Good-Bye
Forty-Eighters
Volume XXVIII
Salem Sollege, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, May 14, 1948
Number 23
Norman Jarrard Tops All
In Sophomore Tests
The battle of the sexes at Salem
College is over.
The results of the Sophomore Com
prehensive Examination given a few
weeks ago to the class of 1950 have
been announced this week by Dr.
Minnie Smith, academic dean.
Norman Jarrard placed highest on
both divisions of the tests—General
Culture and Contemporary Affairs.
Out of the top ten in the General
Culture Bivision five were men stu
dents; on the Contemporary Affairs
Division seven out of ten were men.
The men students took the top
three places in both divisions of the
examinations. The General Culture
section included tests on literature,
math, current social problems, his
tory and social science, science and
fine arts. The men placed highest
on every test in this section except
fine arts.
The Contemporary Affairs section
was divided in three parts. The
men placed highest on two out of
tlie three sections.
Highest scores, listed in order, on
the General Culture test were made
by Norman Jarrard, Earl Beaudry,
Wesley Snyder, Doris Keith, Homer
Sutton, Frances Gulesian, Frances
Horns, Joan Carter Bead, Barbara
Tliorne and Allen Owen.
Highest scores, listed in order, on
tlie Contempornry Affairs Division
were made by Xorman Jarrard,
Homer Sutton, Wesley Snyder, Mary
Jane Trager, Doris Keith, Earl San-
defur,Earl Beaudry, Eobcrt Gray,
Jimmy Smith and Frances Gulesian.
Need we say more?
RailwayStrike
Is Cancelled
fay Ruth Lenkoski
Tlje railway strike has been
cancelled. After Judge Goldsbo-
rough issued a court order to the
railway union leaders to “cancel
the strike order and do nothing to
encourage a walkout”, the strike
was called off in view of the fact
that contempt of court would bring
a large fine. This order was car
ried out after Tnmian had claimed
seizure of all railroads in the name
of the government.
Both steps were taken to avoid ;
a nationwide tragedy which would j
imperil the health and safety of our i
coifntry. These reasons for such I
strong action seem sound and
agreeable since they are true and
cjuite sensible.
The fact remains, however, tlrat
the unions did not get their thirty
per cent wage and refused a com
promise on this demand. Truman
said that the rates would remain
the same but that the workers
could still bargain collectively. The
dispute has not been settled and
the unions are still dissatisfied
and will continue to bargain for
their raise which is being demanded
to meet the rise of prices.
U. S. Ambassador Smith wrote
a letter to Molotov asking that the
United States and Russia hold dis
cussions for settlement of the dif
ferences between the two coun-
ries. The Russian reply was agree
able and stated ^hat Russia does
want to. improve the inter-national
relations and is striving toward
universal peace. The Russians did
not however mention anything
about who should represent the
governments and when.
Men Of Distinction
Coeds Celebrate Victory
kzy Wins Athletic Blanket_
As Senior With Most Points
by Gloria Paul and Peirano Aiken
There are all sorts of blankets:
wet blankets, blanket parties, blan
ket permissions blanket^’, it
seems, covers many things. And
come Monday night Salem will as
semble eagerly to see the top A. A.
award, the most coveted blanket* of
all, awarded to Isabelle Leeper of
Gastonia.
Izzy has taken more than an act
ive part in Salem athletics. In her
freshman year she was a member of
the hockey and basketball varsities
and the softball team. As a sopho
more she was on the hockey and soft
ball varsities and the class basket
ball team. When a junior she was
hockey manager and "played on the
basketball team. In fact, Izzy is the
most VARSITLE girl we know. Be
sides taking the above honors she
has played in numerous intramural
play days and been a member of the
A. A. Council and the Monogram
Club.
To keep her constitution in prime,
Izzy consumes an average of two
packs of Camels daily and feeds,
when possible, on steaks aod a
malt beverage”, as the crossword
puzzles say. Like most Salemites
she likes life on the beach and lots
of sleep, with which, however, she
has little first-hand experience in
college.
