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Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, March 17, 1961
Number 1 8
Poet And Author Allen Tate Comes
As Rondthaler Lecturer March 20
Bonnie Bean Wins Vote
As Best Dressed Girl
Salem can certainly take pride in
her representative in the “Ten Best
Dressed College Girls in America”
contest. Bonnie Bean was elected
to this honor Monday and ap
parently was greatly flattered. Her
reaction was a warm, happy, “I
was surprised; I really was sur
prised.”
This election, though, is far from
a surprise to Salemites, for Bonnie
very obviously fills all the contest
qualifications. A sophomore, her
appearance has been outstanding
on campus' for two years. Bonnie
plans to spend her other two years
here, possibly majoring in French,
“much,” she says, “to Dr. Lewis’
consternation.”
Bonnie’s personal fashion tastes
focus chiefly on casual dress. She
has no particularly favorite color,
but her preferences lean towards
blues and lavenders, and rust and
camel — colors most becoming to
her fair coloring.
Winter clothes, tweeds and wools,
are a little more popular -with Bon-
Classes Plan
Meeting Tues.
Class meetings will be held on
Tuesday, March 21, during the re
gular assembly period. Janet Yar
borough, senior class president,
stated that the class will decide on
a gift to be left to the school.
Plans for a progressive jazz con
cert will be the main item in the
junior class meeting according to
Sallie Paxton, president. Attempts
are being made by the juniors to
engage Ahmad Jamal for a concert,
April 28, at Reynolds Auditorium.
The sophomore class, according
to president Lucy Lane, will dis
cuss projects to raise money for
the refugee student fund. A car
wash is one of the projects under
consideration, and a combo party
to be held Friday night of the May
Day weekend will also be discussed.
Marty Richmond, freshman pre
sident, commented, “The freshman
class is very much in favor of sup
porting a refugee student, and we
are going to discuss specific pro
jects to raise money.” The class
will also elect a Y-representative.
nie, whose home is in New Hamp
shire. -She, however, makes this
concession to the coming spring
“when the seasons arrive I think I
am more than ready for the
change.”
When asked for an opinion on
the dress of the fashion-conscious
Salem girls, she was a little hesi
tant to answer, but included her
self in her reply, which seems to
be the general consensus, that per
haps we are all lacking in origin
ality. She did offer a solid excuse
for us, though, in remarking that
during the week we slip on the
easiest thing, which usually hap
pens to be pleated skirts. She also
said that she doesn't think we are
any worse than the majority of
girls’ schools, and that though we
are rather alike during the week,
individuality reigns on weekends.
Bonnie will soon be photo
graphed for the contest. Three
pictures will be taken: one in cam
pus clothes, one in Sunday dress,
and one in cocktail or dinner at
tire. These photographs will be
sent to Glamour along with pic
tures from girls’ schools over the
nation. Finalists selected from
these will be sent to New York.
Professor Allen Tate, dis
tinguished poet and author, will be
sponsored by the Rondthaler Lec
ture Series as speaker at Salem on
Monday, March 20, at 9:25 a.m., in
the Day Student Center. He will
speak on “The Fugitive Group”, a
group of Southern writers to which
he belongs. These writers hold to
the Jeffersonian-Agrarian philo
sophy. At 4:00 p.m.. Professor
Tate will speak again in the Day
Student Center, his subject being
“The Crisis in Contemporary
Poetry”. All students are invited
to attend these lectures.
On Sunday night. Miss Jess' Byrd
will entertain several members of
the student body and faculty in
honor of the visiting lecturer.
Born in Winchester, Kentucky,
in 1899, Professor Tate was edu
cated at home until he was nine
years old and then at private
schools in Louisville and Washing
ton. In 1922 he received his B.A.
from Vanderbilt University, magna
cum laude. He earned his Litt. D.
(honoris causa) from the Univer
sity of Louisville in 1948. He at
tended Coe College in 1955, Col
gate University in 1956, received
his M.A. from the University of
Evelyn Brown
Gives Recital
On Friday, March 24, at 7:30
p.m., in Memorial Hall, Evelyn
Brown will give her sophomore re
cital. A pupil of Walter Wollman,
Evelyn is a piano major with a
Bachelor of Music degree. Her
parents are Mrs. C. K. Brown and
the late Dr. Brown of Davidson,
North Carolina.
Her program will include the fol
lowing numbers: French Suite No.
V in G Major by Bach, incuding
an Allemande, Courante, Sara-
bande, Gavotte, Bourree, Loure,
and a Gigne; Sonata in A Minor,
Op. 164 by Schubert; Nocturne in
F Major, Op. 15 No. 1 by Chopin;
and Rhapsody in C Major, Op. 11
No. 3 by Dohnanyi.
After graduation, Evelyn plans
graduate work in her major field.
Everyone is cordially invited to at
tend this recital and the reception
which will follow in the Day Stu
dent Center.
Oxford in 1958, and attended the
University of Kentucky in 1960.
