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THE SALEM ITE
Friday, March 3, 1939.
Published Weekly By The
Student Body of
Salem College
Member
Southern Inter-Collegiate
Press Association
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Hditor-In-Chief Helen McArthur
Associate Editor Alice Horsfleld
EDITORIAL DBPAETMENT
N'cws Editor Mary Thomas
Junior Editor - Sara Harrison
Sports Editor - Emma Brown Grantham
Musie Editor , Helen
Staff Assistants:—
Betty Sanford Leila Johnston
Sue Forrest Mary Adams
Margaret Holbrook Edith Horsfield
Mildred Minter Madeleine Hayes
Katherine Snead Sara Burrell
Hannah Teichman Lee Eice
Muriel Brietz Katherine King
Melba Mackie Eunice Patton
Reece Thomas Geraldine Baynes
FEATURE DEPARTMENT
Feature Editor Mary Lee Salley
Staff Assistants:—
Tillie Hines Frankie Tyson
Nancy Suiter Mary Davenport
Lena Winston Morris Lyell Glenn
Kate Pratt Peggy Rogers
Frances Angelo Forest Mosby
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT
Business Manager Edith McLean
Assistant Business Manager Bill Fulton
Advertising Manager Virginia Breakell
Exchange and Circulation Manager Grace Gillespie
ADVERTISING STAFF
Carol Cherry Margaret Patterson
Louisa Sloan Pat Barrow
Jane Kirk Avalon Early
Jane Davis Billy Hanes
Patty McNeely Betsy Hobby
Ruth Yancey Dorothy Sisk
Virginia Taylor
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CONCENTRATION
Concentration as defined in Webster’s dictionary is
“close mental application or exclusive attention.” In college
vsrork this quality is to be desired most earnestly for without
it adequate study is impossible.
Concentration may mean the difference between an A
grade and a D now. Later in life it may determine your so-
■cial standing or your position in the business world.
By making a conscious effort we are all able to really
concentrate on our various and sundry tasks — whether ath
letics, studies, or socal activities. Close mental application and
exclusive attention can carry, us far.
—M. M.
YOU
It really is awfully hard to write an editorial, because if
we say “You should always be a good little girl and never do
anything you shouldn’t,” it puts you in the class of grammar
school girls and puts us in the role of old maid aunts. Then,
too, if we say “Get your lessons today — tomorrow may be
too late,” you say that we are nice ones to talk, and rightly
so. (It was a good suggestion anyway!)
The trouble with all of us is that we all know what we
should do and really don’t need anyone to remind us, we say.
We’ve been reminded so often now that the expressions seem
a little trite.
The very best way of improving thoughts and actions
and habits is to come to realize the need for that improvement
ourselves. All the didactic writing ever written won’t help
if the desire to do those things isn’t ’way down inside us some
where. The things we write about could be the things you
don’t need to be written to about. You are probably ’way
above average when it comes to studying (and that’s good
enough for most people!), and you are probably a “good”
girl at least (good enough, anyway!). We might be able to
wiite all day and still not touch upon the little details that
concern you and that could perhaps be improved. You know
them — we don’t. And it is your business to know them, not
necessarily ours.
So the very best advice possible would be that you recite
to yourself the little analysis you work out all for you.
—K. K.
IT WAS NOT A GIEL _
IT WAS THE PEINTEE
“The Salemite looks unusually good for some reason,
doesn’t it?”
“It looks different this week. What’s happened?”
“Look at the printing — the headlines! Oh, I like that.”
These and similar comments were heard Saturday morn-
AT C A.N D0/H
MARCH
The cock is crowing,
The stream is flowing,
The small birds twitter,
The lake doth glitter,
The green field sleeps in the sun;
The oldest and youngest
Are at work with the strongest;
The cattle are grazing,
Their heads never raising;
There are forty feeding like one!
Like an army defeated
The snow hath retreated,
And now doth fare ill
On the top of the l)are hill;
The i^lowboy is whooping — anon-anon
There’s joy on the mountains;
There’s life in the fountains;
Small clouds are sailing,
Blue sky prevailing;
The rain is over and gone.
\v Ilham Wordsworth,
Household Book of Poetry.
Question of the Week
The ‘ ‘Salemite’s’
for
question
this Vi^eek is one that pertains to a
subject we have been hearing about
often lately—basketball. The ques
tion is, ‘ ‘ Do you think Salem ought
to play inter-collegiate ball?”
Eleanor Hutchison says no to this
question, because intercollegiate ball
might result in j>utting too much em
phasis on sports. The tri]>s to other
schools require so much time that
the players’ lessons might suffer.
Also, interscholastic ball takes a lot
out of a player in the way of nerv
ous energy, and sometimes makes
the players nervous.
Ann .Tohnson and Caroline Pfohl
agree that interscholastic ball is too
expensive for a school of this size.
