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Volume XXVII.
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, December 13, f946.
Number 1 2.
Salem Plans Giala Christmas
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Musicians
Plan Joint
Program
On Monday night, December 10,
at 8:00, the annual Christmas pro
gram will be presented in Memorial
Hall. Heretofore, the Music School
has been the only department to
participate in this program. This
year, the art department, the Pier
rettes, the Choral Ensem'ble, anc
the Men’s Chorus have combined
present an entertaining progra^
Monday night will be a night
true Christmas festivity sincejjt
program immediately follotg
formal Christmas banquet. ?
.('w lighting effects and
rangements have been worV
by Mr. Peterson, Mr.
Mr. Mann to set off thj
Knsemble and Men’s (plu
will sing separately anc
chorus. The Pierrette
a typical Christmas s®nj| )
home in 1804. This
out with the coop'^at
Hcrglund.
Two solos
numbers will
,niusie section,
sing “Kejoice
Messiah” by
Jaunting will singl
Song” l)y Reger
organ by Ma^^^Hnnwr H)
Two Christmas so'iilts will
by .loan Sl()an,j{arpist, VVo^fr-
gang Siebel, violiiijfe
sing favorite Ohr^stnl|a cftiolr.pfo
conelude the progr^|a. :’■> /■ ? ,//
This is the initial'l appoaiaii,M
Salem of the Men’S'-Chorus whi-h
was formed two months ago. Al
though the organization . has , not
been formally set up, the men are
worlting on several progtams. Mem
bers are; first tenors—Ram Pruett,
William Highsmith, and James
Littlejohn; second tenors — Jack
Crimm, Kenneth Fansler, Wilson van
Hoy, Homer Sutton, and Conway"
Purett; baritones—Brooks Snyder,
Bill Marshall, Bill Crist, Bob Saw
yer, and Ralph Lawrence; basses—
John Cashion, Herman Smith and
W^esley Snyder.
Choral Qroups
To Present Program
The Choral Ensemble and Men’s
Chorus will present a program Sun
day afternoon at 4:45 p. m. at the
Shiloh Baptist Church. The colored
church choir, with Mrs. Ruth Har
grave, elevator operator in Memor
ial Hall, as chairman, is sponsoring
this program. The religious selections
will pertain mostly to Christmas
inusic. Soloists will be Gwen Yount,
Mary Wells Bunting, Mr. Peterson,
and the Girl’s Trio, which is com
posed of Gwen Yount, Jean Mc-
New, and Jane Mulhollem.
Tuberculosis Seal
Campaign Is Success
Approximately fif(ty-two dollars
'^as raised on Salem campus Wednes
day and Thursday for the Tubercu
losis Christmas Seal campaign.
The drive, conducted entirely by
®i©niber8 of Miss Hewitt’s hygiene
'^lass, was part of the city wide
Campaign being carried on in W’a-
ston-Salem this week.
among
Jane
Pictured abo
at the Home Eco
• Helen
yesterday/
Homeic. Sertioi-s.Entertain At Tea
lomics sju
the iijnxnal
The Senior^
dents entertained
Christma.s tea Thursday aft^rji
from 4:30 until 0:00 in
Practice House. Over two
guests—Home Econoniff?''' Ipfljors,
faculty, and friends/^^S(rcollege
—enjoyed cranborr^'^punch^ turkey
salad, sjindwiches In the shape of
Christmas desi^ns^jihiball>V.holiday
cookies and various hors do^uvres.
Decorations unusually origi
nal and carried out the> CJiristmas
t^eme. The^troiit door was designed
with/re‘l" ribbon and resem'bled a
jiii^age.. In the living room was
a lighted tree and silver reindeer'
arranged on the. mantle. The punch
table was decorated with greenery
and red berries. Favors, which were
recipes, cut in the form of a
Christmas tree, were given.
Members of the Junior Class pre
pared and served the refreshments
and the eleven Seii^ors acted as
hostesses.
Nash Stresses
Political Unity
Dr. Vernon Nash, well-known
authority on world affairs, was the
guest speaker for the assembly pro
gram on Tuesday, December 10.
Dr. Nash has lived on four different
continents and has become well
versed in international relations.
Ho based his speech on the be
lief that peace is a by-product of
responsible government and that
it may be defined as order under
law. Dr. Nash said that past wars,
caused by the natural frictions of
human nature, ceased as soon as the
foes merged into one political unit;
basing our plans upon past ex
perience, ,we can hope to gain world
peace only through world govern
ment, stronger and more binding
than the United Nations. He closed
with the charge that it is the duty
of each citizen to play a part in
forming such a union.
Scor^' Hit
Vardell Attends
Chicago Meet
Dr. Vardell, Dean of the School of
Music attended a meeting of the
C'ommission on Curricula of the
National Association of the Schools
Of Music. This meeting, held in the
Stevens Hotel of Chicago, Illinois,
took place on Saturday and Sunday,
December 7 and 8.
Dr. Vardell smiled when asked to
toll some of the interesting high
lights of his trip. "If you call
mostly sifting in a hotef room for
^twb days an interesting hig'hlight,
you may print it in the Salemlte.
Seriously, the meeting was of a
confidential nature, and, we are not
allowed to jcveal what took place.”
I>t. V^dell added howeycr, ^at_
he- nianagcd)to take iti' the well-
known play, State of the Union.
Greek Student
Speaks Here
Theochalis Eendis, representing the
World Student Service Fund, spoke
in Chapel Thursday morning. Mr.
Rendis spoke of the present situa
tion in the schools of Greece.
