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SALEM COLLEGE LfBRARY Wta*ta«v-S&lem. Nortfi f Jir*Iinj Volume XXVI. Salem Collese, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, April 12, 1946. IT ,■ I ' 1——^- Number 23r.2.^ Weeks Visits Salem Again “The surface lias just been scratched in the field of creative writing which will develop out of the war,” predicted Mr. Edward Weeks in the last lecture of the yearly series on Wednesday night, April 10. Mr. Weeks spoke ,on “New Books on the American Horizon.” Mr. Weeks surveyed the latest works in fields of .biography, auto biography, novels, fiction, short stories and poetry. Miss Euohs Pyron intrflduced the speaker, who is a prominent lecturer, a graduate of Cornell, Harvard, and Cambridge, a publisher, and the editor of the ATLANTIC MONTHLY. Service-men. and women out of uniform and their new works in terested Mr. Weeks,' who noted a ‘ ‘ sardonic humor” in their late works. Chief characteristics of their work enumerated by him were the unspoken loyalty betvreen men in their outfits, tank units, and B-29’s, and the “tangled heart-line”, broken marriages, the emotional strain of three years’ separation between lovers, their difficulties in readjust ment, and the attraction of British and Australian women for men who have been away from home for several years. “Service-men do not see an in evitable war ahead as many civi lians have predicted,” stated Mr. Weeks. Their work sh,ows ‘ a desire to understand our allies.” They rec ognize . that we have “a limited time to merge our sovereignity. They aim at devising “a legal con trol of world law to control atomic power,” in order to save the san^y and lives of men universally. e mentioned Emmery Rives’ Anatomy of Peace. The new poetry has “clarity and feeling, and none of the unintellig ibility of the 1930's,” Mr. Weeks said. In fiction men and women out ot uniform are paying more attention to mental strain and the effects of war on the mind. This tendency is among civilians, too, for there were “no islands of escape from the pressure of war,” said Mr. Weeks. He cited The Snake-pit and Lost Weekend as examples of this tendency. “A great deal of good writing is c>oming out of the war,” continued Mr. Weeks. “Much documcntive work and some creative work has already appeared.” He predicted much more creative work by service men developed upon memorable ex periences from the war. He cited Ernie Pyle’s work as among the best documentive work that has ap peared, and reviewed a creative piece, Return by Faith, of a B-24 pilot’s visit to the family of his lost friend. , American fiction during the war became “dried up.” “It lacked the vitality of first writers, the con fidence of men like Steinbeck and la Torge who were preoccupied with other work,” said Mr. Weeks. “Fic tion fell into women’s hands and became light and faintly amourous.” Women wrote for women who were tired of reading about war. Mr. Weeks discussed Gordon Haye’s biography of Thackery and its vivid portrayal of the family an associates of Thackery, his am bitions, and his handicaps. Brideshead Revisited by Eveleyn Waugh he described as a picture of the deterioration of the wealthy English class after the last war. Mr. Weeks explained the appear ance recently of Christianity as a central theme proclaiming the theory that faith is elemental in rebuilding society. He cited works of C. 8. Lewis and Bruce Marshall’s The World, The Flesh, and Father Smith. Mr. Weeks discussed Daphne de Maurier’s skillful work in her latest romantic novel, The King’s General. Among American novels he dis cussed Udora Wedty’s Delta Wed ding. The Fields, a new research (Cont. on page six) BEENICE BUNN PEIKANO AIKEN Mother Strong Delighted With Relief Campaign Classes Elect Officers For *47 Salem College elections ended this week with the election of the remaining class officers and minor club officers. Officers for the rising Senior class are vice-president, Sue Moore; sec retary, Sarah Coe Hunsucker; treas urer, Margaret West; representa tive to Judicial B,oard, Betsy Meikje- john; representatives to Legislative Board, Maria Hicks and Jean Sul livan; representatives to I. B. S. Council, Betsy Long, Ticka Senter, and Ruth Hayes; and representa tives to Y. W. C. A. cabinet, Joanne Swasey and Emma Mitchell. Officers for the rising Junior class are vice-president. Hazel Thomas; secretary, Peggy Gray; treasurer, Ann Millikan; representatives to the I. B'. S. Council, Mary Louise Parish, Helen Spruill, and Ann Southern; representatives to the Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, Peggy