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By Sybel Haskins and Winkie Harris ’Twas a couple of days before Christmas vacation and all through Sister’s not a crea ture was stirring except the cockroaches, so Activitus decided that this was the time to take stock. She went to her secret hiding place under the fourth floorboard in her room and drew out the money. As she counted, she thought of ail that had gone into savinsr it. No movies for two months, no cokes, no hot dogs, no “Y” store candy, not even cigar ettes! She had even given up going to the Christmas dance so she could save enough to get Theodore Henry the precious gold-plated finger nail file that she knew he would love to have. Suddenly the shout “House Meeting right now!” echoed through the walls. Acti hur riedly hid her precious savings, grabbed her knitting and ran to the smoke house. The house president began the meeting. “Girls we’ve got to decorate the smoke house for Christmas. Everybody has to donate to- Avard this.” Acti felt a glow of happiness in thinking that she was to have a part in donat ing to making the smokehouse look attractive for Christmas. “We Avant everyone to give fi\'e dollars, but you can give less if you feel that is too much, but no one can give less than $4.50. Noav you must realize that this isn’t too much Avith Avhich to buy decorations. The smoke house Avill be fixed up for the dance and we want to see it looking nice for our dates.” Acti- , Autus thought to herself, “what date?” The house president had not finished. “I also want to remind you about the presents and party for the orphans.” Acti then real ized she had forgotten about the orphans and she had saved no money for that purpose. She decided that Theodore Henry’s nail file would have to be a little cheaper variety than she had anticipated. Another voice piped up, “I want to remind everybody of the concert Friday night. We want everybody to buy a ticket. Three of us in the dorm are going to have solos! Tickets are two dollars apiece!” Acti saAv with a sinking sensation that it Avas her roommate speaking. She Avould have to go to the con cert if her roommmte was to have a solo. She began calculating what was going to be left of her little hoard and the nail file seemed to get smaller and smaller. In the distance she heard, “And I’m selling the tickets for the Christmas party. They’re only $1.50. We had to raise the price a little because we’re so short of funds.” “They think THEY need money,” thought Acti, “but ye gods, I’ll have to go ’cause Lulu- belle has the lead as Santa Claus!” “I want to remind everybody that the United Daughters of Salem Alumnae club dues have to be in before Christmas. Just $2.35!” came another irritating voice. Through her daze of woeful sighs, Acti heard the Avord “Free.” She leaped up. “What’s free. What’s free?” “You can get a' Free chest X-ray at the health clinic. But you also have to buy three hundred t. b. seals at a penny a piece,” Acti did some rapid arithmetic on paper and real ized that this meant $3.00 less on Theodore Henry’s present. “This is too much thought Acti. I’m not even going tohave enough left to buy a mini- ture nail file for T. H.” She started to raise her voice in protest Avhen the house meeting was ackjourned and in an instant the smoke house Avas empty. Wearily she started upstairs. “Well maybe the bookstore has a gorgeous Christmas card for a quarter. I can borrow a penny for the tax. After all it’s the thought that counts not the actual gift, and I know Theodore will understand.” J\loilce> Publication of the Salemite will be suspended during Christmas holidavs. The next issue will appear on January 13, 1950. Christmas Gift F riday, January 20 9 A. M, Chemistry 103 R- 200 Education 220A R- 102 Education 220B R- 103 Engiish lA R- 4 English IB R. 24 English 1C R- 1 English ID R. 8 ♦English IE R- 20 Home Econ. 102 f-ab’ Music 323 Studio Sociology 210 R. 26 ♦English IF R- 29 2 P. M. Chemistry 209 . R- 200 English 390 R- 1 History 390 R- 20 Psychology 101A R. 4 Psychology 101B R. 8 Saturday, January 21 9 A. M. Biology 103 R- 200 Choral Ensemble Old Chapel Education 390 R- 8 History 227 R. 29 Home Econ. 303 Lab. Hygiene 10 R- 1 Latin 1 R. 4 2 P. M. French 3A French 3B French 103 Home Econ Math. 208 Music 2U3 Sociology 203 Spanish 3A Spanish 3B 301 R. 24 R. 20 R. 22 Lab. R. 26 R. 100 R. 29 R. 1 R. 8 .December 9. iQ/itt CduccUioH Are there any school officials that the average educational system "’^19 tliiaif IS the Wednesday. January 25 9 A. M. 2 P. M. iOlA 101B Jbcononucs Economics German 3 History 103A History 103B Music 321 P'lys. Educ. 220 Religion 205 R. 1 R. 1 R. 4 R. 20 R. 29 Studio R. 24 R. 26 Monday, January 23 9 A. M. Biology lA Biology IB Mathematics Music 101 Music 221 Music 303 Philosophy 201 Sociology 201 Latin 101 390 R. 1 R. 8 R. 26 R. 100 Studio Studio R. 29 R. 20 R. 4 2 P. M. Chemistry lOi R. 20C English 103A R. 20 English 103B R. 1 English lu3C R. 8 English 275 R. 4 Geograohy 201 R. 24 History 223 R, 22 Math. 205 R. 26 Music 207 R. IOC Music 305 R. 101 Tuesday, January 24 9 A. M. French lA R. 1 French IB R. 8 German 1 R. 4 History 201 R. 20 Italian 1 R, 22 Spanish lA R. 24 Spanish IB R. 26 Sociology 390 R. 29 Chemistry lA Chemistry IB English 111 English 281 Home Econ. 207 Math. 103 Music 1 Music 215 Music 234 Spanish 103 Spanish 281 2 P. M. English 231 Home Econ. 105 Latin 3 Music 227 Music 251 Psychology 205 Religion 103A Religion 103B R. 200 R. 200 R. 29 R. 1 Lab. R, 26 R. 100 Studio R. 101 R, 24 R. 22 R. 1 Lab. R. 4 R. 100 Studio R. 8 R. 20 R. 29 Thursday, January 26 9 A. M. Biology 105 History 209 Home Econ. Music lA Math. IB Math. 1C Music 205 201 2 P. M. Art 100 French 251 History 211 Latin 7 Music 110 Music 211 R. 200 R. 20 Lab. R. 26 R. 24 R. 29 R. 100 R. 131 R. 22 R. 29 R. 8 R. iOl R. 100 Friday, January 27 9 A. M. Art 101 Biology 301 Education 210 English 201 Music 213 R. 131 R. 200 R. 102 R. 1 Studio To be arranged: Instrumental Ensemble Music 231 The exam schedule is ten tative. Any student who has conflicts in her schedule should report it immediately to Miss Simpson in the Re corder’s office. Marilyn Says Mozart Club’s Messiah Lacks Musicianship by Marilyn Kind Regulation Christmas performan ces of the Messiah rarely do the oratorio justice; the Mozart Club’s presentation at the Centenary Methodist Church last Sunday afternoon aa'us no exception. Be cause “The Messiah is not all Hallelujah,” attempts at making the force of three hundred throats do what only artistic skill and per ception can do must fail. And, for the most part, where subtlety and delicacy were the question, Sun day’s rendition did fail. The chorus lumbered through “The Glory of the Lord” in an ac curate but somewhat uncouth fash ion. “He Shall Purify” was also more accurate than not, but sound ed stodgy. The explosive points Wonderful and Councillor in “For unto us a Child is Born” did not explode. And throughout, the so prano section was weak. When, however, the chorus came to “His Yoke is Easy” it was sung with a sensitivity and understanding which, until then, it seemed totally incap able of. The soloists, Lydia Summers, contralto, Edward Kane, tenor, and Wilson Angel, bass, seemed to me scarcely competent. Mr. Angel’s Thus Saith ihe Lord” was drag ged, and robbed of all its thunder. The “O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings of Zion” of Miss Summers was as vapid and flat as a note- correct execution of the air could be. The redeeming light was Bar- j bara Troxell, whose voice and j musicianship compensated for the i discrepancies of chorus and soloists. I Her “Come Unto Him, All Ye That Labor” was done with intellect and artistry, on a plane of surging novel for the afternoon. I honestly doubt that this per formance received the thorough re hearsing and serious exhaustive study that The Messiah” demands and deserves. best, or even the best under the etrcum stances? I dare say there isn’t. But thes' same officials seemed to stop trying to make important changes about a hundred years a?o There are a good many so-called experiments in education, but they are resisted at even turn. These experiments, it is true, sometimes go to every extreme. For instance, about 1937, StringfelloAv Barr became president of St. John’s College in Annapolis. He wanted to set education back about five hundred years But even that could be progressive. If thing in the past is better than Avhat we have in the present, then it is progressive to go back in time to pick it up and start again Barr introduced a four year curriculum whicli taught the “100 Great BooksAll of the books were required for all the students There Avere no electives. The list of books began with several Greek classics and went on to include the best that has been Avritten up to the twentieth century. Books by Rus sell and Freud Avere the most recent to make the list which includes only four American Avorks. Barr doubted the value of using books about books as textbooks instead of using the original Avorks themselves. He believed that the .greatest minds of all history should be through theii- Avritten Avorks, the real ‘teach er’ in a classroom. Noav, is the Barr system a good system! Personally, I Avould like to spend four years studying the great Avorks of literature—or study them from uoav on. But—if everyone decided to do that it Avouldn’t be long until people would be living in eaves (with librar ies yet) and throAving stones at rabbits in order to get something to eat. Someone has to do the business of the Avorld. The rest is luxury. “Everyone should learn a trade,” is the advice that Dr. Anscombe gave recently That’s good advice. Why do so many scholars think that it is beneath their dignity to know something useful. So let’s say that it is a good idea to have colleges like that—’ because people who like that kind of college will find that that is just the kind of college they like,’ but there are apt to be rather fcAv of them. It is interest ing to note that Barr left St. John’s after a few years and tried his experiment in New England—and failed completely. Nearer at hand, and somewhat less revolu tionary, there are many things that could be done to improve the systems that are now used. I know of only one teacher who plan ned his courses ahead of time in order to give his students an outline of what Avas ex pected of them during the year. And that teacher is no longer at Salem. In most courses the only real necessity for going to class is to find out what the next lesson is find AA'hat kind of homeAvork is to be handed in. In such classes there is no reason why unlimited cuts shouldn’t be aUowed. But for that matter, unlimited cuts should be allowed in all cases. With no outline a student feels as if it is to his disavantage to study ahead. He has only so much time to spend on any particular lesson, and under the present sys tem of grading it is disastrous to spend time on something that won’t be required on a test Courses with no outline discourage real scho larship. The present testing system discour ages real scholarship. There is really no need to say again tha education should be made interesting. W try to cram knoAvledge into the heads of stu dents Avho don’t want it? After all, ther® isn’t too much of college that is of life death importance. It should be made possihe and pleasant for the zealous and superior stu dent to go ahead with his work. The sam* should be made available to those who go ® school for reasons other than to study, N) there should be no great anxiety over them i they do not take advantage of their oppoi tunity. Norman Jarrarf* North CcroliM CalkcUu Pitm Published every Friday of the College year H ’ Student body of Salem College^ ^ Downtown Office--304-306 ^outli Main Sheet Printed by the Sun Prii^ting^Compan/^^^ Subscription Priee-j^$2.75 a year
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