Student Body Names
Major CampusOfticers
This week, the major organizations
of the campus held their elections
for officers for 1948-49.
Elected in chapel Thursday were
Joan Hassler, on-campus Vice-Pres
ident; lone Bradsher, May Day
chairman: Peggy Watkins, President
of the Athletic Association,
Volume XXVIII Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, March 12, 1948 Number 18
Salerri'Davidson Day Will Bring
Men, Fun And Fancy Free
Tootsie Gillespie
Sights and Insights
Emelyn Gillespie, a native of
Kings Mountain, won over Peirano
Aiken as Editor of the Sights and
Insights. “Tootsie” has been a
member of the Choral Ensemble and
Spanish Club for three years, Latin
Club her freshman year, Salemite
staff for two years and Sights and
Insights this year. This year she
is President of the Spanish Clsb and
a member of the President’s Forum.
President
. Nell Penn Watt, new Student Gov
ernment President, is from Danville
and has been a leader in campus
activities since her arrival at Salem.
As a freshman, she represented her
class on the Legislative Board and
worked on the newspaper staff. Her
Nell Penn Watt
sophomore year she was class repre
sentative to the Judicial Board and
served on the May Day Committee.
This year Nell Penn is President of
the Junior Class and a member of
the I. E. S. Council and Monogram
Club. Eaton Seville was the other
candidate for President of the Stu
dent Government.
Huth Morgan
Treasurer
Day-student and a member of the
Sophomore Class, Buth Morgan will
be the new Student Government
Treasurer. As a freshman, she was
a member of the Salem Players, Ger
man Club and Lablings. This year
she is Vice-President of the Sopho
more Class, a member of Judi
cial 'Board, Pierrettes and Lablings.
The other candidate Treasurer
was Ruth Van Hoy.
Carolyn Taylor
Salemite Editor
Carolyn Taylor, from Morehead
City, was elected Wednesday night
as Editor-in-Chief of the Salemite
for 1948-49.
During her first year at Salem,
she was on the Judicial Board, in
the Spanish Club and a member of
the Salemite staff. As a sophomore,
Carolyn was on the staff of the
Sights and Insights and the Salemite,
a member of the Spanish Club, Mo
nogram Club, Athletic Association
and Choral Ensemble. This year
she is Assistant Editor of the Salem
ite, on the Annual staff, a member
of the Judicial Board, Monogram
Club, Spanish Club and Lecture Com
mittee. She has also been on the
Dean’s List for three years and was
made a member of the Honor Society
this year.
Bitsy Green was the other candi
date for editor.
Frances Reznick
Off-Campus Vice-President
Frances Reznick, a day student
and member of the Junior Class, de
feated Molly Darr for Vice-Presi
dent of the Student Government.
She has been a member of the Latin
Club for three years, a member of
the German Club for two years, and
is a member of the Judicial Board
this year.
Louise Stacy
Secretary
President of South Hall and a
member of the Judicial Board,
Louise Stacy of Lumberton is the
new Secretary of the Student Gov
ernment. This year she is also secre
tary of the Legislative Board, on the
pean’s List and a member of the
Pierrette Players. Last, year she
was secretary of her class, vice-pres
ident of the Salem Players and sub-
house-president of Strong. The other
candidate was Beverly Johnson.
Salem-Davidson Day is tomorrow!*
The TWCA has planned a con-1
tinuous round of activities for the
visitors and Salemites, beginning at;
4 p. m. when the Davidsonians ar
rive. A movie, a scavenger hunt
or treasure hunt, and a softball
game have been scheduled for 4:30.
Supper will be served on the Hockey
Field if weather permits and a mar
shmallow roast and community sing
at the outdoor fire place in the May
Dell will follow. A carnival in the
gym with a floor show and inter
mission party will conclude the day’s
activities. There will be bridge,
dancing, records and decorations in
all smokehouses and ping pong in
Davy Jones and Strong.
Beware Davidson 1 The sign in front
of Clewell will set the theme for
the big day.. As the bus pulls up
in front of Main Hall, the girls will
anxiously await their dates. Lead
ing the long line of men will be
Heywood Brinegar for Betty Jean
HoUeman, followed by Bob Knight
and Joe Eoddery looking for Ann
Pleasants and Ann Carrington.
At the soft ball game, Polly Har-
rop teams up with Lenton Deck.
Sure not to strike out are Lynn Mar
shall and Connie Neamond cheered
on by Bill Van Story and Henry
Wilson. “Big Bill” and Joy Mar
tin are in there pitching, just like
last year.
Toasting their fingers at the mar
shmallow roast are Frances Sum
mers and Betty Sutton while their
dates Ed and Randy supervise. An
improvised Davidson Glee Club trio
composed of Kenneth Craig, Jake
Wade, Bill Peters sing to their ad
miring dates—Ann Spencer, Mary
Jane Hurt, and Mary Brown Hill.
Watching over all, joining in the
fun are Sal Mills, Ruth Lenkoski,
Squeaky Carson, Dottie Covington
and Joan Hassler, who have really
done a thorough job in making Salem-
Davidson Day one of the outstand
ing social events of the year.
