1772
Motto—“Sail on, Salem”
Volume II.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., NOVEMBER 4, 1922.
Number 23
HAT BURNING
Celebration of Arrival in Sir Wisdom’s
Court.
Hearken and you shall know how
certain maidens fair came after suf
fering chance and sad mishap unto the
court of the perfect gentle knight
whom all men call Sir Wisdom. It was
on Hallowe’en these maidens came up
on the field hard by the castle Salem,
Sir Wisdom’s own abode. Their dress
was gay and wondrous bright. They
Iiad been taught the art of smging and
as they marched they sweetly sang.
That valiant knight. Sir Wisdom
greeed them full courteously; inquired
of them their mission here.
Then spake one, a noble lady, v/hom
you may know by the name of Jo
Shaifner, “Three years ago my maids
and I set out for Sir Wisdom’s court,
and ere we had journeyed far we met
a knight, merry was he and most
pleasing in , apearance. So v/inning
were his ways that we vowed alleg-
ionce unto this knight. Sir Folly; and
donned these emblems of his court,
which we, perforce, must wear. We’ve
wearied of this aimless life, yet dare
not go unless some knight most brave
and good would down Sir Folly quite.”
When she had said these words,
there entered that roguish knight. Sir
Folly with all his train and they did
dance and sing eke in the presence ol
Sir Wisdom. In jest and play was
their delight. This the song they
sang:
“Oh maiden fair
Why weepest thou?
The morn is brightly shining
Come, come and play
With us I pray
’Tis not the time for pining.
Year in, year out,
We dance about
With never a caie to weary
Let others fret
And drudge and get
Sir Foll^ must be merry.”
Then up skope the valiant Sir Wis
dom, “Impostor wouldst thou keep
these maidens captive ’gainst their
will ? I’ll down thee mine old enemy.”
The two fought furiously. At
length Sir Wisdom thmst with sharp
stout sword right throagh Sir Folly's
side. Never yet had knight end more
inglorious than had this same Sii
Folly.
i'he noble lady thanked the gallant
knight and said:
“Now let us cast aside for aye these
emblems of Sir Folly’s court.
And turn our backs forever on these
clays of aimless, foolish sport.”
Danced the maidens for very joy
and, as they danced with fast joined
hands, they sang:
“Green young Freshmen, you’ve list
ened to this sad review.
Green young Freshmen we bring you
counsel true,
\ The days of joy and laughter
Will pass away hereafter.
Green young Freshman, we bring you
counsel true.
“Bold, bad Sophomores, you’ve list
ened to this sad review,
Bold bad Sophomores, we bring you
counsel true,
A little labor with your play
Will bring you joy some future
day. , .
Bold, bad Sophomores, w'e bring you
counsel true.
WEDNESDAY CHAPEL EXERCISES
Fine Expression of Salem Service and
Activities—Students Make
Talks.
The W’ednesday morning chapel ser
vice, held November 1st, was par
ticularly business like in that various
iiiattei's ox viial importance to the
Si/Udent body as a whole v/ere dis
cussed.
Miss Edith Haynes, in the absence
of the editor in chief introduced four
uiembers of the Salemite stalf who
pui beioie the student body questions
and repons con-ernmg the school
paper. Miss Edith Hunt, who has just
leairned irom the Inter Collegiate
j'ress Associavion Convention held at
Meredith College, gave a detailed ac
count 01 the activities of repiesenta-
tives of the North Carolina colleges
THE DEVEREUX PUYERS
Make Appearance In Interesting Plays
Given In Memorial Hall.
The appearance in Memorial Hall of
the Cliiford Devereux Players on Fri
day, November 3, was an event of ex
ceptional interest.
In the afternoon, “Romeo and
Juliet”, Shakespeaie’s famous tragedy,
was the offering. It was fully stagecl
and costumed and the performance
was most artistic.
“Arms and the Man”, a brilliant
-omedy, satire of Bernard Shaw’s, was
given in the evening. The play is a
clever fling at militarism and full of
all sorts of humorous complications,
truly a laugh from start to finish. A
love story helps to add interest to the
peiformance. Clifford Devereux, as
ollicer In the Serbian army, was
ixOin October She spoke ol the the star oi the evening and his leading
social as well as the business part ol | liidy. Miss Graf, was charming in the
tlie convention. Due to the limitations | of a young Bulgarian girl.
01 time she was unable to tell all the j Salem considers herself fortunate in
.‘suggestions given at the convention,! having two such splendid numbers on
buo she announced that she would be n^r piogram for iy22-23.
glad to do so if requested by indi-1
viduals. MUSIC HOUR.
Miss Katherine Denny, Business | The appreciative audience at Music
..lanager, completed the thought ot the.Hour on Thursday afternoon was nroof
preceding speech in that she explained! of the esteem in which the artist of the
tne ways m which the Salemite was occasion, Mr. William Breach is held
meeting the requirements of which ^ by all music lovers of Winston-Salem
i,iiss iiunt had just spoken. Miss-1he program was composed entirely
Jenny mentioned the fact that the]ot the folk songs of the various na
•Salemite was one of two papers which j tions, and it was interesting to note
wtiiv concerned witli finding space fori the temperament and .nuilifv
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advertisements rather than with find
ing advei-tistments for the space. She
explained the process which the paper
undei-went in its make-up and hinted
at changes to follow in the course ot
the year.
Miss Sa.ah Herndon and Miss
Edith Ilayaes then spoke of the
literary department. Miss Herndon re-
N^iewed rapidly tne kind ot material
found in 'I'he Salemite each week. She
commented most favorably on the cur
rent events, but criticized the lack ot
material in the joke depaitment. Miss
HeiTidon put forth a most urgent ap
peal to both student and faculty for
aid in the iiteraiy department.
