olume XLIX
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, April 28, 1957
Number 2
Dr* James Edwards Speaks On Marchal To Give Bahnson
Role Of Genetics For Future Concert In Hanes May 5
By Joy Bishop
Dr. James W. Edwards, Salem’s
,ne and only mad scientist”, who
also the head of the Biology De-
iiitment, spoke in assembly April
(on “The Role of Genetics in
jture Man.” Salemites were sad
hear that Dr. Edwards is going
leave Salem after this year on
bbatical to study Radiation Bio-
gy at Cornell University.
Dr. Edwards began his program
ith a brief explanation on basic
;netics including a discussion on
)minant and recessive genes. He
ated that there is a growing need
today for people to come out of
their “ivory towers” and discuss
biology and modern science .and
their modern implications.
Dr. Edwards then discussed man’s
survival in the future. He told the
attentive audience that man posses
ses a “genetic load” of a certain
number of potentially harmful
genes. He estimated that this num
ber of harmful genes will double in
the future but added that everyone
has a unique genetic constitution.
Dr. Edwards feels that the man of
two centuries from now will suffer
from multiple complaints and will
•reshmen, Parents Enjoy
Day On Frosh "Carousel”
By Sarah Mitchell
Barbie Barton said, “Parents’ Day
as our day!” Not only did the
eshmen have a good time, but the
irents, too, seemed to enjoy all
le activities.
Saturday was quite busy with
igistration and refreshments be-
nning at ten. After lunch, par-
its and daughters participated in
xreational activities. While the
[Others and daughters played vol-
.yjball, Anne Miller’s father led the
iddies in a rousing cheering sec-
on. The daughters won against
iff competition shown by the
others. Other sports were: sweep-
ig a coke bottle across the court,
veeping a balloon down the court,
iitting pillows in pillow cases
Have you ever seen a man do
lis?), and a newspaper trick (ask
ynda White about this!). All the
parents were great sports and
proved to be excellent athletes, even
if the games were “for old people.”
The banquet at six was next on
the agenda. Dean Hixson, Dean
Wood, and Dr. Gramley were the
speakers. Their respective topics
were “Grade Wise,” “Social Wise,”
and “Other Wise.” Immediately
following dinner, everyone was
herded over to Hanes Auditorium.
Continuing the theme of the day,
“Carousel” was the theme for the
skit. This twenty minute program
was divided into four scenes : Fresh
man Frolics, Sophomore Slump,
Junior Jump, and Senior Scene.
Other activities of the day in
cluded open house (dorms) from
12:30 until 4 p.m. and a visit by the
parents to their daughter’s classes.
This was so that parents could get
an insight into each course and also
meet the faculty.
demand control ov^r his heredity.
This control is presently being ex
perimented with in the study of
eugenics.
Concerning birth control. Dr. Ed
wards said that in the future a regu
lating device will be used to pre
determine the sex and possible
characteristics of a baby. Premari
tal blood tests will be analyzed by
a computer to determine a person’s
entire genetic constitution. Dr. Ed
wards shocked the audience with
some of his predictions, but the stu
dents were impressed with the prob
ability of his predictions.
Dr. Edwards concluded by com
menting on nuclear warfare. He
stated that the biological conse
quences of nuclear blasts and tests
can only be called an enormous
technological mistake. He said that
he hoped many students would have
the time and desire to do some re
search on radioactivity and its re
lationship to modern science and
biology.
Andre Marchal, famed French or
ganist, will present the Agnew H.
Bahnson Jr. Memorial Organ Fund
Concert at 8:15 p.m. in Hanes Audi
torium, F'riday, May 5. The follow
ing day he will hold an Organ Mas
ter Class at 9:30 a.m. in Hanes.
Marchal, a native of Paris, stu
died at the National Institute of the
Blind and entered the organ class
of Eugene Gigout at the age of
seventeen. Prize winning work
helped secure him the position of
organist at Saint Germain-des-Pres
in 1915 and thirty years later at
Saint-Eustache which holds Paris’
finest organ.
He has toured internationally giv
ing concerts as well as holding Mas
ter Classes; and he is known for his
mastery of Bach which is said to be
the root of his art as an interpreter.
Blind from birth, Marchal plays
from memory, but learns his pieces
by reading braille music. His mas
tery at performances comes, how'-
ever, from a profound study of
each piece.
ANDRE MARCHAL
Marchal has recorded the major
works of Bach and Franck as well
as many others and most of his re
cordings received the “Grand Prix
du Disque” in France.
CORRECTION
Apologies to Dr. James Edwards
for the typographical error that
appeared in the caption under his
picture in the April 21 issue.
Soumalainen Wins Art Contest
To Present Collection Of Work
By Nancy Holderness
Tom Soumalainen—“Mr. Tom” to
most of his students in art and
ceramics—has won first place in a
five state art competition judged by
Richard Madigan, Assistant Direc
tor of the Corcoran Art Gallery in
Washington, D. C. Because of this
honor, the Winston-Salem Gallery
of Fine Arts has asked him to ex
hibit a collection of his w'orks.
Bookstore^ Ladies Aid Studen^
lerks Enjoy Helping Salemites
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By Joanna McGrath
As Salemites, we spend a lot of
me at the bookstore. Yet, few
f |us know much about the warm
nd friendly women who work
lere—and most of us would like to
now more. It’s really no surprise
ijtalking to them that they are as
filling to tell about themselves as
iiey are willing to serve us day by
ay, and it’s so easy to become
etter acquainted with them.
