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THE SALEMITE
Wednesday, May 8, 1935.
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Associa tc Editors:—
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Mary Matthews
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Feature Editors:—
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Stephanie Newman
Music Editors:—
Rebekah Baynes
Rose Siewers
Reporters
Louise Blum
Carolyn Diehl
Idaliza Dunn
Anna Wr^ Fogle
Louise Freeman
Mary Louise Haywood
Sara Ingram
Florence Joyner
Dorothy Lashmit
Mary Elizabeth Reeves
Eloise Sample
Nancy Schallert
Gertrude Schwalbe
Betty Wilson
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manager Susan Rawlings
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ADVERTISING STAFF
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IT’S A BIG MOMENT
She walks out on the stage, step
ping carefully so as not to trip, and
carry in her arms a lovely bouquet of
roses. She smiles at the audience
and seats herself deliberately. It’s
a big moment in her life. Her grad
uating recital is about to begin.
Suppose you were in her place.
Suppose tonight was to be the cli
max to years of hard study, thous
ands of hours of practice, days and
nights of work, work, work. You’d
want your friend.s to be there in full
regalia—to cheer you on, to encour
age you, to make you feel that you
were playing to a friendly, under-
.standing audience. Afterwards, no
matter how modest you may be, the
reassuring words of praise from your
friends and schoolmates would be
music in your ears.
Then let’s turn out for the gradu
ating recitals. Some of the best
music presented in Memorial Hall
for the whole year will be heard
within the next month. These pro
grams are not selected haphazardly;
they’re good, and you’ll enioy them.
No, of course I’m no gossip, you
know me better than that . . . .
H-m-m ju.‘t look at Cokey yawn, and
those sleepy eyes, bet she didn’t
have time to sleep at the Carolina
Frolic. Say, don’t those Little Sis
ters toui* around though? They went
home to Ansonville to spend Sunday.
I’m not going to hush! Don’t we
have freedom of speech here, guess
I Itnow my geography. Never saw
anybody.so_stupid, you’d never know
a thing it it wasn’t for me. You
didn’t even know what a grand time
Garnelle, Jo, and Wilda had in Salis
bury. No, goosie, that isn’t Cokey’s
oldest sister, that is Mrs. Preston,
she came down for May Day. Jack
and Josie (mind you not Jack and
Jill) ambled down to Eoanoke Eap
is for the week-end. Did you see
Pat’s mother and little brother Bob?
Yes she was the one in blue—wasn’t
she attractive? Do you mean to tell
me that Florence McCanless and
Pauline Daniel went home and you
didn’t know it — you must be dumb.
From what I hear the other fair dam
sels at May Frolics didn’t have a
chance when our own junior beauties
Burt, Sue, Tick and Jean stepped on
the floor. Wait’ll you hear this —
why were you going? You gotta
hear this — didja ever, walking off
as if she didn’t hear me!
ROOM X
Anne Perkins went all the way to
the ITniver.sity of Alabama last week
to attend ye dances. She left Salem
Monday and returned Fridayand re
ports a “gorgeous time.”
Happy birthday greetings,
Mrs. Roiidthaler. May all
your birthdays be filled with
ioy and happiness.
A KING’S CREED—AND
A SPORTSMAN’S
SALEMITE EDITOR 1935
PRESENTS PEN AND
INK TO EDITOR 1936
In presenting the Pen and Ink
to the 1936 editor of the “Sale-
mite, ” Miss Cortlandt Preston made
the following comparison:
‘Tlie ‘Salemite’ is like a growing
child in that it requires an untold
amount of attention. Sometimes it
is docile and easy to manage; but on
other days it becomes unruly and
keeps people awake half the night.
Like a child, it must have its face
and neck and ‘ears’ kept spotlessly
clean; and like a child it is often
almo.st impossible to fill up, no mat
ter how many jokes and articles
have been fed to it by a desperate
staff.
‘‘In all these respects the ‘Sale
mite’ is like a child. But it also like
a growing child; and the most im
portant function of a growing child
is to grow. The Salemite must not
remain always a Peter Pan news
paper, an eternal little boy. Next
year’s imper should .“ihow sigiis of
being a year older and wiser and
more interesting than this year’s
paper has been. As Salem College
advances, its newspaper must be
come more mature, a more perfect
expression of student opininon and
In the study of King George of
England, esteemed as a good sports
man, there hangs a graven code
which princes, premiers and many
a humble serv-ant have read and re
tained. It is in six parts, unorna
mented, unaffected and in simple
English:
“Teach me to be obedient to the
rules of the game.
“Teach me to distinguish between
sentiment and sentimentality,
admiring the one and despi.sing
the other.
“Teach me neither to proffer nor to
receive cheap praise.
“If I aine called upon to suffer, let
me be like a well-bred beast
that goes away to suffer in si
lence.
“Teach me to win if I may; if I
may not, teach me to be a good
loser.
