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VOL. XXI.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1940.
Number 10.
FIRST NIGHT OF "HAY FEVER" PACKS HOUSE
Left to right: Lee Eice, Elizabeth Trotman, Raymond Burke
Fever.”—(Photo courtesy THDESDAT).
-Mother and children in Coward’s “Hay
First-nighters of the Pierrette
Player’s production, “Hay Fever,”
were many men and women about
Winston-Salem, and a scattering of
students, who packed the house (in
the form of the Old Chapel) and
then proceeded to fill it with laugh
ter at the inimatible lines of Noel
Coward’s comedy. “From the dim
ming of the lights and the raising
of the curtain at 8:30 to the final
bow at 10:30 there has not been a
play given at Salem more smoothly
run ‘ ‘ according to Mrs. Bruce Wil
liams, Director. Between the acts
several members of the audience
were heard to comment upon the re
laxed and unhurried atmosphere
which pervaded throughout the pres
entation.
The witty dialogue, ably handled
by the cast continually evoked “in
articulate sounds of amusement” to
quote Liz Trotman as Mother Bliss
the retired actress, Act II, as well as
downright laughter.
The favorite scene of many is in
the first of Act II when the hosts
and hostesses are trying to teach
their guests a game. It is in this
scene that Frances Yelverton, cast
as the stenographer, invited down
for the week-end by “Papa” Bliss,
has her best lines. Her interpreta
tion of the empty headed but beau
tiful Miss Coryton is good.
Mr. Billings as “Papa” Bliss vies
only with Liz Trotman for champion
comedian. Extremely well done was
his love scene with Margaret Bay
as Myra Arundel. And, an act almost
unheard of at Salem, the audience
gave Liz Trotman a prolonged sa
lute of applause as she left the stage
in the middle of the second act after
strenuous comic “emoting.”
Mr. Oscar Leak Tyree playing
Eichard Qreatham, fully convince
the audience that he is the tactful
diplomat, carefully impartial to eith
er side of the argument and also
convinces them that he thinks very
little at all.
Dynamic Lee Eice reaches her
zenith in Act II with her childlike
disappointment over the way “no
body will play the game” culmina
ting in one of those tantrums she
can do' so well.
As usual Eaymond Burke gives
an excellent performance—this time
as Simon Bliss, the artist son. Credit
also must be given to Wyatt Wilk
inson who on stage does the dirty
work as the maid and off stage as a
stage-hand.
Everyone seemed delighted with
‘ ‘ Hay Fever.’ ’ Mrs. Brant Snavely
was overheard between acts, “I
think it’s adorable.” Another in-
towner was heard to say “This
makes me feel just like my last
visit to New York.” Barbara Whit
tier, incidentally, was well pleased
with the box office returns.
After the house cleared, a light
supper was served in the Old
Chapel. Present were members of
the east; Mrs. Clark Billings and
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WINNERS IN PREIMINARIES OF
SPEECH CONTEST ANNOUNCED
CLASS OF ’41 GIVES
WILLOW TREE
TO SALEM
TOURING TEAM
PRAISES SALEM
The All-American Touring Hockey
Team showed townspeople, high
school and college girls and faculty
members from W. C. IT. N. C., Duke
and Salem how hockey should be
played when they met Salem’s tour
ing team in a game Monday after
noon.
The first half of the game began
at 4 o’clock. In this half the two
teams were divided so that the Sal
em line and the All-Ameriean backs
played against the All-Americaji
line and Salem backs. The half
ended with the score 2 all. THe mem
bers of the All-Ameriean team paid
our team a very high compliment,
saying that it played the best mix
ed half of any team. “On most of
the other teams the children ran
loose. We didn’t know where they’d
be or what they’d do — and evi
dently neither did they. However,
we quickly realized that the Salem
girls knew where they belonged and
what they should do.”
In the second half the Salem team
met the regular All-American team,
and although our girls played well,
they were beaten 8-0. However, Miss
Marsh, manager of the All-Ameri
cans, commented that we offered
them as much competition as any
school they had met, and that we did
excellently in holding them so well
considering that this was their last
game before going to the National
Tournament at Williamsburg, and
consequently their best.
