemite. / March 3, 1928, edition 1 / Page 2
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Page Two. THE SALEM ITE Saturday, M*reh I, The Salemite Published Weekly by the Student Body of Salem College. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 a Year 10c a Copy EDITORIAL STAFF Margaret Schwarze, ’28..Editor-in Chief Leonora Taylor, ’2S....Marmgivg Editor Margaret Vaughan, ’29 A»io. Editor Dorothy Ragan, ’29 Asso. Editor Doris Walston, ’28....Announcement Ed. Margaret Parker, ’28 Current Editor Elizabeth Andrews, ’29 Music Edi Ruby Scott, ’29....Campus News Editor BUSINESS STAFF Sara Dowling, ’28 Bus. Mgr- Jessie Davis, ’29 Adv. Mgr. Isabel Dunn, ’29 Adv. Mgr. Eva Hackney, ’31 Asst. Adv. Mgr. Adelaide McAnally, ’80, Asst. Adv. Mgr, Mary Miller Faulkner, ’29 Girc. M)gr. Carolyn Brinkley, ’30....Asst. Girc. Mgr. Eleanor Willingham, ’80, Asst- Giro. Mgr. REPORTERS Laila Wright, ’80. Athena Campourakis, ’80. Catherine Miller, ’30. Lucille Hassei, ’30. Something to Think About ARABIAN PROVERB He who knows, and knows he knows,— He is wise—follow him; He who knows, and knows not he knows,— He is asleep—wake him; He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not— He is a fool—shun him; He who knows not, and knows he knows not,— He is a child—teach him. Nominating and Politicing Everyone is looking forward with much interest and curiosity to the coming elections. For several weeks there have been rumors and specu lations as to the nominations and elections of officers to the five major offices on the campus. Due to a new ruling of the Presidents’ Forum, the time is not far off. Nominations for the five major offices must be made by March 5. Did you ever stop to think of, and to realize the vital importance of being careful, extremely careful, in choosing nomi- ? Often we are a bit hasty in nominating, and name girls who, be cause of our own selfish likes, hap pen to appeal to us more than oth ers, while there are present those girls who are equally capable, if not more so, than those we nominate. Let us not be influenced by our triv ial likes and dislikes when we are nominating. Recognize a girl's real value and worth, whether we like her or not—that is the test for true co-operation and broad-mindednesa Work for the good of the group— seek to go beyond the pettiness of the individual. Try to see all the qualities, good and bad, of the girl you nominate. Remember, she is to represent Salem, and you, both on the campus, and to the outside After nominations comes that time when politicing becomes obvious. Many capable girls have been kept out of office merely on account of the promiscuous politicing of tain groups and cliques on this ( pus. Politicing, generally speaking, does no harm, provided the good, well as the bad points of a girl s emphasized. It is hard, sometimes, to see beyond our friends’ abilities, and to recognize and admit the bet ter qualities of one who is not out friend. Still, ever honest person on the campus will be willing to dc this. Let’s be fair with all the nomi nees, and in doing so, we will be with ourselves. Be A Sport! For several weeks past, regular and .systematic practicing for volley ball and for soccer have been going on. Strange to say, the response to repeated urging for more players has been slow. Last week, the heads of these sports were obliged to resort to the calling of extra class-meetings in order to get enough girls out for practice to form four class teams. This pro ceeding should be a source of hu miliation to those of us who can play and who ought to be out there on the field for practices, support ing our team and doing our part. With a large majority of the student body physically able to participate . in either one or both of these sports —and that does not require any cessively athletic qualities—and with only two sports in progress at the present time, it is ridiculous and hu miliating to find the number of par ticipants so small that four teams can with difficulty be gathered to gether. Participation in the season i sports does not mean only support of college and of class. It offers op portunity for the taking of necessary physical exercise in a pleasant way. Few people, particularly among students, really take a sufficient amount of exercise, and hygienically, exercise is one of the most important features of daily life. Furthermore, if you do not inclined to play soccer or volley ball, and if you feel that you get enough exercise in other ways, you can al ways do the benevolent act, and rally to the support of your team, whether you particularly enjoy it or not. In other words: