To the girls for
Who’s Who selected-
We are glad
that you’re elected.
See this paper,
dear Salemite readers,
For our national
and campus leaders.
Volume XXIX
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, November 5, 1948
Number VII
Ro ndthaler Resigns
Ruth Reviews Elections;
Predicts Country’s Future
by Kutb Lenkoski
Contrary to the predictions of the
men who knew, Truman won the
Presidential election. This unexpec
ted Democratic landslide has astoun
ded and baffled everyone, including
the Democrats. Truman was the only
one who believed in his victory, dur
ing the campaign. The big question
being asked now is: how did Presi
dent Truman get re-elected when
the polls and all authority predicted
a Eepublican victory?
There are several plausible reasons
why the U. S. experienced this his
torically significant upset by the
Democrats. It is believed that the
Eepuhlieans were over-confident
about their victory and did not all
vote. Perhaps Mr. Truman’s untir
ing and courageous efforts in stick
ing to his convictions won him more
votes. Many people turned against
the Eepublicans on the basis of the
record of the ‘ ‘ do nothing 80th Con
gress.” This Congress won disfavor
by passing the Taft-Hartley Law
over Truman’s veto, and by not tak
ing necessary action on inflation
and housing in this country. Then,
for several reasons, many of the
Wallace votes turned to Truman dur
ing the last week.
Citizens are questioning the inac
curate results of the many polls
which were taken in past weeks.
Men like Mr. Gallup claim that
many voters were undecided until
the last few days before they went
to cast their ballots. One commen
tator claims that the poll-takers did
not go out among the common peo
ple or else they would have seen
how well Mr. Truman was being re
ceived. Some believe that it is im
possible to formulate any accurate
predictions from polls on such a
changeable type of opinion.
The Democratic Presidency was
- was accomplished by a shift to a
Democratic stronghold in both houses
of Congress. People are asking what
does this control of the houses mean
in Truman’s second term? First, it
might mean the repeal of the Taft-
Hartley Labor Law, because it is
believed that Truman’s Congress
will go along with his policies for
at least two years. Secondly, it
might mean that certain wage and
price controls will be enforced in
this country, in an effort to curb
inflation and stop' depression. Then
foreign policy will continue under
the plans already set up, that is
achieving the peace through aid to
Europe and through retention of the
Eeciproeal Trade Agreements.
Salem Prediction
Only seventy-seven students and
faculty members voted in the mock
election which was held on the
Salem campus last week. Those
votes were cast as follows: Dewey
54, Truman 16, Thurmond 6, and
Wallace 1.
Feyre Speaks
In Chapel
Dr. Henri Peyre, the famous
French critic, will speak in Chapel
on next Tuesday. The topic of his
speech will be “English Literature
Seen Through French Eyes.”
Peyre is a Sterling Professor at
Yale and is recommended by the
French embassy as one of the best
speakers on France, in this country.
He is a graduate of the Sorbonne
and the Ecole Normals Superieure,
with a doctorate from Cambridge
University. Peyre has taught at
Bryn Mawr, Cairo and Lyons; and
has been visiting professor at Chi
cago, Columbia, Buenos Aires, Cor
nell and California.
Former Salem Teacher
Has New York Exhibit
Dr. Singer Writes Book;
Finds Salem Interesting
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by Logan Vaught;
In spite of the many classes and
conferences that make Dr. C. Gregg
Singer a very busy professor of
history, I finally found him alone
in his office.
Beginning with the usual “inter
view questions”, I soon realized
that I was talking and Dr. Singer
was “interviewing”. However, I
found that Dr. Singer’s “home
town” is Philadelphia, where he
er
ment
went to high school. Dr. Singer re
ceived his A. B. from. Haverford
College in Pennsylvania, and^ his
M. A. and Ph. D. from the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania. Dr. Singer
has a Phi Beta Kappa key, and is
a member of the American Histori
cal Association and the Medieval
Academy of America.
Before coming to Salem, Dr. Sing-
was head of the history depart-
at Wheaton College in Illi
nois, and was Academic Dean at
Penn Hall Junior College in Penn
sylvania.
Dr. Singer’s family is also here
in Winston-Salem now. He has
three children—one boy and two
girls, and, as to family pets, “two
goldfish!”
Dr. Singer enjoys research work,
writing, and teaching, but he likes
to balance them. “Writing helps
in teaching,” he said. Dr. Singer
also likes horseback riding, moun
tain climbing—the White Moun
tains are his summer favorite, ten
nis, and music—especially the organ.
When I asked him how he likes the
Salem girls he smiled, “I like Salem
girls very much. I think they’re
charming—I really do!”
My last question was the usual
one, to which Dr. Sinpr replied,
“My ambition? Well—just to turn
out good, well-rounded students!”
