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VOL. XVIII.
MISS HELEN HOWE
PRESENTS HER “MONO
DRAMAS” AT SALEM
Charming Actress Second
Presenation of Lecture
Series
On Tuesday evening in Memorial
Hall, Miss Helen Howe, recognized
by critics as one of the three fore
most monologists in America today,
delighted a capacity audience of
college girls and town people with
her modern “mono-dramas.”
Only five feet tall, on the stage
Miss Howe gave an impression of at
least medium height, thanks to the
lines of her simple evening gown,
her erect carriage, and a forceful
personality which concentarted the
attention of the audience on her
very expressive eyes and mouth.
After being Introduced by Dr.
Howard Eondthaler as “an imper
sonator, monologist and interpre
ter,” Miss Howe appeared to pre
sent her prgoram against a plain
cyclorama, with no props except two
chairs, and very little in the way of
costumes to help her. In her first
number, a comic characterization of
a French teacher, she rattled off
French with machine gun rapidity,
pausing to punctuate it with the
English explanations necessary for
her class — and her audience.
The second sketch, “Little Thea
ter.” endeared the actress to the
hearts of all who had ever taken
part in an amateur theatrical re
hearsal. As the lady director of
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SALZBURG OPERA GUILD
TO PRESENT PROGRAM
NOVEMBER 22nd.
Second Concert of the Civic
Music Association Seaison
Of unusual interest and , signifi
cance will be the second concert of
the Civic Music Association season
on Monday, November 22 by the
Salzburg Opera .Guild. This very
competent and authentically trained
group, which had great sueces? at
the famous Salzburg Festival last
year, has been imported in its en
tirety by the renowned impresario,
Sol Hurok. The repertoire of the
company includes short operas by
Monteverdi, Mozart, Milhaud, and
Ibert, the latter two being compos
ers of the modern school.
The opera chosen for presentation
in Winston-Salem is the compara-
tively unfamiliar “Cosie Fan Tutte’
(“That’s The Way With All Wom
en”), of Mozart. Written in 1789,
the late and most significant period
of Mozart’s brilliant if short ea
reer, it contains measures of the
composer’s utmost subtlety, grace,
vivacity, and refinement.
The story, in brief, pursues this
pattern:
“A cynical old bachelor, Don Al
fonso, has made a wager with two
young Neapolitan officers, Ferrando
and Guglelmo, that the fidelity of
their respective fiances, Fiordiligi
and Dorabella, is of uncertain qual
ity. To provide the necessary test,
the, the two officers declare that they
have been called away from Naples
on duty, but they return the same
afternoon disguised as Oriental
noblemen. The would-be strangers
lay seige to the girls and make vio
lent love to them. After a series of
especially ardent advances, the girls
finally succumb and agree to marry
their new wooers. The wedding con
tracts are signed and sealed, when
suddenly drums are heard, and Don
Alfonso announces the return of the
soldiers. The Orientals vanish and
reappear as their own selves, and
reproach their sweethearts’ fickle
ness. The mystery is made clear to
the two girls, and Don Alfonso, pock-
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WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1937.
Number 10.
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1937
PARTAKERS
OF OUR PLENTIE
AS THE PILGRIMS TOLD THE
STORY OF THEIR
FIRST THANKSGIVING FESTIVAL
IN 1621
O
HH
UR harvest being gotten in, our
Governour sent foure men on fowl
ing, that so we might after a more
speciall manner rejoyce together, after we
had gathered the fruit of our labours; they
foure in this way killed as much fowle, as
with a little helpe beside served the Com
pany almost a weeke, at which time
amongst other Recreations, we exercised
our Armes, many of the Indians coming
amongst us, and amongst the rest their
greatest King Massoyt, with some ninetie
men, whom for three days we entertained
and feasted, and they went out and killed
five Deere, which they brought to the
Plantation and bestowed on our Govern
our, and upon the Captaine, and others.
And although it be not alwayes so plenti-
full, as it was at this time with us, yet by
the goodnesse of GOD, we are so farre
from want, that we often wish you par
takers of our plentie.
Reprinted from Linotype’s Shining Lines.
