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VOL. XX.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1940.
Number 15.
Thor Johnson’s Little Symphony To Play Here
Noted Violinist to
Appear Here in
Concert
Tlie Civic Music Association of
Winston-Salem will present for its
next program Nathan Milstein,
brilliant Russian violinist, who this
year is making his first public ap
pearance in this city.
Milstein was born in Odessa, De
cember 31, 1904. When he was nine
teen years old he toured Russia with
a friend of his own age as his ac
companist, Vladimir Horowitz.
Forced to leave Russia in 1925, Mil
stein went to Paris, arriving there
without violin, money, or connec
tions. But soon a patron backed him
for a debut concert in which he used
a Stradavarius violin that also had
been given him. He was such a suc
cess that he procured other engage
ments to appear throughout Europe.
Milstein was first introduced to
the American public by Leopold
Stokowski and the Philadelphia or
chestra in lf*a8. Since then he has
returned each consecutive season,
playing with leading symphony or
chestras as well as in recitals. In
the course of each season he aver
ages about one hundred appearances
in America and Europe. Milstein
has had thirteen years of experience
as a concert violinist, has reached
the topmost flights of his profession,
and has made himself an internation
ally known artist.
It is with his splendid record in
mind that we all look forward to
his program on Thursday, February
15th, at 8:30 o’clock at Reynolds
Auditorium.
Robert Frosl Hexk
On Lecture Series
"Run Peddlar, Run”
By L R. S. Tonight
“Run, Peddlar, Run!” a play of
New England in the year 1730, was
presented by a New York company
tonight in the Old Chapel, sponsored
by the I. E. S'. Council.
The play, written by Charlotte
Perry deals with the life and cus
toms of the times authentically
mirrored in the adventures of two
young Irish immigrants. The trials
of the Tin Peddlar in his search for
the bound girl, the fun and frolics of
early American songs and dances,
the kindly old woman accused of
witchcraft recreate in scenes of in
tense interest the background of our
democracy.
The company was made up of ex
perienced actors and actresses who
have been on tour from Canada to
Florida and as far west as Oklahoma.
The organization is altogether a non
profit enterprise; the charge covers
only the salaries of the artists and
their traveling expenses. The main
tenance of the New York office, the
salaries of production and office peo
ple is met by contributions from
public-spirited citizens of the United
States who are interested in bringing
worth-while music, drama, and art
to communities in every part of the
country.
In 1938 the company traveled 30,-
000 miles and filled 242 engage
ments.
Salem is indeed fortunate in hav
ing as the fourth speaker in the
Lecture Series, Robert Frost, the
poet. Because of illness, the lec
ture by Robert Frost was postponed
from February 14 to W'ednesday eve
ning, March 13.
It has been said of Robert Frost’s
work and especially of “North of
Boston,” that it is “As American
As Corn Bread. ” His subject matter
is New England, and he writes about
the winter silences and the busy har
vests, and the various types of New
England folk. He has both local and
universal appeal. Although he is un
questionably a realist, he seems to
penetrate into inner meanings and
mysteries. There is no ornament in
his poetry, its rhythms are the
rhythms of conversation. It con
tains the speech of the people; yet
it does not descend to dialect.
Robert Frost has been a farmer
and a factory worker; he has been
a teacher; and he has taught every-
thing from the kindergarten to
University graduate work. How
ever, all the time since he was
seventeen, he has been consciencious-
ly a jwet. His unusualness, flowing
out of great originality made editors
slow to accept him, but his faith in
himself was unbreakable. His first
two books, “A Boy’s Will” and
North of Boston,” published in
England, made him immediately
famous. Since that time his posi
tion as a poet has steadily advanced,
until now it is the general opinion
that he is one of the few poets of
this generation who will be heard a
hundred years hence.
It is with pleasure that Salem
looks forward to Mr. Frost’s lecture
on March 13.
Kelly Anne Smith has been
elected secretary of the I. R. S.
She will take the place of Jo
Pope, who did not return this
semester.
