March 10, 1944.
THE SALEMITE
Page Three.
FILTH COLUMN
REPORTING:
The papers has caught us gossips
between reasons long after Valen
tine anid far befoire Efester, no
dance, no big week-ends, and not
much gossip.
But Julia always provides news
in and out of ‘season’. This tinie
it’s a new fraternity pin; and wed
like to know just what the grand
total is to date????
There was Walter on campus last
Week-end with I*ois. We understand
liois had quite a struggle at heart—
Walter? or Eng. Lit.?
The weekend that “Wink,”
Senora, and Helen are talking about
sounds’ out-of-this-would; or at
least, ‘out-of-these-war-times: It
seems that there was a man apiece
plus extra ones apiece—and all un
expected . . •
Then there’s the story behind
IiU’s and Gudg’s restriction. For
best version, see the second-floor
proctor; but? don’t miss* itl- ..,r
Mary Lib . is expecting company
this weekend;- ^tist who? atid whose
is Mary Lib’s mystefry.
Didn’t Jenny J. go home last
weekend?—just ask her
Andl speaking of week ends,
Justice Henderson’s is at the top
of the list. We understand she
was going home for her brother’s
wedding—and well ... of course,
you’ve seen the ring (hers, not
the brothers’!)
Boaze and Rachel were dating
against this weekend—Davidson
this time.
Nonnie and Khacky are headed
for Statesville this weekend—the
, the Steeles’ are home.
Anid; in Lehman the big news is
Paul! He’s coming the first of next
week with wings and commission.
Mildred has been saving lots of
cuts for just this event; so she’s
looking forward to an extended
weekend at home. What about that
Hew coat, etc.!—are they for Pa,ul?
Lt. French is still heard from—
through Mary Ellen. Where do the
Australians come in, M. E. and
Kaka? M-
In Senior it’s always the Captain
Dick, visiting, phoning, wiring,
writing, and all those thoughtful
things we wish for. Needless to say,
Geachy’s the lucky girl.
V. V.’s surprise card from Jimmy
last week was followed up by a
letter.
While other Salemites swooned
over the tenor (Don Jose) at the
opera, Ella Lou and Nellie had the
fortitude to refuse his invitation—
to discuss music, no doubt.
Just in case of sudden need, Dr-
Lachmann and Miss Tubbs were
practicing the aforementioned opera
in Main Hall.
We’re all mighty thrilled with
KaKa that her sister is here now
for a long visit—her mother arrives
next week.
. . . And more weddings—Ginnie
Gibson is making another trek
home this week for another wed
ding; it’s her brother this time.
“She wears a -pair of silver
bars.’ Martha Lou Heitman made
an extensive study of the Univer
sity of Va. last week-end—and a
certain captain.
Hello Dear—
At Sea
Feb. 19, 1944.
Soon we’ll get mail again—and
eat a regular resturant-cooked meal
again—and see trees again and
green grass and flowers—we’ll walk
on good earth agojin. It’s been a
long trip. Such a long time since
we’ve seen those things.
While I realize that you are a
zealous reader of periodicals, I
might suggest that you glance at
the news these days—more or less
—we’re pretty close to the head
lines out here ... We specialize
in bard labor. We see a lot, though—
indeed a thoroughly satiating share
of sights. I like none of it. Tet
let our offensive race—the quicker
the attack, the more the invasions
Untouched by Solemn
Thought”—or Sleiep
(By Sarah Merritt)
In Clewell, with the usual sound
efEe'cts . • ■ 12:15, and not more
that five inmates weathered the
storm to sleepland ... a spriug
fever victim with cotton in her
ears trying to concentrate:
“An English Lit test tomorrow,
ond' one should be able to quote
something by Wordswortli if only
an abstract sonnet. How can one
memorize poetry in confusion like
this!! (And what’s more, who wants
to?) Ah! here’s* one: “It is a
beauteous evening, calm and free,”
(It isn’t a beauteous evening—
it’s dense as my room-mate’s mind;
NOTICE—
Last chance to get your tickets
to “Madame Curie” and help W.
