Salem Academy - Quill Pen Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1947 volume:

2.44411 Pe4t of 1947 I75ih Anniversary Issue Presented by the Students of SALEM A CADEMY Winston-Salem, North Carolina ERE in the heart of these deep woods In the peace and bosomed richness of these fields Our forefathers came, seeking a dwelling place . . . Here upon this very spot, this sacred place, they stood And set their living credo up, a faith Like a tree to flourish by the waterside. Song in the Wilderness by PAUL GREEN. Used by permission of University Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2 To You . . . the Girl of the Past, who out of the wilderness and confusion of a land, young and new, extracted and combined the materials of patience, work, fortitude, and love that made possible the establishment of Salem; the Girl of the Present, the receiver of this gift of the past and the custodian of this gift for the future; the Girl of the Future, now formless and nameless, who will add your name to those girls of the past and present as the years add their blessings to Salem . . . We, on the 175th anniversary of our school, lovingly dedicate this annual. 4 6 HOWARD E. RONDTHALER President Ph.D., L.L.D., University of North Carolina; B.D., M.A., D.D., Moravian Theological Sem- inary. Salem has the excitement of spring all year with the delightful notation of its surround ' ings brought by Dr. Rondthaler ' s visits to chapel. Besides his smiles of good will there is the essence of philosophy which everyone enjoys. MARY A. WEAVER Principal A.B., Randolph ' Macon Woman ' s College; M.A., Columbia University; University of Wisconsin; Harvard University. The students of Salem Academy, past and present, join unanimously to express their deep respect and affectionate gratitude to Miss Weaver, whose unceasing kindness, patience, and thoughtfulness have helped so many to regulate their school days and live?. Faculty ELIZABETH S. BIBB French, Spanish B.A., M.A., Radcliffe College DOROTHY GUETH Physical Education B.S., Woman ' s College of the University of North Carolina MRS. CHAUNCEY HILLS Dietitian The Sorbonne MARY McCOY HODGES Assistant Dean Montreat College EVELYN HUBBARD Dean of Residence B.A., Barnard College; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University HENRIETTA KRONE History B.A., Goucher College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania DORIS LEACH Dramatics, English B.A., Woman ' s College of the University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina MRS. VIOLET R. LEE Secretary to the Principal Faculty JEAN MISH Science, Home Economics B.S., Madison College ELSIE NUNN Mathematics B.A., Woman ' s College of the University of North Carolina: University of North Carolina LAURA SUMNER English B.A., Woman ' s College of the University of North Carolina; M. A., Smith College; University of North Carolina MRS. MARIE H. VANDERHULE Chaperone DAVID WEINLAND Bible B.A., Moravian College; B.D., Duke University; Harvard University  • f If Ml ALICE W. WELLS Latin B.A., Belhaven College; M.A., University of Mississippi HAZEL D. WHEELER Art B.S., Boston University; Vesper School of Art; Chicago Institute of Art; Harvard University Left to right: WATKINS, BROYHILL, GEITNER, HAMILTON. Senior Class Officers President Alice Geitner Vice-President Frances Jean Hamilton Secretary Amy Watkins Treasurer Bettie Broyhill Sponsor Miss Laura Sumner MISS SUMNER BURTON Ce KADA ADAMS COLEMAN BROYHILL CRAWFORD LUCY ADAMS York, Alabama The joy of youth and health her eyes display ' d, And ease of heart her every look convey ' d. Dramatic Club, 3, 4; Glee Club, 3; Scribblers Club, 3, 4; Vice President of Scribblers Club, 3; Varsity, 3; S.S.W., 4; W.S.S.F., 3; Head of Standards Commit ' tee, 4. BETTIE BROYHILL Lenoir, N. C. But a smooth and steadfast mind, Gentle thoughts and calm desires. S.S.W., 3, 4; Chairman of Music Commit ' tee of S.S.W., 3; Vice President of S,S.W., 4; Chairman of Program Committee, 4; Post War Council, 3; Glee Club, 4; Presi- dent of Glee Club, 4; Dramatic Club, 4; Duck Inn Staff, 4; President ' s Council, 4; Treasurer of Senior Class; Main Part in Operetta, 4. BETTY BURTON. .Lynchburg, Virginia God loves all prettiness, and on this Surely His angels lay their kiss. Dramatic Club, 3, 4; Glee Club, 3; Duck Inn Staff, 4. ALTHEA GREY CeKADA Durham, N. C. Oh, slow to smite and swift to spare, Gentle and merciful and just! President of Student Government, 4; Student Council, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club, 1, 2, 3; Dramatic Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Scribblers Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; President of Scribblers Club, 3; President of Freshman Class; Treasurer of Sophomore Class; Citizenship Honor, 1, 2; Academic Marshal, I; President of War Council, 3; Honor Council, 4; Presidents Council, 4. ANNE WALKER COLEMAN Burlington, N. C. A cheerful life is what the Muses love; A soaring spirit is their prime delight. Glee Club, 3. 