Friday. May 14. 1943.
THE SALEMITE
Page Three.
Field Trips Are So-o-o Educational
(Naney Stone)
The other aspiring designer and
I piled hopefully into the instruc
tor’s ear. With eyes bright with
anticipation we were now on our
way to take the long-awaited tour
supposed to aid our creative in
stincts. We settled our pencils and
sketch pads on the seats and waited
with indrawn breaths for our first
stop—the Reynolds Building.
From the building we were sup
posed to glean the inspiration for
a dress. We leapt from the car
and began scanning intently the
stylized decorations on the build
ing—backing up artist-like, squint
ing professionally. Mutters of “in
teresting pattern for a print” came
from my fellow student. So engross
ed were we, that we were quite
unaware of the bizzare effect we
gave—blocking the sidewalk, scrib
bling madly and gazing intently at
th peak of the building. At one
point my companion forgot that traf
fic ran down Main street at noon
—and backed into the asphalt to
get a better view. A screech of
brakes and a muttered, “Darn screw
ball” on the part of the taxi driver
saved her from a severe whack in
the nether regions.
After copying faithfully th? de
tails of the Reynolds building, we
traveled to the Telephone building.
Again we stared, scribbled, and mut
tered. Just as we were leaving—
with necks cramped from so much
upward grazing—two uniformed men
grabbed us firmly by the arms and
scattered our precious sketches to
the winds. “Just what,” they bel
lowed, “are you doing? They put
folks in jail for activities like
this!”
Weakly we assured them that
sabotage was not intended—and that
we were liieek and lowly students of
Costume Design. Gathering up our
papers, dignity, and courage we de
parted.
Children were playing in front
of the church as we went in—and
each dropped his jaw open to reg
ister amazement. The inside was
cool and quiet. With a completely
unsanctified air I went about copy
ing the colors in the windows—■
“cathedral colors” I would call my
creation.
As I gazed at the stained glass
windows, a feeling of awe and al
most reverence came over me. My
matter-of-fact contemplations were
broken, and I walked quietly out
into the open to turn my sketching
to outside views. Tlie children
thought this fine sj>ort—and nudged
each other, pointed and giggled-
One grimy eight-year-old made
whirling motions with his forefinger.
Completely disgruntled ajid with a
last-straw feeling, I strode to the
ear and slammed the door. Idly I
looked over both of my drawings,
and mused over a statement once
heard, “Field trips are so-o-o edu
cational.” -
—DEHYDRATED—
Africa, the E. A. F. dumped a
heavy bomb tonnage on Duisburg, a
steel, railway, and waterway center
in western Germany.
Other good news from this front
poured in from Holland and Bel
gium. A revolt in occupied Holland
spread like German measles across
the border to Belgium. Other ac
counts of sabotage seeped in from
Poland, Yugoslavia, Norway and
^feece.
0^^ THE AMERICAN FRONT-
Tuesday night Prime Minister
Kinston Churchill arrived in the IX.
S', to confer with the President and
other Allied leaders. Not until Wed
nesday did the world realize the
exact nature of the conference. Then
the press discovered that the lead
ers had Pacific plans up their sleeves.
Present at the fifth meeting of Al
lied chieftains are such notables as
Sir Archibald Wavell, Commander
in India; Sir James Somerville,
Commander of the Eastern Fleet;
Sir Richard Peirse, Indian Air Of
ficer; Gen. Sir Alan Brooke, Chief
of General Staif; Sir Dudley Pound,
First Sea Lord; and Sir Charles
Portal, Air Chief Staff. After look
ing over the list, the world deduced
that all war theatres and strategies
are under heated discussions. The
conference faces many knotty prob
lems: the de Gaulle-Giraud friction,
Polish-Eussian relations, the German
prisoner problem, and the European
invasion.
In Congress a measure has been
proposed to enable the gov'ernment
to delay strikes for 90 days.
The U. S. has also announced that
it has built enough war factories,
for the duration.
NOTICE!
Let’s make the Salem College
Art Exhibit a success! Bring
your hobby art for the hobby
corner—cartoons and sketches of
college life—portrait sketches—
art work and craft work—to the
art studio by Wednesday, May
19. The exhibit will be held in
the Club Dining Eoom.
McMURRAY IS NEW
SPANISH CLUB HEAD
On Tuesday night the Spanish
Club met and elected officers for
the coming year. They are as fol
lows: President, Virginia McMur-
ray; vice-president, Elizabeth Bern
hardt; secretary, Luanne Davis;
and treasurer, Mary Lou Stack.
