Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, January 14, 1949
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Number XU
Dean Hixson Announces
Curriculum Changes
A number of currieuluia changes
•which ■^vill apply to the incoming
freshman class of 1949-50 and subse
quent classes, have been announced
by Miss Hixson, Academic Dean.
These changes are in the Education-
Psychology department, the Music
School, and the Science Department.
Beginning -with September 1949
the student who wishes to earn a
teaching certificate for the elemen
tary schools will choose a major other
than education and psychology. The
requirements in education and psy
chology will be' fulfilled as a second
major, a minor, or as electives. This
change will strengthen the quality
of the elementary teacher and en
able her to have a strong back
ground in a major field other than
education.
Changes in the public school music
curriculum have been made to en
able the student to include one year
of science, history, a semester of
religion and art, and the second
year of English. All methods work
will be offered in the junior year,
and all practice teaching in the
senior year.
There will be a new major offered
under the Bachelor of Music degree,
that of religious music. This major
prepares the student to direct church
music. In the senior year the stu
dent will actually direct a church
choir.
In the science department, the
student v,-ho wishes to obtain a
Bachelor of Science degree will be
allowed any minor now listed in
the catalog accompanied by a major
in biology or chemistry, provided
she completes 12 hours in chemistry
if a biology major, or 12 hours in
biology if a chemistry major.
These changes are designed to give
a stronger education program and
represent a sound improvement in
curriculum.
Profs Went
To Meetings
by Dale Smith
Even the faculty needs a rest
once in a while.
For some Salem faculty members,
however, Christmas vacation wasn’t
the time to recover from grading
term papers and preparing girls for
recitals. Instead, these faculty mem
bers travelled to points north and
west to get more points about their
field.
"Probably three thousand profes
sors from the forty-eight States and
Canada were there,” said Dr. Jordan
about the Modern Language Asso
ciation of America which met at
the Hotel Statler in New York du
ring the holidays. Dr. Jordan heard
Henri Peyre who spoke at Salem
during the fall at this meeting.
Mr. Leach said that he was "one
of thousands of historians” who
went to the meeting of the National
HistoricJil Association at the May
flower Hotel in Washington, D. C.
Special sessions which Mr. Leach
attended included the Medieval
Seminar.
Mr. Peterson attended the Nation
al Association of Teachers of sing
ing meeting in Chicago. Ho sat in
on demonstrations and forums led
by outstanding teachers in the
country. The purpose of this asso
ciation is to standardize voice teach
ing in America. "It was a wonder
ful session and I learned a lot”,
was Mr. Peterson’s comment.
Not only did Mr. James Lcrch
attend the National Association of
Schools of Mu.sic in Chicago, but ho
also gave a concert in Norfolk,
Virginia. Although he had influ
enza at the time of the concert, the
show went on and he had .an excel
lent write up in the "Norfolk Pilot”
which said in part; "Violinist
James Lerch won the audience
with a praise worthy performance
of the favorite "Concerto in E
Minor” by Mendelsohn. Ably as
sisted by Elsie Moore Hardin at the
piano, he played it confidently and
conscientiously evoking a smooth
line and satisfying tone in the canti-
lina passage and evincing a fine
bravura style in the cadenzas.”
Mrs. Jordan Takes Office;
Returns To Former Post
Mrs. Howard 8. Jordan has been
appointed the new assistant dean of
students. In 1944 Mrs. Jordan, then
Sarah Burrell, held this position for
two years until she was married and
settled down to being a housewife
and putting a few pounds on her
husband. One of her favorite hob
bies, obviously is cooking; particu
larly experimenting with new re
cipes. But to keep their waistlines
down she and Dr. Jordan have taken
to gardening as another of. their
interests. They grow not only flow
ers and practical vegetables, but
have an impressive list of fruit
trees, grape arbors and nut trees.
