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VOL. XXV.
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday Februarj'^ 16, 1945.
Number 15.
Sandridge
To Discuss
Elections
To launch a drive to stimulate
interest in the approaching campus
elections of new officers, the Salem-
ite is presenting an assembly pro
gram Tuesday, February 20, in
which Mr. W .P. Sandridge of Win
ston-Salem will be the guest speaker.
Nell Denning, President of the
Student Government Association, will
discuss in detail the procedure which
is used in elections at Salem.
Mr. Sandridge, a Winston-Salem
atorney, will talk on college elec
tions and voting and their relation
to the education of good citizens
and good voters. Mr. Sandridjje is
the President of the Forsyth County
liar. President of the ITotary Club,
aiid Head of the IT. S. O. in Win-
jton-Salem. He received his college
training at the L’niversity of Vir
ginia.
WAO SPEAKS IN CHAPEL
Sgt. Honeywell of the Woman’s
Army Corp spoke in assembly Thurs
day to the students of Salem Col
lege and Academy.
Sgt. Honeywell, who was born in
France, told the assembly that she
joined the Woman’s Army Corps
because she tliought that it was the
least she could do in return for
what the United States had done for
her. Another thing which promoted
her enlistment was a visit through
the veteran wards in the hospital in
Charleston, S. C. Sgt. Honeywell
realized that she was not a nurse
or a laboratory technician, but she
could talk; so she tours the United
States encouraging young women to
enlist in the Woman’s Army Corps.
Students Meet
At Academy
Tie two-day conference which
was held at Salem Academy Friday
and Saturday between' Academy
student representatives and dele
gates from three Virginia prepar
atory schools for the purpose of pro
moting more efficient student
government in private schools was
an unusual success, it was announced
by Miss Mary A. Weaver, principal.
The session opened Friday even
ing with a talk to the entire school
by Dr. George Mauze of this city
and this was followed by a discus
sion period with the speaker, at
which only conference members were
present.
Saturday morning an open meet
ing was held on the subject of
“Honor”, with the delegates, var
ious student representatives, and the
Honor Councih The position of the
day student in the student govern
ment ^et-up was outlined, after
which student procedures in the
dean’s office were discussed by the
group. Also in this morning session
was a "tound table” on the subject
of school handbooks.
The theme of the afternoon ses
sion was centered on student govern
ment. This session was attended only
by the delegates and the academy
student representatives.
This meeting at Salem Academy
was planned by the student rep-
resdntatives with the assistance of
Miss Helen V. Knowles, dean of res
idence; Miss Mary McCoy Hodges,
assistant dean; and Miss Mary A.
Weaver, principal. Atterfding the
conference were representatives
from Chatham Hall, and Warrenton
Country School. The present list of
student representatives is as follows:
Harriet Atwood, Chairman; Jerry
Worsham, M. C. Bracken, Althea ee
Kada, Bettie Long, Jane Schubert,
Nancy Hunt, Julia Parker, Sarah
Shore and Erdmuth McCuiston.
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Carnival
Hurry, hurry, hurry—Ladeez
and gents—come right this
way! It’s the biggest little
carnival ever seen in this
vicinity. For a night of gypsy
revelry, all you have to do
is come on down to the con
fines of Salem College gymnas
tics, better known as the
little old gym, anytime be
tween the hours of eight and
eleven o’clock tomorrow night.
This night of mirth and glee,
sponsored by the sophomore
class with proceeds going to
the Ked Cross, is open to one
and all.
Librari| Group
eet
All Friends of the Library are in
vited to attend the annual meeting
of the Friends of the Library Fri
day night, February 23, in the Salem
College Library. Dr. Confer will be
the guest fepeaker and everyone is
cordially invited to come. Friends of
the Library Week is from February
18 to 24.
Perhaps not many students know
about this organization. It is made
up of about 160 members who are
interested in books, contributions to
library endowments, and personal
services. Its purpose is to widen the
circle of those interested in the
library, iind deepen their under
standing and appreciation of its
work. Some of the types of service
are: collecting of books in some field
of personal interest; subscriptions to
periodicals; gifts of money by num
bers who want to be represented by
books; book treasures, .such as first
editions; and valuable historical
data.
STIRRUP CLUB
The Stirrup Club will meet
Wednesday, February 21, at 7
o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. Storey will
speak. Mr. and Mrs. Storey have
been the judges of Salem’s horse
show for the past two years.
CONGEATXTLATIONS!
Congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin M. Leight on the
birth of a daughter, Mary An
nette, on February 13, 1945.
Dean And Three Students
To Attend Arts Forum
Audience Here
Inspires Josephs
Hay Josephs, author of Argentine
Diary, who appeared on the lecture
platform at Salem last "Thursday,
has written a new story, the inspira
tion for which was his audience at
Salem College.
Following the lecture an open
forum was held when Mr. Josephs
answered questions on pertinent
phases of Latin America. He said
that these questions were some of
the most thought provoking and in
telligent that he has answered thus
far in his lecture tour which has
covered most of the United States.
In his story, which will appear
in the Inter-American magazine,
Mr. Josephs compares the questions
asked him here in Winston-Salem
with questions he has answered in
other parts of the country.
Confer Speaks
Of Post-War
Dr. Carl Vincnt Confer of the his
tory department spoke in assembly
Tuesday, February 1, on the sub
ject, “Problems of Peace”. He as
serted that even though American
armies are winning victories, Ameri
can Democrjrtic ideals ate under
going dangerous attacks. In a sense
democracy is on trial today, and
we must do all we can to reawaken
faith in it.
