Volume XLIII
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, December 7, 1962
Number 9
Queen Tallman, IVIaid Of Honor Chew Reign
Martha Tallman and Candy
Chew have been elected May
Queen and Maid of Honor respec
tively, Queen Martha is from Au
gusta, Georgia, and is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Tall
man. Maid of Honor Candy is
the daughter of Rear Admiral and
Mrs. John L. Chew, from Alex
andria, Virginia.
This is Martha’s fourth year at
Salem and, as May Queen, her
third appearance on the May
Court. A Pika from Carolina, her
escort for the past two years, will
be her escort again this year.
A sociology major with an art
minor, Martha plans to attend sum
mer school following graduation in
order to obtain a teaching certi
ficate. She loves art and spends
much of her time wandering
through the art museums of the
towns she visits. She is especially
interested in modern art and would
like to work with a museum as a
tour director or in some other
capacity.
Martha has put her art to a
practical use in designing her own
evening gowns, which her mother,
an accomplished seamstress, then
makes into finished dresses. Mar
tha, too, enjoys sewing and has
made many of her own clothes.
Maid of Honor Candy has lived
in various places both in the United
States and Europe, because her
father is in the Navy. She said
that she had particularly enjoyed
living in London and Naples. One
frantic time for Candy was the
space journey of astronaut John
Glenn. Her father was commander
of the naval fleet assigned to the
recovery and Candy spent hours in
front of the TV.
Candy transferred to Salem from
Pine Manor Junior College in
Wellsley, Massachussetts for her
sophomore year. Although this
will be her first appearance on the
May Court, her role of Maid of
Honor will not be completely new
to her. She was May Queen at
St. Margaret’s Preparatory School
in Tappahannock, Virginia.
Candy is majoring in history and
minoring in psychology. She is in
terested in working as a buyer for
a department store, but is also con
sidering working for the govern
ment.
Family life (she’s the oldest of
five children)—horseback riding—
swimming—and art—all are import
ant in Candy’s life. She was a
lifeguard and swimming instructor
last summer. This summer she
hopes to go to Europe with a
“friend or informed person and to
try to fit in with the people in
order to better understand their
way of life.”
For the present, however. Candy
is excited about visiting the art
museums in Washington where her
father has been recently stationed.
Leg. Board Sponsors FITS Poll
Maid of Honor Candy Chew and May Queen Martha Tallman smile
in spite of a rainy election day.
The purpose and success of
FITS, presently under discussion
by Legislative Board, was further
studied in a recent poll sponsored
by student government. The sur
vey included 323 students, repre
senting all four classes and includ
ing some day students. There were
11 questions to be answered by
upperclassmen and nine to be an
swered by members of the fresh
men class.
Salem Girls Will Entertain Orphanage
By Having Christmas Party December 12
By Anne Gore
■: December '12 at 4:30 p.m. several
• ■buses filled with students will leave
Salem College for a Christmas
f party at Memorial Industrial
School. Seventy-two Negro orphan
ttboys and girls ranging in age from
'.'^S to 18 years live at the home
Sand attend the neighboring public
^school. The only Christmas gifts
'4^that these children receive are sup-
■J'Plied anonymously by Salem girls.
’’’Salem students also provide enter-
tainment in the forms of a skit,
V. songs, a visit by Santa Claus, and
refreshments. An exchange of
entertainment was begun several
years ago when the boys and girls
decided that they would like to
perform also.
In past years the party at Me
morial Industrial School has been
the highlight of the school year.
Two years ago a group of girls
were thrilled when a little six-year-
old boy named Johnny perched on
the knee of one of them and bash
fully revealed that he hoped to get
a cowboy pistol for Christmas. It
seemed that these same girls had
just bought a cowboy pistol for a
little boy named Johnny. To them,
this special project of the YWCA
suddenly seemed more than worth
while.
Lists giving the names, ages, and
Christmas preferences of all the
boys and girls are now posted in
the dorms. There can be three or
four girls to a child, and all Salem
girls are urged to sign up. Seventy-
two children depend on Salem stu
dents—the student body must live
up to the responsibility.
Of the group questioned, 55 per
cent of the seniors knew that FITS
stands for Freshman Introduction
to Salem. Sixty-one percent of the
juniors, 46 percent of the sopho
more, 55 percent of the freshmen,
and 35 percent of the day students
polled also knew the correct an
swer.
When asked if FITS fulfills its
intended purpose, “to unite not
only the freshmen class, but also
the upper classes, and to acquaint
the freshmen with Salem College’s
student body and faculty,” 14 per
cent were of the opinion that FITS
completely satisfies its goal. Two
per cent felt it completely failed,
44 per cent are partially satisfied
and 40 per cent think FITS is as
successful as can be expected.
Seventy per cent of the students
expressed a belief that FITS or a
similar program is necessary to the
campus; 22 per cent thought that
it is not necessary. Thirty per
cent felt that FITS has improved
in the four years of its existence,
38 per cent thought it to be worse,
and 20 per cent saw no change.
