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Volume II.
ENTERTAIN SENIOR CLASS
On Friday evening Dr. and Mrs.
Rondthaler entertained with a beauti
fully appointed dinner party in honor
of the senior class of Salem College.
The class of 1922 is headed by Miss
Elizabeth Gillespie as president, and
with her are associated Misses Annie
Thomas Archbell, Sarah Boren, Ger
trude Coble, Louise Cooke, Ruth
Ebom, Miriam Efird, Helen Everett,
Nannie Finch, Nina Sue Gill, Martha
Matheson, Charlotte Matheson, Ar-
dena Morgan, Hazel Morton, Hattie
Moseley, Mary Shepherd Parker, Mil
dred Parrish, Sadye Penry, Olivene
Portei-field, Georgia Riddle, Maggie
May Robbins, Annie Sue Roughton,
Rebecca Russ, Isabel Spears, Mar
garet Stevens, Miriam Vaughn and
Alice Watson.
The entire college faculty, heads of
departments in the music faculty, and
a number of guests from the city
wei'e invited to meet these young
ladies, and assembled in the spacious
lobby of Main Hall, after which they
were escorted by the seniors to the
library, where a clever seven course
progressive dinner was served at
eighteen small tables, twenty-two
guests in all being present.
Each table held a charming floral
centerpiece of sweet peas, ‘and pretty
lavender candles were placed here and
there, the general color scheme being-
purple and white, the class colors.
Progression from table to table was
marked by miniature diplomas tied
with purple ribbon, and after the first
course the ladies were “favored” with
baskets containing corsage bouquets
of parma violets, while the men re
received natty little boutonnieres.
After the fourth course “conversa
tional riddles” were passed, and the
favors after the iced course were tiny
senior “mortar-boards” in all colors
of the rainbow. Miss Mildred Bames,
of the sophomore class, furnished the
music for the evening and at the close
• of the dinner the seniors arose and
sang the senior class song.
This party was one of the most
brilliant in the social calendar of the
college, and Dr. and Mrs. Rondthaler
again graciously demonstrated their
famous art in dispensing a most
genial hospitality.
State College, Feb. 22.—Baseball
has begun in earnest with about 50
men on the Diamond. The pitching
staff already reporting are: Curtis,
Allen, Floyd, Cline, Lassiter and Hill.
The receiving end is also well repres
ented by; Parsons, Faulkner and
Johnson. Mgr. R. L. Mills, Capt. H.
E. Norwood and Coach Harry Hart-
aell are very optimistic about the sea
son ahead.
Motto—“Sail
WINSTON-SALEM, N.
MEMORIAL CHAPELSERVICE
On Friday morning, February 24,
1922, the chapel hour was devoted to a
memorial service for Dr. John Henry
Clewell, president of this institution
from 1884 to 1909. The guests on the
platform were Bishop Rondthaler,
Rev. J. K. Pfohl, and Dr. H. A. Brown.
After the organ prelude, the Seniors
sang as a processional, “Holy, Holy,
Holy, Lord God Almighty.” Dr.
Rondthaler read a very interesting
and inspiring account of Dr. Clewell’s
life and works of service. Death
tame to him on Tuesday morning,
February 21, 1922, at his home in
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Dr. Clewell
was laid to rest in the cemetery in
view of the scene of his school ex
periences and of his last earthly work
in Bethlehem.
Bishop . Rondthaler then offered a
sweet and solemn prayer, after which
Dr. Pfohl lead in an appropriate re
sponsive reading.
At the conclusion of this, the
Seniors marched out to the recessional
“Jesus, Lover of My Soul”, with the
“Seven-fold Amen”.
A very pleasing tribute to the
memory of Dr. Clewell was the pres
ence at this service of many persons
of the community who had known and
loved him during his years of service
here.
A committee weas appointed which
drew up the following resolutions:
RESOLUTIONS
February 22, 1922.
Since it pleased the Lord in His
Almighty wisdom to take to his eter
nal reward His servant. Dr. John
Henry Clewell, we, the President,
Officers, Faculty and Students of
Salem Academy and College, desire
to place on record the following appre
ciation of the life and service of him
whose homegoing leaves so many with
a sense of bereavement and loss.
Dr. Clewell was a man whose min
istry, first as assistant to Bishop
Rondthaler and later as president of
this Institution, conspicuously disclos
ed eminent qualities of mind and
heart. In his work he found in Mrs.
Clewell a devoted and most efficient
helpmate.
There are thousands of women in
the State of North Carolina and
throughout the South and elsewhere
whose lives are feeling the impress
of his precepts and example.
