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Member Southern
International Collegiate
Press Association
Motto: “SAIL ON, SALEM”
Published Weekly
by the Student Body
of Salem College
Vol. IV.
Winston-Salem, N. C., November 24, 1923
No. 11
STUDENT FRIENDSHIP CAMPAIGN
LAUNCHED WEDNESDAY
Among the several speakers of
the Chapel service, Wednesday
morning, Miss Jackson, head of the
Department of Physical Education,
first announced the results of the S.
U. S. campaign as follows: The two
best posters were made by the
Junior Class of the College and the
ninth grade of the Academy. The
former is on display in Main Hall
and the latter in the outer office.
The best themes were written by
Miss I>ouise Anderson, tenth grade,
and M iss Miriam Brietz^ sophomore.
Dr. Rondthaler presented medals
to Miss Louise Whitaker, repre
senting the College, and Miss Lois
McRae, the Academy, for main
taining the best posture throughout
the drive.
Dr. Ronthaler then introduced
tlie Undergraduate Representative,
Miss Mary Howard Turlington,
whose duty, lie explained, is to keep
local interests closely allied with
those throughout the world. She
explained the beginning of the
Student Friendship Fund drive and
Miss Watkins, president of the
Young Women’s Christian Associa
tion, told how the president’s
forum had decided to take the mat
ter up; namely thru the presidents
of the various classes, together with
the several committees appointed by
them. Miss Watkins went on to
show how much a comparatively
small sum of money means to the
students whom this Fund reaches.
It is indeed appalling to stop and
think that the same $5 which can do
so little here, can actually pay for
the daily food of 100 students, 2
pair of shoes, one suit of clothes,
iO scientific text books, a Russian
Professor’s salary for 2 months,
and one year’s tuition for 2 students
over there.
^ Miss Julia Frank, the U. R. from
Nortli Carolina College for Women,
explained somewhat the organiza
tion of this Fund. It was begun in
1!)1S as a relief measure for war
prisoners but has since been ex
tended and used for students in dire
need throughout Europe, especially
in Russia for the last few years.
Phe money is used to buy food,
clothes, books and laboratory equip
ment for these students and again
in helping refugees to get back to
their own country where they may
become independent to learn. Miss
I' rank called to attention the fact
that men like Dr. Sherwood Eddy
and Mr. Hoover were deeply in
terested in and heartily endorsed
the work being carried on by this
Fund.
Miss Susie Roberts, vice-president
of tile Student Self Government
Association of North Carolina Col
lege for Women, then told a little
of the conditions of the students in
l^urope today. She said that
Central and Eastern Europe had
lost one-third of its professional
inen; and that the students, realiz
ing the need for trained leadership,
were willing to undergo untold trials
and suffering to provide just this. It
*** hard to realize that there are
^1,000 Russians who live on but
one meal a day and that from fifty
to ninety per cent are physically
unfit to carry on their work. Owing
to the fact that the new countries
especially have, had great difficulty
in raising their budgets since the
war, eighty per cent of the students
have to shift for themselves. Can
not the students of America in co
operation with the institutions with
in these countries’ and the students
themselves who are setting up
factories, making lamp shades and
doing all in their power to help them
selves, lend their aid until morning
breaks
In conclusion. Miss Helen Ander
son, president of the Young Wo
men’s Christian Association of
North Carolina College for Wo
men, explained why this work should
particularly interest the students of
Salem College. First of all, as
students themselves, they ought to
have an understanding of and sym
pathy for the problems of these
students; and secondly, they ought
to uphold the stand their repre
sentatives took on this question at
the Blue Ridge Conference this
summer. But bigger than either of
these is the spirit of love and fel
lowship involved and the confidence
these students have in America. It
is up to them therefore to keep
burning the fires of friendship that
have already been kindled; and
when the dawn comes they will re
joice in having had a part in bring
ing about world peace.
In a few added words Dr.
Rondthaler expressed his joy that
such an opportunity for self denial
and sacrifice had come to the student
body. It is within the power of the
latter to make a definite contribu
tion in the interest of humanity.
What results will December the
eighth, which marks the close of the
drive, show?
SALEMITE STAFF CELE
BRATES THIRD BIRTH
DAY WITH BANQUET
On Monday night the Salemite
Staff celebrated its third anniver
sary. The banquet was given in
honor not only of its birthday but
also of the enlarged edition of the
Salemite. The first five column issue
of the paper had just been pub
lished and a copy of it was at each
place in the dining room. The
guests at the banquet were Miss
Stipe and Dr. Rondthaler.
