WINSTON-SALEM, N. C„ OCTOBER 31, 1925.
UBRARY
FRIENDSIilP
Monthly Meeting Of The
History Club is Held
HaiSowe’en Party Given at Home
of Miss Lumpkin; Subject
is China.
The History Club met last
Wednesday evening, October 28,
at the home of Elizabeth Lump
kins, a member of the Club.
The program was about China.
Marion Bloor presented the past
history of the country and spoke
interestingly of its origin
nomadic tribe during the early
history of mankind; she pur
sued the varied course of its
fortunes through the many dy
nasties and told of important
cultural contributions of each
period.
Katherine Riggan spoke of the
present political situation
China, and of the importance of
the life and work of Sun Yat
Sen, the founder of the Chinese
Republic. She concluded her
talk by reading a letter describ
ing the funeral of the great
leader; this letter is the proper
ty of Mrs. Rondthaler and was
written her by her sister who is
engaged in educational work in
Pekin and who herself witnessed
the funeral. A miniature of the
event was arranged for display,
containing small figures
tume, representing the pall
bearers, the coffin, the widow’
carriage and various attendants.
The meeting was then turned
over to Elizabeth Lumpki
conducted several amusing con-,
tests. The general plan was
Hallowe’en, and so all lights
were turned out and Miss Chase
told a weird and wonderful ghost
story, to the accompaniment of
clanking chains, strange and op
portune clatters and an oc
casional “meow” from a small
and frightened black eat. The
house was decorated elaborately
in black and orange Jack o’Lan-
terns, cats and witches.
A salad course and hot coffee
were served, and all the guests
left declaring this meeting of
the history club an extremely
enjoyable, occasion.
Three Students Give Talks
At Meeting Ol Science Club
Minnie Price Speaks On Mendelian Law; Mildred
Moomaw On The Orsat, And Rachel Davis
On History Of Baking
MacDowell Club Gives
“Monsieur Beaucaire”
Rudolph Valentino and Bebe
Daniels Star in Picture;
Large Audience.
An unusually fine entertain
ment was given by the Mac
Dowell Club on Saturday night.
October 24, when the picture
“Monsieur Beaucaire” wa? given
in Memorial Hall. The play
taken from the beautiful story
by Booth Tarkington, the title
roles being played by Rudolph
Valentino, Bebe Daniels and
Lois Wilson.
The scene is laid in F:
the highly artificial court of
Louis XV where etiquette rules
with an iron hand. The king
himself is a weakling, a cats-
paw in the clever hands of his
mistress, Madame de Pompa
dour, who makes the court move
as she pleases. The only other
person whose influence over
Louis rivals that of Madame de
Pompadour is the Duke of Char
tres, a Prince of the blood royal,
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The regular meeting of the
Scientific Society was held in the
Science lecture room, Tuesday,
October 27, at 7:15 o’clock,
featuring a delightful program
which included a talk on “Gregor
Johanne Mendel” by Minnie
Price; a demonstration of the
“Orsat” or air analysis, by Mil
dred Moomaw; and a paper “The
Romance of the modern Baker
by Rachel Davis.
The talk by Miss Price
Mendel pointed out the scientific
itudy of the pea plant and the
importance of the discoveries
made.
Mendel was born in 1822 and
entered the Augustinian Monas
tery at Brunn. In the garden
of this monastery he scientifical
ly studied the heredity in the
pea plant.
■esults of his observa
tions and deductions were pub
lished in 1863 but the real value
of them was first discovered
1900 by Vries.
Mendel chose peas for his (
periment because they grew
rapidly, were easily cultivated
and possessed constant differen
tiating characters such as form
and color of seeds. He selected
seven groups of characters to
work by such as difference
color of albumen, and differei
color of coat. These groups
wei'e experimented upon
time. The importance of the
discoveries is the principle by
which the results may be
plained.
