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Volume XXIX
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, April 1, 1949
Number XV
Sal em Has New President
!
Views Differ
On Graham’s
New Position
ty Kntli Lenkoski
North Carolina
A week ago Dr. Frank P. Graham
y, hecame a United States Senator
from North Carolina, succeeding the
t| late Senator J. Melville Broughton.
Dr. Graham’s action came as a sur-
fj prise to most North Carolinians who
are asking themselves why Graham
, has given up the position as Presi-
I dent of his beloved University of
' I North Carolina. Although Dr. Gra-
i ham is highly esteemed by many,
there are some people who regard
him not as merely a liberal but as
a Communist. Of course this view
has circulated widely in Washington
and elsewhere because of the Red
implications.
Most people on the Salem campus
however highly approve of Dr. Gra
ham and do not consider him to be
a Communist. The following are
some local comments on Dr. Gra
ham’s surprising action.
Miss Byrd: "I am sorry because
I think it is important for the uni
versity to keep a liberal president
to train young men for government
service. But I think he will make
a groat Senator also. ’ ’
Frances Reznick: “He is the
worthiest man in the state for this
position. I am very glad that he
will have this great opportunity in
the political field, since he has al
ready reached the top in the educa
tional field in North Carolina.”
Miss Karnes: “I thing it’s fine to
have an educator go into such a
position. ’ ’
Louise Stacy: “I think it’s the
Legislature’s gain and the univer
sity’s loss. I think he is a liberal
and not a Communist.”
Mrs. Jordan: “I’m in favor of it”.
He is more of a statesman than a
politician and I think that’s good.”
(Continued on page three) 1
Glee Club
Will Sing
The Wake Forest College a capella
choir will give two performances in
Winston-Salem this weekend. The
choir of 31 mixed voices is under
the direction of Tham McDonald.
The group will eat dinner at the
college at 6:00 and at 7:00 will pre
sent a short program of choral music
for the students and faculty in
Memorial Hall. The program will
be over in time for the, students to
attend the Civic Music Concert.
On Sunday at 10:50 a. m. at the
First Baptist Church, the choir will
present 10 minutes of singing before
the regular 11 a. m. service. During
the morning service the Wake For
est group will replace the regular
choir and will present four choral
numbers. In conclusion, the choir
will sing the Fred Waring arrange
ment of “Onward Christian Sold-
Seniors Honored
In Alumnae House
If you were a dignified member
of the class of ’49 at Salem College,
you would have received a little
cdyd from Miss Marsh of the Alum
nae Office inviting you to one of a
series of five informal Coffee Hours
held in the newly completed Alum
nae House. Meeting in small groups
over coffee and cigarettes, the sen
iors are getting an insight into the
workings of the Alumnae office with
Mrs. Harold Vogler, Mrs. Agnew
Bahnson, Jr., Dean Hixon, and Miss
Marsh on hand to discuss “Alum
nae Orientation” from 6:30 to 7:15
for each of the five nights.
Eugene List Appears As Soloist
With Civic Symphony Tonight
Eugene List, brilliant American
pianist, will be guest soloist with
the Winston-Salem Civic Symphony,
directed by Mr. James Lereh, to
night at 8:30 p. m. in Reynolds
Auditorium.
Mr. List was born in Philadel
phia, but was taken by bis parents
to California when he was a year
old. In that fabulous climate so
conducive to prodigies of all kinds,
he began his musical career. At
thirteen he won a scholarship to
study with Olga Smaroff at the
Philadelphia Conservatory, and at
sixteen years of age he won another
competition conducted by the Phila
delphia Orchestra. The prize was an
invitation to play the American pre
miere of a piano concerto by a So-
''det composer, Shotakovich. Mr.
List had only six weeks to learn the
concerto, but when he played it in
1934 both he and the music were
[praised. That brought him an invi-
|tation to play it in New York with
Ihe Philharmonic-Symphony under
Welch Wins
Drama Prize
For Her Play
Salem College was honored with
three awards of the Carolina Dra
matic Festival, March 26, 1949.
Dr. Welch’s original play, “Christ
mas Came Early” took a fifty dollar
second place in the Betty Smith
awards. Under the direction of Miss
Reigner, it won a first place in pro
duction.
Outstanding in presentation was
Joan Hassler who captivated the
judges with her clever imitations
and her stage naturalness. Lynn
Marshall and Betty MaeBrayer were
excellent as the two trouble-makers.
Four of the judges for original
plays were: Lillian Prince, who is
connected with the Lost Colony cast
and who plays the part of Queen
Elizabeth; Harry Davis, a member
of the Playmaker’s staff; Jose
phine Niggli, playwright, author and
teacher of creative writing at Chapel
Hill; and Walter Spearman, instruc
tor of journalism at U. N. C.
The comedy, “ Apartment To
Let ’ ’, won an honorable mention in
the college-high school competition
for production.
Dr. Prank Graham presented the
awards.
The east of “Apartment To Lef‘
was Prances Horne, Polly Hartle
Alvin Thomas and Dee McCarter.
A large crowd of Salem girls and
their friends attended the plays in
order to cheer on all those who
worked so hard on these productions
Chapel Presents
Clapp and Reed
Miss “Becky” Clapp, graduate of
the class of ’47 with a major in
voice, presented a short musical pro
gram in assembly on Tuesday. Her
selections consisted of “Hymn to
the Sun” by Rimsky-Korsakoff;
“Mad Scene” from Lucia by Doni
zetti; and “Adele’s Laughing Song”
by Richard Strauss.
