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Volume XXVIII
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, April 9, 1948
Number 20
IRS Plans Series
Of Marriage Talks
' The I. B. S. is sponsoring a marri
age clinic. This clinic begins Tues
day, April 13, and is to continue
through Thursday of the same week.
The purpose of the clinic is to stress
the inward and outward appearance
of marriage.
There are to be four different
speakers during the course of the
clinic. They will lead the open
forum discussions and will try to
clear up any questions which the
students may have. Three of the
discussions are to be held in the Day
Student Center from 6:45 ’til 7:30
each evening. The fourth discussion
is to be held in Chapel on Thursday
morning.
Miss Elizabeth Hedgecock, assis
tant professor of home ecoviomies at
Salem will lead the first discussion.
She will speak Tuesday night on the
importance of good posture and neat
appearance when dating and also
after marriage. She is also going
to give pointers for trousseau.
On Tuesday night Dr. Ruth
Henley, a physician from town will
speak on the physical aspects of
marriage. Dr..Henley’s talk will be
based on questions asked her by the
students. A question box will be
placed,in the dining room Tuesday
for this purpose. It will remain
there until Wednesday at dinner.
All girls are^ urged to place any
questions in the box which they
would like to have answered.
Dr. Paul Harden will speak in
('hapel, Thursday, on the “Christian
Ideals of ^larriage”. On that night
Mrs. Bess Kosa, professor of socio
logy at Women’s College, will dis
cuss the social adjustments of dat
ing and marriage which will include
a discussion of proper date behavior
and preparations for marriage.
The marriage clinic is an experi
ment at Salem and will fail without
the cooperation of the students. It
is hoped that the clinic will help
clear up some of the problems that
have arisen on campus this year. It
will also benefit those students who
are unable to .take the marriage
course which is offered here at
school.
Symphony
Will Play
The North Carolina Symphony will
play Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony
as its major work in the concert on
April 9 at 8:30 p. m. at Reynolds
Auditorium.
The concert, for which no admis
sion is charged, will also include
Schuman’s concerto in A Minor for
Piano and Orchestra; two dances
from Katchaturian’s “Gayne Bal
let”, The Dance of the Bose Maiden
and Sabre Dance, and Rossini’s
Overture to the “Thievish Magpie”.
A free children’s concert will be
presented in the afternoon, begin-
The 65 piece orchestra is under
ning at 2:30 p. m.
the direction of Dr. Benjamin Swan
son.
Peterson
Writes Byrd
A letter from, Edwin L. Peterson
of the creative writing department
of the University of Pittsburgh in
dicates that Mr. Peterson was ap
preciative as well as appreciated
during his recent visit on campus
when he conducted several writing
forums.
Following is a quotation from his
letter to Miss Byrd: “I had a mem
orable time at Salem. People put up
with me and gave no sign of irri
tation; faculty and administrators
were no end impressive, and friend
ly, too. And the weather was good.
And . . . and . . . anyway, I had
a wonderful time I”
Mr. Peterson’s visit was indeed
successful, and the Salemite hopes
that speakers of his calibre and
practice of writing forums wUl be
come another Salem tradition. Prov
ing to be as much a psychologist
as a teacher, Mr. Peterson gave
hope and inspiration to several cam
pus literary aspirants.
Money Changes Hands;
Gast Replaces Mann
by Porter Evans
The former manager of the Star-
mount Forest Country Club, Mr.
Charles Gast, is Salem’s new busi
ness manager. Prom this previous
job, Mr. Gast is well-qualified to con
firm our feelings that Salem is not
a country club.
In spite of his inland origin in
Louisville, Kentucky, Mr. Gast has
spent a lot of time on the sea. Dur
ing World War 1 he was a Navy
radio operator. (Maybe he will pro
vide Salem with an ingenious inter
room communications system!) In
the Second World War, he was in
the Merchant Marine. Who knows,
maybe Mr. Gast can arrange to haye
Merchant Marinemen arrive at Salem
over the week-ends! Prom all tis
sea experience it’s only natural that
his hobby is sailing. In addition
to traveling all over the world m
the Navy and Merchant Marine and
along the Eastern Seaboard in small
vessels, Mr. Gast recently took a
motor trip to Canada.
Although he has only been here
a few days, Mr. Gast likes Salem
CHARLES GAST
very much. I },(,pg jjg ^yon’t miss a
conveniently-located golf course.
