Volume XLI
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, April 21, 1961
Number 20
Dansalems Present "An Evening Of The Dance/’ April 17
Com
mittee Completes
Plans For May Day
May Day chairman Harriet Tom
linson and her committee are busy
completing plans for May 6th.
Linda Leaird and Ann Cunning
ham, who are in charge of the May
Court, have overseen the selecting
and fitting of the gowns for the
Queen and her Court, although
they refuse to disclose any of the
details.
Likewise, the theme of the pro
gram, which will be presented in_
the May Dell to entertain the
Court, is being kept a secret. The
only plan which has thus far been
revealed is that the program will
consist of seven dances, choreo
graphy by Nancy Umberger. In
cluded in the cast of forty are
“Mushrooms” — Martha Jo Phifer,
Jo Anne Wade, Ann Simmons, and
Margaret Carpenter; “Bugs” —
Lucy Lane, Katherine Parrish,
Frances Bailey, Dotty Pooser, and
Jackie Barker; “Fish” — Marsha
Ray, Carole Meadows, Janice Mit
chell, Kay Shugart, and Marjorie
Foyles; “Flutes” — Tate Graham,
Mimi Farquhar, Nancy Clay, and
Vicky Sims; and “Flowers”— Jo
Dunbar, Jane Kelly, Alta Lu
Townes, Tish Johnston, Carroll
Roberts, Nancy Kizer, Sara Kirk,
Elizabeth Sykes, Jeannie Boyer,
Frances Speas, Suzanne Taylor,
Kathy Chalk, Marty Richmond,
Candy Chew, Sally Gilespie, and
G. G. Monk.
Choral Group
Gives Program
The Salem College Choral En
semble recently participated in an
hour-and-a-half long p'rogram in
Danville,- Virginia. The concert
was on April 19, at 8 ;00 p.m., at
Averett College. Some of the
pieces on the program were “Ah!
Dearest Jesus,” Bach; “How Ex
cellent Thy Name,” Hanson; “To
morrow,” Strauss; “May Day
Carol,” Taylor; “Sam Was a Man,”
Persichetti; “Bought Locks,” Men-
nin; “It’s a Grand Night for Sing
ing,” Rodgers; “Tonight,” Bern
stein; “One Hand, One Heart,”
Bernstein; and several love songs
by Brahms. There also were sev
eral solos.
Previous to that concert the en
semble provided the entertainment
for the National Security Seminary
at a tea at Wake Forest. The tea
Was held for members of the Se
minar on April 11 in Reynolda
Hall The Choral Ensembele pre
sented “Sam Was a Man,” Persi
chetti; “One Hand, One Heart,”
Bernstein; “Tonight,” Bernstein;
“Love Is A Many Splendored
Thing,” Fain; “I Wish I Wuz,”
Kuller and Murray; and “Come
again! Sweet Love Doth Now In
vite,” Dowland.
Salemites Mold
Street Dance
Attention students; Are you
tired of only seeing undergrad
uates? If so, come to the street
dance Friday, April 21, at 8:30 p.m.,
to meet Wake Forest law students
and Bowman Gray medical stu
dents. There will be dancing in
the square to the music of the
Migraters. Come dressed casually.
No bermudas or dates allowed!
A formal dance held in the even
ing will climax the celebration of
May Day. The highlight of the
festivities will be the presentation
of the May Court at 10:00 p.m.
The vice-chairman of the event
is Clarissa Joyce; the treasurer is
Dorothy Frick. Publicity will be
handled by Linda Bashford, pro
grams and tickets by Sally Beverly.
Dr. Welch is the faculty advisor.
The sophomore class has an
nounced that a new addition to
May Day will be an informal
combo party featuring the Tams
from 8:00 to 12:00 Friday night.
Tickets will be on sale for $2.00
per couple and the proceeds will go
toward financing the refugee stu
dent program.
Chapel Series
Continues With
New Speakers
Next week in a continuation of
the assembly culture series, the
Chapel Committee will present Dr.
