Hixson Tells
Final Plans
ForOlsoTrip
The St. Olaf College News
Bureau has issued official an
nouncement of the 1955 University
of Oslo Summer School. Appli
cation blanks for two Corrin Strong
scholarships to this session are now
'available in the office of the Aca-
' demic Dean.
The St. Olaf bulletin states that
1 courses are to be offered in the
fields of humanities, social studies
and education system of Norway,
i Two new courses in Physical Edu-
3 cation in Scandanavia (with special
1 emphasis on Norway) will be
featured.
> The Honorable L. Corrin Strong,
3 Ambassador to Norway, and
* Trustee of Salem Academy and
*3 College, has offered for the second
' time two grants of $800 each to
provide travel and expenses for the
" summer study abroad. Betsy Liles
and Agnes Rennie were last year’s
winners.
This year’s chosen students will
join a group of about 200 American
and Canadian students who are ex-
' pected to enroll for the university’s
i popular summer session,
i All juniors and sophomores who
j have a C-plus average and who
3 plan to return to Salem for the
f 1955-56 session are eligible. One
) sophomore and one junior will be
J selected by the following com
mittee; Dr. Gramley, Dr. Ivy Hix-
i son, chairman; Clemens Sandresky,
I Mrs. Amy Heidbreder, Warren
' Spencer, Mrs. Mary Melvin, Miss
Elizabeth Ann Collett, A. T. Cur-
' lee, and Miss Jess Byrd.
- The application blanks include a
, : tentative choice of summer school |
1 subjects and a 500-word staternent
’ giving the applicant’s qualifications j
as a “representative of American
college students and as an inter
preter of America.” The candidate
is asked, “What significance would
the experience have for you and
for Salem College?”
Organized in 1947 and thus one
of the youngest in Europe, the
Oslo Summer School is now a per
manent part of the University of
Oslo’s year-round program. While
its original purpose was to bring |
j academic youth of the U n i t e d j
^ States and Canada into contact
.1 with Norwegian life and culture,
the s u"m m e r school now offers
much of interest to students from
, Great Britain and the Continent as
i well.
■ Students from the United States
may transfer credits to their home
university or college, since all
t courses are set up in terms of
American “semester hours.”
Religion Major Is Added
To Curriculum Of College
Dr. Ivy Hixon has announced
that the proposal of -the addition
to the Salem College curriculum of
a major in Religion has recently
been accepted by the faculty in
conjunction with the curriculum
committee.
Although a minor in this field
lias been offered for five years, a
student could not previously have
graduated in Religion with the
twenty-four hours necessary for a
major. Students may now register
for such a course although the
class of 1957—the present Sopho
more class—will be the first en-
Music Teacher
To Present
Voice Recital
Service To Be Held
The Home Moravian Church ex
tends to the Salem College stru
dents and faculty an invitation to
attend the Ash Wednesday com
munion service to be held at 7:55
a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23, in the
Home Church.
The Rev. J. C. Hughes will con
duct the service, a custom of long
standing on the campus. Ash Wed
nesday is the beginning of the Len
ten season and one of the high
days of the church year.
Students of all faiths are invited
to attend the service; it will be
concluded in time for the 8.30
classes.
The 8:15 devotional service in
Little ^ Chapel will not be held on
that morning; the bell will ring at
7:50 instead of 8:15.
Beginning March 1, and continu
ing each Tuesday until the Spririg
holidays, the Canterbury Club will
sponsor a 7:15 a.m. communion
service in Little Chapel. All stu
dents are invited to attend.
Rear Admiral Ernest M. Eller,
U. S. N., Ret, of Annapolis, Md., |
will be the commencement speaker
at the close of Salem’s 183rd year
on Monday, May 30. Admiral Eller
is the author of the w^ell-known
book on the early settlement of
Salem, Houses of Peace. He has
also written .numerous magazine
articles.