Edward E. Horton’s
Visit Postponed
“Springtime for Henry,” labeled
the ‘ ‘ funniest comedy of the year,”
was previously scheduled to play in
Winston-Salem, Saturday night, Feb
ruary 10. However, due to Mr. Hor
ton’s illness, the play has been post
poned until Monday night, February
19. At the present time no definite
arrangements have been made con
cerning the afternoon performance
which was to be sponsored by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce. No
tice of this will be made at a later
date.
Edward Everett Horton, known to
all from his work in motion pictures,
is in the starring role. Barbara
Brown is one of the principal play
ers. She was chosen by Horton to
play in “Springtime For Henry,”
although he had not been associated
with her since she was a child ac
tress.
Written by Benn V. Levy,
“^ringtime For Henry.” is consid
ered one of his best, having both
sparkle and subtlety. Mr. Levy is
also noted for “Art and Mrs. Bot
tle,” “The Devil Passes,” and his
adaption of the French play, “To-
paze.’ ’
“Springtime for Henry” is the
last in the se r i e s of plays
which has been presented by the
Winston-Salem Contemporary Thea
tre guild. It should prove to be a
good climax to this year’s group ■—
“Golden Boy,” “Hedda Gabler,”
and “What a Life.”
Please note the change in date.
The play is now to be presented
Monday night, February 19th at
Reynold’s Auditorium.
Sosnik’s To Bring
Spring Clothes
To Salem
In spring a young girl’s fancy
lightly turns to thoughts of — shall
my new hat have a veil or not, or
would that shade of green ‘ ‘ wear
well” with my hair?! After the past
cold, snowy season the present balmy
(almost spring) weather makes girls
tired of winter clothes, and makes
prospects of a new addition to hang
up in the closet sound very pleasing
Next Fi’iday night at 7:00 Sos-
nik’s is bringing a collection of
clothes down for a fashion ‘ ‘ oi)en-
house. ’ ’ There will be six girls mod
eling dresses but all girls present
will have the privilege of trying on
any dresses on display. This is a
new plan, eliminating some of the
formality of previous shows, and
giving the students a convenient op
portunity to pick out dresses that
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OPEN FORUM WILL BE
HELD FRIDAY
Friday afternoon at five o’clock
in the recreation room of Louisa
Wilson Bitting Building an open
forum will be held for the students
of the college. Mr. Harold Meyer,
of Chapel Hill, will speak on the
problems of modern youth.
Mr. Meyer is professor of sociol
ogy at the University of North
Carolina and is one of the most
outstanding professors in the depart
ment of sociology. He is very in
terested in social adjustment prob
lems, particularly those concern
ing young people. At the present,
Mr. Meyer is writing a book on
that subject in collaboration with
another professor at the University
This year the Winston-Salem
Y. W. C. A. has been sponsoring an
extension course in social pathology
under Mr. Meyer. Those who have
been fortunate enough to attend the
lectures have been delighted with
the speaker, and they recommend
him highly to the Salwn students.
Players in scene from “Bun, Peddlar, Enn” playing in the Old
Chapel tonight.
THOK JOHNSON
University of N.C.
Symphony to
Present Concert
The University of North Carolina
Symphony Orchestra, under the ba
ton of Benjamin F. Swalin, is pre
paring for its first concert of the
winter season. The orchestra will
give a concert at Shaw University
in Raleigh on Sunday, February 4.
On February 24 the orchestra w’ill
give a concert at Salem in Memorial
Hall, sponsored by the Choral En
semble and the Junior Class. Tick
ets are now on sale and may be se
cured from members of these two
organizations.
The orchestra, under the capable
drection of Benjamin F. Swalin, is
made up of students of the Univer
sity of North Carolina, members of
faculty, townspeople of Chapel Hill,
and several players from Durham
and Releigh. This fifty piece orches
tra is the out-growth of many years
of musical activity in Chapel Hill. A
group was begun in 1905 which de
veloped into the symphony orches
tra and band. This group furnished
incidental music for the Haymakers
dramatic productions and formerly
toured with these players. In past
years its personnel included a num
ber of students who now figure
prominently in the musical world.
