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SALEMITE
March7^958
Movie Based
On Mystery
Is Believable
Agatha Christie is, without a
doubt, one of the greatest suspense
writers of all time; she spins her
web of intrigue with the finesse
of a true artist. Arthur Horn-
blow’s production of "Witness For
the Prosecution" was worthy of
Christie’s talents. The entire cast
was superb—Charles Laughton as
the wily barrister. Sir Wilford;
Elsa Lancaster, as his undauntable
nurse; Marlene Dietrich as Chris
tine Holm, the wife of the prose
cuted; Tyrone Power as Vale, a
a man on trial for murder. Power’s
performance was convincing. How
ever, at the end it was rather hard
to reconcile Power’s debonair at
titude with that of a man on trial
for his life, even though he pleaded
"not guilty.”
The ending was one that calls
for time to recover from the shock
and to re-assemble. the facts. Yet,
despite its rather sudden and con
fusing reversal, it is believable.
The movie is all Dietrich’s. Her
acting here is superb, as it was seen
in her second scene on the wit
ness stand. In this same scene
Laughton, as throughout the movie,
was excellent. His exchanges with
his butler and the repartee with
his nurse were fascinating.
As for the technical aspects,
Matly Malnedk’s music was excel
lent. In photography, focusing on
a single character and having a
fuzzy background was most efkc-
tive. The costumes afforded just
the right amount of subtlety to
each character. (I liked Dietrich s
hair short.)
—Anne Howes
News Briefs
Geraldine Mcllroy has been se
lected by th.e local National Asso
ciation of Teachers of Singing to
represent this region at the audi
tions which will be held in Chapel
Hill next month.
♦ * *
Tomorrow is the last day for
free bowling instructions to be
given Salem ,girls at Ingram’s
Bowling Alley.
* * *
The results of this week’s basket
ball tournament;
First Place -- Juniors
Second Place Sophomores
Third Place - - Freshmen
Fourth Place - Seniors
This week softball practice be
gins. Daily at 4:45. Atljletic field.
Tavern Dance
|s Planned
For March 15
On Saturday, March IS, the
Home Economics Club will present
Gingham Tavern. Anything from
skirts and sweaters and loafers to
wool dresses and heels will be ap
propriate to wear to the Day Stu
dents’ Center from nine until
twelve. The Royal Sultans combo
will provide the music for this in
formal affair.
The girls attending the dance
will get late permission that night
until 12:15. In order to get this
privilege, each girl attending the
dance must keep half of her ticket
to be presented when she signs in
in her dormitory. F'or those not
attending the dance, 12:00 will be
the sign in time as usual.
Committees which have been or
ganized to work on the dance in
clude publicity headed by Patty
Kimbrough; refreshments, Hilary
Ligon; entertainment, Melissa
Kerr; band, Peggy Ingram; and
decorations, Lynn Warren.
Tickets will be sold by members
of the Home Economics Club at
75c per person.
Five Drags, Five Midshipmen .» Annapolis
My midshipman friend and I
corresponded for three months
making “last minute plans” for the
big weekend when five Salemites
(Mary Jo Wynne, Sue Cooper, An-
thea Taylor, Erwin Robbins, and
Jane Irby) were to “drag” at the
U. S. Naval Academy. I was leav
ing for the Acadmy a day earlier
so I versed each girl individually
on Navy lingo, traveling tips (pack
lightly, “Snavalize” and use your
Southern accent lavishly, etc.) I
felt the group was ready to venture
on its own. The following is a
report on this “maiden voyage”.
After finally reaching Washing
ton, we read our orders and pro
ceeded for our destination: the
United States Naval Academy. Re
sounding in our tired minds were
the parting words of Commodore
Mayhew: “Do not pay more than
$10 for the drive to Annapolis.”
When we boarded the cab the
Ladies Bridge Club resumed. Er
win slept; Sue elbowed the cab
driver; Irby griped about sleep;
Anthea balanced our bridge table
(a Mr. John’s hat box) ; and I
simply existed. Fourteen hands of
bridge and two packs of cigarettes
later, we were in Annapolis. After
scouting around we finally found
headquarters—and there we were.
. . . And there I was—the one
man welcoming committee. At first
I wondered if they’d hiked—with
their black, puffy eyes, stringing
hair and wrinkled clothes they
looked terrible! Knowing drastic
changes had to be made before
the “middies” arrived, I delivered
the edict that quiet hour would
begin in ten minutes. As the girls
were arriving another Salemite,
one Miss Nancy Willis, was leav
ing with her midshipman fiance for
an early morning “drag”.
The rest of my morning was
spent purchasing various articles
which had to be left at home. This
assortment of purchases ranged
from Pepto Bismol and aspirin,
hose, lipstick, and gurdles. At 11 :00
the girls were ready.
I beamed as they came down the
stairs—outwardly looking “fresh as
daisies” and I couldn’t help but
chuckle and think, “What these
boys don’t know won’t hurt them—
sure am glad they weren’t around
when the girls first arrived.”
One by one I introduced the
dates. Everyone crowded into the
small living room of the drag house
and a tense and embarrassed hush
prevailed. I rattled on senselessly
until I’d again lived up to my nick
name of “motor mouth” and there
I was . . .
And there we were—after a
few hours I knew why we were,
drags . . . Since they can not ride
in cars, we were dragged to meal
formation — commonly known as
“mustering” (w'hen 3,700 midship
men line up for chow) . . • ^ back
to town for lunch ... to the “drag
house” (which can be defined in
five words by Jane Irby — that’s
where we stayed) . . • around the
“yard” (known to collegiates as
the campus !) . . . between the can
nons (that didn’t go off) ... to
see the remains of John Paul Jones
(in a tomb, of course) . . . past
Tecumseh (a statue of the Ameri
can Indian Chief of the Shawnee
tribt, a traditional “good luck”
charm during exams) ... by the
Severn River (which Erwin called
the Potomac) back to Bancroft
Hall (where they “mustered” again)
. . . then to dinner in town . . .
to the basketball game and wrestl
ing match . . . through Gate one
, passing a “bow wow” (Batal-
lion on Watch) . . . and back to
the drag house until our “Cin-
derellas” had to leave in time to
be in before 2400. 12:00 midnight).
The drags motto: “Early to bed,
early to rise makes a girl healthy.”
Sunday morning at 10:20, five
girls ran desperately toward Gate
One with Commodore Mayhew
bringing up the rear, screaming
“Hurry,^ we’re going to miss it!”
We arrived at the chapel just as
the band began to play “Onward
Christian Soldiers.” Turning to
ward the left we saw the white
hats of midshipmen as they
marched from Bancroft Hall. The
band soon began another hymn
. . . “Mine eyes have seen the glory
of the coming of the Lord”
the boys looked straight ahead as
each row of feet hit the chapel
steps simultaneously. Three thou
sand and seven hundred boys later
we found our way to the front
row balcony of the chapel .
During the services, six eager
faces peered over the rail as the
midshipmen below nervously waited
for one of us to lose our balance.
We bowed our heads at the end
of the service as the words from
the midshipman’s prayer filled the
chapel . . . “Almighty Father,
whose way is in the sea . . . Keep
ing me true to my best self . . .
and helping me so to live that I
can stand unashamed and unafraid
before my shipmates, my loved
ones and Thee.”
Sunday afternoon passed all too
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