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THE SALEMITE
Friday, February 3, 1939.
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DO YOU KNOW WHAT
TODAY IS?
TODAY IS FOUNDER’S DAY AT SALEM. Do you
know why tliis day is celebrated? Febi-nary :?rd. is the original
date of the opening of Salem for the .Moravian girls in the
community in 1772. On October 31st, 1802f, South Hall was
occupied by the first boarding students, who had heard of
Salem and who wished to share the privileges of education
with the town girls . .
MANY YEARS AGO, October 31st was tiie day called
Founders' Day. The first celebrations were picnics held on
the picnic gi-ounds of the Moravian Churches at Oldtown and
Friedberg. Here the girls would go in hay wagons, loaded
down with boxes full of delicious lunches, to speud the day
as they pleased — playing games or wading in the creek .
IN MORE RECENT YEARS the Day was celebrated
by an all-day trip to Nissen Park. In the days l)efore the "World
War this was a great pleasure spot. There was a little track in
the park on which the girls rode in a little train. There was a
large rollei’ skating rink and best of all, there were motion
pictures for the girls to see — of the Charlie Chaplin variety.
The girls went out to the Park on the street cars and the whole
kitchen force went, too, carrying freezers of ice cream and
boxes of lunch to serve to the crowd.
NOW FEBRUARY 3, TODAY IS the date of the cele-
Iiration of the birthday of Salem College. This year we are
having our Annual Founders’ Day Banquet with the trustees
and faculty as our guests. The Seniors are invited later to
the Old Chapel where a musical program in the old style will
be presented by alumnae who studied music at Salem in years
past .
THERE IS ENTERTAINMENT available on the camptis.
Let’s all forget our troubles and try to recapture tonight some
of the carefree spirit of celebration which our mothers and
gi'andmothers felt on this day commemorating a mile stone in
the history of Salem!
The Drake TTniversity student
newspaper is having a lot of fun
with its new “Foundation for Ab
sent-Minded Professors.” Qualifica
tions for membership are something
like this one pulled by Drake profes
sor: He lectured for one hour to
his senior domestic relations class on
"evidence,” a junior class subject!
Akron University students have a
new rating for their professor —
li. p. h. (harumphs per hour). They
have given their leather medal to
Prof. Ross Stagner, for his record of
107 h. p. h. and 16 sniffs in one one-
hour lecture.
AT RANDOM
ON MODERN POETRY
I like this poetry modern;
I do not have to care a dern
About the rhyme.
For I can write in any style
And change it every little while,
And when the going gets too rough,
T set down any old stuff —
Like this:
The robin stood in the wet grass
He could not sit
Because
He did not weai' waterproof pants.
He was looking for
A lucious, wiggley worm
That spent his days in
Deep thought and silence.
The worm would not come out
Because
He knew his head
Was safer underground
And he did not want his neck
Stretched.
And thus the modern poem goes
It’s really somewhat feeble pi-ose!
By
Bertram 0. IVfoody.
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Music News
RADIO PROGRAMS
Saturday afternoon, l:i55 —- 5:15 —
Metropolitan Opera Company pre
sents Verdi’s Aida, with Norman
Cordon, Bruna Castagna,, Zinka Mi-
lanov and others.
Saturday night, 10:00-11:30 ■—
N. B. C. Symphony Concert with
Arturo Toscannini, conductor.
The program is as follows;
Symphony in D Major (K. 504)
Mozart
Fountains of Rome Respighi
“Enigma” Variations, Opiis 36
Elgar
CAMPUS FABLE:
Once upon a time a beautiful
voung girl entered a co educational
institution with no other purpose
than to enrich her life intellectually
and socially as much as possible. She
joined a club in which she was gen-
uinel.v interested and did every
thing in her power to uphold its tra-
ditions. She gave just as much time
to social activities as she could
safely .spare from her studies, and
no more. She went to all the games
and yelled her head off for the team,
but didn’t even think of losing her
heart to the current hero. She ol)eyed
all of Hie dormitory rules cheerfully
and looked upon the house dean as
II human being and her friend. She
never made eyea at the handsome
young history prof, and did not take
it as a personal affront when ho
gave her an E on the monthly quizz.
She was gay and vivacious without
being obtrusive and alwaj's let Him
do tlie talking. Xaturally enough,
she was seldom without a date, but
on rare occasions when such was so,
she did not feel herself grossl.v
abused and drown her roomie witli
her tears. She didn’t sulk when the
vote for Campus Queen went against
her, and never once entertained a
suspicion that tliere had been a Mis
take. And everyl)ody liked her. She
was never, never accused of being
goody-goody or altogether TOO
smooth or just a little bit on the up
pish side. The homelier and less
popular girls never resented her pre
cedence, for they felt she deserved
all that came to her.
What? Well, reuienilier I said this
was a fable.
—Brevard College Clarion.
WHY I NEVER JOINED A
SORORITY
1. I wanted to think for myself and
not be led around by a bunch of
sister.
2. T never went in for w'omen’s or
ganizations at home.
3. r didn’t w'ant a bunch of fra
ternity boys calling on me at
night.
4. I never danced with a man in my
life and didn’t want to start.
5. I didn’t like the idea of room
ing witli one girl for a whole
semester.
