The Salemite
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VOL. XIX.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1939.
Number 21.
Dean Vardeli’s
Sonata To Be
Preformed
North Carolina Composers
Will Be Honored
A program, of compositions by
eight North Carolina composers will
be given Tuesday evening, March
28 at Music Building of Woman ^s
College by the Greensboro Euterpe
Club. This statewide event is the
result of a recent interesting survey
of creative musical activity going on
in the Tar Heel State.
Among the works selected for per
formance is Dean Vardeli’s violin
Sonata in a major, which he wrote
in 1922. The sonata has a beautiful
lyric flow and although it is not
drawn directly from the folk ma
terial of this state, it owes some
thing inherently to it. This com
position will be performed Tuesday
evening by Dean Hugh Altvater,,
violinist, of the school of music at
Woman’s College and Dean Mark
Hoffman,, pianist of the school of
music at Greensboro College.
Salem Dramatic
Clubs Enter
Contest
Fifth Annual Tournament
Held at Reynolds
Priday night, March 24, at eight
o’clock, Salem’s Dramatic Clubs en
tered the fifth annual tournament of
one act plays at Richard J. Reynolds
High School Auditorium. There were
two divisions, the experienced and
the inexperienced. The Pierrette and
Freshman Dramatic Clubs played in
the experienced group along with the
Little Theatre, which has won the
cup for the last two years. Last
year in the inexperienced group, the
Freshman won the cup.
Last night, under the direction
of Mrs. Bruce Williams, the Fresh
man Dramatic Club presented “Yal-
ler Squares” and the Pierrettes,
“Far, Far Away,” both of which
have been given in the old chapel at
Salem. The Little Theatre of Win
aton-Salem, directed by Mrs. Nancy
Lofton, gave “Vengeance in Leka.
At the close of the contest, cups
were presented at the winners of
ecah division. These cups are given
annually by the Rotary Club.
Choral Ensemble
to Give Program
In Kernersville
COURTESY JOURNAU-SENTINEL.
FEANOES KI.TJTTZ
I. R. S. President
Salem Elects
I.R.S. President
Frances Kluttz Succeeds
Mary Worthy Spence
Frances Kluttz, member of the
junior class, from Salisbury, was elec
ted president of the L R. S., social
organization on the Salem campus,
by vote of the student body.
At present Frances is chief marsh
all and a Scorpion. During her
sophomore and junior years she was
active in the History and Psychology
Clubs and was on the staff of
‘ ‘ Sights and Insights ’ ’ last year.
She served as reporter for the Sale
mite while a freshman. This year
she is a member of the Y. W. 0. A.
cabinet, the L R. S. Council, and the
cliapel program committee.
The office of president of the
I. R. S. is one of the major honors
offered to Salem students. Frances
will be inaugurated in a formal cere
mony later in the spring and will
serve during the 1939-1940 school
term.
MISS LAWRENCE
HAS HIGH POST
Mr. Bair Will Direct
The Choral Ensemble of the School
of Music of Salem College is to
present a Musical Vesper at Morav
ian Church in Kernersville, Sunday
afternoon, March 26, at five o ’clock.
The program, under the direction
of Mr. Clifford E. Bair, is as follows;
Organ Prelude: “Hark a Voice
Saith ’ ’ Bach
Choral'Introit Arcadelt
Ave Maria Holst
Violin Solo
Christine Dunn
Piano Solo
Glenn Griffin
Lullaby Praetorius
O Domine Jesu Brumel
This is the Day Byrd
Praise Ye the Name of the Lord
Tschesnokofl
Organ Offertory
Elizabeth Tuten
Choral Amen TschasnokoS
Postlude: Christ Lay in Death’s
Strong Grasp BacH
Named President of Higher
Education Division of
N. C. A.
Miss Grace Lawrence, dean of
women at Salem, was named presi-
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COURTESY JOURNAL-SENTINEL
GERRY BAYNES
Heads Athletic Council
Geraldine Baynes
Is A. A. President
Succeeds Felicia Martin
Geraldine Baynes was electejd
president of the Salem' College Ath
letic Association for 1939-194(} in an
election Thursday afternoon. She
will go into office May 1, succeeding
Felicia Martin.
Geraldine during her three years at
Salem has been outstanding in a var
sity of campus organization. She
has been listed on the honor roll
every semester since she entered
Salem and was recognized with class
honors her freshman and sophomore
years. She is a candidate for the
bachelor of arts degree with majors
in Latin and French.
This year she is a member of the
Athletic Council as manager of vol
ley ball. She has played on her
class hockey and basketball teams
all three years.
Recently Geraldine was elected to
membership in the Order of the
Scorpions. This year she has been
treasurer of the Student government.
As president of The Athletic Asso
ciation at Salem Geraldine \vill w'ork
with Miss Minnie Atkinson, physi
cal education director, in the prepa
ration of intra-mural tournaments,
seasonal banquets, athletic trips and
conferences, and other features con
nected with the Salem athletic pro
gram for the year.
—JOUKXAIj-SENTtN-EIj STAFF FHOTO.
BETTY SANDFORD
New Y. M. 0. A. Iieader
Betty Sandford
Heads Cabinet
Is Elected President of
Y. W. C. A.
Betty Sandford of Farmington,
Connecticut was elected last Tuesday
to head the Y. W. C. A. for the
year 1939-40. This year Betty has
been a member of the Y. W. C. A.
cabinet, of the athletic Council, and
the treasurer of the junior Class. In
February, she was named a member
of the Order of the Scorpion.
For three years Betty has played
in the college orcestra and has been
an active member of the “Y” com
mission. She has worked on the
Salemite staff and has played in class
hockey and basket-ball games. This
year Betty made the hockey sub
varsity and she is now fire chief of
the school.
