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

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JVe are the sophomores . . . . Many sophomoric people in think- ing about us choose this meaning for the word: approbriously, marked by a shallow assumption of learning or by empty grandiloquence. We are certain that the people preferring this definition are merely impressed by the length of the words, or else they have never found out that sophomores, in American colleges and some other educational institutions having a four year course, are students of the second year. As students of the second year, we failed to show signs of sophomorism by electing Ella Ann Lee as class president; Betty Jean Cash, vice-presi- dent; Julia Parker, secretary; and Phylliss Sherrill, treasurer. Miss Bar- rier, house ma-ma of South, was our class advisor. With a lack of shallow assumption, we made a wise selection of fellow sophomores to represent us in extracur- ricular activities. Martha and Ann served on the I.R.S. Council. Louise and Nellie Ann returned for another year on the Stee Gee. On the A. A. Council were Donald, secretary; Betty and Polly, hockey managers; and Susie, badminton manager. The Pierrette pro- duction, Dark of the Moon, had a predominantly sophomore cast. Ann Campbell, as Barbara Allen, played the leading feniinine role. We the sophomores upheld the Salem traditions by importing dates for the Christmas and May Day dances, by being sweet sophomores during Rat Week, by paging at Senior espers, by continuing our class project of working with the Red Shield Boys Club, by getting approximately a girl a month pinned, by complaining about homework, and by traveling from Florida to Canada during the school year for special week-ends. We may have been guilty of grandil- oquence during Rat Week, but it was far from empty. We considered our so-called wear - and - tear - strain - and - pain one of the best because these qualities failed to show in the freshmen. There was a flashback to the Roaring Twenties when Rat Week officially began. As we entertained the flappers after Rat Court, we passed to the freshmen the grandiloquence of this tradition. With a proud lift of our heads we take with us the assumption that we will further learn and little regret that we can never again respond to the title of sophomore. Class officers Ella Ann Lee and Betty Jean Cash take it easy, while Julia Parker and Phylliss Sherrill support the ole spring house. . . . Put the book away, Helen. There ' s plenty of time for that! . . . Three no-trump and they doubled! scoffs Vivian. 32

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