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THE SALEMITE
September 24
1948
^elco-me, Back..
... and -Ibecj satj
on. toeekerxds ...
•Iba'l sbe dudies
... to all of us. We’re back from a long,
long vacation. By the time many of us read
this, we’ll have seen opening chapel for the
last time; for others, this is the first time. But
to each of us, just a word . . .
. . . first to the seniors who donned today
for the first time their caps and gowns. This
is our last year together. Let’s try to make
it our best year, the year in which we prove to
ourselves and to the underclassmen that we
have truly found the “spirit of Salem’".
. . . secondly to the juniors, now for the
first time upperclassmen. You juniors will find
that this year is your most exciting and chal
lenging year because' it marks the beginning
and end of many things. So much will happen
to you this year—your first Junior-Senior,
elections when you take over the “old ladies”
jobs and many other things. And so all of you
will have to “grow up” this year, to prove to
everyone that you’re big enough to manage
yourselves and in so short a time, Salem.
. . . thirdly to the sophomores who have
really come a “step up” from last year. This
is a big step from freshman to sophomore, be
cause this year you have the chance tf. “make
your mark”, to begin to assume real respon-
sibilities. Now you hawe not only yoursclyes ... „ „„ „„„
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you are nearer them than any other group. Be
the kind of people who can handle this double
job.
. . . and next and most especially a word
to^ the freshmen—welcome, we’re glad you’re
with us. Through all the years—yes, through
all its one hundred and seventy-seven years—
the welcome has never .been more sincere.
Prospects for a happy and beneficial year, not
Gray Speaks....
>eai’ Editor:
As Chairman of the Salem College
would like to take this opportunity
to extend an invitation to each and
every one of the new students to
join our organization. The purpose
of this article is to tell you about
an organization working for peace—
peace, that somewhat nebulous eon-
, - . ..wuui iiui eept that man has never been able
socially have never to attain. Our organization is at
tempting to bring peace down from
the clouds of idealism and place the
of the Enitod States entering a
world federation. Kesolutions are
now before Congress calling on the
President to instruct our delegates
in the UN to take the initiative in
calling a revisional conference for
the purpose of strengthening the UN
along the lines our organization pro
poses.
A'ou may ask: “What can I do
in this movement?” First, consider
the problems of peace to see if you
can reach the same conclusion that
many others have—that a limited
r rum a urcars.-iiecii tuirty-iive miles ppr
we skidded to a jolting stop in front of the
dear old ivj^-covered box car I had come to
know as home. HOME! !^ The very word
brought tears to my shining young ejms for
mother was peeling onions in the kitchen
When she heard my gleeful shout, she sprinted
to the front yard and caught me in a wrist-
lock (resulting in minor bruises and cuts) All
this glee was due to the fact that I had been
promoted and was home from school for three
glorious months, my mind full of new, excitino'
honestly different plans, all of which involved
getting out of any possible ivork and doing as
little of nothing as I could get by with.
“Gee, Ma.”, I cried, my turquoise eyes be
ginning to fill with tears, for mother still had
an onion in her hand and was absent-mindedly
grating it on my front molars. “Your scholar
has arrived to shed wisdom and light into the
darkened corners of ignorance.”
I threw a book of Plato’s Complete Works
through the front window.
“I come to lift the fog of misapprehension
that has settled over the mind of the prolet
ariat.”
I tore page 95 out of Rousseau’s Confess
ions and ran it up at half-mast over the house.
“I have come home to prove to you that I
have eaten up learning never before dreamed
of.”
been brighter. Plans are brewing all over
campus. Clubs and organizations are waiting
for the new students. The year’s success will . j ■ - ..
depend largely upon the interest of vou the squarely on the firm ground of federal world government obtained Mother showed lier appreciation of mv new
fre,shmen. You are the ones who can make the ’ ^
dreams of the campus leaders come true. We’re
glad you’ve picked Salem as vour colleo-e be
cause we think it’s a pretty fine place. Most
ot you are tired now after a week’s orientation
practical politics.
How do the World Federalists pro
pose to get peace? By strengthen
ing the United Nations into an or
ganization that will be strong en-
by strengthening the United Nations
provides the only solution to our pre
sent dilemna. Then talk to your
friends about the problem and con
vince them. Join the United World
you re different because evonmna 4.1 1 1 - . . reaeiausts so that joui voice can be
p uLcduse everyone or us here gamzation that can make, interpret], , , „
felt the same way at the end of our first week, •oul enforce world law. I
But we can guarantee that if vou g-ive Salem
half a chance, you’ll never be sorry vou nicked 1
it. All of us want tr. bo1r4 ■ "1 ‘ picked doesn’t it? Yes, it is if we cannot
you to heln us Wb ^ want get a large force of American public
call on us—d + going gets tough opinion to vigorously assert itself in
we’ll d \ faculty alike—and favor of a strengthened United
ueii 00 What we can. We hope that you’ll Nations. But almost unbelievable
ome to love Salem as so many of us have. strides have been made and are be-
... and then to the faculty—welcome back made. Several national public
to the old members and twice welcome to the t’lut the American
new. We students hope you like us because
we want to.like you. Meet us half-wav and
We 11 go over half-way to meet you.
