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THE SALEMITE
Friday, October 20, 1939.
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News Editor - Muriel Brietz
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Staff Assistants:— Margery McMullen
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Pat Barrow S^llie Emerson Johnsie Moore
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IT’S TIME NOW
TO STAET
Why, Susie Salemite, what tired and sleepy eyes you
have! And you move like a veteran of the Spanish-American
War. You look as if you stayed up ’til all hours last night. Oh,
you did, huh? To j)ass a “six w,eeker” today? Well, Susie, no,
sleep and studying in the wee hours of the morning aren’t go
ing to help you very much. Why don’t you try studying a little
every night and then, the night before the test, you will not
have to prop your eyes open with toothpicks and cram. Cram
ming never does do much good at any time! So come on, all
you Susies, let’s start these next six weeks off right and study
our lessons as they are assigned and leave off the midnight oil-
burning at exam time.
_M. F.
PEOCTOE
EESPECT
Salemites, we are not consistent. We elect our own rep
resentatives and have a Student Government that is really a good
self-government. Then we expect it to government everybody on
the campus — except ourselves. Our proctors are appointed to
help us, not to make us miseraible. It is their duty to keep our'
noisy neighbors subdued so that we will be able to study dur
ing study hour and sleep at night. We laugh when those neigh
bors get call-downs; but what do we do when the proctor re
minds us that we are a bit noisy ourselves. We argue back and
say, “but I wasn’t laughing; I didn’t even hear the joke.”
And when she leaves, we decide that she is a nosey, old witch
and we don’t like her anyway. If she gives us a call-down, she
is completely hopeless.
It is no disgrace to get a call-down or have to go to study hall.
Study hall is not bad at all — take our word for it because we
have found out by experience. But to quibble over a call-down
is worse than a disgrace; it is just plain poor sportsmanship.
After all, a self government is not the Proctor’s idea; it is our
own. And who knows — someday we might be the Proctor.
—P. B.
Two books which have been select
ed for preservation in the Crypt of
,Civilization at Oglethorpe Univer
sity Georgia, are Margaret Mitch
ell’s “Gone With the Wind, and
Thurman Arnold’s “The Folklore of
Capitalism.” The books will be
micro-filmed, page by page, and will
be sealed with other records when the
®rypt# is closed, to remain inviolate
until the year 8113 A. D.
NEW ARBIVAI.S AMONG THE
PERIODICALS
American Political Science Eeview
(Bi-monthly).
“General; articles, deportments of
legislative notes and reviews, fore
ign governments and politics, news
and notes, book reviews and a class
ified list of recent publications of po
litical interest.”
Classical Philology (Quarterly)
“Devoted to reasearch in tie lan
guages, literatures, history, and life
of classical antiquity.” Contains
excellent signed book reviews.
Classical Weekly
Devoted largely to reviews, par
ticularly strong in reviews of learn
ed German works. Contains also ar
ticles, notes of classroom methods,
abstracts of magazine articles.
Congressional Digest (Monthly)
“Abstracts and digests of import
ant congressional proceedings, mes
sages, supTeme court decisions and
brief lists of recent government pub
lications of general interest.” Each
number also includes a special dis
cussion of some important topic.
Educational Besearch Bulletin
(Monthly)
Published by the Bureau of Edu
cational Research, Ohio State Uni
versity, for the schools of Ohio, in
the interests of public education.
Each issue contains recommended
reading list for students of edu
cation and teachers.
Fortnightly (Monthly)
An old English publication, pro
viding, a close study of world prob
lems. Less conservative in its opin
ions than the “Contemporary Re
view.” Not simply a review of in
ternational affairs, but has strong
literary contributors. Book reviews.
Quarterly Journal of Inter-America
Belations
A timely journal, not yet a year
old, devoted exclusively to the pres
entation of facts and opinions —
geographic, political, economic, and
financial — about the Americas.
The October issue contains the
following articles:
European War and the Americas.
Stragetic Considerations in Hemi
spheric Defense.
Canada and Pan-Americanism.
