Practice teaching is a strange
disease, _
Baggy eyes, nervous twitches,
and shakey knees.
“Antigone” will soon be ready
for you,
Come to the door where sixty
cents is due.
Volume XXXIII
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, November 14, 195:
Number 8
Senoir Class Will Plant Ivy,
Willow Tree Next Tuesday
The Senior Class will plant a willow tree and ivy in the traditional
ceremony to be held during chapel on Tuesday, Nov. 18.
The willow tree will be planted on the athletic field close to the
water fountain. It will replace the dying willow which is there now.
Begun at Salem in 1891 by Miss Emma Lehman, tree-planting has
hPcome an annual service. Since then 62 trees and ivy plants have
—■ ^¥been placed on Salem campus by
Student Body
Holds Meeting
“Why should a girl Have to suf
fer ■ if her roommate is on light
restriction for making noise after
quiet hour?” This was the ques
tion asked by Ann Lang that
that opened the discussion at a
meeting of the Student' Govern
ment Association in chapel Tues
day.
Marian Lewis, Student Govern
ment president, restated rules re
garding on-campus dances, chapel
conduct and smoking on back cam
pus, She requested that sugges
tions for campus improvements be
placed in the suggestion box in
Main Hall.
During the discussion portion of
the meeting, Anne Lowe reminded
the students to attend open houses
because they are held for the stu-
den’s enjoyment.
Class stunts and musical pro
grams were suggested at Jane
Smith’s request for chapel program
improvements.
It was concluded that the fresh
men were in favor of discontinuing
assigned tables at dinner after a
question asked by Bebe Boyd.
A discussion of Junior Breakfast,
a project to raise money for the
Christntas banquet, followed a
question posed by Cynthia May.
Peggy Chears remarked that
signing up for rides over the week
end was not working. She re
quested that anyone wanting a
ride or riders put her name on
the bulletin board in Main Hall.
■ Suggestions were also made that
Mating hours be extended, that
ifreshmen have two cuts in their
,Saturday classes,' unlimited light
'cuts after the first six weeks, and
Jthat all classes be granted more
i'lovernights.
senior classes.
Miss Lehman, who taught at
Salem for over SO years, encour
aged the beautification of the cam
pus. As the senior teacher. Miss
Lehman suggested that every sen
ior class plant a tree and ivy on
the Salem campus. In this way
each class would leave a living
memorial to the school.
Students Will Assemble
Members of the student body
and faculty will assemble in Mem
orial Hall Tuesday and march from
there to the athletic field. The
procession will be led by Dr. Dale
Gramley and Faye Lee, president
of the Senior Class, followed by
the seniors and the other classes.
■ Faye will present the willow tree
to the college on behalf of the
class, and Dr.'Gramley will accept
the gift. Each senior will throw
a penny around the roots ©f the
tree in order that the copper con
tent will enrich the soil and bring
the class members good luck.
Dr. Gramley will turn the first
spade of earth. He will be fol
lowed by the class officers, Faye
Lee, Drane Vaughn, vice-president;
Peggy Chears, secretary; Norma
Williams, treasurer; Marian Lewis,
former class president.
The two other former class pre
sidents, Marilyn Samuel and Mari
lyn Moore Davis, left after their
sophomore year.
The class of 1952 planted a white
dogwood tree between the science
building and the home ecomonics
practice house. Their ivy was
planted beside the science building.
John Fries Blair, Joyce Billings and Rooney Barnes practice a scene
from Antigone as rehearsals near completion. ,
Frosh *52 Hockey Champs;
Hold Sophs To 1-1 Tie
The freshmen won the 1952
hockey championship by holding
the sophomores to a 1-1 tie last
Wednesday.
The new Salemites dominated
the play for the entire game, ex
cept for the one goal the sopho
mores obtained. The first half
ended 0-0 because of some fine goal
playing by Allison Long, but soon
after the second portion started
Sally Knight made a shot to put
her team in the lead.
Fike Makes Goal
This goal seemed to set the
sophomores on fire, though, for
they immediately drove back down
the field and Louise Fike slammed
in the tieing point. After that the
Calhoun Investigates Salemites’ Nicknames;
Finds Fathers, Funny Papers Mostly To Blame
{ By Selma Jean Calhoun
Before my freshman year, and
H’ll never forget it, I received a
I Salem handbook. As all Moham-
|medans franatically read the Ko
ran, so I read the handbook.
