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Volume XLIII
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, October 5, 1962
Number 2
NSA Program
Places Third
In Contest
Third place in the annual Rich
ard Welling Student Government
Achievement competition was re
cently awarded to the Salem Col
lege Student Government Associa
tion. An essay, including support
ing materials such as pictures, etc.
about the refugee project, was pre
pared last May by several Legis
lative Board members. Judges from
the National Student Association
made their selection on the basis
of imagination, campus conditions,
concrete results of programs, and
the extent to which programs con
stitute the discharge of student
government responsibilities.
The refugee project was entered
in the category of Total Com
munity, which, includes projects
dealing with the off-campus acti
vities of students. The essay con
tained such details as how the
program was originated and what
effect it has upon the campus com
munity. Letters from refugee stu
dents in Korea, Greece, India, and
Japan which had been written to
various members of the classes
were also included in the report.
Awards were officially announced
and presented at the National Stu
dent Congress held in August.
Salem’s entry, along with the other
winning entries, were on display
during the Congress. It has now
been deposited with Student Gov
ernment Information Service for
permanent reference use.
The competition, which was
started six years ago, is designed
to give suitable recognition to out
standing student government acti
vities of USNSA member schools.
Not only did this project win recog
nition for the Salem student body,
but several other colleges such as
LeGrange in LeGrange, Georgia,
are going to initiate the refugee
program at their schools this year.
At the last minute, the necessary
$1200 was accumulated last year to
support our refugees for this year.
Each class is responsible for raising
$300 to sponsor three needy stu
dents in one country. If the Salem
student body is going to continue
the program this year, every class
will have to get started on their
projects now'!
George London
Virgilia Peterson Will Appear As
First Lecturer Of The Season
During class meetings on October
11, Dean Hixson will meet with the
seniors to discuss possibilities for
graduate study awards and jobs
after graduation. The vocational
office will concentrate on the sen
iors next w'eek in connection with
this meeting.
Civic Music Will
Present London
On Tuesday night, October 9, at
8:30 p.m. in Reynolds Memorial
Auditorium, George London will
appear in the first performance in
a 'Series of five* Winston-Salem
Civic Music Association concerts.
London, bass-baritone of the
Metropolitan Opera and Vienna
State Opera, w'as born in Montreal,
Canada of opera-devoted parents.
He began his studies with the opera
department of Los Angeles City
College. In 1949 he studied with
Mine. Novikova in Europe. In 1951
he made his Bayreuth debut and
Metropolitan Opera debut. On the
opening of the season he bowed as
Amonasro in Aida, the following
year as Pizarro in Beethoven’s
Fldelio at La Scala. Besides these
debuts, London has appeared in
title roles in Vienna, Salzburg,
Moscow, Buenos Aires, Vancouver,
British Columbia and in Israel in
various major music festivals and
opera houses. London represented
the U. S. at the Brussels World’s
Fair with a recital. In 1960, he w'on
prestige for the United States in
Moscow with his performance in
Russia of the role of Czar Boris
in the Bolshoi Opera’s Boris Bo-
dounar. Here he gained the first
recognition of this nature ever
given in the Soviet Union.
A dashing man of 6 feet 2, he
has “an astonishing repertoire of
witty stories in five languages.” He
is married and has two children,
a son and a daughter.
As for his career—opera and con
certs—his first loves, he says, “Let
it take me wherever it will,”
Tickets are still available for the
1962-63 Civic Music concerts. In
terested persons should contact
Mrs. W. S. Ramsey.
Virgilia Peterson, noted literary
critic and author, will appear at
Salem October 10 as the first lec
turer in the series of three. In
her discussion of “Books In Pro
file”, Miss Peterson will concentrate
on eight books. Among these will
be Katherine Ann Porter’s Ship Of
Fools, William Faulkner’s The Rei
vers, Pale Fire, by Vladimir Nabo
kov, and The Substance Of Man by
Jean Rostand.
An author herself. Miss Peter
son’s works have evoked comments
from critics such as Ashlej' Mon
tagu, who Said, “A beautiful book,
(A Matter Of Life and Death) . . .
She writes with such brilliant
honesty, such vehement self-revela
tion, and withal so wittily and with
so much wisdom, that on these
grounds alone her book would take
a high rank among autobiographies
of this century.”
Born in New York, Miss Peter
son is the daughter of Dr. Fred
erick Peterson, former head of the
American Neurological Association.
She was educated at Westover
School in Connecticut, at Vassar
College, and at the University of
Grenoble of southern France. In
France, she met Prince Paul Se-
pieha, scion of one of Poland’s most
aristocratic families. After an in
terlude of seven years, in which she
Virgilia Peterson
returned to New York to write for
the New Yorker, Harper’s, and
others, she married the prince and
established residence in Europe. ,
There she gathered material for
her book Polish Profile. Her con
tacts with social and political not
ables throughout Europe, her ef
forts to adjust herself to the com
plex social life on a country estate,
land her flight from Poland in the
Film Friends Announce
Films Of l962-’63 Season
Film Friends of Winston-Salem
have announced the films to be
shown in 1962-1963.
