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THE SALEM I TE
March 16, 195|
Students See Charles Boyer,
Hear Robert Penn Warren
By Lee Rosenbloom
I.ast week-end many Salemites
traveled to Greensboro and Chapel
Hill. W. C. Li. N. C. was sponsor
ing its annual three-day Arts
l-'orum, and the Carolina Play-
makers were presenting the first
drama quartet. This article is de
signed to tell you who went, what
they saw, and what they thought
about what they saw.
On Saturday afternoon Miss
liyrd, Clinky Clinkscales, Clara
iielle LeGrand, Jane Watson, and
Lola iJtiwson went to the writing
forum. They heard Robert Penn
Warren critisize stories and poems
m the "Coraddi”'; a literary magazine
published at W. C. and made up
of contributions from colleges such
as Harvard, Converse, and Kenyon.
Miss Byrd felt that the use of
only one critic on the panel was
an improvement this year. "In
the past the panel of critics spent
at least half the time arguing
among themselves.
“Warren proves himself un
usually patient and sympathetic, for
a creative artist, in analyzing the
stories. He praised especially those
in which he found originality and
seriousness of concept. A few of
the stories he condemmed—stories
in which the authors’ desire for
s ti b t 1 e t y and symbolism had led
simply to a blur. He said, T think
it’s all well :md good to be subtle,
but 1 see no sense in being subtle
over nothing.’ lie satirized |)seudo
hard-boiled Hemingways among the
student writers. He pointed out de
fects in the cxectition of all the
stories: in plots not i> r o p e r 1 y
grounded, in one-dimensional char
acters, in artificial dittlogue. His |
brillituit analyses showed his in- j
sight into craftsmanship and his |
knowledge of contemporary litera
ture. The constrtictive suggestions
he gave must have been an iit-
couragetnent to the amateur au
thors.”
The art exhibition, which was at- i
tended by Sis Pooser, Sybel Has- i
kins, Winkie Harris, Clinky, and,
Clara Belle LeGrand, exhibited
student art as well as paintings by
Paul Klee, Jackson Pollock, and :
M ax Webber. 1
Lverybody liked the three paint
ings by Klee, C. B. was particularly
imitressed by the modern furniture
and silver service, and we all shared
Sybel’s disapproval of I’ollock. The
exhibition was interesting because
of the different personalities of the
.irtists whose paintings were shown
and because of the number of field,'-
of art represented.
L.mily Warden and Miss Benson
drove over for the Modern Dance
Recital Sattirday night. Miss Ben
son did not feel “that the perform-
;ince as a whole was ijuite up to
those of the (last few years,” but
she thou.ght that “Ritual for I’lant
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ing” and “Caprice,” danced by the
W. C. group, were especially out
standing.
flollins, Randolph-Macon, Mary
Washington, Winthrop and Appala
chian were among the guest groups
on the program, according to
Emily. She felt that till the dances
presented by W. C. were well-dir
ected and well-performed and she
was impressed with the great var
iety of dances on the program.
About fifteen pilgrams traveled
to Chapel Hill to see Charles
Laughton, Charles Boyer, .Agnes
Morehead, and Sir Cederic Hard-
wicke in “Don Juan In Hell”., an
excerpt from Shaw’s “Man and
Suirerman”.
The play \tas done without the
benefit of costumes. Four high
stools, and four rostrums holding
the scripts substituted for props
:uid scenery. Everyone seemed to
feel as Miss Nicholson did—that it
was much better done in such a
manner because it kept your atten
tion on Shaw’s lines.
Miss N’icholson added that she
“cotildn’t say that one actor was
better than the other. The inten
sity with which Boyer and others
delivered their lines carried the
performance. The whole perfor
mance was perfect”, she concluded,
■‘the best thing I’ve ever seen”.
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Six Weeks
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need a good question, try “Trace
culture.”
Shakespeare gave impetus to a
charming little game among his
scholars. It was patterned after
the radio quiz “Twenty Questions,”
and went like this: “Who was the
girl-friend of the son of the man
'hat the King was mad with in
he play that was all about the tri-
imph of time?” “I don’t know.
