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THE SALEMITE
Saturday, February 25, 1933.
The Salemite
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\ LITTLE THOUGHTS
I FOR TODAY
Stained glass windows make
the light
Like songs of beauty from the
Life could shine through us
like that
You and me and everyone.
—Rehcca McCann.
WHEN YOU VOTE,
CONSIDER THIS
Announcement of the new system
of elections, which for the first time
is to be tried next month, turns our
thoughts toward filling the major
campus oifices with capable officers^
Certainly, after the squabbling and
discontent that the old elections sys
tem brought with it, a change was
needed, and ll is one seems to answe-
the wants of Salem. It is a unique
plan not bas.-d on that of anj otl-.er
school, but upon what this particular
campus seems to need. riierefore,
it may have in its structure a f';w dc-
ff.cts which will bo revea'cd as the
process of elections goes on. Care
fully planned with every detail ex
amined to .iee that it was for. the good
of )le entire school, this .'.sUm
represents unselfish and unbiased
efforts on the parts of the present
campus leaders to improve matters.
After the nominating committee
has thoughtfully selected the nomi
nees for a particular office, bearing in
mind the qualifications each one
should have as well as the possibility
ne.- fiilii'L’- another po:;i.,i''n, the
final decision rests with ti'e •‘■ud;:nt
body, where the success of the new
plan is tested. Will the students be
as broad-minded as the committee
which has framed the system—as
free from personal prejudice and
sorority feeling as any thinking col
lege woman should be? It is utterly
childish to think that one is obligated
to vote for her roommate, her best
friend, or her sorority sister when
the wliole college is involved in an
election.
Factors to be considered in voting
exclude personal friendships. Leader
ship, which means initiative with
force and energy behind it, is a prime
requisite for a campus office. The
ability to work with people in a
friendly way, yet with that decision
which makes others glad to follow
the same organization, and also an in-
an officer is to speak in public, she
must have poise and self-reliance, a
readiness for social and public oc
casions. A campus officer should be
dependable to carry out what is ex
pected of her, she should have good
health and maintain an average
scholarship record. Naturally, she
must have specific training for her
office through previous experience in
the directions is most important. If
terest in that work. She should have
an innate capacity for growth, the
ability and desire to do more work
than she has already done, and the
courage to hold, without narrowness
or stubbornness, to her own convic
tions. Ajll these qualifications of
character and personality should be
welded together with an unquestion
able devotion to Salem and insight
into the spirit of the institution.
A summary of virtues like the
above spells perfection, which no
nominee can be expected to attain,
yet it is a list of the criteria which
every voter ought to consider. To
hold a major campus office is no light
job, as all students ought to realize.
The honor and opportunity for serv
ice which accompany these positions
can give pleasure only to those who
are capable and willing to hold them.
LAWLESS AMERICA
Tlie people of America have the
reputation of being lawless. The
supposedly best citizens often break
laws which they say are of little im
portance. One person will run under
the red street light, saying that he
is doing no harm. We wonder if he
would not be willing to justify his
committing a greater offense if he
should wish to do so.
’The people of Europe respect law
and order; they look up to the people
who administer the laws. To them
the people of the United States must
seem hopeless. In a recent paper a
German drew the Statue of I/iberty
holding a glass in one hand and a
bottle in the other. Outsiders must
tliink that liberty means lawlessness
Are we as tlie citizens of Ameri
ca trying to uphold the great prin
ciples for which the country is sup
posed to stand? Within a few years
we shall be voting. Are we going to
look out for the good of the land or
for our own selfish interests? Are
we going to let corruption creep into
tiie government? When Dr. Mott
was here he said that something had
to be done for the good of the world
and that the young people would
have to do it. Mrs. Patterson said
that America would have to learn to
work with Russia to insure civiliza
tion. The world seems to be on the
verge of a war. Will the students
of today let the evils of fighting
smear ruin over the world? Will the
students of today overlook the laws
of the land. If the laws are not sat
isfactory, the young people ought to
study them, find their weaknesses
and perfect them. The nations are
looking to the young for a solution
to the present confusion.
