Merry
Christmas
Happy
New Year ^
Volume XXXV
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, December 10, 1954
Number 10
McClure Meets
With Fall NS A
On December 3 and 4, Mary E.
McClure represented Salem College
at the Fall Regional Assembly in
the Virginia-Carolinas Region of
the United States National Student
Association.
This was the first participation
in a regional conference since
Salem joined the organization last
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 21
9 A.M.
Sophomores To Entertain At
Annual Christmas Banquet
•-,At 5:45 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 16, the annual Salem Christmas Ban
quet will be held in Corrin Refectory.
Sissie Allen, president of the Sophomore Class, has announced plans
for the event given annually in honor of the Senior Class. Invitations
have been issued to all Salem students, faculty, and faculty families.
The theme for this year’s banquet will not be announced in advance.
According to Matilda Parker, general chairman, the theme and enter
tainment will be unusual and somewhat different from that of banquets
in past years. *
‘Traditional parts of the program
will include Santa Claus, who will
present gifts to the children of the
faculty,- and carol singing by the
kitchen staff.
’Matilda asks all students to re
member that the banquet is formal.
lA dinner dress or a formal gown
should be worn. She also asks
the cooperation of everyone in
working out the new system of
seating arrangements. There will
be marshals at both doors to seat
guests.
;In addition to Matilda, general
director for the banquet, the fol
lowing committee heads were
chosen: invitations, Carolyn Mil
ler and Jeanne Eskridge; seating.
Lane Harvey; gifts, Sarah John
son, Toni Gill, Joan Reich, and
Bren Bunch; Christmas poem, Nina
Skinner and Nancy Gilchrist; ramp
and platform, Barbara Durham and
Martha Dunlap; head table and
speakers, Ann Knight; music, Sis,-
sie Allen; Santa Claus, Becky Doll
McCord; programs, Brenda Goer-
del.
Ecevit Speaks
About Turkey
Mr. Buland Ecevit, a native of
Istanbul, Turke3‘, was the chapel
speaker on Tuesday, Dec. 7. Mr.
Ecevit is a foreign news editor for
a Turkish newspaper and is resid
ing in Winston-Salem and writing
for the Journal-Sentinel for three
months.
The country of Turkey, the Ot
toman Empire, and the present
state of the Turkish people were
Mr. Ecevit’s topics. He said that*
Turkey has an area of 300 square
miles^ and has a climate similar to
that of New York state. The
Turks originated in central Asia,
he explained, and began the Otto
man Empire. The race is unusually
mixed because of the great number
of racial intermarriages.
Except for the prevalence of
poverty, life in Turkey is similar
to that in most European countries
today. Many members of the peas
ant class remain, tied to the land
by tradition. There is, however,
no landed aristocracy and no in
heritance of wealth.
He explained that Mohammedan
ism was the state religion during
the Ottoman Empire and all child
ren received some training and
education, regardless of their re
ligion. He emphasized the re
ligious tolerance practiced in Tur
key.
Mr. Ecevit’s explanation for the
fall of the Ottoman Empire was:
first, that the country could not
keep pace with the progress of the
Western world and with America;
second, because of the religious
differences the nation was ex
ploited by western leaders as a
political weapon against them.
The modern city of Istanbul was
described as beautiful, filled with
resorts, and possessing a “better”
climate “than anyplace.” He quip
ped, “The girls in Turkey wear
shorts and blue jeans all the time
because they think that’s what
; American girls do, and they try to
: imitate them.”
Mr: Ecevit was introduced by
:• W Carroll, executive news
editor of the Winston-Salem Jour
nal-Sentinel, who accompanied the
speaker to Salem.
SalemEnsemble
Tapes Program
GivenInChapel
Tonight at 8:30 p.m., the Salem
Choral Ensemble will be featured
on the Weekly Mozart Club Pro
gram over radio station WSJS.
The program was recorded during
Thursday’s Christmas concert in
chapel.
Featured soloists with the En
semble in its yearly concert were
vocalists Barbara White, soprano,
and Peggy Daniel and Denyse Mc-
Lawhorn, contraltos.
As a part of Bach’s cantata
“For Us A Child Is Born,” Bar
bara sang an aria for soprano,
“Lord, My Thanks To Thee.”
Denyse sang “So Appears Thy
Natal Day.”
A recitative for contralto, “Im-
manual! O Give to Me,” and an
aria, “Lord, I Sing Thy Name,”
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Dec. 11 Brings
Christmas Ball
Merry Christmas!
EXAMINATION SCHEDULE, 1st SEPTEMBER, 1954-55
Biol. 103
English 10 A
English 10 B
English 10 C
English 10 D
English 10 E
Home Econ. 201
Hygiene 10
Music 100 B
Music 361
Religion 241
2 P.M.
French 231
Geography 201
Music 203
Music 215
Philos. 202
Psychology 101 A
Psychology 101 B
Psychology 101 C
Sci. Bldg.
