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Volume XXVII.
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, October 25, 1946.
Number 6.
Juniors Plan
Jamborees
The Junior Class will sponsor a
“Junior Jamboree” in Davy Jones’
Locker each Tuesday night from
10 until 10:30 p. m. There will be
!)n admission charge of ten cents
to help finance the class’ activities
this year.
Martha Harrison, Marion Gaither,
and Peggy Davis will plan and pro
duce a series of ten-minute shows
each week with student cooperation
and participation. The juniors also
urge the students to use the nickle-
odeon which has been placed in
Davy Jones’ Locker.
Faculty Slates
Hillbilly Party
By Virtie Stroup
‘ ‘ Let down your hair, put on
your jeans, jump on the grey mare,
who can” . . . why the faculty can.
In case you haven’t heard, the
raciilty, Administration and their
guests of both college and academy
are planning to have a hep big
Barn Dance in the gym Tuesday
night.
About 8 o’clock the gym will
assume a “barny” atmosphere for
the dance which will be open for
faculty ONLY. Inside, square dances
and card games will take place.
Can you push potatoes with your
nose, wonder if Mr. Higgins will;
have you ever played volley ball
with a baloon? Bet Miss Covington
will. Other games and entertainment
were completely censored by Miss
Helen Sanford.
Haymore’s five piece hill billy
orchestra will be on hand to pro
vide the music for everyone who
will be dressed in true hill billy
style. Prizes will be awarded for
the “best dressed hill billy.”
Kefreshments? Yes, there’ll be
cider and doughnuts. Of course no
admission will be charged, but the
conimunity collection plate will
be passed.
The originator of this Barn Dance
is Mr. Paul Peterson, who is chair
man of the barn dance committee.
Serving with him are: Miss Adele
Pangle, Mr. Robert Leach, Mr.
Kenneth Evett, Dr. Charles Vardell,
Mr. Peter Mann, Miss Louise Wood,
and Miss Brona Nifong.
Earl Beaudry
Will Conduct
First Aid Class
Earl Beaudry, member of the
Men’s Organization of Salem Col
lege, will teach a first aid course on
campus during the first semester.
Miss Stout, physical education in
structor, will assist in the teaching.
Students interested in attending the
classes will meet for two hours every
Friday night. However, if the time
proves unsuitable to most of the
class members, it will be changed.
Mr. Beaudry, in proving the value
of this course, has said, “Everyone
at somo\ time or another has some
use for first aid, whether it be
when his infant brother or sister
pulls the pot of boiling water off
the stove or when the first aider falls
and skins his knee.”
Further details about where and
when the class is to meet will be
announced by Miss Stout within
the next two weeks.
Mrs. Marsh
Gives Talk
Mrs, Che.‘iter Marsh was guest
speaker in chapel on Thursday, Oc
tober 24. For the past year Mrs.
Marsh has been supervising the
Winston-Salem arts and cra,fts work
shop, sponsored by the Junior
League. She came here from West
chester County in New York, where
she set up a similar workshop.
Mrs. Marsh’s speech was based
upon the theory that each person
possesses an innate creative ability
and that development of that ability
is essential to a well-rounded in
dividuality. She illustrated this
theory by telling some of her own
experiences in this field of work.
Freshmen Win
Hockey Game
Gloria Paul »nd Pat Edmundson
led the freshmen team to victory
over the sophomores Thursday after
noon in the first game of the hockey
tournament. Watt and Finley led
the hard fighting sophomores. A
large crowd witnessed the 3-1 vic
tory.
Miss Distabile Enjoys
Being “Just A Person”
By Pierano Aiken
It wasn’t a red, but a whte one-
room schoolhouse in a rural section
near Syracuse, N. Y., where Miss
Theresa Distabile started, her educa
tion at the advanced age of four.
Two years later the family moved to
Brooklyn and little Theresa was
put back in 1-A. “Disgusting!” she
said. “Two years of my life^ already
Wasted!”
With this piece of humor Salem’s
new pretty and petite psychology
teacher launched into the story of
her life. Her opening remark was
cliaracteristie of her. For, behind
lier habitual smile and quiet manner,
she seems to enjoy life to the zenith
and does not want to waste a
minute of it .
