Saturday, October 11,1 930.
THE SALEMITE
Page Three
PLUS ULTRA I
(Editor’s Note: Tliis is what we
liopd to be the beginning of a series
of letters from Alumnae who are
now instructing young America. If
any of you who read this can go one
better than Mi.ss Currie in your ex
periences in pruning* tlie tree of
knowledge, please send in your
manuscripts to the Salemite office
without delay!)
Having just finished grading a
set of sixth grade North Carolina
History quiz papers, I tore my hair
and groaned in anguish of spirit.
One or two of the prize answers pop-
])ed into my head, and I wondered
what had ever made me think I was
called to instruct the young.
In response to my question as to
the why and wherefore of Sir Wal
ter Raleigh’s death I was informed
that, “Queen Elizabeth shot him,
because she smoked one of his ciga
rettes, and it made her sick!” Whe
I inquired about the identity of Vii
ginia Dare, I was assured that she
was the daughter of Mr. and Mi
Dare. Imagine my relief! I had
always had a notion that the Lords
Proprietors used to own North Caro
lina, but I was wrong. It was the
“Lords Perspirators”—Frances told
me so with great aplomb, and wIk
was I to correct her?
Having thus learned several nev
facts in history I turned to the ge
ography papers and was astonished
to find how little geography I had
known before. For instance, 1 found
that Asia and Africa are the two
largest countries in North America,
and that the United States is two
hundred feet long and as many wide,
Through all the subjects, even the
three ll’s, my fund of general in
formation grew until now I am pos
sessed of more knowledge than I
ever had before.
Never make the mistake of think
ing that your mission in teaching is
to impart knowledge. On the con
trary, your sole mission is to absorb
it. 'when you begin to teach and
only then do you take the first step
toward your own education. Collegf
is not even preparation, for what ir
college prepares you to accept the
fact that a gargle of “bluing wate ”
is the only thing to cure a so
throat? Where in college do y
learn the best method to use
catching a young and agile bullfrog
that gtts loose on your schoolroom
floor ? I know the best method
but I didn’t learn it at college: Sur
round the bullfrog with the whole
sixtli grade; clioose representatives
to chase him around the ring and
tire him; then close in gradually and
tackle him, falling graeefull;
der not to break any bones in the
tackles nor smash the tackled; wave
him triumphantly alof^ 4nd then
firmly put the ban on education for
bullfrogs.
I’ve learnd too why the corners
of Carl’s mouth are always brov/n,
and whi re he keeps liis cliew of to
bacco during school—in his pocket,
where else? I’ve learned the thrill
that comes from seeing the look on
Harvey’s face when he made the
honor roll for the first time in his
life. Most important of all I’ve
learned what the first month s cheek
looks like!
Next Commencement when you
triumphantly clutch the old sheep
skin and flatter yourself you’re edu
cated, just wait until September and
you’ll find you don’t know a thing.
But by the time the month is over
you’ll have learned more than you
ever did in the whole four years of
college.
—Tish Currie
Class of ’28
FROM THE NUT
CRACKER SUITE
{Society Hall)
Grace: (to remarkable-looking indi
vidual in huge picture frame)-
Does Ralph want to go for a
walk? You gets tired sitting on
that dirty old dresser, doesn’t
you, sugar? (Snatches frame
and starts from room but stops
short in doorway with an elbow
in her right eye).
Owner of Elbow: (tersely), Grace,
do you coffee-pot?
Grace
of E.: ’Seuse my hurried entrance
and my mislocated elbow Au
thor’s Note: All Proctors hav(
just such elbows), but I’m here
for a purpose. You mu;
to coffee-pot at
Min
1 the s
itil Mi
d critical predicament
now. Coffee-pot immediately
you will regret it to the tune
two call downs!
ace: (having
a strange ii
iterlude),
Gr-r-r-r! C
of fee-pot?
Shall I
kiss lier or f
leratch out
her eyes?
Coffee-pot?
Are both of us
crazy or ai
•c we just
the two
biggest fooh
1 that have
ever been
this close together? I
can’t af-
ford to get
two more c
r.ll downs
so I believe
I’ll coffoc
-pot.
O. of E.: Well?
Grace: You can’t have Ralph be
cause lie said he wouldn’
long to another girl for the world,
but you can use anything else
the room or tlie closet for a ei
fee-pot. Isn’t that generous
enough to make you stingy wi '
your call-downs?
O. of E.: (patiently) you don’t u
derstand, dense one. If you 4,
you don’t coffee-pot, you 1
Everybody coffee-pots. If y
admit that you do coffee-pot, y
confess that you are a criminal,
a crude joker, or any term that
may suit your tormentor,
should be clear to you that I
n’t I
riiis u
; anything
coffee-pot
. tliis
WHY, CAI,!
“What did Calvin Coolidge say
when his syndicate asked him to put
a little humor into his column?”
“I do not choose to PUN !”
They ought to be careful and not
reduce’ the navy too radically, or
there will be no one for Clara Bow
to meet when the fleet comes in.
Little Tragedies
] 5 cigarettes on a Co-ed’s breath;
Yo-ho-ho and the Dean of Women.
except you.
y longer. It
has passed that stage. At
eleven ten P. M. Coffee-potting
means several things—for in
stance (important instance too),
turn off your light, put Ralph
to bed on the pin cusliion 01
anything else tliat he happens
to land on and go to bed. Run'
Get! Scat! Coffee-pot!
