Volume XL
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, November 20, 1959
Number 9
Little Theatre
Will Prod.uce
"Country Girl
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Imagine SALEM COLLEGE CHORAL ENSEMBLE m the center of
the column and you’ll see the cover of a new record album. On it will
bejthe faces of Joan Brooks, Rosemary Laney, Gerrie Mcllroy, Evelyn
Vincent, and Meribeth Bunch.
Choral Ensemble Begins
Season, Awaits Record
By Ann Cunningham
In spite of publicity received by
“nightly intruders”, Salem College
also has other various and sundry
ways of obtaining publicity, this
being through organizations such
as I the Choral Ensemble. For the
benefit of new students, the Choral
Ensemble is composed of many
music students and other students
who have an interest in singing and
having a good time.
The Choral Ensemble will make
its first major public appearance
Nov. 22, at the Friedland Moravian
Church. In December they plan to
perform for Wake Forest College
at tone of their chapel programs
and also for the Civitan Club.
On Wednesday, Dec. 16, the
Choral Ensemble will give its
Christmas program in chapel. This
year they will Sing a variety of
songs including everything from a
Bach Cantata to a French Christ
mas Carol. The first is a Bach
Oratorio, “Break Forth, O Beaut
ous Heav’nly Light”, and the se
cond number a cantata by Bach,
“For us a Child is Born”. The
French Christmas carol, “Noel Nou
velet,” is arranged by E. Harold
Geer and “A Joyous Christmas
Song” is taken from the “Collec
tion de Choeurs” by L. A. Gevaert
The Little Chapel sextet will also
perform and there will be a, Lue-
bech cantata done as a duet.
The chorus made a recording last
year of numerous songs to be put
in a record album. This tape was
sent to New York and everyone
hopes that the albums will be
ready before Christmas, so we can
all purchase them for Christmas
presents. They are extremely good
and everybody is urged to hear
them.
As you have seen, the Choral En
semble will be pretty busy through
out the rest of the year.
Winston-Salem’s Little Theater
will present the second play of their
series, “The Country Girl,” by Clif
ford Odets, beginning Nov. 24 and
running five nights in succession,
through Nov. 28.
Curtain time at the Little Theater
on Coliseum Drive is 8:15 p.m.
Ed and Jackie Center, two parti
cipants in previous “Little Theater”
productions, who have just returned
from abroad, will be principal char
acters in the play. Charles Mark,
executive secretary of The Arts
Council, holds another major role.
“The Country Girl” is the story
of a middle-aged actor trying to
make a comeback. A young direc
tor tries to give this “had-been
actor his second chance while the
actor’s wife hovers in^ the back
ground with normal wifely anxie
ties.
This play, being a production
about the theater, has characters
such as a director and producer
making up the cast.
Civic Music Will Feature
Isaac Stern, Violinist
Isaac Stern, violinist, will be pre
sented in Reynolds Auditorium on
November 24th at 8:00 by the Civic
Music Association.
His concert in Winston-Salem is
one stop in his eighteenth tour. His
program is :
Sonata in D major, opus 12,
number 1—Beethoven
Concerto in E flat by Mozart
Duo for Violin and Piano by
Kichner
Fantasia in C by Shubert
Voccalise, Opus 34 by Rach
maninoff
Song of Home by Smetana
Mr. Stern is assisted at the piano
by Alexander Zkain.
Mr. Stern was born in Russia.
The Stern family immigated to
California when he was one year
old. He began playing the piano
at six years, and became interested
in the violin when he heard a
neighbor scraping on one. He gave
his first violin recital when he was
fifteen.
Girls who have Civic Music
tickets and are not planning to use
them, and girls who would like to
go but do not have tickets, please
see Nancy Jane Carroll.
Art Department
Sells Japanese
Woodcut Prints
Chamber Music
Group Presents
YWCA Receives "Thank-You”
Letter From Marvin In Japan
Del I er Trio
Sign Out For
Thanksgiving
Students can sign out for Thanks-
’ giving holidays Monday and Tues
day during office hours. All sign
outs should be completed by 4
o’clock Tuesday. If you plan to
leave on Tuesday, sign out by Mon
day so that the dining room can
know how many students to plan
meals for.
Dorms will be open for returning
students at noon on Sunday. The
Student Center will be open for any
students who return before that
time.
The regular schedule of class
times will be run Monday morning
find there will be assembly.
All students are requested to
close and lock the windows and
turn off electric lights before leav
ing.
One call-down will be given for
. each day late in signing out.
The Wake Forest Chamber Music
Society will present the Alfred Del-
ler Trio in the Magnolia Room of
Reynolds Hall at 8:30 on Decem
ber 2. .
Mr. Deller is one of two living
counter tenors. The counter tenor
vocal range is about the same as
that of a contralto. Sixteenth,
seventeenth, and eighteenth century
choirs were all male, and the con
tralto part had to be sung by cast-
rati until Mendelssohn began com
posing for the contralto voice. Re
puted to be a true voice, but more
probably a highly developed falset
to, the counter tenor is being re
vived for use in authentic record
ings and performances of early
music.
1949^ Mr. Deller formed a
group of’ singers and instrumen
talists into the Deller Consort and
began touring and ' recording that
year- nj-
For his United States tour, Mr.
