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THE SALEMITE
Saturday, September 29, 1928
The Salemite
Southern Inter-Colleg
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor-in-Chief Dorothy Ragan, *29
Managing Editor Ruble Scott,
Associate Editor Laila Wright,
Associate Editor Lucile Ilassel, ’30
Music Edit El z b tl A. draws,
l.iterary Editor Lessie Phillips,
Sport Editor Sara Eflrd, ’31
Local Editor Edith Kirkland,
I.ocal Editor Kathleen Moore, ’31
Adv. Manafrcr ..
Asst. Adv. Mgr,
Asst. Adv. Mgr
Circulation Mgr
Asst. Circ. Mgr.
BUSINESS STAFF
Mfrr Isabelle Dunn
IS. Mgr Eleanor Willingham
jnafrcr Jessie Davis
.Eva Hackney
I Lee Kenerly
•olyn Brinkley
...Mary Norris
llizabeth Wi
lem, then Salem dreads to recog-
her as one of the fold. To sit
down and moan over the lack of good
times is to find one’s self losing out
all of the many joys that Salem
offering every minute. While
Salem students work, they work dili
gently, and when they play—good-
We must bear in mind that,
when the opportunity for play
s, everyone is expected to be
present; but it is not the duty of
the 299 others to go in search if
le be lacking.
When the days seem long, whenl
would be sweet to be at home,
when things do not glide along e:
ly, one will probably find one’s real
self after a set of tennis. Salem has
plenty of sports, enough for every
girl to have her choice—that i;
she does not like all.
Popularity never comes to those
who sit and wait; A’s seldom c
the girl who simply sits
studies. In refreshing the tired
mind, acquaint yourself with Salem,
learn about her extra curriculum, the
various school activities. Feel your-
a welcomed refugee under an
protecting care. Remember:
Give to Salem the best, and the best
come back to you.
REPORTERS
Jiarjorie Siewers
Millicent Ward
Mary Myers Faulkner.
LITTLE THOUGHTS
FOR TODAY
P'our tilings a man must learn
If he would make his record
To think without confusion
clearly;
To love his fellow-men sincere
ly ;
To act from honest motives
purely;
To trust in God and Heaven
—Henry Van Dyke.
Paragraphics
memory, the freshmen won, and this
year the ? (who?) are going to win.
The answer to that “who” depends
entirely upon us seniors, juniors,
iphomores, and freshmen, so let us
ore up our energy and pep for
Tuesday and the first basketball
practice.
As we understand it, all those
who have not made appointments for
their annual pictures are asked t(
do so immediately.
The Joy of Being the Editor
Getting out the paper is no picnic.
If we print jokes people say we ar(
silly;
If we don’t they say we are toi
serious,
If we clip things from other papers
Wcv are too lazy to write them our
If \ve stick close to the job all night
We ought to be out hunting news
If we go out and try to hustle
We ought to be on the job in 1
office.
If we don’t print contributions.
We don’t appreciate true genius;
And if we print them, the paper is
filled with junk.
If we make a change in the other
fellow’s write-up, we are too critical.
If we don’t we are asleep.
Now like as not some guy will say,
We swiped this from some magazine.
(We did).
IS COLLEGE LIFE WORTH
WHILE?
Now that the newness has
f our college year I wonder how
many of us find the life we a
ginning to lead monotonous
dull. Do we look upon it as holding
lOthing for the future except themes
and note books and math problems ?
! become discouraged and
downhearted and wonder why in the
world we ever decided to come to
college anyway? If this is the case
t is time we all pause for a few
minutes to realize why we are here,
decide if the life we lead
here is going to be worth while.
Our college life is what we make
If we come with the idea of
putting all our time and efforts
ve will certainly gain something
return. On the other hand if
are careless and flippant
•k college will mean very little
us. There are three groups of
girls in every school today. In the
first group is the girl who devotes
all her time to her studies, who has
no interest in outside activities, but
who makes excellent marks on all
her work. In the second group we
find the girl who never “cracks a
book” until the time for tests, who
manages to get by on a few sub
jects and who is always complain
ing of how dull college is. Lastly
we have the girl who goes neither to
one extreme or the other. She stud
ies and makes good grades. She is
interested in all activities about the
campus, and can always be relied
upon to help at any time. In other
'ords she is a “good sport.”
College to a giul of this type will
be worth while. She is not only en
joying the present but is preparing
for the future. She does not have
time to find her life monotonous or
dull. If there were more of this
group of girls in college how much
better a place it would be! Since
it is up to us to make our college
life worth while let’s all try through-
the coming months to do every
thing in our power to make this the
best year ever!
