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WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPT. 24, 1927.
Freshman Week Program
Embraces Many Features
Interesting and Varied Entertainments Given In Honor of
New Girls
Bishop Rondthaler
Speaker at Vespers
Inspiring Talk Given at First Y.
W. C. A. Vespers.
The opening of the collegiate
year 1927:28, on Wednesday, Sep
tember 14, marked the beginning of
the Freshman Week program, plan
ned in advance by the committee in
charge, a program which in variety
of entertainment and skillful man
agement will be a worthy model for
all Freshman Week programs in
years to come. In order ta in
crease the interest in the activities
planned, the entire program was
not announced in advance, but each
morning a schedule of the day s at-
tions was posted on the bulle
tin boards in all the buildings. Thus,
each day brought its share of sur
prises for the freshmen. Every ef
fort was made to dissipate loneli
ness and homesickness for the new
girls, and, at the same time, they
were agreeably introduced
most important aspects of Salem
College life.
■ The program of the week’s acti'
ities, as it was carried out, follow;
: Thursday, Sept. 15. The opening
chapel service was held
o’clock in Memorial Hall, with the
singing of the traditional hyi
“Standing at the Portal of
Opening Year,” and with the usual
senior processional. During
day class meetings were held by all
the classes. According to the new
plan, the freshman class meeting
was in the hands of three junior ad
visors, Mary Miller Faulkner, Lill-
yan Newell*and Margaret Vaughan.
The freshmen were informed con
cerning the regulations of initiation,
namely: green ribbons must be
worn around the neck, names must
be pinned to dresses, no cosmetics
must be used; all upperclassmen
must be addressed respectfully,
freshmen must enter by back doors
only, and walk on the sidewalks
rather than in the street or on the
grass. In the evening, at 6:45
o’clock, the first meeting of the
Student Self-government Associa
tion was held, at which Dr. Rond
thaler delivered a short but inspir
ing address, and probation rules
were explained. The last feature
of the day occurred at 9:45 o’clock
when the entire student body joined
in a beautiful lantern parade which
wound down the paths of the lower
campus, and halted by the bridge
for the singing of some well-known
songs, immediately afterwards
turning to the buildings.
Friday, September 16. Morning
chapel service was given over to
the interes/ts of Student Govern-
First Monthly Meeting
Of Student Government
In the evening, the Y. W.
ntertained at a lawn party,
held on the campus near the Presi
dent’s home.
Saturday, September 17. Morn-
g chapel service was in the hands
of the Y. W. C. A. At this time,
the character and purpose of the
•ganization were fully explained
and discussed. In the afternoon,
'clock, cars were procured
take the freshmen and new girls for
iround the city of Winston-
Salem. Immediately following din
ner, the first session of the Sopho
more Court was held in the living-
room of the Alice Clewell Building,
for the purpose of trying the cas
of those freshmen who had failed
carry out all the rules of initiatic
At *8:15 o’clock, the annual “G(
together” meeting was held in t
Recreation Room, under the auspices
of the Y. W. C .A. Amusing stunts
were given by all the classes, includ
ing the freshmen, after which the
remainder of the evening was spent
in dancing.
Sunday, September 18. Accord
ing to invariable custom, the entire
student body attended the morning
service at the Home Moravian
tlie I Church. In the afternoon.
o’clock, the juniors entertained the
new girls at a tea, given on the
porch of Junior Hall. Instead of
the usual quiet hour, from 7:30 to
8:30, “calling hour” was introduced,
and the time was agreeably spent
n the process of getting acquainted.
Monday, September 19. The
‘sing” scheduled for Monday
ning, was postponed on account of
Tuesday, September 20. M
g chapel service was given ovi
the interests of the Athletic Associ-
Mrs. Rondthaler entertained
the freshmen and their junior Big
at a tea held in the Presi
dent’s home. In the evening, a
talk was delivered to the freshmen
by Dr. Willoughby on the subject,
'How to take Notes.”
The first Y. W. C. A. Vesper
service of the year was held on
Sunday evening, September 18, at
6 o’clock, in the campus living-room
of the Alice Clewell Building. At
;eting, it was especially fit
ting to have Bishop Rondthaler
ipeak, and to all the girls, both old
md new, his talk was most inspir-
ng. He spoke on the subject,
‘Christ, the Door.” He described
the sheep-fold as Christ spoke of
it when He said, “I am the door of
the sheep.” From this thought the
Bishop talked of the different ways
in which Christ is the door into
ery Christian’s spiritual life.
