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VOL. XIX.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1939.
Number 27.
Opera to be Given
As Commencement
Activity
Mozart’s “The Marriage of
Figaro” To Be Presented
This year, the Salem School of
music is presenting, as one of the
commencement festivities, ‘ The
Marriage of Figaro,” a comic opera
by Mozart. It has been condensed
to simplify and to present only the
prominent features of the Beau-
marchies plot that portrays the com
plicated schemes of eighteenth cen
tury court life. This two act ver
sion will prove to be an hour’s en
tertainment of beautiful music and
quick moving comedy.
Scenery for the production is be
ing designed and painted by the art
students under the supervision of
Kathryn Davis Ogburn, while Van
Horn and Sons, of Philadelphia,
will furnish the costumes. Elizabeth
Trotman, and an assisting staff un
der Mrs. Bruce William’s supervision,
will handle the make-up and other
technicals details. The entire pro
duction will be staged by Mr. Clit-
ford Bair, who is head of the Voice
Department at Salem.
A string ensemble, under the di
rection of Miss Hazel Bead will pro
vide the orchestral accompaniment,
assisted at the piano and organ by
Miss Virginia Thompson, Miss Sarah
Linn, and Airs. Anna Withers Bair.
Mr. Charles G. Vardell, Jr., Dean of
the School of Music will conduct the
entire i)erformancos.
Thost! in “The Marriage of Fig
aro” hiivG been cho^ien, with two
exceptions from the Voice Depart
ment at Salem, and the cast is as
follows.
( ountess Almaira—Kathryn Swam
Susanna, her maid—Carolyn Creson,
and Jean Davis
Count Almaira—
Theodore Bodenheimer
Figaro, his servant—James Blair
Cherabino, a page—Lillian Stokes
Dr. Bartolo—Kobert Jensen
Marcellina, housekeeper—
Margaret Welfare
Antonio, a gardener
Hugh Houlthouser
Don Baselo—Clifford Bair.
Because of the limited capacity in
the Old Chapel, two performances
will be given; one, Saturday, June
3rd, and the other, Monday, June
5th. The iirst, on June 3rd, will be
produced mainly for the visiting
alumnae and for other out of town
guests, and will be with invitation
onlv. The second, on June 5th, w-ill
be for the general public. The two
performances, June 3rd and June 5th
are scheduled to begin promptly at
8:30 o’clock in the Old Chapel.
Math Club Holds
Final Meeting of
The Year
The Mu Alpha Theta held its final
meeting of the year last Tuesday
night in the Lecture Eoom of the
Library. Anne Mewborne spoke on
Flatland, a country of two-dimen
sional space. The story of this fan
tastic land, where the people are
geometric plane figures, was taken
from the book “Flatland” by “A
Square.” Sallie Emerson had charge
of the refreshments, which were ex
ceptionally good.
Baccalaureate
Sermon June 4
Dr D. H. Stewart To Be This
Year’s Speaker
The Baccalaureate Sermon, an in
tegral part of the Commencement
exercises, is to take place this year
on Sunday, June 4. Led by the
marshals, the faculty and seniors,
wearing caps and gowns, walk in pro
cession to the Home Moravian
Church. During the procession the
hymn, “The Son of God,” is sung.
This year Reverend Donald H. Stew
art will deliver the Baccalaureate
Sermon.
Fulton-Lilly
Wedding Plans
Announced
First Senior Marriage To Be
On Day of Graduation
Of all the graduation news and of
all the happenings that the last of
chool always brings, the event which
will in all our minds come as the
climax is Bill Fulton’s marriage to
F. L. Lilly.
When the clock on the Home Mo
ravian Church strikes four on Mon
day, June fifth, the wedding music
will begin . The traditional ring
ceremony will be used and Dr. How
ard Eondthaler will officiate.
The bridesmaids are: all sisters of
the bride and will wear the dresses
worn by Bill’s attendants on May
Day. The matron of honor, Mrs.
B. J. Keating, of Boston, ]\[assachus-
etts, the oldest sister will wear a yel
low May dres of silk net and will
carry a nosegay of mixed garden
flowers in pastel colors. Mrs. W. W.
Hufford, Jr., and Virginia “John”
Fulton will be bridesmaids. Mrs.
Huffard wearing pink, and Miss Ful
ton, blue. Their fowers will also be
nosegays.
Before the ceremony Frances Wat-
lington will sing “Calm As tlie
Night” and “Consecration” and
Edith McLean will play “Ave
Maria.”