One may spot her by her strictly
Leeper vocabulary, in which she
makes choice remarks about such
topics as liver and onions, Sunday
night suppers, "apple polishers”,
alarm clocks and term papers. . . .
But, when fraught, Isabelle can be
Isabelle Leeper
quickly soothed with music, one of
her great loves. Her favorites range
from “Nature Boy” and “Stella
by Starlight” to Beethoven piano
concertos; and on her closet shelves
one finds, not the usual messy array
of whathaveyou, but a surprising
collection of classical records—Beet
hoven, Brahms, Tschaikovsky and
Rachmaninoff, among others.
Although Salem 's top athletic fig
ure, Izzy scores high as a sport in
much more than basketball and hoc
key; for it is not only what she has
done but what she is—one of the
most genuinely friendly and befrien
ded girls on campus—that vfill make
us miss her next year.
by Thomas Distabile
Pictured above are the members
of the Salem College basketball
team who have worked hard both in
physical and academic education.
Not only have they established a
record for themselves, at the YMCA,
but they have also contributed to
Salem for the first time in its 170
years, a basketball trophy from the
male students. Considering the dif
ficulties which have arisen during
the school year, plus the tremendous
competition of other basketball
teams, the Athletic Association of
Salem College extends to each and
every member of the team a “well
done” job.
With the change of seasons, the
basketball' team, with the addition
of several other co-eds have now
shifted from the basketball court
to the baseball diamond on lower
campus. Here several warm-up per
iods have been underway, until fina
lly two teams have been chosen to
challenge each other for the title of
champion soft ball team of the sea
son.
In. addition to basketball and soft
ball, a fast and furious battle has
also been underway on the tennis
courts. Here again practically all
the co-eds and members of the male
faculty have participated. So far
the outstanding tennis players are as
follows; Mr. Peterson, Norman Jar-
raud, Mr. Bromberg and Jack Crim.
Final Plans
Are Made
The Commencement activities for
the class of 1948 will begin on Sat
urday, May 29.
The Commencement Concert which
will be given by the Choral Ensem
ble will be held in Memorial Hall
at 8:30 p. m. on Saturday nigkt. The
■President’s reception will follow in
the courtyard behind Main Hall after
the concert.
The Baccalaureate Sermon will be
held in the Moravian Church on Sun
day morning at 11 a. m. Dr. John
Redhead, pastor of the First Presby
terian Church in Greensboro, will be
the speaker.
Mr. Gordon Gray will be the speak
er for the Commencement Program
on Monday morning. The exercise
will begin at 11 a. m. in Memorial
Hall. Jlr. Gray, Assistant Secretary
of the Army, is also the publisher
of the Journal and Sentinel and is
a trustee of Salem College and Aca
demy;
Other exercises which will be sche
duled for the last three days of sch
ool include an Alumnae meeting and
luncheon Saturday morning, and a
buffet supper and Senior Vespers on
Sunday night.
IRS Completes
’49 Elections
The IRS completed its elections
for officers for next year at a re
cent meeting.
The officers are: vice-president,
Jean Padgett; secretary, Carolyn
Dunn; treasurer, Connie Neamond;
reporter, Joy Martin.
Below is a little reminder that the
IRS wishes to put before the stu
dent body, coeds excluded . . .
Sunback dresses attract the man
And leave you lots of space for tan.
But, classrooms are dark and gloomy
you know,
And not the place for them—’tis so!
Salemites
Win Mention
In Exhibit
The Piedmont Festival art and
photography exhibit opened offi
cially last Monday at the new
Winston-Salem Arts and Crafts
workshop on North Main Street,
opposite the Reynolds Building.
There were 106 entries and from
these the judges selected 27 to be
hung for the exhibit. Of these 27
selected pictures, eight were done
by Salem students. Two of these
won honorable mention: Deborali
Darr Sartin for an oil, “Feline
Study”, and Frank Trotman for
two oils, “Madonna and Saint” and
“Strategist”.
