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VOL. XIV.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1934.
McLEAN STUDENT GOVERNMENT PRESIDENT
Academy Dramatic
Club Presents Play
“The Importance of Being
Earnest” Enjoyed by
Large Audience
Pi Delta Phi, thesenior dramatic
club of the Academy, presented on
Saturday night at eight o’clock, Oscar
Wilde’s three act comedy, “The Im
portance of Being Ernest.” The play
was a great success and the large au
dience appreciated every touch from
the butler’s hustle to the dainty kiss
placed on the tip of Miss Prism’s
nose by the Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.
D. Elizabeth Trotman carried off to
perfection her part of a high society
woman who is very ambitious for her
daughter.
Miss Dorothy Knox, the director,
was presented with a lovely box of
roses by the cast.
The characters were as follows:
John Worthing, J. P Julia Lawson
Algernon Moncrief Ellen Moore
Rev. Canon Chasuble, D. D.
Jean Gray Scott
...Mary Laura Perrymi
Hon. Gwendolyn Fai
Merriman, maid....
cnell Elizabeth Trotman
Orchestra Concert
Monday Evening
One of Outstanding Musical
Events of Season
On Monday evening at 8:15 o’clock
in Memorial Hall, the college Concert
Orchestra, under the direction of Miss
Hazel Horton Read, will present one
of the most important musical events
of the spring season. Previous con
certs of this type have been greatly
enjoyed and appreciated by enthus
iastic audiences.
The interesting program for this
-sea.son’s concert is as follows:
I. Concerto Grosso (for strings)
Corelli
Preludio
Adagio—Andante
Sarabanda
Giga
II. Symphony No. 35 in D major
Mozart
Allegro conspirito
Andante
Minuetto
TII. Andante (for violin chorus)
Eubberg
Solo—Margaret Schwarze
Albert Blumenthal
Big Prize Offered
In Wee Blue Inn
Prize to Be Announced
May 1st
Attention Salem girls! On behalf
of the Bigger and Better Tea-Room
Organization, the Salem branch, fa
miliarly known as the Wee Blue Inn,
ia sponsoring a contest. Each time
you spend a nickel for some of our
delicious food, you will be given a
ticket. One the first of May the Wee
Blue Inn will award a grand prize
to the holder of the most tickets. The
prize will really be a prize, too, and
not a penny sucker.
Besides a regular line of sand-
wichesand drinks, we offer specials
of hot dogB, butterboys, fruit sa'lad
and tarts with ice cream. From time
to time these specials will be supple
mented with new specials. Now’s
your chance, to put in requests to
"little Delle.” Our chocolate milks
are fine for skinny people, but, we
cater to all classes—not even Leone
■could gain by eating our luscious
new fruit salad. Now, girls, please
remember your company manners
•and basketball experience and don’t
knock Hemp down in your mad rush
to find even standing room in the
IVee Blue.
We ’11 be s
ya.
New Stee Gee President
Delivers First Address
Margaret McLean is Chapel
Speaker
I’m marring the beauty of this plat
form and obstructing your view of
the Seniors this morning for a definite
and I hope a very worthy purpose. I
am here to represent a heterogeneous
group composed of both faculty and
students (the faculty making it het
erogeneous) which has arisen in res-,
ponse to popular demand, namely the
chapel committee. My purpose is,]
briefly, to outline the work we al-|
ready begun and are planning to do
in order that you may approve or re- j
ject it. We shall endeavor at all!
times to ascertain what student andj
faculty opinion is in regard to th^
chapel programs and make the effort,
to have the speakers, the music, etc.
as far as possible, represent your de-,
sires, so be sure you don’t have any
suppressed ones in this connection.
Most of you when questioned as to
what you wanted in chapel, said
once, why Dr. Rondthaler, of coui
and he will continue to hold most
the everyday chapels, including a talk
once every week on current affairs
of importance. We believe this addi
tion is regarded as being very valu
able, for in spite of dire warnings '
the contrary, most of us do allow o
ou rview of national and international
affairs to get rusty, and we know
that Dr. Rondthaler is exceedingly
well qualified to oil the freaking
joints of our world outlook.
However, there are innovations of
equal interest, one of which is Dean
Vardell. Happily he is not really
innovation, we are extremely glad
of that, but his part in the new
of chapels is a more prominent
than even he realizes. I have tried
valiantly to tell him of the magnitude
of his fan-following, but he refuses
ipressed. Indeed I even went
s to ask him to be our guest
in two Wednesday chapels, he being
of a shy and reticent nature, thought
one enough, but I hope to persuade
him otherwise. He is going to repeat
the talk he made in music hour 2 years
jazz, and if possible on '
provising. Furthermore, it is his m
ic, chosen with careful regard to
aptness, that will really give our pro
grams the unity we so much desire.
Eorexample, Wednesday the 21st, is
the 1st day of Spring, and we have
asked him at this time to play some
thing appropriate, such as Mendles-
sohn’s Spring Song, or something else
of that nature—my repertoire is sadly
limited. I only hope he won’t have
Wade through two feet of snow
getting there to play the Spring music.