Mr. Rendis is a civil engineering
student at a university in Athens,
Greece. He was a member of the
underground and expressed apprecia
tion to Salem for their cooperation
with the W. S. S. F. during the
war.
Speaking of the horrors which
went on in Greece during the war
and of the drastic situation faced
by the colleges at the present, he
said that the two greatest pro
blems now are food and housing. The
colleges have no laboratory equip
ment, no room for the students, not
enough food, no heat, and no text
books. Students conserve paper by
writing very small and covering
both back and front of the paper,
and even use newspaper margins.
Pencils are hoarded as if they were
gold.
spell-
By Peggy. Davli
Nine girls field ninete^
bound. The J^rrytes’ fij-^ ^lirodac
tion of the yeteOwas faulties«i in
casting, charactexwaticmi costum-
iiag, and play ehoi^Q. The^few flaws
in Petting, productidn, and dialogue
Were heavily out^igl^d by the
play's merits.
Anne C.'iiothers, as Maty' the.^rO'
tagoni^ of the drai^a, ^owcd r^e
ability.,She excelled',in keeping “in
ehnraetei” and n^vcr failed to pro
vide the aiidionce.^ith goose bnmps
during h^ cHmactic lijip^. She and
Barbara Fol^er, n« Eve, were chiefly
responsible for maintaining dispense
throughout a play whose obvious out
come ;.'was revealed in the first act.
Thi audience, however, could
scarcely be aware of the weaknesses
in tfie plot because of l^e over-
shadoiing strength of thei cast. Con
trasted character were skillfully
portriiycd by the excellent natural
ness sof Marion Gaither as Shotput
anrf'*'Peggy Sue Taylor’s extreme
al^Fectation as . Gjamovfrpuss. Eve’s
calm reasojiing aysopd balan'ije
for Frieda’s rerfctiimiry humor.
Mary Bryant, portraying Frieda,
had deeidely the cleverest lines of^
the play and delivered then with in-'
imitablo irony.
In the supporting cast Marilyn
Watson as Tennessee “stole the
show” as usual. Her voice and man
nerisms are a guarantee for perfect
delivery. .Tane Pointer, Boots Lam
beth, Helen Spruill, and Bettye
Hatley further evidenced the fact
that the casting could not have
been improved.
The sound effects were well-timed
and, except for the verbal “sh-h-h”
that heralded the “granddaddy of
all thunderstorms,” were well ex
ecuted. The radio announcement in
the first act was especially effective
and showed the entire cast at its
best.
But—the outstanding talent that
Salem students exhibited in Old
Chapel Wednesday and Thursday
nights was comparable to an order
of humming-bird’s tongue on toast
served at Gooch’s. The sets, furni
ture, and lighting that are available
for the Pierrettes are abominable.
Certainly the ability shown by the
cast and the interest shown by the
audience merit at least new curtains,
better lighting, and a new set for
the Pierrettes.
atl \7 il
m «
tlles,ifor tho
# The Christmas season of our 175th
anniversary opened officially with
the hanging of the Christmas star
on December 8, and will close with
the Senior caroling on December
10. Most of the Christmas events
at Salem are traditional.
Tea Dance
The Day Students will again be
hostesses at a Christmas tea dance
to be given in the Day Student
Center on Saturday afternoon from
4 untH 6 o’clock. The decorations
will consist of greenery, lighted can
dles, and an elaborately decorated
Christmas tree. Since this Christmas
tea dance has been so much enjoyed
in the past years, the Day Students
are planning to make it an annual
affair.
N”' Dance
/ The annual Christmas dance will
)V;field in the gym Saturday night
be sponsored by the I. R.
Il^ncil- The dance will begin
'^id last until 11:45. The
icifqfr this card dance will be
;uriiMp4^1^ Harold Gale and his
leBlW^wring the evening there
e nn®H»sual and complicated
or Hie members of the 1. R-
'JiJu^^llijmy their dates.
(Vespers
riiilfinas Vespers will be
pbcr 15. This time-
iliirht service is for
iiy, faculty, and
(ids of the seniors,
jll read a Christmas
Clapp will sing
as the sophomore
ravian bees-wax can-
dience.
isfjtoS Banquet
Aj'ioth^ higlil/ght of the season
is thQ formal Rhristnias banquet.
It is to.t^e todll on Monday night,
Deciintiiitr it o’clock. At this
time tl56‘,^rinor class honors tho
seniors, aud )the rest of tho college
is invited. ^ero will be a big
Cliristmas ..tree, Santa Claus with
presents f/or the seniors, and elves
an^ fairies. The dining hall will
bo df^icr^ted with Yuletide candleS
and gt^ery.
' Concert
A concert^y the Choral Ensemble
will be-hoU^in Memorial Hall Mon
day night,; December 16 at 8:30.
It is customary that Dr. Kond-
thiiler spetfik in the last assembly
before th^ holidays. This year he'
will talk in the assembly period on
Thursday, December 19.
?' Caroling
The festivites on tho campus will
come to a conclusion with the
Senior caroling on the last night be
fore the holidays. The seniors will
gather at 8 o’clock carrying candles
and will sing on campus and at the
homes of several of the faculty and
friends of tho collegc around the
campus. They wind up their tour of
caroling at the home of Dr. and
Mrs. Rondthaler.
Alumna Is Selected
For Important Job
Dr. Jane Leibfried, ’37, is one of
ten doctors in the United States
appointed to serve women veterans
under the veterans administration.
She served three years in the Medi
cal Corps of the United States
Army and reached the rank of Cap
tain. She is now on the staff of
the Women’s College Hospital in
Philadelphia.
Mary Hodge Person, ’46, ig going
through her first year there at the
Woman’s Medical College at pre
sent.
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