3:
oodpeckers Vanish;
[Gracious Livi ng Revives
“Preslimen, the sophomores are
after you, tonight!” The long
(awaited day is past; the day of tri-
Inmph for the thwarted sophomores,
(one of reckoning for the thoughtless
Ipreshmen.
The campus was gay with little
(red woodpeckers attractively dressed
lin burlap bags; their beaks tremb-
(ling with the effort to please their
I superiors, their tails rustling in a
Itow as they dug for worms. “Oh,
Imost honorable, most beautiful, most
I gracious ...” they chanted as they
llit a cigarette. Puffing and stumb-
lling beneath the load of books they
1 carried, they presented a pathetic
[picture of womanhood; no make-up,
I straight hair, and little jars hang-
ling from their necks with bird-seed
I to stimulate their “birdie brains”.
The digging party Wednesday
[night was the high-light of amuse-
jment. The most original freshman
was Carol Storz, who with Susan
I Sherman, formed the Mason-Dixon
I Line. Beth Kittrell was probably
responsible by making her put her
head in the mouth of the octupus
on Davy Jones wall. “Save me!”
I came from Davy Jones Wednesday
afternoon when a suffering wood
pecker caught her beak in a chair.
I Dotty Clemmer’s frantic cries were
answered by “Muggins” Bowman’s,
“I’m coming.” The repetitious
chorus brought a lot of laughs to
the cynical sophomores.
After three days of writing love
letters, the freshmen should be well
versed in cupid’s art. Mary Camp
bell Craig’s letter to Hersh’s
“Tump” should have made him
feel like a “blue-beard” Carring
ton’s Albert is making a trip down
to Salem soon. Wonder why? The
Davidson boys had a monopoly on
the U. S. mail with Scottie and Pleas
as silent partners.
Rat Week is over now and the
thoughtless freshmen have returned
to their gracious living.
ChoralGroup
Plans Concert
Ruth Holds
MockElection
Vote Now
by Euth Lenkoski
Salem College Choral Ense-
is announcing plans for its
Salemite Has Contest
Open To All Classes
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The
mble
first concert of the season on Decem
ber 10.
This year the Ensemble has forty-
five members, the majority of which
are new students.
The program for December inclu
des varied arrangements of the
music. The outstanding number will
be the Brahms Liebeslieder, a group
of love waltzes featuring a piano
duet played by Helen Creamer and
Margaret McCall. Besides an a cap-
pella group, the ensemble will pre
sent a three-part chorus with ac
companiments for piano and two vio
lins, assisted by Benny Jo Michael
and Daniel Hodge. Also on the pro
gram will be solos by several musi
cal faculty members and students.
Officers who were elected this fall
are Mary Campbell Craig, librar
ian, and Joan Johnson, assistant
librarian. Other officers of the Cho
ral Ensemble are: President, Mar
garet McCall; Secretary, Lucy Har
per; Treasurer, Mary Jane Hurt;
Business Manager, Helen Creamer;
and Publicity Manager, Sara Honey
cutt.
MUSIC HOUE
Next Thursday, November 4, at
four o’clock the School of Music
will present its first Music Hour of
the year in Memorial Hall. Music
Hour, for the information of trans
fers and freshmen, is a weekly per
formance by the voice, piano, organ,*
violin and harp students. Although
attendance is required for music
majors, the entire faculty and stu
dent body are invited to come. Only
an hour long, it provides an oppor
tunity for the rest of the college to
become acquainted with the work of
the Music School, as well as a few
minutes for enjoying diversified and
good music.
The presidential campaign is draw
ing to a close this week, as the
voters prepare to go to the polls
next Tuesday. Dewey and Truman
have continued their campaigns dis
cussing various issues with a certain
amount of mud-slinging.
In his speeches Dewey has advo
cated support of; (1) a farm price
support program, (2) laws prevent
ing business monopolies, and (3) an
administration that fully believes in
the welfare of labor by legislation
preventing the ‘ ‘ chaos of unbridled
industrial strikes.” Mr. Dewey took
this stand in answer to Truman’s
discussion of big business, agricul
ture, and labor.
