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Who will be the Court that attends the Queen? Come to Old Chapel where the beauties may be seen! Draper will be here, as will Brown and Romulo; If you are wise, tures you’ll go to the Lec- Volume XXXV Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, October 15, 1954 Number 3 May Queen And Court ToBeChosen The Salem College May Queen and the Maid of Honor will be elected at 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 19, in Old Chapel. Stu dents of Salem College will elect from the members of the Senior class these two beauty queens. The May Queen’s Court will be elected at 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 20, in Old Chapel. Nominees for the Queen’s Court may be from any class. Nominations are now in pro gress. Two boxes have been placed in Main Hall in which the nomi nations for May- Queen, Maid of Honor and the Court are deposited. Votes, which do not have to be signed, are to be put in the desig nated boxes. Each girl should have two votes to be nominated. These boxes will be collected at 1:00 p.m., on Monday, October 18, and the votes will be counted by the members of the May Day Committee. The names of the nominees will be posted on the bulletin board in the dining hall Monday evening before supper. Mary Ann Raines, Chairman of May Day, urges all students who want their candidate nominated to be sure and put their names in the ballot box before the deadline. She said that all petitions must be turned in by 10:00 p.m., Tuesday in order that the names of all the nominees may be announced in Chapel th^t day. Girls nominated for May Queen and Maid of Honor will meet at 5:00 p.m., Tuesday in Old Chapel to receive instructions. Nominees for the Court will meet at 5:00 p.m., Wednesday in Old Chapel, j Mary Ann stressed that the stu- : dents should keep in mind that the Queen and her court are to be elected on the basis of their beauty, poise and charm. Plans Shaped By Dance Club On Tuesday evening, October 12, the Dance Club held its first meet ing of the year. After some years of inactivity, the club reorganized with Mrs. Hubbard, modern dance instructor, as advisor. The twenty active members affiliated themselves with the Physical Education department. Emily Baker, past president, re vealed in a recent interview that the club has changed its name from Modern Dance Club to Dance Club. Emily said that the club hoped more girls would participate as there would be offered more types of dancing. Plans for the year include work ing for leotards, taking part in the December Pierrette play, assisting with the May Day pageant, spon soring dance concerts from neigh boring colleges, and sending a group to the Dance Forum next spring. For this forum the girls will do their own choreography, a new experience for most of them, Emily stated. The club meets one hour weekly m the gymnasium. This year movies will be shown to place additional emphasis upon the ap preciation of dancing from the view point of both artist and his audience. The past president said that al though the fundamentals of danc ing .are taught the objective of the club is to promote understanding & l4 Suffering through the agonies of Rat Court, these freshmen believe they will leap barefoot on thumbtacks. Rogue Rats Recognize Rat Week As Rugged; Many Mice Mingle Amidst Mighty Masters By Claudia Milham and Martha Jarvis Dear Mother and Daddy, Before I say anything, let me inform you that I’m still alive but a little shaky. How I fared so well I don’t know; for the last two days the freshmen have been participating in one of Salems oldest and most popular (?) tradi tions, Rat Week. In case you are a little unsure of the terminology, Rat Week is actually freshman initiation by the sophomores. And I do mean initiation. To start things off, on Monday morning in the wee hours of the dawn, our rooms were invaded by wierd looking ghosts and spirits. These creatures led us into the dank and dark basement where we found out that they weren’t ghosts but our “sour sophomore sisters.” (Of course, we also had a “sweet sophomore sister”, but, for some reason, we never saw them.) Now the real fun started. We had to rush back to our rooms and learn a most charming little Stee Gee Holds Honor Cnapel appreciation of dancing. and Election of club officers was postponed until the next meeting. On Tuesday, October 12, As sembly was conducted by the Stu dent Government Association. Sue Jones, president of the Student Government, presided. One of the purposes of this meeting was the signing of the Honor Book by the freshmen and new transfer students. In her opening remarks. Sue stated that about a year ago the present so phomore class signed the new Honor Book. This new book is to be the permanent honor record. In the customary procedure, the officers of the Student Govern ment were installed. Those in stalled were: the house presidents, the Day Student president, the Junior class representative, and the editor of the Salemite. In conclusion. Sue stated that “personal honor is the basis of all active ties at Salem. Honor is something that we live by day by day. Honor can be talked about, but Honor is nothing if it is not taken seriously.” Assembly was adjourned with the singing of the Alma Mater. ditty about how sensational the sophomores were. These quick re hearsals were made even more en joyable by the presence of an audience of sophomores who seemed to get lots of pleasure out of hearing us sing solos without cracking a smile. (I really don’t know how they stood it—my voice, you know. I guess they suffered more than I did.) With about thirty minutes left before classes, we had to serve their breakfasts, make their beds, and wash their socks. (I know you are glad to see that I finally got some of that domestic training you have been talking about.) Oops, I almost forgot the most important thing, our costumes. The campus was suddenly filled with Hollywood’s greatest from past to present. We had to dress as everyone from