FACULTY
OPERA
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1930.
FACULTY TO PRESENT
OPERA ON MARCH 8TH
Alumnae Chapters
Hold Annual Meets
Branches All Over the South
Discuss Salem Progress
Several interesting meetings liave
been held in the past month among
Salem Alumnae. The Burling*ton
Branch of the Alumnae Association
met with Violet and Wilmer Holt
and had as its guest, Mrs Theodore
Rondthaler, the Alumnae Association
Secretary, and Miss Jess Byrd, of
the Academy faculty. Miss Helen
Coble was elected President of that
brancli for the ensuing year.
The Greensboro branch of the
Alumnae Association met at the
Country Club and had as its guest
Dr. Willoughly, Miss Anna Pauline
Shaffner, and Miss Eleanor Shaff-
ner. This meeting proved to be
very interesting. Both Dr. Willougli-
ly and Miss Anna Pauline Shaffner
si)oke, and Miss Eleanor Shaffner
rendered some harp solos. Miss Cam
Boren' was elected President of the
Branch for the ensuing year.
The Philadelphia Branch of the
Alumnae Association met at the Col
lege Club -H'ith Stuart Hayden Rog
ers and lone P'uller Parker as host
esses. The alumnae especially en
joyed seeing the “Salem Room” at
the Club, and the entire meeting was
a particularly interesting one.
Tlie High Point Branch met at
the home of Maree Goley Hunsucker
and had as its guests Mi«s Marion
Blair. Miss Sallie Vogler, and Miss
Carrie Jones of Winston-Salem.
Miss Vogler and Miss Jones gave in
teresting talks in which the}’ gave
many interesting incidents of their
■m Day I.
The Charlotte group of Salem
Alumnae met for a luncheon down
town and had as its guest Mr. and
Mrs. McDonald. Mr. McDonald
gave an interesting resume of college
life.
The Kernersville Branch met at
the home of Mrs. Linville. Mrs. Wil
li/an Parker, the president, presided.
For the ensuing year, Miss Dore
Kornor Donnell was elected Presi
dent and Miss Kathleen Korner, Sec
retary. The Asheville Brancli of the
Association met at the Country Club
and had as its guests, Dr. and Mrs.
Rondthaler.
Reports have not yet been re
ceived from the meetings at New
York City, Concord, Rocky Mount,
and Wilson; although meetings have
been held in these places. Miss Ro.sa
Caldwell is president of the Con
cord Branch of the Association. Miss
Elsie Barnes of the Wilson Branch.
Miss Maggie Mae Robbins of the
Rocky Mount group and Miss Mil
dred Steimle of the New York City
group.
Mary Myers Faulkner
Speaker at Vespers
Y. W. C. A. in Industrial
World Subject of
Speaker
The usual Sunday evening Y. W.-
C. A. vespers was presided over by
Mary Myers Faulkner, she being
also the speaker of the occasion. Her
topic was “Y. W. C. A. and the In
dustrial World.” The service was
begun with two selections rendered
by the choir, these being, “Holy,
Holy, Holy,” and “Lead on, O King
Eternal,” Milicent Ward sang a
solo, entitled “Spirit of God.”
Miss Faulkner opened her address
by pointing out that in the last hun
dred years woman has found a
steadily increasing industrial field
open to her. They are gradually
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Mystery Is Solved When Fac
ulty Secret Leaks Out
CAST TO BE ANNOUNCED
Much Interest Develops Upon
Circulations of Rumors
The Salemite sleuths have ferret
ed out the cause of the unusual con
duct of late observed in the faculty
Suspicion was first aroused by un
precedented bursts of hilarity when
ever a group of these august person
ages w^ere seen together. When, in
addition to this, it became known
that Miss Leftwich was taking
dancing lessons and Dr. Anscombe
was taking vocal training, the se
cret service could only put its ear to
the key-hole.
“Polly’s Archie” was the first
thing heard. That gave us visions of
.romance, but we were too optimistic.
Presently light burst upon us.
The Faculty—those sublimely sol
emn individuals—are preparing a
burlesque opera! “Polly’s Archy”
is a comic version of Pagliacci!
In order not to appear ignorant—
and in order to be able to laugh with
the properly ingratiating roar—we
continued our sleuthing in the li-
We discovered that Pagliacci is an
opera in two acts with its setting in
Italy. In the first act the happy
villagers are seen awaiting the
players (Pagliacci). The players
enter with the leading lady in a
donkey cart. (We know whom we
would cast as the donkey!) One im
mediately learns that the leading
man is jealous of the clown, bbt
presently we see that it is not the
clown whom he needs to fear, but a
handsome villager, one Silvio. The
clown overhears their sweet cooing
and warns Canio (the husband.)
