Hark! Lo!
Beware the ides of March!
Volume XXXVII
_SaIem_^oIlege, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, March 15, 1957
Number 19
Wrike Elected To Head Student Body
Pre-Election
Kick-Off Is
Big Success
With speeches from the candi
dates and cheers from the student
body, the first election “kick-off
banquet” was held Tuesday night
preceding the new election method
used Wednesday.
Introductions of the candidates,
Martha Jarvis and Mary Curtis
Wrike, were made by present Stee
Gee president, Judy Graham. Mar
tha took the “mike” first saying,
“1 believe that every member of
the student body is as much a
member of the student government
as the elected representative.”
Martha further stated that her
first aim, if elected, is “to make
students more interested in and
feel more a part of student govern
ment. My means of achieving this
will be through mimeographed
copies of the minutes of the stu
dent council.”
Curt Speaks
After a full round of applause,
Curt took the floor and told the
Coming Up
Friday, March 15—
Election results. To be announced
at dinner: vice-president of the
Student Government; treasurer
of the Student Government
Carolina: The Big Land (Alan
Ladd, Virginia Mayo)
Winston: The Barretts of Wim-
pole Street (Jennifer Jones, John
Gielgud)
Center: Fall Man (Clark Gable,
Jane Russell)
Flamingo: Written On The Wind
(Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall,
Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone)
Saturday, March 16—
Television: TV Emmy Awards*
on Saturday Color Carnival, 9:00;
annual recognition by Academy
of Television Arts and Sciences
Same movies.
Sunday, March 17—
Clemens Sandresky on Contem
porary Tape Recorder Music,
under sponsorship of Collegium
Musicum Salem, 8:00, Old Salem
Reception Center.
Carolina: Iron Petticoat (Kath
erine Hepburn)
Winston: Three Brave Men
Ernest Borgnine, Ray Milland,
Nina Foch)
Winston-Salem Drive-In: The
Bad Seed (Nancy Kelly)
Robin Hood Drive-In: Jubal
(Glenn Ford, Rod Steiger)
Vespers: 6:30 Little Chapel
Monday, March 18—
The Pajama Game, W^ake Forest
Arena Theatre (Library), 8:00
p.m.
Election: Salemite editor, by the
staff, 1:30
Same movies.
Tuesday, March 19—
Assembly: Y. W. C. A. Auction
The Pajama Game, Wake Forest,
8:00 p.m.
Carolina: Iron Petticoat
Winston: Three Brave Men
Wednesday, March 20—
Election: dining room foyer,
president of I. R- S., president
of the Y. W. C. A., vote between
12:30 and 2:00
The Pajama Giame, Wake Forest,
8:00 p.m.
Senior Dinner, host and hostess,
Dr. and Mrs. Gramley, Club Din
ing Room, 6 :00
Thursday, March 21—
Carolina; Top Secret Affair
(Kirk Douglas, Susan Hayward)
Winston: Secrets of Life, a Walt
Disney production
The Pajama Game, Wake Forest,
8:00 p.m.
Assembly: Music Club program
Friday, March 22—
Elections: editor of Sights and
Insights, by the staff, 1:30 p.m.
MARY CURTIS WRIKE
student body that “individual ac
ceptance of responsibility and per
sonal honor are the basis of student
government to be able to, streng
then the honor system. I propose
an honor committee or council
that will work hand in hand with
student government. This would
enable student government to con
centrate on improvement in other
fields.”
Mary Curtis stressed that “the
student government is open to ideas
of all students for the organization
should continuously act in an
evaluative capacity and always be
willing for improvement.”
In conclusion, Curt believes that
“the integration of all activities
(curriculum, extra-curricula, social,
Ed Sheiumake
Handles Role
Professorially
“The Male Animal” is an amus
ing play. The Pierrettes made a
wise choice. The casting, despite
the difficulty in finding enough
men, was superb. And now Salen>
students are in love with a pro
fessor—Ed Shewmake or Tommy
Turner.
Mr. Shewmake, who swears he
has not been on the stage since
the first grade, handled his part
like it was made for him—and I
believe it was. He seemed to have
a complete understanding of the
situation. In a charcoal grey suit
and a bedraggled hat, with a bottle
in his hand, or the towel wrapped
around his head, Mr. Shewmake
brought forth laughter and sym
pathy.
Ellen Turner, Tommy’s wife,
played by Carol Campbell was a
difficult part to portray. She had
to be Tommy’s loving wife and
also have a yearning for Joe F^-
guson. She always allowed the
audience to understand her feelings.
Carol gave a professional touch to
the whole play which was just a
little above the rest of the cast.
Jack Isert played the part of Joe
Ferguson, ex-football player, with
gusto and vim. His cocky grin
and swagger were a perfect con
trast to Mr. Shewmake’s shy smile
and awkward shuffle.
