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I “OP O ME THUMB” I GOES TO FINALS i "T “OP 0 ME THUMB’’ GOES TO FINALS VOL. XV. WINSTON-SALEM. N. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1935. Number 24. GERTRUDE SCHWALBE REPORTS ON FLORIDA CONFERENCE New Stee Gee President Speaks In Chapel Tuesday As piobably all of know, 1 left last Wednesday to attend the S. I. A. S. G. Conference held at Florida State College for Women in Talla hassee, Florida. I was the only one On tJie car from here to Charlotte, but at that station several other girls got on who were going to the same conference. I could tell by the amount of noise they made. Vfe all arrived in Tallahassee a little before one on Thursday, just in time for lunch. 1 shall try to relate in a few words the n)ain general ideas I gained from the conference. The first lecture that I attended, and the first on the program, was given by Dr. K. T. Abbey, professor of history there at the college, who spoke on , “The Student Govern ment — What it is and What it Should Be.” Dr. Abbey is a very able speaker and pointed out very clearly that the college community is a unique one. It is young, she said, and there is an absence of the ordinary checks and balances. The individuals are inexperienced, that is. For this reason if for no other the student government should be the cause of growth and develop ment, and not merely an agent to keep the campus orderly. She went on to outline various means by which the student government could be made an education agent, for college is no place to be helped to pick up bad habits. We can acquire anywhere, she said. That afternoon all of us — and there were nearly ninety in all — were taken out to Camp Flastacowo where we had a swim, canoe ride, and steak fry. Everything was lovely except the steak and that would have been if we had had pa tience enough to get it^done gradu ally instead of letting it burn black on the outside and stay perfectly raw' inside. For those of us who had either too little patience or too hungry dispositions wonderful hot dogs, bacon and cheese, marshmal lows, coft'ee, candy, apples, and the like w'ere provided. That same night upon our return we had an address by Dean Shailer Matthews who emphasized the fact that the present economic questions will gradually turn into moral ques tions and that these will have to be solved by youth, that it is our duty to have this youth educated to sac- riflcal social niindedness. Friday %ve were addressed twice by Dean Amos of the University of Pittsburgh, first introducing a dis cussion group on the tecnique of presidency and second on the “Art of Living.” The main thought in her preferatory remarks was aga,in that Student Government is an in tegral part of education and that it should not be disciplinary. Her main address w’as splendid. I wish I could reproduce it for you word for word. To begin with she said that we must remember existence is given. Life is man’s own free crea tion. And art is a means of address, is objective self-expression. Art is meaured in degrees from the term beautiful to the term ugly. In order to create a work of art stimulation is necessary. We must have first an idea groat enough to move us to find material for the right kind of ex pression. If the idea is great enough and beautiful enough it does not make any difference what the model is, for the work of art is the embodiment of a great and impelling idea. Dean Amos used as illustra tion Angella’s statue of Moses. She said that before Angello cut into the perfect piece of marble that he had (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) Y. W. C. A. PRESIDENT I'SAIEM PLAY WINS IN FIRST ELIMINATION OF DRAMA TOURNEY ERIKA .\rARX Of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, recent ly elected President of the Y. W. C. A. 1935-’36. MARX ELECTED Y.W.C.A. PRESIDENT FOR m 1935-36 Versatile Pennsylvania Girl To Hold Important Office iliss Erika ilarx, of Xazereth, Pennsylvania, has been elected Presi dent of the Y. W. C. A. for the year 193o-3>. She will succeed Miss ilar- that Binder of Mount Airy, X. C. Krika has served on the “Y” Cab inet since her Freshman year, and in her .Junior year was elected its secretary. She has been outstand ing in athletics, making the hockey and basketball varsities in her Freshman, Sophomore and Junior years. She was a member of the Athletic .Association in her Sophomore year, and this year she was elected sec retary of the Association. She