As Is Revealed Each November
Order of Scorpion Tell Names
of Members,
Volume XXXI
Dr. R. Gordon Spaugh Will
Speak At Vespers In Bitting
Sunday Night.
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, November 3, 1950
NumberVII
Scorpions
Reveal New
Members
New members of the Order of
the Scorpion were announced in
chapel yesterday, November 2, by
Miss Ivy Hixson, faculty advisor
to the Order. Members of the
Order are Cammy Lovelace, Jane
Hart, Mary Faith Carson, Clinky
Clinkscales, Clara Belle LeGrand,
Winkie Harris, Mary Lib Weaver,
Bennie Jo Michael, Cacky Pear
son, Lee Rosenbloom, Margaret
Thomas, Lola Dawson, Ann
Sprinkle and Jane Watson.
Before announcing the new mem
bers, Miss Hixson explained the
purpose of the organization. She
stated that its main interest is ser
vice to Salem. The Scorpions
strive to help in doing little things
for the school rather than larger
projects. Miss Hixson also told of
the history of the organization and
stated that membership in the or
ganization is announced only once
a year.
Cammy Lovelace, Jane Hart,
Mary Faith Carson, and Clinky
Clinkscales were announced last
year.
Clara Belle LeGrand, Winkie
Harris, Mary Lib Weaver and
Bennie Jo Michael became mem
bers last spring.
Clara Belle LeGrand now serves
as editor of the Salemite and as a
student representative on the Lec
ture Committee.
Winkie Harris is president of the
Student Government Association,
and also on the Salemite staff.
Last year she was secretary of Stee
Gee and the year before that ser
ved as Sophomore Class president.
Mary Lib Weaver is vice-presi
dent of the Y. W. C. A. and asso
ciate-editor of the Salemite. She
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Ge
rman
Arms
Discussed
By Kitty Burrus
The Atlantic Pact defense chiefs
met this week to attempt to agree
on a plan to protect Western Eu
rope from eastern aggression.
However, the question of German
rearmament called a halt to the
agreeing. British and Americans
contend that the Germans should
be able to help other European
countries defend German soil in
case of invasion, while France,
looking back on her previous ex
perience with Germany, objects to
the idea of having Germany re
armed to any degree. In an ef
fort to reach an agreement the
U. S. submitted a series of guaran
tees to France that Germans
would never compose more than
20% of the Atlantic pact army and
that European defensive forces
would be under civilian control.
Gustaf V of Sweden Dies
Gustaf V of Sweden, Europe’s
oldest monarch, died Sutlday at
Drottningholm palace after a peace
ful reign of forty-three years—one
of the longest rules in Swedish
or European history. His proudest
boast was that Sweden, once a
warrior nation, had had no wars
within his entire reign. Many
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W.S.S.F. Collects
$120 Thus Far
The W. S. S. F. Committee an
nounces that one hundred and
twenty dollars has been collected
towards its drive.
Money is still being turned in,
but the campaign will be com
pletely closed Friday, November 3.
Announcements of the total sum
and percentages will be written up
in the Salemite next week.
Salem Host
ToN.A.S.T.
North Carolina will be host to the
Southeastern Regional Conference
of the National Association of
Teachers of Singing on November
4.
Officers for this meeting are:
Mr. Harry Taylor, Catawba College,
Regional Governor; Mr. Paul Pet
erson, Salem College, State Chair
man; ,Mrs. Nell Starr and Mrs.
Joan Jacobowsky, Salem College,
hostesses.
Approximately thirty or forty de
legates are expected to register in
Main Hall at 9:30 a.m. The open
ing session will be at 10:00 a.m. in
Bitting living room with greetings
by Dr. Dale H. Gramley, Dr. Char
les G. Vardell, Mr. Taylor and Mr.
Peterson. Discussions, the reading
of papers and a business meeting
will precede lunch in the Club Din
ing Room.
The afternoon session will be
held in the Day Student Center at
1:15 p.m. with the Los Angeles and
New London workshop reports.
There will be a voice clinic at 2:00
p.m. Immediately preceding ad
journment, refreshments will be
served from 4:30-5:00 p.m. at the
Alumnae House.
