Science Is On
The March
Let’s Keep Salem
In Step
Volume XXVII.
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, November 15, 1946.
Number 9.
Legislative Board Passes
Three Student Petitions
At the first meeting of the Legis
lative Board Wednesday night, three
student petitions were passed.
The first of the petitions passed
was that the on-campus vice-presi
dent be made a member of the nom
inating eommittee by virtue of her
office. This petition will bo brought
up before the student body to be
voted on as it involves changing
the student government constitution.
Later Hours Sunday Nights ■
The second petition passed stated
that the hours which students be
required to return to campus on
Sunday night be the same as on
week nights; that is, seniors must
return by 11 p. m., juniors by
10:45 p. m., and sophomores and
freshmen by 10:30 p. m.
More Nights For Juniors
The third petition passed stated
that juniors maintaining a C- aver
age be allowed six nights out a
month first semester and eight
nights out a month second semester
to be used at their own discretion.
Those juniors who do not maintain
a C- average will have one night
out a week first semester and two
nights out a week second semester
as is already stated in the hand
book under junior privileges.
Three Petitions Rejected
Three student petitions were not
submitted to the legislative board
they had already been rejected
the executive board. These re
jected petitions concerned unlimit
ed^ light cuts for all upperclassmen,
smoking in rooms, and 'Seniors’
datbs remaining until one o’clock
i'fter a dance.- The first of those
petitions was refused because of
the many complaints already re
ceived from parents concerning
their daughter’s lack of rest. The
college administration must at all
times keep the health of the stu
dents in mind. The members of
the board, also, rejected the peti
tion on the basis that students do
not use their light cuts for study
ing only as they should. Until the
students realize their responsibility
and use their two light cuts only
when necessary, the board does not
see fit to grant the suggested pe
tition.
The second of the petitions was
rejected because of the very strict
fire insurance rules to which the
administration is confined. Because
of the old buildings, the board feels
that the designated smoke rooms
should be the only places reserved
for smoking.
The third petition concerning
seniors’ dates leaving campus at
One o’clock after dances was re
jected due to the noise and con
fusion it causes on the square. Stu-
•lents are reminded that one o’clock
is Sunday morning and the noise
and confusion of people leaving
at twelve-thirty and again at one
o’clock would be very bothersome
to the neighbors.
I. R. S. Will Fete
Faculty At Tea
The I. R. 8. Tea will be held in
the Louisa Wilson Bitting Living
Room on Sunday, November 17, from
4:00 - 5:30 p. m. This is the annual
tea, honoring the new faculty mem
bers—and this years trustees, as
well as faculty and students, are in
vited.
The receiving line will be com
posed of the officers of this organiza
tion: President, Mary Anne Linn;
Vice-president, Betsy Long; Secre
tary, Mary Louise Parrish; and
Treasurer, Helen Spruill. Committees
functioning for this event, and their
l>eads, are: Decorations, Ann
Southern; Refreshments, Mary
Hunter Hackney and Betsy Long.
A cordial invitation is extended
to all trustees, members of the
faculty, and the entire student
body.
Faculty Attends
State Meeting
The annual meeting of the North
Carolina College Conference took
place in Greensboro at the O’Henry
Hotel, November 13 and 14. Dr.
Francos J. Brown of the United
States Department of Education
made the principal address.
Those attending from Salem Col
lege were Dr. Noble McEwen, Miss
Margaret Simpson, and Dean Ivy
nii'son. Miss Simpson and Miss
Hixson attended a meeting of col
lege registrars on Wednesday after
noon.
The purpose of the North Carolina
College Conference is to form the
policies of colleges in this state.
Moravians Have
Special Service
The 175th anniversary of the
organization of the Home Church
was marked Wednesday, November
13. The music for the anniversary
season was arranged and orchestr
ated by the Music Director, Mr.
Wendell J. Rider. Through the
courtesy of the Church Archivist,
Dr. Adelaide Fries, Mr. Rider has
collected and arranged the hymns
an anthems.
The hymns and scripture lessons
of this service were those which
were used by the Church fathers
at the Lovefeast Service on . No
vember 13, 1771. The anthems were
sung at the Anniversary Lovefeast
on November 13, 1800, the date of
the dedication of the present church
building. As in the orginal usage,
Stringed instruments accompanied
the choir. The Anniversary Music
was in exact reproduction of the
original except it had been trans
lated into English from German.
