WELCOME
EVERYBODY
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1927.
Fifth Term Civic Summer
Master School of Music
Mr. J. F. Williamson Directs Sacred School of Music; Oppor
tunities for Expert Instruction Afforded
The Civic Summer Master School
of Music was held at Salem Col
lege from June 13 to July 22.
large number of pupils from n
.states of the Union as well as from
this city and the vicinity attended
the school. Recitals were given dur
ing the six weeks by the members
of the faculty while the maj
work of the school was the famous
oratorio “Elijali.” This was pre
sented at the Richard J. Reynolds
Memorial Auditorium on July 21
by a chorus of 150 trained voices
and an orchestra of 25 pieces.
Mr. William Breach, of this city,
general director of the school, was
assisted by a very capable faculty.
The School of Sacred Music was
directed by John Finley William
son who has made an enviable rep
utation as conductor of the West
minster Choir, the outstanding o:
ganization of its kind in the world.
Free instruction in piano wf
given a large number of children i
the piano normal classes. The
work was done in the form of dem
onstrations for those who were
studying piano teaching. Mrs, Car-
rie Munger Long, of Dallas, Texas,
had charge of this department, and
associated with her was Mrs. Wil
liam Breach.
Mr. Breach, assisted by Miss Sa-
Opening Chapel Service
Thursday, September 15
Senior Processional, Address hi/ Dr.
Rondthaler, Important An-
The program for the year’s work
begins, as usual, with Registration
Day, on Wednesday, September 14.
On Thursday, September 15, at
10 o’clock, of this, the one hundred
and fifty-sixth year of Salem’s re
markable history, the first chapel
service will be held in Memorial
Hall, opening with the traditional
hymn, “Standing at the Portals of
the Opening Year,” with the usual
Senior processional. The music for
the occasion will be in charge of
Deans Shirley and Vardell.
President Rondthaler will have
charge of the service, assisted by
Bishop Rondthaler and by Dr. J.
Kenneth Pfohl, pastor of the Home
Moravian Church. In addition to
the opening address by Dr. Rond
thaler, the necessary announce
ments will be made by Misj Blair,
the registrar, and telegrams of
greeting from alumnae will be read.
Recitations begin at 11 o’clock,
immediately following the chapel
service.
First Meeting Student Government
Talk By Dr. Rondthaler; Expla
nation of Probation Rules to
Freshmen
On Thursday evening, Septembei
15 at 6;45 o’clock, the iirst meet
ing of the Student Self-Govern
ment Association will be held in
, Memorial Hall, both on- and off-
campus councils being seated on the
platform. At this meeting Dr.
Rondthaler will speak, following
which full explanations will be made
to the freshmen concerning the rules
of probation, chaperones and gener
al privileges. This is an important
meeting of the Association*,and all
students are required to be present.
rah M. Conlon, liad charge of the
department of public school music.
Mr. Ellis Snyder, of Columbus,
Ohio, Mrs. I.oRean Hodapp, of
Dayton, Ohio, and Miss Nancy
Campbell, of Rock Hill, S. C,, were
instructors in the voice department.
Instruction on all kinds of stringed
and wind instruments was given
boys and girls under the direction
of Mr. C. D. Kutschinski of this
The recitals at the close of the
summer school were evidence of the
success of the work during the
weeks. A concert of sacred music
was presented on July 17 by a
Capella Choir under the direction of
Mr. Williamson, with Mrs. Hodapp
and Mr. Snyder as soloists. The
oratorio, “Elijah,” was also directed
by Mr. Williamson; with Mrs. Ho
dapp, Miss Marguerite Sailor, Mrs.
A. C. Caldwell, Ellis Snyder, Charles
Troxwell, and David Embler as so
loists. “Elijah,” is a most beau
tiful and dramatic story which ap
proaches the grand opera type. The
orchestra and choir together did
superb work in tliis production.
The summer school officially
closed on July 22 with a recital by
under the direction of Mrs. Long
and Mrs. Breach.
College Organizations
Salem, like all other colleges, lias
a great many organizations of all
sorts, some of which, such as the
Student Government, Y. W. C. A.
and Athletic Association, include the
.vhole student body; others, the
■lubs, take care of individual inter
ests, and give to the students oppor
tunities to enjoy the special activi
ties which they, individually prefer.
