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Page Four. THE SALEMITE Saturday, January 30, 1932. ilNTER-COLLEGIATENEWS Wake Forest College will celebrate its ninety-eighth anniversary with Founder’s Day program on February 2. Among the chief events to take place will be an address by Judge R. Clyde Allen and a debate between the Phil- omathesion and Euzelian Literary Societies. Mary Baldwin’s representative the Buffalo Convention of Student Volunteers, led a discussion on the question of disarmament according to the request of the convention. Mary Baldwin College students voted unani mously in favor of the measure. Ac cordingly a telegram was sent to Washington, petitioning “that a stu dent representative be included in the United States delegation to the World Disarmament Conference at Geneva.” The student officials of North Carolina College will meet for their regular semi-annual reunion Thursday, February 4. The purpose of this meeting will be to talk over the progress made on the campus this year, to discuss the ef fects of new regulations drawn up the former session, and to make plans for the Spring semester. _Dr. J. J. Foust will present the situations on the campus as he sees them. Leacock Asserts Views On Humor Literature Sacrifices Art For Appeal to Lowest By Stephen Leacock Editor’s Note: Dr. Stephen Leacock has written this article on trends of current humor especially for the ~N. C. Daily Tar Heel. For many centuries the great mass of the people were devoid of education and did not share in the advantages of letters and culture. In modern times, and overwhelmingly in our own day, education and the opportunities of cul ture have spread to all ranks and classes. This is wonderful in its general aspect, but like all good things it has of necessity the defects of own merits. Chief among these the fact that under such conditions all products of literature and art which are put forth for money,—which eludes ninety-nine per cent decimal nine repeated,—attempt to appeal all classes and must be levelled down to the lowest, since the dimes of the poor added up amount to more than the dollars of the rich. You will : member that Sir Walter Scott tells that his aged minstrel,—the last for tunately of his race, the other boys having beaten out by the Italian barrel organ,—was compelled to “tune to please a peasant’s ear, the harp a king had loved to hear, the old man had lived today, he would find that “everybody is doing it.” C magazines, our press, our stage, m and more are driven to sacrifice cellence of art to width of appeal. Our moving pictures were born this degradation. This affects humorous literature as it does everything else. It has got to be int-elligible to the humblest in telligence or it won’t do commercially. This keeps it from being pedantic and academic, but it tends to tempt it to be showy, and indecent. To turn back to the larger aspect. If the culture of the world used to be fed from the top and is now fed from the bottom, what will be the result? The thought of the world is more and more being guided by the thoughts of the mass. On the other hand “mute inglorious millions” are no longer buried in country churchyards. It is my opinion that the world visibly changing from the greatest age in the history of permanent litei ture to the new age of the mass pi duction of transitory thought. With which I wish the Daily Tar Heel a Happy New Year and turn back to my morning’s work of trying to think of something funny enough and cheap enough to sell. What I have written for you isn’t worth MY CALENDAR By An Optimist January: The blinding whiteness of snow A lazy coil of smoke from a ti: chimney Polo coats and orange sweaters A lavender and green blanket A breath-taking sunrise Cider February: Dainty prints of a rabbit’s fo a damp earth A cozy chair—a floor lamp Byron’s “Prisoner of Chillon’' An English tea room I Valentine chocolates A grandfather’s clock The call of a partridge March: A swaying pine A tugging kite Clear skies A green-tufted hill Black nights A peacock Rossini’s “Overture from William Tell” April-. Dew Breath-of-spring Sparkling raindrops Violets Budding trees Calla lilies A black and red roadster Aswan May: Jonquils and narcissus New silk dresses Long days A sailboat on transparent waters A golf course A lattice fence A well Music and dancing Laughter Diplomas Yellow roses Japanese lanterns Mountain