• Freshmen Want Privileges
• Legislators Want Suggestion:
• Pierrettes Want Privacy
• Soldier to Visit
• Y to Entertain
• Students to Dance
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VOL. XXIII.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1942.
Number 6.
THE AKMY DOES
EVERYTHING
We will have the rare privilege of
hearing a duo piano ensemble next
Thursday, November 12, at eight
o’clock in Memorial Hall. The pi
ano team is a most unusual one,
since it is made up of two young
girls, iMerry Joy Aley, twelve years
old, and Elaine Aley, fifteen yea
old. These girls studied for some
time with the eminent pianist Jo
soph Levhinne, who recognized their
talent and later sent them to study
witli one of his j>upils. Private Ralph
Sheldon, at Fort Bragg. Private
Bheldon was preparing for his Town
Hall debut at the time he was draft
ed. He was three times winner of
a fellowship at the Julliard S'chool
of Music. The girls had studied
with him several months before he
was inducted into the army; and
when he was sent to Fort Bragg,
they moved with their mother to
Fayetteville in ^ order to continue
their study.
The girls have played in concert
all over the country. Three years
ago they appeared on Rudy Vallee
radio program. Ever since they
were able to sit up and reach the
keys. Merry Joy and Elaine have
given programs. Since they’ve been
near Fort Bragg, they have present
ed concerts in every service club at
the Fort and in many of the hos
pitals. Last April they performed
for the state meeting of the North
Carolina Federation of Music Clubs,
and greatly amazed and impressed
the club musicians. They are wide
ly know over both the Carolinas.
The program Thursday night will
feature solo groups by each of the
girls as well as' by Private Sheldon;
and the girls will do ensemble play
ing on two pianos. The concert will
be sponsored )>y the Thursday
Morning Music Club, and an offer
ing will be received.
DEHYDRATED
NEWS REVIEW
AFRICAN FRONT—
Repulsing Axis attempts to break
out of the Mediterranean Coast trap,
the British Eighth Army continued
its destruction of Rommel’s forces.
On Wednesday, while they drove a
17 mile wedge into Rommel’s Egyp
tian minefields, the British met Ax
is African Armored Divisions in a
gigantic tank battle, believed by
authorities to be a deciding issue
in the desert aspect of the war.
Late last night the British, com
manded by Montgomery, chalked up
a decisive victory over the Germans,
scattering the enemy forces ail
across Egypt.
EUBOPEAN FRONT—
Turkish President Ironu, address
ing a special session of the Ankora
parliament, said that his country is
in danger of an attack.
More fighting broke out on the
Norwegian front last week. There,
the underground doubled the
strength of its efforts against the
Nazis.
PACIFIC FRONT—
War, spreading like a malignant
growth, broke put in all corners of
the (Pacific the early part of the
week. U. S. fliers blasted Kowloon,
off Hong Kong; Chinese burned
Hankow; Australians attacked the
Japs at Kikida, New Guinea; the
Japs increased Burma-India border
activity; and Americans made in
fant gains in Guadalcanal.
RUSSIAN FRONT—
While yielding ground to the
Nazis in the Nalchik area of the
Caucasus, the Russians recovered
the initiative in the Stalingrad bat
tle. Later, the German radio an
nounced the adoption of plans to
end the Russian campaign and to
throw the Reich power into Rom-
See—DEHYDRATED—^Page 4.
THEY ARE CELEBRITIES
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Y MAKES PLANS
FOR LAVISH TEA
Barbara Hawkins, President of
the Y. W. C. A., has announced that
a faeulty-student tea will be given
on Sunday afternoon from four until
five-thirty in the living room of
Bitting. Miss Turlington will pour
the. tea, and the “Y” cabinet mem
bers will, serve as hostesses.
This student-faculty tea is some
thing quite new in the Sunday teas.
The cabinet hopes to make these
Sunday teas entertaining get-togeth-
eru at which we all may chat about
those sundry things we just never
get around to during the week.
