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February 1 8, 1944- THE SALEMITE Page Three. FILTH COLUMN REPORTING: Between flowers, candy, and Val- ■entines piling in—and plans for the up-coming dance this week-end, this has been quite a busy week. Have you seen all the flowers that are decorating the rooms?—Margaret Riddle’s beautiful red roses, Greta’s yellow ones, Betty Harris’ two boxes of the lovely things, and loads of others. And, of course, you heard about Frances Sullivan’s “orchids and roses” which arc permanent! Marie Griffin, Betty Bell, and Emily Harris were proudly displaying their orchids.—Marie’s Van brought her ters and Martha Boatwright were ker and Martha Boatwright were also among those with flowers pin ned on their coats as they trampled through the snow to the I. E. S. Tea. Just everybody got Valentine candy which is kinder hard on those of us who are trying to lose a few pounds. The ‘campus was really minus last week-end. Girls left for every dir ection—but especially for Statesville and the Seville home—Must have been quite a week-end with Mary Jane Kelly, Lucy Farmer, Becky Howell, and Seville all in one house, Iiois and Julia were off to Carolina again; his time for the N. B. O. T. C. dances. Polly journeyed to Salis bury to see Ed and returned wearing pink Camillas and a wide smile. Kackie Traynham went toward Ealeigh and the State dances. The object of attention in the dining room last Friday was certainly Lou .Stack’s lieutenant—we don’t blame her. Virginia McMurray took off early this week for an extended week-end at home—the reason—one Bobby Frazier is home on furlough. That explains everything. Dot Hensdale really had every thing happen to her at once last week. Friday her sister, Frances, became the bride of Lt. Von Autry P. S.! Dot’s Jake was home on fur lough at the time. Molly Boseman was pleasantly surprised Saturday to hear that Buck was home, and she was even more surprised when he turned up with those gold bars on his 'shoulders. Chase went up to New York for the week-end didn’t waste any time on the trip, for as a result she has enough medals to win a scrap drive contest, and he( the name is Wimpenny) is coming down here Friday to see her. Among those going to Davidson this week-end for the dance are Helen Thomas, who is sponsoring, Kay Whittle, Luanne Davis, and Eachel Merrith. Have fun, girls!! Over in Senior, Adair Evans is blossoming forth Tfc'ith pink car nations from overseas, and she has some peculiar colored sweet peas, too Hear that Phylis Hill is taking everybody’s man to the dance . . . Heaven help you, Philis! By the way, Mil Avera certainly does love nice black, spooky arch way s—especially near churches. Must be her wandering spirit! Geachy really raked in for her Valentine birthday—two sets of flowers—from Captain Dick? Mary Formy-Duval must be glad play practice is here again. Can’t say as we blame her. How does, Marguerite Worth manage to go home so often these days? It must be nice . . . According to Mr. Weinland’s re port, the academy did rather will with the men situation at their junior-senior. That ought to be a challenge, girls! Strong’s really growing with five new members added to the "Daughters”—"Bit” Norwood, Kay Whittle, Janet Johnston, Nancy Bidenhour, and Joanne Swasey! Wonder who’s calling Rosie Clark so much these days? Betsy Meiklejohn is certainly step ping out these days with a handsome lieutenant from the Mying Safety. We heard it’s just friends of friends —the other friend Mike? Identification bracelets always identify usually two things. Mae Noble is sporting a mi^ghty potent one from a native Winstonian at that. What’ up, Mae? Liz Young, we sho’ do like Alex and his convertable! Of course, the “3’s” can’t let one get ahead of the other. Margaret Yount is still glowing over that Clubs Meet This Week On Campus RIDING CLUB The riding club became The Stirrups Club at a meeting in the D a y-Student Center Wednesday night. Club dues were collected and plans were made for a hay-ride later in the spring. Members played “Pin the tail on the donkey” and a guessing game of finding the “barrel” and the “chestnut” on a horse. Mr. E. L. Anderson and his son, E. L., Jr., answered questions about the various types of horeses and their care. FRESHMAN DRAMATIC CLUB The Freshman Dramatic Club un der the leadership of Mrs. Robert McCuiston, the neW dramatic dir ector, has started production of the play, “A Maid Goes Forth to War.” It is the story of Jeanne D’are. The cast for the play is Jeanne D’arc, Light Joslin; Isabelle, Jean ne’s mother, Jane Mulhollim; Men- gette, a friend of Jeanne’s, Bernice Bunn; and