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THE SALE MITE
Friday, December 11,1942.
German Scholars Do
Nothing But Party
Here it was fully three weeks be
fore Christmas, and I was getting
the Christmas spirit already. For
some reason—I don’t know what—
I hadn’t been to any of the German
Club meetings before (except, of
course, this picnic this fall, and I
didn’t know quite what to expect
from this so-called “Christmas
pferty. ” I thought perhaps, being a
freshman, I might feel out of place;
but, on the contrary, I felt right at
ease. Jane and I had come down
to the Recreation Room of Bitting
about seven-thirty Friday night,
December the fourth. The chairs
were all drawn up in a half-circle
around the fireplace, in which a huge
log fire was roaring. At one side of
the room stood a large Christmas
tree decorated with red and green
suckers, and greens and holly; to
gether with glowing red candles, ad
ded to the Christmas decorations
around the room.
The entertainment committee pre
sented a play about the Christmas
story with Mary, Joseph, angels and
shepherds. After this we all sang
German carols, and even though we
freshmen couldn’t translate all the
words, we enjoyed singing the love-'
ly old \unes. Then, Dr. Wenhold
read the Christmas story to us from
a Bible 200 years old. Imagine hav
ing a book that old!
Perhaps the most fun of anything
we did that night, however, was to
sing carols to Dr. Rondthaler and
“Mother” Strong. All of us had
lighted candles, and as we stood out
side in the cold and windy night,
I felt as if it might be Christmas
Eve.
When we went back to Bitting,
hot coffee and German coffee cake
were awaiting us. It was delicious,
and coffee was especially welcome
after the frigid air outside. It was
all lots of fun, and Jane and I went
back to Clewell after the meeting
with the beginnings of the Christ
mas spirit that was to grow with
the passing of each day we were to
spend up here before the holidays.
—D. C. S.
Musicians’
Hour
A Big Success
—WOMEN—
to your Alma Mater.
On the other hand, however, it is
not only possible but highly prob
able tat you, during this time of
training for these high responsibil
ities which will come to you, have
not completely utilized the advan
tages for war work already at hand.
The following figures and facts
would seem to indicate that con
clusion:
(313 in student body—day stud
ents and! boarders).
83 83 soldiers’ kits bought at $1
a kit—26% of entire student body
Approx. 20 people knitted sweat
ers—fall 1942—6% of entire stud
ent body.
Approx. 20 i>e)ple helped in Red
Cross Sewing Room, fall 1942—6%
of entire student body.
Approx. 16 people took standard
first aid course fall 1942—5%‘ of
entire student body.
Approx. 9 people took advanced
first aid course fall 1942—2% of
entire student body.
196, people (students and faculty)
bought $4,013.45 in stamps and
bonds from October 21 to November
16 in College Bond Drive.
(Two $1,000 bonds were bought—
$750 being paid for each, which are
included in the above figure).
173 students bought stamps and
bonds—55% of entire student body.
These figures and percentages
above listed are presented in ‘order
that administration, faculty, and
students might be fully aware of
the urgent needs of further and
more complete co-operation in these
agencies alerady established. We
do not want to fall into the current
and prevalent fallacy of pryamiding
agencies without making those at
hand as efficient as possible.
In these times it is the responsi
bility of the administration to de
termine and establish courses which
are definitely needed by the war
effort. It is the responsibility of
the faculty to deepen and broaden
and intensify the courses already at
hand. It is further the responsi
bility of the student to take these
courses and to apply herself to the
best of her ability as well as "re
main at battle positions.”
May each one of us do his duty
NOW;!
—David Weinland.
Music Hour yesterday afternoon
hailed the first performance this
season of several of the underclass
men. Making their very first ap
pearance in Memorial Hall were
Martha Moore Hayes, June Reid,
and Frances Cartner. Martha Moore,
the talented lass from Charlotte,
played “Study in G” by Scarlotti.
She displayed admirable stage pres
ence for a freshman and played
with precision and charm. June
Reid, our Winston-Salem boarder,
made her debut) playing “Sicili-
ano, ” by Baeh-Huges. She played
with feeling and a lovely tone qual
ity in the clear melody, beneath
which the continuously smooth ac
companiment moved about. Betty
Withers, a most promising S’opho-
more organ student, played “Pre
lude and Fugue in G Minor,” by
Bach. Betty’s skillful manipulation
and effective playing were admir
able. “Oh Had I Jubal’s Lyre,”
by Ilandel, served excellently to
display Jane Frazier’s glorious
voice. Emily Hire gave a most
pleasing and interesting perform
ance of “Rigaudon,” by MacDow-
ell. Peggy Ann Pfaff sang, “Come
Unto Him,” from the Messiah, by
Handel. She has a very clear so
prano voice, though perhaps the
number demanded a more mature
voice. Katie Bly Love played the
lovely and familiar “Vision,” by
Eheinberger. Juanita Miller show
ed unusually good breath control
and smooth tone in “Seit Ich Ihm
Gesehcn,” by Schumann. Eloise
Hege played “Spanish Serenade,’’
by Chaminade-Kreisler, a charming
piece featuring many difficult har
monies. Laura Emily Pitts, our
faithful accompanist, made her ap
pearance in a different role, that of
organist, and played the delightfully
entertaining “Prelude in D Minor,’
by Clerambault. In “Silent Moon,”
by Vaughan-Williams, Peggy Eaton
skillfully cast a magical spell over
the audience by her excellent inter
pretation and lovely voice. As a
fitting close to the program, FVan
ces Cartner played the beautiful and
elevating “Prelude and Fugue in
G Major,” by Bach. Frances is one
of the several new students who
will bear close watching for future
attainment.