The anniversary service opened
with “Fantasia” by Bach. Dr. Rond-
thaler led the congregation in prayer.
Rev. Person read the Scripture from
the Moravian Text Book, and Dr.
Adelaide L. Fries delivered an ad
dress on “The Founding^of Salem.”
The Right Reverend J. Kenneth
Pfohl led the congregation in pray:
er on one book—the Bible, one God
—the Lord, one kingdom—Heaven.
Among the Salem students parti
cipating were Becky Clapp, soloist;
Geraldine Purcell, Jean Sloan, and
Jimmie Littlejohn, choir; and Wolf
gang Siebel, violinist.
It is interesting to note that 300
people were present at the 1st and
l5th cinTiiversEry SGrvicGS.
Eloise Buck
Visits Campus
Miss Eloise Buck of Katharine
Gibbs School will speak at 5:00
on Monday, November 18, to all
students interested in/ secretarial
training after college. This will
be of special interest to the
seniors.
Miss Buck will be at the
Academy in the mornin’g and
on the college campus all after
noon.
MARY HlLXi
Mary Brown Hill Is Elected
Freshmen Class President
SCIENCE IS ON THE MARCH
LET’S KEEP SALEM IN STEP
Nominations
For May Queen
Announced
Nominations for the May Queen,
Maid of Honor, and members of
the Court were announced today by
Janie Mulhollem, Chairman of the
May Day Committee. The elections
for the Queen and the Maid of
Honor will be held Monday' night
in Old Chapel. The Court will be
elected on Tuesday night.
The nominees for Queen are Mary
Ann Linn, Hope Marshall, Jean
Moss, Ticka Sen ter, and Henrietta
Walton.
The following girls were nomi
nated for the Maid of Honor: Sally
Boswell, Teau Counci'^ Mary Ann
Linn, Hope Marshall, Jean Moss,
Ticka Senter, Henrietta Walton, and
Gwen Yount.
The Court wll be elected from the
following list of girls: Miriam
Bailey, Dot Arrington, Barbara
Folger, Betty Ann Epps, Jean
Griffin, Pat Watson, Mary Davis,
Sara Haltiwanger, Mary Frances
King, Ticka Senter, Betty Jane
Bagby, Mary Helen James, Jean
Moss, Dot Massey, Beverly Han
cock, Jane McElroy, Mary Ann Linn,
Henrietta Walton, Mary Patience
McFall, Catherine Ives, Sally Bos
well, Sally Truelove, Ann Baldwin,
Gwen Yount, and Jean Wallace.
Science Qift Is
Announced
The first unsolicited outside gift
to the Science Building came Mon
day to Miss Marsh, as the result
of the Announcement of the Pro
ject in the October issue ALUMNAE
RECORD. It was from Dr. Helen
Barton head of the Mathematics
Department ait Woman’s College,
Greensboro, who taught science at
Salem 1915-19. Quoting from the
letter accompanying a generous
check:
“I am deeply interested in the
Anniversary Project—the New
Science Building. Will I ever for
get my days at Salem—trying to
teach Biology, Chemistry and Phy
sics in those two small dark rooms
in Park Hall, with only two stoves
to heat them! While I taught in
one, the fire went out in the other.
And only three or four windows
w'here you could get enough light
to use a microscope. It was a
great life and it kept me busy.
I am delighted to know that Salem
is looking toward a new building
and I am enclosing a check to
gether with my best wishes for
the successful attaining of the
goal.”
Miss Vardell
Writes Music
Maigaret Vardell is composing
the background and incidental music
for the Junior League children’s
play. The Children’s Theater Board
of Winston-Salem sponsors several
plays each year for the benefit of
the school children. The Junior
League always gives one of them
and has this year selected “Alice
in Wonderland” by Charlotte
Chorpening. Miss Vardell, a Junior
League member, has composed a
separate music theme for each
character of the play.
Performances will be given on
Wednesday and Friday, November
the twentieth and twenty-second,
at Reynolds auditorium.
Salem Plans
Radio Show
The second in the series of Salem
College radio programs will be broad
cast over WSJS Tuesday night,
November 19, from 7:30 until 8
p. m.
