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Page Two. THE SALEMITE Friday, October 16, 1942. Published Weekly By Tlie Student Body of Salem College Member Southern Inter-Collegiate Press Association 8UBSCEIPT10N PRICE - $2. A YEAR - lOe A COPY Member F^ssoclded Golle6icite Press Distributor of Golie6icite Di6est POn NATIONAL ADVKRTlSrN« BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Pmbiithers Repreientalne 420 Madison Ave. New York. N.^ OHCMO ■ BMTOa • LCM AIMILn • StH FMHOM Editor;In-Chief Ceil Nuchols Associate Editor Bobbie Whittier Make-up Editor Mary Best EDITORIAL AND FEATURE STAFF Music Editor Margaret Leinbach Sports Editor Sara Bowen Mildred Avera !Mary Louise Rhodes Katherine Manning Katherine Traynham Lucille Newman Frances Y'elverton Mary Lib Allen Margaret Bullock Rosalind Clark Joy Flanagan Barbara Illimbert Frances Jones Sarah Merritt APPRENTICES Sebia Midyette Peggy Nimocks Julia S'mith Nancy Stone Helen Thomas Kathryn W’^olff Lois W'ooten En automne le campus de Salem est dans so gloire. Les beaux abres vieux prennent des nuances do rouge, d’or, et de brun. Ces coul- eurs nous donnent I’impression d’etre tres fortes et permanentes. Elies nous donnent un sentiment nouveau de securite. L’automne nous donne de la vigeur. Nous aimons jouer aux jeux comme le basketball et le hockey et assister aux jeux de football quand I’air est frais et crespe. Quand nous faisons une promenade dans les bois, les feuille petillement sous les pas et le soleil brillant se montre i)or les endroits ouverts: voila une maniSre charm- ante de passer une apres-midi. II y a une quantite de beautes autour de nous; il ne faut, pour les trouver, que traverser “La Carre,” ou re- garder la facade de I’eglise, ou al- ler voir le vallon ou se imssc la fete de mai. Ici il ne faut pas chercher les beautes; il faut seul- ement ouvrir les yeux. ^ 9t Wcuf.... BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Business Manager Mary Margaret Struven Ass’t Business Manager Mary Elizabeth Bray Advertising Rfanager Betty Moore Circulation Sara Bowen, Ellen Stucky ADVERTISING STAFF Margy Moore, Elizabeth Beckwith, Katie Wolff. Jane Willis, Nancy Vaughn, Corrinne Faw, Martha Sherrod, Becky Candler, Doris Nebel, Adele Chase, Nancy McClung, Sarah Lindley, Allene Seville, Eliza beth Griffin, Margaret Kempton, Harriet Sutton, Ruth O’Neal, Yvonne Phelps, Elizabeth Bernhardt, Edith Shapiro. THE JAPS’LL GET US SURE! Perhaps you’ve wondered about Salem’s response to the Salvage Drive. With most other folleges cooperating, we can’t he!]) look ing for Salem’s Scrap Pile. ' But before Salem tosses her scrap into the fire, she, naturallj' compares her efforts with othei' institutions; and among those who have collected metal she sees the University of Texas. There several students, with the co operation of locaf theatres, sponsored movies . . . the admission was a chunk of scrap metal. Others peered aroinid in out-of-the-way i4^ces and were amazed to find a rust-eaten, 200 pound stove. And the Kappa Sigs there, while scouting in the Chemistry building attic, un earthed appi'oximately six, thousand pounds of idle equipment. And all of that, when pooled, stacked up an imposing pile of junk . . . And huge scraj} heaps provide Uncle Sam witTi more and better armaments. This article is not about Texas, however; it’s about Salem. We may not have any use less stoves, but we have other things, and plenty of them. Yet we have made no definite effort to exert ourselves on this scrap issue. Some Salem females have gotten as far as sug gesting yanking beds apart and dumping them in a heap along with other treasures to be hauled away. The Texans had a better idea. Instead of tossing in the essentials, too, they did as the government requested. They un covered, ■ amassed, and contributed the scrap that was lying idle . . . the scrap that was benefitting no one. Last year Salem College built a dining hall, l)ut what did she do with the rusty pipes, the plumbing and • electrical fixtures, the things she threw out with the coming of a day student center? Only a few minutes de voted to the effort will produce at least a few pounds of metal for which our govern ment is pleading. Only a few minutes will forever strike Salem from the “uncooperative" in Scrap Drive” list. And it would be fun to dig up forgotten .pipes; so why not coop erate? It tal^es only a small force of enthusi astic people to adequately do the job. —K. M. Last week was really a gay thing. We certainly did en joy the Black-out which the SALEMITE so diligently “scooped.” Then the ordeal with the soldiers developed into one howling success. You know, of course, that the armored division was represented by, eighteen M 8-ers. Juniors and Sen iors, consequently, resorted to a few rounds of gin rummy before they definitely concluded what was perfectly obvious . . . that what w'as there was all. Naturally, it was absolutely all,right with us . . • but we did think it a little inconsiderate of them tanks not to show up after we had practically killed ourselves rushing into clothes whilst lirying to digest that rice-with-the-brown-toi) concoction. Thanlis, Uncle Sam! There is always, however, one ray of sunshine behind the great dark clouds. Last week-end’s ray was Colonel Humbert. No joke at all, he is some more darling. By Monday we had forgotten all about Saturday night. It was so positively filthy out that-we wei’e all for tracking down the strychnine pot; but we pretended that it was a perfcetly rosy life despite the weather, and dragged our boxes to Dr. Vardell’s recital. It }vas down-right salvation ... if ever there has been anything more marvelous than “The Cookie Jar,” we don’t even want to hear about it! Then there was Tuesday’s ehapel. Let it be said merely that the recessional was as appropriate as anything we’ve yet undergone. And that collapsible partition in the Campus Living Room! Well, it has indeed caused quite some speculation: is it there in order that pajama-ed femmes may smoke inibespied by whatever men there may be present? (Refer this qustion to Kathrine Manning). Or is it there in order that these same men won’t be able to peer down the halls quite so easily? You’re wi'ong! . . . It’s there in order that MeGeachy may tack up little clippings about various situations . . . and all for your enlightenment, Dear Smoking Sinners. Finally, we feel called upon to surmise that the Freshmen are an unhealthily busy race. Why, Polly Starbuck is so pressed for time that she ain’t able to take those steps to the door of Alice Clewell ... no sir! She eliminates all that unnecessary walking by exiting through her window . . . not even stopping to survey the man-hole beneath. Being totally de-enetgized at this point, we will plug the coffee pot in to boil . . . maybe the room-mate’s finger will tide ,Oscar the Tape-Worm over ’til morning. Now, where’s that razor blade ? . . . good-night! BUY WAR BONDS WE DON’T KNOW YOU, BUT WE’D LIKE TO “Good Heavens, who’s she?” asks any upperclassman at least twice a day. Every where we turn, we see a new face or hear a new name. Yea. verily there is a mighty l)and of new students at Salem this year. In fact we Sophomores, Juniors and' Seniors are definitely outnumbered. But the fact that we’re outnumbered isn’t what gives us an inferiority complex—oh, no! It’s just that we don’t know these people—and they are a powerful entertaining looking crew. Aside from the follvs who lounge in the Smoke House at the same times that we do— we meet the majority of our new acquaintances at meal time. At the present rate of table changing, we will have met, at the most, twenty-four new students by June—eight peo ple every six weeks. Juggling girls from table to table isn’t an easy job, we know; l)ut since enrollment of Salem is so large this year, couldn’t someone take the trouble to juggle u.s, say—every three to four weeks? What do you say? Can’t we meet a^ few of the new girls whom we’ve “heard tell of” at ilonday’s lunch? Or is there a special reason for our continuing to say “hey, you” to new students we’d like a chance to know? —N. S. AT LAST A STAFF The Salemite has annoiinced her staff; but, in case anyone is curious enough to wonder about our organization, we will explain a point or two. First of all, we Avant our permanent staS to reflect the best writing in Salem and the greatest dependability of wi'iters. We want to be positive that our staff' is willing at all times to accept the rather thankless responsi bility of producing a paper each week. We, consequently, have adopted the plan of ap prenticeship; as soon as writers show their enthusiasm, as well as their talent, they will l)e shifted to the parmanent staff; if they fail to measure up to our standards, they will be dropped from the mast head altogether, meetings will be held each IMonday at 1:30 in the Salemite office. This is by no means, however, the only opportunity for you to oflPer your services to the Salemite—we will welcome apprentices at any time. \ —The Editors. 'wiuU you^uif, wuu WAR BONDS The mess kit is one of the mos important items in the Soldier’t equipment. It consists generally oi a pan, a plastic canteen and cup, a fork, knife and spoon, all in a can vas pack cover. The total cost run? up to about $2.00. Canteens and other items such as handles on knives and forks, former ly made of aluminum, are now plas tic. Alloy has replaced stainless steel. You can buy many of these mess kits for our boys with youi purchases of War Bonds gnd Stamps Invest at least 10 iJercent of your income in War Bonds or Stamps ev ery pay day and top the quota in your county. s. Treasury Depart mer
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