Kead our society section data,
Make plans to attend wed-
;i dings later.
Good-bye to the seniors; we’ll
miss you all,
Especially when we come back
next fall.
Volume XXXIII
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, May 15, 1953
Number 26
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Graves Gives
Meaning Of
Citizenship
The third annual Citizenship Day
program tvas held in chapel'Thurs
day, May 14.
Citizenship Day originated
at Salem with the idea of making
the students, and especially the
gr.'uluating seniors, aware of their
responsibilities as participating citi
zens.
The speaker for the Citizenship
Day program. Senator Calvin
Graves, was introduced by Dr. Dtile
H. Graniley. Senator Graves is the
sta.te senator from Forsyth County.
Senator Graves is a native of
Mount Airy and he graduated from
the University of North Carolina
Law School. After completing his
education, he became a resident of
Winston-Salem.
Senator Graves is a former pre
sident of the Forsyth Bar Asso
ciation. He is also a former chair
man of the Democratic Executive
Committee. At present he is a
local attorney of Winston-Salem.
Senator Graves spoke in general
concerning citizenship and its mean
ing to this generation. Afterwards
he swore in the seniors as partici
pating citizens. The seniors were
.sw.orn in as they read the citizen
ship pledge in unison.
Results Announced
Miss Jess Byrd, acting head of
the English department, announced
the results of the senior compre-
hensives in her field Wednesday,
May 13.
The highest comprehensive scores
were as follows: Jean Davenport,
Faye Lee, and Rut hie Derrick, sup- i
era;r. (.hlier grades were: two ^
g( ' l; th-ee salisfa('1or\-; and one
hdkirc.
The Lnglish comprchensives were
taken May 6 and 7 and the test
covered all the courses offered. The
questions w.ere discussion and facts
and the tests were graded by the
teachers in the English department.
Those seniors making superior on
the comprchensives will be exempt
from one exam in their major field.
Seniors put robes of dignity on three juniors who have Just burned their hats of friviolity. Earlier th
seniors burned exam blue books to .symbolize that their years at Salem have ended. Pictured above are
Jane Smith, Betty Tyler, Dora Cameron, Barbara Allen, Sallie Gene Kerner and Anne Moye.
Seniors To Be Inducted At
67th Annual Alumnae Day
The senior class will be inducted | vifed to attend the Commencement
into the Alumnae .'\ssociation at Concert, presented by the School
c i of Music, in Memorial Hall,
its o/lh annual meeting on Satur- ^ -n u
Alter the concert, they will be
day, May 30. | entertained at a reception in Main
This meeting, to be held in Alem- ; Hall by the faculty of the School
orial Hall at 12:00 noon, is part | of Music.
of tlie Salem Alumnae Day pro- '
gram.
.Alumnae Day will begin officially |
at 10:00 a.in. \\ith registration in | I *
Main Hall. iUOl
At 11:00 a.m, reunion class meet
ings wjll be held for the classes
Noted Cellist
lins Faculty
of '03, T8, T9, '20, ’21, ’28, ’37, ’38,
’39, ’40, ’43, ’48 and ’51.
Also at this time, the executive
board will have a meeting in the
library. At 1 :4S p.m. an alumnae
luncheon will be served in the Cor-
rin Refectory.
Peggyan Alderman Will Give
Senior Voice Recital May 19
' Miss Peggyan Alderman, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Aider-
man, will be presented in her sen
ior voice recital at 8:30 p.m. Tues-
Charles Medliii, noted cellist and
pianist,- has been added to the
faculty of the Salem School of
Music for next year, announced
Dr. Dale H. Gramley.
Mr. Medlin, from High Point,
attended the University of North
Carolina for two years. He has
also studied at the Baldwin-Wal-
At 8:00 p.m. the alumnae are in- jace Conservatory in Cleveland and
the Juilliard School of Music in
New York.
Mr, Medlin has had orchestral
training under Dean Dixon of the
American Yout'h Orchestra.
For seven years, Mr. Medlin was
cellist with the Indianapolis Sym
phony Orchestra under the direc
tion of Dr. Fabian Sevitsky.
He has also been first cellist for
a number of years wjth the North
Carolina Symphony Orchestra
under the direction of Dr. Ben
jamin Swalin.
Mr. Medlin has played in the
summer at a resort hotel in Hot
Springs, Va. and with- the Boston
Symphonic Ensemble in New Har
bor, Me.
An accomplished pianist and ac
companist, Mr. Medlin has com
posed music for three string quar
tets and a violin sonata.
Peggyan Alderman
clpy, Ma-y 19, in Memprial .Hall.
One of the features, of her pro-
grjun \yill be tlie performance of
Mr. Hans Heidemahn’s composition,
‘Ani Morgen”.
' During' her ^four years at Salerri,
Peggyan has studied voice under
Mrs. Nell Starr. Previously, she
studied under Mrs. Audrey Le-
Grand for four years. She has also
studied piano under Mr. Hans
Heidemann.
Peggyan has been on the May
Court for three years, having been
elected Maid of Honor this year.
She also held the title of ‘‘Miss
Caroina League”.
