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THE SALEMITE
Friday, May 15, 1936.
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PRAYER FOR A
WRITER
We quote a prayer for a writer by H. Franklin Har
rington :
“Help me in a land of borrowed ideas to keep and de
velop what originality I already possess. Make me more ag
gressive, more interested and alert in my daily contacts with
people and with life, that I may find fresh material on which
to write. Increase my power to observe and feel and think,
and to express my inmost thoughts with daring ineisiveness
and pungency. Forgive my indifferent spelling and my care
less literary lapses, and prune my manuscript of faded phrases
and dangling sentences. Give me the courage to say resolutely,
‘I don’t know,’ and then to go out unashamed to discover the
right answer. Give me and abiding pleasure in the arduous task
of writing, keeping in mind always my obligation to win the
interest of my reader.”
It is the sincere prayer of each member of the Salemite
Staff.
EDUCATION
Soon another school year will be over, and we begin to re
view the things we have learned. Very soon we will forget the
thousand and one small facts — and will that mean that our
time has been wasted?
We believe not. There are more important things that
should, and usually do, come from an education. First as
Thomas Henry Huxley said we have to learn “the laws which
govern men and things and obey them.” If we have forgotten
a great deal of Latin, grammar, but remember what Horace says
about “the golden mean” and apply it to our lives, surely our
study has not been in vain.
If this year we have gained an appreciation of deep
spiritual values, if we have come to love truly great literature,
art, music, if we feel that this is only the beginning and that
we want to continue our education through life, then this has
been a profitable year for us and our instructors.
AROUND AND ABOUT
The Salem girls don’t seem at all
worried over exams, what with all
the tea parties, dinners, luncheons,
picnics, and hayrides. The Seniors
seem especially carefree. I wonder
if they will miss us as much as we
will miss them.
Speaking of teas — the one for
Miss Katherine Davis certainly was
lovely. While out there we saw
Miss Lawrence and Mrs. Vardell.
Who didn’t see ‘ ‘ Small Town
Girl”? Not many, I wager. Men
like Robert Taylor surely do make
us dissatisfied with the local talent.
Listen at this crack — it’s really
good. We heard someone say the
other day that Tempe Green was in
terested in wells — but it happens
to be a Blackwell. Pardon, Tempe,
but we just couldn’t resist that one.
Everyone looked “swell” at the
Spinsters’ Ball the other night. The
freshmen were there in a big way
and were rushing a certain senior’s
date who resembles the afore-men
tioned matinee idol.
We just can’t close without say
ing again what a marvelous time
we had at the printer’s dinner, Tues
day evening. Everything was “done
up” just right. “Winchell’' wish
es to apologize to anyone who feels
that she was publicized unjustly.
So long — will be on hand next
week. Don’t work on that term
paper too hard this week-end.
PEACE UTERATURE
FOR SALE
EXCHANGE
There is an interesting colection
of peace literature on display in the
library. Books and pamphlets are
for sale by Miss Isabel Fergiison,
Salem representative of the Emer
gency Peace Campaign.
Some of the books included are:
“Road to War,” by Millia; “Peace
With Honor,” A. A. Milne; “War
Tomorrow — Will We Keep Outf
issued by the Foreign Policy Asso
ciation; “War,” by Xorman Thom
as; “Religion Renounces War,” by
Walter Van Kirk; “America Must
Act,” by Francis B. Cayre; “False
hood in War-Time,” by Arthur Pon-
sonby and several books on the
League of Nations.
An interesting poster is exhibited,
showing the way to peace through
the World Court, Public Opinion,
Disarmament, Reparations, and the
League of Nations.
Hitch hikers to the right of us
Hitch hikers to the left of us
Thumb fun, eht
The strain of modern living isn’t
in because of the machine age or
I flaming youth or any of that kind
j of fume or fuss, but because such a
large number of people feel called
upon to spend such a large part of
their time being so darned humor
ous.
YE COLLEGE CRIER
Well it seems that the proverbial
wash has brought out many startling
facts. It’s too bad that this cleans
ing process could not have come to
pass before we started deciding on
our suite-mates for next year. These
things will crop out despite one’s
ability to consistently play a Kath
erine Cornell for three whole years.
Once the outer crust of superficiality
nice personal characteristics is
broken it’s too bad.
There seems to be a difference of
opinion among those who tripped the
light fantastic last Saturday night
as to whether the dance was good or
not. One of our blonde members of
the May Court seemed to be mono
polizing the attention of one of the
male members of a Salem family.
Judging from her activities the fol
lowing evening one might be led to
believe that she thought the dance
was good.
Just between you and me and the
gate post the male element in Win
ston has been harboring the false
notion that sophomores get junior
privileges at the end of school. The
other night over the telephone a
sophomoric member of the student
body tearfully refused the propeller
of a blue Buick Roadster a date.
“Next year,” says she pleadingly,
but isn’t that a bit indefinite?