An American Conscience for Amer
ica — A Brazilian view.
Primitive Merchants of Guatemala.
Haiti’s Role in the Western Hemi
sphere.
The Laguna Region — Mexico’s
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“Y”^NEWS
Miss Brona Nifong will speak on
the “Youth Crusade” on Sunday at
Vespers in the Old Chapel at 6:30
P. M. Come one, come all — it’s go
ing to be good.
Many of the Salem girls attended
the SOver Tea held at the Salem
home for the benefit of the home
last Wednesday afternoon. We all
had one grand time, and those of
you who did not attend should try
to attend the next. All of us always
have such a good time when we go
to the Salem Home that we want
you to come along and join in the
fun.
Miss Atkinson spoke in Evening
Watch last Thursday night on “Fair
Play.” We certainly did enjoy her
little talk, and we hope to hear her
soon again.
COIN FRANCAIS
—Qu’est-ce que c’est que le “Cercle
Frangaia”? — disent bien des jeunes
filles a Salem. — C’est une organiza
tion des fitudiantes de frangais, nous
le savons, mais qu’est-ce qu’elle fait,
cette organisation? —
L’histoire de ce cercle-ci remonte
k l’ann6e 1922. L’idee en est venue
i Mile. Smith, qui est i present notre
professeur des langues classiques,
mais qui, k ce temps-14 enseignait
des langues modernes. La raison
d’etre de ce cercle etait simplement
ceci: les professeurs ont pense que
les elfeves n’obtonaient pas une con-
naissance assez profonde de la lan-
gue. On a besoin, ont-ils cru, de
parler une langue pour la connaitre
ou pour la compiendre.
La difficulte, d’abord, c’etait d’agir
de sorte que les filSves s’y interes-
sassent. Quelques fitudiantes de
franjais qui se sont adonees a, la
preparation des choses interessantes,
ont concouru au succSs de 1 ’organisa
tion.
Aux sdances du cercle, il fallait que
toutes les jeunes filles se mglassent
^ la conversation. En outre, quelque
fois il y’avait des pi&ces dramatiques,
presentees j>ar des jeunes filles du
cercle. Le vingt-six fevrier, 1923,
Mme. Alderman, une femme fran-
caise a fait un discours sur les 6coles
francaises. A beaucoup de seances
on a parle des evenements actuels et
les fitudiantes ont appris des chan
sons frangaisea
Pendant quatorze ans, ce cercle
continuait a se reunir, mais en 1938
les reunions ont cesse; il n’y en
avait plus. En 1939 on I’a ramene
avee son enfant — “ le petit cercle. ”
Tous les deux desirent renouveler
I’enthousiaame d’autrefois et, par
consequent, ils commencent 4 eerie
dans ce coin toutes les semaines.
Nous avons 1’intention de trouver
des anecdotes, des histoires, des
poesie.s, et de vous les presenter pour
vous instruire aussi bien que pour
vous divertir. S’il y a quelque'
etudianto de frangais qui veut offrir
aux editeurs des renseignements ou
des avis, nous lui saurions bon gre du
secours.
« « « « «
Nous avons choisi un poeme dans
les oeuvres de M. Romain Coolus,
auteur dramatique et po6te. M.
Coolus, est un dramaturge dont les
Merits ont valu de grands succ6s. II
etait professeur de philosophie k
des lyeees provinciaux. II a publie
“Le Marquis de Carabas,’’ un eonte
rime, et un recueil de podmes, “Ex-
odes et Ballades.’ ’ Ces vers sont aJex-
andrins, des sonnets, portraits de
poStes et d’artistes, de menus table
aux de chevalet rappelant une heure,
une saison, un paysage, car M. Ro
main Coolus, avec une habiletg de
peintre caricaturiste, sait voir et
.Houligner le trait qui frappe: pofemes
narquois d’une fantaisie souriante
et parfois cependant un peu mSlan-
colique, comme I’est toujours, quand
nous feuilletons un album de souve
nirs I’^vocation des choses pass§es.”