Peggyan’s program will be as
follows :
Now Let Every Tongue Adore
Thee Bach
O Had I Jubal’s Lyre
(Joshua) - Handel
If Music Be The Food of Love
Purcell
Tres Canciones Clasicas Es-
panolas (from the 16th cen
tury text) Obradors
L’lnvitation au Voyage Dupare
Carnaval - Fourdrain
Standchen Strauss
Am Morgen Heidemann
Hans Heidemann at the piano
Au va la jeunne Indove (Bell
Song) from Lakme ....Delibes
Lucy’s. Ariette (The Telephone)
Menot'ti
Summertime (Porgy and Bess)
Gershwin
He’s Got. The Whole World
in His' Hands ... Spiritual
(arranged by Forrest) '■
Ecstasy -- Kuinmel
Peggyan will be accompanied at
the piano by Mrs. Nell Folger
Glenn.
Louise Barron
Is Chosen As
Clewell Head
Louise Barron who was elected
Clewell house president by the ris
ing sopliomore class Tuesday, May
12, is the (laughter of Mr. and Mrs.
R. E. Barron, Jr. of Rock Hill,
S. C.
While attending Winthrop Train
ing School in Rock Hill, S. C.
Louise was elected editor of the
school annual, vice-president of the
Student Government, and managing
editor of the school paper.
Louise, during her freshman year
at Salem College, w,as a member of
the Stee Gee, on the Lecture Com
mittee, and a chairman of the
freshman program for Stunt Night.
At the beginning of the fall term
of ’53-’54, Louise w.il! take the
duties of Clewell House President.
She will replace Sue Jones.
Tradition Of
Hat Burning
Is Continued
Tlie juniors doffed their hats of
frivolity and donned the'ir black
gowns at the traditional hat-burn
ing ceremony last Wednesday ni,ght
on the terrace opposite, the Gym.
The senior class was led in by
Jane Little, chief marshal, and tire
junior class followed Emily Heard.
Tlie tw,o classes formed a semi
circle around the fire on the ter
race.
Preceding the burning of the
hats, Lu Long Ogburn, president of
the rising senior class, spoke about
the (radition involved, symbolizing
the acceptance of the huge respon
sibility which comes with being a
senior.
Lu Long Says
Lu Long spoke as follows:
“We, the class of 1954. are ready
to (lirow our hats of friviolity into
the fire . . . Tonight we ass-ume ad
ded responsibilities which the class
of 1953 hands us. By throwing our
hats of frivolity into the fire and
b\- receiving these senior robes, w.e
symbolize our acceptance of this
new responsibility.”
Faye Lee, retiring president of
the class of '53, spoke on the sym
bolism of the burning of blue books
—the end of the college career—
alter which each senior threw a
blue book into the fire.
Faye Says
According to Faye, ‘‘Life at
Salem is drawing to a close for the
(;lass of 1953. During the past four
years we have shared our lives
with Salem, with the instructors
who have been our guides, and witli
,one another. We have given our
best to Salem and it has given its
best to us ... And now to the class
udio will be here when we are
gone, we give our warmest wishes
for a successful year as seniors.”
Each graduating senior then
placed her gown and symbolically
the responsibility that goes with it
on a member of the rising senior
class.
The Class of ’53 then gathered
around the piano to sing ‘‘Moon
light on the Campus,” after which
the two classes, rising seniors lead
ing, left the terrace and marched
up the steps singing the Alma
Mater.
Plans Are Issued
Two days of commencement acti
vities will begin on Sunday, May
31 at 11:00 a.m. with the Bacca
laureate Service at the Home Mo
ravian Church.
At 5:30 p.m. on this same day,
Dr.: and. Mrs. Dale H. Gramley
will honor the seniors and their
families with a supper on the lawn
of the president’,s .home. This wjll
be followed by the Senior Vespers,
to be held on the upper campus.
The academic procession will
begin at 10:45 a.m.- on Monday,
June L after which commencement
exercises will begin at 11:00 a.m. in
Memorial Hall.
Spring Recital Will Be Qiven
By Cameron, Senior Pianist
’On Monday evening. May 18, at j Mrs. J. S. Cameron of Wilmington,
8:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall, tha . jg ^ pupil of Mrs. Margaret Mer-
riman. She has studied under Miss
Laurie Jones and Dr. Charles G.
Vardell, Jr.
.While at Salem, Dora has been
accompanist in the Instrumental
Ensemble under Mr. James Lerch
and Mr. Eugene Jacobowsky, She
was also in the Choral Ensemble.
Her program is as follows:
Komm, Susser Tod
Bach-Kelberine
Etude, opus 10, No. 5 .. .Chopin
Ballade, Opus 47 Berceuse
Y'ariations Symphoniques , ..
Franck
Mouvements Perpetuels
Poulenc
Arabesque, No.- 1 ... Debussy' •
Le Polichinelle Villa-Lobos ,
'..Sdnata, Opus 7 Grieg ‘
-•Allegro'moderato ^
Andante molto - : - -
Menuetto , -j ' ,
Molto Allegro
Mrs. Margaret Merriman at the
second piano.
Dora Cameron
Salem College School of Music will
present Dora Catherine Cameron,
pianist, in her senior graduating
recital.
Dora, the daughter of Mr. and