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WINSTON-SALEM. N. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1935.
Number 27.
MAY DAY CELEBRATION HELD
AT SALEM COLLEGE SATURDAY
CORTLANDT PRESTON
IS CROWNED QUEEN
OF SPRING FESTIVAL
Elizabeth Jerome Is Author
Of May Day Pageant
Salem College celebrated May Day
last Saturday, May 4, with the pres
entation of a beautiful May Day
festival, during which Cortlandt
Preston, of Washington, D. C., was
crowned as May Queen for 1935.
Elois Padrick, of Fort Pierce, Fla.,
was the maid of honor in attendance
to the queen.
Members of the queen’s court
were Beverly Little, Margaret Cald-
er, Cornelia Wolfe, Etta Burt War
ren, Eleanor Matheson, Jean Robin
son, Phyllis Clapp, Garnelle Baney,
Cordelia Lowry, Susan Eawlings,
and Betty Tuttle.
Following the arrival of the court
and the coronation of the queen, a
May pageant written by Elizabeth
Jerome was presented. The pageant
was based on the traditions of the
English village folk during the reign
of Queen Elizabeth. Villagers, shep-
erdesses, milkmaids, and chimney
sweeps composed the joyful crowd
who were celebrating the first of
May. Mummers, traveling actors of
that century, came into the village
and presented an old English legend,
“St. George and the Dragon.”
Dancing and singing on the green
was enjoyed by the merry village
folk until sunset, when they bade
farewell to the first of May with an
old May carol.
After the pageant a picnic supper
was served for students and guests
attending May Day. As a part of
the day’s celebration, Salem Acade
my performed the Gilbert and Sul
livan operetta, “H. M. S. Pinafore”
in honor of the house guests, and the
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NEW STUDENT
COUNCIL INSTALLED
SPECIAL SERVICES AT
HOME MORAVIAN
CHURCH THIS WEEK
Dr. Charles Myers Speaker
McLean Withdraws As
President of Student
Government
In a very impressive chapel ser
vice, Tuesday morning our old Presi
dent of the Student Government,
Margaret McLean, relinquished her
office to our new 193o- ’36 President
Gertrude Schwalbe
As the new Council Members were
installed the old members left their
places on the platform to them. The
members were pledged in the follow
ing order:
President Gertrude Schwalbe
Vice-Presidents Agnes Brown
Stephanie Newman
Secretary Josephine Whitehead
Trea.surer Mary Louise Haywood
Senior Representatives:
Susan Rawlings.
Meta Hutchinson.
Marianna Hooks
Junior Representatives:
Jane Crow
Marianna Redding
Ruth Norman
Sophomore Representatives:
Frances Cole
Mary C. Henderson
Louise Frazier
Class Presidents.:
Etta Burt Warren
Ethel Highsmith
Eloise Sample
Y. W. C. A. President:
Erika Marx
House Presidents:
Madeline Smith
Margaret Calder
Dr. Charles P. Myers, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church in Greens
boro, is the guest minister for the
special services being held this week
at the Home MoravianChurch. The
services begin each night at 7:45
o’clock.
In the Monday evening service
Dr. Myers spoke on “The Man
With a Grievance,” taking his text
from Luke 12:13. “Master, speak
to my Tjrother, that he divide the in
heritance with me.” Everyone has
some sort of a grievance. It may be
that some one has slighted us; or our
neighbor receives more attention
than we do; or else we feel sorry for
ourselves because we have only one
talent, while our brother has ten.
These are all imaginary grievances,
but the real grievances are those of
ill health; or the finding of some un
worthy habit in husband or wife,
mother or father, .son or daughter.
When you get to feeling sorry for
yourself, and cannot understand why
your burden is so heavy, try looking
around you, and you will see the
crippled and the suffering, bearing
their grievance with patience, and
your own grievance will seem as
nothing. Then look behind you, and
see all the things God has already
done for you; the blessings you have
received from Him. Look within
you, and see all the unpublished
.®ins that only you and God know;
and think of the many times when
you were saved from greater sin by
the prayers of your mother, or of a
friend. Then look up, and see the
glory of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
think of how Ho bore all our griev
ances and our sin.s, and yet loves us,
and gave His life that we might live
—and your grievances will have
vanished completely.
The following is a program of the
services for the remainder of the
week:
Wednesday, May fith
7:45 P.'m. — “Wings.”
Thursday, May 9th
7:45 P. M. — “Put It on My
Account.”
Friday, May 10th
7:45 P. M. — “Patronizing
God.”
Sunday, May 12th
11:00 A. M, — “Giving God
Our Best.”
