Dozens of smiles, just a few
tears—
All are found in four school
years.
Volume XXXV
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, November 5, 1954
Number 6
55 Who’s Who Announced
Six Students
Join Order
Of Scorpions
The Order of the Scorpion,
honorary leadership organization
on campus, formally inducted six
new members this past week. They
are Emily Baker, Louise Barron,
Agnes Rennie, Martha Thornburg,
all members of the present Junior
class, and Francine Pitts and Betty
Claire Warren, members of the
Senior class.
Betty Claire, a native of Wins
ton-Salem, is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. O. N. Warren. She is a
member of the Honor Society, and
has been on the Nominating Com
mittee.
Francine, from Lydia, S. C., ps
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
F. W. Pitts. As president of the
Athletic Association this year, she
has culminated four years of active
work with that organization. Hav
ing appeared in two Pierrette pro
ductions, she' has also been make
up and costume head of two plays.
In addition , to writing for the
Salemite, Francine has taken part
in all Home Economic Club acti
vities.
A piano major from Hickory,
Martha is the daughter of Rev. and
Mrs. J. L. Thornburg. She served
as house president of South last
year, and represented her class her
freshman year on the Student Gov
ernment. This year, Martha is a
member of the Y Council, and is
on the editorial staffs of the Sights
and Insights, and the Salemite.
Emily is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. R. H. Baker, and is
from Rocky Mount. An English
and Drama major, she has been
active in all phases of the Pier
rette Productions. President of the
newly formed Dance Club, Emily
will be Choreographer as well as
Assistant Director of this years’
May Day Pageant. She directed
the Junior Follies which was pre
sented by that class in October,
works with the Sights and Insights
staff, and is a member of the
F. T. A.
Agnes, the daughter‘of Mr. and
Mrs. J. G. Rennie, is from Rich
mond, Va. She has been active in
the A. A., and this year is treasurer
of the council. She was winner of
the junior scholarship to the sum
mer school session of the Univer
sity of Oslo. Her freshman year,
Agnes represented her class on the
Student Government. Elected by
this year’s Senior class as a mar
shall, she is also on the Lecture
Committee.
From Rock Hill, S. C., comes
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Betty Claire Warren
Monologist Delights Crowd
With Six Vivid Characters
By Kay Cunningham
Tuesday night, Ruth Draper pre
sented a program of origfeal mono
logues in Memorial Hall. Miss
Draper was the first speaker of the
Salem College Lecture Series.
Miss Draper’s program consisted
of six selections which covered
women of all ages and in all walks
of life. They ranged from a young
debutante to an elderly English
postmistress. For her first selec
tion, Miss Draper chose to present
a sophisticated private secretary.
The next sketch, consisting of two
scenes, was entitled “The Return”.
It was based upon a true incident
in a small English village at the
end of the war. The two scenes
were based on counterpoint action.
In the first, she was a young war
wife, while in the second, she be
came an elderly postmistress.
Following “The Return”, the dis
tinguished monologist presented
her third sketch in French entitled
“Vive la France”. She was es
pecially effective in this sketch as
a young French woman whose hus
band is about to sail across the
channel in a small boat to join the
Fighting French in England.
After a brief intermission. Miss
Draper completed her program
with three short monologues—“An
Art Exhibit in Boston’,, “A Debut
ante At a Dance”, and “A Scottish
Immigrant at Ellis Island”. Her
humorous portrayal of an elderly
Boston Spinster was^ especially ef
fective.
The Pierrettes entertained Miss
Draper, at a reception following her
I program, in the Friendship Rooms.
I She told those present many amu
sing anecdotes of her career. She,
also, graciously answered the ques
tions of students, faculty, and
townspeople. In expressing the
theory of her art. Miss Draper
stated that “a monologist should
lure her audience to the stage
rather than play down to them.”
She went on to say that the suc
cess of her performance depended
on the intelligence and responsive
ness of her audience.
FTA Leaders
Will Assemble
At State Meet
Seven Salem students will attend
the North Carolina Future Teach
ers of America Convention to be
held at Duke University on Satur
day, Nov. 6. The convention is
being sponsored jointly by the col
lege and high school FTA chapters
in the state.
The general theme for the con
vention will be “You as a World
Citizen.” There will be an open
discussion at 9:45 in the morning.
At a luncheon, Betsy Liles, state
president, will speak on “Promot
ing International Relationships in
Norway.”
The afternoon session will in
clude a panel discussion on “Char
acteristics of a Good Teacher.”
Emily Baker will take part in this
discussion.
Attending the convention from
Salem will be Emily Baker, Susie
Glaser, Phyllis Sherrill, Bunny
Gregg, Diantha Carter, Betsy Liles,
Anne Edwards, Dr. Elizabeth
Welch, and Julia Parker.
Top Seniors
Are Chosen
For Honor
Margaret Blakeney, Sue Jones,
Carolyn Kneeburg, Barbara Kuss,
Betsy Liles, and Betty Claire War
ren are the six Seniors chosen for"
membership in Who’s Who Among
Student in American Universities
and Colleges.
These girls were selected on the
basis of their excellence and sin
cerity in scholarship, leadership and
participation in extracurricular and
academic activities, citizenship and
service to the school, and promise
of future usefulness to business and
society.
Maggi, an English ' major from
Matthews, was president of the
International Relations Club last
year. She is Associate Editor of
the annual, a Scorpion, and last
year was Advertising Manager of
the Salemite.
Sue serves as Stee Gee president
this year. A sociology-economics
major, she is from Charlotte. Her
sophomore year she served as
House President of Clewell. She
has been active in the Y, is a
Scorpion, and is a practice teacher.
Carolyn Kneeburg is a science
major from Salisbury. She has
been active on the A. A. council
all four years, and this year is
Business Manager of the Sight#
and Insights. In addition, to being
a Scorpion, she is president of the
Senior class.
A modern language major from
Allentown, Pa., Bobbi is president
of the I. R. S. She served as pre
sident of her Sophomore class, has
been active in the A. A., and last
year was secretary of the Student
Government. She is also a Scor
pion.
The recipient of the senior
scholarship to the summer session
of the University of Oslo, Betsy
is also Editor of the Sight# and
Insights. She is state F. T. A.
president, was Feature Editor of
the Salemite last year, is a Scorp
ion, and is getting her A. B. de
gree in English.
The Day Student president is
Betty Claire, and as such represents
that group on the Sights and In
sights. She is a member of the
Honor Society and the Scorpions.
She was vice-president of her Jun
ior class.