BUDGET YOUR
TIME
AND DON’T
WORRY
Motto—“Sail on, Salem”
Vol. Ill
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. FEBRUARY 17, 1923.
No. 34
WEDNESDAY CHAPEL SERVICE
DR. GORDON SPEAKS
Ur. Gordon Brings Inspiring Message.
On Wednesday morning, February
14tii, Dr. Gordon made an address at
the ctiapel service, 'ihe subject of his
tails was the great power ot woinan's
inliuGiice. Mg introduced his subjcct
by asicmg the question:
“Whicn has tiie most influence, man
w^ith woman or woman witJi man
in answer to tnis question Ur. Gor
don cited the case oi Uie teniptaiion
in the Garden of Kden. ihe devii
wanted to reach botii Adam and Hjve.
instead of tackling both, he won Ji^ve
over aud dependeu tor tne remainder
upon her miluence over Adam. He
told oi' the many historical instances
when battles were lost or won by tut
influence oi' some woman over the
leader. The last example which he
gave to prove woman's influence over
man was God’s choice of woman, as
the mother, to shape the race.
Woman is physically smaller than
man. Her lineness onsets the coarse
ness of man. 'ihe lineness of woman
argues for greater influence. The
question is: “Is she conscious of her
great influence'! Is it used in the
right way?” .
God’s rarest gift to woman is her
modesty. Modesty is woman’s most
precious possession.
How has woman used her great
power? Woman sets the moral level,
i he moral conditions under the sur
face in every corner of the globe are
bad. This can be ti-ue only through
Vv'oman’s consent.
The woman must make her choice
for Jesus and stick to Him. She must
insist that her husband follow the
Master also. Her influence must be
used in the best way. Jesus is
peculiarly woman’s friend. He is
man's friend also, but not in the real
personal sense as is the case with
women.
How shall she use her great power ?
Not by great crusades; not through
largo organizations. In the case of
women individual work accomplishes
much more than is accomplished by
large organizations.
Dr. Gordon concluded his talk with
an illustration. He told of a wonder
ful organ in a Southern European
country, and of a great organist who
had grown old in the service. He was
no longer able to bear the brunt of
the heavy work attendent upon his
position. The work was given to a
younger man, but to the old man the
keys of the organ were entrusted. One
day a young man, a stranger, came
and asked for the keys of the organ.
He was refused, being told that they
could not be entrusted to a perfect
stranger. He persisted, and his per
sistence won. He opened the organ
and adjusted the stops. The old
man stood in the back of the church
in fear and trembling lest the
stranger work damage to the precious
organ. As he stood, the man began
to play, first softly as if a summer
breeze were blowing, then stronger as
. a heavy wind; then the storm came,
the thunder roared, the lightening
flashed, the rain fell; then the storm
ceased and the gentle breeze returned.
The organist ceased to play. He
brought the keys to the old man, who
was still held in the spell of the music.
The organist asked the stranger his
name, saying that he thought he knew
all of the organists of ehe day. The
man replied that his name was Men-
deissolin. 'ihe old said, “ i'o think that
the Master came and I refused him
the keys!”
“Are we going to give the keys oi
our hearts to our Master tnat he may
make of us what he will" V
DEAN SHIRLEY TO GREENSBORO
CLUB.
Dean Shirley addressed the Euterpe
Club, of Ureensboro, on “The Develop
ment of Sonata ii'orm.” Miss Bevard
illustrated the talk by playing a
iieechoven sonata.
The music hour on next Thursday
is to be given over to a pupils’ recital.
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION IN
STALLS GOLF MiiTEK
Registers Length of Drive.
The Athletic Association of Salem
College has recently installed the new
golf meter, a device wherby the length
of the drive is registered. It is so
arranged that an error in the drive,
such as topping or slicing, will have
the same result as on the course, 'ihis
makes for a more perfect techniique.
'ihe ball is attached to a cable,
vviuch in turn is fastened to a rod run
ning parallel to the meter. The meter
is placed upon a wooden base which is
xastened securely to the floor. Vvhen
the ball is hit the cable either slips to
the top of tne rod which revolves, or
rolls around the meter on the floor,
according to the kind of drive made,
ihe meter in turn registers the num
ber of revolutions made.
The many golf enthusiasts among
the students are taking advantage oi
this opportunity to keep in practise
and to improve their technique, while
many are for the flrst time being in
troduced to the intricacies of the
game.
MISS FRIES ADDRESSES
THE HISTORY CLUB
McDOWELL CLUB I’RESENTS
PENROD
First Use of New Moving Picture
Macliine.
Saturday night we enjoyed Penrod,
the flrst moving picture ever given at
Salem College and Academy. Freckles
Barry played the leading role ot
Penrod. He presented excellently the
small boy so charming and delightful
everywhere except in his own imme
diate household and neighborhod. It
was a great pleasure and also a re
minder of home to see all the tricks
of our “kid” brother: stealing dough
nuts, fighting with tar, feigning sick
ness, giving shows, and shocking the
neighbors in general. We had all the
fun and none of the inconvenience of
the real thing. Penrod, after being in
disgrace for his behavior at home, at
school, and at play, becomes the hero
of the town when he and his gang
capture two bank robbers. At the
close of the picture we saw the small
boy in his glory saluted by the “cop”,
indulged by the wealthy banker, and
consulted by his family. Fortunately
the story stops here for it is appall
ing to contemplate what wild esca
pades Penrod would have with such
opportunities.
