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OCTOBER 24
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1927.
Mr. and Mrs. Greer
Present Program
MacDowell Club
Presents Picture
Mr. Greer Sings Old Ballads And
Folk Songs While Mrs. Greer
Accompanies Him on Dulcimer
Tile guests introduced by Dr.
Rondthaler in Chapel on Wednes
day morning were Professor and
Mrs. Greer, from the Appalachian
Training School of Boone, North
Carolina. A blinding snow storm,
so they say, blew them down from
the heights to Salem, where they
arrived just in time to provide the
pre-arranged hour of entertainment
for the College and Academy stud
ents and faculty.
Professor Greer explained briefly
that the universal appeal of folk
lore lies in the fact that it is the
language of the people and is there
fore easily understood. The three
well-known fields of folk lore which
he mentioned were Superstition-
which needs no comment, ballads—
“stories set to music,” and folk
songs—which usually contain
dy.
It was through Dr. Smith, of the
University of North Carolina, that
Professor Greer first became inter
ested in the study of folk lore. Dr.
Smith, according to-Professor Greer,
loves and appreciates the worth of
ballads and old songs to such an
extent that upon learning of the
Professor’s ability to sing them, he
insisted upon having him render a
number of his favorites. Later.
Popular Novel Enjoj/t'd By
Large Audience
Edwin Markham Speaks
At Reynolds High School
of Peter B. Kyne’s Discusses Mission of Poet; Gives
On Saturday night, October 1.5,
the MacDowell Club presented its
second picture of the year, a Metro-
Goldwyn production of Peter B.
Kvne’s popular novel, “The Un
derstanding Heart.” The setting,
plot and acting were of the best
type, with just enough humor
prevent some of the situations from
becoming melodramatic.
The scene of the action
West, in the beautiful Yosemite
Valley. The heroes, for there
two, are members of the United
States Forest Rangers and several
scenes show these guardians of the
forest in action against the forest’;
greatest enemy—fire. The heroine,
a part skilfully played by Carmel
Myers, is also a P'orest Ranger.
She lives alone in a cabin on a high
point in the valley where it
duty to keep a lookout for forest
The story concerns itself with the
love of Bob Mason, a Ranger, for
Monica Dale, the feminie Ranger.
Complications begin when Bob, in
self-defense, kills a young fellow
who has been attentive to the wife
of Monica’s brother while the broth
er was away on the range. Due
Monica’s sister-in-law hiding t
slain man’s gun, the law "
lembering Dr. Smith s ardent belief | him deliberately. He i
in the future literary value of those
thirteenth century songs, he decided
to try to master more thoroughly
the ones with which he had been
familiar since childhood. Then he
and Mrs. Greer made a collection
of songs with no intentions of using
them for professional entertainment,
which they took great pleasure in
setting to music—music played on
the dulcimer, the original instru
ment for accompanying the oldest
ballads and folk songs.
On Wednesday morning Mrs.
Greer had with her an obviously
ancient, but sweet-toned dulcimer,
which she picked with a gander quill
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Readings of His Poems
Dean Shirley Describes
Beethoven Centennial
Tells of Experiences in Many European Cities
jail but makes good his escape.
A young Ranger, Tony Caldwell,
has become much in love with Mon
ica. A forest fire breaks out which
hems on Monica’s lookout, Mon
ica, Tony, the sister-in-law and
Bob, who in his dash for freedom
has hurt his arm and Monica had
been taking care of him. Things
become very exciting as the fire has
them almost surrounded so the sis-
-in-law suddenly confesses, clear-
5 Bob of the crime. A plane sud
denly appears and drops parachutes
the marooned party. The sister-
law is dropped to safety. Then
b, with the understanding heart
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Fine Arts Foundation
Secures Noted Speakers
William Beebe, Lorado Taft, L
Trank Gaines, Dr. Wilfred Gren
fell to Address High School
. Prior to the splendid lecture of
Edwin Markham, announcement was
made of the four speakers who have
been secured through the Winston-
Salem Fine Arts Foundation to ad
dress the High School students and
the general public during the com
ing year. These speakers are Wil
liam Beebe, Naturalist, Lorado
Taft, Sculptor, Dr. Frank Gaines,
President of Wake forest; Dr. Wil
fred T. Grenfell, world famous
medical missionary.
William Beebe, the famous nat
uralist and author will be here No
vember 14. Mr. Beebe’s subject
will be “Beneath Tropic Seas,” ar
account of the marvels of life in
the depth of the ocean. The lec
ture will be illustrated by motion
pictures. Lorado Taft will be here
January 9th. Dr. Franklin Gai
•recently elected president of Wake
Forest College, will speak Feb. 13.
;Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell, the heroic
medical missionary, has been chosen
,as the speaker for March 27. Dr.
