Volume XXXVIII
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, March 14, 1958
Theatrical "Chameleon
Will Speak Monday Night
Eddie Dowling, an all round, all
time great of the American theater,
will present selective scenes, “From
Shakespeare to Saroyan, on Mon-
Hav March 17, at eight thirty
o’clock in Memorial Hall. Mr.
Dowling, who appears through the
courtesy of the courtesy of the
Salem College Lecture Senes, is a
theatrical chameleon. He has acted
in vaudeville, musical comedy, and
serious drama, in addition to exer
cising his talents in direction, pro
duction, and playwriting. In all
the phases of show business, he
Eddie Dowling
has been an outstanding success.
Broadway concedes its indebted
ness to Mr. Dowling for improving
its aesthetic standards. In recog
nition of this contribution, the late
Lee Shubert once said of his old
friend, “Eddie has ennch.ed the
American theatre with his imagi
nation and his integrity. He has
had the courage to take a chance
on dreams.”.
Eddie Dowling became stage
struck at the age of ten when he
ran away from home to join the
theater.
In 1918, he made his Broadway
debut in the Victor Herbert operet
ta, The Velvet Lady, and the fol
lowing year he was in the Zieg-
field Follies.
Mr. Dowling wrote and acted in
The Rainbow Man, one of the first
“talkies”, and he was co-author.
co-producer, and star of Sally,
Irene, and Mary. The latter ran
a year on Broadway, two on the
road, and, after earning over a
million dollars for the authors, was
sold to the movies four times.
In 1926, Mr. Dowling starred in
Honeymoon Lane, a show which
introduced Kate Smith whom Mr.
Dowling had discovered working
as a lady barber in Washington.
In 1932, after Big Hearted Herbert,
and Fall Guy, Dowling decided to
‘ end his career of the song-and-
dance routine. He produced Rich
ard II in 1936, introducing Maurice
Evans and Margaret Webster to
Broadway. This was the first time
this play had been produced in
the United States since the days
of Edwin Booth. Dowlings pro
duction of Shadow and Substance
brought Sir Cedric Hardwicke
and Sara Allgood to America. He
returned to acting to star in The
Time of Your Life, the first play
to win both the Pulitzer Prize and
the Drama Critics Award.
Of particular interest to Salem-
ites is Mr. Dowling’s production of
The Glass Menagerie, in 1945 in
which he gave Tennessee Williams
his first real break. Mr. Dowling
starred in this play, along with
Laurette Taylor, one of America’s
greatest actresses.
In 1946, he directed Eugene
O’Neill’s, The Iceman Cometh, and
his most recent contribution to
Broadway was the controvMsial
drama. The Righteous Are Bold,
produced in 1956.
Mr. Dowling had as hL chief
long-range project the establish
ment of an exact replica of the
Holy Land in Florida. This pro
ject, the initial cost of which will
be around two million dollars, en
tails erecting a permanent, _ mile-
square copy of Palestine as it was
in the time of Christ, with camels
and donkeys for transportation, a
vast bazaar section, and an amphi
theatre seating 5000, where Na
tivity and Passion plays will be
given annually from Christmas to
Easter.
Five Major Offices Filled By
Cunningham, Shaver, McClure,
Kimbrough and Van Liere
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Jarvis And MeiQS 0ive
Exc©ll©nt P©rformanc©s
When the curtain opened Wed
nesday on the Pierrette production
of The Glass Menagerie, the audi
ence was immediately ^ drawn into
a world of unreality, illusion, an
memory created by the very e ec
tive lighting, the far away strains
of music, and the use of niy
“SiTha Jarvis’ talents were fully
realized in the part of Amanda,
the mother. Martha has p aye
other lead roles, but this one sur
passed the others and is cerainy
her most successful performanc .
Her interpretation of the pa
seems just as the playwrite in
tended. As Amanda, she was s
charming it was impossible to dis
like her for living in the past o
for keeping Tom caught in a trap
that he could escape o^ly *roug
realistic cruelty. Martha ha
slight difficulty with the southern
accent which became more
more convincing and natura
play progressed. Her acting
spontaneous and vital. In i
scenes, when the characters se
unrelated to each other, she
brought them together.
formance was superior to e
characters.
■ Carl Meigs’ Performance m the
very difficult roles of Tom, ,
and brother, and of the na
in the paly_ was
moving. This was true
he had difficulty in the beginning
with withdrawing himself from his
intimate relationship with the audi
ence back intp his relationship with
the other characters._ As the p ay
progressed, Mr. Meigs made this
transition with more facility,
really came to ®
in the “killer Wingfield speech.
