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Volume XXXVI
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, December 2, 1933
Number 9
IRS Replies:
No Bermudas
In Library
The request by the Student Body
to wear Bermuda shorts in the lib
rary has been voted on by the IRS
Council, and the request has been
denied. Ann Campbell, president
of the IRS, submits the reasons
why the request was denied in the
following letter:
To the Student Body:
In its meetings for the past
month the IRS Council has dis
cussed the pros and cons concern
ing a request made by innumerable
members of the Student Body in
regard to wearing Bermuda shorts
in the library. At first the Council
voted that the request be granted
under certain stipulations. At a
later meeting, however, after the
council had been given considerable
time to think over the decision, a
revote was called for and the re
quest was rejected. We submit the
following reasons for our decision:
1. The library is accessable not
only to students, but also to towns
people. The council does not feel
that Bermudas are the proper at
tire in which outsiders should see
us. They consider us as being
young women and expect us to
dress as such.
2. The Council does not think
that a skirt and sweater are too
uncomfortable when studying in
the library. If they are, however,
there are rooms in each dorm
where Bermudas are acceptable
when studying.
3. If Bermudas should be worn
in the library this w'ould inevitably
lead to wearing them on front cam
pus and to the soda shop. If a
raincoat were worn over the shorts
to the library, there would be the
temptation to wear them to the
drug store rather than return to
the dorm for a skirt. And if a
skirt were worn over Bermudas to
the library, imagine how strange it
would look to a stranger when you
removed your skirt!
4. There are areas where one
has a choice of what is appropriate
and of that which is a fad. The
Council’s job is to discern between
the two. We feel that wearing
Bermudas in the library falls into
the latter category.
The IRS Council has given con
siderable attention to this request.
Our final decision has not been a
hasty one. In view of the reasons
given we hope that you will be in
agreement with us.
Sincerely,
Ann Campbell
Y To Sponsor
Annual Party
At Orphanage
Again this year the “Y” is spon
soring their annual Christmas
Party at the Memorial Industrial
School Orphanage Friday, Decem
ber 9, at 4:00 p.m.
It has been customary in the past
for roommates to take the name of
one orphan and buy and rvrap pre
sents for him.
Those going to the party will
sign up in their dorms. Busses are
to be chartered and there will be a
slight charge, depending on how
many plan to attend.
Entertainment at the party will
be provided by Salem students,
after which refreshments will be
served.
The “Y” hopes everyone will go;
for besides helping make a happier
season for them, Salemites them
selves return with a little more of
the "Christmas spirit.”
Humorist Bennett Cerf To Lecture Tuesday
To Be First
In Seriesi
Polly Larkins, senior, takes her Brownie troop to the Christmas Putz in the Brother s House.
Putz With Its Beeswax And Sugar Bread
Ushers In The Christmas Spirit At Salem
By Judy Golden
Along with the crisp, cold De
cember nights, the special glow of
Senior Vespers, the twinkle of bells
at the Book Store, and the shining,
spiny Moravian star, comes the
Candle Tea at the Brother’s house
which seems to usher in Christmas
^t Salem.
After chapel on Tuesday morn
ing, I decided to go over to the
Brother’s House to get a sneak
preview of this year’s putz and
Candle Tea. The front door was
decorated with green leaves and
red berries that formed a frame
for the large Moravian star hang
ing overhead. As I entered and
made my way through the halls to
the first cellar, I was aware of
Handel Work
To Be Given
December 4
The twenty-fourth annual per
formance of George Frederick
Handel’s The Messiah will be pre
sented under the auspices of the
Mozart Club Sunday afternoon,
December 4,'■at 4:00.
Louis A. Potter, founder and
conductor of the Washington, D. C.,
Choral Society, will again direct
the Winston-Salem performance in
Centenary Methodist Church.
Paul S. Robinson, formerly the
minister of music at Centenary
Church and now a member of the
music faculty at Wake Forest Col
lege, will be organist.
Helen S. Cornwall, choirmaster
at Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church
has served as pianist for all re
hearsals and will be the accom
panist for the performance.
Four nationally known oratorio
soloists, one of whom is Maud
Nosier, the soprano soloist, and an
orchestra have been engaged to in
crease the vitality of the local per
formance.
Several Salem College students
are taking part in the presentation.
The public is invited to attend
this prelude to the Christmas sea-
greenery, clod stone floors and
white-washed walls-—all spotless.
In the first cellar I went into
two rooms. First, the room re
served for candle-making. Here
the Moravian women melt beeswax,
string molds, and pour and harden
the yellow candles. The second
room is long and bare except for
a huge open oven and chairs lining
the walls. Here the Moravian cof
fee and sugar bread are served to
everyone. The wreaths on the
walls were especially interesting as
the decorations on them were
golden ears of corn and holly ber
ries.
After exploring these rooms tho
roughly, I found the stone stairs
and tunnel-like entrance to the se
cond cellar. Here, against the far
corner of the dim room, is the
putz.
