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

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■ — ■— m— anwawman ■ ■ in iiiiii m— a— ™™ ™™™ (EDitorial taff EDITOR-IN-CHIEF FLOSSIE MARTIN, ' 10 BUSINESS MANAGER LENA ROBERTS, ' 1(1 ASSISTANT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF BESSIE WEATHERLY, Mil ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER EVELYN WOODS. ' 10 ARTIST BERTHA WOHLFORD, ' 10 II I IB EDITOR MARIA PARRIS LITERARY EDITORS ELEANOE BUSTARD, ' 10; MAUDE L. KKKIII.X. ' 10; EMILY KENNEDY, ' 11 ANNETTE WELCKER, ' 10 ADVERTISING EDITORS PAULINE BAHNSON, ' 10; GRACE RTARBUCK, ' 1(1 III

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I believe that tin- tine confide: which the i unity of Winston-Salem places in Salem College is ;i faciei ' in the Salem spirit. This public senti- ment wliieli creels a wall of protection, a bulwark of defense, around the college, and which prompts the citizens of the community in second every important movement for the welfare of the school, am] as readily to defend her against any harm. What this ans in these within her walls, and the reason why this sentiment exists and is active, surely gives a signal tone to this indefinable spirit which we all enjoy, and of which we are so distinctly aware. 1 believe that the time-honored and unique Koom Company System takes an important place in the cultivation of the Salem spirit, fur many years of experience have set their seal of approval upon this time-tested plan whereby, at Salem, no pupil can lead a life of isolation or narrowness; no pupil can live in selfish limitation and abstraction from others. This plan whereby real democracy obtains, and artificial conditions of wealth do not enable one pupil to appropriate to herself greater comfort or added luxuries, or more expensive apartments than are granted to someone else. This plan whereby the family ami home life is so nearly simulated under ideal conditions of tutorial care and affectionate discipline. The plan which compels that helpful attrition of character only possible in a life which must be shared by others, and where mutual consideration breaks down selfishness, secret ivencss and suspicion. I believe that the invariable presence of a certain number of little girls in the life of the school — the admixture of the Tenth Room — exercises the indefinable influence of childh 1 upon us all, and uives a gentle touch to the genius of the Salem spirit, and that without their naturalness, their spontaneous cheerfulness, their unconscious way of calling forth from all of us something more id ' consideration and of love, we should lose some very real and needful attribute id ' that spirit which helps to make us what we are. I believe that the sincere devotion of our teachers, ami the almost universal response of obedience, love and diligence on the pari id ' our girls arc in themselves the surest token id ' the genuineness of Salem ' s spirit. I believe that the loyalty so steadily manifest in the words and in the deeds of our alumna ' declares the permanent and endiiring qualities of the Salem spirit. I believe that there is a Salem spirit, and I know that T believe therein. II. E. R. a

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