Marie, mother of Man- gette, Coit Redfearn. The play will be presented in chapel in the near future. LATIN CLUB The Alpha Iota Pi held its meet ing for the initiation of new mem bers Tuesday night in the recreation room of Louisa Bitting Building. The new members entertained the club with a radio skit, given in Latin. A game of Latin lovers was played, and Nellie Seew'ald won the prize. After all new members had been thoroughly initiated, Majorie Reavis presided over the cutting of a huge heartshaped cake. This was served with Russian tea and nuts. Eleven new members were taken into the club: Betsy Meiklejohn, Molly Boseman, Billie Rose Becker- dite, Edith Hunt Vance, Jane Angus, Bettie Cheatham, Geraldine Purcell, Lucile Newman, Lucy Scott, Margaret Styers, and Margery Mar tin. BENEFIT BRIDGE The Junior Class gave a benefit bridge party Saturday night, Feb ruary 12, in the recreation room of Strong Dormitory. Red and white score pads and tal lies in Valentine designs decorated the tables. ITefreshments of ginger ale, cookies, and nuts were served to seven tables. Peggy Nimmocks won high score prize, and Mary Ellen Carrig carri ed off the floating prize. last week-end at Carolina. And Mededith is stepping out to the Med dance. We have noticed by a phone ring ing, and a happy face, and news that June Reid is excited over the Med dance, too. Prue might not have gotten a ^ alentine from Dick, but oh, that Special! Jo Hollar just got out of the in firmary, but that doesn’t account for all the flowers. “Meatball,” didn’t you bring your date over to the smokehouse last week? How’s it feel to be off restriction now, Shef? phone 7121 I PIN YOUR FAITH I ON THIS LABEL StudentsReview “A Tree Grows” What are Salem students reading in their lighter moments? One book your reporter sees them carrying around is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I peeped into some book reviews of these readers and here is what some of them say: This book is timely because of its emphasis on American ideals of democracy, freedom, and education. It is a picture of an America where any immigrant’s son or daughter —may become president! Katie says of education: “Educa tion! That was it! It was education that made the difference! Education would pull them out of the grime and dirt.” Francie’s grandmother says: In the old country, a man is given to the part. Here he be longs to the future. In this land, he may be what he will, if he has the good heart and the way of working honestly at the right things . . The democratic current flows un der the surface throughout in the realizing of this principle. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is not the usual war novel—dramatizing the dilemma and glorifying the soldiers and the women behind them. The patriotic element is handled extremely subtly and is no issue or motive in the novel. In Brooklyn there grows a tree with umbrella-liEe branches and pointed green leaves. It grows among crowded tenements, from the midst of trash heaps, and from cracks in cement. It grows richly without sunshine or water, and wherever its seed falls, it makes a tree which struggles to reach the sky. This tree symbolizes for Betty Smith the life of her heroine, Francie. She is writing about a group of people who get about as little nurture as the tree, seemingly have nothing to live for, and yet, like the tree, do not want to die. She is writing about a people who through their in tense struggle for life itself be come strong . . . The child Francie is a combination of the Nolan and Rommely traits. She has the violent love of beauty and the weaknesses of “Papa” and the softness and wisdom of Katie . . . . From her grandmother Rommely, Francie inherits the art of story telling, a powerful imagination, and a mystical belief in everything. Francie has all the exuberance of life and love for children of Aunt Sissy—Aunt Sissy who is bad about men but who is good because “Wherever she is there is life, Igood, tender, overwhelming, fun- loving, and strong scented life.” Besides being a child of the Nolans and Rommelys, Francie is also a distinct personality, influenced by books, a brown bowl, and a^ tree. