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Volume XXVIII.
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday October 24, 1947.
Number 6
Russians
Reactivate
Comintern
by Janie Morris
Joseph Stalin has revived the
Comintern of the Communist Party.
The purpose of this organization is
to spread Communism all over the
"World. Regardless of the sound of
the word it’s as simple as that! It
is a group composed of the highest
leaders of the party and agents in
all the Russian dominated countries
of Europe.
This organization existed and
acted before the war. Then when
President "Roosevelt objected to it
upon our entry into the war, on the
grounds that it was against Ameri
can principles (as indeed it is!)
Stalin disbanded the organization.in
words if not in spirit. It is obvious
now that he didn’t intend to make
this disbandment permanent, but
did it merely to make the American
public think that he and his gov-
ernment had become good little
children intent on the peace of the
world. It also was to help make
us believe that he was jumping into
Manchuria and Korea to help win
the war and not because he wished
to communize that section, which
was the actual truth.
Now that he has what he wanted
from that deal, he sees fit to re
organize openly the Comintern. This
came as a shock to some people,
■ but the State Dept, reveals that it
had knowledge of a possible reinsti
gation for some time.
Basically it is an open declaration
of ideological war, but since this
War has been going on for some
time anyway it means no basic
change in the Russian foreign policy.
Thus our foreign policy will remain
the same—that of fighting commun
ism wherever it is growing. That
is basically what the Marshall Plan
(Continued on page six)
Honor Week
Is Observed
This week is Honor Week at Salem
College. The purpose of Honor
Week has been to emphasize honor
through the year to strengthen the
idea before the signing and the re
ceiving of the honor pledges for the
Student Government.
Observance of Honor Week be
gan with Y vespers Sunday night.
Throught the week morning exer
cises have been based on the honor
theme. Thursday morning in as
sembly, the Student Government
Sponsored a faculty-student progran
on honor. Talks on various phases
of honor were given by Miss Coving
ton, Miss Vest, Jean Griffin, Ruth
Lenkoski, Nell Penn Watt, Mary
Willis, and Zeno Hoots. Mary Bry
ant was chairman of the group-
Signing and receiving of honor
pledges took place Thursday night
in an impressive ceremony in Old
Chapel. Formal observance of Honor
Week came to a close with special
Y Watch programs Thursday night.
r
StudentRecitals
Are Announced
The Salem College School of Music
vifill present its first Music Hour of
the school year Thursday afternoon,
October 30, at 4 p. m. in Memorial
Hall.
These afternoon recitals are for
the purpose of giving music students
experience in singing before an au
dience. Attendance is required for
oiusie majors. The public is cor
dially invited.
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Pictured above are members of the Salem College Cho
ral Ensemble with the director, Paul Peterson. The
group includes Geraldine Allegood, Betty Lou Ball,
Rebecca Beasley, Genevra Beaver, Mary Billings, Sally
Anne Borthwick, Gerry Brown, Mary Wells Bunting,
Eula Mae Cain, Fay Chambers, Helen Creamer, Fran
ces Cilmnock, MoUy Darr, Eleanor Bavidson, Mary
Davis, Betty Earnhardt, Margaret Fisher, Kosalyn
Fogle, Lila Fretwell, Emelyn Gillespie, Billy Jean
Green, Sara Hamrick, Lucy Frances Harper, Polly
Harrop, Betty Jean Holleman, Sara Ellen Honeycutt,
Frances Horne, Lou Huntley, Mary Jane Hurt, Preston
Kabrich, Doris Keith, Jeanne Durham, Beverly Land,
Doris Loy, Carolyn Lovelace, Betty Jean Mabe, Mar
garet McCall, Anna McLaughlin, Lomie Lou Mills,
Jean Padgett, Josephine Patterson, Betty Lou Pfaff,
Wylma Pooser, Elizabeth Price, Dorothy Redfern,
Betty Sheppe, Barbara Sheppe, Sarah Ann Slawter,
Frances Sowers, Anne Southern, Helen Spruill, Fran
ces Summers, Miriam Swaim, Evelyn Tatum, Peggy
Sue Taylor, Jeanne Tegtmeier, Barbara Ward, Janice
Wear, Mary Harriet White, Lucille Wiggins, Frances
Winslow, Mary Louise White, and Joyce Privette.
