AU REVOIR
SENIORS
CHEERIO
SUMMERTIME
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1931.
Salem Commencement Famous Greek Tragedy
May 29th to June 1st Successfully Presented
Dr. Lambeth of Durham Will
Be Chief Speaker
The one hundred and fifty-ninth
Commencement Exercises of Salem
College will begin on Friday, May
the 29th, and will continue through
the actual Graduation Exercises in
Memorial Hall on Monday morning,
the first of June.
A traditional ceremony will take
place on Friday afternoon when
there is the annual transfer of caps
and gowns by the graduating seniors
to the rising senior class.
On Saturday, May the 30th, the
annual Alumnae Day exercises will
be held. There will be a meeting of
all visiting alumnae, whether local
or out-of-town, together with the col
lege faculty and the senior class in
the college library. At one o’clock
tlie annual Alumnae Luncheon will
be held in the college dining room.
The presentation of the senior class
memorial will take place at three
-thirty in the afternoon in Memorial
Hall. Immediately following this
exercise, the audience will proceed to
lower campus where the annual Sen
ior Class Day exercises will be held.
The Commencement Concert,
which is Haydn’s great oratorio,
“The Creation,” will be given in
Memorial Hall at eight-fifteen
o’clock on Saturday evening. This
oratorio has been presented by the
Salem College School of Music sev
eral times, the last time having been
in 1920 under the direction of Dean
H. A. Shirley. The 1931 Com
mencement Concert will be directed
by Dean Charles G. Vardell, Jr., of
the Salem College School of Music.
Approximately eighty-five voices
from the college Glee Club, together
with the college orchestra which will
be augmented by scverall players
from the city, and three soloists, will
present the oratorio. The soprano
soloist will be Miss Dicie Howell,
of New York City, a Salem College
alumna, and a singer of considerable
reputation. Mr. Dan Gridley, also
of New York City will sing the
or solo parts, and Mr. Ernest Scho
field of the School of Music,
sing the bass solos.
The President’s Reception for all
students, in particular, of course, for
the seniors, their families, and
friends, will be held in Memorial
Hall at ten o’clock.
The Baccalaureate Service will be
held on Sunday morning at the Heme
Moravian Church. Dr. Robert M.
House, of Chapel Hill, will deliver
the baccalauieate sermon. Dr. and
Mrs. Rondthaler will give their sup
per for the seniors at five-thirty,
Sunday afternoon, and this supper
will be followed at .seven o’clock by
the annual senior vesper service
held on upper campus.
The traditional Daisy Chain cere
monies by the seniors will take place
in front of Main Hall at ten-forty-
five on Monday morning, the first of
June. The actual Graduation exer
cises will take place in Memorial
Hall, immediately following this
exercise. The Commencement Ad
dress will be delivered by Dr. Wil-
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VESPER SERVICE
The Y. W. C. A. Vesper service i
Sunday evening was held out of
doors on the pergola steps. Thelma
Stortz led in a service of worship
and song which was opened with
“Follow the Gleam,” and closed with
■ “Day is Dying in the West.” Scrip
ture passages were read by Susan
Calder and Martha Davis, calling to
mind the fact that the beauty of
nature “Declares the glory of God.”
The quiet evening hour, the beau
tiful natural setting, and the simple
act of worship were all blended in
making the service a true inspiration.
Large Audience Witnesses
Excellent Dramatic
Performance
On Saturday, May 16, a large and
appreciative audience witnessed the
Pierrette Players’ greatest dramatic
production, Antigone, at four o’clock,
'□wer campus. The entire per
formance was thoroughly creditable.
To Dr. Pearl V. Willoughby, head
of the English Department of Salem
College and sponsor of the Pierrettes
as well as to the members of the cast,
goes the credit for producing an an
cient play which required an outdoor
setting and difficult emotional de
mands. The assistant directors
Ernest Leslie Schofield and
: Helen Hart Fuller, of the
Salem music faculty. The fitting
music was especially composed by
Dean Charles G. Vardell, Jr.,
the performance, which was a
climax to the year’s dramatic pro-
According to the Journal-Sentinel'
“Chief acting honors were divided
by the two principal characters,
Antigone, played by Miss Margaret
Hauser, of High Point, and King
Creon, played by Miss Eleanor
Chase, member of the Academy fac
ulty.
“Miss Hauser was beautiful ir
flowing Grecian gown and wispy
fair hair which, unintentionally or
not, was repeatedly haloed by the
evening sunshine, that streamed
through the tree branches of the
phitheatre, enhancing the spiritual
quality of her role. But beauty alone
does not suffice such a role as An
tigone, the ill-fated sister whose love
for her brother causes her to defy
the commands of an imperious king,
Miss Hauser lacked nothing neces
sary to the portrayal of her part.
