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Just a word we’d like to say, A very Merry Reading Day! This term of the Salemite is finished. After exams we’ll be back— energy undiminished? Vplume XXXII Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, January 18, I952_ Number 14 Marquis Childs To Lecture Dr. Clemens Sommer will open the new art exhibit of Durer wood- cuts. Clemens Sommer Will Speak At Art Gallery Opening Tonite Dr. Clemens Sommer, head of the art' history department of the University of North Carolina, will speak tonight at 8 ;00 at the Art Gallery, when an exhibit of 15th century woodcuts by Durer will be opened to the public. The woodcuts to be exhibited will include fourteen prints from the State Art Gallery in Raleigh. Salem College Art Club is very fortunate in being able to secure the prints for exhibition. Durer was one of the most famous northern Renais sance artists. It was in the latter part of the 15th Century that Durer became widely known for his most import ant project, the illustration of the Book of Revelation or the Apo calypse. This consists of the wood- cuts that will be shown tonight. Dr. Sommer will describe, an- alize, and tell the history of the Durer woodcuts. After the talk. Dr. Sommer will be on hand to answer individual questions. Dr. Sommer received his Ph. D. from the University of Friburg in Germany. He was the holder of several travel fellowships during his European residence which en abled him to visit and study at outstanding European Art Muse ums. , In 1938 he left Germany and came to the University of North Carolina where he has been since then. He now conducts art tours throughout Europe to all the famous centers of art during the latter part of the summer. Spring Tryouts Slated Feb. 5 Miss Elizabeth Reigner, director, has announced that tryouts for the Pierrette’s spring production. Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward, will be held Feb. 5 at 7:00 »m. in the speech laboratory. South Hall. The English drawing room com edy contains two female leads, and two supporting roles. There are also two male parts. Freshmen are urged to attend the tryouts since the first semester limitation of hours they may Parti cipate in extracurricular activities has been lifted. NewsBriefs Dr. Lucy Leinbach Wenhold, pro fessor emeritus at Salem, gave ^ a research paper on Spanish Colonial Florida at a meeting of the Faculty Research Group last Monday night. ***** Dr. Francis Anscombe spoke on “Our Universe” at the Labling meeting last Tuesday. Slides and posters were used to illustrate his speech. Refreshments were served after the business meeting to about 25 members. ***** Salem’s F. T. A. club will be hostess to the clubs of Appalachian State Teachers’ College and Guil ford College on Feb. 7. Ann Simp son, district vice president, and the other district officers have worked out a program of inter- visitation. In two years Salem will have visited all the college clubs in this district. ***** All unclaimed articles from the lost-and-found office will be placed on a table in the reception room of Clewell, Tuesday, Feb. 5. Any one - may take these articles even though she is not the owner. Lerch Resigns As Conductor Mr. James R. Lerch, conductor of the Winston-Salem Symphony, sent his resignation to the asso ciation’s board of directors last Wednesday because of a disagree ment on the policies of the Sym phony. Mr. Lerch had conducted the Symphony since its founding five years ago. He is head of the string music department at Salem and is on a year’s leave of absence to work on his master’s degree. Henry Sopkin, conductor of the Atlanta Symphony, has been en gaged for the next concert. Mr. Sopkin is widely known for his work with community and young people’s orchestras. Sopkin will come to Winston- Salem on Feb. 16 to prepare for the second symphony concert Feb. 28. AduItClasses ToBeginNew Term Feb. 5 The Adult Education Program will begin a second semester term on Feb. 5. It will last 12 weeks ending April 29. Courses in drama, English, cur rent events, religion, psychology, studio art and music will be of fered for adults. Creative drama and art will be taught for children. The adult courses will meet once a week on Tuesdays from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. The children’s courses will meet on Saturday mornings from 10:00 a.m. ’til noon. Only two courses, psychology and music appreciation, will be given for credit. A student will receive two semester hours for each of these courses. Another course which will be of fered for the first time is Reading Speed-Up Course for Business and Professional People. The class, taught by Dr. Elizabeth Welch, began last Wednesday and will con tinue meeting twice a week at 5:10 p.m. until March 11. These courses are taught for the people of Winston-Salem and vici nity by the teachers of Salem in attempt to contribute to the pro gress and culture of the community. AlumnaeMeet, Gramley Guest The Y. W. C. A. of Bethlehem, Pa., launched its building campaign Jan. 16. Dr. Dale Gramley gave the first address at the opening dinner held at the Y. On Jan. 17, Dr. and Mrs. Gram- ley were guests of honor at an alumnae tea in Philadelphia. The tea was held at the home of Mrs. Gilbert C. Fry, mother of Eleanor Fry. ■They also attended an alumnae meeting Jan. 18, in Washington, D. C., at which Dr. Gramley was the guest speaker. The meeting was held in the home of Mrs. E. H. Trotter, president of the Washington area Alumnae Club. The Lehigh Valley Alumnae Club has planned a meeting for January. Mrs. R. A. McCuiston, president of the Alumnae Association, will be the guest speaker. Higgins CancelsPIans;Replaced By Washington Newspaperman Marquis W. Childs, Washington columnist, will speak Jan. 