Volume XXVII.
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, February 21, 1947.
Number 16.
Bobby 0aither Wins Title
Of Salem’s Dream Boy
The Big Day ia over, and the
votes are in! The winners in this
year’s Male Review have been an
nounced. For the many people who
went to the Club Dining Room and
laughed with the coeds, reveled in
the handsome hordes, and pondered
over their votes . . . here are the
results:
Dream Boy . . . Bobby Gaither,
entered by Marion Gaither
Boy I’d Liie to Marry . . . Henry
Walker, entered by Bettye Hatley
Cutest . . . Bill Glascos, entered
by Boots Lambeth
The One You’d Like to Spend an
Hour With in the May Dell . . .
Stuart Gregg, entered by Ann Carot.
hers
Senior Favorite . .. Bill McKenzie,
entered by Henrietta Walton
Junior Favorite ... Jack Folger,
entered by Martha Harrison
Sophomore Favorite . . . Basil
Boyd, entered by Betty Wolfe
Freshman Favorite . . . Bill Clif
ford, entered by Mary Ann Spill
man
Best-Looking Coed . . . Anies
Day
Best-Looking “Import” . . . Lan
celot Darwin, entered by Kuth Hayes
All-American Dad . . . Mr. Robert
Taylor, entered by Carolyn Taylor
. Cutest Little Brother . . .Dick
Wray, entered by Nancy Wray
LablingsToHear
Radar Lecture
Mr. K. K. Mcilstrup of West
ern Electric Company of Winston-
Salejn will bo guest speaker at
the regular meeting of the Lab-
lings Monday night at 7:00 p. m.
in Park Hall.
Mr. Meilatrup, who is living at
the present time on Route 2 of
the city, studied and graduated
at the University of Wisconsin at
Madison . His numerous- skills in
clude professional photography, tool-
niaking and engineerng work, and
radio announcing, Mr. Meilstrup
will give his lecture on “Radar”
Tuesday night.
The members are reminded that
Mr. Meilstrup’s talk will not be
of a technical nature and that
the meeting is to be held 'on
Monday night instead of Tuesday
night due to a conflict.
Dance Group
Adds Members
The Modern Dancers held try
outs for prospective members on
^'^ednesilay, February 12. Invitations
have been received bly the following
girls who were accepted: Frances
Winslow, Rebecca Beasley, Mary
Carolyn Graham, Jane Pointer,
Miriam Bailey, Louise Dodson, Anne
I'inley.
An amendment to the club con
stitution has been made concern
ing membership. Now, there are two
^iiids of membership—active and
inactive. Girls on inactive status
^ill participate by making costumes,
'leconipanying, composing, making
posters, etc. Active status will re-
'luire performances in club presen
tations.
The club is planning several ac-
^'ivitios for this spring. The group
^ill participate n the Arts Forum
®t Woman’s College on March 22,
*ittendng the master class, and the
professional performances of Valerie
^s^ttis and her group. They are
^Iso expecting to present a program
the late spring.
BOBBY GAITHER
Davidsonian Is
VespersSpeaker
Lamar Williamson, a senior at
Davidson College, will be the speaker
at Vespers Sunday night in the
basement of Louisa Wilson Bitting
Dormitory.
Lamar was selected as one of
the fifteen students to represent
tlie United States at the General
Committee meeting of the World
Students Christian Federation held
in Geneva, Switzerland, last August,
lie will speak on his experiences
at the meeting and also the student
situation as ho saw it in Europe.
Wliile in Europe, Lamar visited
the famous student relief sanitorium
at Leysin, Switzerland, and observed
other students relief work carried
on l)v the World Student Service
Fund.
Special music for the service will
be a violin solo, “The Rosary”, by
Wolfgang Siebel.
All New Students
Must Pay Budget •
Peggy Blum, Student Body
treasurer, announced this morning
that the student budget for new
second semester students will b©
.$11.75.
Peggy stated that this announ
cement will be placed in the college
handbook where it will remain per
manently unless the entire college
budget is changed.
The budget must be paid by
registration day on the first day
jf the second semester.
Educators Hold
Symposium
One of the outstanding events
commemorating the 175th Annivers-
, ary of Salem College will be the
j Symposium on Women’s Education
to be held the week of March 3.
