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VOL. XX. WINSTON-SALEM. N. C., FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 24, 1939. Number 10
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Interesting Plans Of
Home Ec-ers
At the November meeting of the
Home Economies Qiib, Patty Mc-
Neely and Kathryn Cole were elect
ed as delegates to the meeting of
North Carolina Student’s Home Eco-
nomics Clubs at Queens-Chieora Col
lege in Charlotte on November 2-lth
and 25th.
Elizabeth Norfleet, president of
the Salem Home Economies Club,
is also attending the convention.
Elizabetli is a member of the North
Carolina Students Home Economics
Club’s committee for drawing up a
constitution and making the organi
zation motto and song. She has
composed a song to be submitted at
the meeting this week-end. We are
looking forward to some interesting
reports from the girls upon their
return.
The club decided to nave as its
project this year the sponsoring of
the Fashion Show, and making of
the May Day costumes. Also, the
basement room of the Home Ec.
house is to be made into a recrea
tion room.
WEATHER DELAYS
TWO FINAL GAMES
Due to the weather, hockey play
ers arc having a vacation. Two
class games remain to be played, but
they can not be played until - the
rain, snow etc., stops and the ground
dries. The two games which are to
be played are: Senior vs. Freshman
and S’ophomore vs .Junior. Since the
Sophomores and Juniors have both
won two games their clash should be
the most interesting of the season.
The games should be played this
week, for the hockey season closes
with a banquet at the first of next
week.
State College Students Lose
Total of 52 Lbs. On
Nazi Diet
Raleigh—Twenty - four members
of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at
N. C. State College lost 52 pounds
during a four-day period of dieting
on a “German war diet.”
The collegians recently finished
the test, and physical examinations
showed that three students actually
gained slightly on the special diet
while others lost weight, some^ as
much as five pounds.
A steak dinner was the menu as
a reward to the 24 for living on
watery coffee, very limited rations
of meats, very unusual combinations
of vegetables, much spinach and
many potatoes.
The menus were based on stories
written from Berlin by Louis P.
Lochner, chief of bureau of the
Associated Press.
A typical breakfast for the 24
consisted of: Bread in ordinary
amounts, 13.2 ounces of jam, six
quarts of skimmed milk, 7.2 ounces
of ground coffee. A luncheon menu
called for: 48 ounces of grapefruit
juice, 84 ounces of pork sausage,
buttered spinach (without eggs), and
potatoes mashed with water. At
night they ate luncheon left-overs
plus peach cobbler. Three pounds
of sugar were allowed per day for
everything.
German Club
Molds Meeting
This evening, November 24, “Der
Deutsche Verein” met in the recrea
tion room of Louisa Bitting Build
ing. The meeting began with the
presentation of the ‘'Dinglehoofer
Murder Mystery” in German. The
characters included Alice Purcell as
Dinglehoofer, who was murdered;
Babbie Carr as the murderer; Marga
ret Vardell as the chief detective;
Elizabeth Tuten as a.ssietant detec
tive; and Jennie Linn as the maid.
Sara Harrison led the members in
singing a popular song she learned
in Germany last summer. Aft.er a
cross-word puzzle contest, Mrs. Cur-
lee taught the group some German
folk-dances which were very inter
esting and enjoyable. Plans are now
being made for the club’s annuaJ
Christmas party to which everyone
looks forward.
Warettes
CHA£L£S BOYIIK UKELY TO B£
SENT TO U. S.
Paris — Charles Boyer, the movie
actor, now stationed with the army
of the center in Southwestern France,
probably will ,be recalled to Paris to
undertake a propaganda mission to
the United States, it was reported
reliably this week.
LESLTE HOWARD ‘A UTTUB
BETTER’
London — Leslie Howard, British
stage and screen star, was reported
“a little better” following a black
out automobile accident this week in
which hie jaw was fractured, three
front teeth broken and his forehead
and chest injured.
(Continued on Page Two)
Two Essay Contest
Open To Salemites
There arc posted on the bulletin
board outside the dining room two
announcements of essay contests in
which you Salemites are eligible to
enter. If you are interested in do
ing some useful thinking and writ
ing before Christmas, look at the
rules and get to work.
One contest (it closes Dee. 4) is
sponsored by America’s Town Hall
Meeting of the Air (N. B. C.). The
paper is to be on the subject “What
Does American Democracy Mean to
Mef” The other contest, sponsored
by the North Georgia Review of
Clayton, Ga., clo^s on Dec. 15. The
subject of its problem is “How Can
We Achieve a Real Democracy in
the South!”
Jrs. Down Sophs. 2-1
The first game in the championship
fight between the sophomores and the
juniors was played Thursday after
noon with the Juniors winning 2-1.
The game was battled on fairly
even terms, the score at tie half be
ing 1 all. Forrest and McGehee
scored for the juniors, and Bralower
for the Sophomores. ,
The line-up was as follows:
Juniors , Sophomores
Pos.
MeCoy
L. W.
Hutchison
Lanning
L. I.
. Springer
McGehee
C. F.
. Bralower
Forrest -
B. I.
Patterson
B. W.
Early
L. H.
Glenn
L . F.
