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Junior-Freshman Wedding ^ston-Sa^ Monday, November 14th WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1927 Mrs. Hodapp and College Quartet at Chapel Service Mr. John Fmley Williamson, Also Guest, Speaks Woi'ds of Gf'eeting The student body and guests who attended the Expanded Cliapel Hou: on Wednesday were fortunate ii hearing Mrs. LoRean Hodapp of the Dayton Westminster Choir, and tlie Salem College String Quartet. Tlie String Quartet is composed of Miss Hazel Horton Reade, first violin, Miss T-aura Howell, second violin; Miss Emily Sargent, viola; and Miss Edith Hahn, cello. Miss Reade and Miss Howell are mem bers of the faculty of the School of Music, while Miss Sargent and Miss Hahn are students in music. Miss Reade explained that a string quartet corresponds in some respects to a vocal quartet; the first violin comparing with the soprano, the second violin with the alto, the viola with the tenor, and the cello with the bass. The quartet played two beautiful selections, “Minuet,” and “Presto,” both of them by Haydn, the first composer for the string quartet. Miss Reade, accompanied by Miss Elizabeth Silferd at the piano, de- liglited her audience with several solos, fler first numbers were a group of descriptive compositions by Burleigh, a great violinist and com poser who wrote almost exclusively for the violin and piano. This was a group of Indian pieces, made up of “At Sunset,” “The Wigwam,” and “To the Warriors.” The next Fresccbaldi, a sixteenth century composcr, some of whose produc tions have a modern tone. Her last selection was “Perpetual Motion,” by Bridges, an English composer. The audience was enthusiastic in its applause of Mrs. Hodapp, who sang three charming songs, “The I.ittle Derhoiselle,” “The P'airy Pi- per.s,” and “The Cunning Little Thing.” Slie was accompanied by Miss Ingalls who is also with the Westminster Choir. Mrs. Hodapp was a member of the voice faculty in the Civic Summer School of Music which was held at Salem during the summer, and it was a very real deliglit to have her at chapel. l)r. Rondtlialcr introduced Mr. John Einley Williamson, director of both the Westminster Choir and the Summer School of Music. Mr. Wil liamson said that he gets a great in spiration in coming to Salem, and spoke of the thrill that comes from the past and from carrying on the high ideals of the past. The audience showed its thorough appreciation of the whole program which was very enjoyable and one of the most entertaining of the fall. MacDowell Club Gives College Comedy ‘The Campus Flirt” Presented, Starring Bebe Daniels. The picture given by the Mac Dowell Club on Saturday night, November 5, was “The Campus Flirt,” starring Bebe Daniels and James Hall. The scene of the pic ture is an American College, and the action centers around the hei-o- ine, a part skillfully played by Bebe Daniels. The s‘tory concerns itself with Patricia Mansfield a pampered and petted society girl who is required by her father to attend college. Pa tricia’s mother, as well as Patricia herself, is very opposed to the idea, but nevertlieless the young girl finds herself on the train headed toward school. On this train she meets Dennis Adams, the college athletic coach. She behaves in a very su perior manner both to him and the students who try to help her. She is much of a snob throughout the first part of the year. In a peculiar ler the fact that Patricia is a swift runner is discovered, and iiis asks her to join the track Home Economics Club Hears Mr. Campbell Instructive Talk on Electrical Appliances Wednesday evening, October 9, the Home Economies Club held its regular meeting in tlie Alice Clew- ell living room. Mary Duncan McAnally introduced the speaker of the meeting, Mr. Roy Campbell of the Science Department. Mr. Campbell gave a most ii esting talk on “Appliances in Modern Home.” He illustrated his talk by slides, showing the mechan ism of appliances tliat are found in the modern home. One of the most interesting slides illustrated the vibration ojf the voice, rather than the voice itself, which is carried over the telephone line. He showed slides of the electric light, gas and electric refrigerator, range, electric fan, vacuum sweeper and steam and air-heating system. The Home Economics Club, upon adjourning, voted that they had ac quired valuable as well as interest ing information from this talk. '‘Le Cercle Francais” Holds Regular Meeting French Provinces Discussed bt/ Sophomore Members Le Cerele Francais held its regu- ular monthly meeting on Wednes day, November 12, in the living- room of Alice Clewell Building. Each member responded to the roll call with the name of a city in France, giving some reasons for its importance. Mile. Stockton spoke of the history of Touraine, describ ing very vividly some of chateaux of the provence. Mile. Willingham told some very interesting incidents which had taken place in the Cha teau de Blois. It was in this cha teau that Catherine de Medici con cealed her poisons and it was here that the Due de Guisi was