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WINSTON-SALEM, N. C„ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1933.
Adminstration Grants
Day Student Petition
Chapel Attendance Made
Voluntary For Trial
Period
On Tuesday of this week an
nouncement was made by the Ad
ministration of the granting of the
following petition presented by the
Jay students of the college. It reads
as follows:
“Realizing that the problem of
chapel attendance for off campus stu
dents differs largely from that of
boarding pupils, we as day students
of Salem College, in a spirit of co
operation, request that chapel atten
dance be made optional for a trial
period until the Easter holidays.
“If this is granted, we will try to
build up a sentiment in favor of reg
ular chapel attendance and we agree
to attend the chapel services when
ever we reach the campus by the
chapel hour.”
This petition was unanimously
dorsed by all day students who w
, present at meetings of upper and
underclassmen held on Monday. The
decision of the Administration
announced to the day students a
chapel hour on Tuesday morning and
explained to the boarders at a house
meeting on the same day.
In granting this request,
stated, the committee considered the
fact that, because the problem differs
from that of on campus girls, the
same regulation for both groups
would give identity but not equality
of treatment. Home conditions and
bad weather are to be considered for
those living away from the campus
grounds. The committee appreciates
the spirit in which the request
made and is confident that these
girls will come cheerfully to the
services when they are on the c£
.pus, realizing that they are then
the same footing as the boarding pu
pils. For this same reason Wednes
day chapel at eleven o’clock will re
main required for all students. Im
portant also is the object of students
and Administration alike that the
suit of this new system will be an
creased attendance upon the early
The committee asked that two
things be remembered very parti
ularly in connection with this granted
petition; first, that one day student
on the campus at the chapel hour
who needs an excuse from atten
dance should see Miss Lawrence who
will be available in the day student
rooms; second, that when the student
is deciding whether to com
campus by eight-thirty, she will bear
in mind that in unnecessarily ab
senting herself she would not break
a rule, as heretofore, but she would
break faith with those Who have
trusted her.
PING PONG FINALS
The fight is o’er—the victory
won- and the Ping Pong Tourna
ment has finally come to a suc
cessful close with surprisingly
few mishaps. In fact, through
out the entire series of games there
was but one serious accident and
onlv the victim himself can vouch
for the injuries he received. We
refer to the fall of Mr. McEwen
on the recreation room floor of
Alice Clewell Building.
The Noble was in the act of
slicing one of Miss Knox’s most
vicious serves when his knee
jerked him unawares, and the next
thing we knew Mr. Cambell was
lifting him gently to his feet
again. Nothing daunting, Mr.
McEwen and his running mates
:re back the next day, playing
hard as ever (with chewing gum
I one foot and fly paper on the
otlier) and every day thereafter.
~ verybody is still talking about
Salem College’s Ping Pong Tour-
ent. It was a contest inter
mural, inter-faculty, inter-vidual,
inter-lectual, and inter-esting, and
an all round perfect success. Who
knows it may become inter-nation
al and this year's n-inners may be
playing the Jap or the Ptussian
Ping Pongers in 1931?
Mrs. Council! Sends
Greetings To Salem
Tells Salem Girls Memories of
Old Days at Academy
The oldest living alumna of Salem,
Mrs. Alice Councill of Hickory, sent
this message to the students of the
institution she once attended: “Tell
Dean Vardell Talks
To Danville Club
Presents Program of Modern
Music Wednesday Afternoon
Dean Charles G. Vardell gave ar
illustrated lecture before the Wed
nesday Club in their clubhouse
Danville, Virginia, on last Wednes-
everyone at Salem that I love them. I f day afternoon. It was a talk on moc
often think about the dear old school | ern music, a subject upon which M:
and wish that I could be there. I j Vardell is an authority,
appreciate the kind messages that,
were sent to me on my birthday, and.
if I were able to write I should'P’'esented at a music hour
answer them all.”
Physical Ed. of Spirit
Sulject of Vespers
Junior Class In Charge of Sun
day Evening Program
The Junior Class had charge of
Vespers on Sunday night, February
12, with Georgia Huntington lead
ing. After the prelude, played by
Mary Celeste Frontis, Alice Stough
read the scripture lesson.
Beth Norman read the devotional,
on physical education of the spirit.
After this Frances Sutttlemyre play
ed a piano solo. The service ended
with the “Y” watchword and Choral
Amen by the choir.
Vespers for Sunday, February 19.
will be in charge of the Freshman
Class.
