‘Help,” the turkey gobblers
groan,
“Salem girls are going home.”
Gingham Tavern provides for
you
A harvest moon and a combo,
too.
Volume XXXIII
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, November 21, 1952
Number 9
Fait Festival
To Be Given
Saturday
Gingham Tavern, sponsored by
the Home Economics Club, will be
held Saturday night from 9:00 until
midnight in the Day Student
Center. The theme of the dance,
which will be informal, is Harvest
Festival.
Decorations carrying out the
theme will be accented by The sil
houette of a dancing couple against
a golden moon placed behind the
bandstand. The traditional red
checked gingham table clothes and
lighted candles in the tallow-dip
ped bottles will be used to suggest
the atmosphere of a tavern.
Music for dancing will be fur
nished by a seven piece combo
from Reynolds High School. Bryan
Balfour will be Master of Cere
monies and Mrs. Tom Scott and
Miss Jess Byrd will be cigarette
girls.
The floor show promises several
attractions, among them are Ann
Campbell with songs and imper
sonations of Johnny Ray; Ann
Lang, Allison Long, Peggy McCan-
ess, and Jean Currin in a chorus
line; Anise Day and Helen Holder
doing the Charleston, and one of
Miss Hodges’ surprise numbers.
I Wally Carroll will give “The
ijCountry Boy”, a reading, and Dr.
Welch will entertain with a ballad.
Ann Merritt and Peggy McCan-
less are co-chairmen of Gingham
Tavern. Committee heads include
Ann Lang and Betsy Forrest for
decorations; Mary Scott Livings
ton and Carmen Johnston, refresh
ments; Doris McMillan, entertain
ment and Jean Currin, publicity.
Tickets may be purchased from
Jean Currin. Late permission until
12:15 has been granted by the
Dean to those who attend the
dance.
Gingham Tavern is given every
year by the Home Economics Club.
It is a project to make money for
the club, and also to enrich the
social life of the students on
campus.
Rooney Barnes of Bennettsville, S. C.; John Fries Blair, English instructor at Salem; and Sally Reiland
of Blueheld, W. Va. strike a characteristic pose from the Pierrette production of “Antigone” by Sophocles.
Traditional Moravian Candle Tea Marks
Opening Of Christmas Season At Salem
The traditional Moravian Candle
Tea, which serves to open the
Christmas season in Winston-
Salem, will be held Dec. 3 through
6. The main purpose of this tea
is to open the historic Brothers’
House, across from Salem Square,
to the public.
Hostesses in early Salem cost
umes will welcome guests between
the hours of 2:00 and 9:00 p.m.
Last year about 6,000 people at
tended the Candle Tea. Of this
number about 1,400 were county
and city school children.
The Brothers’ House, built in
1768, is of great historic interest
to visitors. Another attractive
feature of the Candle Tea is the
serving of Moravian sugar bread
and hot coffee to every guest.
This year serving a large number
of people will be made easier. A
second kitchen in the middle base
ment of Brothers’ House is being
cleaned and white-washed so that
it can be used.
Another main feature of
the
Jacobowsky Will Give
oice Recital Mon., Nov. 24
Joan Jacobowsky
The School of Music of Salem
College will present Mrs. Joan
Jacobowsky in a voice recital at
8:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 24, in
Memorial Hall.
Her program for the evening
will be as follows:
Art Thou Troubled ... Handel
Five Songs Hugo Wolf
Four French Songs
Dans les Ruines D’une Abbaye
Faure
Les Papillons Chausson
Two Songs from Theherezade
Ravel
Seven Spanish Songs
Siete Cansiones Populares Es-
panoles De Falla
English Songs
The Moon Hindemith
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
Tuilter
The Black Swan Menotti
A Gamblin’ Song J. J. Niles
Every Time I Feel de Spirit
arr. by Burleigh
Mrs. Jacobowsky, mezzo-soprano,
is a graduate of Julliard School of
Music where she received her B.
S. degree. She was a pupil of
Edith Piper there. Later she re
ceived her M. A. at Teachers Col
lege at Columbia University where
she studied under K. B. Remley.
She has been an instructor of
voice at Salem for the past two
years.
Hans Heidemann, instructor of
advanced piano, will accompany
her on her program.
Candle Tea is the demonstration
of beeswax candle-making. This
year, along with the actual making
of the candles, there will be an
exhibit of a bee hive and honey
comb. This exhibit is especially
for school children. It will show
them how candles are made: from
the bee hive to the mold. The
candles, trimmed with a ruffle of red
fireproof paper, will be used on
‘Y’ Tells Plans
For Christmas
By Sara Outland
Each Christmas season the Y. W.
C. A. has several projects to help
those less fortunate than ourselves.
At the present the “Y” is asking
for volunteers to help with the
Red Shield Boys’ Club of America.
Girls are needed to help with art,
photography, radio, singing and
recreation in general for these
young boys.
Adult leadership is needed badly
and this project provides a fine
opportunity for Salem girls to lend
service to a needy group. A poster
will be put up in Main Hall some
time this week, and all interested
girls are asked to sign their names.
Another important project is the
annual Christmas party for a
colored orphanage just outside of
Winston-Salem. It will be held on
the afternoon of Dec. 17. Room
mates will choose the name of an
orphan and are asked to spend a
small sum in making his Christmas
a happy one.