R. 20
R. 24
R. 8
R. 1
R. 26
Sci. Bldg.
R. 4
Studio
Studio
R. 29
R. 22
R. 24
R. IOC
R. 101
R. 29
R. 1
R. 4
R. 8
English 103 A
History 241
Mothematics 103
Music 303
Physics. 302
Psychology 220
2 P.M.
Biology 301
English 103 B
English 103 C
English 103 D
English 295
Home. Econ. 301
Latin 390
Mathematics 207
Music 205
Music 233
R. 1
R. 29
R. 26
R. 101
Sci. Bldg.
R. 103
Sci. Bldg.
R. 20
R. 29
R. 8
R. 1
Sci. Bldg.
R. 4
R. 26
R. 100
R. 101
SATURDAY, JANUARY 22
9 A.M.
French lA
French IB
Greek 201
History 209
Music 100 A
Music 200
Spanish 1 A
Spanish 1 B
Spanish 3
2 P.M.
French 3 A
French 3 B
French 3 C
French 103
History 203
Home Econ. 203
Latin 203
Music 217
R. 24
R. 24
R. 22
R. 20
Studio
Studio
R. 1
R. 1
R. 8
R. 24
R. 24
R. 1
R. 22
R. 20
Sci. Bldg.
R. 4
Studio
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26
9 A.M.
MONDAY, JANUARY 24
9 A.M.
Art 101
Biol. lA
Biol. IB
Chemistry 301
English 263
Latin 5
Music 207
Spanish 390
R. 131
Sc. Bldg.
Sc. Bldg.
Sc. Bldg.
R. 8 ,
R. 4
R. 101
R. 24
German 3
Home Econ. 101
Latin 1
Latin 3
Mathematics 10 A
Mathematics 10 B
Mathematics 20
Music 110
Music 213
Music 229
Sociology 210
2 P.M.
Art 100
Art 210 (3 P.M.)
Chemistry 103
Choral Ensemble
Home Econ. 212
R. 24
Sci. Bldg.
R. 4
R. 8
R. 29
R. 29
R. 26
R. 101
R. 100
Studio
R. 1
Studio
R. 131
Sic. Bldg.
Old Chapel
Sci. Bldg.
Traditional Senior Vespers
To Take Place Sunday Night
At 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 12, the annual Senior Vesper service
will be held in Memorial Hall.
The seniors, in caps and gowns, and their pages, dressed in white,
will march into the auditorium to “O, Come All Ye Faithful.”
Traditional features of the program will include decorations centered
around the Advent Star; the lighting of colorful beeswax candles, given
to all attendants; the antiphonal singing by candlelight of “Morning
Star,” led by the seniors and their pages.
The program will be conducted
by Carolyn Kneeburg, president of
the Senior class. Reverend Sawyer
will give the scripture, prayer, and
benediction. Chosen as senior
soloist, Ernestine Kapp will sing
“O Holy Night.” ,
The meditation will be given by
the Rev. John W. Fulton on “The
Significance of the Lighted Candle.”
Rev. Fulton is pastor of the Cal
vary Moravian Church in Winston-
Salem and for a brief time taught
Bible here at the college.
He is a former secretary of the
Board of Christian Education of
Moravian Churches in America,
South.
After the meditation, the seniors
will descend from the stage to
meet thier pag^es and will give a
candle to each member of the
audience.
All Salem students, their dates,
families, and friends are invited to
attend.
Sophomores who will serve as
senior pages are:
Nell Newby, Betty Lou Walker,
Billie Cummings, Barbara Durham,
Faye Roberts, Pat Green, Ginger
Dysard, Juanita Efird, Matilda Par
ker, Carol Cooke, Sissie Allen, Toni
Gill, and Jo Smitherman.
Jean Eskridge, Kay Williams,
Rachel Ray, Nina Skinner, Bren
Bunch, Ann Crenshaw, Rose Tiller,
Becky McCord, Ann Webb, Ann
Miles, Meredith Stringfield, Judy
Graham, Pat Flynt, Barbara Usher,
Suzanne Gordon, and Louise Pharr.
Carolyn Miller, Sarah Vance,
Emily Cathcard, Marilyn Stacy,
Mary Avera, Betty Byrum, Linda
March, Nancy Cockfield, Hattie
Phillips, Patsy Plopkins, and Jane
Little.
2 P.M.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 27,
9 A.M.
English 210 R. 1
Education 220 R. 103
History 103 B R. 20
History 231 R. 29
Music 1 R. 100
Religion 104 R. 8
Spanish 101 R. 22
2 P.M.
Economics 101 A R. 4
Economics 101 B R. 8
English 111 R. 20
English 243 R. 1
Music 251 Studio
Music 305 Studio
Sociology 203 R. 22
FRIDAY, JANUARY 28
Chemistry 209
Sci. Bldg.
