Friday, November 7, 1941.
THE SALEMITE
Page Three.
One of the dismalest bunch of people we’ve seen about
were the art history students last week. Not only did they come
out with an unholy number of P’s on six weeks; but, when given
another chance to retrieve their lost week-ends, a goodly crew
of them DID IT AGAIN! Believe me, it's a blue world.
The only thing that saved us from utter dejection this
past week was Dr. Vardell’s little Wagnerian recital in Thurs
day ’s chapel. But why did he stop so suddenly ?
We’re truly grateful to Stee Gee for letting us in on what’s
what. R«ally, we do appreciatei it and hope these open forums
will dispell some of the antagonism which crops up every now
and then.
Well, if there’s a presentation of Stage Door with in the
next three weeks, it’ll certainly not be the fault of the faculty
. . . how ever in this world can the poor actresses make the
show go on, if they’ve got to all the time be STUDYING?????
Almost enough has been said about the first State victory
over Carolina in fourteen years . . . but in closing. I’ve just
GOT to say that it was. wonderful! . . . rain and all!
P. S.—Did your pictures stink, too?
Martha’s
Musings
THE SHELF BEHIND
THE DOOR
It
Ed. Note: As Millay put it
is not at all necessary to call a
spade a spade ... a spade is a
spade no matter what you call it,”
and this is gossip, dear readefs,
whether you call it “Echoes from
Bitty’s” or “Day Student Medita
tions’' or what-have-we. So read
it and weep—or laugh or snarl as
the case may be— it’s all from the
dirty corners of “the shelf behind
the door."
Echoes rang out from Bitty’s
this past week-end. Mary and
Martha tripped the light fantastic
right up to the big city ... Is
Jennie Linn still having “med”
trouble or has she conquered the
dashing herof Speaking of medical
school—how’s it coming, Marion—
buck up, old dear! And, oh yes,
Fitzi” we’ll take your word for it!
“How’s th? weather in California,
. . . Great misery and lamentation
was registered by the “hull of
Alice Clewell” as the rcfsults of
six-weeks tests were made known.
An occasional sigh of relief was
heard, accompanicd by a loud crash
—even a modern gal can stand just
00 much surprise. And speaking of
shrieks—the inmates of second felt
their blood chill as Veda, the gal
with the mania for sleeping, found
out too late that she didn’t use the
correct tacties for making “A” ’a
in Chemistry—of course all this con-
iCTns her week-end at Fort Bragg.
. . . And speaking of week-ends,
just what is it about the things
that makes wrecks out of normally
healthy galsT — Avis came back to
school with a monstrous cold and
8 blank mind except for thoughts
of “Dick” — Seville came back
period . . . By the way, Shanghai
was on good behavior this week
end, contrary to some beliefs . . .
What's all this about a senior
sending a picture of Euth Beard
in a bubble bath to a boy named
Taylor, and having the picture re-
seived by the boy’s fatherf ....
Nell Denning is using the jealousy
angle to attract Carl . . . concern
ing ' angles, Fran Goodwin tolls a
pretty wild story about the photo
grapher who took her picture for
Clemson's “Taps” (nice going)
—said this suave individual, “Now
Miss, if you will just”—better let
Fran tell you the rest I . . . And
then there is the excited statement
of usually calm Mary Anderson—
said she, “I had six white pigs
when I went homel” — My, myl
. . . It would be interesting to take
a poll of how many girls are grief-
stricken that cute Dick Lahey isn't
coming to the dance this week-end.
speaking of the dance, Carrie Don
nell has given ample warning—with
gestures—hands off her date Satur
day night 1 . . . Someone called
Mary Charles Watson for a date,
and, my what a shock, when she
learned he is to be married this
coming Saturday! Buth O’Neal has
been seeing a cefrtain Lynn Bates
who was also featured here last
year ... Dr. Vardell has invented
a new way of announcing Chapel
programs, did you catch itf “Here
comes the bride” on the organ and
enter—The Bartered Bride- . . . .
