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SALEM COLLEGE LIBRAHY
Wixutoo-Salem, North Caralioa
VOL. XXV.
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, January 12, 1945.
Number 1 2.
Pianist Gives
Concert
.Simon Barere, piuiiist, appeared
in concert in R'eynolds auditorium
Tuesday night, January 9. Mr.
Barere gave a concentrated but ivell
balanced program, which was mark
ed with clarity and precision.
The.se qualities were especially
evident in his opening number,
“Chromatic Fnntasie and Fugue”
by Bach, and also in the “Gigue”
by Loeillet, He showed great facility
and perfection of technique in the
Chopin Etudes in C major and F
major, opu.s 10, and in the “Scherzo
in C-sharp minor”. Tlie “Ballade in
F minor” by Chopin was perhaps the
best number of the program in in
terpretation.
Mr. Barere played RaehmaninofE’s
“Prelude in G-sharp minor” and
“Etude Tableau”, opus 39, expres
sively and fluently. A “Polka” al
so by RachmaninofE created a light
er mood and ^demonstrated Mr.
Barere’s versatiliy.
The program closed with a bril
liant rendition of the “Rhapsody
No. 12” by Franz Liszt.
Slo4iti 0*1
In
By Hazel Watts
The German bulge is slowly be
ing sheared down by the American
and British trooj>s. The British have
just retaken twenty-five square
miles; the Vanks are fighting from
town to town.
The German salient has proved
beyond doubt that Germany is still
far from being de^^’ated. She is still
a power to be reckoned with. The
Nazis are masters of fighting delay
ing action. In Italy, the Allie.s have
gone little more than half way up
the “boot” since the 1948 invasion.
Germany has reproduced her Luf-
twaffle which, although it cannot be
compared in strength to the AJlied
air power, is still effective in taking
a toll of our planes. This salient
seems to prove that the Germans will
fight to the last ditcli. Tlie longer
the Nazis can keep the Allies out of
Germany in any strength, the great
er Germany’s chance to build up
her resistance.
On the eastern front, the Nazis
are fighting stubbornly from house
to house in Budapest. The Russians
have overcome repeated Nazi
counterattacks and are now in pos
session of the greater part of the
completely devastated Hungarian
capital. Upon the complete capture
of Budapest, the Russians will con
trol that section of the Danube.
The news continues to be good
from the Pacific. MacArthur follow
ed up the invasion of Mindoro Island
with an immense invasion of Luzon,
the main island in the Philippines.
The Japanese reported the invasion
three days before Admiral Nimitz
and and General MacArthur con
firmed it. The landings took place
on took place on the northwest side
of the island and over 800 ships
helped land 100,000 troops. The
Japanese retreated and the Ameri
cans have now advances several
miles inland.
Tuesday Assembly
Assembly on Tuesday, January 9,
was devoted to Student Activities.
Molly Boseinan presided.
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Lt. Kenyon Is Cited
For Combat Service
SIMON BARERE, Russian Pianist.
Feels Music Is
“Music is as good as it is play
ed. ('lassical music can be ruined by
a hiul performance just as non-
classical music can be glorified by
a goo'l pei'formance.” Simon Barere
thus stated his theory of good music
as ho ate breakfast and talked to
reporters Tuesday morning in the
Robert E. Lee Hotel.
The short, fat little man, who in
sisted on serving his interviewers
coffee, was free with information al-
thougli he spoke with some hesita
tion. .After five years in this country
lie is still having trouble with the
Hnglish language and cannot find
exactly the right word, when he is
ordering, for in.stance, “scrambled”
eggs.
A favorite topic of conversation,
we soon found, is Mr. Barere’s
twenty-one year old son now in Italy
serving in the army of the I^. S.
The son is also a “very good
pianist”.
-Mr. Barere was eager also, how'-
ever, to speak of his native country,
Russia, and of music.
“Music means more to Russians
than to Americans,” he said. “Bread
and art are the staff of life to
the Russian people.” Mr. Barere feels
that music is rapidly becoming of
more international interest, how
ever, because of the great number
of foreign born musicians who have
come to the United States. “Pupils
Freshmen Sponsor
Waste Paper Drive
The freshman class _is sponsoring
at Salem the waste paper drive be
ing carried on throughout the nation
this week. Containers for news-
(>apers, magazines, and waste paper
have V)een placed in each dormitory,
and every student is asked to co
operate in the drive which ends
Saturday.
In charge of collection in each
dormitory are Peggy Gray and Mar
garet Ra3Tial, Clewell; Katherine
Ballew, Strong; Dotty Smith, Leh
man; Margaret Spillman, Society;
and Katherine Gregory and Mary
Turner, Sisters’.
no longer need to go to Europe to
musicians come to America,” he said.
“Our large orchestras arc full of
foreign born musicians who as they
grow old will be replaced by young
er people of this country who have
played beside them.”
Mr. Barere feels that music is and
ought to be international. “That is
why they let me leave my country,”
he said. “I cannot talk to a Chinese,
but 1 can play for him ami we botir
share the same einotions and feel
ings.”
Tlie second interest of Mr. Barere
is literature. He says, “If 1 were
not a pianist, 1 would be a writer.
1 don’t read as most jieople do—
turning pages—I always re-read the
page to see what I’ve missed.”
Tlie difference in Russian litera
ture and. American literature about
Russia is, Mr. Barere pointed ou\,
that Ifussian writers write of Russia
for Russia, while our correspondents
write for the American people.
