THE SAL E MIT E
April 13. IQS I
p^ui-fio4>€U.. Do TTou RoiwioHibor •
It is paradoxical to walk within tlic ivied
walls and to see the shadow of a fi-nre elimb-
int in a dortn window at 11:42 p.m., to feel
the startled reaction caused by a locked door
with smoke seepint through the key hole and
to compare an empty dorm to an em])ty sign-
out sheet.
In view of these truths I propose to omit
the simtence in the handbook which states;
“I’crsonal honoi' is the basis ol all activities
of Salem ('ollege.”
The advantages of this proposal can not
logically he disputed. Of the approximately
g.K) students at Salem, about dio would be
free to trick the gestapo government by re
vealing theii- misdemeanors only to non-stu
dent government members. The probable re
sults will be a whispering group suddenly be
coming silent upon the appearance of a Stee
(ice rnemh(‘i'. This is only fair, howecer, since
the student council comprises only about 10
per cent of the student body, and it is far
betteu’ that the smaller percentage should be
inconvenienced than the entire student body
lubng restrictml by the bonds of personal
honor. The unfortunate Stee dee members
may adopt a mon- advisable course. 1 he\
may, after their election, smklenly ac([uire an
oblivious attitude concerning misdemeanors in
whicdi they had previously participated.
Another advantage is that it is good for tlu'
idealistic fneshmeu entering Salmn to realize
before it is too late that personal honor has
no place in our world of today. This valuable
lesson may be (piickly learned through the
exam|)h‘ set by upper (dassmen.
An advantage of no slight importance is
that students will be able to smoke and drink
in their rooms and tlu'y will not be bothered
by smdi trivialties as signing in or out, check
ing (diapel cards and tlu‘ like.
1 ean think of no objection that could pos
sibly be raised toUliis proposal unless it be:
Why come to college at all? Such goals as
adjustmeni to group living, acceiitanee of nu
dividual responsibility, and development of
personal integrity may imssibly be achieved,
by allowing the ‘personal honor clause’ to re
main but let no man talk to me of these and
other goals until he is ready to make' a sincere
attempt to establish ))ersonal honor as the
basis of all activities at Sahun College.
Emily Warden
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Mrs. William l’>. Todd has expressed curio
sity about the following note to her husband
found in a milk bottle on their back porch:
You are cut(‘. 1 love you.
'file note was written on the baidv of a drive-
in numu.
'file television room is o|K‘n to all stiubrnts,
not just thos(‘ ill Strong, at 7 idO p.m. every
night.
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By Edith Tesch
I am Youth. You accu.se me of
losing faith in others and in my
self. You .say that I do not have
the courage for adventure, that I |
am not willing to sacrifice for the 1
sake of pioneering, that, instead, I
siiend my energy in a constant
whirl of e.xcitement, I do not deny
your accusations; I only ask if you
remember ?
Do .you remember January, 1933?
That v\as the year when the de-
])ressiou vs-as at its worst, the
month when the banks were closed.
That was also the year and the
month of my birth—an occasion
iiKirked at my house b}’ a stack of
unpaid doctor’s bills. Among the
first words I heard there were
many more “you can’t have’s” than
“don’t’s”, but the “can’t have’s”
didn’t tell why Santa Claus didn’t
leave a cuddly pink bunny under
the “Twinkle-tree”. Perhaps it was
bectuise of the envelopes with little
windows th.at c:ime in the mail
box. 1 lilted those, because 1 could
see my paper dolls on the other
side. When there were lots of
envelopes, though, Daddy got very
tingry and sometimes broke the
windows when he took the insides
out. Perhaps the window envelo])es
ctune from big men who might
t:ikc away my swing, big sister’s
pitino and little sister’s dolls. I
didn’t understand.
Do \ou remember December,
1941 ' (’)ne day we went across
the htill into the other third grade
room. 1 sat in a desk with the
little girl who had fat i)igtails. The
other teticher turned on the radio,
:ind there was some music. W'e
htid to sttuid up. Then a nice mtin
ttilked. Me sounded very tired and
sad, .and my teacher cried. The
little girl with f;it pigtails twisted
one of them. I didn’t understand.
