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THE SALEMITE
February 29 iQc-i
Pictured above is Corrin refectory where approximately 250 stud
ents, faculty and guests are served three times daily. The picture shows
one of the new chandeliers, a gift of Colonel Strong.
Mrs-MaryCummings>Dietician,
Tells How Dining Hall Operates
By Jean Calhoun ;
“Let me show you around, then,” [
she said. She said it in answer to |
the question concerning how the |
three meals Salem girls eat daily |
come to be. She was Mrs. Mary j
Cumtnings, the attractive black |
haired lady who has been feeding
Salemites for four years. “Oh, ;
I’ve been at Salem a long time,” |
she reflected, for she attended |
Salem School, Academy or College j
all but four of her academic years, i
Kitchen Looks Like Store
The kitchen looked almost like a
department store. There were
separate rooms for each phase of
storing, preparing and cooking the ;
food—a room for storing the non- ’
perishables and one that contained
canned foods and country hams. '
There were two “walk-in” cold
storage departments for fruits,
vegetables, and meats and a special
freezer section for frozen foods.
Mrs. Cummings pointed out a
room where all the vegetables are
cleaned and all the meats cut and
prepared and the big white meat
saw that “we just got this year.”
There was an elevator that rose
with good things to eat from the
basement to the kitchen.
Make Fancy Desserts
Back in Mrs. Cumming’s office
was a George Washington dessert
log. She said that also in the
basement were our two dining
rooms for those employed on the
campus, plus the Club Dining
Room, famous for it’s exam teas.
Before climbing, figuratively, to
the main floor, she spoke of the
bake shop, where particular people
meet on brownie days.
The departments in the kitchen
are very systemized; the dish room
containing the dishwasher, the
room where pots and pans are
10 To Attend
F.T.A.Meeting
Approximately 10 juniors and
seniors will go to Asheville with
Dr. Elizabeth Welch on Thursday,
March 27 to represent Salem at a
state-wide F. T. A. convention.
The F. T. A. will join the N. C.
E. A. for a weekend of conferences
and meetings. At the Friday night
session Kitty Burrus, Salem’s “Miss
Student Teacher,” will be presented
with representatives from colleges
all over North Carolina.
The girls will return to Salem
after the meetings are over on
Saturday.
cleaned, a section where mustard
and dressings are prepared and th&
room where the ice machine is
located.
Twenty people operate the din
ing hall, excluding the maids, the
cooks, a janitor, an office maid and
those that work in dish or food
preparatory rooms. “Russell,” Mrs,
Cummings said, “has been- with
Salem College 32 years.” While
working here, he has had three
children to graduate from college.
Many Salem girls remember Rus
sell from their camp Yonahlossee
days and will continue to remem
ber him in connection with the
exam kitchen parties, Mr. Brun
ner and Mrs. Emma, the two nice
people that everyone sees in the
bake shop on brownie days, have
been at Salem 29 and 31 years re
spectively.
New Lights Are Gift
Mrs. Heidbreder filled in more
details about the new dining room
light fixtures. They are a gift of
Col. Strong, son of Mrs. Hattie M.
Strong. They were designed by
Miss Ada Allen, college decorator
who is an authority on Old Salem.
Before the interview ended, Mrs.
Cummings remarked that “in one
meal you eat thirty pies, twelve
gallons of cream and fifty pounds
of hot dogs”. Small wonder that
Salem girls can be found checking
the scales to see “if I gained to
day.”
Alyea Advises
Atomic Control
Dr. Hubert M. Alyea, associate
professor of chemistry at Prince
ton University, called for “com
plete and total international con
trol of atomic energy”, at the meet
ing of the American Chemical So
ciety Friday night.
The speaker, in a two hour illu
strated lecture insisted that poli
tical scientists must start immedi
ately to create necessary controls
for the bomb. If they don’t, he
said, “the survival of civilization
as we know it could be destroyed.”
Dr. Alyea began with the history
of modern atomic research, writing
simplified equations on the black
board. He went on to discuss the
wartime development of the atomic
bomb and covered some of the
peace time uses of atomic energy.
Dr. P. M. Ginnings, professor of
chemistry, dean of instruction at
Greensboro College, and chairman
of the central North Carolina sec
tion of the American Chemical
Society, presided at the meeting.
Randy Wurr
Tells I.R.C Of
Red Occupation
“My Experiences During the Rus
sian Occupation” was the topic of
Ragnhild Wurr’s, talk to the Inter
national Relations Club at their
meeting Monday evening in the
living room of Bitting.
When the Russians occupied
Randy’s hometown in eastern Ger
many in 1945, she and her mother
fled with the German troops to
Czechoslovakia. When the Rus
sians surrounded them there also,
Randy and her mother returned
home.
Train Service Stopped
Since all trains had stopped,
Randy continued, they had to walk
back to Germany. The trip took
six weeks. They found their own
home burned and the entire town
plundered and filled with Russian
troops.
Randy said that the Russians
were affable when sober, but be
came mean when they drank. “The
troops were kind to the children,
though their treatment of the Ger
man women was deplorable,” said
Randy.
During the occupation the Ger
mans had no contact with the out
side world, she continued. The
only news they received w^as from
the Communists who tried to in
doctrinate them with their ideas
and force them to join the Com
munist party.
Only the Russian viewpoint was
taught in the schools. “As a re
sult,” Randy stated, “many Ger
mans committed suicide”.
Have Communist Rally
Once the Russians had a Com
munist demonstration in order to
convert the natives, A supposedly
free election was then held. The
Germans were punished if they did
not vote the Russian way. “Those
who became avid Communists dis
gusted the loyal Germans,” said
Randy.
After two years, Randy and her
mother fled secretly to the western
zone where they continued to live.
Carolina Wins As Salemites’
Preference On Weekend Trip:
By Eleanor Johnson, and
Eleanor Fry
Carolina claims Charlie Justice,
Carolina has its wishing well and
Keenan stadium. It’s the home of
the Playmakers and Georgian style
fraternity houses.
According to the recent poll it
must be the home of the best
looking men in the world, the home
of the best w'eekends and the home
of 54 Salem girls on the week-ends.
The armed forces ran a cldse
second to Carolina in claiming the
attention of thirty-seven Salemites.
Davidson, Duke and State weie
next in line.
Complete results of the poll
which involved 163 girls were;
Carolina - - -
A 17
Davidson
State -
Duke
Air Force -
Navy ^
Undecided ■ ^
Bowman Gray ^
Wake Forest 6
V. P, I. . - - 5
W. & L. - 4
Annapolis ^
Citadel — ^
Home --- ^
Clemson - 2
Marines - - 2
Georgia Tech 1
Webb - 1
Columbia Seminary 1
University of Miami 1
Catawba 1
West Point - 1
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Blount Opens
Art Exhibit
Miss Charlotte Blount, children’s
book reviewer -for the Winston-
Salem Journal and Sentinel, was
;uest speaker for the opening of
a new art exhibit last Monday in
the Salem Library.
Miss Blount discussed the dif
ferent types of children’s litera
ture and emphasized the import
ance of illustrations.
Maude and Misha Petersham’s
illustrations for children’s books
were on exhibit. Miss Blount com
mented on their books and used
them as references for her lecture.
The Petersham’s early experi
mentation with color printing pro
cesses was instrumental in leading
to the relatively inexpensive color
printing of today. This experimen
tation also makes possible a wide
variety of colors in children’s
books.
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