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VOL. XXI.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1940.
Number 11.
NEXT WEEK WILL FEATURE MUSIC PROGRAMS
Miss Read in Concert
Monday Evening'8:30
FIRST RECITAL IN
SEVERAL YEARS
Miss Hazel Horton Bead, head
of the string department of the
School of Music, will appear in
concert at 8:30 o’clock on Monday
evening, December 9th. A member
of the music faculty for several
years, Miss Read has done a great
deal toward broadening the inter
est in string instruments here at
Salem. She is a teacher of not only
the violin, but also of the viola
and cello.
Before joining the staff at
Salem, Miss Read studied with Lil
lian Shattuck of Boston, Mass. and
later with the internationally fam
ous woman - teacher and virtuoso,
Kathleen Parlow. Miss Parlow was
one of the favorite pupils of Auer,
composer in collaboration of Miss
Read’s first number. Miss Shattuck
was a former pupil of Joachim
(great virtuoso of the 19th cen
tury) who wrote the cadenzas to
Mozart’s concerto which Miss Read
will play Monday.
The complete program is as fol
lows:
Chaconne (in G minor) - Vitali
Auer
Concerto No. 5 in A major,..Mozart
Allegro aperto
A dagio
Rondo (tempo di minuetto)
Cadenzas by Joseph Joachim
Carl Goldmark
March (from “Love for Three
Oranges”) Prokofieff-Heifetz
The Chaconne with which the
program opens is a theme and va
riations. The theme, broad and
stately, shifts from the violin to
the piano against decided' rhythmic
patterns.
Typical of Mozart is the A ma
jor concerto, in that it is light and
tuneful. The last movement is in
rondo form with tempo of minuet.
It then goes into the quick tempo
of the allegro and later back to the
minuet.
Taken from one of Goldmark’s
concertos, the Air is a rich and
warm melody that works up to a
bravura passages. After a glorious
climax it returns again to the
melody, ending quietly.
Prokofietf’s March is definitely
modern. Its tune is “catchy” and
effective with a brilliant closing.
Miss Read has shown in her
choice of musical selections that
she is an artist Salem is proud to
‘ ‘ own.”
RONDTHALER RECEPTION
HONORS MISS MARSH
An informal reception in honor
of Miss Leila Graham Marsh, new
director of public relations, was
given at the home of Dr. and Mrs.
Rondthaler at 8:30 Monday night.
Faculty, trustees and selected stu
dents of the Academy and College
Were greeted at the door by Dr.
and Mrs. Rondthaler, Miss Marsh,
Miss Annette McNcely, Miss Edith
Kirkland, Miss Covington and Mr.
and Mrs. Brant Snavely. Receiving
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WEDNESDAY IS Y DAY
Each year Mr. Snavely of the
book-store Snavely’s gives the
Y a percentage of the profits
from Christmas shopping done
at the book-store on a certain
set day. Y Day this year is to
be next Wednesday and mem
bers of the cabinet will assist
with the sales at that time.
MISS HAZEL HOETON BEAD
KENYON GIVES VIEWS
ON MODERN ART
In chapel on Thursday, Mr. Lawr
ence Kenyon, head of the Art De
partment, spoke on modern art. Mr.
Kenyon who recently studied and
taught at the University of Iowa,
is a new-comer to the faculty of
Salem. At Iowa he took advance
study in art under Grant Wood,
whose painting technique was the
subject of Mr. Kenyon’s talk.
To give the students a better
understanding of contemporary art,
in anticipation of the lecture by
Thomas Craver next semester, was
the speaker’s object. Aside from
the fact that Mr. Kenyon studied
under Grant Wood he chose him
for illustration because, to quote:
“He represents the middle way; I
don’t expect you to like him and
he will be a good test of my prim-
ise . . .”
The talk was illustrated with
slides projected on a screen. These
were of two Wood paintings—“Par
son Weem’s Fable” and the fa-
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* Return of a Native^
With Many Dreams,.
When I sat down and began to
talk to the charming Salem gradu
ate, who is the new Director of
Public Relations and Alumnae Sec
retary of Salem College and Acad-
em}% I asked if she had wanted to
return to Salem.
“I am Presbyterian enough to
think that I was predestined to
come back to Salem,” answered
Lee Marsh, as she is known to
classmates and friends. “My four
years at Salem were the most de
lightful years,” she continued with
a friendly smile.
Miss Marsh came to Salem, on the
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson scholarship,
since she was a cousin of Mrs.
Jackson. Miss Marsh was , interest-
ed to know who was now receiving
this scholarship. (I had not the
slightest idea!}.
WKile at Salem, Miss Marsh was
interested in a number of things.
“In studies, I believe, I liked
English the best, and in sports I
liked basketball.” She was also
president of the Y. W. C. A., a
member of the staff of “The Ivy,”
the college magazine, and was ac
tively interested in dramatics.
“I just don’t have any dislikes,
but I do like to hike. Last summer
I went on a ten-day hike, with a
pack on my back, into the White
Mountains of New Hampshire,”
she told me. Her next “like” is
reading and she said she was de
lighted with the library. “But I’ve
been so busy moving I ha%'en’t had
Davidson Glee Club To
Sing Here December 13
SPONSORED BY
CHORAL ENSEMBLE
MR. MCDONALD
PRE-HOLIDAY
I. R. S. DANCE
By Carrio Donnell
time to read lately,” she said—re
minding me of quite a number of
other Salemites!