Marilyn Monroe to Superman. Marilyn was a little embarrassed when she went down stairs to receive a caller and found him to be her minister. However, we comforted her by saying that he, too, probably liked Marilyn and more than likely thought her outfit was perfect for the part she played. Superman was recognized by the big “S” on his yellow shirt, Esther Williams by a bathing suit, the Greta Garbo by big sunglasses Redlack Heads Freshman Class Shirley Redlack, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Redlack of Statesville, was elected chairman of the Freshman class on October 12. Shirley was elected at a Fresh man class meeting held on this date in the basement of Clewell at 6:30. Sandy Whitlock, presi dent of the Junior class, presided over the meeting. Other nominees were Nancy Walker, Martha Jarvis, Miriam Quarles, Barbara Pace, Mary Elizabeth Britt, and Susan Childs. It is the duty of the chairman of the freshman class to preside over the class until the end of the first six weeks of the fall term. It is then that a permanent Freshman class president will be elected to preside for the rest of the term. and a raincoat. In our spare time (?) we had to write love letters to boys we did not even know. I think all of us felt that we may meet them in the futule. We also had to write the sophomores’ beaux and tell them what wonderful girls they were dating. (I don’t guess they im press them much by themselves or they wouldn’t have wanted us to try to convince the boys.) In addition to all of this, there were hours spent singing, doing hand stands, and washing the walk of Clewell dormitory with tooth brushes. (By the way, I had to use my only tooth brush; would you please send me another-) One girl had to sing “Money Burns a Hole in my Pocket” Jerry Lewis (Continued on Page Four) Freshman “Y” Is Appointed The Freshman Y. W. C. A. Cabi net, a new organization, is becom ing an important and useful part of Salem’s life. This cabinet, a branch of the larger Y Cabinet, has given its energies to service on campus, and plans to include community service in the program for this year. The Freshman Y Cabinet was set up in March of this year, in ans wer to the requests of the fresh men to participate more actively in Y projects. The cabinet was made up of ten girls, with Carol Cooke as chairman. Projects undertaken by the first cabinet include Y-watch, Sunday inspirational services at the Salem Home, and publication of the de votional booklet, Take Time Now, This year, the cabinet plans to help the Girl Scout troops of Idtal churches. Members of this year’s cabinet have been appointed by the Y Cabinet. They are Bootie Spencer, Amory Merritt, Mary Gladys Rogers, Martha Anne , Bowles, Mary Curtis Wrike, Elise Harris, Peggy Ingram, Nancy Cridle- baugh, Nancy Walker, and Sue Gregory. The chairman of the cabinet will be elected by this group. 0roup 0ives Lecture Plans For 195V55 World affairs, dramatic art and criticism—all three will be pre sented in the 1954-55 Salem College Lecture Series. The three dis tinguished speakers in these fields were announced this week by Miss Jess Byrd, chairman of the con trolling committee. Opening the Series will be a pro gram of dramatic art presented by Miss Ruth Draper on Tuesday, November 2. Miss Draper has thrilled and delighted audiences the world over with her poignant char acter sketches and received a standing ovation at Carnegie Hall when she opened there last year. “Her sketches are of her own creation, combining humor and pathos with intuitive understand ing.” Monday, February the 7th will find Gen. Carlos P. Romulo on the Salem College campus as the se cond speaker in the Series. An authority on world affairs, Gen. Romulo will lecture on the current problems facing the trouble areas in the Far East. After ser vice under Gen. MacArthur on Bataan, Gen. Romulo has received numerous citations and awards for outstanding work in this field. “One of the most dramatic orators of our time, Carlos Romulo has fought both with arms and with words in the cause of world peace.” The third lecturer is John Mason Brown who will appear on Thurs day, April 28. Mr. Brown, who is a specialist in literature and the theater, will be brought back to Salem College by popular demand. It has been said that “he keeps his listeners mentally on their toes and leaves them radiant and slightly breathless.” The tickets for these three out standing lectures were given to students this week by members of the Lecture Series Committee. The students are urged to use the ticket and attend all of the lec tures, for each of them is designed to enlighten, educate, and enter tain the Salemites. Special committees in conjunc tion with the presentation of the lectures were also appointed this week by Miss Byrd. Miss Barrier and Nancy Gilchrist are in charge of the house committee; the social committee is headed by Mrs. Pyron and Mary Benton Royster; and Miss Kirkland and B e 11 y Lynn Wilson will work together to pub licize the Series. Liles Reveals F. T. A. Plans At a meeting of the Salem Col lege chapter of the Future Teach ers of America, on Tuesday night, Betsy Liles, state president, re vealed plans for the F. T. A. fall convention to be held at Duke University. The convention, which will be held Saturday, Nov. 6, will be pre sided over by Betsy. Other repre sentatives will be Diantha Carter, recording secretary, and Emily Baker, Salem’s member of the panel. The general theme for the con vention will be “You As A World Citizen”, announced Betsy. There will be an open discussion at 9:45 in the morning. At the following luncheon, Betsy will speak on “Promoting International Relation ships in Norway”. The afternoon session will include a panel dis cussion on “Characteristics of a Good Teacher”. Emily Baker will take part in this discussion. Eleanor Walton, treasurer of the Salem F. T. A. gave the financial report after which she stressed the importance of the collection of dues from the members.
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