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VOL. XVIII.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1938.
Number 24.
SALEM TO CELE-
BRATEJAY DAY
Celebration To Takte Place
Saturday, May 7
In 1927 Salem had its first May
Day celebration, with formal exer
cises on lower campus. In the past
eleven years this occasion has become
one of the outstanding traditions at
Salem, and in another week we will
be on the very verge of witnessing a
new and lovely May Day.
In 1934 the May Day pageant was
“an Inter-time, Inter-world Queen
Contest” with Mahatma Ghandi
(Virginia Nall, of Kingsport, Tenn.),
Bernard Shaw (Bushy McLean), and
Maurice Chevalier (Mary Penn, also
of Kingsport), as the judges. A ma
gician (Jane Bondthaler) brought to
life the famous beauties of any age
as they were suggested as possibUi-
ties for the most beautiful woman of
the world. On that day Salem’s
May Day dell was visited by Queen.
Elizabeth with Sir Walter Ealeigh,
Mary Queen of Scots, the Queen of
Hearts, Madam Queen with Amos
and Andy, Catherine the Great, Ti-
tania, Isabella with Columbus, Poca
hontas, the Queen Bee, Empress Jose
phine with Napoleon, the Queen of
Tin Pan Alley, Persephone with
Pluto, and Cleopatra with Mark An
tony. After discussions and criti
cisms in Indian, British, and French-
American. taste by the three distin
guished judges, the crown was placed
on the head of the most perfect
queen of all — Salem’s May Day
queen of that year, Mildred Hanes,
of Pine Hall, N. C.
The ])ageant in 19.S5 was a May
Day scene in Iterrie Old England.
There were villagers and shepherd
esses and chimney-sweeps and mum
mers, besides the May-pole dancers
and St. George and his dragon and a
hobby-horse. That year Cokey Creech
reigned as the May queen.
The next year the pageant was
a collection of Mother Goose folks —
everybody from Mother Goose her
self (Lou Preas), to Humpty-Dumi>-
ty There were Old King Cole with
his fiddler and his pipe and bowl
bearers, Mother Hubbard, Jack
Spratt and his wife. Simple Simon,
the Old Woman in the Shoe with her
children, Peter, the Queen of Hearts,
Eide-a-’Oock-Horse, Jack and Jill,
Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee, Mis
tress Mary and her garden. Jack
Horner, Bo-Peep, Jack-Be-Nimble,
the Crooked Man, the three Blind
Mice and the farmer’s wife, Curly-
Locks, Miss Muffit, Little Boy Blue,
Tom the Piper’s Son, Tommy Tncker_
and Peter Piper; and soldiers and
flowers and May-pole dancers and
spiders. Phyllis Clapp, a Winston-
Salem girl, sat on the throne as the
pageant unfolded on that May Day.
Last year Cordelia Lowry (Bed
ford, Va.), reigned over cooks, gar
deners, oysters, hedgehogs, ladies and
gentlemen, courtiers, May-pole dan
cers, and excutioners. Alice in Won
derland, the King and Qiieen and
Knave of Hearts with the royal chil
dren, Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee,
the Duchess and the Mad Hatter, a
carpenter, and four special animals—
a white rabbit, a walrus, a door-
mouse, and a March hare — were the
individual actors in that pageant.
This year’s May Day, with Mar
garet Briggs’ skill and originality
and Virginia Lee’s beauty and ma
jesty, is to be on a Grecian plan.
One week from tomorrow we will
celebrate Salem’s gala May Day with
another memorably delightful occa
sion. The pageant in the afternoon
will be followed in the evening by
an I. E. S. dance which can not be
surpassed in interest and fun, even
by Junior-Senior.
JOCBNAIi.SEWTlIIBI. STAFF PHOTO.
SYMPHONYBYDEAN
CHARLES VARDELL
BROADCAST
The first broadcast of Dean Var-
dell’s symphony, “Carolinian,” was
heard Thursday night over station
WHAM in Eochester, New York.
In order that the college faculty
and students could enjoy the sym
phony, a radio was set up in Memor
ial Hall, and immediately after the
lecture by John Mason Brown, an
appreciative audience listened to the
broadcast of the Eastman Symphony
orchestra from nine-thirty until ten
0 ’clock. The large audience re
ceived “Carolinian” with great en-
thusiasm and praised Dean Vardell
for his wonderful work.
MUS C NEWS
Demonstration Program In
Music Hour
Thursday afternoon, April 21, in
Music Hour, the Public School Music
Department presented Miss Nancy
McNeely with the Second and Fourth
Grade children in an excellent Dem
onstration Program.
