• Junior-Senior
• John Mason Brown
• Choral Concert
• Seniors Win
• Dr. Brownell
• Speech Contest
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VOL. XXII.
WINSTON-SALEM. N. C, FRIDAY. APRIL 17. 1942.
Number 21,
Struven New Salemite Business Head
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Duke Orchestra To Play For Jun.-Sen.
STAFF VOTED
THURSDAY
Mary Margaret Struven, Cleve
land, Ohio, daughter of Mr. and
Mr«. A. L. Struven, was elected
Thursday, business manager of the
“S’aleniite” for the year 1942-43.
‘ ‘ Struvie” succeeds Nancy Chesson.
This year “Struvie” has been
advertising manager of the ‘‘Sale-
raite” and house jiresident of Sis
ter’s;. l^as .year she served on the
businoHs staff of the “Salemite.”
The new business manager is ‘i
candidate for a B. S', degree, major
ing in Home Economics.
BROWN COMES
TO SALEM
John -Mason Brown one of the
best knovvH dramatic critics in the
world and an especial favorite of
Salem Ciillege will return to Salem
caminis to make his fifth consecu
tive lecture on the S'alcin Lecture
iSeries on Friday evening, Ajiril L’4th
at 8:.1(1 o’lclock in Memorial Hall.
As in former years, Mr. Brown’s
lecture will be “Broadway on Ke-
view.’’
Mr. Brown talks with the apjiro-
}iri«te earnestness of an evangelist,
and indeed he is the evangelist of
drama and the theatre. He holds his
audience spellbound and his never
failing use of wit prevents his state
ments from becoming scholarly or
professional.
Mr. Brown is the author of sev
eral books on the theatre. His la
test and probably best known is
‘ ‘ Two On The Aisle. ”
4a.
L. SULLIVAN IS
CHIEF MARSHALL
LIB. CONTEST
DRAWS TO^LOSE
Four awards totalling $r)5.00 will
be made in the Student Library
(,'oiitests which close at 10:00, April
3(1. All persons who are interested
should give their names to the Li
brarian by this date.
Juniors and Seniors are eligible
for jirizes in the Personal Library
Contest. In this contest $25.00 for
the purchase of books goes to the
girl with the best general collection
of not more than thirty books. Sec
ond prize is a $iri.00 credit slip at
Salem Book Store, which is again
generously donated by Mr. E. I).
Snavely.
Sophomores and Freshmen are
eligible for ])rizes in the Tersonal
Library Booklist Contest. In this
contest, $10.00 for the purchase of
books goes to the girl with the best
list of books which .she would like
to include in her own personal li
brary. Second j)rize is $5.00 for the
purchase of books.
DR. McEWEN
SHOWS PICTURES
Friday, April 24, Dr. McEwen will
show two i>syehology films from the
film library of the University of
North Carolina. They are Erpi pic-
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Miss Leila Sullivan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Starke B. Sullivan of
Anderson, S. C., is the new chief
marshal for 1942-43. J.eila was in
terviewed sitting on the steps of
Lehman’s back porch, gazing at
S'pring, and looking, as always,
pretty. She’s the pleasant, even-
tempered, type, is l^eila, although
she says she worries constantly. Her
pet i>hobia is rats — when “Lee”
and Suzie get food from home, it’s
carted out in the hall every time
and Lella^ goes over the floor with
H microscope to remove crumbs.
She’s a smooth article, is Miss Sul
livan, ami her'fact is infinite. Your
interviewer has been ejected froi/i
her room a thousand times without
quite knowing how it hapi)ened cn-
cept that she finds herself outside
and Lee waving, smiling good-bye
from the door.
IVeila insists her mind is in ii
closet with the key thrown away
— and she’s happy that way.
She’d like to be more athletic —
but we like her as she is, the per
fect model of a serene and gracious
ladv.
AUCE PURCELL
GIVES RECITilL
On Thursday evening, April 2.'i,
at H:30 o’clock, the third graduating
recital of the season will occur. The
featured artist will be Alice I’urcell,
|>iunist. She will be assisted by
Marian Gary, soprano.
