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THE SALEMITE
Wednesday, March 20, 1935.
Alember Southern Inter-Collegiate
Press Association
Published Weekly by the Student
Body of Salem College
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor-In-Chief Cortlandt Presto
Associate Editors;—
Elizabeth Gray
Virginia Garner
Erika Marx
Feature Editors:—
Carolyn Diehl
Jo Whitehead
Senior Feature Editors:—
Mary Penn
Libby Jerome
Martha Binder
Margaret McLean
Columnists:—
Mary Elizabeth Reeves (Exchange)
Emma Wargo (Chapel)
Poetry Editor:—
Margaret Wall
Reporters:—
Louise Freeman
Anna Ray Fogle
Mary Louise Haywoot*
Gertrude Schwalbe
Martha Schlegel
Ruth Kuykenda.i
Sarah Ingram
Libby Torrence
Mary Mathews
Nancy Schallert
Mary Lib Dobbins
Margaret Calder
Helen Smith
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manager Agnes Brown
Adv. Manager Susan Rawlings
Exchange Mgr....^...Virginia Key Council
ADVERTISING STAFF
Martha Nolan
Virginia Fraley
Mary Daniel
Eloise Sample
Mary Coleman Henderson
Martha Coons
Eleanor Matheson
Louise Preas
Circulation Mgr Rachel Carroll
Ass’t Cir. Mgr Mary Ruth Elliot
LITTLE THOUGHTS
FOR TO-PLAY-WITH
Here’s one on Mother Goose:
Little Miss Muffct sat on a tuffel
eating her curds and whey
There came a black spider and sal
down beside her
And said “Is this seat takeni”
And another:
Peter, Peter, pumpkin cater.
Had a wife and couldn’t keep her
ill silk stockings.
iSend in your contril)Utions to this
column. No amount of silliness will
be rejected. Thinking the rhymes
up in class gives them added flavor.
.Just address your letter to M. of the
Goose, care of the Salemite Weekly,
ff you want it published, send fifty
cents worth of stamps or prunes or
lemons or however you pay your
debts.
WATCH THE WORLD
(CONTINUED FROM PACE ONE)
said to support the restoration of the
deposed King George II.
The Greek’s Civil War’s land front
was drawn last week along the
Uiver Struma in Eastern Macedonia.
The Government troops, under Gen
eral Kondylis, did not crush the
revolution but as time passed with
out rebel victory the morale and the
chances of the Venizelos cause slow
ly faded. By the end of last week
the revolters withdrew for the Bul
garian frontier and abandoned for
the time, at least, their efforts to
overthrow the Tsaldaris regime.
Meanwhile the remainder of the
Balkan? were trying to see how they
would be affected: Bulgaria and
Turkey are afraid of each other;
Yugoslavia fears a Italian arrange
ment between Greece, Bulgaria, Al
bania regarding the Balkans. Eng
land and France are keeping inter
ested eyes toward the Balkans. The
Greek Navy has been planned by
British officers and the deposed King
George II is a close friend of King
George V and a frequent guest at
Buckingham Palace.
KEYHOLING THE
FRESHMEN
Ann Busick had two guests over
the week-end from Eeidsville, Myra
Gaping and E^len Wallington.
Idaliza went home for Saturday
and Sunday and she’s still raving
about Kinston and a few other little
things.
I’rances Cole went to Charlotte
for the week-end and returned in a
fairly good condition.
Charlotte, N. C. called another
one of our young maidens for the
week-end, Cornelia W'olfe. She just
can’t get away from school teach
ers—ahem.
Mildred Troxler celebrated her
(?). birthday, Saturday and she
spent Sunday in Burlington with her
family. That package from David
son, Nellie — what was it?
Cramer Percival went home this
week- enjl to Fayetteville. It looks
as if the Fre.shmen are doing their
part in patronizing occulists. Even
Cramer has decided on a new pair
of glasses.
Helen Carrow’s mother sjient the
week-end with her and Helen, there
were rumors that your mother was
better looking than you so you’d i
better get out the old beauty kit and
get busy!