Deller has to cut the Consort to
three people, himself, Desmond
Dupre who plays the lute and viol
da gamba, and Robert Conant,
harpsichordist.
His Wake Forest program is:
Lute Song Settings of Poems
by John Donne
Selections from “Musicks and
maid” by Purcell ,
Sonata in C major for viol da
gamba and harpsichord by
Purcell . „
Cantata “Jubilate Domino by
Buxtehude
Songs by Purcell
Three Lute Solos by Dowland
Season tickets for students at
t;3 SO are still available from L>r.
Byers and Mr. Sanders, or they
may be bought at the door on
December 2.
The YWCA with the cooperation
of the Salem students and faculty
collected 180 pounds of clothing and
$150. to send to Nagoya, Japan fol
lowing a request from Salem alum-
an, Mrs. Oscar M. Marvin, Jr.
Reprinted herein are excerpts
from a letter from Mr. Marvin,
hospital administrator of the Yodo-
gawa Christian Hospital, written to
Salem through Miss Marsh, alum
nae secretary.
In viewing reconstruction crews
after the typhoon, Mr. Marvin con
tinues to say;
“Speaking for Japanese Christ
ians in general and the Yodogawa
Christian Hospital in particular,
Jane and I certainly do want to
express our deep gratitude to you
and the Salem College students and
faculty members for their generous
contributions of warm clothing and
money in support of the Christian
relief services for the victims of
Japan’s most disastrous typhoon.
“Through your interest and simi
lar kindness of many others, our
Christian Medical Team began pro
viding medical aid Oct. 6, 1959.
Sincp then they have been able to
expand their services to include the
establishment of a milk station for
hundreds of Japanese boys and
girls, the distribution of new shoes
and warm undershirts to over ITO
primary school children and the
further distribution of a bountiful
supply of relief clothing from con
tributions received from Japan as
well as many other countries.”
“One of the most enlightening
comments came from the lips of a
man of 60 who said. Seeing all
these youngsters working so hard
and so willingly has certainly
changed my impression about our
younger generation, and they are
the ones who are doing most ot
the work!” The work continues
and will continue for months more
to come for there are yet many
[acres of land and villages which
still are filled with sterile sea water.
The 1959 Typhoon season is over,
but the ravages of “the big one”
will long affect the economy of
Nagoya and neighboring communi
ties.
“Thanks again for your willing
ness to participate in the greatest
opportunity for Christian service in
Japan.”
Oscar M. Marvin, Jr.,
Hosp. Administ.
Magazine Staff
Conducts Poll
The literary magazine staff elec
ted Nancy Jane Carroll editor-in-
chief and Susan Hughes business
manager at a meeting on Monday.
All other staff members are selected
by the editordn-ch'ief.
In chapel on Wednesday a ques
tionnaire was passed out to gauge
student interest in having a literary
magazine. Of the 196 students re
turning the questionnaire, only 3
were against the idea of having a
magazine. There were 168 students
who favored financing a literary
magazine through the budget in the
future as opposed to 12 who -were
against, with 5 students undecided
on this question. Fifty-six students
are interested in writing for a liter
ary magazine.
The art department, under direc
tion of department head, Edwin
Shewmake, now has a collection of
Japanese woodcut prints on exhibit
in the north wing stairwell of Main
Hall and on the third floof of Me
morial Hall.
Any student or faculty member
interested in obtaining one of these
low priced prints may sign a sheet
provided on a clipboard in the win
dow of Main Hall’s north stairwell.
'In cases where someone has already
signed up for a specific picture,
duplicate copies can be ordered.
Mr. Shewmake plans to, place this
second order just before Christmas
vacation in order for the prints to
arrive here the first week in Janu
ary.
These Japanese woodcuts are re
prints of 17th century cuts. The
designs were cut into the wood,
printed on paper and then colored
by hand. Mr. Shewmake surmises
that these are modern reproduc
tions of the original blocks.
In the corners of the paintings
are letters of the painter’s signa
ture and the red seal of the owner.
Whistler took this form of signa
ture and created the distinctive
butterfly which can be seen on his
painting in Main Hall.
Whistler and the French Impres
sionist school were highly influen
ced by these Japanese woodcuts.
They studied with particular care
'the works of Hiroshige (1797-1858),
some of which are hanging here.
On the backs of the prints the
painters’ names appear, printed in
English with their dates.
Japanese woodcuts “had as much
as anything to do with the break
in the Renaissance art tradition,”
Mr. Shewmake comments. “One
reason for showing them is that the
modern art movement is influenced
so strongly by such prints.”
Freshmen
Will Present
Dr. Depp
Announcement
Dr. Mark Depp, who is the
Minister of Centenary Methodist
Church and the author of several
books, will .speak in Assembly on
Nov. 23.
Dr. Depp’s subject is entitled
“Thanksgiving.” This will be the
last Assembly program before the
holidays and is sponsored by the
Freshman Y.
If a student is out of town and
changes her residence from that in
dicated on the sign out card, she
must notify the office of the Dean
of Students.
If the residence is on the auto
matic approval list in the Dean’s
office, the student may leave her
i new address at the place of resi
dence on her sign out card.
Students may not stay in a public
place, such as a motel or hotel,
without written permission from
home.