There are many Anterestyiig jin
quiries floating around as to the
various summer schools. The pursuit
of knowledge seems to be a negligfible
factor. Allow me to recommend the
one at Virginia Beach, Virginia, if it
is still in operation. There are
only five books required for any
course you might take, and the au
thors are optional with the excep
tion of Grace Richmond, Margaret j
Pedlar, and Ethel M. Dell. One book
by each of the above authors is re
quired. If you think that you can
mix the classics with the summer
sun there’s no place like it.
Life is just one long “L”; at
twenty it’s love, at forty, lumbago,
and at sixty, lunacy.
“Have you seen Pete?”
“Petroleum.”
“Pete who?”
“No, I haven’t. Kerosene him
yesterday, but he hasn’t bezine
since.”
And then there was the drunk who
tried to perform on the trapeze, but
it turned out to be an awful flop.
“It sure is cold this morning. I
bet it’s zero.”
“Well, that’s nothing.”
HASH HOUSE HUMOR
Nine little hamburgers
Sitting on a plate;
In came Wimpy.
Then they were ate.
“So you’re undertaking to keep
bees?”
“Yes,” answeed Farmer ■Corn-
tossel. “I don’t want to miss any
thing, and I’ve been stung every
other way there is.”
BLUE?
It is quite evident that in the
spring the fancies of Third Floor
Clewell girls turn to music. Since
Easter the floor has been a burst of
musio and dancing. The music, it
was soon discovoered, originates
from David Land’s victrola and
Peggy Warren’s records, two of a
kind. So far, hit No. 1 is definitely
“Sugar Blues,” but “Gloomy Sun
day” is not far behind. It is pos
sible that girls so young have al
ready been disappointed in love?
Luckily the swimming pool is outside
their window; so any rash act of
jumping will be speedily dampened.
Girls, congratulations on the music
and also the well-meant hope that
your troubles will soon be lessened
and your music more cheerful.
Y. W.
NEWS
THE REV. MR. DOUGLAS RIG-HTS
WILL SPEAK AT VESPERS
SUNDAY NIGHT
The new Y. W. C. A. Cabinet has
chosen for its advisory board for
1936-37, the following members of
the faculty:
Mrs. Rondthaler—Chairman.
Miss Riggan—-Faculty Advisor.
Miss Covington
Miss Blair
Mrs. Meinung
Mr. McEwen
Miss Vaughn
Miss Lawrence
Dr. Minnie Smith
The first out-of-door Vesper serv
ice was held on lower campus last
Sunday evening, at which time Mrs.
Rondthaler gave a beautiful and in-
spiring talk on the relationship be
tween the modern mother and daugh
ter. The natural beauty of the sur
roundings gave to the servi^se a
depth and cause of freedom which
would not have been felt in an in
door service.
Miss Eloise Vaughn spoke Thurs-
‘day night at Evening Watch on the
subject of poise. Centering her
words around this thought she read a
poem ‘Self Dependence” by Mat
thew Anold which helped to bring
out her point of poise and calmness
under all circumstances.
“REVUE DES MODES”
TO BE GIVEN
TONIGHT
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charge of the fashion show. Others
on her committee are Adelaide Trot
ter, Winston-Salem, in charge of dec
orations and stage setting; Erika
Mar.x, Nazareth, Pa., publicity; Vir
ginia Council, Whiteville, Music; and
Susan Rawlings, Goldsboro; Cordelia
Lowry, Bedford, Va.; Martha
Schlegel, Nazareth, Pa.; Lalya Tuck
er and Josephine Reece both of Win
ston-Salem.
Models include girls on the com
mittee and: Gladys Cain, Susan
Caudle, Pauline Daniel, Virginia
Bruce Davis, Virginia Foy, Virginia
and Willie Fulton, Elizabeth Hedge-
cock, Evelyn Henderson, Ann John
son, Mary Margaret Johnson, Char
lotte King, Helen Lanning, Evelyn
McCarty, Virginia McConnell, Fe
licia Martin, Elizabeth Moore, Caro
line Pfohl, Elizabth Piper, Helen
Plummer, Janice Raney, and Vir
ginia Taylor.
QUOTABLE QUOTES
(By Associated Collegiate Press)
“The economic dilemma can be
met in an American way and under
the Constitution, providing the truth
is told to the people.” Secretary
of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace ex
plains things to Univer.sity of Ne
braska students.
“The atom resembles an irritated
woman. ’ ’ Swarthmore College sci
ence students at last get the real
low fdown, from a Bartol Research
Foundation speaker.
“The American Indian on the
nickle does not represent the high
est type of American aborigines,”
says Dr. George M. McBride, U. C.
L. A. professor of geography, who
claims the honor should go to Mexi
can, Central and South American In
dians.
“The more mature and thoughtful
judgement of the pupils themselves
convinced them that to participate
in a strike was not a way to cele
brate peace or express their oppo
sition to war. ’ ’ Dr. John S. Roberts,
New York superintendent of schools,
explains why only 257 of the city’s
254,000 high school students de
monstrated for peace on April 22.
AMAZE A MIN UTE
SCIENTIFACTS BY ARNOLD
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The tORD OF REPnLES,1Nf
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OR SWAMP,
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HEATED BY THE SUN
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Skin tasting-
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TASTE buds scattered OVER
ITS SKIN.
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