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is not (Continued on Page Four.) ENGRAVED Invitations — Announcements Calling Cards •— Stationery H. T. Hearn Engraving Co. 632 W. Fourtli Street Mrs. Dixon wishes to announce She has Mrs. Danner | A Capable operator to Assist her. I SALEM BEAUTY SHOP I Call 7238 for appointment I BELK-STEVENS I Department Store ‘The Home of Better g Values” I ■ Presenting.,., BECKY HOWELL At approximately 11:00 o’clock every night a lank girl dashes through the halls of Bitting, ef ficiently locking doors and snapping out lights. This done, she hastens to her room, sinks hapily to bed and sleeps peacefully until a groggy suite-mate appears at 7:30 to close the windows against the morning chill and arouse her none too gently. This sight, familiar to Bitting, pre sents Becky Howell in her most characteristic moment - characteris tic in that it reveals the two ex tremes of her personality. The first of these extremes is energy. Whether she is surrying about her room to bring order from chaos or hastening to the library under the weight of those five pound- five dollar textbooks her vitality is at onpe noticeable. It is a vitality well spent, as a obvious when one observes the order pattern of her life. But there are times when even vitiamin B fails, and far be it from Becky to resist the charms, of a cozy nap on a rainy afternoon. Indolence we call it jestingly, and perhaps a little jealously for Becky’s love of ease—the other extreme— is merely the outward mainfestation of an essentially serene philosophy of life. Her philosophic calm is by no means incapable of frequent up sets but the errors of yesterday are invariably so much water under the dam, and the possibility of future misfortune is tomorrow’s problem. Thbugh Becky is tall and slim, she is not out of place in Bitting’s “short hall’ (second floor to you) which bewails daily its five foot- three inch average of plump woman hood. She may often be found drap ed carelessly in an easy chair pre dicting the triumph of the Free French (with a capital, if you please) or extolling the virtues of Jrogres- sive education • (without the capi tal). Or perhaps she will gaze pen sively past the group of merry girls and through the walls if she is indulging her romantic tendency to ponder the long ago and far away. Her romantic bent, however, is not to be over-estimated. It is balanced by a down-to-earth common sense and the dreamjy expression may only mean that she is revelling in the thought of every English major’s Utopia-fifteen minutes with nothing to do. Becky’s energy and simplicity, her HELEN PHILLIPS Surely you have seen her. She is that tall brunette junior with the big brown eyes, winning smile, and that very gentle manner. She can usually be found in the Smoke House of Clewell. She likes bridge and is always a rea/dy hand for a fourth. Helen likes people and is a good mixer. A stranger to us at the be ginning of the year, this W. C. transfer made friends in a hurry. Impressed by her dignity an. poise, the I. R. S. Council elected her its secretary and treasurer. Helen does not talk much, but when she does we know she has something to say. Being a doctor’s daughter, she likes to argue about medicine, especially “Socialized Medicine.” She will defy anyone who Isays that any good will ever come of it. From her experiences when driving for her father, around North Wilkesboro she should know how people feel about doctor. Helen is a very conscientious stu dent, having history as her major. Just ask her anything about the world a thousand years ago, or a thousand years to come, and she’ll tell you enough at least to start you thinking. There is a serious doubt that Helen will ever use her teacher’s certifi cate in history, however. She is a talented artist and modestly com ments every now and then that she wants to “do something with her art.” Often she can be found sket ching one of the girls. “Slow but sure” is her motto in her drawing. Swimming is Helen’s favorite sport. She likes chocolate cake, ice cream, mountain apples, pretty earrings, «and slinky brown dresses. She has a special interest in a cer tain “Bob” at West Point. e have become so used to having Helen with us that we wonder what the juniors did without her! intelligence and her subtle wit that is betrayed only by the twinkle of an eye—all these have combined to make her a Dean’s lister, a pro- minetn figure in campus affairs, and a favorite with her class. If her reserve makes her difficult to floiow on first acquaintance, * her loyalty and her dry humor makes her friendship well worth the effort. Paschal Shoe Repair Co. We Also Dye Shoes Any Color “Best In Our Line” 219 W. 4th St. DIAL 4901 Victor, Bluebird, Columbia and Decca Records BOCOCK-STROUD CO. HOTEL ROBERT E. LEE Dining Boom and CoSee Shop Fifth and Cherry Streets IIIHimilllHIHIIIHIillHIIIIHiHIIUflllllHliliailllH PICCADILLY GRILL 415 W. 4th Street The most up-to-date Restanrant in the South MOTHER AND DAUGHTER STORE “ON THE SQUARE” Fashions for the Junior Miss THE ROAD TO SALEM By Adelaide L. 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