V. M. Cutter, Jr. and Dr. Robert
W. Greenfield.
On Tuesday, April 25, Dr. Cutter
will speak on “The Bio-Chemical
Basis of Creativity”. Dr. Cutter
was born in Guatemala in 1917. He
received his AB at Dartmouth in
1938 and his Ph. D. from Cornell
University in 1941. He was assist
ant professor of botany at Cornell
during 1940-41 and has taught at
the University of Minnesota and
Yale. Since 1952 he has been pro
fessor of biology and head of the
department at Woman’s College,
Greensboro.
Dr. Greenfield will speak on
“Some Implications of the Popula
tion Bomb” on Thursday, April 27.
Born in Duluth, Minnesota, Dr.
Greenfield received his BA magna
cum laude, With Highest Distinc
tion in Sociology, from Kent State
University, Ohio, in 1949. From
1949 to 1951 he taught sociology
and was research associate and in
structor. Bureau of Business Re
search, at Ohio State University.
After serving as head of the de
partment of sociology at Rollins
College, Winter Park, Florida, Dr.
Greenfield came to Women’s Col
lege in 1958 as assistant professor
of sociology. During the summer,
Dr. Greenfield serves as consultant
to the Missile Test Unit, Radio
Corporation of America, at Cape
Canaveral, Florida.
Sandra Moore
Gives Recital
Sandra Moore will give her
freshman piano recital on April 28,
at 7:30 p.m., in' Memorial Hall.
For her selections she has chosen
“Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue,”
Bach; “Waldstein Sonata,” Beet
hoven; and varieties from Men
delssohn.
Sandra is a piano major and a
student of Mr. Hans Heidemann.
Upon graduation from Salem, she
hopes to continue her study in this
field and eventually to teach piano.
She has taken piano for thirteen
years. This will be her first re
cital as a student at Salem; how
ever, last February she gave a re
cital at Salem as a student of Mr.
Heidemann.
Sara Wetherill and Alta Lu Townes in “Primitive.”
Classes Adopt Refugee
Students For 1962-63
On Tuesday, April 11, class meet
ings were held to vote on the coun
tries in which they would support
Spach, Brazilian
Missionary,
Speaks To WF
Jule Christian Spach, missionary
to Brazil, will be a guest of the
Westminster Fellowship on Wed
nesday, April 26. He will speak at
6:30 in the Committee Room of
Babcock.
During World War II, when he
was flying over the Mediterranean,
Mr. Spach’s plane crashed. He
swam for five hours before reach
ing shore, where he was captured.
The rest of the war he spent in a
German prison camp. Partly be
cause of this experience, he dedi
cated his life in 1951 to mission
work.
The Presbyterian U. S. Mission
Board sent Mr. Spach to Garan-
huns, Brazil, where he has been a
chemistry and math teacher as
well as athletic director for the
past nine years at the Colegio
Quinze de Novembro.
In 1957 he became director of the
school which includes all grades
from elementary through junior
college. Under his direction the
school has grown and taken a lead
in Brazillian education.
Mr. Spach is also in charge of
about 40 ministerial students who
are under the jurisdiction of the
school. On weekends he makes
evangelistic trips to the interior,
leading as many as 17 services each
Sunday.
A native of Winston-Salem, the
speaker studied at VMI for a year
and graduated in chemical en
gineering from Georgia Tech. He
worked in Winston-Salem before
going into missionary work; he is
living here now until he returns to
Brazil in December, 1961.
refugee students. The choice in
cluded Algeria, Greece, Hong
Kong, India, Korea, and Pakistan.
The freshmen, sophomores, and
juniors voted for the country in
which they as a class would sup
port students. This year’s seniors
V o t e for the country in which
next year’s freshmen class will sup
port students. It is hoped that
each class will be able to support
three students.