Sebia Midgett will be editor of
Apuntes Espanol.
After the election the members
njoyed a few games of bridge, while
efreshments were served.
—SHAMEL—
Yes, room-drawing is over and all
the agony that accompanies it—
roommates are happy; rooms have
been swapped (and some still in the
process); and everything is fine—
except the seniors do feel oh, so
left out. Well, we’ll miss you too.
But this is no time for weeping, or
crossing bridges before ... or count
ing the chickens before . . . T'here’s
a big week-end at Davidson, start
ing Friday till (?) Off they go,
NORMIE, CAROLYN, MOTT,
BUTCH, JULIA GARRETT, STU
(poison oak and all) and KHACKY.
Perhaps there are more, but we’ll
have to let you know about that
next week. But one last plea, girls,
remember I. R'. S.
Then there was SUE at Davidson
last week-end. And imagine our sur
prise when we asked enthusiastical
ly “Well, how was the dance?” and
we received an equally enthusiastic
answer “Oh, we didn’t go to the
dance, but it was a wonderful w'eek-
end.”
LAURA HINE seems to have had
a wonderful time at the Med dance
last Saturday night, but we hear
luite a different report from ADELE
and CHARLOTTE RICHARDS —
seems the weather was a little too
warm, or something to that effect.
And then there was JANE FRAZ
IER who was lamenting that every-
body, positively everybody, was
turning out for the affair ■ except
her.
KATY LOVE eyed with envy the
girls who ;ivere invited up to Hang
ing Rock to the Signal Corps party
—her Henry is up there, you know.
And while we’re on the subject of
said party, we must mention JOHN
NIE SAYLER’S embarrassment
when she ran into two old friends.
NOR'MIE is literally claiming
kissing kin with the Suttons of
Fayetteville after last week-end.
Chee, the family was wonderful.
And then there’s a story of COOT
IE’S er, ah, graduating present.
Mrs. Richmond was sweet to send
her a white satin night-gown, wasn’t
she?
Has anyone been deprived of the
privilege of seeing SEVILLE’S new
picture of Ed? If so, she will be
welcomed in 205 Clewell.
If, when passing the Day Stud-
nts ’ Center, your conversation is
completely drowned out it is only
S'ARAH HEGE conversing in French
(she’s a wonderful torch-bearer, Dr.
Downs) or more likely FRATffCES
KRITES telling her' story of little
Hed Riding Hood—with colored il-
“BATRE!”
(Peggy Nimocks)
Ho-ley— di-bo-ki — wotten —
dotten-choo—sold to the highest
bidder—room 279, was the sound
heard on Wednesday night as hun
dreds of room-hunting hags gath
ered to find a spot of comfort to
live in next year.
“No, I want that room.”
“You can’t have it; I have it
engaged.”
“Engaged! Why you son-of-a-sea-
cook, if you dare to move in I’ll
sleep on top of you”—
And so the battle started.
Rooms! Rooms! Rooms! 275 is
not taken—1013 isn’t taken— inspec
tion of respective rooms. Just as
I thought . . . I’ll take the “tub
room.”
“Anybody want a roommate?
Along with the turmoil of rooms
comes roommate trouble! Some
body ain’t got a sleeping partner.
Too bad, take a transfer.
After effects: Let’s see now—you
swap with Suzie; Jane moves out
of there; Liz moves in; and Ginny
may not come back; so Jane rooms
with Mary; Mary’s engaged so Jane
hanges plans. TVo with; two
without and still going strong! Jane
takes th’ transfer. And on into
the hours this infernal fire burns.
After the motley battle, all we
were able to do was to grab the
nearest clothes pin and stick it on
our respective noses and thank Zeus
that we couldn’t live on but one
floor, and with but one girl, and
the event of room drawing was
over!
TEACHINGISFUN
(Rosalind Clark)
Have you ever seen a station
wagon pulling away from ye olde
campus at the luxurious hour of
9:30, and did you ever envy the
heaps of good-looking gals (Salem—
beyond a doubt) who looked at you
equally as envious? Well, they have
more of a reason to envy than you
have. They are going out on their
duty as practice teachers (Need I
say more?) which lasts morning aft
er morning for six weeks or mor^.N
Anyway it is different—where else
would you find out that your solid
name was “Cutie,” and that “neck
ing” rhymes with “peeking.” Of
course it is quite a shock for the
pipsqueaks to tell you to take out
your gum ’cause they can’t make
out what you’re mumbling or to
suddenly pop up and ask for a date.