The visitors made many nice re
marks about several of our players.
The commented that Sallie Emerson
played as well as anyone they had
played against; that Ann Ewing did
a wonderful job of handling Judd,
the fastest and probably the best on
their team; that Sarah Bowen with
her flying feet give Kenworthy a
merry chase out at the wing po
sition; and that Eeece Thomas made
stops and was one of the best goal
guards they had come across on this
tour.
However, the visitors’ loudest
praise was for Miss Atkinson and
for the excellent job she has done
in coaching her team. They pro
claimed her one of the best coaches
in the South.
OR. RONDTHALER
ON THIS WEEK’S
BROADCAST
Last night from 8:00 to 8:15 Sal
em again went on the air in the new
series of programs being broadcast
over WSJS. At this time Dr. How
ard Eondthaler gave a short speech
and both Ted Bodenheimer and
Katherine Swaim sang.
These programs, under the direc
tion of Dr. John Downs, are designed
to acquaint the public with the ac
tivities of Salem College. Dr. Downs
has stressed the part that the pro
grams will be open to criticism off
ered by the student body and that
Salem is indebted to WSJS for giv
ing the school this opportunity.
Leonore Eice and Elizabeth Trot-
man will present dramatic dialogues
on the next program which will take
place on December 5. A musical pro
gram is being aranged for the fol
lowing week, but that has not yet
been definitely planned.
MO ALPHA THETA
HOLDS 1ST MEETING
The Mu Alpha Theta held its first
business meeting of the year Tues
day night, November 19, in the
basement of Louise AVilson Bitting
Building. President Catherine Har
rell conducted the meeting, and in
the absence of the secretary, Doris
Shore read the minutes of the last
meeting. Eleanor Hutchison, pro
gram chairman, presented Dr. Eond
thaler, who talked about numbers
in the Bible. He emphasized the
Greek word, eleph, which meant
thousand, tents, sheep, people, and
herds. It was from this word that
our English word, elephant, was de-
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Each year the Senior claSs of Sa
lem traditionally plants a sprig of
ivy and a tree at selected spots on
the campus. This year the Ivy and
Tree Planting took place during
chapel time Thursday morning. At
Memorial Hall the student body, fac
ulty, and guests formed a procession
led by Dr. Eondthaler and Kathryn
Cole, president of the Senior class,
which proceeded to the Hattie M.
Strong Eefectory. There the ivy
was presented by Kathryn Cole,
speaking for the class and was ac
cepted by Dr. Eondthaler. The pro
cession then moved to the athletic
field where a weeping willow tree was
where a weeping willow tree was
planted near the water fountain.
The Seniors sang a song written es
pecially for the occasion by. Sarah
Linn, Eleanor Carr, and Johnsie
Moore; and Kathryn Cole presented
the tree to Salem. The officers of
the Senior class — Kathryn Cole,
E. Sue Cox, Libby Sauvain, and
Nancy O^Neal — then each put a
spadeful of dirt around the tree.
The singing of the Alma Mater by
the student body concluded the
ceremony.
FIRST EVENING
RECITAL MONDAY
Students of the School of Music
will be presented in the first formal
recital of the year on Monday eve
ning, November 25, at 8:30 o’clock
in Memorial Hall. Students, faculty
and townspeople arc invited to at
tend. The following program will
be given:
Fugue in G minor (“Lesser”)
Bach
Margaret Vardell
Eondo in A minor Mozart
Muriel Brietz
Air from “Comus” Arno
James Blair
Evening Whispers Palmgren
Margaret Leinbach
Concerto in D minor Mozart
Allegro
Johnsie Moore
Second Piano,
Viola Tucker Anscombe
Would you gain the tender
creature Mozart
Eebecca Nifong
Paradise Bird at a Waterfall
Alice Purcell
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Ezio Pinza To Sing At
8:30 Tomorrow Night
The Civic Music Association’s
next g^est artist will be the pop
ular Metropolitan basso, Ezio Pin
za. He will sing at Eeynolds High
School Auditorium tomorrow night
at 8:30.