Broaddus and Lomie Lou Mills; representa tives to Legislative board, Margaret Fisher and Pat Watson; representa tive to Judicial Board, Ann Caro- thers. Officers for the rising Sophomore class arc vice-president, Mary Eliza beth Beiter; secretary, Mary Pat ience McFall; treasurer. Laurel Green. Representatives to the Legis lative Board; Louise Dodson, Fran ces Beznick; representatives to Judicial Board, Nell Penn Watt, representatives to the I. B. S. Council, Dot Arrington and Betty Ann Eppes; and Bepresentatives to the Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, Betty Wolfe and Preston Kabrich. At the meeting Wednesday night the Latin Club elected Geraldine Purcell president; Anne Folger, vice- president; Patsy Law, secretary; and Betsy Meiklejohn, treasurer. The I. B. S. Council elected Betsy Long, vice-president; Mary Louise Parrish, secretary; and Helen Spruill, treasurer. Officers for next year’s choral ensemble are president, Becky Clapp; secretary, Eleanor Davidson; treasurer, Genevra Beaver; business manager, Peggy Sue Taylor; publi city manager, Margaret McCall. A. A. officers for next year are vice-president, Jean Sullivan; Sec retary, Peggy Ann Watkins; Treas urer, Ann Carothers. Managers for the various teams are Eaton Seville, basketball; Agnes Quinerly, hockey; Maria Hicks, badminton; Buby Moye, riding; Mary Porter Evans, hiking; Anne Barber, golf; Eva Martin Bullock, baseball; Virtie Stroup, archery; Carolyn Taylor, tennis; Ticka Senter, swimming. Pierrettes elected Peggy Sue Tay lor, president; Helen Spruill, vice- president; Ann Carothers, secretary; and treasurer, Betty Hatley. Mother Strong is delighted with the relief campaign conducted by the War Activities Council, accord ing to a note received from her this week. Mrs. Strong, who is spending some time at Bollins College, Win- tergaven, Florida, originally sug gested the idea for the relief cam paign. She herself has contributed to various post-war relief projects generaously. Mother Strong writes: > To say I am thrilled poorly ex presses my feelings. I am indeed thrilled and won’t you please tell the Committee how happy I am, also that the girls at Strong Ilall here brought me thirty dollars with a beautiful note yesterday asking me to send it to the “Friends” for re lief in Europe. As I did for “Strong” in Salem, I am making the check a hundred dollars and when you finish your campaign for Salem, let me know the amount—I’d like to add something to that. It is so good for the young people to help—as I tell the girls, it is always a boomerang. I’m getting a bit homesick and it won’t be long before I’ll be back. Please remember me to all my dear Salem College friends. Mother Strong At the last estimate before the paper went to pres the war Ac tivities Fund for War Belief had in creased to $147.60. This is not the final total as all the money had not been turned in. Academy Presents Chapel Program Salem Academy had charge of the program in Assembly Thursday m,orning, April 11. They presented a very interesting portrayal of the What, Whore, Why, and How of their typical d.ay at the Academy from the rising bell in the morning until the lights out bell at night. They gave a glimpse of morning classes including a report on the history of the White House by a Senior and a discussion on Voodsooism in Haiti by a Junior. After classes came a short peek into morning chapel, announcements, lunch, practice periods including the violin, harp, piano, and organ, and ball game down at the atheletic field between the Academy Teams, purples and the golds. The program ended with a dra matic production, Mannikin and Hanniikin. Bunn And Aiken Win "Salemite” In Contest Dean Plans Registration Preliminary registration for the fall term will be made May 7, 8, and 9, Dean Ivy Hixson announced today. At that time treshmen will tentatively select their majors, and all students will register with their faculty advisors. In addition, summer school regis tration will be made, and Salem’s policies in regard to summer school credits will be announced. Prior to preliminary registration. Miss Hixson will meet with the Freshman Class to give them inf,or- mation concerning majors, degrees, and summer school credits. This meeting will be April 30. ‘Salemite’Editor Names Staff The Salemite staff for 1946-47 is announced today by the newly elect ed editor, Martha Boatwright. The editorial staff is as follows: As sociate Editor, Virtie Stroup; As sistant Editor, Becky Clapp and Beggy Davis; Make-up Editor, Mar tha Lou Heitman; Copy Editor, Peg gy Gray; Feature