Motto: “SAIL ON, SALEM”
Vol. IV Winston-Salem, N. C., November 10, 1923 No. 9
ANNUAL HAT BURNING ON COLLEGE CAMPUS FRIDAY NIGHT
SENIORS RECEIVE CAPS AND GOWNS FROM DR. RONDTHALER
Seniors Receive Caps and Gowns from
Dr. Rondthaler.
The life of a senior is filled with
important events, events made im
pressive by their own significance
and by the significance of any time
honored custom. Senior hat burn
ing is a quaint custom, but it is a
ceremony which is loved and antici
pated by every senior and one re
membered fondly by every alumna.
On this day every full-fledged senior
is recognized, all her dignity be
stowed on her. The cap and gown
is worn with a new feeling because
for the first time it has really been
recognized and the true meaning
olficially proclaimed.
The hat burning held Friday
night at Salem College was unusu
ally original and attractive. The
beautiful Salem campus, well illum
ined, always presents a stage set
ting of unusual charm. At one side,
marking the entrance, was a white
gate with the words, “Court of
Knowledge,” written in gold above it.
Miss Dorothy Dorough, of the
Sophomore class, in white armor and
carrying a shield and spear, guarded
the gate and allowed no unworthy one
to pass its portals. Three bonfires,
two representing Freshman and Junior
years with the center one for Sopho
more and Senior year, cast dancing
sliadows.
Miss Edith Hunt, president of the
Senior class, knocked loudly at the
sacred portal and begged admission.
Behind her stood the expectant Senior
class, dressed in white and with the
college emblems, a green bow, denot
ing the Freshman year, a book for the
Sophomore, a red heart for the
Junior and a white paper hat, Senior
symbol, to be cast aside if one proved
worthy in the Court of Knowledge.
The guard sternly questioned the ap
plicant and bade her be gone until she
proved worthy. Miss Hunt called
forth four spirits, Diligence, Miss Mil
dred Conrad; Ambition, Miss Helen
Mitchell; Experience, Miss Inez Gold;
and Responsibility, Miss Margaret
Harris, representative of the four col
lege years. Diligence led the class to
the Freshman fire where they solemn
ly cast aside their green bows and
each spirit in turn divested the class
• of their symbols, the book, the heart,
and last, the hat.
1 Again, admission was begged and
this time the worthiness of the ap
plicants was well proven. “Enter with
all joy!” the guardian cried, and in
eager haste the white clad Seniors,
each -accompanied by a sister class
mate, a Sophomore, entered the
sacred portals into the Court of
-Ktowledgel where the king, Dr.
Howard Rondthaler, reigned in ma
jestic splendor with true kingly dig
nity. Dr. Rondthaler presented each
Senior with her cap and robe, a mark
of distinction in any kingdom. After
this impressive ceremony. Dr. Rond
thaler addressed the Seniors and the
audience, telling them in well chosen
words the honor and significance of
this time honored custom. Following
the address, the Senior class sang the
“Robing Song”, composed by Miss
Margaret Hagan, an alumna of the
college.
The impressive exercises were
closed with the Alma Mater by the
entire company gathered there. The
black robes and caps of the Seniors
over their w'hite dresses, the flicker
ing shadows of the ebbing fires, the
beauty of majestic trees, painted an
indelible picture on the minds of all.
Prior to the services the members
of the Senior class were honor guests
at dinner. All the Seniors were seat
ed at one long table. Little Miss Mar
garet Vardell, class mascot, led the
singing in the dining room.
The Senior class officials are: Miss
Edith Hunt, president; Miss Elizabeth
Strowd, 1st vice-president; Miss Mary
Pfohl, second vice-president; Miss
Emily Moye, secretary, and Miss
Pauline Wolff, treasurer.
The Journal.
SALEM COLLEGE RECEIVES AT
TEA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOOfi
Last Wednesday afternoon, at 4:30
Salem College entertained at tea the
delegates to the state convention of
the National Congress of Mothers and
Parent-Teacher Association which
met in Winston-Salem this week.
The guests w'ere met on the portico by
forty freshmen who acted as guides
through Main Building and the Alice
Clewell Building. The lobby of Main
Hall was decorated with chrysanthe
mums and ferns. In the receiving line
in Main Hall, were: Mrs. Arther C.
Watkins of Washington, executive sec
retary of the National organization;
Mrs. J. Frank Spniill, State President;
Mrs. T. W. Davis, chairman of the en
tertainment committee; Miss Lula
Stipe, Dean of women of the College;
Miss Minnie Smith and Miss Lucy
Desha, representatives of the College
faculty. Among the others assisting
in the entertaining were: Misses Char
lotte Jackson, Ruth Du,ncan, Helen
Hall, Eleanor Chase and Kate Smith.
