^^ember Southern
International Collegiate
Press Association
I
Motto: “SAIL ON, SALEM”
Published Weekly
by the Student Body
of Salem College
Vol. IV.
Winston-Salem, N. C., March 1, 1924.
No. 25
MISS JOINER AND CHILDREN
FROM SCHOOL VISIT SALEM
Miss Joiner, instructor in the
State School for the Deaf and
l^umb at Morganton, was the
speaker at the Wednesday , Chapel
Service. She brought with her four
pupils from this school. Miss Joiner
Save a demonstration of the methods
of teaching deaf and dumb children.
Her pupils, without any previous
'^'arning or special preparation,
showed their proficiency in lip read
ing, writing, and speaking.
In introducing Miss Joiner, Dr.
Hondthaler told of her wide ex
perience both as a teacher of deaf
people and as a teacher of teachers.
Inuring tile war she spent a year
and a half working among the
Soldiers wlio had lost their hearing.
Afterwards she resumed her work
‘n institutions for the deaf and
dumb.
Miss Joiner first spoke of the
'difficulty of giving deaf mutes a
conception of language. “It is diffi
cult for us to learn a foreign tongue,
•>ut it is incomparably more difficult
for a deaf mute to learn a language
because he has no medium of trans
lation, no subject for comparison,”
slie said.
Miss Joiner called the youngest
pupil and demonstrated how a
teacher would show a newcomer at
tile school that there was a means
of communication between human
t>eings. She held a ball in her hand
"'liile again and again she said the
'vord “ball.” Finally the child
Yearns to associate these particular
lip movements with the object and
points at it. He begins at once to
learn to speak. By feeling the sound
"'ith his hand and by observing the
position of lips and tongue, he
learns.consonants, then vowels. His
Sense of feeling and his sense of
sight are carefully trained.
Tlie little boy who took part in
the first demonstration has been in
School only a year and he has a
''Ocabulary of about five hundred
'vords. We can realize the amount
he has learned when we consider
that he has to think of the position
of tongue and lips in making every
Sound in each word.
Half of the words he knows are
'’ouns, and he was taught them first
of all. He learned verbs through
Commands, such as, bow, run, and
Jump. He is taught to execute the
Command as soon as he sees the
y^'ord. A great difficulty with verbs
is tense. It is hard to explain the
Significance of past, present and
future. The calendar is a real help,
and this boiy from the first grade
Could point out on it the date of to-
‘lay, tomorrow, and yesterday.
Another thing he is learning is
questions. At first these questions
are asked him for information only,
tie hides something while the
*^eacher’s eyes are closed. Then she
guesses its name and he answers
her questions with yes and no.
A boy in the third grade showed
how charts are used in schools for
t'he deaf and dumb. The teacher
®poke a sentence, and he indicated
On the chart whether it was nega-
*^ive or affirmative, whether it was
declarative or interrogative, whether
It Was past, present, or future.
■Another chart is used to teach
"'ord order.
Two girls from the advanced
^lass recited. One of them wrote on
the blackboard some current events.
The other accurately repeated an
anecdote told by the teacher. The
teacher also asked her a number of
disconnected questions, all of which
she answered correctly. They study
language, history, algebra, and
arithmetic. Both girls are totally
deaf, one has been deaf from in
fancy, and the other lost her hear
ing five years ago as a result of
influenza.
In conclusion. Miss Joiner spoke
of the opportunities for teachers in
her field of work. It gives the most
thorough study of the construction
of the English language and offers
a unique chance to study Psycho
logy by watching minds in the
making. More important than all
else, it presents a marvelous op
portunity for service.
One year’s training at Morganton
fits an applicant for teaching deaf
and dumb children. The training,
which is both practical and theo
retical, is recognized throughout
the United States as standard.
Then Miss Joiner told the story
of a young teacher in such a normal
who used to see a young lawyer
often go by to his office. One day
she courageously said “Good morn
ing.” Thus began the story that
ended by making her the present
mistress of the White House.
EPISCOPALIANS GIVE
INFORMAL TEA FRIDAY
The Episcopalians of Salem Col
lege entertained most delightfully
at an informal tea Friday afternoon
from four to six. The guests in
cluding- Rev. and Mrs. R. E.
Gribbin, Miss Webb, Miss Forman,
Miss Agnes Hall, Miss Chase, Dr.
and Mrs. Rondthaler, Mesdames
William Reid, J. B. Whittington,
and B. M. Weathers, were received
at the door by Ella B. Jones, Alice
Cilley, and Frances Jarratt, and
were then conducted to the living
room.
