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THE SALEMITE
October 12.
Ahjcuit y. R. S, . . •
There has already been so much said about
dining room conduct, chapel conduct and
dressing properly that you may think that
the I. R. S. and call downs are synonymous.
But the I. R. S. is also an organization of fun
and social activities open to everyone.
This month we are planning a birthday
dinner for those students and faculty who
have birthdays in August, September, and
October. At one time or another everyone
will be invited to sit at the birthday table.
We’re also planning to have several informal
after dinner coffees which will be come-and-
go affairs. Everyone always enjoys these.
The I. R. S. wants to plan several week
ends of fun for those girls who will stay on
the campus. We are at work now on several
projects for the near future. We think it
will be fun—hope you do, too.
Our biggest event will be in December—
the Christmas formal dance. This dance takes
oodles of work but with the student body
helping to decorate we know it will be a big
success.
We have had so many girls ask the council
to try to plan some extra events for the
Christmas dance week-end so this year we
have planned a BIG WEEKEND. These
plans will be released at a later date.
Another of our undertakings is Charm
Week. There are always excellent speakers
during those few days who discuss such sub
jects as marriage, personal charm, careers,
etc. Last year one of the leading stores gave
a fashion show with Salem girls as models
and we want to do the same this year.
The competition between dorms for the most
attractive and most original Christmas deco
rations is another of our projects. Every
year the I. R. S. gives a prize to the dorm
selected by the judges as the best on the basis
of the above mentioned qhalifications.
To add something new the I. R. S. and the
Salemite are sponsoring the “Girl of the
Month”. Each month a different girl will be
chosen to represent certain qualities such as
friendliness, charm, poise and originality.
Sometime this month there also will be a
freshman room contest. The rooms will be
judged on the basis of originality, neatness
and color. We hope this will stimulate more
interest in the appearance of the rooms.
The purpose of the 1. R. S. this year, then
is to uphold the standards of Salem, to be
charming ourselves, and for everyone to have
a good time.
Lou Davis,
President of I. R. S.
Salemite
A Perfect Day
By Toddy Smith
Dr. Gramley, Mrs, Heidbreder
and Carol Stortz were waiting out
side Clewell to wave good-by as
approximately 40 freshmen and
sophomores boarded a bus for
Wake Forest.
Diane Knott and Betty Tyler
climbed on equipped with suitcases
to be on hand for home-coming at
E. C, C. Louise Kike and Jane
Brown rushed from Dr, Singer’s
history class to jump on at the
last minute. Betsy Liles gave her
hair a last swish while her room
mate, Ann Lang, was practicing
her “rahs” for Wake Forest. Babs
Lakey and Cris Crutchfield from
Florida calmly walked out of Cle
well to begin their first trip to
Wake Forest.
In the meantime, Sara Outland,
Roseanne Worthington and Jackie
Neilson took their seats and began
telling wild stories from Kinston,
their home town. Francine Pitts
and Sally Rieland harmonized on
“Old Smoky” and the singing
started. The last addition to the
bus was a box of candy from Mr.
Welfare.
Bag lunches were pulled out
about 12:30 p.m.
When the bus arrived at Wake
Forest,' Mrs. Moran was on hand
to give out game tickets. The
Salemites pushed through the yell
ing, pennant-waving crowd to their
seats. The kick-off play had just
been made, and Wake Forest was
leading. The Wake Forest band
was playing its victory song and
the cheer leaders were jumping.
The Meredith College girls, also
guests, were yelling for Wake
Forest. Salem joined the cheers.
The half-time score was 36-6.
During the half, the Wake Forest
head cheer-leader said over the
loud speaker something about a re-
: presentative from Salem coming
down to receive a gift. Mrs.
Moran frantically looked around
and desperately pointed at Toddy
! Smith. “Will you go?” Toddy
■got up and strolled down to the
j'platform wondering why the Salem
j girls were giggling. It wasn’t until
the cheer-leader introduced her as
. the president of Student Govern
ment that she knew. Somehow
“President” Smith managed to ac
cept the gift and walk back to
her seat.
