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VOL. XVIII.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1938.
Number 14.
Helen Jepson Presented By
Civic Music Association
YOUNG AMERICAN
SOPRANO WINS
AUDIENCE
Third Attraction of Current
Series Here January 6th
Helen Jepson, young American
Metropolitan Opera soprano, was pre
sented as the third attraction, of the
current Civic Music Association
series, Thursday, January the 6th in
Reynolds Memorial Auditorium. Miss
Jepson completely won her audience
with her superb artistry, a well-
chosen programme, a beautiful ap
pearance and gracious stage pres
ence.
Opening her programme with a
group of old French and Italian
songs, she sang with great beauty of
sustained tone, “O Del Mio Dolee
Ardor” by Gluck. For the last
number in this group, she sang
“Femmes, Battez, Vos Marys,” an
old French Folk song arranged by
Arnold Bax which contrasted de
lightfully in its typical French
humor.
For her first aria she presented
the well known “Un Bel di Vedre-
mo, ’ ’ from ‘ ‘ Madame Butterfly ’ ’ by
Puccini in a somewhat restrained
but artistic manner.
Probably the most appealing songs
in her German group were “Ileim-
kehr vom Feste” of Leo Blech and
“Und gestern hat er mir Kosen ge-
bracht” of Joseph Marx. The hu-
mor of “Ileimkehr vom Feste” was
more fully appreciated after Miss
.Tepson had read the English trans
lation of the poem to the audience.
In contrast, the singer revealed the
romantic beauty of Joseph Marx’s
song.
Especially outstanding in the mod
ern French group were “Fantoches”
bv Debussy and ‘ ‘ Villanelle des Pet
its” Canards” by Chabrier. Miss
Jepson showed an understanding of
the fantastic impressionism of De
bussy in her conception of “Fan
toches.” In the Chabrier song the
soprano literally made the audience
see the little ducks waddling along
through the green spinach.
The last group of songs, in Eng
lish, contained as its most interest
ing numbers, “Hey Diddle Diddle,
from “Nursery Ehymes” by Her
bert Hughes and “Lullaby,” Op. 12,
No. 1 by Samlnsky. Herbert Hugh
es ’ arrangement of ‘ ‘ Hey Diddle
Diddle” from his charmingly subtle
settings of “Nursery Ehymes” was
admirably performed, and met with
a genuine response from the audi
ence. The weird and plaintive He
brew beauty of Samins.ky’s lullaby
created an eerie atmosphere of sus-
pence.
In addition to Mr. Eobert Wallen-
born’s unexcelled accompaniments
for Aliss Jepson, his group of inter
esting modern solos were esi>ecially
well received.
Mr. Wallenborn revealed the sa
tire of Debussy’s “Dr. Gradus ad
Parnassum” the subtle dissonance
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MUSICAL PROGRAM
GIVEN IN FRIDAY
CHAPEL
Friday morning, January 14, stu
dents of the music school presented
a very interesting program. The fol
lowing numbers were given;
O Love The Lord Lahee
Frances WatUngton
Paradise Fibich
Elizabeth Tuten
Gavotte Gossec
Johnsie Moore
Dance The Eomika Ware
Trio;
Ann Nisbet
Kathryn Swain
Margaret Welfare
MUSIC NEWS
We hear that Dean Vardell is mak
ing great progress with his Sym
phony. We are eager for more
news.
The Metropolitan Opera announces
its annual Wagner Matinee Cycle;
“ Tannhaeuser” — Feb. 3
“Das Bheingold” — Feb. 9
■‘Die Walkuere” Feb. 17
‘ ‘ Siegfried ’ ’ — Feb. 24.
“ Goetterdaemmerury ” — Mar. 1
“Die Meistersinger” -— Mar. 9
Toscanini will conduct the Bee
thoven “Ninth” at the Carnegie
Hall benefit concert Sunday evening,
February 6. The house is sold out
with the exception of a few $100
boxes.
Gloria Perkins, talented young
violinist, and formerly of Winston-
Salem, presented a recital at Town
Hall, Sunday evening, January 9.
ITEMS FROM ABKOAD
Ihigensie Schumann, daughter of
Eobert Schumann, has protested in
the Dutch Journal “Het Vaterland”
against the publication of the com
poser ’s violin concerto, since she con
siders the publicity, not altogether
musical, injurious to the composer’s
fame.
Ignace Paderewski will be the
guid ng spirit in a new French na
tional edition of Chopin’s comi>lete
works.
