Marian now wears
The official robe.
Let’s hope she has
The patience of Job.
Volume XXXII
Enter the contest;
Submit an etching.
The Salemite needs one
That’ll be fetching!
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, April 4, 1952
Number 2^,,
Lewis Asks For Acceptance
Of Individual Responsibility
“The job cannot be well done unless each of you develops a sense
of individual responsibility.” stated Marian Lewis, speaking of her new
office as Student Government president at the formal installation of
officers held in chapel yesterday.
“Without this responsibility our Student Government can fail and
simply have no real meaning,” she said.
The new president extended thanks to the outgoing president and
council for their help. She continued by calling the responsibility of
the student body to Stee Gee “one
Five Boarders And One Day Student
Are Selected By Rising Senior Class
To Serve As Marshals For Next Year
Drama Groups
Present Plays
Today Salem College is host to
eight high schools and one college
during the first Drama Festival
ever to be held in this region.
These schools have brought plays
to be presented in Old Chapel in
three sessions.
The purpose of the Drama Fes
tival is to give theater amateurs
a chance to learn by active parti
cipation with others. At the end
of each play there will be a short
discussion in which the audience
is encouraged to participate.
Mr. Thomas Patterson of Chapel
Hill will be the critic judge. As
sisting him will be Miss Elizabeth
Reigner of Salem and the respec
tive director of each play. At the
end of the last session awards will
be presented to the designated
schools.
The plays to be presented are
“Down in the Valley,” Reynolds
High School; “That Awful Letter”,
Reed High School, Lexington, N.
C.; “Sanctuary,” Old Town High
School, Old Town, N. C.; “Bastien
and Bastienne,” the Youth Opera
Group of Winston-Salem; “Finders
Keepers,” “Two Crooks and a
Lady” and “Highness,” Greensboro
High School and the third act of
“Ghosts,” the Winston- Salem
Teachers College.
Performances begin at 12:15,
2:30 and 7:30 Friday afternoon and
evening. Each session will be free
of admission to all, contrary to a
previous announcement. Students
are urged to attend.
of the greatest challenges of col
lege life.”
Marian stated that “the pat
tern of life which we outline for
ourselves in college is the founda
tion upon which we build our lives
after we leave Salem . . . We have
nothing to lose and everything to
gain—for ourselves and our school.”
The Stee Gee head was installed
by Margaret Thomas, outgoing
president. In her farewell speech
Margaret expressed/ her apprecia
tion for the cooperation of the
students and extended best wishes
to the new officers.
Margaret then gave the official
purple robe to Marian who in turn
installed the other officers.
The other Stee Gee officers who
were installed during the program
were Jane Smith, on-campus vice-
president; Florence Spaugh, off-
campus vice-president; Jean Cal
houn, secretary and Anna Kath
erine Dobson, treasurer.
Other students who took office
at the same time included class
presidents Faye Lee, Eleanor Fry
and Bobbie Kuss; Jean Davenport
and Eleanor McGregor, editors of
Sights and Insights and Salemite;
Elsie Macon, I. R. S.; Marilyn
Summey, Y. W. C. A.; Emma Sue
Larkins, A. A.; Fae Deaton, Pier
rettes; Jo Bell, May Day and Lu
Long Ogburn, Chief Marshal.
Singer Will Speak
Dr. Gregg Singer will speak
Sunday, April 6, at Duke Univer
sity to the Inter-Varsity Christian
Fellowship. His subject will be
“Apologetics of Christian Doc
trine.”
