SALEM COLLEGE LIBRARY
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Keep Off The Grass
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VOL. XXV.
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday February 2, 1945.
Number 13.
Sophs Make Plans
For Gay Carnival
Ray Josephs, Correspondent,
To Lecture February Eighth
The sophomore class is spon
soring a carnival to be held
February the seventeenth from
eight to twelve o’clock in the
gymnasium of Salem College
for the purpose of entertain
ing the student body. It was
announced by Eva Martin Bui
lock, sophomore president, to
day.
As yet only preliminary plans
have been made for the conduction
of the carnival. At a meetinj' of
the sophomore class Thursday, com
mittees and their chairmen were
named.
' Chairmen are: Costumes, Sally.
Boswell; Publicity, Pat Crommeliji
and Jean Norwood; Tickets, Virti'
Stroup; Decorations, Teau Council
and Lucy Scott; Food, .loan Oattis
' and Alice Carmichael; Floor Show
Carol Beckwith and Kosemary Cleve
land; Booths, Coit Redfearn and
Pat Watson; Music, Sarah Haiti
wanger; and Finance, Agnes CJuiner
ly-
Further plans will be announced
at a later date.
Salem Faciiltg
Mrs. Mildred Lee Ball ind Lt
Siewers are new additions to the
faculty for second semester. Miss
Marion Hadley, former Assistn;'t
Nurse has left Salem to ,ioiu th‘.
Navy Nurses.
Mrs. Ball, home economics in
structor, is back at Salem after t
two-years’ absence. She was on the
faculty for six years, 1936 through
1942. Mrs. Ball lives on South
Church Street, Winston-Salen". She
received her Bachelor of Science de
gree from West Virginia Wesleyan
and her M. A. from Columbia Uni
versity.
Lt. Siewers, stationed at the
Office of Flying Safety in Winston
Salem, is teaching a new course in
statistics. He is a graduate of the
University of Chicago wMfere he ma-
.iored in economics. After doing grad
uate work there and at Columbia
University, he got his master’s de
gree and did some work toward his
Ph. D. He was a teacher of econo
mics and statistics at Columbia un
til 1943, at which time he joined
the army. For some months he has
been on duty here in Winston.
Peggy Davis Is
New Music Editor
Peggy Davis, freshman from
Raleigh, N. C. who joined the
Salemite staff in the fall, became
Music Editor of the paper this week.
She is taking the place of June
Reid who had to resign because of
a heavy schedule.
Peggy is getting her Bachelor of
Music degree with a major in organ.
She has written several news stories
from the music department this year,
and her -interview with Jose Iturbi
appears in this is.sue. At the begin
ning of the year she stirred up talk
with her account of a visit to the
fortune teller and the little “fifl-
nella” up in Music Hall. Just to clear
up the question which was raised,
■she explains that “a fiflnella is a
female gremlin.”
College Receives Citation
For Buying Two Planes
Mr. Holder
Is Honored
Edward M. Holder, formerly as
sociate professor of history at
Salem College, who was drowned
last June 14 at Camp Lasater while
rescuing a camper from the lake, was
recently awarded the Carnegie Medal
by the - Carnegie Hero Commission.
The bronze medal, as well as death
benefits of $80 a month were given
to Mrs. Elizabeth Jerome Holder.
Mr. Holder and Kyle D. Barnes, 16,
of Winston-Salem, who aided in the
rescue, were two of the three North
Carolinians to receive these high
est civilian hero awards.
An outdoor church area is now
being built at Camp Lasater to be
dedicated to Professor Holder. The
stone altar is mounted by a dog
wood cross and bears the engraving,
“Greater Love Hath No Man.” The
area is surrounded by a rustic fence
and at the entrance is a stone pillar
where the dedication will be placed
on a bronze plate. The site is located
on a hillside overlooking the Camp
Lasater lake where Mr. Holder lost
his life.
