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

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I luis llic clniri.li ami schi« l nrc inUrwdvfii in tlioir iiiUTest .. ami can mil jnstly be separated. o one ever accnses the .Moravians of intluencing- the pupiLs in the matter of their home faith. I ' .nt every ct ' ort !. ; made to deepen the spiritnal nature of the pupils. When they return hi nie after a sojourn in Salem, they are more devoted to the interests of their home churches, and a depth of religious life is found which, in many cases, was not found when the pupils arrived. Xor would it Ix ' proper to close this sketch without also alluding to the hig-h standard of social life found in the school. Salem prepares for the highest home life. It imparts collegiate instruction, side by side with music, art, and other more practical accomplishments. But it also imparts lessons in mutual kind- ness, .courteous consideration one for the other, and prepares its pupils for the highest positions to whi.h they can possibly be called. Hazing or the crude forms of pastime are unknown. Whether the pupil is a child of ten vears or less, or a dignified Senior of twenty or more years, all are treated with kindness and afifec- tion, I)y companions and by teachers. Hence it is that the love for Salem is second only to that of the pupils ' own homes, and this affectionate interest remains as long as life endures. Salem is a great and worthy collegiate institution, but il is more than that only, it is a true school home. '

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pan 111 this |iriiL ' i. ' .ssiiin is niadi ni ibu Siiiiurs illi tluir wliilc i ) furil caps and t;i vns. Il is a iiinsl attractive ccrciiKmN , an.l yR ' atly ailniired l)V llic isiti rs. EYidcnll our skttcli would not 1}l ' conii)letc without an aUusion lo tlic well- known . lora ian gravcvard and avenue of cedars. ' Tins historic s])ot was laid out and the cedars i lanled more than a century and a (|uartcr at;-o. Since then llie spot has lieen cared for with the Sfi- ' test interest and affection, Tlie tjravcs CEDAR AVENUE in the i;rave ard are all alike, the pure white stones are alike, and the soil is the greenest and smoothest imaginable. Ilefore the graveyard, and separated from the latter by a neat fence, is Cedar Avenue, . bout a quarter nf a mile in length, with the limbs of the giant cedars interlaced across the snow white ])ath in the center of the greensward, the entire spot is one of the most beautiful in the land. 13

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Editorial WITH lieav - heads but happy hearts we lay this, the third volume of our Annual before you. We have endeavored to make this an anrnial that would do credit to our Class of ' 07 and to our College, but wc realize that in many ways we have come short of our desire. In the fol- lowing pages you will probabl - find much that you can criticize, but remember, we are, none of us. a Dickens or a Shakespeare, a Tennyson or a Scott. You are just glancing over a record of our school days, filled with study, and — yes, we must admit — much that isn ' t study. Our hands are inky, our brains arc clouded, but when this l)cX)k leaves our hands, it will leave an aching void which can hardly be filled. To the many friends who have helped us in various wa s we want to give our heartiest thanks and appreciation, and especially to Dr. Clewell and Miss Lehman, who have helped us over Tnany rough places ' ith their never-failing kindness. Miss Siedenberg and Misses Dorc Korner. Doris Maslin. Louise Wilson, Eleanor Green. N ' irginia Vawter, and Sallie Payne have added much to the book with their skilful hands, and they, too, come in for a big share of our thanks. ■■. .nd now, little book, whose comiiilation has taken us more time than would be thought, we send ou forth into the world. Would ou were something better ; but it is late wishing when the very minute for parting has come. The RniTORS. ■