Miss McNeely explained and show
ed the varied musical training given
young children in the Public Schools:
First, the child’s ability to dis
cover and decide what the music in
dicated. As she played many tunes,
the children ran, skipped or walked.
Second, child’s understanding of
beat and phrasing, which was dem
onstrated by clapping and work at
the blackboard.
With the 4th grade children Miss
McNeely then demonstrated.
1. Eesponse to metric beat (the
children ran, skipped, walked, each,
as the music changed. They then
chose the name of a city, to which
by clapping to a set beat, they sent
a letter.
2. Rhythm patterns.
3. Accent (shown by clapping,
and at the blackboard.
4. Phrasing (shown b y hand
movements and at the blackboard).
She read in conclusion a poem on
Holland which the children wrote.
Miss McNeely was introduced by
Miss Porter.
On Sunday afternoon, April 24, at
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, the
English Boy Choristers presented a
Choral Evening Service, before a
large congregation. The eight chor
isters, with excellent tone quality,
interpreted anthems written by the
old masters, and gave the impression
of a larger group of singers.
These boys, making a tour of
America, are sent on a good-will trip
by the Mother Church in England to
promote a feeling of understanding
between youth of America and Eng
land.
The director and accompanist is
Carlton Barrow.
JUNIOR-SENIOR
SATURDAY DANCE
Seniors Honored at Gala
Affair
The traditional Junior-Senior dance
will this year be a gayer affair than
ever before. There will be two
dances the music being furnished) by
Vincent Young and his Philadel
phians. The tea dance (at which the
Juniors will hope the decorations
last through the night), will be girl
break and informal and will begin
at four-thirty. The evening dance
will be a formal card affair from
nine to twelve.
The general theme for the decora
tions will be an old fashioned garden
with a pale green ceiling, boquetg of
ballons in each window, and an arch
on one side from which the couples
in the figure will appear. The figure
will take place at the intermission
of the evening dance. It will be led
by Miss Annette McNeely and Eock-
well Deaton who will be assisted by
Miss Janie MaeLean and Billy Car
ter.’ Others in the figure will be the
class officers, I. E. S. representatives,
Student Council representatives, and
heads of the dance committees. Pen
knives bearnig Salem seals will be
presented to the escorts of the girls
in the figure as favors. The use of
balloons, a spot light, and all white
dresses promises to make this one
of the most beautiful figures Salem
has ever seen.
The whole Junior class has co-oper-
ated in getting of this dance under
the leadership of Evelyn McCarty,
Martha McNair, Josephine Hutchi
son, and Mary Worthy Spence. These
girls, as heads of committee.s, have
carried out the ideas of the class and
Annette McNeely, class president.
Those in the receiving line will
be Annette McNeely, Janie Mac-
Lean, Miss Agnes Brown, Miss Grace
Lawrence, Doctor and Mrs. Eond-
thaler, and Mr. and Mrs. John
Downs.
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^JOtnUJ-AI/.SENTINEIi STAFF PHOTO.
JOHN MASON BROWN
SPEAKS ON CURRENT
BROADWAY PLAYS
Drama Critic For the New
York Post At Salem
Mr. John Mason Brown, drama
critic for the New York Post and
best-known combination play critic
and lecturer in the country today,
spoke Thursday night in Memorial
Hall to an audience of townspeople
and Salem girls on the subject,
“Broadway in Eeview.”
Mr. Brown, blonde and youngish,
self-assured and witty, talked rapid
ly and confidently about the plays
now on the boards in New York. He
dived directly into his subject and
wound up quite neatly with a George
M. Cohan flourish, an hour and a half
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^JOmtNAL-SENTINKT. STAFF PHOTO.
GRIBBIN TO SPEAK
Bishop E. E. Gribbin, above form
erly of Winston- Salem, will deliver
the baccalaureate sermon for the
167th commencement exercises at
Salem College, in Home Moravian
Church, June 5.
BISHOP TO GIVE
SALEM COLLEGE
FINALS SERMON
Bishop R. E. Gribbin Will
Preach Baccalaureate
Sermon June 5th
The baccalaureate sermon for
the 167th commencement exercises
at Salem College will be preached
by Bishop Eobert Emmett Gribbin,
June 5, in Home Moravian Church.
The 57 candidates for degrees and
commercial students who are work
ing for certificates will occupy a
special section. The other high spot
of graduation will be the finals Mon
day morning, with the literary ad
dress by Dr. Talaifero Thompson, of
Eichmond, Va.
