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Page Two. THE SALEMITE February 21,1947. QLofifi Qluiii. /Ji, 0 £ee 9t KeefL ^Ite. BmakeUo4>Ue. QUan Coming events cast their shadows before —take a look at the calendar for the next three months! Guess we’ll all need lessons in the art of: how to write term papers at and during concerts, lectures, et cetera .... the mark of a true Salemite (plus knitting need les) . . . ! Birthdaj'S are nice, too .... when you’re Margaret Truman. xVt the close of a per formance of “H. M. S. Pinafore” John Charles Thomas led the Baltimore Civic Opera Com pany in singing ‘‘Happy Birthday to \ou” . . . This twenty-three year old lady has operatic ambitions of her own. At ])resent she is study ing voice in N. Y. C. Don’t miss the special program “]\Iiisic for World Brotherhood” on "WSJS Friday night (IF you get your SALEMITES in time) ... besides Margaret Vardell and ilr. Lerch, the program will feature two choTal groups— the choir of St. Leo’s Catholic Church and the Winston-Salem Teachers College Choir; Lou Purdy, vocalist, and others .... If you like modern music, listen to the Boston Symphony at 8:30 on Tuesday nights ... Leonard Bernstein is the temporary conductor, and they are featuring such rarely-heard works as Bartok’s “Music for Strings and Percussion” and compositions by Hindemith .... how about a little Vardell, Mr. B? jHecuii *1o- Salem students have been criticised for their lack of cooperation. A complete picture of true cooperation, however, was shown on campus last week. The Athletic Association and Monogram Club gave two dances. Both dances took thinking, planning ahead, and above all—time. It was impossible to begin decorating the glyni until Fi’iday at 3:30. Decorating usually begins Thursday at noon. The Monogram Club did t,lieir decorating Thursday night and Saturday morning. This decorating was done by many students who are not members of the A. A. council. It was throTigh cooperation that these organizations were able to achieve success that was evidenced Saturday afternoon and night. This proves that the old fire of determina tion, pre-planning, and cooperation are not dead, but active. l/fcui, Qg^ WUt It’s fun to enter contests p]specially when we win— But I’ere at school there is no rest, All t’ ese contests are .iust pests Even worse than men! But ’vhen I make thaf statement I’ll P imit 1 can’t say all; Been' se one of them is really meant, In fact. I’d call it heaven-sent. To make our minds grow tall. That’s the contest of the Library books Which no one can resist. All rush tifind some cozy nook And hide themselves from other’s look To A',rite their winning list. The rules are easy, fun, and fair; The worth is great to- see. So freshmen, seniors, all who dare Enter in and with good care The winner YOU can be! Jane Paton In the sorrow of mj' slow death, I have but one thing to ask. Please don’t scatter any ashes; I desire of you a greater task. In some quiet consecrated place Where the darkness of morn can see Please leave there nij^ few remains Where unobtrsuive they can be. I would be happy forever And die with no regret If you could do just this for me Cause I’m onlv a cigarette. Peggy Gray The long stretch between the beginning of second semester r.nd Spring Holidays has gotten well under way. Parallel reading has been assigned, term papers are being started, English Lit. students are reading Wordsworth, the Valentine Dance has come and gone, and to quote the local weather man, “February will soon be over and no snow yet!” JOKE Student elections are around the corner. They ;ould be fun. but no one seems to take much interest in them. Ev’cn if we can’t take an active part, we can all at least vote. It’s gratifying to the nominees and gis'es us a feeling of participation. The Writing On the Wall Were you as bewildered as Belshazzar when you saw the writing on the wall in the dining room? It is only a very simple way of informing everyone what is meeting where without having 10 interrupt the meal to make an announcement. ‘Tis true wo all love to hear the chimes in the dining hall, but isn’t it nice to be able to cnt without interruption? It sn’t much trouble to glancn at the bulletin board on the right of the door when leaving, either. “It’s a Boy” She traditional cigar has been replaced by a folder of matches with “It’s a boy” printed on the cover in bright gold letters. Hugh Snavely is the fellow who introduced this original idea, and the occasion was the arrival of little Robert Grant. Sam Pruett is a proud father also. The Book Store group is prolific these days! A Thought Awful moments? Why yes, we’ve all had them—life is full of them—brief moments when we feel completely incompetent or just simply foolish—the time we-are seen looking at ourselves in one of the mirrors in Main Hall—or the time we found someone’s un mailed letter in an old coat pocket—or when wo forgot Henrietta’s name in the receiving line at the dance last week. Everyone has felt the sting of such embarrassing moments. Do they really matter? In a week they won’t, or maybe a Ij^ear. Says Logan Pearsall Smith, “Anyhow, soon, so soon (in only two thousand million yeara the en- cj clopaedia says) this earth would grow cold, all human activities end, and the last wretched mortals close their eyes on the raj's of the dying sun.” Overheard—On the Lighter Side At the dance: “ Vou know these card dances aren’t bad at all. This mass confusion of everyone running around frantically search ing for her next dance is fun!” Carolyn Taylor announcing. “Come on over to Strong after dinner and let’s have some good, clean fellowship.” The colored boy on the outside to the colored boy on the in side: “Open that door, Richard!” Seriously Now! Salem girls are on probation. If the Smoke Houses are ^eat and clean this week, they will be allowed to remain open; otherwise, they wil Ibe closed for an indefinite period of time.