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Saturday, March 19, 1932. THE SALEMITE Page Three. THE AMERICAN STUDENT Last fall Edna Ferber landed native soil in New York with an, cusation on her lips, for which she was severely criticized. Miss Ferber stated that she was impressed by the apparent shallowness of the Ameri can student as compared to European youth, and by their lack of interest in and understanding of world con ditions. Our first reaction is the indigna tion that one feels after a persona! affront. More careful consideration however, and conversation with for eign students force us to admit that this statement has more fact in : than we at first realized. Under thi consideration it seems to us that the American student population can divided into three groups. First, there is the group—and is a large one—who are well versed in the most recent developments world affairs. This class is quite able to hold the upper ihand in any df cussion, with Americans, or Eur On the other hand there is a very large number of students in America who undoubtedly are the ones about whom Miss Ferber was talking. We will have to admit that there are many such “students” who are re sponsible for the worn and ragged ■condition of "Life’ every week, to the well-being of such magazines as The Literary Digest, Time, Graphic Survey, Current History, and their like. They are the reason for the immense popularity of the humor magazines printed especially for col leges. They are the ones that go toj college to go to college, not to get an education. We are especially anxious to vindi cate, however, the third group of American students who, we believe, are in the majority. This third group consists of those students who would very much like to keep abreast the current developments, who are ; ious to learn everything they about the world of which they to become a part, but they are able to do this. The load of work that they have to carry leaves time, or too little time, for securing this added information. The sary courses that must be crowded into the curriculum of the technical schools, or, the ever-broadening de mands made on the students of cul tural and educational colleges, pre cludes any effective understanding or appreciation of contemporary devel opments in every field of knowledge. It seems necessary that courses in current history should be deliberately ■ inserted into the curriculum of those students who are unable to secure this information independently. —W. G. M. —In The Comenian. “ONLY THE GREAT- AN EXAMPLE OF LA FEVRE Well, I guess I’ll have to tie mj'- self down to writing this darn thing and get it over with, though Heaven knows I can’t get my mind on it and it’s already late. I’m just not inspired about spring now—I wanted to go skating this afternoon anyhow. You know, I believe it’s a little warm er today. H-m-m-m wonder if it will be/too cold to wear my new spring coat-suit this week-end—think I’ll start praying for more and brighter sunshine. Oh migosh, this is not getting me anywhere on a feature— ye gods! what on earth is that racket down at the end of the hall—think I’ll go see—no harm—only Rachel Carrol’s little imitation of Fannie Brice’s “Spring is Came” dance. See it’s pretty and “springy” outside. I wonder if they’re still skating. Oh, this feature! What the deuce is wrong with me this afternoon—I’m tired al ready. Think I’ll run over to the post office a minute. Well, after a third attempt to think of something original, I’ve decided I’m hopeless. What in heaven’s name does ail me ? Oook—do you know what I bet I’ve got? Aw, how did you know??? it is Spring Fever! A MORAVIAN EASTER SUNDAY MORNING "The Lord is risen, the Lord is risen indexed!" "Hail, all hail, victorious Lord and Savior, Thou hast burst the bonds of death." As silently as the dead around whose graves they are gathered, the crowd of worshippers stand reverently listening to the first words of the service, and join joyously into the hymn that fol lows. The sun is just rising over the hillside, sending its golden rays of light through the cedar trees which surround the graves of the sleepers. Great joy fills my heart, until it seems that it will burst. Joy, too, fills all the hearts present—especially the hearts of those whose people are resting in the graveyard, be cause it seems that they are pres ent in person. The people are facing the rising sun; and as the preacher leads the service, the sun changes from a huge red ball, into fiery glory that touches everyone with an eth ereal light. The wind stirs the boughs of the ancient cedar trees, and causes the flowers on the graves to sway slightly. At last the service is con cluded, and the worshippers sing the closing hymn, led by the band which is standing near by. The crowd then moves forward toward the iron gatses as silently as when they came, still deeply impressed with the solemnity and the beauty of the thoughts behind the service: that the dead are only asleep in Christ, and that Christ Himself arose in the early morning while the mist still covered the earth before the sun dispelled it. —Emma Kapp. e within this XLIIl Summer, be seen no moi wood; Nor you, red Autumn, paths appear; Let no more the false mitrewort trude Nor the dwarf cornel nor the gentian here; You too be absent, unavailing Spring, Nor let those thrushes that with pain conspire From out this wood their wild peggios fling. Shaking the nerves with memory and Only that season which is no man’s surly Winter, in this wood be Freeze up the year; with sleet those branches bend Though rasps the locust in the fields around. Now darken, sky! Now shrieking blizzard, blow!