PARTICIPATION
IN
SPORTS
DISPLAYS
SALEM’S
SPIRIT
WINSTOX-SALEM, N. C., SEPTEMBER 25, 1926.
HISTORICAL SALEM SUBJECT
OF ADDRESS BY MISS FRIES
Archivist of Moravian Church Speaks of the His
torical Significance of Buildings on Square
At tlie first expanded chapei lioiir
of the year on September 22, Miss
Adelaide Fries, president of the
General Alumnae Association, gave
interesting and delightful
talk o
;t notable plae
he square
em. The
-oncerned
•rounding
a map of
le chief buildings. Streets
were cut and five stand pipes set
up. From the stand pipes the watei
was brought in liand-bored pine logs.
The square was the center of things
and around it the old settlers group
ed tlieir houses.
Main Hall, which was built
1861, stands on the site of an
two-story building, the first floor of
which was used for apartments and
the second for a meeting hall. Th'
building, whose corner stone w.
laid in 1771 lasted until 1800 when
the church home was built. In th(
south end of this old building th
girls’ school had its beginning. Th(
teacher taught her tliree pupil:
iting, knitting
with beautiful cedars that
gradually killed by coal smoke
storms, and were replaced with pop-
to be' remembered.
The
walk u
and n
travelled
^ thinks
In
greatly and
school had
rithm(
, and painting had
been added to the curriculum..
demand for a boarding school
creased and between the years 1
1805 a four-story academy
erected. The most interesting
of the boarding school was thal
girls should not scrap over
plates at dinner. South Hall
only two stories higli at fir^t,
third and fourth stories being added
later. The west gate entrance was
made to give more room and to con
nect South Hall and the Sisters’
House.
The Sisters’ House was built as a
r young gi
n who bee;
t that t
girls, the Senior and Junior mem
bers of the Y. W. C. A. cabinet were
5 for’supplies. In it v
‘"The corner building, whic
for Moravian bovs. The bi
was used for thi.s purpose un
’''"^hrLad'4"^" (
about the same date as the m
It was built for the presid.
place of the old Congr
House. The outer walls
anything oi
lave a beauty all thei
larliest settlers thought of the grave
yard as a family burying gr
md tliev therefore buried the
Iren in' one place, the wome
and the men in still anoth-
The gra^
t th(
angregati
the unity of the
and the family.
Around the coffee po
up legends of their own
pot was used as the si
shop and the stories (
are only mythological.
Belo Home is not the kind
of a
e that
vould ii
ately th
a private residence, tile first flc
being used for a store, the seco
for the members of the family, a
the third for clerks who worked
the store. Since Mr. Belo’s dea
the house has been used as an apa
ment House.
Mis!
concluded h
Charlotte Sells Treas.
Student Government
call meeting of the Student
I L'Monday afternoon "septlm-
20, at one-thirty in the Campus
ig room of Alice Clewell build-
•alled tlie meeting to ordei
■ Wolfe,
and read
Order of the Scorpion
Honorary Fraternity
To Create Spirit of Co-operat.
Between Faculty and Student
Body
scorpion was organized the p
veek, and members made themseli
mown about the campus Friday
norning wearing black with i ’ "
lannel arm bands on which v,
arge black felt scorpion. Th,
reated for the purpose of stimulat-
ng a better co-operation bet
he faculty and the student body
ind among the students; to cnabl
he students to make the best us
of their oportunities at College, an
uphold the standards of Salem.
At I
t the.
fourt
girls who are members of th(
ime phase of eollegt'lffe. Mem
bership is limited to only the upper-
ssmen who are interested whole-
irtedly in Salem.
'iernce is the motto of the Order
of the Scorpion, and calls for un
selfish and loyal service to those
with whom the members come in
The Preamble of the Order is as
allows: .