Betty is a candidate for the bach
elor of arts degree and is successor
to Maud Battle.
Dr. Elliot Speaks
In Chapel
Accuses Americans of
Conformity
Dr. William Elliot who is a guest
this week on Salem Campus, sjwke
in expanded chapel on W'ednesday
morning. Dr. Elliot is pastor of the
Druid Hills Presbyterian Church in
Atlanta, Georgia, and for the past
several summers he has conducted
the summer conferences at Davidson
College. He spoke W'ednesday morn
ing on having the moral independ
ence to live up to one’s ideals. His
talk was based on the last chapter
of Jo&Iiua, verses 14-24.
Dr. Elliot discussed the difficulties
often involved in taking a stand for
one’s ideals here in America today.
The prevailing American psychology,
he said, is conformity. We all seek
to look, dress and act alike. We seem
always to dread being thought
“queer” or “odd.”
This psychology of conformity
Dr. Elliot continued, is typical not
only of America in general, but is
particularly foun|d on our college
campuses. For the college student
today, it is often difficult to main
tain intellectual and moral independ-
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Orchestra to Give
Recital Monday
Barbara Ann Benson,
Soloist
Salem to be Hostess
To S, L A, S. a
Conference
Twenty-Fourth Annual Stu
dent Government Confer
ence Will Be Held Here
April 10, 11, 12, the twenty-fourth
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. ELLIOT
For the past four days you have
closed your books, put away your
pencils, stopped your whispering, and
given your eyes and ears to an un
usual chapel speaker. Now let’s find
out a little about this Dr. Williajn
Elliot who has held our attention so
thoroughly with his interesting and
inspiring words.
A look at his schooling shows high
school graduation at Clovis, New
Mexico. In 1925 he received his
A.B. degree at Park College near
Kansas City, Missouri. He was given
his B.D. degree at Presbyterian Se:
minary at Louisville, Kentucky; and
he won hi^ Ph.D. at Edinburgh Uni
versity at Edinburgh, Scotland. In
1937 Davidson College awarded him
an honorary D.D. degree. He gained
his public-speaking training in col
lege dramatics, for he was a mem
ber of Theta Alpha Phi, an honorary
college fraternity of drama, and a
member of Pi Kappa Delta, an hon
orary college fraternity of debating
and oratory.
Dr. Elliot was born in Charlestown,
Indiana, but he has spent most of his
life in Texas. He has followed his
father’s profession in the Presby
terian ministry.
While Dr. Elliot was studying at
Park College, he met and became en-
COURTESY JOURNAL-SENTINEL
DR. WILLIAM EIiIJOT
Visiting Speaker
gaged to Miss Helen Hargis from
Tacoma, Washington. They were
married in 1928, and now live in At
lanta, where Dr. Elliot is pastor of
the Druid Hills Presbyterian Church.
As we heard the other day in chapel,
the Elliots have two children — a
red-headed boy named Joe (He’s
seven years old.) and a four-year old
girl named Carol Elizabeth (Carol
means “song,” you know; so her
name is “Song of Elizabeth” from
the New Testament.)
Dr. Elliot began his minstry at the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
in Knoxville, Tenn. He was there
for five years, and in 1935 he went
to Atlanta on his second pastorate.
He has done much preaching in
colleges all over the United States.
Some of the colleges where he has
held meetings in this part of the
cou(ntry are Davidson, Qufeens,
Mitchell, Flora McDonald, Presibyter-
ian College (Clinton, S. C.), Uni
versity of Georgia, Park, and Center
(in Kentucky).
When Dr. Elliot graduated from
the Seminary he had two fellowships
to study abroad. He says that he
went to Scotland because “ if I was
going to take graduate work, I did
not see any use of staying in this
country. Might as well have the
fun of traveling too.” So he has
made two trips to the British Isles
for study — one in 1928-1929, and
the other in 1936.
And now you know a little of the
personal aide of our Dr. Elliot, who
is, by the way, one of the most
charming and most human preachers
that many of u« Salemites have ever
known..
On Monday evening at 8:30 o’clock
in Memorial Hall the Salem College
String Orchestra under the direction
of Miss Hazel Horton Read will pre
sent its annual concert. The pro
gram will begin with the Concerto
Grosso, opus 6, number 11, by Corelli,
the great violinist who is said to be
the founder of modern violin music
and playing. This concerto consistsi
of Preludes — Allemande — Adagio
.... Sarabande — Giga.
Of special interest will be the per
formance of Barbara Ann Benson,
violinist, talented ten year old pupil
of Miss Read. She will play three
violin solos: Prayer from Octet by
Schubert; Gavotte by Gossec; and
Fairy Sailing by Burleigh. Barbara
Ann has just won her district Fed
eration contest and will compete in
the State Federation contest in
April.
The climax of the program will be
the performance ofl Symphony num
ber 8 by Haydn, the important in
strumental composer of the late
eighteenth century classical school.
The movements of this symphony are
first, adagio; then andante; next the
Manvetto; and finally the Allegro
con spirito. Miss Katherine Snead
is concertmaster; accompanists; are
Miss Sarah Linn, piano, and Mrs.
Clifford Bair, organ.
Mr. Bair Gives
Recital
Is Accompanied By Mr.
Frank Carter Campbell
Mr. Clifford E. Bair, head of the
Voice Department, appeared Thurs
day evening, March 23, in a recital
assisted by Mr^ Frank Carter Camp
bell, pianist.
The program included numbers by
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ANNOtrNCZmCSNT
Each week a Junior member of
the Staff wUl edit the Salemite.
This week’s editor is Gerry