iCDOWELL
. WINSTON-SALEM, N. C„ FEBRUARY 6, 1926.
NUMBER XVI
Mrs. Lindsay Patterson
Addresses Alumnae Meeting
Winston-Salem Branch Of Association Celebrates
Salem Day With An Unusually
Interesting Program
Salem Day, the annual celebra-1 inent Association, the Y. W. C.
which Salem
tion of the date
College received a charter allow
ing it to give degrees, occured
Wednesday, February the third,
and was celebrated by meetings
of the various Alumnae associa
tions. The Winston-Salem
branch met in Alice Clewell
Building, and, in the absence of
Mrs. Lineback, local President,
and Miss Adelaide Fries,
general President, Mrs. Kenneth
Mountcastle, vice-president, pre
sided over the meeting.
She welcomed all alumnae
present, and read telegri
greeting from alumnae. The
Alma Mater was sung; Mrs. H.
E. Rondthaler led in prayer, and
the secretary read the minutes
and gave the treasurer’s report.
Mrs. Nell Brushingham Starr,
foi-mer voice teacher at Salem,
sang Alma Mater, the words to
which were written by Miss
Adelaide Fries.
The speakers were Miss
Stipe, who gave a brief sum
mary of college life, Mrs. Hern
don who spoke of the Academy,
Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, and Dr.
Rondthaler.
Directly following Mrs. Hern
don’s talk, Mrs. Starr sang a
negro spiritual, “Over Jordan”.
After the conclusion of Dr.
Rondthaler’s address, the report
of the nominating committee
was read. Mrs. Pierr
Walker was nominated as _
dent, Mrs. Clarence Lineback for
vice-president, and Miss Miriam
Eflrd as Secretary-Treasurer,
There were no nominations from
the floor, and the list wa
cepted unanimously. The
president made a short talk and
Mrs. Rondthaler invited every
one to visit the Bahnson Me
morial Infirmary.
Refreshments were served and
a social hour was enjoyed.
In her talk. Miss Stipe spoke
of the fact that it was once' ex
ceptional for a girl to go to col
lege and that perhaps only a few
types ever went. Now the col
lege has as many types of girls
as the American home produces,
and this is no less true of Salem
than of any other school. Salem
girls have dignity and they are
serious minded, though they
have changed with the times.
They have high standards and
high ideals, and they are open
and frank.
She mentioned some of the ex
isting forces W'hich help to mould
the character of the Salem stu
dents—the Student Self-Govem-
Miss Fries Entertains
Scholarship Students
Wednesday, January 28, Miss
Adelaide Fries assisted by Miss
Marion Blair gave a tea for the
students at Salem College and
Academy who hold scholarships
and for a few others. Mrs
Lindsay Patterson was also
present, and delighted the girls
with interesting reminiscences
of her recent travels.
A., the various cmbs and ihe I.
K. a. organization. Ihe last
mentionea is a new factor
lege me, lor it has existed only
tnree years, but m this short
time It has accomplished much.
Its meetings, bocial 1‘orum,
a means oi piomoting enthusias
tic gioup consciousness,
bringing otf and on campus
siuaents closer together.
The Y. W. C. A. received com
mendation lor its work in school,
teaching industrial girls at the
city vV. C. A. and other social
rvice activities.
Miss btipe expressed the de-
re of those intiuencing young
people tooay, to enable them to
think wisely, act justly, to love
God and humanity and to be
iaithful to truth and duty.
Herndon presented
Academy life by giving the
tine ot two days—Sunday and
Monday, and spoke of the
various student organizations.
She told something of the rules
and privileges, problems and
methods of discipline, and gave
an interesting summary of the
work of the academy.
Mrs. Mountcastle introduced
Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, who ad
dressed the meeting inspiringly
on the subject of international
ism in the schools, and of how
Salem is successfully meeting
this problem.
She said first, that
listened to the talks that had
been made, she wondered
there were such a thing as a r
problem. The difficulties are
old, and only the people v
have to meet them are new, £
unfamiliar with the various
situations.
