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VOLUME VI.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., DECEMBER 5, 1925.
WLL CUSS
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Bishop Rondthaler Speaks
At Chapel Advent Service
Continues Old Custom Of Young People’s Meet
ings; Speaks On Christmas Subject; Special
Music By Glee Club
The chapel serivce on Wed
nesday morning-, December the
second, marked the beginning of
the Advent Services which
held each year during the weeks
immediately preceding
Christmas holidays. The col
lege Glee Club under the
direction of Miss Desha gave a
very beautiful vocal selection,
“Lo! the Infant Prince of
Peace”, and the remainder of
the service was turned
Bishop Rondthaler, according to
a custom which has existed at
Salem for many years,
very rare and unusual privilege
to have the same voice, leader
ship and personality
weekly meetings during the
Advent season over such
tended length of time. Bishop
Rondthaler first took charge of
the Young People’s meetings i;
1877, and during the forty-eight
intervening years he has given
to the successive generations of
college girls an interpretation of
the true Christian spirit. The
^bject of Bishop Rondthaier’s
talk was the love manifested by
Christ for little children and the
effect which the spread of
Christianity has had upon their
life and happiness.
Five miles south of Jerusalem
stands a little town on a steep,
mountainous lidge. In the far
end of this village, many years
ago, stood an inn with high
walks and a great gate, and just
beyond this inn down the hill
was a cave which was used as a
stable. It was in this cave on
the first Christmas eve that
Jesus Christ was born, amid the
most humble and depressing
circumstances. If a traveler had
stopped at the stable to see
about food for his camel and had
seen the infant lying in a
manger he would probably have
thought that the child could not
live, and that probably it would
be better for it to pass away
from such a lonely and cheer
less existence. If Jesus had
died at this time it is doubtful if
there were more than two people
in Bethlehem who would have
The Freshman Class
Elects Officers
The Freshman class officers
were elected last Tuesday, Dec
ember the first. Owing to the
large size of the class, and the
limited time for voting, the
regular process of nominations
from the floor was not used;
each girl was asked to write her
choice of officers on a slip of
paper and hand it in. When the
votes were counted, it was found
that the following girls had
majorities: Vice-President, Mary
Miller Falkner; Secretary, Anne
Hairston; Treasurer, Janie
Little; Class Historian, Margaret
Sharp; Class Teacher, Miss
Eleanor Chase; I. R. S. Repre
sentatives, on campus. Cam
Boren and Maud Phillips; off
campus, Helen Johnson and
Caroline Price.
given the event a thought.
The conditions existing i
ancient Hebrew country where
Christ was born was especially
hard for children. Then
feeling abroad that a little child
was a very suitable sacrifice to
be burnt alive, and this bar
barous custom was often prac
ticed in a valley south of
Jerusalem, where the chief
members of the church took
part in thus honoring their
idols.
Westward in the beautiful
land of Greece where the very
air seems enameled with bright
ness, a land of joy, with its
beautiful language, its wise
philosophies, its statues of love
liness, existed also this cruel
manner of dealing with children.
3 thought that it was
and even the wise Plato
thought that children should be
treated with gj'eat harshness
and severity. Farther west, in
Rome, the father had the power
of life and death over his chil
dren, and he often exercised this
power in an unhuman, cruel way.
If he smiled upon an infant, it
became a member of the house
hold; if he frowned upon it, the
child was taken away and
heard of anymore. Even the
philosopher Seneca said that
this custom was right and wise.
With the power within the
hands of the infant Jesus
movement of new life and hope
for little children. Even the dis
ciples could not understand
Christ’s method of dealing with
children, and on account of their
remonstrances he spoke the
memorable words; “Suffer little
children to come unto me a:
forbid them not, for of such
the kingdom of heaven”. The
song which delighted the
of Jesus was the Hosannas
sung by children upon his entry
into Jerusalem shortly before
his death.
After Jesus left the earth, the
movement which he started
tinued to grow. The church saw
that his instructions were
carried out, and the heathen’
conduct of killing infants began
to be slowly and hesitatingly
changed. The first Christian
emperor, Constantine,
hardly been seated upon his
great throne before he issued
memorable decree that children
should no longer be slain
infancy. If the parents were
tremely poor, funds were to be
lupplied from the imperial
(Continued on Page Three)
Salemite Celebrates
Its Fifth Birthday
staff Gives Birthday Banquet
at Forsyth Country Club.
“Be gone dull care, and get ye
hence!
We have no room for thee!
The time has come to celebrate
\\’ith mirth and jollity
With flowers gay and candles Players
“A Flower Of Yeddo” Is
Given By Dramatic Club
MacDowell Club Presents Amusing Comedy,
“Forty Winks”; Both Are Well Received
By Large Audience.
bright
The birthday of the Salemite.”
The Salemite had its fifth
birthday banquet Tuesday even
ing, December the first, at the
Forsyth Country Club. The
color scheme of yellow and white
■ied out in the decora
tions and dinner. The table v/as
artistically decorated with a
large white basket of yellow
chrysanthemums and with
On Saturday night, November
28, the MacDowell Club was
.again assisted by the Pierrette
Players in giving an entertain
ment. This second presentation
of the Dramatic Club was “A
Flower of Yeddo”, a Japanese
Comedy in one act, by Victor
Mapes. The scene
Jana, in the country house of
Kami, the poet. The story deals
with the romance of Kami and
of Sainara, the beautiful Flow,
of Yeddo. Kami has loved
Sainara for a long -time, but has
met with slight success
bright yellow candles. At each | wooing, for Sainara is apparent-
Senior Ivy Planting To
Take Place Tuesday
Senior Ivy Planting will take
place next Tuesday, December
the eighth, at eight thirty-five,
front of Society Hall. The
Senior Class invites all college
and academy students, college
and academy faculty and mem
bers of the administration to
attend the ceremony.
person’s place was a place card
small yellow basket filled
with mints. A four-course din-
W'ith the last
course, a beautiful birthday cake
with five yellow candles
brought in.