Four -speakers will talk on edu
cation in their field, each speaking
one night. The speaker for Monday
is Mrs. Grace Loucks Elliott, A.B.,
M.A., PhD. She has been General
Secretary of the National Y.W.C.A.
since 1943, was National President
of the Y.W.C.A. from 1940 until
1943, and is the author of several
adolescent books. She has been a
lecturer and conference leader in
colleges, universities, churches, so
cial agencies, and youth organiza
tions.
There is no definite arrangement
as yet for the speaker on Tuesday.
On Wednesday Dr. Elise Strang
L’Esperance, director of the Strang
Cancer Prevention Clinics at Me
morial Hospital in New Y’ork, will
speak. Dr. L’Esperance is also asso
ciate professor of the Department
of Preventive Medicine at the Cor
nell Infirmary for Women and Chil
dren. She is editor of the Journal
of the American Medical Women’s
Association and received the Ameri
can Women’s Association award in.
1945.
Harrison Smith, who received his
A.B. and M.A. from Yale University,
will speak on Thursday. He is the
present editor and publisher of the
Saturday Review of Literature, was
editor of Doubleday, Doran & Com
pany 1936-1938, and editor for Har-
court. Brace & Company from 1919
Ensemble Gives
Concert Mar. 9
The Choral Ensemble has sche
duled many concerts beginning
March 9 and ending with the Com
mencement program May 31.
The Y. W. C. A. and Men’s
Chorus are cooperating with the
Ensemble in presenting an all
college Vcsi)er Service to be held
at the Moravian Church at 5 P. }M.,
Sunday, March 9. On Sunday, March
30, the Ensemble will present a sim
ilar program at Davidson College.
Two concerts are scheduled in April.
The choir will present their Spring
Concert at Memorial Hall April 25
and a concert for the North Carol
ina Medical Associalti|on at the;
Balinese Roof of the Robert E.
Lee Hotel on April 28. Plans are
underway for two out-of town trips
sometime during April and May.
The Men’s Chorus will also be
active during the coming months.
The chorus will participate in the
college Vesper service March 9th
and in the syring Concert. The En
semble and Men’s Chorus will soon
begin rehearsals for Dr. Vardell’s
cantata, “Song in tho Wilderness”,
to be featured on the Commencement
Program May 31. Other local choral
organizations will participate in this
presentation, which s to be part of
the Peidmont Festival program,
to 1928. He is also editor of the
magazine Encore.
Editor John Mason Brown
Will Lecture Here Tuesday
JOHN MASON BKOWN
Salem Players Present Hits
The Salem Players, the newly or
ganized dramatic group on campus,
made a noble effort in their presenta
tion of two one act plays in Old
Chapel last night. Lomie Lou Mills
and James Littlejohn gave promis
ing performances in the longer play,
“Music on the Menu.” Lomie Lou
as Miss Eliza Hawes (“Miss by
choice”) caught every cue and held
up the comedy end of the play. Mary
Wells Bunting and James Littlejohn
provided the “musical entertain
ment” that “made the play,” ac
cording to a smokehouse post mor
tem.
A notable feature of the perform
ances was the stage grouping; honors
are probably due to Mrs. Berglund,
director, and Ruth Morgan and
Louise Stacy, student directors. Jean
Sloan and Helen Brown as stage
managers were responsible for ade
quate and well-regulated lighting.
Joyce Martin, Jim Smith, and
Virginia Sargent composed the cast
of the first play “A Poet Passes”
by Paul T. Gantt. Ralph Lawrence,
coed pianist, provided a musical in
terlude betw^n the plays.
The two plays were the first pro
ductions by the new group which
includes freshmen, new students,
upper classmen who have not made
Pierrettes, and the ever-welcomo
coeds. Having men available for
male parts presented an interesting
variation from Salem’s customary
theatrical endeavors and should pro
vide stimulus for better play choice
in the future.
Peggy Davis.
Dr. Matthews
Speaks Tonight
Dr. Eva Matthews will speak to
the students of Salem College in
Old Chapel tonight at 8 o’clock. Dr.
Matthews is the professor of history
at Sweetbriar College in Virginia.
The theme of her talk will be
“Archeology in the Mediterranean”.
Dr. Matthews is especially well-
informed on this subject. Her book
on the Mediterranean world contains
some of the most relevant material
available concerning archeology in
this area.