Three names stood out in my
’.'|mind. They were the names of
Xhree B. W. O. C. The Stee Gee
'/president was “Winkie,’’ president
of the A. A. was “Clinky,” and
^•Squeaky” was the president of
I the ^‘Y”. „
“Nicknames abound at Salem, I
theorized. And yet I was curious.
What did these names mean?
I A desire to learn is the com-
^ pelling force of any college and
after three years it has compelled
! me to discover what nicknames
h mean and how they originated,
ri “Pook” Johnson has never actu
ally been Eleanor and it is her
^ father’s fault. When she was two
: d.iys old her father called her ‘ My
I itsy bitsy Pookie,” and it stuck as
_f“Pook”.
“When I was a baby and wrap-
•i ped in a baby blanket, they said
y I looked like a bunny”, this is how
V “Bunny” (Saress Ellerbe) Gregg
r explained her nickname.
,« Ann Miller explains that
■| “Beauty” is a. most embarassing
name., It really came into being
* when she
was a
student at Salem
y Academy. One happy day ;She and
3 a friend were going to the drug
store beside the post office; Ann
called to her friend, “Hurry up.
Ugly.” “O.K., Beauty,” the girl
replied. The name followed her to
Salem by way of Jane Fearing,
who was a good friend of the girl
who first called her “Beauty.”
“Now, I can’t get rid of it,” she
moaned.
There are two Bebes in Clewell
with s i m i 1 i a r stories. “Bebe”
Brown said “I didn’t know my
name was really Betty until I was
in the seventh grade.” Her nick
name of “Bebe” happened as a
combination of her initials B. B.
“Bebe” Boyd’s, nickname is also
a result of her initials. An in
teresting fact about Bebe’s name
is that she was christened Mary
Elizabeth at birth, but one day her
mother saw Jane Boyd written on
a tombstone and so changed Bebe’s
name to Jane.
“I really don’t know how it hap
pened”, Virginia Millican said
about her nickname. “Lots of
people don’t understand my name
is “Tinkie” and call me “Teensy.”
Virginia Elizabeth Hudson ex
plained “When I was a baby, I was
too small for such a long name so
my cook named me “Boots” for
“Boots” in the funny papers. It’s
kinda dumb, isn’t it?” ^
Betty Tyler’s nickname of T-
Tyler” just happened. But in
Kinston, she is called “Buggs”, be
cause “I have Buggs Bunny teeth.”
teeth.”
“I was a bald-headed baby,”
“Willie” Rhyne explained, “My
daddy said that Anne Louise was
too sissy a name, so he called me
“Willie.”
Elizabeth Ann Bass says she
actually doesn’t know how she
happened to be called “Puddin.”
“Daddy did it,” was her only ex
planation.
’When I was a little girl, about
six or seven years old, there was
a comic strip named Betty Boop.
I got my nickname from the
comic strip character,” Elizabeth
Rhodes McGIaughon said.
Mary Joyce Wilson was “Piffle”
until she came to Salem. Salem
girls changed her name to “Pif
fles.” She said, “A colored man
at home started calling me Piffle
first. I don’t know why.”
Anne Merritt and Nancy Huf-
fard have been called “Judge” be
cause their freshman year they
planned to try a Stee Gee offender
themselves.
Ann Mixon used to be called
“Squirrel” for her squirrel teeth,
but now she is “Guppy.” “I had
asthma,” she explained, “And had
to breathe through my mouth like
a fish.”
Me? I’m Selma, but simply be
cause it’s my name.
battle was a zig-zag affair with
neither team being able to crack
the other’s defense.
Outstanding freshmen besides
Sally Knight were Betty Morrison
and Nellie Ann Barrow, who led
the forward line, while Harriet
Ann Davis, was the spark in the
defense.
For the sophomores it was
Bobbi Kuss and Casey “Feather-
foot” Cunningham who led the at
tack. The entire sophomore back-
field, composed of Ann Mixon,
Jean Currin, Louise Fike, * Marlene
Hedrick, Maggie Blakeney and
Allison Long did a commendable
job, since most of the game was
played on their half of the field.
