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THE SALEMITE
Friday, April 4, 1941.
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Dear Editor:
I have been at Salem several
years now and although ‘ ‘ the situa
tion” always seems to be pretty
much the same, I had never heard
so much said about it until this
year and in this year's Salemlte.
I don’t know whether people have
previously been afraid to say any
thing about what they thought or
whether they just hadn’t thought.
Eegardless of what the case used to
bo, however, Salem students should
see to it that this new spirit, this
new life, will not die down.
Besides comment in the Salemite
I think that the radio broadcast
last week was good^not good in
all that it said probably, but most
helpful in that it stirred up com
ment and criticism from girls y/ho
up to that time had had every little
to say one way or the other. Some
made fun of the ideas, others fol
lowed them up with additions of
their own, some agreed entirely—
but the good thing was that there
was comment! If this interest can
be kept up, an awareness of what is
going on, and of what should be
going on, will begin *o be a habit
with students, not just an occasional
flare-up of interest as it has been
in the past.—An Amazed Student.
Flora Avera
Becl^ Candler
Doris Nebel
Nan«y Chesson
Polyanna Evans
Betty Moore
ADVERTISING STAFF
Lucille Springer Nancy McClung
Betty Anne \^ite Avis Lehey
Mary Lou Brown Aliene Seville
Martha Louise Merritt Rosemary Halstead
Ruth O’Neal Sarah Lindley
Lyell Glynn Betty Briet*
Mirth a Hine
NOTICE !
Salem possesses much that is good, unusual, commend
able. It is not the intent of those people raising comments
concerning students, teachers, schedules, -committees, and the
like, to tear down, to aimlessly criticize. It should be the sincere
desire of everyone to take the good that we have and to make
it better. It is for this goal that we have been striving.
Though the process may be a long one ancf the progress may be
slow, as long as there is a Salem, no one should be satisfied
with letting well enough alone. That is not enough and we
who see any possible means of bringing about constructive
■changes should not hesitate. Healthy sincere criticism that has
as its purpose not to tear down, but^to build up, should not be
kept from finding public voice.
Such has been the policy, the position, the responsibility
that the “Salemite" has taken this year and it will continue
to do so as long as it sees the need and the opportunity.
—K. K.
ON THE AIR
IIIHUI
JUST A WORD TO CIVILIANS
“How many people in civil life.
Will take the time to think,
That army men do other things.
Than bum around and drink.
“Don’t judge us by the one or tw'o
You see that act a fool.
For it is not the exception.
That proves most every rule.
“When you see a man in civil,life
Go staggering down the pike,
You don’t run down the civilian
man,
And say they’re all alike.
“Now most men of the uniform
Are really pretty good,
They never steal your chickens.
Or carry away your wood.
“And yet in time of peace—
We are as welcome as the gout;
You wonder what w’e’re drilling
for—
And what it’s all about.
‘ ‘ But let there be a sound of war,
You make a lot of noise;
And strain your lungs and voices
While cheering for our boys.
“And yet there is just one thing
more,
That should be understood—
They send us back to civil life,
If there we don’t make good.”
—MRS. F. J. WISHON.
Winston-Salem, N. C-
QUOTABLE
(By Associated Collegiate Press)
“All over the land professors and
other old women are talking about
the present generation of the young
and lazy, mediocre and fat. Maybe
the young are soft. If is also true
that all generations of the young
have in their times been described
as degenerate by the elders about
them. In the history of the world
there has not been a generation in
which the old were prepared to ad
mit that the young were as strong
sa they were when they were young.
It is the eternal excuse for stiff
joints in the presence of the sup
ple. It is the anxient vanity of
memory over manpower. The young
certainly have their faults. They
may not b eas smart, brave, ener
getic, strong as their elders who
want to be defended by them would
have them be. But the old folks
were young once also and, being
young, not free from faults. The
young have always, as the old folks
reported it. been soft and the old
folks, as the old folks hoped the
young would believe, have always
been wise. That’s the rule, but
America need not be frightened
now if our older people will be as
wise as our young will be strong.
We have better reason to count on
.young strength than old wisdom.”
The Ealeigh, N. 0., News and Ob
server thumps the critics of youth.
BARD’S BOX
SPRING
I think it is. spring . . .
Small girls jump rope,
And miss on the name
Of the boy they hope
Is fondest of them
Or find if he’s true
By asking the daisies
As I used to do.
I think it is spring . . .
Wherever I go
Shop-window flowers
Are marked very low
For sales aren’t high
Since sun-spattered hills
Are flooded with violets
And gold daffodils.
Small boys play ball,
And gay hoops roll down
All of the streets
In the carnival tow'n . . .
I’m sure it is spring,
But isn’t it queer
That it could come
When you aren’t here?
—Helen Welshimer
“Singing Drums.”
EIGHTEEN GIRLS
ENTER BOOK CONTESTS
Friday, April 4th.
8:00-8:30 p.m., WOR, Symphonic
Strings, conducted by Alfred Wal
lenstein. Program:
Thru Pieris Purcell
Preliide, “The
Deluge ’ ’ Saint-Saens
Serenade Opus 9 Fuchs
8:00-8:30 p.m., WEAF. Orchestra
under direction of Dr. Frank Black
Soloists, Lucille Manners, soprano;
and Ross Graham, baritone. Pro
gram:
Polonaise Militairie Chopin
Carmen Wilson
In the Gloaming Harrison
I am a Eoamer
Bold - Mendelssohn
Waltz Melodies Johann Strauss
Songs S. Foster
Saturday, April 6th.