23 at 8:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall. He was selected to replace Miss Marguerite Higgins who canceled her lecture because of illness. Mr. Childs, whose column “Washington Calling” appears daily in more than 150 newspapers, will discuss the Washington situation. He said he will comment “on personalities, issues and political maneuver ing as these affect *our welfare and that of the world. Besides frequent trips throughout the United States and Europe, Mr Childs has interviewed diplomats in many countries including a per sonal interview ivith Marshall Tito in Yugoslavia. In 1947 Mr. Childs traveled in Germany, Poland, Swit zerland, Greece, Italy, France and England, studying postw-ar con- Marquis Childs ditions. In the fall of 1950, the colum nist visited the Middle East, India and Pakistan. His exclusive inter views with Prime Minister Nehru after the UN forces had crossed the 38th parallel were reprinted after they appeared in his own column. An award for “skillful handling of controversial material” was given to Mr. Childs by the School of Journalism of the University of Missouri. He has also received the Sigpia Delta Chi Award for Washington Correspondence for 1944. In addition to being a newspaper man and lecturer, Mr. Childs has written several books. In 1936 he wrote the best-seller, Sweden: The Middle Way, a study of the co operative movement in Sweden. The following year Mr. Childs published his first novel Washing ton Calling and bfegan collecting material for This Is Democracy. Besides writing books, Mr. Childs has written numerous articles for magazines such as Life, The Satur day Evening Post and Reader’s (Continued on page four) Pastors To Be Guests Feb.5,7 Dr. Raymond I. Lindquist and Dr. Charles B. Foelsch, speakers on the Winston-Salem Preaching Mission, will be campus guests in chapel next Tuesday and Thursday, Feb. 5 and 7. The Mission, sponsored by the Winston-Salem Minister’s Associa tion, is a week-long religious move ment. The 18 guest speakers who compose the mission will appear all over town that week. Dr. Lindquist, who spoke at Salem last year also, is pastor of the Old First Presbyterian Church in Orange, N. J. He is particularly interested in the “New Life Move ment” and in the evangelistic mes sage. Dr. Foelsch is former president of Chicago Lutheran Seminary, . a noted author and leader in his de nomination. He is pastor of Holy Trinity Church, New York, and has been guest preacher and lec turer to groups in many cities of this country and Canada. Salem To Elect Miss Student Teacher F. T. A. members have completed Mary Campbell Craig, Lou Davis convention in Asheville on March plans for the forthcoming election of Salem’s Miss Student Teacher. The evaluation committee, con sisting of Lou Davis, chairman, Ellen Bell and Elsie Macon, nar rowed the field to 11 candidates. On the basis of grades all four years personality and overall cap ability of the girls, the candidates chosen were: Kitty Burrus, Betty Parks, Dee Allen, Julia Timber- lake, Mrs. Mary Snead, Mary Campbell Craig, Martha Wolfe, Ann Sprinkle, Lou Davis, Barbara Fisher and Emily Warden. At their meeting last Tuesday night the club members elected six from this group: Betty Parks, Kitty Burrus, Julia Timberlake, and Dee Allen. These names will be presented to the student body in chapel next Tuesday, and three of the six will be selected by stu dent vote. The second week in February the finalists will go before a com mittee of the Teacher Education Committee, Miss Ivy Hixson, Dr. Dale Gramley, the city and county superintendents, the supervisors of elementary education, the candi dates’ major professor and another professor of her choice. At this time the girls will pre sent their philosophies of educa tion. From this group Miss Stu dent Teacher of Salem College will be selected. The winner will go to the state 28 where she and representatives from 21 other colleges will be guests of honor. Kitty Burrus, state F. T. A. vice- president, and Dr. Welch are work ing now on the program for this convention. On Thursday before the meeting Kitty and the other officers will meet with the state president and work out the final schedule of events. The 22 representatives will be guests of honor at a luncheon the first day of the convention. That night they will be presented before the delegate assembly of 4,000 people in Asheville City Auditor ium. A number of Salem F. T. A. members are planning to attend this meeting. Presbyterians Plan Agenda The Westminister F ellowship held its first formal meeting last Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in Clewell. Plans for an evening meeting to be held at Salem sometime in Feb ruary were made. Dr. Julian Lake, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Winston-Salem, will be the guest speaker. After the meet ing, coffee will be served. Tentative plans for a Salem- Davidson joint meeting of the Westminister Fellowship to be held sometime in the spring were also made. Pianists Featured On Music Program Salem College music hour was held yesterday afternoon. Those participating were: Organ Prelude in G Minor Bach-Siloti Florence Cole Sonata Op. 10, No. 3 Beethoven Edith Flagler Prelude Op. 28, No. 21--..Chopin Helen Ridgeway Zueignung Strauss Betty Ball Clair de Lune Debussy Loma Faye Cuthbertson Polonaise Op. 53 Chopin Joann White There will not be another music hour until next semester. Managers Elected Class basketball managers were elected last week. Those elected were: Alison Long, freshman class manager; “Wootie” Beasley, sopho more; Emma Sue Larkins, junior, and Daisy Chonis, senior manager. The tournament for the champ ionship will begin at the beginning of next semester.
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