Mary Witherspoon from W. C.
U. N. C., Greensboro, was the guest
of Grace Parker Sunday.
Rebecca Brame w’enl to North
Wilkesboro and returned wearing a
very smart navy blue outfit.
“.To” Gibson and Louise York
went to High Point for the week
end. Lou went to a house party
and Ralph came up to see “Jo” so
we know they had an elegant time.
Wonder if Lelia made any time
witli her date Saturday night and
if Jimmy ever came up to see
“Briggsie” Sunday?
Lilian Smith dashed over to cool-
eemee for the week-end.
Grace Parker, Lib Moore and Po
cahontas Sides went to the basket
ball game Saturday night. Poca
hontas spent the night with Lib.
Va. went to Kinston for the week
end. Now if “Bill” came to Kin
ston too, Va. must have had a good
time.
SOPHOMORE AND
JUNIOR GOERS
Clothes?—so Marie said when she
left for home Saturday, but we all
know better. Then Tutter couldn’t
let Marie get ahead of her so she
took herself to Greensboro this week
end. \
Bessie Lou Bray went home, Mt.
Airy,fo r Saturday and Sunday.
“The dances were simply de-
vine!” — so says M. Calder, the
ones at Davidson I mean.
Sunday just can’t go by unless
Tick Fraley goes to High Point, she
went, and as a result another Sun
day has passed.
Ask Tee Little about he search for
i a suitable girl on Saturday night,
did you find her Tee?
Marianna Redding’s mother spent
Sunday afternoon with her.
I hear that Ethel J., Jo White
head, Ginny Gough, Con Maslin,
Helen Jones and dozens of others
wept incesently at the show on
Saturday while Jo Klutz and Lou
Freeman shed not a tear, w'hat hard
hearted specimen!
Nancy McNeely went home for the
week-end.
OFF CAMPUS TATTLER
Calver Sharpe from Burlington,
a former Salem student, visited Jo
Reece last week-end. Also Virginia
Lyons formerly at Salem but now
at the University of Tennessee. Jo
also went to Davidson on Saturday.
Last Friday night Betty Wilson,
Jo Reece and her guests attended a
Demolay Dance and Banquet.
Pocahontas Sides spent the week
end with Lib Moore in Bitting.
Blevins Vogler drove down to
Greensboro Saturday afternoon.
Anne Perkins and Blevins Vogler
also went to Charlotte Monday
night.
BUZZZZIE SENIORS
Buzzzzz .... Ann Taylor, Fanny
Hill Norris, Pat Padrick, went home
with Babbie Way and Martha Neal
last week-end . . . We wonder if
Anny Hillfay would have gone had
she know she was to get a letter
from Alan? ... We very much
doubt that her guests saw much of
Babbio in Waynesville, when last
heard of Babbie was following the
Gleam . . . Ann almost forgot to
w-ear her cap and gown Friday to
chapel—the reason being a certain
Skipp .... Jane is blossoming forth
in spring clothes galore and yet she
moans that she has no spring clothes
. . . ask Cokey and Grace why they
went to see David Copperfield? and
don’t be surphised if they answer
that they wanted to cry . . . Cokey,
Senorita, Julia Lee, Emma Jane and
Grace inspected Mrs. Emil Shaff-
ner’s apartment last Fridaj' after
the Sophomore-Senior tea and they
can still be heard going into rhai)-
sodies . . . .lane went to Cooleemee
and she told—jNfocksvillites that she
stopped in Mocksville but not at the
drug store—that was her destination
in Cooleemee—what a long way to
go for a dope, Jane . . . Betty Tuttle
went to Salisbury and one guess, she
had a grand time too . . . Where
was Emma D. between the hours of
2 — 4:30 Sunday morning? She must
be practicing Amy Lowell’s stunt!-
. . . Cokey went to the dinner-party
Dr. and Mrs. Rondthaler gave Satur
day night in honor of her sister the
former Anne Preston and another
Salem graduate the former Marjorie
Siewers — buzzzzzzzzie Seniors.
