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Page Two, THE SALEMITE Friday, December 5, 1941. Published Weekly By The Student Body of |i! Salem College Member Southern Inter-Collegiate Press Association SUBSCEIPTION PRICE - $2. A YEAR - 10c A COPY Member P»ssocided Golle6ia1e Press Distributor of Golle6iate Di6est RKPRKMNTKO FOR NATIONAL AOVKMTISINO PY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 Madison Ave. New York, N.Vb CNICAOO * BOSTON • LOt AN6ILCS • SAH FlANCtSdO EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Editor-In-Chief Carrie Donnell /Associate Editor Barbara Whittier EDITORIAL STAFF Ne^s Editor Doris Shore Sports Editor Louise Bralower Music Editor Alice Purcell Faculty Adviser Miss Jess Byrd Sara Henry, Leila Johnston, Julia Smith, Frances Neal, Daphne Reich, Katie Wolff, Mary L. Glidewell, Elizabeth ohnston, Barbara Lasley, Margaret Moran, Marie Van Hoy, .lelen Fokaury, Margaret Leinbach, Mary Lou Moore, Betty Vanderbilt, Mary Worth Walker, Elizabeth Weldon, Mary Louise Rho^les, Lucie Hodges, Frances Yelverton. Jc Hi FEATURE STAFF Feature Editor Eugenia Baynes Mildred Avera, Dorothy Dixon, Anita Kenyon, Nancy Rogers, Nona Lee Cole, Elsie Newman, Ceil Nucbols, Mar garet Ray, Dorothy Stadler, Elizabeth Griffin, Betsy Spach, Kathryn Traynham, Reece Thomas, Marion Goldberg, Mary Best. BUSINESS DEPARTMENT business Manager Nancy Chesson Assistant Business Manager Dorothy Sisk Advertising Manager Mary Margaret Struven Exchange and Circulation Manager Dot McLean ADVERTISING STAFF Flora Avera, Becky Candler, Doris Nebel, Betty Moore, Adele Chase, Mary E. Bray, Nancy McClung, Sarah Lindley, Allene Seville, Elizabeth Griffin, Margaret _ Kempton, Sara Bamum, Jennie Dye Bunch, Lib Read, Harriet Sutton, Ruth O’Neal, Vvonne Phelps, Elizabeth Bernhardt, Edith Shapiro. LITERARY MAGAZINE So we’re working on a magazine! To those of usi who are interested in the progress of Salem — this opportunity is one of the greatest that has been opened to us. We have had means for a sort of expression in the Sale- mite; we have noted our memoirs in the Sights and Insights; now we have an opportunity for expressing our creative selves. Perhaps some of us have not realised the real value of such a magazine to our campus . . . the same ones of us who requested that the magazine include cartoons and jokes of the TAR AND FEATH ER’S variety. '?his magazine, if realised, will be on a higher plane, a much higher plane, than the humor magazines; it will be the Har per’s of our campus. It will offer opportunity for intelligent discussions of college problems, for the better short stories, poems, articles that our thinking students are letting die in the embryo state because of the absence of such a stimulus as a magazine will afford. , Now that the idea has been conceived and the basic plans laid for a magazine — the real burden of realising the publication rests on the whole student body. The staff ^yill need con tributions in stories, poems, articles; the staff will need financial support that only the whole hearted co-opei‘ation of the students can make possible. The success of the magazine or the failure of the magazine will, in a sense, measure not only the school spirit and loyalty of the Salem students — l)ut will measure the ma turity and intelligence of the student body. We as students should not only suppoi't a literary magazine for our campus, but should demand means for expression. —M. B. STUDENT RESPONSE Recently we have noticed the quickened interest and live response of Salemites. This attitude is in direct opposition to the general deadness which seemed to pervade the Salem campus about which much was written on the pages of the Saleniite last year. To what cause this spirit may be attributed we can not be sure — perhaps it is the new campus leaders. Whatever the cause, Salem is now alive and we wish to commend as we comment. There have been many changes and new projects introduced in the past weeks. Salem students have co-operated in char itable works. The Y. W. C. A. has sponsored in connection w’ith the W. S. S. F., an exten sive campaign for the relief of students in war torn Europe and Asia. Salem girls have