VOL. XVIII.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1937.
Number 3.
Grace Sloan Overton To
Spend Week at Salem
ELECTRIC ICE BOX GIVEN
TO PRACTICE HOUSE
Lectures and Personal Inter
views To Be Given
WAS HERE LAST YEAR
During the week of October 8-14,
Mrs. Grace Sloan Overton will be at
Salem College for the purpose of lec
turing and conferring privately with
the college girls. Mrs. Overton is
already widely known about the cam
pus, particularly among the last
year’s student who had the privilege
of attending her lecture series given
in town through the Presbyterian
Church for those who do not know
her, it is a significant and sufficient
recommendation to say that she is
the only woman ever sent out by
the Council of Federation of Church
es, which has sent out men of the
calibre of Hugh Black, Harry Emer
son Fosdick, and Robert Speer. The
presence of so rich a personality upon
our campus has been made possible
through the generosity of a friend of
the college.
In addition to lecturing each day
in chapel, Mrs. Overton will hold less
formal afternoon and evening meet
ings, the exact time of which will
be announced later. Also girls may
make appointments through the
dean’s office for private talks with
Mrs. Overton. This is an opportunity
that hardly needs to be enlarged
upon.
Mrs. Overton will announce her
own subjects, but it can be guaran
teed that they will be ones of
vital interest and importance to col
lege students. Sunday evening, Oc
tober 10, at 8:00 o’clock there will
be a community meeting with Mrs.
Overton of the young people of all
congregations of the town churches,
in Memorial Hall.
RED DEVIL’S COURT
HELD LAST NIGHT
Sophomores Initiate
Freshmen
PEGGY ROGERS AT
LAST SUCCEEDS IN
HANGING SKUNK
Attributes Success to Three
Square Meals A Day
Affectionately dubbing her brand
new cowhide decorated with a Salem,
seal, “Skunk,” Peggy Bogers has
caused a ripple of excitement in Al
ice Clewell this week. From the day
of his arrival, “Skunk” has been
quite a problem. Friends and neigh
bors have offered varied advice, none
of which has helped Miss Rogers
with her dicipline pToblem. She finds
that “Skunk” w’ill not adhere to
the recently painted wall even with
the aid of the famous gummy’
tape. Twice in the past week Miss
Rogers reports she has been awaken
ed by a queer smothering sensation
accompanied by an unusual odor,
awakened to find that the prized
cow-hide has fallen from its place
above her head. Due to this, Miss
Rogers became highly nervous, un
able to sleep nights for fear of a
reoccurrence of the dreaded acci
dent. After each failing of ‘Skunk,’
Miss Rogers patiently renews the
operation with “gummy” tape. She
says: “I bet I’ve put that
thing up a dozen times.” Late yes
terday afternoon, due to nervous fa
tigue, she committed her dreadful
act — reduced to her lowest state
of mind, she willfully hung ‘Skunk’
with picture wire from the molding.
Miss Rogers says: “Never give up
when there is something blocking
your way to success, I attribute my
success to perseverance and three
square meals a day.”
The rumor of sophomore meetings,
secret plans, and the rousing pep
meeting of last Saturday night have
had the freshmen a little on edge
for a week or so. But the Red
Devil ’ Court, which took place Thurs
day night, climaxed these events in
more ways than one.
The proceedings began around five
o’clock when all freshmen were sum
moned to the hockey field in order
to practice their snake dance. At
dinner, after all upper-classmen were
seated, the “lowly ones” clad in
green inarched in and spent a rather
nervous half-hour eating with their
enemies for the night — the sopho
mores of course. After scrambling
into sheets and still unaware of
what might happen they were order
ed down to the lower campus and
seated on the steps leading from the
gym. Above them, gathered around
the flag pole, the sophomores stood
wearing red suits and ferocious dev
ils’ masks.
Nancy Court, sophomore president
and chief devil for the evening, pre
sided. The j>er3ecution committee
summoned each freshman before the
fire to have her sentence pronounced.
The day students were ordered to
give a circus, two more a one syll
able debate, and another group a
Russian dance. Of course the usual
unappetizing dishes were fed to sev
eral unlucky “ghosts.” One who has
a particular dislike for milk was
forced to drink a bottle of it (after
a baby bib had been tied around
her neck), and a dish of macaroni
was fed to another.
After all “prisoners” had been
duly punished court was adjourned
and the Red Devils enjoyed Coca-
colas and doughnuts furnished by
the freshmen, who hurried back to
the dormitory proud of being “old
girls” at last.
The greatest things in the world
have been done by those who sys
tematized their work, organized their
time.