Mendel’s views have exerted
proi'ound influence on modern
scientific thought, and it is
generally recognized that his ex
periments are the most far
reaching that have ever been
made in heredity.
The Mendelian law is used
wherever plants or animals a
bred. The recent development
of a strain of wheat which is i:
mune to the attacks of rust
an example of its use.
A demonstration of the Orsat
device for analyzing ai:
given by Miss Moomaw. The
apparatus used was a simple
type used in commercial ways
today for testing air in food
containers or in cars carrying
food across the country and
many othei’ , cases where
3 necessary to keep the
absolutely pure. It also detects
the amount of carbon monoxide
and helps in regula
tion of furnaces.
To detect for carbon dioxide
a given amount of air, a con
tainer of potassium mydroxide
operated on the Orsat; for de
tection of Oxygen, potassium
pyrogallate is used; for pres
ence of carbon monoxide, am
monium cuprus cholride solution
used. The percentage of
fases present
made by crushing cereals into
coarse meal and foi-ming it into
loaves by the addition of water,
then baking the loaves m the
sunlight, up to the modern
bakeries of today.
The discovery of fire was the
element to revolutionize the bak
ing of bread. A loaf was ac-
cidentially dropped into
and nicely baked before being
recovered, so the use of a r
foi-m of heat for baking was
gularily established.
The Egyptians were the first
to make an art of bread baking.
Taking advantage of the Bn
Age they manufactured a th
sided oven without a door which
they set over a fire and ik which
they placed their unproved
leavened loaves made by the ad
dition of mash to the old loaf
of just meal and water.
Upon the invention of brick,
large community ovens wer
built, and used by the entir'
tribe, or group of people. These
ovens had a much better regula
tion of temperature than did
previous iron ovens.
In the days of scientific
tion an oven was made i
damper and bread baking be
came a household art. The
housewife was judged by the
beauty of the loaf she could
bake.
Soon it was discovered that
these ovens could be used for the
cooking of other foods and
provements were continually
being made up to the present
time, resulting in electric and
gas stoves with temperature
•egulators.
A wonderful commercial in
dustry has grown and of these
newest inventions. Mr. Edison
might well be called “The
Bakers’ Benefactor” for as
-esult of much labor he hi
evolved the modern electr
bakery.
John Drinkwater Speaks Interesting Program In
At Guilford College Wednesday Chapel
Thirty Members of Salem
Faculty and Student Body
Attend the Lecture,
John Drinkwater, famous
English dramatist, spoke at
Guilford College Wednesday
afternoon at three thirty, Oc
tober 28. Thirty students and
faculty members of Salem Col
lege motored over to hear the
lecture.
Drinkwater first read
several of his own poems, and
then began his talk, “Abraham
Lincoln as seen by an English
dramatist.” He said that in dis
cussing drama one must first de
fine art in general. He said that
in every human being ther.
an urge to interpret and to
understand the many unrelated
experiences which crowd upon
one at every moment. In the
artist, this urge for compresen-
and the ability of expres-
is stronger than in other
people, and consequently he
paints a picture, builds a cathe
dral o
vi'ites £
song.
Dr. Vincent Y. Landis
Talks To Economics Class
Saturday morning, October 24,
Dr. Vincent Y. Landis, who
editor of “Rural America”, and
1 charge of the Research
Department of the Federal
Council of Chui'ches, spoke to
the Sociology Class on The
Church As A Social Institution,
and to the Economics class on
Co-operative Marketing.
The Research Department in
■hich Dr. Landis is engaged is
getting out a number of pamph-
social and economic con
ditions in the United States,
These pamphlets are edited by
the ablest economists of the
country. Dr. Landis has promis
ed to see that the Social Service
graduated cylinder. Department of Salem receives
instrument essential | copies of these as they come
for a great number of things as | from the press,
may well be understood. j The Social Service Depart-
Miss Davis spoke of the art of I ment expects to bring some out- here, are you the tax assessor,
bread baking from almost pre- j side speaker to the class at least or has she been killed by the
historic times when bread was| once each month.' [railroad?”
