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ITuesday marks the start of
I. R. S. Charm Week,
when we learn the
tricks about looking chic.
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Basketball games will soon get
underway,
Bring out your Parisien gym
Suits and join in the play.
Volume XXXI
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, February 9, 1951
hree Students
0 Be Chosen
ly F. T. A.
Six members of the Future
[y^eachers of America will appear
fn chapel next Tuesday, February
13, for the “Miss Student Teacher”
election. They are Dee McCarter,
.;Joan Mills, Jane Hart, Betty Gwen
^eck, Ann Coleman, and Betty
iGriffin. From these six the stu-
'dent body will elect three. The
three girls elected will be asked
to come before a faculty-advisor
iCommittee for a discussion on their
philosophy of education and why
5hey chose teaching as their pro
fession. After the interviews are
lover, the facultv will then select
rMiss Student Teacher” of Salem.
; On Friday, April 13, in Ashe
ville, Salem’s representative stu
dent teacher will be presented
/along with representatives from
; twenty-two other North Carolina
; colle.ges.
The selection of “Miss Student
; Teacher” of Salem began in late
i January. Then a screening , com
mittee of five students went thro-
fugh the records of each practice
■teacher and selected the twelve
jmost representative ones to be
|voted on by the F. T. A. In arriv
ing at these twelve student teach-
Jers, the committee considered the
|practice teaching records, the over-
lal! four year scholastic average,
New Members
Chosen For
Honor Society
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Dr. Frank Hall of Pearsall Memorial Presbyterian Church in Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach spoke
to Salem students this week on “The Christian Answer to Man’s Disorder” in a series of talks from Mon
day through last night. Talking to Dr. Hall at the A'umnae House on the campus are Salem students, left
to right, Mary Faith Carson, President of the Y fro n Kingsport, Tennessee; Marian Lewis of Raeford, a
member of the Y cabinet; and Rose Ellen Bowen, a day student Y cabinet member from Winston-Salem.
Dr. Hall was the speaker for four night discussions this week, two assembly programs and for Y watch last
night in Clewell basement.
|extra-curricular activities, and the
/practice teaching grade. Such
qualifications as dependability, per
sonality, appearance, and teaching
ability were also considered.
The names of the twelve girls
selected by the screening com
mittee were presented to the F. T.
1 A. to be voted on. From these
twelve the six to be voted on by
j the student body were selected. •
Timberlake Is
New Marshal
Julia Timberlake has been elected
to serve as a marshal for the rest
. of the year.
Julia is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. L. K. Timberlake of Rocky
Mount. She is a history and pri
mary education major, a member
of the Education Club and has
served as call-down recorder this
year.
The new marshal began her
duties Tuesday, and she will offi
ciate at campus activities from now
until elections. Julia is replacing
Jane Watson who recently received
the office of Chief Marshal due to
the marriage of Muggins Bowman
Hutton.
Dr. Frank Hall Ends Religious E mphasis
Week With Mass Y Watch In Clewell
I R S Sponsors
Charm Week
Dr. Frank Flail of Wrightsville^je
Beach was the speaker for Salem’s
Religious Emphasis Week, Febru
ary 5-8. Dr. Hall spoke exery
evening, Monday through Thurs
day in the Day Students’ Center.
Mother of Authors
Visits Campus
Mrs. Lillian Gilbreth, mother of
the authors of Cheaper by the
jDozen, was a guest on the Salem
Mcampus Monday.
1 Mrs. Gilbreth was in Winston-
Salem to speak at the Supervisor’s
^Meeting in her capacity as effi-
|ciency expert. When told that
tours of the local factories had
Ibeen planned for her, Mrs. Gil-
|breth replied that she preferred
touring Salem.
The I. R. S. is sponsoring Charm
Week beginning Tuesday, Febru
ary 13.
