Member Southern j ill 1 T Published Weekly International Collegiate j ^ I |. 1^ I I I I M WL by the Student Body Press As.sociation .1 . of Salem College J ^ : : Motto: “SAIL ON. SALEM” Vol. IV. I Winston-Salem, N. C., January 19, 192'! No. 19 MR. A. SHAPIRO LECTURES ON JEWISH TALMUD AT MEETING OF HISTORY CLUB BISHOP RONDTHALER LECTURES IN ATLANTA At the meeting of tlie Historj- Club Wednesday night, Mr. Shapiro inadu an intensely interesting ad dress on the subject of the Jewish people. Mr. Shaj)iro first spoke of the fact that peo])le are taking a more intelligent and friendly in terest in the Jews. He said he be lieved it the beginning of the ful fillment of God’s promise to them I recorded in the sixtieth and sixty- second chapters of Isaiali. He quoted these words: “And the Gentiles shall see thy righteous ness, and all kings, the glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of tlie I,on! siiall name.” Tlie time is coming when we shall see the brotherhood of man I >ind tlu' fatherhood of God. Mr. Sliapiro said tliat the Jews suffered not from being known, but from being unknown. If we knew their famil}^ life with its purity and devotion, and their eager desire for justice and education we should I'espeet the Jewish race more high ly. One reason the Jews are no better understood is that they are a peculiar people — Hebrew in thought, customs, and religion—as God through Moses had command ed them to be. As with the Gulf Stream one drop of tlie stream is not distinguishable from any other Water drop of the ocean but the current is distinct from the sea about it, so with the Hebrew people one individual is not peculiar but the race is se]>arate from all others. I Tlie world has not known the •Jews because they have been segre gated, persecuted, and falsely ac cused. Here in America these four charges are brought against them, that they are non-productive, selfish. Unpatriotic, and foreign to our country. Mr. Shapiro answered eacli accusation. He said that manj' of his peoj)le are jiroductive citi zens, even if you narrowed the word to mean agricultural, for there are ■n this country sixty thousand Jewisli farmers. It is true Jews do not till soil wliere there is none to till as in Russia where they are not allowed to own a foot of land. Along other lines, notably industry, they are leading producers. In answer to the second charge Mr. Sliapiro spoke of tlie work of the Jewish hospitals and the gifts of the Jewish philanthropists. One of th ese benefactors is Mr. Strauss, "'ho established milk stations—all Over New York—a step that re sulted in the reduction of child niortality twenty-five per cent. Then Mr. Shaj)iro presented their claims to recognition as good citi zens through their service and long residence. Jews were among '-'Olumbus’ crew and among the early settlers. He cited instances of their services to our country from the time of the Revolutionary War to the World War. In the late wars, the Jews, numerically only three per cent of the population, furnish ed five per cent of the soldiers in cluding no small number of volun teers. Why is not their work more wide- b' acknowledged? If a Jew does a good deed it is simply said that Mr. Levine, or whoever he is, has done -ueh a thing; but if he commits a Crime it is always said that Levine, the Jew, is the: malefactor. Tlie Hebrew race has given to civilization great musicians, philo sophers, writers, and greatest of all to the Gentile world, J esus Christ. To understand this people that has done so much we must know their literature which . embodies their thoughts, ideals, and aspirations. Their two sacred books are the Old Testament arid the Talmud. In Hebrew the word, “Talmud” means learning or oral tradition. This work called ' the Talmud con tains the Jewish ' laws, traditions, and theology. It was a library of of six hundred books but it has been reduced to sixty-nine volumes which are grouped in two sections. The collector of the first part of the Talmud was a contemporary of Christ. From the humble occupa tion of woodcutter he rose to be the great teacher of his people. Many stories showing his 'forbearance and wisdom are preserved. One is that a stranger said* to the rabbi that, if the rabbi could explain to him the Jewish laws and teachings in the short time he could stand on one foot, he would embrace the Jewish religion. The rabbi answered: “Wiiatsoever is ,■ unpleasant unto thee do not unto they fellow men. ’ The stpanger was' cojiyerted. Be sides tliese stories of the l;fe of the first editor of the Talmud, there are many of his saying preserved; as, “VVlio is rich? he who is conten^d; ’ and “Who is wise? he who reads the future.” ■ : , The second’* jJart of the Talviud was compildd and finished om- hundred and twenty, years after the destruction of th6’'temple at Jeru salem. It is a collection of all the traditional religious ceremonies of the Jews. Befttre these rules for religious obse^'vartCes were kept in a secret scroll studied and memor ized by the scribes in secret and