March 7, 1952
THE SALEMITE
Page Five
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Basketball Title Campws Shots
Won By Sophs
The sophomores won the basket
ball championship of Salem last
Thursday night in a low scoring
26-25 contest with the freshmen.
An overtime was required, and even
Everyone worried about a flu
quarantine that would shatter
week-end plans . . . New song
writters in Strong , . . Ann Evans
I passing up desserts and patting her
stomach . . . Emily Gunn’s usual
attire for breakfast — curlers and
p. j.’s . . . Nancy, Fay and Phyl,
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The cast of “Blithe Spirit’’ relaxes a moment during rehearsals. Seated at left is Betty Parks who
plays Ruth Condomine the second wife. Standing is Dick Johnson, who plays her husband Charles. At the
right of Dick are Tinkie Millican and Eleanor Johnson. In the foreground is Ann Mixon, the prompter.
Rehearsals For “Blithe Spirit" Gain Normalcy
As Colds Are Cured And Scripts Laid Aside
then the final outcome was not de
cided until after the last whistle.
Lu Long Ogburn sank
shot in the last 30 seconds and
put her team in a one point ad
vantage. The sophomores commit
ted a foul just as the horn sounded
ending the overtime, but the fresh-
heads together over the script for
the Day Student program . . . The
foul I gleam issuing from Syd Fryer’s
third finger, left hand . . . Lu Long
being swarmed again by photo
graphers . . . Bert and Linda
doing the Charleston . . . Miss
Byrd’s sophomore literature class
men missed their chance to tie the suffering from English nerves
score again.
; Dot Smothers’ anxiety about her
The contest was a close one from 1 pi^jjs for a beach trip (term papers.
By Sally Reiland and j The only way she could keep her
Ann Mixon eyes from twinkling was to close
As “Blithe Spirit” goes into the them,
final week of rehearsals, the cast Quite a few authorities on vari-
is beginning to look more normal.'jous subjects are found in the cast.
Numerous pills, capsules and tis-;On versatility is Betty Parks, who
sues have succeeded in taking away | usually P'ays her g^ud lady
. . , . r ; scenes with finger-nail polish in
the deep voices and red noses of hand and a cross-word puzzle
a week in the future, the cast has
agreed that “the play is the thing”
and that rehearsals have brought
lots of fun along with the hard
work.
beginning to end. At the end of you know)
the first quarter the score stood
11-6 with the sophomores leading.
This lead was relinquished to one
point at the half when the sopho
mores led 13-12.
In the third quarter the fresh
men took the lead for the first
time and kept it until almost the
end of the game. With just a few
minutes left in the regulation game,
the sophomores tied the score at
25-25.
In the five minute overtime
neither team could score a goal
from action, and Ogburn’s foul
shot was the decisive point.
Anne Merritt and Marlene Hed
rick were the outstanding guards
for the game. High scorer was
Lu Long Ogburn who netted 20
points for the sophomores. Jean
Currin and Allison Long led the
scoring for the losers with 12 and
11 points respectively.
. Sara and Bobbie
rushing from the Red Cross to
court . . . One pair of beat-up
loafers sailing out the top story of
Clewell . . . Jean Edward’s horri
fied scream when she discovers her
bath water turning to black ink . . .
Crossword puzzles in Bitting . . .
New yellow curtains decorating
“Davy” . . . Worshipful looks at
the new water fountain in the Day
Student Center . . . Martha and
Newton . . . Cooking students
being mistaken for waitresses . . .
Carol Stortz’s tubercular cat . . .
B. B.’s new hair cut . . . Emily
Mitchell driving to the drug store.
colds.
Scripts have been laid aside, the
chalk marks on the stage have
been converted into furniture, and
British accents have been acquired.
The long weeks of work are be
ginning to pay off as each member
of the cast lives his part.
Pook Assumes Character
The first rehearsals of several
weeks ago brought forth many
strange situations. It was hard to
decide whether “Pook” was train
ing for cross-country marathon,
planning to make her operatic
debut in the “Met” come March
18 or sponsoring an hour of fairy
tales for the faculty. She was try
ing to assume the character of a
robust English woman and get feel
ing into her lines and body move
ments, first by singing and then
by wearing a scarf over her face
that tied in two pointed, ear-like
appendages on top of her head.
Dick Suffers Cheerfully
One of the characters, rushing
in from the basketball court, was
often seen tip-toeing around the
stage with eyes closed and arms
waving. It was not a butterfly or
a bird. It was Tinkie, assuming
the floating personality of a ghost.
in the other. Then she walks
around like a preying mantis with
hands outstretched to dry the
polish. Incidentally the cross-word
puzzle virus has struck the entire
cast. Dick offers helpful advice
in all matters from puzzles to
feminine grace, aside from furnish
ing intermission piano music, cof
fee and cokes. It’s too bad that
everyone has to throw books, tin
cans and what-have-you at him in
the end of the play. Even the door
fell on him one night.
Skeletons Roam Stage
Mr. Chambers seems to know all
about electrical effects. His ties
and sports coats usually light up
the stage. Jane Brown, with her
Southern drawl, professes to know
all about the confederacy of Eng
land.
At the present, Ann Mixon has
given up substituting for Dick.
Playing a man’s part with her
little-girlish voice and five-foot
height just didn’t seem authentic.
At one rehearsal, Tinkie and
Dick were improvising on their
own personal affairs to get a rise
out of each other, a situation
which was necessary for the scene.
They got the rise, but also let
several skeletons out of their
closets to roam around the stage.
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Joann White and Ruthie Der
rick have written a song, “Alone.”
Monday night Ruthie wrote the
words and Joann set the words to
music. The song was first presen
ted at the I. R. S. coffee.
The song is about a girl standing
in the mist remembering her lover.
She recalls all the things they have
done together, but now they are
apart. She remains alone with her
memories.
Ruthie and Joann hope that the
song will be published someday,
and that it will be a popular song
hit.
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