Dr. Singer spoke this past week
to the family group of Centenary
Methodist Church on “The Mean
ing of History.” He also addressed
the Kiwanis Club on “Ten Years
of the China Story,”
Mrs. Merriman Will Present
Music Recital On April 21
Roberts
Williams
Halpern Scheduled To Speak
On Art In Advertising
The School of Music of Salem
College will present Mrs. Margaret
Merriman in a recital at Memorial
Hall on Monday, April 21, at 8:30
p.m. Her program for the evening
will be as follows:
Sonata, Op. 27, No. 2
(“Moonlight”) Beethoven
Adagio sostenuto
Allegretto
Presto agitato
Ballade, Op. 47 Chopin
Valse Brillante, Op. 34,
No. 1 Chopin
Scberzo, Op. 39 Chopin
— Intermission —
La Fille aux cheveux de lin
Debussy
Reflets dans I’eau (by request)
Debussy
Toccata Khachaturian
Etude in D Flat major
(un sospiro) Liszt
Romance Sibelius
Concert Etude, Op. 36 ..
McDowell
Mrs. Merriman was a pupil of
Josef and Rosina Lhevinne and
also studied with Robert Casadesus
at the Conservatoire Americaine in
Fontainebleau.
She was presented in a recital
by the Columbia Artists Manage
ment, Inc. of New York City at
Town Hall on Dec. 2, 1949. A
critic wrote about her in the New
York Herald Tribune, “Delicacy in
gentler passages—colorful tone.”
Mrs. Merriman, who teaches
piano here, has been guest soloist
Mrs. Margaret Merriman
with the Charlotte Symphonette
under the direction of Lamar
Stringfield. She has presented sev
eral previous recitals here in Win
ston-Salem. The Winston-Salem
Journal carried this critic’s report:
“Literally took the place by storm
—Charming.” In January, 1950
Mrs. Merriman was selected as
Woman of the Year.
“I enjoy giving recitals here at
Salem because the audience is, al
ways so responsive and enthusias
tic,” says Mrs. Merriman who is
now acting Dean of the Music
School.
Mr. Herman Halpern will speak
in the Art Gallery April 7. His
topic will be “Art in Advertising.”
He is going to tell the history
of advertising from its infancy and
how it has matured. He will also
tell the use of art in commercial
advertising.
His speech will be illustrated
from Fortune Magazine and Port
folio. Portfolio is a magazine pub
lished once a year containing good
examples of paintings, drawing and
cartoons used in advertising.
Mr. Halpern claims there is a
great difference between an artist
and a commercial artist. The plain
artist paints for his own pleasure.
The commercial artist is disciplined.
He is given an assignment and it
must be done following certain
specified qualifications.
In neither case, claims Mr. Hal
pern, must quality suffer. A car
toon, painting, lettering or a pas
toral painting are considered good
in their own place, while a picture
of a woman standing before a re
frigerator pointing out its good
qualities is not good art.
Mr. Halpern has owned the Her
man Halpern Advertising Agency
Salem Eagerly
Awaits "S” Day
“S Day”, sponsored by the David
son Y. M. C. A. and Salem Y. W.
C. A., will be observed on Davidson
College campus tomorrow. This
day has been arranged by Bill
Buckey, Davidson “Y” president
and Carol Stortz, Salem “Y” pre
sident.
Girls planning to make the trip
will leave Salem after lunch to
morrow in time to attend the track
meet at 2:30 between Davidson and
Florida State University. The
Scabbard and Blade, a military
fraternity, will sponsor a tea dance
from 3:00 p.m. until 5-30 p.m.
The girls will be the guests of
various fraternities for supper and
then will attend an informal dance,
sponsored by the Davidson senior
class, from 8:00 p.m. till 12:00 p.m.
Approximately 50 girls plan to at
tend “S Day.”
Willard Named Prexy
The day students elected their
new officers last Wednesday. They
are Sara Willard, president; Sara
Watson, vice-president; Barbara
Hine, secretary; Sally Ann Hudson,
treasurer and Edith Tesch, repre
sentative to the Student Council.
since 1946. His company works
only in the Winston-Salem area,
planning and carrying out all types
of advertising programs. These
programs consist of radio, news
paper and local activities.
Recently he had an article pub
lished in the Advertising Age. His
subject was that of a small adver
tising agency in a small town. In
this article he said that large
agencies were- very lush and im
pressive while small agencies were
down to earth.