As a free-lance writer in New
York from 1924 to 1928, Professor
Tate was awarded the Guggenheim
Fellowship for poetry to study in
France and England from 1928 to
1930. Among the other awards he
has received for his work are the
National Institute of Arts and Let
ters grant of $1000 for distin
guished service in American Let
ters in 1948, the Bollinger Prize
for Poetry in 1956, and the Brau-
deis University Medal Award for
Poetry in 1961. Professor Tate was
one of the six American literary
delegates to the International Ex
position of the Arts in Paris in
May, 1952; and he also was a
literary delegate to the UNESCO
Conference on the 'Arts held in
Venice in 1952.
As a Fulbright lecturer. Profes
sor Tate spent the summer of 1953
of 1953-1954 at the University of
at Oxford, and the academic year
Rome.
Professor Tate has served as
occasional lecturer at Columbia,
Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell,
Vassar, Smith, Johns Hopkins, the
Sorbonne, the University of Delhi,
and others. He has served in vari
ous teaching capacities in many
schools. He was Professor of Eng
lish at WC from 1938 to 1939.
Professor Tate has been a con
tributor of verse and essays to such
magazines as The Yale Review,
The Virginia Quarterly Review,
The World Review of London, and
Le Figaro Literaire of Paris. He
is also the author of many books
of prose, poetry, and essays.
IRS Features Latest
Fashions, April 10 - 14
Do you want to be “in the know”
about the latest summer and
cruise-line fashions ? Do you want
to see and admire the newest
spring and summer chapeaux? And
how about the exciting hairstyles
for this season? You can see for
yourself the outstanding new styles
for college girls right here on the
Salem campus during IRS Week
April 10-14th.
To begin the week, IRS is hav
ing a “mixer” at dinner Monday
night. You will either sit with
girls who have drawn numbers
which correspond with yours, or
you’ll sit at the table which repre
sents your favorite college.
The Chapel program Tuesday,
April 11, will be sponsored by IRS
Council and will feature a fashion
showing of the latest spring and
summer clothes from Montaldo’s.
This preview will be followed at
6:30 in the Day Student Center by
an informal talk given by a leading
hair stylist from the National Aca
demy of Hair Stylists.
After class, Wednesday, all
Salemites are cordially invited to
attend an informal student and
faculty coffee from 3:00 till 4:30
in the Strong Friendship Rooms.
You don’t need to dress up. So
plan to drop in after class some
time Wednesday afternoon.
To continue the presentation of
new fashion trends, the Council
will present Johnny Smith and his
latest display of spring and sum
mer hats on Thursday afternoon
at 6:30 in the Day Student Center.
In closing IRS Week, the Coun
cil will sponsor a spring concert by
the VPI Band. This will be held
on Salem Square on Friday, April
14, if the weather permits.
Be sure to remember IRS Week,
Aprir 10-14 and you’ll discover the
clue to the latest fashions.
Classes Undertake Refugee Program For 1961
A month ago, no one at Salem
had even discussed bringing a
refugee student to our campus.
Today, it has not only been dis
cussed, but the plan is on its way!
Both “within and beyond the
square,” the plan is meeting with
success, in its progress.
Here “within the square,” pro
grams are developing rapidly, con
verting the refugee student plan
from an idea to a fact. Each of
the four classes have discussed the
plan and have projects either under
way or under consideration.
Martha Wolfe’s publicity commit
tee will be posting announcements
of these projects as they come up,
so watch for them! Among them
will be a' bridal fashion show
(sponsored by the senior class); a
concert by Ahmad Jamal (junior
class); a car wash and a Friday
night dance for May Day weekend
(sophomore class). The freshman
class has already given $56.00, and
is planning some additional project.
Perhaps some of these will bring
a few visitors from “beyond the
square”—say like Wake Forest,
Carolina, Davidson, or State?
From “beyond the square,” an
other visitor has come to Salem to
help with the plan. Miss Val Tip-
pette, who visited our campus last
year, came back to Salem on
Thursday, March 16. In informal
meetings at 5:30 and at 6:30 p.m..
Miss Tippette, a World University
Service representative, answered
questions and offered suggestions
for working on the program.
The WUS has not only sent its
representatives to Salem, but is
giving its full cooperation to the
plan. Realizing the necessity for
our obtaining transportation funds,
WUS is attempting to locate such
aid. However, if money can not
be obtained to furnish transporta
tion from the Orient, Mr. Marion,
Regional Executive, has offered
two alternatives: a Hungarian stu
dent, or a student from Cuba. Mr.
Marion, in expressing their in
terest, said: “This project is in
deed a most worthy one. Let me
assure you that WUS will do
everything possible to make it a
reality.”
Unexpectedly, interest has ap
peared from another direction: the
alumnae. During a recent alum
nae meeting in Fayetteville, N. C,
Dr. Gramley and Mrs. Heidbreder
mentioned the campus interest in
bringing a refugee to study at
Salem. At the dose of the meet
ing a graduate of 1891, 83-year old
Mrs. Eloise McGill, expressed her
interest in our plans and sent with
Mrs. Heidbreder a small gift to
the Fund! “Things have changed
at Salem since I was there!” ex
claimed Mrs. McGill.
The project now has its own
bank account with Mr. Hill. The
account is still slim, but it is grow
ing! Any money obtained for the
project may be. given to Dean
Major or taken directly to the
Treasurer’s Office The end of the
year is at hand, so let’s go, Salem
ites ! W]p have $1559 left to raise!