Goblins, spooks, and witches
galore.
And one of them may live
next door!
So put on a sheet, and make
up your face.
And set out after them at a
rapid pace!
Salem Accepted By CEEB
Ruth Draper
The Return
Vive la France—1940
Intermission
At an Art Exhibition in Boston
A Debutante at a Dance
A Scottish Immigrant at Ellis
Island
Following Miss Draper’s per
formance, the Pierrettes will enter
tain at a small reception. Invita
tions have been issued to towns
people, faculty, college and aca
demy students.
Ruth Draper, Monologist,
Inaugurates Lecture Series
The opening program of the Salem College Lecture Series will be
8-30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 2, when Ruth Draper will appear in Mem
orial Hall.
Miss Draper, one of the worlds greatest, character actresses,
come to Salem from Decatur,
Georgia, where she is scheduled
to give a performance at Agnes
Scott College on November 1.
She will arrive in Greensboro,
sometime Tuesday, and plans are
being made for some members of
the Pierrettes to meet her there.
Before going to Agnes Scott, Miss
Draper will be in New York at
tending the English Speaking
Union dinner, which is being given
in honor of the Queen Mother
Elizabeth of England.
Her ability to characterize in
words and her command of minii-
cry make Ruth Draper one of the
most celebrated solo entertainers
in the world. She has received
wide acclaim from the drama
critics of New York, England, and
the Continent.
During the quarter of a century
in which she has been prominent
in theater activities, she has given
performances in England and Scot
land, in Canada, South Africa,
Java, Australia, New Zealand,
Burma, Ceylon, and South America,
as well as in her native New York
and many other cities of the United
States. Her repertoire consists ot
more than forty original mono
logues, including at least sixty
characters.
Testimony of her hold on her
audiences is her annual season for
more than twenty years in London
theaters for four to twelve weeks
each, also in Scotland and on the
Continent. In the 1953-1954 season
Miss Draper gave very successful
performances at Carnegie Hall.
All her sketches are of her own
creation, a few taken from actua
experience, but most of
drawn from her intuitive under
standing and observation of people
—subconscious records of impres
sions of types and of locale.
Miss Draper’s program at Salem
on November 2 will be as follows:
A Private Secretary Scene-
In the office
NewsBriefs
Mrs. Heidbreder has announced
that the personality tests admini
stered to the freshnien are part of
the Freshman Orientation Pro
gram. Freshmen took the tests on
Tuesday and Wednesday.
* *
The North Carolina College Con
ference will meet next Thursday
and Friday, Nov. 5 and 6, at Hote
Robert E. Lee. Associated with
the meeting is a conference for
church-related schools; Salem will
be represented there.
♦ * *
Dr. Gramley represented Salem
today at the inauguration of Dr.
Edwin R. Walker, as new presi
dent of Queens College in Char
lotte.
* * *
Vespers will be held Sunday
afternoon at 5:00 by-the lily pond
announced Anne Edwards. A com
munity sing will be held. In case
of rain, the group will move to the
Day Student Center.
♦ * *
The Winston-Salem Club of the
Salem College Alumnae Associa
tion sponsored a benefit bridge
Thursday night in the Day Student
Center. A local department store
gave a fashion show, using mem
bers of the Winston Club as
models. Proceeds will be used to
aid in establishing a scholarship
for a day student.
HamrickEnters
State Contest
By Ann Coley
Lynn Hamrick, a freshman
day student, was recently selected
by the Thursday Morning Music
Trustee Gives
Salem $10,000
For Campaign
A capital funds campaign for
new buildings at Salem College
planned for sometime in 1955—got
$10,000 head start yesterday when'
... member of the board of trustees
contributed that amount in memory
of his mother.
Dr. Dale Gramley, college presi
dent, announced the gift from
Marvin R. Robbins of Rocky
Mount at the fall meeting of trust
ees held at the college on Friday,
October 22.
The money will be used as a
memorial to Mr. Robbins’ mother,
Mrs. Mary Lucinda Worsley Rob-
bins.
No goal has been set for the
campaign. Dr. Gramley said follow
ing the meeting, nor has any defi
nite time been set aside for it. But
the money will be used for new
buildings on the college campus.
Dr. Gramley also reported to the
trustees an increase in the col
lege’s enrollment. There are 337
students this year, compared with
332 last year.
In addition, the college has more
than 200 day students from Win
ston-Salem and surrounding area
enrolled in its music department.
The trustees approved a budget
for the year and approved the
awarding of a bachelor of arts de
gree to Arvel Dyer of Winston-
Salem, who completed the require
ments during the summer.
Dr. R. Gordon Spaugh, board
president, presided. Twenty-two
of the 33 board members attended
and had dinner at the college fol-
lowing the meeting.
. ^ " /'%
Lynn Hamrick
Club of Winston-Salem to repre
sent this district in the Stephen
Foster “Jeanie” contest. On Dec.