Editor, Nancy Carlton; Music Editor, Margaret Fisher; Cartoonist, Margaret Bay- nal; Sports Editor, Jean Sullivan. The business staff is headed by Betsy Meiklejohn, recently-elected business manager. The remainder of the staff includes Betsy I^ong, Assistant Business Manager; Jane Morris, Advertising Manager; Helen Spruill, Assistant Advertising Man ager; and Buth Scott, Circulation Managaer. Stee-Gee Leaders Attend Meeting The Southern Intercollegiate As sociation of Student Government will meet April 25, 26, and 27 at Eastern Carolina Teacher’s College in Greenville, North Carolina. This is the first conventi,on of the S. I. A. S. G. to be held since the begin ning of the war. The main purpose of such a con vention is for individual delegates lo bring back to their schools ad ditional and better ideas for stu dent government. There will be rep resentatives from approximately thirty southern colleges, from Flori da to Mississippi. An idea to be stressed at the convention is means of making stu dents more conscious of the part that they play in world affairs. This theme will be divided into the following topics: 1) Student Government and Fuller College Life 2) Discussion on the College Honor System 3) Faculty Attitudes and Com ments on Student Government. 4) The American College Student as a World Citizen 5) American Foreign Policy 6) Methods of Broadening the Outlook of College Students Delegates attending the confer ence from Salem are Peggy Wither- ington, president of Student Govern ment, who is also the secretary of the S. I. A. S. G., Connie Scoggin, president of Student Government for 1946-’47, and Sally Boswell, vice- president of Student Government for 1946-’47. Bernice Bunn and Peirano Aiken are the winners of ten dollars each in the Salemite literary contest. Honorable mentions go to Martha Boatwright, Bernice Bunn, and Roberta Huffman. Peirano’s short story is entitled “The Home Coming” and is printed elsewhere in this issue. Bernice’s prize winner, “Inheritance,” has already been printed and her honor able mention story is “Compensa tion.” Martha’s story is called “Boommates.” Boberta’s essay is “Utopia.” The rep(Ort of the judges. Miss Marsh, Mrs. Confer, and Dr. Jordan, is as follows: tinction between the short stories “In view of the fact that the dis and sketches, and he essays was not clearly made in the contributions re ceived, the judges decided to con sider all three in one single cate gory, and to award two prizes with in this one group: One prize of $10 to “The Home Coming” and one prize of $10 to “Inheritance” Honorable mention» is given to: “Roommates,” “Compensation” and “Utopia.” V From the few poems submitted (six) the judges felt that no one of these—in its present form— merited a prize. The judges gave their preference to the poem beginning “Silver Night has fled before the heralds of the dawn” and suggested that the last lino be re-written leaving out the obvious paraphrase. The poem was written by Catherine Gregory. Those who entered the story, sketch, and essay contest were Mae Noble, Virtie Stroup, Sue M,oore, Eva Martin Bullock, Martha Walton, Mildred Hughes, Martha Boatwright (2), Jean Sullivan, Bernice Bunn (2), Frances Beznick, Katherine Miller, Peirano Aiken, Elizabeth Lee, Roberta Huffman (2), Phyllis Langdon (2), Margaret McCall, Carolyn Taylor, Maria Hicks, Nancy Carlton, Jayne Bell, Betsy Casteen, and Peggy Davis. Poems were submitted by Sue Moore (2), Lois Wooten (2), and Catherine Greg,ory (2). Bunn Annouces Annual Staff Bernice Bunn, editor of Sights and Insights for 1946-47 announces her staff today. They are: Assistant Editor, Mary Hunter Hackney; As sociate Editor, Joan Griffin; Art Editor, Margaret Baynal; Photo graphic Editor, Betty Hatley; Copy Editor, Rosamund Putzel;' Proof Editors, Mary Jane McGee and Carlyn .Taylor; Senior Editor, Sue Moore; Junior Editor, Marion Gaither; Sophomore Editor, J’aton Seville; Typist, Sarah Clark; aiW Business Manager, Bettye Boll. Books and Lists Due May 4 Miss Grace Siewers, librarian, an nounced today that the Juniors and Seniofs who entered the Library contest must have their books in the library by May 4. Thq book lists of the freshmen, and s,opho- mores are also due on May 4. Freshmen To Fete Junior Big Sisters The freshmen are entertaining their junior Big Sisters at a buffet supper in the club dining room on Saturday night, April 12, at 6 o’clock. Besides the dinner there is going to be a skit, the theme of which is to be a surprise, and lots of other things that can’t be told.
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