Mothers To Be
Honored AtTea
The annual Day Student’s tea
for mothers and faculty members
will be held on November 8 in the
Day Student Center from 3:30
until S :30 p.m.
Each year, in the fall the Day
Students have an informal tea in
order that parents may become
familiar with the campus and may
become acquainted with the faculty
and administration. This year the
decorations will be in keeping with
the autumn season. The room will
be filled with leaves, corn, pump
kins and various cutouts. Musical
entertainment will be provided
throughout the afternoon.
The entire program is under the
management of Betty Lou Pfaff,
Day Student President. The com
mittee heads are as follows: Deco
rations, Polly Hartle; Entertain
ment, Miriam Swaim; Refresh
ments, Skra Watson; Invitations,
Alice Blake Dobson.
Dr. Lewis
Will Speak
Dr. Lewis, head of the Modern
Language Department, will read a
paper, “Whither American Educa
tion”, to the Faculty Research
Group on Tuesday, November 7, in
the living room of Bitting at 7:30
p.m.
“My paper concerns two respon
sibilities of American Education;
to conserve the cultural heritage
and to push on to new develop
ments.” Dr. Lewis stated. He con
tends that America has succeeded
in the first responsibility and failed
in the second.
LR S. To Sponsor
Frosh Room Contest
A room contest for freshmen will
be held Tuesday, November 7, an
nounced Lucy Harper, President of
the I. R. S.
Judges will inspect the rooms
from 10:30 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. on
Tuesday. Their decisions will be
based on originality, neatness and
general attractiveness.
George B. Shaw Dies
George Bernard Shaw, one of the
greatest play-writes of all time,
died Thursday, November 2, at the
age of 94.
Cornelia Otis Skinner, who spoke at Salem Monday night, Oct. 30, talks
to Jane Watson after the lecture. Miss Skinner was the first speaker
of the 1950-51 season of the Salem College Lecture Series.
Legislator
Discusses N.C.
Government
“North Carolina is the only state
whose constitution does not allow
its governor the veto power,” said
Winfield Blackwell, state legislator
from Forsyth County, in a talk on
state government in chapel Tues
day, October 31. He made this
statement to explain the fact that
governmental power in North Caro
lina is held by the people through
their state legislature.
“Another outstanding democra
tic feature of our state Constitu
tion is that the governor cannot
succeed himself in office.” This
removes him from politics and
causes him to concentrate on the
improvement of the state.
North Carolina’s constitution was
originally written just after the
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A. A. To Sponsor
Dance Nov. 18
An A. A.-sponsored informal
dance will be held November 18 in
the gym. Everyone is invited to
come and dance to the music of
Ray Marshall and his orchestra,
announces Clinky Clinkscales, A.
A. President.
Tickets will soon go on sale at
SOc per person, $1.00 per couple.
Since this is the first A. A. dance
this year, the council is hoping for
a big turn-out.
Spaugh Will
Lead Vespers
R. Gordon Spaugh, pastor of the
Home Moravian Church, will speak
at vespers Sunday at 6:30 p.m. in
the living room of Bitting Dormi
tory.
Dr. Spaugh has just returned
from a week’s trip to Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania, where he attended a
meeting of the Board of Trustees
of Moravian College. He is also
on the Quincentenial Committee for
the Moravian Church and the
American Moravian Missions
Board. He has served as pastor
of the Home Moravian Church for
about fifteen years.
“Sunday night Dr. Spaugh will
speak on a topic of interest to col
lege girls, and everyone is invited
and urged to attend,” states Mary
Faith Carson, Y President.
Colleges To
Confer Here
The thirteenth annual meeting of
the North Carolina College Confer
ence will be held at the Robert E.
Lee hotel November 8 and 9.
Meeting for the first time in
Winston-Salem, this conference in
cludes from 300 to 400 junior and
senior colleges which are represen
ted by presidents, deans and mem
bers of the faculty. Mr. Samuel
M. Holton is president and Miss
Ivy M. Hixson is vice-president.
Miss Hixson is on the Necrology
and Planning committee and is in
charge of local arrangements.
