Dr. Forell is due to speak^
i Headliner for Religions Em
phasis Week.
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A strange kitty has a home,
Each dorm claims him as
their own.
Volume XXXIII
Salem College, WinstomSalem, N. C., Fridav, October 24, 1952
Number 5
HUGHES ELECTED MAY QUEEN
Alyea Will
Demonstrate
Atom Power
' Chemical experiments and demon-
strations of the workings and re-
I actions of the atomic bomb will be
I a part of Dr. Hurbert N. Alyea’s
' lecture to be at 8;30 p.m. on Tues-
V day, Oct. 28 in Memorial Hall.
Dr. Alyea, associate professor of
. chemistry at Princeton University,
will be the first of the lecturers
brought to Salem campus through
the Salem College Lecture Series.
His overall topic will be Atomic
Energy: Weapon For Peace. In
his lecture. Dr. Alyea will trace
the important scientific discoveries
: which have led to the production
of the atomic bomb and explain
how the bomb itself works.
He will tell of the effects an
exploding bomb would have on
persons a mile or two away and
; suggest protective measures against
an atomic attack.
He will discuss the likelihood of
' other nations making atomic bombs,
! the necessity of world control of
; it, and the peac'etime uses of
' atomic power.
Spoke Here Last Year
I Dr. Alyea spoke in Winston-
; Salem last spring before the
American Chemical Society and
' proved himself to be a scientist
■ with ability to explain the atom
: in terms comprehensible to the
average listener.
Dr. Alyea graduated from Prince-
' ton University in 1925 and spent
, a year at the Nobel Institute in
, Stockholm, Sweden. He returned
to Princeton for his Doctor’s de
gree in 1929. The next two years
! he spent at the Univerity of Min-
nesota and at Kaiser Welhelm In
stitute in Berlin.
! During the war, he carried out
s research for the Office of Scientific
;; Research and Development in
I Washington and in the Pacific. In
i 1948 and ’49, Dr. Alyea was visit-
j ing professor of chemistry at the
! University of Hawaii. He won the
i New Jersey Science Teachers As
sociation annual recognition award
^ m 1950.
. Tuesday evening the Lablings
will entertain a small group at an
■after-dinner coffee for Dr. and
f Mrs. vAlyea in the Friendship
I Rooms of Strong.
|Heidbreder
Issues Rules
Mrs. Heidbreder has issued the
following procedure for anndunce-
rnents that must be made in the
idining hall:
Jl. All students wishing to make
I
:| announcements should come to
I the middle of the room and get
permission from the head of the
faculty table about five minutes
J after everyone has been seated.
|2. The gong should be rung.
|3. All announcements should be as
I brief as possible and should be
I given in a clear and concise
; manner.
4- If an announcement calls for the
reading of a list of names, the
list should be placed on the A.
A. bulletin board at the door and
this fact referred to by the an-
i nouncer. This list should be re-
Jnoved from the bulletin board
as soon as possible.
S. AH necessary announcements on
Tuesdays and Thursdays must
be made in chapel except in the
an emergency.
Ann Hughes and Peggyan Alderman were chosen May Queen and Maid of Honor for 1953 at an election
last Tuesday.
Communion Service Will Highlight Program
For Religious Emphasis Week, Oct. 26'30
case of
A Communion service, to be held George W. Forell, principal speaker
at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29 £qj. week of services, will be
held after vespers Sunday night,
Oct. 26, in the basement of Bitting.
The purpose of the open house will
be to give each student an oppor
tunity to know Dr. Forell.
Religious Emphasis Week will
begin with Dr. Forell’s talk at Ves
pers at 6:30 p.m. Sunday. His
theme for the week will be “The
Time Is Now.”
On Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday of next week the speaker
will lead discussions at 6:45-7:30
p.m. in Old Chapel. His topic for
Monday will be marriage and the
family. On Tuesday he will dis
cuss education and vocation, and
on Wednesday, the community and
politics.
Dr. Forell will speak in chapel
on Tuesday and Thursday. He will
also attend several classes to con
duct discussions: marriage and
family class at 4:00 p.m. Monday,
philosophy at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday and
economics classes at 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday.
He will be the guest of a dif
ferent class for meals each day
that he is here. Students may
sign up for private conferences
with Dr. Forell. These will be held
in the Friendship Rooms of Strong.