Among these are Hal Kemp, Kay
Kyser, and Thor Johnson, the lat
ter now being a member of the
faculty of the University of Michi
gan.
FRESHMEN TO GIVE
WAFFLE SUPPER
On Saturday night, February 17,
the Freshman class will sponsor a
supper in which waffles and sau
sages will be served. It will be
held in the recreation room of Louisa
Wilson Bitting Building, and the
price of each ticket is 25e. Mary
Lib Rand is chairman of the ticket
committee, and Margaret Ray is in
charge of the publicity. Everyone
is invited! It’s a good way, inci
dentally^ to pep up Saturday night.
Faculty To
Co-operate With
Students
Concert at Salem
Tuesday Morning
Hear ye, — Hear ye —' All ye
Salemites — Next Tuesday morning
each one of us has at least one hour
to look forward to as being an
hour well spent — an hour that will
prove to be thoroughly enjoyable.
But what might be responsible for
this sudden bright sjxit on next
Tuesday’s horizon? — Ah — a ray
of light — The University of Michi
gan Little Symphony Orchestra —
Why yes! That’s it. Tuesday’s'
chapel will be entirely at the dis
posal of the “outstanding young
American conductor,” Thor John
son.
This organization, consisting of
sixteen members, each an accom
plished soloist was organized in the
fall of 1934 at the Sfehool of Music
of the University of Michigan. Since
then, each year, this group has
I’eached farther and farther afield in
its tours, always playing to en
thusiastic and appreciative audi
ences. From Chicago comes this
w^ell-deserved critisism: “The organ
ization . . . consists of . . . first-rate
musicians whose individual talent is
blended into some very potent en
semble work by the skillful direc
tion of Mr. Johnson. The orchestra
exhibited every shade of tone and
every variety of emotion. It has
the vitality of a large group but is
able to achieve delicacy unknown
to a full symphony.”
When Mr. Johnson was fourteen
years old he organized his first or
chestra here in Winston-Salem. Al
so, Salem might well be proud to
claim him as a former student, for
did he not study piano under the
Normal Teacher’s Training Depart
ment, and violin under Miss Reid?
During his student days at the Uni
versity of North Carolina he con
ducted a chamber orchestra and la
ter became Associate conductor of
the North Carolina Symphony,
fflnce becoming a member of
the Music faculty of the Uni
versity of Michigan, Mr. Johnson
has assumed conductorship not only
of the Little Symphony but also of
the University Symphony of ninety
pieces and of the University Choral
Union. The scholastic year of
1936-37 he spent in Europe as a re
cipient of the Frank Huntington
Beebe Fellowship, studying with
such distinguished conductors as
Bruno Walter, Felix W’eingatner,
and Nikolai Malko. Aside from his
work at the University of Michi
gan Mr. Johnson has achieved na
tional recognition as musical direc
tor of the annual August Mozart
Festival in Asheville, North Caro
lina, which he founded in 1937.
Therefore — shall we not come to
chapel jnext Tuesday prepared to
hear the best; and leave, knowing
that we have heard the best?
This week the faculty in co-oper
ation with the students, represented
by the Presidents’ Forum, has made
it possible to leave the first Wed
nesday chapel period in every month
free for student activities. During
this time v’arious organizations and
classes will have their meetings.
Memorial Hall for very brief chapel
The students are to meet first in
period during which time the an-
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SCORPIONS TAKE SIX
NEW MEMBERS
This w'eek the Order of the Scor
pion took six new members into its
organization. At Wednesday’s chap
el Sara Burrell made an announce
ment concerning the nature of the
order and immediately afterward the
following girls were “stung”: Kath
ryn Cole, Nell Kerns, Catherine Har
rell, Ruth Schnedl, Eugenia Baynes,
and Reece Thomas.
According to usual procedure
the junior staff members of the
“Salemite” are responsible for
the publication of one issue dur
ing the second semester. This
week’s editors are: Katharine
King and Sallie Emerson.