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IVY AND TREE PLANTING UBRARY ^ i^dnesday Morning, Jan. 25th Dr. Rondthaler Attends Conferences Participates in Educational and }'. M. C. A. Conventions in N'nc' York and Atlantic City Seniors Conduct Y. W.C. A. Vespers Dr. Rondthaler returned on Sun day morning, January 15, from X York and Atlantic City. In New York last Tue.sday—as a member of both the commission and the utive committee—he attended a .ses sion of the Personnel Commission of the International Y. M. C. A., Xorth American Division. The .session included a the marked progress which has been made during 1927—through the .. operation of a large number of col leges and universitic.s—in the standard of Y. M. C. A taryship to a professional ua.si.'s. There was further summary of tlic work done by the Personnel Com mission in directing the pursuit of collateral courses, and in studying the adaptability of men to special fields of Y. M. C. A. secretarial work. From there Dr. Rondthaler went to Atlantic City to represent Salem College at tlie annual meeting of the American College Association The subjects considered included: Present movements in college cur ricula ; studies in entrance require ments and in standardization; the place which research work should occupy in the life of the college pro fessor; the proper charges for col lege tuition in standard types; and the definition of an official American College. The committee intends that the next meeting of the association, in 1!)29, sliall be held in a Southern city, rather than in Chicago or New York, as has formerly been the cus- WINSTON-SAI.EM. N. C„ SATURDAY. .JANUARY 21, 1928. Thought-Inspiring Talks Given By Margaret Parker and Sarah Dowling. “Les Miserables” to Be Presented Jan. 11th French Club Sponsors Noted Pr duction of Victor Hugo's Novel On Saturday ev'ening, Febru.ai , 11, a very interesting motion-pic- ture production will be presented Memorial Hall, under the auspie of the French Club. The picture is Lcs Miserablcs.” the story of wliich was taken from tlie well-known el by Victor Hugo, It is a Euro pean production .and the pictures were taken in France at the actual locality of the original story. Henry Kraus, one of the most famous Eu ropean actors, takes the role of .lean Valjean; he is the greatest e.xponent of this role in Victor Hugo’s book. - “Les Miserables” is one of the classics with which everybody should be familiar. The story itself is of absorbing interest, and its dramatic elements when placed in the hands of a talented cast should make extremely attractive production, is urged th.at all Salem students tend this performance which the French Club has procured at soim trouble and expense. The music ac companying the picture will be giv en bv Elizjibptli Duke Students And The Honor System Durham, N. C., Jan. I t (CP)— I or the first time since the adoption of Student Self Government at Duke University, the faculty and students have begun to question the Honor System as being a workable plan to eliminate cheating on examinations. For weeks the matter has been diseus.'ied, and in a special mass meeting of students held in chapel today the matter was thoroughly discussed. It seems to be the gen eral opinion here that the Honor System is failing. Dr. N. I. White (Continued on Page Four) The regular Y. W. C. A. Vesper rvice was held on Sunday ev'ening, January 1"). in the Campus Living- Room of the Alice Clcwell Building. At this time the senior class had charge of the services. Sara Bell played Sea Chanty," by Percy Granger as a prelude. Elizabeth and Sarah Turlington con- the devotional exercises which centered around the Parable of the Talents. ■Margaret Parker gave spiring and thought-provoking talk >n “Bringing God to College with I'ou.” The necessity of God in the ife of every College student is be- ,’ond question, but does He really hold a place in the heart of ever}' girl on the campus.Of course God rywhere, but every individual always with God. Many ,'oung people east Him aside as they would an old garment when they go College. They allow college ac- 'itics to crowd Him out of their hearts ami thoughts. Some students think of God .and ask His guidance ily in times of some great crisis, or stress; they forget the daily love id care which He lavishes on them. Most girls profess to be Christians it as such do not bear witness for im in their deeds and life at school. iy your deeds the world shall know you” holds true on the college eampus. True religion is religion that is lived every day whether at home, or at college. Students often their lessons and other college ities as excuses for their neg- i)f God, but surely there is time in the busiest of days for each student to renew her ties with God thus to live closer to Him. .^.-ah Dowling spoke on “Tlie Little Things in Life.” She empha sized the fact that it is the little things that are important in life, and that the greater things are but >tal of the smaller, and insignificant things. Pierrette Players Hold Monthly Meeting cntation of ‘^Brothers Is Enjoy ed Bif Members Dr. Moore Speaks on Orthopaedic Surgery cience Club Hears Instructiv The Pierrette Players held their regular meeting on Thursday ning at .seven o’clock in the living Kn of Alice Clewell Building. Aft- the roll was called and the min is of the last meeting were read, —! President, Susan Luekenbach, welcomed Miss Evelyn Wilson as a ' -w faculty member of the club. The ])rogram for the evening was then presented. Athena Campourak- reported on “Drama in America,” ving a survey of American drama in the past, and also some interest ing facts concerning outstanding Arnerican playwrights and actors. Brothers,” a sardonic comedy bv Lewis Beach, was presented under the direction of Lillyan Newell. The ■ of this pLay is laid in a small of a shanty, reeking of poverty, where two brothers, Seth and Lon. both poorly clothed, are quarreling which one will receive the shan- ..s an inheritance in the will of their father, dying in the next room. In the course of the quarrel they begin to tight, and, while they are struggling, they hear the voice of :heir father, who, with his last breath, is calling for Seth. They snatch the safety box key from the neck of their dead