Miss Brietz, Editor-in-chief of
the Salemite staff, acted
toastmistress, and called upon
the guests for short talks. Those
attending the banquet besides
the members of the staff
Mrs. Rondthaler, Mrs.
loughby. Dr. Willoughby, Miss
Stipe, Miss Binder, Dr. Rond
thaler, and Mr. Pleath. Members
of the staff present were
Miriam Brietz, Dorothy Siewers,
Minnie Price, Lucile Hart,
Margaret Schwarze, Leonora
Taylor, Ruth Efird, May
Hairston, Elizabeth Hastings
and Isabel Miller,
Mathematics Club
Organized Monday
May Hairston is President;
Other Officers Elected;
Committees are Ap
pointed.
The Mathematics Club, con
sisting of thirty-five members,
was organized Monday evening,
November 30. The following
officers were elected:
May Hairston President
Zora Foy Vice-President
Rachel Philips Secretary
Isabel Dunn Treasurer
Leonora Taylor, Alice Ebom,
Isabel Dunn and Zora Foy were
appointed as a committee to
draw up the by-laws and consti
tution.
The program committee se
lected consisted of Eugenia
Brown, Lillyan Newell, Anne
Hairston, and Pearl Martin.
The next meeting, a Christmas
party, will be held Wednesday
evening December 9. Virginia
Welch was elected chairman of
a committee to plan the program
and entertainment.
ly untouched by his protesta
tions of love and refuses to show
any signs of favor toward the
poet. She however, is merely
feigning indifference and, hav
ing fallen in love with Kami, she
decides to test his love for her.
To do this, she sends her attrac
tive little maid to Kami’s house
and bids her try to lead the
poet’s love away from her mis
tress, to herself. The maid,
Sazhima goes therefore, to
Kami’s home, makes hei'self
known to him as Musme, the
dancer, and immediately begins
make love to him. Kami,
however proves faithful to
Sainara. While he is refusing
Musme’s advances, a thundering
knock is heard at the door and
demands entrance.
Musme becomes terrified at the
sound of the voice and tells
Kami that it is her bandit lover
coming to seek her. Kami hides
her and then opens the door to
admit Taiphoon, who strides
fiercely, demanding Musme,
the dancer. Kami denies her
presence and Taiphoon insolent
ly slaps his face with his fan.
The poet feels that he is dis
honored since he cannot retali
ate by fighting with one of in
ferior rank. To vindicate his
honor he makes a vow that he
will cut his own throat before
dawn. Taiphoon is then satis
fied and strides out. After his
exit, Kami discovers that his
first guest has fled by the
receives a second
visit, this time from Sainar
herself. She comes to test the
poet’s love still further, by de
manding the loan of a great
of money. In this test he
again proves himself worthy of
Sainara. She therefore tells him
that she returns his love.
HOCKEY PRACTICE
Hockey practice will begin
Tuesday, December the first.
There will be regular practice
every Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday at four
’clock. As it is the only sport
ow engaged in, a large number
; expected to come out.
Freshmen English Classes
Have Reading Contest
Pre-contests have been held
each section of Freshm;
English, in order to determine
the best reader in each section.
The winners will have a contest
the night of Saturday, Dec
ember 12. At this contest the
three best readers of the class
■ill be chosen. These three will
enter a public contest which will
be held at Y. P. M. on January
13, 1926, at which time it will
be determined who is the best
•eader in the class.
is overcome with joy until he re
members that he is to die before
dawn. At this point Musme and
Taiphoon appear together and
throw off their disguise, show
ing themselves to be Sainara’s
female attendants, and the
whole plot is revealed.
This beautiful and artistic
.little play was very effectively
presented by four members of
the Pierrette Players. The role
of Kami was played with great
skill by Dorothy Corwith, who
made a most attractive poet. Her
part was difficult to play, but she
handled it in a very capable
manner. Isabel Wenhold as
Sainara, took her part very ef
fectively. Elizabeth Hastings
as Musme, and Susan Lucken-
bach as Taiphoon showed great
artistic ability in the interpre
tation of their respective roles.
A large amount of praise is due
to the entire cast for their whol
ly successful presentation of “A
Flower of Yeddo,” and no small
share of the credit belongs to
Miss Helen Hall, director of the
play. The co-operation of the
Pierrette Players with the Mac
Dowell Club is proving to be a
decidedly successful addition to
regular program. The
audience showed its apprecia
tion of this fact, by their hearty
and sincere applause.
The remainder of the program
was taken up with the showing
of the picture, “Forty Winks”,
starring Raymond Griffith, Viola
Dana and Theodore Roberts. It
very amusing comedy, full
of exciting situations. The story
le of international
intrigue, the plot centered
•ound the theft of some valu
able papers from the Navy
Department. The theft oc
curred through the careless
ness of one of the employees of
the navy Department, and be
cause the papers were of grave
importance to the country, the
young man was threatened with
court martial unless he recover
ed them before they were able
to do any harm. His own ex
periences and those of his sister
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Glee Club To Give Concert
At The Music Hour
Christmas Piogram will be Given
Consisting of Christmas
Carols and Other
Christmas Selections
Christmas carols have already
begun to sound in the air about
Salem! On one side are the
seniors practicing hymns for
their lovely and absolutely
unique Christmas Vesper Ser-
which will be held in the
library on the afternoon of
December 13. The seniors al
ways invite the entire Salem
College family group, including
all the “little sisters” of the
Academy, to share this service
with them; to see the big tree,
the incomparable “putz”, to hear
(Continued on Pafre Three)