Friday, March 6, 1959
THE S ALEMITE
Page Three
Senior Duo Compensates
For K. Trio Cancellation
Run4n With Circus Midget
Editor’s Note:
Mary Lois James and Betsy Gil-
mour, two music-loving and ad
venturesome Seniors, being some
what economically minded, took ad
vantage of a free ride to Charlotte,
•Betsy’s home, last Tuesday at 2:00.
The purpose of their journey was
to locate near Davidson, where the
[Kingston Trio was scheduled to
sing that night. As we all know,
the Trio cancelled.
But Fortune is kind to the im-
'.’pulsive, so Betsy and Mary Lois
Iwere given tickets to the Dress Re-
'hearsal of the World Premiere of
the Ringling Bothers, Barnum and
Bailey Circus. With the awareness
iof the newspaperwoman’s sense of
(mission, they were determined to
„'“get a story” from the Circus.
(They had promised us an exclusive
•rinterview with the Trio.) Mission
^accomplished.
•f ... Approaching the Great Alu-
:.'minum Dome of the Charlotte Col-
eisum, we heard the shouts of ex
cited children, smelled the familiar
(odor of trampled sawdust, and saw
bunches of irridescent ballons being
held high over the crowds of heads.
fWe were so excited that our hearts
■were thumping like they did when
years ago we had gone to the Cir
cus as small children.
Everyone was the guest of a new
Travel Agency in town and we were
treated royally. The usual 25^
parking place was ours—free. We
were given 40^ worth of toy money
which we quickly redeemed for four
Milky Ways and four packs of Life
Savers, and opening one of each
we settled back to watch the Great
est Show on Earth.
• Our eyes grew bigger as, for the
first time, we saw the actual go
ings-on behind the scenes of a cir
cus. Finally everything got quiet
and over a loud speaker we could
hear the voice of the woman in
charge saying, “All girls in first
■’ part go upstairs and get dressed”-
, a little later—“Girls 'line up behind
cannon, boys behind the girls—all
right Billy—lights on the rings-
music, Ida” and the show was on.
We were amazed at the mistakes
some of the performers made, be
cause usually everything is so per
fected. But the commanding voice
over the loud speaker said “once
again” and at last the man on the
tight rope completed his forward
somersault and the three girls at
tempting to climb an elevated ramp
while standing on top of large rub
ber balls, made it. By this time
we were complete nervous wricks
and could not understand how the
little four-year-old boy sitting next
to us could eat his popcorn so
calmly.
At this point we remembered
Jeam’s last words—“write an article
for the Salemite on the Kingston
Trio. Well, really Jean, that would
be a little out of the question don’t
you think? “O course,” we decided,
“we’ll write one on the circus.” But
how to get an interview with one
of the performers? We both be
came lost in our thoughts while
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we watched a man juggle plates as
he hung by his teeth suspended
high above the center ring.
“Line up for the finale, elephants
out front”—The voice came again
over the microphone. We could
not believe the show was over, but
as we learned, which needed prac
ticing. So we saw our first circus
without clowns or lions or tigers.
Since the crowd wasn’t very large
we quickly hurried down to the
performing area, where we hoped
to find a performer to interview.
In the course of this excursion we
were bombarded with men selling
lizards and turtles at the amazing
low price of $1.50, and lovely bal
lons for only SOf Finding no need
or desire for these commodities, on
we rushed.
There we stood feeling like ants
(which is unusual) as we gazed up
high into the dome above us. It
was arrayed like a spider’s web
with the swings, ropes and wires.
All of a sudden we happened to see
a good friend of the Gilmour s. She
listened with interest to our sad
tale of being unable to find a per
former to interview for the Salem
ite. So with great gusto she took
us both by the hands and said, “I
met J. R. North once. Follow me
and we’ll find him.” We were
panicked—what in the world would
we say to M(r. North that could
iJossibly be of interest to him. But
there we were on our way, stumb-
ling over rolls of wire, tripping
over the rubber matting and hang
ing on to each other for deai' life.
A Dobbs hat, a smiling face, a
camel’s hair coat, a firm handshake
suddenly confronted us; and we
had met Mr. John Ringling North.
After getting Mr. North s per
mission to talk to the performers,
we hurried out the back door just
before the night watchman was
closing it for the night. There we
were confronted with row upon row
of trailers, which act as homes for
these traveling people. »
The morning rehearsal would hrid
the actors up early ready to begin
another day with the circus. Be
cause of this most of them were
already in bed and they ignored
our attempts to arouse them by
knocking on their doors. We were
not going to give up. (We^news^
paper women never do.) J
our first, last, and only interviewee
brushed against our knees-expla
ation: midget. He was carried
"Ly with stories of the circus and
ite listened to him tell of his h e
in Spain before coming hexe ^o
work as a trapeze artist. As ^
left he said in his broken English
for us to come back tomorrow and
S Tor him and we could see the
show free-which showed us that
J. R. and his crew are pretty nice
Traveling to be continued—
Date: April ?—
Place: Davidson p, N
Subject: THE KINGSTON
TRIO
“Roving students gather n
grades!”
The third annual Kick-off Ban
quet was held in Corrin Refectory
March 2 at 6 o’clock. Margaret
MacQueen, current Student Gov
ernment President, presented Rose
mary Laney, Evelyn Vincent and
Nan Williams as nominees for Pre- j
sident of the Student Government,
for next year.
Rosemary Laney, the first speak
er, described the secret of good
Student Government as being parti
cipation by the entire student body.
She stated it was the responsi
bility of every Salemite to be aware
of what was going on. The Stu
dent Government can encourage
this by the legisla1,ive and executive j
branches’ posting a news bulletin j
of major events at the meetings and'
the Judicial Board’s publishing a
bulletin of all the cases reviewed
and the decision of the Board.
Rosemary said, “The President of
Student Government has a big job
this year in co-ordinating the three
branches, making the point system
work and establishing.,Salem’s new
system of government.”-
In concluding she pointed out
that even though the president of
the Student Government would
have a big respon,sibility, the mem
bers of the student body will have
a bigger task, for the power of Stu
dent Government lies in individual
participation in the Honor System.
Evelyn began her speech by say
ing “I feel it is important that you
recognize the individual Salemite as
the vital unit of Salem’s Student
Government and that only by her
co-operation and selfless giving can
Student Government function its
fullest.
Evelyn’s points for a successful
Student Government include:
1. Your concern as a student body
in electing able, major officeholders.
2. Your active participation as in
dividuals through keeping in touch
with organizations by demanding
reports from representatives and by
your participation.
3. Your continued support of
Salem’s Honor Tradition.
4. A oneness in spirit as a student
body.
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