The time has come for Easter
vacation.
We hope that yours will be a
sensation.
The new officers are chosen—
they’re all first rate;
So come on everybody — let’s
co-operate.
Volume XXXIV
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, April 9, 1954
Number 21
I.R.C. To Sponsor Talent Show;
ProceedsTo Be Given To F.S.S.
The I. R. C. talent show will be
held at 8:00 p.m. Monday, April 12,
in Memorial Hall. The program
will consist of campus talent Spon
sored by the various organizations
and the four classes. The proceeds
will go to the Foreign Student
Fund.
Donald Britt will serve as master
of ceremonies. Niles Swanson, of
WSJS-TV, and Elizabeth Riegner
will be two of the judges.
Organizations sponsoring talent
include: Y. W. C. A.—Joyce Taylor
in a tap dance; Student Govern
ment association—Phoebe Hall and
Barbara White as singer and ac
companist; and the Day Student
association sponsoring Peggyan Al
derman as soloist.
The Sights and Insights is spon
soring Emily Baker and Peggy
Hawkins in a dance routine, and
the Salemite is sponsoring Anne
Edwards and Diantha Carter in a
, piano duiet.
Mary Anne Raines and Nancy
Florence will be sponsored by the
juniors in a Charleston routine,
and sophomores will sponsor Den-
Main Officers
Are Installed
On Thursday in chapel, the in
stallation of Student Government
officers and organization heads for
next year was hejjj. Alice Mc-
Neely, out-going president of Stu
dent Government, spoke and then
gave the oath of office to Sue
Jones, in-coming president.
.Sue installed the other Student
Government officers and the heads
of organizations. Of Student Gov
ernment those installed were Jane
Little, op-campus vice-president;
Dorothy Allen, off-campus vice-
president; Louise Barron, secre
tary; and Nancy Peterson, treas
urer.
Class presidents taking office
were Carolyn Kneeburg, rising Sen
ior class; Sandra Whitlock, rising
Junior class; and Madeline Allen,
rising Sophomore class.
Also installed were the following
heads of organizations: Bobbi Kuss,
president of I. R. S.; Francine
Pitts, president of A. A.; Sally
J^eiland, editor of the Salemite;
Sara Outland, president of the Y.
W. C. A.; Mary Ann Raines, chair
man of May Day; Betsy Liles,
editor of Sights and Insights; Ann
Mixon, president of the Pierrettes;
and Ann Campbell, Chief Marshal.
yse McLawhorn.
The winning entertainer will be
invited to perform on WSJS-TV
soon after Easter, and the organi
zation which sponsored her will re
ceive a cash prize of five dollars.
Admission will be by donation.
Todd Receives
Editing Honors
Dr. William B. Todd, head of the
English department, has recently
accepted an appointment to work
on a supplementary volume of the
1941 edition of the Cambridge
Bibliography of English Literature.
This volume is currently being pre
pared for publication during the
latter part of this year. It will
bring up to date all scholarly re
search on English literature and
will be issued by the Cambridge
University Press.
Dr. Todd will revise the section
on periodical publication, which
deals mainly with the 18th century
period in which he has done his
research.
Dr. Todd believes that the ap
pointment was probably prompted
by a paper which he wrote in
England last year on the use of
advertisements in bibliographical
.studies. Dr. Todd succeeds Graham
Pollard, a personal friend in Lon
don, who did this work on the
last edition. ,
Orphans’ Party
To Be Monday
The Y. W. C. A. will sponsor its
annual Easter orphanage party at
4:00 p.m. next Monday, April 12,
at the Memorial Industrial School.
One of the highlights of the
party will be an Easter egg hunt
for the smaller children. Assisting
in the program will be Toni Gill
and Joyce Taylor.
Everyone wishing to attend must
sign up on the sheets in each
dormitory by 5 :00 p.m. today. The
chartered bus will leave from the
front of Clewell at 4:00 p.m.
The elections ended last week with Ann Campbell, left, chosen as
Chief Marshal, and Ann Mixon, right, chosen to head the Pierrettes.