A large crowd of about one hun
dred turned out for the game to
cheer their classmates, and they
were rewarded with an exciting
championship battle.
The final standings are: fresh
man—^won 2, tied 1; seniors—^won
2, lost 1; sophomores—won 1, lost
1, and tied 1; juniors—lost 3.
Civic Concert
To Be Tonight
Gina Bachauer, world renowned
Greek pianist, will give a concert
at 8:30 tonight at Reynolds Audi
torium. Miss Bachauer’s concert
is the opening one in the series of
Civic Music concerts held in Win
ston-Salem this year.
Miss Bachauer, a brilliant artist,
is said to be equaled by few pian
ists of either sex. Of particular
interest is the fact that she was
one of the few pupils ever taught
by Rachmaninoff.
Her program will include:
Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Bach-Sausig
Sonata in G major, K. 288
Mozart
Sonata in B minor, op. 58
Chopin
Three Intermezzi Brahms
Three Fantastic Dances
Shostakovich
Navarra — Albeniz
0reek Drama
To Be Given
Nov. 18-19
By Connie Murray
King Creon demands the death
of a beautiful Grecian maiden, even
after his son. Prince Haimen,
pledges his loyalty to her. He
orders her execution because she
disobeyed his order and buried her
brother, an enemy of the king. The
resulting conflict is the theme of
the tragedy, “Antigone,” to be pre
sented by, the Pierrettes next Tues
day and Wednesday, Nov. 18 and
19;
Rooney Barnes, a sophomore,
will play the title role. The other
leads are held by Joyce Billings, a
junior; John Fries Blair, English
instructor and Glenn Pettyjohn,
also a junior. Members of the
cast are Bill Long, John Byrd,
Margaret Blakeney, Sally Reiland,
Anias Daye, and Ernest Conrad.
The chorus will be led by Anne
Edwards, and members are Becky
Powers, Diane Knott, Emily Heard,
Laurie Mitchell, Pat Locke, Fran-
cine Pitts, Betty Riddle, Nancy
Florence, Mary Anne Raines, An
gela Howard and Margaurite Blan
ton. The play is under the direc
tion of Miss Elizabeth Reigner.
The costumes have been designed
by Margaret Blakeney, and the
costume committee has placed a
display of the Greek creations in
the library. The costumes feature
tunics, robes and strap sandals.
The technical crew, directed by
Miss Catherine Nicholson and Amn
Mixon, have constructed a set to
resemble marble steps with col
umns. The scene is set on the
outside steps of the palace in The
bes. The remainder of the set will
be black drapes and a blue back
drop.
The chorus will be alternately on
the stage and on lower steps be
side the stage. They will be
dressed in white Grecian robes.
The dances will be performed by
Angela Howard, Pat Locke, Betty
Riddle, Nancy Florence and Diane
Knott.
Eleanor Johnson is stage man
ager, and prompter is .Jean Ed
wards. Lighting will be done by
Sally Reiland, and emphasis will be
placed on use of spotlights.
Make-up classes for the play
began last Tuesday with instruc
tion in character make-up. It was
followed by a straight make-up
class on Thursday.
Background music for the play
is under the supervision of Faye
Fuller. Nancy Ann Ramsey is
house manager, and Betsy Liles is
in charge of publicity.
Tickets may be secured from
Nancy Ann Ramsey. The price is
60 cents to all students and a
dollar for adults. Both perform
ances will be at 8:30 p.m.
Day Students
To Hold Tea
The Day Students will h o nor
their mothers at a tea from’ 3:00
to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 18
in the Day Student Center.
The party is planned as a means
for the families of local Salemites
to meet the college faculty and
staff who are also invited.
Mrs. Amy Heidbreder and Mrs.
Dale Gramley will preside at the
tea table, and Sara Willard, presi
dent of the group, will welcome
the guests.
.Chairmen of the committees for
planning the tea are: Mary Lou
Whitehart, invitations; Anna Kath-
herine Dobson, refreshments; Fay-
Fuller, decorations. The chairrrien
report that an Autumn theme will
be used.
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