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THE SALEMITE
Oct. 18, 1946.
Park Hall
Is Hazard
. By Mr. Charles Higgins
Park Hall, the present science
building, is the only structure on
the Salem Campus composed of a
dwelling house on top of a one
story brick foundation. The dwelling
house was moved down the hill from
the present site of the Bondthaler
Memorial Sunday School Building
and raised to form the second story
of Park Hall. A special brick foun
dation, one-story in height, had
been built especially for this.
In 1921, the scientific subjects
then taught were five in number,
by a faculty of two. The science
work occupied the first floor of
Park Hall, the college infirmary oc
cupied the second floor with servant
quarters and quarantine ward oc
cupying the third floor.
The first floor space was divided
into a chemistry laboratory and
a biology laboratory, totaling 1420
square feet. Classroom space wm
provided at the end of each labora
tory. These rooms were heated by
coke burning stoves.
During the summer of 1921 a
small stock room was partitioned
off from the north end of the
chemistry laboratory. Up to that
time stock had been stored in
various places such as open shelves
and wall cabinets. This space was
sufficient because of the great de
ficiency in equipment. Equipment
courses and laboratories are at
least ten years behind the times.
Heavy enrollment in the fall of
1921 caused Dr. Rondthaler to sug
gest a “temporary” one-.story frame
addition which would double the
laboratory space and give adequate
stock room. This was accomplished
in the summer of 1922. The coke
stoves remained in use. The two
instructors now had the use of the
same office which was good in com
parison with no office here-to-fore.
When the Bahnson Infirmary was
built, the second floor was given
over to faculty rooms. Steam radi
ators replaced the antique coke
stoves at this time.
In 19.30, conditions became so con
gested by the introduction of re
quired courses that it was necessary
to occupy the second floor. Space
was made available for Biology and
Physics laboratories, library, stock
rooms, a small classroom and an
office. The Chemistry laboratories,
main stockroom, lecture room and
offices then occupied the first floor.
During 1931 third floor was made
available for a small natural history
museum. ’
In 1932 the entire third floor
was occupied, giving room for
Bacteriology and Microscopic Tech
nique, as well as more museum space
and toilet facilities.
During the summer of 1933,
another ‘ ‘ temporary” one - story
frame addition was built to make
room. When this wing was added
there was dug a hole in the ground
under it which has been used for
storage.
In addition to these major clianges
four small additions have been made
to the main stockroom; a dark room
has baen partitioned off from the
museum; a work .«hop was built in
the basement; a special weighing
room has been partitioned off from
the Advanced Chemistry laboratory;
and an experimental weather sta
tion was installed on the roof of
the chemistry laboratory and has
already been removed.
Above is pictured a door in Park Hall which collapsed this week
due to termites.
Because of a fire in 1925 a semi-
fire-proof fume hood was constructed.
In 1921, there were five courses
given, two faculty members, us
ing a floor space of 1-120 square feet.
In 1946, there are twenty-one
courses offered, three faculty mem
bers, a full-time stock keeper and
a full time janitor-repair man, us
ing a floor space of 7100 square
feet. A Bachelor of Science Degree
in Pure Science and a Bachelor of
Science Degree in Medical Tech
nology have been introduced.
Now, the equipment and courses
offered by the science department
are equal to that of any institution
of like enrollment.
The present enrollment makes it
necessary to increase the number
of laboratory divisions, thus fur
nishing most students with only
half of the laboratory locker space
that they should have.
Tlie roof of the twenty-five year
old “temporary” addition is now
falling through. The floor of the
same addition has dropped notice
ably and dangerously. The corner
of the advanced chemistry labora
tory has been eaten away by ter
mites and one door has dropped
off due to this condition. Tlie plumb
ing all over the building is being
repaired constantly.
Our equipment is adequate for the
courses being given at the present
time, but must be kept up-to-date.
Only by careful maintenance has
this old building been kept in usable
condition, but it is now very evident
that it is inadequate, antiquated
and unsafe—a real fire trap.
Please give us a new Park Hall!
The present wreck is about to
fall!!
ffflT/srs
Hiedmont
enqrauinq CO.
“Thank you’
C»MfA«V Mr
Rev. Adams
Gives Lecture
Reverend Charles Adams, pastor
of the Ardmore Moravian church,
spoke Tuesday morning in Memorial
Hall in the third of the series of
chapel lectures on Hymnology.
Two periods in the history of
hymnal composition were discussed
in detail—the era of Issac Watts
(1674—1748) and the ninteenth
century Romantic Movement. The
speaker illustrated his talk by ask
ing the audience to sing several
hymns in each period with Dr.
Charles Vardell accompanying at
the organ.
Reverend Adams closed his lecture
by asking the audience to stand
and sing the first and last verse of
the hymn, Iiead TJs, Heavenly Father,
Lead Us.
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Sweet Dreams
By Bosamund Futzel
I used to move into a strange
other world when I was left alone
in the dark. When bedtime came,
and sleep didn’t, familiar objects
merged into the thick blackness of
a never-never land, and the earth
was suddenly peopled with fairies
and witches, monsters and demons
conjured up out of everything from
Grimms’ Fairy Tales to Paramount
studios. My world was terrifying and
dangerous.
First of all, there was the witch
who lived in the fireplace—an ugly
witch, with a tall black hat, a hook
ed nose, and three black hairs grow
ing from the mole on her chin. She
ran her magic wand along the sides
of the bed, and any hands or feet
that were hanging over the edge
wore marked off to be fed to her
pet crocodile for dinner. The safest
thing was to curl up in a tight little
ball in the very center of the mat
tress.
And no matter how hot the night,
I always kept the sheet over my
feet. The mad Dr. Fu Manchu, whom
I named after the only Chinaman
I knew, ran around tickling people’s
feet with the ends of his long man
darin mustache, until they laughed
themselves to death; it was an an
cient Chinese method of tortue. He
was especially anxious to tickle my
“freckle-foot”—the one with the
birthmark on the instep. But for
some reason Di*. Fu Manchu couldn’t
get me if I hid under the sheet.
I saw a movie once about a man
who was poisoned by the super
chemical Radium-X, so that he glow
ed in the dark like a neon light, and
everyone he touched died. That man
stood outside my window every night
for years, on the porch roof where
the street light shone on the white
window sash. Sometimes, when the
wind was blowing through the big
water oak so that it cast funny
shadows, he would bend over and
straighten up as if the wind were
blowing him when it blew the tree.
Then sometimes I heard a squeak
on the stairs. If it were just one
slow squeak, it might be Franken
stein’s monster, and I pulled the
sheet up and lay quite still so he
wouldn’t see me. A series of short
squeaks meant Long John Silver
was coming to find out whether I
had my eyes open; if I had, he would
poke them out with his peg leg.
Usually the squeaks were caused
by Mother. “Baby,” she said,
“you’ve been rolling and tossing
for over an hour. Are you sick?”
Upon being asured that I wasn’t—
physically a n y w a y—she always
added, “Then go to sleep, dear.
And sweet dreams.”
Sweet dreams!
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Spanish Club Plans
To Giv e Tea s
The Spanish Club is planning to
have an informal tea in the Day
Students’ Center every Tuesday
afternoon this fall. Only Spanish
will be spoken at the teas and all
Spanish students are invited to
come in for a minute of conversation
and maybe even a hand of bridge.
Aside from these teas, there will
be one big monthly meeting of the
club.
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Dr. Jordan spoke on “A Trip Out
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French Club Thursday night in the
living room of Bitting. He illustrated
his talk with slides.
Preceding Dr. Jordan’s talk, Betsy
Meiklejohn, president of the club,
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