The speaker dwelt on the fact
that in every phase of life, in
■a of history, there are
certain figures which stand out
above all others. He spoke of
the dramatic element of such
lives as these, and then mention
ed the three classes of leaders
-those who fail entirely, those
who make a partial success, and
those who, like Cromwell, Abra
ham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee
the really great men of the
Id. He explained that the
reason for their success h
fact that they have learned to
think in abstractions—to
look the personal element, and
to interpret events in the light of
of their future significance.
Mr. Drinkwater declared that
Abraham Lincoln stood out
of the foremost of these—
that he had a power and a vision
not given to ordinary men,
spoke of Lincoln’s ideals and
hopes for his country and of
how his plans were brought to
an untimely end by his assas
sination.
He touched, in passing, on the
wonderful opportunities given
American men and women who
may so easily attend a college or
a university.
Mr. Drinkwater spoke of the
importance of national ideals of
liberty and democracy and of the
fallacy of the patriotism which
cries, “My country is better than
yours!” Peace comes from
international understanding and
national unity is achieved
when international loyalty
ed. His ideal of government
‘Individual libferty, having its
roots in national unity.’
He closed by reading several
ore of his poems. Those who
attended feel that they have re-
real and lasting benefit.
Hygiene and English Depart
ments Give Highly Original
Program.
On Wednesday morning, Oc
tober the twenty-eighth, the
expanded chapel hour was turn
ed over to two departments of
academic work, which ai-e at
present claiming the interest of
the entire student body. A
campaign for better shoes con
ducted by a section of the Hy
giene class, and the first year
class in oral English.
The first of these was well
presented by Sai’ah Dowling, a
member of the Hygiene class.
She gave a brief synopsis of the
attractive, amusing play which
was given by the class, and gave
the names of those taking part
it.
In the first act the harms of
wearing badly fitting shoes were
cleverly portrayed. Dorothy
Rosemond, as Sue, the leading
lady, comes in exhausted from
a game of tennis, and falls asleep
in a chair. In a dream she sees
three Health Sprites enter.
Diagnosis, Prescribtion and
Health, who all agree that the
cause of her exhaustation is
wearing high-heeled, badly fit
ting shoes. The Health Sprites
were Dorothy Fraser as Diag
nosis, Peggy Parker as Prescrip
tion and Elizabeth Hobgood as
Health. They all advise her to
go to the Health Center where
she can learn some exercises for
her feet. Sue wakes up, and de
cides to follow the advice of the
Health Spirits.
In the second act the scene is
laid at the Health Center. There
under the able direction of Pat
Brawley, several beneficial foot
evercises are demonstrated to
Sue by a group of girls consist
ing of Mary Audry Stough,
Mildred Moomaw, Dorothy
Booth, Margaret Peery and
Henrietta Edwards.
The scene of the third act is
id in an office in which Laura
Thomas, Sarah Turlington, Hope
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Miss Desha Gives An
Address At Music Hour
Speaks Interestingly of Music
the Fourth Necessity
in Life.
A cautious farmer was the
owner of a good cow. A stranger,
having admired the animal,
asked the farmer, “What will
you take for your cow?”
The fai-mer thought for a
moment, and then said, “Look
On Thursday afternoon, Oc
tober 22, the Music Hour pro
gram consisted of a lecture on
“The Fourth Necessity” by Miss
Lucy Logan Desha. The lecture,
unusually interesting in itself,
was made even more interesting
by various musical illustrations
given by several members of the
music faculty.
After discussing briefly the
first three necessities of the
human race. Miss Desha de
clared that the fourth necessity
of mankind is musical expres
sion. She pictured to her audi
ence an imaginary world entir-
ly devoid of music—even with
out the songs of the birds and
the brooks. Such a world, she
is utterly beyond human
conception.
Power of speech. Miss Desha
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