Lovely Lucy Harper Will Be
Queen Next May
Thirteen Other Beauties Will
Attend Her That Day.
Volume XXXI
On Monday Night To Hear
Cornelia Skinner
Go To Memorial Hall Right
After Dinner.
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, October 27, 1950
Number VI
Harper Elected May Queen
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Skinner Will
lear On
App(
Camp
us
Cornelia Otis Skinner, well-
known monologist and author of
books of reminiscence, will appear
October 30 in Memorial Hall under
the auspices of Salem College Lec
ture Committee.
The daughter of Otis Skinner, a
famous American actor, she was
born in Chicago, educated at Bal-
win School and Bryn Mawr, stud
ied in Paris with Dehelly and Jean
Havre of the Comedie Francaise
and attended lectures at the Sor
bonne. While a student in Jacques
Copeau’s school at his Theatre du
Vieux Columbier, she studied mod
ern acting.
Upon her return to the United
States, she appeared in “Blood and
Sand” with her father. Miss Skin
ner has also appeared in “White
Collars”, “In His Arms”, “In the
Next Room”, “The Wild Wescotts”
nad “Will Shakespeare”. Inter
national fame was first attained by
Miss Skinner when she appeared
in “The Wives of Henry VIH”,
“The Loves of Charles II” and
“The Empress Eugenie”. The Lon
don Times reported, “For the best
part of two hours she casts a con
tinuing spell.” Miss Skinner soon
branched into solo appearances as
a monologist in plays and sketches,
of which many were self-written.
In 1941 this author and monolo
gist took leave from the solo thea
tre to star in Somerset Maugham’s
“Theatre” which was followed by
leading roles in Lillian Heilman’s
“The Searching Wind” and a re
vival of Wilde’s “Lady Winder
mere’s Fan”.
Miss Skinner has written a bio
graphy of “life with father and
mother” called “The Family Cir
cle”. She is the co-author of “Our
Hearts Were Young and Gay”,
author of “Nuts in May”, which has
just been published, and a number
of humorous books and short pieces
for the New Yorker. One of Miss
Skinner’s latest appearances was
in the motion picture called “The
Uninvited” with Ray Milland and
Gail Russell.
Gingham Tavern
The first Gingham Tavern of this
school year will be held in the Day
Students Center Saturday, October
28, at 8:00 p.m. for the benefit of
Salem students, guests, and faculty.
The Home Economic students,
who are presenting the party, hope
that many girls (with or without
escorts) will attend, states Carroll
Johnston, president of the Home
Ec Club.
Singer Speaks
On U. N. Day
“The major problem of the
United Nations is a lack of com
munication between the East and
the West,” commented Dr. Singer
as he spoke in assembly, Tuesday,
October 24. “There is no common
ground between the East and the
West, nor will there be one as long
as the gulf remains between the
East’s denial of God, and the
West’s belief that man is the image
of God. Prayer is essential in an
effort to make a bridge of a com
mon ideal.”
October 24 was the day set aside
all over the world in observance of
the founding of the United Nations
five years ago. Before Dr. Singer’s
speech Winifred Harris, President
of Student Government, read Presi
dent Truman’s U. N. Day Procla
mation.
Dr. Singer spoke of the history
of international war. He told us
how men through the ages have
cherished.a hope of the disappear
ance of war and have looked back
to the Middle Ages in which men
attempted one world. With the
Industrial Revolution, he said, man
was able to utilize nature for de
struction.
He commented on the history of
the League of Nations and on the
various organizations with similar
ideas that preceded the League of
Woodrow Wilson. In 1918, he said,
people hailed the arrival of per
manent peace, having thought
World War I to be a war to end
all wars. For twenty years the
League died a living death. Then
came the discovery of the Atomic
Bomb. Dr. Singer proved his state
ment; “Science in the hands of
mad men can bring but oblivion to
those who are its slaves.”
In April, 1944, the United Na
tions was made a reality. No one
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Seven Trustees’
Terms Expire
Seven members of the Board of
Trustees of Salem College and
Academy will go off the board
after the Provincial Synod meets
at Home Church November 14-16.
The terms of five of the Mora
vian members expire. These mem
bers are R. Arthur Spaugh, Mrs.
Robert D. Shore, Louis F. Owen,
Dr. Agnew H. Bahnson and Emil
Shaffner. Mrs. Henry A. Strong,
another trustee, is now deceased.
These members have served the
maximum term allowed under the
rotation system established by the
Moravian Church. Their places
will be filled by the Synod.
Several new non-Moravian trust
ees will be elected by the Board
at its organization meeting Decem
ber 8.
Vespers To Be Held
By Sophomores
Rose Ellen Bowen, Marion Lewis,
and Marilyn Moore will be in
charge of vespers Sunday night.
The program will be held at 6:30
in the Day Students Center. The
sophomore class, who is sponsoring
the program, have chosen prayer
as their theme.
Vespers will open with a violin
concerto, played by Rose Ellen
Bowen. Marilyn Moore will con
tinue the program with a story,
after which Marion Lewis will sing
“Prayer Perfect”. Cary Borges
will conclude the service with a
prayer.
Lucy Harper and Anne Coleman, above, were elected 1951 May
Queen and Maid of Honor. The two girls were chosen Wednesday
night by the student body.
