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Page Tv,.o. THE SALEMITE January 18, 1946. 0*t BeUt^/! QcU.... CLAIPIP CIHAlfS By Jayne Bell HAVE YOU EVEK . . . Seen the January issue of the Junior Bazaar? It ofEers good suggestions on being a gal, and also how to avoid a “Sandpaper Face” this haily weather. . . . Heard Spike Jones' version of Chopin’s Polonaise or Majronaise, as he calls it? On the back is Begin the Beguine chopped up as only Spike can do it. Another solid fast piece is “Honey Dripper.” . . . Sun into the Book Store and heard Mr. Snavely say, “I’m sorry there are no more term paper covers!” This happened Mon day morning. Could there be a reason? . . . Seen the new movie projector? It’s supposed to be a secret, but it has been publicly revealed. South Hall has been , publicly revealed. South Hall has a new pair of steps also. . . . Come into the smoke house and heard, “Now, listen! What’s this: “Da, da, da, daa—da, da, da, daaa” . . . ? “I know Beethoven’s Fifth!” This is a listening test victim. They’re every where! . . . Participated in a Higgins’ Spelling Bee? He shoots you a big scientific word and you give the formulae, if fear hasn’t gripped your throat. . . . Been to Sunday breakfast and missed the sugar bread? Tradition was broken last Sunday for the first time in years; there was no sugar bread there! . . . Heard of Nancy Schneider? . . . Slept with seven other girls in one room? Well, eight Bittingites hav'e! What a night! “And I keep telling you my name isn’t Muriel,” said Mr. Organ Spiegal’s wife Hazel. TEN BEST: With the happy new year 1946 in; folks have been picking out the best this and the best that in 1945 from wash rags to clothes pins. Strictly judging from smoke house talk, these are the 194.'5 pick-of-courses at Salem: 1. Miss Bonney’s History of Religion. 2. Mr. Weinland’s Philosophy. 3. Mr. Campbell’s Biology. 4. Dr. Anscombe’s Modern World History. .5. Miss Byrd’s English Literature. 6. Miss Hedgecock’s Practice House. 7. Miss Covington’s Marriage course. 8. Mr. Evett's Art History. 9. Mr. Curlee’s Algebra. 10. Miss Read’s Music Appreciation. But this indicates only which courses cause the most conversation! THBEE BXJND MICE . . . who ain’t really blind. For how could they see to eat treasured Hershey bars and my favorite pants? And “tripping the light fantastic” over a trap is only the beginning. In vain I have tried to catch them. When they start moving the dresser out in the hall, that’s when I’m leaving. The desk is all right, but not my dresser. Or my bed, which is not a play ground. Oh, that those mice were blind! WHAT SOMERSET MAUGHAM SAYS ABOUT DOROTHY PARKER: “Helen could make a scholar immortal with a kiss. She (Parker) can make a fool immortal with a jive . . . She can no more help being amusing than a peach tree can help bearing peaches . . . She seems to carry a hammer in her handbag to hit the appropriate nail on the head.” WHAT DR. WILLOUGHBY SAYS ABOUT TIME; “Time is a convention indicating intervals.” THE STORK Speaking of Time, the Stork will arrive at the following homes of Salem alumni in the near future: Helen MacMillan Rodgers, Mildred Garrison Cash, Betty Harris Bhyne, Annie Hyman Buna Hunter, and Joyce Wooten Tennielle. He has already arrived at Jane Garrou Lane’s house. COME JANUARY 25 Well, unto death us do part . . . There’s nothing better than inspiration just befoi'e exams . . . and who could ask for more when we have Helen Traubel to do the inspiring! . . . According to some people that ought to know evesdrop—great aid to column-writing). Miss 'I'raubel ’way outranks most of the other “great” sopranos at the Met . . . her voice is one of the GREATEST ever heard in the history of opera . . . which can hardly be said about some coloraturas chirping nowadays . . . Helen Traubel is as American as a chocolate soda—daughter of a St. Louis druggist . . . and very fond of chocolate sodas and base ball games—(can’t you imagine Brunnhilde yodeling HO-YO-TO-HO at the World Series??) The extraordinary quality of Miss Traubel’s voice was never doubted . . . she studied with Mine. Vetter-Karst for seven years and in 1939 made her debut with the St. Louis Sym phony under Rudolph Ganz. But after a year of appearances in New York and else where, she—to everyone’s amazement—^re tired, and devoted herself to the achievement of her greatest goal : Wagnerian opera . . . she was coached by the late Guiseppe Boghetti, and only a year ago when the new Traubel was revealed, critics hailed the i-etui-n of “a vocal magnificence that has virtually lapsed for two generations.” Since then her name has made musical headlines . . . In addition to her extensive work at the ^Metropolitan, she has made two cross country tours, appeared with Toscanini and the NBC Symphony; with such conductors as Stokowski, Ormandy, and Rodzinski; (made many fam ous recordings,) and been guest on popular radio' programs: the Telephone Hour, Ford Sunday Evening Hour, and Kraft Music Hall ... at home she is Mrs. William Bass, grows Marjoram, rosemary and thyme in her Cen tral Park apartment, puts up cinnamon clove plum jam, and practices several hours every day (note to the B. M.’s: you’ll never get through gals!). “My hobby is singing,” says Miss Ti-aubel—a lady who smiles at the least provocation and who possesses a laugh’ that booms and echos through the largest crowd . . . what thrills her most of all is the sound of an orchestra tuning up—any kind of orches tra, anytime . . . Here’s hoping you Salemites will lend an ear Saturday night to “one of the great voices of opera, a voice which is never spared, never exhausted;” with it Miss Traubel bears a presence which suggests “the prima donnas of the golden age, and a simplicity which is America today.” (all quotes from Mary Ellis Peltz) . . . (thank you. Miss Pelt*!) Published Weekly By The Student Body Of Salem College Member Southern Inter-Collegiate Press Association SUBSCRIPTION PRICE - $2. A YEAR . 