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Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, April 13, 1945.
Number 21
Campus Mourns Roosevelt
Major Seminars
To Be Required
For Next Year
Beginning in the spring of
next year Comprehensive Ex
aminations in the departments
of History, English, Modern
Languages, Economics and
Sociology, Education and Psy
chology, and Classical Langu
ages will be given in place of
the G. R. E. examinations.
These examinations are being add
ed as a part of the general cur
riculum after much study on the
part of the faculty and administra
tion. They are designed “To make
the learning of the student more
consecutive and also more perman
ent. At the same time they shoul^
stimulate the student’s ability to
think critically, and should make her
aware of the greater depth and
breadth of her specific field of con
centration. ‘‘The regulations and
details will be under the head of the
department in which the student is
majoring.
In line* with this, a new course,
termed Senior Seminar 390, will be
added to the curriculum. This will
meet onp hour a week for the majors
in the department and will be con
ducted by the members of the de
partmental staff. If a student is
majoring in two fields he may choose
one field for the seminar. Arrange
ments are being made, also, so that
minors may visit another seminar.
Hazel Watts Wins
Graduate Award
Hazel Watts, of Taylorsville, has
been awarded one of ten Southern
Regional fellowships in Public Ad
ministration. The fellowships are
offered by the Universities of
Alabama, Kentucky,, and Tennessee,
under their Southern Regional Train
ing Program.
Hazel was required to place an
application with the Program which
included writing an opinionated
paper on Public Administration in
the South. In addition, she took a
battery of tests covering law apti
tude, intelligence, and personality
inventory. '
Beginning in June, 1945, the
fellows spend about three mouths
as intern in regional governmental
offices. After this they will spend
one quarter in study on the campus
of each university—Alabama in the
fall, Tennessee in the winter, and
Kentucky in the spring. At the end
of the twelve-month training period,
each fellow will be awarded a Cer
tificate in Public Administration.
Library Contest
Nears Deadline
The librarians have announced
that* all names of the girls enter
ing the library contept must be in
by April 23. After this date no
girl is eligible to enter. The book
list date will be May 1. The awards
will be made in the early part of
May.
The maximum number of books to
be listed is thirty. For the juniors
and seniors, the books must be the
property of the girl and no class
room books are acceptable. For the
freshmen, and sophomores, the list
must be typewritten and here, too,
is a maximum of 30. The list must
give the name of the book, author,
publisher, price and brief notes
stating reason for student’s choice.
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JULIA GAEEETT
Julia Garrett
Gets May Day
Julia Garrett was elected May
Day Chairman in the election for that
office held Wednesday. The other
candidate for the position was Jane
Bell of Raleigh.
Julia, who hails from Knoxville,
Tennessee, is an outstanding member
of the Junior class. She will be on
the May Court this spring for the
third straight year and is also a
marshal, a member of the Home
Economics Club and a player on the
hockey team. She has done extensive
art work in collaboration with the
Pierrettes and other Salem activi
ties. Her Freshman year she was
Bond Queen.
Julia says regarding plans for
next year’s May Day, “We hope to
have a committee of girls who will
work with the Student Forum which
the upeomiug Student President will
foster, and who will make next
year’s May Day the truly outstand
ing feature of the year.”
Pay Your Endowment!
The Treasurer’s Office has request
ed that girls who have pledged a
certain amount to the Endowment
Fund please make payments. As yet
this year, very few Salemites have
paid their pledges. Pay yours now!
Sophomores Take Tests
Comprehensive tests were given
the members of the Sophomore Class
Thursday and Friday afternoons
from two until six o’clock. These
tests are given each year to the
rising Junior class. This year, how
ever, the English tests were omitted.
Junior-Senior Dance
Will Be Postponed
Walton To Be
Chief Marshal
Henrietta Walton, of Mor-
ganton, was elected Chief Mar
shal by the student body in
Friday’s election. She won
over Sally Boswell and Maria
Hicks.
Henrietta is a member of the
present sophomore class and has been
active in campus activities during
her two years at Salem. She is an
Home Economics Major. She has
been a member of the May Court
for both years, and has been an
active participant in the athletic
life of Salem playing on her class
hockey, basketball, and softball
ieanis. Henrietta has been selected
a member of the hockey sub-varsity
team this year. She is a member of
both the Home Economies Club and
of the Lablings.
Henrietta will succeed Lou Stack
as Chief Marshal and will head the
six Senior Marshals, to be chosen
by next year’s senior class, in activi
ties throughout the year and dur
ing graduation.
Lablings Hear
Mr. Doane
“Water is a big subject and I
can’t cover it all; so I shall not
make a speech. I’ll just talk,” be
gan Mr. Norman Doane at an ad
dress he made to the “Lablings”
Tuesday night, April 10. Mr. Doane
is from Charlotte and was the guest
speaker for the meeting.
Mr. Doane said that man has been
trying to purify and soften water
for many years. At first hme was
added to hard water to precipitate
solid calcium carbonate. Next zeolite,
a compound of various compositions,
was developed to soften water. This
was a cheap method but it was
necessary to add sodium hydroxide
to neutralize the acid formed by
the zeolite, thus forming ahotlier
salt in the water. Then the chemists
devised a method of running the
water through aii alkaline medium to
absorb the acid.
The annual Junior - Senior
Dance, scheduled for Saturday
night, April 14, was postponed
at a .ioint class meeting held
Friday afternoon after Presi
dent Truman’s declaration of
Saturday as a national day of
mourning throughout the Unit
ed States. Other North Carolina
colleges and universities had
already called off social events
on their campuses for Saturday.