I.R.S. Sponsors
Etiquette Talk
The I. R. s'. Council will sponsor
a talk by Miss Helen Knowles
next Wednesday night, February
seventh. Miss Knowles, who is dean
at the Academy, will speak on
etiquette. The student body is in
vited and urged to attend this dis
cussion which will be at seven
o’clock in the Day Student's Center.
At' a recent meeting of the I. R.
S. council, the manners, table and
otherwise, of Salemites were con
sidered. The talk to be given by
Miss Knowles is a part of their pro
gram for improvement of campus
etiquette.
f Salem College has just received a
citation from the United States
Trea.sury Department regarding the
last War Bond Drive. Adele Chase,
chairman ■ of the W.ir Bond Com
mittee, states that the (otal for
Salem College was $fi,l.jl.75 at the
end of the last drive which lasted
from November 21 until the first of
December. This sum was enough to
pay for two liasion planes which
cost $3,000 each. The Committee
has just received the following ci
tation for the purchase of the planes:
“This citation is awarded to
Salem College for service to the
War Savings Program through the
successful eomjiletion of a ‘Schools
!it War’ Campaign to [)ay for two
liasion planes at $3,000.00 each,
totaling $6,01)0.0(1, though the
purchase of War Bonds and Stamp-;,
(xiven under my liand and seal on
December 23, 1944.” Signed, Henry
Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the
Treasury, United States Treasury
Department.
This citation comes as a tribute
to Salem .students and faculty for
the interest and co-operation demon
strated in the last drive. The drive
was conducted in connection with
the nation-wide Sixth War Loan
Drive. Salem exceeded the goal by
$151 which will be carried over un
til the next drive.
Valentine Dance
There will be hearts and dancing
in the college gymnasium Saturday
night, February 10, when the Ath
letic Association entertains the stu
dent body and faculty at the annual
formal Valentine dance.
Members of the A. A. Council will
be presented in a figure during in
termission.
Special guests will be the members
of the Duke Glee Club.
Ray Josephs
Robert StJohn
Speaks Tonight
Robert St. John, newspaper and
radio rejiorter, and author of From
the Land of Silent People, Avill speak
tonight at Reynolds Memorial Aud
itorium at eight o’clock, on “The
World at War.”
St. John was one of the American
correspondents in the Balkans in
1941 when the Serbs revolted against
their Nazi—duped leaders. He de
scribed this period of unrest accord
ing to what he “saw and smelled
and heard” in his book, From the
Lajid of Silent People, which has
been compared to Tolstoy’s War and
Peace.
The lecturer, described as a tall,
blue-eyed, brown-hared, soft-spoken
man, has at some time in his life
been a farmer, a war correspondent,,
a newspaper reporter, and a political
campaigner. He has been mistaken
for a European diplomat and a Nazi
spy because of his impressive clipped
beard.
The American Business Club is
sponsoring his appearance hero, with
the proceeds going to charity.
Jose Itmrbi Endorses Boogie Woogie
by Peggy Davis
“Yes, I believe that many artists
in the future will include Boogie-
Woogie on their programs.” With
this statement, Mr. Jose Tturbi be
gan an exclusive interview for the
Salemite.
After signing at least ICO auto
graphs for his Winston-Salem fans,
Mr. Iturbi invited two representa
tives of the "Salem press” into his
dressing room, and surrendered to
steady fire of question ack-ack.
He first took a cigar from his pocket
and lit it from the one in his
mouth; then he settled back, as
far as one> can settle back in an
uncushioned straight chair, and
grinning from ear to ear asked,
‘Well what do you want to know?”
Shall I tell you about my fly
ing! I love that. You see, I have
,000 flying hours and I’m a major
the C. A. P.” (Civilian Air
Patrol). Mr. Iturbi began flying
about nine or ten years ago. lie
spent at least five minutes giving
Nancy Ridenhour advice about mak
ing smooth landings in Taylorcrafts
and Aeroncas.