Mrs. Strong
ComesHome
Mother Strong returned to her be
loved Salem campus Tuesday, after
a lively summer of extended trips
and headline events.
Keuka College in Rochester, New
York, has presented Mother Strong
with an honorary degree of Humane
Letters. The degree is a tribute to
a great American and recognition
of her generous service to education.
While in Rochester, Mother
Strong, honorary president of the
Rochester Y. W. C. A., led the
ground-breaking for the new Y. W.
C. A. building. In 1942, Mother
Strong gave the property which
made possible the expanded site for
the new building. Mother Strong
used the same silver trowel that she
used 35 years ago to break ground
for the present Rochester Y. W. C.
A. building, also a gift of the Strong
family.
Mother Strong returned to Salem
after a very extended trip. She
visited in Asheville, N. C.j St. Louis,
Mo.; Pullman, Wash.; Lake Otsego,
Michigan; and Rochester. She re
turned to Salem campus to celebrate
her birthday on October 24.
Juniors Fete
Little Sisters
The junior class entertained the
freshman class in the club dining
room on Thursday night at 8:30.
After the student body meeting in
Old Chapel in which the old as well
as the new students signed the honor
pledges, the juniors met their ‘kittle
sisters'' and took them to the club
dining room for refreshments. Hot
chocolate and buns were served.
Choral Group Will Sing
In Hickory Tonight
Retirement Plan
Is Announced
The administration and trustees
announced last week the establish
ment of a retirement and pension
program for the faculties and staffs
of Salem Academy and College. By
this program Salem College and Ac
ademy will pay 5 per cent of the
regular annual salary of each eligi
ble member of the faculty or staff,
and that 5 per cent will be matched
by the individual faculty member.
Thus 5 per cent of the salary and a
5 per cent additional contribution
by the institution will go to make
up a 10 per cent contribution to pro
vide the annuity. An individual
annuity Contract is held by each
member of the faculty and there is
no administration of the plan by
Salem College other than its 5 per
cent monthly contribution. The pro
gram will be mandatory for all fac
ulty for the 1948-49 staff, but op
tional for present members.
Eligibility for the plan requires
faculty members to have been mem
bers of the staff for two years and
to have achieved the age of thirty.
The trustees further amplified the
program to provide a pension con
sideration for those who have been
members of the staff for a long
number of years, and who would
under the program for future serv|ice
not be able to build up sufficient
annuity.
In its action the board of trustees
placed the normal age of retirement
at sixty-five, but stipulated that
faculty members might be continued
on staff for one or more years by
action of the board.
A trip to Hickory tonight marks
the first concert of the season by
the Salem College Choral Ensemble,
under the direction of Paul Peterson.
The group is scheduled to appear
in concert at 8:30 p. m. under the
sponsorship of the St. Cecelia Music
Club of Hickory. In addition to
choral numbers, several music majors
will present vocal and piano solos.
Tlie program is as follows: “Now
thank we all our God”, Bach; “O
Bone Jesu”, Palestrina; “Cantate
Domino”, Ilassler; “Sonata-Opus
31, No. 2 (Allegro)”, Beethoven,
Margaret McCall, pianist “Gute
Xach”, German Folk Song; “How
lovely is Thy dwelling place”,
Brahms; “Una voce poco fa”, Ros
sini, Peggy Sue Taylor, soprano;
‘ ‘ Ballade in F Major ’ Chopin, Gen
evra Beaver; “Avanttde quitter
ces lieux”, Gounod, Paul Peterson,
soloist; “Were you there”, (Negro
Spiritual), Arr. by Burleigh; “Now-
ih the month of Maying”—(Mad
rigal) Morley; “In the silence of
the night”, Rachmanioff, Mary
Wells Bunting, soprano; “Valse
Romantique”, Debussy, Betty Jean
Holleman, pianist; “Let my song
fill your heart ’ ’, Charles, Betty Lou
Ball, soprano; “Thine Alone”, Her
bert; “The Lord bless you and keep
you”, Lutkin.
