The Salemite
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VOL. XIX.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1939.
Number 19.
Practice Teachers
To Entertain
At Banquet
Principals and Teachers of
City Schools Will Be
Guests At Salem
Practice teachers of the first teach
ing period, which is now nearly com
pleted, are planning a dinner to be
held Wednesday, March 15 in the
Old Chapel, for the principals and
and teachers under whom the group
has been working. The seven stu
dents who make up the elementary
group are in charge of the dinner,
with Mary Lee Salley as general
chairman
Committee chairmen have been
chosen and are as follows: Peggy
Bowen, invitations; Frances Turn-
age, decorations; Marjorie Powell,
menu; Kathryn Bellamy, program;
Angela Styers, place-cards; Mary
Turner Willis, reception.
The general theme of the dinner
is March, and it will be carried out
in the decorations, the place-cards,
and the program.
Teachers, principals, and admin
istrators from all the city schools
have been invited. The principals
and administrators who will be guests
are; Mr. and Mrs. John W. Moore,
Miss Grace, Brunson, Winston-Salem
City Schools; Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Joyner, B. J. Eeynolds High School;
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Haltiwanger,
John W. Hanes High School; Mr.
and Mrs. K. G. Phillips, South High
School; Miss Ethel Dalton, Ardmore
School; Miss Josephine Hill, Torest
Park School; Miss Mary Eggleston,
South Park School; Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Brimsley, Central Park School;
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Clinard, Gran
ville School; Miss Kathleen Emerson,
Forsyth County School.
Teachers from R. J. Reynolds High
School who will be guests are: Miss
Ardena Morgan, Miss Elizabeth
Kapp, Miss Ruth Helmich, Mr. B. B.
Redmond, Miss Annie Heilig and
Miss Pauline Whitley. From John
W. Hanes High are Mr. Roy Weath
ers, Mrs. Tom Wood, and Miss An
nie Lee Singletary. From South
High are Miss Rheta Hyatt, Miss
Daisy Lee Glasgow, Mr. T. H. Wet-
more, Jr., and Miss Genevieve
Smeltzer. From Ardmore are Miss
Glenn Ward and Miss Charlotte
O’Brien. From Forest Park are:
Miss Susan Womble, Mrs. Marguerite
Allen, Miss Eva Bateman, Mrs. Mar
tha Pleasants and Miss Mary Norman
Harris.
CLASS PP?F.‘^IDENTS FOR 1939-19^0
Davidson
Students to
Present Plays Here
Salem French Department
Sponsors Three French
Plays
On Tuesday evening, March 14, at
eight o’clock, in the Old Chapel, the
Davidson College French Club will
present “La Partie de Bridge” and
“L’Anglois Tel Qu’on Parle” by
Bernard. Artus’ “Terrible Affaire”
is tentatively scheduled to be given
by less-experienced students on the
same program
The Davidsonians—about twenty-
five of them, will arrive in time for
dinner, Separate tables will be re
served for the actors and members
of Le Cercle Francais and the Fresh
man French Club, Dr. George B.
Watts is the director of the group.
Katherine King and Eugenia
Baynes are responsible for any stage
properties needed by the visitors. No
admission will be charged.
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STAFF PHOTO THROUGH COURTESY OF JOURNAL AND SENTINEL
Annual Elections Now In Progress At Salem
Schedule and Nominees
Posted For Voting
This Month
From now until the last of the
month there will be plenty of poli
tics on Salem’s campus, vote swap
ping and elaboration upon qualifi
cations of proposed candidates.
All presidents are elected by pop
ular vote. Editors of the news-paper
and annual are chosen Ijy the stalls.
All voting > by spnret ballot.
The procedure is sueh that a can
didate who loses in one election may
be |nominated for another office.
This makes it possible to utilize those
who are qualified to serve.
The nominating committee is com
posed of presidents of major organ
izations, off-campus vice-presidents
and Student Self-Government Asso
ciation, class presidents, three ad
ditional underclassmen, one faculty
member chosen jointly by the stu
dents and president and the coiie;^e
president.
Recommendations are made to this
committee by the respective organ -
zations.
Elections scheduled in their re
spective order are: editor of Sights
and Insights; editor of the Salemite;
president of the I. R. S., the Y. W.
C. A., Athletic Association, chairman
of May Day committee for 1940;
chief marshall for Salem College.
German Club
Holds Meeting
Beer Garden Is Scene For
Skits
On Thursday night at six-forty-five
the German Club met in the Recrea
tion Room of Louisa Bitting Build
ing, which had been transformed in
to a “Beer Garden” for the occa-
siin. The theme of tlie meeting was
the ‘ ‘ Study of Folk Songs and Folk
Characteristics,’ ’ and skits were pre
sented to illustrate the subject, those
taking part in the program were
Eabbie Carr, Elizabeth Kinlaw,
Janice Raney and Emma Brown
Grantham. Refreshments were serv
ed.
Chinese Checker
Tournament
Attracts Players
Dorothy Mullen Is
Champion
The L R. I S. Council under the
leadership of its president, Mary
Worthy Spence, held a Chinese
Checker tournament, Wednesday
night, March eighth, in the recrea
tion room of Louisa Bitting Build
ing. There were about twenty-five
contestants — faculty as well as stu
dents participated in the contest.
Tables for four were scattered
throughout the room. In tabulating
the score the winner of each game
received four points, the one who
finished second received three points,
the next one two points and the last
one to finish received one point.
After five games the individual
scores were added. Betty Goodell
and Dorothy Mullen had the highest
scores and played off the tie with
an extra game. Dorothy won and
received a Chinese checker board as
prize. Coffee and cheese straws were
served after the contest.
