Volume XXXV
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, March 25, 1955
Number 19
Student Body
ChoosesNew
•r Heads
Majoi
Mary Lou Mauney, Ann Camp
bell, Martha Thornburg, Betty
. Morrison, and Emily Baker have
been elected by the student body
to major campus offices.
Mary Lou Mauney, a home eco
nomics major, is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Mauney
of Charlotte. After finishing her
■ schooling at Salem, Mary Lou
' hopes to take a course in retailing
at Rich’s Department Store in
Atlanta.
This year Mary Lou has acted
as president of the Canterbury
Club, chairman for the first Re
gional Canterbury Convention to
be held at Salem, and secretary
for the Home Economics Club. She
has been a member of the "Y”
Cabinet since her freshman year.
Mary Lou’s comment after her
election was, “It’s one of the nicest
• honors that I have ever had. I’ll
do my best to make the “Y” suc
cessful next year.’
Rondthaler Lectureship To
Bring Dr. Heaps To Salem
The Rondthaler Lectureship for 1954-55 will bring tor the carnpus on
March 30 and 31 Dr. Willard A. Heaps, a former teacher and librarian,
a Lieutenant Colonel in the U. S. Army, and an employee of UNESCO
in Pans and the United Nations in New York.
Dr. Heaps received his B. S. in History and English from North
western University, his A. B. in Library Science and M. A. in Library
Science from the University of Michigan, and his M. A. and Ed D. in
Secondary Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.
He has taught at Arizona State
Ann, daughter of Mrs. George H.
Campbell of Chapel Hill, is major
ing in religious music and minoring
in voice. Ann is assistant organist
and a member of the choir at the
Home Moravian Church. She is
Patsy McAuley and Bob Arey rehearsing for the Pierrettes forth
coming production of “The Heiress’’, which will be presented Tuesday
and Wednesday nights of next week.
McAuley and Spinks to Star In
Spring Production ‘TheHeiress’
serving as chief marshal this year.
During her stay at Salem, Ann
has been a member of the I. R. S.
Council and the “Y” Cabinet; she
was' feature girl for the Sights and
insights and was elected “Miss
Charm” by the Salem students last
year.
On hearing of her election Ann
said, “I was naturally pleased with
the honor but a little wary of the
responsibility. I hope I can con
tinue the fine examples and ideas
that Bobbie Kuss and her cabinet
originated this year.”.
On Wednesday the staff of Sights
and Insights elected Martha Thorn
burg editor of the 1955 yearbook.
(Continued On Page Four)
The Pierettes’ spring production,
“The Heiress,” will be presented,
on Tuesday and Wednesday, March
29 and 30, at 8:30 p.m. in Old
Chapel. Under the direction of
Elizabeth Reigner, the play is being
produced by Julia Parker and Pier
rette president, Ann Mixon.
The leading roles (played by
Olivia DeHaviland and Montgo
mery Clift in the motion picture
version) will be filled by Patsy
McAuley, a freshman student, and
John Spinks. Other male char
acters are being portrayed by Win
ston-Salem businessmen; Pierrette
members complete the cast.
“The Heiress” is the story of
Catherine Sloper of Washington
Square in the ISoO’s. Catherine is
the mousy, abnormally shy daugh-
Lucille Wiggins and CeliaSmith
To Present Joint Music Recital
Mrs. Lucille Wiggins, a voice major, and Celia Smith a sophotnore
violin major, will present a joint recital in Memorial Hall on Monday,
March 28, at 7:30 p.m. . i
This will be another of the annual series of student music recitals
held on consecutive Monday nights throughout spring. , ^
recital is preliminary to the graduating recital given in niaior in
Celia, working toward a Bachelor of Arts degree w th a ^ajor in
violin under Mr. Eugene Jacobowsky, is the daug er c„i„™ Celia
E. F. Smith of Kingsport, Tenn. Since she has been at Salem Ceha
has been a member of the Choral Ensemble, on the staff of the Salem-
ite, and a participant in IRC activities. -r ^ n,- Tnhu 'Wio--
Winston-Salem is the home of Mr^ Wiggins, wife of Dr. WiS
gins, Jr. She is studying for her BM degree with Mrs^ Nell Starn
Mrs. Wiggins has done operatic and oratorio work and has “ee
soloist at St Paul’s Episcopal Church. At the present she is soloist at
St. Leo’s Catholic Church.