Her voice, as well as her stage bear
ing and expressive pantomime, was
deeply emotional. Her softest tones
were audible in the most distant re
cesses of the amphitheatre.
“Miss Chase, as the dark-browed,
cold-eyed King Creon, had a male
part that one female out of a thous-
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Alpha Iota Pi Honors
Its Senior Members
Miss M. J. Smith Sponsors
Picnic Supper
Salem’s Latin Sorority, Alpha
Iota Pi, honored its Senior members
and its pledges with a delightful
picnic, Tuesday, May 19th, at Fried-
Around five automobiles conveyed
the college girls. Misses Minnie J.
Smith and Lessie Brown Phillips,
and the luscious “eats” to a suitable
out-door picnic ground about five
miles from the city. The goats
immediately set to work, frying
bacon, toasting marshmallows, pre
paring the meal, and entertaining
the upperclassmen. A clever mod
ernized version of the legend of
Pyromus and Theiche was given by
Misses Mary Miller and Julia
Meares.
The Senior members. Misses Ruth
Carter, retiring President of the club,
Lucy Currie, Mary Norris, Kathryn
Schlegel and Elizabeth Marx,
honored by Miss Smith with a hugf
chocolate cake and block ice-c
The party arrived at Salem at about
eight o’clock that evening.
The following are the officers of
the club for next year:
President Virginia Langley
Vice-President Julia Mears
Sec. and Treas Allyne Reich
The new members were: Dorothy
Sims, Margaret Johnson, Eleanor
Phillips, and Allyne Reich.
Mary Mitchell Norman
Senior Class President
Maude Hutcherson Chosen
As Vice-President
At a Junior Class meeting, called
m Tuesday, May 19, by the Presi
dent, Miss Sarah Graves, one
Salem’s traditions was broken i
most worthy cause. Tlie class
elected Miss Mary Mitchell Norman,
was President of the class dur
ing the Sophomore year. President
of the Senior Class. This is a dis
tinguished honor for Miss Norman,
who is from Mooresville, N. C.
probably the second timi
Salem’s history that a girl has
served twice in the capacity of Presi
dent of her class.
Miss Maude Hutcherson of Win-
m-Salem, was elected Vice-Presi
dent of next year’s graduating class.
The following officers were elected
at the same meeting:
Vice-President Maude Hutcherson
Secretary Minnie Hicks
isurer Kitty Brown
Poet Martha Davis
Historian Virginia Langley
Song Leader Doris Kimel
Cheer Leader Daisy Litz
Prophet Anna Preston
Oratorio to Be Given
(^On Saturday, May 2nd
Haydn’s “The Creation” Is
Final Presentation of
Music School
The combined efforts of the
School of Music of Salem College
will reach their culmination in the
commencement presentation of Hay
dn’s oratorio “The Cretion,
Saturday night, May 30. This great
work which was written in 1798 has
been presented at Salem College a
number of times, the last time being
in 1920 under the direction of the
late Dean H. A. Shirley.
The performance will be under the
direction of Dean Charles G. Var
dell Jr. Miss Viola Tucker will play
the piano accompaniments. The
Salem College Glee Club and a num
ber of singers from the community
will compose the chorus of eighty-
five voices. Players from the com
munity will Jilso augment the Salem
College stringed orchestra.
Eminent soloists have been
cured for the occasion. Miss Dicie
Howell, of New York City, an alum
na of Salem College will be the so
prano. Miss Howell has long been a
successful church, concert and ora
torio singer in New York City. Mr.
Dan Gridley, who will sing the tenor
solos, came to New York, three years
ago after a successful career
west. His singing has aroused
great enthusiasm. Mr. Gridley has
appeared with the New York Phil
harmonic orchestra, and in the Cin
cinnati and Cleveland music festivals.
He also filled an important engage
ment with the Mendelssohn Club in
Pittsburgh. Mr. Ernest Leslie Scho
field, head of the voice department
at Salem College, will sing the bass
solos. Miss Howell and Mr. Gridley
will sing two groups of solos. Miss
Viola Tucker will accompany Mr.
Gridley, and Miss Ruth Marsden
will accompany Miss Howell.
This will be one of the most
bitious pieces of work which the
School of Music has undertaken for
several years, and it should be well
received by the public.
COMMENCEMENT
PROGRAM
Friday, May 29th.
5:00 P. M.—^Transfer of caps and
gowns. Memorial HalL
Saturday, May 30th
12:00 Noon—Alumnae meeting in
the college library.
1:00 P. M.—Alumnae Luncheon.
3:30 P. M.—Presentation of the
Senior Class Memorial.