Grenfell is famous throughout the
world for his outstanding mission
ary work in Labrador, and his
books about the work in Labrador,
and the people who live there.
Science Lab Holds
“Open House”
Remarkable Exhibits From Each
Science Shown
Markham, veteran poet
and lecturer, spoke to a large audi
ence at the Reynolds Memorial
Auditorium Monday morning, Octo
ber 18, at 10:30 o’clock. Mr. Mark
ham is one of several distinguished
;n who will be brought to the city
is year by the Fine Arts Founda-
>n, created by Henry R. Dwire.
The poet was introduced by Dr.
Rondthaler.
Mr. Markham commenced his lec
ture with various definitions of the
poet and his mission. He then re
ferred to the great poet and literary
critic, Poe, refuting the charges
against the character of the South’"
greatest poet and dwelt at length or
Poe’s conception of poetry summed
up in these words, “The origin of
poetry lies in the thirst for a wider
beauty than the earth suppli
But Mr. Markham’s favorite words
are those of Shakespeare;
“The poet’s eye in a fine frenzy
Doth glance from heaven to earth,
from earth to heaven;
And as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the
poet’s pen
Turns them to shapes, and gives
airy nothing
A local habitation and a name.”
Mr. Markham then commenced
the reading of several of his poems.
He began with Child of My Heart,
tribute to his son at the age of
four, “Three Green Egg "
“Poet Love,” all from the volume
‘Shoes of Happiness.” “Poet Love,
containing the splendid line: “Hears
the far foot-falls of the dead.” was
;specially fine. From his book
‘Gates of Paradise,” he selected for
reading, “A Moment Immortal,” the
very inferior poem. “A Judg
ment Hour, “the clever “The
Needless Solar System,” and then a
few stanzas from his poem on Poe,
entitled “Our Israfel.” In conelus-
he read several of his well-
known quotations. The best of
these was “Outwitted” :
He drew a circle that shut me out.
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win—
We drew a circle that took him in.”
This concluded the planned pro-
At Music Hour on Thursday, Oc
tober 20, Dean H. A. Shirley lec
tured on “Glimpses of the Beeth
oven Centennial in Europe.”
Dean Shirley began by relating
his visit to Boon, Germany, the
birthplace of Beethoven. Cologne,
however, was the first point in Ger-
ly which the dean visited. He
t there directly from Paris and
/ed for a day or two. While
there, he visited the oldest house
n the town which has stood for over
1 thousand years. On going through
the oldest parts of the town he no
ticed the very narrow streets. There
is a great contrast between the
crowded business sections and the
boulevards which are called “rings”
in Germany. The “rings” circle the
city and are planted in beautiful
trees. A “skyscraper”—of se
teen stories—-was pointed out
the dean. He was very interested
in visiting, also, the immense
thedral at Cologne which dominates
the city.
Boon is about twenty miles from
Cologne. The dean took the steam
er, Lohengrin, but the trip up the
river was very uninteresting,
reached Boon in two and a half
hours. It is a town of ninety-five
thousand inliabitants and ia well
known as a university town. It has
an elaborate system of parks. Dean
Shirley noticed, especially, the busy
streets and the lordly-looking police
men who walked them.
The Beethoven House opens
o’clock every morning. Soon
after that hour on the morning after
?ed Dean Shirley visited the
house which is on a narrow street
n an humble part of the city. On
mtering, he went through the
trance hall, into the back of the
house and into the garden. The
garden is beautiful with its t
and grass. From there may
seen the windows to the small
chamber where the great composer
born. The family was so poor
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On Thursday evening, October
20, from 7 to 9:30 o’clock, the Sci-
:;e laboratories were thrown open
a large number of invited guests,
including the faculties and students
of both academy and |college,
well as many town guests.
Each laboratory contained re-
larkably detailed exhibits of appa-
itus and material for experimental
work, which were so arranged that
-jybody, however limited might be
the knowledge of science, might un
derstand at least in a general way,
the processes which are carried on
he various scientific courses dur-
the year. Every article of ap
paratus was distinctly labeled as to
name and use, and science students
showed the visitors around.
In the Biology laboratory, the ex
hibit consisted of specially prepared
slides, of various materials viewed
through microscopes, of animal and
plant specimens which are used for
drawing in the clasSes and of many
other equally interesting features.
In the Chemistry laboratory, the
exhibit was composed of experi
mental apparatus from every branch
of this science, and of products of
experimentation. Several important
experiments were demonstrated.
