Congraiulations
To The New
President
Congratulations
To The New
President
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VOL. XXL
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, FRIDAY. MARCH 7, 1941.
Number 19.
REECE ELECTED PRES.
THOMAS CRAVEN TALKS OF:
“Now, when I was a boy, I read
many books ... he told his young,
irresponsible son.
“Yes, father, I understand that
perfectly. You’re just that type!”
“Just that type” now means to
most Salem girls a small man with
the what-little- hair slicked neatly
down over his well-moulded egg
shaped-bottom head, a small man
whose big heart is given voice
through his twinkling eyes and by
his sly, shy, and “my” grin— the
“my” being claimed by every one
to whom Mr. Craven smiled during
the day he was on the campus.
A man whose experiences range
from living a rather Bohemean life
a la Paris-Latin quarter, past
teaching urchins in Central Ameri
ca, to lecturing and living what
sounds like the ideal home life, he
Uses that pecoiously mentioned
twinkle now to look on life casually
and pleasantly.
From the sound of things, he
probably thought that we old
Salemites, who would protect with
Our lives (emotions dueling over
bodily comfort) any chair in which
someones great-grandmother sat,
are living in the past disregarding
the voice of the future that is
passing by on a sound wave. In his
own home he favors the modern
trends in furniture; the modern in
house decorations in the form of
painting; the immortal in the W'ay
of food, in the form of Southern
stylo fried chicken whcih he per
sonally cooks, he insists; and the
modern in his family relations. His
remarks concerning his red-headed
wife were both interesting and in
spiring. When she, English born,
accuses father and son of burly,
mid-western, and low-brow taste,
Craven retorts that all English
gentry have terrible table manners
by tradition, which reply silences
his “equal half” (quote) for the
rest of the meal.
“Trust, in marriage, is essential.
One must never doubt. Eor in
stance, if I eome back a month late
from a tour, my wife never ques
tions. If she comes in late from a
bridge game, I take it for granted
the reason is a good one.”
“But, Mr. Craven, isn’t the pre
requisite of such a set-up that the
partner be true-blue?”
“Let me say that a young girl
should not marry Bobby because
of thef- way Bobby combs his wavy
locks—remember that not even hair
tonics are guaranteed!
“I have but one bit of advice
to give you girls—keep the char
acteristics of simplicity and naivety
as acts, because they are both sure
fire anmuuition. And never become
cynical—the men have too much
of that as it is.”
A little on the serious side, Mr.
Craven finds all over the United
States a sincere, new interest in
the arts—music, painting, and writ
ing. He denied a predominance of
dilleatantism, saying at the same
time that even this attitude has
more possibilities than has an utter
lack of interest and so is not as
bad as some think.
He does not find much good
painting in the South and he won
ders why “Literature has its
American masters here. Incidentally
take a man out of his native back
ground and he cannot write. Your
Thomas Wolfe writing of New
York is just as much lost as you
would be trying to write realistical
ly of the Chinese middle-ages. Any
artist must paint what he knows—
and feels. All else leads to be arti
ficial.
“Christopher Morley, for ex.
ample did not feel, actually, ‘Kitty
Foyle,’ he saw a clever idea that
would sell, and therefore cannot be
blamed for writing it down. But
Hemmingway, on the otherhand,
gives something, not necessarily to
sell, but something he feel he had
to say, in For Whom the Bells Tell.
It seems that this book should be
an impiration to all young people
who read it.”
When the lecture time was over,
Thomas Craven smiled almost child
ishly when he said: I’ve had such
a good time today and I do want to
come back next year. You folks
have really talked the socks off
me, but I’ve loved it.” When he
left, all had the feeling that he
has a personal charm that is not
merely a commercial, lecture mask
—he seemed genuine, sincere, a
guest, not just a speaker to be en-
diner and entertained for a day.
And even if we can’t be artists
in our own rights, he left us with
the admarition nad consolation
that we all must be artistic citizens,
with good, modern tasts in paint
ing!
STUNT NIGHT
NEXT TUESDAY
If you remember—and, after
Leila’s rare chapel announcement,
you should remember — what a
howling success “Y” stunt night
Was last year, you’ll want to go
Up to the Old Chapel P. D. Q. next
Tuesday night at 7:30 to see the
four classes, in the form of their
prize actresses and comediennes,
complete for the $5 prize. Judges
are to be Miss McNeely, Mrs. Brant
Snowly, and Mr, Campbell. Admis
sion is 15c, tickets may be obtain
ed from any member of the “Y”
cabinet or at the door, and faculty
members, students, Sates— every
one is cordially invited.