4; Dramatic Club, 3. 4; Quill Pen, 4; Student Council, 4. BETTY CRAWFORD Winston-Salem, N. C. Like a bird that doth startle the early morn with its song. Dramatic Club, 2. 3. 4; Glee Club, 2, 3, 4; Quill Pen, 2. 3. 4. Seniors CURRIE ENGLISH DALTON FUNK GEITNER GOODMA N ELIZABETH CURRIE. Carthage, N. C. Good-humour only teaches charms to last, Still makes new conquests and maintains the past. Athletic Board, 2. 4; Honor Council, 2, 3; President of Junior Class; Head of Golds, 4; Varsity, 2, 3, 4; Scribblers Club, 3, 4; Glee Club, 3, 4; Dramatic Club, 2, 3, 4; S.S.W., 3; Treasurer of Glee Club, 3; President ' s Council, 4. ANNIE FRANCES DALTON Forest City, N. C. Her glossy hair was clustered o ' er her brow, Bright with intelligence, and fair, and smooth. Glee Club, 2, 4; Dramatic Club, 2, 3, 4; Vice President of Sophomore Class; S.S.W., 3, 4; President ' s Council, 4; Student Coun- oil, 4; Quill Pen, 2, 3, 4; Assistant Editor of Quill Pen, 3; Editor in Chief of Quill Pen, 4. ANNE ENGLISH Pulaski, Virginia So well she acted all and every part By turns — with that vivacious versatility Which many people take for want of heart. Glee Club, 3, 4; Dramatic Club, 3, 4; S.S.W., 3. MARTHA FUNK Boyertown, Pa. She ' s not too careless, not conventional quite; Does what she likes; knows what she does is right. War Council, 3; Post War Council, 4; Dramatic Club, 3, 4; Vice President of Dramatic Club; Quill Pen, 4; Main Part in Operetta. ALICE GEITNER, CISSIE Charlotte, N. C. With fearless striving, fearless hope Whose larger mind and wider scope In one eternal progress tend. President of Senior Class; Dramatic Club, 2, 3, 4; Treasurer of Dramatic Club, 2; Scribblers Club, 2, 3, 4; Secretary of Sophomore Class; Student Council, 3; President of Post War Council, 3; Presi ' dent ' s Council, 4. NATALIE GOODMAN Miami Beach, Fla. I love tranquil solitude and such society As is quiet, wise, and good. Duck Inn, 4; Glee Club, 2, 3; Secretary of Junior Class; War Council, 3; Quill Pen, 4; Secretary of Dramatic Club, 4. Seniors T OT HARPER HAYES GREER HUNT HAMILTON JOHNSON I BETTY BARKSDALE GREER Louden, Tenn. Genteel in personage, conduct and equipage; Noble in heritage, generous and free. Glee Club, 3; Dramatic Club, 3, 4; Ath ' letic Board, 3, 4; Varsity, 3, 4; Head of Purples, 4. FRANCES JEAN HAMILTON, VICKI Winston ' Salem, N. C. Her air, her manner all who saw admired; Courteous, though coy, and gentle, though refined. Student Council, 3, 4; Vice President of Senior Class; Varsity, 2, 3; Winner of Tennis Doubles, 3; Dramatic Club, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club, 2, 3; Chairman of Program Committee, 3; Quill Pen, 2, 3, 4. LUCY FRANCES HARPER Lenoir N. C. Thine is the brow whose mildness would defy ■ The fiercest rage, and brave its sternest will, When fenced by power and master of the world. Student Council, 3, 4; Senior Counselor, 4; Glee Club, 4; Dramatic Club, 4; Aca- demic Marshal, 3; President of Honor Council, 4; S.S.W., 4; Citizenship Honor, 3; President ' s Council, 4. REBECCA HAYES. . . Wilkesboro, N. C. A violet by a mossy stone Half-hidden from the eye; Fair as a star when only one Is shining in the sky. Dramatic Club, 1, 2, 3; Glee Club, 2, 3, 4; Secretary of Freshman Class. NANCY HUNT Lexington, N. C. We never know how high we are till we are called to rise And then, if we are true to plan, our statures touch the skies. Student Council, 2; Honor Council, 1; Varsity, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club, 2, 3, 4; Dra- matic Club, 2, 3, 4; Assistant Manager of Duck Inn, 4; Athletic Board, 3, 4. ANN JOHNSON Spartanburg, S. C. Look on this form — whose humour, quaint and sly, Dimples the cheek, and points the beaming eye. Dramatic Club, 3, 4; Athletic Board, 4. Seniors JOHNSTONE McILWAINE MATTHEWS PARKER RAMSAY ROBINSON LILLIAN CALDWELL JOHNSTONE