Miss Katherine J. Hanes
Is Donor
The National Home Economics
meeting was held in Kansas City
during the summer. Outstanding
Home Economics Clubs in the state
were requested to send clippings
from their club scrap book describing
their activities during the past school
year. Our club was called ujx)n for
a report which we gladly forwarded.
At last the secret is out. All last
week Home Economics majors were
in a state of excitement, especially
the seniors. We had been told there
was a pleasant surprise coming and
that it had sojnething to do with the
Home Management House. What
wild guesses were made, but deep
in our hearts we hoped that it might
possible be an electric ice box. If
you had sen the old one, you would
understand why. It was the most
needed article. Saturday night word
got around that the surprise had
come and was installed ready for in
spection. We rushed to see the sur
prise and, yes, it was a new electric
ice box. After viewing the glories
of the new one, we took a peek at
the discarded one whicli looked for
lorn. Besides the new one, the old
one is a “ shrimp. ’ ’ The thanks for
our new iX)ssession goes to Miss
Katherine J. Hane who is the donor.
She has given us many useful, lovely
gifts in the past and we appreciate
everything she has done for us.
NEW BOOKS IN LIBRARY
Give Unusual Opportunity
To Salem Students
PLANS FOR SIGHTS AND
INSIGHTS COMPLETED
1938 Debut Before Blaster
Virginia Lee, editor of “Sights
and Insights” for 1938, has an
nounced that plans for the annual
have been completed the theme to
be kept secret.
The pictures for the annual will be
placed on an entirely different basis
from that of previous years. The
senior pictures are to be taken
about the middle of October; the
picture of the other classes and the
classes and the clubs immediately
following them. The athletic groups
will not be taken until later, prob
ably in November. It is felt that
this arrangement will ensure a fuller,
more accurate group of pictures. The
photographers are to be Dunbar and
Daniel, of Raleigh.
“Sights and Insights” will make
her 1938 debut just before Easter.
The Annual Staff:
Virginia Lee Editor-In-Chief
Evelyn McCarty .... Associate Editor
Dorothy Wyatt .... Associate Editor
Cramer Percival Literal Editor
Elizabeth Trotman .. Literary Editor
Among the recent accessions to the
library there are other books besides
just the latest novels we hear s
much about.
One of them is Partridge’s “Die
tionary of Slang and Unconventional
English” in which you can find
definition of any slang phrase you
ever heard and, no doubt, a few you
haven’t heard. You probably know
that “it licks me” in rarer but bet
ter English means “it is beyond my
comprehension,” but do you know
that “a good hand at a dead lift’
means ‘ ‘ a person reliable in em
ergency,” or that “a fifteen puz
zle” means “confusion?” The lat
ter has a story back of it which you
will find in the dictionary. These
are only a few mild samples of some
of the funny expressions.
Another interesting book is “A
Mapbook of Eiiglish Literature,” by
Briscoe, Sharp, and Barish. It will
be very useful for reference when
studying English “Lit.” There are
such maps as “London 1400 to
1666,” “Great Britain up to 1660:
Biographical” and “Great Britain
up to 1660: Literary,” and all of
the.se at later dates. One these maps
is shown the points where certain
events took place both biographical
and literary. You will have already
finished English “Lit.”
Another book you’ll enjoy looking
through is “Name This Child,” by
Eric Partridge which tells you the
meaning, history, and popularity of
various Christian names. (All your
friends are represented.)
Then there is a book by Amy
Loveman titled “I’m Looking For
a Book,” which suggests books writ
ten on a wide variety of subjects.
One chapter, for instance, headed
“Proletarian Novels” suggests Ers-
kine Caldwell’s “Nobody Starves.”
The other headings cover any type
of book you may be loking for.
“In 1936” by Eurich and Wilson
will put you up to date or close to it
in current happenings. It is divided
into two parts “The National
Scene” and “The International
Scene,” giving you a concise and
enjoyable bird’s eye view of 1936.
The books mentioned are not all
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Edward Weeks To Be
First On Lecture Series
CHORAL ENSEMBLE
TO HAVE PICNIC
Songsters To Go On Hay
Ride to Camp Hanes
Saturday afternoon, October 2, the
Salem Choral Ensemble is going to
have an enjoyable outing in the form
of a hayride to Camp Hanes, a
Y. M. C. A. Camp near Winston-
Salem. The songsters wil leave the
college at two o’clock in a big truck.
At the camp they will play several
outdoor games, have a wiener roast,
and return to the campus at seven
o’clock. Everyone is anticipating a
delightful time.
RONDTHALERS
ENTERTAIN
Faculties Attend Annual
Progressive Dinner
On October the oth at 7:30 o’clock
Dr. and Mrs. Rondthaler will enter
tain the faculties of Salem College
and Salem Academy at a progre.ssive
dinner. This annual dinner will be
held at the President’s home on the
Salem College campus is a social
event of the school calendar which
is awaited with great anticipation
by the members of both faculties.