That night I asked Daddy, and he
said it was war. It sounded very
bad. Then Daddy took the big
map out of the dusty red book
that had lots of ugly brown pic
tures of some thing Daddy calls
the “First World War”, When he
listened to the men on the radio,
he stuck pins in the map. I didn t
like the men. They talked about
bombs and planes and dead people,
and I couldn’t learn my multiplica
tion table.
Do you remember the years that
followed ? Sometimes w'hen we
went to bed, there were planes
and loud noises, and we had to
say, “Pdess the children in England
and Germany”, b e c a u s e bombs
might fall out of their planes and
; hurt them.
One day 1 took m\- tricycle to
school and rode it up to the edge
of a great big scrap pile. One of
' the big boys smiled and put it way
I iij) on top. 4 hat day the teacher
'gave some of the boys and girls
I red stamps. 1 wanted one too, so
I gave her my ice cream dime.
[There kept on being scrap piles
land stamps and things like the
stamps only without the “sticky’ .
Instead of mone}' we used those to
biiv food. -\nd sometimes the
chimes rang. Daddy said that
meant one of the boys wouldn’t
come back.
Do you remember August 14,
1945. It was all over. Daddy took
the rn:ip dowm and gave Mother
back the pins. My little sister got
the red stamps to play store. The
planes and noises stopped. There
were no more chimes. The radio,
the thing I hated most, stayed.
The voices were onl\- sadder and
more worried. But, perhaps it
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Only The Cross
By Joanne Field
Alt is {[uiet
The Warfields are bare
Tbe guns no longer sound
Only the crosses are there
Because someone thought
To ask of God
Peace on earth
Good will to men.
He waits and listens—
They h.ave forgotten me—he stirs.
'I'lie fifth cross in row three is
Where he waits and listens—listens
for
Someone who will kneel
To :isk of God
Peace on earth
Good will to men.
De;ith hovers silent—
Leave us alone—Leave us alone—
Still Death stands over the mounds
Wkiiiing .and listening, fearing—
:dways fearing
Someone who will kneel
T(] ask of God
Peace on earth
Good will to men.
each
Yow it’s over—
Oh beware wdiat you say
Not ‘Retribution and Justice'
But ‘Teach them to pray’—
With someone who kneels
To ask of God
Peace on earth
Good will to men.
He listens still
His strong cries are mute
Unheard they echo from
cross and fade.
Yet someone will come to tell those
who care
Someone must kneel
To ask of God
Peace on earth
Good will to men.
All is quiet
The \varfields are bare
The guns no longer sound
Only the crosses are there
Because someone thought
To ask of God
Peace on e^arth
Good will to men.
World News
By Kitty Burrus
MacArthur Fired
General Matthew "Ridgeway has
been :ippointed b\- President Tru
man to replace General Douglas
Mac-Arthur as supreme commander
in the Far East.
The President said he' had con
cluded that Mac-Yrthur was unable
to gi\e his support to the United
States and the United Nations poli
cies. The geiteral was informed
of his dismissal in a telegram from
Truman Tuesday night.
There has Iteen anxiety in for
eign nations over General Mac-
.Artlutr’s actions in the Far East.
Mac.Yrthur set off the interna
tional uproar last week by an-
tiouncing his desire to use Chinese
Nationalists forces to open a se
cond front against the Reds, He
also proposed bombing Manchuria.
These measures woidd relieve pres
sure on U. N. troops in Korea, but
European nations fear it would
cause all-out war in the Far East
and thus divert western U. N.
military strength from Europe.
Britain has asked the U. N. for
more “effective control of the su
preme commands” in the Far East,
France also has expressed disap
proval of MacArthur’s proposals.
Draft Age Lowered
The House Armed Services Com
mittee has dropped efforts to wwite
a universal military program into
knv. This action appeared to clear
the rvay for Congressional approval
of other parts of the. draft bill.
As the bill now- stands the draft
age will be lowered from 19 to
18U>; the term of service will be
extended from 21 to 26 months, and
deferments for childless husbands
will be tightened.
Some of the most gifted college
students may be deferred to finish
school. Intelligence tests will be
used to determine partially wdio
will be deferred, but local draft
boardsWill have the final word on
deferrments.