“Believing in Salem College and
s manifold opportunities; believing
iat the best use of these opportuni-
nay he realized by developing
closer
o-oper,
body and the faculty, and by
oting fraternalism among all
students of Salem; we do hereby es-
iblish the Order of the Scorpion
for the fostring of these ideals."
Pierrette Pi,ayers
Tryout
SCHEDULE:
FRESHMEN: Tuesday, Octo
ber 12th; Wednesday, October
SOPHMORE LIFT FRESHMEN
RESTRICTIONS THURSDAY
Green Ribljoiis Dkcartkd; Jomco and Rnliet hy
ShilUarn Wakespeare. Presented
[’hursday night in the Recrcntion
loom of Alice Clewell Building,
i-hen the So))homores entertained
he Freshmen and lifted their init-
beautifully
niors were given honorable
The song contest prize,
pas a box of chewing gum,
irded to the Seniors, by the
judges. Miss Desha, Miss Reid and
r. The Alma Mater was
onclude the first pienic
ed successfully as a get-
together meeting.
Sunday, September 19;
held at six-
....... ov the Alice
Clewell Building. Virginia Welch,
the capable College cheer leader,
lead the singing. Both hymns and
ular music were used,’to which
ryone present heartily responded.
Mondav, September 20:
Upon invitation of the Fre.shman
Week Committee, Dr. Rondthaler
E a brief talk to the Freshmen in
Campus I.iving Room of Alice
Clewell Building. He was intro
duced by Charlotte Sells, president
of the junior Class, who first re-
ted that all Fi
?e, blue, and wh
;iring the first p.-
ning danc^ing^was enj
their guests a good t
Rulict,” bv *'shmiam
if the'
vished I
go
ti the
Wednesday afternoon.
Dr. Rondthaler emphasized the
importance of knowing how to study
that ninety per cent c'
. - -. failed in their work a
knowledged that it was because the
did not know how to study at tli
ted i
s of red.
and
n Wakes
Miss Dorothy
.liss Anna Pau-
, )ineo, and Mi.ss
I.ardner McCarty as Ruliet’s mo-
Mier. So well did these young ladies
.ilay their parts and enact the trag
edy of the young lovers’ deatli that
.ght
midst of i
Miss I.illv.-
laughter
bnri.sqn,
ay and i;
beginning of theii
college I
of the first things is
that College studying diffi
from high school, largely because
the difference in hours of recit._
ssarily
The
e prepa
n by ballot the meeting was
Two Additions to the
The Salemite Staff
g that Doris Wal-
Senior Picnic, Songs
Stunt Night Enjoyed
Seniors Won Song Contest; Sopho
mores Had Best Stunt; Fresh
men Conducted Thru
e supper was followed by
:^heTr“^rDorti;’
Captain John Smith and his Indian
“tIi^"supreme'^SacS,’’
judges of the stunts. Their decis-
fifteen for recitation, making
proxiinately eight hours of daily
work. Furthermore, college assign-
Dontemplate not only the d‘
on™spoke"of^Te‘^hlgh'st‘anda?d",
L:^ini^r:istu^tS
....... sang beau
tifully several popular songs includ
ing The Indian LoveTall from Rose
Marie, and The World is Waiting
for the Sunrise and Gray nays.
Miss Eliz.ibcth Rominger gave a
humorous reading which delighted
Imi
iiments, Doris Wooten
at the green ribbons
noved, and name plae-
d. However, due to
SOUK bold Freshmen
■n on th.^ campus and
it the proper Frcsh-
--CS, the jiunishment of
walking on the sidewalks and using
onlv the side doors would continue
to be in force.
Thus Freshman Week closed, aft
er a ,>eriod of fun .-.nd frivolity for
all, and after creating a .spirit of
Athletic Association
Elects Heads of Sports
Archtr^
Track Marv Dun
Automobile Tour of
Home Economics Club "fkTtZFre^'men’’™'rte tou"" The
To Meet Tuesday rtation"«.c city mI™^
Buena Vista, I
the Country Cli
enjoyed this ou