MACDOWELL CLUB
VOLUME VI.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C„ NOVEMBER 28, 1925.
NUMBER XII
The Sophomore Team Wins
Basket Ball Championship
Juniors Win In Running - up Games; Brilliant
Passwoi’k And Excellent Forwards Win
Game For Sophomores
The big event of the year took
place at Salem Thursday, Nov
ember the twenty-sixth. Thanks
giving day. The annual inter
class basket ball games
plaj'ed, and the Sophomores
carried off all the honors,
ning over the Juniors in
last game.
The Seniors and Juniors
customary began the contest
with the first half of their game,
and from the very beginning it
was evident that the Seniors
.were entirely outclassed, par
ticularly by the work of Mary
Buckner and A. P. Shaffner,
forwards. The half ended with
the Juniors in the lead.
The Sophomores and Fresh
men played next and the Sopho
mores were decidedly better
playei-s than the first year girls.
Their game was distinguished
particularly by the beautiful
pass work, and by the brilliant
playing of Charlotte Sells,
forward, who hardly missed £
shot during both games.
The Juniors and Seniors play
ed their second half next and
the Seniors M'ere defeated by
score of twenty-nine to nine.
Rachel Davis, substitute, took
the place of Myrtle Valentine as
guard in the last quarter. The
Seniors put the energy of des
peration in this half and did
much better pass w'ork and
better guarding than they had
done before. But they could
not prevent the Juniors from
scoring, and were eliminated
from the final game.
The Sophomoi-es and Fresh
men played their second half,
but again the Sophomores put
such skill and enthusiasm into
their game that there was no
hope for the Freshmen. Anne
Hairston, substitute, w;
as forward for the Freshmen.
The game ended with a score of
twenty to eleven.
The Juniors and Sophomores
then had to play to decide the
final winner, and this game
promised to be more interesting
than the other, because the
teams seemed more evenly
matched, but the brilliant and
speedy game of the Sophomores
was too much even for the
Juniors, and the Sophomores
were victors with a final score
of thirty-three to thirteen.
Sarah Turlington played in the
first half, but Susan Luckenback
again took her place as side
center in the second half. Much
credit is due to Charlotte Sells,
the almost phenomenal forward,
for the Sophomores, and to
Mary Buckner for the Juniors.
The most outstanding feature of
this game, however, was the
pass w'ork of the Sophomores,
which was far better than any
thing seen at Salem for several
and penalizing fouls.
Dr. H. E. Rondthaler
exceedingly efficient time keeper,
so careful that he must have
two watches instead of one—
though only one kept time.
Mr. Higgins delegated his tra
ditional position of score keeper
to Mr. Campbell, who made
brilliant success of it—when he
was not dodging the ball.
The cheering was sustained,
ample and wildly partisan
Anne Turner led the Freshmen,
EUzabeth Lumpkin the Juniors,
Virginia Welch, the Sophomores,
Elizabeth Shaw, the
Seniors. The sections alloted to
different classes
decorated with vivid streamers
and paper wrapped ropes of yel
low, black, red, white and purple.
Each class also had large numer
als in its class colors to desig
nate it.
The games were well attended,
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Mr. Floyd Rogers Speaks
At Chapel Hour
Talks on Subject of Cross-
Section of a Clergyman’s
Life.
Salem College was indeed
fortunate in having Reverend
Mr. Floyd Rogers, Rector of St.
Peter’s church, Charlotte,
formerly of Lynchburg, to speak
at Y. P. M. on Wednesday,
November 25. Many of the
Salem students have been look
ing f01-ward to this address,
he was well remembered as h
ing made the Baccalaureate
Sermon several years ago. From
the very first, the student body
was impressed by the outstand
ing personality and character of
the speaker.
His subject was a most
interesting one, “A Cross Sec
tion of the Life of a Clergyman.”
The old idea that there are three
classes of people, men, women,
and preachers is not as preva
lent now. Clergymen are not
gods to be worshipped, but they
real nien. The parable of
the Good Samaritan is a descrip
tion of the responsibility of the
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Dr. Weaver Gives Lecture
At History Club Meeting
Speaks On Subject Of “The Human Side Of
History;” Starts Branch Of State Book
Club At Salem
Dr. Charles Weaver, literary
editor of the Winston-Salem
Journal, spoke to the History
Club last Wednesday, November
the twenty-fifth, in the campus
living room of Alive Clewell
building on the subject of “The
Human Side of History”.
Before beginning his lecture.
Dr. Weaver explained a plan
which he has just begun to work
out, to organize a book club
North Carolina, for which the
only qualification for member
ship will be a promise to read
at least one good book every fort
night. The pui-pose of this club
to promote literary apprecia
tion and to raise North Carolina
from its low standing in regard
to culture.
Dr. Weaver began his talk by
saying that there are three
methods, the scientific method,
which present facts as facts
alone, the philosophic method,
which attempts to intei-pret the
Thanksgiving Banquet
Enjoyed By Students
Delightful Event Takes Place i
College Dining Room.