When asked if she were glad to
be back at Salem in her former
position, she said, "Yes, or I
wouldn’t have taken the job. But
I do seem to be allergic to this
office. My first week here five years
ago I caught an awful cold and had
to go to the infirmary for three
weeks. Now that I’ve been here
three days, I can feel another one
coming on.” '
Mrs. Jordan also said that she
hoped the girls would all stop in to
renew their acquaintships and for
students that don’t already know
her, she issued a cordial invitation
to stop by so that she can get to
know you. and vice-versa.
Truman Gives
View Of Year
To Congress
by Kuth Denkoski
In order to understand what will
happen in Congress during the next
year, it would be well to review
briefly the text of President Tru
man ’s State-of-the-Union speech
which was delivered to the Congress
on January 5, 1949. The following
are the major proposals of the ad
dress as they were summarized in
the local paper.
Inflation :__Enlarge the Govern
ment’s control over bank credit
and continue its power over con
sumer credit, exports, and trans
portation allocations. Extend and
strengthen rent control. Give au
thority ’to (1) regulate comodity
speculation, (2) allocate scarce
key materials,, and (3) control
wages and certain prices if neces
sary. Authorize a study of criti
cal shortages—like steel—with
permission for the Government to
construct production facilities it
self if industry can’t do what is
needed.
Taxes: A $4,000,000,000 tax in
crease mainly on corporations,
also on estates and gifts; consid
eration of tax increase for the
middle and upper brackets.
Labor: Repeal the Taft-Hartley
Act and re-enact the old Wagner
Act—but with bans against juris
dictional strikes and unjustifiable
secondary boycotts and some pro
vision for avoiding strikes in vital
industries. Raise minimum wage
to 75 cents per hour.
Resources: Push power, irrigation,
flood control and navigation pro
jects on the rivers. Pass St. Law
rence seaway legislation. Extend
soil, forest and mineral develop
ment and conservation. Keep
tideland oil for the Federal Gov
ernment. Continue public power
projects.
Health and Security: Extend cov
erage and raise benefits of social
security. Prepaid medical insur
ance. Federal financial aid to
State educational systems.
Housing: Raising public housing
goal to 1,000,000 low-rent units
over next seven years.
Civil Eights: Pass the same civil
rights proposals requested of the
80th Congress.
Foreign:-Restore the full effecti
veness of the Reciprocal Trade
Agreements Act. “Open our doors
to displaced persons without un
fair discrimninations. ’ ’
Military; Maintain armed forces
"sufficient to deter aggression.”
Pass universal military legislation.
Committee
Names Reed
The following is quoted from a
letter of Dr. Rondthaler to the
Salemite.
‘ ‘ The Executive Committee of the
Board of Trustees announced on
December 15, 1948, that Miss Char
lotte Hunter, Dean of Students, had
been granted a permanent leave of
absence beginning with the Christ
mas vacation.
The Committee also announced, on
December 18, 1948, that Miss Marian
Reed had been appointed Acting
Dean of Students pro tern, and that
Mrs. Howard Jordan (Sarah Bur
rell, Class 1940) had been appointed
Assistant Dean of Students. Both
of these appointments were effective
immediately. ’ ’
Magidoff To Lecture;
Opens Iron Curtain
Schwalbe
Speaks Here
Mrs. P. T. Schwalbe has returned
to this country after forty years of
Moravian mission work in Alaska.
Fresh from the schools of her
native Iowa, Christina Buxbaum
made her way to the tiny settle
ment of Quinhak, where the U. S.
Government maintained a school for
Eskimos. Two years later she be
came Mrs. Fredrick Theodore Sch
walbe, wife of a young minister-cap
tain. This marriage began her forty
years of mission work among the
Eskimos, with her husband.
In 1916 they moved to the Mora
vian Mission headquarters in Be
thel, a busy trading town, where
they remained until the Reverend
Mr. Schwalbe’s death in 1937. He
was superintendent of the Alaskan
Mission at the time. Mrs. Schwalbe
stayed in Bethel as treasurer and
member of the Moravian Mission
until her retirement a few months
ago. Mrs. Schwalbe will probably
make her home in Winston-Salem
for her daughter, Mrs, C, T. Lein-
bach, Jr., a former Salemite, lives
here.