NEW NOMINATING
SYSTEM
Let’s take our hats off to the peo
ple who made and put through our
new system of elections. Now wc
can get the best girls for the po
sitions, because if a girl fails to win
one office she has a chance in another
field. The Nominating Committee
does not mean that we’ll have a bunch
of girls nominated without our ap
proval. Every organization and class
on the campus is represented by its
leaders who know tlie girls in their
groups and are competent to choose
the best girls for the offices. Of
BELIEVE IT OR NOT
This past week four freshmen
have accomplished the impossible.
They lived on Salem College
campus without being hampered or
deafened by the incessant ringing of
study hall and light bells. It is true
that an alarm clock had to be set
for 7:50, but at eight o’clock Savan
nah, the maid, woke all the girls for
the second time, not to mention the
third and fourth.
If you are a conscientious reader
of the “Salemite,” if you attend
chapel regularly or if you have had
any Bible classes this past week, you
are undoubtedly aware of the fact
that Dr. and Mrs. Rondthaler have
been absent from the campus. Tlie
said freshmen figured that a vacant
house and an idle maid w’ere not
characteristic of Salem; so they car
ried clothes, books and accessories
over to the president’s home. Since
then Savannah has not once stopped,
and the house has been quite full.
Then too, the girls argued that a
radio was of no use unless it was be
ing played; so they turned it on. If
lessons suffered, it was because Guy
Lombardo or Cab sang too divinely
the night before. Of course, you
understand that the girls went to bed
early.
During the past week the Rond-
thaler’s larder has diminished fright
fully. The ice box is devoid of olives,
cheese, lettuce, and all sandwich ma
terial. There are few apples left.
The cracker, cake and ginger ale sup
ply will imdoubtedly have to be re
plenished. But oh, those poor girls
having to lose once again all the de
spised pounds!
A SPIRIT
Before me stretched the rows of
slabs to the graves. In the moonlight
they looked like patches of pureness
against a stretch of darkness.
Around loomed trees silent and
bleak. There was not a stir. Even
my body was unmoved by my breath
ing. Through the misty air I looked
up at the moon as it slipped in and
out among the clouds; the moon, the
clouds, the stars were moving as
mysteriously as the breath of newly
opened flowers.
Suddenly there seemed to be a
presence near me. It filled me with
calmness and peace; I felt that all
of the little things of the daily grind
had been turned into an everlasting-
good. I was not afraid of life, nor
of the consequences of life. The
presence was like sweet music that
was too beautiful to be made audible
—the soul of a great composition.
An unheard voice spoke to me. It
gave me the true values of living; it
taught me how to find the realization
of the highest ideals.
As suddenly as it came, the pres
ence vanished. But something un
forgettable was left behind. Was
it—could it be—yes, I believe that
it was our own Bishop Rondthaler.
Two years ago—a little longer—he
left us in body. He will never leave
us in spirit. lie will always be here
to guide Salem in her searcli for
the truth.
course, any member of the student
body who is not on the Committee is
privileged to nominate a candidate
whose name has not been place on
the Committee’s list of nominees.
Formerly elections have been a
mad scramble with the voters choos
ing their canddate because she was
a sorority sister, a room-mate, a best
friend or for some equally insufficient
reason. Now that we do have a sys
tem which puts the most competent
girls forward, let’s take our voting
seriously, so we can establish the
new plan permanently by making it
a success.
DR. AND MRS.
RONDTHALER RETURN
FROM THEIR TRIPS
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town. Then he went to the Mo
ravian men’s school at Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania, where he has been
both a student and a teacher as well
as a trustee. Here our President
lived in a dormitory among the stu-
Junior First Team
Wins Fast Game
Good Playing Is Done By
Teams in Both Games
The Juniors displayed sonic of
the fastest and most accurate goal
shooting to be seen this year in
their game against the Sophomores
last Monday night, February 20th,
piling up a score of to 24 at the
final whistle. The game was a
hard fought one, in spite of the one
sided appearance of the score, with
both teams putting up a swell scrap.
Holleman led the floor attack for
the Juniors, and Huntington showed
a keen eye in finding the basket.
Grace Pollock kept up her reputation
of “snatching balls out of nowhere”
and was a terrible handicap to the
yellow-clad forwards.
The Sophomores who kept up a
consistent scoring of field goals and
free throws, were not able to over
come the lead which the Juniors
gained in the first minute of play
and held throughout the game. Neal
and Long did good work as guards.
In the second game between the
two second teams of the same class
es, the Sophs came back strong, and
scored 31 points to the Juniors’ 9.
