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THE SALEMITE
Saturday, November 17, 1928.
The Salemite
t^eekly by the Student Body
Salem College.
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Local Editor Edith Kirkland, ’S
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LITTLE THOUGHTS
FOR TODAY
“Speak not in the hearing of
,a fool; for h(- will de.splso tlie
wi.sdom of thv words.”
- -Proverbs.
“Hypocri
that walks
God .alone.’
nust have toward her class?
There is always a few on whom the
burden and responsibility of class
activities fall. These few are forced
work under all kinds of difficul-
;s because they cannot obtain the
-operation of tlie others.
The approaching basket ball
season is an excellent time for every-
>ne to show the proper class spirit,
^ven if you cannot play, make an
■ft'ort to be present at the games and
mcourage tliose who are playing.
Since the games this year are not to
interfere with the Thanksgiving lioli-
there is more reason than ever
everyone to take an interest in
them. Wliile you will not be
■liing a Duke or Carolina foot
ball game you will be seeing some
excellent team work and sportsman-
ip that will amply reward you for
ur interest. Salem basket ball
games are a tradition of which the
;ollege is justly proud.
Through co-operation and interest
:he student body can make these
games “bigger and better” th:
before ! Let’s show this interest
bj’ being present at every game,
doing our best to help our class
stead of falling behind in their
studies while absorbed in football,
the students at that institution forged
ahead. The athlete, moreover, is
slightly handicapped, for his grades
w’atched closely, and his hours
of study are strictly limited by his
training regimen. This survey does
not .suggest, of course, that all stud-
sliould plunge at once into
letics as an aid to scholarship, but it
indicates a hitherto unconsidered
lationship, and supplies a further
■indication of sane athletic systems.
E X C H A N G E S
Books
The week Xovember 11 to 18 has
been set aside as National Book
Week. Primary and secondary
schools throughout the country are
observing it by giving special atten
tion to tlie importance of books and
by means of programs illustrative of
the value of books and their place
in one’.s life. The purpose of book
week is to promote children’s inter
est in reading good books and to at
attempt to .show them the value of
these books, and how benefits are to
be derived from reading them.
Unfortunately everyone is not a
book lover, and few of us even have
a sufficient appreciation of the
books to which we have access.
It is a privilege indeed to
have some one point out what books
can, and should mean — their
real merits. If one is willing and
anxious to read, then books can be
always ready to come forth vividly
one’s mental picture gallery for life,
at any stimulus however slight.
Books can be one’s best friends—
tliey can never fail. A once cher
ished book will ever remain warm to
its lover, for it has no bitterness.
'I'hese faithful friends are generous
and democratic, for they bestow
riches alike upon both the poor and
the rich; and they give treasures,
golden memories, to the small and
the great equally. Wliat these friends
have given us may not be taken
away easily—the reading and
joyment of them has trained u
discipline our minds. Indeed,
who has a book has a friend.”
WHAT ABOUT CLEMSON?
arc three hundred fifty-one
in tin- freshman class of
the University of South Carolina,
and not one of them, if they follow
the wishes of their fond parents,
will become farmers wlien they leave
that great institution to enter upon
tlieir careers. A .survey recently
completed by the faculty records
that the ambition of tliirty-two fath
ers and mothers to have their
and daughters engage in the practice
of law; twenty-four parents prefer
the medical profession for their off
spring; sixty-six incline toward
teacliing and eighteen have choscn
journalism for their children.
“Nary a father nor a mother cares
to have his or her son or daughter
carry the legended past of South
Carolina into a fruitful future on
the farm,” laments the Columbia
State. The disclosure is a shock and
a surprise to the esteemed editor,
who admits to the belief that many
of tlie parents would have come out
boldly for the lure of the land.
If a census of the University of
South Carolina twenty or thirty
■ears or more ago had shown such
I result to the one cited by the
itatc there would have been good
•eason for the astonishment of
■ontemporary, but in these days
ulvanccd education, when South
"larolina especially, boasts such
Ijilendid institution a.s Clemson
•annot get alarmed because none
the students at the state university
[) take up farming.
. -Atlanta Journal.
That Charles Dickens is still the
most popular novelist seems proved
the result of the popularity competi
tion recently completed by Collins,
the London publisher. Dickens heads
the field with 142,956 votes.
