Friday, February 19, 1943.
THE SALEMITE
Page Three.
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them. But much to the dismay of
the children, an ugly old witch
comes out and clapps Hansel into a
cage. In trying to make Gretel
look into the oven, the witch her
self is pushed into the coals. Then
the children use the witch’s magic
wand to release all of the cookie
chUdren who have fallen victims to
the witch’s evil magic. The father
and mother find the children here;
and there is great rejoicing by the
parents, children, and all the boys
and girls released by the broken
spell.
The opera provides much excite
ment and merriment. Gretel teaches
the awkward Hansel to dance, and
Hansel frequently collects a family
of splinters as he scurries under the
table to escape the anger of his
mother. But he soon forgets that as
he slyly licks up cream from his
fingers after his mother accidental
ly knocks the bowl of cream off the
table. When the children have left
the house, the father enters—he has
undoubtedly been celebrating, some
what. But he also brings a basket
of groceries to fill the bare cupboard.
This completely overwhelms the
mother, for he has also brought a
quarter pound of coffee! The sec
ond act features the lovely coo-koo
chorus between the children and an
off-stage chorus. Later the angels
enter after the children go to sleep,
and the act ends with an angel
pantomime, produced by the Dorm-
iny tudios. The last act’s witch’s
cottage is a dream. Those cookies
really do taste good! Somehow we
cringe in rehearsal, however, when
the witch crams a handful of rais
ins into Hansel’s mouth and half of
them fall on the floor!
It is a joyous opera, one on which
the girls and helpers have-worked
many an hour. The cast at Salem
will feature Peggy Baton as Gretel,
Mildred Transou as Hansel, Ella Lou
Taylor as the Witch, Mrs. Nell Starr
as the mother, and Giles Smith as
the father. Arthur Steere will con
duct the orchestra, made up of local
instrumentalists.
The opera is also being presented
at Gray, Hanes and Eeynolda High
with the alternating cast in
cluding Jane Frazier, Norma
Rhoades, Diana Dyer, Ann Jeanne
Bunch, and Arthur Steere. Eobert
Mayer will conduct the two per
formances at Hanes and Eeynolds.
The make-up will be under the sup
ervision of Mrs. Bruce Williams and
Jacque Dash.
We have all just seen “The Bat,”
which proved to us how refreshing,
delightful, and thoroughly entertain
ing opera is. S’o be at the Old
Chapel next Thursday night and
Salem s'tudenta will present you with
a most enjoyable evening.
—BOND DRIVE
the submitted photograph displays.
The Bond Queen will be selected by
the same judges, and Associated Col
legiate Press and Collegiate Digest
will present her with a fifty-dollar
War Bond. Pictures of the semi
finalists will appear in Collegiate
Digest, and the Bond Quenn’s pic
ture will be in the following issue.
Whether or not we have such a
contest on the Salem Campus de
pends upon the interest and cooper
ation of the students. Numbers of
those on campus have already ex
pressed their approval of the con
test:
Miss Lawrence and Miss Turling
ton have stated that we need to
have another .bond and stamp drive,
and that this will be a good way in
which to do it.
Mr. Weinland: “An excellent
idea! The administration will be
behind it.”
Sara Henry: “A fine way to pro
mote the stamp sales.”
Lucy Farmer: “Sometimes we are
negligent about buying stamps; a
contest will be a reminder.”
Elizabeth Jones: “It will arouse
the interest of the students, and will
also indicate to the public that Sa
lem is behind the war program.”
Others . . . freshmen, sophomores,
juniors . . . have expressed similar
opinions; but to even begin such a
contest, it will be necessary for the
entire student body to be working
for it. If the students express their
willingness to cooperate, we’ll start
immediately to hook Salem up with
the nation search for beauty—and
for bonds. So start saving, Girls,
and let the Salemite have your
pros and cons tonight.
TWIN CITV
IdCY OCANiKO col
DIAL 7106
612 West Fourth St.
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