Hanes, N. C. Alter? When the hills do. Falter? When the sun Question if his glory Be the perfect one. Athletic Board, 3, 4; Varsity, 3; Dra- matic Club, 3, 4; Business Manager of Duck Inn, 4; Committee Chairman, 3; Scribblers Club, 4; President ' s Council, 4. MILDRED MATTHEWS Asheville, N. C. She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a bonnie wee thing. Dramatic Club, 3, 4; Glee Club, 3; Quill Pen, 3; Student Council, 4. BETTY READ McILWAINE Knoxville, Tenn. How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another ' s will, Whose armour is his honest thought And simple truth his untmost skill. Dramatic Club, 3, 4. JULIA HAMLETT PARKER Asheville, N. C. A dark-haired woman from the wood comes sud- denly in sight; Her merry eye is full and black, her cheek is brown and bright. Glee Club, 2, 3, 4; Scribblers Club, 2, 3, 4; Dramatic Club, 2, 3, 4; Student Coun- cil, 2, 3, 4; Senior Counselor, 4; Honor Council, 2; Vice President of Junior Class; Editor of Handbook, 3 ; Citizenship Honor, 2. BARBARA GRAY RAMSAY Washington, N. C. This be my pilgrimage and goal: daily to march and find The secret phrases of the soul, the evangels of the mind. Duck Inn, 4; Dramatic Club, 2, 3, 4; Scribblers Club, 3, 4; Quill Pen, 3, 4; Art Editor of Handbook, 3, 4. NANCY ROBINSON. Burlington, N. C. Music resembles poetry; in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach. And which a master-hand alone can reach. Dramatic Club, 3. 4; Glee Club, 3; Varsity, 4; Scribblers Club, 3, 4; Editor in Chief of Quill Pencil , 3; Quill Pen, 3; S.S.W., 3, 4; President of S.S.W., 4; Presi- dent ' s Council, 4; Honor Council, 4. Seniors SCOTT SHAW ROSE STAMEY RUSHTON STANLEY ELEANOR ROSE .... Franklinton, N. C. My sword is Strength, my spear is Song; With these upon a stubborn field I challenge Falsehood, Fear, and Wrong; But Laughter is my Shield. Varsity, 2, 3, 4; Dramatic Club, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club, 1, 2, 3; Scribblers Club, 3, 4; Editor in Chief of Quil Pencil , 4; Ath- letic Board, 4; Chairman of Service Com- mittee, 4. DOUGLASS RUSHTON Birmingham, Alabama And like Atalanta she lithely runs In grace and loveliness. Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Dramatic Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Varsity, 1, 2, 3, 4; President of Sophomore Class; Athletic Board, 2. ORA LEE SCOTT. . . Burlington, N. C. Steadfast as a ship which keeps its course — leaving behind a glow in its wake. Varsity, 3; Dramatic Club, 3, 4; War Council, 3. ELSIE BABBITT SHAW Charlotte, N. C. A thrush whose voice gives life to a barren heath. A tuneful echo that laughs at itself. Varsity, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Vice President of Glee Club, 3; Secretary of Glee Club, 4; Dramatic Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Scribblers Club, 3, 4; Athletic Board, 3, 4; Quill Pen, 4; Academic Marshal, 2. BETTY LINK STAMEY Rutherfordton, N. C. She moves slowly in quiet precision like the ripple of a transparent brook. Glee Club, 3, 4; Dramatic Club, 3, 4; Duck Inn, 4; Varsity, 4; S.S.W., 4. HELEN STANLEY. . . Stanleytown, Va. With gentle yet prevailing force, Intent upon her destined course; Graceful and useful all she does, Blessing and blest where ' er she goes. Dramatic Club, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club, 2, 3, 4; War Council, 2; Head of Chaperone Fund, 3; Quill Pen, 3, 4; Business Manager of Quill Pen, 4; Duck Inn, 4; Student Council, 4; Secretary of Student Council, 4. STOLLINGS TAYLOR STEELMAN THACKSTON WATKINS NANCY JEANNE STEELMAN Lincolnton, N. C. A gull whose sturdy wings are not afraid to follow the celestial path that beckons from the sun. Dramatic Club, 4; Glee Club, 4. MARGARET STOLLINGS Mallory, West Virginia Like a sparrow, chirping merrily, and ever flirting with the cotton clouds within its reach. S.S.W., 3, 4; Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Dra- matic Club, 1, 2, 4; Post War Council, 3; W.S.S.F. Chairman, 3; Vice President of Freshman Class; Varsity, 3. MARGARET LeNOIR THACKSTON, PEGGY Spartanburg, S. C. But dreams of an aspiring soul, That yearns with all its human might To steal the secrets of the night. To reach some high millennial goal. Glee Club, 3, 4; Dramatic Club, 3, 4; Quill Pen, 3, 4. JANE TAYLOR. . . . Rutherfordton, N. C. There was a soft and pensive grace, A cast of thought upon her face, That suited well her forehead high The eyelash