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Page Six THE SALEMITE December 14, 1962 Msrried Students Fece Problern In Balancing School, Homemaking . ... T ctiiHpnt Jic- By Lucy Lane Riddle .Ground the square and beyond it reside as small but significant number of a recent but ever- increasing species of the genu Salemite. I belong to this com paratively new species; 1 am a .named student. Furthermore 1 a.n a young married student. Ibe title of a young married student carries with it (among other things) the stigma of inexperience and the inevitable barrage of ques tions from every passer-by as we nm tardily to class-“How are you getting along” (or more specifi cally) “How’s the cooking coming along “1 hear you had a simply Iremendous fight last weekend! or ;.Tee-hee (pause and a tasteful blush) somebody said you were pregnant! Are you really f Not that we resent friendly ques tions—why just last S a t u r ay (cleaning day you know) as s hopelessly entangled among the cords and attachments of my vacuum cleaner, smelling my se cond apple pie burn cheerfully in the oven, I, too, wondered how 1 was doing. I thought consolingly of my colleagues and wondered how they were doing about now, *^*Thc biggest problem most of us have in keeping house and going to school seems to be the 24-hour As Olivia Sowers says “the clock is my worst enemy!” Dean Major Gifford and I share the crucial problem of getting to class on time, as our professors can readily wit- ncss! There is one professional among us Nancy Lytle Hutchins, who has been married for 18 months. How ever, much to our comfort (I think) Nancy says slie still finds it dif ficult to fit all the things she is supposed to do into one day. Part of her problem might be that she is a music student cairy- iiiE a mere 18 hours, along with jiractice hours. Nancy and Jeanie Turner Blackwood, another music student, sometimes find themselves not' getting home until six o clock or later. This doesn't provide a tremendous number of study hours after supper! Nancy and Jeame have a second characteristic in common which complicates their evening study period—their husbands are working men who love to come home to relax with the television or a movie. Nancy and Jeanie try to get most of their studying done during the dtiy! Barbara Harrington Williams also has a husband who works and she says she can’t always finish her studying at school. When big tests come up, she has to retire to the den to study m “young marrieds” answered cook ing. All of us, except Nancy and me, had had some experience in cooking. Dean practiced during the summer; Jeanie and Olivia already knew how. However, Olivia really had a letdown because she found that “the story about brides cook ing was true. Everything I cooked for the first six weeks wasn’t really vvortli eating.” In the meantime, IJean holds a full time job in the Salem library, and I work rather erratically for the English depart ment. Barbara Ann had the biggest head start, however, because she is a home economics major. Barbara Ann said that she didn’t think it took her as long to adjust, because ‘living in the Home Management House last semester helped me im mensely. The things I learned about buying groceries for a week s period and budgeting my time have neen invaluable to me!” How much do our husbands help us? Olivia’s Phillip, after recover- ng from his six-weeks experience with mild malnutrition, got into the spirit of decorating their apart ment. Olivia says that Phillip really has some good ideas and is quite a fine carpenter around the house I Bu'.ch helps Barbara Ann get the clothes washed at the launderette and even accompanies her to the grocery store sometimes. Jimmy and Fred are wonderful about do ing the dishes when their dear wives are in a big rush. Our connections with campus activities vary. Jeanie and Nancy are restricted by necessity to music Salem Chorus Gives Program The Choral Ensemble, under the direction of Paul Peterson, will present its annual Christmas pro gram during assembly December 18. The program includes: “Ho sanna,” by Gregor; “Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light,” by Bach; “Te Deum Laudamus,” by Wilson, featuring Nancy Hutchins as soloist; and three Polish carols: “When the Savior Christ Was Born,” “Hark, in the Darkness,” featuring Susan Steere as soloist and “Sleep, Thou My Jewel.” The chorus will also sing “Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head,” by Niles; “I Wonder As I Wander,” an Appa lachian Folk Carol; and “He Came Here For Me.” Accompanists will include Ann Grovenstein, harpist; Jo Dunbar, violinist; Anne Cleino, cellist; and Sarah Kirk, pianist. Following the program the stu- kitchen or the Following tlie program order to get away from Butch and his television programs. I The rest of us. Dean, Olivia and I have student husbands. Fred and Jimmy are at Wake Forest and Phillip at Bowman Gray. Ted, Nancy’s husband, plans to return to school after Nancy finishes. Therefore, we don’t have any money, but at least our husbands have to study with us. This is very good for us because we never finish our studying at school. The second biggest problem of adjusting to marriage and school was for some of us the loss of con tact with dormitory life. Dean ex pressed it as a feeling of being re moved from things that happen on campus—a lack of communication that came with the transition from a boarding student to a day stu dent. As Barbara Ann said, “You just can’t keep up with all the gos sip.” Nancy, who boarded her freshman year, said she felt she didn’t see as many people as she did when in the dormitory. Spare moments find us dashing into the nearest junior or senior dorm to catch up on the latest doings. When asked what part of house keeping we liked best, most of the activities. Jeanie does student ac companying for student recita s an works with her church choir. Nancy sings in the choral ensemble, tutors a student in music theory, and has two voice students. Both these girls attend all concerts and recitals held in connection with Salem. Barbara Ann finds that due to home economic labs she must limit her outside activities to home ec. and SNEA activities. Olivia is not only new to mar riage and housekeeping, but also to Salem. She finds time along with the full schedule for auditing choral ensemble and getting to know her fellow Sa.lemites. thought it would be hard to get to know the girls but they have all been so friendly and nice! Somewhere in the middle of all our rushing around we manage to get home to our husband and sup per and dishes and small moments of warm happiness that come from being together. However, we some times get home just in time for moments of panic as Dean did the Sunday evening she transferred her membership from the Methodist to the Baptist Church. Fred calmly informed her, as her hair dripped water into her face, that Mrs. Clifford and one of her friends had come down to see the service as a surprise. Little did they know how much of a surprise they were! In 45 minutes Dean had raced home, swept all three rooms, made cookies, shoved books and clothes into the nearest closet, and answered the door smiling, but breathless, to greet her new mother-in-law! Olivia and Phillip have a hysteri cal experience to match that one, however. Last weekend they went to the woods to steal their Christ mas tree and they were so excited because it was their first Christmas tree. They kept turning down smaller and smaller roads some where on the outskirts of Winston- Salem in order not to be noticed. Finally they found an area on a small road with beautiful trees. Phillip dropped his saw when he spied a frowning farmer • coming, and the two thieves put on their most innocent expressions. After the farmer had driven slowly by Phillip yanked the tree up by the roots and raced across the field with Olivia close behind. However, Olivia lost her shoe and was almost left behind for the farmer!! But the adventure ended happily with a beautifully decorated Christmas tree and one muddy shoe—and now vacation Phillip and Olivia Sowers wrap Christmas presents_a part of first Christmas together. GIFTS FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS Gift Wrapped and Mailed If Desired Sportswear, Records, Art and Photo Supplies, Sporting Goods, Appliances, Fancy Foods, Gifts SALEMITES EAT AT THE PETER PAN STEAKS — SEAFOOD — SALADS OPEN 7:00 A.M.-8:00 P.M. 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