Automme Parisien
La ville s’endort dans du gris
Comme au coeur d’une immense
perle.
Un brouillard fluide deferle
Sur le myst6re de Paris.
I^s argents s’^teignent, lassSs,
Sous une poudre violette.
Whistler eflt ravi sa palette
A fixer ces tons nuances.
C’est le miracle de I’automne
Que nul parmi nous ne s’fitonne
Des Stranges subtilitSs
Par quoi le ciel feerique achfeve
De muer en cit§ de rSve
La ville des realitfis.”
—“La Petite Hlustration”,
13 Mai, 1939.
TENTATIVE CHAPEL
PROGRAMS
Tuesday, October 31 —
Fred Bahnson and Margaret
Leinbach — Papers on the
“Old Silver’’ of SWem.
Wednesday, November 1 —
Mr. and Mrs. Jensen — Sing.
Thursday, November 2 —
Mr. Turner (St Paul’s
Episcopal C!hureh).
Friday, November 3 —
Dr. Rondthaler.
MOVIE CALENDAR
OABOLINA
Mon., Tue., Wed.
“Hollywood Cavalcade” with
Alice Faye, Don Ameche,
Stuart Erwin.
Thurs., Fri., Sat.
“The Women” with Norma
Shearer, Joan Crawford,
Rosalind Russell.
STATE
Mon., Tue.
“Torchy Playing with Dyna
mite” with Jane Wyman,
Allen Jenkins.
Wed., Thurs.
“Women in the Wind” with
Kay Francis, William Gargan
Fri., Sat.
“$1,000.00 Touchdown” with
Joe E. Brown, Martha Raye
FOBSTTH
Mon., Tue.
“Bachelor Mother” with Gin
ger Rogers, David Niven,
Charles Coburn.
Wed., Thurs.
“Young In Heart” with Janet
Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks,
Jr.
Fri., Sat.
“Tarzan Finds A Son” with
Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen
O’Sullivan, John Sheffield.
COLODIAI.
Mon., Tues.
“Union Pacific” with Barbara
Stanwyck, Joel McCrea,
Akim Tamiroff.
Wednesday
“Orphan of the Street.” ,
Thursday
“Renegade Trail” with Will
iam Boyd, George Hayes.
Fri., Sat.
“Texas Wildcats” with Tim
MeCoy.
MUSIC NOTES
MUSIC NOTES
On Saturday evening, October 28,
from 10-11:30 over WJZ, Arturo Tos
canini is to direct the N. B. C. Sym
phony Orchestra in the first concert
of a six-week Beethoven festival
during which all the composer’s nine
symphonies as well as many of his
overtures and other major orchestral
works will be played. This program
consists of:
Symphony No. 3 (Eboica) in E
Flat Major.
Symphony No. 1 in C Major.
Josef and Rosina Lhevinne, pian
ists, will be guest artists on the New
York Philharmonic-Symphony broad
cast Sunday afternoon at three
o’clock over WABC.
The program includes:
Comedy Overture on Negro
Themes Gilbert
Concerto for two pianos and
orchestra, in F. K. 242 Mozart
Two Preludes to La Traviata
Verdi
La Mer — Debussy
ACADEMY NEWS
College students who find SUnday
afternoon dating a problem will be
happy to learn that they are welcome
to walk over the Academy grounds.
The alumnae garden at the north of
the academy ig especially attractive.
Friday night, October 20, the stu
dents of Salem Academy entertained,
at a bufpet supper, the parents of the
day students and of the students
from neighboring towns and the
board of trustees. Among the guests
were Miss Lawrence and Dean and
Mrs. Vardell from the college; Mr.
and Mrs. Simmons, parents of Char
lotte Simmons, Martinsville; Va.;
Mr. and Mrs. Smith, parents of Anne
Smith, Mt. Airy, N. C.; and Mrs.
Bucker, mother of Betty Bueker,
Maplewood, N. J.
This week a set of very interest
ing silent films from the Metropolitan
Life is being shown to the academy
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