Mcirch 16, 195
THE SALEMITE
Page Five
Salem Girls
Visit Davidson
Via Greyhound
By Jean Calhoun
The moment had arrived that
Jane College had dreamed, night-
mared, and talked about for weeks.
Salem-Davidson Day was on its
twelfth hour and fifteenth minute
and Jane was still excited. Before
her stood the Greyhound, flealess,
flawless, and gassed, that would
carry her, together with some
forty-odd Salem girls and deposit
them before Chamber’s Building at
Davidson College.
Grabbing the Greyhound meekly
by the ear, she boarded the bus
and settled stiffly into one of the
‘folding’ chairs. Some two hours
later, after the Greyhound had
caterpillared over various lovely,
super-lane, super-smooth, no-curve
highways, Jane felt hot eyes glar
ing on her neck, ears, nose, hair
and other regions of her anatomy.
She suddenly realized that her own
ivy-walled school-mates feared she
would get the cute date because
she was wearing her new ‘double
scoop’ red taffeta dress. She was
not affected, but got out fresh
linen and made her face up again
for Davidson was just ahead.
A right turn and a green field.
“Those boys seem to be having
such a nice pic—”, Jane thought.
Before, however, she had finished
thinking, one Tommy Haller, Pre
sident of the Davidson Y. M. C.
A., had called her name, introduced
her to S n a r k Snealson and she
was in the middle of what was not
really a picnic—but Davidson stu
dents. Gathering her wits about
her, Jane took inventory of her
date. “Two eyes, two ears, one
nose,” she passed her eyes high
toward Chamber’s and feverently
thanked the Chamber Maids atop
it for her good fortune.
At this point Jane lost connec
tion with her college mates and
started frantically discussing cheery
topics she thought would be of
interest to Snark, the draft, the
high cost of living, atomic power,
Carolina’s football team. State’s
basketball team, and Monty Clift’s
pecularities. Before she had time
to quote any statistics on the free
shot record of Ranzino in '48, she
found herself confronted with two
huge men rough-housing on a large
mat. No sooner had she opened
her mouth to ask what and con
sequently why than Snark had ex
plained that this was the AAU
District Wrestling Tournament.
Jane occupied herself with getting
better acquainted with Snark and
returning a few ugly faces that the
wrestlers made. A victim of Salem
Saturday lunch and a long period
afterwards, Jane staggered around
seeing campus sights, meeting
people, brothers and pledges (Three
distinct groups of humans at David
son) ’til supper time.
In the evening Jane found more
people, brothers and pledges—more
campus sights, which Snark in
sisted were not half as attractive
in the daytime.and the Scabbard
and Blade military ball. Under her
breath Jane murmured, “I was rob
bed,” when Cacky Post was pre
sented a lush orchid for being the
most attractive Salem girl at the
dance. A little more dancing and
a little more of the “Mexican Hat
Dance” and Jane’s little ten toes
throbbed ten times every ten
(Continued on pa^fe four)
Recently elected class presidents for ^51-’52 are Kdna W^ilkerson, President of the Senior Class; Frankie
Strader, President of the Sophomore Class; Marion Lewis, President of the Junior Class.
Wilkerson, Lewis, Strader Are Chosen
To Head Salem Classes For *5l-’52
"Death...”
(Continued from page three)
turned both boys against him. Age,
however, was Willy’s enemy. He
is condemned by it. He can no
more escape from it than he can
from himself. Confusions, weak
ness, goodness, stupidity, and the
self -sustaining illusions are all
characteristics of Willy.
If the proper study of mankind
is man then man’s inescapable pro
blem is himself—^what he would
like to be, what he is, what he is
not, and yet what he must live
and die with. These are the mov
ing, everyday, all-inclusive subjects
with which Mr. Miller deals in
“Death of a Salesman.” He hand
les them with enormous sympathy
and genuine imagination. More
over, he has the wisdom and the
insight not to blame the “system”
for what are the inner failures
and short-comings of the indivi
dual. His rightful concern is with
the dilemmas which are timeless
•n the play because they are time
less in life.