It is amazing that he is so eager
to give advice. Backstage after the
concert, a mother brought up her
Jos6 Iturbi
little four-year-old, red-headed son
and asked Mr. Iturbi’s advice about
developing the little boy’s talent.
Mr. Iturbi put down his pencil and
his cigar and looked over at the
youngster, who pointing an accusing
finger promptly said, “I saw your
picture.”
“Deed you like eet?” Mr. Tturbi
asked expectantly.
“NO!” (Out of the mouths of
babies). After he had stopped rock
ing with laughter, Mr. Iturbi advised
the mother to let the little boy con
tinue studying and “begin a leetle
Czerny.” The pianist himself began
studying at the age of five with Miss
Maria Jordan in Valencia, Spain,
his birthplace. He added that he
played by eiir, “they tell me,” when
he was three.
Back to the Boogie-Woogie, Mr.
Iturbi said, “We have to like eet-
—eet ees part of us. Everybody likes
eet. Leeye up to 1945! Who ees to
say that Boogie-Woogie eesn’t good
music? I like eet. I have played
eet in zee Hollywood Bowl; I play
eet.in Carnegie Hall; I weel play eet
everywhere.”
With that the little man waved
his arms in the air, then took out
another cigar. He explained, inci
dentally, that the blues number and
the boogie-woogie etujde included
on his program Monday night were
part of a four-movement concerto
(Continued on Page Four.)
Kay Josephs, the author of
Argentine Diary, (whose manu
script had to be smuggled out
of Buenos Aires) will lecture
at Salem College, Thursday,
February 8, in Memorial Hall
at eight o’clock.
Mr. Josephs went to South Amer
ica in 1940 to stay six weeks, but
he found enough “red-hot” material
to kee]> him there four-and-a half
years. During this time he lived in
every Latin American country ex
cept Brazil.
Born in Philadelphia on January
1, 1912, Ray Josephs had wanted to
be a newspaperman as far back as
he could remember. He edited his
high school paper and at the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania became college
correspondent for the Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin. Later, as a reg
ular staff member of the Bulletin,
he covered everything from the
Lindbergh kidnapping to the Mis
sissippi flood, and made trips around
the country and to Europe for his
paper.
One of the first United States
writers to recognize the pro-Axis
sympathies of the Argentine govern
ment under Ramon S. Castille,
Josephs wrote many a hard-hitting
articles that put Ijim in bad with
those in power.
When the Berlin-inspired military
machine took over Argentina in
June, '1943, Josephs asserted from
the first day that the Ramirez regime
was no break for the democracies.
Frosh To Give
One-Act Play
The Freshman Dramatics Club,
under the direction of Mrs. C. V.
Confer, will pre.sent two one-act
plays, entitled “Xingu” and “Here
Comes the Navy,” Friday night,
February 16, in the' Old Chapel. The
plays are both comedies and should
prove to be a big success.
Composed of approximately
twenty-five members, the club is un
der its first organized leadership in
several years. The recently elected
officers are: Helen Spruill, president;
Barbara Folger, vice-president; and
Jane Greenwald, secretary. The group
meets once a week to discuss stage
torms and the fundamentals of act
ing. “The Pierettes” are always in
terested in this group, for it is from
the Freshman Dramatics Club that
their members are chosen.
Plans are also under way for a
freshman chapel program which the
club will present in the near future.
Lt. Bynum Sees
Salem Ambulance
Proof that Salem is being rep
resented even on the fighting lines
in Germany was furnished recently
by Lieutenant Brooks Bynum of
Winston-Salem who wrote:
“I was never so thrilled in my
life as I was the other day when I
went back to an aid station in the
rear of our lines in Germany and
saw an ambulance there with a
plaque on it which read: “Donated
to the army by Salem College, Win
ston-Salem, N. C., through the pur
chase of war bonds.”
Lieutenant Bynum, whc^ recently
received the Silver Combat infantry
man’s badge for exemplary action
under enemy fire, was especially de
lighted on seeing this ambulance
since he had studied voice under
Mr. Bair at Salem some years ago.