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AFTERNOON
SWIMMING
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WINSTON-SALEM. N. C„ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1927.
Mr. Velie Lectures In !
Thursday Music Hourj
Discusses “The Development of Song,” Assisted By [
Miss Fisher. I
At Music Hour on Thursday, Oc
tober l.’i. Professor Velie, head of
the department of musie at Elon
College, lectured very interestingly
on “The Development of Song.” He
was assisted by Miss Fisher, head of
the voice department at Elon, who
sang selections illustrating the lec
ture. Mr. Velie defined a song as
a metric composition. He said that
song is probably the oldest branch
of music and was, perhaps, first con
nected with danee. Song, continued
Mr. Velie, leads up to folk music
which has risen spontaneously from
The speaker divided “The De
velopment of Song” into three pe
riods—tlie classic, the romantic and
the modern. The first of these was
the classic period. Mr. Velie in
stead of setting apart classical
nnisic as distinctly opposed to the
popular, spoke of this type of music
as that of the classical period which
covered the latter part of the eight
eenth century and the early part of
the nineteenth. During this period
the form elements of music were es-
))ecially stressed. The composers
of this school, the most noted of
whom were Haydn, Mozart and
Beethoven did not stress greatly the
extremeness of expression. Classical!
music had graceful, flowing lines. It
was pure music. The music of this
period and that of the Romantic
requires two different types of sing
ing. In illustration of classical mu
sic Miss Fisher sang “My Mother
Bids Me Bind My Hair” by Haydn.
The words of this song are charac
teristic of lyric poetry. There is a
tinge of humor throughout and the
n'lood is the flowing type charac
teristic of the Classic Period. She
sang, also, “I’ve Been' Roaming,”
by Horne and “Caro Mio Ben” by
Giordani. The last song of this
group was “Come Sweet Morning,”
an old french classic which is grace
ful, light and airy in style.
The second period, said Mr.
Velie, which was the Romantic, ex
pressed life, liberty and happines
It was the beginning of a democrac;
Art explored new fields and realms
and broke away from the beaten
path. The new characteristics which
crept into music added a strange
ness to its beauty. Each artist
“blazed his own trail.” It was a
time of fads in music and feelings
were exaggerated. A variety of
styles entered into music and art.
During this period many of the
composers retained the classic form,
but on the contrary, there were
many disjointed compositions on
.account of the lack of form. Ro
manticism has been the ruling and
prevailing influence from the nine
teenth century through the present
day. The glorification of smaller
forms was noticeable in Romanti
cism. There were many small com
positions by Chopin, Schubert, Schu
mann, Brahms, Grieg and other Ro
manticists. During this period, said
Dr. A. H. Patterson Speaks
in Chapel on “Eds and Co-eds”
Discusses New Type of Education With Its Freedom
And Opportunities
Bishop Rondthaler
50 Years at Salem
Remarlable Record of Service In
Moravian Church
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Science Laboratories
to Have “Open House”
Facult;/ and Students Invited On
Thursday, October 20
A unique occasiom in the history
of Salem College will take place on
Thursday evening, October 20, when
the Science I.abordtories iwill be
the scene of an “open house” to
which the college faculty and stud
ent body, and a few other guests
will be invited.
Between the hours of 7 and 9
the laboratories will be thrown open
for inspection, and various pieces of
apparatus will be on exhibition, as
well as some products of interesting
and instructive experiments in each
branch of science which is offered
for coul-ses of study. Students of
the Science department will dem
onstrate experiments and experi
mental technique, and the guests will
be able to form an , estimate of the
work which is being done during the
year in this department.
Following the recent announce
ment that the Salem College science
laboratory has been placed on
list of rcognized commercial testing
and college research laboratories by
the United States Bureau of Stan
dards, this event should be of great
interest to all Salem students.
The “open liouse” is being spon
sored by the members of the Science
Club, and refreshments will be sf
ed in an unusual manner, in
cordance with the nature of the
casion.
History Club Visits
Guilford Battle Ground
Members of Club Enjoy Picnic At
Scene of Famous Battle
On Monday afternoon, October
10, the members of the History
Club, accompanied by Dr. and Mrs.
Anscombe, visited the Guilford Bat
tleground, scene of one of the most
significant battles of the Amei
Revolution. Cars were furnished by
members of the club, and the pleas-
drive througrf||^ernersville. Oak
Ridge, and other*;«llages along the
way was one of the most enjoyable
features of the trip.
