Volume XXVII.
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, January 17, 1947.
Number 13.
Salem Completes Annual
Spiritual Evaluation Week
By Margaret McCall ^
Salem lias completed its Spiritual
Evaluation Week of 1947, which
extended from January 13th to 17th.
Dr. T. B. Cowan, minister of Every
body’s Church in Lexington, Ken
tucky, and experienced in student
religious counseling, was tke guest
speaker.
This week of religious emphasis is
sponsored by the Salem College Y.
W. C. A. and is arranged to give
students an opportunity to' discuss
their religious problems with a man
of experience and authority.
On Monday night Dr. Cowan open
ed the series of discussions for
the week with a talk on “What
is God?”, which was the central
theme for the spiritual evaluation.
At the usual chapel program on
Tuesday he spoke on the “Misuse of
Victory,” which was followed on
Tuesday night by a “heart to heart”
talk on “Prayer and Contact of
Prayer.” Scottie spoke to Salem
Academy Wednesday morning, and
another discussion group was held
late Wednesday afternoon when he
spoke on * ‘ Love.” At chapel on
Thursday morning the subject was
“Growing Up.” The climax of this
week of religious emphasis was the
consecration service on ThiAsday
night, which was followed by a
talk on ‘‘"A Preacher Looks at Mar
riage,” especially planned for those
girls who are pinned, engaged, or
married.
The nightly meetings were held
in the basement of Bitting. The
books mentioned in Dr. Cowan’s
talks are on display in the library.
Dr. Cowan, whom everyone im
mediately calls “Scottie,” was born
in Scotland, which fact is quite
obvious in his slight brogue and
excellent reading of Robert Burns.
Scottie served four years and a
half in W^orld War I. He received
his A. B. degree from Cumberland
University and finished work on
his B. D. degree at Vanderbilt and
Yale. Before accepting a call to
Lexington, he was minister of the
Norris Religious Fellowship for
eight years. '
Scottie was kept very busy the
four days he was on Salem campus
with speeches, talks, discussions,
and just plain bull talk in the various
dormitories. (One of these latter
sessions lasted the whole of three
hours.) His genial personality and
rich Scotch jokes kept his “smoke
house audiences’’ fascinated.
Music School
Plans Concert
Mrs. Margaret Merriman, member
of the music faculty of Salem Col
lege, will be presented by the
School of Music in a piano con
cert Monday, January 20, in Memor
ial Hall.
To open her program Mrs. Merri
man will play Organ Prelude in G
minor (Bach) arranged by the late
Alexander Seloti, Eussian pianist.
The second group of compositions
is entirely hy Chopin. This in
cludes Waltz No. 2, Berceuse, which
is a lullaby, Fantasia Impromptu,
and Ballade. The third portion of
the program is composed of
Eigaudon (Ravel), a Spanish dance
from the siute La Tombeau d’ Com-
perin, La Terasse des Audiences
du Clair de Lune (Debussy) from
the second book of preludes, and
Etude, No. 5 (Scriabine). Mrs. Merri
man will close her program with
the popular Rhapsody in Blue by
George Gershwin.
Mrs. Merriman began teaching
piano at Salem College last fall,
coming to Winston-Salem from the
Manhattan School of Music where
she held a position on the teach
ing staff.
Mrs. Merriman’s musical training
includes study at the American Con
servatory in Chicago, and the Con
servatoire Americain in Fontaine-'
bleau, France. She has studied under
Josef and Rosina Lhevinne, and
Robert Casadesus.
Registration
Begins Feb. 3
Registration for the second
semester will bo in Main Hall on
Monday, February 3, from 2:00 to
5:00 o’clock. All students are re
quired to register, and will be given
specific teachers who will enroll
them. First semester grades may
be gotten there at the same time.
ActressWeek'-EndsOn Campus
A celebrity nearly moved in on
f^alem campus last week. Since
she stayed with us from Friday un
til Monday, Virginia Sale can add
to her other distinctions that she’s
a Salemite. A tried and true one
if you consider Saturday and Sunday
night suppers the supreme test of
endurance!
After watching Miss Sale skill
fully create a dozen characters on
the stage Friday night, we were not
amazed to find that she had still
another one to present to us over
a pineapple salad and welch rarebit
in the Corrin refectory.
Without make-up and costumes
Miss Sale is a small, brunette, every
day looking person. She has alert,
beady brown eyes, and a smile that
sort of freezes until everyone else
has caught and reflected it. She
wore a rust colored fitted suit for
her engagement with “the press”
Saturday. She proudly took off her
jacj^et to exhibit a loud plaid taffeta
blouse that she had made, because
‘‘Sam says its such a drab suit.”