Miss Haynes emphasized the
editorial part of the paper. She ex
plained that the lack ot co-opeiation
of tiie student body was leit most
keenly by tne stait', and asked that an
social events be reported. It is mani
festly impossible lor twelve girls to
express, in the way the editorial de
partment should, the opinions and in-
texests ox one hundred and ninety
gir.s, unless those one hundred and
ninety giils ovice their opinions.
At the close of these talks, the
eighth grade of the Academy sang
Mo..ning ir’raisc, a song which admir
ably fitted the spirit of the occasion.
Dr. Rondthaler then complimented
the Senior class very highly because
of the beautiful occasion of the even
ing before—Hat-Buming. The caps
and gowns of the Seniors had just
been received, and this was the first
chapel service in which they had been
worn, a fact which added much to the
dignity of the occasion.
A report of the work being done for
the girls at Samarcand was given by
the president of the Senior Class, Miss
Josephine Shaffner.
Dr. Rondthaler then called for re
ports from the sale of pencils. Each
president reported that every pencil
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temperament and quality of the
songs, all of which show some of the
distinctive characteristics of the nation
to which they belong. Climatic condi
tions, temperament of the people, and
musical instruments have all had their
influence, as may be seen by contrast-
ing the music of the northern nations
with that of the southern.
The folk-song, Mr. Breach ex
plained, prior to his singing, is the
natural expression of the people, and
it comes directly from the people. The
three stages in song development
might be classified as howling, speak
ing, and finally singing. With the
icnowledge that there was such a thing
as rhythm came also the desire for ex
pression in words sung to music
written in diversely adjusted action,
which is rhythm.
With Miss Ruth Duncan as accom
panist, Mr. Breach completely charmed
h-s audience, and the enthusiastic ap-
plause following each number attested
the feeling of his hearers concerning
the artist s entire program, which was
as follows:
Russia—Volga Boat Song; The
Cossack.
Croatia—Be Still My Heart.
Switzerland—Tyrolese Are Blithe
some.
Germany—The Broken Ring; All Is
the Same to Me.
Staly—A Sole Mia; May Song.
France—Sing to Me, Sweet Musetta.
Netherlands—Rosa.
Sweden—Vermeland.
Norway—Dearest Maiden.
Ireland—Would God I Were the
Tender Apple Blossom; The Next
Market Day.
Scotland—Leezie Lindsay.
England—Oh, No John.
America—(Indian)—Lover’s Woo
ing; Sad Waters. (Kentucky—Bed
time Song; The Ground Hog. (Negro),
Deep River.
Thanksgiving is near at hand,
your class spirit in good condition ?
Is
JUNIOR HALLOWE’EN PARTY
Junions Prove Their Versatile Talents
On Hallowe’en .
When one ascended the steps into
the Recreation Hall of Alice Clewel
Building last Saturday night one felt
the cold shivers nin up her back and
her hair stand on end. On right and
left stood red devils. Blue Beards,
ghosts and w'itches, w’hile above seem
ed to fly bats, and from dark curtains
came weird, unearthly sounds.
To each side of a central aisle were
heavily curtained booths with the
glaring signs: “Solve the mystery of
the Murdered Man,” “The Horrible
House of Terrible Terrors,” “See Blue
beard’s Wives.” At others which bore
less gruesome signs were sold—“hot
dogs,” and ice cream. It was great
fun to sec some of the most dignified
persons in college show the ends of a
string which in the middle was wrap
ped arouncl a stick of candy. Others
came up with dripping wet heads from
a tub in which they had “bobbed” for
apples.
At another end of the hall a distinct
ly jazzy” orchestra, though so near to
such unspeakable horrors, charmed
Jiose present to such an extent that
hardly a foot could keep still. It was
most Cimlerella-time before all the
visitors to this Junior affair turned
ther steps upward toward home.
THE WALK.
With full faith in Mr. Higgins’
promise that the walk should not make
us too tired to attend the Hallowe’en
party after supper, the Walking club,
sixty-three in number, set out for its
weekly hike. Probably the leaders did
not know of the secret hope in every
heart that we would go back to the
persimmon trees which we foupd last
SiUurday. At any rate, we took a
diiierent road, sad to relate, passed
only one rotten, bare-looking persim
mon tree during the afternoon. But
in spite of this fact our walk was a
memorable one, because there were
among our number eight day pupils.
For most of them this was the first
walk, but we sincerely hope and we
feel almost certain that it will not be
their last.
'I'he presence of the day pupils was
not the only unusual thing that hap
pened Saturday afternoon. On the way
home, while coming down a rather
.steep incline the one whom we know
as The Majority of the Walking Club
stumped his toe and fell down, thereby
giving the other members quite a
;hock. Fortunately no one was hurt.
HOME ECONOMICS SENIORS
ENJOY PICNIC.
Monday evening, October 80, the
oeniors qi the Home Economics
partment-cnjoyed a delightful picnic
This is the fourth we^
of the practical house work and the
girls are getting quite proficient in the
jjre of the preparation of good food.
1 he supper consisted of potato salad,
deviled eggs, weiners, cheese sand
wiches, olive sandwiches, nut and
I'aisin cookies, marshmallows, and iced
tea. The marshmallows and weiners
were roasted over the flame of a de
lightful bonfire. The chill of the eve
ning was partly taken away by this
cheerful fire. The hike back over the
hill when the stars were just appearing
was enjoyed. Those present were:
Misses Leftwich, Ruth Crowell, Raye
Dawson, Juanita Sprinkle, Kathleen
Thomason and Margaret Whitaker.