' The ' change of plans involves
serious difficulties for the juniors
who had made elaborate plans, some
of which still have not been reveal
ed. It is hoped that the dance can
be held next Saturday, April 21,
and that the orchestra from Greens-
boro which was to play can be re
engaged for that date. ■
Committees planning the dance,
supervised by Doris Little, Junior
Class President, are as follows: De
corations: Julia Garrett and Helen
MacMillan; Refreshments: Winfred
Wall and Virginia Mclver; Music:
Grace Lane; and Invitations: Bar
bara Watkins.
Mrs. Ogburn Joins
Salem Faculty
Mrs. Thomas Lynn Ogburn has
been selected to succeed Miss
Naomi Kark as head of the Salem
art department. Mrs. Ogburn, whose
home is in Winston-Salem, taught at
Salem from September, 1935 until
June, 1940.
She received her B. A. at Mere
dith College in Raleigh and studied
further at the National Academy
of Design in New York City. She has
done extensive work in painting
landscapes and portraits.
Scholarships Offered
Freshmen of I946
Three competitive scholarships of
$400 each will be offered to en
tering freshman, beginning in 1946.
The awards will be made on the
basis of scholastic record, character,
and purpose. The applicants will
take the examinations of the college
entrance' examination board in
April. This will include a scholastic
aptitude test and achievement test.
Class Presidents Are Elected
Mary Bryant
Mary Bryant of Gastonia, X. C.
has been elected president of the
incoming Sophomore class. She de
feated Mary Jane McGee of Char
lotte, N. C.
Mary is interested in helping to
add to the Date Room which the
Freshmen have started, to bring
back a mild initiation for the in
coming students, and trN bring day
students and boarders closer to
gether. Her main objective is “to
make the rising Sophomore class
the best class at Salem.”
Mary was in the National Honor
Society in high school and made
Dean’s List at Salem.
She is a member of the Stirrup,
Spanish, and Dramatic Clubs. She
is vice president of the Dramatic
Club and had a part in the Freshman
play. Mary is in the May Day dance
and participates in all sports.
Carol Beckwith
Carol Beckwith was elected presi
dent of the incoming Junior class'
in the election held Wednesday,
April 11, in the Old ChapeL Nomina
tions took place on Tuesday, April
10. Carol defeated Coit Redfearn of
Wadesborp.
Carol, a science major, is from
Princeton, West Virginia. She has
been a Sophomore representative to
the Legislative Board this year and
membership chairman of the “Labl
ings”. Along with these accomplish
ments, she has placed on the Honors
List each semester and on the Dean’s
List once.
NOTICE
Tuition for all students
creased from $285 to $300.
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Virginia Mclver
Virginia Mclver defeated Wini
fred Wall for the office of Senior
Class president, Wednesday, April
11th. I
Virginia comes from Sanford,
North Carolina, and has been here
at Salem for three years. During
this time she has had an active
part in organizations on the campus,
having served on the Judicial board
and representing on I. R. S. and
tlie Y cabinet for two years.
Virginia’s majors are English and
Spanish, and she has a special in
terest in music. She is a member of
the Spanish, the Latin, and the In
ternational Relations Clubs.
by Hazel Watts
The campus, the nation, and
the world was stricken by the
news that President Franklin
Delano Roosevelt had died
suddenly at Warm Springs,
Georgia. The President suffered
a cerebral hemorrage shortly
after 2:00 p. m. on Thursday,
April 12, 1945. While having
his portrait painted, he fainted;
at 4:35, the President was dead.
Just before dinner on Thursday
night, most of the campus was re
laxing wh'en suddenly the news
came. No one could believe it. We
all sat around utterly stunned after
we realized that someone was not
playing a trick on us. We moved in
muted, knotted groups to the dining
room where no one ate heartily.
Many people looked as though tears
would come soon.
After dinner we sat and wondered,
“What effect wilt it have on the
war!” The radio told us that men
overseas and people everywhere
asked the same question. And then
came the announcement that Mr,
Harry S. Truman had taken the
oath of office which made him the
32nd president of these United
States.
A lull in the news found scatter
ed groups on campus still saying,
“I don’t believe it.” At that mo
ment someone informed us that the
early morning chapel service was to
be a memorial.
On Friday morning, we s^rose
early and went to the morning
chapel service. The organ prelude,
the hymns, and the scripture read
ing and prayer offered by Dr.
Rondthaler made an impressive
tribute—A heartfelt tribute to a
great man who has died for his
country.
The true sadness evident in our
faces as we move to and from class
es proves his greatness. Rarely has
a man exercised the leadership over
the man in the street that our
late President has.. And his name
shall /be added to the M\'»r Depart
ment’s war casualty roster.
Sisters Elect
Mary Jane McGee
Mary Jane McGee from Charlotte,
N. C. succeeds Rosemary Cleveland
as president of Sisters’ House for
the remainder of this year, in an
election held Friday night, April
6. Mary Jane, who ran for president
of the rising sophomore class in a
recent election, is an active student
on the campus. She defeated Eliza
Smith of Martinsvlle, Va. in the
house election.
Choir Presents,
Music Program
The student body warmly re
ceived the Winston-Salem Teachers
College Choir in assembly, Thurs
day, April 12, when the group
presented a varied program of
sacred music and negro spirituals.
The choir was iinder the direction
of Professor J. E. Dillard.
Three groups of songs were pre
sented. The first group included:
“Heavenly Light,” “Lullaby on
Christmas Eve,” and “There Were
Four Kings.” In the second group
was: “Go Lovely Rose,” “In Ex-
celsia Gloria,” and “The Paper
Reeds.’^ Th^ last group was com
posed of spirituals: “Oh My Good
Lord, Show Me the Way,” “Set
Down, Servant,” and “Swing Low,
Sweet Chariot.” The choir did two
encores which were a SVed Waring
arrangement of “The Battle Hymn
of the Republic” and another spirit
ual, “What Kinda Shoes You Gon
na Weart”