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MAY
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Wi.SS'i o:\-SAl.KM,
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May Queen Crowned
At Lovely Pageant
Lower Campus the Scene of a
Most Beautiful and
Colorful Festival
Miss Fritz Firey is Crowned
Queen of the May
“From hin ihrvne in coral caverns
In the depths of ocean blue.
King Nepiiiiie hurlf; hi.i mandate
IVave.t hix golden trident true.
Fain would he urge your presence,
Lorc’lii xi'avelets, sea ni/mphs all;
Come u'here luring mermaids revel
Or the crjfstal xt'avcs enthrall
With scenes of emerald splendor
In grottoes deep of opal hue.
Where star-fish, sea anemones
Strew the willon'ij sea anew.
From mists of dew drops pearly
Princess Thetis, fair, ascends
Crowns then the Queen of May
Ere the ocean pageant ends.
On the afternoon of Saturday.
May :}, great shells, grey moss and
delicate, airy, rainbow-eolored dress
es %vith a background of green grass
changed our camjHis into a veritable
kingdom of tlic sen. The occasion
was the crowning of the Queen of
the Mav.
Preceded by two heralds, the lad
ies of her court came down the walk,
as lovely and delicate as fairies
among the stately old trees. They
wore lace and tulle dresses of yel
low, green, pink, orchid, blue and
coral, witli egg shell slippers and
gloves. In their arms they carried
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Student Government
Holds Installation
In Charge
Tlie Student Council Installation
of officers for the year l!);!0-:il was
held TIuirsdav, Mav 1 in Memorial
Hall. Virginia Martin, retiring presi
dent of the Student (iovernment ex
pressed her ap))reciation of tht; loyal
support and co-operation that the
students have shown the past y
and on behalf of the new cou
requested the earnest efforts
every member of the student bod;
backing the incoming council. In
closing the president said “My most
sincere wish for everyone of you is
that you may posses.s all tlie happi
ness possible in life.” Lenora Rig-
gan, newly elected president came
forward and took th oath of office
to uphold tlie standards of the Stu
dent Self - Government Association
to tlie best of her ability. She was
followed by the other officers of the
association; Vice-President, Marga
ret Reihardson; Second Vice-Presi
dent.Majorie Siewers; Treasurer,
Anna Preston; Secretary, Mary
Mitchell Xornian. Tlie class
resentatives for the coming year
■ Senior representatives, Elizabeth
Marx, Grace Martin, Frances
Fletcher, Milliccnt Ward, and Eliza
beth Allen; Junior representatives,
Beaulah Mae Zackary, Kitty Moore,
Virginia Burgin; Freshman repre
sentatives, Dorothy Heidenreich,
Mary Catherine Siewers. and Lenora
Schwarze! and the House Presidents
are Elizabeth Strowd, Catherine
Moragne, Julia Brown Jennings, a
Margaret Smitli.
The president, I.enora RiggJ
pointed out “the wonderful oppor
tunity for every student to ask her
self—What kind of a member of
Student Government am I?" She
said that Student Government could
not be a success without the co
operation of every member of the
student body and asked everyone’s
support for'the year 1930-31.
At the close of the Installation
Service the Alma Mater was sung.
