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Member Southern International Collegiate Press Association I’ublislied Weekl_v by the Student Body of Salem College 1 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 (Turn to page two) 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.