Le Cercle Francais was organ
ized for the purposes of developing
fluency in speaking the French lan
guage, and of studying interesting
phases of Frencli life and Litera
ture. The membership of the club
is composed of those students who
have chosen the study of the French
language and literature as their ma
jor, of other students who have
demonstrated their proficiency in
that subject, and of faculty mem
bers who are interested in the pur
suits of the club. Meetings are
held once a month, when interesting
programs are presented by members
of the club. These programs are de
voted to the study of the lives and
works of French poets, novelists,
dramatists, painters and composers,
and to other subjects of equal in-
“The Pierrette Players,” is the
name of Salem’s dramatic club.
Membership is limited to those who
show real dramatic talent in the
try-outs which occur semi-annually.
Meetings are devoted to intensive
study of the drama, a"® during the
year public performances of good
one-act or thifee-aet plays are given
which' have been much enjoyed in
the past by the audiences which
have witnessed these plays.
The Scientias Scientarum Salem-
ensis, is a club whose membership is
limited to students who are study
ing some subject in either the Sci
ence or Mathematics tiepartment.
Interesting phases in all branches of
Science are studied and members of
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Elaborate Plans
For Freshman Week
Comniittee Draws Up Interestin
Program of Varied Happenings
The Freshman Week plan
first put into effect at Salem,
September, 1926. This first trial
was a great success. The program
of the week’s activities was put into
the hands of the freshmen when
they arrived, and throughout the
first and most difficult week of
school, the leisure time of the new
girls was agreeably filled with en
tertainments of all sorts, given un
der the auspices of the various col
lege organizations. The purposes
of this plan were manifold, some oi
the most important being to elimi
nate the evils of homesickness and*
depression, to encourage class
college spirit, and to give the
girls a pleasant and thorough
troduction to their chosen Alma
Mater.
The success of the first attempt
has encouraged its repetition o
larger and more elaborate scale,
committee composed of organization
leaders and class representatives
has been at work during the sum
mer, making extensive plans, and
insuring their success. The pro
gram whicli has been drawn up as
a result of these plans, forecasts a
week of intensely interesting and
pleasurable activity, not only for the
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Dean H. A. Shirley
Returns from Abroad
Mr. Vardell Becomes Dean; Dean
Shirley Becomes Dean Emer
itus of School of Music.
By action of the Board of Trus-
es of Salem College, Mr. Charles
G. Vardell, who during the past
year has been acting dean of the
School of Music, becomes dean of
the School of Music.
Dean Shirley, returning from
year’s leave of absence, spent
travelling in Europe, becomes Dean
Emeritus of the School of Music.
Dean Shirley will resume his full
schedule of teaching at the point at
which it was interrupted when a
year’s leave of absence was granted
Dean Shirley receives the warm
est of welcomes upon his return to
Salem. Beloved by all students
and teachers with whom he has
been associated in the years during
which he has worked faithfully and
unselfishly for the advancement of
Salem and during which he has built
up the music department to its pres
ent high standard as the School of
Music, this year’s absence has made
many realize what a large pL
Dean Shirley holds in the hearts of
his pupils and in the whole college
regime. Therefore, a very sincere
and wide-spread welcome awaits
Dean Shirley from all who know him
and those who have not yet learned
to know him, are looking forward
to that pleasure in the coming year.
Mrs. Rondthaler Writes of
Extended Improvements
Junior Hall Scene of Many Improvements; Campus Suffers
Loss of Trees in Summer Storm
My Dear Girls:
September agai:
coming back. Perhaps it is trite tc
say that Salem welcomes you with
open arms,—but she does neverthe
less. Every bit of shining new
paint, and attractive touches about
the building which you see, speaks
her welcome to you. And everyone
of us, who belongs here, and who
has been waiting for your coming
has a smile for you. Even Mi
Talley will be smiling at your
trunks, Mr. Burrage will come smil
ing with a hammer and cold chisel
to open your boxes and break open
your trunk, when you’ve lost your
keys. Miss Essie will smile, too, I
know, upon dormitory confusion,
though she may groan inward
ly; and Mrs. Orrell will greet you
when you flock into
the dining room for the first time.
“Junior Hall” is all dressed up
with new wall paper and a telephone
and a shower, just waiting for the
Juniors themselves to invade it and
make it completely attractive and
Ha^
yoi
1 the
shutters on South Hall? This is
no reflection upon the academy girls,
—of course not. But doesn’t South
Hall look spick and span!
We tried hard to have the yellow
sunflowers in the kitchen garden
blooming for you when you came,
but they simply refused to be hur
ried, so that you may keep on watch-
for their glory day by il-v.