A miniature Bethlehem is con
structed at the right side with the
inn, stable, and nativity scene.
Nearby, tiny trees, stone walls, and
rocky ground represent exactly a
winter countryside. Small shep
herds with their sheep are gathered
around a warm fire while wise men
are seen coming on a distant hill.
Around the fireplace in the room
and through an archway, I came
upon a complete reproduction of
old Salem. It is a detailed minia
ture of the entire settlement, even
containing the water pumps behind
each house. The ground is covered
with flour snow, in which horses
and wagons make tiny tracks.
Trees and shrubs are placed
around the scale models of houses
and barns. Even the town tavern
is there with the beer wagon at
the side door. Also the old mill
at the edge of town has water run
ning over the wheel. An amusing
detail is the clotheslines behind the
houses with the day’s washing
hanging from them.
In the center is Salem square,
IRS Memo
Singing songs in the Dining Hail
before a holiday has almost be
come a tradition at Salem. The
I. R. S. Council does not object to
this, but it does not approve of
putting secular words to hymns or
Christmas carols. Please remem
ber this when the singing starts
again before Christmas.
complete with trees, fences, and
small gas lights. Sisters House is
there along with South and Main
Hall. They all look so familiar to
be so very old.
Everyone who goes to the festi
vities at the Brother’s House re
members it for years to come. It
is an important event at Salem-
one too important to miss. So on
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, go
across the square and let the Mo
ravian ladies show you the way
Christmas at Salem was celebrated
a long time ago.
C. Campbell
Scores Hit
In Comedy
By Sitsy Allen
From the trumpets of the “Will
iam Tell Overture” to the last
curtain call, Carol Campbell as the
maid Sabina starred in the Pier
rette production of "The Skin of
Our Teeth.” Carol’s nonchalance,
bitterness, simpleness, and ability
to maintain her characterization
(even when out of character and
talking to the audience) completely
carried the play. She was nobly
supported by Riley Matthews,
whose performance as the ever-
optimistic ruler of the family and
preserver of mankind almost
equalled hers. Judy Graham, Jim
Sims, aird Carl Clark were especi
ally good in supporting roles.
The Ice Age, the Great Flood,
and a World War formed the
foundation of one of the strangest
plays ever seen by Salemites. After
sitting through the performance,
some wondered what was the point
of the play and what Thornton
Wilder was trying to put across!
They were the unfortunate ones
and, unless they are pretty good
thinkers, are still wondering. The
lucky ones, which were the
(Continued from Pare Three)
In his second visit to Winston-
Salem, Bennett Cerf, who lectured
here in 1947, will be presented by
the College Lecture Series on De
cember 6, in Memorial Hall.
As president of Random House
and the Modern Library Series,
his official occupation, Mr. Cerf
keeps the proverbial “irons in the
fire” hot by paneling the T., V.
show “What’s My Line,” by com
piling eight anthologies and writing
several humorous books, such as
Shake Well Before Us»»g, Gaood
For A Laugh, An Encyc8op«'Jl““
American Humor.
In addition he writes two. weekly
news columns—“The Cerf Board,
for a syndicated newspaper, and
“Trade Winds” for Saturday Ke-
vie-w. As a critic his liesure lime
is filled with attending plays and
movies.
The humorist graduated from the
Columbia School of Journalism a
life-time member of Phi Beta
Kappa. He began his literary
career as a reporter for the Mew
York Herald Tribune at night and
a clerk in the Stock Exchange dur
ing the day.
During the twenties Cerf was
writing a financial column telling
wealthy investors how to 'ttse their
money. During lYorld War II, he
interviewed authors of wax books
on his radio program. The widely-
known humorist will lecture o»
“Modern Trends in American Lit
erature and Humor”.
The College Lecture Committee,
headed by Miss Jess Byrd, secured
Bennett Cerf in keeping with their
plan of presenting three nationally
known personalities during the
series, rather than a larger number
of less popular ones.
The committee, composed of the
chairman, and faculty and class re
presentatives, has selected for Jan
uary, Dr. Margaret Mead, noted
anthropologist, and for February,
Senator William J. Fulbr^ht, a
member of the Senate Foreign Re
lations Committee.
Shore Home
To Be Sold
The College and Academy has
placed on sale in the open market
the Robert D. Shore home and two
acres on Buena Vista Road at
Stratford Road.
This property was given to Salem
last December by Mrs. Slrore, a
former member of the Board of
Trustees.
Included in the gift, whreh was
made shortly before the $2,200,000.-
00 building and endowment cam
paign was opened, are the masonry
construction home, a three-car gar
age and two guest homes. Mrs.
Shore retained for her own use the
block-long portion fronting on Vir
ginia Road between Stratford and
Carolina Circle.
Dr. Gramley said the decisickt
was made by the trustees to sell
the property and use the money,
after extensive studies are made of
possible uses for it.