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Volume XXXIX
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, May 15, 1959
Number 25
onday Chapel Features Prizes, Honors, Awards
^arilyn Shull Presents
Final Senior Recital
J By Harriet Herring I
'|A few weeks ago Marilyn walked .
into Dean Sandresky’s office for a
piano lesson. “When do we start
having extra lessons? The recital
is only a week off, you know.’’ |
■'Oh, no,” said the Dean, “It can’t
be,” as he rumbled through his
papers for a calendar. And it
wasn’t. But it is Monday night.
May 18, at 8:30—the last recital of
the year. So please spare the hour
and come.
Marilyn has done much more
p'laying than most Salem students.
In Washington, as a pupil of Ma
dame Dmitrieff, she gave recitals
and, in 1953, performed the Poulene
Piano Concert twice with the Na
tional Symphony. This will be her
third recital at Salem. She has
entered several famous and stren-
ous competitions. Last year she
went to Washington for the Na
tional Music Federation contest.
This year she made a tape for a
Fulbright (“I didn’t get it”) and is
now applying for a $500 scholarship
in Washington.
Her recital this year will be the
product of 1,680 practice hours at
Salem alone. “I’ve kept account of
every one.” She will play the Pag-
Battle Announces Plans
To Produce Fall Musical
Hey girls ! Do you know how to
do the Charleston? Can you play
a banjo or ukelele? Practice hard
this summer and you may get a
lead in the Pierrettes’ fall produc
tion, “The Boy Friend”. Miss Bat
tle announced recently that this
light, witty musical will be given
TSIovember 18-20.
Although Salem has many fine
I traditions. Miss Battle likes the
challenge of doing something new
and different which is the best way
Executive Board
Selects Seniors
For Orientation
Marilyn Shull
(anni-Brahms Variations, Book I;
Handel Suite Number V which is
variations on “The Harmonious
Blacksmith”; and the Chopin Waltz
in F major and Ballade in F minor.
Marilyn is excited about going to
Europe for three months on a
Music and Arts Festival tour. She
will visit many of the well-known
festivals — Edinburgh and Salzburg
"among them. When she returns in
Ithe fall, she will go to Boston and
either teach or “work.”
iJuniors Put Frivolities
Behind At Hat Burning
Five seniors have been appointed
by the Executive Board to return
during orientation week. Helping
to conduct handbook study will be
N a n c i Neese, Mary Scott Best,
Anna Yelverton, Ann Dunn Joyner,
and Sandi Shaver.
These girls will meet with the
Orientation Committee on Tuesday,
May 19, at 5:00 in the committee
room of the Student Center. The
Orientation Committee consists of
the Executive Board, the Legisla
tive Board, and all house presidents
except Pfohl House. The purpose
of the meeting* will be to discuss
the attitude in which the handbook
study will be administered to fresh
men next year. This will be a
general planning session to insure
the success of the 1959 orientation
week.
to describe this production. She
said that “The Boy Friend” was
selected to take advantage of the
great variety of talent on campus.
It will combine musical, dramatic
and Terpsichorean talent into three
evenings of entertainment for the
student body.
Miss Battle’s enthusiasm dimmed
slightly when she thought of the
very high royalties for producing
the play. “We are running a finan
cial risk, but want to do “The Boy
Friend” because we feel that the
campus is interested in having it,”
she said.
The play'should be of special in
terest to Salemites because it takes
place in a girls’ finishing school on
the Riviera in the 1920’s. It was a
(recent Broadway success starring
Julie Andrews. There is a cast of
approximately 20. Miss Battle con
fided that she hopes to have real
males in the play next fall.
Now all you flappers practice
hard this summer and twenty three
skidoo to you!
College Honors
Miss Perryman
And Miss Hanes
Another tradition will be repeated
Tuesday night, May 19, when the
Class of 1960 holds the annual Hat
Burning ceremony. The student
body is invited to gather around
the bonfire on the athletic field-in
front of the gym at 9:00 p.m.
While the underclassmen look en-
|Sirls Expect
Literary Mag.
Students interested in publishing
a literary magazine at Salem met
last Thursday night to hear t'wo
opposing views on the advisability
of undertaking this propect. Mr.
Paine related his experiences work
ing on a college literary magazine.
He pointed out the difficulty of
obtaining high quality material at
such a small school.
Bob Fitzgerald, past business
^nanager for the Student, the Wake
Forest magazine, presented a more
optimistic view. He stated that
there was not a lack of material for
the Student, which is published ap
proximately six times a year.
. The group decided" to investigate
(the possibility of getting financial
support to publish one trial issue
-of a literary magazine next year.
'They felt that Salemites would be
interested in reading work by
fellow students., The proposed
"magazine would be especially good
_ for publishing those papers ^hich
fwin the Rondthaler and Presidents
Jirizes.
Anyone interested in seeing a
literary magazine started on Salem s
jcampus, contact Nancy Jane Car-
,roll.
vious, the seniors will burn their
blue books, and the juniors will
burn their hats of frivolity. These
hats which are the special creations
of the juniors are composed of
things they dislike such as books,
term papers, time lines, effigies of
teachers and Book Store bills.
While everyone sings the Alma
Mater, the seniors will then help
the juniors don their caps and
gowns for the first time.
The ceremony will last approxi
mately twenty minutes and every
one is encouraged to come for a
last fling before exams.
Exec. Bd. Want
Volunteers For
Rat Week Com.
The Executive Board will appoint
a committee to assist in planning
a replacement for Rat Week next
year. Acting on a recommendation
from the rising sophomore class,
this committee will “iron out” de
tails for the program and will serve
as a liason between the classes.
