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Motto; “SAIL ON, SALEM”
Published Weekly
by tbf Stiulfiit Body
of Salem Collegi'
Vol. IV.
Winston-Salem, N. C., February 16, 1924.
No. 23
MR. SANDFORD MARTIN TALKS
ON UNWRITTEN HISTORY OFN. C.
Sandford Martin, editor of the
■Journal, spoke on the unwritten
I'istory of North Carolina at the
meeting of the History Club,
^Vednesday niglit. Mr. Martin stated
tliat the marvelous progress of
^orth Carolina in the last twenty-
fi'e years was summed up in the
tliree words: education, education,
f'dueation.
I'he meeting opened by Saraii
Herndon reading a short review of
current events. Flora Binder, acting
president of the History Club, in
troduced Mr. Martin by telling of
''is .journalistic and political cx-
perifiioe that fitted him to speak on
tile history of the State. Besides
lieing editor of the Journal, Mr.
•^iartin was Secretary of Governor
Jiickett.
Mr. Martin in opening his ad
dress said he wished to discuss tlie
■'^ew N’orth State, not the Old
^orth State. Beginning with an ae-
''ount of tile deplorable economic
condition of' the State in 1870, he
tfneed its development through
these successive happenings, the
I'armers Alliance, uncontrolled
it'gro suffrage, the White Supremacy
-^ct. universal education, pro-
I'ibition. and industrial prosperity.
The wliole storv hinges on educa
tion. Tlie White Supremacy Act
K''»ve an imj)etus to education while
'"Oral reform and industrial pros
perity were direct outgrowths of
'“ducation. Mr. Martin predicted
titat the next issue in State politics
"ould be whether or not the educa
tional program be extended. He ex
pressed himself as confident that
authoritative voice of the
iiiotiiers and teachers would say,
fjo forward.”
To understand the improvement
I" tile condition of North Carolina
't is necessary to go back to the
tiiiie when the farmers rebelled
'Against the low prices and organ-
l''armers Alliance. They de-.
'•landed that banks supported by
“''tate and nation be established in
Pvery locality to lend money to the
fanner.
I’lie new party joined witii the
^Republicans and in 1895 they de-
^“ated the Kx-Confederate soldiers
'^’lio were the Democrats of that
They had no funds to start
l*'‘inks but they tried to bring reform
allowing one-hundred-and-
t'venty thousand ignorant negroes to
'•'te. In some communities white
teachers were employed by negro
''ii|>i'rintendents and white men were
■■’■'■rested by negro policemen to be
tried before negro judges. There
"ss sure to be rebellion against this
'■"le.
In the next election the Demo-
'ruts made a determined stand
''Rainst the Republicans. The State
"'ide cry of the Red Shirts on the
•'ight of November 11, 1898, “To
Vour tents, O Israel, to your bullets
today, and to your ballots tomor-
row” ex])ressed the spirit of re-
*’t‘llion. Although the Democrats
"'yre defeated in 1808, they were
'‘Uecessful in 1900. The leading man
C'harles B. Aj’cock, the new
governor. The year of bis election
White Supremacy Act was
Passed—a law that allowed to vote
'*"ly those who could read and ex-
l^lain the American constitution,
^lowever, there was a “grand
father” clause to this Act which
gave the ballet to all whose ances
tors had voted prior to 1807. It
was also during (jov. Aj’cock’s term
of office that the foundation was laid
for the State’s educational pro
gram. For four years a schoolhouse
was built ncj rly every day. The
popular vote for prohibition and the
industrial pros])crity of the State
are the result of this education.
North Carolina used to be de
scribed as a i>oor strip of land over
which tile aristocrats of Charleston
had to ])ass in order to visit the
aristocrats of Virginia. Even its
own citizens called it a vale of
humility between two mountains of
conceit, but now North Carolina is
a Stati“ of good schools and good
roads. It ranks first in the manu
facture of tobacco and second to
Massachusett'i in the manufacture
of cotton, an 1 lias the lowest tax-
rate of any State in the union.
North Carolina owes this to no dis
covery of gol.l, or coal, or oil, but
to education alone, (iovernor Aj'cock
and (Jovernor Hickett contributed
largely to the educational ])rogram
of the State.
MARRIAGE OF EVA GREEN
TO B. A. HAPPY-JUNIOR
The marriage of Miss Eva Green,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. All Ways
(irecn, to Mr. B. A. Happy-Junior,
was painfully solemnized Tuesday
evening, February 12, in Memorial
Hall. Tile Hall was most tastefully
decorated and the altar or, better,
stage was a bank of forns with
lighted candles placed on pedestals
here and there among the greenery.
Rev. I.ock M. Tight of Sizetown
performed the most impressive cere
mony which w'as interrupted quite
often by laughs from the congrega
tion. Before the ceremony Miss
Singa Well sang a delightful
jiarody on “Oh Promise Me”
written by Miss Desha.
