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THE SALEMITE
Friday, March 10, 1939.
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IS YOUR SCHOOL
LIFE BALANCED?
Yesterday we heard two students discussing the question
of whether it is worthwhile to make good grades, if one must
spend all her time studying in order to do so. Is the honor
roll great enough reward for “All work and no play”?
What do you think? Did you come to college purely
for the sake of learning ? Did you come to play basketball and
try to make varsity? Or did you come just to play and have
a good time, to dance and go to the movies?
We hope you didn’t come for any one of these reasons
alone, because the girl who Jis to be most admired is not the
bookworm, who considers college primarily and only an institute
of learning; not the athlete, who makes passing grades only
in Physical Education; not the frivolous girl who considers
college a gala houseparty and spends most of her time at bull
sessions; but that all-around girl, the one who works hard and
plays a lot, who makes good grades and yet has a good time
and enters into extra-curricula activities.
—M. A.
THANKS FOR THOSE
TWENTY MINUTES!
Never before have Salem College girls been able to enjoy
a privilege which has recently been given them. On March first,
the Green Room was opened for twenty minutes at ten o’clock
—- on the condition that every one taking advantage of this op
portunity be dressed presentably. Habitual smokers nearly al
ways like a cigarette between dinner and bed time; this new
smoking period breaks the study hours very opportunely.
We’re sure the Salem girls who smoke appreciate what
has been done in this matter. All in our power will be done
to co-operate with the officiating body in control
--M. B.
OUR ATHLETIC SEASON
IS NOT OVER
AT CANIDOM
OH, TALK NOT TO ME OF A NAME GREAT
IN STORY
Oh, talk not to me of a name great in story;
The days of our youth are the days of our glory;
And the myrtle and ivy of sweet two-and-twenty.
Are worth all your laurels, though ever so plenty.
What are garlonds and crowns to the brow that is
wrinkled ?
’Tis but as a dead-flower with May-dew besprinkled,
Then away with all such from the head that is hoary!
What care I for the wreaths that can only give glory ?
Oh Fame! — if I e ’er took delight in thy praise,
’Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases,
Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover,
She thought that I was not unworthy to love her.
There chiefly I sought thee, there only I found thee;
Her glance was the best of the rays that surround thee;
W’’hen it sparkled o’er aught that was bright in my
story,
I knew it was love, and I felt it was glory.
—Lord Byron.
Apparently Salem girls think that the athletic year ends
with the basketball banquet. After the games stop, we don’t
seem to think it necessary to go to practice. Contrary to gen
eral opinion, the athletic program continues until the end of the
school year, and the spring sports are just as important as the
fall and winter ones. Everybody has been enthusiastic over the
basketball season which, by the way, has not been completed.
The second teams are in the midst of a tournament which prom
ises as much excitement as the one we have just ended, and the
winner of this tournament will receive a cup. Immediately
after we close the basketball season, we are going to begin our
spring sports: volleyball, baseball, tennis, and a new one, bad
minton. Let’s change our minor sports into major ones
—G. B.
Question of the Week
This week the Salemite’s question-
of-the-week is, “Which would you
rather have — a few large formal
dances or many smaller ones?” To
this question everyone who was in
terviewed had the same answer, al
though usually for different reasons.
Pfiggy Rogers says that she pre
fers the large dances that come few
and far between, because a succes
sion of small ones would become
monotonous and uninteresting. Also,
she thinks that the boys would rath
er come to those that they know will
be good, rather than take a chance
on a small dance.
Mary Davenport adds that she
thinks the girls, in addition to the
boys, look forward to coming to the
larger affairs. Kelly Ann Smith
says that more boys will come to the
better ones, and in this way we
can get all the cute men together at
one time. Moreover, the thought of
some big event that everyone’s look
ing forward to ‘ ‘ keeps your optimism
working,” says Kelly.
Frances Kluttz favors the few
large dances, but would like to see
more informals between the big
ones to break the monotony. Martha
Rawlings, a day student, swings
along with the rest in preferring the
big affairs.
Ann Harman, from the Sophomore
angle, says that people don’t take
as much interest in the small dances,
and that she likes to dress up for
the big ones. She says that she
would like to have a boy-break
dance ati Salem.
Ruth Burton, a Freshman, likes
real good “rushy” ones, and she,
too, would like to have a boy-break
dance.
Jane Spruill, another Freshman,
agrees that out-of-town boys are
much more likely to come to a big
get-together. Also more girls would
come because there would be more
boys, an orchestra, and a chance to
dress up. Jane is another one who
wants an occasional boy-break dance
here. She says that at St. Mary’s,
where she went last year, they have
wonderful boy-break dances.”
There each girl asked one chief date
in addition to three others to swell
the stag line. The school also had
a list of boys who were asked to
come as stags. She says that these
dances went over in a big way and
weren’t the least bit sticky.
According to these opinions, it
seems that nearly everybody is sat
isfied with the number and type of
dnaees at Salem.