The intellectual editor of the
college newspaper was handled well
by Buzz Sims. I thought that he
really shone in the drunk scene.
Anne Miles’ accent as the colored
maid was not all acting for she
naturally had a Charleston brogue.
Anne, as usual, played her part
with as much comedy as called for.
Nyra Boyd, as the scatter-brained
wife of Dean Damon, stood out
above all the other actors on the
stage in the small time she was
there.
Dr. Walter Heilman, playing
Wally Myers, a dumb college ath
lete, was very amusing. He was
an excellent contrast to Michael
Barns, the intellectual college edi
tor. I wonder if Jack Isert was
supposed to show as much contrast
to Mr. Shewmake.
—Marcia Stanley
MARTHA DUVALL
the
dormitory living, etc.) and
working together in the spirit of
oneness, will make our college give
each girl something more than
daily routine that I feel we often
fall into.”
(Continued on Pace Four)
Duvall Named Secretary
After hearing that Mary Curtis
Wrike had been elected Stee Gee
president and Martlia Duvall, secre
tary, cheers could be heard through
out the dining room Wednesday
night in a clima.x to the first major
elections for next year.
Opposing “Curt” was May Day
director Martha Jarvis. Running
against Martha Duvall were Ruth
Bennett and Ann Brinson, a candi
date, by petition.
Religion Major
Claiming Graham, N. C. as her
hometown, new president Wrike
has been variedly active during her
three years at Salem. She is major
ing in religion and minoring in
education. Offices and honors at
Salem include chapel marshal,
secretary of the Y and Stee Gee,
treasurer of the Athletic Associa
tion, a member of the Scorpions
and the Pierrettes. Mary Curtis
not only considers these things her
job but also said, “That’s my hobby
too !”
S. C. Secretary
New secretary, Martha Duvall, is
from Cheraw, S. C., and has held
many offices in her two years at
Salem. She was secretary of the
freshman class, president of the
sophomore class, a member of the
nominating committee, I. R. S.,
choral ensemble, and lecture series
committee. She is majoring in eco
nomics and sociology.
“Marcie”, as sorne students call
Martha, is planning to spend the
summer in New York and go to
summer school at Columbia Uni
versity. An ardent fan to all Salem
sports events, “Marcie” will, have
to miss them at Columbia.
Judy Graham, out-going Student
Government president reports that
263 students voted in the first
round of elections.
Dr. Ralph E. Lapp talks with (left to right) Sue Davis, Brenda Goerdel, and Ann Brinson at the after-
dinner coffee Monday evening.
Universality of Science Affirmed
A sparkly man with a comprehensive mind | Russian representatives were well-told anee-
and a dramatic knack concluded the current I dotes.
Lecture Series Monday night with a layman’s
explanation of the surprise discovery of the
atomic secret.
Dr. Ralph Lapp, whose astounding career
has grown up around that particular dis
covery, told a Memorial Hall audience that
there is nothing secret and, mysterious about
atomic energy. Science is “indeed universal,”
he said, and the laws and methods of science
do not stop at' the iron curtain.
At dinner and the coffee afterwards Dr.
Lapp unknowingly dispelled the idea that
scientists are introverted and uncommuni
cative. The real life of the party, he talked
about everything from seafood delicacies to
the likelihood of a nuclear war in his lifetime.
He feels such a war is inevitable and such sea
food ocidities delectable.
Dr. Lapp and his bride of one year will be
off for Japan later in the spring. There he
will confer with Japanese, scientists and col
lect both material for a new book (it takes
two months to write one) and seashells for his
already unique accumulation.
He regards the Geneva Conference (which
he attended on the behalf of the United
States) a real success, scientifically if not
politically. His off-the-cuff details about
Geneva restaurants and the friendliness of the
His lecture, entitled “The World of Tomor
row”, never implied that there would be any
such world. And although the German scient
ists who made the initial atomic discovery
felt that “we have made the greatest mistake,”
Dr. Lapp’s entire approach was one of realistic
optimism.
He made it known that in competing with
Russia, “we are dealing with a scientifically
competent country.” But he concluded his
talk with a quotation from Winston Churchill
—who forsees a “golden age of peace and pros
perity” as soon as man “conquers himself” as
effectively as he has conquered nature.
The United States at the present is grossly
unprepared for nuclear warfare, he said. Civil
Defense is no joke and should be speeded up
in earnest. A good offensive (nuclear stock
piles) is useless unless we are equally capable
of self-defense.
Attending the dinner for Dr. Lapp were Dr.
and Mrs. W. E. Spears and Dr. and Mrs.
Thomas J. Turner of Wake Forest College,
and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sturmer of Winston-
Salem.
The speaker was introduced by Mr; Roy J.
Campbell, Salem biology professor. Dr. Lapp’s
newest book, “The New Force,” is available
in the college library.
—Jo Smitherman