Dr. Confer stated that in general
there are eight basic types of post
war plans. The first is the isolationist
plan of the international anarchy
of the pre-war type. A second is
American domination of the world.
The third important type is a re
vived League of Nations with
stronger bonds of allegiance and an
effective police force. This was the
type plan adopted at the Dumbarton
Oaks Conference and will probably
be discussed again at the San Fran
cisco Conference in April. Another
type is a government by all of the
present Allies.
Dr. Vardell, Mary Coons, Jane
Frazier, and Norma Rhodes will rep
resent Salem at the Annual Arts
Forum that is being held at W.
C. U. N. C. this week. The Music
Forum will be conducted Saturday
afternoon by Eandall Thompson,
noted American composer and writer.
As a part of the program^resenting
original compositions by students in
North Carolina colleges, the Salem
representatives will perform the fol
lowing compositions:
“The Look”, a song, by Norma
Ehodes.
“Gray”, a piano composition, by
Mary Coons.
‘ ‘ Two Little Preludes for Piano”,
and “November”, a song by
Jane Frazier.
Another part of the Saturday
afternoon forum will be devoted
to compositions by professional
American composers. Included on
the program will be the following:
Seven Short Piano Pieces—by Dr.
Charles G. Vardell, Jr.
‘ ‘ Dithyramb”
“Crucifix”
“Long Patrol”
‘ ‘ Green Solitude”
“Witch Babbit”
“Nocturne”
The student compositions were
chosen by a committee here at school,
submitted to the contest, and were
selected for the Arts Forum pro
gram.
Pin-Up Contest
Deadline Nears
There still is a week left in which
to turn in all pictures of your glamor
nian for the Sweetheart Contest,
sponsored by the Salemite. Please
take your pictures out of their
frames, write yoiir name and the
name of the person in the picture
on the back, and hand it to Janie
Mulhollem, Martha Boatwright, oi
Coit Eedfearn. Admission to the con
test is to be ten cents and each vote
will only cost one small penny.
There have been a great many pic
tures handed in already but we want
you to get all of those pictures to
gether now and lets make a big
success out of this! Who knows?
Wouldn’t that One and Only of
yours be surprised if he received the
honor of being Salem’s Pin-Up Boyf
Certainly he would.
Two Plays
AreOn Bill
ForTonight
“Here Comes the Navy” and
“Xingu”, both one-act come
dies, will be presented by The
Freshman Dramatics Club to
night promptly at eight o’clock,
in the Old Chapel as the club
gives its first public perfor-
maitce of the year.
Mrs. C. V. Confer is direi-ting the
plays.
“Here Comes the Navy” is by
.Tohn Kirkpatrick. Mrs. Fyfe, Peggy
Gray, and her two daughters Kather
ine and Jerry (Barbara Folger and
Barbara Ward) are on an island in
the Pacific, waiting for Katherine’s
fiance, a naval officer. In the mean
time Jerry becomes interested in a,
rubber plantation owner and to Mrs.
FVfe’s joy, Katherine begins to be
come weary. When word comes sud
denly that the Navy is going to the
Hilligihun Islands, all the navy
wives leave on a transport to join
tlieir husbands. Even the Fyfes de
cide to pack up and go.
Other members of the cast are
ilrs. Westeott, Virginia Smith; Mrs.
de Forrest, Mary Bryant; Minnie
Hollow;j|‘v, Mary Holt Hill; and
Archie Vickers, Harriet Ilalo.
The action in “Xingu” occurs at
the meeting of the Ladies’ Thursday
Afternoon Club. The club meets
with the woman novelist Osric Dane,
played by Betsy Boney, as the guest
of honor. The discussion is entertain
ing as Mrs. Kuby (Elizabeth Miller),
who appears aumused at the situa
tion, leads the austere Osric Dane
into an animated conversation on
“Xingu”. The problem is that it is
not clear just what Xingu is. Other
members of the club are Mrs. Ball
inger, Peggy Sue Taylor; Mrs. Lev-
erat, Marilyn Watson; Mrs. Plinth,
Helen Spruill; Miss Van Vlyuck, Ann
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Business Course
To Be Omitted
The secretarial department of
Salem College will be discontinued,
the measure, becoming effective at
the end of this school year, accord
ing to an announcement made by
the Board of Trustees of Salem Aca
demy and College last Friday after
noon, February 9.
It was decided that tliis course
be discontinued in order to improve
the institution from the academic
point of view rather than the exclu
sion of the department as such. It is
believed that with the discontinu
ance of this departmen^t the liberal
arts department will be strengthen
ed and will receive more emphasis.
The space occupied by the .secretar
ial department is of vital necessity
for the expansion of liberal arts.
This action is a ’Significant part of
the total plan of balanced and limit
ed enrollment.
Alpha lota Pi
IniatesMembers
Eleven new members wero in
ducted into the Alpha Iota Pi on
Monday, February 12, when the
annual initiation meeting was held.
The new members are as follows;
Marilyn Booth, Anne Dysart, Patsy
Law, Iris Stonestreet, Meredith
Boaze, Nancy McColl, Jeane Pierce,
Margaret Rhudy, Barbara Watkins,
Frances Law, and Mary Hodges Per
sons.
The president, Dorothy Kiser,
presided. Refreshments were served
with the Valentine . motif being
carried out.