There have been so many in
teresting changes in Salem,” con
tinued this very much alive per
son. “The changes have been most
in the life of the Student Body.”
She said she was impressed most,
and very much delighted, too, with
the grace, poise, ease and direct
ness Salem girls are able to stand
up and make announcements in
Ohai>el. “In my day, students turn
ed cold at the very thought!”
Perhaps the thing that impress
ed me most was the cordiality of
Salem. The range of friendliness
extends all the way from the color
ed man raking leaves to the Presi
dent of Salem College, Dr. Rond
thaler.”
An excerpt from the Class Pro
phecy found in the annual of her
graduating year said:
There is a little girl in the Senior
class
Who’ll build her air castles to the
very last
But when Lee comes back to earth
for a stay
How we wish she’d not leave us
and go dreaming away.
That “little girl in the Senior
Class” is Miss Leila Graham
Marsh. “I’m delighted to be back
at Salem and I hope to see many
dreams come true because I’m back
to stay.”
On Saturday night, Dec. 7th,
Salemites will arrange their curls
a la glamour and slip into their
evening dresses in preparation for
a happy evening at the I. R. S.
dance to be held in the gymnasium.
Mrs. Rondthaler, Miss Lawrence,
Mr. and Mrs. Brant Snavely, Miss
Nell Kerns and Mr. Sam Hayworth
will be in the receiving line to
greet the f'uests at 8:30 o’clock.
Then until 12 o’clock dancing
will be the attraction under green
and white streamers, and balloons
—to the music of Eddie Brown’s
orchestra from State College. While
the figure is taking place during
intermission, punch will be served.
The figure will include the follow
ing girls and dates:
Nell Kerns, president of I. R. S.,
with Sam Hayworth.
Betsy O’Brien with Ben Kearfoth.
Lib Weldon with I. R. Frazier.
Margaret Patterson with Bob
Hutchinson.
Ruth Schnedl with Francis Harris.
Betty Belcher with Sam Woodword
Betsy Hill with Bill Sprunt.
Kelly Ann Smith with Emmet
Howe.
Marth Bowman with .Toe Barring
ton.
Dee Dixon with Oliver Holmes.
Betsy Spach with Ralph Spainhour.
Sarah Henry with Bill Elmore.
Mary Lou Moore with Dick Long.
Sammy Pou with .John Hackney.
Sebia Midgette with Roland Tay
lor.
Louise Payne with John Gaul.
The committees serving arc:
Orchestra—Betsy Hill and Sarah
Henry.
Decorations — Betsy O’Brien, Dee
Dixon and Betty Belcher.
Invitations—Martha Bowman, Bet
sy Spach and Mot Sauvain. .
Refreshments—Kathryn Cole.
Figure—Kelly Ann Smith.
A group of forty-live male voices,
forming the Davidson College glee
club, will give a concert of sacred
and secular music at Memorial Hall
on the Salem College campus Fri
day evening, December 13, at 8:30
o’clock.
The concert will be sponsored
by the Choral Ensemble of
which Miss Marion Johnson is
president. Composed of advanced
students of music at the Presby
terian College, this group has won
a top rating during the past few
years as one of the outstanding
male glee clubs in North Carolina.
Among its members are throe Win
ston-Salem students: C. T. Lein-
baeh, Jr., Thomas Plonk, and Arch
Taylor, Jr.
Director of the glee club is Thane
McDonakl, associate professor of
music at Davidson. Mr. McDonald
is a graduate of DePauw Universi
ty and of the University of Mich
igan, where he received his Mast
er’s degree in music. Before com
ing to Davidson he was head of
music at the First Methodist
Church of Ypsilanti, Mich. During
his four years in North Carolina
Mr. McDonald has doubled the col
lege glee club size and has orga
nized a sccond group from which
he draws material for the concert
organization.
In addition to the Russian relig
ious compositions, negro spirituals
and secular numbers .sung by the
entire glee club, the Winston-
Salem program will include special
solo features. Roy Suber of Whit
mire, S. C., student of piano and
organ at Davidson ' and accompanist
for the glee club, will play a piano
number, Chopin’s ‘ ‘ Militaire Polo
naise, ” while a quartet will sing
“Stars of the Summer Night,”
Woodbury, and the traditional col
lege song, “Nut Brown Maiden.”
MORINI THRILLS
CONCERT AUDIENCE
When Erica Morini appeared in
a violin concert at Reynolds Me
morial Auditorium last Tuesday
night, she delighted and enthralled
a large audience consisting of many
Salem students. Miss Morini’s
playing was not only technically
perfect, but it was characterized by
a richness and depth of feeling
which appears only in the great.
Her program was an exceedingly
difficult one, but it showed her
great virtuosity to an advantage,
and she did not spoil the spirit of
her numbers by obliging with en
cores until the conclusion of the
printed program.
Erica Morini is still young, and
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SECOND SEMESTER
REGISTRATION REGINS
Second semester preliminary reg
istration is being completed this
week. The following courses are be
ing offered as electives next se
mester:
Art 20 (modern art)
Chemistry 104
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CHRISTMAS LISTS!
This year the Seniors are
again compiling Christmas lists
for students and faculty. These
lists will include the name and
address of each student and fac
ulty member of the college and
may be secured at a small cost.
Any person whose address will
be changed for the holiday
period please hand in new ad
dress to Kathryn Cole in order
that the list may be as complete
and as correct as possible.