1 didn’t look well in sleeveless,
low-cut gowns.
'. I am a male.
—Exchange.
CHAPEL PREVIEW
Tuesday, February 7 —
Mrs. W. A. Blair.
Wednesday, February 8 —
Dr. G. Ray Jordan.
Thursday, February 9 —
Girl Scouts Counsellor.
Friday, February 10 —
Dr. Rondthaler.
Sunday Afternoon, 3:00-5:0.0 —
New York Philharmonic-Symphony
with Georges Enesco, conductor.
Program as follows:
Symphony No. 39 in E flat
(K. 543) Mozart
Suite from Ballet, “Casanova”
Deems Taylor
Prelude to “The Afternoon of a
Faun ” l)el)ussy
Chef an Lautari Dino Lipatti
Symphony No. 1 and B flat
Enesco
OPEN FORUM
Our speaker at Vesper.'i, Sunday
night, will be Bill Ilowk, from the
Voung People’s Department of the
Centenary Methodist Church. Fran
ces VVatlington will be in charge of
music for the service. Everybody is
invited — it’s to be in the Old
Chapel as usual at (i:30.
UBRARY RECEIVES
BIRTHDAY GIFTS
The libiary has received several
interesting books as birthday gifts.
Perhaps the best known is Margaret
Ilal.sey’s biting but jolly diary,
“With ^Malice Toward Some.” The
publishers of the book urge that the
“Some” bo emphasized for the au
thor picks her quarrels only with
individuals and often vents her hum
or at her own expen.se.
A beautiful gift is “Botticelli”
presented by mother and daughter,
Mrs. Edwin Overman and Mrs. Owen
Norvell both alumnae of the col
lege. The volume i.s an introduction
to Botticelli, and early Renaissance
painter and its illustration are large
prints of his best' work.
Jliss Atkinson gave the book,
“Riding” l)y Benjamin Lewis, guar
anteed with a little extra practice
under her tutelage to teach one to
ride correctly. It is the most popu
lar book ever written on the subject
and will be quite useulf to Salem’s
would-be horsewomen.
“This Was Home” by Mrs. Hope
Summerell Chamberlain in another
of our gift volumes. The book is
a chronicle of the piedmont section
of North Carolina, centering around
Salisbury. It presents a view of the
south and its struggles that is not
depicted in so-called Southern liter
ature, but that is just as typical.
Another gift is Bussel Crouse’s
“Mr. Currier and Mr. Ive.s.” These
two men are famous for their prints
of the costumes and customs of 19th
Century America. The book, of
course, is filled with these prints
which are commented upon in lively
style by Mr. Crouse. It will be just
the book to spend an hour with on
a rainy afternoon in the Browsing
Room.
DEFINITIONS
Honesty: Fear of being caught.
Good-sport: One who will always
let j'ou have your own ivay.
Moron: One who is content with
a serene mind.
Pessimist; One who sees things as
they are.
Coach: Fellow who will gladly
lay down your life for the school.
Conscience: The voice that tells
you not to do something after you
have done it.
—Urchin.
Editor’s Note;—The following ar
ticle w'as submitted for publica
tion by one student. However, it
deals with a problem of interest
to many on the campus. The
Salemite will be glad to print any
other signed opinions on this sub
ject, or on any other campus
question.
fu a college as advanced as Salem
is reputed to be, it is extremely dif
ficult to ' understand the mid-Vic
torian and unsympathetic attitude
toward .smoking on the part of its
inmates. It is true that this is a
problem which directly concerns
only a small number of the affiliates
of the college; yet we, as student.^,
like to feel that the directors, fac-
ult.v, and trustees have an under
standing of our affairs and an inter
est in our happiness, even though
the matter does not personhlly affect
them.
Of the large number of girls W'ho
smoke, very few, if any, are satisfied
with the arrangements to which they
are required to conform. Because
the Green Room is open so small a
part of the day, we go down during
the available hours, often interrupt
ing our studying, and consume sever
al more cigarettes than we would
probably otherwise care for; we
know that we will not have the op
portunity later.
The idea of having definite hours
set apart is basically poor. It would
be unthinkable to designate certain
hour* in which to drink water; it is
universally realized that the sensible
way to satiate thirst is by taking a
drink immediately, not two hours
later. Yet the smoker, to w'hom the
desire for a cigarette is as natural
as the desire for water, is forced to
wait until an appointed time. At
night, when the average person most
enjoys the relaxation of smoking, we
at Salem are forbidden it entirely.
Some mention has been made of
the necessity of the opportunity for
cleaning the green room. We have
no objection to having this go on
while w() are there, and will hardly
complain of a small amount of extra
debris. A more sympathetic ar
rangement would probably give us
an incentive for keeping it neater
of our own accord.
Also, we have heard of the fear
of our “loafing” in the smoking
room. Evidently it is not realized
that under the existing conditions
w'e w’aste niuch more time than we
otherwise would, as we are motiva
ted by a (}esire to make the most of
the little privilege we have.
W'e should be loath to think that
individual prejudice would be allow
ed to stand in the w'ay of the de
sires of so large a number of the
student body; on the contrary, it
is because we believe in the fairness
and understanding of our officials
that wo'“make'' thiriippearfor^ffe
abolition of smoking room hours.
—Lenny Betscher.