Craig Speaks
On Good Life
Harden Craig, professor at the
University of North Carolina and a
nationally known scholar of the
Renaissance and Shakespeare, was
thp guest speaker in assembly Thur®
day, February 20, 1947. Dr. Craig
spoke on “Tactics of Good Life in
College”.
The purpose of college life, Dr.
Craig pointed out, is education.
Therefore, he feels that studious
ness is of prime importance for
success in future life and for hap-
pine.-is during college. Dr. Craig
also discussed some of the duties
we owe to ourselves and to our
neighbors if we are to obtain happi
ness and success.
While on campus, Dr. Craig spoke
to a faculty group Wednesday night,
and to several of Dr. Willoughby’s
English classes after assembly Thurs
day.
Home Ec. Club
Plans Tavern
Remember the fun w'e had at
Salem’s most exclusive night club
on November 9? On March 15, a new
er and different Gingham Tavern
will be held in Davy Jones.’ Locker
from 3:00-11:00 p. m. Again the
Home Ec. Club is sponsoring this
special event. Two floor shows
which will feature our coed talent
will be held at 9:00 and 10:00
p. m.
This semester Louise Taylor will
be in charge. She has appointed
Louise Ziglar as head of the de
coration committee; Page Daniel
and Sophia Bowen—entertainment;
Helen Spruill—refreshmenes; Sally
Hamilton—properties; and Helen
Reynolds—publicity.
> John Mason Brown, hailed as
America’s most brilliant and enter
taining lecturer, will make his fifth
appearance in Winston-Salem on
Tuesday, February 25 at 8 p. m.
in Memorial ILall. Mr. Brown’s last
visit was made in 1941, and his
audience agreed that not only was
he informative but amusing and
captivating as well.
Famous as a dramatic critic,
author, and lecturer, Mr. Brown is
a well qualified speaker. He has
taught the hitory of the theater,
been associate editor and dramatic
critic of the Theater Arts Monthly,
and The Saturday Review of Litera
ture, besides conducting the CBS
radio program “Of Men and Books”
and serving as a Lieutenant in the
USNR.
‘‘Seeing Things” is tho title of
John Mason Brown’s lecture and is
also the name of one of the many
books he has written about the
theater. His experience and train
ing in the theater, in the literary
fields,, and in the war, gives him
a rich background for his work and
a complete understanding and mas
tery of the entire subject.
New Officers
To Be Elected
Connie Scoggin, president of Stu
dent Government, has announced
a tentative schedule of elections for
major officers. It is as follows:
Tuesday, March 4
Student Government Offices
Wednesday, March 5
Sights and Insights Editor
Thursday, March 6
May Day and Athletic Association
Monday, March 10
Salemite Editor
Tuesday, March 11
I. R. S. and Y. W. C. A. Presidents
Wednesday, March 12
Class Presidents
Thursday, March 13
Chief Marshall
finstallation will be held on April
15. The nominating committee will
have its first meeting Monday, Feb
ruary 24 at 5:00 o’clock. All mem
bers are requested to be present.
Three Speakers
Discuss Faith
World brotherhood was emphasiz
ed by an Inter-Faith Trio composed
of Dr. Mildred 1. Morgan, Col. W.
F. Kernan, and Rabbi Joseph Weiss
in assembly Tuesday. Dr. Morgan, a
Protestant, pointed out the impor
tance of education for any religion.
She said that Protestants would be
more liberal if they knew the creeds
of the Jews and Catholics. Col.
Kernan, a Catholic, then spoke of
self-idolatory which makes us prej
udiced against those in groups
dicerent from our own. His solu
tion was that only by renewing ones
American heritage. His conclusion
was the challenge “Let us go for
ward with a brotherhood spirit to
better mankind and a greater world.”
Mr. Allyn Robinson, secretary of
the North Carolina conference of
Christians and Jews, scheduled this
program for Salem. The Y. W. C. A.
sponsored the program in obser
vance of World Brotherliood Week.
Truman Unable
To Visit Salem
President Harry S. Truman, who
was invited by the 175th Anniver
sary Committee through the North
Carolina representatives, Clyde R.
Hoey, and John Folger, will be un
able to speak at Salem on March 8,
1947, because of pressing govern
ment busienss.