THE SALEMITE
Saturday, May 12, 195
The Salemite
Published Weekly by the Student
Body of Salem College.
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor-in-Chlef Dorothy Ragan, ’1
Managing Editor Rubie Scott,
Associate Editor Laila Wright, ’i
Associate Editor Luciie Hassel,
Music Editor Elizabeth Andrews,
Literary Editor ....Catherine Miller,
Sport Editor Sara Eflrd,
Local Editor Edith Kirkland, ’
Local Editor Margaret Wallter,
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Mgr Isabelle Dunn
Asst. Bus, Mgr Eleanor Wiliingha
Adv. Manager Jessie Dai
Asst. Adv. Mgr Eva Haclmey
Asst. Adv. Mgr Adelaide McAnally
Circulation Mgr Carolyn Brinkley
ASst. Circ. Mgr Mary Norris
Asst. Circ. Mgr Elizabeth
REPORTERS
Millicent Ward
Courtney Sharp
Something to Think
About
“There is- a destiny that makes
us brothers;
None goes his way alone.
All that we send into the lives
of others
Comes back into our own.
—Edwin Markham.
before the entire student body,
for open and public discussion, that
the constant undercurrent of detri
mental criticism may be eliminated.
Therefore, open forum articles and
student opinions are solicited.
INDIVIDUALITY
Individuality is an important as-
t if one is to be successful in any
phase of life work. To be individual
is to be different from others; to be
individual one must have ideas and
opinions that are different and
worth listening to. The person who
individual knows what she wants
to do and also how she wants it
Individuality finds expression in
ery phase of college life. For
this reason individuality in personal
opinion is a characteristic which ev
ery college student should strive to
acquire. Self-expression and self-
reliance go hand in hand with this
characteristic. If a person is to be
\;rent from 'those around her
nust be able to express her own
ideas in such a way that others will
learn to accept and rely on them.
Self expression is developed in daily
class room preparation. The stud
ent should learn to rely on her own
opinions without gathering the ideas
of her friends and passing them on
as original. It is very easy when
themes or note books are due to get
someone else to express her opinion
and then word it in a different way
and hand it in as original work. This
however is neither self-expression
nor individuality. It is well to be
open-minded enough to listen to all
views, but to use these as original
work is another thing. No student
would be guilty of deliberately
copying another’s work, yet when it
comes to borrowing ideas we are not
always conscientious! Let us re
member that individuality is import
ant, and let us all strive to be r
individual in our school work
well as in other activities.
jeclusion.
We shudder to think what our
parents would say if they knew how
ly times a day boys address re
marks to us, how many times a day
they cheek by in their sleek, shining
motors—our fond parents who care
fully' rope off the section of the
t in front of our house, when
ire at home, so that the boys
cannot check—our fond parents
who would fly into a rage and dis-
■it us if they caught us talking
boy in a drug store!
The Economics class is havinj
series of lectures on Financial In
dents. Tuesday Mr. Wayi
of the Wachovia Bank, spoke to the
class on “Stocks and Bonds. Thur;
day, Mr. W. G. Jerome lectured o
'nsurance.” Mr. I.eon Cash spoke
to the class this morning on “Build
ing and Loan.” On next Tuesday
May 15, Mr. A. H. Eller of the
Trust Department of the Wachovi
Bank will close the series of lecturei
The Sociology class is planning to
make an all-day visit, Monday, to
Samarcand Manor. The entire group
will be the guests of Miss McNaugh-
ton, who, it will be remembered,
spoke in Y. P. M. some time ago.
PARAGRAPHICS
Congratulations and thanks are
due the Scorpions for their success
ful spon,soring of May Day.
A Junior’s greatest problem:
What’s the use of Senior privileges
if there’s no man to be had?
life’s little “yoke” number 9999
—the weather man announces
storm for May 12!
OUR POLICY
There exists among the student
body a general feeling that The Sa-
Icm'ite does not fulfill its purpose—
that it fails to publish “news.” This
may or may not be true—it all de
pends on what one terms “news.”
