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JAPANESE n VOLUME VI. WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., APRIL 17, 1926. PRESENIED NUMBER XXIV Mr. John Fries Lectures To The Mathematics Club Speaks Interestingly On Subject Of The Present System Of Mathematics And His Own Experiences With It. The Mathematics Club, Salem College’s most recent organizations, held a meeting the living room of Alice Clewell Building on Wednesday evening, April 14, at 7:30 o’clock. The speaker was Mr. John Fries who made an interesting talk on his own experiences with mathe matics. Mr. Fries said that he had never found any fun in mathe matics, that it had been mostly hard work for him. The present mathematical system'is founded on the Arabic system of nota tion, which, it has been said, the Arabs borrowed from India. They were not civilized enough at that time to realize the sig nificance of the nought, which was not contained in their sys tem of notation. In fact, the nought is still an incompre hensible quantity. It is sometimes asked why the decimal system of notation used. Nobody knows why the Arabic system was adi cept that it works successfully in all computations of astrono my and science. People have be come so accustomed to think ing in terms of the Arabic tion, that they would be unable ■ to think in terms of any other system. Mathematicians say that figures do not lie, but they some times do. One multiplied and divided by one gives the result. However, this does not prove that multiplication and division are the same. Mathe- Salem College Orchestra Gives Annual Concert Miss Hazel Horton Read Directs Orchestra In a Concert of Unusual Brilliance. On Monday evening, April 12, the Salem College Orchestra, under the direction of Miss Hazel Horton Read, gave its an nual concert in Memorial Hall. The concert was a complimen tary affair and was attended by an interested and appreciative audience. The program of the evening was characterized by distinctive charm and variety. The selec tions given offered unusual op portunity for artistic expression, and Miss Read is to be con gratulated upon the skill and precision with which orchestra interpreted each suc cessive number. One of the most interesting numbers on the program the Bachs Double Concerto play ed by Miss Read and Miss Sara Yost. The slow movement of fered striking contrast to the Allegro with its passages of sparkling brilliance. The per formance of the two artists was skilfull in every respect, and their interpretation of the composition showed a deep in- (Continued on Page Three) maticians also say that mathe matics is an accurate science. It is a very remarkable thing, however, that two of the monest every day relationships, the ratio of a digonal of square to its side, and the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, are incapable of accurate solution. One of the fundamentals of trigonometry is the Pythogc proposition that the square of hypotenusy of a right triangle is equal to the the squares of the other two However, it is meaning less and absurd to think of the square of a line. It is impossible to multiply a line by a line, egg by an egg, or a brick by a brick. Even the true definition square is unknown. In mathematics it is said to be a figure bounded by four equal sides meeting at right angles. The carpenter has a tool which he calls a square, which i: posed of two lines at right angles. Carpentei-s use the Pythagorean proposition in lay ing oif the foundations of build ings. They measure off six feet and eight feet on two sides, and connect them by a ten foot line, making a right angle where the two lines join. The Einstein theory relativity is another interesting mathematical proposition. This theory is quite simple : fundamental concepts. It tains that any object or event only comprehensible in its re lation to other things, and that everything must be referred to plane of reference. Thus ain is said to move in relation to the track along which it travelling. Einstein goes furth- than this, however, questions the truth of Euclidian geometry. It is commonly be lieved that a straight line is the shortest distance between two points, but this. Dr. Einstein says, is false. He also declan that there is no such thing as straight line, and that every (Continued on Page Thre Student Program At Scientific Society Janice Warner, E 1 i z a b e 11 Brookes and Margaret Hoi-, brook Give Talks. An unusually interesting meeting of the Scientific Society held in the science lecture 1, Tuesday evening, April the thirteenth. The program consisted of three student talks the subject of eggs, limnology and cotton. Janice Warren spoke first about the grading, the candling, and the bacterial examination of She began by saying, :s are graded by the candl ing process and observations in regard to their internal condi tions and appearance are made. They are graded into several (Continued on Page Four) Miss Eleanor Chase Is President Of Academy Miss Chase Will Assume New Position at End of Summer. On the morning of April the eighth. Dr. Rondthaler made the formal announcement to the stu dents and faculty of Salem' Academy, of the election of Miss Eleanor 0. Chase, a member of the present college faculty. Academic Head of that institu tion. Miss Chase is a graduate of Radcliffe College, of the year 1923. In the fall of that year, she came to Salem College to take a position as teacher of English and of History, which position she has filled very suc cessfully for the last three years, is looking forward to her duties with the greatest of pleasure as she has always been particularly interested ,in high school work. Members of the College student body learn ■y sincere regret that Miss Chase is severing entirely her associations with the college faculty, but join in wishing her the best of success and hap piness in her new.work. Miss Chase will assume the obligations of her new position at the opening of the next school year, after spending the summer months in traveling abroad. Judge Gilbert Stevenson Speaks In Chapel Service Discusses Question Of The Present Legal Status Of Women In North Carolina; Change Effected In Few Years. MacDowell Club Gives