The bride will enter wearing the
dress in which she was crowned
Salem’s Queen of the May. The
dress is of white silk net over a slip
of white silk with a large hoop
skirt. Scattered over the net are
dainty sprays of valley-lillies tied
with tiny satin bows. There will
also be a two-tier veil of illusion un
der a halo of orange blossoms and
Bill will carry a prayer bok on top
of which will be placed a large white
orchid.
She will enter on the arm of her
father, Mr. W'illiam Benjamin Ful
ton, ^who will give her away. The
groom’s best man will be Sam
Bragg Yancey of Kingsport, Tenn.
Bill is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Benjamin Fulton of
Gate City, Virginia and has attend
ed Salem College for four years. She
is a major in the Department of
Home Economics and has this year
served as president f the Home Eco
nomics Club. During her four years
here at Salem .she has taken an im
portant part in campus affairs, has
been active in sports, and had been
an attendant in the May Court for
three years until this year when she
was elected Queen.
The groom, F. L. Lilly, is the son
of Mrs. Venice Lilly and the late
Mr. Lilly of Kingsport. He attend
ed Louisiana State University and
now holds a position with the Ten-
nesee Eastman Corporation.
The ushers for the wedding are
all young men from Kingsport
Charles Keever, Sam Reams, and
Justin Harris.
After the ceremony there will be
a reception at the home of Dr. and
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Now
Maude Battle Wins
Reed Barton
Silver
Announcement has recently been
made that Maude Battle, Salem Sen
ior, has been awarded one of the
sterling silver prizes in the Reed &
Barton Silver Chest Contest. Miss
Battle’s prize consists of a set of
eight lovely Reed & Barton solid
silver coffee spoons, witli gold bowls
and a different flower sculptured on
each handle.
The contest was confined to Salem
College and thirty-two other lead
ing women’s colleges in various
parts of the country. Entrants were
asked to choose their favorite pat
tern from ten Reed and Barton de
signs and give their reasons for the
choice in a statement of not more
than fifty words. The awards were
made exclusively on the excellence
of the reasons given.
The first prize, consisting of a
100-piece sterling service and a gen
uine mahogany silver chest, was won
by Miss Meredith Stebbins of Sim-
mos College, Boston, Mass. The
Reed & Barton pattern that she
chose as her favorite was cotillion,
and the prize service was given in
this design.
To each of the thirty-three win
ners was awarded a, set of the Reed
& Barton solid silver coffee spoons
RONDTHALERS TO
ENTERTAIN SENIORS
AT ANNUAL PICNIC
The Senior Picnic will take place
on Sunday, June 4, at o;30 P. M. on
the lawn surrounding the President’s
house.
This outdoor supper is enjoyed an
nually by the Seniors and their im
mediate families. It always pre
cedes immediately the senior vesi)er
program, to be held this year in the
Bowl beside Bitting Building.
“Salem Day”
at Montaldo’s
Students Act As Salesgirls
Thursday, May 18, students of Sal
em College and Academy took over
the management of Montaldo’s for
the day. A special invitation to
visit the store any time, Thursday
was extended by Miss Montaldo to
all the students of both .schools.
From the visitors, five girls were
chosen to act as salesladies, and one
was chosen to act as manager. Al
though their experiment was funda
mentally a test of their salesmanship,
the girls received a commission of
three percent on everything that
they sold.
During the afternoon while new
summer dresses and resort wear were
being shown, the visitors were
served coca-colas and cookies.
A similar day was recently held at
Montaldo’s in Charlotte, N. C. ac
cording to Miss Montaldo and was
enjoyed as much by the Queens girls
as “Salem Day” was by the Salem
students.
Student-Govern-
ment Dance
Tomorrow Night
Final Salem Dance of
This Year
The following invitations have
been issued:
“The Student Self-Government
•Association of Salem College requests
the honor of your presence, Saturday
evening, May twentieth, nineteen
hundred and tliirty-nine, at eight-
thirty o’clock. Honoring the Xew^
Council.”
This is the last dance of the year,
and judging by the preparations it
promises to be one of the best. The
music will be furnished by Jerry
King and his orchestra from Chapel
Hill. This band played for the
Freshman-.Tunior dance — and as a
result it is very popular on the cam
pus.
The figure will be compos?d of the
old and new council, with Miss An
nette McXeely, retiring President,
leading with Mr. Tom Thurston.
