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THE SALEMITE
Saturday, May 6, 1933.
The Salemite
Member Southern Inter-Collegiate
Press Association
Publislied Weekly by the Student
Body of Salem College
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RDITOIUAL STAFF
Editor-in-Chief Susan Culiler
Assistant Editor Sarali Lindsay
Associate Etiitora—
Mary Abslicr Elizabeth Jerome
Katlileen Adkins Virinia Nall
Mary Ollie Biles Mary Penn
Martha Binder ('ortland Preston
Kizabeth Gray Gertrude Schwalbe
Special Reporters—
l.ucy Gulick Rogers
Cura Kininaline Henderson
Sunshine Kirby
Celeste MeClainrny
Jane Hondthaler
Eugenia MeNew
IsrSIXESS STAFF
Mary Frances I.inney
Annie Zue May
Susan Rawlings
Margaret Ward
Mary Adams Ward
Jane Williams
Circulation Manager Martha Sehlege
Asst. Cir. Mgr Florence Ledbetter
LITTLE THOUGHT
FOR TODAY
How about having a tiny one
for yourself. We re having the
silver spoon polished this week.
PARAGRAPHICS
The Salemite needs your help.
Don’t
wait to be
asked to eontrib-
■ws. Offer
us papers, articles.
ideas,
and plans.
You may be as-
sured
that vour e.
3-operation will be
appre
ciated and
recognized. We
ot know abo
ut vour broken leg.
your
French quiz;
r,, or your wedding
unless
1 you let us
know.
Some time take a day off and go
hrough the Museum. It will be
well wortii your while. There really
are things there whieh will excite
you. If you don’t get excited, you
will at least think.
Can you realize that in five weeks
we’ll be scattered all over the United
States? Try to remember every
thing you do and everywhere you go
this summer. You may have to make
a speech in chapel this fall.
'I'hank you for your smiles last
week-end. I really think that Salem
made a good impression on the ma
jority of our visitors for May Day.
We truly are a nice bunch of girls,
if we would just take our work a
little more seriously!
Vespers last Sunday was delight
fully informal. The program was
planned for out-of-doors, but was
held inside because of rain. There
were poems read by Zina Vologodsky
and Margaret Wall and songs sung
by the group without accompani
ment.
EDITORIAL
Now and then all of us have to
make beginnings. We have either
to begin something entirely foreign
to our former habits, or to begin
anew something about which we
know or with whieh we have work
ed. This latter would include the
beginning wlueh the new Salemite
staff is now making. Most of us
have worked on the Salemite before
and have enjoyed it. We are look
ing forward to a good paper next
year. We can only hope to keep up
the good work which Josephine has
done this past year.
In our first issue we wish to re
mind you that this is your paper.
Tlie staff is here to publish your
news and to write your articles. Ask
us to write for you. We shall be glad
to do it.
We ])romise only one thing that is
that w'(; shall do our best. If we make
mistakes now and then, just excuse
us, but be sure to tell us about it. If
you talk behind our backs, I hope
you hit your elbow while you are
still talking.
MAY DAY
“Three cheers for May Day!”
'Phat’s what we have been hearing
on all sides. But we wonder if all
these congratulating people realize
just how many persons there were
working together to produce those re
sults. Our greatest thanks go to
Mary Louise Mickey, who as head of
the May Day Committee has been
working steadily ever since Septem
ber. And to the six committees, who
have been co-operating with her.
Spelndid work was done by all the
actors, hotli the great and small, in
the pageant and dances; and how
well they were supported by the
musicians under the direction of Miss
Read and Dean Vardell. Who ever
the ushers were, they did the best
job at all in getting every single per
son to go down the right steps and
sit at the right places—even to
keeping the small boys off the front
seals. Last but not least our grati
tude to the Queen and her court for
being so very beautiful. iNot just
any of us could have performed that
task.
A SERIOUS QUESTION
In taking Salem as representing
the so-called Christian college, it
seems strange that there are only a
handful of college girls that think
seriouslv about life and the ultimate
))urpose of their being here on earth.
It seems not only strange, but singu
larly tragic that three hundred ex
cellent young women should be
spending much time and money in
educating themselves and yet not
realize that what they are doing here
and now is only an inadequate prep
aration for a life which is to come.
There are a great number of girls
who have very noble ambitions; they
have their philosophies concerning
life, they have ideals; but are they
so seriously concerned about their
spiritual welfare that they spend
much thought on it? What, in the
final analysis, do ambitions, philos
ophies, and ideals amount to? If to
morrow were their day to die, what
are they living for today? Yet it
would be considered effeminate, it
would be resented to introduce a
subject such as that for discussion
in a so-called bull session composed
of popular college girls. Much liiore
interesting would be ephemeral sub
jects on the spring wardrobe, the
latest movie or some male acquain
tances. Topics pertaining to the
Bible, religion or spiritual affairs in
general seem to belong only in the
pulpit or in theological seminaries.