“Oh |)romisc me that when I call
again
You’ll hypnotize j’our father just
at ten.
It is not conducive to our love
To hear him stamping on the floor
above.
1 call on you and not on j-our Aunt
J ane.
Your brother Tom gives me an
awful pain,
O ship him West and send the bill
to me.
Oh promise me, oh promise me.”
To the tune of Lohengrin, the
bridal jjarty entered the Hall,
(jroomsmen' and bridesmaids came
alternatingly down the aisles. The
many varied colors of the dresses
and the dark of the suits formed
an attractive background for the
rest of the party. The matron-of-
honor, Mrs. U. R. Gay, supposedly
the sister of the groom, and the
maid-of-honor. Miss Bright Green,
the sister of the bride, were the
next to reach the stage. The diminu
tive ring bearer or ■ more appro
priately hoop bearer, little Miss
Uird Right, tripped her way among
the already assembled group. The
little flower girls. Narcissus and
Hyacinth Smell, with great big
bows and sashes carried large
bunches of paper flowers which they
I {Turn to J)age Utio)
FLORA BINDER ELECTED
EDITER OF SALEMITE
On Monday, February 11, at 1:30
o’clock, the J unior Class met with
the Saleinite Staft' to elect the
Editor in-Chief and Business Mana
ger of the Salemite for the year
192t-25. The nominations as made
by the staff for these respective
positions w'ere Misses Flora Binder
and Lois Crowell for Editor-in-
Chief, and Misses Margaret Han-
ner, Ellen Wilkinson, and Daisy
lyce (jlasgow for Business Manager.
From these nominees, Miss Flora
Binder was elected Editor-in-Chief,
and Miss Margaret Hanner, Busi
ness Manager.
Miss Binder is a charter member
of the Salemite Staff and during
her freshman and sophomore years
did excellent work as an associate
;ditor. In the spring of 1923 she
was elected managing editor and in
;his jjosition she has given evidence
of her literary and executive ability.
Miss Hanner, though a member of
the business department for only a
short while, has already made a re
markable success in this line of
work.
The other members of the staff
will not be elected until a later
date; l)ut, with the two most
prominent and responsible positions
so well and efKciently filled, the
staff is looking forward with the
greatest confidence and expectation
to what the coming year will make
of “The Salemite,” the aim of
which has ever been to reflect in as
far as possible the life and spirit of
its Alma Mater.
OFF-CAMPUS JUNIORS
HOSTESSES AT
VALENTINE TEA
The living room of the Alice
Clewell Memorial Building was the
scene of a pretty “Valentine Tea”
on Thursday, February l i. The
“Ott'-Camj)us Juniors” were the
hostesses at this charming affair
which had been duly announced in
Cha])el and further advertised by
a])propriate posters reading “from
5-(i.”
The large mantles were strung
with red hearts, and a center table,
on which were crystal’ stands bear
ing red candles, contained the tea
service.
Music W'as furnished by the
“Melody Makers” an orchestra
composed of Misses Efird, Parker
and Harris, w’ho enlivened the hour
by varied instrumental selections,
which as occasion required were
changed into snappy vocal num
bers.
The menu consisted of chicken
salad, rolls, tea, and cake, in which
W'as stuck a small red heart, thus
carrying out the Valentine idea.
Among those who came to spend
so pleasant an hour w’ere Dr. and
Mrs. Rondthaler and their guests,
Mr. and Mrs. Breach, Mr. and Mrs.
Kutchkinski, Mr. and Mrs. Sea-
right, Dean Shirley, and Mr.
Theodore Rondthaler.
A small admission fee of twenty-
five cents was charged, thereby
adding a neat sum to the fund for
the Junior-Senior “Prom.”
MR. HODGES SPEAKER AT CHAPEL
SUBJECT ROMANCE IN INDUSTRY
Bill\-—“I’m w'orried about my
girl; she’s going around a lot w'ith
that new' doctor.”
Silly—“ ’S all right—feed her an
apjjle a day.”
Salem College was fortunate in
having Mr. liUther Hodges as
si)eaker at the Wednesday morning
Expanded Chapel Service. Mr.
Hodges is assistant manager for
Marshall Field & Co. in North
Carolina and Virginia; he specially
represented the office in I.eaksville
Spray, N. C. The Marshall Field
& Co. is one of the most highly
develoi>cd and most perfectly or
ganized industries in the w'orld.
Mr. Hodges chose for his subject
“Weaving Romance Into Industry,”
and began by saying “Do you doubt
that there is romance in industry?”
He took up the story of Mr.
