FIVE DAYS
TIL HOLIDAYS
FIVE DAYS
'TIL HOLIDAYS
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VOL. XX.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., FRIDAY. MARCH 15, 1940.
Number 20.
KING
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1940-1941
McGEHEE NAMED MAY DAY CHAIRMAN
LYNCHBURG GIRL
WILL WRITE PAGEANT
FOR MAY, 1941
Wednesday of this week Margaret
“Teenie” MeGehee was, by popular
vote of the student body, elected
May Day chairman for the coming
year.
“Teenie” came to Salem from St,
Margaret’s girls’ school and Fairfax
Hall and is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. G. C. McGehec of Lynchburg,
Virginia. Since she has been at
Salem she has for two years served
on the advertising staff of the
“Sights and Insights,’’ and is this
year its assistant business-manager.
She is a member of her class hockey
team, Salemite staff, and Pierrette
club; has served on the May Day
Committee; has been on the A. A.
Council for two years as assistant
tennis manager. “Teenie” is a ma
jor in the English department.
For May chairman she ran against
Ruth Sehnedl of West Point, Ga.
Ann Whaling to be
Married Saturday
At high noon Saturday, March 16,
a wedding w'ill be solemnized which
is of interest to Sademites: Ann
Whaling is to tecome the bride of
Don Eadie. Ann was graduated
from Salem last June and was
Editor-in-Chief of “Sights and In
sights.” The wedding will take place
in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of
Winston-Salem. Nancy Ellis, of
Raleigh, is to be Maid-of-Honor, and
Caroline Pfohl and Carol Glenn, both
of Winston-Salem, will be brides
maids. The couple will live in Ashe
ville during the winter, and in the
summer they will be at home in
Washington, I). C.
PIERRETTES BEGIN
SPRING PRACTICE
This week the members of the
Pierrette club who are taking part
in the City Contest Play “Sanctu
ary’’ began active work. There have
been three practices this week, and
as a result of the direction of Mrs.
Bruce Williams, the play is begin
ning to take shape.
The Pierrettes are also producing
“Dark Stillness,” a play written by
J. B. Covington, Jr., of Winston-
Salem. This will be entered in the
amateur group of original playa pre
sented in April at the annual drama
festival at C^lapel Hill. The east
for “Dark Stillness” will be an
nounced after the holidays.
The Pierrettes will meet at four
o’clock Monday afternoon to discuss
plans for attending the festival. At
four-thirty, following the meeting,
there will be a rehearsal of ‘ ‘ Sanc
tuary’ ’ — the last rehersal before
school is dismissed for Easter vaca
tion.
COLLEGE WOMEN
MAKE CONFUCIUS
OBJECT OF CLUB
University, La. — (A C P) —
“Confucius say . . . please let hum
ble philosopher rest in peace.” Yes,
that’s what the ancient Chinese sage
would probably say now, had he the
power of speech.
Confucius has been the inspiration
for the latest club to be organized
on the Louisiana State University
campus. According to the girls, the
only qualifications for admission is a
good clean, “Confucius say” pun or
joke. For example — ‘ ‘ change your
mind often, good way to keep it
clean.”
JOUKXAL-SENTIXEI. STAFF 1*H>T>>-
IVCAKOABET McGEHEE
Nine Represent
Salem College at
N. C. E. A. Meeting
March 14-lC marks another an
nual meeting of the North Carolina
Education Association in Raleigh.
This Delegate Assembly has created
a remarkable progratn that is at
tracting ,largo numbers of teachers
from ail over the state and is hold
ing their interest during the three
days of the convention.
The program, under the direction
of the president, Dr. J. Henry High-
smith of Raleigh and hia committee,
is built around the idea of an evalua^
tion of the school program in North.
Carolina for the purpose of seeing
how good the schools are for the
job they are supposed to do, and
what can be done to make these
schools better as a factor in the
development of children and Citizen
ship.
Our particulars interest in the
meeting lies in the fine representa
tion from Salem. Members of our
faculty who are attending are: Miss
Lawrence, who is president of the
Higher Education Diviaon; Mr.
