Do not trod on the sod
Or you’ll land under it.
Please Heed! Salem green
Has gone to seed.
Volume XXVII.
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, April 25, 1947.
Number 23
Lerch Forms Quartet;
Noted Artists To Play
A string quartet, a chamber group
organized especially to play at Sa
lem College, will appear in Memo
rial Hall at 8 p. m. Monday, April
28. Mr. James Lerch, head of the
violin department of the School of
Music, arranged the quartet.
The four musicians who comprise
the quartet are professionals in
their fields of music. T?hey include:
Miss Carol Gebhardt of New York
City, celloist; Miss Julia Mueller
of Durham, violist; Frederick Bala-
zas of Philadelphia, violinist; and
Mr. Lerch, violinist.
The program contains music of
the classical, romantic, and mod
ern periods. The quartet will play
Haydn’s “Lark” Quartet; Beeth
oven’s Quartet, Op. 59, No. 2; De
bussy’s Quartet No. 1. Of special
interest to the people of 'VVinston-
Salem and Salem College is the
Adagio from the String Quartet by
Margaret Vardell, a member of the
music faculty of the college. Mr.
Balazas and Mr. Lerch will play
several duets for two violins by
Bartok.
This concert is part of Salem’s
effort to present and further good
chamber music in Winston-Salem. It
is hoped that the cfincert will prove
a success, in order that a series of
similar chamber music programs
may be presented next year.
Tickets for students are 60c and
may be obtained from any of the
music faculty or representative mu
sic majors.
Choral Group
Begins Cantat:a
Rehearsals for the Piedmont Fes
tival Cantata “Song in the Wild
erness,” which will be presented Sat
urday evening, May 31, as the open
ing event of the Festival, have been
started by the choral groups of the
city. The music for the Cantata
was composed by Dr. Charles G.
Vardell, Jr., dean of the Salem Col
lege Music Department, and the
w'ords were written by Paul Green,
North Carolina playwright who
wrote “The Lost Colony”.
The presentation of the cantata
will coincide with thC' Salem
College comniencemen,t ,and the
college’s IT.'jth anniversary observ
ance. The Salem College Choral En
semble will be one of the choruses
participating.
Other choral groups taking part
in the event are: the Forsyth Sing
ers, the Thursday Morning Music
Club, the Maids of Melody, and the
choirs of the various churches.
According to the rehearsal plan,
the choral groups of the city will
hold separate rehearsals for sev
eral weeks, coming together later
for joint rehearsals, which will be
directed by Dr. Vardell.
JAMES LERCH
Benjamin Swalin
Will Conduct
Symphony Here
The North Carolina Symphony
Orchestra will be heard in concert
May 1, in Reynolds Auditorium. The
SympJ)ony is under the direction of
Dr. Benjamin Swalin.
This tour to 5G cities in North
Carolina includes 12.') concerts and
is the longest tour ever undertaken
by any major orchestra in the
United States. Critics of the coun
try now place the North Carolina
Symphony among the top 15 of the
country.
In February and March the Lit
tle Symphony, composecj of twenty
of the regular orchestra personnel,
toured the smaller towns of the
state. By May IG, the two groups
will have a total of 115 concerts in
59 different communities to set a
new record.
Winifred McBride, “Scotland’s
finest pianist,” will appear as so
loist in Rachmaninoff’s Concerto
No. 2 in C Minor. This outstanding
l)ianist has also appeared with Ilans
Kindler and Sir Thomas Beecham,
as well as with several outstanding
orchestras of the country.
Mother Strong
Conies Home
Mrs. Hattie M. Strong, returned
to Salem campus this week. “Mo
ther” Strong has been spending
the last few months in the Florida
sunshine, visiting at Eollins College.
Welcome back “Mother” Strong.
Outstanding Scientist Says
No Fear Of Atomic War
by Marty Davis
Dr. Gerald Wendt, editor of
Science Illustrated, who lectured
in Memorial Hall last Tuesday night
on “What Science is Doing Today”
is a very “charming man,’’ as Mrs.
Kondthaler summed him iip.
Dr. Wendt-pronounced with a w,
not V as the original German-
-is an intelligent man full ®f dry
Wit. The vast store-house of know
ledge whi(^h ithis sciehtist-editor
commands W'as evidenced Wy his lec
ture. Dr. Wendt’s first words after
our introduction were, “What shall
I speak about?” Then came dinner
and a pleasant hour’s chat after
wards (while Dr. Wendt smoked
incessantly). As w© left for Memo
rial Hall, he was still troubled,
“No kidding, I do want to know
What you want me to talk obout.”