In the second act the players be
gin their play, but the jealous hus
band is so distraught that he, in the
midst of the action, bursts out with
a demand for the name of hi
love:
She t
s to r
the
play, but the husband, in a fury,
seizes a knife to slay her. At this
the lover leaps upon the stage to
save her. Wife and lover are both
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Community Chest Plan
Presented at Chapel
Students of College and Acad
emy to Have Part in
Drive
At the regular Thursday morning
chapel service, Dr. Rondthaler pre
sented to the students of both the
Academy and College the Communi
ty Chest plan for this year. He
asked that each student try to give
something if only a very small
amount. The aim is for everyone
to give. As everyone knows this is
a worthy cause and each student
should give as much as she feels she
can. The following associations
will be benefited by these gifts: As
sociated Charities, Boy Scouts, Tu
berculosis Christmas Seals, Councils
of Social Service, Girl Scouts, Good
Will Industries, Memorial Industrial
School, Red Cross, Salvation Army,
Travelers Aid, Y. M. C. A., and Y.
W. C. A., both white and colored.
At the close of the chapel serv
ice, Salem College Student Enve
lopes were distributed throughout
the entire student body by the presi
dents of the respective classes. Each
envelope bears a number and should
be turned in with or without a gift
by Saturday evening. Boxes have
been placed in Main Hall and the
main Academy building to collect
the envelopes.
Academy Celebates
Washington’s Birthday
Ninth Grade Is in Charge of
Holiday Entertainment
On the evening of February 22,
the ninth grade study hall of the
Academy was completely trans
formed into a rare scene of patrioti(
revelry in honor of George Wash
ington’s birthday. Everywhere there
were decorations which were fitting
for the merry occasion. Small ta
bles were set for the guests and a
delicious salad course was ser
During the evening delightful
sic was played while the dainty v
resses, who might easily have step
ped from a past century, hurried
and fro, busily engaged in serving
and in trying to please their patrons.
Later during the evening Jean
Burroughs and Alice Lanier, dressed
in old-fashioned costume, danced a
quaint minuet typical of the colonial
period. A charming play was pre
sented, “The First Defeat of George
Washington,” in which Carolyn
Welch took the part of Washington.
The entire evening was spent in a
splendid celebration of the First
President’s birthday. The ninth
grade is to be congratulated for its
Further Progress In
Oratorical Contest
81 Colleges and Universities
Have Already Entered
Representatives
Although March 25 is the closing
date for entries in the Sixth Nation
al Intercollcgiate Oratorical Con
test on the Constitution already 81
states have written to P. Caspar
Harvey, national director. Liberty,
Mo. Northwestern University,
Evanston, 111., nationaj winner in
1925, was the first school to enter
the 1930 contest.
Although April 15 is the closing
date for each school to select its rep
resentative, the distinction of being
the first orator to win his local con
test goes to F. B. Farr, A. and M.
College of South Carolina, Clemson.
The competition for the greatest
forensic honor open to college stu
dents in America foreshadows bring
ing together this year the largest
group of colleges and universities in
any project of the kind in the his
tory of American higher education,
according to the announcement made
this week at the national headquar
ters. A total of $5000 in prizes
will be awarded, and the winner,
who will become the national inter
collegiate champion orator for 1930,
will be awarded a prize of $1500.
Second pl^ce will give a prize of
$1000, scaling down to $400 for
seventh place.
The national director is sending
this week to 902 college and univer
sities an urgent request to make their
entries early even if the schools may
wait until April, 15, to choose their
contestants.
PIERRETTE PLAYERS
TAKE IN NEW MEMBERS
Seven Girls Successful in
Tryouts for New Talent
The seven vacancies in the Pier
rette Players were filled by the try
outs which were held Monday night.
The tryouts were judged by a com
mittee composed of both faculty and
student members ofthe organization.
Contestants are judged on their
poise, enunciation, and general dis
play of dramatic ability.
The following girls have been an
nounced a s the new members:
Agness Pollock, Mary K. Thorp,
Ann Finley, Martha Pierce, Essie
Hendricks, Louise Stevenson, Mary
Louise Miekey.
CONFERENCES ON HOME
ECONOMICS ARE HELD
Interesting Session Held Dur
ing Past Week
NONA RAPER DELEGATE
Program In Full Given for
the Session
On Friday and Saturday, Feb
ruary 21 and 22, the State Home
Economics Association met in the
new Home Economics Building of
N. C. C. W., in Greensboro. Miss
Peterson, the President of the Asso
ciation, presided at all the general
Nona Raper, President of the
Salem College Home Economics
Club, was the official delegate from
Salem College. She went on Fri
day and remained for all the meet
ings. On Friday afternoon Miases
Leftwich, McAnally, and Mrs.Mein-
ung,and Virginia Pfohl, Carolyn
Binkley, Mildred Enochs, Nona
Raper, and Ruth Rozzelle went o
to the conference on Saturday mo
ing, Elizabeth Stroud joined N'
Raper, and remained for 'the Sat
urday meetings.