ELIZABETH MARX
,FA01{\ RIGf;\\
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ELIZABETH WARD
President of Athletic Association
I'DI'l'H KIRKI.WD
ERNESTINE THEIS
Editor of Sights and Insights
Pierrettes To Present Officers Elected
Plays May Day For incoming Year
Two One-Act Plays to Bting
to Close Festivities of
Gala Day
The celebration of May Day will
be brought to an end by a perform
ance of the Pierrette Players, to be
presented in Memorial Hall after
the picnic sui)))er. There will be no
admission and a large audience is
exi)ected, which will include many
alumnae and other visitors at the
festivities of the day. Two plays
will be ])re:;ented which promise
much in the way of interest and
“The F;ir-Away Princess,” by
Henry Sudermann, under the di
rection of Miss Marjorie Siewers, is
exem))lary of its autlmr’s subtle and
delic.'ite dramatic technique. Herr
Stoiehel, a d-.'ishing youngs tutor,
finds sympatliy in an impromptu
friend he meets on the veranda of an
inn, and he tells her all about his
ardent devotion to and undying
for the Princess Von Geldern. She
is his far-away princess, whom he
sees through a telescope. He
finds out, at the hands of the
haughty Baroness, who breaks up
his charming tcte-;i-tete, that he has
been discussing his affairs of the
heart witli the roguish Princess her
self. She and he,however, both
realize that Herr Striehel’s Princess
must still remain the far-away
just when Princess Von Gelden
whatever hopes she may have had
of living a natural life and being
led by natural impulses and emo
tions, vanish into the thin air of
conventionality and form. The cast
includes: '
Princess Von Gelden
I.ouise Stevenj
Baroness Von Brook Fritz Fii
Frau Von Halldorf ... Minnie Hicks
I.iddy Mary Katherine Thorpe
Milly Grace Martin
Herr Striehel Athena Campourakis
Frau Lindemann Mary Brewer
Rosa Martha Pierce
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All Major Officials Were
Chosen On April 15.
Election Day has become a true
Red Letter Day for Salem. On
Ai)ril the fifteenth, flags were flown
and practically every girl east her
vote for the officers of the three
major organizations on the campus.
The usual procedure of a mass meet
ing was not used, but instead ballots
were filled out at tw'o separately lo
cated polls. The returns of the
ions were as follows:
Student Self Government Association
President Lenora Riggan
Vice-Pres. Margaret Richardson
Secretary Mary M. Norman
■easurer - Anna Preston
Elizabeth Allen, Grace Martin,
•ances Fletcher, Milliccnt Ward.
Junior Representatives:
Kitty Brown, Beulah Zachary,
Virginia Burgin.
Sophomore Representatives:
Dot Heidenreich, Mary
Siewer.s, I.enore Sclvwarze.
Athletic Association:
President Elizabeth Ward
V.-Pres Adelaide Winston
Secretary Anna Preston
Treasurer Anne Finley
Council Managers: Hockey,
Shorty Biles; Soccer, Dorothy
Thompson; Swimming, Jo Walker;
Tennis, Amelia Gooch; Volley Ball,
Sara Grave.s'; Basket Ball, Ruth
Carter; Riding, Lyda Womelsdorf,
(assistant Carrington Holman);
Hiking, Margaret Johnson; Base
ball, Virginia Harris; Track, Mar
tha Delaney; Cheer Leader, Daisy
Litz, (assistant) Mary E. Hol
comb; Manager of Golf, Frances
Flctheher, assistant, Claire Haines;
Orchestra Leader, Sue Jane Mauney.
Y. W. C. A.
Puesident Elizabeth Marx
V.-Pres Mary E. Faulkner
Secretary Matilda Mann
Treasurer Martha Davis
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Miss Helen Johnson
Heard in Recital
Miss Johnson Charmingly As
sisted by Miss Nana John
son, Soprano.
The third in a series of graduat
ing recitals was given last evening
Memorial Hall with Mss Helen
Johnson, pianist. Miss Johnson who
in Memorial Hall with Miss Helen
of this city, lias been a student of
Dean Chas. G. Vardell, Jr., for the
past three years. Her interesting
and diversified program of last
s; included works from tlie
1 of the Classic and the Roman-
School, giving ample scope for
the splendid musical intelligem
v.-lilcli she possess##.
The Bach Gavotte .and Musette
1) minor with which tlic program
opened, was played with careful
control of its rhythm, and an under
standing of this delightful old danc«-
form. This was followed by the
“Vienna Carnival Scenes, Op. 26,
No. 1, by Schumann. In this Miss
■lohnson caught the festive mood of
the composition and gave to
interpretation disclosing an excellent
sense of proportion and a clarity of
outline.