Social Security
Will Apply To
Faculty, Staff
The Board of Trustees of Salem
Academy and College authorized
coverage of all college and academy
employees by social security at the
Board’s fall meeting Friday, Octo
ber 20.
The new amendment provides
for coverage of faculty, ad
ministration and all other college
and academy employees of chari
table institutions. Under the pro
visions of an amendment to the
Social Security Bill passed in A.ti-
gust, coverage of the 155 employees
is on an optional basis requiring
the approval of two-thirds of the
employees. Previously the faculty
members had been covered under
a pension plan, but the house-keep
ing staff had not.
The trusees also decided to em
ploy a full time religious instructor
for 1951-52, and to place religious
instruction on a full-time basis.
This instructor would also be the
college chaplain.
Hugh Opens
Book Store
Hugh Snavely has opened a book
store for Woman’s College in
Greensboro. The building is ideally
situated across from the Music
Building on the corner of Tate and
Walker.
The new store will carry the
same type of merchandise as Salem
Book Store, but a lot more of it.
Also included will be facilities for
a soda fountain.
Former Salemite
Visits Campus
Virtie Stroupe, Salem alumna of
1947, was a visitor to the campus
last week. She is now living in
Wilmington. She stopped by Salem
on her way to visit and travel in
the Western part of the state.
While at Salem Virtie was a
member of the editorial staff of
the Salemite.
Y Holds Panel
ForW.S.S.F.
Erika Huber, Catherine Birkel,
and Inge Sigmund gave a group of
informal talks in chapel Thursday.
The speeches were given in con
junction with the W. S. S. F. drive
conducted this week.
German Nursery Schools, gram
mar schools, and the middle school
(comparable to American high
high schools) were the topics in
cluded in Erika’s speech. Gram
mar school in Germany includes
pupils from the ages of 6 to 13,
and the subjects included are Lit
erature, Physics, Chemistry, and
Languages. A high percentage of
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Directory
Published
A Geographical Directory of
graduates and former students of
Salem College has been mailed to
nearly 4,000 Salem alumnae, Le
ila Graham Marsh, Alumnae Sec
retary, announced this week.
The directory contains a list of
names and addresses of 5,000 alum
nae arranged according to location
in the United States and else
where. The purpose of the Dir-
rcctory “is to introduce to each
other all Salem graduates and for
mer students residing in the same
community”, with the hope that
many new alumnae clubs will be
started.
The Directory also contains a
foreword by Dr. Gramley and a
model constitution under which
new alumnae clubs may be formed.
L R* S* To Qive
Halloween Party
There will be an I. R. S. spon
sored Halloween party in the Day
Students Center Tuesday night
from 8:30 until 9:00. All Salem
students and faculty members are
invited.
The program will include bingo,
side-shows, and a fortune teller.
Refreshments will be seryed to all
who attend the Halloween party.
Anne Coleman
Chosen To Be
Maid Of Honor
Lucy Harper was elected May
Queen for the 1951 May Day cele
bration. Her Maid of Honor will
be Anne Coleman. Elections were
held after the appearance of the
nominees in Old Chapel Tuesday
night.
Lucy is the daughter of James C.
Harper of Lenoir, N. C. She is a
member of the senior class and is
I. R. S. president. She acts as
Senior Advisor this year and holds
an honorary membership on Y
Council. She was a member of
May Court last year as well as
being house president of South and
a senior marshall. During her
freshman year, she was on the
Judicial Board. Lucy attended the
Academy before coming to Salem.
Anne, too, is a senior and was
on May Court her junior year. Her
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Rodney
L. Coleman of ^Burlington, N. C.
She is an education and psychology
major, ap active member of the
Education Club, and a Senior Ad
visor. Anne attended the Academy
and has been a member of both
the Spanish Club and the Inter
national Relations Club at Salem.
The Queen and Maid of Honor
were selected from a group of 10
girls who were nominated by the
student body. The girls, dressed in
evening dresses, appeared on the
stage individually and then as a
group. The voting was done by
secret ballot immediately following
their appearance before the stu
dent body.
Pierrettes
Seek Talent
The November meeting of the
Pierrette Players will be held
Thursday night, November 2, in
Room 100.
A closed business meeting will
begin at 7 ;00 p.m. Only members
of the organization may attend.
At 7:15 the program of the even
ing will begin. All freshmen who
are interested in becoming mem
bers of the Pierrettes are invited
to attend this program. Florence
Cole will ..star in Thursday night’s
show. She is doing a monologue,
“The Waltz” written by Dorothy
Parker.
LRS. Honors
Students, Faculty
Ninety girls and several faculty
members were honored at an I. R.
S. birthday dinner Tuesday night,
October 23.
All boarding students and faculty
members who have had birthdays
since July 1 were included at the
dinner.
This dinner was the first in a
series of birthday dinners which
the I. R. S. gives each year.
Gramley Will
Represent Salem
Dr. Gramley will represent Salem
at the inauguration of Denton Ray
Lindley as President of Atlantic
Christian College in Wilson Wed
nesday, November 1.
After the inauguration of Mr.
Lindley, Dr. Gramley will go to
Raleigh to address the Salem Alum
nae group at a dinner meeting. The
dinner will be held at the Raleigh
Woman’s Club at 7:00 p.m.
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