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WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., DECEMBER 12, 1925.
Mathemalics Club Holds
First Regular Meeting
Miss Day Speaks of Early
History of Mathematics:
Large Number Present
The Mathematics Club held
its first meeting Wednesday,
December the ninth, in the liv
ing room of Alice Clevvell build
ing. Miss Mary S. Day, head of
the Department of Mathematics,
gave a talk, and then the meet
ing was turned over to the
program committee, who had
planned a Christmas party.
The room was decorated w
red and green—red candles,
red cloth on the punch table, and
red-covered lights. Ivy leaves
were placed in the windows and
below the mirrors at the front
of the room was a gaily
decorated Chiistmas tree, hung
with presents.
The first game was pinning
the tail on the reindeer, which
was drawn in white on a red
background. The ludicrous re
sults caused much merriment.
Louise Forrest won the prize.
NUMBER XIV
Bishop Rondthaler Speaks
At Second Advent Service
The Tenth Grade, Uundei’ The Direction Of
Miss Duncan, Sings Christmas Carol,
“Bethlehem Land".
The second Advent service of
he year was held W’ednesday
ncrning, December the ninth, at
leven o’clock. The service was
'ery fittingly opened by a song,
'Bethlehem Land”, rendered by
the tenth grade.
Bishop Rondthaler then made
very inspiring talk, making
e students realize
Christianity has accomplished
omanhood. He pictured
very vividly going to the stable
manger, knocking gently, and
seeing Joseph pointing the way
to the manger bed in a quiet
Mary, looking
tenderly and so lovingly, is
smoothing those little hands,
this thoughtful and
gifted woman could not conceive
of what those hands would do
for mothers.
\^'oman’s sorrows had spread
At the same time part of the all over the ancient world. She
guests were playing “Feathers”. | was a slave, a plaything for
amusing obstacle race I to be tossed about as a child
was held, and Margaret Vaughn
and Jessie Davis were the win
ners. Dr. Rondthaler was time
keeper. A game of “questions
and answers” was found to tell
very appropriate truths
■ times.
Margaret Hauser then told
f Dickens’ Christmas Carol very
efliectively.
The presents w(
tributed; each one ha
attached, and the girl receiving-
the present had to rise and read
her verse.
Punch and Christmas cake
were served.
Miss Day’s speech w:
lows:
“In tracing the history of the
beginning of Mathematics we
prefer to define this history as
a relation of incidents which
probably happened even before
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Luncheon For Members
Of Special Departments
Representatives of City Schooh
Meet with Members of
College Faculty.
Monday, December thf
seventh, the members of the
special departments of Salem
College and the city schools were
entertained at a luncheon at
Salem. Those representing the
city schools were Mr. Breach,
supervisor of music. Miss Maude
Bruce Wallace of the Music
Department, Mr. Hathaw:
head of Physical Education and
playgrounds, and Miss Leiger,
supervisor of Art. Di-. Rond
thaler, Mr. Heath, Miss Left-
wich. Miss Briggs, Dean Shirley,
and Miss Forman represented
Salem College.
After luncheon conferences
were held by members of the
various departments in refer
ence to the extension work in
special courses offered by Salem
College in co-operation with the
city schools. The discussions
were very interesting and help
ful. New extension courses are
being planned for next year.
throws away a toy.
This was the case even
favored lands. A man with
angry look may be seen with his
wife standing beside him. She
holds a paper in her hand read
ing-,-"I’m tired of yoti. Bt gonf!,
Do not let me see your face
again”. The man thinks,
is now gone and I am free to
marry some one else.” Because
of the hardness of men under
the Ishmaelitish law, this case
was true, but just so it is in
some lands today.
The Bishcp then spoke of his
journeys on foot in his young
days, and said he was always
interested to see what woman’s
vas. He said that he had
many sad things, but spoke
particularly of seeing a baby in
I field while the mother, with
;pade and pick-axe did double
duty. Woman may be seen do
ing the work of men. A woman
valks along carrying a heavy
ntsket, v/ith her husband at her
ii’e smoking his pipe. Though
ii-ian will not listen to what she
has to say in regard to toil and
labor, Christ will listen. From
this, she may derive a great deal
of comfort.
