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VOL. XIX.
WINSTON-SALEM. N. C.. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1938.
Number 13.
VARDELL’S SYMPHONY
PRAISED BY ORMANDY
‘^Carolinian Symphony” to
Be Included in Program of
Philadelphia Symphony
Orchestra
Eugene Orniandy, conductor of
Philadelphia Symphony orchestra
paid unusual tribute to Dean Charles
Vardel), head of the Salem School
of Music, when ho announced from
the platform Saturday evening fol
lowing the Civic Music Concert that
he had recently rehearsed Dean Var-
■ dell’s “Carolinian Symphony” and
that he as well as members of the
orchestra had been most favorably
impressed by it. In praising Dean
Vardell’s symphony, Mr. Ormandy
said that the composition would be
worked into the geason’s program and
played publicly by the orchestra
either in the early spring or at the
beginning of the next season. This
announcement thrilled every one in
the audience who knew and admired
Dean Vardell. It is no small thing
for a composer’s work to be recog
nized and accepted by the man who
succeeds the famous Leopold Sto
kowski, who is both conductor and
music director of the 101-picce Phila
delphia Symphony Orchestra.
Dean Vardell completed his first
full-length symphony last spring
while he was doing special composi
tion work at the Eastman School of
Music in Rochester, N. Y. Hp was
granted a year’s leave of absence
from Salem to undertake this work.
As in his several symphonic
poems and other compositions, Dean
Vardell has used old folk melodies
as the basic themes of his Carolinian
Symphony. He is well-acquainted
with these folk-songs for he has
studied and appreciated their simple
beauty for many years. Many of
the ballads came from the moimtaip
sections of North Carolina.
Dean Vardell’s best-known com
position ig “Old Joe Clark Steps
Out, ’ ’ a symphonic poem. It has
already been played by some of the
country’s Jargcst orchestras. Among
his other familiar works are “The
Inimitable i/Overs” and “Skyland. ”
The first performance of the Caro
linian 8.ymphony was last April when
it was played by the Rochester Sym
phony Orchestra directed . by Dt.
Howard Hanson at the National
Composer’s Convention.
Mr. Vardell has been dean of the
music school since 1927. He is a
graduate of Princeton, and for three
undergraduate years was university
organist. He also studied at the
Institute of Musical Art in New
York City. ^
Christmas Morning
By Elizabeth Maddox Roberts
If Bethlehem were here today,
Or this were very long ago,
There wouldn’t be a winter-time,
Nor any cold or snow.
Td run out through the garden gate,
And down along the pasture walk.
And off beside the cattle-barns
I’d hear a kind of gentle talk.
I’d move the heavy iron chain
And pull away the wooden pin.
I’d push the door a little bit.
And tiptoe very softly in.
The pigeons and the yellow hens.
And all the cows would stand away;
Their eyes would open wide to see
A lady in the manger hay
If this were very long ago
And Bethlehem were here today.
And mother held my hand and smiled,
I mean, the lady would — and she
Would take the woolly blankets off
Her little b°y so I could see.
His shut up eyes would be asleep
And he would look like our John,
And he would be all crumpled too.
And have a pinkish color on.
I’d watch his breath go in and out
His little clothes would be all white
I’d slip my finger in His hand
To feel how He could hold it tight.
.And she would smile and say, “Take
care,”
The mother Mary would, ‘‘Take
care;”
And I would kiss His little hand
.And touch His hair.
While Mary put the blankets back
The gentle talk would soon begin
And when I’d tiptoe softly out.
I’d meet the wise men going in.
ADVENT CHAPEL
ADDRESS BY DR.
RONDTHALER
GERMAN CLUB TO SING
CAROLS IN CHAPEL
Tomorrow morning in chapel the
German Club will sing a group of
Christmas carols written in German.
Pour of the songs “O du Prohliche
Weinachtszeit,” “O Tannenbaum,”
“Still, Still, Still,” nnd “Ihr Kin-
dorlein, Kommet”, will be sung in
parts by the whole group. The fifth
«ong, “Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht,”
will be sung as a solo by Kathryn
Swain; she will sing the first three
verses while the other club members
hum an accompaniment, and the oth
ers will join in on the last stanza.