The first of these ways was that
Jesus is the door into our successful
study. He explained that if we but
knock at this door it will be opened,
and we will be given an insight by
Christ’s spirit into things that oth
erwise would seem hard. The next
way was Jesus as the door that
opens into sweet relationships
life. The name of Christ is a kind
of password in daily life that draws
all the noblest peoples together. He
s the door into noble activity. I’'
inables us through faith in Him
do the fine, noble things in life and
to become greater followers. H
the door into those fields where
feelings and emotions turn into
tivities. The last way is that
Christ is the door into personal sal
vation. There is no greater feeling
than that which a Christian has
when he knows that Jesus is his
Saviour. All of these things make
worth while for those who love
d serve Him to knock at the door.
Dr. Edwin Mims Speaker
In Expanded Chapel Service
“Specialization and Education” Subject of Dr. Mims’ In-
spiiring Address
The Sophomore
Court In Session
of
Morning Worship
Held on Back Campus
Sarah Turlington Leads Early
Morning Service.
ore Representatives i
Council Elected.
The first monthly meeting of the
On-Campus Student Government
was held on Monday afternoon, Sep
tember 19, in the Alice Clewell liv
ing-room, at one-thirty.
After the secretary, Lillyan New
ell, had called the roll and read the
minutes, Katherine Riggan, presi
dent, made several announcements.
These announcements, which
cerned house rules and chapel
tendance, were especially for the
benefit of the freshmen and new
girls.
The freshmen were then dis
missed, and the upperclassnven were
asked to remain for the election of
Sophomore representatives to the
Student Council. The following
girls were cho. n as the new coun
cil members: Virginia Martin, Mar
ian Allen, and Mfrgaret Sills.
On Monday morning, September
), a small group of girls met on
ower Back Campus for morning
orship. The little bridge
foot of the hill made an ideal place
service of this kind, and
quarter of an hour was thus spent
a most profitable way. After
reral songs had been sung, Sarah
Turlington, president of the Y.
C. A., read a short selection on
giving and the seeking life. The
meeting was closed with sentence
prayers.
All of those who had v
shipped there went away feeling
better fitted to meet the tasks of
the day, for each one had experi
enced the feeling of real worship.
NEW TREASURER OF
Y. W. C. A. ELECTED
An important business meeting of
the Y. W. C. A. was held
day, September 23, at 1:3
campus living room of the Alice
Clewell Building. The purpose of
the meeting was to elwt a treas
urer for the association to take the
place of Joy Bowers who did
return to Salem this year. Marion
Bloor and Ruby Scott of the junior
class were nominated and Marion
Bloor was elected. There being
further business, the meeting v
adj ourned.
During the first day
school it was rumored that there
was to be a stern Sophomore Court
which would take in hand all
ruly freshmen. There was much
surmising as to what the character
of the court would be, and what
would be its penalties. Some of
ipposed “victims-to-be” whis
pered of it in awe-stricken tones,
and otliers in accents of glee.
On Thursday, most of the fresh
en appeared with faces beaming
necks adorned with green ribbons,
and names pinned to dresses. They
cautiously crossed the street to go
the postoffice, and at other times
trudged over the cobblestones. But
on Friday—probably emboldened by
the absence of “policemen” and the
apparent non-existence of “court”—
numbers of them reverted to their
customary store-bought complexions,
“forgot” to wear their ribbons and
names, and disregarded all other
itiation requirements.
A great murmur of disapproval
arose from the ranks of the indig
nant upperclassmen, and the “su
preme court of the Sophomore
class” came suddenly into being.
The first session of court i
held on Saturday night in the living-
of tlie Alice Clewell building,
where a curious crowd had congre
gated to witness the long-anticipated
legal proceedings. The members of
the Council were grave, and
the judge—as she rapped
table for “silence in the courthouse,”
and began to read the culprits’
names. However, that dignity
maintained not without a display of
unparalleled self-control—and
casional weakening when the offen
ders waxed dramatic and wailed
tearful tones accompanied by heart
rending gestures, “This will kill my
poor mother I” or, “I am innocent
At the expanded chapel service
>n Wednesday morning, Sept. 21,
Salem College and Academy were
fortunate in having as the first
ipeaker of the year Dr. Edwin
Vlims of Vanderbilt University. Dr.
Mims is well-known not only as a
teacher and lecturer, but also as
the author of The Advancing South.
