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Page Two. THE SALEMITE Saturday, April 9, 1932. The Salemite Published Weekly by the Student Body of Salem College SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 a Year 10c a Copy EDITORIAL STAFF r-in-Chief Sarah G: gmg hditor .. Mary Louise Micltey iate Editor Margaret Jolinson iatc Editor ___ Dorothy Ileidenreich rc rdito, . Julia Mea re Editor Beatrice Hyde re Editor Susan Calder Editor Elinor Piiillips !/ Editor Martha H. Davis Poetry Editor Isabella Hanson Mary Absher Music Editor . /society Editor Sports Editor Local Editor REPORTERS Margaret Long Mary Miller Zina Vologodsky CONTRIBUTORS’ CLUB Katiileen Atkins Mary Drew Dalton Carr Braxton Advertisina Mqr. Asst. Ad>v. Mm BUSINESS STAFF Manager .. Mary Alice Beamun Edith Claire Leake Ruth McLeod !. Adv. Mgr. Asst. Adv. Mar. Asst. Adv. Mar. Asst. A h M Asst. Ad. Mar. ? Circulation Mgr. Asst. Circ. Mgr. . Grace Pollock Mary Sa I ibelle Pollock Emily Mickey Catherine Siewers Sarah Horton h Donald after f OYER THE EDGE OF THE WORLD Did you ever have a feeling, le of those days when nade bad “breaks” and have done everything clumsily, that it is going to take so long to learn how to play the game of living that you will know how just about by the time you’re ready to die? A few months ago I had one of the greatest spiritual ad ventures of mv life, for I stood on the Great Wall of China, whicli was built five hundred years before Christ, and looked up and up to where it seemed to make flying leaps from e V e r experienced has so elianged my thinking about ;ime. It gives one something of tlie perspective of God to realize in such a way as this how fragmentary and brief our tiny lives are. Then, utnless (iod is a mockery, how much nuire to life there must be than tliis liandful of experimental The Cheerful Cherub preach- L's a miniature sermon on im mortality when he says; “My days are full of blunders. Oil, liow I’ve always yearned To live one life for practice— Another when I’ve learned !” —From The Girl’s Every Day Booh. PARAGRAPHICS This year’s Senior Ivy and Tree Planting is surely an example of the old maxim, “Try, try again.” The weather seemed always to take on a disagreeable mood whenever this old traditional practice was planned, but tliis week she put on her best CARPE DIEM There is no doubt about it— school will soon be out. For stucl- euts and faculty alike that glorious thought, since months of hard work justify a time for rest and recreation. (Think of the ti-ag-edy of a twelve months term.) Yet the tilling out of many teach ers’ application blanks, discussion f)f plans for the summer, and general thought of change bring also a strange feeling of regret because life here together must bfe ended in a little while, and in its next beginning, be never quite the It is friends that we will miss and associations w'hieh now seem to be quite the usual thing. This cannot be avoided, and we would not spoil the joys of the closing weeks with longing for the impos sible, but, if we use the present hours, there need be no vain re grets for things we might have done w'hile we were together. Now is the time to make our friendships really alive and vital, so that they will remain with us as enduring memories. Entertainments and festivities of all sorts have ahvays been in or at this season of the school j- There will be numerous opportuni ties for evei’yone to be with large cross-sections of the student body. Why talk to the same little group each time? Think of that girl or several girls who have long inter ested you, whom you wish you “knew better.” Now is perhaps the last chance for really getting to know their thoughts and opin ions which would probably be stimulating to you. The faculty member, whose broad vision and kiiowleclge you have admired the class rooni, is probably e more interesting in conversation if you would stick around long enough for a good talk. This entertainment businei certainly a job, anyway, without having the bonorees and invited guests act as if they know only very small number of those pre ent. If we must think about make up work or term papers let’s do it in private; then at teas and din- lun- ‘ ‘ let us be gay. ’ ’ Just the idea of being together should make us delighted and if we use o and a little originality for putting pep into