Another program of interest is the
le planne dfor Thursday, March 22.
At this time Mr. Schofield will give
a summary of winter music, assign
ing it to the mothballs with the red
flannels, and thus ushering in a new
season. This, you will enjoy. I’m sure.
We are trying also to keep in mind
important birthdays during the year
which often receive scant commemo
ration, remembering them by appro
priate talks, etc. For instance, Tues
day, March 20th is the birthday of
the 19th C. Norwegian dramatist, Ib-
At this time Dr. Willoughby is
going to give a brief talk on him and
Rebecca Hines will sing Solxejg’s
song from the Peer Gynt suite which
Greig wrote as a prelude to Act V of
Ibsen’s drama. There are other great
, some in other fields of en
deavor whose birthday’s we hope to
celebrate, Comenious on March 28th,
Oliver Goldsmith on April 5tht, etc.
These programs have not been as yet
carefully worked out, but we mean
to enlist the services of Miss Fuller,
Miss Lilly, and many others whom
we know will be a real contribution.
The Wednesday chapels too, are being
thought through with considerations,
care being taken to make them varied
and efitertalning as well as education-
The names of most of the speak-
? will probably be meaningless to the
ijority of you, but among them are
Mr. Jordan of the Centenary Church
here; Dr. Greer of the Thomasville
orphanage and others. I shan’t take
the time now to ennumerate them, but
I hope you see that we are sincerely
'riving to please.
Student participation is . another
phase that will be introduced from
time to time, and any ideas you may
have on this, or for that matter any
part o fthe chapel services, will be
genuinely appreciated.
Margaret McLean
Elected President
By Salem Students
Heads Student Body For
Coming Year
Miss Margaret McLean of Lumber-
ton, N. C. has been elected President
of the Student Self-Government Asso
ciation of Salem College for the year
1934-35. Miss McLean has been a
most outstanding girl in her class,
both in l^ie academy and in the col
lege. She is peculiarly gifted in ex
ecutive ability.
During her Senior year at the Acad
emy, she was president of the Ath
letic Association^ president jof tihel
Dramatic Club and was instrumental
in establishing the honor system,
which has been carried on most suc
cessfully since then. Miss McLean
graduated from the Academy in 1931
and entered the college the same year
where she has been most active in
student affairs. She has been a mem
ber of the athletic council, last year
holding the office of treasurer. In
Pierrette Players, she has been
ardent worker and actress, also
holding the office of vice-president
during her Sophomore year. In ad
dition to the above offices she has
been a member of the I. R. S. Coun
cil, settlor marchall, and last year was
president of her class. This year she
secretary of the Student Govern-
nt Association, manager of hockey,
humor editor of the annual, and a
member of several campus clubs.
Not only has Miss McLean been a
leader in campus activities, but also
scholastic work. She has had class
honors both her Freshman and Sopho-
years, and for the first semester
r‘r Junior year has attained an
A average.
e office to which Miss McLean
has been elected by student vote is
nost responsible position in col
lege activity, one which she is well
able to fill both because of her ex
cellent previous experience and be-
of the high esteem in which she
is held by the entire student body.
SENIOR AND SOPH.
CLASS PRESIDENTS
ELECTED
The Seniors have chosen their “epi-
)me of feminity” for next year in
the person of Miss Mary Penn, of
Kingsport, Tennessee, who will serve
lenior Class President for the
year 34-35, Miss Penn has been an
outstanding member of the class of
’35 for the past three years for orig
inality, dependability and personality.
Miss Joijephine Whitehead was elec
ted President of the Sophomore Class.
Head of] next year’s Junior Class
will be Misfe Florida Graves, of Jit.
Airy. Miss Oi.^aves has been outstand-
n various''fommittees both of her
years at Salem.
Nomination System
Still On Trial
Explanation in Chapel by
M. O. Biles
The trial system of nomination as
read by Mary Ollie Biles in chapel
Thursday is as follows:
There shall be a nominatioi
mittee composed of the presidents of
the following organizations: Student
Self-Government, Y. W. C. A., L B.
S., Athletic Association, heads of
publications, chairman of the May
Day Committee, the second vice-
president of Student Self-Govern-
ment, the class presidents, the presi
dent of the College, and one faculty
member Chosen jointly by the stu
dent committee and the president of
the College.
(Please note the personnel of this
committee and the care which has
been taken to give adequate repre
sentation to every organization and
group. Each organization and class
is represented by its president, each
publication by itseditor, the off-
campus girls by the second viee-pres-
ident of Student Self-Government,
and the college at large by its pres
ident. Thus you will see that we
' intimate knowledge of the
of every group.)
This nominating committee
shall meet before nomination begins
discuss qualifications desired for
) various offices from both stu
dent and administrative point of
III. They shall nominate, for each
of the following organizations:
1. Student Self-Government
2. Class Presidents.
3. Athletic Association
4. Y. W. C. A.
L E. S.