Noted Editor to Speak Octo
ber 11, in Memorial Hall
LECTURE TICKETS IN-
CLUDED IN BUDGET
Edward Weeks, Editor-in-Chief of
the Atlantic Monthly Press will
■speak in Memorial Hall on October
11, at 8:30 p. m. Mr. Weeks is an
authority on books from the author’s,
the editor’s, the reader’s and the
salesman’s point of view. He re
ceived his higher education at Cor
nell, at Harvard, and at Trinity Col
lege, Cambridge. He has been as-
-sistant Editor of the Atlantic
Monthly and now edits and writes
the Atlantic “Bookshelf” for that
magazine each month. His sub
ject will be “A Review of Current
Books. ’ ’
Mr. Weeks is the first speaker on
the Lecture Series. The tickets for
the lectures were included in the
Budget and they will be distributed
shortly.
MRS. LINDSAY PATTER
SON FIRST SPEAKER
RESULTS OF THE
WEEK-END GAMES
The North Carolina Tar Heels and
South Oarolin/i. Gamecocks fought
to a 13-13 dead lock Saturday. Tom
Burnette the triple threat back
raced 13 yards behind a perfect in
terference for a touchdown for
North Carolina the first six minutes
of play. A little later the Birds ev
ened the count with a touchdown by
Urban on a looping pass from Sni
der into the end zone. The score
was knotted at 6-6.
Standouts in the South Carolina
offen.«iive were Clary’s accurate
long-distance passing and Dearth’s
receiving and running.
Wake Forest was trampled by
Tennessee 32 to 0. Tennessee’s
football forces overpowered the val
iant but hopelessly out-classed Wake
Forest eleven. Tennessee struck
quickly in the opening minutes of
the game and at the end of the first
quarter had amassed 13 points. In
comparison with the first quarter the
last quarter was scoreless — both
teams battling near midfield.
Lafferty lead Davidson to victory
over Erskine 27-6. Lafferty the bril
liant wild cat quarterback was the
whole attraction during the entire
game. On almost every play he
carried the ball and nearly every
rush brought a substantial gain.
Davidson’s Captain Bailey Williams
put on a good point kicking show
and made some extra points.
The Blue Devils, of Duke hailed
by critics as Coach Wade’s greatest
team at West Durham ran over
V. P. I. by a score of 25-0. Duke
scored touchdowns in every period
but not without opposition.
Phil De Muro was the outstanding
player for Duke, while Doxey, Dev
lin, and Murray, stood out in the
line play for V. P. I.
This week-end Davidson is play
ing Duke at Davidson.
North Carolina State Vs. North
Carolina University at Raleigh.
V. M. I. Vs. William and Mary at
Norfolk.
Tennessee Univer.sity Vs. Virginia
Poly at Knoxville.
Will Be Guest Speaker At
Wednesday Chapel
Salem College will be fortunate to
have Mrs. Lindsey Patterson of
Winston-Salem for guest .speaker at
expanded chapel, October the sixth.
Her wide travels have included a
trip to the coronation about which
she will talk. Wo have had an in
sight into her experiences through
her articles in the “Winston-Salem
Journal” and we eagerly await her
coming.
FLICKER FLASHES
CAROUNA THEATRE
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
‘The Road Back” — Richard Crom
well, Slim Summerville, Noah
Beery.
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
‘The Singing Marine” — another
Dick Powell musical.
STATE THEATRE
Monday and Tuesday
‘The Orphan Boy” — An all-native
cast.
Wednesday and Thursday
‘The Woman I Love” — Paul Muni
and Miriam Hopkins.
FORSYTH THEATRE
Monday and Tuesday
‘Personal Property” — with beau
tiful Robert Taylor.
Wednesday
‘Star for a Night” -— Claire Trevor
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
The Salemite wi.shes Happy Birth-
day to the following girl having
birthdays in October:
Knth Hauser, 1st; Lena Morris,
1st; Muriel Brietz, 5th; ^Virginia
Hollowell, 7th; Nell Keries, 7th;
Anne Johnson, 10th; Lillian Lan-
ning, 13 th; Sarah Harman, 10th;
Blevins Vogler, Oth; Sarah Belle
Linn, 9th; Sarah Belle Masten, 7th;
Felicia Martin, 14th; Mary Thomas,
15th; Caroline Pfohl, 15th; Ada Lee
Utley, 19th; Tillie Hines, 18th; Bet
sy Fearing, 17th; Ro.salind Duncan,
20th; Sallie Emerson, 20th; Louise
Clifton, 10th; Elizabeth Cloninger,
16th; Helen McArthur, 20th; Leila
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