WELCOME
AND
ALL
Winston-Salem, N. C., Wednesday, Sept. ] 0, 1930.
Y. W. C. A. Tenders
Greetings toOId andNew
The Young Women’s Christian
Association bids you welcome! We
are happy to have you all with us
here at Salem. For old girls it means
a continuation of friendships and
work begun before, and an oppor
tunity to do better in that in which
we did not succeed so well last year;
for new girls it is an opportunity
to form new friendships and asso-
tions, to begin college with en-
thusiasm, interest, and the earnest
desire to do well whatever they un
dertake; and to all of us it is the
privilege of living and working to
gether in fellowship and whole-
li. arted co-operation, go that we may
be effective in living up the highest
and best in ourselves and in uphold
ing! the lofty ideals of Salem by
bi-ing true to her Spirit.
Life is not complete unless we
find some medium through which we
may serve those about us and others
who are not as fortunate as we. If
you want an opportunity to serve or
worship, we ask you to become a
l>art of our Association. There will
be a varied program for those who
.ire interested in social service, there
will be interesting groups for those
interested in knowing the progress
of Christian work abroad, and there
will be opportunities for worship
at evening watch and at Vesper ser-
\ices. However, we are not losing
sight of the fact that an organiza
tion cannot be made to live, it must
have a need to fill and wc hope that
you will help us by telling us where
we are failing. You need food to
maintain physical efficiency, you find
mental stimulation in the classroom,
your life to be worthwhile must have
spiritual food. May the worship
services held on this campus be effec
tive in drawing each of you closer
to her Saviour that through Him
she may find that strength and
grace which is the secret of abun
dant life.
When you want help, call on us;
w'hen you want to serve, work with
us; when you need strength, pray
with us; and when you want to
|)raise, worship with us in the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ and to the
glory of God, the Father.
Standing at the Portal
Of the Opening Year,
Words of Comfort meet u
Hushing every fear.
Athletic Association
Bids Welcome
Freshmen, was are glad you’ve
come to Salem! We greet you with
a ohallenge to become wide awake
and active members of tlie Atheletic
Association. Physical F.xerci.se, as
well as mental, helps make an edu
cation all-round. You can help ath
letics at Salem by infusing your pep
and co-operation into any or all of
the sports.
During the wliole school year
athletics progress according to a
regular schedule, sometimes with sev
eral sports actively going on at the
same time. However, there is usual
ly one major sport which in its sea
son receives most emphasis, and at
the end of each season there are
inter-class games to determine the
championship; in each case, a cup
going to the winning team and in
dividual trophies to varsity players.
Have you seen the college “S”
which th« Association awards to
those who win points in sports?
You’ll be proud to wear one, so come
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Student Government
Association Welcome
The Student Council extends to
each Freshman and to each
girl a very hearty greeting and
welcomes each of you to Salem,
sincerely hope to make you feel
our interest and good wishes, be
cause our welcome is intended to b
much more genuine than merely ar
expression of words.
Salem has so much to offer that H
is difficult if not impossible for i
new student to realize the full signi
ficance of the welcome she offer;
you through those of us who art
entrusted, as upperclassmen, with
the privilege of acquainting you wit!
your Alma Mater. With an unbroken
record of more than one hundred
and fifty years, Salem gives you an
unique heritage which cannot be
equalled by any other Southern
Woman’s college. Yet Salem does
not live only because of her past
achievements and worth. Retaining
the richness of her past, she is
vitally alive and alert, keeping step
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Salemite Staffs Extend
Hearty Salutations
From these salutations of welcome
we hope that you may be able to feel
from the beginning somc'jhing’ of
the spirit that dwells v;ithin these
walls. From the newness and con
fusion of your surroundings you will
soon slip into the friendliness and
happiness that joins us together into
a bond which will fill not only your
college days with joy, but will give
you something to take with you in
to the after years.
You will find that there is some-
tliing different in the atmosphere
around the college which you have
clu^sen to begin and perhaps finish,
your education . The great task of
carrying out the preparations for
your future life grows and develops
here in an ideal and fitting en
vironment. It is up to you not
only to preserve the Bceomplish-
ments of those who have been here
before you, but to add to the honors
of Salem by giving to her only your
best. It will be seen after a few
weeks how absolutely unnecessary
all this is, for you will soon observe
that you are throwing yourself
wholeheartedly into every phase of
college life about you, and will find
that the old “Salem Spirit” has
It is impossible to remain on the
campus without regarding the things
that pertain to its school life without
an intima:te feeling of possession.
That is the way which it is hoped
you will regard this paper, and we
want it to be one of which you can
be duly proud. Wc always stand
ready to take criticisms and sugges
tions of improvement, for you can
make it as truly your paper as we
wish it to be by the unrestrained ex
pression of your ideas and imagina
tion. The SALEMITE is the voice
of your college and its life.
Thus from the Editorial and
Business Staffs of the SALEMITE
come the heartiest hopes and good
wishes for the new school year which
you are now entering. Already
you have joined our circle in which
you will find that Co-operation is
the root of Success!