Home Economics
Fashion Show
This Afternoon
Sewing Classes Model
Work
On Friday afternoon at four
o’clock the members of the Home
Economics Department presented a
Fashion Show in front of the Lizora
Fortune Hanes Building. It was an
exhibit of all the clothing made by
the Freshman, Sophomore, and ad
vanced classes in the department
during the entire year and included;
cotton smocks, silk and wool dress
es, wool suits, cotton and silk eve
ning dresses. Sarah Linn played
semi-classical numbers throughout
the exhibit.
Junior-Freshman
Dance Last
Saturday
Frances Walker Sang with
Orchestra
A lovely garden furnished the
background for the Junior-Freshman
dance in the gymnasium last Satur
day night. May 13. Jerry King and
his orchestra from Carolina provided
the music for the evening. Everyone
was delighted when our own Frances
W'alker assisted the orchestra by
singing “I’m Getting Sentimental
Over You” and “ ’Taint W’hat You
Do.” During the evening there were
three no-break dances, and the of
ficers of both classes were recog
nized by a no break dance immed
iately before intermission.
Throughout the evening Miss Jo
Whitehead and Miss Jane Crow serv
ed punch. Everyone had a “swelle-
gant” time, and the Junior-Fresh
man was one of the best dances of
the season!
PIERETTES ELECT
OFFICERS
The Pierrette Players elected their
officers for next year in a meeting
this week. They are: Lizzie Trot
man, president; Katharine King,
vice-president, Elizabeth Tuten, sec
retary, and Elizabeth Weldon, treas
urer.
Transfer of Caps
and Goivns to be
Held in Bowl
Hat-Burning Ceremony
Scheduled For May 31
Each year during Graduation
Week Salem has a ceremony for the
traditional transfer of caps and
gowns from the Senior to the Junior
class. This year this beautiful and
dignified service will be held In the
bowl beside Louisa Bitting Building
at nine o’clock on the night of
W’ednesday, May 31. Because the
regular marshalls are all juniors,
sj)ecial ushers are to be selected for
this occasion. In the center of the
Bowl will be a blazing fire and
around it stand all of the specta
tors and the two participating class
es.
The Juniors will form their line
in front of Clewell Building, the
seniors in front of Bitting Building.
In double line with Evelyn McCarty
(present Senior jiresident), Vernon
Lassiter (mascot), and Annette Mc-
Xeely (retiring student government
president), ai their head, the sen
ior.-! will lead the procession around
the flagstaff, down the board walk,
and into the bowl. The juniors, lead
by Agnes Lee Carmichael (incoming
Senior Class President) and Eliza
beth Hendrick (incoming Student
Government President), will follow
and take their place around the fire.
Marching to “ Stand Up and Cheer”
as soon as all are in their places at
the fire, the group will sing that song
through. ,
Miss Carmichael will then come
forward and make her explanation
of the burning of hats. She will
lead thq juniors aronnd the fire for
them to throw in their hats and then
into ]X)sition again. Miss McCarty
will then come forward, with the
mascot beside her, and give her ul
timatum on the Blue Books. She will
throw her own Blue Book into the
fire and lead the seniors aronnd to
throw in theirs before they return
to their original position. The imi-
ior line will then turn on itself and
line up facing the seniors, until
every junior is standing in front of
a senior in a double line around the
Bowl. The present and incoming
senior president will step forward,
and Miss McCarty will place her
robe and cap on Miss Carmichael,
who will make her speech of accept
ance, while all of the seniors put
their caps and gowns on the juniors
in front of them. Then Miss Mc
Carty will stand just behind the fire
to deliver her .valedictory. Following
this all of the seniors will mass
around the piano and sing their class
song. When that i.s finished, the sen
iors will remain around the piano
and every one will join in to sing
the Alma Mater while the Juniors
move off up the hill in caps and
gowns. The seniors aro to follow,
led by their president and mascot,
and the whole procession will break
up at the flagstaff.
ANNUAL ALUMNAE
LUNCHEON TO BE
NEXT WEEK
On Saturday, June 3, at 1:30
P. M., the Alumnae Luncheon will
be held. This will follow th© meet
ing of the General Alumnae Associa
tion.
The Pre.sident of the General
Alumnae Association, Mrs. Deryl
Hart of Durham will greet the Sen
ior class; Miss Evelyn McCarty ■will
respond.
Among the 300 people who are ex
pected to be present at the luncheon
are members of the cla.sses of 1939,
1938, 1937, 1936; 1920, 1919, 1917;
1901, 1900, 1899, 1898; 1882, 1881,
1880, 1879, and 1889 (50th year).