Problems pertaining to hojne
nomic courses, and ideas of interest
the members were discussed
all the meetings, particularly at the
Open Forum discussion held from
time to time. The official program
for the meeting is printed below:
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21
2:00-2:30—
General Meeting—President
Miss Peterson, presiding,
2:30-2:45—
Announcements
Interesting features in the
New Building—Mis.s Play
foot.
1:4.5-3:45—
Student Club P r o g r a m—
Mary York, Advanced Chair
man, presiding.
Address—Student Club Work
—Miss Lelia Bunce, Atlanta.
Program by College Home
Economics Club,
f r30-5:30—
Open House (Tea and In-
ipection of Building)
>;80—
Get-to-Gether Dinner, fltome
Economics Cafeteria.
1:00-=—
President presiding.
Greetings from the Stai^. Su
perintendent of Public In
struction—Dr. A. T. Allen.
Address—Jessie W. Harris
Head of Dept, of H. F. Uni
versity of Tennessee.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22
9:00—
Business Meeting and Stu
dent Club, led by Miss Bunce
Affiliation into State Or
ganization,
10:00— ,
Address— Home Projects—
Miss Harris.
Sigma Omicron Alpha
Debate In Y. P. M.
Woman’s Emergence From
Home Is Topic Debated
The extended chapel service Wed
nesday was one of the most inter
esting of this year. It was in
charge of the Sigma Omicron Alpha
and w'as the final class debate be
tween the Juniors and Freshmen.
The subject was “Resolved, that the
woman’s emergence from the home
is a regrettable feature.” This is
a very widely discussed problem in
all of the United States of today, in
civic clubs, churches, and other
public places one is apt to hear of
this particular subject.
The affirmative side was upheld
by Mary A. Payne and Elizabeth
Marx, Juniors, while Lucy Wool-
wine and Lenora Schwarze were
representing the Freshmen and up
holding the negative side. The
Oxford method of decision was used.
The first speaker on the affirma
tive was Mary A. Payne who pre
sented many interesting facts con
cerning her stand. Quoting Jier de-
“We are all aware of the fact
that women are emerging from the
home . . . Today we find they are
represented in every sphere of ac
tivity . . They are everywhere in
evidence and are with man in every
turn in business, religion, politics
and recreation.”
According to her reading of sta
tistics, it is found that practically
one-third of the work women are ne
groes, 75 imigrants, and one-six na
tive whites, and almost all of these
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Y. W. Vespers Sunday night will '
be in charge of the Advisory Board
of the strident Y. W. C. A. of Salem
College. The Board consists of
Mrs. Howard Rondthaler, Miss Min-
lie Smith, Miss I,ula M. Stipe, Dr.
Frances Anscombe, and Mr. Ralph,
McDonald. They have secured Dr_
Anscombe as the chief speaker. Sev
eral interesting musical selections
will be given by members of the fac
ulty and student body.
Vespers -will be held in Alice
Clewell Campus Living Room at 6
’clock. The students and facufiy
cordially urged to attend. ^
College Honor Roll
Is Read In Chapel
Names of Ranking Students
Are Read by College
President
Dr. Rondthaler read the first se
mester honor roll list in Chapel on
Thursday morning. No further dis
crimination than A and B grades
The following students made an
average of 90 or above for the first
semester:
Mary Alice Beaman, Rose Best,
Alice MacR. Caldwell, Ruth Carter,
Selma Crews, Ruth Crouse, Nancy
Harris, Dorothy Heidenreich, Lou
isa Hooker, Margaret Johnson, Ruth
Marsden, Grace Martin, Mary Mar-
tin, Elizabeth Marx, Dorothy Mat-
tison, Mary Louise Mickey, Mary
Virginia Pendergraph, Carrie May
Stockton, Eloise Vaughn, Lucille
Vest, Mary Lillian White, Laila
Wright.
6% students averaged 90 or above
14% Seniors averaged 90 or above
8% Juniors averaged 90 or above
4% Sophomores av. 90 or above
5% F'reshmen av. 90 lor a.bove
'The following students have made
an average of B plus:
Florence Aitchison, Athena Cam-
pourakis, Irene Clay, Josephine
Cummings, Belle Dennemark, Sara
Efird, Mary Myers Falkner, Fritz
F"irey, Frances Fletcher, Charlotte
Grimes, Elmina Hearne, Sallie Heg-
gie, Wanna Huggins, Helen John
son, Mae Kreeger, Mary Ayers
Payne, Virginia Pfohl, Lesise Brown
Phillips, Wilma Phipps, Martha
Pierce, Wynelle Reeves, Katherine
Schlegel, Leonora Schwarze, Mar
garet Siewers, Marjorie Siewers,
Mary Catherine Siewers, Betty
Sloan, Lillie Taylor, Elizabeth
Ward, Millicent Ward, Eleanor Wil-