Your class needs you' Come out, and be a sport! Announcements The regular meeting of the Scien tific Society will be held on March 9 at 7:15 p. m. in the Science lec ture room. At this meeting Colonel G. E. Webb of this city will speak tobacco, its production and i mercial uses. This will be an open meeting. What Everybody Is Reading Bliss Carmen’s rather undisting- ished anthology, “Oxford Book of American Verse,” has recently ap peared. It is a volume of about sev en hundred pages covering the eight eenth and nineteenth centuries and wandering rather indiscriminately into the twentieth. The dates ap pear to be inaccurate, many a poet who has already died being classi fied as still among the living. How ever it is a handy book although noi so handy and carefully chosen as Mrs. Rittenhouse’s “Little Book of American Verse.” The much-heralded “Claire Am bler” is now extant. It is s graceful book but not Tarkington’i most distinguished work, being infe rior to Alice Adams, Seventeen, The Magnificent Ambersons and Gentle Julia. It is a rapidly moving story but then Tarkington is never dull. While the portrait of Claire “a typ ical flapper,” is eleveirly and vivid ly drawn, Mr. Tarkington’s analysis never goes below the surface and i( neither sympathetic nor understand ing. That Booth Tarkington’s young daughter committed suicide at his house is perhaps indicative of the fact that he is out of touch with this generation. The two were separating for the night. The first: “Au revoir.” Second: “What’s that?” First: “That’s good-bye French.” Second: “Well, Carbolic Acid!” “First: “And what is that?” Second: “That’s good-bye in any language.” Where Is Our Hockey Team Hockey season is here; we have a good hockey field, but no practice has been called. A major sport has been taken off the list of athletics we have not been able to find any good reason for such action. One reason that has been given is that there is not time for it because soccer and volley ball come at the same season. Why, though, should these sports take the place of hockey? It is a major sport in almost every school or college for girls, and why should Salem be be hind the rest? Hockey is a much more popular sport than either soccer or volley ball. In many large cities there are hockey teams for women and girls, organized by various clubs. Boston has eleven field hockey clubs for women and girls outside the schools and colleges there. Ever ; the present season began, the heads of the two sports being played have tried to get enough girls to make up class teams, and in the past two weeks class meetings have been held to beg girls who are interested to come out for prac- It seems that if the athletic program were made interesting enough the students would wan participate rather than having to be nagged at about it. Taking hockey does not seem to have the effect of drawing more intere.st the other sports. There is very little technique either volley ball or soccer, and they require very little skill; grammar grade children can play either. It is the technique of a game that makes it a real sport rather than mere ercise, and volley ball does not ' give much exercise. Soccer gives exercise alone, while hockey gives that as well, as opportunity for the development of technique and skill. Since the decision has been made take out hockey, many girls have expressed their desire for this sport. Many of them want to go out for some form of athletics, but do not enjoy either of the sports on the calendar now. Time, in college, is entirely too valuable to spend it on something that one does not enjoy. The main purpose in having athlet ics is not just to have sports, but for the exercise and pleasure they give. Volley ball and soccer are all right for those who enjoy them, but they should not exclude another maj( There may be good reasons for not having hockey season this y but the student body has not been able to find them out. Margaret Vaughn. I News of the World \ The whole world was startled by the appearance of a fuelless motor. It was invented by Lester J. Hen- dershot of Pittsburgh and Colonel Charles I.indbergh is said to be keen ly interested in it. If the plans of this new motor go according to ex pectations it may well revolutionize all automotive industries. General Augustino Sandino, the leader of the rebel troops in Nica ragua is believed to be on the verge of fleeing from Nicaragua. There fore, the Honduras authorities have been asked by the United States to keep a sharp watch for the general and members of his staff if they flee across the border before the advanc ing United States