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VOL. XX.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1939.
Number 7.
SALEM SENIORS TO APPEAR IN COLLEGE “WHO’S WHO”
GERALDrKTE BAYNES
ELIZABETH HEKDBICE
LOUISE NOBEIS
ELIZABETH NORFLEET
Five Salem College senior.s have been honored by their selection
to appear in “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universit)les
and Colleges.’ ’
Those notified of their selection are: Elizabeth Hendrick, Cliifside;
Geiry Baynes, Winston-Salem; Betty Sanford, Farmington, Conn.;
Louise Norris, Durham; Elizabeth Norfleet, Eoxobel.,
NATIONAL STUDENT
“Y” SECRETARY
Miss Augrusta Eoberts, national
student Y. W. C. A. secretary,.is to
visit Salem. As national se‘,retary
Miss Eoberts visits the Y. W. C. A.
associations of the various campuses
throughout the Southern district.
She is a member of the staff of the
National Student Council and has
been association secretary at the
University of Kentucky and the Uni
versity of Texas. She has taught
in the Oberlin summer school and
this past summer was oue of the
teachers of the student secretaries’
course at the Union Theological Sem-
inary. She is to be one of the na
tional convention of United States
secretaries at the biennial Y con
vention to be held in Atlantic City
April 10 through April 16.
Miss Eoberts is to be at Salem
Wednesday and Thursday, November
8 and 9. Plans are for her to speak
in chapel and at Evening Watch and
to conduct a “Y’> meeting here.
EDTJCATION TOPICS OF SIGNIFICANCE
The week — S'unday, Noveanber 5, through Saturday,
November 31 — is American Education Week. It is the
time wihen the National Education Association brings the
policies and purposes of American education before the
people of the nation for consideration. It is a time of con
centrated emphasis upon the nation’s schools; and since
its founding in 1921, the observance has experienced a
tremendous growth in significance and results.
The program for the 1939 observance of American
Education Week is built around the theme “Education
For the American Way of Life” or “The Purposes of Edu
cation in American Democracy. ’ ’ The program emphasizes
certain vital issues in American education which are
especially worthy of public attention just now.
The topics are:
Sunday —
The Place of Religion in Our Democracy.
Monday —
Education for Self-Realization.
Tuesday —
Education for Human Relationships.
Wednesday —
Education for Economic Efficiency.
Thursday —
Education for Civic Responsibility.
Friday —
Cultivating the Love of Learning.
Saturday —
Education for Freedom.
BETTY SANFOED
FresKman Elections
In Progress
Up to date the followiiiir ■offic.ci'S
ijavc beqn elected for the Freshnian
class:
I'resident—Agnes Colcord.
Vice-I'resident—Eulh O 'Neal.
Secretary—Sara Henry.
Treasurer—Elizabeth Ecid.
Day Student Studeat-Goveniuient
Repres(mtative—Betty Spiunt.
"Ou^own”
On Friday evening at 8:.'i0 in the
Iteynolds Auditorium ' The Little
Theatre of Winston-Salom is present
ing Thornton Wilder’s ‘‘Onr Town,”
the Pulitzer Prize Winner play of
19.S8. “Our Town” tells of the real
drama that takes place in a small
New England town, where nothing
ever happehs to make headline news.
It is a simple play, beautifully wri1>,
ten, full of liuinan interest and good
down-to-earth jihilosophy.
In the play no scenery at all is
used. The stage is set with props.
Two step ladders are used to repr(5-
sent different buildings in the town.
Although the wist is a non-pro
fessional one, The Ijittle Theatre
felt that it was more worthwhile to
try to produce a good play than to
si>end their time and effort on one of
less importance and fame.
SOPHS HAVE HALLO-
WEINER ROAST
The sophomore’s had a hallo
weiner roast at the fireplace, Wed
nesday night.
The girls climbed to the fireplace
at sunset, and sang songs and roast
ed liotdogs over a large open fire, ^.s
chasers for the hot dogs, coHcn, po
tato chips, and doughnuts were used.
Mr. Campbell, the class advisor,
fed ice cream to the girls who clciin-
ed up.
MISS SIEWERS ELECTED
SECRETARY
The North Carolina Library Asso
ciation held its widely-attended bi
ennial meeting in Southern Pines
Oct. 2fi-28 at Highland Pines Inn.
Salem College was represented by
Miss Mary Duncan McAnally and
Mrs. Ivillian Laughlin.