Gone, But Not
Forgotten
Janie’s Gone to College
(By Mary Ferguson Legler)
Janie’s gone to college
With all the car would hold
Of curtains, rugs, stuffed animals,
Gadgets new and old.
My softest blanket’s missing—
I’ve hunted high and low!
Lightheartedly she carried off
Her brother’s radio.
Swing-time records suddenly
Have vanished overnight,
And from my desk has disappeared
The one pen that would write.
The study lamp with extra bulbs
Accompanied her going,
And measuring tape and scissors
Are no onger with my sewing.
Oh, where will Janie ever find
A place for storing knowledge
After she’s unpacked the things
She took with her to colege?
—^Saturday Evening Post.
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Unless you looked at his eyes .
and you couldn’t have seen him at
all without looking at his eyes . . .
you don’t know Joseph Auslander
You don’t know that he’s all honesty
, . . all sincerity ... all deep-down
enthusiasm for poetry. You don’t
know' that he meant it when he said
he hated to stop his lecture to catch
a train for Washington . . . that
he meant it when he said that he
would have loved to have gone
right on talking until his low rich
voice just gave out altogether . . .
that ho meant it when he said that
he loved Sappho and Elizabeth Bar
rett and Emily Dickinson and Eli
nor Wylie with almost a passion.
You don’t know that his respect for
his wife is just what he said it was
... or that his nature is all sim
plicity, and gentleness, and keen
ness of wit and humor.
When he first got here, Joseph
Auslander was a little shy and a
little hesitant . . . but very gracious.
He wanted to know all about the
Moravians . . . not idly curious but
genuinely interested. And after he
had learned, he felt it safe to laugh
a little at his fears about once be
fore when he’d been asked to lec
ture in a religious community . . .
a time when he’d got off a train
to be accosted by a rabid thrust,
“Do you like Carl Sandburg?” He’d
hardly had time to react before the
violent sword struck again, “Well,
WE don’t.” So he merely wanted
to check up.
There are so many wonderful
things' to be said about Joseph Aus
lander; but who feels confident
enough to characterize a poet?
And he is a poet. You have only
to watch him choose his words with
the minute precision of a surgeon
choosing his implements to know
that Joseph Auslander is innately
poetic. Y"ou have only to listen to
his tiny word i>ortraits of people
. . . only to sense his eager obser
vations. And, aside from being a
poet, he has that superb sense of
humor essential to story-tellers . . .
he can tell you about Amy Lowell
with all the solemnity of the Har
vard Poetry Society ... he can tell
you about Bill Saroyan with all the
kindness of a friend; and yet let
you know that when Bill Saroyan
falls into a sane humor, he is very
dull ... he can tell you about Ar
thur Menken with all the dramatic
edges of Hollywood: ... he can tell
you about Jean Hersholt with all
the admiration of a scholar . . . and
h€ can tell you about his wife’s de
scent from Shelley and the charac
teristics she inherited from him
with all the gentleness of a hus
band.
When Joseph Auslander left, he
left . . . not as a stodgy old lec
turer . . . but as a friend. And he’s
a friend that we’ll remember . . .
not for what he said so much as
for what he is . . . for a long, long
time.
—C. J. N.
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(A. C. P.)
“When in the American educa
tional world ‘leadership,’ so-called,
exhibits itself all too often primar
ily in policing efforts . . . The great
professions—chemistry, engineering,
medicine, and the service profes
sions, such as nursing and social
work—all attempt defensively to
protect what they define as ‘mini
mum standards.’ In altogether too
many instances it is an effort to
keep newcomers from enjoying equal
opportunity—a wholly illiberal ideal.
Even at best, minimum standards
are leadership in reverse . . . Before
this war can end, the false leaders
in Europe must learn that police
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ever brutal, can never firmly under-
gird a political regime, much less
justify arrogation of the title of
leader. The same lesson needs to be
learned in the American academic
world.”
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planes and sips; on the other, with
the no less powerful weapon of
propaganda. Goebbels, the Nazi
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uted as much to German victories
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Without propaganda Hitler could
never have come to power; without
it he could never have created the
most powerful army the world has
ever known; without it this army
could never have won its most spec
tacular victories.”
BIRTHDAYS
December 13-20.
Sara Merritt, Dec. 13.
Mary Best, Dec. 13.
Barbara Humbert, Dec. 13.
Lucille Smoot, Dec. 13.
Lou Ann Davis, Dec. 14.
Nancy Stone, Dec. 15.
Frances Swing, Dec. 15.
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On December 15, no chapel—the
11:15 class will meet at 10:20, the
12:10 classes will meet at 11:15,
lunch will be served at 12:10, 2:00
classes will meet at 1:00—and class
es will be over at 4:00 p. m.
On January 5, classes resume at
9:25 the 8:30 classes will meet at
9:25, the 9:25 classes will meet at
10:20 in the place of chapel, tha
11:15 classes will meet at 11:15.
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