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Page Two. FHE SALEMITE May 16, 1947. After UNKKA - - what then? UNRRA dies June 30, and this death can largely be traced to pressure from the United States. As earb- as the 1945 meeting of the council, it was evident that IINRRA’s life was to be short. What tlien is to take its place? Should not the United States accept a large part of the re.sponsibility for relief in the world? What other nation is able to do it? Several organizations have been set up by the United Nations, but they are .■iei'iously handicapped by lack of funds. The Internat ional Refugee Organization is to provide relief for some 850,000 displaced persons. For this purpose the technical committee of the UN has estimated a budget of $538,000,000 for 3947 to be used in Austria, Greece, Hungary, Turkey, Italy, Poland, China, and Trieste. To date this money has not been appropriated. In December, 1946 the General Assembly of the UN established a Children’s Fund which is to provide an additional 700 calories a day for some 20,000,000' children, i)robabl„v about one-third of the number in the countries which are eligible for help. To finance this far from sufficient program an estimated $400,000,000 is needed for food, and $50,000,000 for e.ssential clothing. At this time the only substantial contribution to the International C idren Emergency Fund is $550,000 turned over bv UNRRA. The Interim World Health Organization has taken over some of the functions formerly administered by UNRRA, but it cannot go into full operation until it is permanently organ ized and adequately financed. UNESCO has been set up, but lacks funds for effective re construction in education and scientific fields. This presents a rather pessimistic picture of good organizations which can do nothing unless they receive more money, but there are encouraging signs: American voluntary organizations have pledged donations running far into the mil lions. President Truman has recommended legislation which includes a program of direct relief for Greece, an appropriation of $350,- 000,000 for relief to be administered by the technical committee of the IRO, and an easing of the immigration restrictions to permit a specific^ quota of displaced persons to enter the United Sttaes. The War Department and Herbert Hoover have recommended a relief program for Germany and Austria, and Gen eral MacArthur has supported official propos als for relief in Japan. It is a known fact that hungry, unsettled people are a fertile ground for a totalitarian government. For this reason, the United States should help these countries not only from a humanitarian point of view, but also as a sensible diplomatic and foreign policy. II. M.‘ OfX Order is the first law of the land. To im prove the appearance of* the bulletin boards, I would like to suggest something on the order of mailboxes for each girl on the campus, to be centrally located in each dormitory, and on each _oor of the large dormitories. In this way, the weekly calendar, library iiotes, tele phone messages, telegrams, Salemite assign ments, could reach the girls sooner and with out confusion. Hope we are well-boxed bv September. Scorpions? Y? Administration? Who’s game to make our lives and living easier? M. E. Salemite I’ublished every Friday of the College year by the .Student body of Salem College Downtown Office—304-306 South Main Street I'linted by the' Sun Printing Company OFFICES Alice C’lewell Building-Baseraent Subscription Price—$2.00 a year—lOe p copy EDITORIAL DFPARTMENT Editor-in-Chief Peggy Davis Associate Editor Peggy Gray Assistant Editor Nancy Carlton Assistant Editor QaroJyn Taylor Make-up Editor Margaret Carter Copy Editor Jane Paton BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Business Manager Eliza Smith Assistant Business Manager Jane Morris Advertising Manager Betsy Schaum Assistant Advertising Manager Mary Hill Circulation Manager Virginia Connor by Porter Evans A college of knowledge, a school for fools, a hide-out for the tir’d-out, a dump for the slump. See the A’Sjdem College Catty-Log for 1947-48. De tails sent upon request. General Inflammation Location and Climate. A’Sylem College, located in Winsome-Sylem, a thriving indus trial city of eighty-thousand inhibitants, has a smellavation of a thousand feet. The city is within five-hundred miles of the last resort centers of Dix Hill and Morganton. Winsome- Sylem has aji exceedingly dry atmosphere. Transportation facilities include one plain ser vice, the Eastern Dare Lines; two railways, the No-Folk and Sudden; and two bus lines, the Bray-Dog and the Carolina Frailways. The Sattie Tu Long Chair The incumbent of this chair fiiids fields in which the girls and graduates of A’Syleni Col lege can be happy. Admission 36 cents; Procedure of: 1. You may draw a blank, but students should be able to obtain slip upon request. 