Friday, October 7. 1938.
THE SALEMITE
Page Three.
FEATURES.SOCIETY;
YOU ASKED FOR IT
It takes more than EdgM to keep
Martha McNair "here when she has
planned to go home for a week-end.
Martha, you don’t think hfe’ll chaii^
his plans and go to Laurinburg toot
Bill Pulton ahnounced Monday
night that she was a lonesome girl.
That was another caae of “Gloomy
Monday” after one. of F. L.’s visits
to Salem.
Glenn Griffin is Saying, “when
the cat’s away the mouse will play. ’ ’
Sunday night, Charlie Jenkins, the
little mouse, thought only of Glenn.
V. B., Anne Whaling and Skinnei*
are going to Danville this week-end,
and have big things planned.
Why is Agnes Lee so thrUled about
going home this week-end? Could
it be because of a certain man
named Mae, down there? We won
der???
These men from Florence must
have power! Klutz received a long
waited for letter Wednesday morn
ing and seems to be happy about the
whole thing.
There seems to be a “budding
romance” between one of our Sen
iors and a young man from State.
His first name might be Bill says
M. L. O.
What about this new blonde flame
of a certain freshman? He seems to
be rather persistent doesn’t he, Ava
lon?
What is that certain power that
‘ ‘ Miss America’ ’ ’ holds over the
Salem girls. Ask M. C.
Ijib Tuten was seen going to the
State-Carolina game with Jim, Sat
urday.
Lib Norfleet was m'ighty happy
this week-end? Could he have been
here? I wonder!
Mary Jo says that she ahd C. 0.
are through, but she’s going home
this week-end and so is he.
Thomas has been up to see Frances
Huggins for the imst two week-ends.
Not bad Frances!
What’s this we hear about Louise
Merritt corresponding with all these
foreigners? Tell us how, Louise, may
be we can get somfe mail, too.
Jo, why all the circles under your
eyes? It couldn’t be from dating
late on school nights, could it?
The whole day student bulidiug
was in an uproar Tuesday — the
reason Dot and Doris Langston walk
ed in.
How does Betsy do it? She brought
the Day Student Borneo Gene Will
iams to the dance. Watch out for
this “power house,” girls!
Sue, how ’bout that trip to High
Point?
Sarah Froeber has a standing 'in
vitation to State from a certain little
Vance boy. Just another P. H.
If any one needs dancing lessons
see Miss Jonsie Moore. She’s help
ing at the new dancing school.
Mary Alice King was seen riding
around Sunday afternoon with just
four boys.
Was Avalon chagrined when her
‘ ‘ one and only ’ ’ called while she had
a date Sunday night?
ON ANSWERING
LETTERS
By Mary Turner Willis
If there is anything I despise in
this world, it is a person who for
ever and eternally sends postcards.
Not only do some j^eople send such
public nuisances, but they write on
the back, “Having a. wonderful time!
Wish you were here!” It seems to
me that if I thought enough about
somebody to write at all, I could cer
tainly write enough to fill up a letter.
At the present, I have a note to
write to Fred, and I am really look
ing forward to it. So much has hap
pened since I got to school that I
hardly know what to tell him first,
l)ut if I briefly outline my thoughts,
as I learned to do from my corre-
.spondence course jn letter-writing, I
ought to be able to write a most com
prehensive letter.
I got Fred’s letter last week, and
had wanted to write him immediate
ly, but I felt that if I waited a few
days, I would have more time in
which to compose mySelf myself and
niy thoughts. My new and stylish
stationery is neatly arrayed on my
desk waiting for me, yet I don’t feel
quite ready to begin. Maybe I had
better read Fred’s letter one more
time to get the gist of what he is
saying . . . Oh dear, he Wants to
know why I waited a month last
time before I wrote, and how is
Aunt Mamie, and Will I wait for him
if he has to go to war. And he even
has the nerve to ask if have lost
any weight yfet. I don’t think I’ll
bother to answer his old letter — I
guess I ought to, though.
‘ ‘ Dear Fred, ”—
Now what can T tell him first? He
wouldn’t be interested in what the
sophomores did to the freshmen, and
I can’t tell him about the dance last
week-end because I didn’t invite
him to come. I don’t know any
news except the war flashes I have
been hearing on the radio, and I
doubt if I could discuss them in
telligently. That leaves only the
football game, and what I do now
that I am a senior —
“Went to a football game last
night and had a grand time. School
is lots of fun. I . . . ”
I’m stumped now because the
course I took said never to use the
pronoun “I.” Here goes one piece
of paper in the trash-basket.
“Dear Fred,
How are you? Hope you are get
ting along fine. Has it turned cold
there yet? The weather man has
given us quite a little chilly spell
here. How do you like your new
joh?”
Heavens! That’s three questions I
have asked him already, and none of
them make any sense. Perhaps I
am not being personal enough.
New start again —
“My dearest Fred,
' Can’t begin to tell you how much
I have missed you! Seems like ages
since I last saw you. Certainly wish
you could come up here soon!”
