Volume XXIX
Atlantic Pact
Pledges Aid
To Members
by Ruth Lenkoski
One of the most decisive measures
to he considered in the world situa
tion today is the Atlantic Pact which
is being formulated at the present
time. It is important for what it
will mean in the future. There are
those people who, fearful of the un
certainty of Russia, regard the pact
as a means of preventing war—in
their eyes a sufficient end. Then
there are those who think that the
pact is merely a postponement and
actually a means to the ultimate end
of war. Both points can only be
proven in time. Whatever may hap
pen the pact should not and is not
being minimized.
Before forming opinions it would
be well to get acquainted with the
main provisions of the pact as they
are drawn up at the present to be
disputed widely before ratification,
undoubtedly. The following key
clauses are summarized from last
Sunday’s New York Times:
(1) The area takes in the countries
bordering Europe on the Atlantic—
except for Spain—and these ^coun-
I tries are: Belgium, Canada, Denmark,
Prance, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Nor
way, Portugal, U. S. A.
(2) An armed attack on one or
more of these countries shall be con
sidered an attack against all. Con-,
sequently, the signatories will assist
the country or countries attacked
by immediately taking, both indivi
dual and collectively, such action,
including the use of armed force,
as it is deemed necessary to restore
and maintain security in the North
Atlantic area.
(3) In attaining the purposes of
the pact, the signatories will do
whatever possible to help each other
economically or militaristically.
(4) The treaty will run for twenty
years but will be reviewed and re
newed after ten years.
Por Americans this means that
whenever one of the signatorial
countries is attacked, the II. 8. A.
must join forces against the aggres
sor. The big question in many
minds is; Will the Senate in Wash-
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, March 18, 1949
Number XVIII
Louise Stacy Heads Student Body;
Other Officers Chosen For 1949-50
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Club Plans
Worship
ington approve the pact?
The Modern Dance Club has an
nounced the date for its spring
workshop. This project, designed to
stimulate interest in modern dance,
will be instigated on Monday night.
May 10, in the gym.
The club has reorganized this
year and now includes membership
from all classes. Officers serving
this year are as follows; Polly Har-
/op, president; Jane Bowman, vice-
president; and Jo Dunn, secretary-
treasurer. Miss Beth Clapp, a sen
ior dance major at Woman’s College,
is the director.
The workshop being planned will
include several dance idioms: tech
nique, jazz, the waltz, design stu
dies and poetry accompaniment. A
reception is also planned to follow
the program.
Anyone who is interested in the
dance is invited to attend rehear
sals every Thursday night in the
gym at 7:00 p. m.
Summers-Will Make Debut
In Coming
The Salem College School of
Music will present Prances Sum-
; mers, mezzo-soprano, in a graduat
ing recital Tuesday night, March
22, at 8:30 p. m. in Memorial Hall.
1 “Prepare Thyself, Zion” from
I Bach’s Christmas Oratorio will open
I the recital program. Also in the
I first group will be ‘ ‘ Bist Du Bei
[Mir” by Bach, “Ah! Spietato”
I from “Amadigni” by Handel, and
[“Presto, Presto lo M’innamoro” by
r Mazzaferrata. Por the next group
I Pran will sing “Der Nussbaum” by
I Schumann, ‘ ‘ Vergebliches Stand-
[chen” by Brahms, and “Mondna-
jcht” and “Widmung” by Schu-
jmann. The aria, “O mio Pernando”
I from “La Pavorita” by Donizetti,
twill be followed by “II regardait
Imon bouquet” from “Le Roi et le
iPermier” by Monsigny, “Les Trois
jPrieres” by Paladilhe, and “Les
I Papillons ’ ’ by Chausson. The last
I group will include ‘' Love’s Philo-
jSophy” by vQuilter, “The Unfor-
jseen” by Scott, “Spinning-song”
land “Prelude from A Cycle of
I Life” by Ronald. The aceom-
Ipanists will be Mrs. Nell Polger
Recital
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Glenn and Miss Margaret Vardell.
Ushers for the program will be
Margaret McCall, Molly Darr, Elea
nor Davidson, Gerry Allegood, Pres
ton Kabrich and Rebecca Beasley
Pendleton.
Tuesday, March 15, the student
body elected the follorving four girls
for Student Government offices for
the year 1949-50: Louise Stacy,
president; Sally Ann Borthwick, off-
campus vice-president; Winkie Har
ris, secretary; and Jane Krauss,
treasurer.
Louise is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. Stacy of Lumberton. She
defeated Carolyn Dunn in the elec
tions. This year she is secretary of
Stee-Gee, a member of the Order of
the Scorpion, vice-president of the
campus Methodist group, a varsity
member of the junior class basket
ball team, and a Pierrette. During
her freshman year she was secretary
of her class, sub-house president of
Strong, an officer in the Salem
Players and on the legislative board.
Her sophomore year she was house
president of South, a member of the
Pierrettes, on the judicial, legisla
tive, and executive boards and made
the Dean’s List.
