WISHES FOR
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., MARCH 27, 1926.
USIER
NUMBER XXIII
History Club Meets
For A Social Hour
Elizabeth Lumpkin Entertains
the History Club
Her Home.
The History Club had
usually enjoyable meetinfj last
Wednesday evening, March the
twenty-fourth, when Elizabeth
Lumpkin entertained its mem
bers at her home, giving a fare
well party in honor of Mr. Heath.
When the guests
there was an amusing game of
shaking hands, immediately
after which Mr. Heath and Miss
Chase engaged in an exciting
and original race. A suitcase
and an umbrella were assigned
to each; the suitcases were to be
opened, the contents donned,
and the umbrellas opened; Mr.
Heath won, and at the finish, he
wore a rainy day outfit.
Miss Chase was dressed for fair
weather. Each was asked to
choose three girls and together
they were to tell an impromptu
story, Mr. Heath’s side to tell
the gloomy incidents and Miss
Chase’s to tell the happy events.
Miss Chase chose Margaret
Nicholls, Marian Bloor and
Lardner McCarty, while Mr.
Heath took Miriam Brietz,
Charlotte Sells and Elizabeth
Shaw. They took the hero and
heroine through some
ing experiences, but brought
them out safely and ended the
story with a wedding.
Anna Pauline S h a ff n e r’s
hands were next put in paper
bags and Lardner McCarty’s
mouth covered, and the two
were requested to give a musical
selection. Considering the
handicaps, a very creditable per
formance resulted.
The guests were then lined up
Mr. Charles D. Vardell
Wins Shirley Music Cup
For 7 hird Time Wins Music Composition Contest
And Receives Prize Cup To
Keep Permanently.
On Saturday, March 20, ar
announcement was made ir
chapel to the effect that IMr
Charles G. Vardell, Jr., head of
the piano department of the
Salem School of Music, was the
third time winner of the IL A.
Shiiley Cup, awarded each year
for the most oi'iginal musical
composition submitted by
North Carolina composer. ]
Vardell, by thus having won '
cup three times, becomes,
ding to the rules of the c
it, the permanent owner of the
This announcement was greet
ed by a storm of enthusinstic
applause. It is indeed significant
that this loving cup, given by
Dean Shirley, should have found
its way back to the man who is
most closely associated with him
1 his work at Salem College—
fact concerning which both the
student body and faculty may
well be proud.
Mr. Vardell first won the cup
the year 1921 with an organ
Sonata; in 1923 he won it for
the second time with his Sonata
for Viohn and Piano, and finally,
1926, with a group of piano
1 two 1
, and (
, passing an orange
and taking a pillow out of its
slip and putting it back.
A contest concerning spi'ing
flowers was next conducted;
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Pierrette Players
Enjoy The Meeting
“The Baby Carriage” Read By
Margaret Brookes.
The “Pien-ette Players” held
their regular meeting on Thurs
day evening, March 25 in the
Campus Living Room of Alice
Clewell Building. Fourteen
members were present. After
the usual routine business mat
ters had been attended to, Ruth
Pfohl, President, appointed a
nominating committee. This
committee is to nominate officers
for next year and submit the
nominations to the club at the
next meeting, at which tim'
iiew officers will be elected. This
committee is composed of Ruth
Efird, chairman; Althea Backen-
stoe, and Dorothy Siewers.
Dr. Willoughby announced
that it was impossible to secure
Alfred Kreymborg, in view of
the fact that any date in the
near future would conflict with
the appearance of Tony Sarg and
his Marionettes.
The “Theatre Arts Monthly”
for March was discussed very
interestingly by Margaret
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Fourth Lenten Service
In Wednesday Chapel
Bishop Rondthaler Conducts
Last Lenten Service of
the School Year.
Other winners of the Shirley
Cup besides Mr. Vardell
:Justav Hagedorn in 1916,
I Quartette for voices; Alla Pearl
Little of Hickory in 1917 with a
group of Songs; Foster
Hankins of Winston-Salem
1919 with a Sketch for
Symphony; and Ethel
Abbott in 1922 with a group of
Songs. Mr. Hagedorn and Miss
Abbott no longer live
State.
In 1916 the cup was pre
sented by Mr. Dykeman of the
The history of the Shirley Cup Tr I \ Z
dates back to the vear 1915 i j University of Wisconsm; m 191',
. • , ,, „ by the late Governor Bickett,
which time the following state- -.nm. .
and in 1919 by Mrs. Crosby
Adams.
A paper w'as read at Asheville
in 1920 by the late Miss Martha
A. Dowd on what the cup had
meant to composers of the State.
The Shirley cup has had an
interesting and varied history,
has done a service of real value
to the musical life of the state
comes to rest very ap
propriately in the hands of a
man who is closely associated
with its giver.
ment was published
“To encourage original musi
cal composition in North Caro
lina and properly recognize work
of merit, Mr. H. A. Shirley, dean
of music of Salem Academy and
College, Winston-Salem,
president of the North Carolina
Teachers’ Association for
the year 1915, has announced
the offer of a loving cup for the
best musical composition by
North CaroliVia composer during
the year ending October 1,
1916.’’
The rules of the contest are
1 follows:
“All contestants shall send
their manuscripts to the presi
dent of the North Carolina
Music Teachers’ Association on
before October 1, using an as
sumed name in order that the
judges may decide on the merit
of each composition before know
ing who the composer is. The
■eal name and assumed name
shall be inclosed in a sealed
envelope with each manuscript,
to be opened after a decision has
been reached.
‘The judges shall be three in
number to be named by the
officers of the North Carolina
Music Teachers’ Association.