Refreshments consisting of tea,
sandwiches, mints, and nuts were
served. During the afternoon Lois
Crowell, Sarah Yost, and Margaret
Hartsell gave a most enjoyable
musical program.
CALENDAR
Monday, March 3.—Regular month
ly meeting of the Student Self-
Government Association at
1:30.
Tuesday, March 4. — President’s
Forum meeting at 1:30.
3:30-4:30, Golf practice.
Wednesday, March 5.—Golf prac
tice from 3:30 to 4:30.
Friday, March 7.—Y. W. C. A. ser
vices at 6:30.
Saturday, March 8.—Golf practice
from 2:45 to 3:45.
4:00, Hike.
Charles West, a colored track
-ithlete, who won the national
pentathlon championship at Penn
relays last year, has been elected
track captain at Washington and
Jefferson this year.
—Exchange.
VOLUNTEER UNION TO
MEET AT CHARLOTTE
The time for the annual conven
tion of the Student Volunteer
Union for Foreign Missions is only
two weeks off; and Salem is ex
pected to fill her quota for the con
vention.
Plans for the convention are in
full swing, and this promises to be
the best one ever held in North
Carolina. The slogan for the con
vention is “Charlotte to North
Carolina What Indianapolis is to
the World.” The girls at Queens
College—w’here the convention is to
be held on the week-end of March
8th—“are behind it heart and soul
and their aim for this year is three
hundred and twenty-five delegates.
Salem College has been assigned
eight members as her quota for the
convention. The railroads have
agreed to sell return tickets at half
fare as soon as two hundred and
fifty students have registered. Of
course, some Colleges will exceed
;heir quota, because non-Volunteers
are wanted as well as Volunteers.
As to soine general information
about the conference, the speakers
may first be considered. Tom
Sharpe, Executive Secretary for
the Volunteer Union in the United
States, and Mr. Bergthol, Secretary
of the Southern District of the Y.
W. C. A., will be at Charlotte.
Jimmie Bradley, President of the
State Union, is completing plan’s
for an inspiring program of three
days. Other speakers of nation-wide
reputation have been secured. In
addition to the regular banquet,
there will be a one dollar per capita
banquet for all delegates, of which
the State Union will pay one-half,
and the delegate, the other.
The registration fee is three dol
lars, which the delegates will pay
on arrival at Charlotte. The dele
gates will be entertained in private
homes, and will be given breakfast
in these homes. They will get their
other meals at cost, cafeteria style,
at Queens.
Those who are going as delegates
from Salem are:
Marjorie Hunt,
Margaret Smith,
Margaret Hurt,
Mary Howard Turlington,
Lardner McCarty,
Sarah Herndon,
Marion Neely,
Margaret Holbrook.
This convention can be made—
like that held at Indianapolis last
year—“the most religious gathering
held in America,” if every one can
only get behind this thing.
A fuller life of service, and a
vision of a better life will catch all
those who attend the convention.
Many have received a new enthu
siasm to live for Christ at these
conventions of past years, and
isn’t it worth the cost? “It may
mean work,—work that will count
for much” is w'hat Mr. Harry B.
Price has written.
Pronounced “Where tu”
“Huerta has fled from Vera
Cruz,” say the news dispatches.
“Fled, yes; but Huerta?” asks
the Tanners Creek Times.
* * *
Hoic to Get Warm
“Smoke a cigaret in bed. Doze
off and leave cigaret alight. It
keeps the home fires burning.”
SOCIAL FORUM HOLDS
MEETING THURSDAY
Studies and hard work were for
gotten Thursday evening when the
Social Forum held its, second de
lightful meeting. This is proving to
be an event which is looked forward
to from montl) to month as a time
when off-campus students mingle
with the boarders in a purely social
way, and it is doing much towards
bringing the two closer together.
Promptly at nine-thirty, every
one more than willingly cast her
books aside, and gathered in the
living room of the iVlice Clewell
Building. Mrs. Rondthaler opened
the meeting by introducing the
charming speaker, who was former
ly Miss Anna Sloan, now Mrs.
James Hartness of Statesville,
North Carolina. She is well known
to many of the college girls, due
not only to the fact that she is a
former resident of Winston-Salem,
but also to the fact that she is a^
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MR. PIM PASSES MID
A BURST OF APPLAUSE
AND APPROBATION
The crowd alone was almost suffi
cient proof of the success of “Mr.
Pim Passes By” which was given
by the Senior Class in Memorial
Hall, Friday night. This three-act
comedy of English life by A. A.