His courtesy, humility, sympathy,
and generous interest in the individual
endeared him to many. He was deep
ly loyal in his friendships and strong
in his love for Salem. In his admin
istration, Dr. Clewell pver showed a
keen sense of justice and honor and
unfailing devotion to duty and of
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on, Salem”
1., MARCH 3, 1922.
THE STORY OF THE HARP
The harp is not a new instrument,
although in this community it is just
coming into favor. It has long been
generally believed that the harp had
its origin in Egypt, but there is a
difference of opinion on this sub
ject; writers variously ascribe its
origin to Scythia, Persia and Assyria.
The harp was used by the Druids in
Ireland in their religious ceremonies.
With the coming of Christianity the
harp was quickly adopted in the ser
vices of true religion. Thus when
the Christian missionaries journeyed
out of Ireland in the early centuries,
they carried with them their harps,
wandered' forth to foreign lands,
spreading a future knowledge of the
little harp and its delightful music.
Thus during the period between the
fifth and eighth centuries the harp
became known in the principal ccAin-
tries o'f Europe; in fact we may say
that practically every country of Eu
rope has known the harp and enjoyed
its charms for more than a thousand
years. In almost every court in Eu
rope, during the Middle Ages and
later. Irish harpers were the most
favored musicians.
Up to the begining of the eight
eenth century, harps wei’e without pe
dals, and of small size, like the Irish
harp of to-day. About 1720 the first
pedal mechanism wa.s made, thereby
increasing the scope of the instrument
by permitting the modulation of tones.
Harp music was developing year by
year, and composers were taxing the
instrument more and more in their
scores. Harp music which is now
considered not at all difficult to play,
was looked upon as impossible a half-
century ago.
The growing demand for harpists
insures an opportunity for profiitable
occupation, playing or teaching. One
famous teacher of today, Madame
Montessori, recommends in her me
thod that a stringed instrument, pre
ferably a small harp, because of its
complete scale and simplicity, be used
to teach children their first lessons in
music. The harp, like the organ and
piano, is sufficient in itself, requiring
both melody and harmony.
Ernest Bloch, one of tlie well-known
composers of the modem school, says
of the future of the harp:
“The soul of an instrument may
long lie dormant, until a genius with
inspired penetration at last discovers
it and quickens it to life. Such, it
seems to me, has been the destiny of
the harp up to the present time. But
we are today witnessing a new
growth in chamber-rausic; more and
more, composers are confiding their
ideas to instrumental groups. The
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1922
No. 13
ORCHESTRA CONCERT
On March the sixth, the Salem
College Orchrestra will give its an
nual concert for the benefit of the
ilndowment. We are especially for
tunate this year in having as a solo
ist Miss Mildred Dilling, “America'e
Greatest Harpist.”
The Salem College Orchestra was
organized four years ago, under the
direction of Miss Susan Webb, and
consisted of only twelve members in
the years (hat have elapsed since oui
humble begining, we have increased
to thirty in number, and in a like
proportion, we believe, in efficiency.
It would be difficult to value too
highly the training in general music
ianship which is gained through mem
bership in an orchestra. An orchestra
must mean one personality, a group
working together to produce certain
effects. As basket-ball and foot-ball
call for team work, so to even a still
greater degree does the ochestra. The
one in question has been especially
fortunate during its whole existance
in the cooperation of so many persons
aside from the students in our own
department. We have received, and
are receiving, able assistance from
faculty members and “town” musi
cian, especially from High School
boys, who have willingly given up
their Thursday evenings for Orchestra
practice. This cooperation is a mani
festation of what we like to call
“Salem spirit”, the working together
of every member, which results in the
production of true harmony.
Our program is varied, and it will
be impossible for you to fail to find
some number that will not appeal to
you. If you like a rousing march, be
iure to come in time to hear the Over
ture. There is “A Bit of Syncopation”
for those so inclined, and then a more
solemn group begining with the Nor
wegian Folk-Song. As for Miss Dil-
ling’s selections, the names themselves
sound inviting; and when you picture
them together with a big concert harp-
and such an artist, you can readily see
that a pleasurable evening is in store
for you.
The program will be as follows:
Ovei-ture: Light Cavalry, Suppe;
Harp Solos: Impromptu-Caprice—
Harmonious Blacksmith—Handel, Mil
dred Dilling. Sagamore March—Gold
man; Waltz—Goldman; “A Bit of
Syncopation”—Goldman. Harp: Con
templation—Renie; Le bon petit Roi
d’Yvetot (Old French) Grandjany;
The Fountain—Zabel, Mildred Dilling.
Norwegan Folk-Song—arr. by Svend-
sen; Death of Ase—Grieg; Dance of
Anitra—Grieg; Ronde d’ Amour—
Westerhout. Harp: First Arabesque
—Debussy; Norse Ballad—Poenitz,
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