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WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1st, 1927.
History Club Holds
First Meeting
Plans for Membership and Activity
Discussed by President
Membership Recognition I MacDoweli Club Aims
Service At Y. W. C. A. Presented In Chapel
Unusually Impressive Vesper Serv
ice Held in Memorial Hall
On Friday evening, September |
23, at seven o’clock, the History
Club held its first naeeting of the
year in the campus living-room of
the Alice Clewell Building. The
president of the Club, Katharine
Taylor, made a brief talk in vfhich
she discussed the qualifications for
membership, the purpose of the or
ganization, and some of the pli
for the year concerning
ties. Only history majors and min
ors, and those girls especially inter
ested in history are eligible for
membership. Dr. Anscombe spoke
of his interest in this organization,
and made constructive suggestions
concerning its program for the year.
Under the leadership of its capable
officers, supported by the enthusiasm
and scliool spirit of its interested
members, the History Club will un
doubtedly become one of the most
vital and useful organizations on the
campus.
Salem Faculty Enjoys
Annual Picnic
The faculty of Salem College held
its annual picnic on Monday eve
ning, September 26, at the home of
Mr. Theodore Rondthaler, 13 miles
west of Winston-Salem, on the
banks of the Yadkin River. The fif
ty-two members of the faculty who
enjoyed this pleasant occasion left
Salein at five o’clock, reaching For
est Hills Farm about 5:30. After
a pleasant social hour the picnic
supper, wliich consisted of many
delicious foods, was served.
Entertainment after the supper
was furnished by an opaque projec
tion machine depicting serious and
frivolous facts concerning the great
and near-great at Salem. The com
mittee, composed of Mr. Roy J.
Campbell, Miss Bessie Leftwich and
Miss Minnie Smith, successfully
planned an evening of attractive
amusements.
Lilyan Newell Takes
First Place In Contest
Dean H, A. Shirley Speaks
Of His Experiences In Italy
History of Organization Presented
By Dean Shirley
On Sunday evening at six o’clock
in Memorial Hall the Y. W. C. A.
held a Recognition Service of the
new members taken into the organi
zation this year. All college stud
ents and faculty were invited to at
tend. No lights were burning in
the hall and as each person entered
she W'as handed an unlighted candle.
The audience sat in semi-darkness
while from each, wing of the plat
form came the members of the Y.
W. C. A. Cabinet in single file led
by Sarah Turlington, the president.
Each cabinet girl was clad in white
and carried a brightly burning (
die. Each took her place on
rostrum forming, as a whole,
twinkling Y. W. C. A. seal.
The hymn “Father of Light”
iung, followed by a prayer by the
president. The Scripture was then
read by Mary Duncan McAnally,
concluding with a prayer, after
which the audience joined in the
singing of “Lead on, O King Eter
nal.” Sarah Turlington and Le-
Currie then gave a very ex
pressive dialogue in which they
pointed out the meaning of the Y.
W. C. A., its aims, aspirations and
ideals, and told how each member
could find some task to do in the
;ervice of her Master. As her life
was lighted by Divine Love, just so
ihe would illumine the hearts of
those with whom she came in daily
contact and bring them into closer
fellowship with Christ. As the dia-
:ogue was completed the girls with
!he .lighted tapers left the platform
ind passing through the audience,
each lit the candle of someone
■seated there, she in turn light-
ng her neighbor’s candle until each
;>erson held a twinkling candle and
the Hall was a blaze of light. The
ludience then stood and the hymn,
'Follow the Gleam,” was sung after
which the benediction was said in
inison, using the Y. W. C. A.
watchword.
On Tuesday, September 27, at
the regular morning chapel service,
the activities and purposes of the
MacDoweli Club were presented for
the benefit of the new girls. Miss
Kate Smith, president of the club
for the year 1927-28, first called
upon Dean Shirley, through whose
efforts the MacDoweli Club was
founded, to say a few words con
cerning the history of the club.
The MacDoweli Club was begun
in the j-ear 1919, as an organiza
tion whose membership might in
clude all the students in the collegc,
the eleventh grade of the academy
and the faculties of both institu
tions. Named for the great Ameri
can composer, Edward MacDoweli.
the club had as its purpose the cul
tivation of appreciation not only of
music, but of the other arts as well.
In carrying out this purpose, the
executive board has provided each
year, ten entertainments consisting
of interesting and varied programs.
Plays, moving-pietures, folk-dancing
and musical programs are among
the many attractions which are of
fered each year. Entertainments
are presented on Saturday evenings
in Memorial Hall.
Miss Smith then called upon Car
oline Price, a member of the execu
tive board, to present the student’s
point of view with regard to the
club. She spoke of some of the
programs which were presented last
year, and urged that the membership
this year be made one hundred per
cent in all classes and in the fac
ulty.