S. S. F. will be Sunday. Tickets
will be on sale in the dining room
Saturday.
THIS IS m
thebetter. There will be many, many jit’s not calm ^ ^f’^^ainly not
more before we turn home-ward.
Here’s a Ititle story about a dog.
Under neath the forward gun tub
on the forecastle-shielded from the
spray that breaks over the bow—
there’s an old army blanket wadded
up in a corner. We haTe an extra
•pKSsenger aboard that sleeps there
2HV2 hours out of 24. All wool and
like a 5?*'“—can’t be many
weeks old—'he claims more breeds
than days. His tongue’s dark, part
chow, I guess. His eyes are clear
and alert—^his disposition friendly.
All in all, a fine mixture of pooch.
Belongs to one of the soldiers
aboard.
Fifty dollars wouldn’t buy him
for an army officer looked him over
—^and said he was a good dog—
wanted him. No, Sir! Were I that
soldier, a hundred dollars would
jfmean nothing. We saw him bring
the pup aboard just as we were
about to pull off of the beach. Both
Then there’s the “Case of the
Dropped Biscuits”—they really drop
ped! ! Ask Margie Craig for embarras
sing details.
I’raises go to the girls who so
artistically rearranged the furniture
of Clewell Smoke House—but how,
we ask humbly, are two people to
carry on a conversation with their
tracks to each other? Still, the spirit
is fine and the placard expresses it
completely.
Mary Trances took a somewhat
extended weekend, and arrived back
here “Just friends” with Bubbal
These “friendships” are enough
to make us wonder!
Rachel is still awaiting Tobby’s
promised visit.
Molly B.’s favorite tune f seems
to still be the “Glendale Special”,
and her roommate nearly dropped
dead at Winpenny’s suggestion to
meet his Mother. But the cable
from Mack was her thrill of the
week, and Mrs. S. is still her favorite
mother-in-law!
Bull will be bound for Charlotte
this weekend, and Jenny Frasier is
recuperating from her weekend in
Sanford.
Betty Jones was all smiles with
the lieutenant, which she politely
shared in the Day Student’s Center,
Sebia’s guy also made a terriffic hit.
T'he Home Ec’ers in the Practice
House are all a-flutter about their
formal dinner Thursday night. Here
hopping the biscuits don’t burn!
RAY W. GOODRICH
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free—“Strong are .t^y walls, oh
Salem.”) Then the second line, “The
holy time is quiet as a nun. Breath
less with adoration;” (The holy time
is quiet . . . when? ... 5 a. m.?
I doubt the quieftness even then.
A nun .' . ; that’s me . . . paste me
portrait thar. HumSi, who’s breath
less with adoration? I’m getting
breathless from trying to say four
teen lines in one breath, but I’m
afraid the adoration element has
been exterminated in the mood
I’m in.) Let’s see: “The broad
sun is sinking down in its tran
quility.” ‘I only wish that several
on this hall would sink down, and
maybe I could have the tranquility.)
“The gentleness of heaven broods
o’er the sea:’’ (I expect the gentle
ness of heaven should be brooding
o’er me right now. With Words
worth’s “tranquility” and “gentle
ness of heaven” I might be able to
memorize this.) “Listen! the mighty
Being is awake,” (Evidentally.
Listen to that radio! Oh, I like
Cugat — without his orchestra.)
“And doth with his eternal motion
make a sound like thunder—ever
lastingly;” (This is getting to be
too true to be funny. A jam session
above me; an energetic version of
Tschaikowski’s Prelude below me,
and radios on both sides—^I’m caught
between—with Wordsworth.) “Dear
child! dear girl! that walkest with
me here” (I think that Wordsworth
meant that to be translated: “Dear
children! dear owl-cats! who stsllm-
pede down the halls—”
If thou appear untouched by
solemn thought” (Oh, how true—)
Thy nature is not therefore less
divine.” (That’s the end!! When the
poem starts defending them I give
up. I’ll compromise and get up ten
minutes earlier in the morning—
that is, if I can get to sleep!
