The Annuals Arrived
Tootsie Survived
Volume XXIX
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, May 6, 1949
Venus Shall Reign
lone Is Insane
Number-XVl II
Queen Rules Festival of Venus
Signs Seen
Of Halt On
Cold War
by Eutb Lenkoski
Last week, first signs of a halt
in the cold war between Eussia
and the Western Powers seemed
evident. It was announced, follow
ing a series of informal talks be
tween American Ambassador-at-
large, Philip 0. Jessup , and Eussian
Deputy Foreign Minister, Jacob A.
Malik, that the U. S. and Eussia
were approaching agreement on the
following twm issues: (1) the block
ade of Berlin would be lifted and
(2) a date would be set for a meet
ing of Foreign Ministers to dis
cuss and try to solve the problem
of Germany.
Such action on the part of Eus
sia has brought much speculation
in this country. The predjudieed
American opinions are pessimistic,
with an air of distrust in Eussia’s
motives. Many Americans do not
make allowance for Eussian opin-,
ion, wdiich is probably also tinted
with distrust and justifiably so.
Hence, it seems that if the Eussians
and Americans at Lake Success can
just agree on a date for lifting
the blockade and holding the. Fore
ign Alinister’s Conferanee, the de
legates on both Eastern and West-
ign IMinister’s Conference, the de-
wdll convene wdth feelings of dis
trust. The Eussians will be dub
ious of tlie West for the eontinu-
ally growing Western Alliance. The
.\mericans feel that Eussia is
changing her strategy to hasten her
increase in power in German.
While Communist Eussia has
eased the tension in Europe, Com
munist China has risen again and
is waging a hot civil war in China.
On Wednesday it was announced
that the resort city of Hanachow,
one hundred and twenty-five miles
Beal Leads
Soph Tests
The afternoons of April 26 and
27 found the sophomores in Old
Chapel taking the sophomore com
prehensive testing program. These
tests are cpmpised of two main
parts, the Cooperative General Cul
ture Test, and the Cooperative Con
temporary Affairs Test. Given nat
ionally to college and university
students all over the country, their
purpose is to test the general know'-
ledge of each student. They are
for the students own advantage, as
they let him know where he stands
in relation to his class and in re
lation to the nation. The national
results of tiis year’s testing pro
gram has not been announced, but
the results of Salem College were
announced this week by Miss
Hixson, Academic Dean.
Congratulations go to Betty Beal,
for in the Cooperative General Cul
ture Test she was high with a
score of 264. The next highest
score wms made by Joseph Smith,
followed by Wylma Pooser, Jane
Krauss, Betty Biles, Janice Wear,
George Melville, Winifred Harris,
Ann Eixey, Mary Elizabeth Law,
John Gatewood, and Joan Mills.
Consisting of 450 possible points,
this test has six major divisions.
In the Current Social Problems,
Jeanne Tegtmeir was high, followed
by Joseph Smith, and Wylma
Pooser; History and Social Stu
dies, George Melville, w'ith Joseph
Smith, Dolly Loughran, and Wylma
Pooser following close behind; Lit
erature, Betty Biles, Winifred
Harris, Betty Beal and Mary Law,
in order of score; Science found
John Gatewood high, followed by
Janice Wear and Prances Tucker;
Mary Law was high in Pine Arts,
with Betty Biles, Betty Beal and
Jane Krauss following; and in the
last section. Mathematics, Edna
Heinz, Mary Elizabeth Weaver,
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Pictured above are lone Bradsher
and Dot Arrington. They are plan
ning the annual -May Day page
ant which takes place this after
noon at 5 p. m. in the May Dell.
These two girls are responsible for
arranging fhe entire production.
Bradsher and Arrington
Present ’4g May Day
Y Meets
At Retreat
south of Shanghai, had fallen to and Jane Hart were the respective
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Gray Is Appointed As
49'5o Business Head
chairman of the World Federalists
chapter at Salem, member of the
International Eelations Club, dis
ciple of Dr. Anscombe, and, to top
it off, business manager of the
Salemite. He gets around. I’ve
known him to act in school plays,
give imitations at a party, and
even teach a class in economics.
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Robert C. Gray
by George Melville
If you run across a young man
with a jolly face and a Claghorn
personality, it’s probably Eobert
Gray. But unlike the noted sena
tor, Bob is the kind of a guy you
®an depend on to carry his share
of the load. Eesponsibility is pro
bably his middle name. He’s pre
sident of the Men’s Association,
Bob’s a junior and was in the
first group of men students that
invaded Salem a few years back.
He’s taking a double major, his
tory and economics. To get all his
credits in the latter he’s planning
to go to Davidson College this
summer.
Before he came to Salem, Bob
worked for the railroad. It’s still
his main love. When he gets
started on the subject, he’s harder
to derail than the train he’s talk
ing about. It isn’t idle chatter
though; he can back up what he
has to say. Recently he became
interested in astromony and has al-
3ady collected extensive facts and
figures on the subject. I thought
at first that- he was laying out a
railway network to the stars, but
up to the present, he has denied
this. Time will tell. One thing is
sure. If he ever makes up his
mind to do it—Mars, here we come.
Last week the new and old “Y”
Cabinets convened at Camp Betty
Hasting’s for their annual retreat.