On January 30 Mrs. Councill cele
brated her one hundredth birthday,
retaining all her faculties and the
Sjrilliant intellect for which she was
known ’ in her youth. Greetings
reached her by mail and telegraph
from the governor, from Mr.. Jo
sephus Daniels, from Dr. Rond-
thaler, and from hundreds of friends
and admirers. Mrs. Councill had
achieved an ambition of many years’
standing.
To Katie Thorp and Josephine
Courtney, who visited her, this old
southern gentlewoman was most
gracious and luispitable. She was
dressed in black silk, a white lace
collar pinned with a broach at her
neck. Her snowy white hair lay in
soft waves, and her hands showed
nails that were freshly manicured,
for always she is exquisitely groomed.
She is slender, with shoulders a lit
tle stooped, and she looks as deli
cate as a china doll.
As they talked together in the liv
ing room of her daughter, Mrs. E.
A. Taylor, the thoughts of the aged
alumna wandered to the past, not in
the rambling and incoherent fashion
that is often characteristic of old
age, but clearly and interestingly.
It was plain to see that the capacity
of her brilliant mind had not been
dulled by time. She spoke of her
schooldays at Salem in 1848, when
she, Mary Alice Bostwick and Mary
Anna Morrisson, who later became
Mrs. “Stonewall” Jackson, ’
tfriends. It was a time when travel
ing was so dangerous that a girl went
to boarding school with the intention
of remaining the four years without
vacations at home, even though she
lived no further away than Sumter,
S. C.
“One Christmas,” she said,
cousins at Fort Defiance in Happy
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Student Council Shows
Work Of N.S.F.A.
National Unions Plan Various
Activities
The Student Council has been
giving to the students of the
college views of the many activities
of National Student Federation of
America. On the bulletin board
have been placed interesting posters
and pamphlets which give a very
clear idea of the accomplishments of
the organization in regard to tours,
debates, radio broadcasts, and pub
lications.
The National Student Federation
of America is becomng a major part
of the student organizations of the
countr3', the different unions of the
various countries of the world and
on debating teams.
The purpose of the National Stu
dent Federation of America has been
summed up as follows:
“We would achieve a spirit of
operaticm among the students of the
United States of America to give
sideration to questions affecting the
student interests. We would develop
an intelligent student opinion on
questions of national and internation
al importance; w-e would foster un
derstanding among the students of
the world in the futheranee of
during peace.”
The tours which are sponsored by
the organization are in accordance
^ with the aims of the body. The stu-
several years ago, although the il-! dents of the various parts of the
JUNIOR EDITORS
So many “Salemite” readers
have asked why the paper sudden
ly improved last week, that the
•truth must be told. It was edited
by three junior members of the
staff, while the editor-in-chief fell
back into the ranks of cub report-
The editors who succeeded so
lustrations were longei
numerous. During the talk Mr.
Vardell played selections from the
works of Debussy, Poulenc, Casella,
Malipiero, Goosene, Hindemith,
Schomberg,’ and De • Falla. The
audience was delighted with the lec
ture recital, although the original
program did not include, as they had
•equested, any of the player’s own
'ompositions.
Thursday Music Hour
Features A Recital
Excellent Performances by
Music Students
The regular Thursday Music Hour
was occasion for a most enjoyable
student recital given at Memorial
Hall at four o’clock in the afternoon.
Those performing were representa-
(tives of the voice, piano, and violin
departments. The program,
sisting of various types of numbers,
among them a few beautifully
dered modern compositions, wa
follows:
STUDENT’S RECITAL
Norwegian Bridal Procession ..Greig
Mary S. Absher
Venetian Boat-Song in F Sharp
Minor Mendelssohn
Sunny Kirby
Dies est daetitiae XVI Century
How Merrily We Live
Michael Este, 1600
Mary B. Wiliams, Mary Mills,
Adelaide Silversteen
Northern Lights Torjussi
Lois Moores
Fantasia in D Minor Mozart
Margaret L. Jolinson
Concerto in A Minor Vivaldi
Allegro
Rebekah Baynes
The Lark Glinka- Balakirew
Rosalie Smith
United States and the young people
of other lands are able to visit t
places of interest and importance
the world; at the same time they ;
able to know and understand one £
other. Thus there is started the
journey on the road to world under
standing and peace. The tours are
very reasonable in cost.
The debating teams that the stud
ent organizations spo
world-wide. Last year teams from
Scotland, Ireland, and France
ited the eastern and southern parts
of the United States. In the spring
of 1933 a team of American
going to debate in the British Isles.
The students of the world art
porting the entire movement,
rious publications are in the hands
of the group.
As yet, Salem College is not a
member of the National Student Fed
eration. Representatives of the
Student Government Association of
the school have attended meetings of
the organization. Within the not far
distant future the school may be
come a member if the students wish.