SAL TO EM
SERVE SALEM
Just what Salem can do for
depends on what we can do for Sa
lem. There are no “do” and “don’t”
regulations posted anywhere so that
we may always be positive that
are right. However, there ar
very few pitfalls, if a girl actually
resolves to give her best to Salem.
It is not the girl who rails against
the sacred spot where our College
stands that wins favor on the cam
pus. If she repeatedly publishes
abroad tlie fact that she abhors Sa-
Em Dear:
To lift this pen is quite a task, for
tn sore nigh unto death. This week
has certainly been one pain. The
first of the week we were all suffer
ing from the simply “screamable”
ignorance, obedience and discomforts
of the poor lil’ freslimen. But no
freshman has ever been as funny as
that big, bad, bold sophomore court
member, Lucy Currie. And when she
puts on that sober air and when she
refuses to crack a smile, we wonder
if—wliile her eyes laugh all the time
—she thinks she can fool some peo-
And then came the horse-back
rides. Have you ever enjoyed the
after-effects of a horse-back ride?
Well, then, mon chere, you can ap
preciate the pains, hesitations and
absolute refusals to move, ever again,
that we sense. Tlie ring is over on
the old pleasure-ground, and prom-
to be a grand place for many
good rides.
By the way, you asked about Leo-
ira Riggan. Well, she’s better, tho
she still looks wan and pale,
had an awful shock this week when
some freshman asked her to chaper
one them up town so they could
smoke. We’ve never been able to
find out what else happened for it
seems Leonora fainted and she
refuses to tell who the freshmen
were. But we hope Leonora wo
lose the name she has for being
“good sport,” just because of this.
A new fad has struck the pla
The craze is for elephants,
seems to be centered mainly on fi
floor and has even affected our dean
and assistant dean. As we came
from sophomore court the other nite,
we saw the two latter in a room,
gazing wistfully, at some elephants.
No, darling, I thought you’d know
they were only miniature elephants.
Yes, I know, it is true that we have
‘monkeys” and “birds” among us,
lut no elephants, as yet.
But I must go, for I have a golf
ing date. Yes, Salem has taken up
golf, and if you could see some girls,
n the campus driving tennis balls—
'hich they very frequently
you’d surely laugh.
I could write more, but simply
jst meet that date. “
what a grand time ’
Come to
HORSES AND OTHER
THINGS
Are we sore? And how! And
from what? Well, for instanei
from riding these horses. However
that first ride and the day after
safely passed and now we expect
to be able to trot ten miles any old
day without feeling the slightest
twinge on the day after. Saturday
afternoon Miss Atkinson and M:
Anderson are going to take the sta
pupils out to Mr. Anderson’s farm
to ride. Speaking of star riding pu
pils—well, Salem has them; Why
the other day one of the freshmen,
taking Bettsv Ross for Tom Mix,
said, “O look! Is that Tony the
Wonder Horse, Tom is riding?”
Ba.sketball season is upon us-
most. Next Tuesday afternoon the
different classes will start their
spective practices. Now could any
of us have possibly forgotten the
games last Thanksgiving? For any
one who has such a blankness ir ’
;oon, and in tl
a devoted,
SAL.
SOPHOMORE WEEK PROVES
TRYING EXPERIENCE FOR
FRESHMEN.
(Continued from Page One)
live again in fond memory simi
lar moments of childish abandon and
We entirely approved of the rules
for daily conduct which were pre
sented to the freshmen; though we
ill have to confess that we thought
hopping across streets was rather a
dangerous and alarming practice.
just suppose some freshman’s
heard had been murmuring, or oth-
; defective, imagine the dire—
fatal—results of the compul-
mono-pedal locomotion! For
tunately the freshmen were all bless
ed with stout hearts no doubt. And
perhaps some desirable reduction
ight thereby have been effected; so
was probably all for the best.
There is one feature which many
of you probably missed, since you
invited; so we will give an
account of what took place. No
body’s feelings should be hurt be-
the party was solely a Sopho-
-for-Freshmen affair (though
included Miss Stipe, Mrs. Rond-
thaler, a representative of the press,
and the Junior Advisory Committee
—honorary guests). The Reci
Room of Alice Clewell Building
beautifully decorated, and
natural charm was enhanced, by
tistic fluted streamers of red and
white Denison crepe paper, wliieii
hung in graceful festoons from the
ceiling. Local talent was respon
sible for “Sympathetically rendered
throughout the evening. The
guests (and the hostesses) danced
and chatted merrily for about forty
minutes; then the Judge
Sophomore Court announced that
several of the most representatii
Freshmen reprobates should act i
Judge and Jury to get revenge upon
the Sophomores. The new court was
composed of Freshmen Normand,
Braxton, Brown, Pierce, Bruns, Mil
ler, Terry and Piatt. Of course
they commanded Jane Harris to toot
for a few stations; I-ucy Currie and
Mary Myers Faulkner to do the
“Black-Bottom,” while Millicent
Ward sang an accompaniment; and
they wanted some Juniors to blush
like a rose (but they were—curses!
