February 18. I949
At Local
Theatres
Scd&tftX (leid/pAe^
by Evta Porlyn
“Anne of a Thousand Dates”
with
Miss Rixey
Miss Rodwell
Miss Spencer
Miss Speas
“Good-by, My Franky”
with
Dr. Elizabeth Welch
Salem is a college for all kinds of
knowledge.
Salemites have been known to ex
periment with the psycho-drama,
boil lobsters, play bridge, keep house,
decorate for dances, run around a
basketball court, discuss the new-
look, the now-look and plunging
neck lines. Some Salemites even
came to school for a little book-
larning. In my nine-times-arqund-
the-eampus jag the otlier day, I
asked what they were reading,
which resulted in the following in
terviews.
“Life With Another”
presenting
Bet Epps Pearson
“Mister Roberts”
at
Gooch’s Grill on South Main and
Academy Streets
“The Madwomen of the Catacombs’
with
Tootsie Gillespie
Carolyn Taylor
Eelgner Reads
“The Silver Whistle”
starring
Miss Helen Stout
“Born Yesterday”
featuring
The New Bromberg
“A Streetcar Named Desire”
featuring
Salem-Waugh town
Taylor Sighs and Buys
Intrigued by tlie title, I approach
ed Carolyn Taylor who was reading
Marriages Are Not Made In Heaven.
Sir.' woiildn't let me see the book
;ns she said that Senors are
supposeil to understand such things.
She (lid admit tliat she had just
been on a book-buying spree and
now ovs'iis three new volumes: The
Investigations of a Dog by Kafka
(which she doesn't understand),
God and Heroes (wliieli she should
have read long ago) and How to
Write Simple Sentences (recommen
ded to her by a member of the Eng
lish Department.)
iVot wanting to slight any of our
community here at Salem, I decided
to invade the faculty and see what
they read amidst the turmoil of as
signing term papers and playing
bridge.
The three most interested and eager
members of the reading cult were
Miss Betty Reigner, Miss Katherine
Nicholson and Miss Eloise Baynes.
Miss Reigner, between bouts of
play tryouts and costume gathering
(I found her in the attic of Lehman
investigating what she called a Jap
anese charm but which looked more
like a left-over from a raffle sale)
is at present reading Princess Cass-
amassima. She confessed that the
title intrigued her more than the
book because it took all her phonetic
powers to pronounce it—“more s’s
than in Mississippi’’ as she put it.
■What the conflict was she didn’t
know, as she said that she had read
more than half the book and nothing
had happened. She suspects, though,
that the Princess has something to
do with the plot, although she
hasn’t appeared in the book yet.
“All For Love”
starring
Saint Valentine
“As The Girls Go”
with an
all star Senior Cast
“Where’s Charley”
starring
Mrs. Vardell
“Lend A Tear”
with
Dot Arrington
Miriam Bailey
Katherine Ives
“Annie, Get Your Fun”
starring
Miss Lanier
“Diamond Lil”
with
Mae Vest
“Tobacco Road”
Presenting
Porter Evans
Baynes Complains
Gillespie Gurgles
\lis.s Tootsie 6il1es])ie has been
doing a lot of heavy reading lately.
Among her selections have been.
Poetry: Stevenson’s Child’s Garden
of Verses, Drama: Scripts for Por
tia Faces Life, Novel: Forever
Amber, Non-Fiction: Selfridge’s
Graduate School Notes.
Her comments on Stevenson were,
‘ ‘ most thought provoking in the
English language (in fact, nothing
I’ve read in old Church Slavic has
stimulated me more).’’ She says
‘ ‘ The script for Portia Faces Life
is most soul stirring, most heart
rending, packed with pathos and
philosphical meandering. And it
ain’t sentimental either.” When
asked for a comment on Forever
Amber she said “Oh, Baby Doll.”
As to Selfridge’s notes, Tootsie wept,
“I don’t trust myself, but never
have I seen such complete and ex
tensive knowledge displayed in So
ciology, Psychology, Anthropology,
Astrology, Bacteriology, Physiology,
Histomolgy, Zoology, Theology, En
docrinology, and Bulltimology.”