At this supper meeting, the past
years activities were reviewed and
evaluated before a tenative pro
gram was set up for ’49-50.
In making plans for the approach
ing year, the following responsibi
lities were accepted by the stated
persons: “T” Watch, Cacky Eeid;
Music, Bennie Jo Michael; “Y”
Store, Cammie Lovelace and Caro
lyn Harris; Social affairs, Sara
Hamrick; Coke-machine, Ann Spen
cer; Community Service, Francos
Morrison and Myrta Wiley; Publi
city, Euth Lenkoski and Dotty
Clemmer; W. S. S. F., Mary Lib
Weaver and Euth Van Hoy; Eoom
arrangernent, Cammy Lovelace; Ee-
seareh—Scrapbook, Mary Ann Spill
man; and Worship, Helen Creamer
and Mary Faith Carson.
At Wednesday morning Chapel
the installation of the new “Y”
Cabinet officers was held in the
Home Moravian Church. With a
few words, Betty Holbrook, the
Past-President, relinquished her of
fice to incoming-president Betty
McBrayer. Dr. Eondthaler said the
prayer.
t Saturday’s May Day pageant will
bring a small-scale Mount Olympus
to the May Dell, according to its
author-director lone Bradsher. lone
and her co-chairman Dot Arrington
have announced that this year’s
spring celebration will be called
“The Festival of Venus”.
The plot of the presentation,
which culminates in the crowning
of the May Queen, is built on stor
ies from ancient Eo.man mythology.
Gods and heroes will dance and
caper, and vie for the favor of the
goddess Venus, personified in the
queen Miriam Bailey. Costumed
Salemites will assume the roles of
fleet-footed M e r c u r y, handsome
Apollo, the three Graces, Bacchus,
god of mirth, as they act out the
pageant honoring our loveliest girls.
Aided and abetted by Dot Arring
ton, lone has been in charge of all
arrangements for the production of
the Festival. She is an English
major, which’, she says was a help
when she came to writing the page
ant script. lone has also" taken
studio art, costume design, and
modern dance. The knowledge she
gained from each of these fields has
been indespensable, she says, for a
Alay Day chairman must be some
thing of a universal woman, comb
ining the skills of writer, artist,
choregrapher, director, musician
and costume stylist. lone stated,
with a sigh, that at least two sem
esters of human psychology would
be a help, too.
Co-chairman Dot Arrington, has
a double interest in Saturday’s per
formance and production. She is
also Maid of Honor to the May
Queen, a blonde complement to the
Queen’s brunette beauty. Dot can
boast of a long acquaintance with
things of May Day, having been
on the court for three years.
Gods Reign
In Dell
Once more the long-awaited and
long-planned May Day has arrived.
Come rain (and we hope it doesn’t)
or shine the full schedule of the
day will go as planned.
Early on May Day morning the
members of the Choral Ensemble
will serenade May Queen Bailey
with “Awake, Awake, My Pretty,
Pretty Maid”. After breakfast,
the traditional outdoor morning,
chapel will be held on the. walks
behind Main Hall. From 8:30 until
12:10 distracted and excited stu
dents will attend classes. All after
noon guests, dates, and families
will be arriving on campus.
At 5:00 p. m. all Salemites, facul
ty, and guests will gather in the
May Dell to watch the pageant,
’The Festival of Venus”, and the
Queen and Maid, Misses Bailey and
Arrington, and other lovely ladies
of the court. The court is com
posed this year of Jane Bowman,
Ealeigh; Anne Carrington, Lynch
burg, Va; June Elder, Marietta, Ga;
Jean Epps, Gastonia; Laura Har
vey, Kinston; Katherine Ives, New
Bern; Euth Mabry, Hamlet; Dot
Massey, Kinston; Mary Patience
McFall, Danville, Va; Bet Epps
Pearson, Gastonia; and Nell Trask,
Wilmington.
At 6:15 p. m. a buffet supper will
be given in the college refectory.
The supper will honor the May
Queen, her court and the chairman
of May Day. All the court and
their guests are invited, as well as
the members of the May Day Com
mittee, the performers, faculty mem
bers and their families, all day stu
dent seniors, and the entire board
ing student body. There will be
seats both in the Refectory and out
of doors in the quadrangle.
At 8:30 p. m. the lES will pre
sent the annual May Day Dance in
the gymnasium at which time the
Queen, Maid of Honor and Court
will be presented in a figure.
’49 Annual
Delivered
By T uat
Come Up The Valley had com
petition this week. The 1949 Sights
and Insights also made publishing
history.
The wine cover—with three white
swirls (designed by the editor)—
announced a new and different an
nual. Tootsie Gillespie showed ^n
unusual modern touch with her ab
stract green church steeple on page
two, and the green stars spread
over Dr. Anscombe and his dedica
tion.
The Sights and Insights was prin
ted this year by Edwards and Brou
ghton Company in Ealeigh. Photo
graphers were Woodrow Wilson of
Winston-Salem for group pictures,
and Jerry Colonna for individual.
If we may editorilize a bit, much
praise goes to Tootsie for her baby
is certainly well worth all her labor.
To Eaton Seville, business mana
ger, again praise for the ads. To
everyone who had any part in mak
ing this 1949 annual possible, many
thanks from the entire student
body.