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Page Six. THE SALEMITE September 19, 1947. Faculty Changes (Cont.) WANTED AIwmnaeNewi' U. S. Trip the resignation of Dr. Noble B.' McEwen. Having received her Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude from Greensboro College and her Master of Arts degree from Duke University, Miss Welch will have her Doctor of Philosophy de-! gree conferred in the Spring of 1948. Miss Welcli left Lee Edwards High School in Asheville to take her position at Salem. Miss Welch has been well known for her work in dramatics, and particularly in the field of original drama. Several of her own dramas have been published and produced on many stages across the country. Miss Anna J. Closser Miss Anna J. Closser of Waynes- burg, Pennsylvania has been ap pointed head of the Home Economics Department. Miss Closser received her Bachelor of Science degree at Pennsylvania State College, her Master of Science degree at Teach er’s College, Columbia University, and has accomplished considerable work toward her doctorate degree at Columbia University. In her field, she has emphasized nutritions and foods. During the past several years. Miss Closser was head of the Department of Home Economics at Mushingum College in Ohio. Miss Closser is at present work ing on an “Anthology of Foods”. Formerly, she has collaborated in publishing a ^syllabus on “The Family” and has published another work, “The House and Its Furnish- Dr. Howard Hall Dr. Howard Hall has been ap pointed to the position of professor of English and acting head of the English department. This appoint ment fills the vacancy created by the sudden death of Dr. Pearl Will oughby, Dr. Hall was born in England and attended Eton Academy. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Capetown University, Union of South Africa. At that time he was away from England with his father who was attached to the con sular service. Soon afterwards he returned to London, and there he took his Master of Arts degree from Oxford L'niversity. Dr. Hall had his Doctor of Philosophy de gree conferred at Heidelberg Uni versity in 1923. In all his graduate work Dr. Hall has specialized in English and philosophy. After receiving his degree from Heidelberg, Dr. Hall accepted the professorship of English at Canton , University, Canton, China. Later, I he became professor of English at Shanghai University for nine years. | He was interned by the Japanese in 1941, and shortly thereafter he escaped to Burma with some of his colleagues, where they were rescued by British and American coldiers. Now Dr. Hall has become a nat uralized citizen of the United States. He received his first American appointment as professor of English and history at San Eafael Military Academy, San Eafael, Cal. As well as being highly qualified in English literature, history, and philology, is an expert linguist, speaking Chin ese, Japanese, French, German, and Spanish. He comes to Salem from the English staff of Stanford Uni versity, Cal. Manuel Bromberg Manuel Bromberg, Hot Springs, Va. has been appointed to replace Kenneth Evett, who lef^ Salem to become he%d of the Kendall Art Foundation, Hot Springs, Va. Mr. Bromberg, who is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, graduated from the Cleveland School of Art and con tinued study in art at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. He has also studied with Boardman Robin son, Henery Poore, Adolf Dehn and Lawrenece Barrett. His teaching experience includes the secondary schools in Cleveland and the Colo rado Springs Fine Arts Center, where he taught college students, teachers, and professional artists. Among the places in which Mr. Bromberg has exhibited are the San Francisco Museum, the New York World’s Fair, Chicago Institute of Art, Whit ney Museum, Pennsylvania Aca demy of Fine Arts, National Gallery don, Beaux Arts of Paris, and Lux- of Canada, National Gallery of Lon- embourgh Museum. The new art professor has had his paintings reproduced in Gallery of Great Paintings, the New Yor Times, Life Magazine, Art and the Armed Forces, The Art Digest, Mad emoiselle, and Parnassus. During the war, Mr. Bromberg was United States Army war artist for the European theatre. His work is included in the permanent collect ion of the War Department in Washington, D. C., and as a result of his work he received the Legion of Merit Award. For the past several months, Mr. Bromberg has been associated with the Kendall Art Foundation. The Salemite has finally obtained access to a camera and a photo grapher. This means bigger and better and more pictures for the paper. What we need now is a student who can develop films. There is a darkroom and the neces sary equipment in the science labor- tory. Anyone who has had any pre vious training in developing and printing negatives is requested to contact Peggy Gray, associate ed itor of the paper, at her room, 308 Bitting Dormitory or in the Salemite office. The position of assistant photographer in this capacity is in urgent need of a candidate. 'Continued from page one' Technician. . . The rest of the ’47’s are “just working ’ ’ like Connie Scoggins, and Ruth Hayes, or taking life easy . . . Janie Mulhollem writes from Spruce Creek, Penn., that she will stay there till cold weather then go south ward, where she will do church sing- inug and hotel solo work . . . For another fifteen minute brief ing period, courtesy of answering your mail, tune in February 1948. •Your announcer is Virtie Stroup. Continued from page five) car. The flagman eagerly put down his lantern and assumed the self- appointed role of guide, pointing out the gambling houses for which the New Orlean vicinity is noted. The Mississippi was narrow where we crossed, but still lovely beneath the full moon. Tired But Happy, we crawled into our swaying berths. Tomorrow - - - Texas! (Ed. note: this is the first of a series of articles by Carolyn Taylor and her collaborator a"nd fellow- traveler, Janie Morris, inspired by their tour of the U. S. this summer.) Victor, Columbia and Decca Records 217 West Fourth Street “Look to Davis For The New Look.” Your Fashion Headquarters West 4th at Trade Coming right at you ... CHESTERFIELD the best cigarette you ever got your hands on/^ STAR PITCHER OF THE CINCINNATI REDS f S'i",, lef I m -■'A 'f* f •' J.' tefrHEmmu) Hr. .V CoTfiigh 1947. iMonr II M«Bt Touobb Qb
