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Volume XXXIX
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, October 10, 1958
Number 3
Stevens^ Symphony Soloist
Plays Schumann Concerto
Salem College faculty, member
Willis Stevens, at present doing
work towards a doctorate in piano
and musicology at Eastman School
of Music, will be guest soloist at
||ir' rrmrr^rt of flip 1959
Wliils Stevens
Davidsonians
Invade Salem
On Saturday
This Saturday afternoon sixty-
eight freshmen will wait anxiously
for a Greyhound bus full of nervous
Davidson freshmen to pull up in
front of Clewell. While Mary
Scott Best, Chairman of the Social
Committee of the Y, and Melton
Tankersly, Social Chairman of the
Y at Davidson, introduce them
selves, there will be giggles behind
the windows in Clewell and loud
guffaws from the bus. Then Mary
Scott and MeltQii will introduce
each Salemite to her date, and she
and her Davidson-gentleman-for-
the-afternoon-anyway, will stroll
chatting to the Date Room of Cle
well, where an informal mixer will
be held.
At six o’clock a buffet supper
will be served in the club dining
room. The menu—designed to lure
Davidsonians back to Salem for
further meals—will include ham and
turkey, baked potatoes with cheese,
green peas with mushrooms, pecan
tarts, and iced tea.
There’ll be time for another chat
before the dance in Babcock Ter
race Room. About eight o’clock,
though, couples will begin to stroll
toward the newest dorm on cam
pus as music played on the best
hi fi the committee could borrow
drifts up from the Terrace Room.
The time between eight and twelve
will be all too short for most of
the girls. Those who have met
that dreamboat will probably start
the walk toward the bus a little
early. And as they enter their
dorms, these starry-eyed Salemites
will murmur, “Wonder if he’ll
write ...”
Correction
Our apologies go to Cile Judy,
Ellen Rankin, and Ruth McDonald
for unintentionally omitting their
names in the article on the fresh
man scholarship winners in the
last week’s issue of the Salemite.
Cile Judy, from St. Petersburg,
Florida, received one of the $1250
scholarships. Ellen Rankin of
Greensboro, and Ruth McDonald
from Madison, Connecticut, hold
competitive scholarships.
Winston-Salem Symphony Series.
Mr. Stevens will arrive in Win
ston-Salem on Sunday, October 10,
well in advance of the Thijrsday
night performance. Mrs. Stevens,
the former Betty Reigner, will ac
company him.
Mr. Stevens has. chosen to play
the Schumann Piano Concerto in
A Minor, a work that presents con
siderable technical difficulties. The
Schumann concerto is essentially a
piano work which does not follow
strictly classical concert form. The
orchestral accompaniment is light,
with the orchestra occasionally tak
ing up cantabile melodies introduced
in the piano.
Mr. Stevens joined the Salem
College faculty in the fall of 1955.
He received a B. A. Degree from
Columbia College; an M. A., from
Columbia University; an M. S.,
from Julliard School of Music.
Before coming to Salem he did
professional study at Eastman and
with Gaston Dethier and Edward
Steuermann.
In addition to accompanying Mr.
Stevens, the orchestra will play
Beethoven’s Egmont Overt&re,
written in 1810 as incidental music
for a special perfbrmance of Goe
the’s Egmont, and Cesar Franck’s
Symphony in D Minor, one of the
modern works considered by gen
eral agreement to be a classic.
Spiritual Guidance Week Begins
Sunday, October 12: Drs. Ford,
Depp and Sawyer Guest Speakers
“Our Lord, Our Church, Our | schedule
Life” is the theme for Spiritual
Guidance Week, which begins this
Sunday at 6:30. Sponsored by the
YWCA, this week of religious em
phasis and thought is the result of
careful planning by the “Y” cabi
net which dates from last spring.
This year three speakers for the
Dr. Edwin Sawyer
Battle Gives Suggestions
For Future Rat Weeks
At the Student Council meeting
held Monday, October 6, Miss Bar
bara Battle' spoke to the ^members
about Rat Week. Miss Battle, new
English and drama teacher at
Salem, was as surprised as the
freshmen were supposed to be at
the beginning of Rat Week. She
stated that she doesn’t want to do
away with the purpose of making
the freshman and sophomore classes
better acquainted, but she 'wished
the emphasis could be changed from
“Rat, you’re the lowest creature
there is” to “Welcome freshmen,
we’re happy to help you in this
job of getting an education.” De
scribing a Black Cat idea which
consisted of games, singing, and a
talent show, she said this was for
Critic Lauds
M. Mueller’s
Performance
Margaret Mueller’s organ recital
on October 6 charmed a curious
audience with its clarity of tone and
thought. The program of Baroque
and contrapuntal twentieth century
music^ was complimented by the
Flentrop organ, which enunciates
each polyphonic line clearly.
Mrs. Mueller selected pieces that
displayed her ability as a virtuoso
and also indicated her finesse as a
sensitive musician. The opening
cadenzas of the Bach Toccata, first
on keyboard and then in the pedal,
were accurate and brilliant. The
Nativity, by the contemporary
Olivier Messiaen, made great de
mands on her interpretive ability.
The entire program was an in
teresting one, made more so by
the absence of breaks and inter
mission. Because of this the kines
thetic response was kept at a peak.
the same purpose as Rat Week.
It brought the students closer to
gether without leaving the fresh
men with hurt feelings, unfinished
homework, and other things char
acteristic of Rat Week. She felt
some similar idea could be adopted
to Salem.
Student Council members agreed
that Rat Week could be improved
•by changing its emphasis. A com
mittee composed of four Student
Council members and four members
(Selected from the student body was
chosen 'to study Rat Week. This
group will discuss changes that
could be made and work on sug
gestions to help improve Rat Week.