The lecture included comments on
the future of atomic power. I e says
need not fear atomic bomb war
because no nation has enough bombs
to start a war. Dr. Wendt spoke on
major scientific facts of the day:
electronics, television, automatic
pilots, penicillin, and blood plasma.
In his words, “The enemy is not the
atomic bomb, botulimie poisoning,
or atomic power; the enemy is war.”
The niiddle-sized Iowan with grav
ing hair and goatee got his Ph. D.
from Harvard. After traveling in
Europe, he was a professor at the
University of Chicago. Dr. Wendt
was next an officer in the army in
chemical warfare. He is the author
and editor of numerous books.
A m^n of many experiences. Dr.
Wendt told me of the most recent
and most utfexpecttd one. He spent
Monday night in a girls’ dormitory
after his lecture at Western Caro
lina Teacher’s College. Dr. Wendt
has traveled in every one of the
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News Commentary
Phone Strikers
Seek Weekly
Pay Increase
Salem, April 25 (P. A. and C. T.)
The telephone strike which en
tered its third week, April 20, is
a source of nationwide disturbance.
The major cause of the strike is
the union demand for higher wages,
specifically a $12 weekly increase.
Other concessions requested by tele
phone workers are the union shop,
increased pensions, longer vacations,
and shortening of the time to reach
top pay levels.'
Present starting wages for tele
phone operators range from $22 in
the South to $28 in New York and
a top of $31 in Detroit. After eight
years the scale rises to $31 in the
South, $44 in New York, and $45
in Detroit. The union estimates the
average basic wages in the indus
try at $43.19 week. Hours range
from thirty to forty a week.
To the majority of Americans,
Salem included, the chief concern
over the telephone strike arises
from the personal inconvenience
they suffer from not being able to
make unnecessary calls. We all
agree that striking is annoying and
unionists themselves admit that it
is the least desirable means of-em
ployees’ securing their ’ demands.
How’ever, considering the tiring
work and low wages of the average
telephone worker, we feel that the
demands behind the strike arc jus
tified in order to raise their stan
dards of living in proportion to the
general increase in American
standards.
What employers and employees
agree upon is that there should be
some means of conciliation besides
the stopping of work.
The National Federation of Tele
phone Workers has appealed to the
Bell System and its affiliations to
no avail. The latest proposal for
settlement between the two factions
was a 15-cent per hour increase sub
mitted by the United States Steel
Union. Results of this effort -to
ward conciliation have failed to
raise hope for an early cessation of
the strike.
Groups Elect
New Officers
t
Two more campus organizations
announce today their officers for
next year. The Y. ^V. C. A. Coun
cil, headed by Peggy Broaddus, will
have Sal Mills as vice-president;
Betty Holbrook, secretflry; and
Susan Johnson, treasurer. Senior
class representatives are Virginia
Smith, Mary Harriet White, Mary
Billings, and Margaret Carter; jun
ior class, Betty Wolfe, Katherine
Moore, Peggy Anne Watkins, Mary
Willis, and Dottie Covington; and
sophomore class, Betty McBrayer,
Betty Pierce, R'uth Lenkoski, and
Helen Creamer. Helen Spruill, I.
R. S. president, and Jean Padgett,
day student representative, will
Also serve on the council.
Athletic Association president,
Ann Carothers announces' the fol
lowing officers of her council: Ru
by lloye, vice-president; Susan
.Johnson, secretary; and Betty
Wolfe, treasurer. The sports man
ager will be Peggy Ann Watkins,
basketball; Isabelle Leeper, hockey;
Jean Griffin, softball; Jane Morris,
swimming; Marion Gaither, golf;
Sarah Clark, tennis; Carolyn Dunn,
riding; and Jo Patterson, archery.
Assistant badminton and basketball
managers will be elected in the fall
from the incoming freshman class.
Speakers Are Announced
For 175th Commencement
Davidsonians
Here Tomorrow
Tomorrow is the date of the Sa-
lem-Davidson day. The two hun
dred Davidsonians will arrive here
about 3 o’clock. Girls who know
who they are dating are to remain
in their dormitories and let their
dates call for them. All girls hav
ing blind dates are to meet the bus
es in front of Main Hall. Dates
will be introduced similar to the
manner at Davidson-Salem day.
Saturday afternoon there will be
a soft-bal] game for everybody.
Then supper will be served on the
hockey field from 5:30-0:30. In
case of rain, supper will be served
in the dining room, cafeteria style.
After supper there will be two types
of dancing: round dancing in the
club dining room, and square danc
ing in the Day Student Center.
Sunday night, April 27, will be
Installation night' for the new T.
W. C. A. cabinet. It will be held
in the Old Chapel at 7 o’clock.
