Freshmen, you soon
hold elections,
Put plenty of thought
behind selections
Next Thursday is Founder’s
Day,
That’s when P. M. classes pay.
New Heating
System To Be
Installed
The Administration announced
this week that the Salem College
Board of Trustees has approved an
installation of new stokers and
other equiprrient for the college
heating plant, at a total cost of
about $20,000.
The new heating system will be
regulated by thermostatic controls
in all the campus buildings. As a
result of the new stokers, the
smoke nuisance will be greatly
abated. The effectiveness of the
heating plant will be increased by
about fifty per cent. Some of this
increase will be due to insulation
of exposed pipes in all the build
ings, an important part of the re
novation of the heating system.
The Board hopes to raise the
money privately. Work has already
been started in some of the build
ings on campus.
R. J. Reynolds
To Fete Seniors
Reynolds Tobacco Company has
invited the members of the Senior
Class to be its guest at a luncheon
on Thursday, October 5, at 1:15
p.m. The class will be taken on
a tour of the plant after lunch.
Grads To Di ne
An invitation has been issued to
the 930 Alumnae of Salem College
in Winston-Salem to attend the
fall meeting of the Winston-Salem
Club which will be a 12:30 luncheon
on September 30, 1950 in the Club
Dining Room of Corrin Refectory.
The program will center around
Salem’s new foreign students, and
Mrs. Amy Heidbreder, the new
Dean of Residence. These guests
of honor will be introduced to the
Alumnae by Dean Ivy M. Hixson.
Two new officers will be elected
and committee appointments will
be announced by the president,
Mrs. Millicent Ward McKeithen.
A question and answer discussion
will be held by Dean Hixson with
the guests of honor, concerning
education conditions in their re
spective countries, and opinions
and impressions of Salem and the
life of an American college girl.
Salem To Observe
Founder's Day
The annual o b s e r v a nc e of
Founders' Day on October 5 will
be held in Assembly at 12:10 a.m.
Thursday. Dean Charles Vardell
will be the speaker. Classes will
be suspended after lunch.
News In Brief
The Administration has announced
that extension courses in art for
adults and children will be offered
again this year. Mr. Shewmake,
Salem art instructor, will direct the
course. Registration will take place
Saturday morning, September 30.
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The Methodist Students will hold
a supper meeting Tuesday night,
October 3, at Centenary Methodist
Church. There will be a bus to
pick up the students at 5:30 in
front of Clewell and return them
at 7:30. The program will consist
of worship and entertainment.
Since many new girls are expected,
the main purpose of the meeting
is to get acquainted. New stu
dents as well as old are urged to
come. Those planning to attend
are asked to sign up in their dormi
tory before Saturday.
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Tryouts for the fall major pro
duction, “Goodbye My Fancy’’, will
be held in Room 100 at 7:00, Mon
day, October 2.
“Goodbye My Fancy” was well
received on Broadway in 1948 with
a starring cast headed by Madeline
Carrol and Conrad Nagel. It is a
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Y Retreat Is Held
The Salem Y. W. C. A. Cabinet
held its annual fall retreat last
Monday afternoon at Camp Betty
Hastings.
After a picnic supper the group
had a business meeting. Carol
Stortz was elected secretary of the
Y for the coming year. It was
announced that Mary Faith Carson,
president of the Salem Y, was
elected co-chairman of the Berea
Conference this past summer. This
makes her a member of the Nat
ional Intercollegiate C h r i s t i a n
Council.
Committee reports were then
given and plans for the work of
the semester were made. After the
business meeting, the group roasted
marshmallows and sang songS;
Dr. Charles Vardell, Dean of the School of Music, will present the
first Faculty Concert of the year. His progsam consists of some of his
own scohes as well as those of othes composess.