cheer- Qoifi. Pourquoi est-ce qu ’on etudie le le francais? Vouc etes-vous jamais arrete pour vous poser cette ques tion? Peut-Stre ii’y avez-vous pas pense parcc que vous suivez le fraiicais pour le credit, n’nestpas? Arretez-vous, et pensez un petit moment avant de lire un mot de plus. E.st-eo que cettc pause vous a deride le front? Si vous avez niain.enant I’esprit libre, voici ve quo je veux vous dire: le franeais est une' lanque interessante, et elle peut offrir beaucoup de divertisse ment si I’^tudiante en desire. Je sais ce que vous pensez—la gram- mairf?, la pronciation, les rSgles, les idiotismes—eat-ce que ca s’appelle des divertissements? La r^ponse £l tion; avant de pouvoir lire en ang cette question .sera cncorc une ques lais et parler en anglais ne vous a-t-il pas fallu apprendre les regies, la grammaire', et la prononciation eu bien raison quand il a dit' que anglaises? Le Dooteur Johnson a “L’humanite a beausoup d'aver sion aux travaux intellectuels. ” Le franeais est une langue moderne — une langue que parlent tous les jours des millions de gens— une langue vivante, et qui con- tinuera a vivrc. C’est, d’ailleurs, la clef au trSsor inestimable de la littfirature francaise. Nous sommes a I’ecole pour nous informer des choses qui sont S, present hours de notri? domaine spirituel. Puisqu’il en estainsi, commencons dans cette classe de franeais, que nous suivons pour le ch^dit, & faire d© notre mieux pour profiter do I’occasion que nous avons pour apprendre bien lefrancais. II faudra du temps, du travait, et beaucoup de patience, mais je crois qu’il vaudra bicto la peino. MUSIC STUDENTS GIVE RECITAL On Wednesday evening, December 3 at 8:30 o’clock in Memorial Hall the advanced students of the Salem College School of Music gave their first recital of the year. The pro gram was varied with voice, piano, violin, and organ selections. The program was as follows: Organ Concerto X Handel Aria Finale—Allegro quasi Presto Marjorie Craig Lascia Ch’io Pianga Handol Jennie Linn Papillpns Schumann Margaret Leinbach Sol-. ejg’s Song Grieg Mildred Transou Eomance Svendsen Barbara Ann Benson In My Dreams I’ve Sorrowed .. Hue? Euth Patterson Valse Brillante, Op. 34, No. 1 Chopin Aline Shamel La Capinera — Benedict Helen Johnson McMurray LIBRARY REVIEWS ADDITIONS TO RENTAL COLLECTION No Other Boad to Freedom Leland Stowe An Ame'rican war correspondent relates his experiences during seven teen months of war in England, Finland, Norway, the Balkans and Greece. His book is fascinating reading for its own sake. But be yond that it is written out of a deep conviction and passionate emotion that makes it supremely important for everyone concerned with the fate of our country. That Day Alone Pierre Van Paassen A collection of articles, semi- fictional narrations, musings on politics and the future by the author of “Days of Our Years”. There are reminiscents of the author’s childhood in Holland, tales of a Dutch village invaded by the Gormans, the martyrdom of men caught by Hitler's torturers and comments on the meaning of Hess’ flight to England. fully forgone vegetables, meat, and desert at various meals in order to contribute to the W. S. S. F. fund. They have also pledged sums directly from their own pocketbooks for this cause. The annual Red Cross drive met with equal success. Plans are materializing for two new clubs on the campus. You may say, “What, two new clubs when the old ones are dying?”, but we say perhaps there is no longer a place for them. The projected International Club and the Spanish Club are certainly more pertinent to contemporary affairs. They will bring us into closer contact with the world of today. The introduction of the idea of a Salem literary magazine with its opportunity for erveryone to have something printed, that is if it meets Salem standards, has met with an enthusiasm which delights the hearts of its originators. Two very recent changes have been made hi long established customs. These are in the ilay Day elections for Queen and court, and in the seating arrangements for chapel. They have met with co-operation and success from a wide-awake student body. We only hopei this ready response lasts! —B. W. You