things, everybody ought to have a “whale of a big time.” Certainly you will if you are talk ing to someone you have really become acquainted with be fore, and discovering all sorts of nice things about her. After all, what’s the use of go ing out into the big wide open w'orld if we don’t have the knack of getting acquainted with it. lem is a little world in itself; do you know as much about it as you could know? People are the most interesting part of any place. Of course, you prabaWy know your roommate—that long suffering creature would probably appr ate your leaving her alone long enough to find out more about the girl at the other end of the hall. Getting acquainted with people means more than knowing thi ' names and home tow'ns. It is thrilling sort of exploration tliat leads to the discovery of many and interesting facts, not only about the other person but about ourselves. Let’s make our friend ships real! IP € IE T IR r THE PHILOSOPHER And what are you that, missing you, I should be kept awake As many nights as there are days With weeping for your sake? ising you And what are you that. As many days as crawl I should be listening to the wind And looking at the wall? I know a m; And twenty r And what are The one mar Yet women’s that’s a braver ou, that you should be ;n my mind? nen’s ways are witless ways As any sage will tell— And what am I, that I should love So wisely and so well? —Anonymous. e see from the interesting April Fool exelianges of newspapers that any untouchable nuts have been cracked, a number of fair faculty heads have been mussed up, and quite a few dirty politicians have been put off the map in the various colleges—and all in the name and spirit of fun. It’s a pity some of this April Fool satire couldn’t ex tend to national politics. Spring is surely here! Tlie an nual student graduating recitals have FIRE AND ICE Some say the world will end in firi Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. —Robert Frost. on, I lie at heaven’s high r the stars that murmur as the' go lattice window far And everj spills Wliereof I know. I have forgotten you long, long ago Like the sweet silver singing of thii r music fading faint and I lie at heaven’s high —John Hall JVheelock. THE FLIGHT We are two eagles Flying together Under the heavens. Over the mountains, Stretched on the wind. Sunlight heartens us, Blind snow baffles us, Clouds wheel after us Ravelled and thinned. We are like eagles. But wlien Death harries us, Human and humbled When one of us goes, Let the other follow. Let the flight be ended. Let the fire blacken, Let the book close. —Sara Tcaselalc. UNREASONABLE If sullen winter were your mood. How easy it would be To make an ulster of my pride And put off organdie. But so inconstant is your mood That sometimes thrice a day, muffled for December gales Who should be smocked for May. —Margaret Emerson Bailey. HOME ECONOMICS CLUB MEETS IN PRACTICE HOUSE Sleep on, Who loved yi children whose problems she aid- ’ ■ n solving, thus illustrating the different phases of home relation ship. Too often sympathy and under standing does not exist between he parents, the teachcr, and the child. This lack hinders the child ri his adjustment and growth. Teaching is the greatest career n earth, next to being a mother, if you enjoy it; for, by the teach er’s attitude toward the child, his understanding of children, and his aid in influencing the right home relationships between the parents and the child, he aids in moldinj the life of children.” Week-End Travels “In the Realms of Gold” Charming reminiscences of visits, talks, and letters to Richard Wagner, Karl Klindworth, Cosima Wagner, Luise Von Bulow, Carl Bechstcin! Letters of Hans Bulow really reveal the author in a humorous and frank intimacy with the famous Liszt-Wagner circle. But, of course there are letters to more people than those”mentioned above. In each letter Bulow unconsciously gives his own delight ful personality full of passing moods and spontaneous humor. Nor does the author fail to interpret the lives of his correspondents. Ibis he aeccmplishcs through a deep understanding of a musician’s soul, not unlike his own. If you know nothing about musical his tory of the interesting period of Wagner and his contemporaries, won^t you let Bulow s complete and informing footnotes enlighten Wouldn