— Farewell, sweet bank; be blotted out —From "Fatal Interview," by Edna St. Vincent Millay. LI : you should fallen [ the years When faint at heart hungry days. Or full of griefs and little if at all From them distracted by delights or When failing powers or good opinion lost Have bowed your neck, should you recall to mind How of all men I honoured you the Holding you noblest among mortal- kind : Might not my love—although the curving blade From whose wide mowing none may hope to hide. Me long ago below the frosts had laid—• Restore you somewhat to your former pride ? Indeed I think this memory, even then. Must raise you high among the run of men. —From "Fatal Interview ” by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Aha—sweet essence of bliss, ecstasy, rapture joy and any other synonyms per Webster, Raget, Soule, Keats, Campbell, Archdeacon Smith or any other etymologists, I have at last found success! Who is it that says nothing comes to him who Oh—well—the authorship really necessary, but to continue:— After twenty-two years life’s fitful fever, I have found that something does come to him or her who waits long enough. On several occasions I had almost decided to stop waiting, but, knowing that proverbs are seldom wrong, I managed to stick it out. As I have not said before, I have always wanted to he great. Why, from mere infancy I have aspired to such great heights as only Cleopatra, Sapho, Bernhardt and Jeanne d’Arc have reached. And I’ll tell you the whole secret, which reminds me that if I don’t soon get the point I shall become as exhaust ing and gibley-gabley as the un fortunate Tristram Shandy himself. The other day I came across the fol lowing statement: “Only the great can profit by criticism.” Oh—yes—I thought you’d remark that that doesn’t cut any ice, but hold your jaw! I profit by criticisms and statement I am great. Of course you’re not as yet convinced, audite! (with apologies to Professor McDonald). For example I recall that I profited by criticism Biology notebook to such an extent that instead of spending three hours in Lab. I learned that I could spend five with great profit both to the ap pearance of the book and to my grade. I also have profited through English criticism. The next time my answers on quizzes shall be more definite and not as inadequate as those of previous times. Now I ask — haven’t I profited? Yes. Therefore I am great because “only the great profit by LIFE The sky was as blue as spring’s first perriwinkles. The songs of happy birds broke the stillness of the morn ing. From all parts of the garden came the odor of new spring flow ers—lilies of the valley, iris, violets, Easter lilies. On the fresh grass, young leaves wove a network of shadows. Somewhere in the distance a small stream trickled over tiny terfalls. Then from out of a cave tomb came a Figue clothed in amazing whiteness. His soft brown eyes took the beauty of the scene, but He was more beautiful than all. As grief-stricken woman came slowly down the dew-drenched path. He turned to her and said, “Fear not; It TWILIGHT The stately tragedy of dusk DrevV to its perfect close, The virginal white evening star Sank, and the red moon rose. ■—Sara Teasdale. ; I.” —Kathleen Adkins. CHRIST THE MAN Lord, I say nothing; I profess No faith in Thee nor Christ Thy Son: Yet no man ever heard me mock A true believing one. 3t great enough believing power, ^ait in Thy great If knowledge To give a i Lord, he mu hand Till revelation’s hour. Meanwhile he’ll follow Christ the In that humanity He taught. Which to the poor and the oppressed. Gives its best time and thought. —PV. H. Davies. 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As young writers they revolted as youth will do against ; of the practices of their pre decessors, but still clung to the pur poses for which the theatre was es tablished. At present a still younger generation is rising to turn the tide still a different channel. Through- t the years, however, as Mr. Robin- 1 repeatedly emphasized, the Abbey Theatre or the Irish National Theatre has remained and will continue to re- i the voice of the Irish people speaking the drama of real human ELECTION DAY FURNISH ES GREAT EXCITE MENT Fire Chief—Alice Stough, Kath- ine Lasater. Nominations for Annual Editor-in-Chief — M. L. Brinkley, Mary Katherine Thorpe. Assistant Editor—Elizabeth Leake, Alice Stough. Business Manager—Ghilan Hall, Ruth Crouse. Assistant Busniess Manager—Jean Patterson, Frances Hill, Anne Shu- ford. Nominations For Salemite: Editor - in - Chief — Mary Louise Mickey, Josephine Courtney. Business Manager—Mary Sample, Sarah Horton. I. R. S. Nominations; President—Mary Catherine Siew- s, Wanna Mary Huggins. Vice-President — Mary Lillian White, Florence Aitchison. Monday and Tuesday Its Thrills Are Now Greater Than Ever rS^TURE that' LIVErrHROUOH BEN-HURi All Seats Matinee NIGHT Floor — Balcony — 25c \HARDING PR€STIG€ I ADOLPHE MENJOU MELVYN DOUGLAS RKO PATHE PICTURE MON.-TUE.-WBD. A half-good girl—whom men meet easily—Jove carelessly—Has she been faithless too many times to be faithful once? “DANCERS IN THE DARK” With THUE.-PEI.-SAT. Which is the love thief who comes in the dead of night? Which is the great detective out to catch a gay crook? Which is the greater JOHN And LIONEL BARRYMORE Together for the first time on the screen in “ARSENE LUPIN” *‘EJectricity—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. 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