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MAY DAY WINSTON-SALEM. N. C„ SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1931. Senior Class Play Proves Great Success Cast of One Breathless Night Gives Excellent Performance Before Large Audience N'cver has a dramatic production been more enthusiastically received than was “One Breathless Night,” tlie culmination of the Senior’s dra matic art, on Saturday evening, April 25tli. An unusually large and appre ciative audience witnessed the pres entation which took place in Me morial Hall. “One Breathless Night” by I.cRoy Arnold w'as a satire on the essen tially American “hurry, hurry, hur ry” convention, as well as being a laughable comedy full of breath taking action, heart-thrilling senti mentality, and delightful entertain ment. The voung heroine, Joan Hooker (Eva Hackney) suddenly found that each member of her fam ily, in his own personal way, was trying to get her engaged on the par ticular night of the play, because of the intricate will of an old-maid aunt who liad been disappointed in love, and who had as a result made her will subject to a love-match for Joan before her twenty-first birthday. Tlie father wlio had “nice notions of honor,” the irresistible kid brother, the humorous, determined mother— all do their best to marry Joan off to one of the available men. All turns out well in the end, however, for Joan takes it upon herself to fall (Continued on Page Three) Expanded Chapel Given Over to Week-End Plans Salsm Makes Final Plans For Its May Day Celebration Cliapel exercises at Salem College Wednesday morning were devoted tc a presentation of plans for the week end house party at which the col lege will be hostess to sixty or more senior students of high schools in North Carolina and other states, as a feature of May Day Celebration. The college and academy flags will be displayed early Saturday morning proclaiming May Day, and at 8:30 o’clock the customary out door Cliapel service will be held, with Mr. Ernest L, Schofield direct ing the music. Dr. Howard Rond- thaler, president, will make a brief May Day address. The gala pageant, featured by. the crowning of the May Queen, will take place on the pleasure grounds at i o’clock. Elizabeth Allen of Wel don is the Queen and Millicent Ward of Concord, Maid of Honor. The college is requesting the stu dents, guests and other visitors to bring cushions and rugs, as the natural pleasure grounds arena is to be used for seating, A huge picnic supper will be spread at 6 o’clock on upper campus, adjoining the Louisa Wilson Bitting Building. Invited to this occasion are students, faculty, high school visitors, and the alumnae. If it rains, supper will be served in the gym nasium. After supper the visitors will be escorted through the college build ings. laboratory, museum and points of interest, that they may become thoroughly acquainted with the plant and equipment of Salem College. Two complimentary plays, “Moon- sliine” and “The Minuet” will be presented in Memorial Hall at 8 o’clock Saturday evening. They will be followed by a dance, planned for the visitors, in tlie reception room of Louisa Wilson Bitting. ORGANIZATION HEADS 1931-32 ANNA PRESTOX President of The Student Body ANN MEISTER lent of Athletic Associatioi SARA GRAVES Editor of Salemite Dorothy Thompson Gives Brilliant Piano Recital Large and Appreciative Audi ence Hears Fourth Gradua tion Recital of Season The School of Music of Salem Col lege presented Miss Dorothy Thomp son, pianist, in the fourth graduating recital of tlie season last night Memorial Hall. Miss Thompson, who is a student of Dean Charles G. Vardell Jr., and from Cheraw, S. C., opened lier program with “Fantasia in C Minor” by Bach which she interpreted ir classical style. This was fol lowed by the Chopin “Etude, Op. 10. No. 3.” which afforded a wide range of tone color and rubato. This played with a keen understanding of all its nuances. As the closing number of her first group. Miss Thompson used the difficult and brilliant “Scherzo in b flat Minor” by Chopin. In this composition of many moods and exacting technical difficulties she proved herself wholly *qual to all its demands. Miss Thompson was assisted by Miss Millicent Ward, lyric soprano, of Concord, who is a pupil of Ernest Leslie Schofield. Miss Ward’s first group was a song cycle, entitled 'The City of Joy,” by Deems Tay lor. These attractive bits of descrip- •e love songs were done with arm and spirit. Miss Thompson began her second group with the graceful and delicate Waltz in A Major” by Lexitzki, with which she delighted her audi- In “White Peacock,” an in teresting modern composition by Griffes, she revealed her poetic iri- (Continued on Page Thr*«) Final Music Hour Given Thursday Advanced Pupils are Heard ii Excellent and Varied Recital In Memorial Hall The School of Music presented its final Music Hour of the year o Thursday afternoon. A student’ recital was given and it proved a fitting culmination of a of delightful and interesting pro grams. Every department was rep resented by one or more numbers, each of which was performed in a finished style. The program was as follows: 1. Barcarolle Militaire Rcinhold Rachel Bray 2. Chanson