Dr. McLanathan Lectures On Art;
Presents Slides Of Moscow Fair
A visible feeling for his subject
and a cracking spontaneous wit
characterized Dr. Richard McLana-
than’s presentation of “Art Behind
the Iron Curtain” Wednesday night,
December 1.
Beginning with a brief summary
of the position of the arts in each
Iron Curtain country, Dr. McLana
than explained that “the status of
art is an index of the relation of
the individual to the state.” These
countries in varying degrees are
discovering their own pasts and cul
tural heritages. The restoring of
castles and cathedrals is, he said,
indicative of this trend.
Dr. McLanathan then moved to
the focal point of his discussion—
Various Groups Take Part
In New Type Of Vespers
On Sunday, December 12, the
Salem College Pierrette Players,
Dansalems, and Choral Ensemble
will present W. H. Auden’s For the
Time Being, a Christmas oratorio
for spoken voices. This is being
presented as a part of the annual
Senior Vespers at 8 p.m. in Hanes
Auditorium at the Fine Arts Cen
ter.
Though this presentation will be
more elaborate than past Senior
Vesper services, the seniors will re
tain their traditional customs of
wearing caps and gowns, and the
candle lighting ceremony will be
observed following the oratorio.
For the Time Being is the tra
ditional Christmas story from the
Gospels which Auden has translated
into contemporary terms. Auden
has given it meaning and the impli
cation that everyone must experi
ence for himself the reincarnation
of God in man to know what the
meaning of Christmas is.
costuming.
Involved in the presentation are
several choruses and soliloquies in
the manner of the Greek tragedy.
The companies are varied, consist
ing of dancing, verse, and musical
choruses.
Pierrettes will present the dra
matic translation of For the Time
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Salemites learn how to make Moravian beeswax Christmas
candles just in time for the Christmas season.
Candle Tea Gives Guests
Glimp se of Salem’s Past
By Hannah Nicholson
Anyone walking or driving
through Salem last week might have
been puzzled by the crowds waiting
to be admitted to the Brothers’
House. The answer to their quiries
Was the fact that the Moravian
Candle Tea, a Salem tradition, was
being held.
The tea officially opened Wed
nesday, December 1, and continued
through Saturday, December 4.
Salem freshmen and transfer stu
dents, however, were invited to visit
the House Tuesday afternoon. At
the door they were greeted by hos
tesses in costumes similar to the
dresses worn by the Moravian wo-
nen in past centuries. The hos-
^tesses explained that the ribbons on
their caps were used to designate
their status in the church choir.
Blue ribbons were worn by married
Women, pink by unmarried women,
white by widows, and red by little
girls.
After signing the guest register
the visitors were shown downstairs
to the old dining room where wo-
tten were making Moravian bees-
vax candles. The melted beeswax
»nd tallow were poured into pewter
■indie molds and, after cooling.
were pulled from the molds. After
being trimmed, red crepe paper ruf
fles were wrapped around the base
of the candles. It was explained
that women of the Home Moravian
Church spend several afternoons
before Christmas cutting the red
crepe paper into ruffles. The ladies
said that many of the candles will
be used Christmas Eve at the Love-
feasts held at the Home Moravian
Church. The other candles are
placed on sale to the general public.
Moravian sugar cake and Love-
feast coffee were served to the
visitors in the old kitchen. Here
women told how Moravian boys at
the age of fourteen were brought
to live at the Brothers’ House
where they learned trades from the
skilled craftsmen of the community.
They also received much of their
schooling there.
From the kitchen the visitors
were led down narrow steps to the
cellar where a scale model of Salem
one hundred years ago on Christ
mas Eve filled one of the rooms.
After being told that everything in
the model was hand-made and that
the snow covering the scene waS
powdered marble, the visitors gat-
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Russia. Through a series of slides
taken at the Moscow Art Fair
showing Western art, and the Rus
sians who attended it in droves, he
described not only the contrast seen
with this and Russian painting, but
the superficial and underlying atti
tudes of the people themselves.
Stalin’s regime was one of “ter
ror and blood.” Under Khruschev,
'changeable though he was, an im
provement could be seen which is
being continued today. But the cur
rent position of the artist is para
doxical. Official artists are mem
bers of a union and are “paid func
tionaries of the state. The best
artists are people from other fields.”
“The people are supposed to ad
mire ‘socialist realism,’ which is
pure propaganda.” As a conse
quence of this attitude, the best
artists fled to the West—Chagal,
for example.
But at the Fair, Dr. McLanathan
could feel the Russians’ intense
curiosity about, and understanding
of Western art. “The adoration of
American fine artists approached
worship,” he said. The speaker,
who was instrumental in the organi
zation of this cultural exchange
program, explained that although
the visitors were required to attend
a “counter-fair” to reduce the
effects of the “degenerate capita
list” propaganda, they reacted
dagerly. The crowds were so thick
that “if someone died, he wouldn’t
be able to fall down until he got to
the door.”
The response to the fair was so
great that Mr. Khruschev came to
investigate. “He reacted humanly,
but then always gave the party
view. The only judgment possible
for him was a pragmatic, political
one.”
