Page Eight
THE SALEMITE
March 16
1951
Staff Cooks
(Continued from page three)
fond of baseball and fishing.” Miss
Emma was bringing in another
batch of brownies to be cooked as
she insisted there was nothing she
could say about herself. “Nothing”
turned out to be that Miss Emma
has been cooking at Salem for
thirty years. One of her annual
enjoyments is her summer cooking
job at Girl Scout camp in Roaring
Gap.
I finished the last brownie and
saw Russell, Walter and George
taking a fresh supply of butter
upstairs. Russell grinned and tip
ped his chef’s hat on the back of
his head as he said, “Law, I don’t
what
Board.
been giving me year round work
which I appreciate.”
Movie, the janitor, was rushing
after Walter sweeping up the
melted butter which had spilled on
the floor. Between sweeps he told
me he was a freshman in the Salem
kitchen. He is a member of the
Second Institutional Baptist
Church, President of the Usher
Board and treasurer of the Men’s
Club.
Dodging Movie’s broom, I went
back upstairs and found Lorenza
and Ed mopping the dining room.
As Lorenza swished the mop up
and down the floor, he chatted,
“I love the movies and my favorite
star is Bette Davis. I’ve been
chasing “All About Eve” every
where and I haven’t seen it yet.”
V. V. Dreams
know exactly what to say. I ve in addition to the movies, Lorenza
been here 32 years and I’ve always
found it a pleasure to work for
the girls. I’m a member of the
First Baptist Church and I’m on
the Board of Trustees. I’m also
chairman of the Boy Scout Com
mittee.” Further conversation told
(Continued from page seven)
self gracefully with her feet at a
180° degree angle. She still could
not see the bandage demonstration,
but she could see herself in the
future—Maybe even this summer
—c r o w d s would gather on the
beach while three people screamed
helplessly from the edge of the
continental shelf. 1. Despite haz
ardous undertows, surging waves,
sharp oyster shells and unfavorable
climatic conditions, 2 she would
drop her lunch box, FIRST AID
kit, blanket, life-preserver, coil of
rope and collection of triangular
Ida stopped pouring water to
tell me that she belongs to the
Maynes Cove Church and sings in
the choir. Ida works on a scout
me that Russell has 4 children.
One daughter received her M. A.
in psychology at Wayne College.
She is now doing social work in
Detroit.
Afraid that the butter was going
to melt, I turned to George and
Walter and began to question
them. George is a member of the
Haynes Methodist Church and his
hobby is baseball. When quest
ioned about other hobbies, George
smiled, saying, “I jes like goin
around having a good time.” Wal
ter laughed at this and said,
"Don’t we all.” Walter is a mem
ber of St. Andrews Church and
serves as steward there. As he
rushed the melting butter up the
plays pinochle and tennis.
Ed had been leaning on his mop'committee and has two grandchild-
while Lorenzo and I talked. When | ren.
1 told him it was his turn, he told j J left Ida beaming at the thought
me that he sings in the choir at ; of her grandchildren and stopped
the Second Institutional Church j Mary as she went to get another
and that he is treasurer of the |pot of coffee. Mary is a widow
“Salem College has
Flower Club.
I tiptoed over the wet floor and
called to Vandelia, Lu Bell, Ida and
Mary, wdio were putting the fried
chicken and 1 ima b'ean's on the table.
Vandelia put a platter of chicken
on the table and told me that she
enjoyed working at Salem. "I love
to W'Ork in my garden when I
can,” she said, “and I grows mostly
zinncas.” Vandelia is also a mem
ber of the Macedonia Holiness
Church. Lu Bell handed Vandelia
a dish of lima beans as she proudly
told me she has 5 children and 9
grandchildren. She joins Vandelia
in being a member of the Mace
donia Holiness Church, and she is
President of the Missionary So-
and has a son who is a senior at
W. S. T. C. Her hobby is sewing
and she said, “I used to make all
of the costumes for the Academy
and made the chair covers in Bit
ting living room and Lehman.”
I thanked the staff for their co
operation and w'alked to the door.
I bumped into Will Thacker who
was bringing in a new light bulb
for the k i t c h e n. Will is the
bandages and dive into the water.
Fearlessly she would fight the
waves, and upon reaching her vic
tims (not patients, mind you—the
medical profession objects), she
would tie their legs in a square
knot and tow them to safety. She
could just see the local newspapers,
the state newspapers, the national
newspapers—even the toilet papers.
THREE SAVED BY V. V., VIVA
LA V. . Oliphos w'ould be proud
—autograph-seekers would seek
autographs—Maybe she would get
a contract from Hollywood.
Suddenly V. V. felt all eyes upon
her. Mr. Alexander had asked for
a volunteer victim. She heard her
name being muttered from all parts
of the room. “Let V. V. do it.
Let V. V. do it,” they said.
“Do what?” she asked somewhat
hopefully.
“Be the victim,” Mr. Spencer
smirked. He did not like the way
she had licked his boots. V. V.,
not being one to shirk her duty,
lept from the chalk trough through
the window and landed on the
brick walk behind Main Hall. She
lay prone. The First Aiders, seiz
ing upon this magnificent oppor
tunity, dashed out of the room.
Mr. Alexander led the way. After
reaching her, Mr. Campbell began
to recite the general directions;
(Continued from pace stv\
“What is the most extraordim,
espect of the work of Alexan/el
Pope ?’
“Satire!” I replied, without hesi
tation.
“And what,” she further purj. ,
“are its most provocative n,„v
ties ?”
“Wit!
was my
_ immediate re
tort, tor this encompasse's a
whole.”
“Who,” she suddenly pres«j
“wrote Gulliver’s Travels?”
There, I must confess, I
stumped. (This, needless to sav
was a most unfair question.)
It was later in the day that I
was asked to examine the newl
decorated ai)artment of Stro/
Dormitory, in order to write
article on its merits for our weekl!
publication. Indeed! One cannot
see the furnishings for the auto
graphed photos of Great Men. And
one cannot see the autographed
photo of Great Men for the auto-
graphs! (A most impressive Hie
play.)
And now, “The curfew tolls the
nell of the parting day,” and as
fast,” and as “twilight drops her
“the shades of night are fallb
purple veil,” I shall curtail this tny
and the First Aiders examined V. Tuesday, the
V., first, for bleeding, and secondly,
for breathing. Observation; Much
blood, no breath. Unfortunately,
V. V.’s head was smashed, her
“handyman.” He rushed past me | legs fractured, her arms lacerated
but he said that he is a member and the wart on her left elbow
of the New Bethel Baptist Church
and the proud owner of a wife and
three children.
I walked out of the dining hall
leaving the clattering dishes,
friendly voices and snatches of
“On Jordon’s Stormy Banks.’
gone completely. A severe case of
shock was evident — glassy eyes,
clammy hands, pale face, weak
pulse, perspiration. The First
Aiders rendered immediate and
temporary care and summoned the
unobtainable. (He, too, was at
tending a FIRST AID class). V. V,
was transported to the infirmary
Miss Biggers, her seatmate, led
the procession. The rest followed
singing VIVA LA V. V.! V. V,
gaining consciousness, felt an in
ward pride and smiled feebly,
“I have done my duty,” she
thought.
H. L. Martin, Geography 202,
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