NOTICE
The Kichmond College Glee
Club will sing Friday night in
*the social room of the Academy
at 8 o’clock. The admission is
25 cents. The Slalem College stu
dents are cordially invited to
attend both the program and the
informal reception immediately
following the program.
FRENCH CONVERSATION
CLASSES STARTED
AT SALEM
In an attempt to further the
knowledge of French among Salem
girls, a few of the advanced stu
dents and Dr. Downs have planned
a conversation hour. These meet
ings, “Causeries de Lundi,” will
be held regularly 9n Monday eve
nings at 7:30 in the basement of
Louise Wilson Bitting Building.
All French students, beginners or
otherwise, are requested to come.
One of these meetings has already
taken place with six girls and Dr.
Downs^ in attendance. A method
employed to make the shy ones
speak was a game in which one
person started a story, stopped
whenever she pleased for her neigh
bor to continue. It is in such ways
as this that Salem’s French De
partment will be improved and with
the proper co-operation on the part
of all the students, this ameliora
tion should come quickly.
REECE THOMAS
R. THOMAS
SUCCEEDS M.
PAHERSON
Today REECE THOMAS of
Rocky Mount was elected to serve
as president of the student govern
ment of Salem College for the year
1941-42, defeating Marge Mc-Mul-
len. This election began the series
of elections which will continue
through March, until the presidents
of the eight major organizations
are elected.
Reece was active in her home
town high school. She was presi
dent of the Spanish Club and the
Girls’ Hi-Y.
Since she has been at Salem,
Reece has held many important of
fices. During her first year at
Salem she was Freshman repre
sentative to the Student Govern
ment. For the past two years she
has been president of her class. She
is a member of the German Club
and the French Club, as well as
serving on the staff of the
Salemlte, and Sights and Insights.
She is also a member of the
Scorpions. She has been an honor
roll student all three years at
Salem. She is acandidate for an
A. B. degree, majoring in English,
But Reece’s activities include
partiipation in all types of sports.
She plays hockey, basketball and
tennis—all equally well.
As for her hobbies—perhaps the
most outstanding is her poetry
writing in the “little black book.”
She likes music—she is to be seen
at all concerts no matter whether
they are voice, piano, or orchestra;
and she is quite fond of reading.
To be sure Reece fills all the
qualifications required of a presi
dent of the Student Government of
Salem College and she may count
on Salem’s best co-operation.
LENT
Beginning last Tuesday after
noon and continuing throughout
the season of Lent, the Home
Moravian Church will be open
for prayer and meditation to all
those wishing to come. From
3:30 until 5:30, there will bo
organ music. All people are in
vited to go into the church any
Tuesday afternoon.
T. BANKHEAD
VISITS W.-S.
Tonight at 8:30 o’clock in the
State Theatre, Miss Tullulah Bank
head will give a preformanco ,of her
latest Broadway success, “The
Little Foxes,” Miss Bankhead ar
rived in Winston-Salem too late in
the day for an interview, but we
are assured through many reports
that her vibrant personality is out
standing in her performances.
John Mason Brown has described
Miss Bankhead’s amazing spirit as
“her smouldering strength” which
has been as much a liability to
her as an asset. Her personality can
hold an audience spell-bound and
can endow even a bad play with
inner fire, but she has had to
realize that, in spite of the essen
tialness of a striking personality,
it does not take the place of acting.
Miss Bankhead is the daughter of
the late Speaker of the House of
Representatives William Bankhead,
and is from the South.
She made her first stage ap
pearance when she was 13 years old
in a play called “Squab Farm.”
After this education occupied the
next four years and then she again
appeared on the stage in “Foot
loose.” In 1923 she went to Eng
land and rose rapidly in popularity
until she won the title of “Number
One Glamour Girl” of the English
stage. The English people could
only describe -her in adjectives such
as “divine,” “marvelous,” and
“splendid.”
After Miss Bankhead returned to
the United States, she played in
“Dark Victory,” “Eadn,” “The
Circle,” and many other dramas.
She reached the height of her suc
cess, however, in * ‘ The Little
Foxes” which was first performed
in the spring of 1939. In this play
Miss Bankhead gives a superb
characterization and, as Brooks At
kinson says an ‘ ‘ example of mature
acting fully under control.”