OUR LANGUAGE
DIFFICULTIES
There are:
Marks, l^farx * - ”
Suns, Sons and .lohnsons.
Lands, Launds and Kirklands
Meters, Meeters and Metas
Reeds, Reads and Reades
Ran th’haliers, round dollars, and
Rondthalers,
Lees, Leas ,and Curlees,
Goofs, golfs and Goughs
Pins, Pens, and Penns (which re
minds me of “Bill,”
Beele or Beal, better known as
W^illiam, Will or Wm. Tale
Tail or Tell, because there was a
Wm Penn you know.)
The new'est spring fashion in cuss
words is “Kreuzmillionendonner-
wetterschopchwcrenot.” “Ye gods
and little fishes” in that beautiful
German language.
Davidson had Jean Robinson pres
ent Saturday when the roll call was
checked and she was also present at
every dance. No cuts Jean?
JTary Nelson w'ent to Mocksville
this week-end, what did Eldrich do
Saturday night?
I’m asking you why did Mari
anna Hooks go to Greensboro Sun
day???
Garnelle Rainey spent the week
end in Salisbury while M. Sears and
Etta Burt Warren also went home
for Saturday and Sunday.
Cordelia L. thinks John W’s. sis
ter is a peach, w-hat does she think
about John N.?
DON’T KNOW WHAT
TO CALL IT
Vetum, velum, Sarcodina! Call me
a Sap if you want to bud I Grantia
that I have Planaria reasoi^s for being
that way. I don’t mind giving vent
to my feelings (not Antennae in this
case), bud I’ll ask my fellow sufferers
not to take my words too littorally. I’m
really a well-developed genus, bud the
other star-fishe{r) s don’t H exactly
know how to appreciate me. They
take me for a pore hybird, a pest, and
they encyst, on', persueing me, armed as
they are, with hooks and suckers. I’ve
always duct, bud someday I’m afraid
my life sycle will be confined in an
insane Xylem. Then I'd be Aptera
become an introvert, bud, Gingkom
why pine about that. Right now my
body cavity is empty and regardless
of whether my mouth parts are biting
or sucking, they are redia recptacles
for any kind of food. Anything bud
raw pork . Now imagine (littorally)
the everted seolex of a tape worm at
taching itself to the wall of your di
gestive tube and budding off nasty
little proglottids. Or perhaps the
sqirmy sensation jou have down in
your coelom isn’t Taenia bud Necator
which bore its way through the hole
in your shoe, up through your foot and
ir(to your intestine. In order to forget
the worm say this to yourself; The
sea-combs horsetail rushes. That’s
false, bud this is true; “Arthopoda are
bilaterally symmetrical, coleomate,
metameric animals with a chitinous
exoskeleton and jointed appendages.”
Now if you know what that means
then 5’ou’re of the 50 species which are
classified as Biology book worms. I
won’t enlarge upon your segments and
organs, esentially you are a tube v.it/i-
in a tube. It’s a syn really, bud if
you’re of The Class you’ll understand
my state of mind and You’ll not
Protista this kinda writa. Pseudo-
neuroptera? So long until Fridaj-.
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
270th Anniversary of Birth
Beethoven is said to have exclaim
ed that not Bach, which means
brook, but Ocean should have been
this musicians name, for so many
have drawn inspiration from him.
Mendelssohn, Schumann, Chopin,
Franz, Liszt, Rubenstein and W'ag-
ncr all admired him. He was the
most profound and original musical
thinker the world has ever known.
Bach was descended from six gen
erations of musical people. He was
born at Eisenach, Upper Saxony,
March 21, 18G5. At the age of ten
he was left an orphan, and was
placed in charge of an older brother,
John, who was exceedingly jealous
of the lad’s musical ability. How
ever, Bach was determined to edu
cate himself in music in .spite of all
obstacles. He copied, in the attic
on moonlight nights, a smuggled
])iece of fine German organ music.
