Saturday, February 16, 1929.
THE SALEMITE
THREE
I.OYALTY
Just liow much does the word
loyalty mean to us? Webster gives
fidelity, faithfulness, constancy and
devotion as synonyms for the word - -
but doesn’t loyalty have even a
deeper meaning than this for us?
There are four main types of loy
alty: Loyalty to parents, loyalty to
friends, loyaltv to self, and loyalty
to God.
Loyalty to parent.s may be dated
as far back as the Ten Command
ments given to Moses, for the fifth
commandment is: “Honor thy father
and thy mother, that thy days may
be long upon the land which the
r.ord thy God giveth thee ” At
times it seems very difficult to live
up to the ideals that our parents set
for us, and sometimes we even feel
inclined to think that they expect
too much of us. But let us stop
and think how many sacrifices they
make for us, how they strive for our
happiness and pleasure. How much
do we do for them in return? Are
w'e going to be unappreciative and
disloyal, or are we going to prove
to them through sincerity and fide!^
ity that we are worthy of their
faith in us?
A true friend is to be treasured
above all else in the world. A
friend has been described as one who
knov/s our faults but loves us still.
In a real friend we find someone to
whom we may carry all of our trou
bles—who will be understanding and
sympathetic and who will give us
an honest and frank opinion on any
subject; one whom we may trust and
in whom we have implicit faith. Is
not this person worthy of our loy
alty? Often we are tempted to be
disloyal to a friend through some
selfish motive of our own. Should
we through selfishne.ss saeiifiee a
worthy friend? Let us be careful
lest hypocrisy enters into this so-
called friendship. We must differ-
eniate between pretense of friend
ship. I.et us weigh our words and
be sure that everything that we say
to our friends is perfectly sincere.
Are we loyal to oursleves? Do
we try to live up to our own ideals
• ind to judge our actions by our
own sense of right and wrong? Are
we not prone to forget, often, and
follow the crowd? Our real strength
depends upon our loyalty to our
selves and our ability to resist the
many temptations that each day
brings forth.
Last and greatest is our loyalty
to God. For after all that should
be the aspiration of every one, for
if we attain this we may live a full
and creative life obtained through a
growing knowledge of God. Christ
died to j)rove His loyalty to the
Heavenly Father who sent him, and
in order that we might be saved. If
the Beloved Son of our Heavenly
Father could give His life for us,
what are we willing to give, and
what should we give to our Master.
We have discussed loyalty to par
ents. Is not God our Father? We
have discussed, also, loyalty to
friends. Should we not consider Him
the greatest of all friends? We have
discussed loyalty to ourselves. If
we are loyal to ourselves, we, of
necessity, must be loyal to our Mak-
A PSALM OF LIFE
Tiie Lord is my Father;
I shall not perish_
He maketh me live in the sense of
his presence.
He leadeth me in the way of life
His love abideth forever.
He teacheth my heart to love oth-
And his lessons are not for the day,
but forever.
He hath bidden me to be perfect,
Therefore hath he set eternity in my
He hath called me to work in his
kingdom,
His kingdom that hath no end.
Yea, when I walk through the val
ley of the shadow of death
I will fear no evil.
For he will be with me; his love and
his strength will preserve me;
His arms everlasting sustain me.
My Father’s home is before me,
And joy that faileth never.
Surely I shall live and work with
those I love in the house of
1 the heart
my God forever.
-The Girls’ Every Day Booh.
(Continued From Page One)
ning of the piece the clock strikes
twelve and the spirits begin to tune
their fiddles which are often very
harsli in tone. The wind is heard
whistling through the trees. As the
night goes on, the dance grows wild
er and wilder. As dawn approaches
the spirits grow more calm. The
last warning of the arrival of the
dawn is the crowing of the cock at
which the spirits hurry away. There
are a few, however, who linger too
long. The last sound heard is the
footstips of those few lingering
ones who are trying to escape. By
the pianist’s delightful interpretation
of this piece, the audience was able
t;> follow clearly the midnight rev-
ilry of the spirits on Hallowe’en.
Two encores were rendered during
the progif’U' the last of vvliieli was
Liszt’s La Campagnella.
Mis.s Ra’ikin was a.^sisLod by
the Thurs !ay Morning Music Club
who sang, under the direction of
Dean Charles (r. Vardell, India)!
