Salisbury University - Evergreen Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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Ofc Of ill % PREPARED THE PHILOSOPHY of It Cmit Happen Here has long since been ridiculed and forced to take cover; the swiftly oceurring events of Deeember, 1941, ended its existenee. Fol¬ lowing PEARL HARBOR and the almost immediate deelaration of war, the nation as a whole deeided that, should it happen here, we eould and would be prepared. Like mushrooms, eivilian defense elasses sprang up over the eountry, and our eom- munitv was no exeeption. The eollege plays a huge part in loeal preparedness — helping during blaekouts, forming first-aid elasses, eondueting air-raid tests. And the people who take part are not limited to students and faeulty. From the town have eome house¬ wives, business men, teaehers, and others to attend home-nursing, nutrition, eanteen, and air-raid warden elasses and, in general, to find and fit themselves for a place in the war effort. We were made more aware of the national situation through forums eondueted in the elassrooms and on the air, through new emphasis plaeed on eurrent happenings — not only in history and eeonomies elasses, but in every eurrieular or extra-eurrieular aetivity. Regular first-aid elasses were rein- foreed and reimbursed as all of us learued to tie open head bandages, apply digital pres¬ sure, or to give artifieial respiration. The rub¬ ber, oil, and metal shortage made us more appreeiative of the things we had at hand, and somewhat more thrifty in earing for our own possessions. We are all learning to be good First Aiders . 18 .

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(yyiik GommunLbj Goncerls AX EN ' EX ' l’ long looked forward to at the eollege was Salisbury’s first opera, and the “Nine O’Cloek Opera” produetion of “The Marriage of Figaro” was well attended and fully enjoyed. It ' as performed without eos- tnmes or seenerv, but the elever artistry of the narrator and the east of young, good- looking Ameriean singers more than eom- pensated for this. Eaeh year the Cooperatiye Coneert Assoeia- tion gi ' es to its members the best artists ayailable. Sponsored by members of the eom- mnnity, the eollege also helps in seleeting artists, selling tiekets, or ser ang in admin- istratiye eapaeities. Representing the faenlty were Miss Margaret Blaek, Dr. J. D. Blaek- well, a yiee-president of the organization, and Dr. Anne II. Matthews, eaptain of one of the teams. Representing the students were Charles Pitts, Hugh Smith, Betsy Collison, and Virginia Rose Vineent. In addition to “The Marriage of Figaro,” eoneert members enjoyed the inimitable eharaeter sketehes of Rnth Draper, famed disense, and finally the Barrere-Britt trio — flutist, eellist, and pianist. Good performanee is a far better salesman than speeehes or pamphlets, and the highly sneeessfnl season this year wiW eertainly go far in assuring the Assoeiation a lasting plaee in the eommnnity. • 17 •

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0)4 0)4re Prepare WE HOPE ONK OF ri IF greatest of the “neeessary (?) evils” in tlie edueational system is that regii- larlv oeeurring inter al eommonlv known as FXAM WFFK. Books are frantieallv pulled from erowded library staeks, nntidv bins, or dormitory desks, as ex eryone deeides it’s high time he found out what “Middle- town” is really about, or what snlfiirie aeid does to iron, or how Plato inflneneed almost anything. Books, xxith or without aeeom- panying student, ean be found anywher e! Cramming (distasteful word, isn’t it?) reaehes a fever piteh, and then it’s all over but the praying. “Miss Ruth,” knowing well the eondition of onr weakened minds and bodies, was on hand every afternoon with tea and eookies, or tiny, tasty sandwiehes to bolster our morale “for the duration.” As the xxeek dragged by, seniors eompleted their student teaehing and looked forward to the da ' when their elass w’ould onee more be reunited. Juniors, having learned all there was to know about Afriea, India, and China in geography elass, awaited with mingled emotions of fear and hope in beginning their praetiee-teaehing. But this was far from the minds of the freshmen and sophomores who were learning “Speak the speeeh, I pray you,” or all four stanzas of “’Fhe Star-span¬ gled Banner.” But some xell-known law definitely states that all things must finally eome to an end — so with examinations; and the folloxx ' ing week-end was spent in rather premature eel- ebration or reeuperation — or both, as the semester beeame past history. One week when everyone GETS BUSY . 19 .