Competitors were asked to select
twelve to twenty famous classic
writers and place them in order of
popularity. Dickens came first with
Scott the runner-up, and among
men writers George Eliot holds first
place.
Voting lists were sent in from all
over the world and London book-
.sellers distributed 400,000 of them.
The complete result was: 1, Dickens;
2, Scott; 3, Stevenson ; t, Dumas; H
Thackeray; 6, Eliot; 7, Hugo; 8
Kingsley; 9, Austin; 10, C. Bronte;
11. Mrs. Wood; 12, C. Reade.
ulity may be another reason why Dr.
Rondthaler was so anxious to get the
flags.)
From the looks of the four girls
keeping Practice House, I believe
I'd just as soon go to Siberia. Rosy
doesn’t .seem quite so anxious about
keeping house now, and w'e hope
Mary Miller and Lib Crouse don’
•ve to sample their own cooking—
any of us for that matter.
Lots of people have told me that
there isn’t any such word as “ai
and I’ve let them get by with it until
w—I can’t write anymore, and I’d
forced to make corrections on that
statement at this minute even if
’re made by Herbert Hoover.
This is goodbye til later,
SAL.
SAL TO EM
BOOK REVIEW
and then lie turned his attention to
obtaining the cow. She must have
short horns and be pure white. When
the maharajah came and found all
this provided he took it as a matter
of course and calmly gave instruc
tions that the cow must not be killed
at any time after his departure, but
must die a natural death. This she
was permitted to do after being
maintained in luxury and idleness
for many years.
World Needs Wisdom
That Comes With Age
Thank God for the old folks!
They supply the balance s
t only this but c
dav
Class Spirit
Perhaps in literary fields this sub
ject has been overworked, but
actual practice we are still to us
to the extent that it will suffer from
over exertion. Why is it such a dif
ficult thing to put into practice the
feeling which every normal individ-
ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP
of the schola
prowcss of college athletes is not the
lively issue it once was, for sc,
young Olympians have embarrassed
tiidious school m.ates by surpassing
hem in grades, and all colleges have
idoiited so strict standards that a
laggard student has no chance to
lompcte on the gridiron or diamond.
But the matter is still fresh enough
'resting in the light of a
ide at the University of
I, having as its purpose the
fixing of athletic scholarship. Au
thorities discovered that the school’
athletes not only made grades a
high as their non-athletic brothers,
but that they had higher average
efficient on the athletic field, the stud-
tition than while resting from theii
sports.
This is an aspect of the matter not
hitherto considered. It is well
known that athletes must train both
brain and muscle to a fine co-ordi
nation before a football or a basket
ball or a baseball game, but no
had suspected, apparently, that this
keenness would be reflected almost
inevitably in the classroom. Ye
this was proved to be the case a
Wisconsin, an institution fairly typi
eal of America. While learning to
be efficient on the athletic field, the
student is learning also how t
efficient on the athletic field, the stud
ent is learning also how to be effi
cient in study. To academic tasks,
it was found, he had to bring the
alertness and resourcefulness
contests of sport.
PIcy 1 and other dignified expres-
ins of salutations, Em. old deah-
lat’s on your mind beside your ha
iiess you heard about the Gold
Dust Twins—if you heard “The Call
of the Wild”—no, what I meant was
“The Desert Song,” so I won’t have
to bother about telling that to you
er again. Well, “Lux” again.st me
w ,for you know, no doubt, what
s been going on around here bet-
r than I do. If you find anything
1—forget it—if you find anything
w—well, you probably wont, so
why bother about that anyway.?
sad and lonesome
place this past week-end.
came the faculty like a wolf
on the fold,
leir f/rade-book.t were covered with
/)'.v and F’s bold, etc.”
(With many apologies to Byron).
) most of the fold it was unbeara
ble, and some sixty of the little
lambs hied themselves home for a
:k-cnd of sympathy (?.??) and
forgetfullness. Such is life—and
nid-semesters.
Somebody—don’t ask who, I have-
I’t the .slightest idea—has added a
lew rule to the list as we have so
cw. It has to do with getting the
'oung ladies and Freshmen of Salem
College out for a ride under the
stars most any ol’ night. All you
have to do it seems, is call for a
Student Government member and
ask her—she’ll do the re.st. The
whole success of the plan lies in the
important fact that you get a “St.