On that day in chapel Mrs. Bon
nie Angelo Levy will give a talk
on • fashions, latest trends, and
trousseaus. Wednesday, at 7:00
p.m. in the Day Students’ Center,
Miss Alice Griffin from Sosnik-
Thalhimer’s will give a talk on
make-up coloring. Miss Griffin
will give two make-up demonstra
tions showing the best use of color
for blondes and brunettes. Frances
Morrison and Florence Cole will
be the models.
Thursday, the last day of Charm
Week, will begin with a talk in
chapel by Mrs. Howard Rondthaler
on inner charm. That night at
6:45, faculty and students are in
vited to a coffee hour in Bitting.
At 8:00 p.m. a fashion show spon
sored by Sosnik-Thalhimer will be
held in the Day Students’ Center,
The latest spring fashions will be
modeled by members of the May
Court and a few others.
jSamuel Speaks
Here Tomorrow
^ Salem students and faculty are
jnvited to be guests at the Tri-
|City Cultural Committee’s program
at 8:30 p.m. Saturday in Memorial
Pdall. Maurice Samuel, author and
lecturer, will be the speaker.
Mr. Samuel will discuss the
jchanged problems of world Jewry
■|and the new dispositions needed to
^confront them. He is the author
|Of several books among which is
the Web Of Lucifer.
Salemite Contest
Opens Tonight
The topics for these talks were:
Monday, “Archangels and Angle-
worms;” Tuesday, “Human Isoto
pes;” Wednesday, “Christian Mar
riage;” Thursday, “The Contra
diction of the Cross.” Each of
these talks was followed by an
open discussion period.
The speaker talked in chapel
both Tuesday and Thursday morn
ings on subjects related to his
evening discussions. He lead a
mass Y Watch in the basement
of Clewell Thursday night.
Dr. Hall was honored at a tea
for the faculty and Y Cabinet
Wednesday afternoon in the living
room of Bitting.
Dr. Hall is originally' from Wil
mington. He attended Davidson
College and Union Theological
Seminary in Richmond. He held
pastorates at St. Louis and More-
head City before going to the Pres
byterian church at Wrightsville.
Strong Suite
To Be Opened
News Briefs
What’s wrong with the Salemite?
All Salem students are urged by
the editors to write letters to the
paper and give their opinions as
to how the Salemite could be best
improved.
The letters will be read and
judged by the editors, and a car
ton of cigarettes will bef given to
the winning letter by Clara Belle
LeGrand, campus representative
for a nationally advertised cigar
ette.
Letters will be judged on validity
of criticism and suggestions. All
entries must be submitted to' the
Salemite office or to one of the
editors by Tuesday night, Febru
ary 13.
If enough response is received,
a similar contest will be announced
next week.
(Continued on page six)
The present cuts system will be
in effect until the end of this sem
ester, it was announced recently
by the Committee on Attendance.
The present cuts system went into
effect at the beginning of second
semester of last year and was put
on a year’s trial basis. The faculty
has voted to keep this same system
in effect. Any changes that may
be made in the system will not be
effective until next September.
The play “Harvey”, which was to
be given by the Little Theater
next week, has been postponed
until March 1 and 2. It will then
be presented in the Reynolds
Auditorium at 8 p.m.
The Salem College Choral En
semble has scheduled six concerts
during the Spring term, the first
of which will be presented at the
New Bethel Church at 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 11.
(Continued on pa^e four)
Salem students and faculty are
invited to the opening of the
“Friendship Rooms” in Strong
Dormitory Sunday afternoon from
3:00 to 5:00.
The front part of the first floor
of the building has been redeco
rated and refurnished by Corrin
Strong as a memorial tribute to
his mother, the late Mrs. Hattie
M. Strong, long-time benefactress
and trustee of Salem.
All trustees and former trustees
of Salem who served on the board
during the years from 1941 to 1950,
the time of service of Mrs. Strong^
are invited to open house in Strong
on Saturday night.
Eleanor Fry
Wins Contest
Eleanor Fry from Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, is the winner of the
Freshman Composition Contest
held by the Salemite, it was an
nounced today by the editors of
the paper.