Miss Smith explained that the
campaign for the sale of season
tickets, began on Tuesday morning
and lasted until Thursday morning.
The first entertainment of the
MacDoweli Club was announced for
Saturday evening, October
the picture “Senorita,” starring Bebe
Daniels, will be presented, the music
being provided by Dean Vardcll.
Gives Interesting Account of Italian Tour in
Exparided Chapel Service
Senior Mascot And
Marshalls Elected
Will Compete In State Contest To
Be Held October At Asheville
Miss Lilyan Newell was winner
of the first place in the local audi
tion of the Atwf.ter Kent National
Radio Audition, held in Memorial
Hall on Saturday evening, Septem
ber 17, under the joint auspices of
the Winston-Salem Civic Music
Commission and of Salem College.
Dean Charles G. Vardell who has
been in charge of the work presided
over the contest. The following
persons acted as judges' Mrs. W. A.
Harper of Elon College, president
of the North Carolina Federation of
Music Clubs; C. J. Velie, head of
the department of Music at Elon
College; Professor Lewis Stookey,
Supervisor of Music in the public
schools of High Point.
As winner of the first place in
the local contest, Lilyan Newell is
entitled to enter the State Contest
to be held in Asheville in October,
and a part of her expenses for the
trip will be paid by the Civic Music
Commission. Winners of the State
contests may compete in the district
contests, and winning there, will be
entitled to compete in the national
contests from which the winners will
be chosen partly by radio audiences
all over the United States. The first
prize in the national confest
gold decoration, $5,000 in cash and
two years tuition in a leading con-'
servatory of music. Additional
prizes of $2,000, $1,000, $500 and
$250 will be given for second, third,
fourth and fifth places. Winners of
district contests will receive gold
medals, and winners of state
tests silver awards.
On Tuesday afternoon, Sept 27,
one-thirty, the Senior Class held
1 important meeting at which the
following elections took place:
Senior Marshalls
Mary Miller Faulkner.
Lilyan Newell.
Margaret Vaughan.
Lucy Currie.
Lenora Riggan.
Adelaide McAnally.
Dina Wilson.
Charlotte Grimes.
Senior Mascot
Howard Grey.
Episcopal Banquet
Wednesday Evening
At the Expanded Chapel Hour on
Wednesday, September 28, Dean
Shirley told of his visit to Italy dur
ing his 15 months’ tour of Europe.
His lecture was made very interest
ing by his recounting of many per
sonal incidents.
In preparing to go to Italy, Dean
Shirley took lessons in the Italian
language from a young German who
could speak no English. In this
way he learned the pronunciation
and stored up enough of a vocabu
lary to meet his needs and to under
stand his guide when he was shown
about the cities of Italy.
Dean Shirley arrived in Vienna
ju.st before New Year’s. The first
thing that struck him was the abso
lute stillness of the city, for as
there were no traffic signs, the
church bells were the only sounds
be heard early in the morning.
The picturesqueness of Venice, Dean
Shirley said, is indescribable with
brilliant colorings, .its canals,
and- its beautiful buildings. The art
treasures in Venice, too, are very
remarkable. While he was there.
Dean went down the Grand Canal,
and by the help of his guide book
and the gondolier he found the
places of interest and the homes in
which noted persons had lived.
After leaving Venice, Dean Shir
ley went to the Italian Riviera,
Naples, and Home. He found that
the people in northern Italy were
very industrious, but when he went
farther south, he found them lazy,
but kindly, and therefore, there is
much poverty in the cities. One
noticeable thing about the people
was that they were very musical.
It was a great delight to hear them
singing as they went along the
streets.
Dean Shirley said that the Italian
women are not so beautiful as '
generally hear. The men, howev.
Local Artist Has
Done Good Work
Mr. Don Mattison Exhibits Paint
ings of Salem College Camph
have a keen sense of beauty, and
give expression to it in the clothes
that they wear. The garbs of the
priests, the operatic costumes, and
the military uniforms, are very col
orful and beautiful.
Naples, Dean said, is one of the
most picturesque cities in the world,
but along with its beauty it has
also filth and all kinds of smells.
From Naples he made the journey
up Mount Vesuvious. The party in
which he traveled went by railway
to a certain point, then took an
electric tram which ran through
beautiful gardens and rural sections.
Another change was made from the
tram to a funicula which passed
through fields of lava, and then for
inutes went up the mountain
angle of fifty degrees. When
they reached the crater they could
steam rising from the volcano
several minutes before an erup
tion c'f heavy black smoke and red
hot rocks.
In Rome Dean Shirley visited the
North American College where
American priests finish their educa
tion. The priest in charge gave him
[formation concerning the tmusic
for Hoh^ Week and Easter, and told
liim how to get an audience with
pope. When he went to the
Vatican he was met by Swiss guards
richly dressed in costumes designed
by the great artist, Michael Angelo.