Mrs. Frances Tilly, whom we’d
11 recognize as the smiling lady
fith the dark black hair and
lasses, has worked at the bookstore
or fifteen years and gives the im-
ression that she has enjoyed every
linute of it. She admits that it is
hectic at Christmas,” but is quick
0 add that “that’s just part of the
ob.” Mrs. Tilly’s husband is em-
loyed with Reynolds Tobacco Com-
lahy, and for the past three years,
ler son has been attending Caro-
ina, where he’s a member of Phi
)elta Theta fraternity. Asked what
he enjoys doing in her free time,
he showed great enthusiasm for
pectator sports, such as football
ind basketball, and even admitted
o I having played a little golf. She
especially likes the contacts she
nakes in her job and points out,
hat being exposed to the college
erowd keeps her ideas “young”—
end helps her understand her son
>etter.
Mrs. Perry Cly laughingly said
'he was told she wouldn’t work at
he bookstore three months. Yet,
•he has been there for fourteen
The smiling faces of the ladies at the bookstore greet Salemites
each day as they make their purchases.
years now, though most of her daughter is married and lives
children are no longer in college.
As to what she likes about her job,
Mrs. Cly points out that she loves
the girls here (“Tve never seen one
I could dislike.”) and that Mr. Sua
vely is a “good Boss.” In her spare
time, she enjoys cooking, entertain
ing, and gardening. Now that her
husband has retired, she is also
planning some travel for the sum
mer. Of her three daughters, only
one is still in school and is doing
graduate work at U. N. C. Another
in
Charlotte, and one works for the
Junior Chamber of Commerce here.
Salemites may recognize Mrs. Cly
at the Moravian Church, where she
is an active member.
For eleven years, Mrs. Margaret
Clodfelter has been working at the
bookstore, and though she has, by
her own admission, quit three times,
she has found she “can’t stay away.”
What she finds most enjoyable
about her work is the atmosphere.
(Contiaued on Page 3)
Beginning Sunday, May 7, the
Gallery on South Main Street will
present approximately thirty draw
ings, twenty paintings, and twenty-
five ceramic pieces by Mr. Sou
malainen. He invites anyone in
terested to feel free to attend the
opening reception that day between
3 and 5 p.m. All of the work for
this exhibit has been done during
the last year, and according to Mr.
Tom, most of it is humorous and/or
“derived from nature, in the imagin
ation of natural phenomenon.”
Mr. Tom feels that -he is more
consistent in his drawings than in
his paintings. In drawing he has
discovered “a technique integrated
with his ideas.” Therefore, he can
control his techniques and feel
more at ease with his drawings.
His drawings are done in a cross-
hatch manner with a crow quill pen-
point and India ink. Mr, Tom en
joys his work and he spends a great
deal of time drawing; one took him
eleven hours to complete. This
particular drawing is entitled, “Psy
chic and Archaeological Depisition
in Peru” and is an imaginary com
position of fossils.
Deriving many of his subjects
from nature, Mr. Tom personally
feels that nature has much to offer
an artist. He says, “I don’t know
that this is the age for studio paint
ing, after all, our age is so mobile
that I believe in working from na-
Students Await
Senior Recital
Peggy Booker will present her
Senior Recital Friday, April 28, at
8:15 p.m. in Shirley Recital Hall.
She will play Bach’s Prelude and
Fugue in D Major, Book II, Revel’s
Le Tombeau de Couperin, Beeth
oven’s Sonata in E Flat Major, Op.
31, No. Ill, and Chopin’s Ballade in
F Minor, Op. 52.
Linda Flynt will give her Senior
Recital in Shirley Recital Hall,
Monday, May 1, at 8:15 p.m. Her
selections will be two offertories
and a noel by Dandrieu, Hinde
mith’s Sonata II, Dupre’s Prelude
in G minor, and Prelude in Fugue
in Eflat by Bach, and five Cho
rale-preludes by Bach.
ture.” Consequently, with this ap
proach in mind, Mr. Tom’s studio
art class has been taking weekly
field trips.
Mr, Tom believes that “beginners
in art should get the traditional
foundation in painting from, live
subjects.” His students find that
their field trips to different parts
of Winston-Salem are both enjoy
able and very beneficial. They
spent one afternoon on Waugh town
Street and two afternoons at Rey-
nolda Gardens. Mr. Tom plans to
continue these trips and hopes, to
take the class.to the Farmers’ Mar
ket soon.
luele Conducts
Pops Concert
The Winston-Salem Sympliony
conducted by John luele presented
a pops concert at Reynolds Audi
torium April 24 and 25.
The audience responded to the
various light and serious moods of
the music and seemed to prefer the
March of the Smugglers and Gypsy
Dance from Carmen Suite No. 2
from all the selections.
Conductor luele effectively alter
nated pieces to reveal the variety of
tones that the works held.
The Zampa Overture by Herold
was first on the program followed
by the pieces from Carmen. Win
ston-Salem native composer Ben
jamin C. Dunford was presented
with Smoky Mountain Holiday
which carried folk themes. Selec
tions from Flower Drum Song by
Richard Rogers was followed by a
Fantasia on Greensleeves. Also per
formed were a polka and Fugue
from Schwanda, Khachaturian’s
Masquerade Suite, Haydn’s Toy
Symphony, and selections from
Porgy and Bess.
The concert was also the Sym
phony Guild’s Carftation Night when
subscriptions for next season’s con
certs are on sale. For the event
the auditorium was decorated with
real and artificial carnations. Those
members of the audience who had
bought or renewed, their subscrip
tion for the coming season were
presented with carnations for the
occasion.