Welcome, Salem Students! Sept. 6, 1924

We greet you, Salem students, old and new; and it is with a sense of glad anticipation that we welcome you to the best college that we know of anywhere. To those of you who are just entering upon what will no doubt be the four happiest years of your existence, we extend a very special greeting and congratulation ourselves that you are to become a part of us—a pretty big part, judging from the records of the office of the registrar.

Salem Spirit is probably one of the first expressions that will greet the ear of the incoming students. If you don’t understand what it means, then here’s a hint: it’s loyalty, generosity, friendliness, cooperation, courtesy, and a lot of other desirable things combined. We can’t define it for you nor can we definitely express what it does to one; but never mind that. No one is long at Salem who is not fully saturated with it. You’ll be talking about it with the rest of us before long.

There are numerous organizations on the campus which are standing ready to serve you in any ways within the range of their possibilities, and you will find in this issue hearty welcomes from most of them, along with information concerning their organization and purposes. Seek out the ones which will serve your needs and ask for the help they can give you; if you are a many-sided person, with numerous leanings, go after them all; and don’t forget for a minute that your interest ad cooperation will mean as much to them as their services can mean to you. Cooperation is a big word at Salem. We use it any times daily, and when we don’t actually speak about it, we’re thinking it in connection with all our undertakings. There is no phase of college life to which it cannot be applied with splendid results, and there is a falling off in the number of good results when even a few fail to support as heartily as possible.

A new year is just ahead—a year full of possibilities for all of us, as individuals and as a group. Let’s stick together and put all our strength behind the worthwhile issues; then the possibilities will become probabilities, and later on, facts.

From page 2 of The Salemite, Salem College, Winston-Salem, N.C., Sept. 6, 1924

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