And indeed, it is difficult for an in
dividual or a group of individuals,
not in a theological school and amid
all the complexities and fallacies of
modern life, to seek for truth and
reality or to discover the reason for
our existence. The answer for every
thing is God and yet life has come
to such a stage that it is common to
use His name in vain and it takes
actual courage to utter it reverently.
Only some heavy responsibility or a
great calamity reminds us that hu
man strength is inadequate and in-
REDISM
Couldn’t we lake a vote on it? Why
not decide once and for all either
for or against these brilliant shades
in finger nail polish, so that we could
get our minds off’ our hands and may
be on higher things.
In a recent debate between a
mother and her daughter, who was a
Salemite home for a week-end, each
waxed rather eloquent in the support
of her argument about fingernails.
The mother held forth on the grounds
that “all that red stuff on her sweet
little girl’s fingernails looked posi
tively cheap, and that it made her
appear a wild, rambunkshus young
thing, who would do anything to be
noticed.” Tlie daughter, on the
other hand—in fact on both hands—
thought that the disputed and disre
putable red lent a daringly charac
teristic vote of color to her whole
personality. Those ten little red
numbers, lying quietly in her lap
gave to an outsider a hint of the dash
and spirit which was beneath her
calm exterior.
Well, so much for the mother-
daughter point of view’. Not all
mothers think that way, and neither
do all daughters. Let’s turn to the
debate between the masculine mem
bers of society and the fems. Most
boys love to cherish the illusion that
a girl’s beauty is all given to her by
nature, freely, and without effort on
her part; that her lips are red and
her cheeks rosy because she drinks
milk, that her eyes sparkle because
she is happy to see him; that her
hair curls because she eats spinach;
and that her fingernails shine and
look lovely because—well, he doesn’t
like to be forced to figure out a
healthy reason back of a bright red
fingernail. Therefore, most men
cast their votes in favor of dumping
all the finger nail polisli in the world
overboard —especially the red.
And even though girls sujiposedly
w'ant to do, deep down in their
hearts, what will please the men, still
they, in this question of “redism”
vote yes. This situation has caused
scores of broken engagements; and
many fond lovers have turned their
hearts in disgust, saying, “My dear,
you look positively disgusting!”
But not even the warnings of I.ife
Buoy, Rinso, or I-isterine can change
the stubborn minds of the girls on
the subject of fingernails.
One girl pleads that she likes to
have something interesting to look at
while on class; another declares that
she uses hers as entertainment on a
boring date. Oh! any number of
reasons have been given; and all of
them seem plausible enough ... to
the girls.
As for me. I’d rather let the
mothers and the men go on and de
cide the fate of this wild young fem
inine generation, and spend my own
time painting fingernails, peeling off
old polish and then throwing on some
more—painting, peeling, repainting,
admiring—and so on until June ;ird
when w’e will all have better things
to do.
The oldest bank note in existence
is one whieh was in the Asiatic Mu
seum in St. Petersburg. Russia, be
fore the World War. It dates back
to 1.399 B. C. and was issued by the
Chinese Government. It was writ
ten by hand, as printing was not in
troduced into China until L500 years
later.
The first umbrella was introduced
into the U. S. A. in 1772 at Balti
more, frightening women, horses be
coming runaways and children ston
ing the man who had purchased it
from a ship coming from India.
However, it wasn’t long before it
was universally adopted.
sufficient; nature and talents are
blessings that are taken for granted.
What then in this wide universe
would save the college youths or
cause them to spend some thought
on spiritual things? That is a ques
tion that many are seeking to an-
sw'cr; it is a mission that should chal
lenge those that are conscious of
the college girl’s thoughts; it is a
problem for which the student alone
can find a solution.
SCHOOL SPIRIT
In high school we had school spir
it drilled into us almost every day
for four years. Before an especially
big game pep meetings were held
early in the morning, and in the aft
ernoon there was often a parade.
Usually there w-as a big crowd at the
games and the students yelled until
they were hoarse. Of course there
were those who belittled school spir
it and everything connected with the
school itself, hut the majority of
the students really had school spirit.
Most of us, then, came to college
expecting to see real school spirit.
We were disappointed. Aside from
a few students who have the real
Salem spirit, hardly any of us are
very much interested in school life
outside of class. Day students get
uj) in the morning and get to school
in time for their first classes.
When school is over they go home.
The boarders as well as the day-
students seldom attend class games
or .sciiool games. The teachers al-
be very little interest shown.
Alumnae are discussing us behind
our backs. Many of them are tell
ing about school spirit in tlieir day
school affairs. School spirit is
w'hat everv present-dav college, big
or small, I'leeds. It makes college
students feel closer together and it
helps the school itself. By eeasiag
to “knock” traditicms, aiul school
ideals and by co-oi)crating in i;very
phase of school life, we can make
Salem a real college !
