• Louise Morley
• May Day
• Library Contest Closes
• In Retrospect
• Editor’s Last Say
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VOL. XXII.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1942.
Number 22.
John Mason Brown Returns For Fifth Term
Minor Student Government
Officers Elected
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Reading left to right; Mary Margaret Struven, Katherine Schwalbe,
Mildred Avera and Ulizabeth Johnston.
MURNATIOIfAL
CLUB mn&
DR. ANSCOMBE
Desjiiti’ all tlie otlicr lu-tivitics
};oiiig on at the present time, tlie
Intcrniitional Hclatioiis Club had its
«cheiult‘il niet'ting. On Wednesday
evening at 7:()(', Dr. .Anscombe ad
dressed a .small but interested frroiip
on the Hul)jeet, “We can win the
war; can we win the peace.”
The world as we have known it
can nii longer exist. We have come
to the end of aii era. Such coun
tries as Poland, Yugoslavia, and
Czechoslovakia, created by France
at the end of the first World War
/can never regain their sovereignty.
Norway and Denmark can never re
hold Iceland and Greenland. Eng
land can never reclaim Bermuda
and the other islands surrounding
the U. S.
There are three possible outcomes
to the present struggle. Japan and
(iermany may win and enslave the
world. But we live in a moral
world, a world that is, in the long
run governed by right, and we
would not stand for such enslave
ment. The second possibility is that
the Allies may win, but make a
peace similar to that made in 1918.
This w^is not, however, jK-aed, but
merely a continuation of the war on
an economic basis. The third, and
only decent outcome, is a peace in
which the whole world will join, a
peace that will be made and main
tained by now contending factors,
and a peace that must involve some
sort of European, and Asiatic feder
ation.
This last possibility, the one the
world will continue- to fight for, will
not be easy in coming. There will
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PURCELL GIVES
RECITAL
Alice Purcell, daughter of Mr. and
-Mrs, S. M. Purcell, of Salisbury, was
presented Thursday evening in her
graduating recital. She has been
thd student of Dr. \'ardell since en
tering Salem.
Alice met the ilemands of the
classic, romantic, and modern schools
technically and mu.sically. She
showed a clear grasp of musical
form ill the Bach (’horal Prelude,
and the “Variations Kerieuses’’ by
Mendelssohn showed “utmost di
versity of shading and tone color.”
Chopin’s Berceuse Op. ~u was {>lay-
ed with “appealing tenderness”
while “If 1 Were a Bird” was play
ed with “joyous freedom.”
.Mice’s performance of Allegro
Moderato ifovement of Grieg’s Con
certo in A minor was a brilliant
achievement and made a most effec
tive climax. Dr. Vardell played the
orchestral parts on the second piano.
Marian Gary, soi)rano, daughter
of Mr. anil !Mrs. W. S. Gary, of
Charlotte, a pupil of -Mr. Clifford
Bail", sang with the “ease and finish
of a more mature singer.” She
showed dramatic sense in “Ilna
Voce Paco Va” and there was
‘‘depth of feeling and richness of
tone” in “O Xuit Tui Me Couvro.”
She sang “Come Unto These Sands”
with “bouyant life.”
Miss Laura Kmily Pitts accom
panied Marian.
PRESIDENTS OF
DORMS. ELECTED
On Wednesday night Frances
Neal of Durham was elected House
President of Louisa WSlson Bitting
Building next year. Frances has
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On Monday, April 20, the election
of student government officers for
1942-43 was completed. The off
campus vice-president and the treas
urer were chosen from among the
day students, while the on-campus
vice-president and the secretary are
boarding studmts.
Mary Margaret Struven of Cleve
land Heights, Ohio, was elected on-
cani])Us vice-president. Among the
duties of this office is the editing of
the student handbook. Miss Stru
ven, who attended Western Reserve
I'niversity during her freshman
year is a c:indidali' for the bachelor
of science degree in home economics.
She is also president of Sister’s
House, advertising manager of the
Salemite, and newly elected busi
ness manager of the Salemite for
next year.
Klizabeth .lohnston was elected as
head of the day student group. Slio
is the daughter of the Keverend
and Airs. T. D. Johnston of Winston-
Salem and is a candidate for the
bachelor of music degree. She is
:icc()uipanisf for the college orehes-
tia and choral Misemble, has serve{l
on the Salemite staff for two years,
!;nd was a member of tht S'tudent
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ALICE PUECELL
DUKE PROF
SPEAKS HERE
“And Little Arithmetic” was
the unusual and very interesting
subject of the lecture given by Dr.
