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With or without a Christmas tree, A fine Candy Cane Ball this is going to be. Come to the lecture, don’t miss this treat! Auden and his poetry just can’t be beat. Volume XXXIII Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, December 5, 1952 Number 10 Reg Marshall, Ann Campbell To Shine At Candy Cane Dance .■i The Reg Marshall Orchestra will be in charge of the music at the ;; (3andy Cane Dance which will take place Saturday, Dec. 6. The dance, which is sponsored annually by the I. R. S. will be held in the Salem I College Gym and will last from 9:00 p.m. to midnight. 'i Special vocal selections by Ann' Campbell will be a highlight of the Evening. Members of the I. R. S. and their dates will form the figure. Intermission is scheduled iRegistration fWill Be Held |AH Next Week I Preliminary registration for se- Scond semester will be made during |the week of Dec. 8-12. During* iithat week each student must con ifer with her faculty advisor to Iplan her courses for next semester. ;f Special students must confer with IjMiss Hixson or Miss Simpson. fThose who plan to make a change |in a major or a minor must confer iwith Miss Hixson. The registra- ftion must be completed by Friday, I Dec. 12. Among the new courses offered for next semester are: modern art, microscopic technique, personal firi- ance, children’s literature, Ameri- . ca.n novel, 19th century French sfliterature, American government land politics, foods and cookery, JPost-Augustan literature, calculus, Isecondary music education, modern Isocial problems, Spanish prose :|fiction of 16th and 17th centuries, fadvanced clothing and construction, .physiology, and geography of North America. Nome Ec Tea o Be Given The Home Economics Club will ;>'entertain with its annual Christ- iias tea from 3 :00 to 5 ;30 p.m. on /fcunday, Dec. 7, in the Practice jjHouse. ' :i; The guest list will include the ; trustees, faculty and administrative :>|staff of the Academy and College : |and friends of the Home Ec. De- ■apartment. All members of the de- Ajpartment will be hostesses in the * living room. Arriving guests will view an :■ angel caroler on the stoop of the front door. The point of interest in the living room will be a star |flanked by red and white lighted candles above the mantle. The dining room table, from (which tea and loganberry punch will be served, will be decorated Ivith red carnations. On the buffet will be a styrafoam Christmas tree surrounded by trays of open-faced sandwiches and assorted cookies. Angel carolers and garlands wound in the bannisters will deco rate the staircase. Members of the interior decorat ing class were in charge of the decorations. Refreshments were planned by the second year foods class. Former Editor In Publishing Business Carolyn Taylor, editor of the 1948-49 Salemite, writes that she is now in the magazine publishing business. Carolyn said in a recent letter to Miss Delia Graham Marsh: “My job with the United World Fed eralists is good experience in the publishing business. I handle all production and a portion of the editoral side. Tell all Salemite editors that the experience they get there couldn’t be beaten. My Salemite and “Sun” training has greatly impressed my employers and furthermore helped' me in doing my work.” for 10:30, and refreshments will be ser ved in the Club Dining Room. Cards with each letter of the alphabet will be posted along the sides of the wall so that each girl may stand under the letter of her initial in case her date has trouble in finding her. As a side-line feature, Woodrow Wilson will take pictures of the couples and will sell two prints of the pictures for $2.50. Chaperones Named Chaperones for the Candy Cane Dance are Mr. and Mrs. Warren Spencer, Dr. and Mrs. Dale Gram- ley, Mrs. Amy Heidbreder, Miss Eileen Smoke, Miss Margaret Var- dell and Clemens Sandresky. Bessie Smith and Jean Shope are in charge of the decorations. Jane Carolyn Fearing designed the bid cards. They feature a striped 'candy cane which carries out the theme of this year’s Christmas dance. Elsie Reminds “Remind the students of two things,” said Elsie Macon, presi dent of I. R. S. “Keep the mimeo graphed admission slips clipped to the dance bid because those slips are the admission tickets.” One o’clock late permission has been granted for the students who attend the dance and house check will be taken at one o’clock on the dot, Elsie said. “TKe Messiah” To Be Given Here Sunday Eugene Jacobowsky will be con cert master at the twenty-first an nual performance of Handel’s “Messiah.” This oratorio, under the direction of Louis A. Potter, will be pre sented at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, Decem ber 7, at the Centenary Methodist Church. Following the tradition of the first performance in 1742, there will be no admission charge, but a free will offering will be taken. The chorus, composed of over 300 amateur and professional voices from church choirs and choral or ganizations in Winston-Salem and neighboring cities, will be accom panied by a thirty piece orchestra. Members of the orchestra include musicians from the Winston-Salem Symphony and the North Carolina Symphony. James Hart will be at the organ and Mrs. Helen Savage Cornwall, a Salem graduate, will be at the piano. Soprano soloist will be Miss Bar bara Stevenson, who appeared as the “Messiah” soloist at the Mor mon Temple at Salt Lake City last year. Other soloists of outstanding reputation are Miss Lillian Chook- asian, contralto, who has appeared with the Boston, Handel, and Haydn Oratorical Society; Harold Haugh, tenor, who is a member of the faculty of the School of Music at the University of Michigan, and Robert Nicholson, bass, who is formerly of the Metropolitan Opera Company. At 3:30, before the “Messiah” presentation, James Hart will pre sent an organ recital, composed of works by composers of the eighteenth century. The “Messiah” presentation will take the place of the regular Sun day vespers on campus. W. H. Auden Freshman Class Prexy Likes Knitting, V. P. L, Salem W. H. Auden, Poet And Critic, Will Lecture At Salem Tonight An Englishman who is an American citizen, a playwright, a critic, and “the most influential poet of his generation”—W. H. Auden