CHORAL ENSEMBLE TO
GIVE CHRISTMAS
PROGRAM
Excerpts From “Martha”
Will Be Given
The Salem Choral Ensemble is
hard at work preparing for a Christ
mas fest of music and mime on
Monday evening, Deefember 6, in
Memorial Hall. Besides several num
bers carrying out the spirit of the
person, excerpts from Friedrich von
Flotow’s opera “Martha” will be
given. Tickets are now on sale and
may be purchased from any member
of the Choral Ensemble.
VESPER SERVICE
AT HOME CHURCH
Praise Service Will Be Held
Sunday Afternoon
There will be a Vesper praise
Service, Sunday, November 21, at
five o’clock. Home Moravian Church.
Anthems and choruses by Great com
posers will be played by the Mo
ravian Band.
The program will be as follows:
“Largo” Handel
Band
“Ture Eathbnrg” Conkey
Hymn by Congregation
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STURBITOGIVE
CONCERT AT DUKE
World Famous Pianist and
Conductor Will Be Pre
sented November 26
Jose Sturbi, world famousi pianist
and conductor will be presented in
concert under the management of
Arthur Judson, Inc., of New York,
at Page Auditorium, Duke Univer
sity, Friday evening, November 26
at 8:15 oVloek.
During 1936-37 Sturbi was con
ductor of the Rochester Philharmon
ic, guest conductor of London’s
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MR. ORMSBY SHOWS
PICTURES AT SALEM
Illustrative Lecture Given at
Expanded Chapel
Expanded Chapel, Wednesday
morning, under the auspices of the
student chapel committee, had as
speaker Mr. Eobert Ormsby. Mr.
Ormsby is the personnel director of
the Huntley Furniture Company, and
gave an illustrated lecture, his sub
ject being “From Tree to Trade”
The moving picture showed the de
velopment of wood from the forest
to the finished product of furniture.
Mr. Ormsby showed the steps in the
process of making furniture in the
mills after the wood had been
brought from the forest and made
with lumber. It goes to the cut-off
saws first, which cut the wood into
the desired size. Then it continues
through the molder, tongue groove,
veneer dryer, cutter, turning lathe,
sander, and hand-saw. After this it
is ready for the finishing depart
ment, in which the unfinished ma
hogany is stained, filled with filler,
sealed, laquered, and rubbed with
oil. When the furniture is finished,
it is packed and sent away by
freight.
At the beginning of his speech,
Mr, Ormsby made a statement which
should be of interest to us as south
erners . North Carolina alone manu
facturers 22 per cent of the nation’s
bedrom furniture, and 26 per cent of
the dining-room. In ten southern
states, 17 per cent of the the coun
try’s furniture is manufactured.
ALPHA IOTA PI
INin^ON HELD
Several Members Initiated
Last night a group of toga clad
Roman dignitaries attended the ex
citing and bloodthirsty Plebian
Games in the Coliseum of Louisa
Wilson Bitting Building. The pre
siding official of the games was the
Aedile, Laura Bland, president of
the Alpha Iota Pi. Dr. Smith held
place of honor in the stadium as
Augustus, and with her as Marc An
tony was Miss Hixon. . The old mem
bers of the Latin Club represented
outstanding citizens from the time
of Rome’s beginning to her down
fall.
The crowd cheered loudly as Dr.
Smith turned “thumbs down” on
the galdiators, pledges to the club.
One of the principle attractions of
the games was a chariot race in the
arena, and another was a gladitorial
combat in which the fighters were
blindfolded and made to fight each
other with swords. There were also
a big wrestling match, a candle-re-
lay race, and'a juggler and clown
who presented a great deal of en-
tertainment. The dignitaries were
so pleased with, the performance of
the gladiators that they decided to
receive them as Roman Citizens and
entertained them at a feast “Ah ouo
usque ad mala,” Some of the cur-
ious dainties that the Romans en
joyed were a lettuce apiece, three
snails, an egg, and a barley cake.
Equally as suinptuous were the olives
of Andahusia, gourds, honey, and
“liba.” As souvenirs of the games
and feast, all those present received
a box of animal crackers.
The fortunate gladiators who -jvere
in this way iniatiated into the Alpha
Iota Pi were Leonore Rice, Millicent
McKendree, Naomi Rosenbaum, Ma
bel. Pitzer, Frances Turnage, Rachel
Lambeth, Elizabeth Sartin, Lena
Morris, Nancy O’Neal and Dorothy
Mullen.