—That was the announcement made last Monday night at a student body meeting. This is serious when you stop to think about it. Suppose all the girls had to crow in the basement to smoke? It would be uncomfortable and unsanitary. I know we’re all going to try to prove to Mr. Weinland, Jliss Essie, and each other that we have had some “up bringing” by really working to keep ther smoke houses clean. It’s fine for them to look lived in sao long as they also look livable! They’re Talented Too Salem is greatly improved over last year in that^ we now liave coeds. Not only are they friendly and oot only do they add to class discussions, but they’re talented, too! Some are working with the Salem Players—and how nice it is to, have a man take a masculine role! But what really proved their talent was the part they took in the Male Review last Tuesday. A little skit entitled “Ourselves As Others See Us” was enacted by the men students dressed as typical led evening dress; to Jesse Atwood for the puddle-jumping out- Salem girls. Petunias to Howard Westmoreland for beauty in the fit, glasses and all. CRiMltNRL TYPE- Mary Porter Evans. It seems too bad that college girls have to l)e threatened before they will fulfill their responsibilities. Since the student body meet ing the other night, the smokehouses all over campus liave been spotless. But it took the threat of the Student Government to make us do something al)out OUR mess. Everybody has been using the smokehouses all year and complaining about how terrible they have looked, and yet—wlio ever did any thing to remedy the situation? It is al)out time that the Student Govern ment, I. R. S., and the Administration did some thing to change the looks of the place around here before spring comes with Salem’s annual influx of visitors. The I. R. S. has put many new ash trays around recently and a unanimous vote of thanks is expressed to them for these. Mr. \\ einland has the nionej^ now to refurnish and decorate Clewell smokehouse as we would all like to see it done, but as he says—why should we spend money to improve that room when it is so neglected now? ■\\ould any one of us here at Salem dare thnik of throwing ashes or cigarette butts on our living room floors at home? Salem is our home for nnie months; let’s treat it like a home! It will he awfully hard to have to go to Davy Jones’ Locker every time we want a cigarette ... So, it’s up to us to Keep The Smokehouse Up and Open! ^Uutk you Voie Ihe young people of America—and particu larly those of college classes—have a big job, the job of governing our country. This im portant job has as a basis the right to vote for the candidates best suited to run our government. In more familiar words, “a government of the people, by the people, foi the people ’ is the basis of our democracy I Have we learned that capability in an officer, whether it be May Day chairman, Salemite editor, or Stee Gee president means more than having our be.st friends in the’limelight? In the near future, we students of Salem College will have an opportunity to prove that we have. \Mien the time for our spring elections for the year 194C-1947 comes, let’s vote for those people we know are talented in the field for which they are nominated, for those people who can assume as well as accept re sponsibility, for those people who Ccin keep at a job until it’s well done. Is there any other way to have a good government at Salem? And are we not responsible for our college and how it is run? Let us vote for the candidate we beleive to be well suited for the job and not let personal prejudices un dermine our votes. Salemite Published every Friday of the College year by the Student body of 8alem College Downtown Office—304-30G South Main Street l^rinted by tlie Sun Printing Company OFFIGKS Alice Clewell Buildiiig-Baseiuent Subiicription Price $2.00 a year—lOe a copy editorial Department l^ditor-in-Chief Martha Boatwright Associate Editor Virtie Stroup Assistant Editor liebecca Clap Assistant Editor Peggy Davia Make-up Editor Martha Lou Heitman Copy Editor - Peggy Gray Feature Editor * Nancy Carlton Sports Editor Jean Sullivan Cartoonist Margaret Eaynal Typist Margaret Williams BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Business Manager Betsy Meiklejohn Assistant Business Manager Betsy Long Advertising Manager Jane Morris Assistant Advertising Manager Helen Spruill Circulation Ruth Seott
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