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THE SALEMITE
Saturday, October 18, 1930.
The Salemite
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ry Elizabeth Holcomb
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LITTLE THOUGHTS
FOR TODAY
If you want to succeed in
the world you must make your
own opportunities as you go on.
The man who waits for some
seventh wave to toss him on
dry land will find that the
seventh wave is a long time
coming. Yqu can commit no
gr*ater folly than to sit by the
roadside until someone comes
along and invites you to ride
with him to wealth or influence.
—John B. Gough
This above all—to thine o«n
self be true, and it must fol
low, as the night the day, thou
canst not then be false to aty,'
—Shakesphere
PARAGRAPHICS
As others see us: •
Two high school boys were o\er-
heard to make the following remark
as the special bus bearing the fair
practice teachers rolled into view.
One: “Here comes Salem.”
. The other: “Naw, that’s not
Salem—that’s a nuisance !”
Agreed, Pereeival! The nail is yours.
We should like to make a few rec
ommendations to the Glee Club since
seeing and hearing the Pierrette
play last Saturday night. Congratu
lations, Pierrettes, on your melodious
performance!
Stiii)endous secrets surround
stunt shin-dig! Showing—s o m e
Saturday soon.
The young man and the girl were
saying good night on the doorstep
when a window above them was sud
denly pushed up and a voice wearily
“My dear fellow, I have no objec
tion to your coming here and sitting
up half the night with my daughter,
nor even to your .standing on the
doorstep for a couple of hours say
ing good-night, but out of consid
eration for the rest of the people in
the house who wish to go to sleep,
will you kindly take your elbow off
the door-bell?”
—David Hausman.
"What do think of the Museum of
Art.^”
“Oh, the pictures are good enough,
but there ain’t no good jokes under
AN ADDRESS TO THE
STUDENTS OF NORTH
CAROLINA
Student government has come into
the colleges and universities of
North Carolina to stay. A govern
ment by the students, of the stu
dents, and for the students is the
uiost practical and effective type of
government that can be instituted
to guide, protect, and develop cor
rectly all phases of student activity.
Until a student has learned to gov
ern himself properly, he is unpre
pared to cope with the fundamental
problems of life and is therefore,
unworthy of a college degree.
In order to promote the growth
and development of student govern
ment throughout our state and to
improve the relations between our
various student bodies, the North
Carolina Federation of Students was
founded. Since this is the first
year of the Federation’s existence,
this organization will be subjected
to many difficult situations and in
tricate problems. Knowing this fact,
the Feder.ation officials realize that
they must have the united support
and co-operation of every student
body in North Carolina in order to
succeed in making this student union
a real and vital force in the life of
the state and nation.
I, therefore, as president of the
North C'arolina Federation of Stu
dents and as the spokesman for its
staff of officials, call u))on the stu
dents of this great state to join our
new movement for a more effective
and stable student government in all
our colleges and universities and for
more friendliness and co-operation
between our student bodies in all
kinds of athletic and scholastic con
tests. The success with which the
Federation shall meet in carrying
on this much-needed work depends
largely on the the way in which each
student in this state discharges his
personal responsibility in this state
wide undertaking. It is now up
to the students of this state to make
this new student movement a state
wide success.
I sincerely hope that the coming
of this Student Federation to this
state marks the dawn of a new day
for a greater and nobler student
government in all our collegiate
institutions and for the most friendly
co-operation between all oun stu-
dt nt bodies of North Carolina.
Signed: JOHN A I.ANG,
President, N. C. Federation of
Students.
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! OPEN FORUM i
1-. ..-.4
DO U. R. S.?
This summer, I knew a boy who
was registered to enter a certain
college. His mind was fully made
up, and for years he had looked for
ward to entering this particular one.
In the latter part of August, how
ever, lie was thrown witli a group
of students of that college, and such
was their conduct that the boy was
thoroughly disgusted and immediate
ly transferred his application to an
other school, saying that he did not
care to enter an institution whose
student body contained such repre-
This summer I heard of two Sa
lem girls who were, staying in the
mountains at a boarding house much
frequented by young people. The
land lady inquired of their mother
which college they .attended, and,
when slie was told Salem, she said
she might have known it, for in all
lu!r experience with young people,
she had never met any that were as
well trained in good manners, in
proper conduct, and in thoughtful
consideration of older people as Sa
lem girls.'
Think about these two examples
for a minute. You have entered
Salem College> and now, whether
yon will or not, you are a part of
that institution. What kind of a
part are you going to be.? Are you
going to make prospective students
be all the more eager to enter or to
try some other colleges? Shall your
college be known b_v its or virtues or
by its faults.? Yon represent Salem.
