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VOL. XVIII.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 5, 1937.
Number 0.'
MAY DAY BEAUTIES
CHOSEN THIS WEEK
Queen And Maid of Honor
Named On Thursday
The past week at Salem College
has been one of the most eventful
weeks of the year in the preparation
for our May Day celebration. In
chapel on Wednesday morning Mar
garet Briggs, chairman of the May
Day organization, announced the list
of Salemites from whom the May
Queen, Maid-of-Honor, and attend
ant were to be selected by general
SALEM MAY QUEEN
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VIRGINIA LEE
vote. The list of 32 beauties was
made up by the nomination com
mittee of May Day whose members
are Marianna Sedding (chairman),
Lelila Williams, Anna Leake Scott,
Bettie McNair, Louisa Sloan, Eve
lyn McCarty, and E. Sue Cox.
The girls from whom the queen
and niaid-of-honor were chosen were
Frances Alexander, Joseph.ne Grib-
bin, Meredith Holderby, Virginia
Lee, Mary Louise MeClung, Mary
McColl, Lou Preas, Mildred Troxler,
and Cornelia Wolfe; and the two
g'rls whom we proudly elected are
Virginia Lee as queen and Mere
dith Holderby as maid-of-honor.
Virginia Lee is a tall brunette
from Kinston, N. C. She is editor
of this year’s annual, Sights and
Insights, and she is playing in the
finals of the tennis tournament.
Meredith Holderby is a striking
blonde from Buffalo Springs, Va,
She transferred to Salem last year
from Peace Junior College in Eal-
eigh. Both girls were in the May
Court last year, and both were sen
ior marshals.
Thursday morning votes were cast
for ten girls from a list of thirty
to be the queen’s attendants. Those
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MISS. WITHERS TALKS
AT MUSIC HOUR
Second Music Hour Held
Thursday Afternoon
The second Music Hour was held
Thursday afternoon, November 4,
with Miss Anna Withers in charge.
As a preparation for the Festal Ves
per in commemoration of the three-
hundredeth anniversary of the birth
of the renowned composer Dietrich
Buxtehude to take place Sunday,
November 7, at five o’clock in the
Home Moravian Church, M'ss With
ers talked on the rise of the cantata
to the time of Bach with special
emphasis on the German church can
tata and its development by Buxte
hude. She touched on the highlights
in Buxtehude’s life and his style of
writing. Although he did not orig
inate the custom he increased the im
portance of the “Abendmusik” and
made it famous throughout Ger-
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HISTORIC SOUTH HALL AT SALEM COLLEGE
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ELOUISE SAMPLE AND
HELEN SMITH REP
RESENT SALEM AT
CONVENTION
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SOUTH HALL BUILT TO
HOUSE BOARDING
STUDENTS
Cornerstone Laid In 1803;
Building Used By Day
Students Now
South Hall, which is now known
as the day students building, was
originally built to house Salem’s
first boarders. During the first
thirty-eight years of the school only
girls of the community |ittended
Salem Female Academy and it was
in 1802 that the leading men of the
congregation decided to make Salem
a boarding school. A new building
was Aeeded for this purpose and
work was begun immediately. The
cornerstone was laid in 1803 and
into it was placed a list of the girls
in the community under twelve
years of age. Interesting enough,
twelve of these girla became teach
ers here when they grew up.
The upper floors of the building
were made into large rooms to be
used for sleeping quarters by the
students. Each room was partition
ed off into small alcoves just large
enough for a bed, dresser, and closet.
Every group of alcoves made up a
room company of about ten to fifteen
girls and one or two teachers. The
teachers took turns being on duty
and were always on hand to watch
over their charges.
In those days the hour for rising
was an early one. Everyone got up
at the same time and marched first
to the wash room and then the din
ing room. The fare was simple but
wholesome and as a special treat on
Friday each girl was given two bis
cuits, so largo that often one would
be saved until the next day or given
to some friend from town. The
girls all attended classes, went to
church, and studied at the same time
and were always in bed by nine.
There were no long vacations but
only a few weeks rest in the mid
summer and a picnic or two as a par
ticular treat for the season. The
girls shared in all the services of
the Moravian Congregation and al
ways looked forward to the special
services at Christmas, New Years,
and Easter. In time Salem Acad
emy and Salem College became two
different institutions and South Hall
was used by the Academy students.
