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THE SAL E M1T £
October 6, 1950
2>eaA StudeMtl. . .
A great deal has already been said about
dressing properly, dining room eondiiet ^and
clia[)el conduct in comiection with the I. It. S-
this year—i)articu!arly to the freshmen. Very
little' has been said about the fun and goo(l
times that the 1. U. S. has in store for all of
us. , T>- V,
'i'his Ttionth the I. 1!. is planning a I>uth-
dav Dinner celebrating birthdays of students
and facmlty in August, September and October.
On October dl, we are planning to have our
first big event -a Halloween Carnival. We
know that six weeks tests are due then; but
the carnival lasts only from 8:30-9 ;3() p.m.,
and it is a come-and-go affair. We promise
it will relax you when you need relaxation
most, and you’ll have worlds of fun getting
into the Halloween sj)irit with bobbing apples,
going to th(‘ Crazy House, having your for
tunes told and eating till you pop. In Novem
ber there will be anotln-r P.irtbday Dinner for
November and December birthdays.
December 2 is the biggest event of the se
mester—the Christmas formal dance. The
whole student body can participate in this
affair- by helping de(U)rate and also by com-
intr--you’ll regret neither!
We begin second semester by a Charm Week
in February. ’I’liere are always gi-and speak
ers during these few days who discuss sub
jects such as marriage, personal (diarm, car
eers, etc. Hast year one of the leading stores
gave a fashion show with Salem models, and
we're hoj)ing to do tin* same this year. There
will be three more Birthday Dinners in the
spring, and then the other big formal dance—
the May Day Dance—is the first Saturday in
May. The new 1. R. S. will give this dance
with the hel]) of the present council.
Sprinkled in this rusli of events will be after-
dinner coff«>es, an informal dance or two, iier-
haps a bridge touniament and a party with
the Bowman Cray med students.
Our purpose for the I. R. S. this year, then,
is not only to uphold the standards of Salem
and be charming ourselves, btit also to have a
gooil time and to j)roniote interest in the 1. R.
S. by getting your suggestions. We hope to
have 100 percent particijiation in all our acti
vities.
Lucy Harper
President, I. R. S.
1/fou . . .
... to the administration—faculty—staff—
senior advisors—big sisters—and all others
who help(‘d to make orientation a success.
Finally to the freshman who have co-operated
so willingly and have shown their enthusiasm
ill everything concerning Salem.
We hope that the same spirit that has been
in evidence so far will continue throughout
the year.
President, Student Government
Winkle Harris
Last Yearns Grads
Work And Play
by Eleanor McGregor
Been wondering just what’s hap
pened to all the gc.ls (and boys)
who were seniors last year ? Well,
they’re scattered all over the
Past from Florida to Connecticut
and represent about as wide a
variety of jobs as places. Flow -
ever, the favorite occupation seems
to he matrimony. Geraldine Brown
is keeping house in Winston-Salem
for her husband. Palmer Alexander.
Ann Linville, who married Lt. F.
K. Burns, is living in Quantico,
Va. where she has a job teaching.
Dot Massey and John Kelley are
livdng in Kinston. Living at Emory
University is Love Ryder, now Mrs.
Robert Lee. Betty Sheppe has a
voice studio in Raleigh where her
husband, Tom Moore, is attending
State. Louise Stacy Reams is
housekeeping in Kingsport, where
Hugh practices law. Sue Stowers
Morror is doing double duty keep-
house and teaching at Mineral
Springs School near Winston.
Four ex-members of the class who
are married are Jeannene Durham
Knight, Betty Earnhardt Barrus,
Rebekah Huggins Walston, and
Willie Benbow, who married Jane
Huss, a member of the present
sophomore class. Sarah Hudson,
Mary Jane Hurt, Dale Smith, and
Mary Anne Spillman are making
wedding plans for the near future.
Teaching has claimed 12 of the
m embers of the Class of 1950.
Helen Creamer has her own music
studio. John Gatewood is teaching
Spanish and studying at Piedmont
Bible Institute on the side. Robert
Bessie Discloses
A Sensitive Soul
Sawyer is teaching at Ellerbe, Jean
Starr, in Hartford, Conn,, Betty Jo
Welch, in Winston-Salem, Eula
Cain, in Stoneville, Va. and Carol
yn Dunn, at a school near Kinston.