Then after the trial and error meth
od, you put the thumbscrews on
and never say, “Will you please do
this,” but instead say, “Now list
en here, you rats, you’re going to
do this or else—!” Of course you
always have the'lessona planned be
fore and long in advance so you
lever have to rush. (Enough of
that).
Maybe you’ll keep on being a
teacher, and after you have se-
‘ured the jiosition of professor in
a famous university and you find
that lots of yqur former friends
don’t remember you, come back to
the school where you practiced teach
ing and they’ll remember you.
lustrations.
You must see BIDDY CRESS’S
new ring . . . Poor LOUISE TAY
LOR has lost ’em all to the Army—
Tommy left Wednesday . . . MAR
THA is closing with Mrs. Rondthal-
er’s words to tanned DORIS SMITH:
“DoTis, you just aren’t going to
take JANE RIERSON to the mov
ies an afternoon next week!” . . .
Take heed, girls; it is pretty close
to exam time.
—STOKES—
—MARSHALS—
is the girl who smiles all over when
she speaks to you. It’s fun to
watch those eyes twinkle. Mary
Lucy may be found down on the
athletic field most any time because
she is interested in all sports.
She has served as vice-president of
her class, treasurer of A. A. A. and
will serve as treasurer of Stee Gee
next year. She maintains a high
scholastic record, thus showing that
she is conscientious and dependable.
Then I heard a voice “like a bolt
from the .blue” which could have
come from none other than Jane
Frazier. Yes, petite Janie, but quite
capable just the same. She has
served as treasurer and vice-presi
dent of her class and has been very
outstanding in the Pierrette Play
ers. Janie has all the qualifications
of a marshall—even to her blonde
hair, good looks, and her conscien
tiousness.
Congratulations new marshalls and
rising senior class for your choice.
Polonais in C sharp minor and Valse
Brillante showed excellent interpre
tation of two difficult numbers.
In the modern group, Aline began
with Autumn by Chaminade, in
which she lost herself entirely in
the interpretation. A fascinating
number was Serenade by Rachman
inoff. Two very interesting num
bers were A Ghost Story and The
Punch and Judy Show, both by Goas-
sens. These modern numbers showed
her feeling very definitely for the
nodern idiom.
The climax of the recital was the
performance of Mendelssohn’s Con
certo in D Minor, with Dr. Vardell
at the piano. This proved to be one
of the loveliest concertos to have
been played, and Aline came forth
with all her ability.
Peggy Eaton, soprano, was Alme’s
able assistant. Peggy sang Ich
Liebe Dich by Beethoven; Verge-
bliches Stanchen by Brahms— which
was a dialogue, portraying Peggy’s
dramatic qualities—and Mine by
Schubert. Peggy’s voice was clear
and her tone was full.
In her second group, Peggy sang
the enchanting The Sleep That Flits
on Baby’s Byes by Carpenter; Silent
Noon by Vaughan Williams, a num
ber which she sang with much feel
ing, and the lively Under the Green
wood Trete by Buzzi-Peccia. This
number was one of the most out
standing of Peggy’s selections.
The recital was one of color and
brilliancy. 1'he audience thorough
ly appreciated and was well aware of
Aline’s talent—their enthusiastic
applause proved that.
WHAT, WHEN,
WHERE
WHAT': Soph-Sr. Softball Game.
WHEN: 7:00 P. M. Friday.
WHERE: Athletic Field.
WHAT: Academy Play.
WHEN: 7:15 P. M. Saturday.
WHERE: May Day Dell.
WHAT: Broadcast.
WHEN: 8:30 P. M. Sunday.
WIHERE: Memorial Hall, WSJS
WHAT: Fr.-Jr. Softball Game.
WHEN: 7:00- P. M. Monday.
WHERE: Athletic Field.
WHAT: Elizabeth Johnston’s Recital
WHEN: 8:30 P. M. Monday.
WHERE: Memorial Hall.
WHAT: Dr. Dwight Ware.
WHEN: Tuesday.
WHERE. Chapel.
WHAT: Latin Club Picnic.
WiHEN: 6:00 P.'M. Wednesday.
WHEITE: Fire Place.