1S3 works are under examination
in preparation for the festival of
International Society for Contem
porary Music to be held in London
tliis summer.
Accordijig to “The Guide du Con
cert ’ ’ of Paris professors are for
bidden to give music lessons to
non-Aryans in Germany.
In spite of unsettled political and
industrial conditions, the second sea
son of the Palestine Orchestra open
ed recently in Jerusalem, with* un
usual success. Ilonka Uinsze-Kyaus,
Hungarian pianists as soloist, was
greatly praised by the press.
The opera season in Eome, Italy,
opened early this month with the per
formance of Verdi’s “111 Trova-
tore” at the Eoyal Opera House.
THE MU ALPHA THETA
CLUB
The first Math Club meeting of the
new year was held in the recreation
room of Louisa Wilson Bitting Build
ing at 7 o’clock on Wednesday eve
ning, January 12, 1938. Seventeen
members were present.
The secretary read the minutes of
the last meeting, and then there was
a treasurer’s report.
Members who are behind in their
dues are dropped from the roll un
til these dues are paid. A student
cannot be a member one semester
unless she has paid the previous se
mester’s dues.
New club pins were discussed.
Sarah Harrison is to see about new
pins for members who would like
one.
Freshmen and transfer members
will be taken in the second semester,
at the next meeting. A student has
to have a B-plus average to become
a member.
Jo Hutchison showed the club how
to trisect an angle, and then Jean
Knox presented a few geometry puz
zles.
The meeting adjourned after re
freshments were served.
WILLIAM ROSE BENET
TO LECTURE AT
SALEM FEB. 3rd
Noted Poet to Read Own
Verse and Discuss Modern
Trends in Poetry
William Rose Benet, contemporary
American poet, will lecture in Me
morial Hall, February 3, at 8:30
P. M., as the third feature on the
Salem College Lecture Series.
The origins of poets are various.
That of William Eose Benet is pe
culiar, in that on his father’s side he
comes of a family long associated
with the American Army. William
Rose Benet is the elder of two broth
ers; his younger brother, Stephen
Vincent Benet, being widely known
as the author of that celebrated
American Epic, “John Brown’s
Body.” Both brothers are the sons
of the late Colonel James Walker
Benet of the Ordinance Department,
U. S. Army; and the grandfather
for whom the younger brother is
named was that Stephen Vincent
Benet at one time Chief of Ordi
nance, with the rank of Brigadier
General. Both father and grandfa
ther were graduates of the United
States Military Academy at West
Point, though one uncle did go to
Yale. To Yale also went William
Eose Benet and his brother, the el
der graduating from the Sheffield
Scientific School and the younger
from Yale College.
William Eose Benet, in spite of
this military and scientific back
ground, early turned to literature.
He inherited his love of it chiefly
from his father who, in his private
life, was a man enormously well-
read, with keen literary judgment.
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SALEM DAY PLANS
UNDER WAY
Will Be Celebrated On
February 4th
Every year Salem College has a
day known as “Salem Day.” This
day is usually the third of February,
but this year it will be on the fourth.
It is the one day of the year on
which Salem as a whole has open-
house for the alumnae.
Last year on this occasion Salem’s
new gymnasium was presented; this
year we have another new building
to present — our library. Plans have
not been completed for the presenta
tion nor for the community open-
house which is to be held that even-
ning; but last year’s Salem Day was
a memorable event, and this year’s
one promises to be as interesting.
Students will have charge of the
chapel program on that Friday morn
ing, and the Winston-Salem chapter
of Salem Alumnae plans to hold its
meeting in the lecture room of the
new library that evening.
So now we know when we can ex
pect our library to be really ours
and when we can expect our Win
ston-Salem alumnae to be our guests
— on February the fourth.
Salem Library Nearing Completion;
Formal Opening On February 4
MRS.MacMlLLAN SPEAKS
AT EXPANDED CHAPEL
Former Airline Hostess
Talks to Student Body
Mrs. Elbert MacMillan, a former
hostess on the airline, spoke to a
very interested student body and,
faculty Wednesday morning in ex
panded chapel. Mrs. MacMillan is
petite and charming, and she has
quite a pleasant sj>eaking voice. In
her speech, she stressed the fact that
air transportation offers a new^ and
ever widening field for women —
an interesting and varied one.
