Salem College - Sights and Insights Yearbook (Winston-Salem, NC)

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SIGHTS i sophisticated woman of the world. Nevertheless, she is just as cordial as ever, and we had a long talk together. She said that she saw Zaidee Dorough the last time she was on the Med- iterranean. Dash married a missionary to Africa and she and her husband were taking a vacation. She savs that Dash is intensely interested in their work, and that the natives are very fond of her, but, somehow or other, I can ' t connect Dash and missionaries — can you? London, Julv io. — We arrived in Liverpool two weeks ago and you can imagine just how- honored I felt when I saw that the American Ambassador to England and his wife were down at the dock to meet me, or rather, us. It was Elizabeth Rondthaler, and let me tell you, her high position has not changed her one bit, for she is just as charming as ever. She entertained us delightfullv while we were in England, and it was with much regret that we left her. She told me that Pearl Fishel is happily married and is living on a ranch in Texas. She said also that Mabel An gel had made quite a fortune from some kind of mechanical device which she invented, and that Dallas Sink was making a lecture tour of the States for the Woman ' s Chris- tian Temperance Union. I don ' t see how in the world she manages to keep in touch with so many of the old girls. Paris, July 12. — Paris at last! And with it, some more of our old chums. Edith Fagge is studying art here and when I went out to her studio in the Latin quarter, I found not only Edith, but also Genevieve Jackson. It seems that Genevieve is still pursuing her musical career in Berlin, and had come down to spend her vacation with her old friend. Edith told me that Genevieve was an accomplished violinist now, but was not yet satisfied with her work. Mar- garet Wooten is truly a second Pavlowa. She is making a dancing tour of Europe, and tonight I went to see her performance. After it was over I went around and spoke to her, and I found the same old carefree Margaret. We had a delightful dinner together and discussed many of our classmates and school days at Salem. I saw Wilma Kirby before I left, and she is married to a devoted husband and is li ing in North Carolina. I got a lovely letter today from Elizabeth Crouse. You remember how much patience she used to have? Well, she is conducting a kindergarten in Winston now, and they sa ' the children are very fond of her. Ruth Alspaugh is teaching in a school in Arizona, and she tries extremely hard to teach the little Mexicans how to be the good American, as well as their A B C ' s. Alice Carmichael, I learned from Margaret, is doing splendid settlement work in the slums of San Francisco. It seems that she married a wealthy broker there, and is now using her money to help others. Ruth, do forgive me for making this letter so long, but I knew that you would be just as interested in our old classmates as I am. Write me often and always tell me any chance piece of news which you can glean about the dear old Salem girls. I do so want to keep in touch with them. Love always, Monte. Page one hundred sixty-lhree

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Class Prophecy June , 1935. A S -FAR RUTH: Well, at last my dream is to be realized, and the long-coveted trip ; , ' ' - abroad is to be mine. Only t vo short days, and I will sail, bound for points all jj 1 ' round the world. I arrived here in New York last night, and having decided -; j ' : ' •? 3!! the oM Salem girls that I could on this trip, I went today to see Kath- ■- = — . ■ ■ leen Parrish and Rozelind Lanquist at their studio in Greenwich ' illage. Kat is quite a famous artist now. and Rozelind is much in demand as an artist ' s model. When I left them 1 called a taxi, and who should be at the wheel but Lucy Cox! She is succeeding wonderfully well in a financial way, and says that the unusual life of chauffeuretle pleases her much better than a more commonplace profession. I climbed onto the seat with her and she drove me out to one of the suburbs of the cit , where lartha Bowden and Anne Hairston are living. They have a lovely apartment, and Martha is still trying to decide which of two men to marry, while Anne works laboriously over a book she is writing, called The Care and Feeding of Babies. Anne says she is a confirmed old maid, but I have my doubts. Wednesday. — Whom do you think I met on the street today? Lula Wynne! She is spend- ing her honeymoon here, and of course 1 had to be introduced to her husband and told all about the wedding. I didn ' t even know she had been married — fancy that! Anyway, they are going to spend a few weeks here and then settle down out in California. It seems that they are to be near Mar Johnson. She ' s quite a famous movie star now and is extremely popular in Hollywood, as well as being even more beautiful than ever. Lula and I had a delightful chat about our old classmates. She told me that Rachel Wolff had at last developed a sylph- like figure and that she was conducting a splendid reducing class in some Southern city. Helen Johnson, she informed me, has a six months ' engagement with Keith ' s as a tight-rope walker. I can ' t exactly imagine Helen in such a role, but I know she would make a success at anything she undertook. We had both heard of Cam Boren ' s engagement and what a round of parties and gaieties were being given in her honor, and also of Linda Smith ' s success in her business career. Perhaps you kne v that Helen Bailey is the society editor of one of the big Chicago papers and is very much interested in her work. And Barbara Heath still has the faculty of standing in with her instructors at the university- where she is studying law. I am so glad that some of our old classmates are still at Salem. Brownie Peacock teaches music there and bids fair to make a second Dean Shirly, while Ruth Marsgen has entire charge of the Latin Jcpartment. Lula and 1 were loath to part, but as it was growing late, we bade each other good-bye. I simply cannot realize that I am on my way to Europe. The only flaw in my trip is that you are not here to enjoy it with me, but of course you would not leave your work. 1 should have known, even back in the days of good old Salem, that you would teach domestic science — and in Florida, too! And now, I ' ve another surprise, for whom do you think are right here on the boat with me? Eliza] th Harrington and Marion Wall ! Lizzie, as you know, was married soon after she left the Academy, and you can ' t imagine how happy I was when I met her on the ship. We simply fell into each other ' s arms. She introduced me to her two little sons, whom she is taking with her to Europe on a pleasure trip. I am so glad that we can be together once again. Marion, I learned tonight, bids fair to be the belle o ' the boat, as she is quite a social butterfly and has traveled widely. She speaks casually of running over to France and ' spending the winter abroad, and I feel that ray hard-earned voyage is quite trivial when I hear this PaffC one hundred sixty-tii-o

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