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MacDowell Club Presents
Picture Saturday Night
“The Beggar on Horseback"
Well Attended by Ap
preciative Audience.
WINSTON-SALEM. N. C„ OCTOBER 17, 1925.
On Saturday night, October
the tenth, the MacDowell Club
gave its second moving picture
pej-formance of the year, “The
Beggar on Horseback”, starring
Esther Ralston and Edw,
Everett Horton. This picture ^
full of unusual situations ;
fantastic scenes, and was much
enjoyed by the audience.
The story opens in a board
ing house in which a struggling
young musician, Neil McRae, re
sides. He is at work completing
a symphony, but is forced tc
spend much of his time writing
popular- songs, which he hates
in order to earn a living. In the
same boarding house lives :
young artist, Cynthia Mason
whose sympathy and friendship
are a great help to Neil in 1'
■work. They are composing
pantomine together, Synthir
drawing the stage settings and
Neil composing the music.
The young musician has only
one pupil, Gladys Cady, whose
family is very wealthy,
parents are anxious to
her to McRae in the hope that
by having genius in the family
they will gain a foothold
ciety. Miss Cady comes at the
appointed hour for her lesson
and carries Neil away by main
force to her home. Here she
introduces the bewildered musi
cian to her over-dressed mother,
forever chewing gum and knit
ting; her brother Homer, who
exists in a continual state of
boredom; and her father, a golf
enthusiast and jazz lover.
Neil is unable to stay long in
this atmosphere and makes his
escape as soon as possible after
inviting the Cadys to tea on
Fi'iday. Dr. Rice, who is in 1
with Cynthia and wishes to
himself of any competition fromi
the musician, advises him to
marry Gladys, so that hei
money will enable him to have
time to complete his symphony.
After the Cadys have made their
departure on Friday afternoon
after tea, Neil proposes to
Gladys by telephone and is
promptly and joyfully accepted.
Worn out with overwork and
soothed by tablets given to him
by the solicitous Dr. Rice, Neil
falls asleep in his arm chair and
has a weird and fantastic dream.
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Salem College Mas An I Dr. Robert E. Gribbin Talks at Dean Shirley lectures
Interesting Booth At Fair Expanded Chapel Service Abont Hnmor In Music
All Departments Represen
Informative Bulletin
Prepared.
Salem College had an attrac
tive and interesting booth at the
Forsyth County Fair which
lasted from October sixth to Oc
tober ninth. The booth was
decorated in Salem colors, Yel
low and white, and contained a
piano, a desk, several chairs
the living rooms, and
various departmental exhibits.
There were samples of T. N.
and other high explosives,
icroscopes, physics instru
ments and test tubes full of
chemicals from the chemistry
department. There were books
History, English, Mathe
matics and Psychology. There
posters explaining the
equipment and scope oi every
different department. On the
desk were small leaflets,
front of which was a picture of
the portico of Main Building
and the date of the founding of
Salem College. Inside the leaf
lets was printed information
concerning the location, the
campus, the equipment, and the
courses oflfered. All the depart
ments Vv-ere mentioned as well
as special courses, and the de
grees conferred were stated.
This little booklet was
the public, and was designed to
give useful information to any-
interested in Salem ColIe
Former Member of Faculty Speaks to Students
About Increased Responsibility of
College Graduate
Class Representatives For
I. R. S. Are Elected
Girls from Each Class
Appointed.
Saturday Hike Is Led
Toward South West End
Saturday afternoon, October
10, at 4:00 o’clock, forty-eight
girls accompanied by Miss
Briggs, Miss Chase, and Miss
Forman, left the college with the
intention of going to the water
works, but because of the un-
certainity of the route they
hiked in another direction. The
hikers went through South West
Park, through several corn fields
and over a few hills. They then
turned north and came back by
Ardmore. The brisk air and the
Woods, beautified with the first
tinge of autumn, made the walk
very enjoyable.
During the last week, class-
meetings were called by the
presidents of the three upper
classes for the purpose of elect
ing I. R. S. representatives for
this year. As a result of the
elections, the following girls
now class representatives for I.
R. S.:
Seniors: Evelyn Graham,
Sara Yost, Rowena Cromer and
Alpha Shaner; Juniors: Eliza
beth Hastings, Thelma Fiery,
Ruth Piatt and Margaret Hart-
sell; Sophomores: Sara Dowling,
Welsh, Dorothy Schal-
Icrt and Althea Backenstoe.
Freshman representatives will
be elected later in the year, after
;he class has been fully
jrganized.
I. R. S., which stands for I
'epresent Salem, is an organiza-
;ion which was formed several
^ears ago under the direction of
Miss Stipe. Its purpose is
bring the off-campus and
campus students into a closer
lationship than would otherwise
be possible. This is brought
about by holding meetings
known as Social Forum when the
off-campus girls are invited to
join the on-campus girls for a
social evening. Very often a
good speaker is procured to make
the meeting more interesting.
Whatever form of entertamment
provided, these meetings are
always very pleasant occasions.
On Wednesday morning, Oc
tober 13, Reverend Dr. Robert
E. Gribbin, Rector of St. Paul’s
Episcopal church, made a very
beneficial and inspiring talk at
Expanded Chapel Service. He
was well known to many of his
audience, as he was a member of
the faculty of Salem College
year before last.
He spoke of one principal of
conduct, the payment of debts.
Ordinarily, the idea is that debts
may be paid with money such
the debts persons owe to indi
viduals, business houses, and
institutions. These persons,
however, have received some
benefit from the debt.
Another idea of debt is that
•hich St. Paul gives in the first
lapter of the Epistle to the
Romans. St. Paul had received
nothing from the Greeks and
Babylonians, but he owed them
something because he had some
thing they had not—the vision
of Christ.
