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

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To preserve and protect . . . . tlic ideals of Smdcnl (io c ' niini-nl as set up under the honor system this is the main function of the Student Council. Working this year under a re ised constitution, the council carried out the executive, legislatixe and judicial duties of the Student Go ernnient. The work of the council began last spring after installation when the new- constitution was discussed and passed by the student body. Then plans were begun for orientation this year. After many meetings with organization heads and much ad ice from Miss Carlson, arrangements were completed for all the parties, picnics and meetings with Freshmen. The two Janes then had the Handbook published and the At- tention Please booklets were printed. Most of the council came back early this fall to help settle the Freshmen. Five o ' clock in the Stcc Gee room soon became the regular greeting for Mondays and Thursdays. These meet- ings always began with Margaret trying to borrow a pen, Winkie frantically searching through her books for that list of things we ' ve got to do, and Sammv arriving breathlessly from lab. But the council did get to work and initiated Honor Chapel. This was fol- lowed bv monthly student body meet- ings at which the work of the council was reported and general discussions were held. At one of these discussions the Sophomores suggested opening the Day Students ' Center for dates on Saturday nights, so the council made arrangements and provided the music. The council then passed a resolution honoring Mrs. Strong, held meetings with the organizations to discuss par- ticipation in extra-curricular activities, elected Miss Covington as advisor, Anne Blackwell as fire chief and Julia Timber- lake as call-down recorder. Then, after six-weeks ' tests, the council sponsored the Freshman class elections. When Cacky and Muggins announced wedding plans for Christmas, the coun- cil held elections and Moseley took over the house presidency of Bitting while Jane Watson became chief marshal. In the spring came more elections — dashing to Nominating Committee Meetings, mimeographing ballots and counting votes in Memorial Hall bal- cony became regular daily tasks for the council. After the new council was oriented each girl dragged out her white dress for installation. The Seniors waxed sentimental and the Juniors couldn ' t bclicNc that they were really taking over. And so it began again. 23

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Skirts and sweaters, and football games , . . . . . meant fall for Salem students. This was the time of year when our white blazers were warm enough. Hampton and Harry Lee spent hours raking up leaves in the square, and yet there were always enough left to scuff through on the way to the post-ofHce. It was an Indian-summer time of the year when everyone sat outside after supper and smoked. This was the fall that it didn ' t rain e ery day. A lot of people think that the campus is pret- tiest when the leaves are turning, and this year we thought so, too. Everybody was busy looking for rides to Carolina or Duke for football games. Sis Hines distinguished herself by going to Chapel Hill every week-end. While the Seniors were looking for dates as a way of using those unlimited cuts, the Freshmen were changing plans made before they found themselves entitled to only two overnights. This was the year that Navy beat Army and, more important to Salem, Duke beat Carolina. At lunch on Saturday, we sang ' Hark, the Sound, and at two o ' clock we gathered around the radio with knitting and stationery boxes. Over in Strong, the girls watched the game on television with a result of many dropped stitches and much neg- lected parallel reading. Cornelia Otis Skinner lectured and pleased us all with her group of skits about Americans in Paris. Good- bye, My Fancy won acclaim from local drama critics when Salem dis- played its own talents. The I.R.S. gave a Halloween Party in the Day Students ' Center and eliminated the usual cutting of the bell rope and put- ting beds into the shower pranks. The May Queen and court were elected in Old C ' hapel, and the A. A. held a pep-rally in Bitting ' s Bottom. Miss Hixson announced the Scorpion Members in Chapel, and the Salemite revealed Who ' s Who in a scoop. Everybody had their pictures made for the annual and argued over whose were the worst when proofs came back. It stayed warm until Thanksgiving and often after supper we took Rous- seau Rambles up into the cemetery. We wore shorts and went barefooted in the dormitory and avoided the library as much as possible. It was the time of the year when the leaves were turning, and we wore skirts and sweaters and went to football games. 25