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Motto; “SAIL ON, SALEM”
Vol. IV.
Winston-Salem. N. C., February 9, 192i.
No.
MR. TATE MAKES ADDRESS
ON COMMUNITY PROGRESS
High Point Offers E xcellent Illustration of Rapid
Civic Develoi)ment
Salem College was indeed for
tunate in having Mr. Frederic N.
Tate of Higli Point to speak at the
Expanded Chapel, Wednesday,
february (i, at eleven o’clock. His
subject was “The Story and De-
'^elopnient of a Typical Southern
Community,” and as an example, he
took his own city, High Point. He
told of liis own personal experience,
"'hen forty years ago he shipped off
^ lumber wagon to a dirty road,
which was tlien the little rural com^
■nunity. High Point. There was
little inspiration from the sight ofj
High Point, and the Jiles Hotel
"'as the onl}^ thing known. . Mr.
Tate said that he had had the
privilege of living in Raleigh,
Greensboro, and Winston-Salem,
and of seeing that much of the
"'orld, before going to High Point,
®nd he felt that this unattractive
rural community might be developed
Wto a thriving city. As time went
on, the town put down some step
ping stones, and this w'as the first
thing in improvement, as there
"'ere no streets. Mr. Tate said that
•^pon seeing a lady friend of his fall,
"'hen crossing these stepping stones,
he received his first idea of a real
^ity. He told of the defeat of the
issuing of bonds to the extent of ten
thousand dollars for, the purpose of
building a new school. He believed
^he defeat was due to the fact that
the people did not realize what i
School would mean. The issuing of
honds was finally put across by
having one school board with fifteen
School commissioners, and this was
the big day in the history of Hi(,,h
^oint. He said that there was never
such a period In all history as the
when the first bond issue
Carried. Mr. Tate was then made
chairman of street commission, and
Seventy thousand dollars was raised
to pave the town. He said that pro-
Kfess can not give way to sentiment,
^iid as an example, he told of the
•■emoval of a stately old maple tree,
"'hich in the days of the early com-
'Hunity had really been • the town
hall where all business took place.
Thus ambition, vision, and action
eannot get very far without courage
^nd co-operation for the good of the
•^onimunity is also essential. Mr.
Tate in describing the old school-
liouse of his boyhood made us
''ealize how much we have to be
thankful for in Salem College. He
stated that, education was at the
’‘oot of the whole problem, and that
'''e could not look to the ignorant to
^3ck improvements and progress in
the community. He very strongly
*^mphasized the fact that the value
an education is to develop
**tudents so that they can take their
place in the world, and that life is
too short to waste a moment. He
'^'^ged that we take advantage of
®''ery opportunity to make our town
the best in the union. In conclusion,
he asked us to analyze, link together,
profit by, and remember three words
' ambition, vision, and action.
^Vith the vision that ambition
l^roinpts you to, and the action
"'hich is bound to follow, nothing
hoid vou back.”
TWO STAFF MEMBERS
VISIT CHINATOWN
Salem boasts of faculty members
who are familiar with I-atin, Greek,
Hebrew', French, German and
Spanish, but, unfortunately, no one
on the campus has as yet acquired
sufficient knowledge of the ancient
and lionorable language of China to
be able to translate any consider
able amount of it. Thus, w'hen Mrs.
Rondthaler sent to the Salemite
staff a copy' of the regular news
paper of the school in Pekin with
which her sister is connected, the
staff was at loss to know wliere to
find a linguist skilled enough to
comprehend the meaning of the
queer little characters which re
sembled nothing if not hen-scratch-
ing.
Perhaps there are many Chinese
laundries in Winston-Salem but the
best known of them all happens to
be Charlie Wing, whose establish
ment stands on Main street near the
Zinzendorf. Hence, on Tuesday
afternoon, a delegation of two set
out for this bit of Chinatown, think
ing that perhaps Charlie could give
some idea of the meaning behind
the strange hieroglyphics in order
that Salem girls might know what
those students in that far-away
college were thinking, hearing, and
doing. On the way up they dis
cussed all the difficulties of the
situation. What if this Chinese-
American laundryman could not
read.^ Many of his people cannot,
for illiteracy is not rare in China.
What if he should have come from
some province far from Pekin?
Every province has its own peculiai
language very different from that
of every other province.