Logan Vaught is giving art instruc
tion at Mineral Springs School.
Teaching together in Asheboro are
Bcv Johnson and Betty McBrayer.
Bunny Pierce and Catherine Ann
^ Pleasants have also entered the
; teaching profession. Lila Fretwell
j is planning to teach next semester
! at Anderson Junior College.
A number of the class members
. have been ambitious enough to con
tinue their study and do graduate-
work. Polly Harrop is at the As-
I sembly’s Training School in Rich
mond. Doris Keith is Studying
voice at Juilliard, \\'hile Frances
Horne and Wesley Snyder are con
tinuing their music study at the
University of Michigan. Both Ruth
Lenkoski and Sara Ann Slawter
! are getting their teachers’ certi-
ficates—Ruth in Springfield, Mass,
and Sara Ann, here at Salem.
George Waynick, another ’50 grad
uate, is taking one course at Salem.
Carolyn Reid and Homer Sutton
are at Bowman Gray. Cacky is
studying med-tech, and Homer is
in his second year of medicine.
Another graduate who has entered
the medical field is Dorothy Red-
fern, who is in nurse’s training at
Presbyterian Hospital in New York.
Norman Jarrard is doing further
study at Carolina,
Two graduates who are working
(COXTIXf'KD ON P/OE THREE)
by Bessie Leppert
Lines Written after The Style of
John Dryden
(With Apologies, Also, To Mr.
Wordsworth)
by Bessie Leppert
In this vile age of cruel Atomic
war.
When gentle living and leisure are
no more,
When man eats man for frenzied
moneyed gain
In business competition and havoc’s
reign ;
When interests are utilitarian Sole,
With elevated soul no more our
goal.
And intellect pure weighs more
upon our scales
Than hearts that understand the
hills and dales
Of humans, countryside, the sun,
the moon—
“The world is too much with us,
late and soon;’’
When mad and wanton pleasures
are the rage.
And smoky cabarets our minds
encage.
And deep yet simple thought no
interest gives—
.Alone, our bodies and crudest in
stincts live;
When orchids fix’d in manner
stereotyped
Alone can please—the lady would
be griped,
A nosegay sweet of wild flow’rs to
receive—
(.V horrid fact, and rightly one to
grieve;)
When institutes of learning are
fairly fraught
With emphasis on grades, and stu
dents taught,
(Continued on page three)
Soviet Blocks U, N»;
U, S. Asks For Unity
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by Kitty Burrus
Soviet Bloc Proposes Peace Plan
MacArthur’s demand for uncon
ditional surrender of Northern Ko
rean troops has been answered by
the Soviet Bloc at Lake Success in
the form of a proposed peace plan.
The Soviet plan calls for an im
mediate cease-fire by both sides,
withdrawal of all U. N. forces, and
free elections run jointly by pre
sent North and South Korean
governments. The proposal also
provides for equal North and South
representation on the committe run
ning world-wide elections.
The Red plan has been rejected
by American and British spokes-
tiien because it would place North
ern aggressors on the same footing
as the U. N., recognized South Ko
rean Government. Another key
objection is the withdrawal of U. N.
troops before acceptance of Mac-
.Arthur’s surrender demand.
Western Plan
The Sc.viet plan contrasts sharply
with the Western proposal, which
provides that MacArthur’s forces
remain in Korea until stability has
been restored and free elections
held. North and South Korea
would then be united as an in
dependent nation.
Compromise Sought
Yugosalvia and India have asked
the United Nations to try to find
a compromise between Eastern and
Western proposals. They favor
the appointment of a subcommittee
to study both plans, and work out
a solution using parts of both pro
grams.
Prime Minister Nehru of India
says some sort of agreement is
imperative. Otherwise, the Korean
situation may well be the spafk to
set off a third World War.
Production Priorities Ordered
The U. S. Government has or
dered into effect a priority system
giving the .Armed Forces first call
on the nation’s industrial assembly
lines. The regulation directs all
plants to fill any order bearing the
priority rating, shunting aside civi
lian work if necessary.