When the new academy building was
erected the day students moved in
and still have most of their activi
ties in this building.
ANNUAL SENIOR DINNER
GIVEN BY RONDTHALERS
Seniors and Escorts Attend
Gala Affair In Main Hall
Seniors, quite festive in dinner
gowns, earrings, spangles, and furs,
arrived with their escorts at Main
Hall, Saturday evening, at seven
thirty for the annual senior dinner
given by Dr. and Mrs. Rondthaler.
A colorful line of guests proceeded
to the college dining room which
was incognito in its Hallowe’en
masquerade costume of orange and
black crepe paper, peering black
cats and scary jack-o’-lanterns.
The cries in the dining hall were
“Where, is my tablet Have you
seen number three,” and “Can you
find your placet” because the guests
were in the midst of a jumble of
tables. At their places they found
delicious food, contests for each
table, spelling tests, and personality
charts. From cocktail to soup to
fish course; from fish course to main
course to salad; from salad to de
sert to demi-tasse, around the room
they went.
Bach progression found everyone
loaded with more and more comical
favors. The men grew flowing red
beards and donned green, red, brown,
and orange derbies while the girls
acquired crooked and pointed noses
and shell rim “specs.” The host
changed from Dr. Rondthaler to
W. C. Fields.
Then there came the high spot of
the evening’s fun, the cake-cutting,
when Miss Agnes Brown got the
thimble. Miss Florence Joyner found
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Annual Meeting of N. C;
G>llegiate Press Associa
tion to Be Held in
Raleigh
On Thursday, November 4, the an
nual meeting of the North Carolina
Collegiate Press Assoc ation be
gun in full swing and will last for
the remainder of the week. Thia
year’s meet will be held in Raleigh
with State College as official host.
Headquarters for the convention
will be at the Sir Walter Hotel, and
all of the business meetin'rs will be
held there. Charlie Dunnagan,
business manager of the Technician
and president of the association, will
preside over the meetings.
Many highlights have been plan
ned by the host for the convention
members who have come from the
college publications throughout the
State. On Saturday morning the
delegates will hear an address by.
Governor Clyde R. Hoey.
The program for the conventioii
begun oh Thursday afternoon with
the registration ijf all of the dele
gates from twfli until five o’clock^
After the registration there will be
an informal reception.
On Friday the delegates will be
the guests of the Colle^^e at a luncli-
eon at the college YMCA, at which
time they will be addressed by Frank
Jeter, director of State College New#
Bureau. This will be followed b;
group meeting with leaders, whic
will be held from three until four-
thirty 0 ’eloek.
Friday night a banquet will bo
given for this visitors in the dining
room of the Sir Walter Hotel and
will be followed by a dance in the
Virginia Dare ballroom of the hotel.
A business meeting is scheduled
to be held on Saturday morning at
nine o’eloek and the press represen
tatives will listen to an address bjt'
Governor Soey ai ten o ’clock. There
are many iiit})ortant iteins which t^ill
be brought up at the business meet
ing, among which is the possibility
of a student news broadcast.
The president expressed the hope
that he would he able to secure th®
services of Carl Goerch to lead tl>6
diseussion for the eollege magazine^.
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MISS HAZEL HORTON
READ TO BE PRE
SENTED IN RECITAL
Mr. Clifford Bair, Tenor,
To Assist In Program
On Monday evening, November d,
the School of Music will present
Miss Hazel Horton Bead, violinist,
in recital. iMiss Read will be assist
ed by Mr. Clifford Bair, tenor. Misj
Virginia Thompson will be accom
panist. The recital will take place
at 8:30 in Menlbritil Hall. The pub
lic is invited.
The program is a» follows:
La Follia Corelli-Leonard
Miss Read
Hungarian Danee No. 7
Brahms-Joachinl
Pantomime DePalla-Kochanski
Wora Staccato Dinicu-Weifeta
Miss Bead
Visions Sjoberg
The Ships of Arcady Head
When 1 Look Upon the Maiden
Head
Mr. Bair
Symphonic Espagnole Lalo
Allegro non troppo
Andante
Rondo
Miss Bead