The Salem colors, yellow and
white, were carried out in the menu
and in the favors. The place cards
representing a dainty little girl
bearing a cake with three candles,
were also in yellow and white.
The birthday cake was served at
the conclusion of the meal, at the
cutting of each slice of which there
was a suppressed thrill and an
eager examination. Dean Stipe
found the dime; Lois Crowell, the
ring; and Marjorie Hunt, the aero
plane.
WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY
A filling station for fountain pens
has been installed in the library at
the University of Wisconsin. Any
student who wishes to fill his
fountain pen has only to drop a
penny in the slot, turn the handle
and enough ink will be deposited
in a small well to fill an ordinary
pen. The machine was developed
by students at the University of
Chicago.
CAROLINA GLEE CLUB
PRESENTS PROGRAM
The program given by the Uni-
versitj’ of North Carolina Music
Clubs, on last Tuesday night, in
Memorial Hall, was sufficiently
varied in theme to make an appeal
to any music lover whether he be a
devotee at the altar of the classical
or the popular. The selections by
the Glee Club were well chosen;
and their rendition of the composi
tions of Bach, Brahms, Palmgren,
Dudley Buck, and others showed
that the members of the club appre
ciated, in the true sense of the
word, these masters. The two selec
tions from Kreisler by Mr. Weihe
captivated the violin lovers, and
Mr. Fitch’s interpretation of the
dash and brilliance of the familiar
Rubinstein Etude produced enthu
siastic applause. The vocal num
bers by Mr. Fitch and Mr. Cordon
proved popular, for everyone loves
“On the Road to Mandelay,” and
“The Old Road.” As for the mar
velous jazz of the Carolina Club
Orchestra and the rollicking “Roll
Dem Bones” by the male quartet—
they succeeded in bringing down
the house, and the enjoyment of the
audience was enhanced by the fact
that the participants themselves so
thoroughly enjoyed their own ef
forts.
After the program had closed with
enthusiastic cheers for both Caro
lina and Salem, the Seniors con
ducted the Glee Club boys to the
living room of the Alice Clewell
Memorial Building where a re
ception was given in their honor.
The room was tastefully decorated
with chrysanthemums and greens.
In the receiving line were Dr. and
Mrs. Rondthaler, Mr. and Mrs.
Heath, Miss Minnie Smith and
Edith Hunt, president of the
Senior Class. The jazz orchestra of
the college furnished the music
while the hostesses and guests made
new acquaintances or renewed old
ones. The Senior Marshals then
served a salad course.
The members of the Glee Club
who furnished so delightfully an
evening’s entertainment for Salem
were Messrs. Cain, Floyd, Fulton,
Gillikin, Haygood, Hudson, Maekie,
Scott, Shipp, Taylor, Tevepaugh,
Vaught, Waddill, Weihe, Brady,
Cordon, Folger, J'orbes, Foster,
Gillespie, Gladstone, Hicks, Kemp,
Lee, Moore, Murphy, Owens, Rey
nolds, Siewers, Wheeler, Whiehard,
Whitener. The program which they
gave was as follows:
Now Let Every Tongue Bach
Glee Club
Liebesfriend Kreisler
The Old Refrain Kreisler
Mr. Weihe
Matona, Lovely Maiden,
Orlando di Lasso
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming,
Michael Praetorius
Glee Club
The Old Road Scott
That Is Why Krahmer
Mr. Fitch
Suabian I'olk Song Brahms
Summer Evening Palmgren
Glee Club
Interlude
Carolina Club Orchestra
Intermission
On the Sea Dudley Buck
Glee Club
On the Road to Mandalay,
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TRINITY HOST TO
COLLEGE DELEGATES
On November 15, 16, 17, there
met at Trinit}’’ College, Durham,
the seventh semi-annual convention
of tlie North Carolina Collegiate
Press Association. Delegates from
all Colleges in North Carolina at
tended this meeting with mutual
benefit to all.
An informal reception given by
the two literary societies on Tnurs-
day night served as a means of in
troducing the various representa
tives. During this social gathering
the welcoming addresses were made
by Dr. Wannamaker and Mrs.
Vance.
Friday morning the business ses
sion proper began with Mr. Elkins
of Davidson presiding. Although
there was great disappointment be
cause Josephus Daniels was unable
to attend, the meeting was a pro
fitable one. Questions and problems
relating both generally and indivi
dually to the schools were discussed,
and wide view points were gained.
