Salemite reporter covers Ku Klux Klan gathering. Page 4. Editor comments on rule cover ing Homecoming nights out. Columnist Campbell makes presidential prediction; colum nist Kennedy defends Elvis Presley. Volume XXXVII Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, November 2, 1956. Number /4 MAID OF HONOR ROSE TILLER AND MAY QUEEN NANCY BLUM Homemakers Cop Honors Two home economics majors trooped across campus from the Home Management house last week and vyalked away with the May Court, 1957, titles. Nancy Blum, climaxing three years on the May Court, was selected May Queen in last week’s balloting. Rose Tiller will serve her third year on beauty row as Maid of Honor to the Queen. Both girls, now completing a six weeks’ residence in the practice house, will graduate in June with bachelor of science degrees in home economics. Nancy, the stately daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Blum of Winston- Salem, joined the ranks of the boarders during her freshman and senior years. Nancy has been on I. R. S. for three years, in the Pierrettes, a meniber of the Home Kconomics Club, and a Junior Marshall. Haney evaded the question asked about sports; she says that she “just loves to sew and knit.” During her summers, Nancy has modeled. at Alderman’s Studio in High Point and served on the College Board at Thalhimer’s, Winston- Salem. When she was a senior in high school, Nancy was chosen Black and Gold Queen in the consolidated yearbook of the three city high schools. As for her future plans, Nancy says she is planning, on doing some type of work, but she has no definite plans. Rose, the petite, doll-haired daughfer of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Tiller of Draper, is a member of the Home Economics Club and the F. T. A. She was also a Marshall her junior year. Rose enjoys swimming, but her first love is going to football games. When asked about having a hobby. Rose replied that she like to take walks. The summer before her junior year. Rose worked as a waitress in Yellowstone Park. For part of the summer of 1956 she worked at Virginia Beach. After graduating in June, Rose plans to take a short rest before putting that hard- earned teacher’s certificate to work. •—Linda Chappell Salem Plays Host To A.A. Meet Thirteen N. C. Colleges Exchange Ideas “Broaden your plans to include all fans” is the theme of the an nual conference of the North Caro lina Athletic Federation of College Women (N. C. A. F. C. W.) to which Salem is hostess today and tomorrow, November 2 and 3. Two general sessions are to be held—one at 2:00 Friday afternoon and the other beginning at 10:00 Saturday morning. On Friday afternoon Jo Smither- man, a member of Salem’s A. A. council, will moderate a panel com posed of three faculty and three student members. The subjects for discussion are: “Is 100% Participation Really Necessary?”; “Are You A. A. (Athletic Association) or R. A. (Recreation Association)?”; “Are Your Participants Award-Seek ers?”, and “Are Your Bleachers Bare? Why?”. Faculty panelists wJilfc be Miss Doris Hutchinson, Greensboro Pub lic Schools, Dr. James Long from Wake Forest College, and Miss Dorothy Casey from Wake Forest; three students, from Woman’-s Col lege, Guilford College, and Appa lachian will serve on the panel. Following the panel the dele gates will divide into discussion groups to decide individually how to make all fans become active participants in their recreational or athletic program. These groups will report their findings at Satur day’s session. Miss Celeste Ulrich, from the Department of Physical Education of Woman’s College, will conclude the convention on Saturday morn ing with her remarks on the con vention’s theme. I Dr. Gramley, Salem’s president, 'will have an opportunity to give Bessie Clarke, Rachel Ray s mother (Rachel is an ex-member of our senior class and now at U. N. C.) was the first May Queen. Mothers of two present Salemites were members of the first court Cam Boren Boone (Mary Ann s mother) and Jennie Wolfe Stanley (Marcia’s mother.) In these first years the court was composed of fourteen beauties instead of the twelve that we have. Strange as it may seem Salem has had one May Queen crowned twice. Fritz Firey was a little girl queen in 1921 and nine years later as a Salem student was again crowned. —A. F. Five Freshmen Deck Court The freshman focus turns this week to the quintet of lovely las sies who represent the class of 1960 on Salem’s May Court. Lou Scales From across the dell and Rock ingham, North Carolina, comes Lou Scales. Last year she was May, Queen at the Academy. She was also captain of the Gold athletic Team, on the annual staff, and a member of the dance com mittee. Mr. Wendt has prospect, as Lou is thinking seriously of a sociology major. People are a hobby with her and she is interested in wel fare work. I decided that she ejther liked “True Love” or lacked the initia tive to go across the room to change the last record on the phonograph. A Carolina pennant held the place of honor just over the head of her bed, and there was a picture of John on the desk. She was the first Stevenson supporter I had found . . . guess she doesn’t like Ike! May Terry I gave up trying to find her and left a note for May-Terry to come to my dorm. She’s from Spartan burg, South Carolina, and another member of the May Court. A lover of drama, she devoted much of her time in high school to the dramatics club and their activities. She came to Chapel Hill her junior year as the star of “The Dream”, and later served as student director of another pro duction. When I asked what she wanted to do with her history major she explained that she plans to teach in elementary school and “of course, get married.” She