A W'ake Forest co-ed was
^ crowned “Miss Demon Deacon”,
: and after a parade by the Wake
: Forest band and several high
I school bands, the play resumed.
I The second half proved to be
just as exciting as the first, and
when the game ended 56-6, Wake
i Forest spirits were high.
I After the game, Tinkie Millican
and Becky Powers smiled and left
|i,vith their dates. Louise Fike took
j several girls as her guests to the
IK. A. house. About half the group
I walked around the campus, while
jthe rest met their dates. This was
probably the shortest hour of the
day. Too soon it was 6 p.m. and
time to come home.
The group ate supper in Durham
and chattered all the way back re-
, hashing every minute of the trip.
I Tinkie and Toddy had to compare
invitations to home-coming. Kath-
i leen Duffey solemnly stated that
I she was thinking of transferring to
I Wake Forest. All agreed with Pris
Martin and Ann Kester that it had
been a perfect day.
Dear
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By Anne Lowe
Dear Papa,
After reading about the truce
talks for a few months I’ve about
decided that Russia has gone
after a new kind of warfare, A
kind of warfare where no shooting
is done, they just worry us to
death. Like us folks from Iredell
county, the United States people
are getting right disgusted at all
these big meetings where nothing
is done.
Remember me writing you about
that Iran business last week? Well,
that Mr. Massadegh who ordered
the British out of the oil fields is
going to plead Iran’s case before
the Security Council soon. Papa,
maybe it’s just ’cause I’m so young
that I don’t understand these
things but what can that Council
do with Russia sitting ready to
veto every move they make? Like
I said, they’re just worrying us to
death,
' r thln.pr, Egypt has decided
to nullify some treaty that they
had with England concerning the
Sudan and the Suez Canal. This,
is very bad, I understand, I can
see why too. Them places are im
portant to all us allied folks be
cause we can send goods there and
get stuff in return. Now what if
old man Jones wouldn’t let us cross
his land to bring our cows home?
We sure would be in a fix.
Those Bear citizens have really
been showing their interest in the
big bombs lately. Some of the
people in our government said that
they could blow up from thirty to
fifty of our cities at one shot if
they had a mind to. That kind
of thing makes me glad we live
in the deep south where the big
cities are scarce.
Guess all this war talks not half
so interesting as who is going to
win the World Series this year.
Personally, I think those Yankees
have a pretty fair team. Bet they’d
even give our local boys a good
fight.
Your ever lov’en daughter
Anne
"A Place In The Sun”
By Ruthie Derrick
Winston-Salem motion picture
theatres will join theatres through
out the country in a nation-wide
celebration of the movie industry’s
50th anniversary. The celebration
will feature 49 outstanding films
and “A Place In The Sun” heads
the list.
Last Sunday afternoon found a
great number of Winston-Salem’s
populace thronging to a local
theatre to view the first showing
of this film which Redbook had
labeled “A love story of today’s
youth filling the screen with ecs
tasy—as they seek a place in the
sun!” Redbook adds; “This, ver
sion of ‘An American Tragedy’ is
one of the year’s finest films.
With Montgomery Cliff, Shelley
Winters, Elizabeth Taylor and a
superb cast.”
The film—classified strictly as a
“for adults only” picture drew
spectators of all ages, and the
Salem representatives were numer
ous—the senior class having the
most members present. The plot
of the picture consisted of the
usual love triangle, but the de
velopment of the story proved to
be more tense and involved than
the average love story. Shelley
Winters had the most difficult role
to play, for the normal “Shelley”
role shows her as a successful
siren whereas this part required
the portrayal of a dumb, rather
pathetic character. Elizabeth Tay
lor s usual roles require no great
skill in character portrayal, but
this part demanded more. For
that reason she displayed her best
acting ability.
Montgomery Cliff captures most
of the limelight, for he played his
complex role to perfection. His
facial expressions are a strong
point in his acting. His complete
absorption in his part captured
most spectator’s sympathies.
