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Page Four THE SALEMITE September 28 Rain And Rush Week Come To Davidson Frosh By Jean Calhoun Davidson College freshmen were heard to say after the Lenoir- Rhyne game last Saturday that “all rainy weather and no football victory makes Jack a sad fresh man.” Reason? Twenty-five min utes before the game a typical Davidson monsoon soaked ball field and anxious spectator alike, and as the kickoff whistle si)uttered with water, every Davidson freshman was discovered in his seat saturated with this heavenly dew. Before the end of the game, though some ardent fans, we must admit, were known to have retreated to drye ground, the freshmen remained rather dampened in spirit by the 21-7 score, and soaked to the skin by the football weather. Reason Davidson freshmen must remai through the entire game, com high water. Things took on brighter cast, however, as they thought of Rush Week and the October 6 Citadel game. Invitations Issued From the Ifast Carolina College c:im])us were issued approximately 2,(XXJ invitations for llomecoming Day, October 6, to graduates by the Alumni Association. Dorms arc expected to bloom into color fill gtirh of paper mache and shiny tinfoil. A parade, preceding the tuiticipaled F,lon-East Carolina football clash, will be composed of floats and enthusiastic boosters. Other plans include a luncheon for alumni and students and an in formal dance in the evening. h'rom the University of North Carolimi campus come words of success of the Greater IJniversily Day, last Saturday. Once each year the gentlemen from the Hill open their hearts and their arms to their sisters from W. C., and arc more than tolerate toward their brothers from State. The day is sponsored by the Greater Uni versity Student Council and its purpose is to further relations and co-ordination in student activities among the three schools. About 960 girls were brought to the Caro lina campus ill 25 buses. Following the game, during which the W. C. girls struggled to cheer an equal number of cheers for each brother team, the visiting ladies were treated to a reception at the Gra ham Memorial. The ladies met suave gentlemen and some not quite so suave and were ushered, preceded and followed by them to a dance in Wollen Gymnasium. The VV. C. girls were greatly outnum bered, but despite this handicap, they managed to enjoy themselves. Leisure Utilized From two college campuses com bined come reports of two stu dents, each having found a dif ferent way to spend his spare time. Duke proudly points to William Styson, who graduated from Duke and incidently also attended David son College. This young mpn has had his new'est novel, “Lie Down In Darkness”, described as “com parable to the publication in 1929 of Thomas Wolfe’s “Look Home ward, Angel” Reports come from State of a student who went joy riding to kill his extra time. His only complaint was that before he was ’taken in’ a patrolman clocked his average speed as 95 m.p.h. Morrisettes Dept. Store Student Finds Making Decisions A Problem By Eleanor McGregor One of the big problems which faces us as college students is de veloping enough independence to break awaiy from home and make decisions for ourselves. Although we are at school for months at a ! time, our parents still feel that they should be allowed to dictate all of our significant decisions. So we don’t know whether to rebel and run the risk of hurting them, or to go on as always, complacently accepting their decisions and los ing the chance of ever becoming independent personalities. Most of us have been over-pro tected. Our mothers have been along when we bought clothes to pass on our selection; our fathers have always decided for us whether we should take the trip to New I York or save the money for some thing more “sensible;” and we have simply asked whether we should go on with science or take the English course that sounds so interesting. Whatever the question, our parents invariably come back with answers that seem logical and that satisfy us for the time. But now we’re confused. We’re away from home, and this is the opportunity to start living our own lives. The trouble is, we can’t de cide what kind of life it is that we want. We’re so accustomed to having everything decided for us that now it is hard to make up our minds about anything. We tried thinking through a couple of things on our own, and it turned out that they were all wrong. Then, after months, or even years are older and more experienced, we think, and it will probably hap pen that they were right all the time. Then, too, if we do what we want, we run the risk of hurting their feelings or causing a family upset. The easy way out is just to do what they say. At least if it goes wrong, we don’t have to accept the blame for it. But the easy way out is also the coward’s way out. Just as it has always been simpler to follow the crowd when other questions are at stake, so is it easier to do what others think in regard to our lives. It takes a lot of courage to say, “I appreciate your advice, but still I think this is right for me.” Our parents may have ideas about our lives, but the world has changed a bit since the time they were our age. It’s hard for them to realize, for instance, that there are other things for a “nice” young girl to do besides teach school. We have to choose between being a puppet and a person. We can’t expect to please everybody-—if we tried that, we would become no thing but compromisers with no minds of our own. We have to decide first what is best forus— not selfishly, but intelligently—and then follow our choice. Little Theater Plans Six Plays Lectures Series Tickets To Be Distributed Tickets for the Lecture Series will be distributed in the reception room of Clewell Tuesday, Wednes day and Thursday from 5 to 6 p.m. The Lecture Committee is com posed of representatives from the faculty, the student body and the city. The faculty group includes: Miss Jess Byrd, Miss Lelia Gra ham Marsh, Miss Edith Kirkland, Mrs.' Kate Pyron, Mr. Warren F. Spencer, Miss Catherine Nicholson and Miss May McMillan from the Academy. Student members are: Jane Wat son, Jean Patton, Faye Lee, Lu Long Ogburn, Fay Fuller, Freda Siler, Eleanor McGregor and Cicely Darr from the Academy. City representatives selected to serve on the committee are: Mrs. Emil Shaffner and Mrs. Burton Craige. The committee met last year a short time before vacation began to discuss possible lecturers. After a tentative slate of speakers had been chosen. Miss Byrd madd the arrangements. DOMESTIC RABBIT Delicious Fryer For Delivery, Dial 3-4890 TWIN-CITY RABBITRY 4310 Oldtown Drive Honor Chapel Next Thursday Next Thursday’s chapel program has been designated to stress Salem’s honor system. Margaret Thomas, president of the student body, will explain details of the system, and everyone will be given an opportunity to sign the honor pledge. Newly-elected treasurer of Stu dent Government, Carmen John ston; house presidents, Mary Lou Bridgers, Jean Moye, Ann Hobbs and Daisy Chonis, and a represen tative to the Student Council from the senior class will be installed Patronize Our Advertisers CAREFUL AND COURTEOUS DRIVERS DIAL 7121 DAY & NIGHT SERVICE \ BAGGAGE TRANSFER —_ The Little Theater plans to spon sor six major productions, three by ^ r .1 1 , , 1^1 tjvtuuLlCUlb, LlllCC UV of thought we went home Christ- their own group and three by the iTirac Qtiri Fi-viyl J TA i • , •' mas and told Mom and Dad just what we thought we wanted to do with our future. But when they looked at us with that she’ll-get- over-it-she’s-still-young smile, we began to lose all confidence in our potential abilities ever to become ndependent. “Of course you must make up your own mind,” they aid, “but—” So there we are. Our parents Barter Theatre Players. The first of these plays, Shake speare’s The Merchant of Venice, will be presented Oct. 1 at 8:00 p.m. in Reynolds Auditorium. Season tickets are now on sale to all Salem students. The other productions will be Light Up the Sky, The Vinegar ^ ree, Candida, Mrs. Moonlight and The Voice of the-Turtle. Compliments of The Holly Shop BRODT-SEPARK MUSIC CO. 620 West Fourth St. 3.2^41 Music of All Publishers O’Halon’s Oldest - Best K
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