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THE SALEMITE
Friday, April 24, 1942.
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EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Editor-In-Chief Carrie Donnell
/Associate Editor Barbara Whittier
EDITORIAL STAFF
Nenvs 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
Tohnston, Barbara Lasley, Margaret Moran, Marie Van Hoy,
Helen Fokaury, Margaret Leinbach, Mary Lou Moore, Betty
v'anderbilt, Mary Worth Walker, Elizabeth Weldon, Mary
Louise Rhodes, Lucie Hodges, Frances Yelverton.
FEATURE STAFF
Feature Editor Eugenia Baynes
Mildred Avera, Dorothy Dixon, Anita Kenyon, Nancy
Rogers, No^ia Lee Cole, Elsie Newman, Ceil Nuchols, Mar
saret Ray, Dorothy Stadler, Elizabeth Griffin, Betsy Spach,
kathryn Traynham, Reece Thomas, Marion Goldberg, Mary
Best, Katherine Manning.
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
Barnum, Jennie Dye Bunch, Lib Read, Harriet Sutton, Ruth
O’Neal, Yvonne Phelps, Elizabeth Bernhardt, Edith Shapiro.
IN RETROSPECT
The year is almost over now, isn’t it? Sched
ule for final exams has been posted and you’ve
been shocked into realizing that there are only
about two or three more weeks of regular
school. Scares you. doesn’t it, to wonder
where the year has flown? It’s been a Avonder-
ful year, and you should be a bit sad to leave it
behind — you may never know another like
it. This is my last year at Salem, and it means
a lot to me to look back. They have all been
lovely, peaceful years, but in a way, this has
been the most wonderful year of all, because I
have felt security here when there seemed to
be none anywhere else.
I remember when 1 was a Freshman and
awfully excited and nervous about coming off
to school. I bought stacks and stacks of clothes
that I didn’t need, had a new permanent, and
oi¥ I came. Now, I wonder how I lived through
it! I worried myself sick over tests, took every
light cut I could, and got home-sick every time
I went to tlie Civic Music series. But I had
fun. There was the Toddle-house on Saturday
night, walks in the grave yard, anci best of all,
friends. I laughed at all the talks on tradition,
and it began to mean something to me.
Sophomore, Junior, Senior years! They
have flown by like the pages on a loose calen
dar. I remember the candle-light seVvices be
fore Christmas where we sang “Morning Star.”
The “Y” and Student Government installa
tions when we stood outside in the hall waiting
to file in, and I caught myself looking at my
reflection, holding a candle^ in a window pane
and wished that it would stay there. I remem
ber the snowy days when the square looked
like a crystal fairyland. Then after the bleak,
grey stretch and the last patches of dirty snow
had melted away, Spring! Spring, with the
Willow tree shimmering and green, the sun
warm on Sisters’ House roof, long walks —
sunbaths. May Day, exams, graduation, —
then good-bye to Salem.
With its ivy, its bells, its dusty quaintness,
Salem means a place where you can still play
and study with a war going on. The young can
still be young here. For you, at least, it is
peace. Hold it while you may.
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GERTRUDE
ou
La Chieime Egaree
U’ordinaire il y a quelque chose d’intef^t qui se passe ^ Society
Hall. Aprfes les, vacances; de Paques toutes les etudiantes ont du etudier
leurs lecjons. Cela etait interrompu bientot par I’arrivee. de Gertrude.
Elle ost tres amicale, cette petite chieiine — peut etre un pcu sale, mais
tres jolie. La premiere fois que je I’ai vue, je n’ai pas aime Gertrude.
Aimeri.ez-vous une chienne egaree sur votre lit quand vous vous levez?
() 'abord nous avons cssaye de trouver sa maison-son maitre ^tait
probablenient tourniente de 1’absence de sa chienne. Mais nous n’avons
pas eu dc succes. Apres lui avoir donne un nom, nous avons donne un
bain k Gertrude. Comme elle^ etait jolie' avec ses choveux bruns et prop-
res.
Gertrude paraJt^ aimer beaucoup les jeunea filles de Salem College.
Ilier aprfis-midi Gertrude etait avec les etudiantes qui jouiaient au tennis
et au golf.
Tout' le monde est bon pour elle, meme^ les professeurs. Quand on
sort de la salle ^ manger, Gertrude revolt te jours quelque chose il
manger. Je crois qu’elle s’amuse bien ici.
—Edith Shapiro.
LIBRARY GETS HEW
BOOK PLATE
Have you looked at any of the
new books in the Library, and, if
so, have you noticed the new book
plates in| these books?
The Library is very proud of this
new plate. It was designed by a
former Salem student and graduate,
Class of 1935 — Miss Elizabeth
Jerome, who is an artist of unusual
ability. Miss Jerome was also a
former Assistant Librarian and is
very much interested in Salem and
its Library.
The plate carries the design of
the main door of the Library and is
most unusual — the shadows that
fall across the entrance and the
step.s, make the j)late very outstand
ing. So do look at the new books
and examine the new book plate and
see if you are not as proud of it as
the library staff happens to be.