William A. Brownell, ]irofessor of
educational psychology at Duke Uni
versity on Monday afternoon at
4:00 in the Old Chapel.
Dr. Brownell, introduced by Dr.
McKwen, began his talk by telling
of an' incident which happened at a
meeting of the Kducational Policies
(’ommission. At the meeting som.!-
on(> defined a good educ.-iticm as “a
well-rounded j)ersonality, good ad
justment to like situations, citizen-
shijr — and a littie arithmetic.”
Hence Dr. Brownell got the topic
for his| lecture.
In modern education. Dr. Brown
ell pointed out, it is “onr duty to
train children so that later they
will be able to live haiipily, effici
ently and intelligently in our cul
ture.” They must also be intelli
gent in (|uantitative situations.
Childien in the upper grades are
not competent in the arithmetic
that they have been tjuight. The
great incomjietency of arithmetic
among adults, according to the
speaker, is caused by the fact that
they are afraid of arithmetic. Dr.
Brownell holds that the purpose of
arithmetic instruction is Iwofolii:
first, there is a mathematical aim
which is to make arithmetic intelli
gible to children, to make them see
sense in what they learn; second’to
make children sensitive to iuantita-
tive situations in life and to devel
op habits of using the arithmetic
that they know in those situ;itions,
which is the social aim. He added
that these two aims cannot be ac-
comiilishel together, but both must
be taught. •
Vnder the first aim the child
should learn the meaning of num
bers through a stuly of the number
system. Children need to under
stand the concepts with which they
coni|)ute. 'I'lie sjH'aker pointed out
that th ere is no reason for delaying
the so-called “hard subjects” to
later grades when the child has a
use for them in early grades.
Dr. Brownell concluded his lecture
with the (|Uery, “Can we attain the
endil of arithmetic by a. little arith-
metict”
JOHN MASON BROWN
CRITIC SPEAKS
IT
Tonight at H:(H) in iMemoriaP Hall,
.John Mason Brown will make his
fifih consecutive lecture at SVvlem
in the Salem College l.ecturo Series.
His topic will be “ liroailway on
Keview. ”
-Mr. Brown, unfortunateli', arrived
too late for the Salemite to get an
interview with him.
Although Mr. Brown is dramatic,
critic of “World Telegram,” hi>
finds tinuvto write many books on
the theatre. His latest book is “.-\c-
customed As I .\m” which was pub
lished last .lannary. Other books
th.'it he has written are: “The .Mod
ern 'I'lieatre In IJevolt,” “ I’p
Stage,” “The .\merican Theatre As
Seen By Its Critics,” “Letters
From Green K'oom (ihosts,” “The
-\rf of Play (Joing,” and “Two On
The Aisle.”
NOTICE!
7 more days to enter Stu
dent Library Contests. Fri
day, May 1, is the last day
to register, ..Stop by the
Library and sign up!
Salem Royalty Awaits May Program
On S'aturdav, Mav 2 at .‘5;00 in the s ^ ' vr ■; i .
On Saturday, May 2 at ,^:00 in the
-May Dell is the day when Martha
Bowman; is to bo crowned Queen of
the ilay and Dee Dixon is to serve
.'IS the Queen’s chief assistant.
The actual story of the ]>lay to
be presented has been kei>t a deej)
dark secret by the May Day Chair
man, but the theme is to be Grecian.
Those taking the sjieaking parts
in the play, which will honor the
May Queen and her cpurt are: Fran
ces Goodwin, Margaret Ray, Mary
Vaw, .Martha Kauvain, Jane Strohm,
Leila Johnston, Coco McKenzie,
Kdith Horsfield, Nancy McClurig,
Dot McLean, Doris Nebel, Nancy
Hogers, Lib Read, Mary Lib Bray,
Betty Vanderbilt, Mary Lib Rand,
Phyllis Hill, Katherine Schwalbe,
•Mary Frances McNeely, Minnie
Louise Westmoreland, IJoberta Dun
bar.
Those taking part in the dances
are: Dance of the Sea Nymphs;
Henri Anna Leigh, Mildred Garri
son, Kddie Baugham, Luanne Davis..
Dance of Devils, Molly Boseman,
Harriet Sutton, Grace Frank Kilby.
Dance of Flowers, Mary Eaton,
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Martha Bowman, (left) May Queen and Dee Sixon (right) Blaid-
of Honor.—(Photo by laindy Stokes).