Triste Tschaikowslci Louise Kearns 3. Erotieon No. 2 Sjorgren Mildred Wolfe ■1. Etude de Style Ravi Grace Pollock 5. Pavane XVI Century Triptic Dance Salzedo Nannie Dodson, Dorothy Pfaff 6. Sous Bois Staub Mary Frances Hayworth 7. Guirlandes Godard Lois Naff 8. Love’s in My Heart ....Woodman Julia Brown Jennings 9. Nocturne Brassin Nancy Ann Harris 10. Waltzes Op. 39 Brahms Beulah Wall 11. Liebesfreud Kreisler Albert Blumenthal 12. Prelude in D Flat Chopin Ruth Dobbins 13. Lents Scott Opal Swain 14. Andante and Variations in F minor Haydn Millicent Ward Last “Y” Meeting Held Wednesday Various Committees Report A Successful Year and A Fulfilling of Purpose The Y. W. C. A. held its monthly meeting Wednesday night at eight o’clock in the recreation room of the Louisa Bitting Building. The meet ing was opened by the President, who called on the chairmen of the various committees to give a report of the work of their groups. The reports were characterized by the accomplishment of the aims set be fore each committee at the beginning of the year, and a laudable advance in the efficiency of the Y. W. C, A. workers of Salem College. The Treasurer’s report by Mary Alice Beaman, showed a gain, made by the “Y” Store, beauty parlor, and contributions from Salem students. The Social Service Committee un der the leadership of Frances Cald well, has done much praiseworthy work during the past year. Tliey have sent clothes to be used in the work of Crossnore School. At Christmas each class in school was given a family for which it was ■ide food, clothes, and toys. Besides this, the committee has pro- ided a great deal of pleasure for the ladies of the Old Ladies’ Home and the Children in the Children’s Home. The Christian Service group head ed by Margaret Johnson, has also .done notable work. Their most im portant event was the convention at Chapel Hill, which brought them in touch with Y. W. C. A. workers in all parts of the United States and foreign countries. This meeting in spired them with new ideas, making (Continued on Page Three) House Party At Salem In Full Swing Guests From High Schools of The State are Gathered on Campus for Activities Plans for the May Day house par ty which were announced Tuesday and Wednesday are beginning to materialize. This is the first event of the kind staged by Salem College and it has brought to the school, as guests, high school girls from all parts of North Carolina and adjoin ing states. The guest list includes members of High School graduating classes who have signified an interest in the college, through requests for catalogues and other information, or whose names have been suggested by present students of the college. The rounds of entertainment be gun this morning will continue until Sunday afternoon. Seniors of Richard J. Reynolds high school, and those who graduated in January have been invited to be guests of the college throughout the day. The first of the special program features to|ok plate tjiis morning at 8:45 on upper campus. An out door chapel service which included an appropriate talk by Dr. Rond- thaler and a number of nature hymns led by Mr. Schofield, gave the day a delightful start. The next event was a motor tour of the city for every visiting girl at some time dur ing the morning at which she was (Continued on Page Three) Rev. Rights Heard In Sunday Vespers Topic of Talk in Keeping With Series of God’s Afterglow In Life of Man On Sunday, April the 26th, the Y. W. C. A. Vesper program was opened by Syambatic “Melodic,” very beautifully interpreted by Martha McKay. After the musical opening sentence and the invocation, Lucy Martin Currie read the Scrip ture lesson found in John 14:1-7. Mr. Ernest Leslie Schofield, in his usual brilliant manner sang a beau tiful solo, “The Publican.” The Rev. Mr. Douglas Rights, pastor of the Trinity Moravian Church of this city, spoke on “God’s Afterglow — A Living Experience Through Christ.” On the first Easter Day two of Jesus’ friends, grief stricken over the loss of their com- , were walking on the road from Jerusalem. On the third day they met a stranger who talked with them. After hearing of their grief, the stranger explained that event had been fulfilled and suffering had to redeem sin. Later they saw that the stranger was the Master and they remembered what He had said to them. Experience is the best teacher, though often it is hard. One read and hear, but until one actually knows Him, nothing counts. There are several ways to get re ligious experiences. First, being re ligious is much better than thinking •eligion. Today there is a marked decline in worship because the times conducive to religion. Ex perience is the valuable element of life, for which suffering must pay. This is illustrated by the life and death of Jesus Christ. A moral vic tory is a lingering victory and has radiant afterglow. The second way of obtaining ex perience is through a better under standing of the Bible land God’s per sonality. Jesus talked to His friends about God’s will and His personality. The third religious experience may be gained through a witness of faith in others. There was a woman (Continued on Page Three)
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