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[Founder’s Day comes and Founder’s Day passes. [And at 1 o’clock we stop all classes. r Lectures will feature men handsome and girls pretty Thanks to Miss Byrd and the Lecture Committee. Newsman, Actress, Poet Among Salem Lecturers An outstanding Salem College lecture program for the current school year features a foreign correspondent, a poet an anthropologist, a French journalist and an English actress’ The latter, Vivieene Bennett, will appear first in the series on Oct. ll. Miss Bennett will present “Vig nettes From Six Shakespearean Heroines” when she appears here as part of her first lecture tour in America. In England she has played virtually all of Shake speare’s heroines at London’s Old Vic and at the Memorial festivals at Stratford-on-Avon. She ap peared on the London stage in “Coriolanus” with Sir Laurence Olivier. Bennett Versatile Not restricted to Shakespeare, she has played Shaw, Tolstoy and Ibsen, among others. Her most re cent appearance was at the 1951 Arts Festival of Shaw plays at Malvern. Slated for Nov. 12 is Paul Engle, young American poet, who will speak on “Poetry and People”. As professor of creative writing at Iowa State University, he has de veloped one of the most extensive writing departments in the United 'States. A Rhodes scholar, he studied English literature at Ox- (Continued on Page 6) Faculty Defeats Students 25-16 In Softball traveled widely on the The athletic season of 1951-’52 opened last Saturday with a Fac ulty-Student softball game which the faculty won 25-16. The game was sponsored by the Salemite and Sights and Insights as part of the orientation program. ■At the end of the first inning the students were leading by a score of 3-2. Due to the blasts Far into the field by the faculty n the second inning, the3^ pulled away with two runs to bring the score to 4-3. In the top of the third inning he battery was reversed on the acuity’s team. After this,' the acuity really started slamming, )ringing the final score to faculty, students, 16. The members of the faculty team vere: pitcher, Dr. Singer; catcher, Mr. Peterson; first base, Mr. opencer; second base. Rev. Saw- b’er; third base, Mr. Martin; short |stop. Mis. Moran; short field. Miss (Continued on page six; ford and continent. In 1934 his first book of poetry, American Song,” -was published. Since then some half dozen of his books of poetry have appeared. His American Child” w'ent through several editions, a rare occurrence for poetry. Next in the series will be Mar guerite Higgins, war correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune, who recently returned from the Korean battlefront. She will ap pear Jan. 22 to speak on “Up to the Minute in Asia”. When the Korean war exploded, she was in the Herald Tribune’s Tokyo bur eau. Two days later, she was at the front and has been there most of the time since. Received Awards In recognition of her excellent reporting of the war in Asia, she won two highly coveted awards in 1951. Not only did she receive the Pulitzer Prize for her dispatches from Korea, but she was also given the George Polk Memorial Award by the Overseas Press Club for “display of courage, integerity and enterprise over and beyond the call of duty.” She is also author of “War in- Korea”, based on her expreiences. On Feb. 11 Dr. Ashley Montagu, chairman of the department of an thropology at Rutgers University, will speak on “On Being Human”. (Continued on page five) Juniors Sponsor Breakfast For Late Sleepers The junior class will sponsor junior breakfast beginning Sept. 30.' Toast, coffee and fruit juice will be served from 9:15 to 10:15 every Sunday morning in the base ment of Clewell. Lists will be posted on the bulle tin boards in each dormitory on Monday of every week. Those who w-ant breakfast are urged to sign up by Thursday night. Be cause of the high cost of food, only a limited number can be served. Jane Carolyn Fearing and Norma Williams will be in charge of the breakfasts during the first semes ter. Helping with preparations this Sunday are Jane Fearing, Betty Jean Smith, Joanne White, Nell Phillips, Ruth Derrick and Eleanor McGregor. Junior breakfast is a project sponsored annually by the junior class to make money for the class and to provide all students with an extra hour of sleep. Mrs. Gray LentJs Paintings Of OIJ Salem Rev. E. A. Sawyer Will Speak On Founder’s Day Program Salem will honor its founders on the annual Founders’ Day, Tuesday, Oct. 2, when the Rev. Edwin A. Sawyer, college chaplain and re ligion professor, will speak in chapel on “The Place of Religion in Education.” Rev. Sawyer came to Salem two years ago as part-time teacher of religion while serving as pastor of Fries Memorial Moravian Church A. A. Elects New Members Three new members were elected to the A. A. council at its first meeting Wednesday night. The Monogram Club chose Jeanne Har rison, a junior, as its representa tive to the council. Bobbi Kuss and Emily Gunn, both freshmen, were elected as assistants to the softball and hockey managers, re spectively. These new members will begin their duties at the next A. A. meeting. Plans for an informal Hallo we’en dance on Saturday, Oct. 27 were discussed. The hockey tour nament was also planned for the near future. Kdiss VardelVs Compositions featured In “Common Glory In the case of Margaret Vardell, the old proverb must be changed »to “like father, like daughter.” ^lose on the heels of her father, ^r. Charles Vardell, well-known composer, pianist and teacher, and former dean of the Music School here, Margaret is rapidly establish ing herself as a prominent young ^nierican composer. *1 Her most recent compositions, two brilliant overtures, were feat ured this summer at Williamsburg, \ a. in “The Common Glorjn” This historic pageant by Paul Green de picts the establishment of Wil liamsburg and the Revolutionary |Var. ! The overtures, which precede the first and second acts, were written for the organ. Compiled of old English and early American folk tunes, they readily caught the spirit of the entire play. '! Mr. Green, writer and director of “The Common Glory,” con tacted Miss Vardell last April con- Mrs. James A. Gray, graduate of the class of 1910, has lent Salem six of her newest oil paintings to be displayed in the Alumnae House. These reproductions, showing scenes in Salem 50 to 100 years ago, are enlargements of faded photographs which have survived from the past. One of the paintings