Mr. Pinza whose rich, flexible
voice, talent for characterization,
whose stage presence and natural
acting ability indicate the “born
opera star” had not actually intend
ed that singing should be his voca
tion. Believe it or not, Pinza’s first
choice of career was that of bicycle
racing. This proved rather unsuc
cessful, so Mr. Pinza decided to
study singing, he finally made his
debut shortly after the Worlfi War.
This appearance in “Tristan TJnd
Isolde” established him as one of
the world leading bassos. Since that
time Mr. Pinza has sung in many
roles, the majority of which, due to
the pitch of his voice, are those of
villains of one sort or the other.
Pinza laments the fact that com
posers always place a tenor in the
in the hero’s role and doom the
basso and baritone to villany or
obscurity. Pinza’s more famous roles
include those of the rake in “Don
Giovani,” a murder in “Boris God-
gunoff,” and the Devil in “Faust.”
Mr. Pinza’s program is interesting
and varied and should be extremely
enjoyable.
Buses will leave from CHewell
Building at seven-fifteen tomorrow
night. Bus tickets may be obtained
ffom the dean’s office.
It was anounced by the Judges
today that Henrie Harris, Marian
Burvcnick, and Margaret Leinback
were the three girls chosen as the
winners in the preliminary speech
contest held in Wednesday’s ex
panded chapel. Judges for this set
wore Mrs. Stewart Bondurant, Mr.
Douglas Angel, and Eeverend Gor
don Spaugh. Judging was based on
content, which counted one-third
and which included suitability, in
terest, and form; delivery, which
counted two-thirds, based on the
platform manner, audibility, enun
ciation and conviction of the speak
er,
Henrie Harris, a freshman day
student who was active in public
speaking in high school,, spoke with
the air of a veteran on the subject
‘ ‘ Pan-Americanism for Defense,”
“Newspaper headlines scream of
the destruction in Europe, yet Amer
ica is almost powerless to help.” said
Miss Harris. She continued by say
ing that it is essential that we
unite closer with Latin America —
the point first advocated by Simon
Boliiver. Tioday President Eoose-
vClt is doing a great deal to promote
Good Fellowship among the Amer
icas, but the task is not complete.
Axis propaganda is flooding South
America. Colonies bf Germans and
Italians are being established, em
bedding their doctrines In the minds
of the Youth — this is our chal
lenge to Democracy. South America
must be made both conscious of and
desirous of the advantages of De
mocracy. All money spent in trade
with South America is spent in de
fense for it is necesary, for further
peace, to develop cultural and eco
nomic ties between the two conti
nents.
Marian Burvenick, also a fresh
man, possessing a graceful, composed
platform manner, chose for her sub
ject, ‘ ‘ Traveling in America. ”
Taking the audience on an imag
inary trip through the United Sl;ates,
she placOd emphasis on the fact that
the scenic beauties of this country
equal or surpass those of Europe.
Travel in the United States is essen
tial in order to understand our fel
low Americans. It is a great help in
overcoming sectional differences,
and is essential in developing a
spirit of nationality.
A sophomore day student, Marga
ret Leinback, interested her listeners
by speaking with familiarity and un
derstanding of “occupations in old
Salem. ’ >
In the early days of the lat
ter part of the 18th century, busi-
nes and industry in Salem centered
around the Brothers House where
lived all the unmarried men of the
village who went through a period
of apprenticeship before they en
tered a trade. The snuff and cigar
business was very important; metal
work led to the Salem Vogler Gun,
which grew to be very famous; love
ly pieces were molded from pewter;
brick and tile making one of the
most important industries was done
where "the athletic field is today.
The art of candle-making, begun
then, is carried on today. Many can
dles are still made by hand to be
used at the Moravian Love Feasts at
(Christmas time.
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
The Junior class will turn do
mestic for a short time during
this week-end. They are serving
at a waffle supper Sunday night
in the Eecreation Boom of Louisa
Bitting Eoom and Louisa Bitting
Building. Watch for the time
anouncementsi