Georgian Works On Ph. D.,
Teaches Salemites Sociology
harry w. martin
by 'Winkie Harris
Name—Harry Martin
Occupation—New Member of
College Faculty
_ I was bawn in Phenic City, Ala-
ania, but moved from there at the
of twelve months. “From his
drawl, I wisely concluded that Mr.
Martin had moved to Georgia.
He got his A. B. and M. A. in
sociology at the University ofGeor-
gia. 'When I asked him why socio
logy, he looked woeful and said
that he had been asked that ques
tion before, but couldn’t remember
whether he had answered it or not.
Then I explained about the blank
space in the Salemite... ‘“Well,” he
said, “I once thought to be a mini
ster—but in the process of living
I decided that I couldn’t—I guess
I was interested in people—what
they were doing and why—”
Mr. Martin served in the Army
of the United States and is a cap
tain in the Chemical Corps reserve.
Norv, in addition to teaching here,
he is studying at the University of
North Carolina. He wants to get
his Ph. D., “If I hold out.”
He doesn’t smoke yet, and won’t
claim any outside interests except
collecting shrunken heads. He
finally admited that he read, swam,
played tennis and had played golf
upon occasion.
Mr. Martin insisted for the most
part that he had had a. very 'un-
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Professor
Speaks To
Faculty
Miss Eva Covington, Professor
of Economics, delivered a paper on
Social Security at the Faculty Re
search Committee meeting in the
living, room of Bitting on Septem
ber 25.
Included in the paper was a dis
cussion of the Social Security
measure passed by Congress. Miss
Covington used details of the
measure which related to non-pro-
fitable institutions, such as, Salem.
The Faculty Research Committee
is a study group created for the
purpose of giving members of the
faculty who are studying a chance
to present their papers.
The subject of the papers are
varied and have been given by
members of all departments in the
last four years.
Members of the Faculty Research
Committee are: Chairman, Miss
Jess Byrd; Mr. Spencer; Dr.
Welch; Mrs. Melvin; Dr. Wenhold
and Mr. French.
A group of Home Economics stu
dents served refreshments to forty-
five faculty members and their
families.
Welch Will Sp eak
Dr. Elizabeth Welch, Professor
of Education-Psychology at Salem,
will be one of the main speakers
at the Second General Session of
the Northeastern District of the
North Carolina Education Associa
tion to be held in Goldsboro, Octo
ber 10. The talk, “And the Child
Grew,” will be followed by a play
by Dr. Welch, “Trail of Tears.”
This drama, which will be pre
sented by the Goldmasquers of
Goldsboro High School, won an
award in playwriting in 1948. It
also received the highest rating in
production last April at the State
Drama F'estival in Chapel Hill.
Dr. Welch will be introduced by
Clifton Britton, widely known mem
ber of the Dramatic Arts Depart
ment at Goldsboro High School.
VESPERS
Dr. Elizabeth Welch, head of the
Psychology and Education Depart
ment, will speak at vespers on next
Sunday evening in the living room
of Strong Dormitory at 6:30. Dr.
Welch will speak on the personality
of Christ.
J u n iors
Announce Plans
The Junior Class will again serve
junior Breakfast each Sunday
morning and will sponsor the Ben-
di-x washing machine in Clewell.
Breakfast will be served in the
basement of Clewell from 9:30 till
10:30. Orange juice, toast, jelly
and coffee will be thirty-five cents.
Coffee and toast may be bought
for twenty-five cents and coffee for
ten cents. This week Rachel Cline,
Daisy Chonis, Jean Patton and
Blake Carter will serve.
The Bendix is located on the
second floor of Clewell in the wash
room. The machine is for the use
of all students for thirty-five cents.
Each group using it is to sign up
and the money will be collected at
the end of each week. The present
juniors bought the Bendix last year
to be used as their class project.
Salem Is Represented
Dr. Gramley will attend the Con
ference on Higher Education in
National Service to be held in
Washington, D. C., on October 6
and 7. The impact of the wap
situation on colleges and univer
sities will be discussed at the con
ference.