Bishop Gribbin was rector of St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church and a resi
dent of this city before he became
bishop. While here he was com
mander of Clyde Bolling Post of the
American Legion, president of the
Boy Scout Council, chairman of the
American Red Cross and member of
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MUSIC STUDENTS
GIVE RECITAL
[ntei^sting Program Given
Thursday Afternoon
Tliursday afternoon, April 24 stu
dents from the various music de
partments gave an interesting and
enjoyable recital. The program was
as follows:
Morris Dance (from
“Henry VIII”) German
Nell Hunter
O Cessate oi Piagarmi
- Scarlatti
Carolyn Creson
Sonata, op. 10, No. 1 Beethoven
Allegro eon brio
Muriel Brietz
Hark, Hark the Lark Schubert
Becky Nifong
Valse Bluette Drigs-Auer
Katherine Snead
Norwegian Dance, op. 35, No. 2
Grieg
Joan Stier
Tambourin Kameau
Doris Taylor
Danse Negre Scott
Katharine Ledbetter
Cloves Charles
Edith Rose
Aria con Variazione,” Harmonious
Blacksmith” Handel
Mildred Minter
MORAVIAN COLLEGE
GLEE CLUB HEARD
Appear In Concert Program
In Memwial Hall
By Prank Campbell
The Men’s Glee Club of Moravian
College, Bethlehem, Pa., presented a
concert in Memorial Hall Friday
night, April 22. The concert was
given under the auspices of the Mo
ravian College Alumni Association of
this city.
Numbers chosen for the program
consisted mainly of familiar choral
favorites, interspersed with quartet
numbers and violin and vocal solos.
Numbers of the glee club included:
“Soldiers’ Chorus,” from “Faust,”
by Gounod; “Deep River,” by Lu
cas; “Where’er You Walk,” by
Handel; “01’ Man River,” by Kern;
“The Rosary,” by Nevin; “Song of
Vagabonds,” by Friml; “Suabian
Folk Song,” by Brahms; “When
Irish Eyes Are Smiling,” by Ball;
“O Rejoice Ye Christians Loudly,”
by Bach; “Let Their Celestial Con
certs All Unite” by Handel.
Among these selections, several
were done with outstanding effect
for an amateur group. “The Song
of the Vagabonds,” was sung with
spirit; beautiful pianissimo work was
done in the “Suabian Folk Song,”
arranged by Brahms; the sturdy na
ture of the chorale, “O Rejoice Ye
Christians Loudly,” by Bach was
well presented’ and the contrapuntal
difficulties of Handel’s “Let Their
Celestial Concerts All Unite” were
adequately handled.
Despite somewhat unusually fast
tempo and sudden dynamic change,
the group was well controlled by the
director, Howard Chadwick. Accom
panist was J. David Bishop.
Several Negro spirituals were sung
by the quartet. They included:
“Battle of Jericho,” Bartholomew;
‘ ‘ The Animals A’ Comin ’ Bartholo
mew; “Short’nin’ Bread,” “Old
Ark’s A’ Movin’,” Bartholomew.
The genuine quality of these spirit
uals was particularly well interpret
ed.
Williard Billheimer, tenor, offered
two solos: “Serenade,” from “The
Student Prince,” Eomberg and
“Something Goes Ting-a-Ling,”
from “High Jinks,” Friml.
Mr. Billheimer’s voice revealed a
very high and clear quality.
An outstanding feature of the con
cert was the performance of John
Kline, violinist In Eavel’s ‘Harban-
era, ” Mr. Kline delved deeply into
subtly exotic beauty of a Spanish
dance. Eich tone quality and artis
tic phrasing were apparent in Bach’s
“Air for the G String.” Mr. Kline
showed a fluent technical command
of his instrument in “Zweigeuher-
weiset,” by Sarasate. For encore,
the violinist played “Schon Easmar-
in, ’ ’ by Kreisler in a whimsical man
ner appropriate to the piece. Miss
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HYMN FESTIVAL TO BE
HELD AT NEW STADIUM
Community Invited To
*^Sing"
Moro than 500 members of Church
choirs, choral groups, and glee clubs
will participate in the city-wid.o mass
hymn festival to be held in the
Bowman Gray Memorial Stadium
Sunday, May 1, The festival will be
the first public event held in the
new stadium.
The program is being sponsored by
the Mozart Club as its contribution
to National Music Week, and will
consist of mass hymn singing and
special offerings by biuids and choral
groups. Mr. Henry Grady Miller,
minister of music at Centenary
Methodist Chureh, will direct the pro
gram.