Outside the room in which the pope
held his audience, guards were sta
tioned, these dressed in even more
elaborate uniforms of crimson bro
caded silk. When tlie pope en
tered, dressed in white and gold, the
people knelt, and remained kneeling
while he passed about the room,
blessed the assemblage, and went
Dean Shirley \
fortunate
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Many Girls Enjoy Hospitality Of
Young People’s Service League
On Wednesday evening, Septem
ber 28, at seven o’clock, the Epis
copal girls were delightfully enter
tained at a banquet given by the
Young People’s Service League of
St. Paul’s Church at the Parish
House. The hospitality of the
League, the delicious food, and the
entertainment consisting of songs
and an attractive program, made
the evening an especially enjoyable
Those girls attending the banquet
were: Eliza Grimes, Martho Dortch,
Anne Hairston, Lucile Hassell, Eve
lyn Horton, Dorothy Tyson, Char
lotte Grimes, Betty McCulloch, Es
ther Mitchell, Elizabeth Whitner,
Eva Hackney, Dorothy Vaughn,,
Anna Redfern, Adelaide Winston,
Elizabeth Green and Katherine Faw-
1 cett.
Of interest to all Winston-Salem
people are the painting? of a young
nrtist who is a native of thi-: city.
He is Mr. Don Mattison, a young
man at present only in his twenty-
third year, but who is fast becoin-
ing an artist of repute. The past
winter he spent in studying and
working under Savage, the outstand
ing mural decorator of the United
States. Young Mr. Mattison’s mer
it as a decorator' of murals is well-
understood when it is learned that
he has been executing a commission
under Savage consisting of the dec
oration of the mural panels of the
large Elk’s Memorial Building in
Chicago.
At the beginning of the summer
Mr. Mattison returned to Winston-
Salem to spend his vacation. He
spent his time, however, in painting
nes from Salem College Camp-
and in putting on canvas many
quaint views found in old Salem. At
present Mr. Mattison is working for
the Prix du Rome prize which is
granted by the Yale School of Fine
Arts and which enables the winner
to spend one year abroad for study
in Rome. The opportunity for try
ing for this “Prix” was opened to
Mr. Mattison when a picture he ex
hibited in New York City last win
ter won for him first honorable
mention.
Among Mr. Mattison’a piqtures
on exhibition in Winston-Salem are
several of special interest to Salem
students. One of them is the “Ban-
Joint Association
Meetsing Sept. 28
I. It. S- Officers and Heads of
Sports Elected
On Monday, September 26, tlicre
was a cuil meeting of tl'..'; Student
Self-'government Association ;n the
Campus Living-room of Alice Clew
ell Building. Katharine Riggan,
the president, announced that the
training classes for new girls would
be held every Monday evening. The
officers of L R. S. were then elect
ed for the ensuing year. Charlotte
Sells was unanimously elected presi
dent and Margaret Vaughan vice-
president. The meeting was then
turned over to Dorothy Frazier,
president of the Athletic Association,
who conducted the election to fill
the vacancies, on the Athletic Coun
cil. The following girls were elect
ed: Adelaide McAnally, secretary:
Edith Kirkland, assistant cheer lead
er; Frances McCormick, head of
tennis; Pearl Martin, head of walk-
Inspiring Chapel
Talks On Honor
Dr. Rondthaler and Miss Hall
■ess Different Phases of Col
lege Honor
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Home Economics Club
Meets Tuesday, Sept. 28
Interesting Talk and Musical Selec
tions Features of Program
On Tuesday evening, September
28, the Home Economics Club hi’’
its first meeting of the j^ear.
was decided that this club should
meet every Wednesday night at se
en-fifteen.
A very interesting program w
presented at this meeting. Mi
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Since this is Honor Week, sever
al of the Chapel services have been
devoted to emphasizing the im
portance of Salem’s honor system.
On Tlmrsday morning Dr. Rond
thaler spoke with characteristic
foreefulness of “Honor.’ He im
pressed upon his audience the ne
cessity of realizing that though a
girl may hide some act of dishonor
from a teacher, or from her asso
ciates, she can never hide it from
herself; and maintaining her self-
respect is essential in order to com
mand the respect of other persons.
He also showed to what extent serv-
and consideration for our fel-
low-students are a part of Student
Government. By evincing, in our
daily conduct, respect for the tradi
tions, the ideals, and the reputation
of Salem College. We may render
that type of ‘service’ which is the
keynote of the spirit of student
self-government.”
Miss Hall’s version of the
two specific phases of honor which
she stressed, on Friday morning,
were clearly and emphatically stat
ed. Her remarks were as follows:
To my mind, student honor ex
presses itself in two main fields.
One phase of student honor finds
expression in the social aspects of
college life—those contacts in the
dormitory, on the campus, and
those contacts in relation to people
off of the campus, who are not
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