... and to all of us. Let’s make 1948-49
2ve7l?tb “ Salem’s history. Let’s
faculty a o"l?anizations a helping hand, the
faculty a square deal and ourselves the very
best we have in us,
I took a Spanish Grammar and Elementary
Chemistry 101, spread mustard, on them and
chewed vigorously.
Mother showed nvi uppu-ccicuion oi mv new
knowledge by setting fire to my report card
and thus my homecoming was complete.
And now, with three beautiful months of
reedom ahead of me, I lounged under the shade
of the clothes line and waited, Pennv-like for
Sue Peeks.,,.
The Salemite wishes to express its sym
pathy to the friends and family of Miss Blanche
otockton.
by Sue Donym
It’s natural to type people. Some
people look like lambs, act like par
rots and make like monkeys. If
not yourself, you’ll see your friends
in One of the following catagories.
For instance, the social butterfly
is identified by bright red mouth
markings, neatly curled light or dark
head markings, and a small gold
spec over her heart which changes
from time to time. “Oh, he’s sueha
darling cutie,” and “He’s kummin’
to the dance!” are sample sounds of
the social butterfly. Since this
species screams these sounds, and
flutters as a means of locomotion,
’lard to miss the social butterfly.
Published every of fha Or,u ^ Z ZZ~ book wormium is another in-
StudmrfboX i This is a librinverous
insect inhabits the stacks. Prom 8:15
a. m. until 10:00 p. m. this animal
bores through books. Prom the
gieen grubby stage to full wormy
maturity, this animal thrives on
books alone.
Salemite
the boys to start coming to see me. Three
months later, getting hungry and discouraged,
4. . . ^ got up. There was one lad (I use the term
ment, and participate in the aetivi- promiscuously) though, who dropped in quite
ties of the Salem United World Fed- frequently to see me, one Erdlu Fishbait of
eralist Chapter. the North Carolina Fishbaits (his great-grXd-
Announcement will be made of our Z Walton’s bootblack). Erdie
next meeting. All present members d'^^^e a history. It seems that he was found
are urged to attend and bring a 0^ three months, fully bearded and
friend or friends. This first meet- o^oly in need of a haircut, in the hollow of an
mg will be extremely important and tree, no doubt the butt of some playful
so please keep it in mind. leprechaun’s joke. Old Fishbait, the town’s
Eobert Gray most notorious and over-indulgent tippler,
stumbled upon him one night and thinking he
\vas a pot of gold (Fishbait was near-sighted),
took him home. The joke was on Fishbait, how
ever tor when he reached home, the young babe
reached in the side pocket of his diapers and
^ gold. Thus Fishbait became
nc an young Erdlu became one of the town’s
1 dragged on and I became
fiX inertia. Of course, there was the
T Z en Erdlu and I campaigned in the Scott-
nson e ection and ivere thrown in jail for
oitenng in front of the Court House. And of
course there was the time when I thought I
Witlnv Z OEt to be just a Black
pfc , (tiisi’e was one curious after-
timp T rX Z P^^ying the piano in my spare
web). ®«™er and spin a
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aiaritj. These droopy-eyed animals
are found in dormitories, in classes
and sprawled out in smoke-houses.
The snooze hound’s nocturnal utter
ance is an emphatic, “It’s Quiet
Hour, I’m trying to sleep.” No doubt
you’ve heard this song before.
You also can’t miss the character
istic sound of the dumb-bunny. “I
just don’t understand”, and “I
don’t get it” in a high pitched
whiney voice mark this animal. The
dumb-bunny sums up the negative
traits of the campus animals. She
has a faint trace of the book-worm,
the droopy eyes of a snooze hound
and the fluttering of the social but-
terrly.
The eager-beaver, a sharp-eyed
fuzzy creature, sums up the positive
characteristics of the campus king
dom The eager beaver, the super
ficial opposite of the dumb bunny, is
P 0 er, a ehewer, a grinder. The
unending energy supply of this ani
mal enables her to gnaw through
books, people, professors in an un-
yade.^ When not writing a reXrt
due SIX months hence, the eager
heaver spends her spare xnomeSs
with legal eagles, her law schooler
There are the animals. Which oup
are you? Perhaps it’s more natural
If Z"" and not people'
If the egg beater fails to close tte
the cookie jar, sothe
Hntnnn+ there was the night when Mayor
frnstrated, ran
of town waving a figleaf and
Boy! I’m’Nature Boy!”
inst
ly.
wfuld^'LvT-’XZ’"" porch! He said he
Ontsido kf p i3oy! i m Nature Boy!
continned trivial instances, things
tinurto enX r ^^^^optfnlly. Erdlu col
—“1 , . , ® own all summer and crack nuts
ship’s sake ^ ring just for friend-
nose ’ htPi one to fit my
“I EiuSnlJdrerr^® ^egan to paU.
old mother oL da^ V^
pictures in a Dick '1^^ f looking at the
“T m I racy funny book.
between my han^’’^^^ textbook
which was beginning tosaV"" clothesline,
ivy-covere*d ^waU 1^82^ ^
with tears for mv smarting
can of sardines D roommate was opening a
I had a good time tbX ^ ^ freshman, or if
ovies can’t e A curled anch- mate has anv sandiaa^^ Summer or if my room-
next column wBi b the and feather Salem 8^* ^ quietly tar
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