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Volume XLI
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, February 17, 1961
Number 14
Chapel Features New Series With 20th Century Theme
"Y” Sponsors
Prayer Service
For Students
A Prayer Breakfast will be held
in the Club Dining Room on Sun
day morning, February 19th, at
9:30 a.m. Sunday is the Universal
Day of Prayer for Students.
Salemites of all denominations will
meet in the Club Dining Room to
observe the Day and make inter
cession for students everywhere.
This call to prayer is given each
year to Christian students by the
World Student Christian Federa
tion of which all Christian students
are members. 'Services similar to
the one to be held at Salem will
take place in Africa, Asia, Austria,
Latin America, Europe, and other
parts of North America.
N. S. A., the “Y”, the Denomi
national groups, and I. R. C. are
sponsoring the Prayer Breakfast.
Everybody is requested to attend
the breakfast and meeting.
Buy At White
Elephant Sale
Are you in dire need of an extra
weejun? Does the idea of having
your very own shrunken head leave
you elated ? A pair of left-handed
gloves, an old raccoon tail, or an
'assortment of beer cans that will
certainly be a collector’s item some
day — don’t you wish you had
these ?
Whether it’s your fading winter
wardrobe or your bleak surround
ings that need a lift, the freshmen
have the answer. Join the fun and
support the freshmen by coming to
their White Elephant Sale, Feb
ruary 23, at 7:00 p.m. in the gym.
NCEA Meets
At Salem Feb. 4
February 21 Salem will be host
to the Division of Higher Educa
tion of the North Central District
of the North Carolina Education
Association. Keynote speaker Dr.
John Baker, Dean of Greensboro
College, will present the topic of
discussion for the meeting, “How
can students be motivated toward
general education ?’’ This will be
followed by a panel discussion.
Panel moderator is Dr. Grady Love,
Director of the Greensboro Division
from Guilford College. Members
of the panel are Dr. Michael Lewis,
Modern Languages, Salem College;
Dr. Don W. Russell, Education,
Woman’s College of the University
of North Carolina; Dr. David B.
Stafford, Sociology, Guilford Col
lege, and Dr. Edwin Wilson, Dean
Wake Forest College.
Six colleges are represented in
the Central District, they are
Salem College, Wake Forest, Wo
man’s College, Greensboro College,
Guilford College, Elon College, and
High Point College. All faculty
members from each of these are
invited. The meeting, one of two
each year, will begin at 4:30 with
a social hour and end at the end
of the discussion after dinner.
Marji Jammer, Louisa Freeman, Lynn Ligon, Dot Grayson, Dr. Byers
and Suzanne Taylor discuss the assembly programs. Dr. Gramley and
Mrs. Heidbreder are also members of the Assembly Committee.
Apply For 9th Summer
NSA Seminar Scholarship
Scholarship applications are now
available for the Ninth Inter
national Student Relations Seminar
(ISRS), an eleven-week U. S. Na
tional Student Association seminar
designed to provide American stu
dent leaders with the background
and skills necessary to deal _ with
contemporary problems of inter
national relations existing among
national and international student
organizations in all parts of the
world.
Seminar sessions, June 18 to Sep
tember 1, 1961, will be held at the
University of Pennsylvania and
USNSA International Commission
offices in Philadelphia, with the
final two weeks spent at the 14th
National Student Congress, largest
student meeting of the year in the
U. S. to be held at the University
of Wisconsin, Madison.
Fifteen participants will be se
lected from USNSA member cam
puses for their proven intellectual
ability, leadership and language
qualifications, background in inter
national relations and experience in
extra-curricular activities.
All participants receive full
scholarships of approximately $950
covering travel, room and board,
books and research material.
Application forms and informa
tion brochures are available frorri
chairmen of academic staffs deal
ing with international affairs,
deans, student body presidents, col
lege newspaper editors and NSA
co-ordinators, and may be received
on request, from the International
Student Relations Seminar, Inter
national Commission, U. S. Na
tional Student Association, 3457
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia 4, Pa.
Deadline for applications is April
1, 1961.
Run down ? Tired ? Tired of
falling asleep in the middle of
speeches? Tired of counting chapel
cuts ? Then wake up—the Chapel
Committee has something new for
you!
The Committee has been aware
of a general feeling of discontent
among students concerning the as
sembly programs. They talked to
girls who told them the students
wanted programs of a controversial
nature, ones that would make them
think, ones where they could join
the discussion and ones that make
more use of the faculty. The Com
mittee has done just that—created
a series of programs on our mo
dern world that combine all these
features.
“The 20th Century is the begin
ning of a new age. This is the
fourth great division of history fol
lowing the three great epochs de
fined by the Dutch humanist, Cel-
larius; ancient, medieval, and mo
dern. What will the new age be?”
This is the theme of the as
semblies planned for this semester.
Instead of fill-ins, traditions and
spur-of-the-moment programs, the
chapel committee has two units of
unified programs: 20th Century
Culture and 20th Century Future.
The six programs under the unit
20th Century Culture begins Feb
ruary 21. They will be concerned
with the question of rebellion: Is
there as much rebellion in the
fields of modern culture as every
body seems to think? If so, why?