“ Teach me neither to cry for the
moon nor to cry over spilt milk.”
And he who would live up to this
stoic’s Credo must come near to
kingship.
The minute you step inside a room
you feel the personalities of the in
habitants. Before you are fairly
over the threshold of Room X you
can feel the activity of the two
room-mates in the very air. Then
you notice more concrete evidence
of their activity in the way in which
the ancient rag rugs sprawl on the
floor and the rakish angle at which
the" radio aerial ascends the wall,
only to flop over the window and
ground itself to a wire dress hanger.
Below the window stands a steamer
trunk covered with an Indian blank
et. Upon this trunk sit two oilcloth
cats with smug expressions upon
their shiny black faces. Beside the
trunk is a small yellow table upon
which there is a stack of photo
graphs placed face downward. Above
one bed a blue and orange penant
throws itself at you from the green
wall. On the other side of the room
North Carolina State College stretch
es its red and white banner the full
length of the bed. The lavatory be
side the dresser is dominated by a
large box of Lux which doubles it
self in a mirror above the glass shelf.
On the inside of the door hangs a
“Busy” and a calendar which an
nounces that Orra S. Bogers sells life
insurance in New York City. From
the desk a small radio tells anyone
who is interested that “The Words
are in My Heart. ’ ’ Beside the radio
there is a pair of book ends full of
letters and a student lamp. On the
.shelves of the desk text books and
novels jumble together in merry con
fusion. In the chairs on either side
of tlie desk are two girls. It must
be-—it is, our good friends, Tweak
and Lelia.
I
Y. W.
Y.W.CA
Y
I NOTES
MAY DAY CHAPEL
A Trinity College (Hartford,
Conn.), professor recently missed
his first class in nearly 30 years be
cause he thought Washington’s birth
day was March 23, and took a holi
day.
Maid: “I’m sorry, but she said
to tell you she is not at home.”
Caller: “Oh, that’s all right; just
tell her I’m glad I didn’t come.”
a more broadening influence on stu
dent ideas.
The task of developing and guid
ing this |;rowing fSalemite’ bow
lies in the hands of its new editor,
Virginia Garner.
“I can and do give to her the ink
and the pen with which to do the
menial work of writing her part of
the weekly papers of next year. It
is with her own personality and in
terest that she must attend to its
more urgent needs.
“I feel as though I should close
by telling Virginia to be sure that
the ‘Salemite’ drinks its milk and
goes to bed early and says its pray
ers all next year. Instead I wish
only to congratulate her on the fas
cinating problems which is now hers
and to read with much interest her
first issue of the ‘Salemite’.”
Upper campus provided a lovely
setting for May Day chapel on May
4. The program was held out of
doors, as has been the custom for
many years, and the students were
given pansies while they sang ‘ ‘ Fair
est Lord Jesus. ’ ’ Following the read
ing of greetings from former stu
dents, Miss Rebecca Hines sang,
beautifully, “The Year’s At The
Spring” by Mrs. H. H. A. Beach.
Salem of today was linked with
the past by the actual presence of
Mrs. Brawley, formerly Miss Mary
Harris, of Chester, S. C., who came
to Salem in 1871. She had come for
May Day after sixty-four years,
and Dr. Rondthaler wittily remarked
that he should like to see all the
present Salem students at May Day
in 1999.
Dr. Rondthaler made an appro
priate talk about “Trees.” He
stated that trees are examples of
adaptability, gentleness, patiejice,
hope, courage, and service. In Helen
Keller’s words he said, “The tree
of the field is man’s life.”
The stately Alma Mater was sung
sung for the recessional.
May I marry your daughter?
What is your profession?
Sir, I am an actor.
Then get out before the foot-lights.
I’d like to be a college boy,
Ho lives a life of ease;
For when he graduates,
lie does it by degrees.
COACH WADE Y. P.
SPEAKER
M.
(CONTINUED FROM PACE ONE)
true in most activities of life.
“In conclusion, athletics teaches
one to re.spect authority. In a game
there are four participants. The
lawmaker who makes the rules, the
organizer of the team, the player,
and the supporter of the team. No
one person can do more than one of
these things at the same time be
cause he would be prejudiced, if for
no other reason. It is necessary in
the game that one respect the opin
ions of other people, even though
one does not see the matter in the
same light.” In every activity of
life, tolerance is necessary.
Dr. Rondthaler told Coach Wallace
Wade that he had fi^nished the first
half of the game successfully and
that we should expect him back
sometime to make the final touch
down.
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE)
She said, “I want us to think
for a few minutes about the Cross—
that self-same crpss upon which
Jesus Christ was ci;ueifl.ed hundreds
of years ago. If I could, *[ *d like to
show you a picture tonight. It is in
the late afternoon and the scene is a
dark and lonely mountain called Cal
vary. There on that hillside stands
three crosses. On two of them there
hang two thieves, but on the other
one there hangs the Son of God. Do
you wonder that I use the present
tense of the verb? Oh, I think one
of the hideous things about that
crucifixion is the fact that you and
I console ourselves with, the thought
that we had no part in it; but didn’t
we have a part?”