Mr. Gast replaces Mr. Peter Mann
who joined the firm of Mickel-Hop-
kins Company, Greensboro, an or
ganization supplying food service to
hotels.
QroupsName
Officers For
Next Year
The new Salemite staff will be
found in the masthead on page two.
Of special interest is the appoint
ing of the two associate editors,
Bitsy Green and Porter Evans; and
the assistant editors, Peirano Aiken
and Dale Smith.
Joyce Privette has been appointed
business manager for the ’48-49
Salemite. She was appointed by
Eliza Smith under a new constitu
tional ruling.
Sights and Insights
Emelyn Gillespie, ’48-49 editor of-
the Sights and Insights, has announ
ced her editorial staff for next year.
They are as follows: Peirano Aiken,
associate editor; Susan Johnson, as
sistant editor; Betty Biles, photo
graphic editor; Beverly Johnson,
literary editor; Helen Brown, senior
editor; Dale Smith, junior editor;
Martha Hershberger, sophomore ed
itor; Bitsy Green and Helen Creamer,
copy editors; Ruth Lenkoski and
Betty McBrayer, typists: and Jo
Llorens and Marta Pehrman, assis
tants.
Y. W. C. A.
The YWCA executive board elect
ed its officers for the coming year
at a cabinet meeting Monday night.
The officers elected were: Betty
Wolfe, vice-president; Ruth Lenko
ski, secretary: Mary Faith Carson,
treasurer.
Class representatives and appoint
ees will be chosen at a later date.
Baptist Student Union
The Baptist Stu,dent Union, at a
meeting held last Monday evening,
elected officers for the next year.
The group elected Mary Lib Weaver
as president and Mary Alice Hudson,
vice-president. Other officers elect
ed were Ann McKenzie, secretary;
Pat Royer, treasurer; Clara Belle Le-
Grand, publicity chairman; and Cam-
my Lovelace, Sunday School repre
sentative.
Choral Ensemble
The Choral Ensemble elected of
ficers for the coming year last Fri
day afternoon. The new president,
Margaret McCall, comes from the
rising senior class; business manager,
Mary Jane Hurt, from the rising
junior class; secretary, Lucy Harper,
from the rising sophomore class;
treasurer, Helen Creamer, from the
rising junior class. The librarian
will be elected from the incoming
freshman class. The Choral Ensem
ble is loking forward to a prosper
ous year under the leadership of
these capable officers.
UWF Advocates
Organized Units
The World Government advocates
of Salem are organizing a chapter
of United World Federalists. This
organization proposes world govern
ment as a step towards the preven
tion of war and the preservation of
peace.
The .ten members has signed the
charter to start a UWF at Salem.
Seven of these ten have already paid
their dues. Bob Gray, temporary
chiiirman, and Jane Morris, presi
dent of the IRC have already plan
ned a chapter program. Jack Mat
lock, one of thirteen United World
Federalist student volunteer field-
workers who has been instrumental
in organizing the UWF chapter at
Salem, said that it was here he found
tile most enthusatic respons^ to
World Government. Jack, a rising
junior history major at Duke, is de
voting this semester to a toui" to
publicize World Government and to
help organize UWF chapters in
schools and colleges throughout the
state.
Students who are interested in be
coming a part of the Salem chapter
of United World Federalists, speak to
Bob Gray or Jane Morris, and watch
for future articles, announcements
and action.
Juniors Will Entertain
Seniors At Dance
Mass Choral
GivesVespers
The Vesper Service to be held at
5 p. m. on Sunday at the Home Mora
vian Church will be a program pre
sented members of the Salem
College Choral Ensemble,, the Mora
vian Brass Ensemble, The Salem
Academy Singers, and the Men’s
Quartet.
Betty Jean Holleman will present
the Call to Worship, followed by
three selections by the Choral En
semble: “Cantate Domino,” Hass-
ler: “ Adoramus Te, ” Gasparini;
‘ ‘ Were You There, ’ ’ Spiritual; a
flute solo by Carolyn Lovelace, “Pas
torale,*’ Meyerbur, and a solo, “The
Voice in the Wilderness,” Scott, by
Frances Summers, contralto. The
Ensemble will sing “The Lord’s
Prayer”, Forsyth: as the Prayer Re
sponse. The offeratory music will
be “A Mighty Fortress is Our
God”, Luther, by the Brass En
semble, after which a solo, “How
Lovely Are Thy Dwellings,” will be
sung by Pat Pennell of the Academy.