The results were as follows:
Rising seniors: Hong Kong
Rising juniors: Korea
Rising sophomores: Greece
Incoming freshmen: India
Each class has developed projects
to raise the money necessary to
aid these students. The freshmen
are planning a rummage sale for
the help at Salem, a shoe shine,
and the sale of lemonade and snow
cones around the swimming pool.
The sophomores are planning a
car wash, and a combo party on
the tennis courts the Friday of
May Day weekend. Admission will
be $2 per couple.
The juniors are planning indi
vidual projects. Each junior plans
to earn five dollars setting hair,
shining shoes, ironing, and doing
other small jobs.
The seniors will present a bridal
fashion show on Monday, April 24,
6:30-7:30. Admission will be $.25.
WRA Holds
Annual Banquet
WRA will hold its annual ban
quet on Monday night at 6:30 in
the Club Dining Room. Mrs. Hut
chinson, a representative from the
Dansalems will present its annual
recital, “An Evening of the Dance”,
on Thursday, April 27. The per
formance will begin at 8 :30 p.m. in
Old Chapel.
Nineteen members of the club
will dance in the program, which
is divided into four suites: Theater
Suite, Negro Spirituals, Emotions
Suite, and Ozark Suite.
The recital will open with the
Theater Suite, composed of four
dances. Drum beats will accent
“Primitive” which includes seven
dancers and features Trisha Wea
thers as the witch doctor. The
mood will change as the clicks of
heels and castenets are heard in
the Spanish dance featuring Nancy
Umberger with five other dancers.
A ballet is next, danced by Kaye
Pennington, Babs Schafer, Nancy
Umberger, and Trisha Weathers.
The fourth number in the suite is
modern jazz featuring Brenda
Willis and Kaye Pennington with
four other dancers.
The Negro Spirituals will include
“Jesus Walked This Lonesome
Valley”, “Go Down Moses”, and
“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”. Har
riet Tomlinson will sing for two
of these.
The Emotions Suite will include
four numbers with the costumes
accenting the color associated with
each emotion. “Love” will be
danced by Kaye Pennington in
green, “Melancholy” by Alta Lu
Townes in grey, “Hate” by Anita
Hatcher and Trisha Weathers in
red, and “Joy” by Babs Schafer in
yellow.
The program will close in a light
mood with the Ozark Suite, com
posed of “Lazy Afternoon” and
“Saturday Night”. These two
dances will depict contrasting as
pects of mountaineer life; the for
mer very listless and lazy, and the
latter energetic and full of fun.
The recital offers a wide variety
of moods and dance movements.
The numbers have been choreo
graphed by members of Dansalems
under the supervision of Miss Cox,
the club advisor. The emphasis
this year is more on elaborate and
colorful costumes than on props.
Tickets may be obtained from
any member of Dansalems or
WRA. The price is $.50 for stu
dents and $1.00 for faculty and
adults.
Denominational
Group Elect
New Officers
Next year’s Baptist Student
Union officers are Gail Ogburn,
president; Pat Robinson, vice-pre
sident; Jerrine Fuller, secretary-
treasurer; and Sarah Kirk, publi
city and missions chairman.
New officers of the Canterbury
Club are Margaret Duvall, presi
dent; Alice Reid, vice-president;
and Mary Eastland, secretary-
treasurer.
The Rev. E. Dudly Colhoun, rec
tor of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church,
will speak to the Canterbury Club
on Wednesday, April 26, at 6:30
p.m. in the Day Student Center.
Greensboro School system, will be The Episcopal faculty, the Wake
the speaker. Entertainment by the
Dela-Chordettes will also be pro
vided. All faculty members and
students who have participated in
WRA activities are invited. Sign
up to attend the banquet .on the
sheets in your dormitory. Every
one come!
Forest Canterbury, Mrs. Calhoun,
and the Rev. and Mrs. Hunt Wil
liams have been invited.
Next year’s Wesley Foundation
officers are Mary Ann Stallings,
president; Jo Dunbar, vice-presi
dent; and Marguerite Harris and
Sue Smith, program chairmen.