Sally Ann, a day student voice
major, is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. Borthwick of Winston-
Salem. She transferred to Salem
her sophomore year from St. Mary’s.
Her opponent in the elections was
Ann Linville.
Winkie Harris, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Harris of Rocky
Mount, defeated Clinky Clinkscales
for the office of secretary. She is
now the president of the sophomore
class, a member of the French Club,
and of the Pierrettes. Last year
she was secretary of the freshman
class.
Jane Krauss defeated Janice Wear
in the election for treasurer of Stee-
Gee. She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. H. F. Krauss, and is a day
student from Winston-Salem. She
is vice-president of the sophomore
class, on the judicial board, in the
German Club, and on the Dean’s
List. She transferred from Agnes
Scott the second semester of her
freshman year.
Qualifications for all student gov
ernment officers were outlined by
out-going President Nell Penn Watt
in a short address before the ballots
were cast. These attributes included
leadership, tact, friendliness, depend
ability, time, poise and experience.
"Oklahoma”
Is Here
“Oklahoma” is coming at last!
Yes, the musical production that
stayed at the top on Broadway for
over five years will be presented at
the State Theatre oh March 21 and
22. There will be two performan
ces at 8:15 p. m. on Monday and
Tuesday nights. All seats are to be
reserved. Only orchestra seats at
$4.20 and second balcony seats at
$3.00 are available, now.
Five touring companies are repre
senting “Oklahoma” in England,
North Africa and the United States.
The New York troupe, composed of
eighty-five people, will be in Wins
ton-Salem. North Carolina is repre
sented in this troupe by Merrill
Hilton of China Grove and Ed
Easter of Lexington.
Get your tickets at once—it looks
like a sell-out!
Pierrettes
Will Give
Workshop
The Pierrettes will present three
one-act plays Monday night at 8:00
p. m. These are workshop produc-
toions, so-called because the aim is
not to present finished productions,
but to give the actors experience
and also to give the college three
different kinds of one-act plays.
The sets are simplified and sugges
tive rather than realistic.
The first play to' be presented is
“Six Who Pass While the Lintels
Boil”, a fantasy by Stuart Walker.
The entire cast of this play is com
posed of freshmen, and Miss Cather
ine Nicholson is directing the play
and-designing the set.
The second play, “At Liberty”,
is a stark modern, realistic tragedy
by Tennessee Williams. This play
is being presented as representative
work of Tennessee Williams, a very
popular American playwright.
A comedy, “Apartments To Let”
by Elliot Nogent and Howard Lind
sey, which combines farce situations
and sophisticated dialogue, is the
third production. The only boy in
all of the three plays, Alvin Thomas,
appears in this one. “Apartments
To Let ’ ’ will be presented in Chapel
Hill on March 26, as Salem’s con
tribution to the Carolina Dramatic
Festval. Miss Elizabeth Reigner is
directing the latter two plays.
The casts for the three plays are
as follows: “At Liberty’’—Bessie,
Betty Belle Sheppe; Mother, Winkie
Harris; “Apartments To Let”—
Vera, Polly Hartle; Laurel, Delories
McCarter; Mr. Green, Alvin Thomas;
Mrs. Green, Frances Horne; “Six
Who Pass While the Lentils Boil”
—Prologue, Betty Parks; Device
Bearer, Suzanne Sherman; Butter
fly, Marianne Kirkpatrick; Boy,
Patsy Michael; Queen, Pegp Bon
ner; Myne, Sally Senter; Milkmaid,
Mary Campbell Craig; Blindman,
Marcia Stahl; Ballad Singer, Bar
bara Lee; Dreadful Headsman, Bar
bara Cottrell. The technical staff
includes Betty Biles, Stage Mana
ger; Joan Carter Read, Prompter;
Lou Myatt, Lights; Betty Beck,
Properties; and Clinky Clinkscales,
House Committee. All students in
terested in helping with the scenery
or making suggestions are asked to
come to the scene shop on Friday
or Saturday.
Dale Smith To Edit Salemite;
Will Head 1949^50 Staf
Dale Smith from Sylacauga, Ala
bama, was elected Wednesday night
as Editor-in-Chief of the Salemite
for 1949-50.
During her freshman year. Dale
was a member of the German and
Latin Clubs in which she is still a
member. *-
As a sophomore she was Assistant
Make-up Editor for the Salemite,
and a feature girl in the Sights
and Insights.
This year Dale is Assistant Edi
tor of the Salemite, Junior Class
Editor of the Sights and Insights,
Junior Marshall, and Sub-House
President of Clewell.
Joan Carter Read was the other
candidate for Editor.
Dale is planning to get a double
major in English and History.
As Editor-in-Chief, she will auto
matically be a member of the Lec
ture Committee, the Nominating
Committee, and the Legislative
Board.
Dale succeeds Carolyn Taylor as
Editor of the Salemite. She -will go
into office on April 1.