taught by th«n in public. At the tinw of Christ there were two,great sects' of; the Jews, the Sadducees and the. Pharisees. In the Hebrew language the word “Phari see,” means to explain or interpret and the Phari.sees were interpreters of the law. Thcv believed that God was a spirit, infinite,, and eternal. He did riot-exi.st iji ijthe world but the uriiverse existed, in Him. Good iwas .of tiod and evil of man. Man was allowed-his elioice between the two and the;- final judgment de- jiended on' how the balance stood between the good and evil deeds. The Sadducees belonged to the priestly and aristocratic class. They believed that the .soul was perish able and that there could be no ;future life. The Saddueees ad vocated the study and practice of the Jewish law. They also taught that one should repent before death. The ancient teachers of the Jew- i.sh law were men of ready wit and wisdom. There are numerous in- eidents revealing this characteristic. lA man objected to the Sadducee teaching of repentance and asked liow could he, ignorant of the day of liis death, know when to repent. He received the answer that each day lie should be ready for death with good deeds arid repentance. Another carping critic asked this (7'i(rn to page two) MISS SHOTWELL OPENS! THE THRIFT CAMPAIGN Salem College and Academy opened their Thrift Campaign Wednesday at Young Peoples’ Meeting when Miss Mary G. Shot- well, a member of the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare, head of North Carolina’s Child Caring Institution, and director of Educational Thrift Program for five Southern States, made a very interesting and beneficial talk to the students on Thrift. She began her speech by saying that National Thrift Week very fittingly starts January 17th, the birthday of Benjamin Franklin, who was the father of thrift. She > said that she did not know what part Salem College and Academy had i>layed in thrift, but that she had heard that the public schools of iWinston-Salem led all otlier schools !of the State in their Tlirift Cam paign for 1923. ■ - Thrift, according to Miss Shot- well, consists not merely in saving money, but in saving time and material, and in avoiding excessive eating. Saving money at the ex pense of health is not thrift. Thrift can be made an enjoyable habit, and is a splendid way to develop self-control. As a definite illustra tion of what can be done when a person makes up his mind to save, she spoke of a High School boy in North Carolina who, when he re ceived his diploma, had a bank ac count of two thousand dollars. This Iboy had learned the habit of thrift ;in the grammar grades, when he had sold newspapers, and then iduring the var he had opened a pressing club and had continued his thrifty habits. As a result of his economy, a woman became so in terested in this boy that she gave him a four years scholarship to college, in memory of her son who had been killed in the war. Miss Shotwell stressed especially the value of a budget. The first step consists in planning it, allow ing a certain part for board, room, clothes, church, charity, and luxu ries ; the second, in keeping accurate records of expenditures; the third, in studying the records to see if it is jiossible to cliange or cut down the expenditures. In the spending of money Miss Shotwell suggests that a i)crson ask himself, “Do I need it? Can 1 afford it? Is the price reasonable? Can I pay for it now?” All debt is not wrong, for sometimes a person borrows in order to save for a definite purpose, such as the purchasing of a home. By keeping a budget, the question of where tlie money goes can be answered, and thrift can be made a national triumph. In conclusion. Dr. Rondthaler very forcefully urged the .students to cultivate the habit of thrift, and to join the half million who had al ready entered upon a thrift cam paign for 1924. In addition, he mentioned the budget cards which were to be given to those really interested in making a budget, and in living up to it during the entire year. To all those filling in this card, a book is to be sent by the Young Men’s Christian Association in order that tliey may keep ac curate accounts of expenditures and savings. Bishop Rondthaler had the rare privilege of spending two days, January 12th and 13th, in the great and delightful metropolis of Geor gia and leading city of the South. Coming into the city and leaving the large depot of the Southern Rail way, he had the pleasure of riding almost immediately over the $750,- 000 new bridge which Atlanta has recently opened to relieve congested travel in the business section of the city. His various engagements car ried him over a goodly portion of Atlanta and he noted with the more pleasure on account of his long ac quaintance with the city, how wide ly and rapidly it was spreading into most beautiful and well provided suburbs. After liaving been cordially wel comed by Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Parker (Mrs. Parker, Lila Mallard, herself as readers well know, a ■graduate and