laurel Blue silk pajamas July: Fire crackers The ocean Sun-tan Houseparties Magazines Iced tea Sea gulls A black bathing suit August: A graceful canoe Silent mountains Triumphant peaks of an organ A blue shirt with rolled sleeves Squirrels Sunlight through a stained glas window A katydid September: Golden rod A crimson sunset New friends A tennis racquet A gentian October: Brown and red leaves Corn—^hard and yellow A slight frost A black and white cow A fair A cackling hen A jack-o-lantern Hooked rugs ISlovember: An open fire Marshmallows Falling leaves Cranberries A muff Wild geese Chestnuts An ivy-covored tombstone December: Dreary days A surging mob Poinsettas Telegrams Skates Chimes A monastery Thoughts Tears MY CALENDAR By A Pessimist January: The slush of melting si Cold, hard days Frozen ears Vicks’ February : Bare trees An automobile that w Boxing matches Galoshes More rain m unexpected 1 a park bench March : Biting winds Red noses A new hat blown into the gutter An unheated bedroom Slippery streets A cold breakfast caused by a short- circuit April: A new dress wet bj A “wet paint” sign An umbrella A leaking roof A bee sting Weeds An April fool May: A garden hose across the driveway Snakes A lost golf ball Last spring’s clothes The grind of a cement mixer The cook’s monotone Earthworms Flies Long graduation address Lover’s quarrels A flat tire Heavy caps and gowns Footprints of a dog on washed porch Pollen from a tiger lily o dress SAME BASIC IDEA IN | COLLEGE HUMOR | Editor’s Note: The following com ment on current humor was writ ten for the N. C. Daily Tar Heel by H. N. Swanson, editor of Col lege Humor. I really haven’t very much to say in current humor. Young people think more or less the same things from year to year. Their slang may change somewhat, but the basic idea lins—that everything they have been told is grand can stand the archlight of laughter. If there ly trend today which was not visible n years ago, I would say it is that humor commands more attention than it ever has in the history of American publishing. THE TALE OF THE STANDING-UP ROCK At the same time others of the slaves saw a large bleached stone on the mountain pass between the Alleghany and the Blue Ridge ranges. Fright ened, the slaves worked inhumanly that day and for the rest of their lives, even after President Lincoln issued his famous Proclamation of Emancipa- The fact that the Register of Deeds of the county court found a clause in the will of the harsh slave- driver to the effect that he be buried standing up on the side of the moun tain only added to the terror of the slaves. So, to this day, the negro de scendants of the slaves work labor iously during the entire day until the sun sets behind the Alleghany-Blue Ridge mountain pass and night c the Standing-Up Rock with darkness. =STATE— MON.-TUES.-WED. Youl ’11 laugh—you ’11 Hi>-ill— you’ll love this scintillating high- society satire of hearts in bond age—and love in the Blonde Age! Ratinum BLONDE With JEAN HAELOW KOBERT WILLIAMS LORETTA YOUNG TIIURS.-PEI.-SAT. — On the Scrcen — HOOT GIBSON In “The Local Bad Man” Coming Thursday FEBRUARY 11 One Night Only Farewell Engagement newly a white July: Sultry heat Ocean water swallowed by mistake Mosquitoes A cheap phonograph record Unnecessary noise Unguentine Shrimp August: The stifling smell of tobacco Shadows A repulsive circus Candy-covered apples Snails Going-away parties September: A trip to the dentist Hayfever School More books An electric storm An alarm clock A theme on “How I Spent My Va cation” October: Dead leaves An empty fountain pen Ghosts Frightened children Chewing gum A deserted cemetery November: Artificial flowers Kress’s Smoke from a bonfire Chapped lips A carving knife being sharpened December: People—people—people Dirty streets Wrappings from Christmas presents Nutshells Liquor Greetings from Amos and Andy Showing that the rising generation is up to snuff, the professor said, when marking the figure seven on the black board: “Now, what does that figure call to your mind?” From several parts of the roon came the instantaneous answer Student: “What becomes of a foot ball player when his eyesight begins to Player: “They make a referee o Good Pictuhes Make Better, School Papers, PIEDMONT WI N STON - Salem; N .Ci MORRIS SERVICE The place to meet, eat and drink Next to Carolina Theatre. 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