It would be almost imperative to
have a varsity basketball coach in
addition to the physical education
director, because the latter would
hardly have the time to devote to
both the classes and the intercolleg
iate games.
The sophomore wildcat, Sallie Em
erson, thinks that intercollegiate
ball tends to put the emphasis on the
question of winning, and under-em-
phasizes the skill in playing, or the
fun derived from friendly compe
tition between classes with girls that
you know.
Geraldine Baynes likes intra
mural games because a larger group
of girls can play, rather than the
chosen few who make up the varsity.
Then, too, she feels that Salem is
almost too small to compete fairly
with the larger schools.
Now to get the other side of the
question. Jane Kirk thinks that in-
terscholastic games would be an ex
cellent idea if the inter-class games
were continued. She feels that a
good basketball or hockey team
would help advertise Salem, and
would give the players a chance to
meet girls from other schools. She
thinks that basketball and hockey
should be the only sports here at
Salem to be played with other
schools, Jane feels that inter-col
legiate contests teach better sports
manship, because the girls are fight
ing for the entire school, rather than
for one particular class. This helps
to build up school spirit.
BIRTHDAYS
March 4 to 1 0
March 4 —
Eleanor Betscher
Louisa Sloan
March 5 —
Anne Pritchett
Jackie Ray
March 6 —
Mildred Hutcherson
March 8 —
Elizabeth Tuten
OUTDOOR STATUE
This beautiful marble statue of a
woman holding a vessel and cup in
her hands has just recently been
placed out of doors in the court gar
den of Salem College. The statue
was given to the college in 1909 by
the Beta chapter of the Alpha Delta
Phi Sorority and before this year
was in the campus living room of
Alice Clewell building. At night the
lights of the little court yard where
the statue is i)lacey, focus on the
figure, to make it even more beauti
ful.
ing in South Hall when the “Salemites” were distributed. The
same things were probably said over in the dormitories, because
the “Salemite” is different now. The new types make the head
lines much more attractive, much more easily read than the
old ones did. They give the paper a gayer, more interesting
appearance. In short, they make it look more like a college
weekly.
We therefore congratulate the girl whose idea it was
to introduce the variety of printing. May her ideas continue
to prosper!
—S. B.
I Music News
RADIO NEWS
Saturday:
WEAF, 1:55 —
Verdi’s “II Trovatore.”
WJZ, 10:00:
Hans Wilhelm Steinberg con
ducts the NBC Symphony in:
Symphony No. 4 Bruckner
Fireworks Stravinsky
Sorceror’s Apprentice .... Dukas
“Emperor” Waltz Strauss
Sunday:
WABC, 3:00 —
N. Y. Philharmonic, with .loseph
Kritzer as violin soloist, in:
Overture to “Kosamunde. ”
Schubert
Symphony No. 3 Brahms
“Poeme” Chausson
Fzigare Eavel
Polka and Fugue, from
“Schwarda” Weinberger
MUSIC HOUR
A children’s recital was held at 4
o’clock Thursday afternoon in Me
morial Hall. The performers were
pupils of the normal training de
partment and these talented young
sters played piano, violin and cello
pieces.
. The Social Service Committee of
the y. W. C. A. will give their
monthly program at the Salem Home
next Week.
T’^pNews
We are very glad to announce that
our speaker far Vespers Sunday eve
ning will be that popular young Win
ston-Salem lawyer, Winfield Black-
well. We feel sure that he will have
something interesting to tell us, and
we hope that as many people as pos
sible will be there. There will be
special music by the music commit
tee. Eemember the time — 6:30
P. M. The place — the Old Chapel.
L R. S. Sponsors
Chinese Checker
Tournament
Contest To Be Held
Wednesday Night
The I. B. S, is sponsoring a Chi
nese Checker Tournament Wednes
day night at 7 o’clock in the Rec
reation Room of Louisa Bitting
Building. Tickets can be bought
from members of the I. R.. S. Coun
cil.
Four people will play at a board,
and points will be added at the end
of each game. The girl having the
highest jiumber of points at the end
of the contest will win a prize.
Refreshments will be served, and
it is urged that everyone be there
promptly at 7 o’clock.
MISS READ
TO GIVE RECITAL
IN DANVILLE
On Wednesday afternoon, March
16, at 4 o’clock. Miss Hazel Horton
Road will give a recital before the
Wednesday Club, in Danville, Vir
ginia. Virginia Thompson is to ac
company her.
CHAPEL PREVIEWS
Tuesday, March 9—
Music Composition Class.
Wednesday, March 10 —
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jenson,
Songs.
Thursday, March 11 —
Miss Lawrence — “The Con
ference of American Asso
ciation of Deans.”
Friday, March 12 — ,
Dr. Rondthaler.