Faculty and Students
Congratulations
On Developing Better
Relations
Freshmen Be Full of
Good Cheer
Rat Week Is Over
For Another Year
; Volume XXX
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, October 14, 1949
Number 4
W. S. S. F. Drive Begins
Gramley Goes
To Bethlehem
President Gramley and Dean
Hixon will represent Salem College
at the inauguration of two college
presidents on Saturday, October 22.
President Gramley will leave the
later part of next week for Bethle
hem, Pennsylvania to attend the
inauguration of Rev. David E.
Wienland as president of Moravian
College for Women. The cere
monies will be held at Central
Moravian Church on Saturday.
Rev. Wienland is a former assist
ant to the past president of Salem,
Bishop Howard E. Rondthaler.
Dean Hixon will represent Salem
on the same day at Duke Univer
sity at the inauguration of their
new president, Dr. A. Hollis Edens.
Dr. Edens will take the oath of
office in Main Quadrangle at 10:30
in the morning. Dean Hixon will
be the guest of Mrs. Hazen Smith,
Dean of Undergraduate Instruction
of Woman’s College, Duke Univer-
sity.
,A.t both inaugurations the aca
demic procession will be formed ac
cording to the age of the educa
tional institution represented. Since
.Salem is'one of the oldest schools,
in .omerica, both Dean Hixon and
President Gramley will march near
the front of the academic proces-
sion.
Russia Reaffirms
Stand On Atom
Bomb In U. N.
By Ruth Lenkoski
Russia has announced that she
will reveal how many atomic bombs
she has—on the condition all other
countries will do likewise.
This week Jacob Malik, Soviet
delegate to the U.’ N. Security Coun
cil, reaffirmed Russia’s stand on
the atomic program with severe ac
cusations to the Western powers.
Mr. Malik claims that the_ West
mainly the United States, is pro
posing a program of atomic census
which separates and does not in
clude a census of the number of
atomic bombs in each country s
possession, because the United
States does not wish to reveal such
facts. In view of his stand Malik
vetoed several other compromisory
proposals which were made by
other delegates. The meeting was
adjourned until this morning.
In this country, Mr. Philip Mur
ray, head of the C. I. O. steel
workers, is on a tour of the major
steel cities. In speaking to the
workers he has assured them that
soon the strike would be over and
that labor would be the victor. He
claimed that the workers would get
their non-contributory pension plan
which after all management has
alloted itself.
Whether Mr. Murray is right re
mains to be seen. Meanwhile the
United States is experiencing an
economic crisis which is the great
est impact of labor unrest suffered
since the end of World War II.
John L. Lewis’ mine workers are
still striking for several contract
adjustments. The workers are ask
ing for a daily pay increase, a seven
hour day instead of eight without
pay cut,' and an increase in pension
and welfare funds to be paid by
employers. Management does not
want to raise labor costs.
The effect of the strikes is being
felt among other industries such
as the International Harvester Co.
Emergency conditions do not, how
ever, lie in the immediate future.
SawyerTeaches
Golfs, Gardens
And Preaches
New Committee To Aid
Organization Budgets
Rev. Sawyer
By Sis Pooser
Let me introduce you to one of
the busiest faculty members at
Salem—Mr. Robert Sawyer, the tall
religion professor who can be iden
tified bjf his friendly smile.
As we talked together in his of
fice on second floor Main Hall, I
began to realize how fpll a day
must be for this new pastor of the
Fries Memorial Moravian Church
who is leaching both here and at
the Academy. “After all,” Mr.
Sawyer smiled, “teaching is not for
eign to religion.” The primary
purpose in his teaching is to help
students form their own religious
philosophies. In one of his courses
the contributions of various, religi
ons to world problems is being dis
cussed. Mr. Sawyer has planned a
series of eleven speakers on vari
ous religions in that class.