PSYCHOLOGY IN
THE RAW
According to Watson, eminent
Psychologist of the day, jjsychology
is the “study of the behaviour of hu
man beings.” This in itself appears
innocent enough in spite of its ap
])arent coldbloodedness of expresf-
sion, but, behind this sim))Ie defini
tion lies a tojisy turvey world of
disillusion and utter hewildermenl.
The poor unsuspecting student soon
discovers in the course of study that
all of his })et theories are erroneous
or rather not in aecord;inee with the
vi‘wpoint of modern psychology.
Yi't secretly he laughs u]> his sleeve,
si. to speak. He is told that parental
ders how the love of the parents of
some impossible children could be
otherwise; he learns that he runs
automatically at the sight of a bear
and is only frightened afterwards,
iie was rooted to tlu-' s])o't with fear
wl’.en the neighbors Great Dane
jumped at him; he is informed that
he should learn a game as a whole
before practicing on the parts, but
he recalls the professor’s saying off
hand one morning how long he prac
ticed one shot in hand ball before he
could ])lay in a game. He reads in
one experiment that his intelligencf'
(or I. Q.) remains forever constant,
and in another that environment may
easily raise the same. (lie prefers,
personally, to believe the latter.) In
a number of eases he readily agrees
with the psychologists- for instance
—that not much is known at present
about such and such a reaction.
In addition to bewilderment, there
is besides a great loss to one’s pride.
Hundreds of experiments with apes,
white rats, fish, turtles, and even
porcupines, which are supposed to
enlighten the psychologist as to the
proeesses of learning, forgetting and
remembering, besides being painful
to both animal, experimenter, and
student, undoubtedly lower the pu
pil’s conception of his ow'n powers in
comparing his reactions with those of
the animal kisgdom.
And lastly the study of psychology
may even become dangerous. For
example the student is advised to be
introspective. He complies with re
luctance the next time he is nearly
run over on a busy thoroughfare. lie
stops in the middle of the street,
gazes after the speeding auto, and
feels himself trembling.
“Ah,” he says emotionally, “I am
exjierieneing the emotion fright.”
And at this critical moment a sec
ond car is more successful than the
first and the would-be introvert ex
periences poignantly the sensations
of pain.
EMOTIONS
Jov, sorrow, anger, hate, love—
All emotions,
All giving physical pain.
Unbounded, erving for expression.
I must scream'for joy.
I feel a lump in my throat.
Insu])j)ressable,
I must laugh loud.
Sorrow—
A grief so deep it rends, tears mj-
whole breast.
My heart aches.
A lump wells up in mv throat.
I must let the tears come
And cry.
Cry loud and long.
Anger--
So intense I must conceal it, com-
Breathe deeply" and hard,
I'eel my chest heave with it.
Hate—
So burning I must revenge.
I feel a cringing hate.
I must be off.
Make faces, hurt someone, do some
I hate so much.
Love so strong, so insistent,
I feel it beating to be heard.
My heart burns up with the heat of
love.
A lump of joy rises in my throat;
Tears from sorrow well uj) in my
Deep breaths from anger;
An unaccountable burning as of hate.
All emotions eom])assed into one;
The pain of all. -Why must I love?
—Gertrude Schwalbe.
Y. W. NEWS
Installation of Y. W. C. A.
Officers This Sunday
Sundav, M;
ay 7th the Y. W. C. A.
offic
■ers for nt
■xt year will be install-
ed i
n a tradi
tional impressive eere-
mon
V. This
has been for several
year
■s one of
the most simple but
beai
itiful serv
ices of the vear. This
veai
• the cerei
Tiony will take place in
the
library a(
:‘cording to the custom
of n
lany year:
? and without any other
ligh
t except
that of candles. The
maj
or officer
s who will take office
Zina Vologodsky, President.
Sarah Horton, \'’iee-President.
Susan Rawlings, Secretary.
Elois Padriek, Treasurer.
Martha Binder, Chairman of Finance
Committee.
Betty Stongh, Chairman of Social
Committee.
Frances Adams, Chairman of Social
Service Committee.
'I’he student body, the faculty and
friends of the college are invited to
attend.
Before we take the place of the
retiring cabinet, we want to thank
every member who worked for Y. W.
this year. We enjoyed the vespers
and the teas. May we ask every old
member not to feel like rubbish and
let yourself be forgotten, but we
want every body to hel]) us. One
head is good, but two are better!
Have you been patronizing the tea
room? Remember every nickel brings
nearer the possibility of sending
delegates to Blue Ridge Conference
and besides ^vc have always some
thing good to cat.
We are all pepped up about the
work for next year and we hope you
are, too, all suggestions are greatly
appreciated, that’s one way in which
you can show your interest. See
your friends, members of the cabinet
and talk about things that interest
It is estimated that the cost of
financing Columbus’ trip to Amer
ica equalled the equivalent of $7,-
.500.00 in today’s money. The sal
ary of the Captain was about $200.00
and the ship’s doctor about $400.00
yearly.