Other visitors could react in a
similar manner but then show a
change. One man attacked the
questionable composition of Pepsi
Cola that was being passed out and
threw his down. After he had made
his party point, he drank his Pepsi
and helped pass it around.
However, the best exhibit the
United States had was “the innatel
decency, friendliness and natural
politeness” shown by the U. S. col
lege students who worked and
directed there.
The whole experience resulted in
a new understanding of the two cul
tures and their relationship. Dr.
McLanathan emphasized. It showed
a longing for another culture.
Dr. Clauss portrays "a seeker of wisdom in youth" to Jean Anne
Werner in Senior Follies.
Seniors Present Musical;
Tell About Salem’s Change
By Connie Wessells
“Whatever happened to sweet,
quaint, Salem?” This was the
theme of the 1965 Senior Follies, a
delightful musical entitled “Assign
ment Change.”
The Follies opened when three
Salem alumnae, after the 1929 class
Reunion, approached F. R. U. M. P.
(Fostering the Reestablishment of
Underground Merchant Patrol)
agency chief, Jan Norman, to solve
the “double-dealing mystery” re
sponsible for the many despicable
college changes.
Through F. R. U. M. P. agent
007V4’s investigations of every as
pect of Salem College life in 1965,
“Assignment Change” exposed the
many recent alterations in rules,
school appearance, and student atti
tudes.
When agent 00714, portrayed by
Mary Lucy Hudgens, disguised her
self as a F. R. U. M. P. Daily Her-i
aid reporter and posed questions to
a comical Salem student, the answer
hilariously revealed many helpful
clues. According to the Salemite,
what once was called the D. B.
(Dairy Barn) is now known as the
Salernos Christmas Contains
Traditions, Some Forgotten
By Paige Bishop
Christmas at Salem has always
been a time for traditions, but as
years pass some have been lost or
new ones took their places. One of
these traditions which has been lost
was that of the Young People’s
Meetings, that used to be held in
chapel every Wednesday during
Advent. Bishop Rondthaler, who
was the traditional speaker at these
assemblies, first took charge of
Y. P. M. in 1877. Each year he
spoke on some phase of Christmas.
In his series of Advent assemblies
in 1924, Dr. Rondthaler spoke on
the elements of a happy Christmas
in America. His ideas are pertinent
for our Christmas in 1965. Accord
ing to Dr. Rondthaler the most im
portant element for happiness at
Christmas is your own home. He
began this discussion by describing
conditions in the South during Re
construction days when it was his
duty to visit the plantations which
had survived the war to encourage
and cheer the owners. Though
people of that period had to make
great sacrifices to rebuild the South,
Christmas was still a joyous season
because families were together.
These homes built after the war
were the foundations for the pre
sent ones. “Home”, said Bishop
Rondthaler, “is the dearest depot,
for parents, brothers and sisters
await the arrival of the student who
has been away at school for
months.” The problem is, will
Christmas at home be a happy one ?
“It all depends on the manner in
which a student spends her time at
home,” If time is devoted entirely
to running here and there with no
thought given to those at home the
student will return to school after
the holidays with a feeling of hav
ing missed some part of the spirit
of Christmas.
F. D. (Farmer’s Dairy), there is no
Old Chapel or Memorial Hall, and
all art is now in a new Fine Artjs
Center.
In each of the scenes II through
IX, the seniors presented a series
of entertaining and original songs
depicting modern student attitudes.
The opening song, “Food, Glorious
Food,” revealed the Salemites dis
taste for refectory food and the
following refreshing song “Steam
Heat” expressed regret for the 1965
demolition of homey South Hall
with its many leaks and no heat.
In “Happy to Keep His Dinner
Warm,” the senior in the minority,
Diane Morton, claimed that it would
be “heaven wearing the wifely uni
form,” while the senior group in the
majority gaily expressed the mo
dern anti-marital opinion in “Gotta
Lot of Living”.
Next, Agent 00714 left campus to
see the Winston-Salem night lights,
where, in a prominent discotheque,
he surprisingly discovered a group
of Salemites demonstrating modern
dances and consuming alcoholic
beverages (legal for the past three
years). Go-Go Girl, Gayle Remmey
explained that she was working for
a scholarship with her night job
which was okayed by the Partici
pation Committee.
Back on campus in a history
classroom, one senior sang of her
devoted love for her teacher. Dr.
Clauss, in “I Believe in You”, while
in a chemistry lab, a senior group
charmingly cried for its “Coffee
Break” without which it can’t meta
bolize.
In Scene X, Agent 00714 investi
gated each department in the new
Fine Arts Center. The humorous
Psychology Department Melodies,
“With All Due Respect” and
“Where Would You Be Without
Me” revealed the, relationship be
tween a senior and her faculty ad
visor, accompanied by a vaudeville
routine to add spice.
“Holtkamp, Steinway,” absurd
songs dedicated respectfully to the
organ and piano, represented the
Music Department and “Who
Taught Us Everything We Know”
thanked art teacher William Man-
gum and Ed Shewmake for their
expert instruction. The superb
Drama Department’s song and dance
“The Joker,” displayed the wide
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