Volume XLIV
College, Winston-Salem, N. C, Friday, December 13, 1963
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IRS Sponsors
Noel Dance
IRS is sponsoring a semi-formal
Christmas dance tomorrow night
from 9 to 12 in the Corrin Re
fectory. “An Old Fashioned Christ
mas” will be the theme of this
event for which the Rivieras will
play.
The various committees and
Chairmen are; decorations, Char
lotte Carter; refreshments, Anne
Griffis; publicity, Janice Glenn and
Janice Day; chaperons, Pam Tru-
ette; and tickets, Mary Elizabeth
Barker.
Tickets can be purchased from
any member of IRS at $3.00 per
couple.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Sign-outs for the Christmas va
cation should be made Monday and
Tuesday. The deadline is Tuesday
at 4:30 p.m., after which call downs
will be given. Anyone traveling
anywhere but home directly from
school must have permission from
her parents.
College officially closes December
19, with the last class ending at
12:05 p.m. Students leaving before
12:05, but not taking any cuts in
so doing, are to print NO CUTS
on the top of the sign-out card.
Also, students desiring lunch in
Corrin Refectory are requested to
print LUNCH on their sign-out
card.
The dormitories will all remain
open until 5:00 p.m, on December
19. Clewell will remain open until
the last student has left the cam
pus.
Dorms will open Thursday noon,
I January 2, and the first meal ser
ved will be Thursday dinner. Stu
dents desiring dinner that night are
requested to write DINNER on the
top of their sign-out card.
lOld Salem Adds
NewArtGallery
The Winston-Salem Gallery of
I Fine Arts is new to Old Salem.
iLocated in the same building as the
I Old Salem Community Center it
loffers paintings, graphics, and
Isculpture of artists from a five-
Istate region. The primary purpose
lof the Gallery Is to get the recent
■works of these artists before the
Ipublic, in other words, to sell them.
JThe pieces on exhibit are selected
■twice a year by nationally recog-
Inized juries who are critics, artists
|themselves, or respected collectors.
The current show at the Gallery
|features a variety of woodcuts and
oils.
The Gallery also holds monthly
■programs of entertainment or talks
|by guest speakers. The December
■program will be held Friday, De-
Icember ,13, at 8:30 p.m. Entitled
I_j^ri Evening of Christmas and
?olk Songs,” Majory Randolph will
Entertain.
The Gallery wishes to invite
^alem students to this program and
^ther ones which will be held
fhrough the year. And as the hos-
[Isss said, “come across the Square
pnd just browse around.”
Number I 0
Salem elects two Anne’s as its May Queen and Maid of Honor. Smiling are Anne Dudley and Anne Griffis.
Anne Dudley, Anne Qriffis Reign
As May Queen, Maid Of Honor
Anne Dudley was chosen May
Queen for 1964 in assembly Tues
day. Anne Griffis was selected as
her Maid of Honor.
Anne Dudley, an art major, is
from Lookout Mountain, Tennes
see. She plans a career in teaching
after graduating in June. She has
NOTICE
It’s tonight! Salem’s in
formal combo party is being
held from 8 p.m. until 12 in
the Terrace Room of Babcock.
IRS will be there with refresh
ments and the Chessmen from
Albemarle, so see yon there
too—with or without a date.
been on May Court twice before
and serves this year as chairman
of May Day. She is also a mem
ber of Legislative Board.
Among her favorite activities are
outdoor sports, such as tennis,
swimming, and sailing. She also
likes to read.
Cooking is another hobby, but as
for sewing, she “likes safetj pins
besc of all.” Connected with her
major in art is her love for paint
ing and drawing. According to
Anne, though, her favorite sport is
“going to Chapel Hill.”
Anne Griffis, from Denton, has
also been on the court for two
years and is a member of IRS.
Anne and her fiance Francis Wil
son plan a June wedding. Francis
is studying to be a minister, and
Anne, a sociology-economics major,
is planning a career either in so
cial work or in teaching. She ex
presses her love of music by 'play
ing the piano and by singing in her
church choir in Denton.