Amusing Entertainment Presents Bebe Daniels In Comedy Which is Un usually Successful The students and faculty of Salem College had the unusual opportunity of listening to Judge Gilbert Stevenson speak on “The Present Legal Status of Women in North Carolina, the expanded chapel hour last V\ednesday, April the four teenth. Dr. Rondthaler introduced him as a conspicuous member of the bar in this state, as well good personal friend. The two were closely associated during the recent war in selling War Saving Stamps, and in other war activities. Judge Stevenson began by saying that in 1914 he spoke the Sorosis Club of Winston- Salem on the same subject which discussing this morning, and that in preparing his talk, he reviewed the notes of twelve years ago. He was astounded at difference between t status of women in 1914 and 126. In 1914, he talked about women’s voting, women’s hold ing office, and about their serv- juries none of which principles belonged to them. He gave an illustration of this fact by citing the case of a woman elected to the office of Notary Public, the humblest office which the state afi'ords. A protest was "aised, and the Supreme Court From the time that Bebe Daniels, as Diana, came puffing into the scene on her faithful, though noisy, motorcycle, until the blissful marriage at the close, “Lovers in Qua)antine” continuous laugh. The picture was presented under the auspices of the MacDowell Club last Saturday night, and judg ing by the laughter of the audience it was one of the most successful comedies shown at Salem this year. The subtitles particularly witty, and caused almost as much mirth did the picture itself. A brief synopsis of the story follows: Pamela, the sister of the mis chievous Diana, is engaged to Dr. Macintosh, and while he at her home Diana brings in t' mail, which contains a letter from a former sweetheart, Tony Blunt, who has just returned from ah exploring trip. Pam pretends that the letter Diana, and tells Mac that Tony and Diana are in love. Soon after this, Tony arrives, expecting Pam to man-y him. Pam promises Diana that she will tell Tony about Mac, but in stead she tells him that she loves him and will marry him. Diana upsets Pam’s plans by bringing Mac to the garden and introduc ing him to Tony as Pam’s fiance. Pam asks Tony to pre tend that he loves Diana, which he does so well that Diana thinks he means it, consequently when she discovers that Pam and Tony plan to elope the next (Continued on Page Three) Student Government Officers Are Elected Jennie Wolfe Is President; Class Representatives are Chosen. of North Carolina ruled that a non-voter could not hold office, therefore the woman was ruled out. Now almost every lawyer’s stenographer is a notary public; women have had the vote for several years, and they can sit on juries and hold any office. Judge Stevenson defined a legal status as “An artificial con dition created by the law; ex isting only by reason of the law, only as long as the law exists.” It will continue as long as the law continues and change as the law changes. He briefly outlined the main points of his discussion as re garding the personal and property rights of married and unmarried women. The personal rights were the first topic discussed, and here the single woman seemed to have identically the same rights as the single man, except that the age of consent for a girl is four teen and for a boy is sixteen. There is, however, no difference the age of freedom from parental control, which is’ twenty-one for both meii and women. For the married woman there little difference from the legal status of her husband. The bill, protecting her from assault by her husband is comparatively recent, and it has not been very long since a status on the books provided that a man might not beat his wife with a whip larger than his thumb, “but now the (Continued on Page Four) Pierrette Players Elect Officers At the regular monthly meet ing of the Student Self-Govern ment Association, on Monday, April the eleventh, elections were held for the officers and class representatives of which the Student Council for next year will be composed. The officers elected were as follows: President, Jennie Wolfe; First Vice President, Anna Pauline Shaffner; Second Vice President, Mary Buckner; Secretary, Velma Harrison; Treasurer, Isabel Miller. Senior representatives are: Frances Jarratt, Sara Bell, Bessie Clark, and Margaret Hartsell; Junior representatives: Katherine Riggan, Pearl Martin, Doris Walston; and Sophomore representatives: Agnes Russell, Virginia Blakeney, and Penelope Tipton. On the same afternoon, Jennie Wolfe was elected to represent the Student Self-Government Association of Salem College at the Southern Intercollegiate As sociation of Student Govern ments, to be held at Wesleyan College, Macon Georgia, April Newell receiving fifteenth to sixteenth. Miss' vo^;e. Wolfe left for Macon Thursday! Elizabeth Hastings gave a re- and will return Sunday. 'port on the Theatre Arts ■ I Monthly for this month. She Prof.: I’ll not dismiss this I gave a brief account of the most ass until the room settles important articles, these includ- ing “Month of Ibsen”, “The Voice from the rear: Better Theatre Goes to Yale”, “The go home and sleep it off, old man. p ™ . (Continued on Page Three) Klizabeth Hastings, President; Ruth Pfohl, Vice President. The election of officers was the most important business of the meeting of the “Pierrette Players” on Thursday evening, April 15. The president, Ruth Pfohl, presided, and after the roll ;all was called and the sec- ■etary’s report was made, there vas a discussion concerning the best use of the money cleared on the last production. There were various suggestions, and the matter was left open until a later date, after investigations have been made. The nominating committee reported the nomina tions, and the elections were as follows: President, Elizabeth Hastings; -Vice-President, Ruth Pfohl; Secretary, Doris Walston; Treasurer, Letitia Currie; Stage Manager, Susan Luckenbach; Business Manager, Althea Backenstoe; Director, Dr. Wil loughby. Reporter for the Salemite was elected, Lilyan unanimous
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