teacher and enthus iastic friend of Salem College), his first s engagement was to visit the Theological School of the Metho dist F.piscopal Church at Emorv University, at the kind and pressing invitation of Dr. Plata Durham, a former well-known and most highly e.steemed citizen of Winston-Salem. The Bisliop says he will never for get the cordiality with which he was received by professors and students of this great Institution. He was invited at Chapel Service to stand in John Wesley’s pulpit and to sit in Bishop Asbury’s chair and there followed a delightful discussion on points of mission interest in which both Methodist and Moravians are taking so large a part. The morning was spent among professors and students in developing the central themes of tiieology in relation to the burning questions of the day and hour. It was a memorable occasion. The welcome of the students was particularly cordial and was re newed in the attendance of many of them upon the sermon which the Bishop preached on the following day. In the afternoon of Saturday, January 12th, a very remarkable AlumnfE meeting was held in the apartments of Mr. and Mrs. Ben jamin Parker, hospitably thrown open for the occasion. A great many alumniE were present including some who had never before been associated with these Salem Alumna; meetings. At their request the de velopment of Salem College was dwelt upon to their evident satis faction. There were torrents of questions in regard to teachers and former students and a delightful din of conversation. Then followed to the surprise of everybody, the Bishop included, a feature which Mrs. Parker had provided with her usual energy and forethought. A Moravian Lovefeast was improvised and in connection with it, the daughters of Alumnae presented each of the astonished guests with a Moravian Christmas candle and there came over all the assemblage a reverent, happy feeling concern ing the early experiences of their chirstian life as they remembered them in hallowed days spent in Salem in years gone by. Dr. Rond- thaler’s invitation that Atlanta send an ample delegation of Alumnae to the next Commencement, was most cordially accepted and the length ened meeting broke up with affec tionate expressions such as the Bishop says he has rarely listened to. The next Sunday was a lovely day, very different from the zero weather which had burst Atlanta’s water pipes far and near on the previous Sunday. The welcome given to the Bishop in the First Methodist Church, the mother of the forty-five Churches of that de nomination in the city of Atlanta, was a royal one. The Church was crowed with Methodist members and Salem alumnae and students and former residents of Winston-Salem. The pastor. Rev. Costen J. Harrell, himself a North Carolinian, had prepared an article of some length for the Church Leaflet giving a very competent and affectionate ac count of the early relations of the Methodist and Moravians in Geor gia and of the long continued at tendance of Georgia daughters of representative families in Salem Academy and College. Dr. Plato Durham introduced the Bishop in a very beautiful address but in terms too enthusiastic to be further stated. The Bishop’s sermon was on the words of Matthew 16: 15-16, “Jesus saith unto them, whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said. Thou are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” His theme was: “A worthwhile Christ makes worthwhile people. ’ The unique manner in which the Christ does this, developing out of a confession of Himself in a life of fruitfulness and service, was illus trated by examples out of all the Christian ages. In his conclusion the Bishop dwelt upon the fact that this capacity of becoming “worth while” people under the power of Clirist’s word and spirit was innate in every human creature though perhaps deeply hidden, and in spite of many drawbacks and difficulties the Christ, the Son of the living God, made His people worthwhile in their service for time and for their reward in Heaven. Tlie welcome which was given to the Bishop’s sermon was very im pressive in view of the number of people who crowded around him for greeting and for expression of agreement in these central truths of our holy religion. In the afternoon of the same day, an affectionate gathering of friends was held at the invitation of the authorities of the First Methodist Church in their building, which enabled the Bishop to give an af fectionate goodbye to those who had so kindly and warmly furthered the purpose of his visit. In the evening he started home bearing a heart full of salutations to the Col lege and to Winston-Salem, thank ful for Atlanta’s reception and full of courage with regard to the union of Christian people whether living in Georgia or in North Carolina or wherever it might be. Billy Sunday has accepted an in vitation to visit Davidson College some day in the near future. This noted evangelist has been holding a revival in Charlotte. —Exchange.

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