‘The loving cup shall belong
to the successful contestant un
til the next meeting of the as
sociation when it shall pass to
the author of the best composi
tion for that year.
If at any time no composi
tion of sufficient merit is sub
mitted to the judges, the prize
shall remain with the last suc
cessful contestant until an
ard is made.
‘When any person shall have
n the cup three times it shall
become his personal property.”
Academy Gives Dinner
For Mr. And Mrs. Heath
Academy Students Have Fare
well Dinner Last Monday
Evening.
The students of Salem
Academy gave a lovely farewell
dinner, Monday night, honoring
Reverend and Mrs. E. J. Heath.
The tables were very attractive
ly decorated with jonquils carry
ing out the Salem colors of yel
low and white. Myriads of
golden candles cast their glow
'er the scene.
A most enjoyable musical pro
gram was rendered by Miss
Anita Dunlap, who played
several piano selections, and
Miss Margaret Herndon, who
played several harp selections.
Miss Catherine Gant read a
poem, an appreciation to Mr.
Heath, written by Miss
Catherine Miller. Miss Willian
Mims presented Mr. Heath with
beautiful picture of the col
lege and academy, and Mrs.
Heath wdth a handsome silver
card tray. Mr. and Mrs. Heath
graciously responded to the pre-
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]\Iarch 24, Bishop Rondthaler
delivered the last of his series
of customary Lenten addresses
which was on the subject of the
companionship of the L,ord Jesus
Christ with the apostle John.
The name of this apostle is
inspiration in itself, since it
means “the man whom Jehovah
loves”. The apostle John
the son of Zebedee and Salome
who lived in comfortable circum-
tances, owning a home on the
shore of the sea of Galilee, and
another in Jerusalem. Salome
is thought to be the sister of
Jesus’ mother, thus making
them cousins, and probably
timately acquainted from early
childhood. John lived a very
long, useful life. He was be
in the year 1 A. I)., and died
100 A. D., and during this long
life time he was loved and
revered as no man befori
since that time, and was regard
ed as the father of the Christian
church.
There is great inspiration ii
the length of the apostle John’s
life which encourages everyone
to attain to a beautiful old age
by right living. Bishop Rond
thaler said he had much sympa
thy with those who feared they
would not live long, as he had
had very weak health himself
during his early years, expres
sing the hope that he should en-
y a few more years of life.
John made several prepara
tions for his long years of use
fulness which added much to his
happiness and ability durring
bhe latter years of nis life. One
of these preparations was the
training of his memory, and due
to this training he often noted
■ecorded little things of
Christ’s life and experiences
which the other apostles failed
to notice. He kept even into the
last years of his unusually long
life an intimate remembrance of
Jesus, his life, his activity and
his very words. By this extra
ordinary memory John was bet
ter prepared than most people
for an influential and beautiful
old age. His greatest work was
done between the age of eighty
and a hundred; if if were not for
what he wrote during those
years, he would hardly be
known today. It is a great in
spiration to expect a long life;
it is a great inspiration to pre
pare for it. Some other things
which go to make a happy old
age are remembrance of home;
remembrance of acquaintances
of early life; of studies which
MacDowell Club Gives
Three Amusing Comedies
Presents Final Entertainment
Before the Easter
Vacation.
At the expanded chapel ser- On Saturday night, March 20,
Wednesday morning, three pictures were presented
for the entertainment of the
members of the MacDowell Club.
All were very amusing comedies
which kept the audience laugh
ing during the whole evening.
The first picture was one of
the popular “Our Gan g”
comedies, entitled “The Cradle-
Robbers”. It showed another
one of the laughter-provoking
escapades which are always be
ing planned by the inventive
youngsters who are well-known
to movie-fans as the members of
“our gang”. The fun started
when Joe decided that he wanted
to go fishing. He found his
chums occupied in amusing their
ifant brothers and sisters.
Fishing being out of the ques
tion, they all compromised by
deciding to attend the town baby
show instead, hoping to capture
more of the prizes with
their collection of “assorted
babies”. Arrived there, they
found that only one prize re
mained, the one offered for the
fattest baby. They were by no
means crestfallen at this an
nouncement, but prevailed on
Joe to masquerade as a fat
baby. He might have been suc
cessful if the benevolent
patroness of the show had not
been quite so attracted by his
plumpness. However, their at
tentions grew to be distastefu.
to the little boy, so he dis
appeared through the window,
followed by a policeman who was
very much concerned. When
his companions, who had been in
hiding during this performance,
Joe had lost all their
chances of gaining the prize,
they decided to have a show of
their own. After that harmless
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Home Economics Club
Hears Miss Warner
President of Club Gives Report
on Convention at
Raleigh.
Miss Janice Warner, President
of the Home Economics Club
gave a report on her recent trip
to Raleigh, where she attended
the State Home Economics Con
vention. Her first news was
that the Salem College Club is
member of the State As
sociation, and the first college
club to become such.
The Home Economics meet
ings were held in the House of
Representatives in the Capitol,
with Miss Hope Coolidge (Salem
will have weight and influence; 11910) presiding. The main
of the reading of something! speaker was Mrs. Rose, who is
worth while every day; of the j considered the foremost instruc-
great and little scenes of travels, i tor of dietetics in America. Her
If life is filled with rich remem- first talk was “Nutritional
brances, old age will not be dis-! Children”. In this she expressed
agreeable or sad, but will be; the belief that Home Economics
“bright with the radiance of the, should begin to be taught in the
evening sun”. | primary grades. Other interest-
The cheerful character of j ing phases were that small boys
John’s life also furnishes an ex-, are much more interested in the
ample for a happy, Christian life.' teaching of this science than
There is only one passage in his small girls; the human machine
writings which mentions death, compared to the mechanical
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