Rules every (Salem) Girl should live by
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
May 1, 2020 5:02pm CST
There are a set of rules that every girl at the Salem College are meant to live by. These guidelines are intended to help the girls represent not only themselves, but college as a whole and southern hospitality alongside it.
What are the rules this Moravian Liberal Arts college for women has laid out?
1)When an older person, instructor or senior enters room, rise and remain standing until said person is seated.
2)Always open door and allow person in front of you to proceed
3)Do not push and crowd at post office.
4.Always pass food to the head of table first and do not begin eating until all are served
5)Allow the head of table to lead the table out of dining - room followed by juniors, sophomores and freshmen, respectively.
6)Stop eating or any kind of manipulation while someone is making an announcement in dining - room
7) In all public places always remember: "I am a salem girl and supposed to be A1 Material."
8) Continually bear in mind that compliance with these commandments should be the outward manifestation of inward gentleness.
These were taken from The Salemite a Newspaper for Salem College of my City on December The 9th of 1920. I did not clip this article and show it here because of the way it was positioned on the page.
If the link works, you can find the article towards the bottom of the page continuing to the top right.
What do you think to these rules?
The Salemite. volume (None) 1920-current, December 09, 1920, Image 2, brought to you by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, Chapel Hill, NC, and the National Digital Newspaper Program.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
4 May 20
Yeah, I was raised with some of these rules. I mean, atleast I was raised to open doors for those older than me, to wait until everyone had started eating to eat (though that wasn't as enforced). I knew my P's & Q's.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
5 May 20
@simone10 I remember sitting on the floor as a kid because an adult came in the room and wanted to sit down. The older kids got to sit on the couch, but if you were one of the younger ones, you were supposed to sit on the floor. I remember being taught to not interrupt an adult when they were speaking. That doesn't happen as much anymore with the younger kids.
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@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
5 May 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum We were taught the same thing. When I was young, I respected older people. I used to love to spend time with my grandparents and listen to their stories.
@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
2 May 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum Oh yes the common decency.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
2 May 20
I mean, some of them still make sense today. Waiting to eat, letting your superiors / elders in front of you... We should be doing these things if we aren't already.
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@LindaOHio (222302)
• United States
2 May 20
I think we'd have a group of better-behaved young people if they went by these rules.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
2 May 20
I agree with you. I was taught to hold the door open for others, to say please and thank you, and to wait until the food had been served to all before eating. I still do these things today unless I am with a group of people who won't abide them.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
2 May 20
That's good. I'm just confused that rules and commandments are two different things.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
2 May 20
Well, a commandment is meant to be more strict. One MUST comply them. A rule is more of a guideline. they should be followed, but they aren't as enforced.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
3 May 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum Thanks for your clarification.
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