The responsibility rests with you.
i —Lucy Currie.
GREAT VARIETY IN
FURNISHINGS OF BIT
TING LIVING ROOM
There has been much commcnt
made on the different types of furni
ture in the lovely living room of
the Louisa Wilson Bitting dormi
tory. Through the kindness of Mr.
Morris of Morris-Early, the most
outstanding pieces in this room, as
well as the carrying out of_ the. color
scheme, are explained and cata
logued. The following is a brief de
scription of the room by Mr. Morris:
“The living room in the Louisa
Bitting Building is a splendid ex
ample of the grouping together of
harmonious pieces of furniture of
different periods. It is interesting
in the study of furniture history to
note how furniture produced by dif
ferent countries under simlliar eco
nomic, political or social conditions
has similar characteristics which re
late the pieces, although eacli' is
stamped with its national character.
“The two large English wing
chairs are interesting pieces, as one
has the cabriole leg which originated
during the reign of Queen Anne and
the other chair shows the square leg
and under framing characteristics of
the Chippendale pieces, which show
oriental influence. The two tables
arranged in formal balance on each
side of tlie room are exact reproduc
tions of Duncan Phyfe sofa tables,
graceful in line and beautiful in
execution, as are most Duncan
Phyfe pieces. The large table is
also Duncan Phyfe in character.
“An interesting grouping is that
of the Adam console and mirror
showing the Classic feeling iii both
line and ornament. The desk is the
English knee hole type, a graceful
piece and of nice proportion for
ladies u.se. The Heppelwhite
shield back chair completes this
group.
“Comfort as well as h eauty was
considered in the selection of the two
large sofas with down cushions and
spring backs. The small occasional
tables and rush bottom chairs are
Early English and Early American
“Color plays a most important
part in the beauty of this room. The
deep mulberry plain colored rug
gives a rich beautiful foundation for
the furniture. The draperies of
hand blocked linen crash strike the
key note of the entire color scheme.
The flowers forming the boquets are
blue, mulberry and wine, with green
leaves, which colors are repeated in
the green of the two sofas, the blue
of the love seats and in smaller
quantities in the chintz of the two
chintz eoverctd chairs, and in the fig
ures in the upholstering of the other
I BOOK REVIEW
* THE bracelet"
By Robert Hichens
Readers who are used to think
ing of Mr. Hichens’ stories as play
ing in tlu- romantic, soft desert of
Africa, as in the })ast, are doomed
to disappointment in this latest
novi 1. 'I'here is nothing of the
warmth of the desert or the desert
people in it; it is all cold and foggy
■and damp and disagreeable and
gloomy, botli the mise-en-scenc and
its characters. It carries, however,
in part, tlie drama that he always
manages to inject into his books and
which makes you persevere until the
end if only to see what happens to
the main charaett r. Despite this
dramatic strength “Tlie Bracelet”
takes a very long time getting start
ed and one begins to wonder if all
the artifice and trials and despairs
of its chief character are important
However, once the male cause of
tlie trouble has by his own death
practically precluded the matter of
the bracelet being cleared up proper
ly, the story starts to move and be
gins to interest. This despite the
fact that it is_ perfectly obivious to
the reader who the guilty party is.
But one is content to wait and see
how soon everybody else will find
out the truth of the matter. The
interminably long dialogues and
the fact that the character of Olivia
wins little sympathy for her plight,
operates greatly in disfavor of the
book. —Saturday Review of Lit-.
THE SPELL OF AUTUMN
“How good is man’s life—the
mere living . . .” How true that is
these autumn day.s—these sparkling,
intoxicating days that don’t last long
enough to hold the joy that over
flows in us. The sunlight pour.i,^.
itself like melted gold over the earth,
and leaving bits of the precious met
al on the trees, perhaps in generous
payment for the soft delights of
summer which are being taken from
us. A walk in the late afternoon
with some one who can see with 3'ou
the madcap wanton lass of autumn,
who is masquerading in every shade
of orange and gold and violet and
crimson lest you see her aching
heart! You can feel her loneliness
by Uie torturing response in you . ,
The last suffused rays of the sun,
making the parched and withered
corn stalks beautiful in the soft
glow, and the slender spiral of azure
haze that rises slowly in the gather
ing twilight, and that will hold for
you, until you come again, the
little joys that must be left behind
as you walk back down the hill. For
the hush of twilight must be left be
hind—that breathless hour when the
world about you retreats and that
distant immensity of the spirit be
comes the only reality. Beginning
the descent, you are grateful for tht
twinkling little lights that emerge
from the darkness. They msike. a
r.Tither beautiful bridgfc from the
realm of dreams to the world of
things as they are—at the bottom
of the hill!