On looking back in the history
of education, Mrs. Patterson
found that in early days Friends
and Moravians were the only
people who educated women.
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ued 0
e Three)
Annual Bills Paid
February The First
The business manager
Sights and Insights announces
that most of the money for pic
tures has been paid, although
there are still a few people who
have not attended to this matter.
Practically all the upper class-
nen have done so and the staff
•equests everyone to settle the
bill as soon as possible, in order
to avoid confusion and trouble.
The rates for pictures are con
siderably reduced this year, and
the staff is to be congratulated
the good management which
; made this reduction possible.
The cost of the individual senior
pictures has been lowered, and
charge is now made to the
girls represented in the statis
tics section. The work is going
well, according to report, and the
staff is to be congratulated on
its success.
The Pierrette Players
Hold Regular Meeting
iHiss Smith Reports on Magazine
and Ruth Eliid Heads
"iVlai-y Kose
Ihe first meeting for 1926 oi
the Pierrette Players was held
m the Campus Living jttoom
Alice Clewell Building on Ihurs-
uay evening, iebruary 4.
iiieecmg was called to order by
ivuth Ji'iohl, and alter the roll
\\as caned, and tne secretary s
report was read, tne President
asKed I or a report from the
treasurer, 'ihe club voted that
the organization pay lor the
page in bights and Insights
thereby relieving the individua
member irom paying.
Ihe President appointed the
following committees, which will
piepare for the production ot
' neRomancers”:Costume(Jom-
mittee. Miss Hall, Jillizabeth
castings, Elizaoeth Hobgood
stage Committee, Miss Chase,
Dorothy Kosemond, Uuth Efird.
to start
work at once, preparing for the
final performance. Dorothy
Siewers, chairman of the Pin
Committee, submitted a pin de
sign from Skillkrafters to the
club, and asked for suggestions
concerning the improvement of
the design, the cost and the
Several improvements were sug
gested.
Isobel Wenhold, chaimian of
the Play Committee, read the
cast of “The Romancers’
announced the tentative date of
the play as February 20. This
date, however, may be changed,
due to certain conflicts. The
club decided to continue the type
of program as started in the
f a 11—studying contemporary
drama from the continent, Eng
land, and America, rather than
specializing on the drama of one
country.
Miss Smith reported on The
Theatre Arts Monthly for Jan
uary, giving a brief resume of
each article, stressing particular
ly the most interesting points.
Mr, Otis Hinnant Speaks At
Expanded Chapel Hour
Mr. Hinnant Is Widely Known Y. M. C. A. Worker
And Talked Authoritatively On
Internationalism
At the expanded chapel ser
vice on Wednesday morning,
February the third, the speaker
Otis Hinnant, of
W ilmington, N. C. Mr. Hinnant
only has lofty and worth
while ideals, but he has inter
preted these ideals in service to
hundreds of boys and young
In Y. M. C. A. circles he
has become known throughout
the United States.
Mr. Hinnant announced as his
topic a psychological term, the
“Expanding Concept”, and be
gan by showing how his own
ideas and conceptions of life and
service had been expanded and
made broader and
elusive. At the beginning of his
work he had determined to serve
only in North Carolina and
Vii-ginia, but since that-time his
field of activity has been
velously increased. One of the
most necessary and worth-while
concepts which the world great
ly needs today is that of the
brotherhood of the nations, and
ability to appreciate and
understand the characteristics
and ideals of other countries
than one’s own. As an example,
he told of the Austrian boy
whose chief impression of
America was the Ku Klux Klan,
Indians, and eye glasses, which
he had probably seen represent-
American made moving
pictures.' In fact; many foreign
ers are afraid that op coming
:o America they would be met
and scalped by Indian^. Many
of the inhabitants of foreign
;ountries have maby accomplish
ments and tpai'tJi'pf/Culture,
finement, anS, artistic tempera
ment not found- jn Americans.
In Austria, for .^^niple, many
of tttS-'^'orRmen (^'fhe poorest
cl^e^ are very *fajTiiliar with
•grand opera, poetry and great
Athletic Association
Conducts Contest
Awards Prizes to Tables in the
Dining Room which kept
Rules of Contest.