Celia’s program includes:
Sonata in G minor Prucell
Adagio moderate
Adagio con ecpresscone-
VIVACO
Sonata II Handel
Andante
Allegro
Adagio
Alletretto
Sonata opus 12 No. 2
’ Beethoven
Allegro vivace
Andante, piu tosto allegretto
Allegro piacivoli ■
The
Wilson
Black Is the Color of My True
Love’s Hair
Appalachian Mountain Bal
lad Arr. Shaw
Baliff’s Daughter of Tsl-
ington.
Songs from the Brist Isles
Arr. Wilson
Pieta Stradella
Aria H Floridoro
Pleurez, pleurez mes yeux
Massenet
Aria Le Cid
Bv A Lonely Forest Pathway..-
^ Griffe
Que Je L’oublie Chretian
J’ai pleure en reve Hiu
Sin Tu Amor Sandoval
Per
ter of a wealthy physician. De
spite the fact that she already has
an inheritance and will inherit
more on the death of her father,
no eligible suitor has ever beaten
a path to the Sloper drawing room.
Then the penniless but very
charming Morris Townsend meets
Catherine and launches a series of
subtly applied flattery and affec
tion which culminates in their en
gagement. Although Townsend is
obviously a fortune hunter, it is
Dr. Sloper’s hearty disapproval of
! him that really sends the romance
on the rocks.
Catherine is determined to marry
him in spite of her father’s re
jection; but there is an ironical end
ing when jilted Catherine sets the
stage five years later for the re
turn of her penitent but still pen
niless lover.
The chief committee heads have
been at work on behind-the-scene
phases of “The Heiress.” Terry
Flanagan will act as stage manaT
ger; June Arey (whose husband iS
playing the part of Dr. Sloper) and
Bren Bunch are taking care of
properties. Maggi Blakeney has
been carrying out the publicity end
with Helen Carole Watkins’ win
ning poster design; Jo Money de
signed the sets.
Barbara Durham and Mary Cur
tis Wrike have prepared the scen
ery; lighting will be arranged by
Lou Fike and Judy Graham. Kay
Cunningham has served as head
costume designer; her assistant,
the wardrobe mistress, is Amory
Merritt.
Martha Thornburg is in charge
of music; Carolyn Kneeburg will
serve as house manager on the
production nights; Francine Pitts
heads the make-up committee.
The cast includes, other than
those already mentioned, Ann
Mixon as Aunt Penniman, Terry
Harmon as Marian, Judy Graham
as Mrs. Almond, Bob Delaney as
Arthur Townsend, Meredith String-
field as Mrs. Montgomery, and
Martha Jarvis as Maria.
Teachers College, Tempe, Arizona;
State Teachers College, Oswego,
N. Y.; State Teachers College,
Kutztowm, Pa.; Columbia Univer
sity School of Library Science;
State Teachers College, Geneseo,
N. Y.; and George Peabody Col
lege for Teachers, Nashville, Tenn.
As an employee of UNESCO
from 1947 to 1949, Dr. Heaps held
the positions of Administrative
Officer in the Department of Ex
change of Information and of As
sistant Librarian.
From 1949 until November, 1954,
he was employed by the U. N. in
New York as Chief of the Service
to Readers Unit of the Headquar
ters Library and as Acting Chief
of the Reference and Documenta
tion Section. In these positions,
he was in charge of all reference,
loan and stack activities as well as
six special collections and four de
partmental branch libraries.
Dr. Heaps has had wide exper
ience in speaking before groups of
all types and in classroom teaching
on the college, university, and
graduate levels. His close asso
ciation with the United Nations
during seven and a half years of
employment has made him farriiliar
with its problems and operations.