1, in Chapel Hill, Lynne will sing
“Jeanie” and two other American
songs as she competes in the state
wide contest there.
In April the North Carolina witi-
ner, along with other state partici
pants, will receive expense-paid
trips to Miami, Fla., for the na
tional contest and their final com
petition for the “Jeanie” title. The
winner is selected on the basis of
her talent as a singer, her perfor
mance, and her ability to give a
radio show and concert. In addi
tion to these opportunities to make
a public appearance, the winner
will also receive a scholarship of
notable worth.
Being a voice major, Lynne is
avidly interested in anything per-
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Mixon Gives
Play Progress
By Ann Mixon
With fencing and modern dance
in the gym and elegant language
in old chapel, the Pierrettes have
started rehearsal of their first pro
duction of the 1954-55 season,
“The Would-Be Gentleman.”
Crews and crew heads have begun
work on the details that take place
backstage to make any show a
success. Donald Caldwell is the
assistant director. Her work has
already started with rehearsal
schedules and the job of seeing
that the cast of 61 is at the right
place at the right time.
Ann Mixon is the stage manager.
She is one of the lucky ones be
cause her work won’t begin for
several weeks. Louise Fike has
already begun to design the lights.
This is one of the few shows that
doesn’t have any shadow problems.
Nancy Florance is working with
Mr. Heidemann on the music, some
of which will be original.
Nancy Gilchrist is trying to find
17th century props. Joe Money
has designed the set which is going
to be classic and functional. Bar
bara Durham and Juanita Efird
will over-see the construction of
the set.
Sandy Whitlock will do publi
city. Maggi Blakeney and Kay
Cunningham have designed the
costumes faithful to the 17th cen
tury and are now trying to find
the material to make them out of.
Emily Baker is the choreographer
and Susan Harper is the prompter.
The all girl cast is working as
smoothly as possible except that
some of the cast find it difficult
to whisper sweet nothings to girls
that are supposed to be boys.
There are several complaints
though, among the cast. Sandy is
in fear of her life. It seems that
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Dr. Gramley Wired By
Dr. Hixson Of Acceptance
nation Board a g , ^(-rentance by the Board was wired
City. The announcement of Salem s acceptance uy
to Dr. Gramley by Dr. Hixson who represented Salem at the meeting.
“Salem College has aimed for
membership in the Board for ap
proximately ten years”, stated Dr.
Hixson prior to her leaving for
New York. She said that over
that period of time Salem has en
couraged more and more students
to take the tests each year.
This year 92.5% of the freshmen
took the standard tests. This high
percentage was a main factor in
Salem receiving an invitation to
apply for membership and be re
presented at the meeting on Wed
nesday.
Davidson and Salem were the
only two North Carolina colleges
accepted. Only four other colleges
in the nation were considered for
membership this year. The total
membership is 160 colleges and
universities.
Dr. Hixson said, "It is not the
Scholastic Aptitude tests of the
College Entrance Examination
Board alone that determine whet
her or not a girl is admitted to
Salem. High school records, inter
views, recommendations, and the
girl’s personality are all considered
by the Admissions Committee be
fore a girl is accepted.
The tests of the College Entrance
Examinations Board are given to
girls who have applied for admis
sion to Salem at designated testing
centers on five Saturdays each
year. The Scholastic Aptitude test
is given at the morning session and
Achievement tests in subject areas
in the afternoon. i*—- - -
The recognition which comes to ship in the College Entrance Ex
Salem through CEEB membership amination Board.
Dean Hixson
puts her in a catagory with ap
proximately 160 leading colleges
and universities in the nation.
Salem will be given two pages in
“The College Handbook”, a cata
logue which aids students in de
ciding which college they would
want to attend. A brief sketch of
the school, the requirements,
courses of study offered, and the
school’s rating are written up in
the bulletin.
Duke University is the only
school in North Carolina that has
held membership in CEEB prior to
this time. Agnes Scott and Emory
University in Georgia, Sophie
Newcombe in Louisiana, and four
colleges in Virginia, are the only
schools in the South with member-
Concert To Feature Hans
Heidemann Thursday Night
Hans Heidemann
Hans Heidemann, pianist and
member of the Salem College
music faculty, will be guest soloist
with the Winston-Salem Symphony
Orchestra Thursday night.
The concert will be the first ap
pearance of the year for the or
chestra and the second time in
three years that Mr. Heidemann
has been guest soloist.
Beethoven’s Third Piano Con-
i certo in C minor will feature Mr.
Heidemann. Other selections of
the orchestra will include the Eg-
mont Overture by Beethoven and
Dvorak’s Fourth Symphony in G
major.
He was a rnember of the Four
Piano Ensemble, accompanied John
Brownlee, Norma G o r d a n and
other singers, and performed with
the Rochester Symphony. He has
presented recitals in New York,
Washington, Rochester, Syracuse,
and Baltimore.