The dumbest gossip of the week
concerns a certain “O.W.” Henry
it seems, asked someone other than
her steady to the dance this week
end and so Betty Grantham stepped
in and asked said “O. W.” Could
be Henny shouldn't have left him
lying around loose! . . . Maybe
Craig and Ginor were singing “We
Three”, and maybe Ginor did get
a letter last week, but ask her who
got the letter this week, you
guessed it—Craig! ... We hear
Dodie Bailey bought her third pack
of cigarettes this year—Dodie ,is a
“weed-ifiend”—conclusion! . . . ,
We all know or can well imagine
the gloom prevading at Carolina
this past week-end, but how many
Salem girls can be called into ac
count for the “wet weather”
down there! Khacky Traynham
was v«ry happy to learn that
Punk” of the blue Oyea, blond
hair, and blue sweater (“Ah, he’s
perfect!”) was on the loose last
week-end. Was he the one that
called Wednesday night, Khacky!
. . . Nancy McClung is flying to
the Yale-Harvard game Thanksgiv
ing. That is flying high! .... Ann
Guoin and “Happy” Sink had bet
tor got the Jim Hunter mix- up
straightened out and qunck! Ann's
got two dates on her hands—may
be—and “ Happy's” out of a date
—maybe — why Annie, what about
“Just my Bill”! . . . Emily Hams
is the gal who attracts a boy two
hundred odd miles for an hour’s
chat, shame, Emily, and him with
an early class next morning! . . .
Sebia Midgette is very “up in the
air” ftbout the remarks in the
Salemite pertaining to her advances
toward the Med. Students. After
telling the student in question she
got this reply, “If you can find
out who wrote that mess, I'll come
and cram it down their throats!''
Ahem! Don’t anybody get too het
up about these items, we don’t feel
like eating any paper! Gossip makes
the people, some say, and people
make the gossip! Be snoopin' yal
Meet me at the county fair on
Thursday the 13th, It starts at
seven.
Last week Lucille Newman left
on Miss Byrd’s desk the copy of an
essay written by an English re
fugee boy on the cow, an essay
which wag quite worthy of some of
the Freshman jessays written around
here, so I’m told. In rummaging
around through literature generally
considered by authorities to be ob
the trashy side I came across this
gem written by a Japanese school
boy and I am submitting it to the
reader without critical comment of
any kind:
A Japanese Boy’s Essay on tbe
Banana
“The banana are a great remar
kable fruit. He are constructed in
the same architectural style as
sau.sago, difference being skin of
sausage are habitually consumed,
while it is not advisable to eat
wrapping of a banana.
“The banana are held aloft while
consuming; sausages are usually loft
in a reclining position. Sausage
depend for creation on human being
or stuffing machine, while banana
are Pristine product of honorable
mother nature. In case of sausage,
both conclusion are attached to
other sausage; banana on other
hand are attached on one end to
stem and opposite termination en
tirely loose. Finally banana are
strictly of vegetable kingdom, while
affiliation of sausage often un
decided.”
We have seen some mighty queer
photographs floating around the
campus within the last week, but
undoubtedly those of Eugenia
Baynes take the prize as the fun
niest photographs in existence, ac
cording to Reece Thomas, who ob
served:
“What’s so tragic about them
is that she really looks like that!”
Eugenia was so discouraged about
it that she was about to commit
suicide when the second set of
proofs arrived. These are very
good pictures Eugenia declares, be
cause they flatter her!
It is very encouraging to see that
Dr. Vardell^ as well as the day stu
dents are cooperating so well in
helping the government conserve
electricity. When Dr. Rondthaler
made his announcement in chapel
Thursday appealing to the day stu-
dests to keep their lights off as
much as possible one could hear
from all sides, “What lights!”
And speaking of the Student
Center, two former day students
walked in the other day and said,
“It stinks!” It really seems im
possible that one place can contain
as many different odors at one
time, although I think that these
students were speaking figuratively
(or talking slang).
And how is this for grammar!
“A passive verb is such in which
the subject is the sufferer, such as:
He married Ifer.”
DEEP NIQHT
Black is the night
As human sorrow.