Beginning her second group with
Chopin’s C sharp minor Polonai
she achieved -with telling effect, the
poetic style demanded by . this nu
ber, as well as charming effects
tone color, phrasing and rhythm.
Heartsease by Mrs. H. H. A. Beach
gave a pleasing contrast to th
group, and was followed by Capri(
Celebre by Pagannini-Schumann.
The climax of the program wi
reached in the Mendelssohn Con
certo in D Minor, op. 40. Miss John
son was equal to every technical dif
ficulty of this exceedingly brilliant
and very beautiful work revealing a
fine musicianship in her command of
style and brilliancy of tone. Dean
Vardell played the orchestral a
companiment on the organ.
Miss Johnson was assisted by Mi
Nanna Johnson, soprano, who w
heard to excellent advantage in her
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Mrs. Mebane Describes
Presentation at Court
Students Were Given Oppor
tunity to See Costume Re
quired by Queen of
England at Formal
Presentation
The y. P. M. exercises at Salem
(■n Wednesday, April 30, consisted
Cl an unusual Chapel program. Mrs.
B. Frank Mebane, an alumna of Sal
em who has represented North Caro
lina in the vocational guidance field
for quite a while, and who is inter
ested also in many other pkiblic'
fields of work, described to the
students her presentation at
the court of King George and Queen
Mary.
After the round of announcements
and the introductory speech by Dr.
Rondthaler were made, the stage
for Mrs. Mebane’s appear
ance. Gasps of wonder and admira-
t’fin cKivie from the audience as she
appcnred, beautifully attired in a
white gown touched with black in
v. hich tiny mirrors were embedded.
-. "it’', a silver train, a headband of
white, and a beautiful white plume
fan, Mrs. Mebane was a lovely fig-
:he appeared in the costume
which she wore when presented at
the C'ourt of England June 25, 1925.
Mrs. Mebane described her pres-
■ntation as one of the most wonder-
’ul events of her life, as an adven
ture which no girl who had the op
portunity to be presented can well
afford to miss. She said that her
presentation was like a dream come
:—an enchanted fairyland. Mrs.
Mebane’s only fear was that she
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Salem Representatives
Attend Conference
Beneficial Meeting at Guilford
College Attended by
Large Number
The North Carolina Student Of
ficers’ Training Conference was held
Guilford College, April 27-28,
[ was attended by delegates from
the majority of North Carolina col
leges. Miss Elizabeth Smith, South
ern Regional Secretary of the
Y. W. C. A., and Mr. O. R. McGill,
N a t i 0 n a 1 Secretary of the
Y. M. C. A., were the leaders of the
ce, together with A. D.
Stewart of N. C. State College,
president Y. M. C. A., and Miss
Clarice Bowman, Duke University,
president Y. W. C. A. The confer
ence motto was “We’re Third,” im
plying the last part of the saying,
“God first, others second, self
third.” The thought of this motto
was carried throughout the confer
ence by the speakers. Dr. Tom
Sykes, of Central Friends Church,
High Point, spoke in the Guilford
Meeting House Sunday morning on
putting God first. Dr. Stanbury,
pastor of Duke Memorial Church,
Durham, spoke Sunday evening on
putting others second, saying that
to show our love for God we must
love our neighbor. The final ad
dress of the conference was given
by Dean Trueblood of Guilford Col
lege, on removing barriers which
stand in the way of attaining a truly
Christian world. Dean Trueblood
said that as early explorers had all
failed in their purpose of discover
ing a western route to India because
such a way did not exist, so, we can
not set out to find a Utopia on earth,
since no such place is in existence.
The Western route to India only be
came a reality when the Panama
Canal was built, so a Christian so
ciety can only become real when we
remove the barriers between us and
the ideal for which we are striving.
Some of these barriers are prejudice,
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