The dues for members of the associ
ation are twenty'-five dollars. Many
benefits are obtained from the
ganization—the students of
schools which belong are entitled to
the participation in the tours and
other activities; the school gets cop
ies of the publications; by writing to
the information bureau, the Council
is able to get help and suggestions
on the problems that arise. Each
■ school that is a member is closely
connected with the leading schools of
the nation and of other nations.
Study Of Appointments
Urged By Dr. Rankin
Appointing Ambassadors Is
Weighty Power of President
Dr. Robert S. Rankin, assistant
dean of the graduate school and pro
fessor of social science at Duke Uni
versity, in the extended chapel of
Wednesday morning, February 15,
urged a careful study of the powers
of President-elect Roosevelt.
Dr. Rankin discussed in detail the
foreign relations power of the Presi
dent. He is called upon to receive
ambassadors of other countries and
thus to recognize their governments.
Much depends on the way in which
such diplomatic matters are handled.
The President has the power to
make treaties and to exercise an im
portant amount of control in the
functioning of these. He also has the
power to appoint ambassadors from
luntry to others. These men
must of necessity be persons of
means because of the many expensive
obligations placed upon them. Be
cause of the importanct of his po
sition and the wide scope of his work,
the ambassador must have a knowl
edge of everything American, from
the Monroe Doctrine to facts about
ithe hookworm. He is called upon,
not only to answer questions but to
act in the furtherance of American’s
pleasures as well as to protect them
and their property abroad. Ambassa
dors must be qualified to fill any
social position that may arise; he
must exercise tact and ingenuity in
^all situations, no matter how difficult.
There is not much mony payed to
members of the diplomatic corps,
but it has its compensations in its in
teresting life.
One of the most important powers
vested in the President is that of
pardoning persons who commit of
fenses against the United States.
Here Dr. Rankin explained the merit
and defects of a pardon and showed
the changing attitude of federal
courts towards the meaning of a
pardon. At first a pardon meant
that the crime was regarded as hav
ing never been committed, but now
the courts regard it as meaning only
exemption from punishment. Be
cause of this the pardon is not really
'satisfactory, for even though newly
discovered evidence shows that the
person convicted of the crime is in
nocent, a pardon always carries an
imputation of guilt. Dr. Rankin ex
plained that a prisoner may, if it is
to his, advantage, refuse a pardon,
but if there is a good reason why the
court wishes him to be released, as
in the ease of Gerald Chapman who
was wanted in Connecticut for mur
der committed while he was escaped
from Atlanta prison, the President
may commute the sentence. A prison
er may not refuse a commutation of
his sentence.
At present President-elect Roose
velt is appointing ambassadors from
the United States to other recognized
countries. If Governor Roosevelt
picks from his party capable men
to represent the United States abroad
he will secure valuable help in mak
ing his term of office a successful
well were Susan Calder, Sarah' Turn Ye Even to Me Harker
Lindsay, and Mary Absher, | At the Brookside Grieg
Next week the editors will be Rebecca Hines
three other juniors, . Patsy.. Me-! Prelude from Carnival Mignon
Mullan,.. Kathleen.. Adkins,.. and | Schutt
Meriam Stevenson. They are so \ F'rances Suttlemyre
9,mbitious that they have already' Memorial Hall, 4:00 P. M., Feb-
planned the front page. ruary 16, 1933.
DINNER POSTPONED
The Young Democrats met tem
porary defeat last Thursday night
when the dinner which they had
planned with a great deal of ef
fort failed to take place on ac-
ocunt of the illness of the speaker,
Mr- Santford Martin. ..Since Mr.
Martin, who is editor of the Win
ston-Salem Journal and a popular
speaker, was the principal attrac
tion of the program, it could not
go on without him.
“No one else could take the
! place of Mr. Martin, ’ ’ said Presi
dent Beth Norman, “and so
will not have a substitute. Next
week, if the speaker has recovered
from flu, the dinner takes place.’’
PRESIDENT AND WIFE
ARE ABSENT FROM
CAMPUS
After a great effort to put his af
fairs in order. Dr. Howard Rond-
'thaler arranged to be absent from
'the college for more than a week.
Nothing distressing has taken place
because of his absence. That is more
remarkable since Mrs. Rondthaler is
also away.
Dr. Rondthaler is in Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania, attending to business
of the Moravian Church . On his way
to Pennsylvania he delivered an ad-
fdress at Rocky Mount and talked to
the Salem Alumnae Association of
that city. Next Wednesday, 22, he
will talk to the O.Henry Club in
Greensboro. That evening he re
turns to Salem.