National Guard Units to Europe
Military authorities have dis
closed plans to send two more
national guard units to Europe
within the next six or seven
months. These units will join Gen
eral Eisenhower’s Atlantic Pact
Army.
Tw'o other U. S. divisions al
ready in Germany will also join
Eisenhower. This will make a
total of six U. S. divisions in the
unified army.
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By Lee Rosenbloom
Graduation day was less than ttvo nioiitlis
off. It was time for Sally Senior to think
seriously of her future. She knew tvell that
her happy, carefree school days would soon be
over. But Sally wasn’t sad. A new chapter
of life was about to begin. “The world is at
my feet”, Sally t hong h t. “I have but to
choose”.
A year in Europe would be nice. April in
Paris, looking on the Riviera, handsome
F’rench counts. “T can tell Mother I’ll study,”
she chortled to herself.
(Excerpt from Mother’s letter in reply to
proposal of same—
Dear Daughter,
No. Why don’t you get married, instead!
Misunderstood, but never daunted, Sal’s
thoughts turned to other spheres. After con
sidering Washington, Philadelphia, New York
and Baltimore and studying the population
figjires of these cities, Sal chose New York-
four men to every girl. She had known that
geography would come in handy one of these j-
days. “There ain’t nothing like cumulative fi
knowledge,” to quote a well-known Salem pro
fessor.
“An apartment in Greenwich Village would
be nice”, Sal decided. “Something with a 12'
xl4’ skylight and Picassos on the walls. I’ll
have an easel in one corner”, she reflected,
. “That will add a nice arty touch.” Sal knew
that men always liked mysterious vvomeii. Sh
could find some light v'ork—say, 9 to 4, fo
days a week. Oh yes, Sal decided this would
be the way to live.
(Excerpt from Mother’s letter in reply to
proposal of same) —
Dear Daughter,
We have considered seriously your desire
to work in New York. I know that the
YWCA would be a lovely place to live,
and that you would be well chaperoned
there. However, you would have to walk
to work alone and your Father and 1 do
not really feel that you are mentally or
Ijhysically capable of doing this. Why
don’t you get married?
The really important thing, Sal knew, w
to get away from home, to be independent.
It really didn’t matter where she worked, but
she had to find a job that would give fw
reign to her imagination, that would allow
her to be creative. Other people weren’t »
portant. The theater, concei’ts. New York
Paris weren’t important. Her work was tlif
thin". After she had proved her abilitj.
she’d take the big city by storm.
Sal’s luck was' good.. She was offered!
job writing adds for Gastric’s Grocery Stores.
Her office would be in Kernersville. “A trul)
good deal,” Sally thought. “I’ll be close to
several prominent colleges, where I can go to
night school”. (It is well known that all mei
v’ho have ever “gotten afiead” went to nigM
school). “And yet I’ll be away from the maJ-
deiiing evowd.” Sal sighed esoterically. Aai
of course the best thing about this job, as 4
Dean reminded Sally, was the fact that Gas
tric s did not require a personal interview.
(Excerpt from Mother’s letter in reply to
proposal of same—
Dear Daughter,
Gastric sounds like a nice boy. I wonder
if he knows the Van Lassiters from Ker
nersville.
1 have written your brother in regard to
his fraternity brothers. He is to ask
three of them to come and visit us this
week-end. Come home and do not bring
any girls with you.
Daddy needs a secretary,” Sal said i*l
maityr fashion. Let other girls go to Nf*j
Jork and Europe. I can never repay
ather for the advantages he has given *
I can do is to stick bv him.
Bust, 111 do little things—drive him to work
0 d his umbrella, light his cigarettes. Tk'*
■ne day will egune when he’ll realize my k"'
4a ue 111 open his mail, maybe even typO
ew etter.s as soon as I learn how to typ*
And one day in the bright and distant futur'
my tather will say “Let’s drive out to Cat
tornia, Mother. I’ll leave Sally in charge. ‘
nave complete confidence in' m'y girl’s abil#
what I’d do without her.” ,
( other s letter in reply to proposal ®
same);
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