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International Collegiate
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Motto: "SAIL ON, SALEM”
Published Weekly
by the Student Body
of Salem College
Vol. IV,
Winston-Salem, N. C., December 8, 1923.
No. 13
BISHOP RONDTHALER TELLS
STORY OF FIRST CHRISTMAS
His Personal Knowledge of Holy Land Makes
Story Doubly Impressive
The expanded chapel service
Wednesday morning, the first of the
Advent season conducted by Bishop
Rondthaler, reminded those who
had been at Salem for several years
of the Young People’s meetings of
the past when this well-loved friend
had brought them in such close and
intimate touch. with the great men
and women of the Old and New
Testament. For forty-five years he
performed this service of love for
the students of Academy and Col
lege, and the influence' of such a
service on the lives of the girls who
passed through Salem during those
years is inestimable.
Last Wednesday the subject was
the old, old story of the first Christ
mas, retold in such a way as to
bring it closer home than it had
ever eome before. Bishop Rond
thaler said that the thing which was
needed particularly was for every
one to come into more intimate
touch with the persons and events
of the story. This is possible
through a careful reading of the
gospel narrative and the forming
* of pictures to supplement such a
reading. He made the events seem
more real by taking his audience
with him back to that twenty-fifth
of December, in the year five, the
date generally conceded by scholars
to be that of the Christ Child’s
birth.
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The fact that Bishop Rondthaler
is so thoroughly familiar with the
Palestine country made his descrip
tion of the six-mile ride from Jeru
salem to Bethlehem exceedingly in
teresting. He told how one would
go up the hill, on which stands
David’s city, in the old gate, which
Ruth and Naomi entered on their
return from Moab, up the narrow
street to the eastern end of the
town where he would find the old
khan built in Oriental fashion
where now stands the Church of the
Birth of Christ. After inquiring as
to whether the shepherds had re
turned from the wilderness, on(
would follow the innkeeper’s direc
tions and go down past the inn
stable to a shepherd village where
he Would discover that the sheep
had been brought in and were with
their caretakers in the valley fold
one and a half miles distant. There
he Would go and find a group of in
telligent shepherds gathered around
the fire in the outdoor fold where
the sheep are quietly resting. In
their soft gentle Aramaic they
would relate the experiences of the
day, how they had been cheated by
the priests in the temple where
they had gone to sell sheep for the
sacrifices; he would find that they
were always thinking of the hard
times caused by Roman oppression
and wishing for the coming of the
Christ who would deliver the poor
from their oppressors. Bishop
Rondthaler pointed out that God
chooses those who are prepared
yhen he bestows his greatest bless-
i**gs, and that it was because these
humble shepherds were of the king- 5
dom that they had the first news of
the birth of Him who was to usher
in that kingdom. Then he told how
in the darkness of the winter night
came the sudden light, how the
whole valley was filled with the
music of the heavenly host, and how
one angel more magnificent than all
the rest gave to the frightened
shepherds the tidings which sent
them hastening to the inn stable to
worship at the feet of the Christ
Child. The story was concluded
with the thought that whoever had
been with the shepherds would have
gone away radiant, as they were, to
relate to others the happenings of
that eventful night.
PUPILS RECITAL GIVEN AT
THURSDAY MUSIC HOUR
The first pupil’s recital for this
term was given in Memorial Hall,
Thursday afternoon, at 3:45. The
program, which was a most enjoy
able one, was as follows:
Nollei Tarentelle
Flora McPhail
a Dehussy Reverie
b Schytte Ghosts
Velma Cline
Dennee Tarentelle in A minor
Mary Alta Robbins
Godard Second Mazurka
Ruth Pfohl
Chopin Nocturne in B major
Frances Jarratt
Godard Pan Pastorale
Olivebelle Williams
Liszt Valse Inpromptu
Pauline Turner
Wieniaivshi....a. Legende
b “Obertass” Mazurka
Laura Howell
Rachmaninoff Polichinelle
Elizabeth Brookes
Liszt Ballade in D flat
Lois Straley
MISS BEVARD GIVES
CHARMING RECITAL
CURRENT HISTORY
CALENDAR
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Tuesday, December 11th—
4:30 P. M., Junior and Senior
hockey practice.
