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THE SALEMITE
September 19, 1947.
AikenDebunksDramaNews
by Peirano Aiken *
Neighborhood Gossips Reveal
Varied Vacation Activities
Poets sing of the birds and
flowers that awake in the spring,
but we should give autumn her
due in this revival business. There
are things that lie dormant as door
stops all summer and come to life
in the fall. Saddle oxfords are
taken out of closets and given their
annual polishing;-woolen skirts shed
their moth balls and go to all lengths
to be impressive; and straggling
campus clubs slowly materialize from
summer abstractions into circles of
activity. Among these are the dra
matic organizations.
Salem Players and Pierrette plan
ners have set their caps on a long
busy season, as visions of new
w'orkers dance through their heads.
Pierrettes look forward to casting
new members they took in in the
spring, and Salem Players are hold
ing open stage for everyone. Come,
all ye freshmen, sophomores, and
upper-elassmen—male or female—
who feel the urge to speak a line
or drive a nail in the scenery. Bern
hardts and Barrymores are desirable,
but not necessary. The party for
freshmen Tuesday officially opened
local doings.
Ijas^ May when we had in the
back of our mind the comfortable
realization that we didn’t have to
write a line for three months, ideas
for this little column flowed as
alcoholically as any tears. Idea No.
1 was the feasible decision to go to
Broadway and see some plays. Sen
sible as this plan seemed to me,
however, it did no,t coincide with
two of Papa’s own firm-rooted con
victions: that a body should always
somewhat consider the cost of
things, and that, in view of our
nineteen undomesticated years, it
would be more profitable for us to
stay home and learn to cook.
Enough said.
Idea No. 2 was to read volumin
ously ' from all the big, knowing
publications, and from the columns
of Atkinson, Brown and Chapman
and rehash the summer’s events
for you. We could have swelled
with pride at the success of historic
state plays, such as The Common
Glory and The Lost Colony by Paul
Green. Or we could have vented
righteous indignation at the riff
over segregation between Actors
Equity and National Theatre, Wash
ington. The possibilities are endless,
but, dear readers, we refuse to ap
proach another New York Times
with a stricken conscience and
greedy scissors. You will have to
read the Sunday Times for your
selves—a remarkable paper, really,
with all the news thats fit to copy.
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Therefore, with . grand ideas
abandoned, we shall devote the rest
of this space to a volume we came
upon by chance this summer; S.
B. O. compiled by Bennet Cerf and'
Van Cartmell. It is a collection
of American plays of the nineteenth
and twentieth centuries. There are
no specimens of Eugene O’Neill or
Maxwell Anderson, but there .are
some good plays in the lot. S. R. O.
consists of fourteen pieces, ranging
from “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” to
“Oklahoma!”, which are united by
their common box-offlce appeal.
Each one, according to the editors,
has netted a quarter of a billion
and each has caused a slap-happy
manager to hang out that magic
sign of successf Standing Room Only.
A beginning playwright would
suppose that the secret ingredient
of a sure-fire success could be found
here. Ev’erything is here: the fan
tasy of “Rip Van Winkle”, the
wholesome humor of “Life With
Father”, the sentimentality of
“Abie’s Irish Rose”, the coarseness
of “Tobacco Road”, anVi a dozen
others as seemingly contradictory.
Although there is some Victorian
mawkishness in a few of the plays,
we recommend it as a quick history
of American theatrical taste and
a light interlude between your Slxake-
speare. (And incidentally one of
the authors, Mr. Cerf, is scheduled
to appear on the Salem College
lecture series this year.)
Musiquiz
by Margaret McCall
Music like golf, CAN be fun - - -
and enlightening at the same time.
This feature, which will appear from
time to time during the year, is de
signed for those who are not so
technically musical. This issue in
itiates a series of quizs on gen
eral musical data. Just a little
common sense is all that is needed.
A small prize will be awarded to
the first list of correct answers
submitted for each group. A grand
prize will be presented to the win
ner of the most groups. Any stu
dent is eligible. Leave your answer
dated with the time and day, in
Clewell 120 or the Salemite office.
Are you ready? Let’s go with
Series 1.
1. In the swing music language, a
“cornfed” musician is: a. one who
eats between each set; b. one who
worked himself up by his boot
straps; c. a symphony-trained musi
cian.
2. All but one of these is a mem
ber of the percussion family; a.
tambourine; b. cymbals; c. harp. d.
triangle; e. xylophone; f. bass drum;
g. piano.
3. Robert Schumann, who is remem
bered as a romantic composer, began
his musical education as a pianist
after having abandoned the study
of; a. medicine; b. law;.^. mathe
matics; d. educational research.
4. A professional musician can us
ually play a piece of music in a dif
ferent key from which it is written
or in othe;' words, he can; a. modu
late; b. improvise; c. transpose;
d. diminish; e. harmonize.