The judges were Miss Helen
Thrust, assistant professor of art
at Woman’s College; Gregory Ivey,
director of art at Woman’s College;
and Manual Bromberg, director of
art at Salem College. Mr. Brom
berg said that he may be quoted as
saying "I bent over backwards
to play fair.”
In oils the first prise, $ 100, went
to James Moon of Graham for his
“Old Lady With A Memory or
Twb”. Special honorable mention
went to Josef Albers of Black
Mountain College for a non-object
ive painting, “Red-Orange Around
Pink Ochre and Two Reds ”.
Ivey, one of the judges, was so
pleased with the painting that he
has asked to buy it.
Jane Dow Bromberg won first
prize for a print, “Colorado Spring”.
The first prize for w’atercolor went
to Callie O. Braswell for her
painting, “Chair in a Garden”.
The e.\hibit will be open from
9 a. m. until 5 p. m. each day
during festival week, and hostesses
will be on duty during those hours.
The exhibit is free to the public.
Gillespie Makes Plans For
Abroadening Summer
by Tootsie Gillespie
After looking through travel fold
ers. the “National Geographic”, the
“Guide to Good Traveling”, “W’^hat
Have You Missed?”, “Your Sum
mer Can Be Happy Too”, “Tipping
Made Easy”. “You Don’t Have To
Pay That‘Hotel Bill”, “Rail-riding
and It’s Conveniences”, and sitting
through three Fritzpatriek Travel-
logues, I have decided to attempt
the attainment of Nirvana, summer-
fasliion. Already, I have collected
my gear for the summer, which con
sists of a Bunson Burner, a jaek-
knife, track shoes, a French bathing
suit, two .38 pistols, Salem post cards
and stickers, a pet snaffle (the three-
legged variety), an atom smasher, a
bottle of Jergcns lotion (which
comes in the handy small size and
also in the economical qaiart size for
those who love fine.skin), one hun
dred and seventy back issues of the
Sights and Insights, three camisoles
and a jabot, a cake of Lifebuoy and
a pressure cooker. (If possible, I
shall also take a picture of Manuel
Bromberg encased in shining white
armor, mounted on a dashing, white
horse, so that I can slaver over it.)
First, I plan to go to the moun
tains of India and see if Tyrone
Power is still wandering around up
there looking for his. soul. Having
no luck there, I shall proceed to
Egypt and do a study of the sewage
system of the lower class, write a
paper on ‘ ‘ W’hat Ptolomy Got Away
With” and lure trade away from
the Sphinx by opening up a night
club in the biggest pyramid I can
find, naming it “The Zombie”.
Thence to Switzerland to answer
a call to participate in the Internat
ional Olympics. America has been
too long in the background. After
all, what OTHER female can juggle
a Compton’s dictionary, give hog
calls, skin the eat, write home to
^lother, and break in a bronco at
the same time? Strapping my cup
on my back, I will then make my
way to the Library of England to
give a few mental exercises to my
brilliant young mind. I plan to
delve into a few of the world’s
greatest writings, some of which
have never been read, simply be
cause they have proved too difficult
for the majority of the proletariat
minds that have attempted to read
them. FAUGH!! Why be modest f?
What could be more enjoyable than
to drink in the delicious thoughts of
those great writings such as Solber-
oski’s “Thoughts On the Ether”,
Hutsut Ralston’s “The Whatness of
Ain’t”, “Is Yon Or Is You Ain’t
!My Baby”, (the personal history of
Henry VIII), “Twenty-four Nights
With Nature Boy”, by Alii Oop Ben
Satnam Clavicle (his friends called
him “Passion Flower” for short),
“The Odorous Orient” by IT. Needa
Bathhe, and “A Short History of
Keyholes” translated from the San
skrit by Cleopatra’s personal maid.
Having made off with as many
books from the Loan Desk as I can,
I plan at present to return to Salem,
set up housekeeping in the green-
house and spend the rest of the sum
mer teaching the alphabet to the
ants. '