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WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., MARCH 20, 1926.
NUMBER XXII
Mr. Hoyle Sink Makes
An Interesting Address
state Pardon Commissioner Tells
of Problems Involved
in Office.
At the expanded chapel
service on Wednesday morning,
March the seventeenth, Salem
College and Academy were par
ticularly fortunate in having
speaker Mr. Hoyle Sink. J
Sink has held several offices of
resp'onsibility and distinction,
having been American consul to
China during the Wilson ad
ministration, and is now Sec
retary of the Salary and W’age
commission, and commissioner
of Pardons for the State of
North Carolina.
Mr. Sink’s talk, which wa
great interest and value, wa
the subject of individual
sponsibility to society. On
count of Mr. Sink’s position he
has had a peculiar opportunity
to see the sad, pathetic side of
hfe. The reason he holds this
position is that he wished to
come into contact with people
and become acquainted
their ideas and opinions (
problems that confront society.
Mr. Sink does not think that the
war was the cause of the recent
crime wave; • it merely gave
people an opportunity to show
their weaker side. Neither do
modern conveniences cause
to lose sight of the finer things
of life. The average boys and
girls of today hear and learn
much more than those of
generation ago, and consequent
ly have more opportunity to do
good and bad. The present
crime wave cannot be ascribed
to any one particular thing.
Society cannot be shifted from
one pedestal to another, but
must be viewed as a whole,
one great system whose
strength does not lie in one
All people have capacities for
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State Association Of Deans
Of Women Meets At Salem
North Carolina Deans And Advisers Of Women
And High School Girls Hold Fourth
Annual Session.
Dr.AndMrs.Rondthaler
Entertain The Seniors
Delightful Dinner Given in
Honor of Graduating
Class.
An event which is always
looked f01-ward to with much joy
and anticipation took place
Thursday evening, March 18,
when Dr. and Mrs. Rondthaler
entertained at their lovely home
at a most, beautifully-planned
dinner honoring the seniors.
The guests were seated at
small tables of four scattered
throughout the front rooms of
the spacious home. At each
table, white candles cast their
glow upon a centerpiece of lovely
golden jonquils representing in
their vivid coloring not only the
advancement of spring but also
carrying out the Salem College
colors of yellow and white. The
colors of the senior class, purple
and white, were used in most ef
fective detail, for sun-ounding
the basket of jounquils were ar
ranged charming little dolls
dressed in caps and gowns, carry
ing bouquets of forget-me-nots
tied with purple and white rib
bon. Dainty diplomas guided
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Thirty members of the North
Carolina Association of Deans
and Advisers of Colleges for
Women and Girls, attended their
fourth annual session, at Salem
College, and elected Mrs. E. J.
Durand, dean of students at
North Carolina College, Greens
boro, as president, heard several
interesting talks, and then en
joyed luncheon at the Woman’
Club, on West Fourth street. In
the afternoon they held another
session at 430, and went for an
automobile drive over the city.
The convention of the deans
and advisers opened Monday
evening, with addresses by Dr.
Howard Rondthaler, president of
Salem College, and Miss Mary
Coleman, of the physical educa
tion department of North Caro-
College for Women,
features. After this session, the
members were tendered a recep
tion at the home of Dr. Rond
thaler and Mrs. Randthaler, this
proving a most delightful affair.
The entire attendance upon the
convention was present.
First on the program for this
morning was registration of
vention members. Of the 50 en
rolled, about 30 attended this
gathering. The business meet
ing started at 9:30 o’clock, and
the pricipal subject was the elec
tion of a president for the com
ing year, Mrs. E. J. Durand re
ceiving the honor., A decision
made to hold the next meet
ing sometime in November, the
exact date and place to be de
termined by the executive com
mittee, and announced later.
address, “Organization
Problems of Student
Government,” was first on the
program for the general session,
which started at 10:30. This
presented by Miss Helen H.
me, of North Carolina Col
lege for Women, and included a
consideration of matters of
timely interest to the deans and
advisers. She was followed by
Miss Eva Belle Covington, of
Salem College, who spoke
“Personal Records,” and by Miss
Andrews, of the North Carolina
College for Women, -who made
exceptionally interesting re
port on the national meeting.
At 1 o’clock the ladies enjoyed
most delightful luncheon serv
ed at the Woman’s Club. The
tables were attractively arrang-
and decorated, and
luncheon proved one of the
interesting features of the con
vention session.
In the afternoon the ladies
held a sectional meeting, with
special attention given to par
ticular studies. One group, the
four-year college and university
section, considered: “Problems
Bishop
Rondthaler To
Conduct Lenten Service
Bishop Rondthaler will give
the fourth and last of his series
of Lenten addresses on Wed
nesday, at 11 a. m., in Memorial
Hall.
of Student G o v e r r
"Personal Records” and “Other
Problems of Interest to Sec
tions.” The section was led in
the consideration of these sub
jects by Mrs. E. J. Durand, and
the presentation of each phase
was received with close interest
and attention by the group
members.
The same subjects i
sidered by the junior college and
normal section, with Miss Mae
McLelland, of Peace Institute,
Raleigh, as chairman, while the
high school section, led by Miss
Laura Jones, of the Raleigh high
school, had similar topics for
All of the gatherings adjourn
ed at 4:30 and the members en
joyed an automobile ride over
the city. Principal points of
interest were visited, and the
convention attendants had
excellent opportunity to learn of
the many, attractions of the
metropolis of North Carolina.
A general session was held at
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Academy Faculty Wins
The Basket BaU Game
Faculty Team Plays Against the
Midgets and Defeats
Opponents.