Freshman Skit, “Snow White”,
Takes Prize At Stunt Night
Nicholson Receives Fellowship
To Continue Study In Drama
A fellowship in the graduate
school of Northwestern University,
School of Speech, has just been
granted to Catherine Nicholson,
assistant professor of English here
at Salem.
This fellowship amounts to $585
in tuition funds and $1,000 in cash,
and will be used by Miss Nicholson
to continue research and study on
her thesis topic—“The production
of Greek drama for modern audi
ences.”
Upon resignation from Salem at
the end of this semester. Miss
Nicholson has tenative plans for
research in Greece, to be followed
by course work at Northwestern
next year. This study will consist
mainly of courses in Greek philo
sophy, archeology and Greek. Of
the latter. Miss Nicholson, who has
already begun her study of the
language, states that “Greek is a
beautiful language and I have the
I greatest respect for it ■— but that
; doesn’t keep it from being diffi-
I cult
Expressing an opinion on her
[chosen thesis topic, Miss Nicholson
says that “Greek drama is one of
the greatest displays of the dignity
of man. It gives great faith in
what man can do. Therefore, it’s
Catherine Nicholson
ideas and characterizations are just
as important and applicable today
(Continued On Pace Four)
By Mary Mac Rogers
Villians, cowboys, snowwhite,
Salemites of ’73 and all of Strong
dorm trekked across the stage of
Old Chapel, April 6, 1954. The
cause of this excitement was the
annual Stunt Night sponsored by
the Y. The proceeds of Stunt
Night will go to the W. U. F. and
Foreign Student Fund.
The Freshman c 1 a S'S won the
prize with their, “solid” version of
“Sno^v White and the Seven
Dwarfs.” Snow White was a “real
sharp chick” who was “with it all
the way.” But she had a step-mom
—a real mean old crow—who sent
a woodsman to chop Snow White
up because the mirror on the wall
said that Snow White was the
chief “pea in the pod.”
The chopper was a “softie” and
let her go. Snow White immed
iately headed to Snow Crest, a
small rib joint operated by the
slick seven. She auditioned and
got a job. The step-mom hot
footed it over to the dive and
poisoned Snow White.
But a real cool cat saw the gor
geous babe, blew a few sharp bars
on his C trumpet, and Snow White
“dug that cool cat.” The dwarfs
immediately'signed the pair up for
a long term contract. The queen
New Pierrettes
Are Revealed
Twenty-si.x new members were
inducted into the Pierrettes last
Tuesday in chapel. These students
were chosen on the basis of having
worked 18 or more hours on a play.
Connie Murray, past president of
the Pierrettes, explained the quali
fications the students had filled to
become members, and then thanked
everyone who had helped in any
way this year. Honorary member
ships were extended to Mr. Yar
borough, Mr. Lawrence, and Mr.
Shore, “ . . . without whose help
the plays would have been im
possible.”
After reading the list of present
members, the new members were
recognized and given their Pier'=^
rette cards. They include: Sandy
Whitlock, Emily Baker, Julia Par
ker, Ruth Lott, Peggy Hawkins,
(C;ontiiiued On Page Four)
and the mirror both cracked up—
it was the bitter end.
If one passes the May Dell after
mignight on Saturday night, she
can still hear the dwarfs singing,
so they say.
The Junior class presented a
“Saturday Night in Strong.” It
was a typical Saturday night in a
girls’ school—bridge, music, and a
few dates. The skit featured ori
ginal songs, music by Phoebe Hall
and lyrics by Mary Ann Raines.
The Senior class skit was “The
Class Reunion of ’73.” The class
of ’54 had all changed a bit. Laura
Mitchell was a star on Broadway;
Joan Shope had taken Miss Marsh’s
place; Molly Quinn was an inmate
at Dix Hill.
The sophomores paid a tribute to
the progressing television industry
in • their skit. Some of the best
programs of ’S3 were review’ed; the
National Sympathy Orchestra;
Soa.p Opera, No. 563; Pit Harade;
and a western.