dark, and downcast eye. Glee Club, 3, 4; Student Council, 4. AMY WATKINS Albany, Georgia Sweet naivete of feature, Simple, wild, enchanting elf, Not to thee, but thanks to nature Thou art acting but thyself. Dramatic Club, 4; S.S.W., 4; Secretary of Senior Class. Honor Graduates MARTHA FUNK PEGGY THACKSTON At the end of each school year, two girls from the graduating class are chosen with regard to scholastic achievement and des ' ignated as honor graduates for that year. To be an honor graduate is to be the recipient of the highest academic honor awarded by Salem Academy. FUNK THACKSTON Academic Honor Roll The Academic Honor Roll is a list containing the names of all girls who have succeeded in meeting honor roll standards in each subject for a period of six weeks. Girls who maintain this level of work for an entire semester are placed on the semester honor roll. Lucile Adams Betty Greer Jean Borders Phyllis Guigou Lucy Baumann Nancy Hale Mary Catherine Burton Martha Anne Harper Elizabeth Currie Betty Lassiter Kitty Currie Carma Lindsay Annie Frances Dalton Mildred Matthews Lucy Foard Constance Neal Ann Franklin Nancy Robinson Martha Funk Rebecca Scholl Alice Geitner Helen Stanley Natalie Goodman Josephine Susong Aurelia Gray Peggy Thackston 19 Left to right: BRUFF, CURRIE, BAUMANN, RANKIN. Junior Class Officers President Kitty Currie Vice-President Lucy Baumann Secretary Tappy Bruff Treasurer Betty Rankin Sponsor Miss Dorothy Gueth MISS GUETH BAUMANN FLESHMAN BRUFF FOARD BRYAN GUIGOU AUGUR CURRIE HALE BACKENSTOE DENNY HARPER CAROL AUGUR Norris, Tennessee HARRIET SUSAN BACKENSTOE (SALLY) 500 Chestnut Street Emmaus, Pennsylvania LUCY BAUMANN 1806 Lake Avenue Knoxville, Tennessee MARY HELEN BRUFF (TAPPY) 222 Terrace Avenue Knoxville, Tennessee NANCY BRYAN 711 Sunset Drive Greensboro, N. Carolina KATHERINE MclVER CURRIE (KITTY) Crescent View Carthage, N. Carolina MARTHA DENNY Roseboro, N. Carolina LEE FLESHMAN Bassett, Virginia LUCY BERNHARDT FOARD 319 Woodside Place Lenoir, N. Carolina PHYLLIS GUIGOU Valdese, N. Carolina NANCY JANE HALE Morristown, Tennessee MARTHA ANNE HARPER Snow Hill, N. Carolina Juniors JOYNER LINDSAY SMITH LASSITER MARGOLIS STOKES ' iliti iiiMH iii[.WilT)fai .iii „ PRIESTLEY SUSONG RANKIN SWARTZ SHOCKEY THOMAS JEANETTE W. JOYNER 3 Lookout Drive Asheville, N. Carolina BETTY LASSITER 512 Miller Street Winstori ' Salem, N. C. CARMA LINDSAY Draper, N. Carolina BARBARA MARGOLIS 303 Smithwick Street Williamson, N. Carolina MARY LOU PRIESTLEY Madison, West Virginia PAULINE E. RANKIN (BETTY) 1 18 West Main Knoxville, Tennessee CAROL SHOCKEY Lexington, N. Carolina SHIRLEY MASON SMITH 1015 Pee Dee Avenue Albemarle, N. Carolina BETTY DEANE STOKES 213 Woodland Avenue Lynchburg, Virginia JOSEPHINE SUSONG Tusculum Road Greenville, Tennessee MARGUERITE F. SWARTZ (PEGGY) 272 West Avenue South Norwalk, Conn. SUSANNE THOMAS (SUZY) 917 East Boulevard Gainesville, Florida Sophomores . . . BLUM BOYD FRANKLIN COUCH KELLY DUNBAR LONGCRIER FIELDS McDonald EMILY BLUM 2728 Forest Drive Winstori ' Salem, N. C. EMILY BOYD Charles Town, W. Va. SALLY LOUISE COUCH Rocky Ridge Road Chapel Hill, N. Carolina ELEANOR DUNBAR Damascus, Virginia NANCY SUE FIELDS Amherstdale, W. Virginia ANN PAGE FRANKLIN 1141 Linganore Place Charlotte, N. Carolina MARY JO KELLY 912 Overbrook Road Winston-Salem, N. C. MARY ALICE LONGCRIER Saxapahaw, N. Carolina MARILYN McDonald 533 Main Street Logan, W. Virginia 24 Sophomores . . , II IMII lllllTitI McINTOSH SMITH McRAE SYLVESTER PERRY WRIGHT SCHOLL WRIGHT,?. SILER BOBBIE McINTOSH 12 Sunnt Brae Bronxville, New York JEAN McRAE 330 South Ellis Street Salisbury, N. Carolina ANNE MacRAE PERRY 211 North Blount Street Raleigh, N. Carolina REBECCA SCHOLL (BECCA) 739 Providence Road Charlotte, N. Carolina CAROLINE CHERRY SILER Lyons Bend Road Knoxville, Tennessee MARY LIB SMITH 8 White Oas Road Biltmore Forest Asheville, N. Carolina FAY WALKER SYLVESTER Richlands, N. Carolina LUCY WRIGHT Hartsville, Tennessee PAMELA D. WRIGHT (PETER) Bunker Hill Cranberry, New Jersey 25 Left to right: KESTER, A., GRAY, BURTON, BORDERS. Freshmen Class Officers President Aurelia Gray Vice-President. Mary Catherine Burton Secretary Jean Borders Treasurer Ann K ester Sponsor Miss Elizabeth Bibb ALLISON BABALIS BAMBALIS BARRAZA BASSETT BORDERS BURTON GLAZE BETTIE ALLISON 318 Davie Avenue Statesville, N. Carolina DORTHEY BABALIS 920 Lynw ood Avenue Winston ' Salem, N. C. MARY