LAST ISSUE OF THE SALEMITE THIS YEAR
VOL. XVlil. WINSTON-SALEM. N. C„ FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1938. Number fT.
Lecture Series For Next
Year Announced
FOUR GUEST SPEAKERS
TO BUjEARD
John Mason Brown Will
Again Be At Salem
By jwpular demand John Mason
Brown, Broadway play critic, will
return next year as one of the four
guest speakers on the Salem College
lecture series for 1938-39.
Others on the series will be Ber-
tita Harding, woman novelist; Pad-
ric Oolum, Irish poet; and Sir Ar
thur Willert, authority on interna
tional affairs.
Miss Harding, first lecturer on
the 1938-39 school year, is the au
thor of “Golden Fleece,” “Phan
tom Crown” and “Royal Purple.”
She was born in Europe of Rhenish
and Hungarian ancestry with a long
paternal name and the Magyar title
of a Countess Karolyi.
Padric Colum, versatile Irish
poet who is to follow Miss Harding,
possesses a mixture of gayness and
shadow. With that subtle twist of
English speech which only the Irish
have, his poems, plays, fantasies
and stories for children rank him
among the outstanding literary fig
ures of the world.
Sir Arthur Willert, third lecturer
on the Salem series, is described as
a distinguished diplomat, publicist,
and authority on international af
fairs. He has been head of the pub
licity department of the British for
eign office since 1920. For ten
years prior to that he was Washing
ton correspondent for the London
Times.
John Mason Brown will close the
series at the college sometime in the
spring. When not on lecture tour,
Brown is drama critic for the New
York Evening Post. He will return
here with a discussion of next sea
son’s plays along Broadway.
CHORAL ENSEMBLE TO
GIVE COMMENCEMENT
CONCERT ON JUNE 4
Student Conductors To
Represent Conducting
Class
The annual music concert which
is a part of Salem’s commencement
activities, will take place Saturday
evening, June 4, in Memorial Hall.
The program, following the pattern
of last year’s commencement con
cert, has been designed to present
a resume of the accomplishments of
the students in the various depart
ments of the school of music. There
have been included this year stu
dent conductors representing the
work of the conducting class.
The complete program follows:
83nnphony in G Minor .... Mozart
First movement
Orchestra
Hazel Horton Read, Conductor
Sara Linn, Accompanist
O Domine Jesu Brumel
This Is the Day Byrd
Choral Ensemble
Mary Tinnin, Student Conductor
Cat)riccio Brillante, Concerto,
Op. 22 Mendelssohn
Laura Emily Pitts, Pianist
Subsidence Williams
Chanson Lassus
Choral Ensemble
Willena Couch, Student Conductor
Danses Debussy
' 1. Danse Sacree
2. Danse Profane
Ann Nisbet, Harpist
Frank Campbell, Pianist
Praise Our God Bach
Choral Ensemble
Orchegtra
Frank Campbell, Student Conductor
MRS. WILLIAM NEAL
TELLS OF CHINA’S GREAT
Madsime Chiang Kai-Shek
and Mrs. Sun-Yat-Sen Sub
jects of Wednesday
Chapel
Mrs. William Neal, in expanded
chapel on Wednesday, told of the
influence of a Christian mother up
on present Chinese affairs. This was
the mother of Madame Chiang Kai-
Shek and Mrs. Sun-Yat-Sen whom
Mrs. Neal knew years ago at Mon
treal. At this time, they were the
unmarried daughters of Charles
Soong, a famous merchant prince.
Rosmond, now Mrs. Sun-Yat-Sen,
was graduated at Wesleyan College
in Macon, Georgia and is the older
of the two sisters. After her grad
uation, she returned home and be
came interested in the work of Dr.
Snu-Yat-Sen who wished to deprive
the war lords of the Manchu dy
nasty of their power, and to estab-
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High Lights In Develop
ment OfVocalMasic
Discussed
Second In A Series of Music
Hour Lectures By
Mr. Bair
Mr. Clifford Bair, acting head of
summary of “Highlights in the
Salem music department, gave a
Development of Vocal Music” at
Music Hour last Thursday. He pre
sented as his illustrations songs by
students in the voice department.
Eight vocal selections accompan
ied by Miss Virginia Thompson at
the piano illustrated distinct points.
“Amarilli” by Caccini, sung by
Catherine Swain showed direct in
dividual expression, and was typi
cal of an early attempt to revive
Greek classic drama. The period
(1546-1618) marked the birth of
music drama.
In the rhythmic pattern of “Tir-
itonba, ’ ’ an Italian folk song, sung
by Misses Margaret Welfare, Cath
erine Swain, and Ann Nisbit, in
trio, a model for the representation
of the dramatic movement was
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Commencement Week
Begins Wednesday, June 1
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKEK
Courtesy of Journal-Sentinel
Dr. Taliaferro Thompson of Rich
mond, Va., will speak at commence
ment exercises, Monday, June 6.
Bishop Robert £. Gribbin,
Of Asheville, To Deliver
Baccalaureate Sermon
Salem Harpist Presents Graduating Recital
ART DEPARTMENT
TO EXHIBIT WORK
—JOURN'Ai.SENTIITEI. STAFF PHOTO.
Ann Nisbit, recently awarded scholarship to Cnrtis Institute
presents her graduating recital Monday evening, May 23.
ANN NISBIT GIVES
GRADUATING RECITAL
Salem Harpist Awarded
Scholarship To Curtis
Institute
Miss Ann Nisbet, harpist, pre
sented her graduating recital in
Memorial Hall, Monday evening,
May 23, at eight-thirty o’clock. As
sisting Miss Nisbit are Mr. Brooks
Bynum, Miss Virginia Thompson
and Mr. Frank Campbell.