For most students, the most out
standing FITS activities are the
field day, the spirit generated in
the classes, and the opportunity to
know more students in all classes.
When asked if they had enjoyed
FITS more as a freshman or as a
sophomore, 39 per cent favored the
freshman year, 31 per cent favored
the sophomore year and 15 per cent
enjoyed both years equally.
FITS has been shortened each
year, and the question of duration
yielded varied results. The an
swers ranged from one hour to all
year. However, 42 per cent of
those asked liked the idea of one
week, 39 per cent were in favor of
a longer period and 13 per cent
thought that FITS should last for
less than a week.
Ninety per cent of the students
saw value in the wearing of both
beanies and name tags. Nine per
cent desired only name tags and
one per cent wanted only beanies.
Ninety per cent of the students
also answered that they had never
been personally offended during
FITS, while nine per cent said that
they had.
The percentages in this survey
do not all add up to 100 per cent,
because some of the students ques
tioned have not undergone FITS
for one reason or another. Most
students limit the idea of FITS to
only the freshman and sophomore
classes, but as a result of the sur
vey and the interest generated by
it, many worthwhile suggestions
are under consideration by Legis
lative Board.
K-f.l
■1
Rathbone Will Appear As Third Lecturer
if
Basil Rathbone will bring his
unique one-man presentation, “An
'^jEvening With Basil Rathbone” to
Salem Tuesday, December 11. He
‘Swill give a dramatic presentation
t$;of the works of the English-speak
ing world’s great poets, novelists,
and playwrights such as Sir Arthur
jConan Doyle, Dylan Thomas, Shel-
■ ley, Edgar Allen Poe, Housman,
'Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, Wil
iam Shakespeare and others.
An Evening With Basil Rath-
one” includes an introduction of
• personal and professional -reminis
cences; a section on “The Neglec-
ted Men of Letters”; “221 B Baker
Street” by Vincent Starrett, “An-
. nabelle Lee” by Edgar Allen Poe,
“Loveliest of Trees” by A. E.
j^Housman, “Hands” by Dylan Tho-
.^mas, and “Evelyn Hope” by Robert
Browning; a section on “An Ad-
enture In Loving”: “Love’s Philo
sophy’’ by Shelley, “18th Sonnet”
by Shakespeare, “A Lady Thinks
, VjShe Is Thirty” by Ogden Nash,
".“Sonnet” by Elizabeth Barrett, and
j “116th Sonnet” by Shakespeare.
After intermission Mr. Rathbone
will read selections from Hamlet,
Othello, Macbeth, and Romeo and
Juliet by Shakespeare. For his last
selection he will read “Prospero’s
Soliloquy” from Shakespeare’s The
Tempest.
Mr. Rathbone has been one of
Broadway’s and Hollywood’s busi
est performers since he first came
to the United States in 1921. Gil
bert Miller brought him over to
play opposite Doris Keane in “The
Czarina”. Success followed success
in “The Swan”, “The Heiress”, and
“J. B.” Most successful of his
motion pictures were the Sherlock
Holmes pictures (16 in all), “Cap
tain Blood”, “Tovarich”, “Anna
Karenina”, “Mark of Zorro”, and
“The Court Jester”. He has made
approximately 100 pictures.
Our lecturer has starred on many
top television spectaculars. He is
a favorite guest of such comedians
as Jack Benny because of his
ability to “let down his hair.” He
appears with major symphony or
chestras as narrator, and his re
Basil Rathbone
cordings have been most successful,
particularly his “Peter and the
Wolf”.
Mr. Rathbone was born in Jo
hannesburg, South Africa, where
his father was a mining engineer.
prospecting for gold in the early
days of the South African gold
rush. Returning to England, the
Rathbones had their son educated
at the best schools. Basil was not
known for his scholastic achieve
ments, but in cricket, football and
track he was outstanding. He has
always maintained that a major
asset towards his distinguished
career has been his love of sport
and his “being in training” all his
life. He remains, possibly, the
finest swordsman on stage or
screen and is a rabid golfer.
Since he was eight, Mr. Rath
bone has had no thoughts of a
future other than the theatre. With
no experience whatever, he bluffed
his way through an interview for
the casting of a famous Shake
spearean company, reciting frag
ments that he had memorized for
the “Merchant of Venice”. Mr.
Rathbone’s progress was rapid.
During his apprenticeship he
played 52 roles in 23 of Shake
speare’s plays.
Of Mr. Rathbone, producer Gil
bert Miller once said, “He is the
best equipped actor on the English
stage.” Of his current program,
critic Ernest Sublett declared, “The
stage was alive with color and
beauty ... an unforgettable even
ing of theatre.”
ANNOUNCEMENT
The sophomore class cordially in
vites the faculty, staff, resident and
day students of Salem College to
an “Old-Fashioned Christmas” ban
quet on Wednesday, December 19.
All will gather at 6 :00 p.m. in Cor-
rin Refectory for a Christmas meal
after which Santa will bring gifts
to the faculty’s children and the
sophomores will honor the seniors
with a gift. The sophomore class
will be looking forward to seeing
each of you at this annual Christ
mas banquet.