BAMBALIS 920 Lynwood Avenue Winston ' Salem, N. C. DORA BARRAZA Box 1614 Panama City Panama ROXANN BASSETT Bassett, Virginia JEAN BORDERS 201 W. Bessemer Avenue Greensboro, N. Carolina MARY KATHRYN BURTON 1224 Langhorne Road Lynchburg, Virginia ELIZABETH GLAZE Clermont, Florida 27 AURELIA GRAY 148 North Cherry Street Winstori ' Salem, N. C. CAROLE KEITH 1603 Carlisle Road Greensboro, N. Carolina ANN KESTER 706 Brookstown Avenue Winston ' Salem, N. C. JULIA BRYAN KESTER 2614 Country Club Road Winston ' Salem, N. C. CONNIE NEAL 1918 Pinewood Circle Charlotte, N. Carolina SARAH GERTRUDE PAGE 218 Hillcrest Drive High Point, N. Carolina ADRIAN RICE 340 Stratford Road Winston ' Salem, N. C. NANCY TUCKER Winston-Salem, N. C. 28 29 Presidents ' Council Front Row, L. to R.: Foard, Susong, Lindsay, Robinson, Broyhill. Second Row: Dalton, Greer, Adams, Baumann, Geitner, Harper. Back Row: Currie, E., Johnstone, Currie, K., McRae. The newest organization at Salem, the Presidents ' Council, was organized in the fall of this year. The membership of this council is made up of the presidents and heads of the various groups, and its purpose is to promote interest and cO ' operation between the organizations and to train leaders for the following years. 30 Student Council Front Row, L. to R.: Couch, Harper, Matthews. Second Row: Priestley, Stanley, CeKada, Coleman. Third Row: Taylor, Parker, Hamilton. STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICERS j ALTHEA CeKADA President HELEN STANLEY Secretary ;| The Siiudent Council is made up of a president, six representatives, two senior councillors, and a day ' Student member, all elected by the students. This group works in cooperation with the administration in the interest of the student body and the school at large. The basic idea that the Student Council endeavors to instill in all Salem girls is: A higher degree of student government comes through self-government. 31 Honor Council Front row, left to right: Page, Harper, L., Lindsay. Baci row: Currie, K., Robinson, CeKada, Scholl, Lassiter. HONOR COUNCIL LUCY FRANCES HARPER Chairman Althea CeKada, Kitty Currie, Betty Lassiter, Carma Lindsay, Sara Gertrude Page, Nancy Robinson, Rebecca Scholl. Student Government at Salem Academy is based on the honor system. The Honor Council tries to further this honor system, to instill in each girl a higher degree of integrity, and to act as a judiciary body in case of alleged violations of the honor code. 32 1 Front Row, L. to R.: Joyner, Denny, Adams, Foard, Stamey, Dalton. Back Row: Susong, Watkins, Stollings, Robinson, Broyhill, Harper. President NANCY ROBINSON Sponsor MISS ALICE WELLS Adams, Broyhill, Dalton, Denny, Foard, Harper, L., Joyner, Robinson, Stamey, Stollings, Susong, Watkins. The Spiritual Steering Wheel seeks to strengthen the ties between the religious and the academic life of each Salemite. The organization strives toward this goal through many activities in all phases of school life. 33 Quill Pen QUILL PEN STAFF Annie Frances Dalton, Editor ' in-ChieJ; Lucy Foard, Assistant Editor; Natalie Goodman, Assistant Editor; Martha Ann Harper, Assistant Editor; Peggy Tiiackston, Assistant Editor; Helen Stanley, Business Manager; Ann Coleman, Assistant Business Manager; Vicki Hamilton, Athletic Editor; Lucy Wright, Assistant Athletic Editor; Martha Funk, Class Editor; Mary Elizabeth Smith, Assistant Class Editor; Barbara Ramsay, Art Editor; Carol Augur, Assistant Art Editor; Elsie Shaw, PhotO ' graphic Editor; Nancy Jane Hale, Assistant Photographic Editor; Betty Lassiter, Advertising Manager; Emily Blum, Assistant Advertising Manager; Betty Crawford, Assistant Advertising Manager; Aurelia Gray, Assistant Advertising Mariager; Mary Jo Kelley, Assistant Advertising Manager; Julia Kester, Assistant Advertising Manager; Adrian Rice, Assistant Advertising Manager; Miss Doris Leach, Sponsor. Front Row, L. to R.: Foard, Hale, Kelley, Goodman, Shaw, Dalton, Stanley, Coleman, Augur Gray, Lassiter. Back Row: Kester, J., Smith, M. E., Funk, Ramsay, Harper, M., Hamilton, Thackston, Rice, Blum, Wright, L., Crawford. 