JOSEPHINE McLATJCHMN, Organist . . .
"Jo” McLauchlin Will Play
In Recital on Monday
Josephine McLaiiehlin, senior^E '
VOL. XXV. Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., April 27, 1945. Number 23.
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organ major will present her gradu
ating recital in Memorial Hall at 8:30
Monday night. Josephine has studied
organ with Dr. Vardell for the past
three years and previously with
Miss Mary Virginia Jones. This
year she served as organist for
early morning chapel at the Morav
ian Church and has played several
times for regular assembly.
In addition, Josephine has been
extremely active in extra-curricular
activities. During her ■ sophomore
year she was on the Y cabinet; her
junior year, she was class treasurer
and secretary and treasurer of the
rhoral Ensemble; this year she is
I>resident of the senior class and
h.as served on the I. R. f'. couni?il
and the legislative aiijil judicial,
'Iwards of Student Government.
Siiice she has been at Salci'i she
lias played on class hockey, basket
ball, and softball teams.
Josephine's program for Monday
night is as fallows:
I’relude and Fugue in D minor —
(‘‘Dorian”) . . . Bach
.Cliaconne . . . Louis Cou]>crin
Two Choral Preludes . . S. Karg-Elert
a. Lord, Take My Heart
b. I Thank Thee Lord
Concerto in 6 minor . . . Matthew
Camidge
Ronde Francaise . . . L. Boellmann
Ave Maria . . . Gaston M. Dethier
Canyon Walls . . . Joseph M. Clokey
The ushers will be Mollie Cameron,
Molly Boseman, Xell Denning,
Mamie Herring, Jane Frazier, and
Rachel Pinkston.
PFAFF SAYS:
Lasting Peace
Is Imperative
Dr. Eugene Pfaflf of the University
of North Carolina, spoke in assembly
Tuesday. The question considered
■Was “What Pric/ Peace?” He said
that public opinion can save the
peace; therefore it is important that
each person be enlightened on in
ternational affairs.
Dr. Pfaff listed nine essentials for
mnintainSing a world peace: (1) The
success of the Bretton Woods Con
ference concerning an international
banking system. (2) -The success of
the San Francisco Conference, to be
proved by effective cooperation of
countries of the world. (3) The
necessity of the United States’ low
ering tariff rates. (4) An interna
tional educational system—to cheek
any education designed on German
and Japanese, education of tyranny
and death, (p) An international im
provement of labor conditions, pat
terned similar to the T. L. 0., which
Was estabftshed after World War
1. (6) An international organiza
tion handling the world’s food pro
blem. (7) The disarmament problem,
■'vhich can only be dealt with slowly.
(8) An international agreement con
cerning petroleum distribution. (9)
An adequate agreement,by the main
airlines.
Thd importance of avoiding
another depression, which would lead
directly to World War III, was em
phasized by Dr. Pfaff. “Only the
S. has the power to put the world
back on its feet,” he sail.
Coffin Talks
On Poetry
by Peggy Taylor
‘‘I’m going to talk plain talk
about poetry, as I like to do,” said
Robert P. Tristram Coffin, noted
novelist and poet, in his lecture
Wednesday night, April 25, in the
Salem College Library. Mr. Coffin, a
native of Maine, has achieved fame
through his ability to present a
down-to-earth description of com
mon man and through his vivid rep
resentation of Maine’s scenic beauty.
Interspersing his valuable infor
mation regarding the art of writ
ing poetry, Mr. Coffin gave twelve of
his best known poems in a fascinat
ing, spellbinding voice. The first one
was ‘‘Hound on a Church Porch,”
which Mr. Coffin wrote because
“hounds are the most poetical of
all animals.” Continuing, Mr. Coffin
stated that most poets had the feel
ing that there were more good
jioems found in the front parfor than
on the back porch, but he felt exact
ly the opposite. To illustrate this,
Mr. Coffin gave “Lantern in the
Snow,” which concerned a lantern
left overnight by some plumbers to
light up their diggings in the dark,
“A good tool is much like a poem.
A hammer, an axe, a saw or a spade
are the shapers of life and have
been shaped by life,” stated Mr.
Coffin as an introduction to his
poem, “Where I Took Hold of Life.”
