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
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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.