When John discovered this, he took
both the copy and the original away
from the boy. Often Bach would go
long distances on foot to hear fam
ous organists. He missed no chance
to practice the harpsichord and
clavichord. About this time posi
tions as organist opened for him. In
1703 he become court musician at
Weimer, the following year organist
at Arnstadt and in 1708 court organ
ist at Weimar. In 1717 he was made
Director of concerts, and six years
afterward Director of Music ,md
Cantor to St. Thomas’ school, Lei|>-
zig an appointment which he held
to his death in 1750.
His organ and choral music is
outstanding. His vocal numbers
make more than thirty volumes. His
two greatest choral w’orks are
“Saint Matthew Passion” and Mass
in B minor. Besides choral work he
wrote three overtures and six con
certos. His works embody an in
comparable grandeur, great diffi
culty, and lovely melody.
Bach labored for art alone and not
for fame and renown which his
works might bring. He never dream
ed that he was destined to rank
among the world’s greatest musi
cians.
.\nd speaking of new names,
hero’s one for us to think about
“Selma Legaloff.”
Famous Faces
Elarly Childhood of Two
Presidents
MARGARET McLEAN
President Student Government
There’s an old saying, “as the
twig is bent, so is the tree.” Mar
garet McLean, president of the Stu
dent Self-Government Association,
began training for her present re
sponsibilities when she was at Peace
Institute, Raleigh, which she at
tended for two years. Besides mak
ing honor grades and being a marsh
al for the Senior Class, “Bushie”
took an active part in the activities
of the dramatic club. She was out
standing in athletics and was on
the soccer, basketball, and speed ball
teams. During her Senior year she
occupied the very important office
of president of the Athletic A.sso-
ciation.
MAEY PENN
President Senior Class
\ ersatile Senior Class President
that she is, Mary Penn certainly
helped keep Kingsport High School
at the top during the four years
she attended that institution. Ath
letic she was, in those days, playing
on the soccer and volley ball teams,
and, furthermore, when not playing
she was cheer leader and member of
the Girls’ Athletic Association for
two years. Her musical leaning
found .an outlet through her playing
for the high school orchestra dur
ing her senior year, and she was, as
well, a member of the Glee Club for
four years. Official responsibilities
were hers duing he Sophomoe and
Senio years when she held class of-
fiices. She was a member of the
Girl Reserve; she proved her dra
matic talent in the Dramatic Club
and .>ihe was a member of the Na
tional Honor Society.
TIME SOUVENIRS
TWO YEARS AGO TODAY
AT SALEM
Final elections for Major offices
were concludcd. President of I. R. S.
was Patsy MaclMullan. Frances Hill
was to head the 1933-34 ‘‘Sights
and Insights;” and Sivsan Calder
the “Salemite.” Marion Hadley
was elected President of the Ath
letic Association.
On the Wednesday chapel program
Dr. Rondthaler spent the hour in try
ing to console and encourage Salem
concerning the bank situation. Bank
holidays had just been declared by
President Roosevelt. It brings back
a flood of memories and the revival
of our hardships when we remember
our college president’s words:
“The trouble has come from peo
ple losing their heads. Considerable
inconvencies have been the result.
It is, however great to go through a
thiiig like this, esi>ecially is it great
in after years to look back and re
member the trying situation of this
era.’’
But the situation had a bright as
pect as well, two years ago, for a
Women’s Convention was being en
tertained at tea. Delegates were
present from N. C. and Va. and —
Salem Academy Library was moving
up two notches with additions in
furnishings and several periodicals.
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
AT SALEM
Margaret McLean was elected
President of the Student Govern
ment this time last year, and ■was
making her si)eech in chapel.
Mrs. Milner spoke to the Psycholo-
gy Club and was introduced by Eliz
abeth Jerome.
A basket ball banquet was being
held after Marion Hadley’s “certain
difficulties.”
And the Academy Dramatic Club
was giving us a laugh with “The
Importance of Being Earnest.”
Has enough time passed girls, that
we can look back nnd sigh, “Those
were the da.vs! Ah those days!”
They say that Tweak Sample got
so befuddled in Math class that she
bassed out and called Mr. Curlee
“Mr. Cosine.”