Dr. Forell is associate professor
of philosoghyj, at Gustavus Adol
phus College, St. Peter, Minn. He
is a native German and received
his undergraduate education at the
University of Vienna.
He came to the United States in
in the Home Moravian Church,
will highlight Religious Emphasis
Week.
An open house in honor of Dr.
Leule To Lead
City Symphony
John Leule will direct the Win
ston-Salem Symphony Orchestra,
Oct. 30 at 8:00 p.m. at Reynolds
Auditorium.
Mr. Leule, who is formerly from
the Atlanta Symphony, will con
duct, for the first time, the 68
piece orchestra in a program in
cluding “Overture To Eureanthe”
by Von Weber, “New World Sym
phony” by Dvorak, and selections
from the musical comedy, “Okla
homa” by Richard Rodgers. There
will be a concerto for the oboe and
strings by Corelli arranged by Bar-
arolli.
“The Board of Directors of the
Symphony Association is generous
in offering the tickets for this con
cert at half price to the students
of Salem College if as many as
100 students plan to attend,” said
Eugene Jacobowsky, member of
Salem’s music faculty.
All the students who plan to at
tend should sign a roster which
will be put in each dormitory as
soon as possible. Fae Deaton, Joan
Elrick, Loma Faye Cuthbertson,
Neva Bell, Miss Margaret Vardell
and Mr. Jacobowsky will compile
the roster.
1939 and attended the Lutheran
Theological Seminary at Philadel
phia, where he received his Bache
lor of Divinity degree in 1942.
Alderman
Shares May
Day Honors
Ann Hughes was chosen to reign
as queen of Salem’s 1953 May Day
pageant at a student body election
held Tuesday night. Attending her
will be Peggyan Alderman, Maid
of Honor.
Ann, who lives in Winston-
Salem, has had previous experience
in winning beauty pageants. Be
fore transferring to Salem in her
junior year, she was May Queen
at Mitchell College. At Reynolds
High School she was voted “the
best looking in the senior class.”
Last year she was on Salem’s May
Court, and this past summer she
was voted “Watermelon Queen” at
Carolina.
Ann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
B. H. Hughes, is vice-president of
the I. R. S. A sociology major, she
plans to be a teacher and is now
practice teaching.
Won Other Honors
Peggyan, also a resident of
Winston-Salem, served on the May
Court last year. In 1951 she was
named “Miss Winston-Salem Card
inal,” going on to win the title of
“Miss Carolina League” and a trip
to Florida.
Peggyan, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. Alderman, is known
for her voice as well as her beauty.
Last year she won a voice scholar
ship.
She has also had job offers from
bands, among them, Ray Anthony.
She is a member of the Pierrettes
and has appeared in several plays.
Both girls were chosen from a
group of fourteen seniors.
FOR STORY ON MAY COURT
ELECTIONS SEE PAGE 4.
Margaret Vardell Will Present
Organ Recital Monday, Oct. 27
Miss Margaret Vardell
Miss Margaret Vardell, head of
the organ department in the School
of Music, will present an organ re
cital at 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 27 in
Memorial Hall.
if
Miss Vardell is,, a graduate of
Salem Academy and Salem College.
At Salem College, where she re
ceived her B. M. degree, Miss Var
dell majored in organ and studied
under her father. Dr. C. G. Var
dell, Jr.
Miss Vardell received her M. A.
at Eastman School of Music of the
University of Rochester, and while
there she was a composition major.
Prior to joining the faculty of
Salem, Miss Vardell taught at
Oberlin College Conservatory of
Music and the University of Texas.
In 1951 Miss Vardell was winner
of the North Carolina Symphony
contest for composers. She also
composed the overature for Paul
Green’s symphonic drama, “Com
mon Glory.”
The program consists of:
Preludes:
Guiltless Lamb of God .... Bach
We All Believe in One God....
Bach
I call to Thee Lord Jesus
Christ Bach
Prelude and Fugue in G major
Bach
Mendelssohn’s Sixth Sonata
This is based on the chorale
“Our Father which art in
Heaven” and consists of a
chorale, a varation, a. fugue
and a finale.
Pastorale Roger-Ducasse
Scherzetto Vierne
Jesus comforts the women of
Jerusalem Dupre
Tocata: Tu es Petra
(Thou art the Rock) ...Mulct