Salemites in particular were in
complete sympathy with the hand
some lover of Shelley and Eliza
beth. After the movie the powder
room was filled with tear-drenched,
sniffing Salemites.
Ann Sprinkle and Betty Parks
were indignant over the surprising
outcome of the movie. Nellie Phil
lips tried to hide her tear-stained
face. The general Salemite com
ments were “marvelous, touching,
the best movie I have ever seen.”
By Emma Sue Larkins
Katy Kombs pasted the last picture in her
Salem scrapbook. She had been working all
summer on the scrapbook anticipating the day
when she could forward it to her “little sister”
to give her some idea of life at Salem. Katy
was determined to be everything a “big sister”
should be.
Next Katy began to pack the box which
had previously contained a refrigerator. Be
sides the scrapbook Katy thoughtfully en
closed a rather expensive oil protrait of her
self ; her five-year diary; a collection of David
son telephone numbers copied off the wall
adjoining the telephone in Sisters’; her old
themes, exams, and term papers and a com
plete biographical sketch of the foibles of pro
fessors at Salem entitled “How to Cramp
Campbell, Snow Smith, Prod Todd, Squelch
Welch, etc.”
It took Katy several days to pack the box
and several days longer to pay for sending
it. The “Kind Kampaign” had kost Katy.
Sena Belle acknowledged Katy’s gifts in the
form of a telegram. It kame kollect. How
ever, Katy’s daddy wasn’t nearly as upset
about this as he was about the phone call that
kame kollect kleen from Kansas.
The telegram read: “Thanks”. The tele
phone said: “Thanks, I’m grateful, I appre
ciate, I’m obliged. I’ll never forget.” Katy
was touched by Sena’s gratitude. Katy was
also touched ($10.00) by her father. It seems
that the telephone ra,tes are rather high from
Wheat Swamp, Kansas to the east coast.
Katy arrived at school without further com
munication from Sena Belle. Sena was a
week late arriving at school, but Katy had
already attended to that inconvenience by
doing Sena’s homework. (Her two month re
striction for cheating was only a small price
to pay for “little sister Sena”.)
Going further along in her “Kind Kam
paign” Katy gave up her trip to Carolina’s
opening game. She wanted to be with Sena
Belle that first week-end. Coming from a
village like Wheat Swamp, Sena would need
help and protection in a city like Winston.
Of that Katy was confident.
Sena Belle didn’t quite make it that week
end, so Katy listened to the game on the radio
with Stevie Gramley since he was the only
one on campus who didn’t go to the game.
However, when Sena finally arrived Monday
morning Katy was less confident about her
needing help, but more confident than ever
about her needing protection. (Six of the
eleven boys to whom she was pinned arrived
with her.)
Sena burst in on Katy early Monday while
Katy was still in the “socks-in-hair, bags
under-eyes, cream-on-nose stage to tell her she
had been late to school because she had been
making personal appearances. It seems tha
Sena had been employed by Mera-Goldwyn-
Mayer. Now she is employed by the Greater
University of North Carolina, Davidson Col
lege, and Bowman Gray Medical School as
“The Girl of All Girls”. She will represent
Salem on May Court, on Who’s Who and on
the Dean’s List.
Gratefully Sena acknowledges in all
terviews that Miss Katy Kombs is responsibk
for her achievements as a “normal colleg®
girl” Elaborating on her “big sister” Sena
told the reporters that:
“Miss Kombs is a member of the Athle i
Association, the Y. W. C. A., the I. R- S. ana
the Student Government Association-—ahnS
with several hundred other Salem girls. 1“^®
Kombs is also baby-sitting for the
in order to buy a cashmere sweater (it se®
her “kind kampaign” had caused her a shg
financial back-set). Miss Kombs is
looking forward to her blind date Satur
night which a freshman arranged for h^ an
is having a daily conference with Dr.
Katy has an aversion to refrigerators, and _
Welch is trying to dicover the underlyi®"
causes of “Katy’s Phobia”.