Tlie pianist like.s to arrive a day
before he is to give a concert in a
town so tliat he can rest and look
over his jiiano. Making no excep
tions for \Vinst6ii-SaU*ni, he arriv
ed here Monday morning and spent
a “delightful day” before anyone—
including Mrs. Rainey, head of Civic
Music, and tlie newspaper—knew he
was here. Part of the entertainment
for the day was a hike from the
Robert K. Lee to Reynolds Audi
torium! lie told' us, “I got lost
before I got back!”
Lt. Park Likes Job
As Medical Dietician
Lt. Mary Louise Park, who gradu
ated from Salem in 1943, is now a
dietician in tho medical corps of the
Army.
Daugliter of Mr. and Mrs. A. D.
Park of 177 Park Circle, Winston-
Salem, Lt. Park majored in home
economics here and' took dietary
training at Watts Hospital in Dur
ham. She took her basic training for
the army at Camp Rucker and has
been stationed at Lawson General
Hospital in Atlanta since October.
Just now she is home on a six-day
furlough before going to Fort Sheri
dan, Illinois, to attend a special
school for studying the reconverting
of dehydrated foods.
Mrs. Herrin
Is Recorder
The latest addition to the admini
stration is the new Recorder Mrs.
Ada Lee Herrin who, since the Christ
mas holidays, has taken over the
duties of Mrs. Edwin M. Leight.
Mrs. Herrin of Wake Forest, N. C.
attended Salem for two years^ and
was graduated from Wake Forest
College in 1940. Previous to join
ing the Salem administration, she
taught in the Wake County schools.
Her husband, Aviation Cadet C. A.
Herrin, Jr., is at the present hospi
talized, she tells us, in San Antonio,
Texas.
First Semester
Exams Begin
Examinations for the first semes
ter, 1944-45, will begin Saturday,
January 20, 1945, and will continue
througli Friday, January 26, accord
ing to the schedule posted on the
Main Hall bulletin board. The morn
ing examinations begin at nine
o’clock in the rooms listed on the
schedule.
Reading Day, a day of study
granted the students by the faculty,
will be t'riday, January 19. All on-
campus students are restricted to
the campus this day.
The examination fee of twenty-
five cents for Blue Books must be
paid to the Book Store before any
student will be permitted to take
an examination.
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1R Club Gives
War Pictures
The International Relations Club
sponsored two movies which were
showni Mond.-iy night, January 8,
in the Day Students Center. Mr.
West, from the Office of Flying
Safety, presented these very *in-
teresting pictures. They were Leap
frog and Our Ally Britain.
Leapfrog showed how many
Pacific islands have been taken
over by the Allied pow’ers in making
a route straight to Tokyo. Many
scenes showed how air fields are
constructed in almost impenetrable
jungles, and how stations are set
np in record time.'
Our Ally Britain was a very en
lightening picture on England. It
contrasted, the governments of Eng
land and the United States, only
clarifying the fact that they are
essentially the same, because both
countries want freedom for their
people, even though Britian is ruled
by a king and Parliament, and the
United States by a president and
Congress. It compared the American
boy to the English boy showing
they are much alike except in minor
characteristics such as speech, and
a preference for cricket and tea in
stead of baseball and coffee. The
picture showed that the English and
Americans are alike in that they
both want a free and decent world
for their children to grow up in.
* (,ig) Lawrence H. Kenyon of
the Ignited States Navy, former art
instructor at Salem, has recently
been cited for outstanding service
duty. The citation reads us follows:
“For meritorious service in the
line of his profession as Air Combat
Information Officer of a fighting
plane squadron operating against the
enemy during 1944. In his official
capacity, he flew over enemy ob
jectives and thereby coordinated
and improved the information which
it was his duty to disseminate. Care
ful research and study permitted
him to contribute information to
the entire Air Group as well as his
own squadron, thereby improving
the results obtained by operations
against enemy installations and ship
ping in the V'iciiiity of the Marianas
and Bonin Islands. His performance
of duty w.'is at all times in keeping
with the highest traditions of the
Naval Service.”
C. W’. Nimitz
Admiral, X^. S. Navy
W'hile at Salem, Lt. Kenyon made
many friends, both among the stu
dents and faculty. He has been in
the service two years. For those in
terested, his ad-dress is:
I-'t- (jg) L. H. Kenyon, USNR
Air Group Ninety-Eight
C/o Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, California
Visits
Salem Campus
Upon investigation we confirmed
the rumors that Life Magazine’s
photographer was on the Salem Col
lege campus several weeks before
Chri.stmas. Miss Nettie Allen Tho
mas accompanied the photographers
to Salem, but was unable to report
exactly for what the pictures were
taken. Even the photographer was
not sure; but ho seemed to think
that Life was going to run an article
on North Carolina and would pro
bably feature pictures of Winston-
Salem including several of the col
leges. The photographer thought'
this would probably appear in a
January issue.
^^Dry Bones Live/*
Says Dr. Anscombe
“Can These Dry Bones Livel” was
the topic used .by Dr. Anscombe
when ho spoke in assembly Thurs
day, January 11. Dr. Anscombe took
as his text the story of the captive,
Ezekial, and compared the world
of Ezekial with our world today.
Today with nations wrecked, cities
ruined, and spirit dead, the same
question can be asked and God still
answers, “Proclaim.”
Dr. Anscombe cited many inci
dents from history dealing with the
country of Arabia and its surround
ing countries and stated that these
countries were now being revived.
Dr. Anscombe closed his talk by
saying that we are now living in an ■
age when old Bible lands, forgotten
for 2000 years, are -«oming to life
again. The spirit of history and
the spirit of time tells the dry bones
to live. He predicted that Arabia
will become one of the most out
standing countries of the world.
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