The Radio Show will be a forum
of informal interviewing. Mr. David
Weinland, questionnaire, will inter
view six science students. The stu
dents are Anne Dungan, Home Eco
nomics major interested in buying
school; Helen Spruill, Home Econo
mies student who will attend grad
uate school for dietetics, Margaret
Williams, Pre-medical student; Jean
Adams, Chemistry major interested
in research work; Coit R'edfearn,
Bowman Gray student; and J. B.
Self, who plans to follow Chemical
Engineering. Mr. Weinland will ask
such questions as what they are
majoring in, are they planning to
attend graduate school, what their
future plans are, and what typo of
work are they doing now.
The Salem College Trio, composed
of Janie Mulhollem, Jean McNew,
and Gwen Yount, will sing semi-
classical music.
Dr. Rondthaler
Speaks On Ney
Dr. Howard Rondthaler spoke in
chapel . Thursday morning on the
mystery of Peter Stuart Ney. He
told of important clues which may
prove that Peter Ney was actually
Marshall Ney of France, who was
supposedly put to death in Paris
by order of Louis XVIII.
Peter Ney Avas buried a hundred
years ago on November 17 in the
Third Creek Presbyterian Church
cenetery near Statesville, N. C. Dr.
Rondthaler, who is vice-president of
the Ney Memorial Association, con
cluded his talk by reminding us
that more information on the sub
ject is coming in all the time.
I R C To Have
Forum Monday
“China” will be the topic for
discussion Monday night at the
monthly International Relations Club
meeting. Mary Porter Evans and
Philip Marshall will be the open
ing speakers. After their short talks
the floor will be open for discussion
on the subject.
The meeting will be hold in the
living room of the Louisa Wilson
Bitting Dormitory at 7:00 o’clock.
Mary Brown Hill of Wilmington,
N. C. was elected president of the
freshman class at their class meeting
yesterday. The runners-up were Pat
Edmundson of Ambler, Penn, and
Louise Stacy of Lumberton, N. C.
Mary is taking an A. B. degree
with a major in piano. She is a
member of the Salem Players and
helps with the advertising on the
Salemite.
She spent her junior and senior'
years of high school at Baldwin
school in Bryn Mawr, Penn. There
she was an active member of the
Legislative Board and participated
in the glee club and dramatic club.
When interviewed after the elec
tion, Mary said, “I am so pleased
to be able to lead such a wonderful
class and I am sure with everyone’s
cooperation, we can make the class
of 1950 the best yet.”
Male Quartet
Opens Series
The first concert in the Winston-
Salem Civic Music Association series
will be presented November 21 at
Reynolds Memorial Auditorium.
Guest artists will be the National
iVIale Quartet. The program will be
gin at 8:30.
Other artists scheduled to appear
during the 1946-47 series aro Alex
ander Brailowsky, pianist; Blanche
Thebom, soprano; the Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra; Isaac Stern,
violinist; and Ezio Pinza, bass.
Story Teller
Speaks Tonight
Miss Mary Gould Davis of the
New York Public Library is being
brought to the campus,by the Ele
mentary Education Department to
night in the Day Student Center
at 6:45. By telling one child story,
Miss Davis will illustrate the prin
ciples of good story telling. Dr.
Noble McEwen invites all students,
including those not majoring in
Education, to attend.
As a storyteller. Miss Davis has
gained an international reputation.
The Saturday Review of Literature
carries a “Review of Children’s
Literature” written by Miss Davis.
She is the author of several children’s
books, one of which is A Baker’s
Dozen.
Dinner Tonight
StartsCampaign
A kick-off dinner for the Fund
Raising Campaign for tho new
Science Building was held tonight in
the Club Dining Room.
The Fund Raising Campaign will
officially open on November 18 and
close on December 18.
One hundred alumnae solicitors
and forty-five special gift solicitors
from Winston-Salem attended the
dinner.
Robert Hanes, chairman of tho
175th Anniversary Fund Project
presided and four speakers gave
brief addresses. They were; Robert
Hanes; Gordon Gray, chairman of
the Gifts Advisory Committee; Mrs.
May Mountcastle, chairman of tho
Alumnae Fund Raising Project; and
David Weinland, Associate Chairman,
of the Fund Raising Project.