Mr. Truman has dwelled con
stantly on the “do nothing 80th
Congress.” He told the voters to
vote Democratic if they want the
following proposals, which Congress
I did not heed: to pass the Taft-El-
lender-Wagner Housing Bill, to curb
high prices, to provide Federal aid
to schools and to raise the minimum
wage. Truman also told voters not
to heed the results of the polls which
have predicted Dewey’s victory The
President pointed out that similar
polls conducted in past elections
were proved inaccurate. He stated
that the Republicans are using such
polls to discourage people from vot
ing. For, as Truman sees it, the
Republicans know that if everyone
votes, 'the Democrats will win.
Faculty Has
Blow Out
by Polly Harrop
“And the goblins will get
you if you don’t watch out!”
Halloween, that season of witches
and eerie jack-o-lanterns, is here,
and the faculty and staff have de
cided to celebrate with an informal
costume party tonight. The “festi
vities” will begin at 8:00 in the
gym, and a big turnout from both
the Cpllege and the Academy is
expected.
Mr. Peterson and Miss Margaret
Vardell are in charge of entertain
ment, and they promise to have
every minute filled. The faculty
will cavort to the Virginia Reel and
chase each other up and down the
gym in various games and contests.
It will be well worth suspending
oneself in a slightly horizontal posi
tion over the ditch next to the gym
to catch a glimpse of exalted pro
fessors by day turned into romping
“ehillun” at night. What a reve
lation!
Sara Clark Is Normal,
Red-Blooded American Cirl
We are going to have a mock elec
tion at Salem. The ballot boxes will
be placed near the front entrance
of Main Hall and the Dining Room.
Faculty and students are urged to
vote. Check one of the Presiden
tial candidates on the ballot below.
Cast your ballot before three p .m.
on Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Eondthaler and Miss Coving
ton are in charge of judging the
costumes and what a job they will
have. (If they can recognize the
contestants). A prize will be given
to the “best-dressed” man and wo
man—something useful like a piece
of soap to wash off the make-up or
a brick to hit the first unsuspecting
soul who asks about the party in
class tomorrow!
Miss Lytch is planning the re
freshments and promises lots of tra
ditional “goblin goodies!” With
such a lot of surprises in store who
can blame the faculty for being ex
cited?! It’s their night to howl—-
that’s right, “Howlween!”
Do you yen to express yourself?
Or, do you yen for the feel of a
crisp five dollar bill between your
fingers? Whether you’re a disciple
of Mammon or the Muses, this an
nouncement will appeal to you. The
Salemite, in the interest of foster
ing the arts and detecting the cam
pus literati for its staf^ is sponsor
ing a creative writing contest in
which all students are invited to
enter.
The contest will be divided into
three sections: short stories or sket
ches, essays and poems. For the best
contribution in each group a prize
of $5.00 is offered. However, no
prizes can be awarded unless there
are at least ten entries in the first
two groups and five in the latter.
There is no limit to the entries that
can be made by one person.
The subjects of the compositions
may be freely determined by the
writer. They may be local or uni
versal in interest, formal or infor
mal in style; but they must be ori
ginal. The judges. Dr. Jordan, Mrs.
Pyron and Margaret Raynal, will
make their selections on the basis
of content and composition without
any knowledge of the author’s
identity.
Freshmen, who are particularly
encouraged to enter, should have no
qualms about competing with upper
classmen. The last time the Salem
ite sponsored a writing contest, one
freshman won the sketch prize and
another won honorable mention for
her essay. In the event, however,
that no freshman wins first prize in
the three stated groups a special
prize will be awarded for the best
freshman contribution.
Therefore, assemble your thoughts
and put them on paper, ye aspiring
penmen. All manuscripts must be
given to Peirano Aiken or placed in
the basket in the Salemite office by
six o’clock, Friday, December 3.
