Volume XXXV
Elections For
Main Offices
Complete
Julia Parker, Carolyn Kneeburg,
Denyse McLawhorn, Mary Jane
Galloway,, and Louise Pharr were
elected to fill important leadership
posts this past week.
In chapel Tuesday, March 29, the
student body, elected Louise, Pharr
to wear the regalia of Chief Mar
shall.
Louise, a sociology and econo
mics major, is the daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. John R. Pharr of Char
lotte.
A sophomore this year, Louise
has been active in extra-curricular
activities for the past two years.
She is treasurer of the “Y” Cabinet
and a member of the business staff
of the Sights and Insights.
Last year she was secretafy of
the freshman class and a member
of the “Y” Cabinet. Louise has
also participated in class sports.
Wednesday afternoon, the mem
bers of the Pierrettes selected Julia
Parker as their president for the
coming year.
Julia is a history major, and is
obtaining two minors — in drama
and in education. The daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Mayon Parker,
she is from Ahoskie, N. C.
She has been in dramatic pro
ductions off and on all her life,
and as a child was in the “Lost
Colony” pageant. Julia became a
member of the Pierrettes her fresh
man year. Her sophomore year
she served as secretary of her
class. Chosen by the Class of ’55
as a marshal, she alternated her
time between that and the Pier
rettes. She was producer of “The
Heiress”. Julia represented Salem
at the state F. T. A. convention in
Asheville last weekend.
During their last year at Salem,
the Class of ’56 will be led by
Denyse McLawhorn. A Religious
Music Major, Denyse is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. D. T. McLaw
horn of Winterville, N. C.
While at Salem, she has been a
member of the Choral Ensemble
and was vice-president of that or
ganization this year. She served
as treasurer of the I. R. S. for this
year. She sings with the First i
Presbyterian Church Choir and is
a member of the Pierrettes. j
In the drama club’s 1954 pro- *
duction of “Dark of The Moon,”
Denyse played the role of a moun
tain girl.
Denyse is hoping for a position
as Minister of Music in a church
after graduation.
Judy Graham was elected presi
dent of the rising Junior class.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. O. L. Graham, and hails from
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Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, April 1, 1955
Number 20
Denyse McLawhorn, Sara Outland, Mary Lou Mauney, Jane Little, and Lynn Robinson talk over how to
avoid being reprimanded by the faculty and student government while you are filching student funds.
Denyse and Mary Lou thought they needed a fewpointers.
Welchlnfarms Spikes, Liles, Outland, Johnson,
Siler, andSm ithof Deficit In Education Hours
Dr. Elizabeth Welch notified the
Salemite last night that six seniors
had failed to complete requirements
for graduation with a teaching cer
tificate.
These girls are: Norma Spikes,
Betsy Liles, Sara Outland, Freda
Siler, Gertrude Johnson, and Bar
bara Smith.
Until yesterday noon, it was be
lieved that all students had ful
filled requirements for obtaining a
certificate that would enable them
to teach in the state of North
Carolina.
But checking through her num
erous files on the students in the
Education Department, it was dis
covered that those half-dozen girls
were deficient in anywhere fi*om
three to six hours in the courses
required in education.
Dr. Welch expressed profound
grief that such a discovery should
be made so near graduation, and
said, “It is with deepest regrets
that I must notify these girls of
their deficiency. But they must
make up this lack in courses be
fore they will be allowed to teach
in any school in this state.”
Fortunately, this lack of educa
Frances Horne To Present
Piano Recital Monday Night
i
Frances Horne, Salem College
piano instructor on leave this year,
will return to campus to give a
recital in Memorial Hall Monday
at 8:30.
Miss Horne who taught piano
here in the academic years, ’52-’53
and ’53-’54 is now taking graduate
work at the University of Michi
gan.
A Salem alumna, she also did
graduate work at Michigan in
1951. Prior to joining the Salem
Music School faculty, she taught
privately in her hometown, War-
renton. North Carolina.
Miss Horne’s program includes:
Italian Concerto ’ Bach
Allegro
Andante
Presto
Images Debussy
Cloches a travers les feuilles
Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut
Piossons d’or
Sonata in E major Haydn
Moderate
Menuetto
Finale
Variations and Fugue on Theme by Handel — Brahms
tion courses will not disqualify the
students from graduation from
Salem College in May of this year.
The courses were not required for
graduation.
Dr. Welch was questioned by this
reporter concerning the possibility
of these students obtaining the re
quired hours at a summer school.
The University of North Caro
lina and Duke University offer
courses during their summer ses
sion, but it was announced by the
registrars at both schools that the
sessions were full and could not
take any students under any cir
cumstances.
Wake Forest College summer
session is willing to offer these
courses to Salem students.
The registrar at the liberal arts
college suggested that its admini
stration would feel Salem justly
paid for the holly trees that school
gave for the beautification of Wake
Forest’s new campus in Winston-
Salem.
This reporter contacted those
girls who were involved in this
mix-up. Statements were obtained
from everyone with the exception
of Barbara Smith, who had gone
to the post office and was not ex
pected back from the stroll for
several hours.