3:30-4:00 P. M., Golf practice.
W’ednesday, December 12th—
11:00 A.M., Wednesday Chapel
Service. Advent story by
Bishop Rondthaler.
4:30 P. M., Hockey practice
for all four teams.
3:30-4:00 P. M., Golf practice.
8:00 P. M., Meeting of History
Club. Lecture by Col. San
ford Martin on “Modern
Political Campaigns in N.
C.”
Thursday, December 13th—
3:45 P. M., Music Hour. Ad
vent Recital in Memorial
Hall.
Concert by Harry Lauder in
Auditorium.
Friday, December 14th—
4:30 P. M., Freshman-Senior
hockey practice.
Saturday, December 15th—
2:45-3:45 P. M., Golf practice.
4:00 P. M., Weekly hike.
Assembly hall was filled last
night for the first event of the mu
sical season, a pianofort recital by
Miss Naomi Bevard, a new member
of the Smith College faculty. The
occasion was a most auspicious one.
Not only was the program excel
lent ; we do not remember so large an
audience gathered in Northampton
before to hear chamber music, or an
audience more responsive, more at
tentive. Assembly hall is not a joy
to the eye, but last night tlie dear
old place had an air. It certainly
had. And it did well acoustically,
too. There was no chilling echo, no
muflSing. The piano—and it is a
beautiful instrument — sounded
clear, mellow, brilliant, as the music
demanded. The event was happy
and full of promise.
Miss Bevard played delightfully.
There was now and then a restless
ness of tempo, due without doubt to
nervousness; but this could not for
a moment call into question her com
mand of the instrument and of the
music. Her touch is firm, clear and
varied. She has a gift for the light,
what we call the “atmospheric,” ef
fects, such as lie waiting in the
pieces of Frank Bridge and John
Ireland. These, by the way, are well
written for the piano. They are dis
tinctly French in style, hardly
English, though there is an English
Ijtyle in music now; there is a gifted
and active group of young English
composers. We hope to hear more
pf it.
Sometimes it seems as if the best
thing about the piano is the superb
music that has been written for it;
but Miss Bevard reminded us fre-
.quently through the evening that
skilled fingers on the keys and a
skilled foot on the pedal can make
the piano give out really flexible
sounds, of a peculiar and fascinat
ing beauty. The audience was
charmed by her playing and insist
ed upon more. She graciously play
ed three extra numbers, a Chopin
Mazurka, a little ticklish music-box
piece by Liadoff, and Nathaniel
Dett’s Juba Dance, delightful, real
Jarkey jazz.
The complete program was as
follows:
Gavotte in B minor (from 2nd
violin sonata) Bach
Sonata, Opus 31, No. S....Beethoven
Allegro
Allegretto vivace
Minuetto
Presto con fuoco
Nocturne in C sharp minor....C/iopm
Waltz in F minor Chopin
Scherzo in B minor Chopin
The Island Spell Johti Ireland
Ragamuffin John Ireland
The Dew Fairy Frank Bridge
Rigoletto: Paraphrase Liszt
—Contributed..
CAROLINA-VIRGINIAGAME
LARGELY ATTENTED
THE CAROLINA PLAYMAKERS
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The Carolina Playmakers, a U.
N. C. organization, which has won
much publicity and popularity in
recent years, performed at Chapel
Hill last week. The Playmakers are
showing promises of living up to
their former reputation of writing
and acting folk plays of North
Carolina setting.
The Congress, attempting to
organize
Was held back by a bloc.
While Garrett, upheld by the
Democrats,
Was an unassailable rock.
The sixty-eighth Congress con
vened last Monday at twelve o’clock,
but was unable to organize owing to
the bloc formed by the Progressives
and insurgent Republicans, Gillett
lacked only eleven votes for speak
er, however, and Garrett, the Demo
cratic candidate, lacked twelve.
