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March 6, 1953 THE SALEMITE Page Five Action, Music, Effects Blend In "Medium” By Frances Horne The Salem Productions, Inc. per formance of Menotti’s two-act opera, The Medium, was the first of its kind to be produced at Salem, and was the first offering from this committee, as well as one of the most polished productions ever staged in Old Chapel. The set, which was designed by Bryan Balfour, was in perfect ac cord with the action and the music, and set the mood from the open ing curtain. The lighting by Cath erine Nicholson was in harmony with the action, particularly in the seance scene, in the first act, and added greatly to the oyer-all ef fect. The line of action, which is a succession of rising and falling lines—each climax a little higher than the preceding—^was well sus tained through the entire show. This was due in large part to the accompanists who kept the tempo alive and vital, and who played with the singers sensitively and un- obstructively. The balance between the music and drama was very fine—perhaps the fact that the pianos were back- stage and out of sight contributed to that unity, because they could not draw attention away from the goings-on on the stage. One of the best features of the performance was the excellence of the diction. Every word came through clearly. The members of the cast understood their parts and their relationships to each other and to the whole to a degree which was remarkable. Elizabeth Reig- ner deserves much credit for her splendid job of direction. The audience was enthuastic and responsive. It was particularly sympathetic to Madam Flora’s aria, “Am I Afraid”, and to the final scene immediately after, wdth Toby, (Dave Pardington) the mute, in which Toby is shot by Madame Flora, and to “Monica’s Waltz” in the opening scene of the second act, with Monica (Peggyan Aider- man) and Toby. This production was the flower ing of the combined efforts of the music, drama and art departments. It is to be hoped that more from this excellent collaboration wdll be forth-coming. The Home Economics girls living in the Practice House take time out for tea. Pictured left to right are Jean Edwards, Martha Newcomb, Ellen Bell and Carmen Johnston. Practice House Dwellers Have Their Trials While Learning How To Cook And Clean By Cyndy May Sob! Nothing 1 do is right. I burn the supper. The house is in a mess. The cothes need ironing and I scorch them. My children are in rags and my husband has left me. And it is all because I don’t know how to cook, keep house or take care of my children. I can’t go back home and I am so Finds Warm Place Ah, there is a light over there. Maybe the people who live there will let me in to get warm. An attractive girl opened the door and invited me in. She said her name was jean Edwards. Then she in vited me to sit down by the fire. Soon three other girls came into the room. They introduced them selves as Ellen Bell, Carmen John son and Martha Newcomb. when the girls were having guests The girls told me that they were home ec. majors at Salem College THE BANNERS ON REYNOLDA ROAD Across From New Wake Forest College DINING ROOM AND CURB SERVICE and they were getting their • ex perience in running a home and that that house would be their home for six weeks. “We get up at seven in the morning and eat breakfast at seven-thirty,” Jean explained. She said that they had fresh coffee cake for breakfast that morning. “We all take turns cooking and doing the house work,” Martha added. Then she said that the girls cooked all of their owm food and they did their own shopping every week. It seemed amazing that each girl was allowed one dollar and ten cents per person per day for food, but they said they had good meals. Will Serve Steak. “When I have my guests for supper, I am going to serve steak,” Carmen interrupted, “we are going to eat hot dogs the rest of the time though.” The girls told me lots of interest ing household hints and some of the funny things that had hap pened at the house. One night Phone Dial 7106 TWIN CITV lOBY OXAN1M6 COl Winston-Salem, N. C. 612 West 4th St. for supper, the hostess couldn’t carve the baked chicken. Miss Hodges, their house- mother and in structor, had to take it out into the kitchen to do it. She said she could do it better out there. Something Burns “Wouldn’t you like some coffee before you leave?” Jean asked. The girls ran into the kitchen to fix it. Soon I smelled something burning. L went out into the kitchen (Continued On Pa^e Six) Hadwig Tells Of Her Church By Hadwig Stolwitzer The heavy carved door of the church yielded unwillingly to the shoulder I pressed against it. The mysterious stillness and obscurity of the holy place was l^roken only by the clicking sound of my heels on the stone floor. It re-echoed somewhere in un seen heights to which pointed the massive gray pillars supporting the vault. It made me shrink and step on my toes. A cold, holy smell pervaded the room. At this hour of the evening only a few flickering candles ser ved to illuminate the space of the altar which was overhung with red velvet. Monk Reads A monk was reading the mass. The hood of his cassock pointed stiffly in the air. His murmurings, the Latin responses of his acolyte, the priest’s gestures seemed time less and strange like an incanta tion. I knelt down in one of the oaken pews the wood of which had al most darkened to black, worn by the use of generations and genera tions which had gone past it. The hard wood imprinted each mesh of my stockings deeply into my ach ing knees. Yet it seemed a kind of penitence strangly fitting to the place. At last the priest stretched out his hands for the final blessing. The bowed and aged figures shuf fled out of the church. The cand les were extinguished. Listeners Are Few The listeners were few and old. They had dark hoods drawn tightly around their stooping shoulders to w'ard the chilly air which emanated from the stone floor. While their faded lips moved incessently, the well-w'orn beads of rosaries slipped through their wrinkled fingers. The eternal light only was left to cast its red gleam into space, a guide through the darkness. BRODT-SEPARK MUSIC CO. 620 West Fourth St. Phone 3-2241 Music of All Publishers TODDLE HOUSE 878 W. Fourth Phone 2-3737 WINSTON 525 S. Main Street Phone 2-1983 OD' BIS [jamrana mi rg nil [raw na naira [iaiij[gigMgigiBlBigMgjgMJ5!jaiB[BMian?M3igigi3Bi5J3f^ISigigi3 WE HAVE JUST ADDED A NEW 5’ S’* to 6’ 2 Tall Girl Department You are always welcome to browse Through our modern shop. 422 W. 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