Marines. On Tuesday, February 28, the Senate discussed the Muscle Shoals question and agreed to the confer ence report on the alien property bill. It also heard the plea of Sen ator Glass of Virginia for a repeal of the Hoch-Smith resolution for re adjustment of the freight rate structure. Wednesday, February 29, Secre tary Kellog sent a note to France renewing his plea that France and the United States join in laying the foundation for a treaty preventing war between the principle powers a.id opposing the contention that such a treaty would violate France’s obligations under the League of Na- NEW MILLINERY SALON ON SECOND FLOOR [ TIS SPRING AT THE IDEAL Fashions Newest and Most Authentic Dictates in COATS : SUITS : ENSEMBLES DRESSES : HATS : ACCESSORIES A most appealing presentation of Cotton, Silk and Woolen Fabrics -4 PAY U S A VISIT )►- Tht Things First THE IDEAL TRADE AND WEST FOURTH Whtrt QmaUty Nrvtr Varios tions. France has been doubtful as to whether or not she, as a member of the League and a party to the Locarno and other treaties, should r into a pact outlawing war as a means of national policy. She has suggested a treaty of this sort only with the United States. Although the exact whereabouts of the Los Angeles Navy dirigible was unknown, the dirigible was safely in the air at dawn on Wed nesday, February 29. It completed the trip to the Canal Zone in safety on Tuesday and was moored to a special mast on France’s field. On Wednesday it left the Canal Zone for its hangar at Lakehurst, New Jersey, and the last message was received from Rosendahl at ten o'clock p. m. saying that the Los Angeles was at longitude 1-11.22, north, latitude 80.11 west, and off the coast of Honduras. A new high record was establish ed last Wednesday for the opening day of a Community Chest campaign by the campaign workers. They raised $103,971 in one day. The reports that were presented at the gathering of the teams on Tuesday evening showed that everyone had been w'orking and the leaders were confident that the goal of $113,- 775.36 would 'b ereached, before Wednesday night. President James Rowland Angell, in a letter to the student paper, ex plains that he has tried several un successful experiments and is “still giving consideration to other poa»i- ble methods of accomplishing the de sired results.” He intimated that he is aa anxious to meet the students as the News is to have him meet them, and says he would welcome more frequent visits from individuals. On the suggestion that the president should teach, he says: “Although I find greater pleasure in teaching than in anything else I have ever done, since becoming pres ident of Yale there has never been a period when I could command the time again to undertake the teach ing of a class, and I should be en tirely unwilling to attempt it un less I could discharge the obligations to my own satisfaction, at least. I still hope this time may come.” Last Wednesday was February 29 and all the persons born in Win ston-Salem on February 29 cele brated their quadriennial birthday. Mary Lewis Jones was born last Leap Year’s February 29 and was growing very tired of waiting for her birthday to come. She was all ready for a big celebration and on her first birthday, made up for the three that she should have had, but, due to the civil calendar, had Mutual Desire New Haven, Conn. (By New Stu dent Service)—Answering frequent editorials in the Yale New.'i regret ting the absence of personal contact between president and students, Much Interest In New Navy Bill Durham, N. C., Feb. 2i5 (CP)— Much comment is being raised her* on the campus concerning the reeent navy bill which called for the coa- struction of 72 new battleships. The Y. M. C. A. sponsored an opposition movement and several meetings were held to increase the opposing senti ment. Official protests from these students and faculty members were sent to the Senate committee. Recently interest has been aroused on the other side and a great num ber of students are coming out open ly in favor of the expanded navy bill. They, too, have written letters to prominent politicians urging that both sides of the question have not been fairly presented. This is the first time in years that the campus has seen fit actively to arrange it self in two factions on a purely na tional question. Jones: May I present my wife. Smith: No thank you; I have oi COLONIAL MON. TUES. WED. AND THURS. CHAS. CHAPLIN “THE CIRCUS” HIS LATEST AND GREATEST —COMING— “Legion of the Condemned” A Sequel to “Wings” Story of the War Aces A Paramount Picture
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