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THE SALEMITE
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EDITORIAL DEPAETMEOT
. Mary Louise Rhodes
Editor-m-Chief . -----
Assistant Ed t Lucille Newman
Associate Editor
Margaret Winstead
Music Editor
Copy Editor Maxwell
Make-up Editor
Faculty Advisor
March 10, 1944.
WHO’S THE FLOP?
staff: Mary Lucy Baynes, ®
Martha Boatwright, Anne
lind Clark, Mary Coons, Margery Craig,
Nell Denning, Adair Evans, Mariana Gudeer
vieve Frasier, Mary Frances Garrou, ®“Xl-
Sarah Hege, Martha Lou J^an^ Jane e
sabeek, Nancy Hvatt, Janet Johnston, Vances i^aw,
Seno^ Lindsey, Katherine Manning, Marjorie Martin,
Sarah Merritt, Marguerite Mullin, jMe_Mn ’
Mary Alice Neilson, Coit Eedfearn, Dons Schaum,
KatLrine Schwalbe?, Nancy Stone, Virtie Stroup,
Margaret Styers, Helen Thomas, Normie Tomlin, Ba
bara Weir.
Lovely, isn’t it, this time of year how rumors spread—just merely
suggest that ao-and-so would make a decent candidate and the next
thing you know you have tried to swing an election . . . but even
that doesn’t hurt half as much as the thought that intelligent people
believe it. Man’s' best friend is, indeed, his dog! From now on we
entrust all opinions to the shepherd in the back yard . . .
Speaking of dogs, have you seen “Lassie Come Home” yet! Ooooh,
the tears we dd shed . . . but t’was worth it, because after all
the long-suffering Lassie did get home ... of- course we had the
nervous jerks until he made it—^but none-the-less he got'there. . . .
And then there was Carmen . . . what a dream ... it will take
a ndghty wicked jab to burst the cloud we’re walking on. At the
present our only perplexity is why Carmen didii’t fall in love with
that Captain . . . and' he had such nice cocked eye brows, too! And
that poor child with no shoes, goUy. ...
What, please, goes on in the office ... as long as Miss Kirkland
has to send war stamps to someone why, at least, doesn’t she keep
them within the present 350 members of S. C. instead of trying to
lure in new Salemites with them? . . . last week she- got a» answer—
(or we shWild say thank you note) to this effect . . .
' So it was a flop, was it? Well, I could
have told you it was going to be—that’s why
I wouldn’t go. People here just don’t know
how to carry out things like that. Those club
meetings are so boring. She asked me to
help withN;he program, but I just wouldn’t
have anything to do with it, because they
never are any good. And, besides, if I couldn’t
do any better than she does, I’d qiiit. Such
people shouldn’t be allowed to hold an office.
In fact, I’ve stopped going to the meetings
because it's simply a waste of time, aud
I’d rather spend my time having more fun.
Salem’s extra-curricular program is defini
tely deteriorating. We have no girls with any
ability or push. Yes, I know exactly what’s
wrong with this whole school. The people who
are doin^ things just don’t know how to do
anything. That’s why so many things are
:'ailures, flops.
Is that so? Well, I’m the biggest flop of
alll .
business DEPARTMENT
Business Manager W^Bec^with
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SiSSr SS ■—=
Advertising Staff; Aileen Seville, Betty Dunning,
Betty Harris, ^ar^ Gordon WaUe«, Sara^^^ ^ran-
phillips, Katy Bly Love, J»anita Miller^ary Charles
Watson, Phvllia Hill, Snookie Willis, Frances Elder,
Norma Rhodes, Mildred Garrison.
CIRCULATION STAFF
Jean Hodges, Edith Longest, Ruth Maxwell, Bar
bara Watkins, Margaret Hucka^e, Cat^nne Bunn
Dorothy Langdon, Rosamond Putzel, Martha^M
HeitLn, Mafgaret Bullock, Helen Bobbins Betsy
Stafford.
FACTS AND FIGURES
The facts speak for themselves. Just a
little over one-half of the. members of the
Student Governmient A^ocia|tj,on and that
includes every girl in Salem College—have
enough interest in it to use their right to vote
for its president.
If the remaining 146 students will not make
the minimum «f effort necessary to cast a
ballot, how can they be expected to uphold
the association in those things that do take
effort—effort from every member of the stu
dent body—the honor system, for example.
Where does the fault lie? Is it in the ideas
back of the Stee Gee, or can it be that you
just haven’t got the interest to go up to
Main Hall and cast a vote?
The answer must be found immediately and
steps be taken to remedy the situation be-
, fore the rest of the elections take place. Every
single vote is important. Your vote might help
the best fellow get the job. Don’t just sit
back and say—as so many of us do—,“Well,
the person I want will get it anyway; it isn’t
necessary for me to vote.” Don’t ne so sel
fish as to take that attitude. If you were run
ning, wouldn’t you feel much^better if you
knew the students were back of you enough
to east a vote?