Mary Cox’s performance as
Laura was less convincing. A‘
e a
true\nderstanding of his role as
the gentleman caller^ His per
“The Srrltk^°should be com-
for the whole production,
“rt was exceptionally good. Ten
nessee Williams’ theme of escape
nessee presentation of
from reality carried out in
S'Schnical aspects as jdj» in
Frankie Cunningham
Campus elections completed have
placed Frankie Cunningham as
vice-president of the Student Gov
ernment Association, Saudi Shaver
as treasurer, Marceille Van Liere,
editor of Sights and Insights, Mar
tha McClure, president of AA and
Patty Kimbrough as May Day
Chairman.
After a double run-off vote for
vice-president and treasurer of the
Student Government Association
for next year, Frankie Cuninngham
was elected veep and Sandi Shaver
treasurer.
During the first vote last Friday,
the field was narrowed to Shirley
Hardy and Frankie on one ticket;
Norwood Dennis and Sandi on the
other. The final talley was taken
Monday at lunch.
Frankie is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. B. Cunningham of the
city and after being a day student
jfor two years, she is living tins
1 year in South.
A major in public school music,
Frankie has taken part m many
the other campus activities. She
has been vice-president of the
Sophomore Class, the Canterbury
ClE and the Day Students^
Frankie has served
this year is a Chapel Marshak
Sandi Shaver is the daughter o
Col and Mrs. M. P. Shaver of
Atlanta, Ga. She is majoring m
history and is the secretary-treas
urer of the International Relations
Club.
Smith And
Vincent Are
Pageant Stars
lane Bridges, chairman of the
May Day Committee announced
today that all girls who tried out
for parts have been cast in this
year’s production, “Carousel There
are three leading parts m the musi
cal The female lead, Julie, will
be played by Jo Marie Smith. The
male lead, Bill, will be played by
Evelyn Vincent, and the comed
ienne, Mrs. Fowler, played by
Frances Gunn. The “tire works
is to be in retrospect with Martha
McCiure taking the dummy lead.
Apart from-the leads, there wil
be a group of advanced dancers
making up twenty couples'who will
do the rest of the major dancing.
Ann Brinson is in charge of the
choreography for the entire pro
duction. .
(Continued on Page Three)
Martha McClure
Other offices which Sandi holds
include photography editor of
Sights and Insights, scenery direc
tor for the Pierrettes and treasurer
of the Canterbury Club.
Last year Sandi received the
award from the Pierrettes which
is presented to the outstanding
stage technician of the year.
Both Frankie and Sandi have
made application for the Strong
Scholarship to study m Oslo, Nor
way during the summer.
Marceille Van Liere, newly elec
ted editor of Sights and In**gfs
is from High Point, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William Van
Liere
Marcielle Van Liere
A home economics major, Mar
ceille takes an active part in the
club and also has time to serve on
the Pierrettes council. She has
worked with the Pierrettes both
in acting and on the technical side
of the footlights.
Last year Marceille was presi
dent of Lehman dormitory and a
member of the IRS. At the pre
sent she is a Scorpion, assistant
editor of Sights and Insights, on
the Stee Gee.
Marceille reports that she will be
hard at work from now till the
end of school as she is chairman
of the Junior-Senior Banquet com
mittee.
(Continued on page three;
Liere.
Dr.Timm, A Yal©Graduat©,
Will Sp©ak On Tu©sday
.-„o„rl iVip Journal of Chemical E
Dr. John A. Timm -will spend
March 18, 19, and 20 on the Salem
campus. Dr. Timm, at present is
professor of chemistry, chairman
of the Chemistry Department, and.
director of the School of Science
at Simmons College in Boston,
1 Massachusetts. ^ , , j
After receiving his graduate de-
' gree at Yale, he remained there
L a teacher for 22 years. During
the Journal of Chemical Education,
as a councilor of the Division of
Chemical Education, as past presi
dent of the New England Associa
tion of Chemistry Teachers, and at
Yale he served as chairman of the
Course of Study Committee of
Yale College. , c
Dr. Timm’s appearance at baiem
is sponsored by the Science De
partment and the Rondthaler Lee-
^ •mnrmn£f nC
“as a teacher for 22 Y-rs. Durmg partmem
this time Dr. Timm develop narticipate in an informal dis-
of the first courses m chemistry w P “Science in the Elemen-
for students whose major “Berests ° the benefit of the
were in fields other than chemistry. Department. His talk
In 1930 to parallel (.hapel will have as a theme,
his text, “An Introduction to Che- m cha^e^^^ ^ib-
mistry,” was P^^^Fshed. Another T Curriculum.” Dr. Timm
text of _ his, “General -Chemistry eral Economics
is now in its third edition. , students the International Rela-
kof .1. sc.»ce c«.