This week’s editor is Mar-
gztfet Thomas.
Next week’s editor is Lee
Rosenbloom.
Volume XXXI
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, March 2, 1951
Number 1 5
Thomas Elected Stee Gee Prexy
Salem Classes
Will Attend
Arts Forum
The annual Arts Forum will be
held March 8, 9, 10 at the Wo
man’s College in Greensboro.
The events scheduled include: in
drama, the production of one-act
plays written by undergraduates;
in music; a recital of student com
positions and a concert of contem
porary music; in dance, master
classes and a performance of stu
dent compositions; in art, exhi
bitions in the various media. In
each of the arts, visiting leaders
will conduct public discussions of
the student work.
Robert Penn Warren, author of
All the King’s Men and World
Enough And Time, and a panel of
college professors will conduct the
Forum on Writing which will be
■ held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday,
March 10. The material to be dis
cussed will be selected at the
Woman’s College by a committee
of faculty and students from the
i poems and stories received from
surrounding colleges. The pieces
. which are accepted will be printed
in the spring issue of the college
magazine, Coraddi.
Those students whose work is
to be discussed, other interested
■ students and members of the fac
ulty will be welcome at the Forum.
Members of Miss Byrd’s comp,
class are planning tqg, attend the
Writing Forum, and several of Mr.
Shewmake’s art classes will go to
the forum bn art.
Slie Lindsey To
Run For Yack
' Sue Lindsey, former member of
the class of 1952 at Salem, has been
nominated on both party tickets at
U, N. C. for the next year’s Yackety
Yack editor, the university year
book.
The University Party announced
Sue as their candidate last week,
and the Student Party announced
her as theirs this w'eek. Both
, nominations virtually assure Aer of
. election.
Merle Miller Lecture
Date To Be Set Soon
Merle Miller’s lecture scheduled
for last Tuesday night was post
poned because he was unable to
get airplane passage from Europe.
The new date for his appearance
here will be announced later.
Mr. Miller is a novelist, lecturer
and editor. He is now an asso
ciate editor of Harper’s Magazine.
He W'as formerly associated with
Time Magazine and the Saturday
Review of Literature. He is the
author of two novels. That Winter
and The Sure Thing.
Bitting Will Have
Vespers Sunday
Vespers will be held at 5 o’clock
Sunday afternoon at the Home
Moravian Church. At that time
the Salem College Choral Ensem
ble along with four other choirs
will give a concert of religious
music.
Bitting Dormitory was in charge
of planning vespers this week.
IRC To Hear
Dr. Mackie
Dr. Janet Mackie, Assistant Pro
fessor in Preventative Medicine at
Bowman Gray, wall speak to the
International Relations Club at
6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7,
in the living room of Bitting. Her
topic will be “Medicine and Inter
national Relationships’’.
Dr. Mackie was born and edu
cated in England. She received her
M. D. from London University.
She has had tw'elve years exper
ience in tropical Africa working
with tropical diseases.
During World War II Dr. Mackie
was a medical officer in the Divi
sion of Health and Sanitation in
the Office of Inter-American Af
fairs. Her headquarters were in
Washington, and she made fre
quent trips to South America.
Dr. Mackie will talk informally
to the group about her experiences
in medicine in foreign countries.
All members of the faculty and
student body are invited to come
to the meeting.
Choral Group
Joins Concert
The Salem College Choral En
semble will present the second in
a series of six spring concerts at
5:00 p.m. Sunday, March 5 at the
Home Moravian Church. Five
choirs will participate in the con
cert, and two of the soloists are
former Salem girls.
The program is as follows:
God of All Nations
Leiraring- Glarum
Go to Dark Gethsemane. Noble
Adult Choir
Consider the Lilies Topliff
Harriet Taylor, soprano
A Lenten Meditation
Betty Harris, reader
Ave Mafia Arcadelt
Were You There Spiritual
The Lord is My Shepherd ....
Schubert
Choral Ensemble
Arioso - - - Bach
Rose Ellen Bowen, violinist
Legend Tschaiowsky
Junior and Beginners Choirs
Calvary Rodney
Lois Hankins, mezzo-soprano
O Sons and Daughters
Shaw-Parker
This Joyful Eastertide
Shaw-Parker
Adult Choir
Offertory
Rose Siewers Kapp, organist
Art Thou The Christ....O’Hara
Rev. James C. Hughes
Lovely Appear Gounod
Choristers and Adult Choirs
Prepare the Way... arr. Luvaas
Choristers, Junior, and Adult
Choirs
One Early Easter Morning ....
Marryott
Combined Choirs
Benediction
Choral Response: The Lord
Bless You Lutkin
Choral Ensemble
Margaret Thomas and Peggy Chears, above, were elected in as-
lembly as President and Secretary of student body. Other officers
dected are: Ann Sprinkle, on-campus vice-president; Alice Blake
Dobson, off-campus vice-president; Rose Ellen Bowen, treasurer.
Salem Defense
Group Named
Last Week
^^Harvey”ToBeGiven
“Harvey”, the play which has so
successfully run on Broadway, will
be presented by the Little Theatre
at 8:15 tonight in Reynolds Audi
torium. The first performance was
held last night.
Clark Billings will play the part
of Elwood P. Dowd, and Elizabeth
Trotman will take the part of Veta
Louise.