2. The following records should be sup plied: criminal, mental, dental, and anything by Glenn Miller. Major Requirements 1. Six feet two or three 2. Clean-cut face 3. Superior dancing ability 4. Sparkling conversationalist Degrees OfTered Third; 32 Fahrenheit; 100 Centigrade Courses of Intrusion Figure Construction Ima Phloppe This course is designed to develop the fig ure in any given position in rest or in motion. Special attention will be given to proportions. Personal Financees Miss Engage Topics studied include elation, taxed forms, installments, and vestments. Prerequisite: Iron Constitution Modem Social Problems Emily Posted An examination of the major social prob lems in Society, the causes, defects, and the efforts of Society to meet and prevent these situations. Novel Miss Terie The most unique course' A’Sylem offers. Romantic Movement in English Poety Miss Lead A study of the advances made by Wads- werth, Cooleridge, Buyron and Chelly Children’s Litter Tour Miss Read Mystery of Mathematics R. IJ. Beat A study of the men who have made the grade in math. Pain Analytics I. M. Trying A careful study of the lines used today; tlie poles, North and South; and elements of curves. Materials for Teaching of Modern Languages Ive Spoken (See description on page 101). A Survey of the Greasy Um, Professor Keets Peggy Davis Readings from the Salemite; offered in 1947-48 only. A’Sylem College Colander September 10—Refrigeration of Fleshmen. September 11—Fleshmen begin Oriental program. September 18—Formal Dopening. October 10—Flounder’s Day. January 32—Weeding Day. Januarj^ 24-31—First Siesta Examinations. February 3—Second Fiesta Begins. April 18—Spring Holidaze. April 19—Masses Resume. Ma.y 31—Some are Closing. . by Nancy MeColl The sweetest term with which the publishers endeavor to befool us is Summer Reading. Like its radio cousin, Summer Music, its vtry sound conveys something light and idyllic, and makes the winter products seem downright beefy. And. it means that every July brings it crop of second-rntenovels. But since most of us are unrestrict ed by the seasonal whims of ad vertising agents, we 'mean to em ploy the term in ts general and un capitalized sense. We have observed that summer readers fall easily into three well- defined classes. There are those who spend three months going through reading lists, and a less er part of the summer going through the books themselves. On the other hand, those on whom the gods smile pass the time in reading labels, lingering long over the line of small print that says "Guaran teed over one month old.” They will also spell out the, neon signs. Both extremes manage to remain happy and busy the whole vacation, and we have no suggestions for them. But we want to help those who waver in the middle ground and end by reading Cosmopolitan and kindred publications. One story in the Ladies’ Home Journal is easy and harmless. Taken in large quantities, however, their slickness becomes mythical. One hero named Mike or Jeff wins one heroine named Jennifer or Rikki, or Vice-versa. So far everybody’s hap py. But when there is a Mike in every magazine and a Jennifer in every Journal, it’s a horse of a very dubious color indeed. The Jen- ' nifers all have welaht, beauty, and physical charm in common. One of them may bo a budding lady law yer this month and an already fa mous doctor the next. She can be a crack journalist in Good House keeping, an erratic artist in the Ladies’ Home Journal, and an adver tising magnate in McCall’s. Such undiluted brilliance is depressing, and one can easily founder herself on the composite Jennifer-image. One could even grow to look upon one’s given name with displeasure. Finally, (he poularity of a few names among the story writers is too confusing to be borne. When Jon Whitcomb illustrates a story whose hero is called Alfred or Har old or Leroy, we’ll read it delight edly. But not until then. , It’s a far safer path to read the classics, and that’s the' object of our persuasion. It’s a good way to get one jump ahead of the game and feel superior at the same time. We hold out esj>ecially for the Odyssey, which can bear a lot of putting down and picking up. May be Odysseus doesn’t crush Penelope’s SICIEIIN©TmAN©jr by Catherine Gregory Little Twitchy swung the tennis racket into her face and fell to her knees. Miss Thin, the gym instructor, noticed her difficulties