Mr. Keenan, an editor of the Dur
ham Sun made an interesting talk
on “Headlines and Headline Writ
ing.” Although Mr. Keenan in
sisted that he was unable to give
definite suggestions because of the
fact that this question remains more
or less to the individual taste, the
talk was one which, in covering a
wide territory, brought new ideas
of the possibilities and respon
sibilities of a newspaper.
On P'riday evening the delegates
were the guests of the Tombs, an
order of the Junior Class, at a most
enjoyable banquet in the cafeteria
building. Music was furnished by
members of the Trinity Glee Club.
The Tombs were perfect hosts and
the occasion was one of great merri
ment and enjoyment.
On Saturday morning a delegate
from each College gave a brief re
port of the activities of his College
paper this year and of his plans for
the future. Mr. Bullock of the
Trinity Archive then spoke on the
difficulties of obtaining advertising
matter and of the means of over
coming them. Miss Cherry from
Mereditli in a few but well-chosen
words pointed out the necessity for
co-operation between the literary
and business staffs. The meeting
was then thrown open to discussion
and again questions of interest and
importance were brought up. Re
ports from the committees were
called for, and it was learned that
those who were in command of the
Short Story Anthology were en
countering difficulties but were
nevertheless persevering in their
tasks to the end that plans were
well under way.
Mr. Lynam extended a cordial
invitation to the convention to meet
at Elon College in the spring. The
invitation was accepted by Mr.
Elkins, president, and the meeting
adjourned.
It was universally felt that this
meeting at Trinity College was
among the most helpful and enjoy
able in the history of the convention.
Both the business and the social
side were stressed and intermingled
with complete success.
MUSIC CLUB GIVES
RECITAL THURSDAY
To the music loving public of
Winston-Salem, the Thursday Morn
ing Music Club presented an “Old-
Fashioned Concert” in costume on
Friday, November 16, at eight-
fifteen. The program was rendered
under the capable and enthusiastic
leadership of its director, Mr.
William Breach, in Memorial Hall
of Salem College.
The ushers for the occasion were
young ladies dressed in costumes of
“Yesterday.”
The stage setting was unusually
unique—there was the old spinning
wheel, the striped piano cover, and
the harp. Here and there, antique
receptacles held masses of white
chrysanthemums. When the mem
bers of the Club came out to take
their places, the Hall was made
perfectly dark. After everything
was in readiness, the lights were
switched on, and the interesting
costumes of the performers com
pleted the artistic atmosphere of
the stage. The lighting effects were
managed by Mr. Gibson; and multi
colored dresses of the ladies, and
the conventional waistcoats of the
gentlemen were transformed from
time to time into different hues.
The Prologue was a Reading by
Mrs. W. L. Reid who interpreted
the reveries of a lonesome lad. One
by one the “Songs of Other Days”
came to him, as he sat musing in the
firelight. The lad imagined he could
hear the voices of his dear ones as
they sang the melodies.
The first number was a medley,
“The Old Folks,” sung by the
Chorus. “Larboard Watch” was
presented by Mr. Breach and Mr.
Thorpe much to the enjoyment of
every one. The Women’s Chorus
rendered “In the Time of the
Roses” by Reichardt, which was
followed by a solo, “Asleep in the
Deep” by Mr. Morgan. Mr.
Howard Conrad and the Male
Chorus consisting of Messrs. Tran-
sou, Thorpe, Kutschinski, Brown,
Campbell, Selig, Morgan and Lupo,
sang “Sweet Genevieve.”
“The Shepherd Boy” and "The
Music Box” were the two harp
selections rendered by Miss Ruth
Pfohl. The quaint dress of the
harpist was typical of the occasion,
and the “curtsy” made by its
wearer in response to the applauses
given her, was very effective.
“Bonnie Doon” by the Women’s
Chorus was the next number, and
Mrs. J. Russell Parkins sang
“Kathleen Mavourneen.” “There’s
Music in the Air,” and “Love’s Old
Sweet Song” were rendered by the
Chorus, and Mrs. W. B. Owen and
Mrs. Thomas Maslin, respectively.
Mr. George Transou and the Male
Chorus sang “Just Before the
Battle” with touching interpreta
tion.
Again the reveries of the young
man were voiced by Mrs. Reid. This
time, he could hear a gentle lullaby
which his fond mother had so often
sung to him. During the reading,
the Chorus softly hummed Brahm’s
“laillaby.”
The next group of selections was
of a lively nature. Miss Jesse Lupo
received loud applause when she
sang “Billy Boy.” “Oh, No, John”
and “Cousin Jedediah” were pre
sented by Mr. Thorpe and the
Chorus.
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