Mt.nntain Song bv Cadman and 7'/ic
Last Song by Rogers. Both of
these numbers W'ere sung with great
expression and with lovely nuances
in tone and rhythm. The Music
('•lub M'as accompanied by Miss
Frances Jarratt at the piano.
UNDERGRADUATE
HUMOR
CcUege Humor has lost its reprint
riglits over the midwest college com
ics, by action of the Midwest College
Comics Association. The undergrad
uate liumorists decided at their re
cent convention that this action
would have to be taken because
College Humor misrepresents Col
lege life to the public by over-em-
phasizing Prohibition and sex jokes.
Another reason was that the maga
zine represented to the national ad
vertisers that it had a large circu
lation among college students, thus
reducing the amount of advertising
given to college magazines. Last
year the western college comics
took the same action, basing it on
the 'first of the two reasons.
Skeptical persons will scent a bit
of hypocrisy on the part of the stu
dent comics in the second-named rea
son for their action since the comics
tliemselves arc not averse to printirig
a large number of liquor and sex
jokes of extremely inane character.
The Columns, a literary magazine
at Cornell, has analyzed The Cor
nell Widoxo, a typical comic, and
the statistics for its first
FOLKLORE LEGENDS
MANY HAVE BELIEVED
Curious old customs, legends and
superstitutions still existing in the
British isles were recalled at a
congress of the British Folklore so
ciety. For example, one speaker
told the congress that there still is
a belief in the Isle of Man that the
cats of the island have a king of
their own. During the day the
“king” lives the life of an ordinary
house cat. At night he assumes his
royal attributes and travels about
in regal state. It is dangerous for
a hou-scholder with whom he lives
to treat the “king cat” unkindly.
Cats are further believed to be on
intimate terms with fairies and
other invisible inhabitants of the
world of mystery. The cat is the
only member of the household al
lowed to remain in the kitchen when
the fairies enter to warm themselves
after the human residents have gone
to bed. Again, large black dogs
with flaming eyes are supposed to
roam the island at night. The best
way to pursue a witch is to chase
her with a greyhound having not a
single black hair. An old Manx law
is to the effect that any Manxman
might kill a Scotsman provided that
the Manxman must go to Scotland
and bring back two goats to keep
the victim’s ghost away.—Pierre Van
Paassen, in the Atlanta Constitution.
Liquor
Local ly
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Issue Issue Issue
Pune and double
meanings of
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Neckings, legs, lin-
FIFTY-FIFTY BETWEEN
THIEF AND FINANCIER
A. E. Fitkin, New York finan-
sier, told a story at a dinner in
celebration of his purchase for
.^21-0,000 of a seat on the stock ex
change.
“The improvement in financial
morals is almost unbelievable,” Mr.
Fitkin said. “I’ll tell you a story
that Tom Lawson used to tell about
the days of frenzied finance.
“Once upon a time a bank robber
was interrupted in the midst of his
delicate work by the sound of ap
proaching footsteps.
“The bank robber put down his
acetylene drill softly He pressed
his gloved hand—gloved to obviate
fingerprints—to his thumping heart.
Then the door opened, and a beau
tiful old gentleman with white side
whiskers, wearing a long black frock
coat, appeared.
“ ‘Who are you, sir,? said the old
gentleman sternly.
“ ‘I’m Buster I?ill, the safe crack
er,’ was the fierce reply, ‘and if you
want to be bored full of holes like a
swiss cheese—’
“But the old gentleman gave a cry
of joy. He advanced with out
stretched hand.
“ ‘Oh, sir,’ he said, ‘I am the presi
dent of this institution, and I was
afraid you were an examiner or
inspector or something. But you
are only Buster Bill, a mere burglar,
ch? Oh, thank heaven for that! I’l
sure you and I between us will be
able to come to an arrangement
phich will be more than satisfactory
0 our depositors.’
“The two men shook hands cordi-
lly. Then they went at the safe
together.”
TLAT HAT” MAKES
BOLD EXPERIMENT
The "Flat Hat,” the weekly paper
of the college of William and Mary,
last week made an experiment
which was almost unique in collegi-
journalistie circles- And for
that matter it was unique in journal-
stic circles in the world outside the
college.
Immediately after the announce
ment that a state investigation would
be made into drinking conditions at
■olleges in this state, the Flat Hat
conceived the idea of sending a re
porter, or more properly, a spy, to
the University of Virginia for the
purpose of finding out just how much
Dr. Hepburn was justified in mak
ing the charges that he did. The
reporter was sent, and, returning to
William and Mary several days lat-
made his report.