shows the old Tyco Nissen house which faced Church Street at the same place that Ciewell now stands. Here the Tyco Nissen house which wa? Salem Square.' In this picture are depicting the southeast corner of teresting to Salem students is one A painting which should be in- Street in front of the houses, period, is seen going up Main the type that was used during that Avenue and Bank Street. A surry. Main Street between Brookstown buildings along the east side of another. A third picture shows the Academy Streets, is pictured in at the corner of Marshall and Salem’s Tanyard, started in 1772 it the first grade classes were held, and in the “Weave Shed” behind built in 1780; next to it, Lehman Hall which is still standing; across the street, the home which stood where the library is now and just behind this, the tiny building which was Salem’s first post office. The yard back of Sisters’ house is pictured as it looked around 1900. The students are playing in (Continued on page six) Rev. E. A. Sawyer This year he is devoting full time to the college, having accepted the position as the first chaplain of Salem. Besides the regular religion course, Rev. Sawyer is teaching a new class in religious education. He is also in charge of morning devotions in Home Moravian Church. He has moved to' a new office on first floor of Main Hall, and is now living on S. Church Street so that he will be available to Salem students at any time. In further celebration of this day, classes will be discontinued after chapel Tuesday. Salem was founded by the Mo ravians 180 years ago, in 1772. At that time it was the only school of its kind in the South. Because of its rapid growth, arrangements Bryan Balfour Receives Award "Y" Installs New Students Margaret Vardell cerning compositions for the open ing of the pageant. She agreed to (Continued on page five) The Salem Y. W. C. A. held its annual installation ceremony Sun day night in Old Chapel. New 'stu dents were received into the “Y” in a candlelight service. To begin the program the “Y” Cabinet entered the auditorium as Mary Campbell Craig played the processional. The brief devotional included one verse of “Father of Lights” sung by the entire group, a scripture lesson read by Secre tary Marilyn Summey, a solo by Marion Lewis and the responsive reading lead by Barbara Fisher, vice-president of the organization. The charge to the new members was given by “Y” President Carol Stortz, and the traditional lighting of the candles was used as em phasis. Bryan Balfour was the first re cipient of the Katherine B. Rond- thaler Award. This award was established by the alumnae last year in honor of Mrs. Rondthaler, wife of Salem’s former president. Its purpose is to recognize cre ative ability and accomplishment among Salem College students, and was presented to Bryan for ori ginal, artistic and creative work in scenic designs for the Pierrette Players’ productions in 1950-51. Bryan continued in his artistic bent during the past summer. He had a picture exhibited in the Charlotte Museum, and worked in New London, N. H. at the Sum mer Theatre as assistant to the scene designer. Balfour lives in Winston-Salem and has recently been busy making (Continued on Page 6) Covington Chosen Miss Evabelle Covington was chosen as the Student Government representative to the Faculty-Ad visory Board at the first meeting of the Student Council. The two groups will meet together Wed nesday in the Friendship Rooms for coffee and a discussion. Other members of the Advisory Board are Dr. Dale H. Gramley, Mrs. Amy Heidbreder and Miss Smoke, on the board because of their positions on the faculty; Dr. Minnie J. Smith, elected by the faculty, and Mr. Harry Martin, appointed by Dr. Gramley. were made in 1802 for students to live in residence. By 1855 there were about 260 resident students. During this year, the original main building was replaced by Main Hall, which is still the academic center of the college. During the present century, es pecially, Salem has emphasized modernization of its plant and edu- rational program. The old build ings have been retained and sup plemented by modern ones in the same style of architectut-e. Dr. Howard E. Rondthaler, who served as president for 40 years, was succeeded in July, 1949 by Dr! Dale H. Gramley. Salem Offers New Course In Religion This year for the first time a course in religious education is being offered, which requires three hours of field work each week. This course gives an introduction to church work through Sunday Schools, young people and Girl Scouts. At the Trinity Moravian Church will be Carol Stortz. She will have a class of primary girls and boys, and plans to present a series about Bible characters. Marion Watson will be co-coun- selor of the Intermediate Youth Fellowship at the Home Moravian Church. She will lead w'orship programs for a group of 35 boys and girls, under the supervision of Mr. and Mrs. R>insom Weather man. The group meets for a six o’clock supper, after wdiich the pro gram is held. Sally Sen ter plans to place special emphasis on music as -she teaches Sunday School at the Cen- tenery Methodist Church. Her group will consist of sixth grade students. Ann Sprinkle 3.nd Emily Warden will reorganize the Girl Scout Troop at the Fries Memorial Mo ravian Church. They are to at tend , Scout training classes and plan to teach the young girls how to cook, knit and play games. They also intend to stress the im portance of religion in everyday life. All these girls will be under the guidance and supervision of Rev. E. A. Sawyer, the college chaplain and head of the religious depart ment. Johnston To Be New Treasurer Carmen Johnston was elected treasurer of the Student Govern ment in an election held last Tues day in chapel. She is filling the vacancy created by the resignation of Rose Ellen Bowen. A home economics major, Car men is the daughter of Mrs. Rufus M. Johnston, Jr. and the late Mr. Johnston. She lives in Gastonia, N. C. in the winter, and resides on East Bank Street during the school year. She serves as a jun ior representative on the I. R. S. Council and is a member of the Home Economics Club. Previously Carmen has been on the legislative board of the Stu dent Government and was elected vice president of the sophomore class last year. She is a member of the Pierrettes and worked on the costumes in the major pro duction^ of Pygmalion last year. (Continued on page three)
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