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Friday, May 12, 1939.
ACADEMY NEWS
MUSICAL PROGRAMS
Perhaps on the evening of May 5,
some of you heard the notes of var
ious operetta melodies floating
through the air. Yes, it was the
choral singing classes of Salem Acad
emy presenting “An Evening With
Gilbert and Sullivan,” directed by
Mrs. Elizabeth Tavis Jeusen. A num
ber of solos, including ‘ ‘ When a Mer
ry Maiden Marries’ ’ from ‘ ‘ The Gon
doliers;” “ Tetwillow” from “The
Mikado;’ and “I’m Called Little
Buttercup” from “Pianofore,” were
sung by some of our most charming
singers. Each one of us welcomed
back Margaret Vardell of the class
of 1938, who kindly .sang for us
“The Moon and I” from “The Mi
kado.’ ’
The chorus, which included a large
number of girls, began the program
by singing “We Sail the Ocean
Blue” from “Pinafore.” They also
gave parts with several of the solos,
and they concluded the evening of
music with “Dance a Cachucha”
from “The Gondoliers.”
Cheerful Cherub
I think of witty things to say.
I’d be considered bright —
Except I always think them in
The middle of the night!
I feel so weary in the spring,
I long for nothing but to rest
It’s lucky I am not a bird —
I’d never build myself a nest.
GOOD CITIZENS
CHOSEN
MOTHER’S DAY
Sunday is Mother’s Day and we cannot §
but stop and ponder the greatest of all blessings,
our good mother. Words can’t express her vir
tues; time cannot erase her importance; nothing
was, is or ever will be like her. Moth-er is the one
person living who is comparable to what all of us
want in an angel. Her love, her patience, her cour
age, her thoughtfulness, her neighborliness, her
charity and her honesty live long after she has
been called to her final rest.
Men, women and children bow your heads
in homage to the greatest of all living and dead
— Mothers
TWICE WE VOTE
OUR THANKS
On looking back over the nearly-past school year some of
our most pleasant memories are chapel speakers and perform
ers, such as Dr. William Elliot, Miss Hilda Gj^on, Dean Robert
House, Mr. Archie Davis, Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, Dr. John
Cunuingham, the Reverend William S. Turner, and the choir
from the Winston-Salem Teachers College.
These people were procured by the Chapel Program
Committee at great effort. To them we owe our heartfelt thanks
for their very successful season, and we hope that the 1939-1940
programs will prove as interesting.
—M. M.
RECENT EDITORIAL
GETS RECOGNITION
Several weeks ago (March 17th to
be exact), the Salemite carried an
editorial asking j^ou to pay your
bills. Last week the news commen
tation portion of the Collegiate Di
gest (our weekly rotogravure sec
tion), made this remark:
“DEBTS — Always helpful in
keeping the collegians of today on
the right track, the college press
came out with something new in the
form of moralizing last week. It was
in the Salem College weekly paper,
and the editorial dealt with a sub
ject that is not usually discussed in
a newspaper:
“ ‘You really should charge things
only when you absolutely' can’t pay
at the moment; and then, as soon as
you get some money, you should pay
your bill — at least part of it.
‘ ‘ ‘ Why should the people who are
kind enough to let you charge things
have to si>end their time and energy
running you down to collect your
money? And then sometimes you are
even rude enough to hide from the
collector — that’s true dishonesty,
you know. Why don’t you surprise
the people to whom you owe your
bills, and surprise yourself, too, by
bringing your money to pay your
bills, without being chased and beg
ged for it till both the collector and
you are sick of hearing about it.
Certainly that would show a much
more admirable attitude toward the
inevitable. ’
“It’s something to think about
isn’t it!”
Every spring at Salem Academy
the students elect the girls from their
class and hall who they think have
lived up to the requirements of a
good citizen. We are all proud to an
nounce that the following girls have
received this honor; Agnes Colcord,
Margaret Leinbach, Elizabeth Wade’
Margaret Webb, and Alice Smithers.
—Ann Chaney.
CHAPEL PREVIEW
Tuesday, May 16 —
Music program.
Wednesday, May 17 —
Last expanded chapel
Rondthaler.
Thursday, May 18 —
Mrs. John Graham.
Friday, May 19 —
Mrs. Gordon Spaugh.
— Dr.