Mr. Vardell Speaks At Freshman Team Wins
Mr. Harry Long, of the city
Y. M. C. A. was referee, and
very careful and conscientious
one. Not a play missed him, and
wherever the ball was, there al
so was Mr. Long, watching with
an eagle eye, rewarding virtue
The annual Thanksgiving
Banquet was held in the College
Dining Room on Thursday
ing, Nov. 26. The room was
beautifully decorated in yellow
and white, streamers radiating
from the center light forming
canopy over the table at which
the teams were seated. On this
center table were miniature
basket ball ‘ fields upon which
dolls dressed in athletic suits
were engaged in a game of
basket ball.
Rachel Phillips, h
Basket Ball and toast mistress
gave a toast to the teams, this
being followed by a song to Dr.
Randthaler led by Virginia
Welch. Miss Phillips then asked
Dr. Rondthaler to give a history
of basket ball at Salem, and any
other remarks that he might
wish to make on this memorable
occasion. Dr. Rondthaler’s
version of the first basket ball
game at Salem, which was played
according to the best authorities
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Thursday Music Hour
Addresses Audience on Subject
of Mysticism in Music;
Interesting Lecture.
On Thursday afternoon, Nov
ember 19, the Music Hour
program consisted of
lustrated lecture on “Mysticism
Music” by Mr. Charles
Vardell, Jr.
In hs opening remarks, Mr.
Vardell stated that the term
mysticism is extremely difficult
to define. There is a word, how-
which might possibly be
called a synonym of mysticism.
That word is mystery. It may
be defined as something that
touches life at a certain point,
but which is not clearly under
stood. Nevertheless, there
mystery in almost every phase
of life. It exists between the
spheres of science and religion.
Moreover, there is that element
ot mysticism between the per
sonal, finite sphere of existence
and that ineffable something
called God.
The spirit of mysticism enters
into all true worship wherein the
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Volley Ball Games
Teams Show Effect of Careful
Training and Much
Practice.
The annual inter-class volley
ball games were played last Mon
day afternoon at two-thirty. The
Freshman team beat the Sopho
mores two games out of three,
and all the games were fast and
interesting.
The first game was won by the
Freshman, fifteen to twelve; the
second by the Sophomore, fifteen
to eight; the third by the
Freshman, fifteen to twelve. The
especially caused a great
deal of suspense, because it was
the decisive, and the teams were
evenly matched. Letitia Currie,
Doris W'alston and Virginia
Welch for the sophomores, and
Alice Eborn, Emily Sargent and
Dorothy Ragan for the fresh-
an distinguished themselves
all three games.
Miss Briggs declared that the
games were unusually good and
that all the players showed the
effects of careful training and
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events of the future in the light
of the past, and the human
method, which he intended to
discuss.
To illustrate his point, he took
several outstanding historic
figures and interpreted them in
the human interest side of their
story. He began with Adam,
and explained the particular
human side of his stoiy—how
he was misled by his only human
companion, and was ban-ed
away from his old house.
Two figures from biblical his
tory were next discussed—Saul
and David, and Dr. Weaver
spoke of Saul’s eminently
human sorrow for his son
Absalom, and, before that of the
interesting and human fact that
he was chosen king of Israel be
cause of his physical supremacy
and his height. David, too, was
very human, and the people’s
love for him awakened in Saul
the common feeling of jealousy.
Dr. Weaver next spoke of
Alexander, and of the fact that
all school boys usually remember
about him is his crying. He
mentioned the infinitely pathetic
situation of people who stand,
hke Alexander, at the height of
success, and have “no more
orlds to conquer”.
JuHus Caesar mentioned
being doubly famous—both
a great diarist, and an empire
builder, was said to have been
the direct cause of the loss of
million hves. His relations
with Cassius, the treachery of
his friend and the superstition
of his wife, were presented as
particularly human and natural.
Cromwell, “Old Noll,” seemed
to be a favorite historical
character, and Dr. Weaver
dwelt on the example of the
“Ironsides,” whose motto was
“Trust in God and keep your
powderdry”.
The great Napoleon came in
for his share of praise and
blame, and Dr. Weaver declared
that on the morning of the
declaration of war with
Germany, multitudes of French-
flocked to the tomb of their
great war hero for martial
inspiration.
George Washington and Abra
ham Lincoln were cited as the
great American heroes, and their
most human traits were
mentioned.
Dr. Weaver summed up his
idea by saying that history
should be written in a more
interesting manner, preferably
biographical style. He
quoted from Browning’s “How
They Brought the Good News
from Ghent to Aix,” to illustrate
stirring account of an his
torical event.
At the conclusion of the lec
ture, a rising vote of thanks to
Dr. Weaver was suggested, and
unanimously agreed upon. After
the meeting, Dr. V\'eaver asked
Mr. Edwin J. Heath, Head of
the Department of History, to
have charge of the Salem branch
of the book club, and several
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