Page Four.
THE SALEMITE
Thursday, November 2, 1933.
ON
A COTTON
PLANTATION
It was a long time ago—at least,
you girls ■would think so. To me it
seems almost like last night. I had
been travelling through the South in
my buggy—that was before the day of
automobile^. The country |through
which I was going was not “ very
thickly populated. At times before I
could get to a city, night would
^At the time that I’m going to tell
you about I was in South Carolina.
At nfghtfall I came upon an old coK
onial house which was in the center of
far stretching cotton fields. A little
distance from this stately old house I
saw some negroes ginning cotton. I
drove towards them, drew up,' and
looked for the overSeer. A white n
came up to the buggy and greeted
in a kind voice. I asked him if I
might stay in his home over night.
“Well, I’ll let you,” he said. “W
are very busy. It is late, and I must
get this cotton ginned before I stop
work. I’ll be glad for you to stay,
but I won’t be able to entertain you”.
I told him that I would be glad
io get a place to spend the night and
that I would not expect him to leave
his .work on my account. He gave
me instructions to go" to the barn and
unhook. “The wife and children
at the h6’use,” he said.
I unhitched my horse and put her
in a stall. As I starred towards the
big pillared house, I saw a striking
looking woman talking to three alert
children. I greeted her and told her
of the invitation of her husband. We
sat on the porch of the big house and
looked over the seemingly endleoo
fields that spread before us. T
lady told me of certain historical in
cidents that were connected with the
country; she also told me the stories
and superstitions, some of the tales of
pre-war days that were connected
with the region. After a time the
came from the fields. I was the guest
of the family at on of those delicious
Southern suppers.
After eating, the husband had to go
to the barns to see.to the cattle. The
lady and I went again to the porch.
She asked me where I was from.,When
I told her that I lived in Kerners-
ville. North Carolina, she said that the
name sounded familiar, but that she
couldn’t quite locate it. When I said
that it was near Winston-Salem,, she
exclaimed, “Oh! do you tell me that
you are near to dear old Salem Col
lege? Why I went to school there.”
She began asking me questions
about the school. I was able to tell
her of some recent changes, of the
additions to the faculty. I also, told
her that I was lucky in having a Sal
em girl for my wife.
After I had told her all that I
knew about present .conditions, she
began talking about the school
had been when she was there.
“Every afternoon we would walk
under the supervision of a teacher.
We marched very sedately, not daring
to look sideways at any of the young
men we met—nor at anyone else r"
far as that was concerned. Whatev(
wf; did was done under the direction
of a teacher. There was some one to
see that we minded our clothes, that
we took our baths at the right time,
that we said our prayers before we
went to bed. We called ouiselves the
prisoners. At times we wanted to
get far away; we wanted to do some
thing violent to shock the prim teach-
*^^“Although we were closely guarded,
we were able to get into mischief some
times—and believe me, we made the
best of those opportutiitiesr^t night
after we had undressed by the fire
and had run into the big cold room
where we slept, we would tell secrets
and make plans which
carry out. Of course we had
very careful not to giggle aloud.
“We were with girls all of the time,
but that did not mean that we did
not think about boys a great deal.
We had read stories that had given
us very romantic ideas about love. We
believed that secret meeting places,
notes placed in hollow trees, heroes
who always appeared at exactly the
right time to help fair maids in dis7
tress were necessary to the great game
about which we really knew nothing.
Our ideal.'i were patterned after the
great men of gallant stories, I dream
ed that some day some prince charm
ing would come to snatch me from
the horrible life that I was subjected
to,
“One day I happened to see a boy
who answered to the descripti
my ideal. It happened that I r
with him on the campus one after
noon when there was not a teacher in
sight. We talked together. Here
was a chance for a romance! This
was a charming lover. We agreed to
write to each other, I would tie my
note to a cord and let it from the
window when no. one WM looking; he
would place his reply on the string
and give it three tugs. For over a
month I was in a paradise of dreams
and delight. I felt that' the great
desire of my life h^l been fulfilled.
I managed to meet the boy again, I
found that he was not the,person that
my imagination had made him. The
world crumbled under my feet. It
was a long time before I gained con
fidence in mankind again,
“I enjoyed my life at Salem more
than I was then aware of, I was
sometimes miserable when I should
have been happy. Yet, now I can
smile at my worries and ^troubles. The
pleasant things are always, coming to
my mind. I find that the friends
that I made then are the ones who
hve meant most to me in after life.
Some of them I have never seen sinqe
I left Salem, Some I see occasionally,
some I write to.^once in a while, with
some I have lost touch. I love them
all. Would that I could visit Salem
again! I a;m going to send my two
daughters there when they are
enough, I wish that my little
could go to,”
Hj>w many other people were dir
ecting their thoughts to that old
school of traditions that night? I’ll
wager that there were hundreds.
in ILM'DIP
French profs in Salem
Determined to keep size here on par.
One first set the pace
With Buddy a.s a base
The other with her petite car.
There’s an official in Salem named
Blair
Who mutt have a i negative air
' For in begging for cuts
There will ariS6 huts
And answers that bring forth despair.
There is a “bug” tea-cher called Roy
Whose manner is terribly coy
For he’s learned that the way
In good favor to stay
Is to keep the shy blush of a. boy.
Whose sister was married this mo
But the lady’s not sad
In fact she is glad
For her turn is soon as next born.
MARY LOUISE MICKEY
IS SPEAKER AT
VESPERS
“A Girl’s Service to Her
Family” is Discussed
An enjoyable vesper service was
held in the campus living room of the
Alice Clewell building Sunday night.
The service opened with a piano prel-:
ude by Mary Absher and immediately
following was the opening sentence.
After the hymn “Break Thou The
Bread of Life”, Jane Williams read
the scripture lesson. George Dickie-
son interpreted Jocelyn Godard’s
“Berceuse” on the violin and he play
ed it to such perfection that those who
attended the service remember it with
delight,^' Mary Louise Mickey talked
on “A Girl’s Service to her Family”
and brought out in the beginning of
her talk the idea of the irnportance
of the family in life in general and ^ts |
influence on history. Next, she ex
plained service in the family and how
important it is for girls to take part
in household duties to help their fami
lies by sharing, and as she termed it,
by “oiling the wheels’', so to speak,
or filling in parts of the household
duties that have already been planned
by the parents, who, after all, know
just what needs to be done. She end
ed her talk with a quotation from
Aristotle: “These things we learn by
doing; prayer by praying; love by
loving; forgiveness by forgiving,”
The concluding hymn was “Dear
Lord and Father of Mankind,” ‘
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