Within the past week the rising^p
sophomore, junior, and senior-
classes elected their presidents for
1951-52.
Frankie Strader, a freshman from
Burlington, N. C., was elected pre
sident of next year’s sophomore
class. Frankie, a dean’s list stu
dent, is a graduate of Burlington
High School and is also a piano
major. She is the freshman re
presentative to the Student Coun
cil. The other nominee for presi
dent was Lu Long Ogburn.
Marian Lewis, a sophomore from
Raeford, N. C., is the president for
the rising junior class. Marian is
on the Y. W. C. A. cabinet, the
A. A. council and was secretary of
the Choral Ensemble and treasurer
of the Methodist organization. She
is a religious music major, special-
lizing in voice and organ. Jo Ann
Bell was the other nominee ,for
president.
Edna Wilkerson, who is a junior
from Pulaski, Virginia, is the new
president of the rising senior
class. Edna transferred to Salem
last year from Sullins College in
Virginia. She is an A.B. major in
voice and is a member of the
I Choral Ensemble. Jean Patton was
the othet nominee for the office.
II. S. News
(Continued from page two)
Secretary Marshall has already
delegated a great deal of power
and responsibility. This in itself
is a change in the Defense Depart
ment, even before the new organi
zation chart has been published.
On the Munitions Board top of
ficials have found several defects;
however, corrections are being
made in this area. John D. Small,
chairman of the Board, has an
nounced the appointment of Corne
lius W. Middleton of Babcock and
Wilcox Company of New York as
executive vice-chairman. Mr. Mid
dleton will aid Mr. Small in the
responsibilities and activities of the
Board.
Salem "'nvited
(Continued from page one)
at 7:45 p.m. Monday through
Thursday nights of the Passion
Week.
V. V. Dreams
Of Becoming
Heroine
By Clinky Clinkscales and
Sis Hines
Place: Salem Campus
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Situation: A drastic shortage of
first aid takers.
Sitting’s Bottom was full. How
ever, the only person in sight was
Joanne Field, who was patiently
waiting for a second for honey
moon bridge. Everyone else was
concealed behind various chairs,
couches, fire-screens, cellos and
sheet music. Joanne was out in
full view because she was ineli
gible for FIRST AID.
Betty Gwen raced in from Cor-
rin refectory. “The Education
Club does not have its quota, and
I must have another person to take
the first aid course” Joanne snick
ered becomingly. “I’m ineligible,”
she said (wha! wha!).”
Suddenly there was a crash from
the fire place! Valeria Vestula
had fallen from the pot rack. With
a vulture-like gleam Betty Gwen
did three pirouettes and five butter
fly twirls (without saying “May
I”) and pounced upon her. V. V.
tried desperately to get free, but
found herself pinned to the carpet
by a half-nelson. Realizing her
fate and knowing protests were
futile, she said “All right, I will”.
Losing her hold, Betty Gw en
assured V. V. that this was a step
she would never regret. “Why
even if war doesn’t come and A-
Bombs don’t fall, you can never
tell when one of your second
graders will swallow a snake, cough
his eye-balls out or enter a com
plete state of shock after a bac
teriology six-weeks I Class starts
in eleven minutes. All you have
to do is break your date with
Oliphos Bruisard, find a 40x42 inch
unbleached muslin triangular band
age, get seventy cents, pencil and
horn-book and meet us in main
hall at 6:45.”
V. V., with a rebel yell, sum
moned her roommate from Wel
fare’s and gave her minute details
as to Oliphos’s whereabouts. (He
is currently employed by the Rey
nolds Building as a window washer,
and by this time should be finish
ing the eighth story).
Unable to find any muslin, V. V.
crept to Winkie’s room. Winkie
wouldn’t mind donating the mid-
(Continued on page seven)
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Across From State Theatre
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Cloud-like
Fleece Coat
69.95
From our
Rendezvous Room Collection
Introducing our Salem representative
MISS MERRI SPAU6H
Salem Academy 1946
who takes pride in helping the young
fashionable, whose desire for clothes
is greater than her allowance.