was also a member of the staff of the “Sights and Insights” in her Sopho more year, was an associate editor (if the* “Salemite” this year, and was initiated into the Scorpions.” The German Club, newly organ ized this year elected her at its presi dent. Erika is a regular “deutsch Sprecherin” and introduced to our campus the German customs of a “Singstunde” and a “Volk-tanzen •Abend.” She has always been very much interested in and active in the work of tne “ Y” and gives jiromise of being a most efficient and active leader for next year work. Watch The World President Roosevelt En dorses Philippine Constitution 'Op ’O Me Thumb To Be Presented Again in Finals Thursday Night Tinder the auspices of the Winston- Salem Public Recreation Commission the First Annual Tournament of one act plays is to be held at the R. .1. Reynolds High School Auditorium. The preliminary contests, to which as many as twelve plays may be en tered by different organizations, will be on the nights of April 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Fi’om these entries three will be chosen to bo given the night of April 5th. The play will be judged on the basis of diction, team work, interpretation, acting, and selection of the play. A cup will be awarded to the play judged be.st. The cup may be held by the winning group one year, and is to be competed for at the next tourna ment. The group winning it three times, not necessarily in succession, will become pernmnent owner. The plays can be of only one act, and can not last longer than 40 min utes. Xo professional actor can be employed hi the cast. The play to be entered from Salem College is a comedy entitled OivO- (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Last week President Roosevelt, in the presence of Secretary of War Dern and Manuel Quezon (probable first President of the Philipi>ine Commonwealth), singned the docu ment certifying that the Constitu tion complies with United States de mands. As soon as the Constitution is approved by a plebiscite held in the Islands, the Commonwealth of the Philippines will be set us, and by 194G it should become the wholly autonomous and independent Repub lic of the Philippines. This procedure was recommended by the Hare-Hawes-Cutting Bill w’hich was passed in January, 1933, over the veto of President Hoover but, was rejected by the Filipinos. The Constitution is similar to that (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) JOSEF LHEVINNE COMING FRIDAY Final Civic Music Concert (Jlimaxing the splendid season of Civic Music. (V)ncerts, th(^ local As sociation presents .losef Lhevinne, eminent Russian pianist, at the Rey nolds Memorial .Auditorium on Fri day evening at 8:30. Mr. Lhevinne has appeared in North ('arolina be fore and was received with wide ac claim. •Members of the North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs ^Meeting in Winston-Salem this week will be honor guests at the occasion. ARTISTS STARRED AT AMATEUR SHOW Amusing Program Attracts Large Audience On Monday night, April 1st, under the auspices of the May Day Com mittee with Jo Reece and Aggie Brow’n as produiers, and Bushie Mc Lean as mistress of ceremonies, an entertaining performance was given by the campus amateur actors, musi cians and artists. Opening the program Babbie Way delighted the audience with her reci tations, “I Ain’t Going to Cry No More” and ai) original poem dedi cated to Mr. Campbell. Following were the German Folk Dancers straight from Berlin Broad way —' blonde plaits, and all. Frank Campbell showed his rare (f) skill as a pianist in his rendition of his own composition, ‘ ‘ Sonato in Z minor.” Next on the program was the Buzwell Sister’9 chorus cpm^ posed of such renowned singers as V. T. Thompson, Jeaii Robinson, Nancy McNeely and Margaret Sears. Then the Madame Percival ap peared in person — however, only in one sense of the word for she was in turn Dean Vardell, Miss Law- (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Students and Faculty wish to express their sympathy to Frances Alexander in her recent bereavement. 