“Becky” was visiting her Alma
Mater to attend the graduating re
cital of Margaret McCall. After the
recital she left for Chapel Hill to
liave an audition with Norman Cor
don. Prom there she will return to
New York where she will resume
her vocal study.
Gramley Named President
Visits Campus Today
I Klemperer. His brilliant career
Kimclied by the Carnegie Hall debut
1935 was interrupted by Pearl
Harbor.
Ill March, 1942, Eugene List volun
teered for duty as a private. His
promotion as Corporal was awarded
O'! the stage of the Lewisohn Stad-
EUGENE LIST
ium after playing with the Philhar
monic. Later he became Staff Ser
geant in the Special Service Branch
of the army, and his overseas as
signment eventually took him to
Potsdam. At a dinner of the Big
Three in July, 1945, Sergeant List
broke the diplomatic ice with a pro
gram ranging from the Tchaikovshy
Concerto to the Missouri Waltz. He
won Stalin’s toast, Churchill’s con
gratulations, and Truman’s lasting j r a i +
friendship. He played four more | Rome and the feudal system.
Miss Reed Talks in Chapel
Miss Marian Reed, acting dean of
women, spoke to the student body
in chapel last Tuesday. She stated
that now that we are between elec
tion and installation of student gov
ernment officers that we should look
at the history of the student gov
ernment.
Miss Reed traced the history of
student government through Sparta,
Dale H. Gramley, educator and
editor of Bethlehem, Pa., was named
to-day to succeed President Howard
E. Rondthaler as President of Salem
Academy and College. Francis Wil
lingham, a member of the Board of
Trustees, made the announcement
of Mr. Gramley’s appointment
yesterday morning at a combined
assembly of the faculties and stu
dent bodies of the Academy and
College.
Mr. Gramley will assume his new
duties on July 1, 1949. He will
succeed President' Howard E. Rond
thaler, who has headed this institu
tion for the past 40 years and who
last fall announced his retirement
from this position at the end of the
present college year.
The 43-year old president-elect
has held important positions, both
in the educational and editorial
fields. Since 1944 he has been edi
tor-in-chief of the “Bethlehem
Globe Times”. Prom 1942 to 1944
he served as Assistant to the Presi
dent of Moravian College and Theo
logical Seminary, Bethlehem, Pa.
For 12 years prior to that time he
was a member of the faculty of
Lehigh University, as Professor in
the Department of English and Dir
ector of that University’s summer
session.
, Mr. Gramley holds degrees from
Albright College and Columbia Uni
versity, having received his A. B.
from the former institution in 1926
and his M. S. Degree from Columbia
University in 1929.
He has served as a member of
the boards of trustees of a number
of Eastern Colleges and brings to
his new position a well rounded
knowledge of the academic field.
The president-elect of Salem has
an outstanding record as a news
paper editor, being a member of, the
Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers’
Association Advisory Committee for
the Department of Journalism at
Pennsylvania State College; a mem
ber of the American Society of
Newspaper Editors; chairman of the
Editorial Affairs Committee of the
Pennsylvania Publishers’ Associa
tion and National President of the
Pi Delta Epsilon college publication
DALE H. GRAMLEY
fraternity.
He has been a leader in civic
affairs in Bethlehem, where he has
served as a Director of the Com
munity Chest, the Red Cross, and
the Council of Social Agencies. He
is also a past president of the Beth
lehem- Rotary Club.
During the past several years he
has been a lecturer at Columbia Uni
versity, Pennsylvania State College,
Moravian College for Women, Le
high University and the American
Press Institute, held recently at the
University of North Carolina.
Mrs. Gramley, prior to her mar
riage, was Caroline L. Illitck, of
Bethlehem, Pa. The Gramleys have
four sons, Hugh, 15; William, 13;
Dale, 12; and Stephen, 6.
Mr. Gramley is a native Pennsyl
vanian, the son of the Reverend
and Mrs. A. D. Gramley of Mt. Holly
Springs, Pa. He is an active mem
ber and trustee of the Emmanuel
Evangelical Congregational Church
of Bethlehem.
In closing his remarks regarding
Mr. Gramley, Mr. Willingham an
nounced that although the new presi
dent will not take office until July
1, he will visit the Salem campus
today to meet the faculties, staff
and student bodies.
Curie Closes Lecture Series
Talks On “Magic of Radium”
EVE CURIE
Mile. Eve Curie will climax the
1948-49 lecture series when she ap
pears in Memorial Hall on April 5
at 8:30. She will speak on “The
Magic of Radium ’ ’.
The speaker first visited America
with her mother, Marie Curie, at
the age of sixteen. At that time,
the women of America presented
Madame Curie with a gram of preci
ous radium in order that she might
continue her research. When Eve
Curie made her second trip to this
country, she was no longer only re
cognized as the daughter of the fam
ous Curies. Her book, Madame
Curie, had made her well-known to
Americans. This biography was
written in 1934, shortly after the
death of the authoress’ mother.
Madame Curie made publishing his
tory and was acclaimed by critics
as a great human document.
The success of her book won for
Mile. Curie a career as one of
America’s most popular speakers.
Her charm and intellect have capti
vated audiences everywhere.
Unlike her sister, Irene, she has
developed her character in a field
far different from the scientific
atmosphere in which she was edu
cated. She studied piano for some
years and gave several concerts.
Writing under a pen-name, she won
acclaim as a music critic. In ad
dition, she did theatre and motion
picture work for Parisien ' news
papers. In 1932 she translated the
American play ‘ ‘ Spread Eagle ’ ’
into French. It was presented in
Paris and won recognition.
When Prance fell. Mile. Curie
went to England’as a liason officer