October 19, 1951
THE SALEMITE
Page Five
Homecoming
Brings Bands
And Formals
By Jean Calhoun
It’s Homecoming time ! Big name
bands are winding their way to'
college campuses as college gals
begin the theme of “Will I be
asked?”—and if so—“What will I
wear?” Pan Hellenic Council Pre
sident. Dick Stockton announced
that Elliot Lawrence and his or
chestra were on hand to make
sweet music for the Davidson
Homecoming Oct. 12 and 13. Law
rence, a top pianist, came straight
from an engagement at New York’s
Paramount Theater. Much music
and much dancing was the project
of the Davidson lads and the de
light of their lady companions. The
theme of the dance was “Blue
Hose.” Music was available for
the formal dance Friday night, tea-
dance Saturday afternoon and in
formal dance Saturday night.
Long Will Play
The orchestra of Johnny Long
will woo the campus of U. N. C.
for the Fall Germans Nov. 2. Only
one dance will be given because of
the poor attendance heretofore at
the Friday night dances. Saturday
will be the big day, for after the
football game between Carolina
and Tennessee, guys and gals will
trip the light fantastic in evening
dress. This dance will be Long’s
first appearance at the University
campus since he hit the big time.
A German Club member announces,
to Carolina for one of the Ger-
“Long has been wanting to come
mans for a long time and we have
finally brought him due to many
student requests.”
When a Negro law student at
“The Hill” returned a season foot
ball ticket book because he had
been seated in the colored section
of Kenan Stadium rather than in
the student section, things started
buzzing. Action started in small
groups and new religious organi
zations, solons and atheletes have
come forth protesting segregation
of Negro students. The segrega
tion ball is being thrown back and
forth, as a large number of stu
dents voting or voicing an opinion
seem to believe Negros should have
the same seating privileges as
other Carolina students.
Yale ▼«. Housekeeping
Yale students like dancing. Yale
students like Homecomings, but
Yale students are unenthusiastic
about housekeeping. Since last
Spring, when 80 maids were fired
in an economy move, Yale dorm
rooms, minus the feminine touch,
have been getting ankle deep in
dust. One of the house inspectors,
while checking the dorms for clean
liness, observed that few dust pans
and brooms wfere in evidence dis
pite the offer of the University to
sell them to students at cost. Ap
parently Yale students are “too
concerned about higher education"
to worry about dusting under their
beds.
Lovelorn
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to resign his position.
Revealing.
You see. I’m usually wrong.
Even though I don’t belong to a
union for love-lorn advisers, I
would like to offer my shoulder
for any of you who have problems.
If you must make a choice between
three fraternity pins or if your
roommate is taking all your dates
away from you, my services are
here. I remain, pantingly await
ing your problems.
Baby Boy Makes Three
In Hobbs Household
by Ann Hobbs
Judy and I had just reached the
age where we could live in the
same house without getting into a
brawl every few minutes. Our
fights over who would answer the
phone when it began ringing were
a thing of the past—now we sat
still and let mother get up and go.
We even set up a system so we
could tell which movie star be
longed to whom. Judy collected
women, and I collected men.
The Hobbs family had settled
into a quiet peaceful rut, and Judy
and I, at least, was content to
stay there. Then it happened!
At 11:30 a.m. on February 2,
1946, I was fourteen, Judy was
eleven, and Walter Jr., our brother,
had been in this world approxi
mately one hour. Judy and I sat
on the living-room sofa frowning
up at daddy who stood in front of
us grinning from ear to ear and
looking a little too large for his
vest. We all were pleased at the
new arrival, of course, but Judy
and I were also worried. Naturally,
a new baby being born into the
family was not an unheralded
event, but—a boy 11 The Hobbs
just didn’t have boys. In the whole
clan we had only one male cousin,
and he was so distantly kin that
he hardly counted.
After we had recovered from the
initial shock, Judy and I began to
change a few of our plans. First,
we had to compose a new name,
for the sister we expected. We
1 had come to that awful com
bination after pageing endlessly
through our movie star books.
We thought “Sylvia” was “sweet”,
and “Diane” had a “mysterious”
quality. Mother and Daddy had
always abruptly changed the sub
ject when “naming the baby” came
up. Not at all abashed, Judy and
I delved again into our movie stars
and decided on “Clark Newman”
as a very distinguished name for
a new brother. However, the
matter was taken out of our hands
We had decided on “Sylvia Diane”
when our parents had “Walter Jr.”
put on the birth certificate before
the baby came home. We were
disgusted.
