Volume XLVI
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Thursday, December 10, 1964
Number 10
Woodcuts Show
Medieval Story
Twelve original woodcuts by
Mitzi Shewmake are on exhibit in
;he Day Student Center at Salem
College. The public is invited to see
the woodcut illustrations from the
recently published “The Misfortunes
of Ogier the Dane,” translated from
the French by Robert White Linker
of the University of North Carolina.
The woodcuts will be on display
from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily through
December 15.
Mitzi Shewmake, the illustrator,
eceived her undergraduate degree
from George Washington University
nd the degree of Master of Fine
A.rts from the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro. The author
one children’s book, she has
been art director for John F. Blair,
ublisher, since 1956. She is the
ivife of Edwin F. Shewmake, As-
ociate Professor of Art at Salem
Allege.
Mrs. Shewmake has been work-
ng on the woodcuts, after office
hours, since early this fall. She
aid making the illustrations in-
olved hours of research before the
drawings could be made on medieval
rmor.
Ogier the Dane was a French
lero whose valorous deeds and
nighty triumphs in battle, like those
his brothers-in-arms, Roland,
King Arthur, and The Cid, were
elebrated in medieval ballads. This
version of the legend of Ogier the
Dane recounts the heroic deeds and
erilous adventures of the valiant
night when he was Charlemagne’s
tandard-bearer and later when he
was the sworn enemy of the French
iing. The illustrations on exhibit
re dramatic in black and white, of
nights and horses, battles and
cenes.
'oral Ensemble
Gives Concert
The Choral Ensemble left Wed-
lesday, December 2, at 1:30 on a
:hartered bus for Danville, Virginia.
There, a program composed of music
earned this semester was presented
o the Wednesday Club. This is a
dub of prominent Danville ladies
vho have programs of cultural
nterest on Wednesdays. The Choral
insemble performed in the auditor-
urn of Averett Junior College.
Gterward they were honored with
reception at the home of one of
he club members.
Sunday evening, December 6, the
ihoral Ensemble presented a pro-
ram, similar to the one in Dan
dle, to the Friedland Moravian
ihurch located on the High Point
ighway. At this performance slides
f the Choral Ensemble’s European
our were shown.
The Choral Ensemble’s last per-
ormance before Christmas will be
or assembly Tuesday, December 15,
t which time Reverend Clark
hompson will speak.
Julia Miley, Maid of Honor, and Sally Day, May Queen, break out with smiles when they learn
that they have been chosen.
Sally Day, Julia Miley Will Reign
As May Queen, Maid Of Honor
Sally Day, a blonde from McComb,
Mississippi, will reign as queen
over May Day, 1965. Her Maid of
Honor is Julia Miley from Smith-
field, Tennessee.
Sally has been in the May Court
every year since she transferred to
Salem from Ole Miss as a sopho
more. She will graduate this spring
with a degree in history and a minor
in elementary education. She hopes
to teach in either Richmond or New
Orleans.
Sally was chosen a feature girl
her junior year and was chief
marshal. This year she is president
of IRS and a member of Legislative
Board.
Among her hobbies are all out
door activities, particularly skiing
and horseback riding. She finds
Salem comparable to a sorority, for
it is small enough to get to know
the girls.
She finds one of the advantages
a small school has over a co-ed uni
versity is that here she can concen
trate on her studies during the
week but she is free to do what she
wants on the weekend.
This is Julia’s second year on
the May Court. She is double-
majoring in sociology and psychol
ogy and minoring in history, and
she hopes to work abroad.
Julia is presently vice-chairman
of the May Day Committee. Last
year she was a marshal, a member
of the Ehcecutive Committee of the
Finance Board, and hall president
in Lehman.
She loves to read and to listen
to classical music. An unforgettable
experience for her was her summer
job as a waitress in Cape Cod. Ac
cording to Julia, “ I had never been
out of the South before and it
broadened my outlook.”
Both Julia and Sally plan to spend
the coming summer in Europe.
Sophomores Prepare For
Annual Christmas Banquet
Seniors Celebrate Season
With Traditional Vespers
The sophomore class announces
that the annual Christmas Banquet
will be held Wednesday, December
16, in the Refectory at 6 p.m. There
will be something a little different
this year — a supervised party for
the faculty children under 12 in the
Club Dining Room. The children
will receive their presents starting
at 5:30 and will remain downstairs
during dinner. In this way the
faculty will be able to relax and
enjoy the banquet a little more.
.A.nyone who wishes to see the
children receive their presents is
welcome to the children’s party.
The sophomore class asks two
favors of the student body — first,
that everyone eat lunch in the Club
Dining Room on the day of the ban
quet and, second, that everyone not
wear coats to the banquet that
night.
