Semite
Volume XXXIX
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, Nov. 21, 1958.
Number 9
Mary Stuart” Actresses
Praised For Performance
Jean Smitherman as Queen Eli
zabeth I, and Nan Williams as
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester,
turned in brilliant performances in
the Pierrette production of MARY
STUART Wednesday night. Jean
effectively projected the vitality and
determination of Elizabeth the
Queen, the charm of Elizabeth, the
woman, and the bewilderment and
indecision Elizabeth tfelt when there
was conflict between these two
roles. Nan, whose mannerism and
timing were unusually good, played
Leicester with an intensity which
in the scene in which Mary was
beheaded provided the high point
of the play.
[Sarah Ann Price, as Mary Stu
art, projected the air of a queen
Choral Group
Announces
Schedule
tThe Salem College Choral En
semble will present four Christmas
concerts in December, Director
Paul Peterson announced today.
tThe group will sing for the
chapel program at Wake Forest
College on Tuesday, Dec. 2; at
Greensboro Moravian Church on
Wednesday, Dec. 3; at fhe annual
Civitan Christmas Banquet at the
Robert E. Lee Hotel on Dec. 12;
and at Salem on Dec. 18... In ad-
Jition, the Chrjstmas concert will
be recorded for WSJS Radio.
Two major compositions to be
Featured on the program are the
‘Magnificat” by Vaughn-Williams
and a group of Polish Christmas
Sa'rols arranged by Greer. Other
;0mposers represented will include.
Bach, Cornelius, T. Williams, Men-
lin, and Brochx.
The choir of 52 voices has ful-
illed many important engagements
luring the past few years includ-
ng NBC AND CBS radio network
irograms, CBS television, and con
cert tours throughout the South
ind East.
Plans for the present college year
eature the Christmas programs, a
pnng tour, a series of recordings,
everal church engagements, and
college spring concert.
The Choral Ensemble is noted
or its unusual tone quality and
lusical lyric style of singing. The
ingers are arranged according to
uartets of soBranos and altos. A
etter blend of tone quality com
ined with improved musicianship
> achieved by means of such a
hoir formation, Mr. Peterson said.
Officers of the Choral Ensemble
re Margaret Fletcher, president;
•velyn Vincent, vice president;
Farriet Tomlinson, secretary-trea-
Jrer, and Ann Cunningham and
vejyn Dawes, libarians.
Mary Frances Cuningham will
tcompany the singers at the piano
tid organ. Frances Cartier will
lay the flute for the Vaughn-
Alliams number. Ten vocal solo-
ts will be featured during the
'ogram.
and was exceptionally good in the
scene in which she met Elizabeth
in Fotheringay Park. However her
characterization lacked femininity
and understanding of Mary’s re
ligious nature.
The production as a whole was
successful—the lighting was effec
tive and the make-up and costum
ing were excellent. The set was
adequate. Had it been more sub
tle, it would have been more ef
fective, since loudness actually pre
vented use of the imagination in
such scenes as the park scene.
There were some good perform
ances given by supporting players.
Lynn Sowder, as Mortimer, was
idealistic and inpetuous. Agnes
Sende contributed a good deal to
the confession scene with a very
sincere performance as Melvil,
Mary’s servant. Lydia Seaber as
Sir Amias Paulet and Martha God
dard as Lord Burleigh gave good
performances.
Clement Attlee, Former Prime Minister
Of Great Britain Will Speculate On
’The Future Of Europe” Monday Night
One of the world’s greatest
statesmen, Earl Attlee — better
known in this country as Clement
Atlee, Prime Minister of Great
Britain from 1945 to 1951—is com
ing to. Salem on Monday, Novem
ber 24, under the sponsorship of
the Salem College Lecture Series.
Clement Attlee
Winston Symphony To Play
Major Work Of Beethoven
Beethoven’s third symphony, the
“Eroica” will be the major work
of the Winston-Salem Symphony
concert on Tuesday, November 25.