Mr. Sawyer received both his
B. S. in business administration
and his Masters in English Litera-
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See "Dragonwyck”
In Old Chapel
The movie “Dragonwyck”, star
ring Gene Tierney, and Walter
Houston, will be shown in Old
Chapel on Friday, October 14, at
7:30 p. m. The price of admission
will be thirty cents. The movie is
being sponsored jointly by the I. R.
S. Council and the junior class.
This year the I. R. S. Council and
the junior class have chosen the
showing of popular movies on week
ends at Salem as their projects.
Such movies as “A Tree Grows in
Brooklyn” and “Laura” have been
ordered to be shown.
A joint student-faculty committee#'
on the budgets of student organi
zations has been created this week
on Salem campus.
The purpose of this new com
mittee is to establish policies for
financial matters involving organi
zation contracts. Future organiza
tion officers will have the benefit
of previous experience through this
committee. The idea is to review
budgets and pass on contracts for
such things as dances and student
publications. If the need arises, the
committee’s purpose will be expan
ded to include other phases of or
ganizational problems.
Four members of the student body
and three members of the faculty
have been appointed to serve on the
committee for this year. They are;
Carolyn Dunn, Bob Sawyer, Jane
Krauss, Sybel Haskins, Miss Mar
ian Reed, Miss Jess Byrd, and Dr.
Gramley.
Teachers Meet;
Reports Heard
Lou Huntley and Betty Beck
were elected senior and junior vice-
presidents, of the Education Club
at their meeting on October 4th
in the Day Students’ Center. Plans
for the year were discussed and
committee reports were given. The
meeting was presided over by the
president of the club. Bunny
Pierce.
Mary Alice Hudson, Secretary,
and Sue Stowers, Treasurer, gave
reports. Also heard were reports
from Mary Jane Hurt, Chairman
of the concession committee; Mary
Anne Spillman, Chairman of the
program committee; Carolyn Dunn,
Chairman of the high school activi
ties committee; Mary Alice Hud
son, Chairman of the room com
mittee, and of the constitutional
committee; Ann Linville, Chairman
of the intervisitation committee;
Betsy Evans, Chairman of the
Chapel program committee; and
Betty McBrayer, Chairman of the
radio committee.
Wall Lights Installed
No more lights shining in eyes,
no more lamp strings hitting people
in the face, no more weird shad
ows in the halls because Clewell
has new wall lights just above the
base boards. These lights are
placed every twenty feet down each
corridor. Now there can be no
more complaints about bright lights
and no more light for illegal light
cuts.
Cast Ballots
For May Court
The ballot boxes for nominations
for the May Court are now in Main
Hall. There is one box for the
Queen and her maid who must be
seniors and the other box is for
the Court who may be nominated
from any class.
Every student has the privilege
of nominating as many people as
she wants, and it takes only one
nomination for a candidate to ap
pear in the formal elections next
Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
The May Day Committee urges
that each student take advantage
of this opportunity to select campus
beauties for the May Court and
cast at least one ballot for the
person of her choice. Nominators
are asked, however, that they keep
in mind the following things when
choosing a candidate: coloring,
beauty, posture, figure, poise, smile
and not popularity.
The election of the May Queen
and Maid of Honor will be held
next Tuesday night, the 18th at
7:00 p. m. in Old Chapel. On
Wednesday night at 7:00 p. m. the
fourteen members of the court will
be elected. Everyone is asked to
come and look and vote in order
to make it a successful and beauti
ful May Day.
Room Contest
Held By IRS
Freshmen get ready for the room
contest next Thursday! The I. R.
S. is sponsoring this event in order
to stimulate more interest in how
rooms look.
Lola Dawson, chairman of the
committee, has announced that the
judges will be Miss Hodges, Miss
Carlson, and Miss Samson. Rooms
will be judged on the basis of ori
ginality, neatness, and color.