Let’s support our future officers by showing
we are at least interested enough to vote
We Jiave already chosen our Stee Gee pres
ident and Salemite editor.' We are proud of
them .Let’s make them proud of us by our
voting for the rest of the elections. More el
ections are coming up—Y. W. C. A., I. R. S.,
Annual, Athletic Association, May Day Com
mittee Chairman—. Look in the handbook and
see what elections are to be made and what
duties go with the office. Scout around and
see who’s available for the job. The nom
inees will be posted 36 hours before the el
ection is to take place. Decide who you want
for the job and vote.
Dear Miss Kirkland,
Thank you so much for the war stamp. It is the first one I hare
received. ^
Sincerely
• Mary
What we definitely adore is that “first one I have received” business
. just keep it up, honey, you might get a bond . . .
There has certainly been diverse emotions abroad this week—
everything from wailing, weeking and gnashing of teeth to the practice
house giggles—why doesn’t your partner lay his cards down on the
table so that you might see where you stand . . . the tide and times
have enough tension in them without this everlasting wondering of
what has gone wrong . . . it’s too bad that jwople are only human.
My, this is getting gruesome—in a rut to be exact . . but we
haven’t even one little eppisode to cheer life in the least ... the
long-awaited-for fontasies from Hhe Comp class are till being awaited for
and not one person has done anything very humorous or joUy this
whole week . . . but better times are in sight
Without a doubt the best thing to do at this point is to stop
. . . rosy Aurora is trying to step in the window and peep over our
shoulders — so to prevent the gods from knowing of mortal dis
couragement ... we QUIT . . .
AfU44iiei
SOKETO
Quien dice que la ausencia causa olvido,
Merece ser de todos olvidado:
El verdiadero y firme enamorado
Est4 estando ausente mS,s perdido.
Aviva la memoria su sesntido,
La soledad levanta su cuidado;
Hallarse de su bien tan apartado,
Hace su desear m&s encendido.
^o sanan las heridas en §,1 dadas,
Aunque cese el mirar que las oaus6,
Si quedan en el alma confirmadas:
Que si uno est& con muchas cuchillA^B,
Porgue huya de quien Is aeuchill6,
No por eso seran mejor curadas.
Juan Boscin Abnogaver
(1542)
OPEN FORUM 1
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SENIOR PRIVILEGES
Have you ever read the .old rules of Salem
Female Academy which hang on the walls of the
office building! If you have, you no doubt had a
good laugh at the “do’s” and “don’t” of our great-
great Grajidmother’s day!
Salem has gotten modern—^has changed with
the times—^by Student Government Legislation. We
never want to neglect this privilege. We do not
want to become radical, but fellow students, let's
not become stagnant, intellectually or socially. New
legislation envolves from present legislation, and
there’s never been a time when changes weren’t
necessary.
{For exapiple, l|et us take' the datifeg hours
Saturday night. As most of you know (or SHOULD
know—“page 29 in the handbook”!) both Juniors
and! Seniors must be in at 11:00 o’clock. Now con
sider this—the Seniors are advanced scholastically
from the other classes in college, so why shouldn’t
they be advanced socially? By all fairness of standing
they should be allowed to stay out fifteen minutes
later on Saturday night. What about it, girls?
The Legislative Board of the Student Government
can accept new measures up until April 15th. Let’s
not be content to sit around complaining about the
existing rules. We want action! Let’s have it!
A. C.
‘MAERY before?”
CAPITAL TO CAMPUS
STUDENTS IN WASHINGTON
Washington—ACP—Still fairly new on the Capital scene is
the government interne—^the bright, young college graduate who
comes to Washington to study the machinery of government in
operation.
The theory_behind internship is not new. For many years,
educators and students of political science have contended that
if you mix specialized, coUege training and an interest in gov
ernment with a knowledge of government at work, you’ll come
out with higher standards among prospective federal servants.
The interne idea is taking hold. More and. more of these stud
ents of government are arriving in Washington every year.
To the would-be war bride. Dr. Gulielma
F. Alsop, physician for New York’s Barnard
college and co-author of a book on marriage,
offers this advice: “Once assured in your own
mind, marry him—the soldier, the sailor, the
man of the sky—before he goes to war.”
Dr. Alsop thinks “a lot of nonsenso is be
ing written and said about marriages.”
After years of association witjh girls at the
school, she said in an interview she feels
young women should not be too timid or
cautious about marrying men they’ve known
for a reasonable length of time.
“Young people today are romantic, idealistic
and ready for any kind of devotion,” she
said. The heightened emotion that sweeps the
youth of a nation in war time makes for per
manence in marriage.
“The basis of all marriage is responsibility-^
and trust. And the young woman of today
is self-reliant, capable and determined. I
have confidence in the young woman of today
to make a success of marriag,e and motherhood.
“But I do not advocate the week-end mar
riage, which is the chief thing to be feared.
The young woman who meets a soldier on
Friday, marries him on Saturday and parts
with him—perhaps for’ months—on Monday
may have serious difficulties ahead.”
She advised war brides not to date other
men, but to devote leisure hours to war work
or to entertaining soldiers and sailors at pro
perly conducted community parties.
She also warns young war brides: “You
will now always be judged as a member of
“ partnership, not as an isolated individual.
You must reflect your husband’s ideals as well
as your own.
“You have^ become a part of the war.
Win the war with him.”