The first article was a Review of i people of the world-. All oj
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Mrs. Agnew Bahnson »
Entertains Seniors
Gives Delightful Luncheon at
Her Home; Betty Bahnson
is Senior Mascot.
Mrs. Agnew Bahnson enter
tained the members of the
senior class Monday at a beauti
ful luncheon at her attractive
home on West Fifth Street.
Little Miss Betty Bahnson is the
charming mascot of the class.
yellow and white color
scheme was carried out in most
effective detail. The guests
were seated at one long table,
and at eight smaller tables. The
table was covered with a hand
some filet luncheon cloth, and the
centerpiceece was an exquisite
silver basket of yellow jonquils
and white narcissi. Graceful
yellow tapers cast a soft glow
'er the pretty scene.
Covers were laid for the
members of the senior class,
forty in number, Mrs. Rond
thaler, Miss Stipe, and Miss
Betty Bahnson.
world- is a great neighboj
which: the nations
brothers and neighbors, each de-
‘perf'dent upon the others,?^
each greatly influenced, by*c«n^,
ditionfi and affairs of otKer.
nations. Thus any financial
trouble in China’Or Japan would
be reflected in fifteen minutes to
New York where it would be
It in the affairs of this nation.
The next important topic
brought out by Mr. Hinnant in
the expanding idea, was that one
should not praise America too
Series Of Lectures
To Sociology Class
An interesting series of
cational talks is being pre
sented to the Sociology students.
The first talk was by Miss
Hankins who presented the field
of medicine. On Thursday, Jan
uary 14, Miss Leftwich talked
Home Economics as a Pro
fession for Women. These were
very instructive and interesting
talks, and will be followed by
others about the different pro
fessions which are open to
nighly, especially to members of
ULiier naiions. Americans all
inmK America is tne greatest
nation on me giooe, and aie con-
miuaiiy ruobing people Uie
wrong way by expressing to
them too exalted opinions oi the
country, iva-. mimani, said that
in liurope Americans were oiten
intensely disliked. Ihe liJuro-
peans see mostly the extrava
gant American tourist and irom
nim gets no conception of the
soul and ideals oi American liie.
ihis country is considered very
much 01 an egoist among
nations. America has by no
means contributed the most to
ihe world, 'ihere are culture
and leaining in other countries
not to be lound in ours. iVii-.
Hinnant mentioned an ordinary
Dusiness man of China who
could speak fluently live or six
languages, and of a Swiss school
boy who was likewise acquainted
with three languages. Most of
the great inventions have not
been made by Americans but by
foreigners. American life
would he very bare of luxuries
and of many necessities were it
not for the contributions made
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,*“Eat three meals ' a day!’^
Sleep seven hours evfeifenight!”
Take at least one hour*fof exer-
ise every day!” These W,ere the
slogans which were b|S[)adcasted
through ^Salem Cqflege, im
mediately bfefore and all through
examination week. The ;/
letic Association offered thesdBjf
je rules as a means of stody-
healthfully, sensibly and
fectively, and promised a better
is in examinations' to all
who would agree to carry
out. In addition, a more
l^tefial reward was offered.
Each table. I'n the dining-room,
rating ohe liundred per cent in
the carrying out of all't^fe
rules was to receive at the "'end -
of the week a fine*Tbig chocolate
cake. Everybody entered hearti-' •
ly into the spirit of the cam
paign and when the time came
for' the awarding of the prizes,
seven tables received them. The
> of the fortunate
tables were: Miriam Brietz, May
Hairston, Elizabeth Shaw, Sara
I Yost, Mary Lee Taylor, Connie
Fowler, and Rosa Caldwell. Mary
Alta Robbins, president of the
Athletic Association, presented
the cakes with a short speech
of commendation for all the win
ners, in the dining-room on
Friday night, January 29. The
campaign was a decided success,
as was seen from the satis
factory results, and everybody
was made to realize the im
portance of carrying out a regu
lar, sensible routine during ex
amination week.