Great anxiety was aroused by the
delayed arrival of Cordelia Shaner
ith the supper provisions, and an
xploring party turned back in
search of the missing car. However,
Cordelia soon appeared without ac
cident, and the consternation sub
sided.
The members of the club first
walked over the famous historical
site, examining with great interest
the various monuments and memo
rials M'hieh have been placed there
in commemoration of Revolutionary
heroes. The equestrian statue
General Green with its interesting
inscriptions, the monument
bodies of Hooper and Perry, North
Carolina signers of the Declaration
of Independence, the monument
erected in memory of Natlianiel Ma
con, and the Virginia Dare well
were a few of the many marks of
heroes and events in North Carolina
history which were of special inter
est to the history students,
A visit to the museum claimed the
attention of the club for quite a
while. This building contains many
valuable relics of Revolutionary
days, and a number of old histori
cal prints, inscriptions and paint
ings of early American patriots.
Dr. Anscombe gave a graphic ac
count of the battle for which this
territory is famous, pointing out
the positions which the armies held,
the outcome of the conflict and its
tactical and strategic signifi
cance. Historical interests now gave
way to more pressing and immedi
ate ones, and the club members en
joyed a delicious picnic supper con
sisting of toasted weiners, marsh
mallows, rolls, crackers, cheese, ap
ples and cold drinks around a blaz
ing camp-fire. Appetites stimulated
by exercise in the invigorating au
tumn air were finally satisfied, the
remains of the feast were packed up.
and the club members returned to
Salem late in the afternoon.
On October 19,'1927, exactly fifty
■ears will have elapsed since Bishop
nd Mrs. Rondthaler, with tlieir
daughter and son, arrived in the old
of Salem. For fifty years they
occupied the same familiar
home on Church street; and the
Bishop has the unusual record of
having been connected with the
ongregation during this extraordi-
lary length of time. In these fifty
'ears the community has grown from
I town of six thousand people to
;ity twelve times as large. No
vithstanding innumerable rfiang
Bishop Rondthaler lives in exactly
: beautiful and sheltered
surroundings which. he entered for
the first time on October 19, 1877.
Rutherford B. Hayes was then
President of the United St!
personally ex,tend.ed. his good wishes
to the young minister who
ing from Philadelphia to North
Carolina. At this time thei
railroad between I.ynchburg and
Danville, and it was necessary in
going South to detour via Richmond.
North Carolina was slowly recover
ing from the Civil War and Recon
struction. As yet the great indus
tries of Winston-Salem were but ii
their beginnings. One pastor only
has survived this length of time in
continuous service here, namely. Dr.
H. A. Brown, of the Baptist de
nomination, who has labored for
many years in affectionate fellow
ship with the Moravian Bishop.
In the past fifty years Bishop
Rondthaler has been continuousl;
connected with Salem College, dur
ing part of the time as president,
and for many years as Chairman of
the Board of Trustees. At all times
he has taught in the instituti
has personally and lovingly known
thousands of Salem College stud-
Six times, beginning in 1879, he
has been sent abroad as a represen-
of the Church in international
Church synods. The University of
North Carolina has conferred upon
him, first, the degree D. D. and, la-
r, L. L. D.
Bishop Rondthaler has preached,
lectured, written much in these
irs; and few names are more
widely known throughout the South
and East. At the age of eighty-five
he is in vigorous health, as is his
wife, and both rejoice greatly in the
many visits of Salem College girls—
both students and alumnae. There
must be very few parallel cases
where the minister has given con
tinuous service to one congregation,
and a professor continuously teach
ing in the same college for a period
of fifty years.
The Expanded Chapel Hour on
Wednesday, October 12, was a most
interesting one, when Dr. A. H. Pat
terson, Dean of the School of Ap
plied Science of the University of
North Carolina, spoke on “Eds and
Co-eds.” He spoke of the new sci
entific education, of the greater free
dom and opportunities givei
youth, and of the hopeful outlook
for the future.
Dr. Patterson said that the world
as made many thousands of y
before people realized the need of
education. In North Carolina, edu-
n is a comparatively new thing,
it was only a generation ago
that great educational evangelists
went throughout the state, waking
the people to the need of education.
Schools, of course, were started
long ago, the speaker said, in t
ng the development of education
through the centuries. Cuneiform
:lates recently found, give evidence
here were schools in Babylon. I.at-
French Club Holds
Interesting Meeting
Mrs. Wenhold and Miss Wilson
Speak , of Paris
I.e Cercle Francais had its first
meeting of the year, on Wednesday
afternoon, October 12, at 5 o’clock.