Elizabeth Tuten will play a small
melodion, ag accompanist. This is
another of the delightful pre-Christ
mas programs that have beeomo
semi-traditional at Salem.
SALEMITE’S ALL-BEAUTY
GRIDIRON TEAM COM
MENTED UPON
Selection Notice by “Duke
Chronicle” and “Daily
Tarheel”
Congratulations to the Sport Staff
on the attention and laudatory com
ment which their All-Deauty Grid
iron Team, selected a few weeks
back, has received. In “The Duke
Chronicle” on the front page the
entire article which accompanied the
photographs of the handsome eleven
in our paper is quoted directly from,
the “Salemite,” with this editorial
comment: “The Salem College girls
went both the Associated Press and
Grantland Rice three better by plac
ing three Iron Dukes on their all-
star grid eleven , . . not brawn, but
beauty . . . Salemite’s grid team.’.’
Bob Rice, noted Duke Chronicle
commentator says ‘The lassies of
Salem College definitely score in
Arena’s (his column), book with
their All-America selections . . .
a very accurate estimation of foot
ball pulchritude was the Salem pref
erence. Could I be pre.iudiced be-
caused three of the dapper Dukes of
Iron got the nod? Indeed not, for did
not Iron Duke Yorke, Salem ’s choice,
really show the girls when Dan
Cupid made the tackle f”
The “Daily Tar Heel’s” comment
was :“Not to be outdone in the
promiscuous selecting of all-star foot
ball teams, the sports writing girls
at Salem College strained their col
orful optics the other day and final
ly decided upon an All-Big Five
Beauty team which includes four
Carolina players . ., Several requests
have been made for pictures of the
girlg wlio made Vhe leam, selection. ’ ’
ALPHA IOTA PI
INITIATION
On Monday night, December 12.
the members of Alpha Iota Pi ini
tiated nine new girls into the club.
The scene for the intiation was the
dimly lighted Hades — the recrea
tion room of Louisa Bitting. The
girls were met at the door by the
three Fates: Christine Dunn, Doro
thy Muller, and Millieent McKendry,
who cut off their lives. In order
then to enter Hades the ghosts had
to pay Charon, Frances Turnage, the
fee of five sesterci. Charon immedi-
^itely took them over the River Styx
into the hands of the three judges
of the underworld: Minas, Geraldine
Baynes; Aeacus, Nancy O’Neal; and
Rhady Morthus, Lena Morris. The
judges decided by lot that the ghosts
were guilty. Their penalty was to
give the games of the Saturnalia
for the King Pluto, Virginia Brat
ton, and “dread Proserpin,’’ Sarah
Burrell. After the games were over,
Pluto relented and decided there
should be no further punishment.
The ghosts were thereupon invited
to have refreshments of Christmas
cookies and punch, along with the
other members of the underworld.
The nine girls who were initiated
were; Eugenia Baynes, Carrie Don
nell, Margaret Moran, Eleanor Bet-
scher, Martha Jones, Marie Van Hoy,
Melba Mackie, Phyllis Qosslin,
Mary Worth Walker.
SALEM HERBARIUM TO
BE RE-MOUNTED
SENIOR CAROLING
THURSDAY NIGHT
Thursday night the seniors, in
their caps and gowns, will carry
out what has now become a tra
dition among seniors at Salem —
they will go Christmas Caroling. As
each Senior class before them did,
^hey will begin tlieir singing in the
neighborhood of Salem at the Old
Work hag been started on remount
ing the specimens of the College Hc-
barium. Some of the specimens i^rc
of unusual value and interest, hav
ing been collected in 1824. These
specimens are in a very good state
of preservation. Many of the speci
mens are to be treated with insecti
cide and mounted on standard sheets.
The plants collected during the past
few years have been mounted on the
standard size sheet. After the re
mounting is completed the entire
Hebarium will be uniform and of
greater use. It is hoped that this
entire work will be completed this
year. The work is being done by
Mrs. Higgins and Miss St.tlTord of
the Science Department.