Fests Feature
Salem Femmes
The first two days of Ma.v will see
three Salem girls looking their pret
tiest as princesses at annual spring
festivals. Martha Boatwright will
represent Salem College at the Apple
Blossom Flestivnl in Winches(ter'>
Virginia. Mary Wells Bunting is to
be sponsored by Bethel,and Bernice
Bunn by Tarboro, in the annual Gal-
lopade Festival at Rocky Mount,
N. C.
This year’s Apple Blossom Fest
ival is the second presentation of
this event since the war. The fest
ival committee asl^ed Boaty to
come and participate in the round
of parties and activites which make
up this big event of the year for
Winchester, Va. Numerous schools
and colleges of Virginia will be rep
resented. Boaty says that the
dresses are beautiful and she is look
ing forward to this celebration.
The queen will be Jean Lane, the
daughter of the Maryland gover
nor.
Eastern North Carolini is eag
erly awaiting the first > Gallopade
since the close of the war. The
Gallopade is a modified Murdi Gras
and takes in several days of parties,
dog shows, horse shows, dances, and
‘ parades. Mary Wells and Bunny
will represent their respectiv'e
towns and attend the queen at the
Coronation Ball on ,May the 2.
The queen will be Shields Jones of
Rocky Mount.
Dorothie Berry
Education And
by Jane Paton
Miss Berry, her chic white hat
with the fluff veil haloii^ her face,
walked into the Smol^house ex
claiming all the while, “Lovely,
everything’s just lovely!” If you
went to Chapel Thursday morning,
you can almost hear that exciting,
animated voice again. It has a
special, friendly forcefulness that is
characteristic of Miss Berry’s en
tire personality.
IMiss Berry, amazingly enough,
has been a fashion-director for only
eight months. Before this she was
in the educational field .working
with dramatics and speech. It was
because of her extensive educational
work, however, that she was chos
en for the type of work she is now
doing for Helena Rubenstein. While
saying this she. spoke emphatically
of the importance of the new edu
cational approach to business rath
er than the old ntyle, which con-
Judd and Graves
Will Speak Here
Walter H. Judd, congresstnan,
physician, and missionary, will be
the speaker for the baccalaureate
sermon at graduation this year. Dr.
Judd received his B. A. and his M.
D. at the University of Nebraska.
He was instructor of zoology at the
University of Omaha. He went as
a medical missionary under the Con
gregational Foreign Mission Board
to China. , Before he war, he lec
tured through the United States on
the American Foreign Policy inter
ests in the Pacific, advocating boy
cotting Japan and embargo on
American shipment of war materials
to Japan. Dr. Judd was a member
of the 78th and 79th Congress from
the 5th district of Minnesota. He
served in World War I and is a
member of the American Medical
Association, China Society, and Phi
Beta Kappa.
John Temple Graves, a graduate
of Horace Mann School in New
York, Princeton, George Washing
ton University Law School", and D.
L. C. University of the South, will
be the commencement speaker this
year. He was on the editorial staff
of the New Y'ork Journal, served in
the first World War, was an assist
ant to E. N. Hurley on American
Pence Commission in Paris in 1919,
was a member of the Economist Fed
eral Trade Commission in Washing
ton from 1919 to 1925, editor of the
Palm Beach Times iif 1925-26, Jack
sonville Journal in 1927-28, and has
been a member of the Birmingham
Age Herald since 1929. His daily
column is syndicated to Southern
newspa'pers. He won the Middle
Atlantic States tennis championship
in 1924. In addition to an other
wise busy life, he has written:
The Shaft in the Sky (novel). The
Book of Ada, and The righting
South.
Mrs* Leinbach
©ives Tea
Mrs. Clarence I. Leinbach enter
tained the faculties of Salem Col
lege and Academy in her home on
South ^lain Street Thursday from
4 until 6 o’clock. Mrs. Leinbach is
a member of the board of Trustees
of Salem College and is the presi
dent of the General Alumnae Asso
ciation. Her daughter, Margaret, is
also a graduate of Salem College.
Emphasizes
Qrooming
sisted entirely of the “ sell our prod
uct” idea. As for her own business
ability, she deplored her lack of
“aggressiveness” and she would
never be fitted for strictly business
work as she was always “too afraid
of hurting .someone else’s feelings”.
Contrary to her modest statements,
it would seem that because of her
charming manner she has achieved
the prominent place she holds to
day .
Miss Berry related fascinating
bits about her fourteen voyages to
Europe, all of which ,except her
first, she took alone. She dislikes
any suggestion of a conducted tour
and insists on complete freedom to
see what she wishes. As she put it,
“I’ve wandered through all the
funny little places everywhere in
Europe”. This is explained by her
love of “anything really old”. Nat
urally when she said this wo didn’t
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