I SEND myself to stand beside
my soldier as long as he needs my
help. I would cheer him when home
sickness pulls hi* down. I would
try to make him forget the horror
he has witnessed. I would take his
worries on my shoulders and re
lieve his mind of fear of the
welfare of those at home. I would
give him comforts, things not ex
pected at the time and place, and
precious on that account. If my
soldier were taken prisoner 1 would
see that he got extra foods, warm
clothing, and needed medicines. If
he were wounded I would furnish
my blood to save his life, and sur
gical dressings to bind his wounds.
I would be beside him in the hos
pital to give him comfort, and to
make the hours less long. If he were
crippled I would help him adjust
himself to his new and smaller
world, and were he discharged for
disability I would seek to safe
guard his interests and to see him
and the family through any dif
ficulty. I am needed to ,do these
things. I CAN do them—for I am
the Red Cross. By my generous
gift to the RED CROSS WAR
FUND I DO them all. The fund-
unprecedented in size to meet the
unprecedented need—greatly needs
my gift. This is my share.
ARC 1118 Rev. Feb. 1944
phone 7121
creatures looked hard-bitter, tired,
caked with dirt and old sweat. The
pup had no tail, had but a raw,
bleeding stump—his paws were
burnt badly. Just before, a dug-
out had been blown up—a terrific
charge—Japs hole-in with incred
ible stubbornness—nearly fantastic
thlit this dog crawled out, the only
thing to survive and surrender.
T'he soldier ran up and claimed
him. Najned him after the island.
The name’s a good one for a dog,
—REPORTERS-
Presenting...
. NELL EFLBD DENNING
Whether you see her in the smoke
house wearing that friendly grin,
in the library intent over a favorite
book, on the basketball court show
ing that boundless energy, or in the
room she shares with Ann Sauls- on
second floor of Clo'well discubsing
the woes of the world—you’ll know
it’s Nell! You’ll know by the sin
cerity and feeling of well—being
which she radiates.
You know her by the dimples.and
blue eyes with glasses to match.
And that down-south drawl! You
wonder sometimes if she’s going to
get the words out, but you know
her thoughts are worth waiting
for.
You know, too, that she’s from
Albemarle-—“Well, go on and ask
where it is,” she says, when she
tells you—and that her family in
cludes her mother, father, and two
week-end ’specially to see one of
brothers—she’s going home this
them who’s on furlough.
Of course you know, if you’ve
ever glanced , at the walls in her
r6om, that she’s a Sinatra fan—
would you think she’d be the type?
Her intelligent conversation indi
cates her love of books. To sum
up, its plain that she’s rounded,
capable, always interested in others,
ambitious, and trustworthy.
And now you’re to know her as
Stee-Gee president and you are cer
tain, as we all are, that she’ll
be a live^wire, a leader who will
inspire!
(Continued from Pago One.)
Willis, International Relations Club;
Adele Chase, Junior Class; Mary
Club.
Allison Page, Secretarial Girls’
At a meeting held this week it
was decided that the Public Re
lations Office would place upon
the bulletin board outside of the
Day Student Center, all clippings
of news stories and pictures con
cerning Salem College which ap
pear in the local newspapers. These
clippings will be the property
(they have to go in the scrap
book!) of the P. B. O., and stu
dents are requested not to re
move them from the bulletin board.
TYPEWRITEK TALK
Girls at Western college, Oxford,
Ohio, have found an answer to the
problem of how to keep up-to-the-
minute with the news while leading
a life crowded with lectures and
labs and studies. For their bene
fit WCOO, intra-mural public ad
dress system, broadcasts a three-
minute digest of the day’s headlines
every evening during the dinner
hour. Scripts are prepared by mem
bers of the class in newswriting and
details of the broadcast are taken
care of by the class in radio speech.
Each week a new team takes charge
of the program.
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