The chubby, dark complexioned
little Oriental was sitting in the
front of his shop when the two girls
entered. In the rear they caught
glimpses of others of his race, hard
at work, and conversing in their
queer gutteral language. Charlie
Wing—as the girls supposed—laid
down the newspaper he was reading
and they noticed that it closely
resembled the one they were about
to show him. So he was at least not
illiterate. They almost held their
breath while he glanced over the
sheet from the Pekin school until
he looked up and said, “This college
paper from China.” Then looking
at the back page—which was after
all the front—“Mos’ all story.”
After tliey had explained that they
wanted to put some of it in English
in their own college paper, the only
thing he could say was, “Me know
no Melliean velly good.” Of course!
The fact that for translation one
must have command of two lan
guages had been entirely over
looked. Charlie Wing might read
"^he interesting looking sheet from
lie back page to the front and
understand every word of it but he
could not even tell the two Ameri
can girls what it was all about.
Taat is how tlie Salemite missed
a good chance of a most interesting
“exchange” from the capital of
far-off China.
DR.
C. H. LEVERMORE
BOK PRIZE WINNER
Dr. Charles Herbert Levermore,
of New York City, Secretary of the
Xew York Peace Society and for
mer President of Adelphia College
of Brooklyn, i-: the author of the
Bok peace prize })lan.
Disclosure of his identity was
made licre tonight at a meeting at
the Academy of ^Fusic when John
W. Davis, former Ambassador to
Great Britain, representing Edward
W. Bok, giver of award, presented
to him a check for $50,000. The'
second Iialf of the •$100,000 offered
by Mr. Bok will be award(?d to Dr.
Levermore if tlie “referendum” on
the plan, now' in progress, shows
that it has sufficient popular sup
port to fulfill the condition of
“practicable” in the opinion of the
Jury of Aw'ard.
Reference to the death of W'ood-
row Wilson, leading American ad
vocate of the League of Nations, in
Dr. I.evermore’s })lan, co-operation
with which is ;>.dvocated, were made
by all the speakers. Mr. Davis
asked if it were not possible that
Mr. Wilson’s legacy to his country
men would not.be a realization of
his vision of world-wide and per
petual peace.
The jjresentation made in the
presence of a crowd of :5,600 which
filled the Acadenu', and the appear
ance of the winner was greeted
with a])])lause.
Miss Lape announced that the
“referendinn” on the plan would be
continued until ^larch 1, and that
the vote up to Sunday night last
was 351,25(5 for the plan and 49,-
927 against, or 88 per cent of thC
total vote for the plan. She added
that the Policy Committee would
publish fifteen more of the more
interesting plans in the near future.
Dr. I.evermore, who was born on
October 15, 1856, in Mansfield,
Conn., was graduated from Yale in
1879, and studied later in Johns
Hopkins University. He first taught
in the Hopkins Grammar School of
New Haven, Conn., and served as
instructor of History in tlie Univer-
sit}' of California, and Professor of
History at the Massachuesetts In
stitute of Technology. In Septem
ber, 1893, he became principal of
Adelphia Academy, Brooklyn, con
tinuing as President when that in
stitution became Adelphia College,
where he remained until 1912.
In 1913 he became Director of
the College and University Bureau
of World Peace Foundation in Bos
ton, and returned to New York in
191 (i to do secretarial w'ork for the
World Court League, and later for
the League of Nations Union. Since
1917 he has been secretary of the
, New York Peace Society, of which
Oscar S. Straus is president. In
1922 he acted as secretary' of the
newh’ formed American Association
for International Co-operation, and
co-operated in forming the League
of Nations Non-Partisan Associa
tion in 1923.
I Mr. Davis, in presenting the
j check, said that Dr. Levermore had
I pointt\l tl'.c way to better things,
j and declared that only by organized
j co-operation with the rest of man-
k'nd could America ))romote the
cause of lasting peace.
—Neic York Times.
SENIORS HOLD IVY AND
TREE PLATING CEREMONY
Frida}' afternoon at 5:15 the
annual Senior Fvy and Tree Plant
ing ceremony took place in front of
the Alice Clewell Memorial Build
ing and on the back canqjus. Hither
to this ceremony has been held in
the late spring, but for the past few
years the class tree has not lived,
having been planted so late. The
class of 192‘t discovered this fact
and decided that its memorial tree
should be planted at the right sea
son for growth. The shortness of
the winter day made it necessary' to
change the hour of the ceremony
from 6:30 to 5:15.
