ILittle Theatre presents The
I Typists and the Tiger.
[See page 4.
Volumn XLIX
Home Ec Club adds new of
ficers. See page 3.
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, November 17, 1967
Number 1 4
i'Two Speakers To Talk
lAhout Classics, Vietnam
Well-known Classics authority,
/illiam R. Ridington, will visit
ISalem the afternoon of Wednesday,
■November 29. Mr. Ridington is
[presently Professor of Classics and
iChairman of that Department at
/^estern Maryland College, where
|he was also director of the Sum
ner Latin Workshop programs in
|co-operation with the Classical As
sociation of Atlantic States from
|l958-1961 and 1963-1965.
Mr. Ridington has traveled
Iwidely, studying at the American
[School of Classical Studies in At-
Ihens, Greece. Taking leave to visit
|Rice Speaks
it Y Assembly
The Y. W. C. A. presented their
Thanksgiving program here in as-
[sembly Wednesday, November 15.
It was opened with the hymn
|"Come Ye Thankful People Come,”
followed by responsive reading and
!a prayer. Dr. Charles Rice was the
-speaker and his address was en
titled “On Going to A Banquet,” a
contemporary interpretation of a
New Testament parable (Luke 14).
Dr. Rice began by acknowledging
he difficulties of celebrating
hanksgiving 1967 in a troubled
inie. He suggested that “grace it
self threatened us” in that it pre-
ents something with which our
-culture can not cope. We are a
people afraid to accept something
ithout repaying the giver. We
'“hurry to balance the accounts by
balancing our social calendar.”
He went to on to say, however,
hat the very perplexity of the
jtimes might make one more sensi
tive to the authentic meaning of
ratitude. As life involves sorrow
nd joy, worship should involve
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various classical sites in the Medi
terranean, he attended the Ver-
gilian School at Cumal, Italy in
1962. Continuing his travels in the
summer of 1966, Mr. Ridington did
work at the excavation of a Roman
villa site at Barnsley Park, near
Cirencester, England.
Mr. Ridington is well known for
his book. The Minoan-Mycean
Background of Greek Athletics. The
topic of his illustrated discussion at
Salem will be “The Old and New
in Classical Lands.”
As a speaker from the Visiting
Scholars Program of the Piedmont
University Center, Mr. Ridington
will lecture in Room 319 of the
Fine Arts Center at 4 p.m., on No
vember 29.
Craig J. Spence, war correspon
dent for the Mutual Broadcasting
System will speak in assembly, De
cember 6, on “Vietnam — A Re
porter’s Report” as part of the
Salem College Lecture Series.
Mr. Spence’s talk will evaluate
how the “story” has been reported
and contrasts it with a reporter’s
knowledge of the day-to-day drama
in that troubled land.
He has recently returned from
Vietnam where he interviewed
leaders, flew on missions, and ac
companied troops into combat as a
feature reporter for Mutual.
In his eight years of news report
ing and interviewing, Mr. Spence
has been expelled from Cuba and
has filed articles from Bombay, Cal
cutta, Karachi, Athens, and Saigon
for the Mutual network. He was
also radio-television press secretary
to former-Governor Endicott Pea
body of Massachusetts and now
serves as press secretary to the
speaker of the House of Represen
tatives of Massachusetts. A gradu
ate of Boston University, Mr.
Spence makes his headquarters in
Boston.
Marie-Claire Alain To Play
Presenting Organ Recital In
Here
Hanes
French Organist, Marie-Claire,
Alain, will present a concert in
Hanes Auditorium Friday, Decem
ber 8, for the Agnew H. Bahnson,
Jr. Memorial Organ Fund.
She has traveled widely and is
familiar with all the old organs of
France, Germany, Holland, and
Denmark as well as with the more
modern instruments. Her wide ex
perience leads her to believe that
each organ in each country has a
particular individuality, and that the
organist’s art consists in. discover
ing this, in order to select the com
positions best suited for the instru
ment.
Each program, therefore, must be
adapted to each particular organ,
and it is fascinating to her when
she feels that she has achieved per
fect harmony between her program
and the organ.
She was born in Saint-Germain-
en-Laye, one of a family of musi
cians, of whom her brother, Jehan
Alain, composer of Litanies is the
most famous. She was destined for
a musical career very early in life.
A true prodigy at the age of eleven
she became organist of the local
church, replacing her father Albert
Alain.