Review of Luke’s Christmas
Story
Closing A^lvent Chapel Address by
Piesident Rondthaler presented :i
review of the Christmas story as
given by Luke. Dr. Rondtlialer said
that we were fortunate in having tlw
one Physician writer of the New
Testament to be the iotcipTeter I’yr
ever of the birth of Jesus Christ.
For many generations the soiniiif>'
of Messiah had been ajixioualy await
ed by Israel. Bethlehem had been
.announced seven huudred years be
fore .IS the. place in which He would
tippear; the fact that ii Star would
announce 11 is coming had been set
forth in pro[)hecy. That He was In
be of the tribe of Judah, of the fan*
ily of David and to be born of a
virgin all had .been long declared
and thus a whole nation waited for
centuries upon this event.
The journey from IJazar^th to
Bethlehem was difficuU and the fail
ure t oreceive hospitality in BethK'
hem was tragically disappointing to
Mary and Joseph.’ No conspicuous
changes have occurcd in two thoun
and years iu the Shpph^r^ fields
just below and east of ancient Betli-
lehem.-. To this day, 8hepherd»
watch by nig^it in thcM Tery fields,
pyerh^jtr'd the samte sky, round about
the same meadow lau^ rising into
nearby hillsides and hardly a mil«^
away the lights )f Bethlehem stilt
twinkle in the micj-winter darknes;*.
Emphosig wa.8 Iwd upon the hur
ried but eager argument amongst
the shepherds after the Vision. Then
the swift climb into the village and
the search for a m.avgcr-eheltereit
newborn Infant.
Distributed through the chapt^l
service were the familiar Christmas
hymns ineluding
“The Mrst Ndcl, the angel did say,
W.1S t ocertain poor Shephoids in
fields eg they lay.”
This was followed by the lines:
‘' Dome with the gladsome shepher*!^
Quick-hastening frdm the fold.”
The service was concluded with
PhUlij)g Brooks’ well-bcloyed:
“Yet in thy darlt stre!ts shiiicth
The ever-lasting 'light.”'
UNUSUAL CHRISTMAS
TREES ON THE
CAMPUS
ACADEMY CHRISTMAS
PAMT
Salem Academy will present its
annual Christmas Pageant, Thur^ay
afternoon, December 15. This year
tho program will tf^ke place in the
social room of tho Academy building,
rather than in Main Hall as has been
the eustpm. Several changes have
been made also in the pageant it
self. This year there will be four
scenes instead of one, and the stu
dent bod.y of the Academy, except
for those in the pictures, will s}ng
Christmas carols. These girls will
all bo in vestments. The four scenes
of the pageant will be ag follows:
1st—Prophecy—Simeon ,before the
altar.
2nd.—Annunciation.
3rd—Shepherds.
4th—Nativity.
Ladies Home. Prom there they will
contiue on the annual tour, visiting
the homes of many friends, into
some of which they will be invited
for refreshments and entertainment.
lu tho past week or so litllr
Christmas trees with lights and oi-
naments and snow have sprung u)i
in all iorts of places around ou>
campns. Have yoii' see themf T^r
most attractive one is in tho cornev
of Frank Huggins and Katherini*
Troxler’s room. The snow on it i«
very realistic, and the decoratioUH
are all common objects dressed up u
little — brightly-painted acorns and
piue coues, pastel-colored cigarettes
for cmidlqs in acora- holders, and a
Moravian-cookie star oa: top. Sam
Harrisoi} ha,s a pretty little silver
fir tree, but she’s keeping' it in her
clospt heeause #Hhe pfiint smells so
that it .wag giving everybody
paiftlpr’s cQjjc.M .Some of tho. fresh
men ^ecora^fj^ ^heir trpf:i« rnore .tha>i
a wpfk ago, apd if ypu Ipok on
third, I ^liink ypi;’)] fijjd seysrai
trees up t^erg. Cff coujrs^, yi)i| hay.'’
already seen the ente little fellow
with all of his lights in front of
Bitting; and if you’ve had late per
mission this week, you’ve seen thu
nice tree in the “Y” room.