Gr.” to do the work for you. You
ftill insist on knowing the originator
—oh, I don’t know—ask a certain
Freshman.
Did you ever see “Cradle Snatch-
s?” Well, we have two right here
our midst. Evidently they have
iplicit faith in the training of the
young. What? Who said anything
shop Rondthaler’s Memorabilia
of Fifty Yearn has recently been
published and it is quite justifiabl;
the pride of Salem. Not only be-
L' it has an especial attractioi
us from the standpoint of au
thorship and subject, but also be
beautifully illustrated, is this volume
worthwhile. It represents the work
of fifty years and is of inestimable
historical value. Such chronicles
are likely to become mere records,
but this is quite readable. It is col
ored with the vigorous personality
of its author and its accuracy is un-
qucstion.ablc.
The variety and beauty of the
illustration add to its value. Study
ing them, one finds beauty that has
been overlooked before and develops
a new' appreciation of Salem. It
has been the policy of this depart
ment this year to review only “best
.sellers.” We feel that this is the
“best seller” that has enjoyed popu
larity on Salem’s campus.
Troubles in Ple7ity
For Court Officials
The master mind in control of
state and social functions at the
court of St. James occasionally must
solve some extraordinary problems,
according to Percy Armytage, who
reveals himself as that astute func
tionary in his book, “By the Clock of
St. James.”
In making arrangements for the
coronation of King Edward, Army
tage found he must discover close
to Buckingham palace a house large
enough to accommodate the attend
ing maharajah of Jaupur with his
suite of 200 and that there must
accommodations in the same house
for a cow. The house mu.st also havi
a well since he was informed that
neither the maharajah nor his .s
ants would touch water that had
flowed through pipes.
Such a house finally was found
and age.
Youtli may rail at the older gen
eration for being “old fogies” and
“behind the times.” But snowy
crowns bring a seasoning of reason
ing which the snap judgment of
youth lacks. Old age can hark back
and profit from years of experience,
while youth, though fired with en
thusiasm and ambition, has yet to
undergo the ordeal of fire. This
“pep” in youth is, of course, a
component part of life, but we also
need that sageness and maturity of
opinion wlilch conu-s only with ad-
One gcneratiini, in effect, acts as
a check on the other, yet it cannot
be denied that youth has in the past,
does now and always must depend on
its ciders to impart wisdom and good
advice. Especially today, when
youth is inclined to be reckless,
should the admonition and guidance
of the old folks count for the value
that it really is.
Life is as the cycle of seasons
wliich needs its autumn as much as
its spring. Spring is a beautiful ex
pression of budding life. But
autumn is none the white less beau
tiful—and necessary. Though youth,
like spring, gives us lov'C and roses,
it remains for autumn to producc the
harvest. In other words, it is age
which gives the needed mellowness
to the green sprouts of ra.sh youth.
Again we say, God bless the old
folks !—Pathfinder Magazine.
Th.
F.arth’x Elevations.
highest point in the world i;
being 29,141
feet; the highest point in South
America is Mount Aconcagua, 23,080
feet; in North America it is Mount
McKinley, 20,.‘i00 feet; in Africa,
Kilimanjaro (Kibo peak); Europe,
Mont El Bruz, 18,46,5; while the
highest point in Australia, Mount
Kosciu.sko, has an elevation of only
7,;i23 feet.
Carp Are Veterans
It is claimed that there are carp
n ponds in Europe two hundred
,'ears old. Authorities claim that a
■arp twenty years of age should
veigh around 40 to r>0 pounds.
aboi
; Lib?
Practice teaching now seems t'
the latest rage, and if you d
have your own private chauffcu
transport you thence and hence -
just don’t rate. In spite of the fact
that it isn’t quite the thing,. Edni
I.indsey came to the conclusion other
day that one should wear “over-alls”
when experimenting certain fields of
“animalology.”
Well, Em, there will be no highly
colored ark to greet your (^yes the
next time you come back to Salem.
Dear old “Carry” has gone to the
happy grunting grounds—green
paint and all—and in heir place
sits “Carry More”—no kin to Kitty
—all sliiny and new—(No,
still speaking of the car.) Miss Smith
stands over the Chev with a ch;
see that it is not touched by anyone
with dirty hands, and carefully
brushes off each fleck of dust a.'
alights. (This addition to the fac-'
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