Anne also likes to knit and cook,
her specialty being pink mints that
turn to sugar in the process of
being cooked.
Salemites Have
Festive Banquet
Christmas is a time to get to
gether with friends and family—
particularly at meals with good food.
These characteristics of Christmas
will be provided at the Christmas
Banquet Wednesday, December 18,
at 6 p.m. in Corrin Refectory.
Because Christmas, is a special
time for giying, the sophomore
class gives the banquet in honor of
their big sisters, the seniors, and
also in honor of the faculty and
their children. All students, faculty,
and administration have been in
vited and urged to attend; however,
no one is to bring a guest and no
reservations can be made after
today.
Following the dinner a program
will be presented by members of
the sophomore class, and since
Christmas includes Santa Claus, he
will be one of the main features.
Santa will deliver Christmas good
ies to the faculty children who
are under eight years of age.
Tish Johnston, president of Stu
dent Government, will present, in
behalf of the entire student body
and faculty, a sum of money con
tributed voluntarily, to Russell. He
will accept it on behalf of all the
staff of Salem College workers who
render services throughout the year.
The gifts will be provided accord
ing to length of employment at
Salem.
The chairmen of the various com
mittees are: Mary Dameron, pro
gram; Scott Mclver, decorations;
Elinor Trexler, ushers; Sylvia Wall,
invitations; Brenda Bethel, senior
gift; Peggy Kilgore, printed pro
grams; Cecie Boren, food; Jean
King, adviser; Ann Wilson, over all.
Seniors Present
Annual Vespers
Sunday, December IS, at 7:30
p.m., the senior class will present
Senior Vespers. The speaker will
be Rev. Mr. Dick Amis; Nancy
Hutchins will sing a solo. The
senior class will sing “I Heard the
Bell” while everyone will join in on
such old favorites as “Joy to the
World,” “O Little Town of Bethle
hem,” and “O Come All Ye Faith
ful.”
The seniors will wear caps and
gowns and enter carrying candles.
They will be escorted by their
pages chosen from the sophomore
class. Jo Dunbar will lead the re
sponsive singing between the sen
iors and their pages of “Morning
Star.”
After the service the seniors will
go caroling in Old Salem and will
go to Dr. Gramley’s home for re
freshments afterwards.
0eorge W. Kone Receives
Contract For Arts Center,
Work Starts Immediately
.cademy Glee Club Will Perform
n Christmas Assembly Tuesday
I I The Glee Club of Salem Academy
^‘11 present “Song of Christmas”
Roy Ringwald in assembly on
uesday, December 17. The Rev.
Hege will give the invocation
■•Id benediction. The three solo
parts will be sung by Ann Johnston,
Lila Jenkins, and Lucy Cooper.
Sherri Gibson will accompany the
chorus. The seventy-five member
glee club is under the direction of
Mrs. Jean Burroughs. A string,
woodwind, and harpsichord group.
directed by Mrs. Betty Crossley,
will play a prelude and a postlude
in addition to their part in the
program. The audience will be
asked to sing “O Come All Ye
Faithful” and “Joy to the World”
along with the Glee Club.
The contract for Salem’s Fine
Arts Building has been awarded to
George W. Kone, contractor, and
it is expected that work will begin
on the center this week-end. Total
cost will be around $1,700,000
($150,000 less than the original esti
mate), $1,650,000 of which has been
collected in the 20th Decade Fund.
Construction should be completed
by the spring of 1965.
There will be 68,000 square feet
in the building and the architectural
style will be similar to the rest of
the campus. Its purpose is to serve
both the college and community in
the fields of music, art, and drama,
as well as to provide adequate room
for an expanded lecture series.
There will be an auditorium seat
ing 800, a parking lot for 240 cars,
a theater-workshop (designed for
“theatre-in-the-round” or conven
tional stage productions), a recital
hall seating 2(M3, a lecture-rehearsal
hall, and a lobby designed for art
exhibit space.
Plans for the center call for 28
practice rooms and 13 teaching stu
dios to be located on the first floor.
A Flentrop and a Holtkamp organ
will be installed in separate prac
tice rooms.