Miss Eloise Baynes unlocked her
door and showed me her latest under
taking. She is reading “Russa Me-
dnssa ”, a “thrilled-packed, action-
packed drama depicting the con
flict of bourgeoise materialism and
aristorcratic existentialism.” She
confess.nl that she found it quite
dull. “Must be that I can’t read
the Russian language.”
analysis to tell me that she had just
begun a new novel hy Faulkner, In
truder In The Dust. It is a story
of justice in the ease of an accused
Southern Negro. The conflict is be
tween the dominated and the domi
nant and is written in typical Faulk
ner style. She just finished My. Life
by Isadora Duncan and confesses
that she is tempted to leave the
teaching field for the Dance. Nuff
said.
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T shall not be responsible for,, the
debts contracted by my room-mate
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Betty Takes Big Stride Backwards
Betty Holbrook has about-faced
on tlie literary pathway. She’s
reading The Big Road Walker, a
book for children about a Negro
giant who explores the world in his
easy giant strides.
On these expeditions, Big Road
Walker gets into trouble. Big Road
Walker, however, is fortunate in
having a wife, Hokey, by name, who
is endowed with magical powers to
rescue him from danger.
“The Big Road Walker is Paul
Bunvou-isli in proportions,” Betty
told me. She also said that these
stories in The Big Road Walker
were originally made-up by a great-
great- grandfather in a Winston
family; he used to tell these stories
to :imuse his grandchildren. “And
now that these tales are" in book-
form, ’ Bettx' added, “they can
amuse all children—for example,
me! ”
Termpapers, themes, comp as
signments neatly typed. For rea.son-
able rates, see Porter Evans, 202
Bitting.
Having trouble with French ?
Private coaching by Joan Hassler,
302 Bitting.
One space over vacant lot avail
able for rent. See Janet Zimmer for
r;ites and reservations.
Perfume is an everyday, every
way necessity: If you have a Kory
Perfume Pen, you can have lasting
loveliness wherever you go. The
leak-proof, travel-proof Kory Per
fume Pen holds.an economical full
year’s supply. Always carry a .Kory
Perfume Pen in your handbag in
one of the four fragrances: Myth,
Legend, Fable, and Love.song.
Order yours today from Porter
Evans, 202 Bitting.
It’s still not too late to keep up
with the times! Order your sub-
■senption to the Sunday New York
Times from Ruth Lenkoski, 118
Clewell.
For instructions on the zither,
see Dr. Frank P. Hulme, Main
Hall.
Is your pounce game not quite
up to par? Jane Fowlkes will give
free pounce instructions from 8
a. m. to 11 p. m. daily.
This is to serve notice that the
annual report of the International
League of the Amalgamated Frus
trated Social Climbers has been
completed. Excerpts will be found
on the editoral page of this issue
of the Salemite.
Want to look lovely for the
dance ? Mrs. Drummond will still be
on campus Saturday to give Sallye
Harmer facials. Make your appoint
ment on the schedule chart in Main
Hall.
Aiken Receives Letters Well
Nicholson Intrudes
Miss Nicholson interrupted the
typing of her latest pap.3f
on self-
Ronnie Aiken is reading The
Screvrtape Letters by C. S. Lewis.
The Screwtape Letters is another
book that deals with “the contin-
ous battle for the soul of man be
tween the insidious forces of evil
and the triumphant forces of good ”
as the book flap aptly summarized
L In other words,” said Ronnie,
_ It s the inside life and the work-
®onnie also
told me about C. S. Lewis’s amns-
^ g method to put across his theme.
Screwtape, an under-secretary of
us department in his Satanic Maj-
tive '"ites instrue-
woofl Worm-
abniit h tempter on earth,
about how to take his first souk
Letter.. Screwtape
Letters, concluded Ronnie, Lewis’s
devil-dehvered letters are too tempt
ing to put down.” ^
^ For a distinctive gift, give a new
■Sensational Kory carry-along Per
fume-Pen. She will love anyone of
the four inspired fragrances; Myth,
Legend, Fable, Lovesong—that she
can apply by gently writing on the
skin!
Refills also obtainable. Orders fill
ed quickly. See Porter Evans, 202
Bitting.
Find anything? Lose anything?
Want to buy? Sell? Advertise in
the Classified or Unclassified Col
umn. See Joyce Privette, Business
Manager, for special rates.
After this intellectual jaunt, I de-
ided to seek sophisticated solace in
the browsing room by reading a back
issue of The Ladies Home SouSak
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