Everyone is urged to make plans
to attend the banquet this year.
Seniors especially are urged to come
since they will be the honored
guests.
According to tradition, the senior
3ass will celebrate the Christmas
eason with Christmas Vespers and
:aroling. The Vespers program will
>e held Sunday, December 13, at
p.m. in the Home Moravian
-hurch. The program will feature
raditional Christmas carols, and a
lolo by Nancy Hughes. The seniors
^nd their pages, chosen from the
ower classes, will sing together
Morning Star.” The Reverend
-lark Thompson, college chaplain,
'll give the invocation, and the
everend Fred Hege, professor of
religion at Salem Academy, will be
the speaker. The program will be
highlighted by the lighting of the
candles.
Seniors and pages are reminded
of the rehearsal for Vespers Sun
day, at 3 p.m. in the Treasurer’s
Office.
Monday, December 14, the sen
iors will meet in the Clewell corner
of the Square for an evening of
Christmas caroling. After conven
ing at 7:30 p.m., they will carol in
the Salem community and on Salem
campus. After that, they are invited
to the Gramley’s for refreshments.
YWCA Sponsors Projects
To Spread Season Cheer
The YWCA sponsors several pro
jects at Christmas time. Two of
these are the Veterans’ Party and
the Orphans’ Party. The Veterans’
Party was held Tuesday at the
Salisbury Veterans Hospital. The
girls left Salem at 6 p.m. and were
driven to Salisbury by members of
the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
The Salemites took homemade dec
orations with which the veterans
decorated the Christmas tree, and
several girls presented a skit about
the tree.
Then the girls taught the men a
folk dance and served Cokes and
punch afterward. All those who
went certainly came back with the
Christmas spirit if they didn’t have
it already.
The Orphans’ Party will be given
at the Industrial School Tuesday
from five until seven. Buses will
leave Salem at 4:30 and 5 :30. Sale-
(Continacd on p^m 4)
NS A Offers
Travel Plans
Lawrence Handel from New York
came to Salem Monday to speak
On work and study opportunities
abroad, provided at reduced rates by
NSA. To qualify for this service,
one must be a full-time undergrad
uate or a full or part-time graduate
student.
The student is issued an identi
fication card for one dollar, which
brings discounts in America and
Europe. These cards give discounts
at places such as galleries, movies,
theatres, and hairdressers. Cards
also give great transportation and
hotel or dormitory discounts.
The main feature of study abroad
is that the student can attend places
such as the University of Edinburgh,
Stratford-on-Avon, the University
of London, and the Sorbonne.
There are also positions available
in work camps. The student works
while room and board are free. No
skills or language proficiency is
necessary, except for the trainee
program, which is a more selective
service. Girls can become governes
ses or camp counselors.
A special service will be offered
to Salem students during spring
vacation, 1965. For a maximum of
$195, a Salem student can go to
Bermuda, provided at least fifteen
girls are interested. This price in
cluded flight both ways, food, hotel,
and entertainment expenses. The
student need only provide for extra
spending money.
Those interested in any of these
opportunities should contact Susan
Kelly in 221 Babcock as soon as
possible.
Christmas Fund
Aids E mployees
The Christmas Help Fund is an
annual drive in which the entire
college participates. This year the
theme of the fund-raising drive,
which is headed by Daphne DuKate
and Elinor Trexler, is “Help Those
Who Help You.” This theme was
chosen so that the students, faculty,
and administration would under
stand to whom and why this money
is being donated.
The Christmas Help Fund is
divided among all of the janitorial,
ground, laundry, and dining room
help on campus. At Salem there
are over eighty persons employed
in these various services. The total
fund is divided on the basis of the
length of time the individual has
been employed in service to Salem.
The persons employed for the
longest time get the largest per
centage of the total allotment.
The student fund-raising drive is
the beginning of this effort and con
stitutes a great majority of the
total amount donated. The Student
Government has set a $300 goal for
the student body. The amount raised
by the students will be given to the
Comptroller’s Office, where it will
be added to by the faculty and the
administration in the name of the
college as an institution. The sum
of the money donated from these
three sources constitutes the entire
fund.
This year an early effort and more
methods have been employed to try
to arouse more awareness, inspire
greater interest and attitudes, and
reach better success in the project.
Today is to be the last day of this
drive. Tonight at 10 o’clock, or any
other appropriate time, an overall
final plea will be made. Students on
each hall of the larger dorms and
in the smaller dormitories have been
designated as the co-ordinators for
this fund. They will collect the dona
tions on each hall or dormitory and
turn this amount into the general
chairmen. A $.75-$1.00 goal for each
individual student has been suggest
ed by Student Government.