MISS TUnUNGTON’S PARTY
We students wish to offer a vote of appreciation to the
lecture committee. The choice of speakers for next year is in
deed excellent. Very few schools, especially thpse the size of
Salem, are fortunate enough to have such an outstanding lec
ture series. The system that has been worked out is a splendid
arrangement: and when such speakers as William Lyon Phelps,
Archibald MacLeish, Pierre Van Paassen and John Mason Brown
are booked, Salem surely has another accomplishment to add
to Its long list. For Winston-Salem as a community these lec
tures are an asset, for everyone has the opportunity of hearing
them. Let’s all try to realize and make others appreciate the
value of this part of the college program.
—P. A.
YOUR HOROSCOPE
TELLS —
MAY 13 — MAY 19
You are of a happy and gener
ous disposition, often thinking
more of others than of yourself.
You are a trustworthy friend,
ever ready to do a good turn with
out thought of reward. Both man
ual and mental labor come easy
to you; you are original, too, in
though and deed, and you have
a good memory.
May 14 —
Eleanor Sue Cox
May 16 —
Mariam Boyd
May 18 —
Elizabeth Hedgecock
On last Tuesday evening. Miss
Turlington entertained both the old
and new cabinets at a picnic supper
at the fireplace. Upon arriving, the
guests were greeted with the delight
ful odor of cooking hamberger and
frying bacon.. Mr. Campbell presid
ed over the fireplace. The food was
delicious and everyone had a won
derful time, and wish to thank Miss
Turlington for such a delightful eve
ning.
WEEK-END CONFEEENCE
On Friday night two of the “Y”
cabinet, Jane Alice Dilling and Em
ily McCoy, will represent Salem’s
Y. W. C. A. at an annual “Y” Con
ference at Camp Hanes. The State
College Y. M. C. A. will be in charge
of the program which will begin Fri
day with dinner and will terminate
Sunday afternoon.
evening watch
Edith McLean was the speaker at
Evening Watch on last Thursday
night.
SUNDAY VESPERS
Vespers this Sunday night will be
a Mother’s Day program. Everyone
is cordially invited to attend.
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“AGGIE” BROWN
TO TOUR EUROPE
THIS SUMMER
In scouting about the campus this
week we stumbled upon another fac
ulty member that we’d like to tell
you something about — Miss Agnes
Brown.
One of our youagest faculty mem
bers, she comes to us from Davidson,
C. She was born, however iu
Greenville, Tenn and moved to Dav
idson when she was a very young
girl. She is one of our Salem alum
nae, taking a B.A. degree iu sociol
ogy and economics here in 1936. Tn
her freshman year she attended
Converse college, but from the time
she entered Salem she was outstand
ing in campus activities. She was a
member of the Order of the Scorpion,
made varsity in basketball and hock
ey and was vice-president of student
government her senior year.
After her graduation from Salem
she started work on her master’s de
gree at tlie University of North
Carolina. The topic for her thesis
was ‘ ‘ Religious Life' Among the Ne
groes in Chapel Hill.” While writ
ing this paper she attended all the
revival meetings she could hear
about, visited all the colored church
es and Sunday schools in .Chapel
Hill, and did everything, in fact, ex
cept preach. In between times at
the university she teaches Econom
ics and sociology here at Salem.
Miss Brown always sees the best
in people, and if she can’t say
something nice about them she does
not say anything at all. She gets up
verj' early every morning and loves
to walk long distances. She likes
flowers — “the kind you pick.” It
must be memories of early childhood
coming back that make her like to
return to the mountains, because she
does return whenever she gets a
chance. She reads a great deal but
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1939-1940 LECTURE
SERIES ANNOUNCED
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all, and reads all, for his smart wit
ticisms and scathing similes touch on
every phase of present-day life, poli
tics, prize-fighting, music, economics,
art. Our first speaker, William
Lyon Phelps, who is always quoted
on state occasions, says of our last
speaker, John Mason Brown, that he
IS “the best lecturer on the drama
among dramatic critics. ” He is
young enough to be enthusiastic and
old enough to be wise, says another
critic, and his alert mind and infec
tious enthusiasm will delight all his
audience.
So, on our next year’s lec
ture series at Salem you will hear
Wilham Lyon Phelps, who has won
every popularity contest in the world
of letters; Archibald McLeish, a poet
who gets down to earth in the prob
lem of the dust bowl: Pierre Van
Paasen, a red-blooded soldier of for
tune who has fought in just about
every war since 1914; and John
Mason Brown, who season after sea
son can keep his audience spellbound
with his scintillating reviews, laugh
ing uproariously at his spic’y com
ments, and pleading constantly that
he be brought back again.