Dr. Vardell
Will Present
Concert
The Salem College School of
Music will present Charles G. Var
dell, Jr., pianist, in a faculty re
cital on Monday, October 2, 1950
at 8:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall.
Dr. Vardell attended Princeton
University, Institute of Musical Art
which is now Julliard School of
Music. After receiving his Ph. D.
at Eastman School of Music of the
University of Rochester, he taught
at Hotchkiss School in Lakeville,
Connecticut. Before coming to
Salem College in 1923, he was Dean
of Music at Flora MacDonald. In
1928 he became Dean of Music at
Salem. He has also instructed in
the summer schools of the Univer
sity of North Carolina and Cornell.
Dr. Vardell is widely known as a
composer as well as a teacher. Two
of his best known Cantatos are
“The Inimitable Lovers” and “Song
in the Wilderness”, which was writ
ten for the 175th anniversary of
the founding of Salem College. He
wrote the “Carolinian Symphony”
for his PH. D. This work has been
played in Rochester, New York,
Dallas, Texas; and in Philadelphia
by the Philadelphia Orchestra
under the direction of Eugene Or-
mandy. His most wfidely travelled
composition is “Joe Clark Steps
Out”. This was played over a
broadcast in Belgium this past sum
mer. It had also been played in
the United States “from here to
Hollywood and back”. For being
the most outstanding North Caro
linian composer Dr. Vardell holds
the Shirley Cup which he was
awarded in 1922, 1924, and in 1925.
In his recital on Monday night
Dr. Vapdel! will present several of
his own compositions which are
being played in public for the first
time.
For the first part of his program
Dr. Vardell has chosen:
Chorale and Prelude
(“C h ris t Lay in Bands of
Death”)—Bach-Vardell
Three Sonatos Scarlotti
a. C minor
b. F minor
c. F major
Theme and Variations in A
Major Beethoven
The second part consists of Cho
pin selections :
Nocturne in D flat major. Op.
27, No. 2
Waltz in C sharp minor, Op.
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Text Of President’s Speech
Editor’s Note: The following is the
speech that Dr. Gramley delivered
at Salem’s 179th convocation. It
is printed here at the request of
members of the student body and
the faculty.
As we begin a new academic
year at Salem—the 179th in a long
impressive h i s t o r y—we are dis
turbed, everyone of us, by the UN
police action in Korea and by the
fear of other outbreaks on the peri
meter of Soviet Russia’s circle of
influence and control. Each per
son in this auditorium is affected
directly or indirectly by what is
going on in the world about us;
the college campus, Salem’s or
any other, is not a protected, hid
den cloister, we are a part of what
has gone before, part of what is
happening today, and part of what
the future holds.
The hot war in Korea touches
the budgets of each of us as indi
viduals and the budget of the insti
tution as well. In time, it will af
fect our comfort and convenience,
the availability of things we want
and need—some items of equipment
ordered last May, for example, are
not yet in hand—our ease of mind
newspapers, our romances.
How each of us reacts to the
challenges of the year will be de
termined largely by what we are
at the moment. This means that
the environment and influence of
our homelife, the impact of our for
mal education to date, our friend
ships, our temperaments, the con
dition of our health, our politics,
our prejudices, our religious faith,
and a variety of other factors are
involved. Our reactions in any
situation are the result of a com
plicated pattern stretching back to
the cradle and beyond.
But I am not too much worried
about you students, for you are
the product of two difficult decades.
You were born in depression days,
weaned on national emergencies,
schooled in time of war, exposed
to rationing and shortages, and
have been made aware of man’s in
compatibility with man during five
years of cold war—Now in the
brief weeks since school closed in
the Spring, you have been cata
pulted, along with the rest of man
kind, into a new military explosion.
Considering the impacts upon
you in your life to date, you should
be tough fibred, psychologically
ou; attilud r e dmg o the ^-d entirely
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