Still, however, when members of the
student body are asked to give sug
gestions for improvements the an
swer is always, “Well, I don’t know,
but do something about it.” That
i,‘, just the point—what can be done
about it? The Salemite strives to
please its readers—to give them
news from this and other campuses,
and to make jiist enough personal
references to add a bit of spice to
the paper. The editor therefore
asks tli.it any personal allusions
made in the columns of The Salem
ite be i ,iken in the spirit in which
they are intended—that of fun and
foolishness. If there is any criti
cism to be made, constructive or
otherwise, the editor sincerely hopes
that the readers will co-operate with
the efforts of the staff and submit
all criticisms to its members.
In 1928-29 The Salemite will fol
low the same policy that it has in
previous years—with perhaps a bit
more frankness. We, the staff, be
lieve that since this is a college pa
per, published by the students of
Salem, all student opinions and
criticisms, favorable and unfavor
able, should find their way to the
columns of this paper. The staff
believes that it is only by frankly
putting individual and group opin-
MALES
Ah, hah! Now that should be
attractive heading. But the problem
is having gained your attention—
what to do with it?
'Phis title was sugge.sted by s
cent reflection upon the invaluable
care with wliich our lives and char
acters are sheltered and protected
here. Why, girls, consider how for
tunate we are! Think into what
snares and pitfalls of corrupt society
our unguided feet might stumble if
some great foreseeing intelligence
had not fenced off a suitably small
section for us—in'which all pitfalls
had been levelled and from which
all snares had been removed.
Coming to college fresh from the
convent, as we do, we are innocent
and trustful. We know little of the
world and its ways. Don’t yoi
member that when we first came here
we thought all men were like Gala-
had or Lord Chesterfield—or other
classic examples of what they i
ally are not today? But how ■
we to know? We had read
avidity all the wholesome, uplifting
books that the convent offered for
our perusal, and they had encour
aged our illusions. Certainly dear
Father Johans, the only man w
could remember ever having see:
until we boarded the train, wouldn’
do wrong by our little Nell. It wa
only a short time after we reached
college, though, before we heard
that song, “It’s a Man Every Time,
It’s a Man.” That was a very tact
ful way to warn us.
We have learned to realize the
wisdom of being wary, and when
those Gary Cooper-looking high
school men—who boldly frequent
“Gooch’s”—ask us with a bewitch
ing smile, “What Piece d’you want
us to play next?” We quickly en
gulf a large portion of a strawberry
sundae (yes indeed we do lil^e the
most expensive concoctions—and
how!) to avoid replying. That new
etiquette book over at the office says
you must never speak to a gentle
man unless you have been formally
introduced. And nothing is more i:
portant than your etiquette, girls.
Frankly, we think we should
have a drug store on the campus
that the offending males could not
invade our territory. Perhaps if we
were allowed to go to the drug store
in the mornings our extra trade
would be sufficient to compensate
for the loss of masculine patronage,
and perchance we could persuade the
proprietors to ostracize all molesting
outsiders so that all Salem girls
could enjoy more fully the desired
Announcements
Sports and Fun!
GORGEOUS APPAREL
In a Myriad of Lovely New
Styles, Colors and Fabrics.
DRESSES SUITS
And Smart Accessories
—P A Y U-S A VISIT-
THE IDEAL
TRADE AND WEST FOURTH
Yes, indeed, games have
called on account of rain for a solid
week now. At last the sullen
has kindly permitted a few weak
rays to shine through, and athleti
cally-inclined girls (or girls trying
to lose a few pounds before June 5)
have again set foot on the mushy
field of sport. Not even dead
nis balls, soggy tennis shoes, and
extremely bad colds have dampened
the sportive spirit for Field Day
May 18, 19 and 21 are to b.e big
days in the athletic calendar. /
tennis tournament, a swimming meet
a track meet, and baseball champ
ionship games have been arranged
for these three days. The swim
ming pool is to be opened by Satur
day, and the swimming meet will
probably be held on Friday, May 18.
Get out last summer’s suit; repair
the damage of the moths, and pre
pare to be a Gertrude Ederle for
the sake of your class.
The tennis tournament will also
taKe place on May 18. It has been
rumored that Helen Wills has
consented to risk her reputation and
title by taking on the winner of this
tournament. It is very probable that
Miss Wills will have to contest with
Miss Margaret Hauser, for the
other day she was seen repairing
the holes of her tennis racquet and
today her name appeared in the
list of entries on the bulletin board.