is all this and only forty-five years old. He will lecture tonight at 8:30 in Memorial Hall as the second speaker on the Salem Lecture Series. “The Poet and His Poems” will be Auden’s subject. He will tell how he gets and -develops ideas. iThe literary influences on his car eer as well as the position of a poet in our society will be in cluded in his discussion. A native of England, Auden was born in 1907. He attended Christ Church, Oxford, and then taught school for six years. Later he de voted all his time to writing poetry. Known as the most promising of young English poets, Auden be came the leader of “Auden Circle”. He received the King’s Gold Medal for the best English poetry of 1937. In 1939 Auden came to America where he has lived ever since. Students at Harvard, Fordham, Barnard, Swarthmore, Yale, Bryn Mawr, and the University of Vir ginia have enjoyed Auden’s moral honesty, wit and down-to-earth wisdom. By his lectures, writings, and personal contact with students, t'^.uden has challenged the thinking and given inspiration to his lis teners. Auden began his poetic career in the 1920’s. Throughout the 20’s and early 30’s, he showed in his poetry that he thought the world was sick. He offered Marxism and Freudianism as possible cures. In the late 30’s and 40’s, the poet turned to Christianity to combat the sickness of mankind. He believed that only through the improvement of the individual could man improve his world. Auden uses shocking combina tions of symbols, few similes and metaphors, and all types of poetic styles. He is considered one of the foremost poets today because of his ability to experiment with the different poetic media and to use them effectively. Aiiden admits quite frakly that writing poetry comes easily to him; therefore he works to give mean ing to what he says. This afternoon the comp class and English seminar will talk in- Jformally with Mr. Auden at a coffee in Miss Byrd’s living room. By Eleanor Johnson “Knit two; purl two; knit two, purl two.” Nellie Ann Barrow, sat in her third floor Clewell room, industriously working on a Christ mas present. For whom, she would not disclose, but a mention of V. P. I. as being a “great” school may be a hint. Elected Recently Nellie Ann was recently elected president of the Freshman Class, an honor which also makes her a member of the Salem Student Council. She has served in a simi lar position at St. Catherine s where she was a representative to the Student Government, head of the Chapel Committee, and a mem ber of the Honor Society. Nellie Ann calls Alberta, “in the beautiful state of Virginia,” home, but thinks that North Carolina is wonderful, especially Salem, be cause the atmosphere is “great” and so “friendly.” Her hobby is eating; the best way to enjoy this hobby is by eating Chop Suey, Nellie Ann thinks. Besides her newly elected offices Nellie Ann is a member of the Y. W. C. A. and the I. R. S. Science is her main interest academically. Tall, slim, and attractive Nellie Ann is a whiz on the hockey field and calls this her favorite sport. As for what she likes best about Nellie Ann Barrow Salem: “I like the close relation ship between faculty and students.” Egypt To Be Shown The Arts Council will present a display of photographs on Egypt by Elliot Elisofon from Dec. 7 to 24 at the Arts Council Center. The collection was assembled under the direction of W. C. Hayes of the department of Egyptology at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibit is based on a photo graphic essay on Egypt that ap peared in Life Magazine on Jan. 20, 1951. The subject matter will include everything from pyramids to temples built during the Old and New Kingdoms. Y Will Sponsor Spelling Bee Students and faculty will match wits at a spelling bee sponsored by the Y at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 11. Old Chapel is the place, 25 cents the admission, and the purpose is to raise money for the Y Christmas party at the colored orphanage. A prize will be awarded the win ner. Faculty members participating will be: John Fries Blair, Roy Campbell, Miss Margaret Chap man, Miss Evabelle Covington, Dr. Dale H. Gramley, Miss Virginia Hodges, Dr. Gregg Singer, Warren Spencer, Miss Margaret Vardell and Dr. Elizabeth Welch. Student participants are: Connie Barnes, Jean Calhoun, Ann Camp bell, Temple Daniels, Louise Fike, Lucy Harris, Emma Sue Larkins, Sally Reiland, Bessie Smith and Jane Smith. IRC To Hear Lewis Dr. H. Michael Lewis, head of the language department, will be guest speaker at a meeting of the International Relations Club. His subject will be the history of ideo logies. The meeting is slated for 6:4S p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 10, in the living room of Bitting. All members and anyone els^ interested are invited to attend. Tree Lighting Is Forbidden Lights will not be permitted on any indoor Christmas trees at Salem College this year. This five-year old ordinance of the Winston-Salem Fire Depart ment will be strictly enforced this year. A tree (without lights) will be permitted in the dining rooms at both Academy and College, and recreational rooms of College dor mitories. A tree may not be placed in the auditoriums of Memorial Hall, Aca demy, The Day Student Center or at the Christmas dance. As usual, decorations for the Christmas Tea in the Practice House will be permitted, and the candlelight vesper services at the College and Academy; the use of decorative materials which have been chemically treated is per mitted. Any further decorative proposals, not included here should be taken to the President. An inspection of all College and Academy buildings will start on Monday, Dec. IS. Music Majors Give Program Salem College School of Music presented the following students on a music program yesterday in Memorial Hall. Siciliano - Bach-Hughes Edith Flagler Incline Thine Ear Charles Hal Shoemaker Nel cor piu me sento....Paisiello Martha Coggins Sonata, op. 27, No. 2 “Moonlight” Beethoven Julia Moore His Coming Franz Denyse McLawhorn Prelude, op. 28, No. 2L ..Chopin Bonnie Jane Hall Nocturne in C Minor Chopin Lu Long Ogburn Humereske Rachmaninoff Emily Baker Reflets dans I’eau Debussy Margie Ferrell Concert Etude MacDowell Toccata Nidor Betty Lou Kipe