34 nn n if a L. to R.: Burton, B., Stamey, Johnstone, Broyhill, Hunt, Goodman, Ramsay, Margolis, Stokes. Business Manager LILLIAN JOHNSTONE Assistant Business Manager NANCY HUNT Broyhill, Burton, Goodman, Margolis, Ramsay, Stamey, Stokes. Scribblers ' Club Seated, left to right: Neal, Perry, Mchi ' tosh, Adams. Second row, seated: Foard, Geitner, John ' stone. Augur, Lassiter, Rose, Scholl. Standing: Rankin, Shaw, Currie, Robin- son, Parker, Ramsay, Guigou. OFFICERS President LUCY ADAMS Vice President . . CAROL AUGUR Secretary. . .. BETTY LASSITER Treasurer . . REBECCA SCHOLL Editor in Chief. . . .LUCY FOARD Sponsor MISS HAZEL WHEELER I Pi Delta Phi First row, left to right: Burton, Hale, Swartz, Scott, Rushton, Mcllwaine, Goodman, Lindsay, Baumann, Stanley, Hunt, Matthews, Franklin, Joyner. Second row: Johnson, Augur, Rankin, Bryan, Crawford, Stamey, Page, Broyhill, Siler, Fleshman, Harper, Thackston, Watkins, Mcintosh, Burton, Dunbar. Third row: Greer, Margolis, Ramsay, Parker, Currie, Coleman, Pinkerton, Backenstoe, Fields, Couch, Steel eman, Kelley, Bruff, Adams, Stokes, Guigou. Fourth row: Rose, Funk, Hamilton, Perry, Blum, Bassett, Lassiter, McRae, Harper, Shockey, Smith, English, Shaw, Johnstone, Dalton. President ' . CARMA LINDSAY Vice President MARTHA FUNK Secretary NATALIE GOODMAN Treasurer BOBBIE McINTOSH Junior Red Cross Left to right: Perry, Funk, Foard, Rice, Hale. Chairman, LUCY FOARD Glee Club Front row, left to right: Denny, Susong, Rushton, Hayes, Broyhill, Lindsay, Baumann, Stanley, Hunt. Second row, left to right: Currie, E., Parker, Bryan, Crawford, Stamey, Page, Boyd, Neal, Scholl, Thackston, Joyner, Fleshman. Third row: Bassett, Smith, S., Longcrier, Taylor, Coleman, Gray, Backenstoe, Fields, Couch, Steelman, Bambalis, Kelly, Allison. Fourth row: Priestley, Currie, K., Lassiter, Dalton, Thomas, Harper, L., Shockey, Smith, M., English, Sylvester, Shaw, Foard. OFFICERS OF THE GLEE CLUB President BETTIE BROYHILL Vice President MARTHA DENNY Secretary ELSIE SHAW Committee Chairmen Left to right: Adams, Blum, Susong, Bryan, Rose, Broyhill, CeKada. Standards LUCY ADAMS Tour EMILY BLUM Good Wt7 . JOSEPHINE SUSONG Social NANCY BRYAN Service ELEANOR ROSE Program. . .BETTIE BROYHILL Head oj Committee C jairmen. JOSEPHINE SUSONG Class Poem Days In June June 2, 1947 ... Trunks and suitcases line the halls. There is a tremendous flurry of last minute packing. From one room to another a girl softly calls — Softly, for one last examination is being held For a few unlucky ones. The school Is as it has been before many vacations. But one thing is different. As a rule Leaving is not so final; each one knows That she will return when the holiday Is over. Now tomorrow each Will go her own separate way And no longer be a student here. June 3, 1947 ... The final rituals begin: Closing chapel, the reading of School Days, Recognition Day, the honors and awards, Class Day, held as the last bright rays Of the sun filter through the dell. More hurrying and excitement. At last The white garbed rows begin their slow procession — Slow, in truth, but oh, it seems too fast! Then, the diplomas — and the recession. Weeping and laughing all at once. The thirty-five are congratulated. June 4, 1947 . . . Silence throbs and echoes through the building; The noisy bustling of a hundred girls is still. For three long, lonely months it will be thus. But then once more the halls will start to fill. And Salem ' s story will begin again. Alice Geitner 38 Last Will and Testament State of North Carolina County of Forsyth City of Winston ' Salem To whom it may concern: We, the class of nineteen hundred and forty ' seven, being supposedly of sound mind and body and realizing the uncertainty of this life, do hereby publish and declare this to be our last will and testament. ARTICLE I To the faculty we leave our appreciation for their help and guidance during the year. ARTICLE II To the rising Senior Class we leave our wonderful privileges and honor study halls, hoping they will mean as much to them as they have meant to us. ARTICLE III Elizabeth Currie leaves her big city back ' ground to Sally Backenstoe. Althea (Ish) CeKada bequeaths her curly hair to Nancy Bryan. Enough said. Betty Crawford leaves her poetic talents to Carol Augur in hopes that the combination will make good verse. Martha Funk leaves her fifty cent words to Mary Catherine Burton. Natalie Goodman leaves her Florida suntan to Betty Stokes. Jane Taylor bequeaths Wagner to all lovers of good music — and men. Betty Burton leaves her sultry come hither look to Jeanette Joyner. Lucy Frances Harper wills her femininity to Jean McRae. Ora Lee Scott leaves her homemaking in- stincts to Lee Fleshman. Peggy Thackston leaves several inches to Dora Barraza. Lillian