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PRESIDENTS
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VOL. XXI.
WINSTON-SALEM. N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1941,
Number 20.
HUTCHISON ATHLETIC ASSO. PRES.
INTERESTING PROGRAM
TO BE GIVEN MONDAY
The Salem College String
Orchestra, under the direction of
Hazel Horton Read, will give its
annual concert in Memorial Hall
on Monday, March 17th at 8:30
p.m.
This group of players is made
up of students majoring in any of
the stringed instruments and others
in the department who are suf
ficiently advanced for such work.
Miss Read has chosen a program
of varied interest and one which
■will admirably demonstrate the
tonal qualities and effective ex
pressiveness of the stringed in
struments.
The soloist of the evening will
be the 12 year old talented violin-
est, Barbara Ann Benson of Elkin,
N. C., who has been a pupil of Miss
Read for several years. She will be
heard in two movements of the
Bode Concerto No. 7, and will be
accompanied by the orchestra.
In the main, the program will be
from the classic school, but the
Berceuse from the Firebird Suite
by Stravinsky provides an interest
ing representation of the .modern
school. The program opens with the
Suite in C major by Purcell which
displays the characteristic contrast
in its various parts that is the
essence of the ancient Suite.
The closing number is also a
Suite of the 16th and 17th centuries,
a group of (lances from several
countries — France, -Austria, Poland
and Ireland. It is an interesting
coincidence that all the music for
this program was chosen by Miss
Read last August with no know
ledge as to the date of the concert.
The program ends with an Irish jig
most appropriate for a Saint Pat
rick ’s Day concert.
The personnel of the orchestra:
1st Violins
Johnsie Moore, concert master.
Albert Blumenthal
Mary Jane Copenhaver
Barbara Ann Benson
Elizabeth Swinson
2nd Violins
Marguerite Bettinger
Eloise Hege
Ann Long
Katherine Schwalbe
Violas
Rebecca Baynes
Mary Idalia Benson
Cellos
Marian Johnson
Eugenia Shore
Betty Jane Nalley
Piano
Sara Linn'
NEW CLASS PRESIDENTS
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The new presidents of the rising Senior, Junior, and Sophomore classes at Salem find time-out for a
few minutes’ rest on the steps of Main Hall. Left to right are Miss Mary Ellen Carrig of Buffalo, New
York, president of the incoming Sophomores; Miss Sara Henry, of Lumberton, N. C., who was elected
for the second time by the rising Juniors to head the class; and Miss Mkrgery McMnllen. of Norwich
N. Y., president of the budding Seniors. *
VARDELL GIVES
PROGRAM
On Thursday afternoon, Alarch
20, at 4 o’clock. Dr. Charles G. Var-
dell, Jr., is appearing in a piano
recital. This program will be given
in Memorial Hall and is the regular
ilusic Hour.
Of special interest will be the
first performance in Winston-Salem
of three pieces grouped together
under the title “From Cherry
Grove.” These pieces were com
posed by Dr. Vardell last summer
at Cherry Grove Beach, South Caro
lina, and are a series of impressions
centered around life at the beach.
The complete program is as fol
lows;
Prelude and Fugue in C minor
(from “The Well-Tempered
Clavichord”) Bach
Sonata in F major Mozart
Gavotte in F
Major Gluck-Brahms
Prelude in C sharp minor
Impromptu in A flat
major Chopin
Rhapsody in B minor Brahms
Reflets dans I’eau Debussv
From Cherry Grove (Three
Pieces for piano Vardell
1. Deep Sea Incantation.
2. Egrets in the Marsh.
3. Sir Crab.
Awards Given At
Annual Banquet
Photo Courtesy Joumal-Sentbiel
Three Classes Choose
1941-42 Leaders
At the annual basket ball ban
quet which terminated the 1941
season on Welnesday night, March
12, Miss Minnie Atkinson an
nounced the basket ball varsity.
Seniors who made the honorary
team are: Sallie Emerson, Lillian
Lanning and Frankie Tyson, who
had achieved this honor twice be
fore; Sue Forrest, a member for the
fourth time; and Kelly Anne Smith.
This year marks a return appear
ance for Juniors, Eleanor Hutchin
son and Betty Barbour, and a first
for Louise Bralower. The varsity
sophomores are Mary Lib Rand,
Betty Vanderbilt, and Anne Ewing,
One Freshman, Sara Sands, made
the varsity.
Sara Barnum who played on both
her B and A teams, and the var-
satile Patty McNeeley who played
both giJard and forward, received
honorable mention.
All the “A” and “B” team
members of each class were seated
at a long table down the oonter of
the dining room. The decorations
carried out the Salem colors, yel-
low and white. Yellow candles and
basket balls alternated down the
center of the table. The placecards
wei/e booklets in which to record
1941 basket ball memories. Lillian
Lanning, mistress of ceremonies,
graeted everyone and then intro
duced “the inquiring reporter,”
Louise Bralower. Miss Bralower in
turn “inquired” if Lindy Stokes
would mind entertaining the ban-
queteers with any one of the songs
which she would find at the piano.
Lindy answered by singing, “Once
in a While.” Tn reply to “the in
quiring reporter” Sara Linn played
“Deep Purple” and then by re
quest, “Ehapsody in Blue.” Mary
Sue Briggs sang “Night and Day,”
although Mr. McEwen declined to
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YEAORNEY?
We were greatly entertained by
Dr. Rhondtlialer’s expanded chapei
talk on the mystery of Mar.sLal
Ney. There is something particular
ly intriquing about this story of
the relationship between Peter
Stuart Ney, the Carolina school
master, and the Marshal of France;
for we possess so many clues which
tend to substantiate the fact that
the two were identical and yet lack
the “last straw” necessary to com
pletely establish the tale as true.