1. R. S. PRKKIDENT INTERESTING MUSIC PROGRAMS TO BE PRESENTED Salem Students Play At Music Hour NANCY McNEELY Of Cooleeniee, N. C. New 1‘resident of I. R. S. L R. S. NAMES NANCY McNEELY AS PRESIDENT Music Student EUected To Head Social Organization In yesterday’s election the stu dent body elected Nancy McNeely, of Cooleemee, as next year’s presi dent of I.U.S. The organization is a most imiK)rfant one on the campus, fostering all of the sociiil life of the students. During her thiee years ut Salem, Nancy McNeeiy has been an out standing ]>ersonality. In dramatic work, a member of the I’ierrette, Players, she has shown merit on ath letic teams, basketball, hockey, and swimming, she has achievel soccer. Last years she served as ])resident of her class. This yt-ar she has been a member of the “ Y” ('abinet, ilay Day Committee, 1. K. S. Council, .Ath letic Council, assistant .Advertising Manager of the Ainuial, and was elected a member of the Scortiions. •As President of the I.R.S., she suc ceeds Jane Williams, of Wilmington, X. C. TWILIGHT ORGAN RECITAL AT VESPERS SUNDAY, APRIL 7 Dean Charles G. Vardell, Jr. will give a twilight organ recital at ves pers next Sunday evening, .April 7, at (i;30 p. m. in Memorial Hall. The Y. W'. (;. .A. extends a cordial and sincere invitation to Salem College students, faculty, and friends. SOPHOMORES PRESIDE IN y^ERS Margaret Calder Discusses “True Education” On Sunday evening, March 31, the Sophomore Class had charge of Ves pers. The prelude was played by Mary Frances Hayworth, followed by the scri)>ture. Proverbs 3:1-18, read by L(mise Freeman. Margaret Schwarze, violinist, accompanied by Mary Frances Hayworth played “Sarabande” by Handel. Mary Hart, presiding over the service, in troduced the speaker, Margaret Calder, a member of the Sophomore Class. Miss Calder made an interesting talk on the subject, “True Educa tion.” She said that in Plato’s Republic, Socrates, evaluating true education gives the following strik ing illustration: “Let us figure to ourselves a group of people. Chained The North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs will meet iu Winston- Salem, April 3 to (i, for their an nual convention. This afternoon the delegates were invited to a tea at the homo of Air. and Mrs. A. L. Butner. Members of the Mozart and the Thursday Morning Music, Clubs assisted Mrs. Butner in receivihg the guests. Tonight at 8:30 in the Reynolds Memorial Auditorium Ma^ Noah of Guilford College will direct a state chorus of 500 voices. The official registration for the convention will be hold at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning at the Robert K. Lee Hotel. At 2:30 the clubs will meet for business in Memorial Hall. During this sessioji Miss Hazel Mc- Hahan, winner of the Southern dis trict contest iu piano, siH)nsored by the National Federation of Music, Clubs, will be presented and will play Ktude in F Sharp Major by MacDowell. Following the business session Salem College School of Music will present a program in hon or of the Federation. The program as it will be presented follows: Organ: Choral l’relule: “Vom Himmel lloch .... I’achi'lliel (l(io3-170(1) Miss .Anna Withers Piano: Impromptu in F Sharp Major Chopin Jlr. Frank Campbell Violin: Hungarian I’oem llubay I’erpetnal Motion .... Frank Bridge M iss .Margaret Schwarze I’iano: The Hiirdy (turdy JIun .A (ihost Story Punch and .ludy Show. Goossens •Miss Jean Robinson Harp: Impromptu ('aprico I’ierne AUss Jean Nisbet ('Contralto: Vergine, tutto amor Durante (1084-1755) 'I'he Cry of Hachel SaU('r Courage Huhn Miss Mary Mills Concerta for Three Harpsichords Bach (.Arranged for Throe IManoa By Harold Hauer Misses Jean Ifobiuson, Milda Mae Yitigling anl Virginia T'hompson Miss Dorothy Thompson, .Accompanist •At 4:30 p. m. a Choral program by the AForavian Band under the di rection of B. J. Pfohl will bo pre sented on the Salem Campus and ut 5 o’clock Dr. and Mrs. Rondthaler will entertain the delegates and guests with n tea. Thursday night Harry E. Parker will direct a chorus of 100 voices at the St. Paul’s Episiopjil lOhurch. The program will include excerpts from the oratorio “The Elijah,” by Mendolsstdin and compositions by Mr. I’arker. The soloists will be Wilson Angel, Mrs. Koy L. Morris, Mrs. Errett Straley, George Transou, Miss Mary Mills, Mrs. John Lippells and Gilbert Stamper. Miss Dorothy Thomj)son will be accompanist Tho closing musical event of the convention will be the civic music, concert in Reynolds Memorial Audi torium, Friday, April 5, at 8:30 p. m. — presenting Josef Lhevinne, concert pianist. Tho jmblic is invited to attend all the sessions of the convention. from their birth in a subterranean cavern, with their backs toward the entrance of the cavern and a fire burning behind them, between which and the prisoners runs a roadway flanked by a wall high enough to (CONTINUED ON PAGE THRKE)