Senior Class Day' exercises im
mediately follow on lower cam
pus.
8:15 P. M.—Commencement con
cert. Haydn’s oratorio “The
Creation.’’ Choru9. and Orches-
Sunday, May 31 si.
11:00 A. M.—Baccalaureate Serv
ice. Dr. Robert M. House, of
Chapel Hill, N. C., Home Mo
ravian Church.
5:30 P. M.—Dr. and Mrs. Rond-
thaler’s supper for the Seniors.
7:00 P. M.—Senior Vespers out-
of-doors.
11:00 A. M.—Graduation exercises.
Dr. William A. Lambeth, of
Durham, N. C„ Memorial Hall.
Poem Prizes of $100
By ‘The Campus Muse’
Offered for Works Composed
by Any American College
Poet of 1930-1931
Feeling that the college poets of
today, who may be the future lead
ers in this field as has been proven
by such contemporary poets as Rob
inson, Millay, or Frost, are not re
ceiving the proper encoui^agement
or attention, “The Campus Muse,”
of Muhlenberg College, is offering
$100.00 in prizes for the most out
standing works of college poets in
the United States in 1930-31. Fur
thermore, arrangements have been
made with a prominent publisher to
have the prize-winning poems, as
well as the most outstanding remain
ing works, printed in book form this
summer. Copies of this will be gent
to representative college libraries
and metropolitan newspapers for re
view just to show the literary world
what the “college muses” can actual
ly accomplish.
Poems for this contest have been
divided into ten groups; a prize of
ten dollars ($10.00) in gold is of
fered for the best work in each one
of the ten classes. These groups are
as follows: (1) Life and Living, (2)
Loyalty: to Country or Alma Mater,
(3) Love, (4) Religion, (5) Nature,
(6) Personality, (7) Children, Pets
and Hobbies, (8) Campus Life, (9)
Humor or Parodies, (10) General
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Athletic Council Heads
Gymnasium Campaign
School Leaders Express Thoir
Spirited Opinions on “Hut”
Problem
A new gymnasium—long cherished
dream of all Salem students through
out recent years—was widely dis
cussed by members of the Athletic
Association on Wednesday morning
probably the most important
Association meeting of the year. At
this time great interest on the part
of students and faculty was express
ed by a number of persons who gave
their reasons for considering a new
building for athletic activities to be
m essential mark of progress for the
!ollege.
The meeting, held as the second
part of the Expanded Chapel pro
gram, was presided over by Miss
Elizabeth Ward, president of the
Athletic Association. In stating the
purpose of the meeting. Miss Ward
reviewed briefly the history of the
swimming pool fund, now amounting
to $3,729.4*6, which was begun by
Raichel Plhillips and 'the Athletic
Council of 1927, in their effort to
obtain a cover for the swimming pool
so that it might be used in winter.
The Council and Association of the
following year under the leadership
of Mrs Dorothy Frazier Glenn, con
tinued to raise money for this fund.
Private contributions and student ef
forts thus increased it to $3,405.02.
At this point furthe» investigation
as to the cost of a roof for the pool
were carried on and it was found
that, owing to the architecture of
the Alice Clewell Building and the
location of the pool itself, the
project would be unusually expen
sive. The large amount of money
needed was judged by those con
cerned unattainable at the time, and
efforts to increase the fund were
stopped indefinitely, although in
terest has now brought it to the sum
first mentioned.
The present council, considering
the imperative need of a new gym
nasium and the possibility of an in
door swimming pool in such a build
ing, and having conferred with pre
vious donors to the fund and with
President Rondthaler, has secured
their permission and interest in
changing this swimming pool fund
into a Gymnasium Fund.
A part of this money, however, has
been used in improvements on out
door athletic fields. The stream
which runs through lower campus
is now being piped up from the
Academy s|teps to Park Boulevard,
thus joining the two fields and mak
ing possible more level fields of
regulation size with prospects of a
four-hole golf course in the near
future. This work has been under
the direction of Mr. Charles Hig
gins, an interested faculty member.
Having explained the project up
to this point, the President called
upon members of the Association to
voice their own approval or disap
proval of a new movement to secure
a gymnasium and to pledge their own
support of such an effort. A large
number of girls took advantage of
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PIERRETTE PLAYERS
ELECT OFFICERS
At a recent meeting of the Pier
rette Players the following officers
were elected:
Mary Virginia Pelidergraph
President
Minnie Hicks Vice-President
Mary Elizabeth Holcomb
Secretary
Annie Finley Treasurer
Mary Katherine Thorpe
Stage Manager
Patsy McMullen
Asst. Stage Manager
Mary Louise Mickey
Business Manager