Farther east the sky is darker
ill, as shown by the example of
lhe young bride. Her father
sold her for about one hundred
,nd twenty dollars, snd
las been set to woi
nissionary’s kitchen, until she
may gain back the one hundred
;)nd twenty dollars for 1
husband.
Looking at what may be s«
through a missionai-ie’s eyes
India, there sits a w'dow in
dreary corner of a hall darkened
room with nothing to interest
her. She is very young, but
neglect has brought loneliness
and sorrow upon ht;r. In a
multitude of orie?ital and
heathen homes the cry of young
girls comes, “Oh, there is no
ce foi’ us, no hope for us.
learn nothing; we know
nothing; we are nothing.”
In the Mohammedan world, it
a question whether woman has
soul. She must be saved
through her husband.
young girl just married
comes into a green home. It
some better in University towns,
but they are only a very small
part of the Chinese life. A young
bride is very strange and lone-
ir no one is a greater
stranger than her husband. She
comes into a clan house, where
number of families live to
gether in jealousy. She :
ued on Page Thre.
The Y. w7c!TS^r
An Amusing Burlesque
A burlesque on the faculty
is presented by the Y. W. C.
last Tuesday evening, Dec
ember the eighth, at six-thirty
the recreation room.
The scene was cleverly intro
duced by Rosa Caldwell, writing
letter to an old friend, sup
posedly after graduation, and
mentioning the names of the
'acuity members as they ap
peared
up V
Education Class Gives | Senior Class Has Ivy And
Scenes From History Tree Planting Ceremony
Interprets Schools from Early!
History of Germany, Eng
land and America.
Last Tuesday morning, Dec
ember the eighth, the class
Education 3-4 presented thi
interesting and delightful little
scenes depicting schools ei
the history of education.
■eral years it has been custo-
ry for the class in history of
education to do this in some way,
hut this year the scenes were
'Specially interesting.
The first was a German
school, with Lardner McCarty
mastei', Ruth Pfohl, Elizabeth
Transou, Elizabeth Hobgood,
Agnes Bell, Laura Thomas and
Louise Culler as pupils. This
scene was largely a demonstr
tion in discipline, such as mak
ing refractory pupils sit
donkey, wear the dunce cap and
take whippings. The cate
chism was taught and Miss Mc
Carty admirably demonstrated
the sterotyped, conventional
mode of teaching prevalent
such classes.
The next scene showed the
dame school, Dorothy Siewers
teacher, and Pat Brawley,
May Hairston, Elizabeth Hast
ings and Lucille Carroll were the
pupils. These schools were for
very young children, and were
... Ijj' jj woman of sligkt learn-,
ing, to gain the few pennies of
tuition required. The catechism,
/ery simple spelling and some
•eading, as well as the lower
multiplication table foi-med the
entire curriculum. In the middle
of the spelling lesson, Mignon
Fordham, as the village
preacher, came in to announce
that there would be a holiday
account of a church festival,
and all the pupils trooped out
rejoicing.
'he last scene was elaborately
'ked out ■ from original
the stage. The make-1 sources; it represented an early
cases really ex- school in the community of
Senior Ivy and Tree Planting
took place in front of Society
Hall Tuesday morning, Dec
ember the eighth. The Seniors
and marshalls came in, singing
“Honored in Song and Story,”
and grouped themselves in a
semi-circle around the ivy. Helen
Griffin, class president, made a
brief and effective speech, liken-
■ ig the ivy to the aims and
ideals of the class, and then
while a song to the ivy was being
sung, she and the other officers
planted it by the wall of Alice
Clewell Building. Dr. Rond
thaler then spoke a few words
and the class marched on down
the campus to the place where
the tree was to be planted.
Bishop Rondthaler made a short
talk, speaking of the beauty of
the tree and using it as a symbol
for the class of 1926. He ended
by saying of both, “Vivat.