Miss Bessie Leftwich was hostess
in the library where the members of
the Home Economics class served de
licious .sandwiches, coffee, mints, and
salted peanuts. From the library the
students conducted the guests through
the Alice Clewell Memorial building
in the reception hall of which were ar
ranged chrysanthemums and ferns.
MR. LONG ADDRESSES HISTORY
CLUB ON SUBJECT OF POLAND
The regular monthly meeting of the
History Club was held Thursday
night in the living room of the Alice
Clewell building. Mr. Harry Long, a
Y. W. C. A. worker in Poland during
the war, gave a splendid lecture on
the history of this country, of which
Americans are usually ignorant, and
of the present day conditions.
Germany has for many centuries
played an important part in Polish
history. It was because of her en
croachments upon the western boun
dary of the Slavic nation that Bolislar
I was able to unite the many clans and
attempt to force Germany to retreat.
Casmir I became ruler in 1234 after
many weak kings had been on the
throne. Though he was a good ruler
he greatly wronged Poland by en
couraging the growth of a middle
class composed chiefly of German
Jews who soon obtained a financial
hold upon Poland.
Soon after this, Poland and Li
thuania W’ere united into one large
nation by the marriage of the rulers.
Poland would now have progressed
rapidly but for the appearance of the
Teutonic Knight. Then came the in
vasion of the Tartars in the thirteenth
century. This horde of barbarians
had swept from the extreme east and
had now almost reached the heart of
Europe. Many of the Slavs of today
are of the Tartar type which is sim
ilar to the Chines.e. During the fif
teenth and sixteenth centuries there
were constant wars. The Cossacks or
farmers becoming dissatisfied with
the gentry revolted and overran the
southern part of Poland. Because of
the interference of the Russian Czar
to whom the Cossacks claimed they
owed allegiance, peace was finally de
clared. The Swedes then descended
upon Poland and conquered everything
except Czenstowa, a town in the
southwestern part. This city is today
the mecca of all Polish pilgrimages
because story tells that “The Black
Madonna”, whose picture is in one of
the galleries, brought divine aid. In
the eighteenth century the democratic
ideas that were spreading throughout
the world reached Poland. Kosciu-
szko and othei* Poles' had aided
America in her struggle against Eng
land; the French Bourbons had been
dethroned and the mob was in power.
Poland also thought of liberty. She
had a constitution and a diet but
these were gradually overthrown be
cause of outside interference. Valiant
attempts were made to withstaind
these three autocratic nations, which
were her neighbors—Austria, Prussia,
and Russia, but in the end they were
victorious and Poland was portioned.
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MRS. KATE JOHNSON SPEAKS ON
SUBJECT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Makes Appeal to Students.
The Wednesday chapel service of
this week was unusually enjoyable on
account of the musical program and
the interesting and inspiring address
of Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson, State
Commissioner of Public Welfare. The
girls of the Glee Club under the di
rection of Miss Desha sang the Te
Deum.
Dr. Rondthaler then introduced
Mrs. Johnson, saying that she was
the first woman to be intrusted with
the administration of state charity.
Dr. Rondthaler spoke of the signifi
cance of her work that translates the
kindliness and affection of a state into
acts of service to helpless people of all
classes wherever found within its
borders.
Mrs. Johnson in response to Dr.
Rondthaler’s welcome said she was al
ways glad to present the work of
North Carolina in aiding its helpless
people, and she was especially glad to
speak in Winston-Salem where her
public career began. Mrs. Johnson
said she always dated her entrance
into public life from the day that she
got up and made a motion at the
meeting of the Woman’s Club in Win
ston-Salem. She said she was so hor
rified at her own temerity that she
had a nervous chill. She recovered
and found no harm had been done so
she has been moving things ever
since and, as we know, she has been
moving them in the right direction.
Mrs. Johnson said that the ac
tivities of the Public Welfare Com
mittee of which she is commissioner,
are carried out by five different bu
reaus. The one that did the most in
teresting and most helpful work was
the Bureau of Child Welfare because
it is immeasurably better to prevent
mistakes of children than to try to
remedy the mistakes of adults—a dif
ficult task and one of doubtful out
come.
The Bureau of Child Welfare in this
state has three distinct responsibili
ties: the supervision of all care-taking
institutions for children, the adminis
tration of Mothers Aid, and the care
and treatment of crippled children.
By ruling of the state legislature
poor widows and women deprived of
the support from their husbands are
given financial aid in rearing-their
children. There are always more ap
plications than the bureau is able to
answer. One man wrote that he had
one arm, one leg, and three children,
and needed help; The bureau was
compelled to refuse' his-request, but
he wrote ag^aih^this time to intjuire
if they knew a good woman who
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