3:00 P. M. — Covenant Love-
feast for Young Peoples
(Ages 12-24).
4:00 P. M. — Covenant Com
munion for Young People.
7:45 P. M. “Remaking Married
Lives. ’ ’
Everyone is especially urged to
attend the services and to add his
prayers for God’s ble.ssing on the
meetings.
DR. RONDTHALER
READS “THE UN
KNOWN SOLDIER’
Excerpts From Sermon By
Harry Emerson Fosdick
DR. MINNIE J. SMITH
ENTERTAINS LATIN
CLASS
Dr. Minnie J Smith was hostess to
the Latin 10 class last Thursday eve
ning at dinner at her home on Main
Street.
Each guest found her place by
means of a may-basket place card in
scribed with the name of the Latin
poet about whom she wrote her Latin
term paper. A tiny doll clad in the
purple bordered toga of ancient
Rome and wearing a “Crown of
laurels” was the favor at each place.
After the deligh' 1 dinner there
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In chapel, Friday, May 3, Dr.
Rondtlialer moved deeply Salem stu
dents and faculty by reading the
sermon “The Unkno%vn Soldier” by
Harry Emerson Fosdick.
Following are excerpts from the
sermon which was so powerful that
Congress voted to print it in the
Congressional Record:
“So this is the outcome of wes
tern civilization, which for nearly
2,000 years has had Christ, and in
which democracy and science have
had their widest opportunity, that
the whole Nation occassionally
pauses, and offers its colorful pagen-
try around the unrecognizable body
of an Unknown Soldier blown to bits
on the battlefield. That is strange!
One night in a ruined barn behind
the lines, I spoke at sunset to a com
pany of hand-grenaders who were
going out that night to raid the Ger
man trenches. They told me that
on the average no more than half a
company came back from such a
raid, and T, u minister of Christ,
tried to nerve them for their suici
dal and murderous endeavor. I won
der if the Unknown Soldier was in
that barn that nightf
“He is not so utterly unknown as
we sometimes think. Of one thing
we can be certain. He was sound of
mind and body. All primitive gods
who demanded bloody sacrifices on
their altars insisted that the animals
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WELFARE GROUP
CONFERENCE HELD
IN WINSTON-SALEM
‘The New Social Security’
Theme
The first session of the 23rd an
nual convention of the North Caro
lina Conference for Social Service
opened in Winston- Salem on May
.5. Rev. G. Ray Jordan delivered a
special sermon to the student divi
sion at 11:00 in the Centenary
Methodist Church. Sunday after
noon a student division meeting was
held, at which time Dr. A. S. Kister
of the Women’s College, Greensboro
s]X)ke to the group. Two papers writ
ten by students of the University of
North Carolina and Duke University
were read. A union service was held
Sunday night, at which Josephus
Daniels, United States Ambassador
to Mexico spoke.
Mr. Daniel.s, in his address, said
that the great problem of today in
America is security. In order to
gain it, poverty must be abolished,
and before that can be done wages
will have to be large enough to
enable the worker to buy more that
the bare necessities of life.
The supreme problem, the speaker
continued, is the security of the
child. Half the population of North
Carolina are 19 years of age or un
der. In conditions such as exist in
the world today, the people are
thinking more than ever about
security: the economic and political
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It is with much regret that we
see Miss Cortlandt Preston and
Miss Agnes Brown retire from
the head of the “Salemite” Staff
It has been a pleasure to work
with them and for them and we
are going to miss their capable
leadership more than we can gay.
May they be as sniccessful in
every other undertaking as they
have been in editing the “Sale
mite” this year)
COACH WALLACE WADE, OF
DUKE, Y. P. M. SPEAKER
Y.W.C.A. INSTALLATION
SERVICE HELD IN
UBRARY
Miss Erika Marx New
“Y” Leader
On Sunday evening, April 28, the
old y. W. C. A. Cabinet passed its
torch on to the new cabinet. The
ceremony took place in the library,
with a beautiful condlelight service.
The old and new cabinet members,
led by Martha Binder and Erika
Marx, marched in together, singing
the hymn, “Father of Lights.” The
old members carried lighted candles,
and the new members unlighted can
dles.
Nancy McNeely read the scripture
lesson and Mary Mills sang a love
ly solo, accompanied at the piano
by Jean Robinson.
Martlia Binder, who has been pres
ident of the “ Y” for the past year,
spoke briefly. Her few words of
farewell struck a note of sadness in
the hearts of the many girls who
have grown to know and love her as
president of the Y. W. C. A. and
as — Martha.