)ut the King’s wife cati be con-
rasted with the woman whose
'ather was a physician, who can be
tompared with the girl who said
O, you beast’ in that play we read
ccond.” This game was, of course,
)Iaycd before all the students had
tudied their notes and tmderlin-
ngs. After they had finished, the
:ame became simplified, with such
luestions as “Name the characters
n ‘Troihis and Cressida’ stating
vhether they were Greek or Tro-
an, honorable or dispicable, strong
ir weak and quote three things
tach said in the play.”
By Bessie Leppert
I greeted the rosy-fingered dawn
this matin (in the verbal manner
of the French) at 8:27, and, realiz
ing that 3 minutes was not suffi
cient time in which to rise, bathe,
garb myself, promenade to GOR
KIN REFECTORY, consume a
hearty repast and repair to class
before the final gong had sounded,
1 remained abed. Later, however,
as my rational faculties reinstated
themselves with the cold, hard light
of day, I rose, dressed, etc. and
adjourned to COOKING (or)
FOOD PREPARATION class, in
which 1 learned how to serve a
Formal (or) Russian (Boo!) Din
ner, and an Informal (or) English
(Bully for our brave allies!) meal.
The explanations of these two
methods of service were clear on
all but otie count, and this issue
was raised by one of the students.
Our instructor had stated:
“During an Informal (or) English
(Hear! Hear!) Dinner, the host
may pass the plates from one guest
to another until each individual
has been served. Natch, by the
time the last person has received
his portion, the victuals of him (or
her) first served will have cooled
somewhat. To avoid this, preheat
the plates.”
This question then issued forth
from the student audience:
“But will not the guests burn
their hands?”
Our instructor admitted that this
was indeed a drawback to the
system.
This ostensibly trivial incident
then brought to my mind countless
images—phantoms of disenchant
ing possibilities: “Is not all of
life composed of contradictions and
inconsistencies—of perpetual over
lappings which preclude any hope
of perfection?” With this frus
trating thought, I departed from
the room, for indeed the gong had
sounded. MODERN ART was my
next class, and here I was to parti
cipate in the writing of an exami
nation for which a classmate and
myself had prepared the previous
! evening in the following manner.
1 CLASSMATE: (Holding up a
! mounted print, a pictorial display
of an entirely dismantled young
woman being carried off, with little
I or no resistance on her part, by an
! array of sprite-like vixens.) What
: is the title and artist of this
masterpiece and why ?
MYSELF: Its title is “The Rape
of P s y c h e” and its creatior is
Prud' Hon’ though the subject is
siireiv no Prude Honey.
CLASSMATE: Excellent. And
this ? (Now displaying an image of
a young woman holding a bit of
cracked crockery.)
MYSELF: That work is ob
viously “The Broken Pitcher”,
jtainted by Greuze, for one might
assume that the young lady will
eventually mend the pattern with
gauze tape.
Axiid so it went, until my com
rade and I had thoroughly com
mitted to tnemory' the titles and
artists of some 17,000 reproductions.
Hence, when I entered class this
morning, no fear of a possible
failure in the examination gnawed
my entrails, for within my cere
brum residetl the necessary infor
mation with which to pass. Or,
so I thought! (“Be not so hasty
young and foolish dreamer,” I
heretofore admonish myself)
when our professor appeared i„
the classroom, he uttered the fo],
lowing incredible words :
“Compare these two paintings
(holding them up for all to see)
by David and Delacroiz.”
And thereupon departed. Only
imagine my displeasure at this un
expected turn of events I
“How,” I questioned my'seli
“am I to perform this task, pos!
sessing as I do, no knowledge ot
artistic techniques, terminology or
historical background ? Oh, well
one must be a stoic.”
And so, summoning forth all niy
latent propensities toward creative
writing, I repaired to the allotted
employment.
BRITISH SEMINAR was niy
only' other class for the day, and
here, as a I w a y s, I contributed
countless items of information to
group discussion, winning the un
bounded admiration of both stu
dents and professor. Perhaps my
most noteworthy commentary was
the following. When my professor
asked:
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