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Volume XXXVII
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, March 8, 1957
Number 18
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The Male Animal” Op ens Wednesday
For four weeks, Old Chapel has been filled
with performers, directors and technicians
getting ready for the performances of The
Male Animal scheduled to be presented by the
Pierrettes on March 12 and 13, Wednesday
and Thursday of next week.
The play was written by James Thurber
and Elliot Nugent and was a hit in New York
City a few years ago. The time of the play
is at the present and the scene is the living
room in the home of Prof. Thomas Turner, in
a mid-western university town. Act I is in
the late fall on a Friday evening. Act II,
Scene I is the following day, after lunch and
Scene II is three hours later. Act III is at
noon two days later.
The story is of Tommy Turner (Edwin
Shewmake), who has been married for ten
years to Ellen (Carol Campbell). Mr. Turner
is quietly settled in a nice comfortable teach
ing job at Mid-Western University. This is
the week-end of the Michigan game, and Joe
Ferguson (played by Jack Isert), who was the
greatest football hero Mid-Western ever had,
comes to town and sees Ellen to whdm he used
to be unofficially engaged.
In addition to this slight upset in Tommy’s
life, he is brought into an academic contro
versy when Michael Barnes (played by Buzz
Sims), a young college intellectual, writes an
article for the literary magazine in which he
calls the board of trustees “fascists!”
Tommy, because he wants to read a letter
to his composition class written by Vanzetti
is about to have to join the ranks of the mar
tyrs who got fired because the trustees are
shouting “Ked!” so loud they can’t hear an
idea tinkle.
Ellen tries to dissuade Tommy from reading
the letter, and this coupled with Joe’s presence
forces Tommy to ask her to go with Joe and
leave him to his books and his principles.
Eventually Tommy challenges Joe to fisticuffs
after he has fortified himself with proper
courage.
Also, he refuses to deny that he will read
the Vanzetti letter and decides to stand on
his principle of the freedom of ideas and the
right to teach the young to think. Ellen now
sees that he is a pretty good example of the
male animal, and stands up with him.
Others appearing in the play are Cleota,
Ann Miles; Patricia Stanley, Mary Alice
(Mai) Powell; Wally Myers, Walter Hielman;
Dean Frederick Damon, Dr. John Parker;
Mrs. Blanche Damon, Nyra Boyd; Ed Keller,
Wes Hayden; Myrtle Keller, Peggy Jones;
“Cookie” Miller, Loretta Honey; and a news
paper reporter, Warren Pansier.
Lights and sets are being done by Warren
Pansier, Bill Bright and Sandy Shaver. Mar-
cille Van Liere is in ^-charge of the props and
Curt Wrike is stage manager.
Sarah Ann Price is the assistant director.
Mary Belle Horton is doing the costumes,
Barbara Bell the make-up, and Martha Jarvis,
the publicity.
Dr. Ralph Lapp To Speak
On Use Of Atomic Force
Lecturer, writer, and scientist.
Dr. Ralph E. Lapp, who has been
deeply involved with development
of atomic energy during the war
and post-war years, will be guest
speaker for the lecture series on
Monday night, March 11, at 8:30
in Memorial Hall.
Plans have been made to enter
tain Dr. Lapp at a banquet at six
o’clock Monday night, provided he
accepts the invitation. Members
of the science department of Salem
and Wake Forest, members of,the
Salem faculty, the lecture com
mittee, and advanced science stu
dents at Salem will be guests.
Tomorrow Is
Fifth Annual
Parents Day
The fifth annual Parents’ Day,
sponsored this year by the fresh
man and sophomore classes, will be
held tomorrow on campus.
The day’s activities outlined for
the parents will include visiting
classrooms from 8:00 to 12:00,
registration from 11:00 to 3:00, a
tea in the Day Student Center
from 1:00 to 4:00, Open House in
Clewell, Sisters, Strong, and Leh
man dormitories from 4:00 to 6:00,
banquet at 6:00, and a four-act
play, “Susy Salem on a Date,” set
for 8:00 p.m. in Memorial Hall.