Steber Gives Advice To Aspiring Young Artists
by Peggy Sue Taylor
Eleanor Steber, lovely Metropoli
tan Opera star, was autographing
programs as we entered her dressing
room for an eagerly awaited inter
view during the intermission of her
concert last Friday night in Rey
nolds Auditorium.
When asked about the problems
confronting young musicians in try-
ing to gain success. Miss Steber
gave some excellent advice. She
pointed out that it is wise to gain
experience in one’s chosen field be
fore starting out for the big city.
One of the worse faults a young art
ist could have would be her unwill
ingness to work long enough to
reach the goal at the top.
Blonde, blue-eyed and queenly in
action and appearance. Miss Steber
was recently named “Outstanding
Woman Singer Heard Regularly on
the Air” by critics. She is well-
known as the star of the Firestone
Hour and in her seven years with
the Met has ten operatic roles to her
credit. As the most important con
tributing factor to her success. Miss
Steber named the Metropolitan Audi
tions of the Air, which she won in
1940. Her fresh lyric soprano voice
soon won her coveted roles in “Der
Rosenkavalier”, “The Marriage of
Figero ”, “ Die Meistersinger, ’ ’
“Butterfly”, and many other well-
known operas. Born in Wheeling,
West Virginia, Miss Steber is an
American product by birth and in
training, and an inspiration to all
young singers because of her meteo
ric rise to fame.
Miss Steber added that one must
he sure of how much talent he has
because of the demands upon a per
son in the public eye. She stated
that you never get over stage fright,
that it usually gets worse, because
as you gain in fame, the audience
expects much more from your per
formance.
Pierrettes
Name Cast
For Barretts
by Peirano Aiken
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
has been chosen as the fall produc
tion of the Pierette Players, accord
ing to an announcement made today
by Mrs. Berglund, director and Mar
ion Gaither, president of the group.
The Barretts, a three-act comedy
written by Rudolph Hesier and made
famous by actress-manager Kath
arine Cornell, was first produced
in Cleveland and New York in 1931.
Since then it toured for U. S. troops
in Italy and France and returned to
New York in 1945, where it has
been tremendously successful.
Burns Mantle, noted drama critic,
writes, “Mr. Hosier’s play is pro
bably as near the perfect biograph
ical romance as any the stage has
seen, or is likely to see, for years on
years. It clings sufficiently close
to the established facts of Brown
ing’s and Elizabeth Barrett’s life
story to achieve at least a suggested
authenticity, and still is able to
build artificially a plot that is senti
mentally moving and dramatically
stimulating. ’ ’
As soon as a hero is found for
the Salem production, the entire cast
will be announced. Play committees
are as follows: Costumes—lone Brad-
sher, Helen Creamer, and Miriam
Bailey; and Programs and Publi
city—Mary Davis, Peggy Sue Tay
lor, and Porter Evans.
Wanted: for love and money
making, one Robert Browning!
If anyone sees anywhere a co-ed
or a faculty member of the masculine
gender who shows the remotest signs
of dramatic ability and who could
be coaxed on the stage, please re
port him immediately to Mrs. Berg
lund. The Pierettes are despera
tely in need of one lively male to
be Mr. Robert Browning in their
forthcoming production The Bar
rets of Wimpole Street.
Tavern Opens;
New Talent
Gingham Tavern, Salem’s own
night club, will be held Saturday
night from 8 until 11 p. m. in Davy
Jones’ Locker.
Joan Ilassler, master of ceremon
ies, will head the floor show. Those
in the show include Miss Adele Pan-
gle, Rosalyn Fogle, Wesley Snyder,
Lila Fretwell, Delores McCarter, and
the junior “can-can” girls.
Sponsored by the Home Ec. club.
Gingham Tavern offers you enter
tainment and food galore!
Smith N ames
Grade Changes
Dr. Minnie Smith recently an
nounced changes in the grading sys
tem made by the faculty in May
and September.
An “Incomplete” becomes a fail
ure unless work is satisfactorily com
pleted by the date of the mid-semes
ter reports of the semester im
mediately following.
The faculty raised the value of an
“E” grade five points. From now
on, conditional grades will be from
65 to 69. All below 65 will be re
garded as failures.
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