assassi nated. Mile. Cummings gave a de tailed description of Alsace, the province where the Marsellaise was sung for the first time. Mile. Hol ton told of the customs of Norman die and related several legends in a very delightful manner. Mile. Phillips pictured very vividly the customs of Brittany, the land of Sir Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Mile. Vest recalled the .traditions of old Provence and the ))oet Mistral, w'ho has become (Continued on Page Three) Finger Print Expert , Addresses Science Club Sergeant Brown of Local Police De partment, Gives Instructive Talk Sergeant D. C. Brown, Supervisor of Identification of the local police department, addressed the Science Club on Friday evening, November on the subject of finger prints. In tlie course of his talk. Sergeant •own traced the development of the science of finger-printing, and showed how it has become the only means of positive identification, ses of local interest were cited which finger-printing has been the means of bringing criminals to justice. Special slides were shown illustrating the classification of fin ger prints into whorls, loops (radi cal and ulner) arches and rings, and each class was explained. The Btrtillion system of measur ing bones in the body as a means of identification has been replaced by the finger-print system, because the latter is positive and more simple, ■hereas the bone-measurements were often inaccurate. Finger-printing is not only an im- irtant factor in the identification of criminals, but it is being used in many other ways. If the finger print of an infant is taken at birth, tliere will be no doubt in later life as to who that child really is. I' ger prints over check signatures, as signatures in themselves are many cases more valuable than sig natures in handwriting. In other fields also, this science promises to be valuable, in banking, real estate and elsewhere. Finger prints of those present the meeting were taken as a prac tical illustration of how the work done, each person being allowed keep her print as a memento of the occasion. Freshmen Defeat Seniors In Preliminary Game Miss Atkinson, and Captains of Teams Speak in Chapel. The first of the basket-ball games preliminary to the final games which will be played on Thanksgiving day, was played on Tuesday afternoon, November 8, between the senior and freshman teams. Due to rain, the game had to be played in tlie hut. Both teams were in fine shape, and exhibited a remarkable system of team-work. Played according to lew rules ,adopted this year, the game was one of the most exciting of its kind. The teams were very well matched, and the score which s close during the game, stood, the end, 3i to 31 in favor of the freshmen. The second preliminary game was played betw'cen the juniors and the >phomores on Thursday afternoon, November 10, resulting in a score of 21 to 13 in favor of the sopho- nores. The final contest of the pre liminary series will be played be- ;ween the sophomores and the fresh- On Tuesday morning, a part of the chapel service was given into the liands of the Athletic Associa- Anne Hairston announced the training rules which were to go into effect immediately for members of the teams. I’ollowing this an nouncement, Miss Atkinson, Head of the Physical Education Depart ment, was called upon to speak. Her talk was directed primarily toward those girls who have been coming- out for basket-ball practice. In speaking of the final games she stressed the need for clean-playing, for perfect team-work and for true sportsmanship. In addition, she brought out the necessity for find ing jo}' in playing, and for enter ing- whole-heartedly into the spirit of the game. In conclusion. Miss Atkinson, very appropriately ap plied to basket-ball playing, the three rules for oratory, cited by De mosthenes : namely, Action ! Action ! Action! Charlotte Sells, captain of the senior team, and Edith Kirkland, captain of the fre.shman team, made brief but very impressive speeches, supporting their respective teams, and supplementary speeches w'ere made by Letitia Currie and Joseph ine Meany. All urged co-operation in the teams, and support from the student body. Mr. Kutschinski Lectures In Thursday Music Hour Instructive Talk on Orchestration and Orchestral Inst7'uments On Thursday, November 10, at Music Hour Mr. Ki.it.schinski, direc tor of instrumental music in the public scliools, delivered a most in teresting and instructive lecture or “Orchestral Music.” The Winston- Salem High School orchestra played several numbers illustrating Mr. Kutschinski’s lecture. The speaker first defined the .word “orchestra.” He said that in the time of the ancient Greeks it meant the space between the audi ence and the performers where, sometimes, dancers performed and were accompanied by a few instru ments. Today the word means a group of players. The modern symphony orchestra consists of about eighty or a hundred players, each of whom plays a different in strument. According to Mr. Kuts chinski, the instruments may be di vided into four groups, the stringed