In Chapel Friday and all during
the day the Senior class, with its
sister class and friends, wore the
miniature class pennant with a
small iv'y leaf, emblems of the oc
casion. Promptly at the appointed
hour the Seniors accompanied by
the marshals marched across the
square, to the tune of the familiar
marching song “Honored in Song
and Story,” m the direction of the
waiting crow'd of students, faculty,
and friends gathered in front of the
Alice Clewell Building. After the
class had halted in front of the side
entrance, near which the ivy was to
be planted, the president, Edith
Hunt, read the following ode;
Thou symbol of a class’s growth
and spread.
Now' but a bit of dirt and root and
leaf.
Brown, withered, seared, but not
dead
Life shall spring forth from thee,
’tis our belief.
i £ L
Spread, ivy, spread until each brick
be hid
Beneath a curtain of thy verdant
green.
And nesting birds shall come thy
leaves amid
To raise their young by human eye
unseen.
Rest now in mother earth’s fond
warm embrace.
Sleep thou while sun shines on and
warm rains jiour;
Then on these dear loved w'alls tliv
pattern trace
The symbol of the class of ’21.
While the Seniors sang their class
song, the plant was placed in the
ground, and each officer threw over
it a shovelful of dirt. After a few
fitting and approprite words by Dr.
Rondthaler, the class procession,
followed by the spectators, marched
to the spot on the back campus near
the stream where the tree was to be
planted. Again the president began
the ceremony by the reading of an
ode, this time to the poplar:
O, poplar tree grow straight and
tall.
Rejoicing in the kindly light.
For thee the glory of the day.
The soft caress of breezy night;
The sweetness of serenity.
The earth, sunshine, and summer
show'cr
Shall give to the their richest dower
Of silken bud and golden flower
That thou a living joy might be.
Both wind and storm shall hither
come
So thou may stronger, firmer grow
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LIBRARIAN PRESENTS
FACTSCONCERNINGSALEM
Miss Mary Meinung, librarian,
in looking over old records has
found some interesting bits which
she has contributed to the Salemite.
She states that the first library was
in an apartment in the Old Build
ing, and that at first the books were
kept in plain closets ranged along
the wall of the north entrance hall,
but that owing to the increase in the
number of books, they were moved
upstairs. Four long tables were
placed in this room, and on them
the magazines and books w'cre
piled. The library then progressed
by another step and was moved in
to Main Building into a room
known as Select Room A. Mr. Belo
then presented the college w'ith a
handsome cabinet in which the
books assumed a greater dignity
than had been theirs in the dark
closets of former years. At a still
later date they were moved to the
room which they now occupy.
Miss Mary also states that Salem
claims February as her birthday
month, for it was on February 3,
18(56, that the “Salem Female
Academy” w'as incorporated by an
Act of the Legislature of North
Carolina. It was, however, at a
still later date, January 17, 1907,
that the Academy was again incor
porated and changed, its name be
coming “Tile Salem Academy and
College.” Salem, in fact, has
numerous birthdays, a list of wliich
is here given:
April 30, 1772—First school be-
gun.
October 31, 1802—Founded.
.\Lay 1(5, 1801—Boarding school
opened.
February 3, 18(5(5—Incorj)oration
as Salem Female Academy.
.Januray 15, 1907—Incorporation
as Salem Academy and College.
MR. TAYLOR CONDUCTS
CLASS IN JOURNALISM
Mr. Taj'lor has offered to con
duct a class in Journalism for mem
bers of the Salemite Staff who de
sire to learn more about matters
relating to news])aper work. No
points credit are to be given for
this course and all attendance is
purely voluntary. At this class any
questions relating to various de
partments of newspaper work will
be discussed, and lectures on these
subjects w'ill be given by Mr.
Taj'lor. Altliough the class meets
only once a week, those registering
for it exj)ect to gain much from it,
in its relation not only to jiresent
work but also to that of the future.-
“PENROD AND SAM” TO BE
PRESENTEI) SATUR DAY
For several weeks Saturday even
ings have been quiet affairs for those
who remained at Salem over the
week-end; it was therefore, with
enthusiasm that Mr. Higgins an
nouncement was greeted. Examina
tions and preparations for them in
terfered to some extent with the
regular schedule of the MacDowell
pictures, but they are to be resumed
Saturday night. Tliis picture will
be “Penrod and Sam,” a sequel to
the “Penrod” picture shown early
in the fall; those who have seen it
guarantee that it is fully as enter
taining as the one shown some time
ago.