The Salemite
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VOL. XIX.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., FRIDAY. MAY 5, 1939.
Number 25.
Bill Fulton
Crowned Queen
Tomorrow
On Saturday afternoon at the
stroke of five will begin the long-
awaited event at Salem College
the annual May Day Celebration.
The pageant this year has the south
ern plantation theme, the dresses of
the queen and the court reflecting
this idea. The pageant was written
by the chairman of the May Day
committee, Miss Mary Turner Willis,
of New Bern, in honor of the queen
and her attendants. >
The if ay Queen is Miss Bill Fulton
of Gate City, Virginia. A Home
Economics major and President of
the Katherine J. Hanes Home Eco
nomics Club, Bill has been in the
May Court for three years. She
makes nearly all of her stylish-loook-
ing clothes, and it is rumored that
she is an excellent cook. Since she
is a brunette with a graceful walk
and sparkling eyes, the queen will
look unsually lovely in her dress of
white tulle.
Mary Thomas from Knoxville, the
Maid of Honor, is also a Home Eco
nomies major. She is Vice-President
of the y. W. 0. A., News Editor
of the Salemite, and is listed in this
year’s edition of the collegiate
‘‘Who’s Who.” Mary is a lovely
blonde, with a beautiful complexion,
and is bubbling over with personal
ity. Her dregs is of peach net.
The court will consist of the twelve
prettiest girls at Salem, according to
the opinion of the student body.
These girls are Miss Dorothy Wyatt
from Winston-Salem, w'ho this year
celebrates her fourth year on the
May court and who is Vice-president
of the 1. K. S. Council; Miss Ann
Whaling, another senior from Win-
ston-Salem, who is editor of the col
lege annual, “Sights and Insights”;
Miss Louisa Sloan from Wadesboro,
a Junior with an exceptionally beau
tiful carriage; Miss Peggy Jones
from Charlotte, -whose blonde hair
(naturally platinum!) will make a
beautiful contrast with the equally
lovely dark wavy hair of Ann Pep
per, a Freshman from Winston-Sal
em. There are two girls from Fay
etteville in the May Court: one is
Miss Mildred Kelly, a sophomore
with blonde hair and beautiful blue
eyes, and the other is Miss Dorothy
Dixon, the smallest member of the
court, who has black hair and dark
eyes. IHss Marjorie Powell from
Edenton is another striking-looking
senior, known by everyone on the
campus by her nickname of ‘ ‘ Toot-
ie.” Mary Ann Paschal, a jovial
sophomore day student; Miss Kath
arine King from Leaksville, tall,
blonde, with a gorgeous complexion;
and Miss Lilly Sutton Ferrell from
Winston-Salem, a vivacious Fresh
man leader; and Miss Martha Raw
lings, a Junior day student whose
picture as a high school senior ap
peared on the cover of “The State
Magazine,” as “Miss North Caro
lina. ’ ’ -r these complete the number
of the beautiful girls who will ac
company the queen as she is crowned
on Saturday.
The dresses to be worn by the
May Court were designed by Miss
Mary Turner Willis and were made
by Sosnick’s. These dresses are
typical of the ante-bellum period;
they are made in off-the-shoulder
style, of silk net with a double
skirt, taffeta petticoat with a hoop
and pleated valance around the bot
tom. The gowns are in pastel shades
and are trimmed in contrasting vel
vet ribbon. The slippers match the
ribbon. The queens’ dress was de
signed and made by Miss Virginia
Tutt of this city. Each member of
the court' will carry nosegays of
garden flowers, while the Queen’s
bouquet will be of lilly-of-the-valley.
The Maid of Honor will carry a nose
gay of Talisman roses.,
Salem College Will Honor May Queen and Attendants
lb.
“Fourteen pretty p^irls” will be seen in the Salem Col
lege May Court in Winston-Salem, at 5 o’clock Saturday
afternoon, ]\Iay 6. An original pageant by Miss IMary Tur
ner Willis, of New Bern, will be presented in honor of the
queen and her attendants. The queen. Miss Bill Pulton, of
Gate City Virginia, is in the center at the left, and Miss
Mary Thomas, of Knoxville, maid of honor, is at the center
right. The attendants are: top row, left to right, Miss Mil-
Salem Group
Gives Program
Salem College Choral ensemble,
conducted by Clifford Bair, present
ed a musical vesper Sunday evening
at Home Mraviaon Church.