Mary Scott Best is chairman of
this committee.
The Student Council also decided
'to post a list of cases discussed
and their penalties on the Main
Hall bulletin board. The name of
the person involved will be omitted,
and only cases which are pertinent
will be posted. This will be done
to inform the Student Body of
what goes on in Student Council
meetings and also to help them
understand the decisions of Stee
Gee.
Depp Speaks
At Moravian
t
Love Feast
Dr. Mark Depp will be the
speaker for the Missionary Love
Feast this Sunday afternoon at 3
p.m. in the Home Moravian Church.
Geraldine McElroy will be the
soloist. Thirty-two members of our
Choral Ensemble will join with the
young people’s summer camp choir
to present other music for the ser
vice. The choir will sing several
Moravian anthems.
Salem College students are cor
of talks and disci:ssions
have been chosen. This rvas done
in order to make available a wider
range of ideas and subjects for
student consideration. These speak
ers are here, not only to present
formal talks, but also to lead dis
and advise in individual
problems. The three men who have
been chosen are Dr. Edwin A. Saw
yer, Dr. Mark Depp, and Dr. Leigh
ton Ford.
Leighton Ford has been asso
ciated with the Billy Graham
Evangelistic Team since 1955. He
was a successful minister with the
“Tell Scotland” movement follow
ing the Billy Graham Crusade in
Scotland. At the age of twenty-
seven, Mr. Ford is already in great
demand as a speaker throughout
the North American continent.
Mr. Ford attended Wheaton Col
lege, Illinois, and graduated in 1952
with highest honors and a degree
in philosophy. Then he attended
Columbia Theological Seminary at
Decatur, Georgia, where he was
Harriet Herring dially invited to attend. Coffee and
Dr. Leighton Ford
Publisher Of
College Study
Asks Opinions
Professor George Williams of the
Rcie Institute, Texas, has written
a critical commentary on higher
education in America; Some of
My Best Friends Are Professors,
published October 24.
Last week the Salemite published,
through the courtesy of u\belard-
Schuman, a feature on the book
entitled “How Do You Rate Your
Professors?”
As a method of uncovering
undergraduate opinions on the
views held by the author of this
book, the publishers are sponsor
ing a contest open to all upper
classmen (freshmen, though wel
come to read this book, are in
eligible because of their insuffi
cient time experience in college),
inviting an appraisal of Some of
My Best Friends Are Professors.
There will be a prize of $500
given for the best essay; all manu
scripts are to be no fewer than
3000 words and no more than 10,000
words; manuscripts are to be re
ceived in the publisher’s office by
February 1, 1959; the prize-winner
will be announced on March 15,
1959.
Write for entry blanks to Pro
fessors Contest, Abelard-Schuman
Limited, 404 Fourth Avenue, New
York 16, N. Y.
president of the student body, did
pastoral duty in several Presby
terian churches, and conducted his
own evangelistic missions during
the summer periods. Graduating
from the Seminary in 1955, he was
ordained as a Presbyterian minis
ter.
Dr. Mark Depp came in October,
1945 to Centenaty Methodist
Church, Winston-Salem, where he
serves as minister. Dr. Depp is
a graduate of Allegheny College
and Boston University School of
Theology. Since his graduation
■from the School of Theology, he has
served several churches in Virginia,
Maryland, and the District of Co
lumbia ; he also did duty as a chap
lain in World War I. A member
of the Baltimore Conference, Dr.
Depp has spent time at St. Mark’s
in Baltimore, Calvary Church in
Washington, and Christ Church in
Pittsburgh. He was a member of
the General Conference and Juris
dictional Conference, 1944, and for
the ensuing four years a member
of the Committee on the Crusade
for Christ and the Commission on
World Peace.
Dr. Depp is an old hand at ad
dressing college audiences. He has
also served as chaplain at Lake
Chautauqua, New York, and Lake
side, Ohio. Dr. Depp is much
in demand for pastors’ schools,
preaching missions, and summer
assemblies, including those at Lake
Junaluska, North Carolina and
Massanetta Springs, Virginia. Also
active in civic affairs. Dr. Depp is
a member of the Rotary and Torch
Clubs and the Winston-Salem
Housing Authority.
A native of Bethlehem, Pennsyl
vania, Dr. Edwin Sawyer, is return
ing to Winston-Salem for the first
time since 1957. From 1949 until
1957 he was chaplain to the college
and head of the religion depart
ment. During his years here he
saw Salem add a major in religion
as well as a second staff member,
and Little Chapel was built to pro
mote further religious life for the
students.
All the speakers for the week
will be presented in the Day Stu
dent .Center. After each speech
there will be an informal coffee
hour with discussion and oppor
tunity for students to get acquainted
with the speakers. There will be
special religious music for every
evening service supplied by the
music department.
Monday morning from 7:45 until
8:00 the usual morning devotion
will be led by students. The de
votions will be held as usual in
Little Chapel. The rest of the
schedule for Spiritual Guidance
Week, as announced by Reverend
John Johansen is as follows:
Sunday, October 12—Vespers
6 :30 Dr. Depp
Monday, October 13—Assembly
1:30 Dr. • Sawyer
Tuesday, October 14—
6:45 Dr. Sawyer
Wednesday, October 15—
6:45 Dr. Depp
Thursday, October 16—Assembly
1 :30 Dr. Ford
Vespers on Sunday evening will
be held in the Day Student Center.
“The really important thing about
Spiritual Guidance Week”, said
Mary Jane Mayhew, president of
the YWCA, “is that through the
messages of these outstanding men
Salem girls may think more seri
ously about their personal religious
beliefs.”