likes Salem, charcoal-broiled steaks, and she has a sophomore brother at Duke. Noel Hollingsworth If Santa’s good to her, Noel Hollingsworth will get a hi-fi set for Christmas. That’s what she wants. She spent her last two years of high school at the Academy where she was chairman of the dance committee and on the annual staff. Her home is in High Point. A home economics major, Noel, too, plans to teach. The main difference in the Aca demy and the College is the social regulation . . . she enjoys being able to date. You can find her in the science building, working on her knitting, or waiting for Ronnie. She’s going to Shoe ’n Slipper at Duke this week-end. I reached third floor somewhat exhausted and was relieved to learn that my last two subjects were roommates. Beverly Wollny Westfield, New Jersey, boasts (Continued on Page Three) athletic abilities when he speaks following the banquet Friday night in the Club Dining Room. During the banquet Gail Landers will provide background music. The convention will not be one boring meeting after the other. Following the general session on Friday, delegates will have an op portunity to browse through Old Salem. Anne Miles And, following the banquet, the delegates will change into comfort able clothes and go to Old Chapel where Salem students will provide entertainment. The Choral En semble and several Salem students will provide entertainment. Mr. Peterson will lead one of his famous community sings. Anne Miles, Salem’s A. A. presi dent, is going to be most busy dur ing the convention. Besides seeing that the affair is gliding along smoothly, she is presiding at both sessions. Forty-eight delegates will be spending the night in Salem’s dorms. These girls represent Ap palachian, Catawba, Duke, East Carolina, Greensboro, Lenior Rhyne, l^ars Hill, Meredith, Mon treat, Wake Forest, Western Caro lina, Wingate, and Woman’s Col lege. Delegates are to register in the Student Union. They may come for only one session if they wish, his view on girls’ recreational and Secret Society Reveals Names Of New Members Two sisters and four other Salem College upperclassmen were recog nized in assembly yesterday as fall inductees into the secret Order of The Scorpion. Dr. Ivy Hixson, academic dean, made the announce ment to the student body of new members Jane Wrike, Mary Curtis Wrike, Judy Golden, Martha Ann Kennedy, Shirley Redlack, and Pat Greene. All activities, officers, and rituals of the Order are kept secret. The entire membership is read only once a year. Dr. Hixson listed current mem bership this morning, as including seven seniors, Anne Miles, Made line Allen, Jo Smitherman, Judy Graham, Mary Walton, and Kay Williams, and Carol Cooke. Jane Wrike and Mary Curtis Wrike are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. W. Curtis Wrike of Gra- Th ree Plays To Be Given By Academy Three one-act plays will be pre sented by Salem Academy in the Academy Social Room Friday, No vember 9, at 8:30 p.m. One of the plays is Sunday’s Child, an autobiography by Dr. Elizabeth Welch, Professor of Education and Psychology at Salem College. With its setting in Okla homa, 1916, the story concerns the life of a Methodist minister’s daughter. A second play is Edna Millay’s Ario De Capo, a fantasy with the traditional Pierrott and Columbine characters. The third presentation. Trifles, is a murder mystery by Susan Gaspell. Leading roles in the three plays are portrayed by Jonne Barney (in Sunday’s Child, Joan McLain and Martha Curtiss (in Ario De Capo), and Carolyn Bond and Barbara Bitting (in Trifles). The public is cordially invited. Admission prices are 35c for stu dents and 50c for adults. ham. Jane, a senior history major, plans to teach in elementary school. She transferred to Salem after two years at Saint Mary’s Junior Col lege, Raleigh, and this year is business manager of the college yearbook, "Sights and Insights.” Having served as stage manager for a college dramatic production last year, Jane is currently a mem ber of the May Day committee and the Athletic Association. Mary Curtis Wrike, a junior, is majoring in religion and plans- 'to work after college as a director of religious education. Her minor sub- ects are elementary education and sociology. Mary Curtis is secretary of the Student Government Asso ciation, a junior marshal, and a member of the Pierrettes and the Athletic Association. Martha Ann Kennedy, Covington, Tenn., is associate editor of the college newspaper and worked dur ing the past summer as reporter for the Memphis, Tenn., Press- Scimitar. A member of the college lecture series committee, Martha Ann is majoring in English and has been active in campus drama tics. The second senior inductee into the Order is Pat Greene of Ahos- kie. Pat, president of the Senior class, spent the past summer in France, bolstering her French major. Her vocational interest is teaching. Active in May Day plan ning, writing for student publi cations, and past Choral Ensemble activities, Pat’s election to presi dent of her Senior class climaxed a series of student offices including cice-president of her Freshman class, president of Clewell dormi tory, and secretary of the Student Government Association. Judy Golden of Leaksville is an English major and a junior. Judy is creative as set designer for the dramatics group and- acts as house president of the Junior dormitory. Her major course is English; her vocational plans count on a career in journalism. A Statesville representative, Shirley Redlack, is the sixth new Scorpion. With a combined cur riculum of history and elementary education, Shirley has served as president of her Freshman class and house president of Clewell dormitory. She is currently assist- (Continued on Page Four)