Due to their scholarship. Cam
Boren, Margaret Schwarze and Dor
is Shirley were elected as active
members of the Club. The seere
ready a very gracious letter from
President Rondthaler thanking the
Club for its donation to the Living
Endowment fund.
There being no other business, Le-
titia Currie, president of the club,
introduced the speakers of the aft
ernoon. Miss Evelyn Wilson gave
a most interesting talk on Paris,
mentioning her general impressions
and views of the city. She spoke
detail of the life in the Latin Qui
ter, of the customs and the cafe life
in the district of Mont Martre; the
gaiety and the life of leisure
seen in the Bois de Boulogne; the
magnificent art galleries, and the
various plays and operas that she
attended.
Mrs. Wenhold spoke of P
from a historical point of view,
viewed the important role played by
Sainte Genevieve in the history of
Paris and mentioned places frequent
ed by the famous poet, Francois
Villon. She then spoke of Rouen
and .Teanne d’Arc’s connection with
liistory, and the city as the birth
place of Corneille and other famous
literary men.
Both of the talks were so very in
teresting that it made all long for
a similar opportunity to visit France.
After the singing of some French
songs, the meeting was adjourned.
there was the great University of
Alexandria, then the universities of
Europe, and still later, those of
;rica. These, however, gave a
sided, incomplete education,
and made no provision for women,
though women had shown, in many
lys their mental ability.
The new type of education, the
kind we have in our schools now, is
scientific, which means a study of
facts, by getting all the facts, study
ing them, relating them, forming a
theory and testing the theory by
experiment. We cannot depend on
non sense, for things often do
work out as we expect them to.
In the science laboratories in our
schools the students learn the prin-
iple of appeal to experiment.
The question in education today.
Dr. Patterson stated, is what kind
of education to give girls. The
leaders have come to think that they
should have the same as boys, fir
is been found that in mental
ability they are not different. As a
■esult of this view we now have girls’
•olleges, co-educational institutions
and co-ordinate 'educational insti
tutions.
Dr. Patterson thinks that the
ounger generation of todaj' has
privileges never before given to
young people. He said that the
present college students have a tre
mendous thirst for knowledge and
tremendous courage in breaking
down old barriers, old manners and
customs to see what lies underneath
them; and that because of their
complete education they have
very great opportunities in the fu
ture. In closing his talk, the speak-
said that the older generation
looks out almost enviously upon the
younger generation with its greater
freedom and opportunities, and
trusts to it the solving of the fu
ture’s intricate problems.
Dr. Patterson has spoken fre
quently at Salem, and he is always
w^elcome guest because of his in--
teresting messages.
Science Club Holds
First Regular Meeting
Mr. Campbell Lectures on “Micro
scopic ISlood Pictures”
Announcement
Payment of the annual budget for
both on- and off-campus students is
due on Monday, October ' 24.. The
budget includes all association dues
for the year. The amoU'ftt for the
on-campus students is $6.50, and
for the off-campus students, $5.,50.
BETAS ENTERTAINED
AT LYBROOK ESTATE
On Monday afternoon, Octobei
10, the members of the Beta Beta
Phi sorority were delightfully
tertained by Miss Mary Martha I.y-
brook at her home, the Lybrook es
tate. The two nev/ members of the
sorority, Virginia Martin and Ade
laide Webb, were the guests of
Miss Lybrook served tempting
lefreshments in two courses. Those
who were present were; Martha
Dortch, Katherine Egerton, Mary
.Johnson, Cam Boren, Virginia Coop
er, Belle Graves and Anna Pauline
Shaffner.
The first regular meeting of the
Societas Scientiarum Salemensis was
held in the Science lecture room, on
Friday evening at 7:30. with Mr.
Campbell as speaker.
Mr. Campbell took as his subject,
the study of “Microscopic Blood
Pictures.” By way of introduction.
:ference was made to the case de-
iribed in a newspaper recently,
where blood tests were being made
endeavor to prove that a cer
tain infant was the child of certain
parents. As yet, there is no positive
ly to determine its identity.
There, are four so-called “blood-
groups,” and every individual be
longs to one of these groups. If the
blood test of the infant shows any
other group than that occurring in
the blood of the alleged parents, it
is not the child of those parents.
However, if it belongs to the same
blood-group, it may belong to those
parents or to any of thousands of
others.
In a very interesting manner, the
preparation of the slide for micro
scopic study was explained, begin
ning with tlie procuring of the drop
of blood by puncturing the skin
with a specially designed needle, to
the staining of the blood on the
slide with Wright’s stain, which
makes all parts clearly visible under
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