Alice came to Salem her sopho
more .vear, having transferred from
Flora MacDonald. She has been an
outstanding student in the de])art-
ment of music and. has participated
in many extra-curricular activities.
Kor the- ])ast two years she has been
on the “S’alemite” stalT and this
year she WH^ the Music Editor. She
has served on the May Day Music
Committee for two years, and was
accompanist for a vocal trio last
year.
Marion Gary is a junior voici'
major and is well known in North
Carolina as a soloist. She partici-
Jiated in the Mozart Festival in
Asheville last August.
The program will ojkmi with two
numbers played by Alice Purcell;
Choral Pr(‘lude: “In Doilci .Tubilo”
by Bach — “Berners,” and “Va
riations Serieuses” by Mendelssohn.
-Marian (Jary will then sing an aria
from ‘ ‘ The Barber of Seville,”
“I'lia Voce Poca Fa,” by Kossini,
and “Dream-World,” by Duparc.
•Mice's second groui> ranges from
Schumann to John Powell, a cou-
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SPEECH CONTEST HELD
THIS SPRING
•Members of all classes are
eligible to enter the Speech Con
test wjiich is to be in May. Dr.
Willoughby has announced. , All
who are interested in ])articii>a-
ting must turn in their names to
her by Wednesday, .April 22.
There will ,be only one prelimin
ary before the finals. Last year,
Henrie Harris, freshman day-
student won the cup which is
given by Mr. Monte Cohen.
AGNES JOHNSON
PRESENTS RECITAL
.\gnes Mae Johnson, Haeford,
daughter of Mrs. J. S. Johnson, was
[iresented Thursday evening by th(“
Halem College School of .Music. She
is a pui)il of Dean Vardell.
-\gnes Mae gave an “able pres
entation of a difficult and varied
program which demanded skill, jire-
cision, and a sympathetic interpre
tation. ”
The first part of the program was
devoted to the classic and romantic
school. Agnes Mae ]>layed Bach’s
“ I’reuch Suite in D. Minor” with
a “satisfying dignity and breadth
of style.” There was a contrast of
lioth style and interpretation in the
“.Carnival Pranks From Vienna”
by SVhumann.
'I'he two descriptive “Sea Pieces”
liy AlacDowell and “Three Faiita?
tic Dances” by Schoatakowitscli
were well done. “ Banjo-Picker by
John Powell, the noted composer of
Virginia, was especially well re
ceived.
Agnes ilae gave an excellent and
uiost convincing perforiiuince of
Mendelssohn’s “Capricl-io Brillian-
te, ” with Deaii Vardi'll playing the
second piano.
“ Lindy” Stokes, Louisville, Ken
tucky, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
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Monday’s Choral Concert
Dedicated To Spiritual Defense
The S'chool of Music has already
brought much good music to us this
year, and one of the most int^erest-
ing offeriaigs yet planned is the
concert to be given by the Choral
Ensemble under the direction of
Clifford Bair on Monday evening
at 8:30.
The program is unusual in its va-
riet)', and the quality of the music
chosen is of such a high calibre
that anyone who attends wijl be
well paid musically and spiritually.
The concert is dedicated to spirit
ual defense, and tho first number is
by the modern -American composer,
Roy Harris. His composition is en
titled, “Whitman Triptych,” and
contains three short pieces which
are amazingly characteristic of the
vigor, energy, and optimism of
American life.
The next three numbers are sim
ilar in theme. The “Prayer of a
Norwegian Child,” with a soprano
solo by Marian Gary, reflects a
simple, childlike quality. “Ave
Maria” is a prayer without words,
with the soprano obligato by Lillian
Stokes sung against a humming
chorus. The last number in this
group will be the ever-'popular
“Listen to the Lambs,” arranged
by K. Nathaniel Dett.
.\n interesting feature of the con
cept will be an unaccompanied solo
sing by Annie Hyman Bunn. She
will sing the spiritual, “Sweet Lit
tle Jesus Boy,” by MaeGinisey.