Johnstone leaves her 1968 CO. P. campaign speeches to the whole school. Eleanor Rose bequeaths her basketball whistle to Marilyn McDonald. Elsie Shaw wills her masculine cartoons to Lucy Foard. Mildred Matthews leaves her Kappa Sig key to — no, she changed her mind. Lucy Adams bequeaths her Alabama accent to Bobbie Mcintosh. Betty Greer leaves her reliable income of mail to all those hopeful new girls. Nancy Steelman wills Tyrone Power to Carma Lindsay. Nancy Robinson leaves her attraction to sailboats and those who sail them to Peggy Swartz. Julia Parker will keep her silver bracelets but leaves her big ears and brown eyes to Lucy Wright. Douglas Rushton leaves the pictures of her brother to 2CS. Now fight for ' em. Alice Geitner wills her long legs to Connie Neal. Nancy Hunt leaves with best wishes her McCallie ring to Tappy Bruff. Amy Watkins leaves her measured smile to Fay Sylvester. Margaret (Corky) Stollings wills her art for jitterbugging to Phyllis Guigou. Betty Stamey leaves Rutherfordton to any ' one who can pronounce it. Ann Johnson leaves her absent mindedness — especially at playing bridge — to Mary Alice Longcrier. Anne Coleman leaves her fickleness con ' cerning the opposite sex to Carol Shockey. Barbara Ramsay wills her frankness to Joe Susong. Becky Hayes leaves her bellbottom trousers and quietness to Betty Rankin. Betty Broyhill wills her music ability to Ann Franklin. Annie Frances Dalton leaves Jeter to any ' one who can take him away. Vicki Hamilton wills her ability to do any ' thing to anyone who needs it. Betty Read Mcllwaine wills her sweet dis- position to Emily Boyd who really doesn ' t need it. Helen Stanley says she needs everything she has and won ' t part with a single item. Anne English leaves her violent blushes to Ann Perry. ARTICLE IV We hereunto set our signatures and affix the seal on this, the third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty ' Seven. (Signed) THE CLASS OF 1947 Mary A. Weaver, Principal Laura Sumner, Sponsor Witnesses Nancy Hunt Julia Parker Testators 39 Class Prophecy . . . Spring, 1957 — Although no one has ever noticed me, a little gremlin living in the rug of the Salem Academy entrance hall, I have been living there since the door to the new building was opened in 1930. Living under- foot as 1 do I know only a trampled life, but it is a life made interesting by the conversations I hear. (Of course I listen. Suppose you lived in a rug.) On this day in April the telegraph boy came to the door, and I listened with interest to the contents of the yellow message. One of the Salem girls, Alice Geitner, was opening on Broadway in a new play, AHce-SiUbyAhe ' Fire. It seemed only yesterday, although, if I remember correctly it was ten years ago, that Alice, whom her friends called Cissie, had opened in that same play on the Salem stage. Memories came back to me, and I decided that I needed to get out of that rug and try some new rug in New York for a while. After I had dusted myself off, I crawled into the back seat of Miss Weaver ' s car and settled down for a nice trip to the city. Although 1 wasn ' t trampled upon on my way to New York, I was sat on; and, as a consequence, I didn ' t get too much sleep. Finally I crawled into the pocket of the car and stayed there until we arrived in New York. There I was so anxious to see Cissie (I always called the presidents of the classes by their familiar names) that I went immediately to the theater. Picking up a program in the lobby I read that Ora Lee Scott had designed the costumes for the play; another Salem girl ' s name was listed, too — Jane Taylor, who was in charge of make-up for the performance. I slipped down into the rug in the aisle and made my way to a seat that would show me the celebrities. I almost fell out of the upholstery when I saw Senators Lil Johnstone and Peggy Thackston come in together. I had heard that they were not speaking since their debate in the Senate on the United States foreign policy. Ambassador Martha Funk and her secretary, Helen Stanley, came in. Both were finding the earth very earthy since they had just returned from Mars. Sitting in a box that I couldn ' t possibly reach through the crowd were three world headliners: Vicki Hamilton, the musician; Althea CeKada, a Powers model; and Dr. N. Goodman, surgeon for What-Ails-You. In the press box where John Mason Brown used to sit was Julia Parker. Mr. Brown was attending