Mr. Halpern was also chief of
public relations during the war
when he was stationed in Winston-
Salem. Now he is teaching a class
in public speaking to a group of
people from Winston-Salem.
Men Students
Define MSWX
From the Men Students’ Center
comes the solution to a problem
that has puzzled Salemites for
weeks—the meaning of MSWX. It
was reported this week that the
meaning of these puzzling letters
is Men Student’s Week. The X,
it seems, was added to lend an air
of mystery.
Men Student’s Week will be
April 21-26. During this week the
men students will donate their time
to doing helpful things around the
campus.
On the night of the 26th, to
climax this week, the men students
will sponsor a dance in the Day
Student Center. All Salem stu
dents are invited to bring their
dates or notify the president of
the Men Student Organization,
who will furnish dates for those
who do not have one.
Profs April Fooled
The senior class gave a mock
faculty meeting in Chapel Tues
day. Each member of the class
participated in the skit and took
the part of a faculty member.
Edna Wilkerson, class president,
played Dr. Gramley and presided
over the meeting. Highlights of
the program were reports made by
Dr. Todd (Florence Cole), Mr.
Campbell (Daisy Chonis) and Miss
Reigner (Lola Dawson).
After the meeting refreshments
were served—beer to everyone but
Mr. Sawyer (Carol Stortz), who
was given milk.
The rising senior class elected
five boarding students and one day
student to serve as marshals for
the coming year in a' meeting held
Wednesday. The girls chosen were
Cynthia May, Jean and Joan Shope,
Euber Roberts, Caroline Ross and
June Williams.
Cyndy, from Greenville, S. C., has
been on the Y cabinet for two
years and was president of the
Westminister Fellowship this year.
This year she was elected to the
hockey varsity. Cyndy has been
selected as copy editor of the
Salemite for next year.
Jean and Joan Shope are from
Weaverville. Both of them have
been active in sports and On the
Salemite. Jean was the assistant
advertising manager of the Salem
ite this year and next year she
will be circulation manager. Joan
helped on the advertising staff this
year and wall be advertising mana
ger next year.
From Anniston, Ala., Euber
Roberts was elected freshman re
presentative to the I. R. S. and is
a member of the Flome Ec. Club,
Euber has also helped with ads for
the Salemite.
Caroline is an attendant on the
May Court and has been vice-pre
sident of Clewell this year. She
was elected to both the hockey and
basketball varsities and she has
also played softball.
Day student June Williams is
majoring in piano and is a member
of the Choral Ensemble. In her
freshman year June served as a
cabinet member of the Y.
News Briefs
Dr. Elizabeth Welch will attend
a meeting of the North Carolina
(Negro) Teachers Association in
Raleigh on Friday, April 4. She
will act as consultant for the after
noon session at which there will be
a discussion of “Trends, Problems,
and Opportunities of F. T. A. Pro
gram.”
♦ ♦ ♦ * ♦
Stunt Night will be held April
24, in Old Chapel. All proceeds
will go to W. S. S. F.
* * ♦ * *
The State Federation of Womens
Clubs will meet on the Salem cam
pus on April 23 and 24, This feder
ation, which was organized at
Salem 50 years ago in Old Chapel,
will hold meetings m Memorial
Hall and Old Chapel. A tour
which will include the campus has
also been planned for the conven
tion.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Students and parents planning to
attend the Easter Sunrise Service
are invited to eat Easter morning
breakfast in Corrin refectory. Free
tickets may be obtained from Mrs.
Tesch, the president’s secretary, no
later than April 8.
*****
The junior class will entertain
the senior class at an informal
dinner at Michael’s on April 23rd.
The two classes decided to do this
instead of having the junior-senior
dance this year.
*****
The Y. W. C. A. sponsored a
party for the children at the
Memorial Industrial School Friday
afternoon. This is the second of
the two parties which the Y has
given for the orphanoge this year.
*****
Mrs. Heidbreder reminds all stu
dents that noon Saturday, April 5
is the last day to sign out for
Easter. The proper procedure for
signing out is posted on the bulle
tin board in each dorm.