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Page Two. THE SALEMITE Friday, December 10, 1937. Published Weekly By The Student Body of Salem College Member Southern Inter-Collegiate Press Association SUBSCRIPTION PRICE : : $2.00 a Year : : 10c a Copy EDITORIAL STAFF T_/II. Elomse Sample Business Manager Helen STfS-th EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Laura Bland Alice Horsefield rnnrt7Vrtitnr Comelia Wolfe Assistant Editors:— Florence Joyner Mary McColl Anna Wray Pogle Peggy Brawley Helen McArthur Sara Harrison Mary h. Salley Betty Sanford Katherine Snead Helen Totten Emma B. Grantham Margaret Holbrook Sara Burrell Helen Savage Betsy Perry Frank Campbell Elizabeth Hatt feature department Feature Editor - Staff Assistants:— Mary Turner Willis Mary Thomas Cramer Percival Mary W. Spence Cecilia McKeithan Mand Battle Josephine Gibson Evelyn McCarty Leila Williams Betty Bahnson Peggy Rogers BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Assistant Business Manager ®frath^r ^Sisk Advertising ifanager - ADVERTISING STAFF Peggy Bowen , Rebecca Brame wr owh Wincrpt Virginia Carter Eli^beth Wi^et Grace Gillespie Germaine Gold Margaret Patterson - fSS Associate Exchange Manager ■■■■■'FUzabet^ pSer Assistant Circulation Manager - Eliza^th Piper Assistant Circulation Manager SiTs Assistant Circulation Manager Christine Dobbins 1937 Member 1938 Associated CMefiicite Pre» Distributor of GDlle6iale Di6esl KK^rCSBNTID ^or nationau aov»rti«ino by National Advertising Service, Inc. ColUt* Puhlishsn ReprMntativt 420 Madison Ave. New York, N. Y. CHICAGO • BOSTOB • L0» A»«ELE8 - SAN FRANCISCO SALEM’S ART DEPAETMENT The ideal college is one which offers equal opportunities in ea«h line of study. Every department is well developd and well supported. Salem conforms to this ideal more than she fails to conform. But she does not conform enough. On our campus we have an excellent music department, a fine science department, a good business department, and so on down the line. But what about our Art department? Why is this side of Salem so distinctly under-developed? There is an art department, though many students fail to realize that it exists. This department, though in its infancy, has immense possibilities and could be an extremely vital part of Salem College — if it were given the proper support. ...It needs to be built up, and this building up process cannot come entirely from within the department itself. There must also be external support. It is true that recent progress has been made, for until three years ago, modem Salem had no art studio. For a year and a half the department existed only as an outsider, an unaccredit ed part of the curriculum. Last year it was decided to allow students to get credit points for studying art. But these credits were limited to upper classmen, and even among upper classmen, to a one year period. After that year was up, the student got no credit for her art course, had to take another subject in its place; and, even if she wanted to go on with her art as outside work, had very little time left to do so. This situation still exists. In addition to the credit question there is the problem of actual material or financial support. Even an art department, as much as it depends upon individual work and individual materials, cannot develop without some general equipment. At present the art department has a teacher, a studio, and several very interested members. Outside of that it has practically nothing. The existence of an art department does not need to be defended. Art itself is an essential part of life, both commer cially and aesthetically. Art is given community support, state support, national support — Why isn't it givien college support? —A. M. THE UNKNOWN ART Conversation is a course which is never completed. It is an art which very few people have mastered. It is a study of friendliness, and con tinually exposes one’s intellect and imagination. There are but few people alive today who fully real ize or understand its wonderful power. According to an article which was published in “The News and Ob- .server” a few weeks ago, we find that the average woman (men are in the same predicament), has a sup ply of only seven subjects upon which she can converse fluently. Of these subjects we find that from seventy- flve to ninety-five per-cent of the material which is discussed is irrele vant; and, though it may not be de- preciative, there is no constructive quality in its prevalence. The most common subjects of discourse are: the weather, movie stars and movies, cooking, the liome, and perhaps one or two sports. As a rule however, the average person’s knowledge of sports is limited to baseball, foot ball, tennis, and sometimes basket ball, or track. The reason for this is the fact that these sports are our major national sports and the knowl edge of the principles of minor sports is lacking in the minds of most of the people today. We re alize that the subjects listed are nearly all exhausted, having lost their beneficial properties, and some times even becoming humorous in their continued usage. We all seem to think that discus sions on topics concerned with re ligion, news, progress, and politics should be left for social gatherings or for the more highly educated. We do not realize that if we would but keep our eyes and ears open we could be classed among the priceless few who know how to talk freely on sub jects of more general importance. Our purpose here is not to en courage scientific dissertations on subjects of purely technical interest, but to stimulate a desire for a broad er knowledge of everything; for, the more we know, the more inter esting conversation will become. We should talk on subjects which are of common interest among our com panions, and yet comprehensive of provoking thought. V. H. Frieland- er says, in “Pied Piper’s Street,” (Reader’s Digest), that: “the abo lition of small talk would be a dis aster.” While Brenda Ueland, in “The Saturday Evening Post” (Reader’s Digest, March, 1936), says that: “the underlying trouble with conversation is the lack of curios ity.” We must not be bored with talks on Diesel Engines, including information on cam shafts, pistons, SALEM’S DATE BOOK Friday, December 10 — German Club meets. Tea for new day