“The Weathervane,” Mr. Coffin’s
next poem, was written because he
was concerned over a discussion
about replacing the weathervane in
a certain church with a cross. Ex
plaining the importance of each in-
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Science Department
Shows War Exhibit
“War” in blood letters is the
theme of the exhibit in the porch
display of Park Hall this week.
Commanding center position in the
display are samples of smokeless
gunpowder, T. N. T., and picric acid
—explosives representing the de
structive element that science has
contributed to warfare.-
The life-preserving contributions
that science also has made to war
are illustrated by articles taken from
current magazines which have be
come realities in this exhibit. Shown
in connection with an article from
Time is a sea-water purifying kit
used by water-marooned fighting
men. The new insecticide, DDT,
given major credit for controlling
typhus in the Italian invasion, is
displayed in usable powder form
along with its molecular model and
an article about its uses in the war.
Another section of the display
deals with the various stages in the
preparation of synthetic rubber, a
necessity in war and peace. AVhen
you drop by to see this exhibit, con
sider thie second line of the caption
seriously!
Dr. Dauner
Gives Talk
On Poet
Dr. Loiiise Dauner from the
University of North Carolina spoke
to the student body in Thursday
morning’s assembly, discussing Ed
ward Arlington Robinson, the man
and the artist. At present Dr. Daun
er holds a fellowship at the Uni
versity and is working on a critical
interpretation of the works of
Robinson.
Robinson was a remarkable poet
and a remarkable man of unfalter
ing idealism who never knew the
meaning of the word “ compromise.”
For 57 years his one ideal was the
writing of poetry.
A native of Maine, Robinson was
principally a New England poet.
This shy and sensitive New Eng
lander lived close to tragedy, and in
the failure of other members of his
family, he began to feel a sense of
failure, and to grow increasingly
aware of it.
Led by extreme poverty to work
in a New York subway, he knew
life at its worst, but he was rescued
when President Theodore Roosevelt,
who had made a chance acquaintance
with his poetry, offered help.
In reading several of Robinson’s
poems. Dr. Dauner revealed Robin
son’s interest in people who were
social successes but spiritual failures
or social failures but spiritual suc
cesses, his wonderful sense of irony
and humor, his compassion, and his
unceasing interest in the mystery of
man.
Frazier Gives
Voice Recital
JANE FEAZIER, Soprano
Thursday evening, April 2Gtli, the,
Salem College School of ]Musie pre
sented Jane Frazier, Soprano, in her
graduating r^ecital at Memorial
Hall. Miss Elizabeth Johnston was
her accompanist.
.Jane presented this varied and
interesting program: ‘ Selve
Amiche,” Caldara; “Let Me Wander
Not Unseen,” Handel; “Non So
Piu” (Le Nozze di Figaro), ilozart;
sqcond grouji—Aria; ‘ ‘ Qui La Voce”
(I Puritani), Bellini; third grou]i—
“Die Sprode,” and Die Bekehrte,
Wolfe; “Lockung” (The Cat and
-the Mouse), Schonberg; “Nichts,”
R. Strauss; fourth group—“Sorriso,”
Bianchini; “Les Papillons”, Chaus-
son; “L’lleure Sileucieuse,” Staub;
“Esame di Coscienza,” Bus'tini;
fifth group—Laetitia’s Aria (The
Old Maid and the Thief), Menotti;
sixth group—“The Little Shepherd’s
Song,” AVatts; “The Jumping Jack,”
Gorin; “Adele’s Laughing Song”
(The Bat), J. Strauss.
For the past four years, Jane has
studied under Mr. Clifford Bair, head
of the Voice Department of Salem
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Eskimo Orphan
Likes To Play
JOHNNY NELSON
by Jane Lovelace
For several years the Y. W. C. A.
has been contributing sixty dollars
toward the uj>keep of a little
Alaskan orphan at the Moravian
Orphanage in Nunapitsinghak. The
money comes out of the treasury
which is partly made up of the
portion assigned to the Y. W. C. A.
in thtt Student Budget. This means
that each girl at Salem has a definite
part in the supporting of our little
Alaskan Boy Friend.
Now to tell you about him! Just
this week we received a letter from
the orphanage thanking us for our
contribution and sending this snap
shot of little Johnny Nelson. Quot
ing from the letter:
“Johnny is a happy little roly-
poly Eskinio, as full of mischief as
they come. As Bishop Gapp stated,
he ought to have a birthday and it
seems he, really does. The difficulty
is that his relatives can’t remember
the date, and they haven’t thus far
brought his baptism certificate for
uS to check, although they claim ho
has one!