Faculty and students who were at?i-
Salem from 1944 to 1946 will be in
terested to know that Kenneth
Evett, former head of the Art De
partment at Salem, is now holding
his first one-man exhibition at the
Kraushaar Galleries in New York.
The show opened on October 25th
and will be open until November
13th. Among the twenty paintings
on display is Carpenter, for which
Mr. Evett won a prize from the
North Carolina State Art Society
while he was at Salem.
The exhibition merited a review
by Howard Devree in last Sunday’s
New York Times, from which we
quote: “There is an almost primi
tive seeming simplicity about his
work, but it is a very knowing and
deceptive simplicity. He presents a
quite individual vision of subways
and night watchman, Hallowe’en
masker, hunter and sun bather, by
the use of large areas of simple
color adroitly woven into an overall
design in which the color planes are
quite abstractly employed ... At
times skirting luridness of color and
stiffness of design dangerously, he
brings off some very arresting ef
fects with surprising overtones of
mood. ’ ’
After leaving Salem Mr. Evett
went to Hot Springs, Virginia, to
head an experimental artists’ foun
dation. While there, he was ap
pointed to fill a vacancy on the art
staff of Cornell University, where
he is employed at the present time.
It is a great honor to have a per
sonal display at the Kraushaar Gal
leries, and Mr. Evett’s friends at
Salem congratulate him on his suc
cess.
Club Day
Is Tuesday
A statement that Tuesday Assem
blies will be student-planned and
student-e^jecuted was made this week
by the Chapbl Committee. This de
cision is in response to a student
request and has been favorably ac
cepted by the College Administration
Committee.
Class meetings will be scheduled
on certain Tuesdays and major or
ganizations will have meetings on
other Tuesdays for programs that
will, be of value in campus life.
Various campus groups will be in
charge of devotionals.
Since these will be student as
semblies, the usual procedure of Sen
iors marching in and standing first
for the closing hymn will not be
observed. The Chapel Committee
requests that all announcements be
made on Tuesdays, so as to leave
Thursday free for visiting speakers.
Only announcements of ' an emer
gency nature will be made on Thurs
days. All announcements must be
turned in by five p. m. Monday to
Joan Hassler, Frances Eeznick or
the Dean of Students’ Office.
The Chapel Committee stresses
that the five assembly cuts shall be
so distributed that no student cuts
either Tuesday or Thursday Assem
bly more than three times during a
semester.
Takes Post
As Moravian
BibleTeacher
Bishop Howard E. Eondthaler will
retire as president of Salem College
and Academy at the end of the pre
sent college year, June 30.
Bishop Eondthaler will assume the
post of Bible lecturer under the De
partment of Christian Education of
the Moravian Southern Province,
and director of lay-workers’ train
ing of the Moravian Church, South.
He will, however, continue with his
Episcopal service and his teaching
of the Men’s Bible Class of the
Home Moravian Church. •
Bishop Eondthaler is a son of the
late Bishop and Mrs. Edward Eond
thaler. His father served more than
a half a century as bishop of the
Southern Province of the Moravian
Church.
Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., June 17,
1871, he came with his parents to
Winston-Salem in 1877. At this
time his father assumed the pastor
ate of the Salem Congregation.
He prepared for college in the
Salem Boy’s School and was gradu
ated from the University of North
Carolina in 1894 with the degree of
Ph. B. He received his master of
Arts degree from Moravian College,
Bethlehem, Pa., and his Bachelor of
Divinity from Moravian Theologi
cal Seminary in 1896. Honorary de
grees of Doctor of Divinity and
Learned Doctor of Laws were con
ferred upon him by his alma mater
institutions.
In 1896, he was ordained a deacon
of the Moravian Church and, in 1896,
a Presbyter. Both ordinations were
performed by his father. Before be
coming president of Salem College,
he was a professor at Moravian
College.
Bishop Eondthaler was married to
Miss Katharine Genther Boring of
Philadelphia on September 29, 1898.
They have two sons, Theodore and
Edward, and two daughters, Mrs.
Henry Pfohl and Mrs. Clayton Mc
Faden.
Dr. Eondthaler was elected a
Bishop of the Moravian Church Nov
ember 19, 1947.
A statement by the board of trus
tees said, “Bishop Howard Eond
thaler’s administration has been one
of the outstanding periods in the
long life of this Moravian institu
tion, which dates its founding four
years before the signing of the De
claration of Independance. ”
Progress
During his administration, Salem
College and Academy have grown
and developed rapidly. The campus
has been greatly enlarged, and at
present it consists of approximately
56 acres.
During this time 10 new buildings
have been erected at the college.
Also, a modern home was built for
the academy consisting of three
buildings. This institution has be
come one of the outstanding pre
paratory schools for girls in America.
In addition to the 13 buildings erec
ted, a number of earlier buildings
have been restored. These include
Main Hall, South Hall and the Office
Building. The Annie Spencer Penn
Alumnae House is in process of rest
oration.