Marshal Ney of France was sup
posedly executed, after an unusual
ly hastly trial for a man of his
standing, by a group of soldiers
who had, strangely enough, been
members of his old Guard. His body
was carried off and buried swiftly
and secretly. Years later a man,
who spoke beautiful French' and
bore a marked resemblence to the
Marshal of France arrived to teach
school near Salisbury, N. C. This
gentleman, -who called himself
Peter Stuart Ney, however, refused
to acknowledge any rlationship to
the Marshal (except when he was
drunk) until the last moments of
his life. At this time witnesses
claim he definitely stated that he
was the Marshal of France, and
presented papers to support his
identity. These papers disappeared
mysteriously a few days after his
death.
Since then there have been many
attempts to discover some clue
which would make this legend a
fact. There has been a continual
stream of correspondence with the
French Government, who consis-
antly deny the story; examination
by experts of the handwriting of
the French Marshal and Peter
Stuart Ney, which recently Federal
Bureau of Investigation officials
declared identical; there has been
an exhumation of the body buried
in the Carolina churchyard; yet
that last clue has never been found.
Perhaps the story should end like
this, as it is so many more times
more interesting enveloped in the
mist of possibility.
Balloting for class presidents for
1941-42 has occupied great interest
among the students of Salem Col
lege and brought the following in
teresting results:
President of the incoming Senior
Class:
Miss Margery McMullen of
Norwich, New YorK
Marge is the daughter of
Mrs. Goerge McMullen and has
been prominent in campus leader
ship during her past three years at
Salem. Her extra-curricular activi
ties this year include: House presi
dent; member of Student Council,
of Presidents’ Forum, of Chapel
Committee, of Nominating Commit
tee, anil of business staff of the
annual. Margo is a candidate for
the bachelor of science degree,
majoring in the field of home
economics. Dorothy Dixon, of
Fayetteville, and Dorothy Sisk, also
of Fayetteville, were the defeated
candidates for the office.
President of the incoming Junior
Class:
Miss Sara Dockery Henry of
Lumberton, North Carolina
Miss Henry is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ozmer L. Henry,
whose mother. Miss Sara Lilly
Dockery of Rockingham, is an
alumna of Salem.
Sara has been twice honored by
election to class presidency, defeat
ing Betsy Vanderbilt of Long Is
land,' N. Y. Other offices which Sara
Salemite.
President of the incoming Sopho
more Class:
Miss Mary Ellen Carrig of
Buffalo, New York
Miss Carrig is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frances J. Carrig, of
143 Huntington Avenue, and the
daughter of an alumna, her mother
being Miss Beulah Peters of Cal
vert, Texas. Mary Ellen has parti
cipated actively in sports, being
an eoutstanding member of th
hockey and basket ball teams; and
is a member of the Mathematics
Club and Y. W. C. A. Commit
tees. She has carried her academic
work with distinction, having made
the “A” honor roll. The defeated
candidate for the pffice was Aris
Lahey, of New Rochelle, N. Y.
ELEANOR
TO SUCCEED
SALLIE
When the ballots for the election
of the president of the Athletic
Association for 1941-42 were count
ed this afternoon, it was revealed
that Eleanor Hutchison had won
the coveted honor. This election
was the third in the series of cam
pus elections which will continue
through March, until the presidents
of the eight major organizations are
elected.
Eleanor is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. B. Hutchison of Win
ston-Salem, and has been active in
the sport world at Salem ever since
her Freshman year. In addition to
making the varsities in both hockey
and basket ball, traveling with the
hockey touring team for, three
years, and being captain of her
class teams, Eleanor has been out
standing in the individual sports.
She usually ends up pretty near the
top in the tennis tournaments, and
is an expert at archery.
In addition to her athletic abil
ity, Eleanor has shown capacity for
leadership throughout her three
years at Salem. S,he has held class
offices, is a member of the Day
Student House Committee, and is
a member of the Mathematics Club.
She is a candidate for the A. B.
degree, majoring in the field of
mathematics.
Ealeanor defeated Betty Barbour
of Clayton, N. C., for the Presi
dency of the Athletic Association.
PIERREHES
IN PLAY
MEET HERE
The Old Chapel was the scene of
tragedy Thursday evening as the
Queen’s Players of Queen Colelge
presented “When the Whirl Wind
Blows,” the Chi Pi players of E.
C. T. C. produced “Sky Todder,”
and the Pierettes presented
“Sanctuary.” The casts and stage
crews of the visiting schools ar
rived on the campus in the after
noon in time to rehearse a short
while, set up their scenery, and to
be the Pierettes’ guests at dinner.
Each of the one act plays was a
tragedy as specified by the ruling
committee from Chapel Hill for the
contest. “Sky Fodder” was con
cerning three men lost in a jungle,
“When the Whirl Wind Blows”
was about Russian revolutionists
and “Sanctuary” was concerning
Nuns eight years after the Frnech
Revolution. The jungle setting,
designed and made by the Chi Pi
players themselves, was particular,
ly effective. The judges . from
Chapel Hill decided on “Sanc-
turay” as th best of the three plays
which means that the Pierettes will
take their play to Chapel Hill in
the spring to compete in the finals
with other winners of senior college
preliminary contests. The other
members of the Pierettes are proud
that Mrs. Williams, and the cast of
Sancturay,” Margaret Ray, Aline
Shamel, Gladys Blackwood, Eleanor
Welch, Betty Ann White, Carlotta
Carter, and Wyatt Wilkinson have
won the preliminary contest for us
on the Pierette Players first entry
in the annual Senior College Play
Production Tournament.