The program for Wednesday in
cludes a report from the Executive
Committee and the Secretary-treas
urer ; a panel discussion on good
teaching; an informal dinner; a
program of music by the Choral
Ensemble of Salem College with
Paul Peterson directing.
Following this will be addresses
on “Aspects of Good Teaching” and
“The Ideological Issue with Russia.”
The program for Thursday morn
ing includes several more reports
and the election of officers. The
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LR.S. Presents
Carnival
Halloween was celebrated at
Salem at the Halloween Carnival
given by the I. R. S. in the Day
Students’ Center at 8:00 p.m. Tues
day.
Number drawing was held at the
door, and the winner, Clara Justice,
won a prize of three packages of
cigarettes and two candy bars.
Inside in booths Rosalyn Fogel—
Madame I. Reajer Palm—and Fae
Deaton—I. Knowy Tall—told for
tunes.
Over a hundred girls were pre
sent and participated in bingo,
fishing and apple bobbing.
DiscussionToBeHeld
Mrs. Amy R. Heidbreder, Dean
of Students, will speak in the Day
Students Center Tuesday night, No
vember 7, at 7 p.m. Her topic will
be “Dormitory and Personal Ad
justment At College”. This will be
one of the series of discussion
groups. Attendance is required for
the freshmen and all other in
terested students are invited to at
tend.
Skinner
Laughs At
The Ladies
By Jane Watson and
Catherine Birckel
When we went backstage, we
found Cornelia Otis Skinner sitting
at the improvised dressing table in
the elevator room. In spite of the
open packing crates, empty coat
hangers on an unpainted wooden
rack and litter of make-up and
props, she maintained that dignity
evident to all who saw her on the
stage of Memorial Hall.
She attains great sparkle and
enthusiasm on the stage in many
ways, one of which is the way she
uses her hands which close-up are
not what we call beautiful. Her
g,estures are magic. Her facial ex
pression can convincingly change
her from the thin-lipped hotel-
porch autocrat to the “very young,
very rich, very socially-registered”
socialite. She also employed her
voice and varied accents to per
fection.
Notable about her first mono
logue, “A Box of Powder”, was her
split-second timing in jumping
from the velvety-voiced Three-
Minute Complexion Analyst to the
athletic figure-slimmer to the
toothy lingerie saleslady and back
to the harrassed shopper. Never
o.nce did she leave the audience
behind.
The minute Miss Skinner don
ned a shawl for the second mono
logue her shoulders drooped, her
voice cracked and her face was
miraculously transformed to caus
tic old age. Particularly good was
her pantomine of knitting.
“Facts of Life” drew a large re
sponse from the audience as broad
references to sex usually do, but
this often-used subject was much
less subtle and skillfully written.
Miss Skinner, though admittedly
funny, overdid the situation a bit
too much with her heavy hand on
the cocktail shaker and her tears
of confusion. The best remark was
about her son’s schoolteacher who
was “awfully progressive”.
In “Symphonic Reverie” Miss
Skinner sublty pricked the club
woman’s Music Appreciation course
and married women’s “incidents”.
“The Yearly American Invasions
of Paris” took in a wide selection
of persons, and her versatile hat
provided a different atmosphere
for each.
First was the cigar millionairess
who found the Romans “thoroughly
enjoyable” and the church where
Tyrone Power was married “out
standing”.
The lady who wanted a good cup
of coffee demonstrated the narrow
ness and conceit of some Ameri
cans. Her declaration that she was
from Fresno—as though everyone
knew exactly where that was—and
her desire to see the Betty Grable
movie “near that arch” gave her
away.
The Wac was one of Miss Skin
ner’s best interpretations, although
she was unable to draw the audience
from a laughing mood to enjoy its
poignancy. This scene was univer
sal for it could have been any
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Academy To Give
Plays Next Friday
The Dramatic Club of Salem
Academy will present three one act
plays Friday night, November 10,
at 8:00 p.m. in the Social Room
of the Academy. These plays are
open to the public and a small ad
mission will be charged.
The plays are The Purple Door
Knob by Walter P. Eaton, The
Happy Journey by Thornton Wil
der, and The Monkey’s Paw by
W. W. Jacobs, dramatised by
Louise N. Parker.