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VOL. XIX. WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1938. Number 12.
*‘Y” DAY IN THE BOOKSTORE
STAFF PHOTO THROUGH COURTESY OF JOURNAL AND SENTINEL
Mr. Snavely turned over the bookstore to Y. W. 0. A. girls last Wednesday. Clerking kept them busy
they said, but from the looks of the above picture it must have been fun. In the picture are: Mr.
Snavely, Emily McCoy, Maud Battle, Forrest Mosliy, and Virginia Bruce Davi«.
PIERREHES PRE
SENT PUYS
Productions Directed By
Mrs. Bruce Williams
On Wednesday night the Pierrette
Players presented three one-act plays
— “The Great Dark” by Dan Tot-
heroh, “Romanza” by Olive Price,
and “Yaller Squares” by M. B.
Strong. On two previous occasioas
the Pierrettes have shown their dra
matic ability, but their three produc
tions of Wednesday are their best
work to date.
The first of the plays, ‘ ‘ The Great
Dark,” was a moving tragedy which
took place on the edge of a mine
shaft after an explosion and cave-
in. Upperclassmen Pierrettes enact
ed the parts of the women waiting
for their men who had been buried
alive for six days. Mary Turner
Willis put vibrant emotion into her
characterization of a miner’s wife
who was “caught” for the first time.
Lizzie Trotman was a hard woman
who “put on airs” and had no
heart in her; Lee Rice became her
victim of hate and cruelty because
the young girl loved the older wom
an’s husband. Evelyn McCarty,
Gladys Blackwood, and Alice Hors-
field supported admirably in minor
roles.
“Romanza,” an idyll of the
French powder-box, was a light play
in verse. Its setting was modem,
but there was a fantastic introduc
tion of a lady-in-waiting and a
court musician of long ago. Lee Bice
and Katharine King were the old-
fashioned lovers; Lib Tuten, Alice
Ilorsfield, and Mary Worthy Spence
were the modern debutante, maid,
and mother.
“Taller Squares,” a tragi-comedy
in a county poorhouse, was remark
ably good. Here was the stubborn
selfishness, futile hope, busy thought
fulness, and untidy comedy of old
and middle-aged women. The story
centered around Wyatt Wilkinson’s
birthday and her hopes for a visit
from her no-good son. Rhea Gay-
nelle Sikes was the bustling, peace
making matron; Marguerite McGuire
was the grouch who sat in her chair
by the fire all day; Reece Thomas
was the comical nose-twitching maid;
and liClia Johnston was a wasted old
woman with sloppy clothes and a
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SENIOR VESPERS OPEN
CHRISTMAS FESnvrriES
Traditional Service To Be
Held Sunday Evening
Senior Vespers, one of the most
impressive services of the year, will
begin the Christmas activities San-
day night at seven o’clock in Me
morial Hall. The Seniors with their
Sophomore pages will sing as their
processional “Hark the Herald An
gels Sing.’^ This will be followed
by Dr. Rondthaler’s reading of the
Christmas story. The audience will
join in singing “It came Upon a
Midnight Clear,” after which the
seniors wijl remain standing and
sing “While Shepherds Watched
their Flocks by Night.” Dr. Rond-
thaler will then read the traditional
Christmas poem. “If Bethlehem
Were Here Today. ’ ’ The vocal
solo, “O Holy Night,” will be ren
dered by Frances Watlington. At
this time the seniors with their
pages will give a lighted candle to
each person in the audience. After
returning to the stage the seniors
will sing antiphonally the beautiful
Moravian hymn “Morning Star.”
The., recessional., will., be.. “Silent
Night.” After the benediction by
Dr. Rondthaler the Seniors will bank
the stairs on either side of the vesti
bule, holding their lighted candle
high.
SECRET PLANS FOR
CHRISTM^ PARH
Seniors Fearful of What
WUl Be Revealed
Next Wednesday, December 14, the
junior class, with the help of the
freshmen and sophomores will give
the annual Christmas party for the
seniors. This occasion has become a
traditional part of the Christmas
celebration at Salem.
Both the student body and the
acuity members eagerly look for
ward to this party, when old Santa
brings to light many things that the
Seniors might wish to keep conceded.