Dr. Mims began his address,
which had for its subject Specializa
tion and Education, by saying that
every teacher and student in
American colleges should refer often
to the great series of essays and
lectures by Woodrow Wilson on the
purpose, aims and 'duties of the mod
ern college. Wilson, profoundly
concerned with certain modern ten
dencies in education, raised many
questions, and made many criticisms
of the American educational insti
tutions. He was greatly interested
in what the modern students thought
and talked about. In one of his
famous addresses he set forth
ion of a college, transformed from
a place where children are doing
tasks to a place where
doing thinking. To contrast the
ideal college with the existing real
ity is often a distressing experience.
can believe the novels of
contemporary college life and
says on educaiton, one realizes that
there are certain aspects of modern
college life which are fraught with
danger, and which do not conform
with the ideal of a college of liberal
s. The Plastic Age gives several
phic pictures of the most hope
less lack of knowledge and the
greatest confusion of ideas and val
ues existing in the mind of the mod
ern college student.
The subject of specialization, a
much debated question in modern
educational circles, is a tendency
which requires reckoning with. Tech
nical and professional training are
of undoubted value. Woodrow Wil
son himself made the statement:
“We are living in an age in which
an amateur cannot succeed.” Ex-
Special Service At
Home Moravian Church
Service Devoted to Spiritual Inte
ts of Schools and Colleges.
I (Continued on Page Three)
On Sunday, September 18, the
student body of both the College
and Academy atttnded the morning
it the Home Moravian
Church. For over a hundred and
fifty years, it has been the custom
and privilege of the girls to wor
ship together in the Home Church
I their first Sunday at Salem.
Dr. J. K. Pfohl, the pastor, very
graciously welcomed the Salem girls
and invited all students who had no
church affiliations to worship at the
Home Church. Dr. Rondthaler
the reading of the Liturgy
which was especially written for
schools and colleges. Dr. Pfohl
then delivered a very inspiring ser-
entitled “Spiritual Athletics.”
not only urged the young peo
ple to live up to their best
physical and mental plane, but also
to attain the highest level possible
on the spiritual plane.
Throughout the entire s
the Liturgy, the sermon, and the
music, the idea of youth and
possibilities was emphasized. The
service was impressive and inspir
ing, and was one that will long be
[ remembered.
treme specialization, however, un
less accompanied by general culture
will succeed in making a nation of
efficient men and women who miss
much of the grace, charm, and rich
ness of life. Culture should be in
the thoughts of all, not a particular
type of people.
common saying in America
that no one can succeed unless ex
tremely specialized. In a sense this
is true, and in a sense it is false.
Dr. Mims said that he recently made
itudy of men who have made a
cess in a material way but with
conception of liberal culture and
spiritual life, and of other men who
have been just as successful but also
found time for development in Eng
lish, music, art, and those other
things which go to make up culture.
Henry Ford has achieved success in
a limited field in a remarkable way,
but he would be absolutely lost in
many human circles. Rockefeller
and others who have made a marve
lous use of the resources of this
country have often purchased suc-
the loss of culture and many
of those things which others consid-
precious. Andrew Carnegie and
J. P. Morgan are examples of very
•ealthy men who found time for cul-
jre in spite of vast material inter
ests. Thomas Jefferson, Theodore
Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, al-
thought specialized in the art of
statecraft, were, nevertheless, fitted
to be at home in any realm of the
human spirit.
Every American woman’s college
should get students who will find op
portunities for something else than
professional or technical duties.
The saddest thing in the world is
person who does not know how to
make use of leisure. In modern
times people are always going; they
try to escape intellectual contact
with others and consequently con
versation has been shifted to the
background.
Colleges ought to overcome the
danger of extreme specialization and
a narrow and intense view of life.
The richest thing in the world is a
great personality which enables one
to radiate in any circle or commun
ity something finer and richer than
can find expression in practical val
ues. An}' conception of the art of
living must necessarily go far be
yond the science or business of
living.
(Continued on Page Three)
Off-Campus Association
Holds Its First Meeting
The Off-Campus Student Govern
ment Association held its first meet-
on Monday, September 19, at
o’clock. At this meeting Dr.
Rondthaler spoke a few words urg
ing the off-campus students to co
operate with the resident students
id to take part in as many of the
illege activities as they are able,
thereby helping to make the girls
of Salem College a igTea^, undi-
ided body of students.
Margaret Brooks was unanimous-
Iv elected president of the Off-
Campus Student Government Associ
ation at this meeting, and the fol
lowing girls were elected to fill the
positions on the council left vacant
by the students who did not return:
Annie Graham Caldwell—First
Vice-president.
Jessie Davis—Junior Representa-
Laila Wright—Sophomore Repre
sentative.