The Academy Singers will sing two
numbers: “Tantum Ergo”, Beo-
bide, and “Jesus Christ is Risen To
day”, Harm. For the concluding
numbers the Men’s Quartet will sing
“Thy Word is Like a Garden, Lord,”
Hungerford, and the Choral En
semble will sing “The Lord Bless
You and Keep You,” Lutkin, in re
sponse to^ the benediction.
FUTURE CONCERTS
Margaret ^McCall, president of the
Choral Ensemble, is announcing this
week, tentative future dates of pub
lic appearances of the Ensemble.
April 19, the Choral Ensemble is
singing for an exposition of indust
rial workers of Winston-Salem. The
concert scheduled for April 23 has
been called off. On April 21, the
Ensemble will sing on the radio over
station WSJS.
The Ensemble is also singing in
the Piedmont Festival which will be
the week of May 10 through May
16, as part of a chorn.'^ of 1000 voices.
, The junior class will entertain the
senior class at the annual Junior-
Seniori Prom Saturday, April 10.
Prior to the dance the juniors will
honor the seniors and the dates with
a candlelight banquet. The banquet
will be held informally in the din
ing room at 7 o’clock.
Harold Gale and his orchestra will
provide the music for the dance
which will be held i:^^ the gymnasium
from 9 until 11:45 p. ni. The dance
will be a program dance with four
teen schedule dances and opportuni
ties for single and double breaks.
Intermission will come after the
seventh dance. At this time the
juniors will have refreshments served
in the Cliib Dining Room.
CHAPEKONES
The chaperones for the occasion
will include Bishop and Mrs.'How
ard Rondthaler, Miss Jess Byrd and
Miss Josephine Wilson. The receiv
ing line will be made up of the
chaperones, Nell Penn Watt, presi
dent of the junior class, and Ann
Dungan, president of the senior class,
and their dates.
CpSIMITTEES
Committees for the dance include:
Eaton Seville and Joyce Privette,
decorations; Sara Burts, refresh
ments; Joan Hassler and Totsie Gil
lespie, banquet; and Bitsy Green,
dance cards.
StTRPBISE
The theme for the dance has been
kept a secret, but “inside infor
mation” says it will be one of the
most unusual dances Salem has ever
had.
Salemite
Wins Award
The '47-’48 Salemite was awarded
first place by the State Collegiate
Press Group, for the best North Caro
lina college newspaper in class B
competition.
This award was announced by the
group at the recent North Carolina
Collegiate Press Association Conven
tion. I This convention was held in
Durham March 25 through 27.
Dele;jates attending this conven
tion from Salem were Peggy Davis,
Jane Morris, Emelyn Gillespie, a»d
Caroiyn Taylor.
Four Years At Salem Or:
She Lives In The Catacombs
■■riiMfiii-
MARGARET RAYNAL
by Peirano Aiken
A tender and impressionable em
bryo is planted on Salem’s revered
bricks and nourished on concentra
ted pedogogy. What becomes of itt
What are its tastes? What lofty
ambitions will take it out to what
bigger and better bricks?
Feeling that this important ques
tion is of interest to the faculty,
parents and slightly to students and
that it has been left entirely too
much to speculation in the past, the
Salemite has decided to do a little
secret research on the matter.
For our first speciman of Salem
nighalumnia senoria we selected one
known in the lay circles as Waldo,
but, scientifically and unfamiliarly
called Margaret Isabelle Raynal.
(No connection with the heretical
Peter Waldo—she was named by
Betty Bell after Waldo Lydecker im
the movie Laura—he was the'Yilliaa,
remember?)
Four years of Sunday afternoen
teas and after-dinner coffees have
had a remarkable affect or. Waldo.
She now spends twelve hours of the
toom where forebodying mops and
fice where she reigns supreme. This
is a small sequestered chamber buried
in the depths of Main Hall and ap
proachable—if you have a stout
heart, stoop shoulders and cat eyes
—by three semi-dark caverns: the
back inside stairway, the ramp over
Miss Anna’s greenhouse and,under
the pipes, and the foyer by Bright’s
rom where forel)oding mops and
I (Cont. on page six)