The military contracts will carry
the symbol “D O” for “defense
order”. This rating may be used
by both the Defense Department
and the Atomic Energy Commis
sion. Its enforcement is backed by
criminal penalties.
“Our national defense effort has
first call on the nation’s resources,”
said National Production Authority
administrator, William Harrison.
“Do come to try-outs tonight you really
don’t need to have, any great ability. Of
course, you may have to shave your head and
play a male character, but the Pierettes feel
that the stage is worth the sacrifice.
That was the announcement I heard in Old
Chapel. Considering myself a girl ^f school
spirit I leaped into Room 100 at 7:00 p.m.
sRarp’. Ruby Nell Hauser was reading the
part of Agatha when I came in. I thought
she looked awfully silly. She was draped all
over a desk, and she kept referring to it as a
hassock. 1 thought everyone was extremely
dumb to believe her. In fact, I felt so strongly
about the matter that I stood up and told Miss
Reigner that anyone could see Ruby Nell was .
sitting on a desk and not on a hassock for
some reason she ignored me. When Ruby Nell
finished, Miss Reigner told her to cut the
scene and go back to her desk. Noiv I
watched Ruby Nell. I just wanted to see
exactly what she thought a desk was. And,
do you know that she walked straight to a
piece of furniture which she had not two
minutes before referred to as a hassock! I
just don’t understand some people.
Miss Reigner turned to me and asked_ if I
would like to try out for the part of Ginny.
I noticed that everyone else had a yellow book
with “Goodbye My Fancy” written on it. I
didn’t want her to think I wasn’t creative, so
I whipped out ten typewritten pages of a
monologue I had written when I was in the
sixth grade. I knelt down and began to re
cite a beautiful proposal to a boy whom I
adored. I could almost see him standing in
the doorway of Room 100 looking responsive
in his blue and white Carolina hat and his
ukelele in his hand. Just when I was coming
to the scene of most dramatic tension. Miss
Reigner stopped me. Some people have no
appreciation for true art. She handed me a
yellow book and told me to turn to page
45. I did. She said, “Read it.” I did. Then,
she sent me to the improvised stage and took
my book away. I wasn’t trying to keep her
silly old book. I coundn’t understand how
she expected me to try out for the part of
Ginny if I couldn’t read Ginny’s lines. I went
up to the part of the room designated as the
stage. I felt a little silly, so I did an Arabian
shuffle step to make myself feel more at ease.
Miss Reigner pointed to Cary Borges and
told me that she was Agatha. We were to
improvise a scene together. Now, I consider
myself to be a broadminded person, but how
could anyone expect me to believe that Cary
was Agatha, when Ruby Nell had just been
Agatha sitting on her stupid old hassock? Oh
well, I was embarrassed to tell everyone how
dumb they were acting, so I decided to play
along. I sat down, and Cary or Agatha (what
ever she had decided her name was) began
to talk to me. I suddenly realized that she
was telling me something about how she used
to be in love with my father. My first im
pulse was to wire mother right away. Then
I decided that I’d. better answer Cary first.
My mind was racing through my library of
stereotyped phrases. Luckily, I remembered
a^line from the play. It was something about
Ijncle M illie’s picture hanging on the wall.
In this tense moment, I looked up and said
maturely “Now I know why Uncle Willie was
hanging on the wall.”
For some reason the scene was cut and not
mentioned any more.
Miss Reigner asked Lee Rosenbloom to come
up and try-out for the part of Mary Nell.
e vas supposed to be a completely naive,
nonsensical character. I could understand
jee s doing' that part, but when Miss Reigner
said that Mary Nell was May Queen, I was
trantic. I ran up and politely shouted that
Lee had a lot of attributes (such as looking
impressive in the ink of the Sun Printing
ompany), but she did not have beauty. I
even threatened to get Beth K e m p t o n.
Reigner said we
V ould stop early that night. She told every-
stood” Tuesday, but me. I under-
fiid ^In knew that my great art
Room inn *T *keater would drive me to
^'^ithout being asked. I
ality understood my “arty” person-