5. We have afl been in the dog
house upon occasion, but it is sad
to think that one of these musicians
in a swing band never free him-
in a swing band never frees him-
words, tlie: a. trombone, b. accor-
dian, c. bass fiddle; d. piano.
(Questions chosen from The Music
Quiz l)y Burch and Ripperger.)
Salemites Shun
^^Frosh Fobia”
by Gloria Paul
Beware of Freshman Fobia^^ a tem
porary disease which sometimes hits
students, from freshmen to seniors.
F. F. attacks the freshmen with the
“I’m afraid to meet people, I’ll
stay in my room and write letters:”
attitude. F. F. attacks the upper
classmen with the ‘ ‘ Gee, but I wisli
I knew the freshmen.” attitude.
So-let’s pull ourselves out of our
shells and meet as many as possible.
Unfortunately, the more-than-nu-
merous and sometimes-forgettable
introductions do not leave the girl
at each end with a comfortable mem
ory of names. Let’s have a reason
able substitute no^Y and find out
who a few freshmen are and where
they hail from; Marta Fehrmann
and Ines Llorens are, I found out,
from Mantanzas, Cuba; Mary Eliz
abeth Biles, from Missouri; Marion
EUis, from Texas; Connie Purvis
from Florida; Jo Ruble, from Ten-:
nessee; Fay Stickney, from Mas-’
sachussets; Jeane Tegtmeier, from
New Jersey; Mary Zimmer, Louise
Hecht, Vivian Jorgensen, and Janet
Pette, from New York; Marth Hersh-1
berger, from Alabama; Joan Kenyon
from Pennsylvania; Ann Rixey and j
Dottye Sutherland, from Ohio; Myra '
Wengolin, from Connecticut; and a
large number from hereabouts in
North Carolina and down yonder in
South Carolina.
Look around and listen for names;
you’ll meet these and many, many
more. Consider getting acquainted
your first project - next tq studying,
of course. Forget w-hat F. F. stands
for. Remember that it’s wonderful
to meet people.
by Peggy Gray
“Cream or lemon, Mrs. Gravely?”
“Cream, please, Mrs. Hooch - - -
Your toasted acorns are delicious.”
The two ladies chatted amiably
in Mrs. Hooch’s elevated parlour
overlooking Salem Squared
“My husband and I are certainly
glad to have the college girls back
again,” said Mrs. Gravely.
“Yes, and so are we. Don’t they
all look healthy and tan after their
vacations? I was telling my hus
band Ben yesterday that I’d never
seen a finer looking group of girls! ”
‘ ‘ Most of tliem visited the beaches
during the summer months. From
what I hear, Salem was well-repre-
sented at Morehead and the Myrtle
Beach neighborhood all summer.
And in June, Bev Johnson, Betty
Pierce, Amy DeBusk, and some other
sophomores housepartied at Wrights-
ville. The Coastal Festival in Aug
ust down at Morehead City - - - you
remember reading about that in the
papers—attracted a big crowd. Sarah
Coe, Wink Wall, and Mary Hunter
Hackney were there, and so were
Jean Griffin, Peg Broaddus, Fay
Chambers, Sophia Bowen, Helen
Spruill, Mary Wells Bunting and
Pinky Carlton.
“But,” interupted Mrs. Hooct,
“our Saletnites didn’t play all sum
mer. several of the girls had summer
jobs. I heard that Genevra Beaver
was camp counselor up on Lake
James, and then you knew that
Peggy Davis reported for the Raleigh
Times during the Summer. Elaine
McNeely was nursemaid to the most
remarkable baby in the state, or
such is his local reputation (her
nephew, the son of Mary Frances
McNeely, ’4.5). Over in Concord,
Margaret Fisher did the lab work
in the hospital. I saw Susan Johnson
working in the college shop of Ivey’s
the last time I was in Cliarlotte.
“Some of the girls went to sum
mer school. ’ ’ added Mrs. Gravely.
“That of course was work, but I
understand they had a mighty big
time too! Ann Southern, Dune, Izzy,
Peg Watkins, SaSo Morris, and
Martha Brannock enjoyed the nos
talgic atmosphere of Chapel Hill
while studying such subjects as
Archaeology and Sociology 210 (Mar-
rage). Pinky and Collette took ad
vantage of opportunities offered at
Wake Forest. Jean Sloan and Ai^na
Morrison studied at Davidson. Ginna
Conner was a day student at Con
verse, and Ruby Moye was a day
student at E. C. T. C. ”
‘ ‘ About a dozen of our girls were
busy the last month of summer vaca
tion preparing to make their debuts.
I read in this week’s Salemite that
among the Salem girls to make their
debut at the N. C. Debutante Bajl
in Raleigh were Carolyn Taylor,
Ann Dungan, Barbara Folger, Dot
Arrington, Anna Morrison, Penny
Fagan, Mary Hill, Gussie Garth.
(Cont. on page five)
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