Places of special interest open to
visitors will be the biology, chemis
try, and physics laboratories in the
science building, the art gallery in
Music Hall, newly re-decorated
“Davy Jones’ Locker” in Clewell
Dormitory, and the Salemite and
Sights and Insights displays in the
Student Union.
On the steering committee for
this project are Norwood Dennis,
Nanci Neese, Mary Griffin Wooten,
Sara Wray, Martha Wilkins, Susan
McIntyre, and June Gregson. Many
members of the freshman and sop
homore classes have worked with
these girls in supporting commit
tees.
The play, written by Sara Wray
and Susan McIntyre, with advice
from the script committee, will star
Joan Davis as Susy Salem, Betsy
Gatling as Roommate, Carol Doxey
as Telephone Girl, Carol Crutch
field as Dr. Africa, and Mary Alice
Powell as Proctor. The co-pro
ducers are Nanci Neese and June
Gregson.
Dr. Dale H. Gramley, president
of Salem College, will be the main,
speaker for the banquet, and Mar
tha Duvall, president of the sopho
more class, will be the mistress of
ceremonies.
Mr. John O. Evans of Raleigh,
North Carolina, father of Eleanor
Evans, will speak as a freshman
father.
Music will be provided by a few
members of the choral ensemble
and a student information booklet
will be given to each parent re
vealing some surprising facts about
Salem girls.
Among the guests will be Dottie
Ervin, Sue Davis, Brenda Goerdel,
Connie Rhodes, Mary Cooke Kol-
mer. Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Spears,
and Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Tur
ner.
Mr., R. J. Campbell will introduce
the speaker. In his lecture. Dr.
Lapp will tell of the peaceful uses
of atomic energy and will examine
the progress made in recent years
in medical research and industrial
uses of this force.
Dr. Lapp is the director of the
Nuclear Science Service, an or
ganization serving as a consultant
to industry on uses of nuclear
energy. He attended the first In
ternational C o n f e r e n c e on the
Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy
in Geneva, Switzerland under the
sponsorship of the United Nations.
Dr. .Lapp has collaborated on a
number of Saturday Evening Post
articles covering civil defense, the.
hydrogen bomb, tactical uses of
atomic bombs, and highlights of
our atomic project.
He is the author of “Must We
Hide?”, “Nuclear Radiation Phy-
Lapp also serves as special editor
sics”, and “The New Force”. Dr.
for the Bulletin of the Atomic
Scientist, a periodical on atomic
affairs.
Dr. Ralph Lapp
Varsity
The varsity basketball team,
chosen this week from the best
players in each class, is composed
of forwards Anne Miles, Mary Jo
Wynne and Jo Smitherman, and
guards Curt Wrike, Nan Williams
and Jane Wrike.
Runners-up are forwards Martha
McClure, Margaret McQueen and
Patricia Usher and guards, Betsy
Gatling, Sally Badgett and Nita
Kendrik.
With a lot of determination and
fine shooting, the seniors remained
champion basketball team in the
class competition. Managers from
the Athletic Association for the
tournament this year were Jane
Wrike and Connie McIntyre."
Class manager for the champions
was Sissie Allen; for the second
place sophomores, Margaret Mc
Queen; for the third place fresh
men, Usher, and for the juniors,
Nollner Morrisett.
Campbell will star in “The Male Animal” playihg Wednesday
and Thursday.
News Briefs
Students wishing to make appli
cation for a General Scholarship
for 1957-58 should secure blanks
immediately so that the Committee
on Scholarships will have time to
collect the. necessary information
for making awards.
General Scholarships are based
on financial heed and require cer
tain service to the college. The
forms which must be filled out by
both students and their parents
may be secured from Dean Hixson
The sophomore testing program
will be postponed until April 2 and
3. The tests were originally
scheduled for March 18 and 19.
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Dr. Gramley will 'attend a meet
ing of Salem alumnae in Martins
ville, Va., next Friday..
Mr. Donald Britt will represent
Salem at a Charleston, South Caro
lina, meeting of college business
managers next Thursday.