For an hour, the Seniors forget their
dignity and, in the midst of well-
planned surroundings, enjoy the ban
quet prepared by Miss Stockton.
The program, at present, is a se
cret, but the juniors are working
hard to find a suitable present for
every senior.
Hockey Banquet Held
December 3rd
The Athletic Association of Salem
Oollego entertained faculty and stu
dents at the annual hockey banquet
in the college dining rooin, Saturday
evening, December 3. The hockey
season closed with the final games
which were played Saturday after
noon.
The dining room was decorated as
a “ Truekadero,” and the Rose Bowl
theme was carried out in the oval
arrangement of the tables.
To an original song, ’’California,
here they come,” the school teams
marched in. Their places were
marked by cards in the form of tiny
hockey sticks.
To create a greater Californian at
mosphere, the stars were represented
by Frances Walker alias Alice Faye
of Hollywood; Elinor Betscher im
personated several movie actors dur
ing the three course dinner.
Following the welcome to the fac
ulty and students by Felicia Martin,
toast mistress, Jane Kirk gave a
toast to the winning team, and Dr.-
Rondthaler presented a silver cup to
the winning team, the seniors.
Miss “ At ” announced the varsity
and reserve hockey teams at the
conclusion of the banquet as fol-
INFANT ROGUE’S GAL
LERY BY FRESHMAN T
Leila Johnston, Miss Ivy
Hixon, and IV&. Charles
Higgins Win Awards
Babies, babies everywhere, and
still more babies! Thursday after
noon and night, December 8, the
recreation room of Louisa Wilson
Bitting building was literally
swamped with baby pictures entered
in the Freshman Y. W. C. A.’s baby
picture contest.
In order to raise money for new
hymn books the Freshman “ y”
Commission secretly secured pictures
of many of Salem’s students and
faculty as they were in their young
er days. Plans for the contest were
not publicly announced until the last
minute; then all of Salem was in
vited to inspect the infant “rogues’
gallery. ’ ’
There were all kinds of baby pic-
tures in the contest, and each wa*
in one of three classes: funnj', pret
ty, or cute. When the visitors had
voted on the babies in ea«h class,
prizes were awarded to the winners.
Salem’s prettiest baby is Leila John
ston; the funniest, Mr. Higgins; the
cutest, Miss Hixon.
Edith Horsfield headed the com
mittee in charge of arrangements for
the contest. Eleanor Hutchison and
Reece Thomas were chairmen of the
letter writing committee, and Lucy
Springer grouped the pictures.
SALEM’S DATE
BOOK
Saturday, December 10.
Philadelphia Symphony
Orcliestra.
Sunday, December 11.
Senior Vespers.
Wednesday, December 14.
Home Economics Club tea for
Faculty and trustees. .Junior
Christmas Party.
Thursday, December 15.
Academy pageant in old
chapel.
Friday, December 16.
Senior Carols.
lows;
Varsity: RW, Hutchison; RI, An
gelo; OF., Bowen; LI, F. Martin;
LW, Pfohl; RH, G. Baynes; EF,
Kirk; CB, McNeely, Emerson; LF,
McCarty.
Sub varsity: Huggins, Rogers, Pit-
zer, McGehee, Skinner, Sanford,
Spense, Johnson, Stubbs, Tyson.
HOME ECONOMICS DE
PARTMENT ENTERTAINS
Salem College Faculty and
Trustees Guests At Tea
On Wednesday afternoon, Decem
ber the fourteenth, the seniors in the
Home Economics Department will
entertain the faculty and trustees of
Salem College in the Home Manage
ment House. This tea, which has been
given for the last three years, has
become a much anticipated part of
the Christmas festivities.
The junior Home Economics stu
dents are to serve in the dining
room. The house, filled with Christ
mas decorations, will be open to
everyone for the remainder of the
week.
SENIORS TO CAROL
THURSDAY
Thursday night the seniors will go
Christmas caroling. Their present
plans are to leave here at seven
o’clock and sing' in front of various
homes in the city. Some families
will probably invite them in to have
something to eat, and there they
will visit for a few minutes. Having
made their rounds, they plan to re
turn and end their trip at the Rond
thaler’s. They will wear their caps
and gowns and carry candles. All
lights in the dormitories, with the
exception of candles in the windows,
will be out.