Admiral Eller, a native of Mar
ion, Va., was graduated from North
Wilkesboro High School and at
tended North Carolina State Col
lege before receiving his appoint
ment to the U. S. Naval Academy
of which he is a graduate.
He has served in many naval
capacities—on submarines, on bat
tleships—and, before retirement a
year ago, he was the director of
Koyl To Speak
At First Forum
Sunday, February 20, Miss Betty
Koyl will speak at the first Sunday
Night Forum at 9 p.m. in the Day
Student Center. A discussion for
those who wish' to remain will be
held at 9:30 p.m.
Miss Koyl, who is from Winston-
Salem, will speak on the Bahai
religion, of w^hich she is a member.
The Bahai religion was founded
in Iran in 1844 by Baha-O-Llah.
Its basis is that all religions have
one foundation, and its goal is to
bring all religions of the world to
gether in one organization, the
Bahai Cause. The center of the
Bahai faith in the United States
is Williamette, Illinois.
Miss Koyl is the first of a series
of speakers on six various religions.
These Forums, taking the place of
Sunday evening vespers, are spon
sored by the Y. W. C. A. Cabinet
and the Comparative Religion
Class, and will include, in addition
to talks by representatives of the
six religions, open discussion
periods afterwards.
Speakers in addition to Miss
Koyl will be; Rabbi Ernst Conrad,
Judaism; Monsignor Francis
O’Brien, Roman Catholicism; Rev.
T. A. Fraser, Jr., Anglican Episco-
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Rear Admiral Ernest M. Eller has been invited to be the commencement
speaker at Salem’s 183rd year on May 30.
Rear Admiral Ernest M. Eller
To Be Commencement Speaker
public relations for that branch of
service. On two occasions during
his naval career, he was assigned
to the faculty of the U. S. Naval
Academy where he taught English,
history, gunnery, and ordnance.
Admiral Eller’s wife is the for
mer Agnes Pfohl, a Salem alumna,
class of'1923. The Ellers have two
sons, one of whom is a freshman
at Davidson College.
Speaker for the baccalaureate
sermon on Sunday, May 29, at
11:00 a.m., will be Rev. Thomas A.
Fraser, Jr., rector of St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church in Winston-
Salem.
Council Plans
Cage Tourney
A tournament sponsored by the
Athletic Association Council from
Monday, Feb. 21 through Wedneifr
day, Feb. 23, will climax the basket
ball season on Salem campus.
At a meeting of the managers
with Miss Collett on Monday, the
following schedule was set up;
Monday, Feb. 21,
7.00 p.m.. Sophomores vs. Jun
iors
7:45 p.m.. Freshmen vs. Seniors
Tuesday, Feb. 22,
7:30 p.m., Freshmen vs. Sopho
mores
8:15 p.m.. Juniors vs. Seniors
Wednesday, Feb. 23,
7:00 p.m.. Sophomores vs. Sen
iors
7:45 p.m.. Freshmen vs. Juniors
According to a report of Cookie
Kolmer, assistant basketball mana
ger, the defending champion sopho
mores have ten eligible players;
Jo Smitherman is their manager.
The freshmen, headed by ,.Dhu
Jennette, lead in practice atten
dance and boast fourteen members.
Nancy Russell, captain of the
juniors, has seven girls eligible;
Tinkie Millican, early in the week,
had six seniors ready for the tour
nament. 3
Cookie expressed the hope that
; student interest in the tournament
will equal the players’ pract'.ce at
tendance, reportedly the highest in
several years.
Joan Jacobowsky, a member of
the voice department of Salem
College, will present a recital Mon
day, Feb. 21, at 8:30 p.m. in Mem
orial Hall.
After receiving a B. S. at Juil-
liard School of Music, she attended
Teachers’ College of Columbia Uni
versity and obtained a rnaster’s de
gree. She taught in Burlington
City Schools before coming to
Salem nearly five years ago.