A.fter four ballots, the House ad
journed to meet again on Tuesday,
when the loyal Republicans renew
ed their attempts to elect Gillett
Speaker of the House. Contest of
organization was little in the Senate,
though perhaps only put off until
President Coolidge can make his
address. However, it is said that
even the Senate can do nothing of
any importance until the fight in the
House is concluded. Representative
Nelson, chairman of the Progressive
bloc, declared there would be no
submission; that the whole purpose
•)f the proceedings was to break up
'■-he authority of the “Old Guard,”
50 that when a vote comes on the
rules, the House will be able to
change them. He stated further,
that the bloc was not intended
against Representative Gillett per
sonally, but merely against the
power behind him. Representative
Longworth, chairman of the major-
’.ty group, said he would not com
promise with the insurgents as a
ivhole, but that organization leaders
would reason with the different
members of the group.
After another fruitless four bal
lots, Representative Longworth of
Ohio, the organization leader. Re
presentatives Nelson of Wisconsin,
Woodruff of Michigan, afad La
Guardia of New York, went into
jonference and formed a plan,
which was to be proposed to the
Progressive bloc by Nelson, and
recommended, though he said he
was unable to guarantee its accept
ance. Mr. Longworth stated that in
side a month, the House would be
allowed to change old rules or
adopt new ones, such “as the
majority may desire.” This, all the
time, had been the object for which
ohe insurgents were working, and
now they also are to have absolute
freedom of action in proposing
amendments. The Progressive re
presentatives took care to explain
that the agreement was only a truce
in order that the House might or
ganize, and that they still intend to
force the legislation they had al
ready proposed, as well as amend
ment of the rules.
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Six hundred killed in fifty miles
By fierce Lake Gleno’s water!
And also loss of propetry
Besides terrific slaughter!
The great dike of Lake Gleno
burst and let forth a destroying
lood which swept over fifty square
miles of territory, including Berg
amo Valley. Six hundred lives were
lost, and three villages, Dizzo,
Corna, and Bueggio, were almost
completely destroyed. Out of five
hundred inhabitants of Dizzo, only
three were left alive. Thousands
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A large number ' f Winston-
Salem people, incl, li^g several
students of Salem College went
over to Chapel Hill on Thanks
giving Day to attend the Carolina-
Virginia football game. At the
same time, throngs of people were
pouring in from other directions un
til it was said by many that the
crowd was the largest that had
ever witnessed a football game in
North Carolina.
A short while before two o’clock
the band marched upon the field
and played several spirited selec
tions. Then amid much cheering, the
two teams came forth, and soon the
game was on. Although this game
was played under some disadvan
tages—a light mist which fell dur
ing the earlier part of it, changing
into a heavy rain-fall during the
last quarter—both teams fought
valiantly. Most of the playing was
done near the center of the im
mense field, though both sides tried
very hard to gain an advantage. At
one time, during the last quarter, it
looked very much as though Vir
ginia were going to make the goal,
but the Carolina men managed to
regain their ground and at the close
of the game the score still stood
0-0. For the first time in history a
football game had been played be
tween the Universities of North
Carolina and Virginia without
either sides scoring a point.
FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE
REPRESENTATIVES
SELECTED
The regular monthly meeting of
the Student Self Government Asso
ciation was held in the recreation
room at 1:30, December the third.
Margaret Russell, the president,
announced that the Jenny Briggs
Tea Room, and the Rider and Wel
fare Drug Store had been added to
the approved list for Salem
students.
Eva Flowers was elected Sopho
more representative on the Student
Council and Frances Jarrett, Bessie
Clark and Lardner McCarty were
electcd Freshman representatives.
As there was no further business,
the upper classmen were dismissed
and the I' reshmen remained to
stand an examination on the hand
book.
M-RS. WOOTEN RETURNS TO
TAKE ANNUAL PICTURES
Mrs. Wooten of New Bern has
been here this week to resume her
work of taking the College and
Academy pictures for the Year
Book.
Those pictures which did not
develop well when taken in the
early fall were retaken this time;
and the athletic pictures of the
College and Academy, as well as
the statistical pictures were made.
There were several group pictures
to be made, and those of the Student
Government Representatives of the
College for 1923 were also taken.
Mrs. Wooten did splendid work
on the Year Book of last year and
it is expected that all the work of
this year will come up to fullest
expectations.