El
■vy niglit
Tom Thumb
Golf Tournament
Prizes To Be Awarded
Those who are' unable to take ad-
-antagc of this perfect “golfing”
veather, will be given an oppor
tunity to satisfy, to a certain ex
tent, an}' longing they might have
in tlie direction of this game. Quali
fying rounds of Tom Thum% Golf
will be begun Monday, and may be
})layed off anytime during the day
the Bob-O-Link Golf course in
tlie Nissen Building at which time
desiring to enter may play
free of charge. The lowest thirty-
;wo scores of this first round will be
irranged in matches to be played at
I later date.
A large number of students par-
:icipated in tlie Tom Thumb tourna
ment last year, which came 1
lively fini.sh with Virginia Martin
winning first place; Lenora Riggan,
second, and Amelia Gooch, third.
Miss Martin having graduated,
leaves the field to title of champion
clear for the ambitious person who
aspires to tlie heig'lits pf B'obby
Jones. Rewards for this tourna
ment have not yet been announced,
but they will be worthwhile. Don’t
be one of those to regret—enter
fun Monday!
BITS FROM HERE
AND THERE
On January 30, 1931, Paderewski
will play at Converse College while
on his farewell tour of America.
October 1, Kyrl and his Band play
ed at the College and were greatly
enjoyed. Dorothy Seott has been
chosen Editor of the Converse
nual “Y’s and other Y’s”.
The Catawba College football
team defeated the Atlantic Christian
College by score of 2-i-O. Dr. Hoke
gave the first chapel address of the
year, and outlined Catawba’s prog
ress and future aims.
(Continued from Page 1.)
recreation room in the Alice Clew-
basement, where the Salem
!opated Serenaders, led by Sue
; Mauney, were rendering things
hot and lively as any night club.
Dancing formed the entertainment,
and the jammed condition of the
floor evidenced the crowd’s enjoy-
. At intervals during the even
ing, the floor was cleared and special
dances were featured; there being
a tap dance by Catherine Gaston of
the Academy, a tap dance by
F'ranees Mauney, a toe dance by
Thtlma Stortz, and a Russian folk
dance by Ziiniada Vologodsky in
beautiful Russian Costume.
To cap the climax, Eskimo pies
ere served in profusion, and sand-
■ishes were sold by the Seniors for
very small fee (those partaking of
the latter spending the night in the
:t, serene sleep of the virtuous
r a good deed well done!) It
with deep regrc^t that the crowd
heard the strains of “Home, Sweet
Home” played by the exhausted but
still syncopating serenaders.
The student activities at Wake
Forest College are represented in
13 campus organizations. Dr. Hu
bert >1. Poteat, President emeritus
and head of the Latin Department,
gave the opening address for the
Euzelian I.iterary Society. Wake
Forest football team beat Carolin:
13-7 in a well-earned victory last
Saturday afternoon. It was the first
time the Deacon’s have beaten C;
lina since 1928. Mills of the Wake
Forest eleven broke liis finger, that
being the only casualty sustained.
A series of unusual lectures hav
b.cn arranged at X. C. C. W
Among the speakers are Di
Martin, Agnes Mae-
Pliaill, Lou
Auten
(olin
[■ept Sunday, from
At Vespers on Sunday, October
’, installation of new members will
take place. The theme for our ser
vice is “How tile Member can Serve
through the Association.” We will
have special music. Miss Hazel
Horton Read, head of the stringed
instrument department of the Salem
College School of Music, will play
the slow movement of a concerto or
tlie violin. In addition to this. Mar
tha McKay will ))lay a prelude.
Randall, Jr., Scnor
Madanaga, Captain Sir Hubert
kins, and Lowell Thomas. “The
Agora” a new literary publication
N. C. lias made its initial ap
pearance.
‘Believe-It-or-Not” Ripley recent
ly de picted a totally blind man who
has attended every ball game at the
Cubs’ park in Chicago for the last
two years, but' he failed to say
vhether he was an umpire or not.
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What is religioi
’Tis t(
And think that we, of all men
The only way to Heaven.
! the
But he that hath found,
Iioly apostle did at Athens, of the
heathens, an altar to the unknown
God in his heart, and who in a spirit
of love and wonder offercth up
ctptable offerings thereon in
Temple of nature, doth not he, of
the twain, walk with God?
—James Bussell Loivell
DR. LILLY SPEAKS ON BOOKS
(Continued from Page 1.)
second topic. One obtained a broad
outlook on life by combining the
system of Truth, Modern Science,
Economics, Industry, Civics and
Polities. These add to an individ
ual’s worth in all life.
By his statement. Read for Wis
dom. Dr. I.illy meant read for an
understanding of life and nature.
In dr.'unas, essays, poetry and good
fiction one may learn the great
abiding principles of life.
Read for Inspiration was his last
topic. The Holy Book is the source
of all inspiration and the dynamo of
the universe. In that book one finds
tlie thought of mankind from the be
ginning; this thought enriches and
widens a life.
Concluding with Dr. Lilly’s own
words: “Read the Bible for inspira
tion,, human nature and its charac
teristics, sound philosophy of li
for a challenge to yourself of the
hero that’s within you. This book
of books will make you do the he
roic thing and show yourself untc
God as God’s child.”
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