This Christmas caroling by the
seniors is an old tradition at Salem
and is always impressive and lots of
fun. Everyone is eagerly looking
forward to it.
BUXTEHUDE CANTATA
AT HOME CHURCH
Dean Vardell Conducting
“Rejoice, Beloved Christians,”
written by Dietrich Buxtehude, fam
ous predecessor of Johann Sebastian
Bach, will be presented Sunday aft
ernoon at 5 o’clock by the choir of
the Home Moravian Church.
This program was performed last
year under the direction of Mr. Clif
ford Bair in commemorating the
three liundreth anniversary of Buxter
hude. The second rendition affords
an unusual opportunity for those who
were unable to attend last year.
Dean Vardell will conduct the
choir and orchestra, and Mrs. Clifford
Bair will be at the organ.
SYMPHONY PROGRAM
DISCUSSED BY DEAN
VARDELL
Philadelphia Symphony Di
rected by Ormandy to Play
Saturday Evening
Dean Charles 6. Vardell lectured
Thursday afternoon on the music to
be played here Saturday evening by
the Philadelphia Symphony Orches
tra under Eugene Ormandy.
The first selection on the program
will be the Overture to Wagner’s
“Die Meistersinger.” Mr. Vardell
pointed out that this opera repre
sents the conflict between the ro-
matic enthusiasm of youth and the
pedantic scholasticism of the Ma.s-
tersingers. A young knight, Wot-
ther, struggles to overthrow the dry
academic rules followed by the
Mastersingers for centuries. In the
contest youth and romanticism final
ly win out.
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SPEECH CHOHl AT
SALEM
Rocky Mount High School
Speech Choir Recites In
Wednesday Chapel
Faculty and students of Salem
College and Academy enjoyed a.
unique choral program Wednesday
morning. The Rocky Mount Speech
Choir making their own accompani
ment, with human voices instep of
musical instruments interpreted a
delightful series of prose and poetry
recitations in unison.
The Choir waa trained and direct
ed by Mr. Cy Edson, the English and
Dramatics professor of Rocky Mount
High School. Mr. Ed.son divided the
choir into four parts, the girls being
placed according to light, medium,
and dark voices, and the boys with
their heavy voices standing in the
back. The different types of voices
gave the tonal effects needed for tK»'
interpretation.
The program was divided into four
groups: religious, serious, light, and
atmospheric.
The 24th Psalm was the opening
number, which was followed by “Tho
Church ’ ’ and the Christmas story us
given in the 2nd chapter of St.
Luke.
'Phe second part of the program
consisted of “The Shell,” “The
Scythe Song,” and “War.” In the
“Scythe Song,” the boys made
swishing sound as one heard thi-
swing of the. scythe and falling
wheat as it was cut. The girls said
the words against this background
of the vocal accompaniment.
Next on the program came “Spin,
Lassie, Spin,” “Music Makers,”
and “Cotton Chorus.’’' in the latter
there was a banjo effect used ail the
background for the song of the pick
ers sung in dialect.
Then followed ‘ ‘ Hollyhocks,’ ’
‘ ‘ Lullaby in the Modern Manner, ’ ’
“Whistle, Whistle, Old. Wife,”
“Moon Song,” “In the Dark,”
“Prayer f|o St. Catherine,” and
“The Congo.” A humorous not>
was, injected .into -thfe “Prayer to
St. Catherine,” the patron, saint of
old ladies. The girls in the choir
sang to her asking that slie send
them a husband, “any kind rather
than none at all.’.’ ' Wheli the plea
reached its^plimax th^ boys replied,
“But not me, St. (Catherine! "
Starting with a in'ere hint of tho
sound, of .druins aijd AvOrking up in
a crescendo form to a' loud and
booming noisBj the ehojr's rendition
of “The Congo,” made one hear
all sorts' of wieird jungle sounds!
Several groups of students attended
from grades and high schools and the
entire audience was delighted witli
the program given by , the choir.
HOCKEY VARSITY
TEAMS CHOSEN