Her paramount interest is psy
chology, because “as far back" as
I can remember. I’ve loved people
of all ages and sorts—but especially
children.” To balance this indefinite
science, she took up mathematics
find obtained her B. A. degree in
statistics at Hunter College. Later
she received her master’s in psychol
ogy and education at Columbia Uni
versity.
Besides these studies she likes
sports, particularly badminton and
swimming, in which she has a Senior
Life Saver’s certificate. She also
loves to travel, but hates planned
MISS THERESA DISTABILB
tours and hotel reservations that
keep her from coming and going
when the impulse strikes.
Although a resident of the city
most of her life, she’s happy away
from the noise and rush of New
York. Without being asked, she pro
claimed her enthusiasm for Salem’s
peace and friendliness.
NOBLE E. McEWEN
McEwen Is
Officer
Dr. Xoble R. McEwen is vice-presi-
dent of the Northwestern District
Teachers Association which will meet
for its twenty-fourth annual con
vention in Winston-Salem today.
Approximately 3,000 teachers, princi
pals, and superintendents will attend
the meeting.
General officers of the district are:
president, A. P. Routh, Senior High
School, Greensboro; vice-president.
Noble R. McEwen, Salem College,
Winston-Salem; secretary, Hattie
Lee Burgess, Robbins School, Lex
ington.
Hilarious Cast
Wows Audience
By Peggy Sue Taylor
Playing before an appreciative
audience who readily hissed the vil
lain and cheered the hero, the Win
ston-Salem Little Theater, sponsored
by the Pierrettes, presented a mel
odrama, “The Curse of an Aching
Heart,” Thursday night at eight
o’clock in Old Chapel.
Thie plot revolved around Melody
Lane, the priceless heroine played
by Spotty Coan, who did indeed
“run through your heart like a
song.” Melody was the wife “in
name only” of the arch villain,
Windemere Hightower, who was
ably played by Ted Adams. Re
ceiving his boos and hisses with a
tip of his hat and a courtly bow, the
villain proceeded to drive Melody to
near distraction with his sinister
threats of disaster if she would not
return to him. Having escaped once.
Melody was' determined to have
the marriage annulled and was aid
ed in her defiance of Windemere by
the manly hero, Lucious Bood-
enough, played by Ralph Beeson. The
hero always managed to arrive in
the “nick of time,” which brought
many a hearty cheer and wistful
sign from the audience. Things were
somewhat confused by the local
sheriff, called Battle-Axe Annie by
her friends, and played by Ada
Redd Browning, who meant well,
but who never did arrest the right'
people. Of especial mention is Hiram
Abernethy, a lovable old coot, who
runs the “None Such Ranch,” scene
of the story, ably played by Jay
Smith. Stellar performances were
turned in by the other members of
the cast. They are: Sarah Abernethy
“dee-voted wife” of Hiram, played
by Doris Highsmith; Aurelia Aber
nathy, her attractive daughter, play
ed by Kathryn Davis; Red Wing, an
Indian girl employed on the ranch,
Lahoma Poindexter; Nellie Blythe,
an important visitor from Four
Corners. Louise McDonald; Muriel
Atkins, who covers up her real
identity, Ramona Powell; and
Aloysius Abernethy, an unexpected
arrival, played by Wendell Tesh.
The action was a bit slow in spots,
but on the whole was good. Sound
effects were excellent and the stag
ing gave the right atmosphere of
“corniness’ for the tragi-comedy.
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May Day Will Sponsor
Halloween Festival
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Sophs Serve
Breakfast
The Sophomores are serving break
fast Sunday mornings from 9:30 un
til 10:30 in Davy Jones’ Locker.
Orders are to be given ahead of
time to Sophomores in your dom.
This week’s menu, priced at thirty-
five cents, will include: grapefruit
juice, buttered toast, strawberry or
cherry jelly, and coffee or milk.
Cold cereal will also be served for
an additional five cents.
Slip on a coat over your pajamas
and come to Davy Jones’ Locker
where you can smoke and have music
v.hile you eat. Not Breakfast at
Hollywood, breakfast in Davy Jones’.