According to him, the University
as free from the curse of drinking
among its students as one could ex
pect a school to be. The students
lere apply themselves to their work,
iid bridge and poker games are cut
to a minimum. The reporter stated
that he was received as a visitor
and that while being shown all ex
isting conditions at the University
he became thoroughly convinced that
Dr. Hepburn’s charges were exag-
This stroke of journalism received
the editorial comment of quite a few
wspapers in the state which were
naturally surprised at the boldness
of the affair. They could imagine
nvestigation of conditions by a
college newspaper within its
school, but an investigation by a
paper into conditions existing in
other school was something that they
could not quite grasp.
—The Cadet.
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N onsense
Miscellaneous 7 11 7
The Column’s comment upon this
magazine miglit well apply to many
other comics:
“. . . .The Widow is not above an
indecent joke, especially if it can
be neatly placed among the ex
changes and advertising pages. But
The fVidoxv has neither the virility
to capture a Rabelaisian spirit,
nor to prance with the rough humor
of Russian comedy, nor the sublety
to turn a black joke until it shows
a silver lining. At its sad best. The
Widow produced a series of vulgar
puns in its football issue—the How
dare you. Sir, sort—which might
cause a freshman to hesitate before
sending his copy home.”
Nigger 1 (in jail)—“Where you
all gwine, running so fast?”
Niggers 2 and 3 (outside)—“We
all’s gwine to de hanging.”
Nigger 1—“Well, you all needn’t
be in such a hurry. There won’t be
anything doin’ till I get there.”
—Panthe
COLLEGE ENROLLMENTS
SLUMP
A slump in enrollments at last
The per cent of gain in number of
students attending college is lower
this year than it has been for a long
time, I'he Boston Transcript finds
in its annual survey of college
rollments.
It may be that we have reached
the apex of this long upward climb
in enrollments, beginning in 1890
with a total of 120,000 students ii
all colleges and reaching 850,000 ii
1929.
The reasons for this slump ar
several. Dean Raymond Walters ii
School and Society gives these pos
sible reasons; agrieultureal and in
dustrial conditions; the development
of junior colleges and deliberate
limitation of enrollments.
It will be necessary to await the
figures for the next half dozen years
to determine whether we have reach
ed a permanent level.
Policeman (to motorist blocking
traffic) : What’s the matter with you?
Motorist: I’m quite well, thank
you, but my engine is dead.
TWAIN WENT OUT WITH
COMET, AS HE WISHED
While delivering a lecture on as
tronomy a year before his death,
Samuel Clemens had said;
' came in with Hailey’s comet in
>. It is coming again next year,
and I expect to go out with it. It
will be the greatest disappointment
of my life if I don’t go out with
Hailey’s comet. The Almighty said,
no doubt; ‘Now, here are these two
unaccountable freaks; they came in
together; they must go out together.’
Oh! I am looking forward to that.”
W'e know now that Mark Twain
was not to be disappointed. Wednes
day night, April 20, 1910, Hailey’s
comet, the mysterious messenger of
his birth year, shone clearly in the
sky in its perihelion. And dur-
the following evening Mark Twain
died.
SCIENCE CLUB HOLDS
INTERESTING MEETING
(Continued From Page One)
ine and carbon monoxide. It ri
quires sunlight before it will mi:
It affects the heart. Chlorpicric,
compound of chlorine and picric
acid, produces nausea, it causes the
men to take off their masks, on doing
this they fall victims to poisonous
gases that had been sent over simul
taneously. Mustard gas is a com
pound of chlorine. Alcohol, and
sulphur, it lingers about the ground
for days and will get into the small
est and deepest of places. It causes
blisters on the skin and often pro
duces pneumonia.
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Drug
Store
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Believed “Rip’s Story
Joe Jefferson once said he wished
Irving’s story about Rip Van Winkle
was as authentic as his “Life of
George Washington,” but Bill Hook
er, historical writer for the Milwau
kee Journal, says that in 1906 he
met a resident of Rip’s old stamp
ing ground in the Catskills, who not
only believed in the existence of the
henpecked sleeper but had perfect
faith in the whole yarn. This fel
low was an innkeeper who seemed to
have reason for believing the story
to have been something more than
a folktale and who had on several
occasions earnestly tried to convince
Jefferson of its authenticity, but
without much success.
—Detroit News.
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