She entered the Conservatoire
National de Paris at the age of
eighteen. There in a period of six
years she won four First Prizes;
in Harmony, Counterpoint, Fufue,
Organ, and Improvision. She also
was awarded the Diploma in Music
Pedagogy. In 1950 she won the
competition in Organ Performance
and Improvision at the Concours
International in Geneva, and in 1951
the J. S. Bach Prize in Paris.
Miss Alain appears quite fre
quently on radio and television in
Europe and has given countless re
citals. She has appeared as soloist
with orchestras and has made many
Poor girl! She didn't buy a Follies ticket.
By Lisa Mabley
Less than two weeks to go until
i^arvelous McPherson and the Sen
sational Seniors present the musical
extravaganza of the season. Don’t
miss the chance of a life tirhe; take
this opportunity to make your
, plans; ■ get your tickets 'from ^your
friendly neighborhood senior,
you’re doomed if you don t!
This earth shaking documentary
and musical will be presented once
and only once on Thursday, No
vember 30, at 8 p.m. in Hanes Audi
torium. The tickets are not $4, not
$3, not $2.50 but a measley 75^, its
so little to pay for so much. You
will be transported everywhere
from the Congo to 1600 Pennsyl
vania Avenue. ^
The technical side of the produc
tion defies description. See refri
gerator boxes turned into beautiful
Ed Kelly gowns. See five hundred
square feet of Muslin turned into
a glowing myriad of scenic beauty.
See student teachers throw off their
lesson plans, let their hair down
and become transformed into award
winning actresses. See B.A., B.S.,
and B.M. candidates, alike, show
their prowess.
See Mallory Lykes and Beth
Taylor doing stunts from death de
fying heights. See all this and more
on November 30. This will be a re
quired assembly.
AHENTION
The Salemite wishes to congratu
late John Spitz for receiving his
Ph.D. in Economics from the Uni
versity of Tennessee. The degree
will be conferred there, December
15.
Marie-Claire Alain, organist, will perform for the Agnew H. Bahn
son, Jr. Memorial Organ Fund December 8.
concert tours in most of the Euro
pean countries. She is a regular
teacher at The Summer Academic
of Haarlem (Holland).
She has made about eighty re
cordings, including the Intregral
Work of J. S. Bach and has won
seven Grand Prix du Disque.
PhersonHeads Senior Follies;
nother Earth Shaking M us ical
Holiday Spirit Grows
With Annual Candle Tea
By Joanna McGrath
No time at Salem is more enjoy
able than Christmas, a fact affirmed
by returning students who look for
ward to it excitedly each year.
Happily awaited, then, is the Mo
ravian Candle Tea at the Brother’s
House, which is considered by many
people to be the opening event of
the Christmas season in Winston-
Salem.
Freshmen and other new students
will hear glowing reports from
those who have been to the tea in
the past. Most likely, they will
hear of the festive smell that per
vades the Brother’s House—a com
bination of various odors: coffee,
sugarcake, hot wax, and dried
greenery J many of us now associate
that very smell with Christmas it
self! The tea, sponsored by Home
Moravian Church, primarily in
volves being led by Hostesses in
early Moravian dress to various
parts of the building, where some
aspect of the Christmas celebration
is represented.
First, one goes to a chapel where
Christmas carols are sung, just as
they were two centuries ago, and
then, to a demonstration of early
Moravian candle-making. Next, the
tour leads to the old-fashioned kit
chen for coffee and real Moravian
sugar cake; and, finally, downstairs
for a viewing of the putz. “Putz”
is an old German word meaning
“to decorate,” and surely no deco
ration could be as breath-taking as
the sight of a miniature reconstruc
tion of Salem Square, just as it was
in the early 18(X)’s. Each building
is constructed to the exact scale of
the original. The finale continues
an ‘aura of Christmas, enchantment
with a presentation of the Nativity
scene, accompanied by a reading of
the Biblical account.
The general experience is that all
who leave the Candle Tea do so
with a sense of joy and content
ment,, and in excited anticipation of
Christrnas. , If you are worrieid
about being unable to get into the
Christmas spirit this year, the
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Portraits Grace
FAC Corrider
, Many Salemites have noticed the
attractive art exhibit in the Fine
Arts Center. Perhaps, they recog
nize familiar faces among the por
traits of North Carolina personages,
including former-governor’s wife,
Margaret Rose Sanford, and her
two children.
William S. Felds is the talented
artist. Mr. Fields shows versatility
in portraying young and old
through different media. The por
traits involve various poses, both
formal and casual, with fields and
horses, chandeliers and furniture in
the backgrounds.
Mr. Fields, a native of Fayette
ville, studied at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill and
the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
Massachusetts. He has exhibits in
New York and various local and
regional shows. He has held many
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