students and their mothers. Saturday, December 11 — Academy play, “The Goose Hangs High. ’ ’ Sunday, December 13 Senior Vespers. Wednesday, December 15 — Christmas party. Choral ensemble sings at the city Music Club. Thursday, December 16 — Senior Caroling service. Friday, December 17 — Academy students leave for Christmas holidays. Saturday, December 18 — College students leave for Christmas holidays. and generators, but we must listen attetively to the speaker for “there is no magic like interested atten tion.” It will envigorate conversa tion and give it new life and appeal. There is of course, the extreme side of broadened conversation which is really more repulsive than attrac tive. This is very clearly shown by Elmer Davis in “I Resign From So cial Life,” found in “Harper’s” for March, 1936. To be accosted at formal dinner parties to discuss “public health in Russia,” or the “fine points of the city charter” or “rural rehabilitation” when really the desire for interesting, advanta geous, friendly talk lay in old times or personal achievement is, iii his opinion, a justifiable reason for re signing from society. Generalizations and mixtures of ideas yield fruitful and worthwhile conversation. Arnold Bennett, in “The Savour of Life” (Reader’s Digest, March, 1936), gives this ex cellent summary: “ ‘The good talker lets himself go — and at the end of the sit ting you may decide that you are a more sagacious individual than he is, but he has held you, di verted you, increased your ac quaintance with human nature, incited you to thought, and above all, shown you an individ uality. And you look forward to meeting him again’.” SCHERZO IN SHARP” ‘BE (Reprinted through courtesy of “Coronet Magazine” and' “Band World”). Here are ten question designed to test your general knowledge of mus ic. Ten questions will be published for the next 4 weeks. Count 2 per cent for every correct answer. A rating of 60 per cent is fair, 70 per cent good, 80 per cent very good, 90 per cent exceptional and 100 per cent perfect: 1. Name the lowest compass of the adult male voice. 2. What device is used to deaden or reduce the volume of sound of a metal wind or string in strument! 3. What is the mouth (musical), organ called? With what implement is tone produced in instruments of the viol classf What kind of music is best suited to a private room or small hallf What word is used by the audi ence to recall a performer! Name the two flat metallic discs that can be clashed to gether. What is an ensemble of four performers? What is the name of the stick or wand employed by a conduc tor in leading? What is the general term for a Christmas carol? Answers will be found on Page 5 4. 8. 10. CHECK UP Once there was a very beautiful and popular girl who played along all year in the senior class and who considered herself well on the way to graduation. Her grades were low, but she thought she could barely skim over. There were one or two subjects required that she didn’t bother to get in since she guessed she could at least get by. Then she over cut many times for inadequate reasons. Unfortunately, this same girl was sad on commencement day because she suddenly realized that seniors don’t just happen to be and that diplomas are not handed out indiscriminately. Seniors, do you know this lesson or are you waiting until June to find it out? Miss Blair suggests that we check our re quired subjects this week, so that we may not omit them next semester. Look up, too, those back papers and see if you can’t find a red “F” to be “yanked up” by an “A” exam. Gradu ation begins now. G«t started. —F. J. THANK YOU The new cuts system put into effect this year has proved to be an excellent one. The students were well satisfied with the system, with the exception of one point. In the system, a girl who made a mark of B-, which is higher than the average grade, would receive one cut in that class; just so, a girl who made a mark of C-, which is almost a conditioning grade, would receive one cut. The change which was announced last week —^that any grade, whether plus or minus would merit the same number of cuts in that class as a “straight” grade — remedies the only ob jectionable point in the new system. The student body is very grateful for this improvement. AS YOU GIVE, SO SHALL YOU RECEIVE Take a lesson from the following: A minister was called one Sunday to fill the pulpit of a pastor who wm sick. As the minister and his daugh ter entered the church, a contribu tion box which was placed near the door aroused the curiosity of the lit tle girl. After her father explained that the box took the place of col lection plates, the little girl said, “Aren’t you going to put something into the box?” The minister produced a few coins and selected a dime. “You are going to put in more than that, aren’t you?” asked the girl, reprovingly. “All right, then,” said the min ister, “we will make it a quarter,” and selecting a twenty-five cent piece he placed it in the box. After the service an official said to the minister, “Just wait a few minutes until I open the contribu tion box, we always give the visiting minister the offering that is in the box. ’ ’ The box was opened and one lone twenty-five cent piece was all that was found. The little girl first looked at the coin and then at her father. “Now, you see,” she said, “if you had put more in you would have got more out! ” —B. B. CHAHER & PATTER Three rahs for Harry! Even tho he didn’t come up for the week-end, Turnage had her hair fixed. How was the “weak-end” letter. McCarty had just cause for her unusual mood last Monday night. A picture of Larry’s blond and getting all dressed and nowhere to go is too much for girl — eh Mac? Rockwell was back in town Sun day, Annette, what will you do Christmas when both Courtney and Rockwell will be alone? You’ll have to court one and give the other the rocks. Nan Totten has always been good at talking her way out of an embarras sing situation. Sunday nigljt she had an unexpected caller who left hurriedly on the pretext of catching a train, but he really had another date. “I wasn’t going to g^ve him a date anyway,” quoted Nan. A letter a day will get the blues away. Did you by any chance sea Maud’s radiant face last Saturday?
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