the inaugura- tion of Amy Watkins as governor of Georgia. At the rise of the curtain I decided that I would just go right up on the stage with Cissie and encourage her. I crawled into the soft curtain and found myself being pulled along until I could have spoken to Douglass Rushton, an experienced curtain puller. Behind stage I also found Fran Dalton. I strained my eyes to find the wedding ring on her finger but found only her Salem class ring. Hearing a stir out in the audience I jumped on the curtain again and saw Lucy Adams walking up and down the aisle. She was evidently gathering material for her latest book on the psycho- logical effects of color. Picking up an invitation from the dressing table I read that Betty Crawford, wife of the manager of the Waldorf Astoria, was entertaining for the members of the class of 19-i7 after the play. When the play was over I jumped into the pocketbook of Eleanor Rose, who had left a secretarial job to marry her boss, and let her carry me to the hotel. On the banquet table I saw familiar drawing on the placecards and I knew that Barbara Ramsay, an out- standing artist, was there. Since she hadn ' t made a card for me, I snuggled into my usual place in the rug. Bits of conversation drifted down to me . . . Nancy Hunt was on an island in the Pacific, living on monkey meat and raising grass for a livelihood . . . Corky Stollings had succeeded John L. Lewis as head of the miners . . . With Ringling Brothers Circus in Europe were Fish Johnson, an acrobat (who had recently recovered from a romance with a clown) and Elizabeth Currie, the human skeleton (her diet finally proved too much for her) . . . Nancy Robinson was making an exciting ship .ace around the world with her dashing husband . . . Ann English had become a washing machine agent . . . Miss Betty Stamey left her nursery in Rutherfordton to attend the play . . . she said that Betty Burton, due to her movie fame, was traveling incognito through Europe. Wait! Who ' s that coming in late? Betty Greer and Nancy Steelman. Betty, now at the top of her chosen profession, pro football, had invited her former class- mate, a famed correspondent in Berlin, to report on one of her beautiful games ... I noticed that Elsie Shaw, the Metropolitan Opera star, seemed to be talking quite a bit; so I slipped down to that end of the table and found that Betty Read Mcllwaine was just beginning her second great true story, To Love Or Not ... It seems that Ann Coleman furnishes the real life episodes that take place in Betty ' s stories — occasionally Rebecca Hayes, now Mrs. Tom Moore, gives Betty Read an idea. Why is Rosie so amused? I think I ' ll slide down a bit more to hear . . . Poor Mil Matthews, who lives in Goldsboro with her family of seven boys, is unable to be present because of the illness of one of the younger members ... I just heard Lucy Harper, the noted harpist, tell Rosie that she was giving up her career to marry Charles. Such is life! My life! Although the future always brings the fulfillment of many wonderful things for Salem girls, the only future I know is covered by the rug in Salem entrance hall. There I belong and there I made my way back from New York, so that I could snuggle once more in the threads of its life and listen, listen, listen. ELSIE SHAW LUCY ADAMS, Prophets 40 II Sports Sports hold a favorite spot in the heart of every Salem girl. Each year there is a division of the student body into two rival teams, the Purples and Golds. Stiff competition is given by both teams as they contend for the silver cup presented on Recognition Day at the end of the year. Heads of Teams Head oj Purples BETTY GREER Head oJ Golds ELIZABETH CURRIE BETTY GREER AND ELIZABETH CURRIE THE WORKSHOP SOCCER OR FOOTBALL? Hockey Varsity Nancy Bryan Fran Dalton Lee Fleshman Carol Keith Marilyn McDonald Jean McRae Nancy Robinson Eleanor Rose Mary Elizabeth Smith Shirley Smith Betty Stamey Pjurple Team First row, left to right: Greer, Rani in, Mcllwaine, Sylvester, Rushton, Steelman, Matthews, Hunt, Shockey. Second row: Kester, A., English, Page, Couch, Franklin, Swartz, Funk, Longcrier, Wright, P., Perry, Mcintosh. Third row: Fleshman, Kester, J., Babaiis, Scholl, Keith, Wright, L., Robinson, Smith, S., Tucker, Foard. Back row: Boyd, Hayes, Kelley, Thackston, Taylor, Coleman, Stokes, Crawford, Parker, Smith, M. L., CeKada, Stollings. 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