Salem has a good modern moving
picture machine and a well planned
auditorium with piano and organ.
Dean Shirley made the entertainment
much more enjoyable by his rendition
on the organ of modern songs and old
folks songs like Varida’s Dusty High-
Wdy and Barbara Allen.
‘ihis flrst movie at Salem has a his
tory behind it. Last spring the mem
bers of the AlacDow'ell Club voted to
bay a moving picture machine. The
MacDowell Ciub is greatly indebted to
many friends for help in secunn,^ an
oUicial permit and in installing the
machine. Chief Harry Nissen aided
in obtaining the license for tlie using
of this machine for private entertain
ment. Only members of the Mac
Dowell Club and their guests may at
tend the pictures.
Mr. W. S. Pfohl gave valuable sug
gestions for designing the booth and
Mr. Cox gave assistance in its erec-'
tion. Mr. Henry D\vire contributed
useful technical advice and co-opera-
tion. Mr. George W. Fisher supplied
needed knowledge gained from his ex
perience as Y. M. C. A. secretary. Mr.
Fred Bahnson gave an electric fan.
Mr. Higgins has done much in many
capacities for this new venture. As
Dr. Rondthaler said in his address be
tween scenes Saturday night that “we
can not remember when Mr. Higgins
was not working on this project.” Mr.
Burrage’s assistance, always so cheer-
fully given, has been invaluable.
Early History of Moravians Topic-
Interesting Talk on Customs and
Accomplishments of Salem
Pioneers.
HAMPTON QUARTETTE AT
SALEM COLLEGE.
(From Winston-Salem Journal)
Salem College anticipates w'ith
peculiar pleasure the visit of the
ilampton Quartet on Saturday night,
February 26th. These famous singers
I'epresent the great institution for the
training of the negro race and the
Indians, which is located at Hampton
Koads, Va.
i^'or a number of years the Hamp
ton Quartet has attracted widespread
attention m its interpretation of the
spirit and reverence of early planta
tion melodies. A distinctive classifi
cation of music has grown up around
these folk songs of the Southern plan-
cation negroes, some of which are
traceable in their general type of the
earlier melodies of the race on the
continent of Africa.
Accompanying the Hampton Quar
tet will be the distinguished president
of Hampton Institute, Dr. James E.
Gregg.
'1 ue arrangement for this visit were
recently made by Mr. Robert Ogden
Purves, grandson of the beloved
iif))ert Ogden who organized the Con
ference for Education in the South
and who is particularly remembered
here for his wonderful personality as
the presiding oflficer of this Confer
ence when it met for the first time
in the South in the library of Salem
College in the year 1902. It is ex
pected that Mr. Robert Ogden Purves
will also accompany the Hampton
Quartet and both he and President
Gregg will present to the audience the
interesting problem and progress in
the education of the Indian and the
negro in America.
The occasion is opened to the gen
eral public without charge and will be
held at 8:15 on Saturday night, Feb.
24th in Memorial Hall, Salem College.
Adelaide Fries, authoress and
oflicial archivist of the Moravian
church, spoke to the History Club of
balem College Wednesday evening on
the History of Salem. Miss Fries
told of the first days of the settlement,
and related many interesting inci
dents attending the development of
the town.
The first house was built in the cold
winter of 1766, and was used as a
shelter for the workmen who were
building the town. Later the Brothers’
liouse was built on South Main street,
just opposite the Salem Square of to
day, and it was here that the un
married men lived and carried on
sonie thirty-five or more trades.
'Ihe flrst real meeting house was
situated where Main Hall now stands,
and it was here, in 1772, that Salem
School was begun. The first two
scholars W'ere below four years of
age, and the school was something of
a kindergarten. Bible, embroidery,
readmg, and sewing constituted the
curriculum, which was considered
quite wonderful in that day. It was
the opinion of some of the parents
that their daughters should be taught
a little “figuring”, but since the
teacher knew none, this was impossi
ble!
Also in 1772 the small structure
standing in Dr. Rondthaler's back
yard was built, and it was here that
Christian Roiter lived. He helped to
plan the town of Salem, and surveyed
the whole of the original Wachovia
territory, covering 98,985 acres.
Wachovia extended to what is now
Rural Hall to the north, Friedburg in
the south, and to Hope and German-
tov/n in the other directions. It was
the desire of the early settlers to give
religious instruction to the trouble
some Indians, but most of all they
w'ished to try out their own ideas of
community life. The system used by
these people was the most successful
over practised, and worked perfectly
as long as it was used.
When the old Moravian settlers had
any question of individual or com
munity life to settle, an appeal was
made to the Lord through the “lot.”
At first thought this “lot” seems to
bo more of a superstitious practice
than a logical way of deciding ques-
tions, but if a study of the archives
and history of Bethabra and Salem is
made, it will be seen that God was
present in the drawing of
the lots, and led His Moravian follow
ers to take the wisest course in their
momentous undertakings. The “lot”
was a large wooden bowl in which
were placed two hollow tubes contain
ing the negative and affirmative an
swers to the problem in question,
^ter prayer and meditation one of
these tubes was drawn out, the result
being accepted as the will of God by
those concerned.
In 1802 Salem Boarding School was
established at the earnest request of
travellers passing through and visit
ing the now much enlarged day
school. It is interesting to know that
the “lot” w'as used in the decision to
start the boarding school. Even be-
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