“.Tohnny is a perfectly normal
little Eskimo, He loves to play with
the dogs, litiut for rabbits, (he
caught a few this winter, too), and
ho even loses his mittens on oc
casions. He is out-doors right now,
rolling in the snow, and coasting
down the river bank onto the ice.
In school reading is fun for Johnny,
but writing is down right hard work!
Numbers are all right as long as
the teacher doesn’t expect too much,
but the chance to look at a story
book or do some coloring when every
thing else is finished is the real
attraction.
Service Men Visit
Campus Tuesday
Officers and enlisted men from
Fort Bragg visited Salem campus
Tuesday, April 24, as part of their
rehabilita'S^ion program. The men
numbered about S.'S in all and rep
resented many states. They arrived
on the campus at noon and were
welcomed by Dr. and Mrs. Rond-
thaler. l\Iany Salemites left their
classes and acted as guides and
hostesses about the campus.
After seeing the campus and build
ings, the men visited Salem Tavern
and Wachovia Museum. From there
they went to the cigarette factory
and on to the U. 8. O. at three p.
m. Salem College was one of the
many places to be honored by these
visits.
^|f Senior marshals for 194f)-46 were
elected by the Junior class in a
meeting held Wednesday afternoon.
The six girls elected out of the pre
sent Sophomore class are as follows;
Anne Barber of Winston-Salem;
Sally Boswell of Roanoke; Bernice
Bunn of Tarboro; Teau Council of
Wananish; Mary Anne Linn of
Salisbury; and Ticka Senter of
Albemarle.
These six girls under the leader
ship of Chief Marshal Henrietta
Walton of Morganton will marshal
next year at all student assembly,
lectures, and at graduation.
Those girls defeated in this elec
tion were Martha Boatwright, Sarah
Haltiwanger, Emmie Lou James,
Connie Scoggins, Maria Hicks, and
Margaret West.
Davidson Club
Presents Plays
N >
Le ('ercle Francais of Davidson
College under the direction ,of Pro
fessor George B. Watts presented
two one-act French comedies in the
Old Chapel, Wednesday, April 25,
at eight o’clock.
The cast included Peggy Mc-
Lelland, a former Salem student.
Both plays were very well cast.
I Tim Webb portrayed Engine, In-
terprite, well. Middy Raynal, broth
er of Margaret Ifaynal, gave an ox-
ce]»tional performance of James
Hogson, pere de Betty, who was a I
high tempered Englishman.
The first play, “Cupidon, Den-
tiste” by Pierre Macy was the story
of love at first sight in a dentist’s
office. The second play, “L’Anglais
Tel Qu’on Le Parle” was the story
of the complications that arise when
an English interpreter doesn’t speak
English. “Cupidon, Dentiste” was
given by the first year French class
and “L’Anglais Tel Qu’on Le Parle”
was given by the members of the
Intermediate and third year classes.
Goshal Explains
''Peop/e of India”
“In order for the plans of the
San Francisco conference to work,
we must have an understanding of
tlie peoples of the world for each
other,” Mr. Kumar Goshal began
his lecture in Memorial Hall Mon-
day night. The Indian-born writer
spoke on the “People of India,”
which is the name of a recent book
he has published.
Mr. Gosh.al explained that India’s
greatest trouble is her extreme
poverty, th^it this condition can be
improved by independence and in
dustrialization for India, and that
the most logical solution for the
problem lies in the Bretton Woods
Economic Proposal.
“India,” he said, “has proved
herself a friend of democracy and
would have taken a more active
part in this war if political bondage
had not prevented her participation.”
Incomplete shrveys of India’s
natural resources show that the
country ranks third in the rithes of
the world; yet the people of India
are unbelievably ]>oor, having an
average yearly income of eighteen
dollars. Illiteracy, disease, super
stition, and backwardness are charac
teristic of poor people in any country,
Mr. Goshal proved.
“Competition for existence is so
keen that there’s distrust among the
people in India,” Mr. Goshal said.
He believes that when there is
enough food to go around civil
strife in India will cease and that
the castes, princes, and different
languages will not keep India from
becoming a united country.
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