To give knowledge to the rest
of the world is one debt. One
should think of Christianity
the light of Paul, “The world
one debt.” St. Paul undertook to
fill his debt, and labored hard,
in season and out. He was perse
cuted five times and received
thirty-nine lashes. With all of
this he worked hard to discharge
his debt.
Dr. Gribbin then told of £
.ituation in the church at Anti-
>ch, a mission church, the
church of the Gentiles, where
five persons were laboring. They
had not received a vision. The
church fasted and prayed. The
best of the five persons
were sent out to carry the
power of the world. This is an
example of how people have been
conscious of what they have re
ceived.
satisfy the farnily, but to give
to the world what it has
“Just as Paul, realized that he
had received something and
owed that to the world, so
we receiving something which
makes us owe a debt, and
God help us to fulfill it.”
The United States Navy
Band Will Give Concert
Tickets may be Purchased froi
Membeis of Junior Class
He then turned to the vision
of a college student, what a stu
dent receives and the debt that
she owes. He brought out the
idea of unity in the university.
Where students are gathered to
gether to study, there must be
unity of effort between teacher
and scholars. There must be
the part of the
faculty and the students to learn
and to be taught. Although it
more blessed to give than to
receive, it is blessed to receive.
Students are removed from the
world outside, and are perhaps
prejudiced. It is difficult to look
upon pressing problems of today
without prejudice and passion.
Criminals today are looked upon
hand with vengnance
and passion, and on the other
with sentimentality. There are
problems of class and race which
must be looked upon without
prejudice.
“It takes the ideal to make the
real thing.” “Give to the world
the best that you have and the
best will come back to you.” He
emphasized the fact that stu-
should give to the world the
best- that they have. Persons
should come to college not to
The United States Navy Band
to be at the Reynolds Me
morial High School Auditorium.
October 20. Tickets may be
purchased from members of the
Junior Class for two dollars,
dollar and a half, one dollar, and
seventy-five cents.
The Bandmaster is Lieu
tenant Charles Bentner,
was appointed when it was first
decided to have a permanent
nationally-known navy band.
The following quotation is
taken from a circular describing
the progress of success of the
band:
few years ago the bare
statement that ten million per-
had listened to the pro
grams of a particular musical
organization would have been
ridiculed. Even in these days
of radio broadcasting to ha
that many auditors is given to
few, and chief among these is
the United States Navy Band.
The great strides in radio broad
casting, by means of which far-
separated cities are linked to
hear the programs of one broad
casting station, is largely re
sponsible. The Navy Band"^ Con
certs over station WCAP, of the
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele
phone Co., and station WRC of
Radio Corporation
America, have been carried to
the furthermost corners of the
United States and its posses
sions, and have been “picked up’
even in Europe. Thousands of
letters and postcards received
by the radio stations and by the
Navy Department attest to the
popularity of the Navy Band
concerts. It is due to this popu
larity with radio fans, probably,
much as to its offcial position,
that the Navy Band has attained
its enviable niche in.the musical
world.
Regular Meeting of
Pierette Players
I'st Meeting Attended by New
Members; Constitution
is Signed.
The Pierrette Playeis met in
^ he campus Living Room of Alice
Clewell Building on Thursday
evening, October 15. The meet
ing was called to order promptly
the president,
and the business of the evening
■was transacted. A new copy of
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Illustiates Lecture with Humor
ous Piano Selections from
Great Composers.
On Thursday afternoon, Oc
tober 8, the jMusic Hour pi ogram
consisted of an unusually
interesting lecture by Dean H.
A. Shirley cm the subject of
Humor in Music. In order to
illustrate the use of this impor
tant characteristic. Dean Shirley
played Edward lialentine’s
Variations on “Mary Had a
Little Lamb”, each one of which
•itten in the style of some
great composer.
Dean Shirley begain his lec
ture by stating that a sense of
humor is an important attribute
of every individual. Since music
expresses a great variety of e-
motions, humor, one of the most
universal of all emotions, has an
important place m musical
composition.
It is extremely difficult to de
pict humor in instrumental
music; consequently, it came
comparatively late—especially
during the last hundred years
with the development of the
piano. All the great composers
sense of humor. Even
Back, the great musical intellect,
humorous at times, es
pecially in one composition—The
Coflee Party. Ilaydn, in spite of
his unhappy home life, was fond
of vigorous tunes, and his com- • •
positions are full of gayety and
joviality. His Toy Symphony is
especially humorous.
Mozart’s composition, A
Musical Joke, is extremely
funny, and Beethoven’s Rondo
entitled A Rage Over the Lost
Penny is very amusing. There
are also several humorous pas
sages in some of Beethoven’s
symphonies.
Songs and opera are full of
humor. Someone has said that
‘anything too foolish to be
spoken may be sung”. Conse
quently, opera is full of amusing
incidents and passages. Wag
ner’s Meistersinger is the great-
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Dance Given By Juniors
For Freshmen Class
Hut was Scene of Entertainment
On Friday evening, October
the ninth, the Juniors enter
tained the Freshmen at a dance,
held in the hut. The Juniors
dressed as men for the occasion
and each one escorted a Fresh
man to the party.
A bright fire crackled in the
fire-place and the hut presented
very cheery and welcome as
pect. The guests were enter
tained with dancing, music being
provided by several of the
Juniors. A feature of the even
ts the Virginia Reel, led
very successfully by Patty
Brawley, and followed by a
grand march.
The refreshments were choco
late ice cream cones and each
Freshman received a very at
tractive favor, as a souvenir of
the par-ty. The Freshmen shew
ed their appreciation by giving
fifteen enthusiastic rahs for the
Juniors.