They hope that we will forget the
idea that Sunday teas are just ap
petite stayers, and that we will
make them really worth while soc
ials.
For this first of the series of Sun
day teas the whole faculty is in
vited. The plan is to ask just a
few faculty members for each jf
the succeeding teas. The regular
Sunday affairs, which according to
the cabinet, were becoming stereo
typed and meaningless, have been
abolished; and the new "expanded”
teas scheduled for one Sunday in
each month.
NINE SALEM
SENIORS IN
WHO ’S WHO
Nine seniors who will appear in
the 1942-1943 Who’s Who Among
Students in American Universities
and Colleges, are Sarah Henry, Stee
Gee President; Elizabeth Johnston,
Off-'Gampus Vice-President; Mary
Margaret Struven, On-Campus Vice
President and Business Manager of
Salemite; Betty Vanderbilt, Senior
Class President; Vivian Smith En
gram. Chairman of Defense Board;
Prances Neal, “Y” Vice-President
and Bitting House President; Bar
bara Whiitier, Business Manager of
Sights and Insights and Associate
Editor of Salemite; Annie Hyman
Bunn, member of Defense Board,
and Elizabeth Read, May Day
Chairman. This announcement was
made by the spccial committee ap
jxiinted by the administration to
make the selection.
In order to “make” “Who’s
Who,” a student must be outstand
ing and an asset to his school. The
student’s record is considered be
fore entering college, while in col
lege and the general reputation he
enjoys among the students and
faculty. Leadership in extra cur-
This is an in^ita^tion ^from the rieular activities such as athletics,
society, religion and student govern
ment is also considered. Due to
different grading systems in col
lege, a certain point or grade has
never been determined as a requi
site. It is necessary that one be
an outstanding student, but the
fact that he excells in all other
phases may be considered in deter
mining his qualifications. Tfie
possibility of future usefulness to
business and society is a equired
quality of a candidate for “Who’s
Who.”
The idea of creating one nation
al basis of recognition for students,
devoid of politics, initiation fees,
and dues was conceived over ten
years ago. “W^ho’s Who” is a
cross section of jthe most outstand
ing personalities in America’s un
dergraduate college life today. The
purpose of “Who’s Who” is to
serve as an incentive for students
to get the most out of their college
careers.
“Y” to come to Bitting Sunday and
chew the fat with faculty-friends
and student-friends!
MAYWE ~
INVITE YOU
Come one, come all, and dance
with a purpose! Yes, Salemites,
Saturday night at 8:30 the doors of
the gym will fling open wide to
receive all. The dance is being
sponsored by the Y. W. C. A. Ad
mission is fifteen cents drag and
ten cents bag. The “Y” store will
be on hand with candy, chewing
gum, crackers, cookies, and ice
cold 'Ooca-Colas. The money made
from this danee will go to the World
Student S’eryice Fund. Let’s all do
our part. Incidentally, we will
dance to Strong’s nickelodean, and
special guests will be the Med
School boys and the C. P. T. boys.
So long, folks. See you at the
dance.
N. C. COLLEOES
GET TOGETHER
The North Carolina Conference of
Colleges met November 4 and No
vember 5 at the O’llenry Hotel in
GrQensboro, North Carolina, to dis
cuss the situation of 'Colleges and
their relation to and services for
the war effort. All the colleges of
t^^orth Cnrolina werie represented.
No concrete plans were made, but
all colleges are going to do all they
can for the war effort.
Dr. Luther Gobbel, President of
Greensboro College, presided over
the meeting. In addition to the
regular reports by the standing com
mittee, 'there were also, special
talks by Mr. Schenk and Mr. A. S.
Flemming, commissioner of the
United States Civil Service, of
Washington, D. C.
Among the other things, a stimu
lating' report was given of the
Higher Education Workshop that
took place at Swanee, Tenn., June,
1942.