There is the day when rain comes,
rain as fresh as that of spring, but
with the gentleness, the peace, the
understanding that is a part of au
tumn. The monotone of the falling
drops is of the very essenc.' of peace.
One by one the leaves desert the
trees—seeking the silence and rest
of the damp earth, and at intervals
acorns drop startlingly, on the lush
ground. Walk in the rain, with face
uplifted, and come back with mud
dy shoes and a high heart to a warm
room and shaded lights and the in
timacy of loved things.
Autumn—at once the loveliest and.
the most companionable time of all
tlie year—so much the most beauti
ful time! It is inordinately good to
be alive in autumn.
“How fit to emploj' all the heart
and the soul and the senses forever,
in joy.”
Lost and Found
I.OST—A black hat. If found
please return to I.ouise Harrison,
12.5 Alice Clewell Building.
I.OST—An English book entitled,
(Irrat English Ports, by Madeline
'i’hompson, ;i07 Alice Clewell.
.\OTICE—A copy of Chase and
MacGregor’s The Writing of In
formal Essays has been l.eft in
Miss Stipe’s office.
LOST—A green Schaeffer fouiit'ain
pen. Finder please return to Vir
ginia 'fomlinson.
LOST—A copy of the Sombrero De
Trcs Picos. If found please re
turn to Ida B,aker Williamson,
2 Hi Alice Clewell Building.
TALES FROM THE
•LILY POND
I am Adolph, the goldfish, and I.
dwell in the lily pond. To be more
truthful, I am no longer a goldfish,
for, alas! there are silver scales
among the gold, and soon, too soon,
there will be little trace left of my
former crowning glory. You care-
:less school girls, who stand on the
brink of my home -to-watdi me with
' curious prying eyes and to laugh
your mocking laughs, should kindly
turn away and pass on with pity
and reverence for my white scales.
But sta}'—I’ll tell you my tragic
' story, and perhaps ’twill be the
means of turning your own foolish
feet from the primrose path ere it
he too'late.
As a young fish I was a hit wild—
not more than most, you under.stand,
but enough to give my poor dear
mother a great deal of trouble. Per
haps I would have been a better fish
however, had she lived, but she ate
too many young spring mosquitos
one day, ^nd died of acute indiges
tion. Ah me! from then on I went
from bad. to worse and at last en
tered upon that career of frightful
dissipation which has streaked my
gold with white.
As you know, the cardinal sin in
our pond is to flip one’s tail. I don’t
mean swaying it, as must be done to
assist in swimming—but flipping it,
wantonly and sensitively. 'Phere is
no written law against it, but for
obvious reasons society has banned
it, and the fish who flips is beyond
the pale. For years, fallen though
I was, I withstood that la.?t great
temptation. Yet each time the clock
struck and each time the college bell
tolled, it was all I could do to keep
from flipping in time to the melodi
ous notes. I remained firm however
and kept myself rigid even to the
tip of my tail. And so, for years I
was accepted by society, somewhat
charily it is true, but nevertheless
But woe is me! I must now-, come
to the saddest part of my tail—par
don me, tale; bear with me -a mo
ment while I wipe away the brim
ming tears on yon frinedly lily pad.
'I'hese last two years have proved my
undoing and are to answer for the
pitiful wreck you see before you. I
could withstand the clock, I could
■withstand the college bell, but alas!
the chimes and the Academy bell
■must understand my great tempta
tion, when every ftw minutes the air
was filled with lovely, melodious, al
luring and seductive sounds. It was
too much, I say
. I am IK
it made of
iron! At last,
during on
e partien-
larlv beautiful
chime, I
gave up.
and I,--well, I
flipped!
Mind—.it
was just a little
‘ one^—but
what ecs-
tasy.
Wliv go on?
Can’t yoi
11. see that
from-ihen on. I
was lost,
for I was
"constantly aflip:
^ .1 am no
w a social
outcast. I am.
as vou se
e, a dissi-
pated wreck, bi
it I no longer care.
■ for I t xist onl;
V to flip.
And—but
list! The chimes
begin to r
ing. Leave
me, girls,—you
shall not
view my
shame. But fii
•st itromise me—for
vour own sweet
, innocent.
untainted
sakes that you
^’oursel\'es
will avoid
Lhat first social ;
flip!
“ Electricity—The
Servant in the Home' -
It does the cooking, refrigerating, sweep
ing, washing, ironing and other, tasks—and
does them all more efficiently and with the
expenditure of less effort on the part of
the housewife than you can imagine. If
your home is not thoroughly electrified you
are missing much that makes, life worth
while.
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