Whenever we are thoughtless and
neglectful of Him, He is crucified
anew. There is a le.sson of self-sac
rifice, of supreme devotion, that we
may learn from the cross. He came
to bring joy and happiness to each
of us as individuals, and to all of us
as Christians. Our happiness de
pends largely upon our outlook on
life. There is some good in every
thing and everybody, and if we try
hard enough, we can see it.
Christ calls us to happiness, to con
quest, and to love. “Love is the
one thing that we can keep giving
and giving until eternity, and still
our store of love is undiminlshed. In
giving it, we have it returned.”
The speaker quoted that lovely
passage from Browning’s ‘ ‘ Guardian
Angel; ’ ’
“I think how I should view the
earth and skies
And sea, when once again by brow
was bared,
After the healing, with such differ
ent eyes.
Oh, world, as God has made it!
All is beauty:
And knowing this, is lov'e, and love
is duty.
What further might be sought for
or declared?”
Our view of life is restricted and
narrow because we vainly attempt
to see it when we are too clo.se to it.
A wider, clearer view may be obtain
ed only from the mountain’s height,
which we may gain only by the way
of the cross. »
VIVE LA QUEEN
MOTHER’S DAY
Next Sunday, May 12th, is Moth
er’s Day. Y. W. C. A. Vespers will
be given over to a program in ac
cordance with the day. Mrs. Rond
thaler will be the speaker, and there
will be special music. Everyone is
invited.
FRESHMAN COMMISSION
ENTERTAINS
Members of the old “Y” Cabinet
were delightfully surprised last week
to receive invitations to a weiner
roast, to be given by the Freshman
Commission. When they attended
the affair on Monday, they decided
in a body that this was by no means
the least of the accomplishments of
the Commission!
Y. W. C. A. CABINET CHOSEN
FOR 193&-36
Erika Marx, new president of the
Y. W. 0. A., has chosen her cabinet
members from girls who have shown
interest and ability in “Y” work.
The officers of the Association
hav'e been elected as follows:
Martha Schlegel Vice-President
Mary Hart Secretary
Mary Louise McLung Treasurer
The chairmen of the committees
are as follows:
Margaret Briggs Bulletin Board
Virginia Crurapler
Community Service
Anna Wray Fogle Finance
Garnelle Raney Industrial
Mary Frances Hayworth Miisic
Margaret Calder Publicity
Jane Crow Social
Arnice Topp World Fellowship
Agnes Brown Worship
Idaliza Dunn tcy” Room
Charlotte King .. Student Volunteer
Jean Knox uy” Store
Queens are royal personages, sel
dom seen, but not so with our (Jueen
of ’35. She’s different! And dif
ferent in the sense that she’s talent
ed in so many respects that we won
der how she has acquired all these
admirable qualities and developed
them all to such a polished degree.
She is one out of hundreds of so-
called “queens” who really deserves
her title.
Now, that her lovely blonde,
curly head takes on an added and
long-deserved crown of glory let’s
give her a hand. This royal person
age of whom I speak is an accom
plished authoress, who is not only
editor of our college paper, but has
helped to write two operas which
were staged two consecutive years at
salem namely: “Ring-of the Need-a-
Lung” and “Robinson Trouseau;”
capable athletic instructor, particul
arly swimming; is one of the most
popular if not the most popular (and
personally I think she is the latter);
she is beautiful, alert, energetic,
friendly, radiant personality, de
pendable, understanding, glamorous,
bright, witty, original, lovely, charm
ing and an actress — in fact, a
wonderful girl. Need I say her name
except to let It suggest courts,
queens, kings, thrones and crowns —
Cortlandt Preston. Again the voices
of Salem rise to say VIVE LA
QUEEN!
Here is the latest fwe hope) ab
sent-minded professor story. An in
structor at Columbia entered the
classroom, hung his cigarette on a
hook, and threw his hat out of the
window.—The V. M. I. Cadet.
“Now I sit me down to write
A column which will be a fright.
If r should die before the end.
Be glad the finish wasn’t penned.”
DR. MINNIE SMITH
ENTERTAINS
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE)
was a contest, “The Story of a May
Day in Rome,” celebrated by the
gods, goddesses, and Romans. The
winner, Eloise Baynes, was present
ed a Virgil birtlidiiy book, in which
each of tlie guests wrote her name
and birthday.
Tho.se present were: Dr. Smith the
hoste.ss, Dr. Wenhold, Mafgaret
Schwarze, Martha Binder, Emma D.
Wargo, Eleanor Watkins, Eugenia
McNew, lOloise Baynes, and Melrose
Hendrix.
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