Next, something had to be done
about the bassinet. We couldn’t
help its being painted pink, but
we decided the pink blanket would
surely have to go. We pooled our
money and found, after much shop
ping aroung, that the only blue
blanket we could afford was in
Belk’s Bargain Basement. It
looked warm enough to us, so we
bought it, placed it proudly on the
bassinet, and gave the brand new
pink one to the maid. She had a
month old neice. Mother’s only
W.S.S.F. Drive
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centers, drugs and medical equip
ment. The third part of the pro
gram furnishes tools of education,
books and laboratory equipment.
The fourth point provides ways
of meeting together and thinking
together through conferences and
seminars.
The last division covers meeting
the need of people to accept
citizenship in a united world.
Under this refugees and displaced
persons are awarded scholarships
to study.
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comment on all our “fixing” was a
slight choking sound when we told
her how generous we’d been with
the pink blanket—a gift from the
preacher’s wife.
Everything now settled to our
satisfaction, Judy and I waited im
patiently for mother and Walter
Jr. to come home from the hos
pital. We wanted to see our new
brother and have mother home so
things would get back to normal.
Ah, foolish youth I There hasn’t
been a “normal” moment in the
Hobbs home since Little Walter
was carried in bawling at the top
of his lungs.
However, after five years of liv
ing with Brother, Judy and I ex
tend our sympathies to all our
female producing kinfolk. Sugar
and spice are sweet, but snakes
and snails and puppy dog tails are
much more fun.
0a. Alumnae
To Meet
The Atlanta and Decatur Alum
nae will meet Oct. 22 in the home
bf Mrs. T. E. McGeachy, of De
catur. Dr. and Mrs. Gramley, Miss
Delia Graham Marsh and Miss Ivy
Hixson will attend the meeting.
Dr. Gramley will attend the in
auguration of Wallace M. Alston
as president of Agnes Scott on
Oct. 23.
The Salem College Alumnae Club
of Winston-Salem will hold its first
fall meeting in Memorial Hall at
8 p.m. Oct. 25. Mrs. Dallace Mc-
Clennan, the new president, will
preside at the meeting. Mr. Hans
Hiederman and Mr. Edwin A. Saw
yer will be guest entertainer and
speaker respectively.
Rat "Privates”
Bring Laughs
Rat Week officially opened on
Wednesday, Oct. 17, at 1:30 p.m.
in Old Chapel. The theme of this
year’s Rat Week is Army Life. At
the Wednesday meeting the fresh
men, who are known as "privates”
to their sophomore upperclassmen
were given orders by Generals Mc-
Glaughon and Turner.
All around campus there are
shouts of Air Raid at which the
freshmen must fall flat on the
ground. The fi^^st eighteen lines of
Canterbury Tales must also be
memorized and repeated at the
order of a “General”.
On Wednesday, at 9:30 p.m., the
“generals” were entertained with
skits by the “privates” in Davy
Jones. Manuevers were held on
the athletic field at 5:45 p.m. today.
At this time the “privates” showed
their ability in military tactics and
techniques.
The freshmen are garbed in tow
sacks which are camouflaged with
leaves and other products of na
ture. Their “helmets”, under which
all hair must be concealed, are re
cognized as shower caps. The
formal attire which must be worn
to dinner is. the above plus a flat
shoe and sock on one foot and a
high heeled shoe and stocking on
the other. At all times the “pri
vates” must carry cigarettes, candy,
and chewing gum for their “gen
erals”. They must also be equip
ped with straight pins with which
they pick up cigarette butts.
The “privates” are not allowed
to wear any makeup whatsoever
“as it is not in keeping with their
status”, says General McGlaughon.
Today Rat Week will be climaxed
with “Rat Court-Martial” at 7:30
p.m. in Old Chapel.
Peggy Gray,
Jack Sharp
To Marry
Have you ever wanted to be a
farmers wife ? “He is a farmer,
and I suppose that will make me
a farmer’s wife—something I said
I would never be, in my childhood;
—” writes Peggy Gray of her fiance
to Miss Delia Graham Marsh.
Peggy will marry Jackson (Jack)
Askew Sharp sometime the first of
the year. They will live in Har-
rellshirlle. North Carolina after the
wedding.
Peggy is a Salem graduate of
the class of 1948. She was also
president of her class.
Last year she acted as field re
presentative for the Public Re
lations Office. She visited cities
and towns of the surrounding
states and she also made personal
visits in the homes of prospective
Salem students. She attended Col
lege Day Programs of near-by col
leges, still looking for new stu
dents.
Since then, she has been the
guest of honor at many club meet
ings, at which she has told of her
trip and showed pictures that she
took.
She will be in Winston-Salem
on October 20th to take part in
Ann Souther’s wedding. She will
again show her European pictures.
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