• Not only do you freshmen have
the chance to win the honor of
having the most attractive room
among your classmates but there
are also prizes. Revlon represen
tative, Carter Read, will donate a
combination lipstick and ball point
pen; Miss Ruth Lenkoski, ABC
representative, will give a carton of
Chesterfields, and the last prize
ffom the Book Store has not yet
been announced.
Sets Sky As
Limit For
Salem’s Goal
Salem’s annual World Student
Service Fund drive will be launched
Tuesday, October 18th. The drive
is part of a national drive to raise
money to be given to those students
of the world who need books,
paper, pencils, lab equipment, and
other materials which the American
college students have access to.
In order that Salem girls may
understand the purpose of W. S.
S. F., Mary Lib Weaver, chairman
of the drive, has announced that
two movies will be shown during
Chapel period next Tuesday morn
ing. One of the films will be “The
Seeds of Destiny”. The other film
has not Seen announced.
On Tuesday night members- of
the Y Cabinet wall canvass for
money in all the dormitories by
contacting every student personally.
The canvassers would like to get
five dollars from every student, but
smaller contributions will be accep
ted. No goal has been set for the
drive, therefore “the sky is the
limit.” Mary Lib Weaver has an
nounced that students who cannot
pay all of their contribution next
week may have an opportunity to
pay the rest in the future.
James Gleason, Southern Regio
nal Secretary for W. S. S. F., wall
speak to Salem about some phase
of the work being done for stu
dents of the world next Thursday
morning during Chapel period.
Again on Thursday night there will
be campus-wide canvassing for
money.
Hodges Finds
Salemites
Well'Dressed
Freshmen Shmoos Run Through Paces
For Sophomores At Dreaded Rat Race
By Lola Da'wson
It’s a shame that A1 Capp couldn’t
have been in the audience of Old
Chapel last night to see his creation,
the “shmoo”, embodied in Salem’s
95 freshmen who entertained us all
w'ith their antics at Rat Court.
Even the sophomores will have to
admit that the Rats looked cute m
their white sheets and those white
stockings over their heads.
The program began according to
tradition, with the sophomore mem
bers of the Rat Court marching in,
all dressed in black and looking
very formidible. After they seated
themselves on their pitchforks, the
show got underw^ay.
Perhaps the nicest show of real
talent was the tap dance performed
by Fae Deaton, Ann Simpson re
cited a lovely poem in Spanish; and
although I didn’t understand a word
of it. I’m sure all the Spanish
majors enjoyed it. Other contribu
tion to the program were: rolling
a peanut across the stage, putting
Choo,” a story on the “Life Cycle
of a Ping Pong Ball,” and, best of
all, one shmoo had to '“flub the dub.’
The audience was wholly appre-
make-up on blindfolded, a beautiful
serenade of “All the way Choo-
ciative, and full of important people:
Mr. Leach was there with his usual
smile, (probably because some
freshman has been proposing to him
all week!) and Mr. Campbell ap
peared in full force with his ever-
ready chuckle; . even “Meatball”
sho-^ved up to see Shmoo Jane Fear
ing perform.
Rat, Court was followed by a
party in Davy Jones Locker for the
freshmen and the sophomores, con
cluding the week’s activities with
good feeling and everyone was
back "on frigndly terms.
Miss Hodges
By Lee Rosenbloom
I found Miss Hodges in the kit
chen of the home ec. practice house
—and what more appropriate place
could one find a new home ec.
teacher ? She was seated at the
kitchen table, pecking on a type
writer, and very kindly pulled up
a chair for me too.
Miss Hodges did her undergradu
ate work at Marshall. When I ad
mitted that I’d never heard of Mar
shall, she explained that her alma
mater used to play Wake Forest
in football. Incidentally, one of
the things she misses most at Salem
is inter-collegiate sports. She says
that she likes basketball best, but
is interested in all sports.
I was impressed with the picture
of her two little nephews, which
she showed me with a great deal
of pride. They are living in Scott
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