As a precaution against any pos
sible atomic attack, Salem College,
in cooperation wfith the city of
Winston-Salem, has recently or
ganized a Defense Committee. The
faculty members included are:
Mr. Campbell, chairman of the
committee, Mr. Curlee, Mr. Mar
tin, Mrs. Moran, Miss Biggers,
Miss Hodges, Miss P y r o n and
Dean Hixon. This group has
studied carefully the campus situ
ation in the event of an • atomic
raid. Last Tuesday in chapel Mr.
Campbell explained to the student
body some definite safety precaut
ions. At the close of chapel every
student was given a mimeographed
outline of these safety measures.
In conjunction with Salem’s De
fense Program, a Standard First
Aid Course will be offered. It will
consist of nine two-hour class
periods beginning March 1 and
continuing through April 14.
These classes are to be conducted
in Main Hall. Because of limited
number of instructors and a limited
amount of time and space, only
fifty persons (faculty and students)
W'ill be allowed to take the course.
However, it is hoped that next
year more students and faculty
will have the opportunity to take
First Aid.
Red Cross Drive
Will Begin Soon
The administration has an
nounced that Salem will co-operate
with the city in the current Red
Cross Drive.
Joanne Bel! will be in charge of
the drive on campus. A speaker
from the local Red Cross Office
will make an appeal in assembly
Tuesday.
The community serivce committee
of the campus Y.^ W. C. A. will
solicit contributions.
Y To Sponsor
Davidson Day
Salem-Davidson Day will be held
Saturday, March 10. After lunch
on that day Salem girls will get
on chartered buses and go to
Davidson.
That afternoon a wrestling
match will be held and that night
an informal dance will honor the
Salem girls.
Davidson has requested that at
least ninety girls come for the
day. All girls who are interested
in going are asked to sign up on
sheets in their dormitories, putting
their name, class, and height. The
cost will be the bus fare there and
back.
Salem-Davidson Day is an an
nual affair. It is sponsored by the
Salem Y. W. C. A. and the David
son Y. M. C. A.
Weekly Music
Hour Is Given
The Salem College School of
Music presented its weekly Music
Hour at 5:00 p.m. Thursday,
March 1.
The program was as follows:
Sonata in F major.
Allegro Moderato Haydn
Edith Flagler
The Cross Harriet Ware
Connie Reynolds
At Eve I Heard a Flute
Lily Strickland
Helen Fansler
Staendchen .... Richard Strauss
Peggyan Alderman
Courage Bruno Huhn
George Mahoney
Un Bel Di (Madame Butterfly)
Puccini
Ann Evans
You Will Know My Love
Skiles
Jack Crim
Der Tod, das ist die kuhle
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Ann Sprinkle
Chosen Vice-
Presi(Jent
Margaret Thomas was elected
president of the Student Govern
ment at assembly Tuesday. Other
officers elected both Tuesday and
Thursday are Ann Sprinkle, on
campus vice-president; Alice Blake
Dobson, off campus vice-president;
Peggy Chears, secretary; and Rose
Ellen Bowen, treasurer.
Margaret, a sociology and econo
mics major, is from Tarboro. She
is now make-up editor of the
Salemite, a member of the I. R. C.
Education Club, Order of the
Scorpion and secretary of the Stu
dent Government. She has served
as house president of Clewell, sec
retary of the sophomore class, and
a member of the Y Cabinet.
Ann is president of the junior
class this year. She is also a
member of the Order of the
Scorpion, the Y Cabinet, the I. R.
S. Council and the Education Club.
She is from Henderson and is get
ting a double major in math and
history.
I Alice Blake, a day student, ser
ved as treasurer of Student Gov
ernment this year. She was vice-
president of her sophomore class
and is majoring in history.
Peggy, who is from Durham, is
majoring in E n g 1 i s h. She is a
member of the Student Council
and the Intercollegiate Council.
This year she was treasurer of Y
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Deans Urge
Early Sign-Out
Rising food costs make it more
necessary t h a n ever that Mrs.
Cummings have an accurate meal
count for the weekend, it was an
nounced this week by the dean’s
office.
Students going away for the
weekend are asked to sign out only
during the hours of 1:30 to 3:00
p.m. Thursday and 1 :30 to 2:00
p.m. on Friday. Except in cases
of emergency, students are asked
not to request that their sign outs
be approved at any other time or
place.
Co-operation from the students
in this matter will make it possible
to have the sign-out cards properly
approved and to have an accurate
meal count on time for the week
end buying.
"The Heiress” Will
Be Given March 9
“The Heiress” will be presented
by the Barter Theatre of Virginia
at 8.15 p.m. March 9 in Reynolds
Auditorium.
Those starred in the production
will be Elizabeth Wilson, who will
play the part that Olivia de Havi-
land played in the movie, and Peter
Pagan, who will play the part
played by Montgomery Clift. Mary
Perry will also have a leading role.
All three actors are well known
to Winston-Salem theatre audien
ces.
Admission will be by season
ticket and single admission.
Magaloff Plays Here
Nikita Magaloff, young Polish
pianist, will appear tomorrow night
at 8:30 p.m. at Reynolds Auditor
ium under the auspices of the Win
ston-Salem Civic Music Associa
tion.