Miss Covington, Miss Nicholson,
and Pat Kelly of the Winston-
Salem Journal were the judges.
The Y entertained all the stu
dents in the Day Students’ Center
immediately after the program.
Fund Projects
Yield $729.41
Stunt Night last Tuesday con
cluded the World University Ser
vice and Foreign Student drives on
campus. The Y. W. C. A. has
sponsored the faculty play, the ser
vice auctions and stunt night to
raise money for these drives.
The proceeds were as follows:
$376.81 from the faculty play; $29
from stunt night; and $323.60 from
auction sales.
Since the faculty play is given
only once every four years, the
proceeds were divided equally
among this year and the succeeding
three years, making the portion to
be used this year $94.
A total of $445.60 will be dis
tributed to the two funds. The Y
cabinet has decided to donate $300
of this amount to the Foreign Stu
dent Fund, and the remaining
$146.60 to W. U. S.
New Officers
Chosen For
Coming Year
In a meeting of the present
Junior class Tuesday afternoon,
Carolyn Kneeburg of Salisbury, was
chosen president of the class for
the 1954-55 school year. At the
same time the current Sophomore
class elected Sandy Whitlock of
Washington, D. C., president, and
Sissie Allen of Troy was chosen
head of the rising Sophomore class.
Norma Spikes of Burlington and
Helen Carole Watkins of Hartsville,
S. C. were chosen rising senior
representatives to the I. R. S.
council. From the present Fresh
man , class, Judy Williams of At
lanta, Ga. and Nancy Cockfield of
Florence, S. C. were voted next
year’s representatives.
The president of the rising Senior
class is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Kneeburg of Salisbury.
A chemistry major, Carolyn is cur
rently a member of the Y council,
the A. A. council, and the Honor
Society. In addition to heading
the Senior class, she will serve as
business manager of Sights and
Insights next year.
Sandy is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Douglas Whitlock, and
is taking a double major in English
and history. Her extra-curricular
activities include newswriting for
the Salemite, participating in ath
letics, and helping with Pierrette
productions. Sandy has been head
of numerous stunt nights at Salem
and was chairman of Rat Week
activities this year.
The president of the rising So
phomore class is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Allen of
Troy. Sissie is working for a B. M.
degree in piano; she is a member
of the Choral Ensemble, was chosen
on the hockey varsity and the
basketball team, and is currently
freshman softball manager.
Clubs Choose
Group Officers
The International Relations Club
elected officers Wednesday for the
coming year. Betty Lynn Wilson
was elected president; Emma Mc-
Cotter, vice-president; and Mary
Benton Royster, secretary-treasurer.
The new officers of the in-com
ing Y cabinet are as follows: vice-
president, Anne Edwards; secre
tary, Agnes Rennie; and treasurer,
Louise Pharr. They were elected
by the cabinet members last week.
Wednesday night, the A. A.
elected officers for the ensuing
year. Those elected were Carolyn
Watlington, vice-president; Ann
Crenshaw, secretary; Agnes Ren
nie, treasurer; and Carolyn Knee
burg, hockey manager.
Basketball manager is Jean Cur-
rin; softball manager, Lou Fike;
volleyball manager, Katherine Og
lesby ; archery and ping-pong
manager, Jackie Nielsen; swimming
manager, Brenda Goerdell, tennis
manager, Betty Morrison; badmin
ton manager, Donald Caldwell;
publications, Sissie Allen and Jo
Smitherman; and monograms, Polly
Larkins.
News Briefs
A professional production of
“South Pacific” is being presented
Wednesday through Saturday
nights of this week at Reynolds
Auditorium. A matinee is also
being given on Saturday. Tickets
may be purchased at the Walgreen
Drug Store here in town.
* ♦ * *
Due to their winning games of
this week, the freshmen are the
1954 softball champions. Monday,
the freshmen defeated the sopho
mores by a 13-9 score. Wednes
day, the team clinched the crown
with a 19-2 defeat of the seniors.