And silent its st«r-filled depths;
Unbroken the stillnew
By call of the bird
Or cry of the distant beast.
The fathoms of darkness
Challenge the mind
And mock man’s understanding.
All is mystery;
All is quiet;
And the heart is sick with yearn
ing.
Black, black is the night.
R. T.
“Y” HOLDS THIRD
MUSIC HOUR
The third in a scries of trial Sun
day afternoon “listening hoars, ”
will be held Sunday afteroon from
2:00 to 3:00 in the “listening” room
in South Hall.
These programs are being sponsor
ed by the “ Y ” for a trial period of
four weeks, for the pleasure of stu
dents, faculty and their friends. So
fur, the programs have had a fairly
large attendance. If they continue
to be successful, they will be con-
tinuedi throughout the year.
This week “Lindy” Stokes is in
charge of the program. Quoting
Ldndy, “Because of the great in
terest shown lately by students in
the Tchaikowsky Piano Concerto No.
1 in B flat minor, I think it only
fitting to huve it on our program
Sunday, along with the Roumanian
Rhapsody No. 1 in A major by
Georges Enesco.”
Pretty Please
CIVIC MUSIC
(Continued from Page 1)
include:
First on the program is Bach's
“Sonata in G Major.” Then comes
Luboshutz's arrangement of “Pass-
aeglia” by Handel. Following the
“Variation on a Thome by Beet
hoven” by Saint-Saens arranged
by Luboslntz is the intermission.
Chopin's “Rondo” heads the se
cond part of the program. The
next four numbers are all arrange
ments of Luboshutz: “ Coronation
Scene” from “Boris Goodounov”
by Moussorgsky, “Polka” by
Shastakovitch, “The Lake” by
Glinka, and “Russian Dance” by
Strovinsky.
COVINGTON SPEAKS
TO WHITE COLURS
The bi-monthly meeting of the
White Collar Club was held Wed
nesday afternoon. Mira Riddle,
president, presided.
Miss Covington, the guest speak
er gave a v«ry interesting talk on
Saving.” She advised saving for
future by starting early and out
lined a systematic plan for saving
by use of a budget.
The club discussed plans for
visit to the business department of
Reynold’s, and for a square dance
which will be held November 14.
Watch
.Man.
for the Little Red
BIRTHDAYS NOV. 8-18
Novi. 8—
Molly Boseman
Dorothy Langdon
Nov. 9—
Genevieve Frasier
Erleen Lawson
Mary Louise Rousseau
Nov. 10—
Mary Wilson Wall
Nov. 11—
Lois Swaim
Julia Smith
Nov. 12—
Mary Ellon Bayley
Nov. 13-
Jane Frazier
I love County Fair popcorn, don't
you!
“Now darlin’, smilo at me as if
you’re looking at your one and
only. No! No No! this way. Now
■smile again—hold it! hold it! This
will take only ten minutes. Keep
on looking at the light and give.”
And so we smiled at the birdie
in the persons of Daniel, Spiith, &
Co., who worked themselv>s into a
fine lather makinjjr unglamorous
Salemites fit for camera fodder.
-\fter ten ntinutcs of staring
fixedly into the light, the final
click sounded as tears were stream
ing dows our face and our frozen
smiles were strained and tight.
Laugh! and we laughed until our
gold fillings glittered proudly and
thoso protruding eye teeth, we
usually contrive to hide, forked
over in a fiendish sneer.
The final products of thoso gruel
ing bouts with the camera are in
teresting because of their great
variety of expressions. Some res
ponded whole-heartedly to the
charms of the photographer and
smiled in a manner befitting the
best traditions of true story illus
trations. Some have lips clamped
tightly shut with eyes hard and
calculating. And somo poor girli
with the ragged, haggard look of
those who have been butteted by
life droop with exhaustion.
The truth hurts which may bo the
reason our pictures never seem
quite as funny to us as to our room-
nmtes. But they should be an in
centive to hold shoulders back, hair
neat—and pretty plea-set
The “signs of the times” keep
pointing to “trouble ahead.”
When logic fails, some people try
ridicule—and make themselves ap
pear silly.
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