STERLING SILVER
PRIZES OFFERED BY
REED & BARTON
Contest Open To All
Salem Girls
The most difficult things to con
ceal: Love, poverty and stupidity.
Here Nor There: Headline in a
fraternity magazine over its birth,
marriage and death column; Hatched
—Matched—Dispatched.
On another page in this issue there
is an announcement of an absolutely
unique contest which is to be con
fined to a limited number of leading
women’s colleges in the United
States. The contest is sponsored by
Reed & Barton, one of the finest and
oldest silversmiths in the country,
and makers of such well-known sterl
ing silver patterns as Francis First,
Pointed Antique,' Cotillion, Nancy
Lee, Hawthorn and a score of others.
The major prize consists of a hun
dred-piece service of lovely sterling
silver in the Reed and Barton pat
tern of the winner’s choice, together
with a beautiful Sheraton silver and
linen cabinet of genuine mahogany.
In addition, there is a special prize
for the. best entry from each col
lege, a boxed set of eight sterling
Harlequin Coffee Spoons with gold-
plated bowls and exquisitely sculp
tured handles, each representing a
different flower.
To enter the contest, it is neces
sary only to study various silver
patterns and choose the one that you
would prefer for your own use. Reed
& Barton have selected ten of their
loveliest and most popular designs
and are asking you to choose your
favorite from them and tell why in
a simple paragraph of not more than
fifty words. There’s nothing to buy,
nothing to do except spend a fey
minutes in the delightful pastime of
picking the pattern you like best.
Then put your name at the top of
a sheet of paper and under this write
the name of your college and your
home address. Follow this with a
sentence or two (as few words as you
wish, but not over fifty at the most),
telling in your own way the reasons
for your choice. Mail it before mid-
•light, April, 1939, to Reed and Bar
ton, Contest Manager, Taunton,
Mass. That’s all there is to it.
Here are the ten Reed and Bar
ton patterns from which your selec
tion is to be made: Cotillion, Old
English Antique, Hawthorn, Jubilee,
Francis Krst, Colonial Classic, Point
ed Antique, Heppelwhite, Yorktown
and Nancy Lee. You will find them
illustrated in the Reed and Barton
advertisement and on posters at the
college. You may also examine them
personally at one of the fine jewelry
stores where Reed and Barton silver
is sold, although this is not a re
quirement.
The earlier your entry is mailed,
the better. In any event, it must be
postmarked before midnight of April
21. Someone at Salem is going to win
a beautiful set of Harlequin Coffee
Spoons — unless that “someone” is
awarded the gorgeous 100-piece sil
ver service. Better make your se
lection and write your reasons at
once.
L
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Music News j
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 over
WAIR another broadcast by Salem
music students will be given. The
program consists of Schubert’s “Im
promptu in B Flat Major ” played by
Miss Margaret Vardell, pianist; and
two Cecil Burleigh violin solos, “At
Sunset” and ^^From a Wigwam,”
played by Miss Katherine Snead. Of
special interest is the performance
of ‘ ‘ Tonite,’ ’ an original composition
by Miss Catherin Brandon, who is
a senior in the music department at
Salem. This piece will be sung by
Miss Kathryn Swain, Soprano.
MISS READ TO PLAY
IN DANVILLE
Miss Hazel Read is to appear be
fore the Wednesday Club in a recital
on Wednesday, March 15. The pro
gram is as follows:
Adagio Religiose, Nieu Temps.
Hungarian Dance, No. 7, Brahms
Pantomime pg p^lla
Hora Staccato, Dinique-Hiefetz
Miss Read
Etude in F Minor Chopin
Goldfish Debussy
Miss Virginia Thompson
Symphonic Espagnol Lalo
At Sunset Burleigh
To the Warrior Burleigh
From a Wigwam Burleigh
The Avalanche Burleigh
Sunday night at Vespers we 'will
have the pleasure of hearing a na
tive of Persia tell us something about
the customs and habits of his coun
try. He is Mr. Badal of the Per
sian Rug Company here in Winston-
Salem. We are all anxious to hear
what Mr. Badal has to tell us, and
we are sure that it will be of in
terest.
The time is 6:30 and the place is
the Old Chapel. Everybody is in
vited.
BIRTHDAYS
March 11-17
March 11 —
Margaret McGehee
Kate Pratt
March 12 —
Miriam Sams
Ruth Templeman
March 13 —
Elizabeth Sartin
Mary Alice King
March 17 —
Carrie Donnell
Pat Mitchell
Mary Turner Willis,, one of our
practice teachers, was in a “down”
mood on one of “those” rainy days
that we had recently when she
scribbled this in her English comp,
notebook:
LIFE IS FUTILE
The air has made me morbid
The rain has made me sad,
It’ll take a month of sun-days
To ever make me glad.
My forty brats are tired of it,
They wiggle and squirm and ’
play;
They can’t sit still a minute.
Or listen to what I say.
I think I’ll give up fractions
And take up Noah’s Ark
At least the weather is suitable,
Although the outlook dark.
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