WHAT: German Club.
WHEN: 7:00 P. M. Wednesday.
WHERE: Bitting Basement.
WHAT: Mr. Weinland.
WHEN: Thursday.
WHERE: Chapel.
WHAT: Annie Hyman Bunn Recital
WHEN: 8:30 P. M. Thursday.
WHERE: Memorial HalL
Freude, die Wonne denn tragen”
(Magelone) by Brahms- were sung
,vith deep feeling and clear, ringing
tones. Her German pronunciation
was excellent. A pleasant surprise
was the brilliant aria: “Qui la voce
sua soane” (il Puritani) by Bellini
n which Laura Emily Pitts played
a flute accompaniment on the last
cadenza. Lindy seemed to put her
whole self into her singing. It
would be hard to decide who en
joyed it the most—Lindy or the
audience. Laura Emily Pitts dis
played her versatility in alternat
ing between the piano and flute.
Shelaid down the flute just in time
to play the last big chord on the
piano.
The program coi^cluded with a
group of modern compositions:
Beau Soir” by Debussy, the fa
miliar “WJhen Celia Sings” by Moir,
“My Lady Lofu” by Warren, and
"Tlie Maids of Cadiz” by Delibes.
Lindy’s gestures added much to the
last song: we expected to see her
wing into a dance any moment.
When we walked back stage, we
thought we had lost our direction
and had ended up in a florist shop.
Out of such an array it would be
hard to choose the flowers we liked
best, but we particularly liked the
bouquet of yellow roses and iris
tied with matching ribbon.
Judging by the enthusiastic ap
plause, the only thing wrong was
that Lindy’s recital was over too
soon.
HOME EC. ClUe
HAS RECEPTION
The silver si>oon Mrs. Meinung
used to dip the launch at the Home
Economics Club reception was made
in 1797. Mrs. Meinung is the fifth
generation of her family to own this
valuable heirloom.
Tlie reception, at which this al
most two-century-old spoon was used,
was the bright spot of the campus
Tuesday night. It was held in the
Lizora Fortune Hanes Practice
House wliich was decorated with iris,
ragged robins and pink carnations.
Receiving at the door were pres
ent officers of the club and other
members of the executive board:
Ethel Stevens, president; Irene Coop-
vice-president; Becky Cozart,
secretary; and Alyce Stevens, treas
urer; Molly Boseman; Sara Bowen;
and Lois Swain.
Mrs. Meinung presided at the
punch bow"! in the dining room and
Miss Crow assisted in receiving and
serving the guests.
The recently-elected officers of the
club for next year received in the
dining room. They are: Charlotte
Richards, president; Treva Miller,
vice-president; Mary Alice Neilson,
secretary; and Molly Cameron, treas
urer. Also assisting in this room
were Elizabeth Willis and Margaret
Ardrey.
About 50 guests called between 8
and 9 o’clock and were served
punch, sandwiches, cakes, and nuts.
PUBLIC SCHOOL MUSIC
TEACHERS HAVE PARTY
On Tuesday evening in the club
dining room Katy Bly Love, Louise
Taylor, Juanita Miller, Peggy Ea
ton and Marie Jones were hostesses
to Mrs. Mary Stagg, Mrs. Pleasants,
Mrs. Lacy Butler, Mrs. Eric Det-
mold, Mrs. Amelia Daniel and Mis^
es Willow Benbow, Alice Hoff
mann, Helen Misenheimer, Augusta
Wright, Frances Wortham, Mabel
Reid and Mayme Porter.
The guests at the party were teach
ers in public school music under
whose supervision the students had
practice taught.
AT THE THEATRES
Carolina:
Mon. - Tues. - Wed.: “The Navy
Comes TTirough.”
Thur. - Fri. - Sat.: “Pride of the
Yankees.”
State:
Mon. - Tues. - Wed.: “Reveille
with Beverly.”
Thur. - Fri. - S'at.; “Swing Your
Partner.”
Forsyth:
Mon. - Tues.: “White Cargo.”
Wednesday: “Meanest Man in the
Wiorld.”
Thursday: “'Glass Key.”
Fri. - Sat.: “Algiers.”
Colonial:
Mon. - Tues.: “Mysterious Doc
tor.”
Wednesday: “Once Upon a Hon
eymoon.”
Thursday: ‘ ‘ Silent Witness.’ ’
Fri. - Sat.: “Lost Canyon.”