This week’s editor is
Connie Murray.
I
Next week’s editor is
Betsy Liles.
Volume XXXIV
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, February 19, 1954
Number 1 4
Bonnell, New York Minister,
Talks On A Platform For Life
“A man or womans greatness,” said Dr. John Sutherland Bonnell
“,s not determined by what they succeed in accumulating, but in the
measure of service rendered to their fellowmen.” The renowned pioneer
,n the field of pastoral counseling and pastor of the Fifth Avenue Pres
byterian Church, New York City, concluded in Tuesday’s chapel pro
gram that each person needs a philosophy made up of a faith to live
by, a self one can live with, and a purpose to live for”
Dr. Bonnell, the only minister to participate in each of the four Win-
^ston-Salem Preaching Missions, em
phasized throughout his talk the
A. A. Tourney
To Begin Soon
The annual campus basketball
tournament begins next week. Each
class will play the other three, and
after the tournament is complete,
the student-faculty game will be
held. The A. A. is considering an
all-day “play day” to be held early
in March with several nearby
schools participating.
Betty McGlaughon, Joan Shope,
Louise Fike, Carolyn Kneeburg and
Ann Crenshaw, as representatives
of the A. A. Council, are attending
the state athletic convention at the
University of North Carolina this
weekend.
The girls will be accompanied by
Miss Elizabeth Ann Collet. The
convention opens today at 2:00 p.m.
and ends tomorrow at noon. The
girls will attend the various dis
cussions to gain further ideas in
developing athletics here at Salem.
Louise Fike will lead one of the
discussions on finances and awards.
Library Stacks
Are Discussed
importance of a philosophy of life
in determining “a meaningful faith
to undergird one’s character.” He
said that “a, nation which loses
sight of the spiritual and moral
principles on which it was founded
is doomed,” and quoted from a
conversation with Albert Einstein,
the scientist’s proposition that what
America lacks most is time for
meditation.
Because of his physical condition.
Dr. Bonnell was able to participate
in only three days of the current
Preaching Mission. During this
time he acted as advisor to the
mission council. ,
For fourteen years Dr. Bonnell
has conducted a weekly radio pro
gram, and for the past five years
has been in charge of “National
Vespers,” a network program of
the American Broadcasting Com
pany. He has visited Europe on
five different occasions.
Rush Discusses
Foreign Policy
Our foreign policy has changed
from one of containment under the
Truman administration to one of
, retaliation under the Eisenhower
I he Executive committee of the ^j^inistration. This is the essence
Board of Trustees met Wednesday
at noon in the club dining room.
The group approved the purchase
of new stacks for the top floor of
the library where the jiresent art
gallery is located. Plans are’Hreing
made to paint the top floor, and
the new slacks will be installed im
mediately after commencement so
that books may be re-arranged dur
ing the summer. This project will
also involve placing of new lighting
facilities.
The estimate of the Eleanor Fries
Willingham Memorial Fund by
Frank F. Willingham, former
trustee and son of the late Mrs.
Willingham, was announced follow
ing the Wednesday meeting. In
come from the principal of the
fund will be used for unrestricted
purposes by Salem Academy and
College. The amount has not yet
been determined.
Mrs. Willingham, who died Janu
ary 30, was an alumna of Salem
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Academy, class of ’02, and Salem -easy glide over a very delicate
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College, class of ’06. She was a
member of the Board of Trustees
from 1938 until 1947.
Charles Medlin,
To Give Recital
Charles Medlin, cello and piano
instructor in the School of Music,
will present a violin-cello recital at
8:30 p.m. on Feb. 22 in Memorial
Flail. The accompanist for the
evening will be Clemens Sandresky,
dean of the School of Music.
Mr. Medlin, a native of High
Point, attended the University of
North Carolina and the Julliard
School of Music.
After attending Julliard, he re
turned to North Carolina as first
cellist with the North Carolina
Symphony. The following seven
seasons he spent with the Indian
apolis and North Carolina sym
phonies.