10c A COPY EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Editor-in-Chief Effie Ruth Maxwell Associate Editor Bell Assistant EdUor Martha Boatwright Assistant Editor Virtie Stroup Make-up Editor Martha Lou Heitman Copy Editor Peggy Davis Music Editor Rebecca Clapp Sports Editor Maria Hicks Marianne Everett, Margaret Williams, Margaret Fisher, Margaret Styers, Teau Council, Frances Carr, Helen Thomas, Bernice Bunn, Henrietta Walton, Carol Gregory, Lois Wooten, Mary Bryant, Eva Martin Bul lock, Coit Kedfearn, Avis Weaver, Meredith Boaze, Betsy Boney, Nancy Carlton, Catherine Moore, Caro lyn Taylor, Lomie Lou Mills, Peggy Gray, Jean Sul- livan, Sarah Hege, and Mary Motsinger. BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Business Manager Betsy Thomas Assistant Manager* Mollie Cameron Advertising Manager Bettye Bell Circulation Manager Greta Garth Helen Spruill, Lesley Bullard, Eaton Seville, Nancy Lee EfHvin, Betsy Long, Jane Morris, Martha Brannock, Martha Walton, Nell Penn Watt, Jean Moss, Blanche Hicks, Frances Sowers, Jean Padgett, .^ne Mull, Sarah Montague, Betsy Schaum, B. J. Hallman, Roberta Huffman, Mary Patience McFall. Margaret West, Betsy Boney, Augusta Garth, Jane Morris, Mary Parmer Brantley, Sarah Coe Hun- sucker, Ruth Hayes, Blanche Hicks, Peggy Gray, Mary Porter Evans, Elaine MclTeeljr. IVfiaf lies Ahead? Flashback of 1945 . . . Preview of 1946? With the beginning of a new year, the world tries to slump back into the routine of the good ole days. During some quiet, sober moments when the new year toddles in, people of the nations look back on their past year. Most of the events America remembers are war events. In February there were two im portant dates. February 17 MacArthur cap tured Bataan. February 24 Manila was liber ated, as reported by MacArthur. In March the scene of the date moves to the European theatre. Here on March 8th the Americans crossed the Rhine at the Remagen bridgehead. Roosevelt’s• death April 12th was an un timely event of 1945. Still another date to be remembered, however, was April 29th when Mussolini was killed by Italian Partisans. May was one of the months that brought with it a decided glimpse of future peace— ]\Iay 6th the Nazis announced Hitler’s death; May 2 Berlin fell to the Russians; May 7 Ger many surrendered; and May 8th was V-E Day. The first atomic bomb, which was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th, caused the Avorld to sit up and take notice of man’s lack of im portance and size in this world. The next his torical events to take place were on August the 8th when Russia declared war on Japan; and August 14th when the Allied nations ac cepted the Japanese surrender offer. September brought real victory. On Septem ber 2nd the Japanese surrender was officially signed in Tokyo Bay V-J Day. With the close of 1945 one event which the American people love as much as pop corn and hot dogs, occurred on December the 1st—the Army-Navy football game—Army won. Now that 1946 is here, what will it hold for the world? Will occupational troops still be stationed in Europe and the Pacific? Will the Chinese unite as a nation? Will the Bretton Wood’s monetary agreements be just another paper document? Will the labor unions continue to strike for higher wages and shorter hours? Will Hawaii be annexed as the 49th state of the union? What part will the atomic bomb play in the future generations—dropped for destruc tion or harnessed for usefulness? Will the lux ury tax be removed completely? Will plane transportation become the way of travel? And the biggest question—will the United Nations Organization be a success? No one can determine what lies ahead—not even the mnch-quoted Nostradamus. 1946 is still a blank book. May its pages be filled with worthwhile accomplishments! Library Has "Best Books^* Salem’s library shelves contain many of the books considered the “Best books of 1945” according to the New York Times. Lists of outstanding hooks written last year were con tributed to the New York Times Magazine (December 2, 1945) by “Ten people, whose business it is to read many books ...” critics, publishers and editors. Six of these lists contained Black Boy, by Richai'd Wright, which has been in Salem’s Library a long time. It is one of the leaders in non-fiction of 1945, according to these lists. In fiction, the leading books are The Folded Leaf, by William Maxwell, which is on the lental shelf, and Cass Timberlane, by Sinclair Lewis, which is on order for the library. Thei-e is also non-fiction among the best books of 1945, much of which can be found in the Salem Library. The Age of Jackson, by Arthur Schliesinger, Jr., is given on three lists. Also included are James Thurber’s The Thur- ber Carnival, Puritanism and Democracy by Ralph B. Perry, and W. H. Auden’s Collected Poetry. Among non-fiction. The Teacher In America by Jacques Barzon was included by two critics, one of which was Edward Weeks, editor of the Atlantic Monthly, who will speak at Salem in the Spring. Mr. Weeks also listed, as one of the best books among fiction, E. B. White’s new fantasy, Stuart Little. This is among the books acquired by the library in Dece^pber. Other such books which received recognition on the N. Y. Times lists are: John P. Marquand’s new novel. Repent In Haste; Days ,and Nights by Konstan- tine Siminov, which is the story of the seige of Stalingrad; and The Egg and I, by Betty Mac donald, which is a humerous account of life on a chicken farm. These recently acquired books may be found on the rental table in the Library. So, you see, there are plenty of new books to be read. Add to these the hundreds of not quite so new ones and the hundreds of really old ones — it couldn’t be lack of material which prevents plea&ure reading. What is it?
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