Needless to say her name on the
entrance list was a great discour
agement to the other ardent tennis
fans. They immediately were in
favor of changing their names to the
column headed by “Doubles” until
they saw in this list the names of
two wicked racquet swingers, Miss
Margaret .lohnson and Miss Eliza
beth Roper. If it seems that there
is no chance for winning the tennis
tournament, come out for baseball,
make the varsity, and be the proud
possessor of a tiny silver baseball
for the rest of your life.
After searches and de-
tective-like shadowings our search
borne no fruit. We wonder,
however, what Miriam Bundy is
looking so guilty about. Has she a
clue? Monday was quite an event
ful day for the entire student body.
The freshmen sped their big sisters
awav in high powered ears to the
movies and later entertained them at
a picnic supper. The sophomores,
likewise, entertained the Seniors at
luncheon at the Blue Willow Tea
Room. Fortunately no glasses were
overturned and no dishes were brok
en. 'fhese Seniors are really being
entertained so much that it is g
to their heads. Only Thursday night
when they were being driven off in
big cars to Mrs. Robert Shore’s de
lightful dinner, our beautiful, majes
tic May Queen fairly snooted a
crowd of her adoring subjects. It
may be that she didn’t see them but
anyway we know the Seniors
getting quite stuck up. Poor Dot
Ingram met with a misfortuni
Carolina last week-end. We don’t
know the cause of it but we do knoi
that she has a big bruise as a result
of some disaster that befell her,
Alas. .Mary Johnston
greatly troubled in regards to her
prom date, as is the Junior class.
Will poor Mary find a date? We’re
terribly agitated! That Junior-
Senior' prom i,s a source of great
worry to more than one person.
Here’s Peggy Parker going gala-
vanting off to some wild baseball
game with her adorable admirer
she probably will get back ju;
time for the prom, if she gets back
at all. We hope Peggy will take
good care of herself and not be
breathless and tired that she ca
enjoy the grand affair of the ye
After this exciting week of soc
events, we wonder if Salem is
becoming a society school. My 1
we are kept busy with our social t
gagements. That reminds me I
ready to take in the Junior-Sen
prom now. I have the best busli
hide behind. I have it all pruned
and primed for the great event.
Yours until next time.
—SAL.
Last Music Hour
Given Thursday
Juniors Give Interesting
Program
Em Dear:
You should have been here for
May Day. The whole affair was
beautiful even though we were afraid
that the elements were going to be
against us. I think I was afraid to
open my eyes on May Day morning
for fear I’d see it raining. How
ever the day was perfect. Tish Cur
rie in her bear costume was a scream,
but we must admit she was rather
thin. Dot Frazier as a tin soldier
prone to be so fierce and warlike,
when shooting lier gun, that she
frightened one of the little pages
and his father had to bear him away
in tears. We were all greatly arous
ed this week when Miss Barro-w
made the startling discovery thai
some one had stolen—yes, stolen, or
perhaps borrowed her much loved
'Peaeher: “Use tlie won
a sentence.”
Abie: “Ven I came in
my papa say, ‘Statue, Abii
The children’s recital given Thurs
day afternoon marked the close of
the Music Hour programs for this
, The juniors gave an interest
ing program which, in contrast to
one given last fall, showed a
marked progress in that department
of the School of Music. The pro
gram was as follows:
A Merrv Conversation Terry
‘McVeigh Hutchison
Chureli Bells Blake
The Cello — Blake
Evelyn Tesh
Waltz .... .. Wright
Theresa Wall
A Merry Ride - Gronow
Marjorie Porter
I a Hammock Chittenden
Opal Kimel
The Echo and the Stream .. .Thorne
Vera Fetter
Uncle Remus Grant-Schaefer
The Gypsies are Coming -Rogers
Laura Elizabeth Bland
A Joke Wolff
Mary Elizabeth Fishel
Impish Frolic Leoni
Doris Foster
Poupee Valsante Poldini
Myriam Collins
General Bum-Bum. Poldini
Hannali Teichman
Dreams of Youth Sartorio
Llewellyn Davis
Wood Nymph’s Frolic. Aaron
Ernest I.efkowitz
Intermezzo Orientale Rogers
Marian Mitchell
Preludes No. 20 and No. 7..Chopin
Rachel Kimel
Barcarolle Scharwenka
Rose Siewers
Tarantella Krentzlin
I'ranees Charles
“Does everybody understand this
“No.”
“Then watch the board while I go
tliru it.”
“Do \
1 know what Ford is fig-
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