Motto: “SAIL ON, SALEM”
Vol. IV Winston-Salem, N. C., September 29, 1923 No. iii
Published Weekly by the Student Body of Salem College.
ing of the Athletic Association held! SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
INCREASES MATERIAL
WEDNESDAY MORNING CHAPEL
Dr. Jester Speaks on Present European
Conditions.
Dr. Jester, in the Wednesday morn
ing chapel service, gave a most inter
esting talk, reviewing some points
gained from his recent travel in
Europe. Travel, he stated, is the best
teacher of literature and history. To
explore the walls of old Kenilworth
Castle, to gaze upon Stratford-on-
Avon, and to walk through the historic
places of London creates in one ever
lasting impressions and an impas-
sionate desire to leam more. Even
the majestic mausoleum in memory of
Robert Bums saddens the heart one
thinks of the way the world allowed
the briliant poet to die in poverty.
There are some discouraging condi
tions in Europe that the traveler can
not fail to see. European morals are
surely on a decline. The spirit of un
rest is characteristic of all social and
political gatherings. The masses seem
to want changes but are unconscious
of what those changes should be.
Naturally people in such moods would
seek pleasure in evil places. Mefi and
women, too, can be seen clamoring for
an entrance into intemperate centers.
Wherever morals fall, the lowering of
the standard of woman is inevitable.
But the encouraging scenes of
European countries seem to counteract
the discouraging ones. Everywhere
one can see great borders of flower
gardens along the principal streets.
This is one joy that we miss in
America. Space and time seem too
dear to waste in the cultivation of
flowers where they are only a picture
to the public. The Europeans excel in
their high degree of politeness.
Everywhere the American is met with
a “Please” or a “Thank you.” As one
is sure to notice, there is a great dif
ference between European and Amer
ican buildings. Our gigantic, sky
scrapers seem to be built in a day.
But how long will these buildings
stand? Certainly not through many
centuries. To the European architect,
the lasting quality is the greatest one
of his work. This matter of building
for eternity has a lesson for each one
of us.
In conclusion. Dr. Jester declared
that the shores of the homeland looked
better to him than any others, as he
returned from “wandering on a foreign
strand.”
Of course he returned with some of
his impressions changed. But, the
mingling with men of other countries
creates a deeper appreciation of one’s
own country.
HEADS OF SPORTS ELECTED.
Basket Ball, Volley Ball and Golf
Under Way.
The spirit of the first regular meet-
Thursday, September 20, for the pur
pose of electing heads of sports,
showed plainly that the association
meant to lose no time in getting
athletics, one of the foremost features
of college life, on a firm footing for
the year’s 1923 and ’24. The girls
elected to fill these various positions
are as follows:
Head of Basket Ball—^Ella B. Jones,
’26.
Head of Volley Ball—Estelle Hooks,
’24.
Head of Hockey—Edith Hunt, ’24.
Head of Golf—Louise Latta, ’26.
Head of Tennis—Adelaide Armfield,
’24.
Head of Baseball—Jean Abell, ’25.
Head of Track—Sophia Hall, ’25.
Head of the Walking Club—Mary
Howard Turlington, ’24.
A head of swimming will not be
elected now, at least, for the pool is
already closed for the winter and it is
doubtful if anything can be accom
plished along this line this fall.
The Association is to be congrat
ulated upon the girls it has chosen for
these responsibilities. They are girls
who will accept the honor with a keen
realization of the work accompanyin-
it and who, with the earnest support
and co-operation of all students, will
be able to make this year conspicuous
in the history of athletics at Salem.
Basket ball, volley ball and golf are
already in full swing. Practices for
each as have been scheduled are as
follows:
Basket Ball—Monday, Juniors and
Seniors 4:30; Sophomores and Fresh
men 4:45. Tuesday, Juniors and
Freshmen 4:30. Wednesday, Seniors
and Freshmen 4:30; Juniors and
Sophomores 4:45. Friday, Seniors and
Sophomores 4:30.
Volley Ball—Everyone, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 5:00.
Golf—Everyone, Wednesday 3:30-
4:30. Saturday 2:45-4:00. In addi
tion to the above program there wflT,
of course, be a walk at 4 o’clock, every
Saturday afternoon that the weather
permits.
There is one thing that can be don^
this year that has never been done be
fore and that is to have a hundred per
cent enrollment of all students, board
ers and day pupils in some form of
athletics.