Recently Ann was awarded a
scholarship to Curtis Institute for
further study of the harp. Of sev
en competitors only Ann and two
other girls were accepted. The
judges were Carlos Salzedo, famous
harpist and composer, Marocia
Tyre and Edna Phillips. Selections
for Ann’s audition "were chosen
from her recital program which is
as follows:
Variations on an Old Style
Theme Salzedo
Miss Nisbit
Aria—O Lisbona (Don
Sebastiano) Donizetti
Mr. Bynum
The Harmonious Black
smith Handel
Chanson de Guillot-Martin,
Harmonized ,by A. Perilhou
Short Stories in Music Salzedo
Pirrouetting Music Box
Behind the Barracks
Whirlwind Salzedo
Miss Nisbit
Evening Song Schumann
The Pauper’s Drive Homer
I Must Down to the Seas
Densmore
Mr. Bynum
Danses Debussy
Danse sacree
Danse profane
Miss Nisbit
Mr. Frank Campbell at the piano.
Year’s Work in Fine and
Applied Art Classes
To Be Shown
The Fine and Applied Art stu
dents of Salem will have an exhibit,
Wednesday afternoon. May 25, from
3 to 5 o’clock, in the assembly room
of the Library. Tea will be served
by Art and Jlome Economics stu
dents, and everyone is cordially in
vited. The exhibit will include all
of the work done this year in the
art classes; charcoal drawings, pas
tels, oil paintings, water colors, and
drawings from life and still life,
under the direction of Mrs. Kath
erine Ogburn. The work exhibited
has been done not only by students
of Salem College, but also by town
people as well. (Incidentally, the
Art Studio is located on the third
floor of South' Hall, and visitors are
always welcomed.)
The work done in the Industrial
Art classes, under the direction of
Mrs. Mildred Ball, will also be
shown. This includes soap carvings,
metal work, masks, puppets, work
done in clay, and many other inter
esting and fascinating things.
Also the work done in the Costume
Designing Class, under the super
vision of Mrs. Meinung, will be ex
hibited.
This exhibit promises to be of in
terest to everyone, for few of us
us realize the work that the Art
Department has been carrying on
here at Salem.
The exhibit will remain through
commencement, for parents and oth
er visitors to see.
Dr. Taliaferro Thompson of
Richmond Will Be Com
mencement Speaker
Salem’s commencement week cere
monies will begin Wednesday morn
ing, June 1 with the final college
chapel program of the year. Of
particular significance in this serv
ice arc the singing of the hymn
“The Son of God Goes Forth to
War,” by the senior class and the
reading of the familiar poem,
“School Days” by President Rond-
thaler.
HAT BURNING CEREMONY
At 9:00 o’clock Wednesday eve
ning on Upper Campus the tradi
tional “Hat Burning” ceremony
will take place and the transfer of
caps and gowns from seniors to
juniors. At this time each Junior
burns an old hat and receives from
a senior her cap and gown, thus sig
nifying that she accepts the dignity
and responsibility of being a senior.
Evelyn McCarty, next year’s class
president, then accepts the new sen
ior class, and Janie MacLean, presi
dent of the. retiring class makes her
farewell address.
BUSINESS STUDENTS’ COM
MENCEMENT EXEBCISES
On Thursday morning the com
mencement exercises for the busi
ness students are to be held and
certificates will be presented in Me
morial Hall. At noon, the Junior
class will assemble for the custom
ary ride throughout the town, re
turning to college for lunch, at
wfiich time they will occupy tlio
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SALEM GIRLS PLAN TO
OVERRUN EUROPE
THIS SUMMER
Mr. and Mrs. Downs Will
Have Their Hands Full
DEAN AND MRS. VARDELL
WILL RETDP MAY 29
Salem Welcomes Them
News has just been received that
Dean Vardell and Mrs. Vardell will
return to Winston-Salem on Sun
day, May 29.
Since last October Dean Vardell
has been doing graduate work at
the Eastman School of Music in
Rochester, N. Y. In April his first
symphony, based on Carolina folk
tunes, was given its premiere by the
Rochester Symphony Orchestra with
Dr. Howard Hansen conducting. The
wori has received wide recognition
by leading journalists and critics.
Salem greets the Vardells and
welcomes them home.
An unusually large party of SaJ-
em girls will sail for Europe June
24th, w'ith Mr. and Mrs. John
Downs. The fortunate ones are
Dorothy Hutaff, Elizabeth Trotman,
Josephine Gribbin, Edith Rose, Vir
ginia Lee, Mary McColl, Josephine
Gibson, Jane Kirk and Martha
O’Keeffe.
Besides “seeing everything,” each
of the girls has something in par
ticular that she wants to do. It
might be suggested that you follow
the headlines in your foreign news
papers for the results.
Martha O’Keefe has her eye on
the Bank at Monte Carlo, and Vir
ginia I^e is going to do something
drastic with Hitler 1 Virginia has
very definite ideas about how to
have a good time abroad. First of
all, she is looking forward to the
boat trip—^but she vows that she
will not have a ship board: romance!
At Paris she plans to stay out all
night and wind up at five o’clock
at the Market Place—for onion
soup! In Berlin she is going to
stand on the street corner with her
uke and tin cup and sing “Bel Mir
Bist Du Schoen. ” In Venice she
will have “one of those romantic
men” to paddle her around and
sing. Before she leaves Virginia
plans to have Cramer Percival to
teach her Italian. (Incidentally,
she -wants to learn the word for
“wine.”) To quote Miss Lee, she
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