The committee will be composed
of two seniors (one of whom will
be Nan Williams, president of the
student body), two juniors, and four
sophomore representaHves.
Students interested in working on
this committee should sign the
sheets provided in the dormitories.
The Executive Board will then
choose representatives from the
volunteers.
Students Elect
New Presidents
Of Four Dorms
Four dormitories have elected
their presidents for next year. They
are Caroline Easley, Bitting; Doro
thy Frick, Strong; Kay Cundiff,
South; and Gail Ogburn, Sisters.
Caroline Easley is a rising senior
from Rock Hill, S. C. A math
major, interested in history, she is
president of Phi Alpha Theta, the
honorary history society. Caroline
is a member of SNEA and hopes to
teach when she graduates.
Music occupies much of Dorothy
Frick’s spare time as well as being
her major. She is vice-president
of the Music Club next year and
also a member of the Choral En
semble. Dorothy hopes to go on
to do additional work in piano _ in
graduate school after graduating
from Salem. This rising junior
claims Bassett, Va. as her home.
Kay Cundiff is also a junior dorm
'president and is from "Virginia, but
her major is in an entirely different
field—that of Sociology-Economics.
Kay is interested in teaching as a
profession and wants to teach se
cond graders when she graduates.
Among her other activities, Kay is
an active member of the WRA
council.
Gail Ogburn, a rising sophomore,
is from Smithfield. Her interests
also lie in the music field, but she
wants to teach public school music.
Practicing and music activities of
the Choral Ensemble keep Gail
busy, but she finds time to help the
Pierrettes with their major produc
tions and also to do a little sewing
on the side.
McElveen Will
Talk At Vespers
The Moravian Student Fellowship
will sponsor vespers this Sunday
evening. May 17. The speaker will
be the Rev. William H. McElveen,
Asst. Pastor of Home Moravian
Church. Mr. McElveen is a 1954
graduate of Davidson College. After
his second year in Seminary Mr.
McElveen took a year’s leave of
absence. He and his wife spent
this year on the island of St. Croix
in the Virgin Islands as Moravian
Student Missionaries. Last year he
was graduated from the Theologi
cal Seminary in Bethlehem, Pa.
Vespers will be in the Little
Chapel at 6:00 p.m.
Awards and honors for the aca
demic year 1958-59 will be presented
in Salem College’s closing assembly
Monday, May 18. Mrs. Marsh, the
alumnae secretary, will present the
Katherine B. Rondthaler Award.
Foreign students will receive their
certificates.
The a n n u al Pierrette Award,
highest honor for dramatic achieve
ment will be announced by Pier
rette president. Mary Lois James,
the senior class president will
make known the class gift and the
Last Will and Testament will be
read.
Dr. Dale Gramley will give the
Pfohl Awards to a student and to
a faculty member. He will also ad
minister the oath of citizenship to
the graduating class.
Dean Ivy Plixon will present 10
of the 20 Presidents’ prizes to stu
dents achieving high academic re
cords. The presidential honors
consist of an award for each de
partment and the music prizes. Dr.
Hixon will give special recognition
to those students completing com
prehensive exams.
Two members of the Salem Col
lege staff will be recognized at this
closing assembly — Miss Anna
Perryman, treasurer and Miss Anna
K. Hanes, assistant to the treasurer.
Both women are retiring.
Concessions
Give Money For
China, SNEA
The concessions committee grant
ed two petitions at its meeting in
the Dean of Student’s Office Tues
day, May 12. A petition from
SNEA requesting money to cover
expenses of four delegates to a
convention in Asheville was con
sidered. The committee granted
$37.80 to the organization for this
purpose, since they felt that the
delegates benefited fbe student
body representing Salem and gain
ing recognition for the college at
the convention.
The committee studied a request
from IRS for appropriations to pur
chase china cups and saucers and
dessert plates for the Strong Friend
ship rooms. Refectory china has
been used in the past and IRS does
not consider this china appropriate
for formal teas. $100 was granted
for this purpose with the stipula
tion that IRS be responsible for
the purchase.
The concessions committee re
quests that in the future, groups
present their petitions for conven
tions and purchases before the
actual event takes place so that
the petitioning organization will
know how much money it can de
pend on.
Seniors Join
Alumnae; Have
Commencment
Four years of hard work will
come to a climax for the class of
1959 May 29th, 30th, and June 1st.
Saturday, May 29th, the senior class
will officially become members of
Salem Alumnae Association. They
will take part in a meeting at 11:00
and be entertained at a luncheon
at 12:30. Later that evening, at
8:30, a commencement concert will
be held.
Sunday, May 30th at 11:00 a.m.,
J. Glenn Blackburn will speak to
the seniors and their families at
the Baccalaureate sermon in Mem
orial Hall. At 5:30, Dr. and Mrs.
Gramley will entertain at a buffet
supper in their home. At 6:45, the
seniors will attend the last Sunday
night vespers of the year.
Monday, June 1st, at 11:00 a.m.,
commencement exercises will be
held on the lawn in front of the
science building. Dr. A. David Thae-
ler, father of Mary Thaeler, will
deliver the address. Lunch will be
served at 12:30.
Those students who are not so
lucky as to be counted among the
members in the class of 1959 will
return to Salem September 17 for
registration.
Notices
The faculty has approved a mo
tion to allow students to make day
trips out of town on Saturday dur
ing exams. The students must re
turn to their dormitories by mid-
light, however, for this does not
apply to over night trips.
♦
The record exam for Music 110
will be given Tuesday, May 19 at
6:45 p.m, in the studio in Memorial
Hall,