9 A.M.
History 7 ,
R. 8
English 390
R. 1
History 103 A
R. 1
French 390
R. 24
History 212
R. 20
French 101
R. 22
Music 101
R. 100
German 1
R. 4
Music 227
R. 101
History 390
R. 20
Physics 1
Sci. Bldg.
Mathematics 390
R. 26
Religion 320
R. 29
Music 211
R. 100
Sociology 212
R,_ 12
Religion 103
R. 8
Spanish 251
R.' 22
Sociology 201
R. 29
TUESDAY,
JANUARY 25
Sociology 390
R. 12
9
A.M.
To be arranged:
Chem. lA
Sci. Bldg.
Music 323
Chem. IB
Sci. Bldg.
1 Music 381
By Judy Williams
Shopping trips to town, dorm
decorations, a special spirit in the
air, the sudden appearance of
snowflakes—all announce that
Christmas is almost here.
Formals and hoops are seen
hanging from room to room and
special shouts are heard from the
phone booth—“he can come to the
dance.” Yes, it’s time for the an
nual winter formal given by the
I. R. S.—The Christmas Ball.
The event will be tomorrow night
from 9:00 p.m. ’til midnight in
Corrin Refectory. Jack Carter and
his twelve piece orchestra will
furnish the music. There will be
a half hour intermission from 10:30
until 11:00 p.m.
The I. R. S. council is in charge
of decorations. These decorations
will feature an enormous stop-
lighted Christmas tree, Moravian
stars, and individual window and
table decorations. The usual din
ing hall entrance, where students
and their dates may have pictures
made, will be attractively arrayed
to carry out the theme . Tables
and chairs will be placed around
the room for resting weary feet
and enjoying refreshments.
All students are especially in
vited to help decorate at 2:00 p.m.
Saturday.
Refreshments will be served dur
ing intermission. The refreshments
will be served from tables on either
side , of a large Christmas tree.
Mis/ Covington and Mrs. Patter
son will , assist in serving refresh
ments.
Dr. and Mrs. Africa, Mr. and
Mrs. French, and Dr. and Mrs.
Todd have been invited to chap
erone. For the first time the en
tire faculty has been invited to
attend the dance.
Bowman Gray students, who will
provide a stag-line, have been in
vited.
‘The figure, composed of I. R. S.
council members and their dates,
will be presented at 10:00 p.m. The
figure will be in the form of a
Christmas tree in keeping with the
decoration theme.
After the dance, the dorm date
rooms will be open and a midnight
snack will be served in the Day
Student Center.
Students ara requested to arrive
at the dance by 10:00 p.m. in order
that they may have the special
one o’clock permission. Only the
front doors of the dining hall will
be open and coats may be hung in
the lobby. Smoking will be per
mitted only in the Club Dining
Room.
Committee chairmen for the
dance are as follows: orchestra,
Denyse McLawhorn; chaperones,
Mary Jane Galloway; refreshments,
Carolyn Kneeburg; dance bids,
Bobbi Kuss; figure, Judy Williams;
publicity, Nancy Cockfield; flowers,
Norma Spikes. Working on these
committees are Helen Carol Wat
kins, Sandra Whitlock, Ann Coley,
E 1 e a n o r Smith, Madeline Allen,
Shirley Redlack, Barbara Pace, and
Nancy Blum.
Tickets may be purchased from
any members of the I. R. S. Coun
cil. Admissions is $1.50 per person.
Stag bids will be sold.
Salemites Play
Santa Clause
By Judy Graham
Many a Salemite became Santa
Claus in bobby-sox this afternoon
when the Y. W. C. A. sponsored
the annual Christmas party at the
Memorial Industrial School, a
Negro orphanage located outside of
Winston-Salem.
The orphange party has almost
become traditional at Salem and
reflects the true spirit of seasonal
giving oii campus. It is always
greatly anticipated and is thought
by many to be the most worth
while of the “Y” projects.
Steering the affair is Mary Mac
Rogers. She is aided by Emily
Hall and Barbara White, but the
entire student body was instrumen
tal in making the party a success.
The names of the eighty-five
orphans were distributed among
Salem students, and each group of
girls assumed the role of personal
Santa Claus for “their” orphan.
They haunted the toy and child
ren’s departments in various stores
the past week and returned to
school with an unusual assortment
of bundles, consisting of such pre
sents as air rifles or dolls, boxing
gloves or tea sets, and wool shirts
or sweaters.
After the preliminary shopping
was done and the presents had
been wrapped, the Salemites jour
neyed to the orphanage to sing
Christmas carols, to visit with the
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