Volunteers will be needed to
wrap these gifts and all who can
are urged to attend the party. It
is hoped that the orphanage Glee
Club will entertain Salem in chapel
on Dec. 18 as was done last year.
Girls who are original and enjoy
sewirfg may help in making Christ
mas toys for needy children. This
will be done in December and will
involve painting toys, dressing
dolls, etc.
Lastly, the “Y” hopes to give
help both at Thanksgiving and
Christmas to a very poor Winston-
Salem family.
The members of the “Y” get a
great deal out of contributing to
the happiness of these people and
they hope the whole student body
will join in the projects and ex
perience the same satisfaction.
Christmas Eve in the Home Mora
vian Church service.
The Putz, which will be enlarged
this year to cover two rooms, is
also a great attraction to many
visitors.
The students and faculty of
Salem College are urged to attend.
Salem Wins
Hockey Game
A Salem team, chosen from all
classes, beat Greensboro College
7-0 in an exhibition game here
last Monday.
Bobby Kuss led the scoring with
two points. Carolyn Kneeburg,
Sally Hackney and Marian Lewis
each scored one point apiece.
During the second half Salem
put in a second team led by Sally
Knight. Sally and Nellie Ann
Barrow made the two goals in
the second half.
There was a large attendance at
the game with several members of
the faculty present.
Members of the 1952-’53 hockey
varsity were announced in chapel
last Tuesday. Girls who had not
been on the varsity before are
Nancy Huffard, Peggy Cheers,
Louise Fike, Ann Mixon, Allison
Long, Sally Knight, Betty Mor
rison, Nellie Ann Barrow and Har
riet Ann Davis.
The girls who had previously
been varsity members are Carolyn
Kneeburg, Bobby Kuss, Emma Sue
Larkins, Marian Lewis and Betty
McGlaughon.
Clewell Dorm
To Entertain
How many male faculty mem
bers have been on the third floor
of Clewell dorm?
The faculty members (the men
in particular), their families and
children have a chance to inspect
the rooms of Clewell dorm. The
freshmen and sophomores will
sponsor an open house for all of
the teachers from 7:30 to 8:15 p.m.
on Monday, Nov. 24 in Clewell.
While the guests receive refresh
ments in Davy Jones, Jane Little
and Martha Thornburg will enter
tain by playing the piano.
The co-chairmen of the social
committee, Betsy Liles and Rooney
Barnes, assisted Sue Jones in mak
ing the arrangements for the open
house.
Chorus Stars
In Ancient
Greek Play
By Jean Calhoun and
Eleanor McGregor
The Greek atmosphere of the
Pierrette production of “Antigone”
Tuesday and Wednesday nights
carried the audience back 2,000
years to the time of Sophocles.
The precise diction and dramatic
movements of ‘the chorus were the
most effective methods of capturing
the spirit of the ancient Greek
drama. A simple columnaded set
and flowing costumes intensified
the mood.
The basic conflict—between the
laws of religion and the laws of
the state—though ancient in origin,
is applicable today. King Creon
was obsessed by his idea of obed
ience to civil man-made law while
I Antigone felt that these laws were
not to be obeyed if they contra
dicted religious ones.
Anne Edwards excelled as the
first Theban citizen. She drew the
attention of the audience by her
ability to lead the chorus and by
her interpretative motions.
The chorus’ success in interpret
ing and explaining the play to the
audience was aided by the dramatic
dances of Angela Howard and Pat
Locke.
Rooney Barnes, as Antigone,
was dynamic in the difficult emo
tional role of a princess condemned
to death. Her voice was exception
ally clear and her movements
poised.
John Fries Blair’s portrayal of
the impulsive monarch, Creon,
showed control and an understand
ing of the character. Especially
^commendable was his variety in
expression as he became succes
sively the stern statesman, the
angry father and the sorrowing
survivor. '
A contemporary note in the play
was sounded in his opening lines
when he placed allegiance to his
country above that to his family
and friends.
A minor role of the messenger,
played by Sally Reiland, was out
standing. Her facial expressions
and voice in relating the deaths of
Antigone and Haemon moved the
audience.
Anise Day, as the sentry, pro
vided the comic relief needed in
the first portion of the tragedy.
The other supporting roles,
played by Joyce Billings, Glenn
Pettyjohn, Rabbi Ernst Konrad
and Margaret Blakeney, were well
handled. William Long and John
Byrd were the King’s messengers
and Peggy Roberts, the boy lead
ing Teiresias.
The lighting and music blended
with the other elements of the
play to carry out the Greek theme,
i Highest praises are due to Miss
Elizabeth Riegner, director, and
Miss Catherine Nicholson, tech
nical director.
Auden, Poet,
Will Lecture
W. H. Auden, popular Anglo-
American poet, will be Salem Col
lege’s lecturer at 8:30 p.m. on Dec.
5 in Memorial Hall. Mr. Auden
will be the second of the famous
personalities presented by the
Salem College Lecture Series.
Mr. Auden was the 1937 winner
of the King’s Gold Medal for the
best poetry of that year and is
celebrated as the most promising
of the new generation of English
poets.
In his lectures, as in his writing,
Auden has given inspiration to and
challenged the thinking of his
listeners by his wit and down-to-
earth wisdom.