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
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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