ANNUAL AND SALEMITE STAFFS
OCCUPY NEW ROOMS
The Annual and The Salemite staff
have each been presented with new
rooms for the year 1923-24. These
rooms have many advantages over the
old, in that they are much more con
veniently located, are larger, and are
better ventilated. The two rooms,
with the spacious closets which will
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Interesting Apparatus Added
Many new pieces of apparatus have
this year been added to the original
stock in the Science Department. This
1 material, a source of wonder and
amazement to those uninitiated into
scientific life and manners, and a
source of delight to the students in
the departments, is well worth exam
ining and admiring.
To the apparatus in the general
Biology Department, seven new micro
scopes and one new incubator have
been added, and in the Chemistry De
partment new material which will be
of special value to the classes in Or
ganic Chemistry and in Analytical
Chemistry is now ready to be put in
ances, new special-bach shell bovettes
and a number of new crucibles,
including quartz, alundum and plati
num, all of which will enable the
student to obtain more accurate
results.
Dr. Schallert, instructor in Botany,
is at present reviewing all the plants
some of them one hundred and fifty
years old, and is comparing them with
those which have just been collected.
A new cabinet in the laboratory makes
convenient the filing of all this her
barium.
It is in the Physics Department,
however, that the most of the new
material is to be found. This depart
ment, although new, bids fair to be
one of the most interesting courses
offered, and the announcement of the
new material is of interest to the
students, especially since this subject
is one on which they usually profess
total ignorance. No longer need
Juniors wonder whether the moon wil’
be shining or whether rain will appear
the night of the Prom; they may con
sult the new barometer. United States
Weather Bureau model, which has its
place on the wall of the laboratory.
Perhaps, too, some Senior will find a
becoming color for her evening dress
when she looks through the spectro
scope and sees the multi-colored rays
which are reflected there; then, too, at
about eleven p-m. some proctor would
doubtless find convenient the various
apparatus for demonstrations of
sound waves. Besides these machine's
for the detection of light rays, air
pressure, and sound waves, there is a
conductometer by which the transfer
of heat is demonstrated, a radiometer
which by continued revolutions shows
the absorption of light rays, a volt
ameter, galvanoscope, and elec
troscopes, all of which pertain to elec
trical work. A steam engine model
and a spherometer, used for the meas
urement of the diameter of a sphere
from which a lens has been taken,
complete the list of the larger pieces
of apparatus. In addition, there ar-
various others which are smaller and
of less value but which contribute to
ward making the stock room an up-to-
date one.
The Science Department has an
unusually large enrollment both in the
Home Economics course and in the
Pure Science course; so with the in
creased number of instructors and
with the large amount of new material
noteworthy results are expected this
year.
SALEMITE STAFF ELECTS NEW
MEMBERS TO FILL
VACANCIES.
According to The Salemite constitu
tion each class must have a certain
number of representatives on the edi
torial staff. The quota of the Senior
class is five, including the editor-in-
chief, that of the Junior Class four,
including the managing editor, and
that of the Sophomore class three.
Since Alice Dunklee did not return to
college this fall, the Junior Class had
only three representatives, and it was
to fill this vacancy that the staff elect
ed Margaret Hanner at their regular
meeting Monday night.
Margaret Marshall class of ’26, was
elected Art Editor, and it is hoped that
by adding the Art Department interest
in the paper as a whole may be in
creased.
At the request of the staff the
Junior Class met on Tuesday and
chose Constance Allen as circulation
manager, an office left vacant by
Lillian Moseley.
In addition to the twelve on the edi
torial staff and the three on the busi
ness staff, the constitution stipulates
that each of the three under classes
shall have two reporters, whose special
work shall be the reporting of specific
class activities. The staff for 1923-24
is up to the requirement in numbers
and with the co-operation of the stu
dent body will endeavor to make the
paper count as a real force in college
life.
MIRIAM BRIETZ WINNER IN
SHORT STORY CONTEST.
In last Sunday's issue of the Ral
eigh News and Observer, announce
ment was made to the effect that Miss
Miriam Brietz had been awarded a
prize of fifty dollars in the Nortli
Carolina Short Story Contest, con
ducted during the summer. The
Salemite staff has always been proud
of its personnel, but not until recently
was it aware that one of its members
was a young lady destined, perhaps, to
become well known in the literary
circles of the State. Miss Brietz was
elected in May, 1928, and is at present
editor of the Current History Column,
a new department of the paper. The
prize-winning story, “A Message from
the Dead”, will appear in an early
issue of The Salemite.