The winner’s names will be revealed
and their works published in the
December 10th issue of the paper.
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by Lola Dawson
Energetic with a capital E des
cribes my roommate Sarah Clark
more fully than any adjective I can
find.
Sarah loves athletics and is man
ager of the hoeky team. Yet she
uses her energy in many other ways.
You’ll never go into Davy Jones
that you won’t see a brown-eyed,
dark-haired gal that looks as if she
has all her lessons done and hasn’t
a care in the world. If you don’t
see her there with a coca-cola in
one hand and a Raleigh (ABC) in
the other, she may be in a lab. She
has four three hour labs a week
and Sarah still has time to make
friends, help people, and to just
plain “live.”
Sarah works hard, but she has
mastered the art of, ‘ ‘ Get all your
lessons, but save plenty of time for
play.” She saves plenty of time to
play and usually has a gang help
ing her.
I have only one criticism of my
roommate. She sleeps as if she had
had a week of light cuts before
hitting the bed. One night she put
the alarm clock under her pillow
but this only resulted in a stiff
neck. I usually end up in pulling
her out of bed, pillow and all each
morning. If you give her a wash
cloth and head her towards the
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THOMAS
THURMOND
TRUMAN
WALLACE
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|Fish,, Antiques, And Politics
jlnterest Mrs. Karnes
sink, she’s started on another day
Sarah is from Wilmington, N- G.
She loves horses and was riding
counselor in Little Switzerland this
summer. She plays a good game ot
golf and would be anyone’s match
in swimming.
In case you haven t guessed
already, Sarah is just a well
rounded, happy-go-lucky gal. i
should know. I live with her!
Faculty Win
State Posts
Three members of the Salem Col
lege faculty were elected divisional
and departmental officers at a meet
ing of the Northwest Teachers |
Group last Friday.
Dr. Elizabeth Welch was elected
president of the division of higher
education. Miss Dorothy Gueth was
elected secretary of the department
of physical education. Mr. Manuel
Bromberg was chosen as the head
of the art teachers.
Dr. Elizabeth Welch gave a lec
ture on teen-age problems to the
Community Council of Winston-
Salem last Monday.
Her lecture concerned her work
with Winston-Salem teen-agers in a
five-week’s conference last spring.
Through this lecture. Dr. Welch
hopes to stimulate interest in youth
work in Winston-Salem.
by Clara Belle LeGrande
Mrs. Karnes is one of the most en
thusiastic people I’ve ever met; es
pecially concerning tropical fish,
antiques, and politics!
She is the new education teacher
and has charge of all the practice
teachers but Salem is not new to
her. Last year, her first year in
Winston-Salem, she was librarian at
the Academy and, though she liked
it very much and is there part of
the time this year, she is very plea
sed to be here at the college.
She is one of these rare people
who really like schools, perhaps be-
^^cause she enjoyed going to Georgia
State College for Women for four
years. She received her A. B. in
primary education there (she was
editor of the college paper), and did
graduate work at Emory University
in Atlanta. The love of her lifej
with the exception of her husband,
seems to be her experience in Geor
gia politics. The summer she got
out of school she was actively en
gaged in all the fascinating behind
the scenes work in the Ellis-Arnall
campaign. She worked particularly
with youth rallies and caravans
made up of students from Agnes
Scott, the University of Georgia and
numerous other colleges. She also
wrote for the Atlanta Constitution,
In addition to all this she found
time to go to law school one sum
mer' and has secret aspirations in the
direction of this profession.
She and her husband now live in
an apartment here in town and keep
four or five tanks of tropical fish,
“the small variety”, she was care
ful to explain. They are also anti
que enthusiasts and make frequent
trips to surrounding places to look,
and to purchase a few pieces. They
love to acquire and work over old
furniture of any kind.
She is a most effervescent person
ality and has done more interesting
and varied things thus far than
most people are able to cram into
a lifetime.