\\'rigglev, the great chewing gum
magnet; how he thought of China
with its t,000,000 inhabitants w'ith
eighteen good teeth each, all going
to waste because they had no chew
ing gum; how be sent chewing gum
missionaries to give aw'ay and
demonstrate his product, and how
from that developed a great Wrig-
gley’s factory in China. He also
cited the instance of Cyrus H.
Curtis who started as a ragged news
boy and gradually worked his w'ay
into fame as owner of several great
newspapers. Isn’t that romance?
Ilow'cver to Mr. Hodges the
greatest romance in the world, in
the wav of industry, is cotton. He
discussed briefly the earliest devel-
oj)me!it of cotton on up to the
present time. Centuries ago caravans
came into Babylon selling beautiful
fabrics, and a plant ealled“ veget
able w'ool,” of which the fabrics
were made. This trade spread east
ward, was received at Rome,
Venice and other Italian cities.
I.ater the plant became so famous
that it was crowned “King Cotton.”
In our ow'n country the grow'ing of
cotton in the South and the manu
facture of it in the North is a great
enterprise.
Marshall Field & Co. have had
no small part in bringing cotton to
the front. This concern started in
an humble w'ay in Chicago with two
clerks, who were the owners. The
great Chicago fire gave this store
an opportunity to serve the com
munity with clothes and necessities.
From this has developed a mammoth
business, involving exporting, manu
facturing, jobbing, and retailing.
The great store in Chicago is an
eleven story building covering a city
block and employing from ten
thousand to fifteen thousand help
ers. It is an organization that has in
its family representatives from all
the leading nations of the w'orld,
seeking the best in manufacturing
and offering the best to the com
munity.
In Spray, N. C., lies the big end
of the business, w'here the cotton is
changed from the raw product into
tile finished fabric. Some of the
cotton is exported from Egypt and
other foreign countries, fumigated,
mixed with cotton from Georgia,
Oklahoma, and Texas, cleaned,
woven, spun and made into different
articles — blankets, rugs, sheets,
counter])anes, etc.
In order to secure an oriental
design Marshall Field & Co. em
ploys three men who visit all parts
of the world seeking new' creations
that will please an American house-
w'ife. What is this but romance?
In the great store in Chicago
there are lounging rooms, libraries,
choral classes, and instruction along
praetic.'illy cverv line. In Spray
there are night school, athletic
fields, sewing classes, and classes in
cooking and home making, musical
organizations, instrumental instruc
tion free of chargc and choral
societies. This creates a new atmos
phere ;ind wonderful co-operation
between employer and employee.
The outstanding idea of this great
organization is to do the right
thing at the right time, in the right
way; to do something better than
they W'ere ever done before; to
eliminate errors; to know both sides
of the question; to be courteous; to
be an example; to work for love of
the work; to anticipate require
ments; to develop resources; to
recognize no impediments; to mas
ter circumstances; to act from rea
son rather tlian rule; to be satisfied
with nothing short of perfection.
MUSIC HOUR CONCERT
(ilVES MUCH PLEASURE
One of the most delightful musical
events of the year was the chamber
concert given in Memorial Hall,
Thursday afternoon, February l l,
by Mr. William Breach, Baritone;
Mr. C. D. Kutschinski, Violin; Mr.
J. Roland Searight, ’Cello; Mrs.
Estelle Broberg-Breacli, Piano. This
is the first concert of its kind ever
giveii at Salem College, and an un
usually large audience attended.
An interesting program was render
ed as follows:
Baritone Solo—Nocturne Scott
[with violin and ’cello]
Trios—Autumn Tschaikowski/
At the Brook lioisdeffre
I'arewell to Culcullain
[ Londonderry Air]
Arr. by Kreisler
Songs—Messmates Lahr
Twickenham Ferry,
Marziols
The Sands of Dee Clay
The Yeoman’s Wedding
Song Prill CO Pon iatou'ski
’Cello Solo—Kol Nidrei Bruch
Trios - Sicgmund’s T.ove Song
[D ie Walkure] Wagner
Polonaise [ from A Idfe for
the Czar] Glinka
Songs—Oh, Maiden Cease Thy
Singing Fair [violin
obligato] Rachmaninoff
A Brown Bird Singing
JVood
[ ’cello obligato]
The Old licfrtun .-Kreisler
[with violin and ’cello]
SALEM METHODIST GIRLS
ENTERTAIN AT TEA
Last Friday afternoon, I'ebruarj'
fifteenfh, the students of Salem
College, who attend the Methodist
church, entertained at an informal
tea from four to six in honor of the
ministers and their wives W'ho rep
resent the Methodist churches of
Winston-Salem. Sandw'iches and tea
were served during the afternoon
and a delightful musical program
was rendered.
Several teas have been planned
during tlie year for the different
denominations and the opportunity
for the girls to come in closer con
tact with others of their denoraina
tion is being gladly accepted.