Besides her teaching duties, she
sings in the choir of the First
Presbyterian Church. Two years
ago Mrs. Jacobowsky had the lead
in “The Medium”, presented here
at Salem, as the gypsy fortune
teller Madame Flora.
Her recital will consist of the
following numbers:
Come Let’s Be Merry
Old English Air
Plaisir d’Amour Martini
Oui Sedes (Mass in B Minor)..
Bach
Komm Susser Tod Bach
Ziguenerlieder (8 Gypsy Songs)
Brahms
Chansons de Bilitis .... -Debussy
La Flute de Pan
La Chevelure
Le Tombeau des Niades
Poemes de Ronsard ...Poulenc
Attributes
Le Tombeau Ballet
Je n’ai plus que les os
A son page
The Next Market Day
Irish Country Songs
I Know My Love
The Fanaid Grive*
Love’s Philosophy .....Quilter
abled to take full advantage of
such 3(11 addition.
Mr. Edwin A. Sawyer, head of
the Religion Department, stated
that the faculty looked favorably
upon the expansion of the curri
culum particularly at the present
time while plans for expansion of
campus facilities and enrollment
are being culminated.
In his proposal to the faculty,
Mr. Sawyer said, “The purpose of
a major in religion would be simi
lar to that in the social studies,
namely to offer opportunity for
specialization in an essential area
of our culture. The purpose of
Salem’s major would not be to pro
duce specialists in religious educa
tion, but with a major in Religion
the student might choose to enter
certain types of social or personnel
work, as well as church work.
He also suggested that the major
could be successfully coupled with
a minor in elementary education
for the student anticipating specific
work in religious education. Also
recommended was one summer ^ of
practical work in religious activi
ties such as camp, YWCA projects
and Vacation Bible School.
The Department of Religion has
been gradually expanding in recent
years to include a major,_ so that,
I with the exception of Senior Semi
nar, no additional courses are nec
essary. Mr. Sawyer did say that
it is possible that present courses
be offered more frequently and
that the “Administration is hopeful
of adding a second full-time faculty
person in Religion and Philosophy
in the near future.
The courses of “Old and New
Testament,” “The Life and Teach
ings of Jesus,” “The Prophets and
Poets of the Old Testament,” and
“The World’s Living Religions”
will be required for eighteen hours
of the major, and the additional
six hours can be elected from those
remaining courses.
Joan Jacobowsky
The Ziguenedlieder are original
gypsy folk songs. Brahms wrote
only the accompaniment. The num
bers by Poulenc have never been
recorded in the United States. And
there are no European recordings
available. The Irish country songs
are authentic folk songs. They
were translated from the ancient
Gallic.
Clemens Sandresky will accom
pany Mrs. Jacobowsky.
Tryouts For
May Pageant
To Be Feb. 22
Tryouts for the roles in the May
Day pageant will begin Tuesday,
February 22. This year they are
to be divided into three sections:
group dancing, narrations, and in
dividual dancing and pantomime.
Time for these tryouts is as fol
lows; 5 p.m. Tuesday, narration,
Wednesday, 5 p.m. narration, and
on Thursday at 6:30 p.m., indi
vidual dancing and pantomime. All
tryouts will be held in the gym
nasium.
Between eighteen and twenty-
four girls will be chosen for the
group dances. There are three dif
ferent groups, the Caliph’s men,
the jewels, and the Genii, will
carry out the theme of May Day—
“The Arabian Nights”
Each of the main roles will have
a separate person doing the nar
ration. The four main roles are
Scheherazade, Sinbad the Sailor;
the Genii, and the Magician.
There is one big dancing scene.
Each of the characters in this, scene
have a distinct identity and their
parts are pointed up at some time
during the scene. Some of these
parts are: a beggar, snake charmer,
snake, elephant, juggler, slave girls,
slave dealers, and Caliph and the
merchants.
The May Day Committee needs
help on building the sets, and mak
ing costumes, announced Mary
Anne Raines. She urges all girls
who are interested to contact her.