In giving the qualifications for
an air hostess, she stated that the
girl must be a registered nurse so
as to be able to handle any emer
gencies that might arise. She must
weigh between one hundred and a
lumdred and fifteen pounds, must be
between five and five feet four inch
es in height, and must be between
the ages of twenty-one and twenty-
six. If a girl wishes to be an air
line hostess, she may apply through
the local traffic office, and her ap
plication is sent to the center of the
airline establishment. Personal in
terviews with the president, vice-
president, and other officials of the
company follow; then she takes a
physical examination — an air hos
tess must be in perfect healtK Aft
er this, she starts to a hostess school,
where she learns the parts of a plane
and duties of a hostess, and makes a
student trip, after which she is a
full-fledged hostess.
Mrs. MacMillan said that perhaps
the question most often asked airline
hostess was “Is the work thrill
ing?” She said that the company
forbade their saying that it was,
for it wishes air transportation to
be thought of as no different or more
dangerous than any other. She, how
ever, answered the question in the
affirmative, and said that the best
way she knew how to get rid of the
“blues” was to go up in a plane and
get above the clouds.
In the la,tter part of her talk, she
described the inside of a transport
plane, and told of some personal
experiences, among them the fact
that she had ridden with Robert
Taylor. And in conclusion she gra
ciously answered many questions in
an interesting and intelligent way.
DR. HEGE SPEAKS TO
HYGIENE CLASS
Forsyth County Health
Officer Speaks Tuesday
Morning
Dr. J. Eoy Hege, Forsyth County
Health Officer, spoke to the Hygiene
class on Tuesday morning. His sub
ject was the work of the health of
ficer and the public schools.
He discussed the relation of the
home environment to the school and
pointed out w'here the teachers
could co-operate in the health pro
gram. He advised all teachers to take
a course in first aid. Illustrations
were given of how the schools in the
large cities were among the physical
handicaps of the pupils.
This lecture was one of a series
being given to acquaint the students
w-ith practical health programs. Two
previous lectures have been given;
one by Doctor Eobert N. Walker on
“The Common Defects of the Eyes”
and one by Professor Roy J. Camp
bell on “Public Health and Immun
ity.” Doctor P. A. Yoder, head of
the Forsyth Canatorium, will give
two lectures on Tuberculosis.
ALL STUDENTS ASKED
TO CaOPERATE
Moving To Begin Soon
The new Library Building is to
have a House-Warming on Founders’
Day, February 4th, and with a great
rejoicing of the student body.
The moving will probably begin
Saturday, January 29 since that will
interl^ere the least with studjying
and the students’ use of the library.
Thus there will be plenty of in
spiration to start the new semester
right. Every day there is more en
thusiasm over the new building, ajid
every student is promising how
much she is going to study as goon as
she can use it.
Of course the moving process will
be a very large task — not only the
moving itself, but the great amount
of arranging and adjusting which
must be done afterward to make the
library best suited for permanent
use.
The Library staff urges that the
students co-operate to the full extent
in the moving and subsequent sett
ling. They ask for all the help and
support that the student body can
give.
DR. ANSCOMBE SPEAKS
IN CHAPEL
'Tascism In Latin America”
Is Subject
In chapel Thursday morning Dr.
Anscombe gave a very interesting
talk on the subject of Fascism in
Latin America. He began his talk
by saying that democracy is not
necessarily the best form of govern
ment for all people. From 1889 to
1930 Brazil experimented with a
constitutional form of government
similar to that in the United States
— only to find that such a govern
ment did not succeed.
Today Brazil has a dictatorial
form of government headed by Var
gas. Other Latin American states, '
as well as Brazil, tend toward Fas
cism; while several state tend to
ward Socialism — a situation which
is likely to lead to a clash between
the two forms of government.
Dr. Anscombe chose to speak at
some length about Brazil. Brazil is
larger than the United States (not
including Alaska), produces 50 per
cent of the world’s coffee, has num
erous resources and water-ways, and
has a mixed population of 32 differ
ent peoples which is larger than that
of Great Britain. In spite of this
last fact, there has been practically
no racial prejudice — probably be
cause there has been very little fight
ing in Brazil.
The political situation in Brazil
today can largely be accounted for
by the depression. In 1930 Vargas
ran for president but was defeated.
Shortly thereafter he led a revolt
and set himself up as a dictator.
For seven years he has been in au
thority. Eecently he issued a new
constitution which gives him un
limited powers in Brazil.
The Spanish influence in Latin
America is very great. If Spain goes
Fascist some of the Latin American
states will probably go Fascist in
imitation.
In closing Dr. Anscombe said that
he thinks the world is not paying
enough attention to Latin America,
which will certainly have great in
fluence on other countries in the
future.