Milne was introduced at the Garrick
Theatre in February, 1921, with
Laura Creves as leading lady, and
has just finished a long and success
ful run in New York. Admirably
constructed technically, it is a play
full of emotion and humor which
can hardly fail to make its appeal
from one of the two standpoints.
Nellie Allen Thomas made quite
as absent-minded and lovable a Mr.
Pim as could be desired; and', al
though many may have been glad to
have seen him at last past, to him
is largely due the credit of an
evening of fun and pure enjoyment.
Lady Marden as “65 and proud of
it” is a part which requires the
quick sense of emotion and char
acter appreciation that Eleanor
Shaffner gave it. Without doubt, the
two heaviest parts as well as the
strongest characterizations are
those of George Marden and his
wife, Olivia, as played respectively
by Elizabeth Strowd and Emily
Moye. The typical stubbornness of
the former is, in the end, quite un
consciously overcome by the charm
and tact of the latter. The lighter
part of the play is furnished by
Brian Strange, a young painter as
played by Catherine Crist, and
Dinah, George Marden’s ward as
taken by Olivebelle Williams.
Radiating the happiness of youth
and greatly worried over the diffi
culties which confront them, and, in
the meeting of which Olivia plays
no small part, they were the object
of many a sigh and laugh.
But for the never failing enthu
siasm and expert coaching done by
Miss Ruth Rodgers, the cast could
never have accomplished what it
did. To her and to others who have
made the giving of “Mr. Pim Passes
By” possible, the Senior Class is
greatly indebted and wishes to ex
press its appreciation. It is hoped
that this play will only lead to
many others as a dramatic need
has long been felt in student life
at Salem.
CERCLE FRANCAIS MEETS
ON THURSDAY EVENING
The regular meeting of “The
French Club” was held in the living
room of Alice Clewell Building
Thursday evening at six-thirty. The
Club members were glad to welcome
back their president. Miss Sarah
Herndon, after an absence caused
by illness. Miss Herndon presided
over the meeting.
Dispensing soon with preliminary
business the members gave them
selves over to the enjoyment of a
most delightful program. Miss
Tabba Reynolds sang in a most
pleasing manner “Sing, Smile,
Slumber,” by Gownrel. She was
accompanied by Miss Lillian Wat
kins at the piano. Miss Ellen
Wilkinson reported on a very in
teresting article “Through the Back
Door of France.” Things seen
through the back door are so dif
ferent from things seen through
tlie front door. Just what one would
see on a seven weeks voyage in a
Canadian canoe from St. Mals, thru
Brethany and the Chateau country
to Paris was cleverly brought out
in this report.
The rest of hour was spent in
playing “Anagrams,” much to the
delight of everyone present, and no
aouLt to the improvement of their
F'rench vocabulary.
Y. W. C. A. ADVISORY BOARD
HOLDS MEETING
The Y. W. C. A. meeting of
Salem College was held Friday
night, February twenty-second, in
the Recreation Room of Alice
Clewell Memorial Building. The
subject was, “Discipleship” and the
meeting was in charge of the
Advisory Board.
Miss Eleanor B. Forman pre
sided. She uiade a very appropriate
talk on “Following.” Miss Leftwich
then read the Scripture lesson after
which Miss Osborne sang very
beautifully. Mrs. Rondthaler read
two poems and then spoke most in
terestingly on “The Christian Life.”
Miss Stipe read an article written
by Isabel Capps, concerning the
National Y. W. C. A. Conference
which is to be held in April.
Miss Smith then offered a prayer,
after which the meeting closed with
the Y. W. C. A. motto.
KAPPA’S ENTERTAIN
PLEDGES WEDNESDAY
The members of the Alpha Phi
Kappa Sorority were at home to
their pledges, Wednesday evening,
February 20. After the impressive
pledge ceremony, drinks and sand
wiches were served.
Tlie pledges are as follows: Mary
Anderson, Albemarle, N. C.; Mar
garet Bencini, High Point, N. C.;
Elizabeth Braswell, Battleboro, N.
C.; Mary Lee Mason, Gastonia, N.
C.; Mary Ragsdale, Jamestown, N.
C.; Katharine Raymond, High
Point, N. C.; and Lucile Reid,
Leaksville, N. C.
Narcissus—“Looky here, Black
Man, what’s you all gwine gimme
for my birthday present?
Black Man—“Close yor eyes,
honey,” (she did as he said) “Now,
what you see?”
Narcissus—“Nothing!”
Black Man—“Well, dat’s whut
you all gwine git.”