“Wild Strawberries,” Ingmar
Bergman’s greatest film, will be
presented October 10-11. The stories
of a cold, octogenarian doctor re
viewing the wasted landscape of his
life and his negative son are told
through a poetic blend of actual
facts and symbolic dreams. “Wild
Strawberries” was written by -Ten
nessee Williams and has received
many prizes. On the same pro
gram, a short film, “A Divided
World,” by Anne Sucksdorff, will
be seen. This film is a brilliant
observation of the animal world.
“Pifife,” one of the finest criminal
films ever made, and “Dream of the
Wild Horses” will be shown on
October 31 and November 1.
On December 5-6, “Ikiru,” a sen
sitive and satric story of a dying
man’s search for the meaning of
life, will be presented.
‘The Red Shoes,” the first fea
ture length ballet film, will be pre
sented on January 16-17. It is
based on a tale of Hans Christian
Andersen.
An Italian film, “Gold of Naples,”
starring Sophia Loren, and “Pala-
dine” will be presented February
20-21.
On March 13-14, Greta Garbo will
play the lead in “Anna Christie,”
the film version of the play by
Eugene O’Neill. Also on the pro
gram will be “ ‘A’ for Architecture.”
“Senechal, the Magnificent,” star
ring Fernandel in the role of an
actor who discovers that he can
achieve greater personal success by
playing his stage characters in real
life, will be the last film of the
season. It will be presented April
17-18, along with “The Mischief,
Makers.”
autumn of 1939 before the Nazi in
vaders are discussed in this book.
After her divorce from Prince
Sapieha, Miss Peterson accepted a
position as publicity director of one
of the leading publishing houses in
New York. At the same time she
resumed her writing of literary
criticism. Her book reviews appear
with regularity in the New York
Times Book Review and the New
York Herald Tribune’s Books. She
also served as assistant director of
special events for Radio Free Eu
rope and 'wrote a series of profiles
for “The Women of National Achi
evement” awards.
In vl9S9, Miss Peterson and her
husband, Gouverneur Paulding, as
sociate editor of The Reporter, col
laborated on a translation of Image
of America, by the French priest,
R. L. Bruckberger, which became a
nationwide best-seller.
Dixie Classic
Displays Trend
The Dixie Classic Fair, which will
be held in Winston-Salem October
8-13, invited Salem, along with
other local colleges, to participate
this year.
Salem’s booth at the fair will
feature the school colors, gold and
white. A white valence with Salem’s
crest and the w'ords “Salem Col
lege” in gold letters will be above
the booth. Gold curtains w'ill hang
across the back w'all.
A language lab unit will be set
up in working order inside the
booth. Pamphlets containing a map
of Salem campus and information
about the school w'ill be distributed
from a desk at the booth. To the
right behind the desk will be a
model of the proposed art center.
A poster depicting branches of
study at Salem and the two large
photographs of campus life will
Kang across the back of the booth.
Tw'o people are required to re
main in attendance at all times in
the booth, one to manage the lan
guage lab unit, and one to sit at
the information desk. From 11 a.m.
until 4 p.m. each day of the fair
Salem alumnae from the Winston-
Salem area will manage the booth.
Salem students will be in charge
of the booth from 4 p.m. until 9
p.m. 'Mr. Jack White is in charge
of the booth, and anyone interested
in helping with the booth should
get in touch with him.
Senior Follies Musical Comes Thursday
Seniors Dougie
Senior Follies.
Heinrich, Candy Chew, Suzanne Harrell, Gmny Kaye Fortson confer on the final plans for
I Musical comedy • . . Salem life,
from outside and from the. Salem-
■ite’s view . . . hard work . . . long
rehearsals ... a finished produc
tion.
Each of these is a characteristic
of Senior Follies. Every senior has
a part in the program which will
be given October 11, at 8:00 p.m.
in Old Chapel.' The basic script
was written by Sheena Warfen,
but a degree of variety has been
achieved by having the cast of each
scene adapt their own songs from
popular Broadway musicals.
A high school senior visiting
Salem for the first time provides
the theme for the musical comedy.
The impressions she and her par
ents receive of Salem are con
trasted with the realities of campus
life. "Various encounters with stu
dents, faculty and campus leaders
illustrate a typical cross-section , of
Salem life.
Sheena Warren, chairman of the
Follies, has stressed that the per
formance will be completely dif
ferent from the past ones. It is an
attempt at a sophisticated take-off
of Salem; there will be no vulgarity
and no slapstick humor. The pro
gram holds surprises for everyone,
including the seniors, who will not
see the complete' performance until
the evening of dress rehearsal.
Members of the Senior Class will
be selling tickets for $.35.
The Winston-Salem' Gallery of
Fine Arts has loaned Salem College
a selection of paintings and draw
ings of North Carolina by regional
artists. The exhibit will be hung,
in the basement and hall of Main
Hall .by Monday, October 8, and
will remain on view for several
weeks. The public is cordially in-
'vited to visit the exhibit at any
time.