Now won’t I be in a mess if he
takes me up on that! This scratching
is getting me nothing except an emp
ty stationery .box. I’ll use one more
sheet of paper and then stop —
Oh, what a pretty postcard! It’s of
Senior Building, too. I know post
cards are .terrible things, but I’m
sure P^^ed would be interested in
seeing where I live, and I think I
,can say all that I want to on the
back . . .
“Dear Fred,
Having a wonderful time! Wish
LIBRARY ACQUIRES
BERTITA HARDING’S
“PHANTOM CROWN”
(Continued From Page One)
scription to “The Cornhill Maga
zine,” English literary monthly of
distinctibn. “The Cornhill Maga
zine” was edited from its beginning
in 1860 to April, 1862, ,by William
Makepeace Thackeray, and subse
quently by Sir Leslie Stephens,
James Payn«, J. St. Leo Straehey,
Reginald J. Smith, and currently by
Lord Gorell.
The current issue contains not only
some good short stories and new
poetry, but also a most interesting
article on the mystfery of the little
French Dauphin — son of Marie An
toinette.
Mr. William F. Pfohl has present
ed to the Library a portfolio of
Salem Square Prints, a Limited Edi
tion of fifty prints, numbered, con
sisting of six original etchings of
historic buildings about the Salem
Square. The set includes; “The
Bishop’s House — Old Parsonage,
1841,” “The Fountain Courtyard,”
“Salem Doorway, 1810,” “Oollege
Office, ” ‘ ‘ The Home Moravian
Chiirch and College Office Building, ’ ’
“Old Boys School, 1794,” and “The
House of the Silversmith.^’
Mr. Pfohl is the talented son of
Dr. and Mrs. S. F. Pfohl. In 19S2 he
executed a series of etchings for the
IT. S. Government. At present he
doe.s industrial and advertising de
sign in Winston-Salem, and is a
member of the N. C. Professional
Artists Association.
LILUAN PARKS TELLS
OF EUROPEAN
SUMMER
(Continued From Page One)
until very recently. Mr. Parks is a
reserve officer (captain) in the
British army and, for that reason,
was given the drills early.
One of the highlights of Lillian’s
vacation was an afternoon dance at
the Embassy in London, in honor of
midshipmen on American warships
then stationed in England’s wiiters.
Lady Astor, first and only woman
member of Parliament, made an in
formal talk at this party of young
people.
Lillian spent most of her time this
summer shopping and going to pri
vate i>arties of different kinds. She
made her return trip to America with
an American consul and his family
who have been transferred from
Plymouth, England to Rio de Jane
iro, Brazil. Lillian was several days
late in getting to Salem because her
traveling companions couldn’t leave
England sooner, and then the boat
was delayed 12 hours in leaving be
cause of a broken engine. After she
got to New York, LUlian spent sev
eral days there with friends shop
ping and seeing the Empire State
Building. So, after a summer vaca
tion at home in a foreign country,
Lillian is .back in America to spend
nine more months.
Prof.; I love, thou love; he, she,
it loves; we love, you love, they love.
Student: What a heck a triangle
this is going to make.
you were here! Cold enough to sleep
under blankets. X marks my room.
Be good!
Love,
Mary Turner.”
CM4
Always
A Good
Show
Forsyth
Theatre
I
IDAKE
Seen in class: Two day-students gazing with demurely down-cast
eyes — reading last week’s “Salemite,” which was spread out on the
floor between them.
Dramatic Moments;
No. I
Scene: Library.
Time: Tuesday Afternoon
Action: Allcne Slade Harrison became terribly excited when she saw
a tailored tweed jacket draped over a chair in the stacks. “Who,
oh, who is the mail'ih the stacks!” she cried. Then Mr. Mary Lee
Salley stuck his head out and grinned.
No. II
Scene: Composition Class.
Time; Monday 12:00.
Action: Dean V'nrdell gave' .back the first original compositions to his
class — corrected and graded. Silence. SUence. Silence.
Dean Vardell: “Now we will bow our heads for a moment of silent
prayer. ’ ’
The little iee-lipsticks which can lie tad at i;he Bookstore for only
ten cents make fine lipstick foundations for these colder days. There
are no chapped lips when you, use them and lip^ick goes on as it should.
(How’s that for drumming up your business, Mr. Snavely).
After Salemite Editor Helen McArthur told us about Bertita
Harding’s romantic life, Mrs. Laughlin reported that there was a string
of names inches long added to the reserve list for “Farewell ‘Toinette”
at the Library.
PIERRETTES TO
GIVE PLAY
The Pierrette.^ Club wishes to
invite the students and public to
be their guests at their first play
“Far, Far, Away,” to be given
Thursday night, October IS, in the
Old Chapel, at seven o’clock.
“Far, Far, Away” is a light,
one-act play, directed by Mrs.
Bruce Williams. The cjwt of
characters includes: Elizabeth
Trotman, Jackie Ray, Lftfe' Rice,
Mary Turner Willis, Katharine
King and Sarah Harrison.
Ask Anybody
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teacher of this class?
Stude: No, sir.
Prof.; Well, then, don’t talk like
an idiot.
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