After her talk, Martha lighted the
candle of Erika Marx, the new presi
dent. Afler she had lighted it, she
spoke the traditional words: “Let
your light so shine before men, that
they may see your good work.s, and
glorify your Father which is in
Heaven,” and Erika answered: “I
can do all things through Christ, who
strengtheneth me.” Following this,
the old officers lighted the candles
of the new officers, repeating the
charge, and the two cabinets met in
a body in the center of the room, re-
yieating the charge and answer in
unison.
Erika accepted the charge in a
short talk, in which she asked for
the co-operation and willing services
of the student body for the new year
of the Y. W. C. A.
Mrs. Rondthaler’s Prayer of Con
secration was followed by tho distri
bution of light to the congregation.
After that, Afartha Schlegel, the new
vice-president, offered a prayer.
The Cabinet-members marched out
together, singing the “Y” song.
Follow Ihe Gleam.” In the dim li
brary, the candlelight on the faces
of the girls dressed in white, made
an impressive and unforgettable pic
ture.
Reverend Gordon Spaugh pro
nounced the benediction.
DISCUSSES EDUCATIONAL
ADVANTAGES OF
ATHLETICS
Character Development
Through Athletics
MAETHA BINDER SPEAKS IN
VESPEBS
Vespers on Sunday night opened
with a prelude by Nancy McNeely.
Martha Schlegel, who presided, re
peated as the opening sentence:
The Lord is in His Holy Temple;
let all the earth keep silence be-
.. fore Him. ’ ’
Rebecca Hines sang a solo, “Our
Heavenly Father Watches Over Us,”
and Mary Hart read the scripture
lesson, Isaiah 53.
Martha Binder, who has been pres
ident of the Y. W. C. A. for the past
year, talked. Her subject was ‘ ‘ The
Cross.”
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MATH CLUB MEETING
The Mathematics Club will meet
tonight (Wednesday, May 8), at 7
o’clock in the Recreation Room of
Louisa Wilson Bitting Building.
This will be an important meeting,
because officers will be elected for
next year.
Mildred Krites, president, is in
charge of the program.
Coach Wallace Wade of Duke
University told Salem College stu
dents and faculty the educational
advantages which may be derived
from athletic activities at expanded
chaixil May 1.
There has been a change in the
activities of women in the last twen
ty-five years. The woman today is
equipping herself to enter compet
itive activities of life and athletics
can train her for these activities.
Coach Wade explained that the phys
ical benefits are not the most impor
tant ones which may be gained, since
most [H'ople who participate in ath
letics are already well fit.
“Athletics teaches one to be ag
gressive and alert and to keep going
in tho face of difficulties and disap
pointments,” declared Coach Wade.
“Someone has said that there is
more to be learned in defeat than in
victory, in which case, I ought to be
a well educated man,” tho coach
remarked humorously. From athletics
loyalty may bo developed ;it is fine
training in discipline; it teaches co
operation and the ability to subord
inate one’s own desires to the good
of other.s.
‘ ’From participation in athletics
one learns to respect the rights, priv
ileges, and abilities of others as well
as to appreciate his own. One learns
how to get along with others. Most
jteople can do what they undertake
to do, provided they will apply them
selves. The best athletes are tho
ones who have trained themselves
most and this same principle holds
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MISS DOROTHY MOORE
PRESENTS GRADU
ATING RECITAL
Announcement of Student
Music Recitals
Miss Dorothy Moore, organist, pre
sented her graduating recital, April
29, in Memorial Hall, the first to
be presented this year by the Salem
College School of Music. Miss Moore
is a pupil of Dean Charles 0. Vardell,
Jr. She was assisted by Miss Mary
Mills, contralto, a pupil of Mr. Ern
est Leslie Schofield. Both Miss Moore
and Miss Mills exhibited marked
training and talent, and unusually
fine interpretation.
The delighted and appreciative
audience enjoyed the following pro
gram:
“Prelude and Fugue in E flat
major” Bach
Miss Moore
“II mio bel foco” Marcella
Miss Mills
“In Summer” Stebbins
“Jagged Peaks in the Starlight”
Clockey
“Piece Heraique” Franck
Miss Moore
“After the Battle” .... Mou.ssorgsky
“On the Sea” Franz
“By a Lonely Forest Pathway”
Griffes
“My Love is a Muleteer”
di Nogero
Miss Mills
'•Landscape in Mist” .... Karg-Elert
“Romanza” Hortio Parker
“Finale from Symphony IT .. Wider
Miss Moore
The Music School will present two
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