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March 27, 1933
THE SALEMITE
Page Five
Plans Made And
Cast Chosen
For May Day
On Tuesday the call went out;
“Will everyone who is interested
in taking a part in the May Day
Pageant meet in the basement of
Bitting." The response was tre
mendous. May Day chairman Jo
Bell was kept busy taking names
as Peggy Chears measured people
for costumes. The main speaking
roles were assigned with Marian
Lewis taking the lead as the
Prince. Vice-chairman Ann Lowe
and treasurer Willie Rhyne were
conferring over the budget.
Weeks before, the dress com
mittee for the May Court, headed
by Faye Lee, Elsie Macon and
Myra Dickson, had chosen dresses
that are “the most beautiful ever.”
The florist promised Norma Wil
liams and Carmen Johnston, heads
of the flower committee, unusual
boquets^for the court.
Jo Bell and Pook Johnson, direc
tors of May Day, had completed
the writing of the script. Copies
were mimeographed with a map of
the May Dell bearing cryptic sym
bols. Costumes were designed by
Jo Bell and Betty Tyler. Soon
the costume committee, Martha
Newcomb and Ellen Bell, would
begin the actual sewing. Julia
Moore and Peggy Chears were
deciding on sound effects and
music to be used in addition to
the traditional “Romeo and Juilet”
and the “Moldau.
Mac McGregor, Jeanne Harrison
and Jean Davenport were making
final plans for programs and pub
licity. Tickets were planned and
conferences held wnth Mrs. Cum
mings about the May Day dinner.
All the many details were gradu
ally being marked off in Jo’s “little
black- book.” Soon rehearsals
would begin. The stage effects,
promised to be very unusual, were
decided upon with the help of Mr.
A. L. Byrd, as w^ell as the staff
of Salem College.
As the rehearsals were about to
begin that would bring the fantasy
of “The Three Oranges” to life,
Jo had only one comment: “It
has rained so much lately that
May Day is just bound to be
Observing 4th Graders Tends
To Deflate Sophomores’ Egos
Dear
By Francine Pitts
Mother,
Do you remember that night my ,
gotten so I can sit down, and get
up as gracefully as any school
teacher. . .
Every Wednesday when I walk
Jan Langley Plans Wedding
To D .G. Samuel On June 13
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Langley
of Hamilton, Montana have an
nounced the engagement of their
daughter, Jan, to Mr. D. G. Samuel,
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
of Winston-Salem.
The wedding will take place on
June 13 here in Winston-Salem.
D. G. is a junior at the Univer
sity of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. He is majoring in business
administration and w'ill graduate in
June of 1954.
Jan is a sophomore here at Salem
and is majoring in chemistry. She
is minoring in psychology and edu
cation. Jan is a day student and
has been living in Winston-Salem
with her aunt since she began her
freshman year.
The couple will live in Chapel
Hill until D. G. graduates.
seniot year in high school when sgem jq glad to see
Daddy was giving one of his talks | me. Each one has his own idea
he said, “There’s no time in your about where I should sit. Several
life that you’ll think you’re a
bigger “big shot” than your senior
year in high school and your so
phomore year in college.”
But finally one day I began filling
out the application blanks to enroll
at Salem for a second term and
to fill out the blank that said
“class.” My ego shot sky high. I
put “Soph” and not “Fresh.” It
—my ego, that is,—stayed pretty
high until the first semester grades
came out, then it slowly started
falling until now that I’ve started
observing the fourth grade down
at Centarl, it’s hitting bottom
again.
The first time I went down to
Central, all the children wanted to
know my name. When I told them
it was Francine, they promptly
wanted to know if that meant I
was from France and before I
could answer, started asking me
questions about the number of
people living in Paris and how
much a dollar is worth in French
money. I wiggled out, but how!
I’ve gotten sort of used to this
“wiggling out” after six weeks of
it, especially when it comes to the
little chair I have to sit in. The
first day, I almost brought it back
to school with me, but now I’ve
of the boys all jump up and help
me with my coat. They always
have to give me their book, and
find the place for me so I can
follow along with them.
They were getting sO they liked
me more and more until I had the
bright idea that since they were
studying about France, I should
ask Guillemette, the French girl
here at school, to come talk to
them. She’s a very pretty girl, I
think, and the bad part is that the
children thought she was pretty
too. That day when I came in
with her it wasn’t “Hello Miss
Pitts”, but, “She’s really pretty,
isn’t she Miss Pitts ?” The boys
on the back row had to be called
down for standing on their desks
to get a better view.
Don’t worry Mother, my feelings
aren’t hurt because I don’t get
those “You’re pretty,” notes any
more. The children seem to appre
ciate my bringing Guillemette up
to talk to them. It’s really inspir
ing to see them so enthused. I
can understand now the thrill a
teacher must get.
Don’t forget to tell Daddy he’s
wrong. ,
Love,
Francine.
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