Since his arrival in Winston-
Salem, Mr. Medlin has been en
gaged in various activities. He
occupies the principal seat in the
of the talk by Mr. James Rush,
guest speaker at the International
Relations Club meeting last Wed
nesday night.
Mr. Rush explained that this
policy of retaliation is necessary
because neither the United States
nor our allies have the manpower
which Russia and China have.
Quoting from Eisenhower’s State
of the Union address, Mr. Rush
said we intend to continue our mil
itary and technical aid but reduce
our economic aid to foreign count
ries. In Indo-China we will con
tinue to give material assistance.
In the Pacific we intend to retain
our military strongholds on Oki
nawa. In western Europe our policy
rests on the North Atlantic Treaty
which is aimed at collective pro
tection against Communism. Our
attitude in the Middle East will be
sympathetic, friendly but impartial,
which,' Mr. Rush added, was an
question.
Mr. Rush is with the editorial
department of the Journal-Sentinel.
Local Cellist,
Next Monday
cello section of the Winston-Salem
Symphony, has been taking courses
at Salem, teaches cello one day a
week in High Point and has given
solo performances throughout the
year.
The program is as follows:
Sonata—-D major No. 2 Bach
Adagio
Allegro
Andante %
Allegro
Sonata—A major Op. 69
Beethoven
Allegro ma non tanto
Scherzo—Allegro molto
Adagio cantabile — Allegro
vivace
Sonata—E minor Op. 38
Brahms
Allegro non troppo
Allegretta fuasi minuetto
Allegro
Dr. A. David Thaeler
Thaeler Speaks On Work Done
In Nicaragua By Hospital Staff
Dr. A. David Thaeler, Jr., Mo
ravian medical missionary to Nic
aragua, spoke in chapel yesterday
on “Where would we be without'
the ladies?”'—referring specifically
to the ladies on the hospital staff
in Nicaragua.
Dr. Thaeler began his talk by
giving a little background concern
ing the hospital which he originated
in 1933. The staff at that time
consisted of two people: himself
and an elderl}- nurse.
The next addition was a young
nurse. Miss Margaret Heidenriech,
who became Mrs. Thaeler a month
after her arrival in Nicaragua.
Dr. Thaeler continued his talk
by saying that the present staff of
the hospital consisted of twenty
members—seventeen of whom are
women. He told of the work done
by the graduate nurses which in
cludes everything from laboratory
work to cheering the patients.
Some of them even assisted him
in surgery before the arrival of
the assistant doctor.
Dr. Thaeler also told of the plans
for an addition to the hospital; a
TB wing. The new wing will
increase the capacity 'of the hos
pital to forty-eight.
Dr. Thaeler continued by telling
about the cook and dietician who
came to the hospital several years
ago and went into nurses’ training.
Dr. Thaeler concluded his talk by
saying, “Where would we be with
out the ladies? •— assuredly mot
■where we are now.”
A native of Bethlehem, Penn.,
Dr. Thaeler spent his boyhood in
Nazareth, Penn. He attended Na
zareth Hall Military Academy; re
ceived his A. B. degree from Mo
ravian College; his D. D. degree
from Moravian Theological Semi
nary in 1926 and his M. D. degree
from the University of Pennsyl
vania in 1930.
Since he arrived at Bilwaskarma,
Nicaragua, in 1933, the small clinic
has ex’pended to include a nurses’
home, doctor’s residence, hospital,
power plant, a hospital kitchen, and
an out-patients’ hospital.
Miss Biswas
Of Pakistan
To Visit Here
Miss Benita Biswas of Lahore,
Pakistan, will be a guest on Salem
campus February 23-25.
Miss Biswas, a young student and ■
the woman Olympic Champion in
the Junjab, is visiting college cam
puses this spring as a member of
the travel staff of the Student
Volunteer Movement. Having just
completed two years of her college
education in the U. S., she speaks
from first-hand knowledge of the
student life in both countries.
Graduated in January from
Wooster College, Wooster, Ohio,
where her major was physical edu
cation, Miss Biswas spent her first
two years of college at Forman
Christian College, Lahore, Pakistan.