Although Miss Siewers was unable
to attend due to illness, she had the
honor of being elected Secretary of
the College and Universities Section
of the Association.
Friday night, October 27, there
was a NoTth parolina Authors' din
ner over which Struthers Burt, auth
or of'“Powder Eiver,” presided.
Mr. John' Farrar, of Ftoar and
Ehinehart Publishing Company, was
the main speaker, and his subject
was the “The Elusive Author.” Dr.
Adelaide Pries was one of the North
Carolina authors honored at this
dinner meeting; ■
National Education
Week
The, observance of American Edu
cation Week is to be sponsored at
Salem by the Educational Psj'c.hol-
ogy class, under the direction of
Mr. Owens. The class elected for
its general chairman Cfiiolyn Creson,
who presided over the discussion of
activities and appointed the various
comniittec chairmen.
The counnittce chairmen are: Vir
ginia ilc.Xony, jK)stevs; Patty Me-
-Vecly, radio program; Margaret
I’attcrson, chapol announcements;
;uid Xani'y Suitor, Salemite.
On one night during the week, So-
vember 5-11 (the date will he an
nounced), a group of Salem g'rls
will present a sliort skit over WSJS.
The girls who will appear on the ju d-
gram are Mildred Kelly, Frankie
Tyson, Marguerite Uodie, and J'at-
ty McN'eely.
Salemites Attend
Hockey Conference
On i'hurxday, eleven of Salem’s
most outstanding hockey players,
witli Coach Atkinson, left for Wil
liamsburg, Ya., to attend a two^day
hockey conference. This conference
is an annual one and draws teams
from many leading Southern col
leges. .\mong intere.sting features
of the conference will be the pres
ence of Miss Con.'itaneo Appleby,
who spent a week on tlie Salem cam
pus last year. The girls represent
ing S:Jem are: I''rances Angelo, Lil
lian Lanning, Teenie McGehee, Mary
Ven Rogers, Kleanor Hutchison,
Jane Kirk, Sliillie Emerson, Betty
Barbour, Ann Kwing, Gerry Baynes,
and Anne Mewborne.
Miss Hanes Takes
Us To Australia
On Thursday evening we had the
pleasure of taking a twelve thous
and mile trip without moving from
our chairs in the lecture room of
the library. Our most attractive
and efficient guide was Miss Nona
Hanes o( this city.
After the three tliousand mile trip
from Winston-Salem to San Fran
cisco, which distance we covered iu
a word or two, we soon found our
selves on board our liner heading
for the Hawaiian Islands. We were
greeted there by the official band
and sextet singing “Aloha,’’ and
fragrant leis made of gorgeously til-
ored flowers were placed around our
nci-ks. During our brief trip in
Honolulu, we stopped at a scliool and
talked with the children, noticing
the strange mixture of races present
in the inhabitants of' Hawaii.
Sp.icn is too short to tell of the
iiiteipsl ing people and beautiful
scenery lliat wo saw at Pago Pago,
Samoa, ;iml the Fiji Islands.
Finally, after three or four weeks.
w(; arrived “down under” at Aus
tralia - that strange, peaceful, and
beautiful land where the summer
asts from Xovember to March, where
the })eople go north for a warmer
cliinale, and whore the colors in na
ture arc beyond compare. Wo were
interested to learn that tho popula
tion is 97 per cent British and that
tho jieople follow tho British custom
ot afternoon tea. However, the
Australians look to tho Americans
for their ideas in clothes, and the
sports attire worn here last summer
can now' bo found in the cities of
Australia. We were all perhaps a
little envious of their custom of
stopping all work every Saturday
at noon, so that everyone might
spend the afternoon at the beaches.
Although Australia is only one
hundiroa and fifty years old, its cuIt
ture and civilization surpass our
own in some respects. Thiere is no
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STEPS DEDICATED TO SALEM TEACHER
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COURTESY JOORNAL-SENTINEL
Shown above is Miss Ot4lia Barrow, who for 47 years was a
member of the Salem College faculty. ..The steps on which she is
standing are to the main entrance of the college library and were
given to the college by Mr. and Mrs.' Xonis T. Owen as an apprecia
tion of . work done by MisS iBarroWi : Miss Barrow resigned her
position M teacher at the en^ of the 1938-39 term. Mrs. Owen and
Miss Baorrow are sisters.