Going still further back into mus
ical history, the Choral Ensemble
will sing next a mystical song of
adoration, Jfozart’s “We Worship
Thee, O Christ.”
Then will follow another classi
cal number of an entirely different
type, Handel’s “Awake the Trum
pet's Lofty Sound,” with accom
I)animent by Alice Purcell and Eliza
beth Johnston at the piano.
The final group on the program
will ojien with a chorus, recitative
and aria from Bach’s'“ Cantata No.
104.” The chorus will be accompan
ied by Margery ('raig at the organ
and Ella Lou Taylor will sing the
contralto solo.
The audience will be asked to
sing with the Clhoral Ensemble the
Bach Chorale. “The Lord My Guido
Will Surely Be,” and the concert
will close by the singing of “Amer
ica.”
Hazel Newman will play the harp
interludes for the compositions
sung a capella by the Choral En
semble.
The entire concert promises to be
an inspiring one and all who attend
will find the hour well spent in
deed.
JUNIORS GIVE
TEA - FORMAL
V'incent Courtney and his Duke
.\mba.ssadors will j>lay for the
.lunior-Senior dances which will be
held this week-end in the gym
nasium. The tea dance begins !it
4:30 and, lasts until ():00. After the
formal card dance which will get
promptly underway at !l;00, the
Seniors will be guests at a midnight
supper in the Club Dining Room.
The receiving line will be com
posed of Sarah Henry, Bill Jake
Henelluuin, .Marge .McMulleii, Bob
S'turgess, Miss Lawrence, Dr. and
Mrs. Ifondthaler.
At intermission the officers of
each class and their dates will par
ticipate in a figure. Those in the
figure are: Marge McMullen with
P.ob S?turges, Flora Avera with
.fohn Avera, Lib AVehlon with Tru-
nuui Hobbs, Barbara La.sley with
Conrad Carter, Sara Henry with
Bill Jake Renellman, Betty Briotz
with Roger Marshall, Lib Read with
Dick Smith, (’ottie Carter with
George Richmond.
The chairmen of the Committees
are: Orchestra, Mot Sauvain; Daneo
Card, .Miiry Margaret Struven; Dec
orations, Becky Candler; Refresh
ments, Doris Nebel; h^gure, Bobbie
Hawkins.
The members of Salem College
facility are to be the invited guests
at the dances, anil the following are
the chaiterons;, Miss Fiawrence, Miss
Turlington, Dr. and Mrs. IFoward
Rondthaler, Mr. and Mrs. Brant
Snavely.
There are to be very little decora
tions and there will bo no flowers
oil the floor.
DR. BROWNEU
SPEAKS MON.
On Monday afternoon, April 20,
at 4:00, Dr. William A. Brownell,
professor of Educational Psychology,
Duke fniversity will speak in the
Old ('hapel. Dr. Brownell’s topic
is “ . . And a Iittle Arithmetic.'’
Dr. Brownell received his A. B.
degree at .Mleghany (College in Penn
sylvania and his A. M. and Ph. D.
Degrees at the I’niversity of Chica
go where lie wrote his dissertation
under Hr. Charles H. Judd. Ho has
taught at r. of Hlinois, U. of (’hi-
cago, Cornell, U. of MichTgan,
George Peabody College, U. of
Puerto Rico, and U. of Texas. Since
1931, he has ben Professor of Edu
cational Psychology at Duke Uni
versity.
Dr. Brownell is co-author of the
widely used “ Dnily-Life” series of
arithmetic text.i for the elementary
schools. He is the author of “Do-
velopmeiit of Children’s Number
Concepts in tho Primary Grades,”
Learning .\s Reorganization,” a
chapter in tho forty-first yearbook
of tho National Society of Educa
tion and a chapter in the Sixteenth
Yearbook of the National Council
of Teachers of Mathematics.
In 1938, he served as President of
the American Educational Research
Association He is a member of tho
American P.sychological Association,
an dthe National Committee on
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