Can’t Do Business Witji Hitler Douglas Miller from 1933 until shortly before the war, Douglas Miller, a Ehodes Scholar from Denver and a much travelled man, sat in our Embasscy in Berlin as commercial ^a(ttache, and on hehalf of American trade tried to . do business with Hitler. He was an intelligent, resourceful and shrewd man and he tried hard In the days of the Weimar Repub lic, the United States had done a great deal of business with Ger many. Mr. Miller, egged on by our businessmen, tried to continue this state of things with the Nazis. But it wasn’t possible. Why? Mr. Miller gives the answer in this most timely book. The Skies of Europe Fredine Prokash The story carries a young Ameri can writer named Philip back and forth across Europe—Paris, Munich, an Austrian town, Barcelona in the Spanish Civil War, a small French town, Florence, Monte Carlo, Mar seilles, and so forth — during the two years before September 1939. Watch for the Little Red Man. Variations Serieuses .... Mendelssohn Alice Purcell .Tesus The First Word Shall Be Bach Johnsie Bason Symphony V Widor .\llegro Vivace Margaret ‘Vardell Aria: “Plus De Depit” Gentry (from “Les Deux Avares”) Marian Gary Capriccio Brillante .... Mendelssohm Agnes Mae Johnson Liltle Red fllan This is an Apple Polisher This is the Little Red Man Watching an Apple Polisher This fawning creature is an Apple Polisher. She plans months in advance just how to get an “A” without opening a book. She stays after class to talk to the teacher. In her insincere way she works harder at apple polishing than study ing. Her friends who really do their lessons resent her attitude v.'ifh a passion. Have you been au Apple-Polisher this month? YES NO ARE YOU USING YOUR OPPORTUNITY The differences between a state university and a small college are so familiar that I think we often take for granted the advantages of a school the size of Salem. There is no need to rehearse those advantages — individual in struction, the “personal touch,” genuine friendliness, familiarity with at least the out ward and visible appearance of every student on the campus. In a large university, it is nothing unusual to meet students and faculty ^hom you have never even seen. Fortunately, such an experience would be impossible at Salem. There is one more advantage — and to me, this is one of the most important — the opportunity we have for organized expression. In a large university, only a very small per centage lift their voices in praise or protest, or make known their opinions in any signifi cant way. They elect representatives, of course, but the power of the campus political machine usually stifles what spontaneity and enthusiasm may be present in the student body. As a result, the majority just don’t care, and are figuratively deaf and dumb. Here at Salem, it is possible to eliminate the problem of the inarticulate majority. In most classes there is a spirit of free and open discussion, which is not monopolized by the “intelligentsia,” as would be the case in a large group. There is no excuse for any stu dent to contribute only her presence. We are free to question the faculty, to disagree, if we choose. How many of us realize what a priv ilege it is to 1)6 allowed to' disagree, to be free to employ scepticism constructively 1 We have this privilege because the student body is small and selected. How many of us take advantage of it? We have an opportunity in Salem to learn by doing, by taking an active part. In a large class, the instructor does all the talking, and the students take notes. In our smaller class es, the free discussion among the students is an inspiration to the instructor. He or she feels the pulse of the class, knows the class to be a living, responsive organism, rather than so many blocks of wood in neat rows. In de fending her arguments, the student learns to think before she leaps. In the average uni versity class room, such general arguments are out of the question. i We can’t all be campus leaders, nor do we want to be. But we can all give some part of ourselves to every phase of school life. Salem offers you liberty to expand — use it! —A. K.
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