“Well I just don’t see how that
could have happened. I’ve done
everything they told me to. I
think I’ll call my lawyer, he’ll
think of something,” said Gertie
News Briefs
Sign outs for the Easter holidays
must be completed by Saturday
noon. This includes those who are
planning to stay on campus also.
Sign outs must be made during
office hours.
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The “Y” sponsored its annual
Easter party for the children at
the Memorial Industrial School on
Friday afternoon, April 1. While
the “Easter Bunny” hid the eggs,
Emily Baker led the group singing.
A Golden Egg was hidden, and the
child who found it won a prize.
After the Easter egg hunt, refresh
ments were served to the children.
Mary Mac Rogers was in charge
of the party.
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There will be no chapel on Thurs
day, April 14. Classes will resume
at 9:25 a.m.
Johnson upon hearing of the de
ficit.
Betsy Liles removed herself to
her purple cloud and liltingly
screamed, “Save me! save me!
How could this happen just at the
outset of my teaching career ? Oh,
save me, preserve me! What will
I do?”
Norma Spikes dropped her cigar
ette on the sofa, and stated.
“That’s the most ridiculous thing
1 ever heard of. The records are
just mixed up, I couldn’t have come
this far just to find I’ve not gone
anywhere.”
Sara Outland was just returning
from a math conference when I
told her the news. I couldn’t
understand Sara’s remarks for I
was too busy catching her from
falling onto the floor. Her most
understandable was “No-oo-oo-oo”.
Freda Siler was packing her suit
case for a trip to the Azalea Fes
tival when she heard the news.
She looked at me very quizzically
and asked, “Are you telling the
truth or is this an April Fool’s
joke ?”
Leave it to a scientist to discover
the inevitable.
i Any resemblance to persons
actual or unreal is purely intended.
And any resemblance to the truth
is purely unintended.
Fred Hasty
To Speak At
Sunday Forum
Mr. Fred Hasty of Charlotte will
speak on Christian Science at this
week’s Sunday Night Forum.
Mr. Hasty graduated from Wake
Forest College and Wake Forest
Law School, and is practicing law
in Charlotte.
He is Chairman of the Com
mittee on Publication for the State
of North Carolina, which does
public relations work for the
Christian Science Church in this
state. He is a member of the First
Church of Christ, Scientist, of
Charlotte.
The Forum will be held in the
Day Student Center at 9 p.m., with
a discussion at 9:30 p.m.
Installations
ToBe Held
On Tuesday
In chapel Tuesday, the new of
ficers for the 1955-56 terms will be
installed.
Sue Jones will retire from office
praising the students for their
ability to get around all rules and
regulations.
Louise Barron has announced the
topic of her acceptance speech as
“Three Methods of Getting in Good
with the Student Government”.
Jean Miller and Nellie Ann Bar-
row will receive a notebook from
the retiring vice-presidents, Jane
Little and Dottle Allen, with help
ful hints on how to announce a
hymn number without really saying
it, how to arrange the announce
ments in the most humorous man
ner, and how to look really in
terested while a guest speaker
speaks.
Louise Barron as out-going secre
tary will hand over the “little black
book” to Pat Greene, advising her
to make the Student Government
chapels next year more interesting
by telling all!
Nancy Petersen with ten new
cashmere sweaters, six new spring
hats, and three new Easter outfits
relunctantly hands over the job of
treasurer to Mary Brown.
Betty Lynn Wilson Robinson and
Betsy Liles hand over the quiet,
uneventful, job of editing the
Salemite and the Sights and In
sights to Emily McClure and Mar
tha Thornburg — with hopes that
they will find somewhere to put all
the extra ads !
Emily Baker, takes over Mary
Anne Raines’ office of Chairman
of May Day, with hopes that maybe
next year, Salem College will get
what it wants for May Day—rain.,
Ann Campbell dreads the job of
looking after 350 sloppy Salemites,
but Bobbi Kuss has informed her
that with the all time record low
of 3,967 calldowns for unmade beds,
1465 calldowns for throwing food
in the dining hall, 1633 calldowns
for improper dress, and 1 calldown
for sticking chewing gum under a
faculty member as he sat down,
Salem has improved to such an
extent that she need not worry at
all about next year!
Francine Pitts leaves the job of
A. A. prexy to Betty Morrison,
praising students for their whole
hearted participation in sports
events (mostly concerned with
football games at some other col
lege or university), their enthusiasm
for being spectators here, and their
willingness to truly go “all the way
with the A. A.”
Mary Lou Mauney, in succeeding
Sara Outland as “Y” president, has
announced that morning chapel will
be at six-thirty next year, and
Sunday Night Vespers will be at
seven o’clock on Saturdays since
that time is more convenient with
the majority of people.
Julia Parker, in becoming head
of the Pierrettes, has announced
the titles of next year’s plays to
be, Sadie Thompson, A Streetcar
Named Desire, and Hamlet. After
the miserable flops sponsored by
the Pierrette Club, this year under
the capable leadership of Ann
(Guppie) Mixon, anything will look
good.
Chief Marshal Louise Pharr will
accept the office from Ann Camp
bell with definite instructions on
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