Sam also says that a woman who
has a career outside the home is “a
more interesting companion” and
makes for a better marriage. Sam
ought to know, because he is married
tp Virginia Sale, and together they
have made a home for their ten
year old twins, Ginny and Chris
topher Wren. Mr. Wren—or “Mr.
Sale” as hQ’s sometimes accused of
being—played leading roles on
Broadway, was a Hollywood actor
and director, and is now managing
his wife’s one-woman “Americana”
shows.. '
Miss Sale talked voluminously
about her family life . . . “The
kids” in boarding school . . . the
old home on the Hudson at Scar
borough that she and Sam are
restoring . . . mother-daughter out
fits that she herself makes . • •
what a ‘ ‘ time we have getting a
servant.” She showed us pictures of
the twins, pigtailed Ginny and Chris
topher, who looks like “ daddy.”
Miss Sale who writes all of her
own shows says that the field of
drama is one of the hardest to
enter. It takes just plain “patience
and perseverance,” she says. She al
ways knew she wanted to act from
the first time her brother. Chic (who
was 20 years older) came home from
a vaudeville tour. “I loved the
smell of his old trunk full of cos
tumes, she says. She began “say
ing pieces” in high school; they
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Athletic Association
Announces Dance Plans
JAMES A. GRAY
Gray Gives
Salem ^150,000
Announcement has been made of
the establishment of a $1,700,000 en
dowment fund by James A. Gray of
Winston-Salem for the benefit of
11 North Carolina colleges, which
includes Salem College and Academy.
Salem is the recipient of $150,000
of the stated amount, the gift to
!)e included in the college endow
ment fund.
The gift is in- the form of shares
of common stock of R. J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company, of which Mr.
Gray is chairman of the executive
committee after a service of 12
years as president and 14 years as
a vice-president.
In former years, Mr. Gray has
made other large contributions which
amounted to more than one million
dollars. Among his gifts is the Salem
College ami Academy gymnasium.
Mr. Gray’s gifts to the various
other colleges are approximately as
follows:
Wake Forest college, Bowman
Gray School of Medicine, at Win
ston-Salem, $900,000.
Winston-Salem Teachers college,
Negro, $100,000.
The University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, $250,000.
Duke University Divinity School,
at Durham, $100,000.
Greensboro College,' Greensboro,
$50,000.
Brevard College, Brevard, $50,000.
High Point College, High Point,
$50,000.
Louisburg College, Louisburg,
$50,000.
Davidson College, Davidson, $25,
000.
St. Mary’s Junior College, Raleigh,
$25,000.
Ballew Named
New Fire Chief
Katherine Ballew, from Marion,
C., is the new fire chief at Salem
College according to an announce
ment by President Howard Eond-
thaler.
Katherine, a junior, is a member
of the Lablings and the Stirrups
Club, and is vice-president of the
German Club. Last year she was
on the Y cabinet and president of
the Westminister Fellowship.
Juniors Elect
Christine Gray
Christine Gray, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James A. Gray of Win
ston-Salem, was elected vice-presi
dent of the Junior Glass at a call
meeting of the class Tuesday. She
replaces Hazel Thomas. \
Christine, a day student, trans
ferred this year to Salem from
St. Mary’s Junior College in Raleigh.
SalemBrochures
Are Published
Announcement has been made by
the Administration of Salem
Academy and College of the ap
pearance of a brochure commemorat
ing the 175th anniversary which
the College and Academy are cele
brating this year.
A reproduction from a stone-
cutting of South Hall, first College
building, forms the cover of the
brochure. The picture is against a
terra-cotta background, the color
being chosen'to represent the color
of bricks used in building ‘the
first houses in Salem, at the begin
ning and the end of the brochure,
show the relationship of Salem to
the rest of the city. The book be
gins with a greeting from President
Howard E. Rondthaler. Then follows
the story of “Salem College—
Across the ^'hanging Years,” the
story of changes in curriculum from
1772 to 1947 and of school life
then and now.
Pictures compare the life of stu
dents and show the progress made
in methods and equipment. The
more recent photographs illustrate
the activities, academic and social,
of Salem students today.
A section of the brochure en-
tftled “Within Tradition Sailem
Keeps Changing” includes a chart
using the dates 1772, 1872, 1925,
and 1946 and a legend of figures,
showing the increase in the number
of buildings the value of buildings
and land, the area of tho campus,
the number of faculty, and the
number of students.