and came running over. “Get the ball up, up, up!” she roared in a commanding voice. Little, Twitchy smiled feebly and threw with all her might. The ball went sideways and struck Miss Thin on the elbow. * “Well, you really are uncoordi nated, aren’t you?” said Miss Thin in a conversational tone. Little Twitchy nodded mutely. Miss Thin took a deep breath. “In a serve you throw the ball straight up, at the same time bringing your racket over your head in one clean sweep, and you try to get the ball in the opposite court. Now try it.” To Little Twitchy this was utter ly impossible, but she tried. Open- mouthed with the effort, she threw Ihe ball up and swung her racket back. The ball went straight up, came straight down toward her up turned face, and disappeared in a twinkling. “Oh, these slack-jawed south erners! We lose more balls that way,” said Yankee Miss Thin. Little Twitchy was carried off the courts. Later, in English class. Little Twitchy sat quietly. The experience of the morning had subdued her. She listened as her classmates re cited. Miss Fowl, the teacher, asked, “What did Shakespeare write?”, and called on Toonormal. “Plays”, she answered. “Wrong!” snapped Miss Fowl, and returned to Pliant. ‘‘You’re the best teacher in the school, and beautiful, and intel ligent. He wrote adventurj stories.” Miss Fowl smiled at her and wrote down an A in her grade book. Little Twitchy bent over to pick up a torn piece of the Charlotte Observer which lay on the floor. Miss Fowl interpreted the slight jerking motion as a sign that she wanted to ask something. “Yes?” she intoned icily. Fear flooded Lilttle Twitchy. Frantically she read off a sentence on the piece of news paper. “How may I grow perennial hibiscus in sandy regions?” she asked in a high voice. Miss Fowl gasped. “Leave the room”, shfc thundered. Little Twitchy dropped all her books, knocked over her chair, pulled open the door, and fell out. In the hall were a group of ladies looking at the quaint old building. Little Twitchy fell full at the feet of Miss Swamp, who was conducting the tour. There "’as a moment of shocked silence, then she scrambled to her feet and loped off as best she could. The ladies burst into excited screams. Miss Swamp, quick- thinking and clever, summed up in her mind Little Twitchey’s sudden appearance and her brick red color (from choking on the tenni.s ball that morning). She rushed to the ladies. “That”, she announced, “was the famous Little Red Man. We are indeed fortunate today! And now let us continue our tour.” yielding lips nor carees the soft darkness of her hair, nor murmur between clenched teeth the follow ing formula: “You darn fool, why don’t you admit you love me?” In spite of this drawback, he’s there for a long time. Best of all, here’s only one of him. Wi*ido4jUL Paut4. by Frances Gulesian licsterday, on my nine-time- around-the-campus jo^, I was keenly perceptive, as usual, and noticed that everybody’s window was not alike. Then I decided that through the various window displays one could probably tell a great deal about somebody’s personality and Snner self. And so . . . On the first interesting window, 97 Coke bottles were precariously balanced. Obviously the girl was carrying on a secret romance with the Coca-Cola man. Or perhaps she just had a passion for carbonated beverages. Hanging out of the next‘window were twelve golf clubs, threo hockey sticks, two tennis racquets, and a pair of bo.xing gloves. Unless the room was inhabited by a pair of rah-rah girls, Bocock Stroud must have opened a small branch on campus. Gad! A veritable menagerie! Spotted pigs, striped pigs, clay pigs, glass pigs- -as you can gather, the w’indow sill was full of pigs. They ranged from tiny to life size, and had a very prosperous look. I ' wondered if they (the girls, not the pigs) hadn’t been making profitable change in church, though I will be tolerant and admit that they just might have nurtured a tender love for the little animals. But this is one that really puzzles me: over on the third floor Main Hall a certain window displays one sackweight, one butcher’s cieaver, one galvanized-iron tub, 50 feet of y-, inch rope, one gunny sack, one electric torch, one pickaxe, one shov’el, twenty pounds of quicklime, three pairs of nylons, and a beach chair. Also traVel folders to Ber muda and Havana. Can’t quite figure this^ one out, but if a solution slugs you in the back of your head, ■ run to the nearest police station (don’t even bother signing out- - I can square it all with the deans). Meanwhile, I’ll be packing- - for the mountains.
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