The daughter of Professor Nirmal
Biswas, a member of the faculty
of Forman Christian College, Miss
Biswas has grown up in a Christ
ian home and has been’ active in
student Christian work and in the
Church.
While in college at Lahore, she
served as secretary of the Student
Christian Movement and also as
president of the International
Youth Circle of the Y. W. C. A.
Upon completion of her studies in
the U. S., she plans to re.turn to
Pakistan and do public health work
and teach physical education.
As a member of the travel staff
of the Student Volunteer Move
ment, Miss Bisw-as is one of a
group of more than fifteen men and
women who are touring U. S. col
leges and universities this year to
interpret to students the meaning
and needs of the world missions of
Christ’s Church. The Student
Volunteer Movement, one of the
oldest of Christian campus ecumen
ical groups, is a movement of study
and fellowship which calls Christ
ian students to reconsider the
Christian challenge in relation to
the problems and issues of a revo
lutionary time and to commit them
selves to specific Christian service
in America and around the world.
Miss Biswas will be a guest at
the Alumnae House and will visit
each dormitory. -The student body
and faculty are invited to an in
formal coffee on Tuesday, Feb. 23,
in the living room of Bitting im
mediately after supper. Miss Bis
was will address the student body
in chapel on Thursday, Feb. 25.
Footlights And Heat On In Old Chapel Mark
Start Of ^‘Member Of The Wedding” Rehearsals
By Laura Mitchell
The footlights shine on the stage
of Old Chapel, the heat is turned
on, and all is ready for rehearsals
of “Member of the Wedding.”
The stage is set for Act I. Props
are in order, or what one might
call props. The left wing of the
curtain is the door; another part
of the curtain seems to be a mirror;
over in one corner is an imaginary
refrigerator; a stool takes on the
appearance of a bookcase. All is
in readiness. But wait! Where is
the doll for John Henry? Oh, yes,
the can of paint will do fine for
a dpll!
At present there are three per
sons involved in rehearsals. There
is John Henry, played by ten-year
old David Parrish. John Henry,
who is the six-year old cousin of
Frankie, wears horn-rimmed specta
cles to give the appearance of an
intellect of the minor order. This
supposedly intellectual child never
bursts forth with any evolutionary
theories. He is the type who blows
bubbles and assumes to know how
to play three-handed bridge.
Then there is the sturdy, wise,
and well-lived Bernice Sadie Brown,
played by Jane Brown. Bernice is
seen as a colored Woman who has
lived her life to the peak and is
still living it with energy and vigor.
She has an understanding nature
and knows much about life. She
has a keen insight into the frustra
tions of Frankie and tries to steer
Frankie away from her trials.
The third member of this three-
ring cast is Frankie Addams, played
by Laura Mitchell. Frankie is a
gangling, awkward twelve-year old
girl who has fallen in love with the
idea of her brother’s wedding.
Frankie thinks weddings are won
derful, so wonderful that she con
ceives the idea of going away with
her brother and his wife after the
wedding. This is her sole purpose
in life at the moment. To do it
she must take drastic steps. The
main part of *^he play is built
around the question of whether or
not Frankie will realize the foolish
ness of her attitude.
The three characters are seen
standing on the stage of Old Chapel
with the footlights glaring in their
eyes. They are waiting for Miss
Riegner to begin the blocking of
Act I, scene I.
The three characters do not say
a word. They stand there silently
with playbook in hand, watching
Miss Riegner walk up and down
the stage furiously getting ideas
about blocking and then taking
notes.
Finally, the movement is about
to begin! “Frankie, upstage to the
left at a three-fourths angle. Begin
your entrance here.” Following
Miss Riegner’s instructions, Frankie
walks blindly to her position and
stands there, poised for her en
trance. John Henry is placed on
a high-backed chair, ready and
waiting with doll (pardon, can of
paint) in hand. Bernice is in
structed to maintain her position at
upstage center—in other words, she
is at the kitchen sink.
Now that the stage is set and
the characters are placed, lines and
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