The “Eroica” was originally in
tended to be called the “iponaparte
Symphony” because Beethoven pic
tured Napoleon Bonaparte as the
liberator of the down-trodden peo
ple, a true son of the French Revo
lution. But when Napolean de
clared himself Emperor of France,
Beethoven said that Napoleon was
only thinking of his selfish am
bitions. Angrily he tore off the
title page and changed it to the
“Eroica” or heroic symphony.
This was Beethoven’s favorite of
his nine symphonies and definitely
shows a change in his writing.
Abandoning the comparative for
malism and restrictions of his pre
ceding works, he gives the sym
phony a heroic stature from the
beginning with the two shattering
opening chords. There is an in
dividualistic feeling shown through
the emotional intensity with which
he portrays the idealism of a hero.
The third movement is a funeral
march which gives the feeling of
sorrow for the ending of a great
hero’s achievements. Beethoven
builds this feeling gradually
through different shades of pathos.
The grandeur of the last movement
reminds one of a proud hero again.
It is a set of variations on a
theme previously used in other
compositions by the maestro.
Also on the program will be
overtures to the operas, “School
for Scandal” by Rossini and “Die
Meistersinger” by Wagner. Wag
ner’s comic opera introduces the
themes that appear in each act
beginning with the majestic march
of the mastersingers. The chatter
ing of the towns people and Wal-
ther’s prize song can also be heard.
The mastersingers thrived in Ger
many between the fourteenth and
sixteenth centuries. They were a
group of poets and musicians who
were organized into groups similar
to the craft guilds at the time.
Wagner satirizes their strict rules
and shows that with independent
thinking an artist really becomes
great. The overture is summation
of the story of the opera where
Walther von Stolzing, who is in
love with Eva, finds he can win
her hand only by winning a song
contest. The contest proves to be
very complicated because the rival
for Eva is the judge, but Walther
finally emerges victorious.
The symphony will also play two
contemporary American compo
sitions. Samuel Barber’s “Adagio j
fo\ Strings” is made up of a single
melodic idea introduced by the
violins in the opening section. The
work shows skill in sustained me
lodic writing and maintaining a
serene mood. Henry Cowell uses
the fuging tunes of one of the
earliest American composers, Wil
liam Billings, as the basis for his
“Hymn and Fuging Tune.”
He has long been a colorful figure
in English politics, as the powerful
leader of the Labor Party during
his premiership, , and now as a
member of the House of Lords.
Earl Attlee was educated at
Haileybury College and went on to
University College, Oxford, where
he took honors in modern history.
After leaving Oxford, he passed his
bar examination and entered a law
firm. Meanwhile he became in
terested in various forms of social
work in East London. In 1910 he
became secretary of Toynbee Hall,
a settlement in the East End where
students went to live in order to
study the slum environment at first
hand. This was the district wliich
elected him to Parliament from
1922 until 1950.
During World War I, he saw
action in the Gallipoli expidition
and was severely wounded. Mus
tered out a major, Earl Attlee re
turned to Britain to begin his
career in local and national poli
tics. Elected to Parliament in 1922,
he was appointed Parliamentary
Private Secretary to Ramsay Mc
Donald, leader of the Opposition,
and two years later in the first
Labor Government, he took office
Seniors Hold
Local Group
Produces
"Teahouse”
The Winston-Salem Little The
ater will present a comedy, “The
Teahouse of the August Moon” at
the new Arts Center December 2-6.
This play by John Patrick was a
longtime hit on Broadway, receiv
ing the New York Critic’s Circle
Award for the Best American Play
of 1953-54.' It depicts the story of
the Air Force’s occupation in Okin
awa. Captain Fisby, the Air Force
officer who instigated the building
of the tea house, is in love with
Lotus Blossom, a Geisha girl. Sa-
kini, the comic narrator, plays the
part of Captain Fisby’s errand boy.
Two out of three of the Little
Theater members with leading roles
in the production are newcomers
to the Winston-Salem Theater
group. Newcomers are Walter
Landa who plays Sakini and Louise
Hanson who plays Lotus Blossom,
while Don Henry, portrayer of
Captain Fisby, has has innumer
able leading roles with this Little
Theater. The production is under
the direction of Doris Pardington
and the performance should pro
vide an evening of riotops enter
tainment.