—foiled; because the desired Ji
were social outcasts).
Each guest received a becoming
paper cap, a whistle, an ice-cream
cone (or two—if she could ingrati
ate herself into the favor of Miss Al
len, who presided at the freezer)
some cakes, and a pretty pink basket
filled with candy and nuts. Then
the guests danced a little more, chat
ted a little more, said they had had
a good time, and went merrily to
bed.
DR. RONDTHALER SPEAKS IN
EXPANDED CPIAPEL SERVICE
(Continued from Page One)
Passing then to the period of the
Civil War, he told of the official sur
render of Salem to Stoneman by
the President of the school. But
this, lie said, did not defeat the
patriotic fervor of the Alabama miss
who waved her Confederate flag in
solently in the face of the victors.
Within walking limits about the
iollege there are twenty memorial
tablets ivliich write the history of
this town which has been so vitally
alive for nearly two hundred years.
To search for and enjoy these old
landmarks is not a mark of senti-
lentality but of appreciation of that
work which our predecessors loyally
■ought, p'ew places inherit sucli
:h and worthy memories as does
Salem and these memories are never
re vividly alive than when passed
by Dr. Rondthaler.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
iss Atkinson announces that
Basketball practice will begin Tues
day afternoon at three-thirty and
four-thirty. Those who wish to
participate are urged to report at
either of the above times, in order
that the teams may be organized as
soon as possible.
All those who have successfully
passed the preliminary test in horse
back riding on the Salem ring, will
meet Miss Atkinson at three-fifteen
Saturday afternoon to go for a
at Mr. Anderson’s farm.
Him: (To voice in other roc
Who is it?
Voice: It is I.
Him: (To her) If that had been
you, you’d have said, “It is me.”
Her: Well, it probably would
have been.
Absent-minded Professor: Yes, I
did call you, but I can’t remembei
why.
Absent-minded Plumber: That’s
all right; I forgot my tools any-
When you pay for experience, be
ure and keep the receipt.
—Exchangi
Sporty I.ad: “Madam, do y
lind if I smoke?”
Suffragette: “I don’t even care
ou burst into flames.”
—Exchange.
BITS ABOUT THE FACULTY
It seem
s doing n
plying us with faculty members.
Miss Helen Hall, who was recently
married, and who graduated from
Agnes Scott, has been succeeded by
Miss Elizabeth Lilly of Reynolda.
Miss I.illy also hails from Agnes
Scott, and for the past year has
done graduate work at the Univers
ity of North Carolina.
FAITHFULLNESS FIRST
Swift runs and short cuts, so char
acteristic of our modern life, are
sat perils. We want everything
a liurry, but most good things are
shy with strangers. Children want
pieces on the piano before scales or
training of that weak third finger.
Tlie poet says, “Wait a while.” Life
, “Work a long while.” The un
erring light of love and joy’s secur
ity, of which Wordsworth w'rites, be
long to tlie Ode to Duty. Most of
us long to be perfect in our line of
business or career, and to gain per
fection, we must take each step as
it comes and do it to the best of our
ability. Bury your conscientious
ness in the field of your daily labor,
and some day there will be flowers
and fragrance fit for heaven. It has
been said that “grace is the lovely
result of forgotten toil.”
—Exchange.
The movie exhibitor had just in
sured his theatre against fire. As he
signed his name, he turned to the
insurance agent and asked:
“What would I get if my theatre
was to burn down tomorrow?”
“Oh, I sliould say about ten
years,” replied the insurance man,
nonchalantly.
—Exchange.
COLONIAL
THOMAS MEIGAN
IN
“THE MATING CALL”
EVELYN BRENT RENE ADOREE
Our Gang in “School Begins”
WED. & THURS.
FRI. & SAT.
ADOLPHE
WALLACE
BEERY
M E N J O U
and
in
RAYMOND
“A NIGHT
HATTON
OF MYSTERY”»
in
‘Partners in Crime’
Coining: Joan Crawford in Our Dancing Daughters