The guests were served with
punch, in glass beakers, and cakes
in evaporating dishes, so that the
scientific idea was evident through-
Junior Class Gives
Faculty Take-Off
Faculty Members Ainu
Impersonated.
that they lived in three small rooms,
three stories up, in the back of the
house. On the top story is the
chamber where Ludwig was born, a
small that, now, it contains
only the bust of Beethoven and a
few laurel wreaths. The remainder
of the house has been made into a
iseum. The dean said that it is
: most complete museum that he
5 ever seen. He saw the four
•-trumpets which Beethoven used
when he began to grow deaf. He
realized, on seeing these primitive-
looking ear-trumpets, what a life of
torture the composer must have led.
', also, the spinet on which
the little boy used to practice and
the grand piano which was made
with four strings, instead of three,
to each note, in order that the
composer might hear it. There were
many pictures, portraits, silhouettes
and caricatures of Beethoven. The
dean noticed especially the contrast
between the life mask taken of the
composer at the age of forty-two
and the death mask taken immedi
ately after his death at fifty-seven.
The way in which Beethoven had
wasted away at the last was very
The museum contains
many manuscripts, including the
iginal of the “Moonlight Sonata,”
and letters that Beethoven wrote.
contains, also, the bust of Thayer,
the American, who has written the
best biography of Beethoven ever
published.
Dean Shirley saw a monument of
Beethoven in Boon which Franz
Liszt helped to pay for by giving
concerts. He saw a new statue of
Beethoven in Paris and a most orig
inal and unusual one in Leipsig.
By way of celebration of the
Beethoven Centennial in Europe the
large orchestra in Vienna, Leipsig,
Rome and other cities rendered all
of his symphonies. The string
ed quartets in Europe rendered all
Anna Pauline Shaffner
Speaks at Y. W. Service
lives Interesting Account of Sun
days Spent in Europe
reguL
On Wednesday evening, October
19, the annual faculty Take-off was
given in the recreation room, under
the auspices of the junior class. The
“Take-off” was given in the form
of a morning chapel service which
was apparently devoted solely to the
making of announcements by mem
bers of the faculty, cleverly and
_'y impersonated by the
students.
Elizabeth Dowling, as Dr. Rond
thaler, presided. Miss Stipe and
Miss Hall, who were presented by
Charlotte Sells and Marion Bloor
ipectively, accompanying him on
the platform while Dean Shirley,
alias Mary Brewer, officiated at the
The announcements were brief
but entirely characteristic, and called
forth much appreciative amusement.
They were made by Mr. Higgins,
Miss Kate Smith, Miss Blair and
Miss Desha who were impersonated
by Rose Frazier, Isabel Dunn, Leila
Burroughs and I.ilyan Newell. The
remainder of the faculty made
the chapel audience.
This annual burlesque is always
enjoyed by the real faculty a
as by the students.
On Sunday evening, the
Y. W. C. A. vesper servi.
held in the Campus Living Room of
Alice Clewell Building. The meet
ing was begun by the singing of
several devotional hymns. Letitia
Currie then read the familiar four
teenth chapter of John. After the
reading of the Scripture
short prayer by Sarah Turlington.
Lilyan Newell, Susan Luckenbach,
and Sara Bell sang a lovely old
The speaker of the evening v
iss Anna Pauline Shaffner,
graduate of the class of twenty-
During the past summer
Miss Shaffner traveled abroad, and
the Y. W. C. A. was happy to hear
her account of her trip. Her sub
ject was the manner in which hei
party spent the Sundays
abroad. One of the most interest
ing Sundays was the one spent
visiting Windsor Castle, Runny-
mede. Stoke Pogis and the
rounding graveyard which is
setting of Gray’s “Elegy in a Coun
try Church Yard. She also spoke
at length of the Sunday spent
Rome and of the services in Saint
Peter’s Cathedral. At the conclus
ion of her interesting talk
St ressed the fact that all me
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Pierrette Players Hold
Bi-Monthly Meeting
Present “The Gazing Globe”
The Pierrette Players held their
bi-monthly meeting Thursday eve
ning at 6:30 o’clock in the living
of the Alice Clewell Building.
After the President’s greeting to all
members, the committee on en
tertainment gave a very instructive
as well as enjoyable program. Mar
garet Hauser’s report “How to get
Into Your Part,” was particularly
helpful. Following this Lilyan New
ell, Fritz Firey and Athena Cam-
pourakis interpreted very cleverly
the one-act play “The Gazing
Globe,” by Eugene Pilot. The char
acters were: Ghana, Fritz Firey;
Nijo, Athena Campourakis; vama,
Lilyan Newell.
THIRTEEN STATES
REPRESENTED AT
SALEM
Miss Blair has estimated that the
states are more widely represented
at Salem this year than in any year
since she has been Registrar. Girls
come from sixteen states and the
West Indies.
These are: North Carolina, Vir
ginia, Tennessee, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Idaho,
Texas, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Wisconsin, West Virginia, Connec
ticut, Oklahoma, Ohio, West Indies.