Mrs. Schwalbe will speak at the
annual Moravian Board Love Feast
of Home Moravian Church at 3 p. m.,
January 16. Vespers will not be
held on campus Sunday night be
cause all Salem students are invited
to hear Mrs. Schwalbe speak.
Robert Magidoff, NBC’s Moscow
correspondent, will lecture here on
day after exams. Mr. Magidoff
Thursday, February 3, the first Thurs-
has spent the past twelve years in
the Soviet Union but was expelled
from that country in April, 1948 on
the false charge of being a "spy”.
His innocence is proven in the fact
that he was allowed to leave the
country.
Mr.. Magidoff was born in Kiev,
but he came to the United States
as a boy. After becoming an Am
erican citizen, he attended the New
York City schools. In 1932 Mr.
Magidoff graduated from the Uni
versity of Wisconsin and then re
turned to Russia to do postgraduate
work. Since then he has worked
for the Associated Press and later
became the Moscow correspondent
for the National Broadcasting Com
pany.
During the war Mr. Magidoff cov
ered the conflict from inside Russia.
He was a frequent visitor to the
Russian-German front and also cov
ered lend-lease shipments to Russia.
Mr. Magidoff visited Siberia and
Central Asia during the war. After
the war ended he made trips to
many European countries including
Poland, Hungary, Rumania, Bul
garia, Yugoslavia, and Finland.
Commenting on Russian • propa
ganda, Mr. Magidoff says that the
virtues of Russia are continually
extolled in newspapers, radios and
movies. But he also says that there
is no war hysteria in Russia and
that it will be many years before
they will be able to wage war. He
also states that there is no economie
crisis in Russia and that living con
ditions there are getting better.
Mr. Magidoff thinks that Ameri
ca’s policy to the USSR should be
one of "unflinching firmness” and
one of meeting them halfway when
a friendly gesture is made.
Besides being a correspondent Mr.
Magidoff has contributed articles to
such periodicals as the New York
Times, Liberty, New York Post
and many others. His wife, an Am
erican citizen, is a well-known Rus
sian writer.
Annual Debutante Ball
Features Eleven Salemites
by lone Bradsher
The Christmas holiday had an
extra-special anticipation for some
Salemites—that of the annual De
butante Ball in Raleigh. The Ball,
sponsored by the Terpsichorean Club,
came through in spite of polio and
Sugar Bowl competition.
The one hundred and thirty North
Carolina Debutantes arrived in Ral
eigh on Tuesday afternoon. Cars
were parked three deep in front of
the Sir Walter Hotel, and bell boys
staggered under the jumble of en
ormous dress boxes, shoe boxes, dress
suits and suitcases. Laura Harvey
and Sis Hines arrived just before
supper. Both were wearing tweed
suits, and were anxiously looking
after their dresses. Laura’s chief
was Copey Hill and 8is’ was Phil,
her brother.
On Wednesday morning the Terpsi
chorean Club honored the Debs and
their chief marshalls with a lunch
eon at the Sir Walter. Never was
there such an array of orchids, furs
and original outfits. Ann McKenzie
was seen wearing a beautiful peaei
satin hat that was trimmed in curled
ostrich plumes. Ann’s chief was Be*
Powell Jr.
That afternoon escorts arrived and
were given bids for the Ball. That
night the (Debs t(nd their fchief
marshalls again gathered in the
Auditorium. There they were given
bouquets of red roses tied with red
satin ribbons.
After waiting (for what seemed
years) they were "presented to So
ciety”... through the door of an old
Southern mansion. After the pre
sentation, the traditional deb figure
took place. A no-break dance fol
lowed. Among those Salemites seen
waltzing with their chief marshalls
were: Carolsm Dunn with Jim Pox,
Lucy Harper with James Brayhill,
Lucy Brewer with Charles Brewer,
Jr., and Sophie Hobson with her
brother, Teenie. The debs all wore
white formals and long white
gloves. They danced to the music
of Larry Clinton, who also played
for the morning dance in the baR
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