The representatives from Salem
College were: Dr. Minnie J. Smith,
Miss Marian Blair, Miss Sara Turl
ington, Miss Evebell Covington,
Miss Grace Lawrence, Dr. Noble
R. McEwen, and Mr. David Wein-
land.
COLLEGES MEET
TO MAKE PLANS
The meeting of the Association
of American Colleges took place last
Thursday, October tWenty-ninth, in
Philadelphia. The Association con
vened at the Benjamin Franklin
Hotel now in order to avoid trans
portation burden in February when
they have usually met for a several
day jK'riod.
The primary consideration of the
Association was that of colleges in
the war. The main discussions cen
tered around the Day committee’s
information on the relationship be
tween higher education and the gov
ernment, and resolutions to be i>re-
sonted for consideration by the va
rious colleges. The place for higher
education during the war was thor
oughly aired and brought up to do.
The matter of what help individual
colleges can offer was brought up,
but the committee made no sug
gestions.
Nor was any careful attention giv
en to the man power question; al
though, in the light of impending
conferences (such as the one in
Greensboro this week), the repre
sentatives felt that such a discus
sion would have been invaluable.
Apparently the Association did
not dwell long on the drastic re
duction of enrollment in men’s col
leges or the confiscation of build
ings by the government—such as at
Yale, Duke, and Carolina to mention
only a few.
Salem’s representative to the con
ference in Philadelphia was Mr.
David Weinland, assistant to the
President, Dr. Howard Rondthaler.
IT’S THE LEAST
WE CAN DO
The Salem Red Cross sewing room
is open I Piles of small outing
night-gowns and cotton slips are
waiting to be sewed together and
be sent to refugee children!
This project, which started Tues
day night, November ,S, is sponsored
by Vivian Smith Engram, Salem De
fense Chairman, through the Win
ston chapter of the Red Cross.
Although the opening of the Red
Cross sewing drive was set at an
inopportune time because of six
weeks tests, several girls were there
for the opening, Tuesday night.
A home-ec major will be in
charge of the sewing room on the
third floor of Main Hall on Tues
days and Thursdays from three un
til sipc o’clock, and from seven until
nine-thirty o’clock.
All Salem students are urged to
spend several hours a week making
Red Cross garments for the refugee
children.
ACADEMY WILL
DRAMATIZE
The first presentation of the Phi
Delta Phi, academy dramatic club,
will be ‘ ‘ The Bread of Boucher,” a
one-act play by the academy’s new
dramaticy coach. Miss Florence Stev
enson. This play, which ' won a
prize in a recent New York City
competition, will be presented in
the academy auditorium tonight at
7:00 o’clock.
The cast includes Eloise Coving
ton, of Wadesboro; Peggy Fie-
brantz, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
Katherine Groseclofe, of Roanoke,
Virginia; Sally Ann Haywood, of
Elkin; Rose Ann Jordan, of Burl
ington; and Joan Roburn, of New
ton Highlands, Massachusetts.
WHAT, WHEN,
What: Dance
W|hen: Saturday, 8:30 p. m.
Where: Gym
What; Y-tea.
When: Sunday, 4:00-5:00 p. m.
Where: Living Room of Bitting.
What: Mrs. Downs Reading Poetry
When: Sunday, 6:45 p. m.
Where: Basement of Bitting
What: Ivy Planting
When: Tuesday, Chapel hour.
Where: Strong Residence
What: Mr. Claud Frederick
When: Tuesday
Where: Economics 201
Wliat: Soph-Junior Game
When: Tuesday, 4:00 p. m.
Where: Hockey Field
What: Freshman-Senior Game
When: Wednesday, 4:00 p. m.
Where: Hockey Field
What: Mr. Ooons
When: Thursday, Chapel Hour
Where: Memorial Hall
What: Legislative Meeting
When: Thursday 5:00 p. m.
Where: Old Chapel
What: Pvt. STieldon and pupils
■V^Then: Thursday, 8:00 p. m.
Where: Memorial Hall