4
Mary WeUs Bunting
Oenevra Beaver
Bunting And Beaver Plan
Joint Graduating Recital
Rondthalers
Fete Senidrs
The Senior Dinner will be held on
Monday night, March 15 from 7:00
till 10:00 p. m. at the home of
Bishop and Mrs. Howard Eondthaler.
This year the dinner is to be pro
gressive. It will be formal, and
favors and entertainment will be
provided for the guests.
2>eadUie 3bo4Jte6^
The Modern Dance Club left to
day to attend the Arts Fbrum in
Greensboro. Martha Hill, nationally
known exponent of educational
dance, will conduct a master class,
and four Salemites will participate
in the- student chdreography pro
gram. They are Jane Bowman, lone
Kradsher, Frances Horne and Polly
Harrop, accompanied by Margaret
McCall, pianist.
*****
The results of the opening WSSF
drive on Salem College campus were
not very successful. The goal is
$888.88; so far only $511 has been
pledged. All those who have not
returned their pledges are urged to
do so immediately.
*****
A unique assembly is being plan
ned for Tuesday, March 23, when a
nationally known tenor, John Toms,
is presenting a voice recital. Don’t
miss it.
***** ^
Stunt Night has been postponed
until Friday night, March 19.
*****
The weekend preceding spring holi-
days is “open”, according to an
announcement made recently by the
administration.
The Salem College Scho6f of Music
will present the first senior recital
of the year at 8:30 on Tuesday
evening in Memorial Hall. The two
performers are Genevra Beaver,
pianist, and Mary Wells Bunting,
soprano.
Mary Wells, who is from Bethel,
N. C., has been active in dramatic
and musical organizations. She is a
member of the German Club and the i
International Eelations Club. She
has also participated in the Pier- ^
rettes, the Salem Players, and the,
Choral Ensemble, for which she has |
been featured as soloist. |
A native of Salisbury, N. C., Gen
evra has received Salem College
Class Honors each year and became
a member of the Honor Society her
junior year. She was also a mem
ber of the Freshman Dramatic Club
and was on the “Y” Cabinet her
sophomore year. She was accom
panist for the College Orchestra her
first and second years and has been
accompanist for the Choral Ensemble'
for two years. This year she is
president of the German Club.
The program is as follows: “My
Heart Ever Faithful” by Bach,
‘ ‘ Care Selve ’ ’ by Handel, and ‘ ‘ Ein
Traum” by Grieg sung by Mary
Wells; “Arioso” by Bach, “Etld-
es in r Minor, and E Major” and
“Ballade in F Major” by Chopin,
played by Genevra; “Jeune Fill-
ette” arranged by Weckerlin, “Ap-
res un Eeve” by Faure, and the
aria ‘ ‘ Depuis le Jour ’ ’ from ‘ ‘ Lou
ise” by Charpentier, sung by Mary
WeUs; “Reflets dans I’Eau” by De
bussy, “From the Diary of a Fly”
by Bartok, and “An Bord d’une
Source” by Liszt, played by Gene
vra; “Biblical Songs: Hear my
Prayer O Lord and I Shall Sing New
Songs of Gladness” by Dvorak,
“In the Silence of the Night” by
Rachmaninoff, ‘ ‘ Miranda ’ ’ by Hage-
man, and “Mountains” by Rasbach,
sung by Mary Wells: and “Con
certo in E flat Major, Allegro” by
Mozart; played by Genevra and ac
companied by Mrs. Viola T. Ans-
combe who is substituting for Dr.
Charles Vardell. Accompanists for
Mary Wells are Mrs. Nell Glenn and
Miss Margaret Vardell.
Students who will serve as ushers
are Margaret McCall, Ann Mills,
Page Daniels, Barbara Ward, Fay
Chambers, and Nancy Carlton. •
Fletcher Writes New Novel;
Advises Aspiring Writers
A new novel by Inglis Fletcher
will go to the publishers t)n May 1.
It is the dramatic story of the first
colony of Eoanoke. ‘ ‘ Did you know
that the Lost Colony was really the
fourth settlement at that location?”
asked Mrs. Fletcher. Sir Richard
Grenville founded the colony upon
which her novel is based. It will be
well to remember that name, as Mrs.
Fletcher’s novel will make it known
to many in a few months.
“Your characters must be real
people to you”, Mrs. Fletcher said.
“If they aren’t, you must' throw
them out of your book. Unless they
become alive in your own imagina
tion, they wil never act and speak
naturally in print.”
Mrs. Fletcher was amazed at the
wealth of historical material here at
our feet. Old Salem, with its fasci-
I nating customs anJ habits of life,
I has never been placed in a novel.
“Someone who lives in the midst
of this interesting tradition should
take this opportunity and write
about it.
“A year of research and a year
of writing is my plan of work,”
Mrs. Fletcher disclosed. “At the
moment I am saturated in Elizabeth
an literature. While I am writing
a novel I concentrate even my read
ing for pleasure on the period upon
which my work is based.
“In writing, never interrupt the
action of your character to exhibit
your fine descriptive style. The
reader wants to be completely ab
sorbed in the character, and you
must always remember that.” Mrs.
Fletcher also advised those dream
ing of writing a best seller to write
simply, and above ■ all, to be truly
interested in those about whom they
are writing.
P. C.