12:00-12:30 p.m., WEAF. East
man School Symphony. Dr. Howard
Hanson, conducting the following:
Concerto Grosso No 8 Corelli
Concerto Gro.sso in F Handel
.5:30-6:00 p.m., WEAF. Carlos
Saledo, harpist, conducts his own
composition during the Curtis In
stitute of Music program, W'ith
Willa Stewart, soprano, assisting
artist. The program is:
Fine Songs (Sarah
Teasdale) Eehrend
Conecrto for harp Salzedo
9.:3o-ll:00, WJZ (NBC). Arturo
Tosconini, conducts the NBC Sym
phony Orchestra, Program:
The Overture, “II Sdgnor
Bruschino ’ ’ Eosaini
Symphony No. 3 in A minor
(Scotch) Mendelssohn
Lone Sune and Scherzo, “Queen
Mab ’ ’ Berlioz
Eokoszy March Berlioz
Sunday, April 7th.
3:00 p.m., WABC. Philharmonic
Symphony Orchestra, i'ohn Barbi
rolli, conductor; Ania Dorfmann,
piano. The program to be given is:
Overture to “The Secret of
Suzanne” Wolf-Ferrari
Piano Concerto in A
minor Grieg
Symphony in D
minor Franck
9:00-10:00 p.m., WABC. Ford
Sunday Evening Hour, Eugene
Ormandy, conducting;. Helen Tran-
bel, soprano soloist.
9:30-10:00 p.m., WEAF. Album
of Familiar Music. Jean Dickinson,
Frank Munn, and Vivian della
Chiessa, soloists. Gustane Hanch-
en’s Orchestra.
The library contest committee an
nounced today that the following
girls have entered' the two book
contests the entrance time of which
closed Monday.
Junior and Senior
Louise Bralower
Eleanor Carr
E. Sue Cox
Leila Johnston
Madileine Hayes
Katharine King
Margaret Moran
Elsie Newman
Marian Norris
Eeece Thomas
Lee Rice
Elizabeth Wingate
Freshmen and Sophomore
Elizabeth Bernhart
Mray Lloyd Glidewell
Justine Jones
Nancy Rogers
Dale Rosenbloom
Barbara Whittier
JEWISH-CHRiSTIAN
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1>
Protestants can and must all live
together in peace and understand
ing. “ If we trust each other and
share with each other what is
meaningful and helpful — America,
a country conceived under God, can
be preserved and maintained as a
democracy. ’ ’
FRENCH TEACHERS
MEET
(Continued from Page 1)
Salem, will sing a solo and then
lead the group in singing French
songs.
The outstanding feature of the
program will ^be a talk by M.
.Tacques Hardre, who was a soldier
in the French Army when Germany
occupied France. . He was taken
prisoner by the Germans along with
the other soldiers, but managed to
escape. At present, he is a student
at the University of North Carolina.
Other plans for the program have
not yet been announced.
LE COIN
FRANCAIS
Quand le gfenSral Moreau etait ea
Amfirique, une chose malheureuse
arriva. C’6tait une gene pour lui. H
assistait a un concert oii on chantait
en choeur une chanson dont le re
frain dtait: “Tomorrow, tomorrow.”
Le general n’avait pas une connais-
aance trfes bonne de I’anglais. H
s’imagina que c’etait une chanson en
son honneur, et il crut, comprendre
les mots: “To Moreau.” Chaque
fois qu’on repetait le refrain, il se
levait et saluait. L’auditoire etait
trSs 6tonne.
Trois tailleurs s’etablissent dans
la meme rue. Le premier ficrit sur
son enseigne: “Le meilleur tailleur
de la ville. ” Le second fait de meme.
^ais le troisifeme met sur son en
seigne: “Le meilleur tailleur de la
rue.”
THIS COLLEGIATE WORLD
(By Associated Collegiate Press)
At Brown University there’s a
student named Foist. Intriguer,
some started a check-up. It deve
loped he was the con of immigrant
parents who had Anglicized their
name, presumably in Nyawk,
Nyawk.
At any rate, the family name
formerly had been prima—from
Michigan.
“Any woman who wishes to
cheapen herself and the appearance
of this institution by not wearing
stockings,” Dean Conrad said,
“will be permitted to be a cheap
ening element in the college.”
And over at Providence college
in Ehode Island, members of the
Eev. Paul C. Perrotta’s class in
logic wrote their own Examination.
Eight per cent, of them flunked.
We found this typical example of
THURSDAY wit:
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEI^
A SINGLE AND DOUBLE
PETUNIA.
Now you take a single petunia;
that’s like a begonia. Begoina is
a sausage. Sausage and battery
is a crime. Monkeys crime trees.
Trees a crowd. A rooster crow’d
and made a noise. A noise is what
you have on your face above
your mouth. You also have two
eyes. The opposite of eyes is neys-
A horse neys. A small horse is »
colt. You go to bed with a colt
and wake up with double petunia