Owens; Dean Vardell, who, presiding
over a forum meeting, will address
the group, using as his topic, “The
Use of the Pedal in the Works of
Johann Sebastian Bach;” Miss
Knox; Miss J^kinson; and Miss
Porter. Three of our students who
are members of the recently orga
nized group of Future Teachers are
also attending—Margaret Morrison,
Eve Tomlinson, and Nancy O’Neal.
These girla were platform guests at
the general session this morning.
Vera Brittain Will
Lecture Here
In April
The next speaker on our annual
lecture series for this year will be
Vera Brittain.
She will appear on April third,
in Memorial Hall in place of Robert
Frost. She is an English novelist,
author of “Testament of Youth,”
Which is the story of her own ex
periences in college during the World
War and how the war affected her.
Robert Frost, scheduled for the
next Salem lecture, will not appear,
for he is recuperating in Florida
from an operation. After a consula-
tion of doctors, it was decided that
Mr. Frost should not speak in public
again until May.
BASKETBALL BANQUET
TO BE TOMORROW
The annual Basketball Banquet
will be held Saturday evening, at
six o’clock in the college Dining
Room. The Theme will be centered
around — and there I have to stop,
for when I asked Gerry Baynes
about it, she just grinned, and said,
“Now, that would be telling, would
n’t itf” ' But I did find out that
Mabel Pitzer and Lillian Lanning,
manager and assistant-manager of
basketball, are in charge of the pro
gram, that Gerry Baynes will be
toastmistress, and that the Varsity
team will be announced. That’s
about all I can tell you,' except —
oh yes, Dr. Rondthaler will present
the cup to the winning team.
Dr. Hart Defines
Creative Living
Why should any one be good?
Why not just have a good time?
These were questions asked by Dr.
Hart in liis talk on “Creative Liv
ing,” at Expanded Cha|K>l, Wednes
day. He said that life ouglit to be
).hrilling, friendship ought to be
thrilling, good times ought to be
thrilling, and college courses ought
(0 be thrilling. Life should be lived
to the fullest.
In telling the way life might be
lived to the fullest. Dr. Hart made
an imaginary cliart by drawing two
lines — one horizontal and one ver
ticai-which formed an axis. The
upper right hand corner was called
the “plus plus” corner in which he
tical—which formed an axis. The
rcation, and liberty. He called this
corner Heaven, because the activ
ities are thrilling as well as con
structive. Heaven, he said, is a
spiritual state in which everyone
works together freely and joyously
for the good of all.
The lower right hand corner was
called the “plus minus’’ cor
ner. Here he put such things as
sex thrills, gambling, playing the
stock market, drinking, and anarchy.
He named this corner one of “reck
less thrill-seeking,” because it was
thrilling yet destructive.
The lower left hand as “minus
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—JOUHNAL-SENTINEL STAFF PHOTO
KATHARINE KING
Library H as Three
of Brittain’s Books
Warning to Males
Advertisements in the women’s
press reveal in the hearts of our
young ladies an upstir which por
tends a new clash between man and
woman.
The beauties and near-beauties of
America are mobilizing in their bou
doirs with an array of perfumes, lip
sticks, and silks. The fair sex
stands against Aian armed with a
“frankly flirtatious new perfume”
. . . “a tender, haunting scent that
says follow me” ... “a gay, lilt-
ng fragrance for the light in heart,
spicy and elusive” . . . “appealingly,
seductively feminine” . . . and
“foretelling a crescendo of con-
.quest. ”
Her lips are painted a “rich,
deep, fateful, and exciting,” color.
Her eyes are shielded by “pixie
frames that give eyes an unswept,
young alluring appeal.” “Wickedly
sheer crepes” encase her legs. “Sur
render ... he vill if you wear it.”
Against this formidable offence,
man stands unarmed. He has not
been aware of the intrigue among
the feminine population. There is
but one last weapon for him to em
ploy in this emergency. Man can
still hide behind a long, strong black
cigar.
—Richmond News-Leader.
The next speaker on our Lecture
Series is represented in the library
by two novels and an autobiogra
phical study. J
Testament of Youth. 1933
An intimate record of Vera
Brittain’s girlhood from 1900 to
1035, showing what the War and the
years immediately following meant
to the men and women of her gener
ation.
“If ever there was a book to
explain ane generation to another
without falce pride or glory, and
with unsparing truth—this is it.”
—Edward Weeks.