Student Government Head
—JOURNAI^-SEXTIITEli STAFF PHOTO.
ELIZABETH HENDRICK
Student Government
President Elected
Monday
Miss Hendrick Holds Most
Responsible Student Office
For 1939-1940
Second Group Of
Elections Completed
Class Presidents Chosen
For Next Year
Group of Plays
to be Presented
At Salem
liliss Elizabeth Hendrick, of Cliff-
side, has been elected president of
the Salem College student govern
ment and will be installed in May,
it was announced Tuesday. She will
succeed Annette McNeely, of Moores-
vill.
The defeated candidate for the
office was Grace Gillespie, of Taze
well, Va.
The new president is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Hendrick.
She is a member of the junior class
and a candidate for the bachelor of
science degree with a major in chem
istry.
During her three years at Salem
she has taken an active part in cam
pus affairs. This year Miss Hendrick
served as house president of the
Alice Clewell Dormitory and as sec
retary of the Y. W. C. A. She is a
member of the student council and
the “Y” cabinet. Recently she was
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Election of officers for the coming
year at Salem included selection of
sophomore, junior and senior class
presidents.
Miss Agnes Lee Carmichael Ben-
nettsville, S. C, former junior
class president, was picked to
lead the senior class. She will be of
ficially inaugurated in June at exer-
ci.ses held as part of the commence
ment program.
Elected to the presidency of the
junior class was Miss Patty McNeely,
Mooresville.
Miss Reece Thomas, Rocky Mount,
was chosen sophomore class leader.
Miss Carmichael has been a mem
ber of the student council, the I. R.
S. council, the President’s Forum,
and the nominating committee. She
is also serving on the costume com
mittee for May Day this year.
Since her freshman year she has
been an active member of the Kath
erine Jane Hanes Home Economies
Club and the Psychology and French
clubs. She is working toward a bach
elor of science degree with a major in
home economics.
Miss McNeely served as class sec
retary during her freshman year and
was in the Home Economics Club, on
thfe dance committee for May Day,
and played on her class hockey and
basketball teams. As a sophomore,
she has been active on the chapel
program committee and has held the
office of treasurer in the Home Eco
nomics Club.
Miss Thomas has been an outstand
ing member of the freshman class
this year. She was one of four
freshmen listed on the honor roll for
the first semester and is a member
of the student council, the “Y”
commission, choral | ensemble,
and the Mathematics Club. She has
worked on the staff of the college
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ANKOUNCEMENT
Beginning this week the Jun
ior members of the Salemite staff
will edit the paper as has been
the custom for the past few years.
This week’s editor is Sara Har-
Three One-Act Plays To Be
Given By Industrial Club
The play ‘ ‘ A Mad Breakfast, ’ ’
“Veal Breaded,” and “Cinderella
By The Dozen” will be presented
by the Molly Ruffin Club of the
Y. W C. A., Thursday night, March
6th, in the Old Chapel.
Tlie plays were given at Hanes
High School Auditorium, February
24, and were so successful that there
have been many requests for them
to be presented again.
“ A Mad Breakfast” deals with
a boarding house scene, in which the
star boarder Mr. Jones, invites a per
son to breakfast and gives him the
impression he is visiting an asylum.
The situations created by each board
er make an hilarious play.
“Veal Breaded” is a play in
which two newly-weds have an aver
sion to veal, but each thinks the
other loves it.
In “Cinderella By the Dozen.”
the old fairy tale is reversed, and the
slipper fits many feet. The girl for
whom the prince is looking refcses
to admit that the shoe fits. When the
prospective princesses comes to in
terview the modern prince, they form
a tableau which constitutes a style
show. Girls from Salem are to model
in: the play.
The price is fifteen cent for the
three plays. An hour of entertain
ment and fun.
Babylonian Sheik
In Chapel
Raphael Emmanuel Speaker
In Y. P. M.
A poet, composer, traveler, and
lecturer, Raphael Emmanuel address
ed the expanded chapel Wednesday,
March 8. Emmanuel, a native sheik
from Babylonia, was dressed in the
colorful costume of Ihe Mesopotam
ian country He explained that this
dress “of many colors” which char
acterized a chieftain of a tribe, was
made from goat skin, without a
jiattern, by his mother and sisters.
Particularly intriguing were the
long white shirt sleeves which are
tied together and put behind the
wearer’s head wlien he wishes to
wash liis hands.
Emmanuel explained that although
the three names: Assyrians, Baby
lonians, and Chaldeans, are applied
to the people in meaopotamia, they
are in reality one people with the
same language and customs. They
speak “Syriack” — as did Christ
two thousand years ago — and
“Arabick,” which is an outgrowth
of the former. Their language has
no punctuation, and is quite figura
tive. Instead of addressing some
one affectionately as “dear,” they
say, “O light of my eyes,” “O
pillar of my house,” or “O comfort
of my life.”
There are three religious groups in
Mesopotamia: Christians, Jews, and
Mohammedans. Consequently, there
are three holy Sabbaths: Sunday,
the Christians have a day of rest;
Saturday, the Jews have theirs; and
Friday, “Just for spite,” the Mo
hammedans likewise close their
stores. The majority of people are
Mohammedans. Some are quite ex
clusive and refuse to associate with
the other groups. Some are rather
friendly and do business with the
others. Some, however, prey contin
ually on the Christians and Jews,
even going so far as to carry a belt
of bullets in expectation of a fight.
Emmanuel said the Bible descriptions
of the life of Moses, Solomon and
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