Her composition, entitled “Old,
New, and Eternal”, appears on
page two of this issue. For her
winning story she will be awarded
$5.
(Continued on page six)
Student Recital
To Be Qiven
A student recital will be pre
sented by the School of Music at
8:00 p.m. Monday, February 12.
The program is as follows:
Concerto in D minor for two
violins and piano Bach
First movement
Violin—Rose Ellen Bowen,
Bennie Joe Michael
Piano—Miriam Swaim
Aria: When I am Laid in Earth
from “Dido and Aneis” .... Purcell
Roslyn Fogel
(Continued on page five)
The Flonor Society for the first
semester—1950-51—is made up of
Winifred Ann Flarris, Rocky
Mount, N. C., Jane Everitt Krauss,
Winston-Salem, N. C, Joan Louise
Kenyon, Oreland, Penn., Wylma
Elizabeth Pooser, Spindale, N. C.
and Evelyn Critz Tatum, Winston-
Salem, N. C. New students who
have joined the society are Eliza
beth Martin Burrus, Shelby, N. C.,
Mary Campbell Craig, Basset, Va.
and Joan Pickett Mills, Laurin-
burg, N. C.
The requirements for the Honor
Society are one-fourth A’s, C’s
balanced by A’s, no failures or con
ditions. Elegibility is considered
f t e r five semesters at Salem.
Transfer students must have a re
cord of one-half - A’s and five se
mesters.
The faculty members of the
Honor Society are Ivy M. Hixon,
Patsy ^.aw,' ; Edwin A. Sawyer,
Charles Gregg Singer,' Lucile Vest
Scott, Frances Miller Sowers, and
Margaret Vardell. " Miss Hixon.
Mr. Sawyer and Dr. Singer were
graduated Phi Beta . Kappa from
college; while the other members
were graduated from Salem cum
laude.
Those who have a B-plus average
for the semester and are on the
Dean’s List are: Seniors; Mary
Faith Carson, Lucy Harper, Wini
fred Harris, Clara Justice, Joan
Kenyon, Carolyn Lovelace, Sara
Honeycutt, - Delores McCarter,
Betty Jean Mabe, Bennie Joe
Michael, Lee Rosenbloom and
Miriam Swaim.
Juniors; Kitty Burrus, Mary
Campbell Craig, Martha Bowman
Hutton, Carol Stortz.
Sophomores; Jacquelyn Bachelor,
Carolyn Cheek, Ruth Derrick,
Margie Ferrell, Faye Fuller, Sallie
Gene Kerner, Eleanor McGregor,
Julia Moore, Marilyn Moore, Mar
ilyn Samuel, Anne Simpson, Jane
Smith, and Betty Tesch.
Freshmen; Barbara Allen, Betty
Ball, Alice McNeely, Phyllis For
rest, Jacqueline Heller, Lu Long
Ogburn, Julia Shields, Frankie Ann
Strader, Edith Tesch, and Mary
Lou Whiteheart.
The special students on the dean's
list are Catherine Birckel, Erick
Huber, and Inge Sigmund.
Dr. Todd Gets
English Honor
William B. Todd, English Pro
fessor at Salem, was notified Jan
uary 29 that he has been elected
for membership in the London
Bibliographical Society.
This society is the “parent so
ciety” for all other bibliographical
societies. It publishes a Quarterly
Journal, and though it is called the
London Society, it has active
branches all over the world.
Dr. Todd is one of four mem
bers in the South. The other
three are professors at the Uni
versity of Virginia. Qualifications
for membership are rigid, J>ut in
cluded in them are “active interest
and demonstrated ability.”
Alumnae To Hold
Fund Workshop
Forty members of the Salem Col
lege Alumnae Association will be
on campus for the week-end of
February 9 and 10 for the Alumnae
Fund Workshop.
Miss Marsh has announced the
following program for the mem
bers :
On Friday at 3:30 there will be
.a tea and workshop session in the
Alumnae House. Greetings will be
extendedby Mrs. Ted Wolff Wil-
(Continued on page six)