The Rondthaler Lectureships, in
augurated in 1952 by/ the Alumnae
Association in honor of Dr. Ho
ward E. Rondthaler and his wife,
the late Katherine B. Rondthaler,
Dr. Lake Will Give
Talk On Marriage
Dr. Julian Lake, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church of Win
ston-Salem, will speak on marriage
at this week’s Sunday Night
Forum.
Dr. Lake is originally from At
lanta, Ga. He graduated from
Davidson College and Union Theo
logical Seminary in Richmond, Va.
Before coming to Winston-Salem,
he held pastorates in Warrenton,
Va., Rock Hill, S. C., and Bristol,
Tenn.
The Forum will be held in the
Day Student Center at 9 P. M.,
with a discussion period beginning
at 9:30.
brings to the campus each year
outstanding men and women in
various fields of educational and
cultural interest.
The tentative schedule of Dr.
Heap’s visit to Salem is as follows:
Wednesday, March 30-—
1:00 Lunch in the college dining
room with Dr. Africa as host
3:00 Introduction of Dr. Heaps
to students either in the Day
Student Center or on the cam
pus near the lily pool; intro
duction of theme of “U. S. and
U. N.”; opportunity for ques
tions and discussion.
6:00 Dinner in the colleg;e din
ing room with the I. R.‘ C. as
hostess.
6:45 Coffee in Strong with the
I. R. C. and the F. T. A. as
8:30 Pierrette play
Thursday,, March 31—
10:20 Informal talk and discus
sion in Room 4. The theme
will center around the non
political work of the U. N. and
will include a discussion of
human rights and fundamental
freedoms, economic and social
work and its relations to spec
ialized agencies and projects of
the U. N.
12:10 Assembly. Dr. Heaps will
speak on “How the U. N.
Brings Security and Peace.”
1:00 Lunch in the college dining
room with Dr. Welch as hos
tess.
7:00 Informal talk and discus
sion in the Day Student Cen
ter, centered around the theme
of teaching. All students, es
pecially those interested in
teaching on any level, are in
vited.
Hews Briefs
Ann Webb was recently elected
president of the Baptist Student
Union for the 1955-56 school year.
The other officers chosen were:
first vice-president, Ann Knight;
second vice-president, Marjorie
Holland; third vice-p resident,
Peggy Thompson; secretary, Mary
Walton; treasurer, Nancy Cridle-
baugh; Sunday School represen
tative, Ann Williams; publicity
chairman, Jo Smitherman.
19-Year'Old South Carolinian
To Take Over In Catacombs
By Bebe Boyd
When Emily McClure was told
that she had been elected editor
of the Salemite for the 1955-56
year, she quietly remarked, “Pops,
who? Me?” Later Emily told me
that she really was surprised to
have been elected and that it was
one of the ftiost thrilling things
that had ever happened to her.
Because the new editor came to
Salem as a transfer from the Uni
versity .of South Carolina in the
fall of 1953, a few Salemites have
yet to become acquainted with her.
It is hard, however, to ignore the
smiling junior as she walks to her
classes calling “Hi, pops!” to every
body she meets.
Born in Varnville, S. C. (I was
warned not to mention Varnville),
Emily has lived in the little “low
country” town. “How old are you
anyway? Twenty-one?” / I asked
her. “Nineteen,” she replied with
out a moment of hesitation. She
majors in English and has a minor
in history.
In Emily’s high school she was
art editor of her high school paper
and photographer for the annual.
(Ah! An editor who can take
pictures!) At Salem she has
worked mostly on the business side
of the Salemite but 'also got ex
perience in writing a few features
for ‘ye olde feature’ editor.
When asked just what she had
planned for the Salemite, Emily
replied, “The age-old dream . . »
more six page papers, more pic
tures, and getting out of debt.”
Going to Charleston is Emily’s
favorite hobby; reading and sleep
ing are her pastimes.
Now she has a new pastime:
seeing that the ads for the paper
have been contracted, that the pic
tures and cartoons are made ahead
of time, that the copy is in and
proof-read, that Mr. Cashion and
the Sun are turning out “hot print,”
and that the circulation staff is
doing its job by being sure that
we Salemites get Salemites every
Friday.