What are the rebels trying to
establish in these areas ? What
direction and trends are the new
areas taking?
Dr. Stewart will answer some of
these questions on February 21
with a talk on Modern Philosophy.
On February 23, Mr. Sandresky
will speak on Contemporary Music.
Mr. Schewmake will discuss Mo
dern Art on February 28. Modern
Drama will be the topic of Miss
Battle’s talk on March 2 and Pro
fessor Herman Salinger of Duke
will speak on Comparative Litera
ture on March 9. The sixth pro
gram on March 16 will be a tie-up
to discuss common problems and
answers in these five areas of cul
ture. Student participation in the
discussion will be welcomed.
The second unit, 20th Century
Future, will discuss the question
of force: What are the forces
which will be shaping development
in the last half of the 20th Cen
tury? What are the forces that
will help make this age unlike the
previous ones ? What social and
scientific forces are at work? The
individual programs are not yet
definite but will include such topics
as Biology, Social Psychology,
Space and Nuclear Power.
Members of the Chapel Commit
tee are: Lynn Ligon, Dot Grayson,
Kay Pennington, Margi Jammer,
Louisa Freeman, Suzanne Taylor,
Dean Heidbreder, Dr. Byers, and
Dr. Gramley.
Freshmen Plan
Full Day For
Parents Mar. 4
The Freshman Class is planning
its annual Parents’ Day on March
4. The day will begin with regis
tration of the parents, then the
dorms will have an Open House.
Later in the afternoon there will
be a tea and tours of the campus.
After the banquet that evening,
there will be entertainment by
members of the freshman class and
a skit on the effect of college on
the incoming freshman. The theme
of the skit will be “What’s Be
come of Sally ?”
The chairmen of the committees
are: Jo Dunbar, Registration;
Aurelia Robinson and Mary East-
land, Open House; Mary Jane Har
rell, and Ann Simmons, Tea; Paula
McPhearson and Boo Best, Ban
quet; Frances Bailey, Entertain
ment; and Mary Stewart Rosen
blatt, Tours.
Salemites To Present Passion Week
Drama, ‘Christ In The Concrete City’
Dean Ask For
Name Change
The Dean of Students Office an
nounced this week that the name
of the front room of the Day Stu
dent Center will be renamed.
The front room is used mainly
for campus meetings, rather than
for Day Students. It was also
pointed out that the similarity of
the names of the Day Student
Center and the Student Center are
often confusing in scheduling
events. For these reasons, it was
felt that a more appropriate name
which would identify the use of
the front room, should be chosen.
Any students with suggestions
for a new name for the front meet
ing room of the Day Student Cen
ter are requested to turn them in
' to the Dean of Students Office.
In the city square of the heart. ,
The heart of the city.
Stands the arrogant, soot and sin
stained.
Uncompromising bronze bulk of
the Black Prince,
Self-effigy, which dominates the
heart.
Beside it, white clad, watches
The Christ
And the hurrying, the rain hud
dled, job harrassed
Unknowing passers-by in the lamp
light
Make choice of the one or the
other.
Before the last bus of them all
takes, them home.
Shortly before Easter 'Vacation,
Salem will have a new dramatic
experience with the presentation in
chapel of Christ In the Concrete
City by P. W. Turner.
This one-act drama of the Pas
sion of Christ is handled from
three viewpoints, according to the
author’s preface. The first view
point is the historical one at which
the various characters present at
the time of the Crucifixion are por
trayed. Each actor assumes the
historical part only for the length
of time necessary for that part and
then assumes a new role. The
transfer of roles is achieved by the
actors’ changing capes with dif-'
ferent colored linings for each
part.
In the second viewpoint, the
author explains the universal in
fluence of the synonymous Death
and Birth of the Christian religion
with the Crucifixion of Christ.
When the author switches to this
interpretation, the cast assumes the
form of a chorus commenting as a
number of voices. They are speak
ing to all mankind on the signifi
cance of this Death.
In the third viewpoint, that of
the personal significance of the
scene, to people in the “Concrete
City” of modern times. In black
dress, the actors at first observe
and then become part of the
powerful drama being enacted at
Jerusalem. Mr. Turner explains
in this viewpoint the modern equi
valent of the ideas brought out on
the" first two levels.
In the simple setting with the
use of black costumes and lighting
effects the actors produce the
triple effect. The cast for Christ
In the Concrete City is: Peggy
Brown, Louisa Freeman, and Sue
Sample as the women; and Calvin
Hampton, Johnny Smith, and
Woody Woodfin as the men.
According to Miss Barbara Bat
tle, she plans to take this play on
a small tour. These performances
include one at the Academy and at
various churches in the area, in
addition to the performance in as
sembly here. There will be no ad
mission charged to any of these
performances.
Miss Battle explained her pur
pose in presenting this particular
play, “I firmly believe in the effect
of religious drama. We had great
success in the presentation of The
Holy Family last Christmas. I am
also excited about taking the play
on tour even though it is only a
small tour. I think we do some
good work here and we have some
excellent talent at Salem.
“I think Christ In the Concrete
City will be very effective here.
The drama brings the Easter story
down to present interest from a
general idea of the events of the
Crucifixion to a detailed observance
of the day.”