the w'ood-wind, the brass and the percussion. In the stringed choir is classed the violin which is capable of pressing all human emotions. The viola, also of this group, does not have as many possibilities as the violin. It is of a melancholy nature and is deep in tone. The viola plays the alto or the tenor in the orches tra but in the stringed quartet it plays the tenor. This first group contains, also, the cello which is very much the shape of the violin. It is an octave lower than the viola and plays the bass in the quartet. The double bass is an even larger and deeper instrument than the cello and its shape is very similar to that of the old viola. The harp is used, also, very much in the stringed choir today. After the Delta Sigma Delta Honors Members Banquet Held in Robert E. Lee Hotel On Saturday evening, November .5, the Delta Sigma Delta Sorority delightfully entertained tlieir new members at a seven-course dinner in the private dining room of the Rob ert E. Lee Hotel. A color scheme emphasizing the .Sorority colors, purple and white, was carried out by tlie use of place cards and favors. The table was lovely with its cen tral decoration of lavender and white chrysanthemums, and with lighted lavender candles in crystal candle-sticks. The new members of the Sorority were presented with corsages of white rosebuds and lavender azure- tied with lavender ribbon, while the old members were given bouton- ;s of a single rosebud and a spray of azuretum. Each guest found at her place a gift of handsome stationery, em bossed with the name and the seal of the Sorority. The new members, Esther Mitch ell, of Kinston; and Elizabeth Stew- ■art, of Wilmington, were g beautiful rings of amethyst and gold, engraved witli the Greek let ters Delta Sigma. Aside from the honorees those present were: Edna Lindsay, Win ston-Salem; Mary Miller Faulkner, Goldsboro; Mrs. J. C. Perry, Lorene Short, Rebecca Short, and Blanche Burnette, Rocky Mount; Elizabeth Transou, Greensboro; Helen Mitch ell and Mary Oettinger, Kinston; Anne Turner, Goldsboro. above explanation by Mr. Kutsehin- ski, the Salem College stringed quar tet played a very beautiful number as an illustration. The art of orchestral music, said Mr. Kutschinski, is based on the quartet idea. Each group forms a quartet consisting of soprano, alto, tenor and bass. The symphony or chestra is based on stringed music. The stringed choir is its background. Many instruments that are used in the symphony orchestra today were formerly unheard tof. The com poser of orchestral music, works in colors in the some way that the artist paints. He blends the differ ent instruments in a skillful way in order to give color to the composi- The woodwind family of instru ments which is next to be consid ered is the color section of the or- . chestra. The flute, of this family, has been perfects] until the execu tion may be rapid, the tone is sure and the quality is of an indescrib able sweetness. There is, also, a small flute and a piccolo, the lower tones of which are weak and the higher ones shrill. The pieeolo is a very useful instrument. Military effects and shrieking effects are very successfully obtained with it. To the double reed group of instru ments, which is included in the woodwind choir, belongs the oboe which is rather nasal in sound and resembles shepherd’s pipes. The English horn is pitched one-fifth lower than the oboe and is rather melancholy in tone. The bassoon is sometimes called the clown of the orchestra. It is capable, how- , of serious effects. The higher tones are wierd and grotesque and the lower are sombre. Last in the •oodwind family come the clarinet which has many possibilities and the bass clarinet which is pitched an ve lower. By way of illustra- of the woodwind instruments the woodwind sextette of the High School Orchestra - rendered two short numbers. The next group of instruments which the speaker explained is the brass choir which consists of the trumpet, bold and martial in tone, the French horn, the trombone, ■h plays the tenor and bass in the brass quartet, and the double- bass instrument called a sousaphone today. This sousaphone, or bass (Continued on Page Three) Practice House Family Entertains Faculties .Ittractive Reception Held on Fri day November Fourth. The Practice House Family was “At Home” to members of the col lege and academy faculties on Fri day, November 4, from 3:45 until 5:30, on the third floor of Main Hall. The Practice House rooms, where the reception was held, were most attractive in decorations of yellow and white chrysanthemums and yellow candles. Tea, sandwiches, doughnuts, salted almonds and mints were served to all those who availed themselves of tliis opportunity to become acquainted with the Practice House family. The “Family” consists of five B. S., Home Economics majors, who are under the direction of Miss Bes sie Leftwich, head of the Home Eco nomics department. The members are: Mary Duncan McAnally, Mar tha Dortcli, Katherine Egerton, Marian Neely and Ruth Helmieh.
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