Criticism of the stage actress has
been that she is inclined to rely
too much on the “divine spark,”
but this has been somewhat count
eracted by her natural feeling for
the theatre: and stage technique.
FIRST FORMAL
EVENING RECITAL
The School of Music of Salem
College presented a number of ad
vanced students in recital Thurs
day evening, March C, at 8:30
o’clock, in Memorial Hall. Students
from the classes of Miss Laurie
Jones, Miss Hazel Horten Read,
Clifford Bair, and Dr. Charles G.
Vardell, Jr., appeared.
The program included:
Sonata in C minor. Op. 10,
No. 1 Beethoven
Allegro molto e con brio
Miss Elizabeth Johnston
Jeune Fillette Dalayrac
Miss Johnsie Bason
Nacturne in G major. Op. 37,
N^o. 2 Chopin
Miss Clara Pou
Liebesleid Kreisler
Miss Elizabeth Swinson
Separation and Reunion Mozart
Mr. Elroy Alexander
Etude in E major. Op. 10,
No. 8 Chopin
Rigaudon Ravel
Mr. Tom Houts
To the Children Rachmaninoff
Miss Jennie Linn
Song (from “Sea
Pieces”) MacDowell
Fantastic Dance Shostakovich
Miss Agnes Mae Johnson
Wie bist du meine
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PLAY CONTEST
AT SALEM
On Thursday, March 13, at 8
o’clock p.m., in the Old Chapel, the
district preliminaries involving
the East Carolina Teacher’s Col
lege, Queens College and Salem Col
lege dramatic associations will bo
staged in order to determine which
one of the three may enter the an
nual play production tournament
later this spring at Chapel Hill.
The request by the Carolina
Dramatic Association of the Uni
versity of North Carolina that
Salem servo as this district’s
tournament center is both an honor
and a responsibility, say members
of the Pierrettes, Salem’s dramatic
club. In addition to rehearsals and
arrangements for their own pro
duction Salem dramatists must
serve as hostesses to the groups
from E. C. T. C. and Queens, who
will arrive sometime Thursday
afternoon for their own dress
rehearsals and probably spend the
night here. According to Wyatt
Wilkinson, president of the Pier
rette Players, Barbara Whittier is
the tournament - center business
manager. Her assistants are: Fran
ces Yelverton, publicity; Doris
Nebel and Rebekkah Candler, house
management; Normie Tomlin, ticket
sales; Lib Weldon and Dot Mc
Lean, hostesses. Dale Rosenbloom
is the tournamehf center stage
manager. These girls are assisted
by other members of the club.
The Pierrette Players of Salem
College are producing Pboebe M.
Rees' Sanctuary, directed by Mrs.
Bruce Williams. The scene is in a
convent. The characters are: Moth
er Marie, Wyatt Wilkinson; Sister
Francoise, Margaret Ray; Madam-
oiselle de Cice, Aline Shamel;
Citoyenne Kenre, Gladys Black
wood; Widow Pensol, Eleanor
Welch; Sister Anne, Betty Anne
White; Marguaerite, Carlotta Car
ter.
The Chi-Pi Players of East Caro
lina Teacher’s College in Greenville
are presenting Sky Fodder by Jack
Reynolds. The student director is
Clifton Britton. The scene of the
tragedy is in a glade in a Louisiana
coastal plain swamp just before
dark. The characters, Rogers, Neal,
and Drew, are played by Goerge
Lautares, Charles Marks, and
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SALEM REPRESENTED
AT STATE “Y”
CONFERENCE
Four Salem delegates, Miss Tur
lington, Emily McCoy, Sara Lind-
ley and Mary Lu Brown, were
present at the Y. W. C. A. con
ference at Shaw University last
Sunday. Schools from all over
North Carolina, among them Salem,
Asheville, Phifer Junior College,
Duke, Women’s College of North
Carolina, Greensboro, Bennett, and
^aw, were represented at this an
nual meeting.
The conference was opened with
a period of worship; then Miss Bess
Johnson, president of the Y. W. C.
A. at Woman’s College explained
the signifigance of the Student
Christian Association. Later there
was an Open Forum on what the
Y. W. C. A. should attempt to do.
That afternoon Miss Augusta Rob
erts, Regional Secretary discussed
how materials sent to the “Y”
could best be utilized. The con.
ference was ended with a business
meeting at which time officers
were nominated for the next year.