t you just love to go to Monte Carlo and sit casually in the drawing room of Hotel Splendidc? Of course you would, but since term papers and French reviews have just been announced, you know that such a trip is impossible at the present. Why not be contented with going with Lady Frederick a creation of W. S. Maugham’s? This three-act comedy has its setting in Monte Carlo. However, let me warn you, be prepared for a climax delayed until the very last act:—a climax wliich shows how Lady Frederick, loved passionately by the youthful Marquess de Mereston, attempts and succeeds in disillusioning the Marquess. The last act of Lady Frederick is taken up mainly with this “disillusioning” scene. x\re you interested in going back into a medieval world? Make your reservations then to go with Sigfrid Undset in Son Avenger, the completing novel of Undset’s tetralogy, “The Master of Hestoiken.” Son Avenger deals with the psychological warfare waged between its characters, and rounds out the theme that venge ance belongs only to God. Sigfrid Undset does not fail to weave into an interesting story a historical significance. The plot deals with the master of Hest oiken, bis daughter and adopted son. Son Avenger is certainly a fitting book to climax such a dramatic, tragic tetralogy as The Master of Hestoiken. Letters of Hans Bulow Hans Bulow Lady Frederick \v. S. Maugham Son Avenger Sigfrid Undset ON HAVING RED HAIR O, immortal gods, what fate hast thou pronounced upon me and what doom awaits me in the future? Must I endure this curse forever? Shall I always hear the common herd cry, “Red head! Ginger bread! Five cents a Cabbage head!” Wilt thou never put an end to their vulgar rabble! Is it not 'jnough that I am cast here as a lowly Fresh man—must I also be known as “Mo lasses,” “Carrot top,” and “Tom my Too”? O Fates, thou hast committed a mon strous wrong in giving me this fiery mane. Thou hast made me, of all the girls at Salem, most conspicuous by my tresses! How can I ever re main here four long years. Yea, even once a fair youth mistook me for a traffic signal and stopped when he should have hastened on his way. Shades of embarrassment overtake me everywhere; hence, I dread and abominate the public eye. There seems to be only one way out, o gods, and I shall hasten to accept it. I shall “earpe diem” and change the color of my flaming locks, for oft have I lieard that it is sweet and seemly to dye for one’s coun- try. ELECTION DAY RETURNS ARE ALMOST COMPLETED Tennis—Georgia Huntington. Volley Ball—Grace Polock. Swimming—Martha Davis. Baseball—Sara Davis. Hiking—Martha Binder. Track—Rachel Carroll. Riding—Alice Stough. Archery—Cokey Preston. Efficiency—Katherine Lasater. Cheer Leader—Marion Hadley. Assistant Cheer Leader — Mary Fire Chief—Katherine Lasater I. R. S.; President — Mary Catherine Siewers. Vice-President — Mary Lillian White. The Salemite: Mary Louise Mickey — Editor-in- Chief. Sights and Insights: Louise Brinkley—Editor-in-Chief. Note:—The members of the staffs of the two publications are appointed the respective Editors-in-Chief will be announced at a later date. HISTORY CLUB MEMBERS FAVOR N. D. BAKER Miss Corinne Jones talked on Gov ernor Ritchie’s possibilities. After the discussion of Smith, Miss Ferguson presented Roosevelt, a rival of Smith, for their “own home town. ’ Although Roosevelt seeming ly cannot get the support of his home town he seems to be the ideal of the South and West. Roosevelt, who has reached fame in public life in spite of his physical handicap, has a big chance in traveling successfully up the road to the White House. The club members immediately began to think Murray was the man for them when Miss P. Holderson showed them how Murray, big, ro bust man from the west, has deter mined not to be beat in his undertak ing. His same forceful and plain manner will accompan}' him in bis campaign for presidency. Miss Sara Lindsay told the club about Norman Thomas, the Social ists man. Miss Linsday thinks that Thomas, although a leader and force- ould have a mighty hard time getting the nomination much less the election. After these men had been discussed ) possibilities for lie club vo the History Club of Salem College, Baker and Roosevelt have the best chance of election. Which That is still to be
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