Honourable Estate. 1936
A novel “Concerned fist yith
Janet Rutherston, married at nine
teen to a clergyman much older than
herself. Disliking vicarage life and
the vicar, disliking the son she had
not wanted. . . she was thwarted by
her husband’s angry contempt for
her proclivities towards Militant
suffrage, and died embittered at the
age of forty-three. The second part
is about the more conventional
Alleyndere Menge and the Al-
leyndere daughter, Ruth, a nurse
during the war. . . The last part is
the story of Ruth’s marriage to
Deris Rutherston, a happy marriage
in an almost symbolic sense. ’ ’
—Saturday Review of Literature.
The Dark Tide. 1923
The original notes for this book—
a first novel—were made when the
author was an undergraduate at Ox
ford.
It aims to be a fairly accurate
representation of the type of life
led by women students in 1920.
NEW EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
TO TAKE OFFICE
IN MAY
This afternoon Katharine King,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.F, King,
of Leaksville, N. C., was elected
Editor-In-Chief of the Salemite for
the coming year.
Since she has been at Salem
Katharine has served on the ‘ ‘ Y”
Cabinet, May Day Committee, was
treasurer of hen Freshm,an class,
l>resident of the Freshman dramatic
club. She has been a member of the
Pierrettes since her sophomore year
and is this smester president of that
organization. She is vice-president
of Le Cercle Francaise, associate
editor of the Salemite on whose staff
she has served for three years, a
member of the Order of the Scorpion,
and is a senior marshall.
Katharine is a candidate for an
A.H. degree with English as her ma-
jor.
The other nominee for editor of
the Salemite' was Nancy O’Neal of
Winston-Salem.
We’re Off For
Spring Vacation
You’d never know it judging by
the condition of the weather, but
here it is time for Spring Vacation.
March 20 through March 27 offers
a nice, Jong week to go homo or
visit your room-mate or take off for
Florida or New York or some such.
The Freshmen will be brand new
girls when March 20 comes up, and
those term papers are handed over.
As for the Sophomores, they will
be ready for a rest from apple sell
ing and English Lit.
The Juniors have been running
against each other in the major
elections (and Junior-Senior isn’t
far off). But the Seniors, having
taken in, among other things, the
genior dinner, the Christmas party,
^nd Senior Vespers, aro now facing
their last Spring Vacation.
Of course it’s a rather bleak pro
spect to think of blossoming out
Easter Sunday morning in your
winter coat with the results of
various and sundry shopping trips
hanging in your closet doing no
thing. But everybody, after the
strain and stress of six weeks, is
ready and waiting for this vacation.
Let Miss Lawrence know your
plans!
Latin Club Will
Hold Meeting
The members of Alpha Iota Pi
will enter the Elysium Fields Mon
day night provided they have twen
ty-five cents to pay Charon, the
ferryman, in order to cross the Riv
er Styx.
The theme of the evening will be
the use of Latin in the medicinal
ages, e3i>ecially in the church, with
particular emphasis on the Easter
services and Latin Hymns.
Alpha Iota Pi will hold 'its regu
lar monthly meeting op Monday
night, M,arch 18, at 7:15 in the rec
reation room of Bitting. This will
be the first meeting since eleven
new members were taken in in Feb
ruary.
After a brief business session
there will be a program followed
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Rondthaler
Introduces Dr. Hart
Dr. and Mrs. Howard Rondthaler
entertained Dr. HArnell Hart and a
group of forty guests at an inform
al buffet supper Monday night. The
guests were the heads of the various
organizations and classes on the
campus, the Advisory Board of the
Y. W. O. A., Dr. and Mrs. Francis
Anscombe, Dr. and Mrs. Charles
Vardell, Bishop and Mrs. Pfohl, and
Rev. and Mrs. Gordon Spaugh.
The supper was served in the
dining room, and the guests found
seats in the living rooms. After the
meal Mrs. Rondthaler introduced
Dr. Hart, commenting on the fact
that Dr. Hart’s visit to our campus
has been made possible through the
generosity of an interested friend of
the ' college. Dr. Hart then spoke
for a few minutes about the im
portance of campus religious lead
ership.
The first meeting of Dr. Hart and
our college leaders was a very hap
py one, thanks to the gracious hos
pitality of Dr. and Mrs. Rondthaler.