6. Singts. and Insights
IV. During March, the nominat
ing committee shall have begun nom
inating for presidents of the organi
zations in the order in which they
listed for 1934-35. The nomina
tions and elections shall come at in
tervals of 3 to 4 days, but all elec-
must be completed within a
period of three weeks. After the
election of the President of Student
Self-Government, one day shall be
designated for the election of all
' tss presidents. With the excep-
n of Student Gov’t all organiza-
ns shall rotate annually at to nom
inations and elections.
Recommendations from individual
organizations concerning nomina
tions may be submitted to this com
mittee.
Following the last election for the
above organizations the v‘
dents and the business managers
shall be nominated and after a three
day interval all elected on the same
lay.
Immediately after each meeting
if the committee, its nominations
shall be posted for two days and on
the third day the election shall take
place.
V. Any member of the student
body has the privilige of submitting
the no^ninating committee further
mes, provided they are submitted
writing not later than the day
following the posting of the nomina-
■"■“is, and are endorsed by twenty-
! members of the student body,
v'l. Following the elections of the
above organizations the secretary and
Treasurer of Student Government, the
class representatives to the Student
Council, the I. R. S.’s Council,, and
the Athletic Council shall be nominat
ed by their respective classes and elec
ted by the student body. All other
officers not elsewhere provided for
shall be nominated by and elected by
their respctive classes and organiza-
VII. All elections shall be con
ducted according to the Australian
Ballot. The nominating committee
shall be in charge of the schedule and
the posting of nominations and elec-
VIII. The Committee shall serve
throughout the entire school year.
IX. This plan is experimental for
1933-34-35 and subject to change at
the end of that period. Help us make
it a success by friendly suggestions
and cooperation.
Cokey Preston and Mary Penn
have enjoyed co-editing this issue
of the Salemite for you—
Hope you like it.
Planning Life Program
Subject Y.P.M.Talk
Dr. Rondthaler Inspires
Students to Look
Ahead
It is necessary for every person to
I take a thoughtful inventory of his
talents and interests, in order to plan
a definite program for his life. And
having planned such a program, it is
necessary for him to disregard or
overcome his difficulti,es, and to car
ry it out as best he can. As an ex
ample of this preliminary thought,
Dr. Rondthaler gave the inspiring
story of one of his classmates at Chap
el Hill, a boy called Nicholson, who
walked into the President’s office with
twelve dollars in a sack, and a definite
plan of educating himself for four
years. By his own strength he ac
complished this plan, and now bears
several degrees and the undying es
teem of his former classmate, which
initself is a tribute.
Another young man, who overcame
the restraints of discipline, poverty
and the circumstance of living in an
unpopular community, has left for us
an everlasting example of a very diffi
cult program which was gloriously
carried out.
Jesus stood before the doctors in
the temple, unrolled his scroll, and be
gan to read from it the desires which
he had concerning (his future life
work. He longed to heal the sick and
suffering, to bring comfort to the
poverty stricken, ■ to talk to sinners
about such things as “new deals” and
eternal life. In conclusion he said
that he would begin carrying out this
program immediately. He had chosen
a difficult and costly one, especially in
.tlw.se days. In the eiid it cost him
his life. But we knoW he decided on
the one field in which he could be hap
piest, and he had investigated the
various professions just as we have
to do today.
What do you enjoy most that is
worth while .=* Everyone has genuine
skill and delight in doing something.
Colleges help to further develop these
peculiar tnierests and talents. Girls
no longer look forward so blindly to
those years after graduation when
they will take a P. G. course in ‘vis
iting” they had as their chief aim in
such a course the finding of a good
(continued on page three)
Mrs. Milner Speaks
To Psychology Club
Psychological Weaning
Interestng Subject
Mrs. Clyde A. Milner, personal di
rector of Guilford College, made an
mteresting talk to the Psychology
Club on Thursday night in the rec
reation room of Louisa Wilson Bitt-
mg Building. The president of the
club, Elizabeth Jerome, introduced
the speaker.
Mrs. Milner, in her talk on “Psy
chological Weaning,” declared it
necessary that a girl "have the op
portunity to decide for herself what
she should do.” The lack of phyeho-
logical weaning is often revealed in
a girl in adolescence, in her behavior,
such as temper tantrums, or by
seeking a “mother substitute” or a
father fixation,” the latter' by
-aarrying someone many years be
yond her age in order to unconscious
ly secure a father substitute. Two
other ways in which a girl may be
shown as phychologically unweaned
are through homesickness, which can
develop into a disease and become
fatal if the girl is not allowed to go
home; and through day-dreaming.
First she pretends herself a fairy,
God, or Santa Claus, later a heroine;
and still 4ater, if not psychologically
weaned, will return to the first day
dreams of childhood.
Parental interference after
„irl is eighteen years of age is a
riment to proper phychological wean
ing and subsequent development.
“A girl,” Mrs. Milner stated,
“wants to be independent in four
different ways: She wishes .to decide
when she goes to bed; when she gets
up; how she spends her money, and
whore to choose for boy friends.”
Parents should let the daughter de
cide in such cases, and should not
help in any manner.
a det-