LATIN CLUB TO
HOLD MEETIHG
The celebration of the birthday
of iJome will feature the monthly
meeting of Alpha Iota Pi Thursday
night, April 30, at 7:00 in the
Kecreation Room of Bitting. New
members, received into the group,
will provide the entertainment. The
program will not be long and each
meiyber is urged to come. Refresh
ments will be served.
A Missippi river steamboat was
stopped in the mouth of a tributary
stream, owing to the dense fog. An
inquisitive passenger inquired of the
captain the cause of the delay.
“Can’t see up the river,” was the
laconic reply.
“But I can see the stars over
head,” the passenger replied sharply.
“Yes,” came back the captain,
“but unless the boilers burst, we
ain’t going that way.”
SPAHISH CLUB
HAS MEETING
A Pan-American banquet was held
Tuesday night in the Club dining
room by the Spanish Club. Forty
guests wore present.
Harriet Sink gave a toast to the
faculty advisers. Miss Vest and Dr.
'VVIonhold. Sebia Midyette spoke to
the group in Spanish on the topic
“The Origin and Significance of
Pan-American Day.”
Jane Frazier, accompanied by Lib
Johnston sang a group of Spanish
songs. A quizz program, was held
during the evening. Miss Vest had
a number of souvenirs from Mexico
on exhibition.
FRESMAN DRAMATIC
CLUB GIVES PLAY
The Freshman Dramatic Club pre
sented “I Know George Washing
ton, ” a one-act play by Pauline
Phelps, in the Old Chapel, Tuesday
morning at the regular chapel j>e-
riod.
The play tells the story of the
women who were left at home dur
ing the Revolutionary War while the
men were with General Washington
at Valley Forge.
Lucille Newman as Grandma Petti-
bone gave an excellent interpreta
tion of that tender gruff-seeming,
wise-cracking old lady who knew
George Washington. Mary Eaton
as Mistress Pettibone, the daughter-
in-law, and Mary Yow as Ghela her
stepdaughter also gave very good
performances.
The cast includes:
Lucille Newman—}randma Petti
bone
Mahona (An Indian Girl)—Lee (
Ann Doirs
Mistress Pettibone—Mary Eaton
M‘hela (her s)epdau,gh'ter)—Mary
Yow
Mrs. Goodreele (the Minister’s wife)
—Joyce Carpenter
Mrs. p]no—Mary Formy-Duval
Lucy Cehase—Betty Withers.
Frances Jones was stage manager.
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ARE YOU DOING
YOUR PART?
After spring vacation, along with a loss
of memory in academic matters, we might for
get too that we are still in the middle of a war,
and that it is still necessary to give our support
to help win this war.
Those taking courses in First Aid are re
membering to do their part, but what about
those who have pledged their services in places
where a supervisor does not stand over your
shoulder to see that you are doing what you
promised you would.
What about your Defense Bond? Are you
coming any closer to buying it than you were
before the recent vacation? You should be at
least one ten cent cent stamp closer to purchas
ing your bond than you were before.
We are still economizing. Whether this
has been mentioned to you lately or not. it is
still in effect. Paper towels are still scarce.
Electricity still has to be paid for, and food is
still being served in the dining room. Are you
careful when you take a paper cup or towel?
Are you sure when you leave your room that
your lights are out? Are you eating your meals
in the dining room ?
In matters of personal physical fitness,
everyone received a number of questions to
answer. How are you answering these? In
a manner that will prove your co-operation
with the defense program, or in a way detri
mental not only to you personally, but also the
program which you are supposedly supporting.
Just because warm weather is here, the
sign has not been given for any relaxation,
except in a fitting manner. Now is the time
to check up on yourself, and get ready for the
big Spring, offensive. Any laxity now, is inex
cusable on the part of students and faculty
alike, so arm yourselves with you spring train-
nig equipment, and prepare to give.
THE EDITOR’S
LAST SAY . . .
I have just finished drawing my last du*i-
my sheet and now I must fill the last inches of
the last editorial column of the 1941-42 Sale-
mite.
We hear a great deal about the American
system. The function of a newspaper under
the American system of freedom of the press is
to maintain an eternal watchfulness on behalf
of the public. The public of this ^aper has been
the students of Salem College. I have this year
tried to make the student body of Salem con
scious of the fact that the Salemite is the voice
of student opinion. I have tried to give anyone
who desired to do so, an opportunity to ex
press her opinion in this paper. The Open For
ums and editorials have been written for the
students and by the students. It has been my
desire to use any article that was in any way
constructive to Salem. The Salemite has been
open to constructive criticism. You who have
read these editorials know what the editorial
policy has been. You also know how much
has been accomplished. If you have not agreed
with any statement made in these columns, it
has been your privilege to disagree in these
same columns.
The make-up of the paper has been re
vised and changed as often and as much as
possible. We of the Salemite staff have at
tempted to give you a paper that has had va
riety, that has been interesting to read, and
that has been packed with information con
cerning Salem, present and future. We have
tried to use only the minimum stories on past
events.
I realize more than anyone else probably
how important a good staff is in publishing a
newspaper every week. I have had an ex
cellent staff — a staff that has worked with
me, for me, and one that has offered many
helpful suggestions. I should , like to thank
the staff for their co-operation and their toler
ance.
The inches have been filled — So Good
Luck, Ceil, and I bid you a fond farewell . . .
—Carrie Donnell.