Anna Withers Bair, organist, play
ed as a prelude “Credo” (Bach);
postlude, triumphal march on chorale
“Now Thank We All Our God” (S.
Karg-Elert) and for an offertory
Bach’s “He Who Will Suffer God
to Guide Him.”
The program by the ensemble in
cluded “Thanksgiving,” “In Mem
ory of Martyrs,” “Trinity Sunday,”
“Whitssunday,” “Christmas Day,”
“Advent,” “Ephany,” “The Sea
son of Lent,” “Easter,” “Ascen
sion. ”
Personnel of the ensemble:
Gertrude Bagwell, Pat Barrow,
Eugenia Baynes, Catherine Brandon,
Muriel Brietz, Jo Ann Brill, Eleanor
Carr, Carolyn Creson, Jean Davis,
Rosalind Duncan, Marie Fitzgerald,
Glenn Griffin, Billie Hanes, Estelle
Hatifield, Euth Hege, June Hire, Lou
ise Jackson, Agnes Johnson, Marian
Johnson, Leila Johnston, Katherine
(Continued on Page Four)
1 1 PHOTO THROUGH COURTESY OF JOURNAL AND SENTINEL ,
drod Kelly, Fayetteville; Miss Ijilly Sutton Ferrell, Winston-
Salem; ]\Iiss Mary Ann Paschal, Winston-Salem; Miss Mar-
.iorie Powell, Edenton; second row, Miss Ann Pepper, Win
ston-Salem; Katharine King, of Leaksville; third row. Miss
Ann Whaling, Winston-Salem; Miss Dorothy Wyatt,;-
Winston-Salem; fourth row, Miss Martha Rawlings, of
Winston-Salem; Miss Dorothy Dixon, Fayetteville; Miss
Jones, Charlotte; Miss Louisa Sloan, Wadesboro.
Two Initial Com
mencement
Programs Complete
May Chapel Exercises Open
Salem Graduation
Last Tuesday morning in Chapel
the commencement program at Salem
was officially begun. The seniors, in
their caps and gowns of course, sang
the first verse of “The Son of God
Goes Forth to War,” and the audi
ence joined them on the other ver
ses. This chapel exercise is the tra
ditional and annual program for the
first chapel in the month of May.
On Friday, the second part of com
mencement at Salem took place be
hind Main Hall, by the memorial
steps. Every year on the day before
May Day there is an outdoor chapel
program in that place. The seniors
came down the steps from the presi
dent’s home singing “Fairest Lord
Jesus;” the entire audience joined
on the second and third verses. Dr.
Rondthaler spoke briefly of the new
experiment with trees in downtown
(CMiMau«4 On Pm« Four)
I. R.S. and Annual
Staff to Give May
Day Dance
A May Day dance to cap the cli
max of the May Day Festival, on
Saturday, ilay 6, will take^ place in
the gymnasium under the sponsor
ship of the Sights and Insights and
the I. R. S.,- in honor of May Queen
Bill Fulton, and her attendants.
Claude Little’s orchestra, from
Mooresville, will furnish the music.
There will be no figure during in
termission, but there probably will
be a no-break dance for girls in the
Jfay Court, the annual staff, and
I. R. S. Council.
Decorations to be used are the
Junior-Senior decorations, silver and
Blue. The time will be from nine
o’clock to twelve o’clock. And the
dance will be informal for men.
Capt. Hardee Says
War Inevitable
Hold yourself responsible for a
higher standard than anybody else
expects of you. Never excuse your
self. Never pity yourself. Be a
hard master to yourself — and be
lenient to everybody else.
“The only thing that can keep you
from being sweethearts and wives of
the next generation of soldiers, is
that history fail to repeat itself and
it’s never failed yet.” With these
words Caj)t. David L. Hardee, pro
fessor of political science at Oak
Ridge, concluded his talk to Salem
students in expanded chapel Wed
nesday. Captain Hardee stated that
America has had six major wars, ap
proximately twenty-five years apart,
and that it is time for another in
the very near future. Ilis advice
was that we be prepared to stand up
for things we know are right when
the war comes.
Captain Hardee spoke of the many
things dearer to a soldier than life
itself, things for which he will not
hesitate to fight. Among them are
religious freedom, taxation by rep
resentation, trial by jury, principle
of equality of man, freedom of seas,
Monroe doctrine and its expunsion,
the flag, one unified nation, govern
ment of, for, by the people, de
mocracy, and the high standards of
living among American pepole.