The *l'y?'J».Willow tree has been
doing its beau^f:>' best all summer
’ ere isn’t another tree on the
campus that has worked as hard. I
know you’ll be proud of what it has
done. Talking of trees, Salem al
most weeps over the trees which the
king of wind storms laid low in the
middle of summer. You remember
the nice old gum tree in Salem
Square wliich always turned a radi
ant red in October? Yes, it fell
with its mate in a mighty crash
against the old tile roof of the Sis
ter’s Huose. Down on lover’s leap
you will see the shattered top of one
of the twin poplars which for years
have provided the stage wings and
dramatic entrances for Peter Pan,
May Queen and fairy. Over on the
far hill, a giant oak went down; and'
would you believe it, Mr. Tally
hunted the city over to find a six-
foot cross-cut saw, it was so mighty.
We shall all miss them, the trees,
gnarled and huge, familiar as the
campus buildings. Such a' storm
lays a big responsibility on the
younger generation of trees. Sen-
you should plant a whole group
of trees, this year.
The charming lily pond which
the 1'927 girls left us, is a delight
ful spot. The lilies are blooming
fragrantly and goldfish go shimmer
ing about through the leaves. Don’t
forget to see it.
But, new Salem girls, this letter
has certainly been all Greek to you.
Just ask some nice cordial old girl
to take you around and show you
the sights, and bring you through
the pergola to the big white house,
where a warm and hearty welcome
Most sincerely yours,
—Mrs. Rondthaler.
College Periodicals
The two periodicals issued at Sa
in, are Sights and Insights, and
The Salemite.
Sights and Insights, the college
inual, is issued once a year, in the
rly spring. Although a great
many of its pages are devoted to
the senior class, all other classes are
included, as classes and- as club and
athletic groups. Sights and Insights
presents in a very attractive manner,
the personnel and activities of the
Salem College student body. It
may be considered a very accurate
and beautiful reflection of each year
cf college life, and each student, at
graduation, finds that she has a
complete memory book of her four
college years in the four volumes of
Sights and T .•/ights. The material
for the annual is collected and ar-
Lged by a competent staff, under
whose direction photographs are
taken and write-ups are written.
Not only is the annual a beauti
fully bound and beautifully illus
trated book, but it is always char
acterized by much originality and
ingenuity. Each volume is totally
unlike any which have preceded it,
for each one has a different and
ique artistic theme carried out
throu^ all of its pages. This theme
kept a secret by the staff until
the book appears. Sights and In
sights has received the honor of be
ing voted the best annual published
in the state of North Carolina, and
Salem students should indeed be
proud of the work of art which is
achieved in each volume of Sights
and Insights.
J'he Salemite is a weekly newspa
per published every Saturday after-
1. The material is collected and
arranged under the direction of a
staff composed of the Editor-in-
chief, two associate editors, the man
aging editor, and reporters chosen
for their writing abilities from the
three upper classes. A business
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Five New Members
In College Faculty
Miss Covington Head of Sociologi/
and Economics; Miss Atkiiison
Head of Physical Education;
Mrs. Wenhold in Language
The Salem College faculty for the
year 1927-28 includes five new
members. Several interesting chang
es have also been made.
Mrs. I>ucy Wenhold, of Winston-
Salem, and formerly a teacher in
Salem Academy, joins the Romance
Language department as professor
of Spanish. Mrs. Wenhold is a
graduate of Salem College, where
she received her B. A. degree. She
has received her M. A. degree from
the University of North Carolina,
and is now a candidate for the de
gree of Ph. D., having spent the
summer in completing residence
work in France and Spain. Mrs.
Wenhold is well-known at Salem and
will. receive a hearty welcome to
the college faculty by all who know
Another addition is made to the
Romance Language department in
the person of Miss Evelyn Wilson,
as instructor in French. Miss Wil
son also has taught for several
years in Salem Academy. She re
ceived her B. A. degree at North
Carolina College for Women, and
has also spent some time as a stud
ent at the University of Paris.
Miss Sadie Holleman, a gradu
ate of Salem College of the year
192.'), join« the faculty as inst.'uc-
tor in French and Latin.
Miss E. Covington is welcomed
back to Salem College after a year’s •
absence. Miss Covington was form
erly Plan of Women at Meredith
College. In 1925 she came to Sa
lem as professor of Sociology. Miss
Covington returns this year as head
of the newly organized department
of Sociology and Economics.
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