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THE SALEMITE
October 25, 1946.
Hoo*KcU
By Tootsie “Chaucer” Gillespie
Tiler’s roommats ynd rooniniats, )>ntte noon
kan compar
AVith t’oon that I have (and she’s jist o’er ther).
She’s (leerer )>’far thanne t'l’ f’loui’cs en ]\Iaye,
Ynd slie.’s thotfnl ynd kyn:1e en liir worke ynd
hir playe.
En oiii'e dayes spente tofretliour (ther’s l)en nine
monthes and two)
Slie’s done niuchel things v.'ich 1 nowe tell to
yow—
Sl:e’s abetted anVaided en thymes o’ distresse,
Fjyk the nifjhyte o’ th’ daunce whanne mine
dresse needed presse.
She's tliot o’ mine welfar hiforn hir owne.
With hir las nickel-piece, she boiijjhyte me”
ereame ynd cone”.
Yn 1 at Chi'istnuis we quod, “Namoor jryfts will
we brynffe”.
Yi'.d atte Christmas what rotte TEer-mufs
ynd eer-ryn^e!
Sooth, y’ see- She’s as soote as evir yow’ll
fvnde.
So f’l] kepe hir ynd thanke yow t’ remembre
hir kynde.
*^ime. WiU ell. ZdU Sdemtk
I sigh and lean pensively
Affainst the wall.
My eyelids are heavy and I do not respond
To your call.
Mai de siecle?
No, bad mattress.
J do not join the laughing throng going
To the show.
They ask, but I shake my head listlessly
And do not go.
Jlal de siecle?
No, broke.
A solitary figure alone alone against the
shifting
Morning light,
J whisper, “Tempus fugit” to tlie
Fleeing night.
Mai de siecle?
No, 8:30.
Alone looking out of the window
All day.
A bi'eeze murmurs “Come” but I
Must slay.
-Mai de siecle?
No, no laundry.
Catherine Gregory
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By Eosalie Green
Something different?
I’ve been asked to write this column because the editors want
.something different. sc'ms to be one of my idicyii- ETA.\ ET ETET
cracies, so . . .
It has been said that only superficiih discussions (i. c. clothes,
diites, boyes, bouys, boys) trickle along at Salem. So here is a
stream of conversation to disprove it.
Gooch’s - - -
‘Whit
are you majoring in
T don’t know. Witli the world in such a moss, I feel so un
sure of myself. I feel as though I’m racing against time. There’ll be
‘ a depression, sure enough.
Well, if I were a G. L, I’d look for some expanding field or
territory—plastics or Alaska. I’d keep iu mind the fact that we’re
living in the age of monopolies and keep an eye out for being a
part of their structures ...
“Can’t seem to make up my mind. It worries me so that
sometimes I find it hard to study. Suppose I don’t use my education?
Then I’ll be wasting my time.”
“I don’t think so. Aside from the general knowledge involved,
there’s the obstacle of higher standards being required by employers
of all types. Even if you never use your education for a given job,
industry uses education as a means of eliminating surplus applicants.
Bookstore - - -
“Are you going to the violin recital?”
‘ ‘ Probably.”
“You ought to go . . . The trouble with people in this town
is that they’re too backward.”
“Who are you talking about?”
“Most of the people of Winston-Salem and that includes this
oasis of culture.”
“The trouble is that the people generally don’t have music made
available to them.”
“That’s a fact!”
“If you consider the level of most musical programs in the
radio and the rarity of classical music in movies and the complete
absence of musical education in grammar schools; you aren’t surprised
at the people’s rejection of the ‘Long-haired’ school.”
Clewell Smokehouse — -
“What are you crying about.”
“Aw, I don’t have any prospects.”
“Such as . •. . ?”
“Well I don’t see any prospect of getting married and I
don’t know what I’m going to do after 1 graduate.”
“As the man said Vhen he kissed the cow, ‘It’s purely
relative!”
“What?”
“Now look! Have you ever considered that no one knows
when she’s going to get married. . . ”
“Don’t say never!”
It seems to me that in view of all the homely creatures
that have gotten married you have very little chance of avoiding it.
“As for the bottomless pit of After Graduation, why don’t
you consider the possibility of making yourself useful to yourself
Ki'd other people. Making something constructive out of vour life
is a satisfying thing. I also think that is’s a good practice for
marriage.”
“Now why didn’t I think of that?”
Main Hall Steps
“.Yobody’s interested in world affairs. If you begin discussing
the U. N. O., they stare at you as though you were stark, raving mad.”
“Check! We sit in chapel and listen to the various speakers tell
us that the future is in our liands. We listen, applaud and forgot what
was said.”
“It seems to me that everybody i.s saying that everybody else
isn’t interested in what’s going on in the world.”
“How about that letter on the bulletin board from Northwestern
University asking Salem to affiliate with their organization.”
kind of organization?”
“It’s a non-political student organization. They want to have
delegates from every college in the country come to a convention.
Then they can get a broad picture of student opinion and let the U. N.
0. know what Amrica’s students are thinking.
“It ivill never take at Salem.”
around and hear what everybody has to say about
Echoes
“We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are
created free and equal and are endowed by their Creator with cer
tain inalienable rights among them life, liberty and the pursuit of
hajipincss. except below the Mason-Dixon Line
In past years it has been the practice
of the Salemite editor to permit each junioi-
on the Salemite staff to edit at least one issue
of the pa])er the spring before her Senior year.
This year it was decided that the eligible
.iuniors would undertake this .iob in the fall
rather than in tlie spi'ing.
This issue of the Salemite is the first to be
edited by juniors this year. Students are urged
to note with care the juniors issues of the
paper in order to select a capable editor for
the year 1947-48.
Tliis week’s paper was edited by Peggy
Davis aiul Peggy (Ji'ay.
Ifave you ever thought about having a big
name band at Salem? Or having one this .year,
for that matter?
hat could be more appropriate, then,
than having Kay Kyser, North Carolina’s own
native son, to come here for a performance?
Wouldn’t this contribute, on the lighter side,
to the celebration of the 175th anniversary?
Many celebrities have been invited to come
for this occasion, why not include Kay Kyser?
He has shown his interest in North Carolina
college students by giving scholarships ‘in
music at the University of North Carolina.
Why not interest him in Salem?
It is only through a student request that
we can get him to come. Won’t each of you
Saleniites write a personal letter to Kay, tell
ing him how much we want him to come here
and help us celebrate our 175th anniversary?
His address is:
Mr. Kay Kysei-
Heverly Hills, California
In order to facilitate the mailing of these
etters Margaret Carter has volunteered to
have them mailed. If you will bring your letters
to her at 12a Clewell, they will be stamped
and mailed.
Get busy on your letters now, students,
u e can t nnss this opportunity to have one of
America s foi-emost orchestra leaders here at
Salem!
Students! What a wonderful opportunity
most of you missed last Jlonday night! The
occasion was the first faculty i-ecital of the
year. Salem is privileged to have .Mr. James
Lerch, violinist, as a member of its music
faculty. He more than fulfilled his position
Monday night.
The audience which attended his concert
was thrilled and entranced bv his inspired
interpretations of classic and modern com
positions. But, the students were noticeably
mispng in this audience. Town-peoi)le are wel
come at all of our functions but they should not
make up three-fourths of the audience. We ex
pect the faculty to support our activities.
Shouldn’t w'c support theirs?
Ihese functions are opportunities for cul
tural enjoyment as well as betterment. Don’t
miss another such opportunity!
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