Salisbury University - Evergreen Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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(yyiik GommunLbj Goncerls AX EN ' EX ' l’ long looked forward to at the eollege was Salisbury’s first opera, and the “Nine O’Cloek Opera” produetion of “The Marriage of Figaro” was well attended and fully enjoyed. It ' as performed without eos- tnmes or seenerv, but the elever artistry of the narrator and the east of young, good- looking Ameriean singers more than eom- pensated for this. Eaeh year the Cooperatiye Coneert Assoeia- tion gi ' es to its members the best artists ayailable. Sponsored by members of the eom- mnnity, the eollege also helps in seleeting artists, selling tiekets, or ser ang in admin- istratiye eapaeities. Representing the faenlty were Miss Margaret Blaek, Dr. J. D. Blaek- well, a yiee-president of the organization, and Dr. Anne II. Matthews, eaptain of one of the teams. Representing the students were Charles Pitts, Hugh Smith, Betsy Collison, and Virginia Rose Vineent. In addition to “The Marriage of Figaro,” eoneert members enjoyed the inimitable eharaeter sketehes of Rnth Draper, famed disense, and finally the Barrere-Britt trio — flutist, eellist, and pianist. Good performanee is a far better salesman than speeehes or pamphlets, and the highly sneeessfnl season this year wiW eertainly go far in assuring the Assoeiation a lasting plaee in the eommnnity. • 17 •

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ike Splrll of S ervLce PEACE AND GOODAVIEE, carols and hymns, soft lights and gay decorations — Christmas as usual. However, Christmas ’asn’t quite the same this year; there w’Sls an nndereurrent of sadness, a more reverent, heartfelt prayer than we had ever experieneed in our short lives — for this eoimtry is at war. Traditional eeremony was not given up in the faee of a national erisis; beeanse of it, a new and deeper feeling was aehieved. The annual eandlelighting serviee has eontinued to be an impressive rite sinee that little band of pioneers, baek in 1925, first met for a short Christmas vesper serviee in the librarv. Then the big red eandle, svmbol of the Spirit of S .T. C., w ' as lighted; it is relighted eaeh year. As eaeh student from it lights his small eandle, he seems to reeeive inspiration, and to humble himself before the flame as those shepherds did before the Star in the East. Bible readings and stories earrv one baek to the first Christmas, nineteen hundred and forty-one years ago. As the ser ' iee is eon- eluded, all present burst out in song of halle¬ lujah and ' Clory to God in the Highest.” The Wise Men of long ago did not eome empty-handed. Nor do the students and fae- nlty of S. T. C., for they bring Him gifts by giving to underprivileged ehildren in the vieinity. Other aetivities surrounding the Christmas season were not overshadowed by the eandle- light serviee, but rather they were inspired by it. The annual turkey dinner, the earol- ing, and the exehange of gifts and good wishes — all w ' ere attended w’ith a pra er that these traditions might always be performed in the true spirit of ser ■iee. . 16 .

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Ofc Of ill % PREPARED THE PHILOSOPHY of It Cmit Happen Here has long since been ridiculed and forced to take cover; the swiftly oceurring events of Deeember, 1941, ended its existenee. Fol¬ lowing PEARL HARBOR and the almost immediate deelaration of war, the nation as a whole deeided that, should it happen here, we eould and would be prepared. Like mushrooms, eivilian defense elasses sprang up over the eountry, and our eom- munitv was no exeeption. The eollege plays a huge part in loeal preparedness — helping during blaekouts, forming first-aid elasses, eondueting air-raid tests. And the people who take part are not limited to students and faeulty. From the town have eome house¬ wives, business men, teaehers, and others to attend home-nursing, nutrition, eanteen, and air-raid warden elasses and, in general, to find and fit themselves for a place in the war effort. We were made more aware of the national situation through forums eondueted in the elassrooms and on the air, through new emphasis plaeed on eurrent happenings — not only in history and eeonomies elasses, but in every eurrieular or extra-eurrieular aetivity. Regular first-aid elasses were rein- foreed and reimbursed as all of us learued to tie open head bandages, apply digital pres¬ sure, or to give artifieial respiration. The rub¬ ber, oil, and metal shortage made us more appreeiative of the things we had at hand, and somewhat more thrifty in earing for our own possessions. We are all learning to be good First Aiders . 18 .