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VOL XII. Winston-Salem, N. C., Wednesday, Sept. 9, 193], Number I.
Salem Tenders Greet
ings To Old and New
Salem greets you and bids you
welcome witli all her heart! Her
bit; heart includes many, many girls,
faculty, administration, various or
ganizations, and the townspeople.
This is a reunion, and a happy
one at that. Quoting an old Salem
He: “P'or old girls the opening of
school means the continuation of
fricndsbi])s and work begun before,
and an opportunity to do better in
til,it in which we did not succeed so
well last year; for new- girls it is
an opportunity to form new friend-
■sliips and associations, to begin col
lege with entbu-siasm, interest, and
the earnest desire to do well what-
cicr they undertake; and to all of us
it is the privilege of living and
working together in fellowship and
wliole-hearted co-operation, so that
may be effective in living up to
1 highest and best in ourselves
■; 1(1 in upholding the lofty ideals of
S ilem by being true to her spirit.”
The honored and revered faculty
ap))eared on tlie campus Monday,
S' ptember 7; also the leaders in
(.:inpus life, i. e-, members of the
Suident Council, Y. W. C. A. Cabi-
nrt and the Freshman Week Com-
Tnittee gathered on last Monday at
Hanes Camp, several miles from the
citv, a summer retreat in itself, for
a good old get-together in thought,
feeling and speech. Monday eve-
H; :ng at 7:30 this group of campus
■leaders met at the camp with a spe-
Committee of Reference from
the Board of Trustees, Deans Law
rence and Riggan, and the Advisory
Committee to the Student Council.
The hour’s conference held there was
I'rneficial to both students and ad
ministrative committees as questions
pertinent to student welfare were
discussed in an amiable yet convinc
ing manner.
The Freshman Week Committee
presents the following program for
I your entertainment and approval:
MISS ANNA PRESTON
President of Student Ccmncil
Various Changes In
Salem Paraphernalia
Many changes have been made at
Salem during the summer in spite
of the financial depression.
The only alteration in the faculty
occurs in the addition of Miss Car
rie Mae Stockton of Winston-Salem,
N. C.. to tlie Romance I,anguage de
partment of the college curriculum.
Miss Stockton, who recently receiv
ed her Master’s degree at U. X. C.
takes Miss Eloise Vaughn’s place.
Salem College is proud to state
that over 82 per cent of her usual
registration number have already
registered.
Traditional Memorial Hall has
been refinished, and is now gleaming
witli its new paint and decorations.
Society Hall and Lehman Hall have
been refreshened in.side with pastel
colors and outside with shining new
coats of paint.
I.ast and not least of the improve
ments is the gift of Mrs. Will Rey
nolds who last year bestowed Lou-
'sa W'ilson Bitting Building. Mrs.
Reynolds is furnishing all the rooms
in the Senior dormitory with net
curtains for all the windows in the
MISS KLKANOR IDOL
Miss Weaver Heads
Salem Academy
Salem Academy opens for regis
tration today, and classes begin to
morrow, Thursday, September 10th.
The most important addition to
tlie faculty is the appointment of
Miss Marv Weaver of Asheville, to
succeed Miss Eleanor Chase, prin
cipal. Miss Weaver is, and for sev
eral years has been, one of the most
popular and efficient figures in the
college and academy life. Miss Lau
ra Sumner of Franklinville, N. C.,
who recently received her M. A.
from Smith’s College heads the Eng
lish Department of the Academy.
Miss Georgia Watson, of Thompson,
(Ja.. is a new teacher of History in
the Academy. Miss Watson received
her A. B. degree from Agnes Scott
and her M. A. from the University
of Chicago.
Many improvements have been
made in the grounds of Salem Acad
emy. A new athletic field, including
a soccer and hockey field, has been
completed. A popular addition was
the completion of the new walk-way,
the first section of the antique brick
walking-steps between the College
and the Academy.
Action Of Trustees
Gives Salem Smoking
The action of the Board of Trus
tees of Salem College, subsequent to
meetings with the student council of
ficers beginning May 23, 1931, af
forded Salem College girls the right
to smoke at certain times and places,
after due consultation of the matter
with their parents.
This action came as a distinct sur
prise to Salem College students and
alumnae, as well as to other people
of the state, although the former had
been striving for this mark of indi
vidual and personal freedom for a
comparatively long time. The ac
tion came in response to the desire
of the student body of the college,
which desire was made especially
evident during the spring term of
the school year 1930-31 when the
majority of the students requested
the privilege of smoking by means
of the annual Questionnaire—Im
provement box.
Salem College is the first non-
eo-educational school in the state of
Xorth Carolina to attain this privi
lege. The smoking privilege is reg
ulated in like manner in the co-edu-
cational departments of Duke Uni
versity and the University of North
Carolina.
Copies of the following article
turning students, parents, faculty,
alumnae, etc.
“The Board by motion resolved
upon a policy in regard to smoking
that shall be based upon the follow
ing findings and rules:
“1. Tliat smoking is not a moral
question but a question of Iiealth, so
cial usage, and parental viewpoint.
“2. That secret and hidden and
unlawful smoking, threatens fire
safety, breaks down the spirit of
student honor and promotes a dis
honorable attitude.
“3. That such secret practice is
prevailingly general in very many
Institutions and is correspondingly
undermining in its moral effect.
‘‘4. That the spirit of student
honor at Salem College and Student
Self-Government responsibility is a
most precious part of Salem College
life and its preservation shall take
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Miss Preston and Miss Idol are
FreshmVn™!i"nd''soplim^^^ Weekl.