IRC Discusses
Russia Question
The International Relations Club
had its first formal meeting Wednes
day night October 31 in the living
room of Bitting.
The topic of the meeting was
Russia. Mary Bryant opened the
discussion by urging that people be
more discerning about the present
propaganda concerning Russia. She
brought out the fact that most
of the current books are written
by authors who are biased for some
particular reason.
Sam Pruett told of personal ex
periences which illustrated the point
that the Russian people are vastly
different from the people in the
United States both in religious tra
ditions and in moral codes.
After the two talks, an open
forum was held in which conflict
ing ideas about the Russian situa
tion were defined and discussed.
The oasis in Main Hall which has
been arid since 1945 has been lub-
ricated.OO
# The Jlay Day Committee will
stage a Halloween Carnival on
Thursday, October 31, at 8 o’clock
in the gym to give you an oppor
tunity to get the meaness out of your
system.
Cainival-multi-colorod booths will
be placed.in every corner. There will
be hot dogs and drinks, prizes, for
tune telling, games, cake walks, fish
ing, bingo, clowns, and spooks galore.
Imagine: Mr. Evett sketching pro
files (for a nominal fee), Mr. Peter
son in a floor show, and Mr. Leach
running the dance pavilion.
Tlien there’s the House of Horrors
—darkness, cold and clammy hands,
stalking ghosts, slippery eyeballs
of witches, weird shadows, and you
—alone in the House of Horrors.
Torn-up rooms, locked doors, im
aginary ropes across Main Street, un
mentionables on the library steps,
white-sheeted spooks, blaring fire
alarm, and clanging class bell has
meant Halloween at Salem—but not
this year.
The May Day Committee has ar
ranged these two hours of fun with
plenty of food and entertainment
for you. Why be destructive by tak
ing beds apart, putting veseline on
the door handles, soaping the win
dows and mirrors when you can
be entertained at a carnival filled
with merriment?
Tickets go on sale today. They
can be obtained from any member
of the May Day Committee for ten
cents.
Evett and Leech will be there
And witches also to raise your hair,
So come on down on Halloween
To have fun and not be mean.
CYO Announces
Tryout Opening
Mr. James Lerch and Mr. Bob
Mayer, co-directors of the Civic
Youth Orchestra for high schools
and colleges announced today that
this organization is open for try
outs. Anyone interested should see
Mr. Lerch. The Civic Youth Orches
tra is not a closed organization.
Mr. Lerch and Mr. Mayer have
plans for different performances
during the year. One of the perfor
mances will bo at Christmas when
the orchestra plans to play with the
Chorale Ensemble and to render
solo pieces.
Bostonian Gives South
Credit For Five Pounds
MRS. ELIZABETH BERGLUND
By Mary Bryant
Mrs- Elizabeth Berglund with her
blue-eyed attractiveness gives pro
mise of adding a great deal to Salem
and its anniversary.
Mrs. Berglund, who is from Boston
and Maine (she adds that it sounds
like a railroad), has never been
South before coming to Salem. “I
may be from the North, but five
pounds of me belongs to the South.”
Receiving her B. 8. and M. A. de
grees in English, speech, and history,
she went on to Columbia University
to do graduate work in political
science, toward credit for her PhD.
Her versatility made her outstand
ing in college activities. She studied
violin, art, and piano, wrote plays
for Radio Hour, the college radio
program, and participated in all
sports.
Mrs. Berglund has one particularly
fascinating interest — studying
people. She studies them from two
points of view—as ^ubjects for short
stories and as characters for plays.
“Salem has a Lady MacBeth (No,
I don’t know her name), my con
ception of a Claudia, and one of the
G. I.’s is a very good Hamlet!” she
exclaimed.
Although she has only been here
a short time, she has already formed
Ian impression of Salem. “There’s
one thing in particular that im
presses me—the clock,” she says.
“I depend on it the way people
did in A Bell for Adano.” She saya
that she has never before seen
such eagerness and ability, and
“well, just all the good qualities
that the students here possess.
She has big plans for the Pierrettes
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