Traditional
Tree Planting
Monday’s chapel program will
be devoted to a 68 year old tradi
tion—the tradition of tree plant
ing. This custom began in 1891
when the senior class of that year
planted a paulawnia tree. The
paulawnia tree has been followed
by walnut, tulip, willow, magnolia
and a variety of others. To the
list, the class of ’59 adds a Jap
anese Cherry tree.
Chapel will begin, as usual, in
Memorial Hall. After a short
introduction speech by Mary Lois
James, the senior class president,
.the student body will follow the
Senior class to the site chosen for
tree planting, the area between
Babcock, Lehman, and the Infir
mary. The ceremony there will in
clude the presentation of the tree
by Mary Lois James and a corres
ponding acceptance by Dr. Gramley.
Each senior class officer will then
turn in a spade of dirt to cover
the tree base while the other sen
iors throw in pennies to enrich the
soil.
Dean’sOffice
Sign-outs may be made for the
Thanksgiving holiday during office
hours on Monday and Tuesday,
Novmeber 24 and 25. They must
be completed by 4:30 Tuesday. ■
Dormitories will not be reopen
ed until noon on Sunday, Nov
ember 30. Supper will be avail
able on Sunday if you sign for
it before you leave.
as Under-Secretary of State for
War. In 1931, in spite of the labor
crisis, he kept his seat in Parlia
ment. He was elected Deputy
Leader of the Labor Party in the
House of Commons and, four years
later, became leader of the Oppo-
sition as well as of the party.
In the summer of 1945, Earl At
tlee led his party in the General
Election. On July 26, as a re
sult of the Labor F’arty’s victory
'at the polls, Attlee became Prime
Minister. During his premiership,
the Labor Party inaugurated a
revolution in the social and eco
nomic fabric of Britain and chang
ed the face of the 'commc^Twealth.
In 1955, an earldom was confer
red on him by Queen Elizabeth,
and a year later Earl Attlee en
tered the House of Lords. From
this vantage point he watches his
tory in the making, and he is well
equipped to speculate before a
Salem audience on “The Future of
Europe”.
Committee
Plans Dinner
For Attlee
The Lecture Committee has plan
ned to entertain at dinner in the
Club Dining Room, Clement Attlee.
Attending the dinner will be the
members of the Lecture Committee
and outside guests. Members of
the Committee include: Miss Jess
Byrd, Chairman, Miss Edith Kirk
land, Dr. H. Michael Lewis, Mrs.
Kate Pyron, Mr. Edwin Shewmake,
Dr. Philip Africa, Miss Louise
White, and Miss Alice Litwinchu
from Salem College and Academy.
Also from the College and Aca
demy are student representatives.
They are: Jean Smitherman, Sa-
lemite Editor, Mary Jane Mayhew,
Senior Representative, Nancy
Neese, Junior Representative, Mary
Lu Nuckols, Sophomore Repre
sentative, Ann Moore, Freshman
Representative, Nancy Jane Car-
roll, Representative-at-Large, Janet
Paulin, Academy Representative,
Martha Dancy, Academy Represen
tative, and Sarah Tesch, Day Stu
dent Representative.
Newly appointed members of the
Committee include Nancy Neese,
Junior Repreresentgitive (to replace
Ann Catlette) and Ann Moore,
Freshman Representative.
A press conference is planned
for 9:30 Monday morning at the
Robert E. Lee Hotel. Salemite
representatives will be present.
This lecture is the last that will
be presented during the current
semester. A Dance Quartet will
open next semester’s program on
Monday, February 23. All mem
bers of this group have taught in
their chosen field and have per
formed with some of the most out
standing professional dance groups
in this country.
On Monday, March 16, the Lec
ture Series will be concluded with
a presentation of the psychological
aspects of self-understanding and
human relationships by Bonaro and
Harry Overstreet. They have both
written books separately and re
cently collaborated on two books
concerning the mind.