The brochure ends with a list
of Salem College’s assets of today,
and her needs and plans for to
morrow, which include a new
science building and an increase in
the endowment fund.
The brochure was published to
inform alumnae, friends, and edu
cational institutions of the present
status of the college and academy.
The book is being sent to Salem
alumnae, other interested friends,
and to college presidents, preparatory
school heads, and high school prin
cipals in a wide geographical area.
The Athletic Association will
sponsor a Valentine Dance on Satur
day night, February 15. The dance
will be given in the gymnasium
between the hours of 8:30 and 11:45.
Harold Gale and his orchestra will
provide the music. The dance will
be a card dance, managed the same
as the Christmas Dance. Cards will
be sold by the Athletic Association
council members after exams.
The following committees have
been appointed by Henrietta Wal
ton, president of the A. A. Council:
Decorations: Jean Sullivan, Betsy
Jolui Forest, Ruby Moye, and Mar
garet West.
Figure: Anne Barber and Ticka
Senter.
Refreshments: Peggy Watkins and
I'-^aton Seville.
Cards: Maria Hicks and Virtie
Stroup.
Weinland Is
In Boston
David E. Weinland, assistant to
the president of Salem College, is
attending the 33rd annual meeting
of the Association of American Col
leges at tho Statler Hotel in Boston,
Mass. The meeting began January
13.
The general theme of tho meeting
is “The United Nations and the
Colleges.” Among tho highlights of
the convention will be two addresses
by Archbishop Richard J. Cushing
of Boston and Reverend George A.
Buttrick, of New York City, both
on the subject “Religion in Liberal
Education.” There will be a series
of addresses and symposia concerned
with the theme, “Colleges and tho
Federal Government,” and a number
of sessions will,bo held on the status
of college education for women.
\
Evett Gets
Honor In Art
Mr. Kenneth Evett, head of the
Art Department, was informed to
day that his painting “Feeding the
Pige6ns” had been selected to appear
in the Pennsylvania Academy of Mne
Arts. This annual exhibition, which
is a jury exhibition, is one of the
four big exhibitions of the year for
American artists.
Mr. Evett’s picture of a negro feed
ing some pigeons was done hwo
at Salem College last year.
Salemites Interview Brailowsky
By Peggy Davis
Alexander Brailowsky vigorously
tore the top from a package of
Chesterfields, took out a cigarette,
held it between two long fingers,
and said in a thickly accented voice,
“Well, what do you want to know?”
The artist was completely com
posed as he steadily lit his cigarette
and looked straight at t\yo quaking
Salemites.
But the Salem College “press”
representatives found tiiemselves
completely unnerved. Interviewing
is not an easy job under normal
circumstances. Wednesday night, Mr.
Brailowsky held his Salemite press
conference during the intermission
of his program in the small dressing
room at the back of Reynolds’ Audi
torium where there is a m)nute
bench for the performer, and a long
radiator for the already overheated
interviewers to sit on.
Under these exacting conditions
the interviewers found their minds
groping madly for “intelligent”
questions to ask, then basic English
to ask them in, and a steady hand
to record the answers. They thought
of the article in Living Musicians
that they had read as a prerequisite.
Born Kiev, 1896 . . . launched
career in Paris after World War I
. . . New York debut 1924 . . .
hates bridge . . . has pet pekingeso
. . . lithe man of medium height
. . . blue eyes . . . wide mouth . . .
estate in Switzerland . . . fond of
tennis—What was there left to
ask? Oh yes, ... he reads—
No, said Mr. Brailowsky, I do
not road the English poets; I read
the mystery stories. And ho pointed
to a Pocket Book edition of Dividend
On Death by Halliday lying in his
little black suitcase on the table.
Wo have too our Russian poet, you
know, Pushkin.
The interviewers did not know, but
they did remember that reliable
question about contemporary musi
cians . . . Prokofieff, Mr. Brailowsky
said is the greatest living composer
for piano. Shostakovich is a great
orchestral composer, but even ho
is influenced by Prokofieff. Kha-''
balevsky is another great ITussian
composer, and Bernstein is America’s
“real personality.” Gershwin, he
said “has already now become a
classic for me. I regret that ho died
so early.” Iturbi? Why he acts, too,,
and is “already become now like
a movie star, no?”
A gray-haired man peeped in the
door and announced, “Two minutes,
Mr. Brailowsky.” In one minute
the pianist expressed his opinion oiJ
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