Emerson . ...
C. H.
Johnston
Tyson —
B. F.
. Barbour
Campbell . ...
B. H.
Herrman
Sartin
Buth Thomas
G.
Substitutes
Juniors —
Dobbins,
Johnson, McNeely, Schnedl.
Sophomores
— Johnson.
Salem Students
Asked To Participate
In Peace Drive
In expanded chapel Wednesday
morning the problem of a “Citizen’s
stand in the present war situation”
was presented by Mr. Agnew Bahn-
son, Jr., Winston-Salem. Mr. Bahn-
son, representing the large group of
young citizens who are thinking
seriously and sanely about America's
position today, made clear to his
audience the duty of all American
citizens to stand firm against the
possibility of endangering our coun
try’s democracy and her people’s
safety. We should look at the situa
tion with open, unprejudiced eyes,
seeking to find the patriotic, Chris
tian approach to a problem that may
break into disaster tomorrow, next
week, next month.
Mr. Bahnson then read a statement
compiled by a group of young men
in Winston-Salem. In each Salemite
this week is enclosed a copy of this
“statement from American Citi
zens.” They are put there for each
student’s earnest sincere considera
tion and are left to Salpm students
with the following word:
When the European War broke
out in September, it was rather dis
couraging, the number of people who
said, “We will get in sure if it lasts
long enough.” This fatalistic at
titude would most certainly have
been considered ridiculous by a
traveler from a dictator country. lie
would have said, “You have de
mocracy in America, don’t you? Isn’t
democracy a form of government
where the opinion of the majority
rules? Apparently everyone in your
country wants to stay out of Eur
ope ’s war this time. Why is it that
you say you must get in?”
If a foreigner should say that to
you, it might make you realize that
the only reason we will get into the
European war is because none of us'
are taking advantage of the rights
or acknowledging the duty that de
mocracy affords us. Most of us are
living under the tyrannous dictator
ship of Public Opinion. We are
afraid to think our own thoughts and
speak our mind.
Perhaps such a realization would
stimulate you to ask, “Why does
n’t somebody do something about
it?” The answer to that one is,
“Why don’t you do something
about it?” And you’ll answer, “I
would if I could, but what can I
do?”,
There is one thing that we as
American Citizens can and should
do: we should try to decide what is
the best course of action for America
in the present war, and we should
tell our congressmen about it. If
every American citizen would do
this, I can assure you that our coun
try would not get into the war. 'The
vast majority of the people would
come to the conclusion, expressed by
Senator Bailey when he said. ‘ ‘ There
is no moral or economic justification
for getting this country into the
war. There is nothing at stake in
Europe worth fighting for.”
,Most of US do not have the time or
opportunity to consider the facts in-
Choral Ensemble To
Give Evening Recital
Tuesday evening, November 28, at
8:30 o’clock there will be presented
in Memorial Hall the first evening
recital of the year. At this time,
students from the music department
will seek to please their audience in
that manner- best suited to their in
dividual talent. Therefore, one is
able to arrive at this conclusion:
“The public is cordially invited.”
Yes indeed, an audience is an integ
ral part of an evening recital. Also,
one might add — in a stage whisper,
of course. “There is no admission
charge.” Will wonders never cease
— an evening’s entertainment of the
best music by the masters them
selves, and rendered by promising
young artists and all of Salem Col
lege, Academy, and out-in-town
friends — “Cordially invited to at
tend.”
But seriously — there has been
planned a most interesting program.
Of j>erhaps paramount interest is the
fact that the Salem College Choral
Ensemble will make its first public
appearance. The 54 members of the
ensemble will be dressd in their long
and very beautiful white satin robes
and wo trust, will look like the ang
els themselves. Mr. Bair, the direc
tor, has announced that the ensemble
will sing two very interesting selec
tions “O Follow On.” by Janequin
and “When Shall My Wretched
Life,” by Wilbye. Indeed this inia-
tial performance of the choral group
promises to prove most enjoyable.
So — let’s all put on — if not our
best — our second best “gunday-
go-to-meeting’ ’ > frocks and be there
to enjoy and applaud each number
of this very interesting program.
volved in the European war and to
form an intelligent conclusion about
the attitude America should take.
But most of us could take the time
to consider a statement which had
already been worked out recommend
ing America’s policy regarding this
war. S\ich a statement was deliv
ered to you in the Salemite this
evening. We feel that it is the least
you can do as an American| Citizen
to seriously consider the sentiment
of this statement and to return the
statement with your comments to the
girl who is to collect it at 10 o’clock
tonight.
If you agree with all of the senti
ment expressed in the statement, just
sign your name and room number at
the bottom of the sheet. If you dis
agree with some parts of the state
ment, please write your comments on
the margin of the sheet and then
return it.
This is more than just a straw
vote as to how Salem students feel
about the war. It is an endeavor
to stimulate you to think seriously
about the matter.
After Congress convenes in Janu
ary, we may distribute another sim
ilar statement and request those of
you who can agree with it, to sign
three copies and send them to your
Congressional representatives. Our
sphere of influence may not be large
as individuals, but at least we can
make this gesture for the peace of
our country.