Crescat. Floriat.” The Seniors
joined hands and marched
around the tree, singing, while
the tree was planted, after
which everyone joined in sing
ing Alma Mater.
In addition to “Honored in
Song and Story’,, and the Alma
Mater, the following songs were
used. The words and music of
first were written by
Adelaide Wright, and the words
to the second.
IVY SONG
Twenty-six begins the year
Carrying out traditions dear.
As the ivy clinging fast.
This, the spirit of our class.
Staunch fidelity so true,
Salem, that we owe to you.
This, the symbol of our aim.
Ever climbing to some fame
Through the paths of life we
part,
will keep within our heart
Staunch fidelity so true
Salem, that we owe to you.
A Dance Given By
Academy Juniors
The tenth grade of the
academy gave a dance on Sat-
-day night, December 5, in the
recration room of the Alice
Clewell building. All' college
and academy girls were invited,
the admission fee being thirty-
cents. A lively orchestra
fui-nished music for the dancing,
r.nd refreshing drinks w’ere sold
in the course of the evening. .
Other interesting features were I Miss Chase, Marion Neely; Miss
solo dances by Dorothy Rose-1 Desha, Lillyan Newell; and Miss
mond and Virginia Perkinson. i Leftwich, Rachel Davis.
cellent, so that the girl actually
resembled the particular person
she represented. The dialogue
was witty and characteristic and
the girls all showed that they
had studied their models with
an intent to become familiar
with gesture and mannerism.
Th& first person summoned
was Dr. Rondthaler, played by
Dorothy Frazier, who gave
monitory address full of long
fords and oratory. Miss
Forman (Lucile Strickland) and
Miss Briggs (Mary Buckner)
appeai’ed together, as did also
Mr. Campbell (Leonora Wilder)
and Miss Osborne (Virginia
Blakely) and Mr. Edwin
Heath was ably represented by
his daughter Barbara who had
cleverly caught the parental
characteristics. The remaining
faculty members were repre
sented by the following girls:
Miss Day, Zora Foy; Dr. Floyd,
Fanny Person Rudge; Mr. Hig
gins, Lardner McCarty; Miss
Stipe, Connie Fowler; Dean
Shirley, Mary Alta Robbins;
Miss Smith, Pat Brawley; Miss
Blair, Mary Duncan BlacAnally
Miss Macmillan, Charlotte Sells;
Salem. Isabel Wenhold
teacher. Jenny Wolf, Ruth Piatt,
Ruth Perkins, Virginia Stain-
back, Margaret Peery and Ava
Grey Newborn were the pupils.
The lesson was begun with the
reading of the day’s text. Some
of the children were taught
writing—from a copy—s
spelling and some drawing.
All of the dialogue
written by members of the
i. The costumes, stage set
ting and lesson plans were
•iginal also, although the stu
dents drew upon information ac
quired in the study of historj'
of Education and there was
some evidence of extra research
Railroad Representatives
Take Orders For Tickets
Last Monday, December the
seventh, the representatives of
the railroads were at Salem
College to take orders for
tickets. They will be here again
next Monday and every girl who
ordered a ticket is requested to
purchase it at this time.
TREE SONG
This tree we leave to keep our
memory freshened
In the heart of Salem we adore
Its leaves entwine our love and
deep devotion
Twenty-six loves evermore.
Economics Class Visits
The Cigarette Factory
The Economics class visited
the R. J. Reynolds cigarette
factory, for the pui-pose of
studying concentration in in
dustry, and the highly developed
efficiency of modem machinery.
They found some very interest
ing facts: for instance, there
ne machine which does the
amount of work formerly
done by thirty-five people. The
class was conducted through the
factory from the first depart
ment to the last.
The Sociology class also has
been doing practical observation
They visited the day
nursery and the juvenile relief
department at Ardmore, for the
pui-pose of studying the con
ditions causing and resulting
from extreme poverty, tempo
rary methods of relief, and pre
vention.