Wall, center for the Sophs, was an
outstanding forward, while Foy and
McLean played strong defensive
games for the Sophs. On the Junior
team, A. Stough did the best w'ork
VARSITY GAME
Juniors (51) Sophomores (21)
POS.
Huntington (2-1) ...,C. Preston (15)
F
Holleman (15) R. Carroll (1)
F
Leake (12) Binder
C. F.
Pollock - Blanton
G
Petree - Neal
G.
M. O. Biles Long
G.
Substitutes: .luniors—A. Stough,
Calder (2), McMullen. Sophomores
—Adams, Baynes, Wall (5).
Referee: Miss Miller.
RESERVES
GAME
Juniors (9)
Sophomores (31)
POS.
McMullen (1) .
F.
Jetton (12)
McKinnon (2)
F.
Waggoner (4)
Calder (1)
C. F.
Wall (18)
Stough
G.
Lindsav
G.
Hadley
G.
McLean
Substitutes: Juniors — Shuford
(2), I. Pollock. Sophomores—Gray,
Baynes, Williams, Higgins.
Referee: Miss Miller.
dents of the school. The young men
came to him for conferences from
breakfast time until midnight. All
sorts of questions were brought be
fore him from helping a boy whose
parents were ill and moneyless to ad
vising one who was interested in
radios.
After his period of conferences was
over. Dr. Rondthaler went to Brook
lyn, New York, the city where he was
born. There he had the pleasure of
walking through the streets, watching
the people, and seeing the city both
by night and day. Pie watched life
in its natural aspects; he did not go
to the theaters to see artificial be
haviour.
Coming back to Winston-Salem,
he stopped in Greensboro, where he
made a speech to the O. Henry Club.
Then he came back to Salem bn
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Rondthaler reached the cam
pus a day later than her husband,
after visiting her married daughter.
The students and faculty were glad
to see both Dr. and Mrs. Rondthaler
i o^snRErrf^
We miss the daily ping-pong dis
cussions. Let’s hope that Miss At
doesn’t grow fat now that she is not
getting the exercise.
Snows are sometimes convenient—
especially when a trip can be pro-
The Academy seniors seem to think
that they are rather important
strolling around without chaperones.
The valentine dinner was a sur
prise. Hurrah for the dining-room
manager!
Programs like the one presented
in the expanded chapel this week are
worthy of notice. Salem is fortu
nate in having such noted teachers
and students. Maybe one of the
Salemite editors will be famous some
day.
We are glad to see Mr. and Mrs.
Prexy back on the campus. Here’s
hoping that they won’t leave us
Dr. Rondthaler, is spring here
yet? We’ve been waiting for you
to announce it.
These freshmen! On Founders’
Day one of them said, “Well,
Founders’ Day is here at last, but
where are the founders?”
Has Miss Lawrence found out
who sent her a valentine? Let’s
hope that she won’t take it too much
to heart. W’e want the faculty to
give us another play.
THE MAN CALLED
WASHINGTON
“How did George Washington look? ’
asked they.
“What wa.s he like? Won’t you please
say?”
Thus I answered: “A courtly man.
Wearing his honors as heroes can.
Erect and tall, with his six feet two;
Knee breeches, buckles, frills and
queue;
Powdered brown hair; blue eyes, far
apart;
Strong-limbed and fearless, with
gentle heart;
Gracious in manner toward every
Such, dear children, was Washing-
—Selected.
Such indeed was Washington!
Straight as an Indian and weigliing
one hundred a n d seventy-five
pounds. His face was long rather
than broad, with high cheek bones,
and terminating in a good firm chin.
He had a clear, colorless face while
burned with the sun. Artists have
almost invariably disregarded the
fact, yet his face was slightly marred
with pox marks. In later years
George also had false teeth, and as
false teeth were then in the crude
state being made of wood, he had a
difficult time keeping them adjusted.
The portrait of Washington, painted
by Stuart, and regarded as the best
ever sketched, shows foresight on the
part of the artist. He removed the
wooden teeth and packed Washing
ton’s jaws with cotton in order to
obtain a natural and realistic ex
pression.
George Washington was most cir
cumspect in his attire. He always
chose garments that were especially
fitting for the occasion, in the fashion
of the day, yet not so extreme as to
be conspieious. After a show once,
an actor in trying to describe the
President could not because he had
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