One of the most unusual ath
letic events of the season took
place last Saturday evening at
7:15 o’clock, in the hut. At that
time the academy faculty met
picked team of the academy
girls in an exciting game of
basket ball. The fact that the
academy team, known as the
“Midgets”, was very amusing to
the on-lookers and to the players
as well.
Quite a sensation was caused
when the faculty team appeared
the floor with a large jug con
taining a suspicious-looking red
liquid. When each member pro
ceeded to take a drink, the game
seemed likely to be broken up.
However it began in the usual
manner and, during the five-
minute quarters there was good
playing and creditable scoring
both sides. At the end of the
first half another sensation was
created when Miss McCarty, the
faculty center, fainted and had
to be fanned vigorously before
she could again take her place.
The remainder of the game
1 the usual way, and
when the whistle blew for the
close of the game the score stood
15 to 7 in favor of the faculty.
The line-up was as follows:
Academy
Forward Litz
Forward Mundy
Guard Weiss
Guard Haynes
J. Center Watson
S. Center Board
Faculty
Forward Weaver
Forward Pfohl
Guard Zachary
Guard Murray
J. Center McCarty
S. Center Shaffner
Dr. J. P. Rousseau Talks
To Scientific Society
Explains History and Use of the
X-ray and Demonstrates
Fluoroscope.
The Scientific Society had
unusually interesting meeting
last Tuesday evening, when all
the members went to the office
of Dr. J. P. Rousseau ii
Wachovia Bank Building.
Rousseau is an authority o
subject of X-ray and gave a lucid
and fascinating account of its
history and present value.
He spoke of the discovery of
X-ray as the most important
single discovery in scientific
diagnosis and treatment which
has been made within recent
years.
In 1895 William Conrad
Rontgen, Professor of Physics
at a German University and
other members of the depart
ment, in the course of various
experiments with electricity, al
most accidentally came on the
discovery. It was, however, the
natural sequence of pi'olonged
and searching investigations
field of electricity a
vacuum tubes.
Rontgen, who was ardently
fond of kodaking, was about to
go out one day, but laid
of films on the table while he ex
perimented a bit with the rays.
He then went out and took the
pictures, developed the films and
found on one of them a perfect
picture of his room key.
membered that he had left the
key lying on the films, and, to
make sure, repeated the experi
ment and got the same results
—a perfect shadowgraph of the
key. The same thing was tried
with a human hand, and the
bones showed clearly.
Later various peculiar proper
ties of the X-ray were discover
ed : the rays cannot be refracted
turned aside—they go
straight on; they are invisible,
and they can be constantly
generated.
Soon the announcement of the
invention was made through the
research committee and it was
immediately used in examining
broken bones and foreign bodies.
Since then, the science has made
■apid progress, and many new
uses have been made of it.
The principle on which it
works is the use of electrons,
driven by a high current of
electricity against a platinum
target, from which the rays are
thrown off in all directions, mak
ing direct and secondary rays.
Its results are precise, ac-
irate and rapid. It can be used
to determine whether or not a
bone is broken with much more
safety and comfort than the old
method of twisting the injured
The Fluoroscope is one of its
interesting developments. This is
transparent screen on which
the rays
Dean H. A. Shirley Gives
Lenten Organ Recital
Delig'htful Tradition is Carried
Out With VVeU-Chosen
On Thursday af t e r n o o n,
March 18, Dean H. A. Shirley
gave the first of his Lenten
organ recitals in Memorial Hall
at the regular Music Hour. Dean
Shirley’s lenten recitals are
among the most delightful tra
ditions of this institution. Each
they are keenly anticipated
by both students and faculty of
Salem College and friends in the
city as well.
The recital Thursday after
noon was beautiful in every res
pect. The program consisted of
numbers which Dean
Shirley played with perfect
mastery and artistic effect. The
opening number was the first
movement of Bach’s Trio Sonata
E flat, written in sti'ibt con
trapuntal style. Its quiet peace-
:lness gave the effect of a medi
tation. This was followed by
one of liach’s greatest preludes
:md Fugues—the one in D—with
its striking grandeur and its
majestic climaxes. It was in de
cided contrast with the preced
ing number and showed the
range of ability of its composer.
The last number on the pro
gram was a Suite description of
the poem, “Evangeline”, com
posed by Charles O. Banks and
published -within the last year.
Dean Shirley has always been
interested in giving his audience
opportunity to hear the
works of contemporary com
posers. His interpretation of
the “Evangeline” Suite was alto
gether charming and delightful.
It consisted of four parts—a
prologue, a March, Song of the
Exiles, and an Epilogue. It is
truly remarkable piece of
program music. Its whole at-
mosphei'e is entirely in accord
■ith the spirit of the poem.
French Club Holds
Its Regular Meeting
Subject of Program is the Life
and Work of (Jreat French
Composers.
The Cercle Francais held its
regular meeting in the living
of the Alice Clewell Build-
Wednesday, March the
seventeenth. The subject for dis
cussion was the great French
nposers and their works. In
;ponse to the roll call each
mber answered with the name
a French composer and one of
his productions.
After the business was
transacted. Miss Southerland
presented to the club for con
sideration a card of French Club
pins.
The program was very unique
turned. The object i and most interesting. Miss
to be observed is put behind the Ruble Scott gave an interesting
screen and is clearly visible. This account of Rouget de Lisle and
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Z II ^ j he composed “La Marsellaise”.
Easter Vacation MIss Isabelle Dunn spoke in an
D • W J J interesting manner of the com-
begms Wednesday poser Blget after which a selec-
The Easter Recess begins o
Wednesday, March 31, at 11 {
tion from “Carmen” was played
on the victrola. The life of
Godard was well told by Miss
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