father, and, tak ing the will from the box, the^ pro- L^eed to read it. To their disap pointment they find that their father has bequeathed all to their mother, '■'hom he has hardly seen for twentv ..ears. Pinraged they determine to destroy the shanty so that the moth- lay not own it., ■vn l they go ying a can of kerosene with which to start the blaze. I’dith Kirkland synipatheticall. , irtrayed the part of I>on and Mar garet Parker showed unusual ability lier characterization of Seth. At tlie conclusion of this |)rog: meeting was adjourned. Dr* Rondthaler Speaks to Students at Chapel Hour Discusses Interesting Questions of Modern Education; Gives Views on Modern College Questions . Rondthaler discussed ques- of modern education at Y. P. M. on Wednesday, January 18. He said that it is easy for students to become so engrossed in their own affairs that they lose sight of the fact that they are members of a great international group engaged in the same pursuit. The first question which Dr. Rond thaler discussed was what the true goal of woman’s education is and ".'hat the curricula for groups of 'Omen should be. Only a few gen- rations ago educators decided that 'omen should have the same cur- -icula as men, that they should be standard in both subject and con tent. As a result, many women’s colleges strictly adopted men’s cur ricula, with a consequent undervalu ation of the subjects particularly important to a woman's life: namely, 1.1.. 1 . - It V Freshmen Elect Representatives IV. C. .-t, and Council Membe-, Chosen. Dr. R. A. Moore, orthopaedic sur geon of Winston-Salem, .addressed the Science Club at its regular on Friday, January 1.3. - -oore gave a brief history of orthopaedic surgery, or bone and joint surgery as it is also called, or surgery of locomotion pertaining to upper and lower limbs, and body trunk. At first the orthopaedic practice was limited to the use of splints and braces only, but it has veloped rapidly and today oper- ive work is also included. There are two types of deformi ties, congenital, such as club feet, and acquired, such as infantile pa ralysis, rickets, fractures and tuber cular bone diseases. Dr. Moore ex plained the treatment of several of these diseases and also showed pho tographs of bone deformities before and after treatment. These pictures showed very clearly what ortho- pa^ic surgery has accomplished. ■"r. Moore also spoke briefly on aid treatment in injuries such iprains, brui,se.s, cuts and frac as, and demonstrated the use of the tourniquet. The Student Self-Government A^ [■i.-ition held its regular monthl ■eting on Mondav afternoon, .Jan ry Hi. in the Alice Clewell living )m. The purpose of this meeting IS to elect the freshmen reprcsen- ives for the on-eampus student Jncil. The following freshmen re elected: I.enora Riggan, Edith Kirkland and Annie Koonce .Sutton. At a called meeting of the fresh an class on Monday evening, Jan iry 16, the representatives for th ^ ■ W. C:. A. Cabinet were nominatec and elected. Elizabeth Marx anc Kathleen Moore were chosen to fil] offices. Academy Speed>Ball Team Entertained French Club Meets Wednesday Eighth and Tenth Grades JVi The eighth and tenth grades were •ictorious over the ninth and elev- inth grades in an exciting speedball game on Mondiiy afternoon. After hard fighting, the Junior-Freshman *^“am won by the score 12-0. After the game the members of both teams went up-town to the thea- Mond.ay evening they were lored by a special dinner given the lunch room. The idea of a decorations, with snowaflkes scat tered everywhere and a huge snow ball in the center of the table. The captains of the teams and the heads of the sports made clever impromptu speeches which delighted everyone. harder to get credits for such sub jects than for the recognized dard courses. The present generation say . phatically for the most part, that the curricula for men and women should be different, because the goal is^ in the largest number of eases, entirely different. Boys usually have more definite goals than girls in go ng to high school and college or uni- -•ersity; and because of this their study has for them more definiteness and appeal. Of the 530 occupations in which human beings are active, there are only 28 in which women are not engaged. Some people, therefore, s.ay that educaition for men and women should be the same because they go into the same work. Dr. Rondthaler said that in the end, e'- i ry woman’s goal is the home and home-making, for even the b.achelor girl often has some one domestically dependent on her. Woman’s cduca- he declared, is beside the mark does not significantly and defi nitely prepare for this goal. The ab sence of subjects leading to this goal, or the absence of stress on the domestic phases of general sub jects imjjlies an unfair academic emphasis. Leaders in education are now coming to recognize the aca demic value and rigor of absolutely domestic courses of study. Another question that Dr. Rond thaler discussed was what a college education should cost and from where the money should come. This IS a question on which much research is being done, and the question now, which may become the standard for recognizing efficient colleges, is how much is spent on the education of each student rather than how large endowment the college has. The -W reauirement may be that at least $250 a year must be spent on the education of each student. There has always been an idea that only a part of the educational expense in college should be paid by tuition, while a large part of it should be paid by endowments. Since a college education is of great per sonal advantage to individuals, lead ers today are taking the stand that the students themselves should pay it. Those who could not afford pay might obligate themselves ough loan funds to repay when they have finished school. This would put education on a new, self- ' specting basis. In closing his talk. Dr. Rondthal- - spoke of high school preparation for college. The public high schools offer many different kinds of =s, for their function is to pre- ])are some for college, but most of its students for entrance to some business. Anyone, however, who jilans to go to college shauld plan his high school course with college entrance requirements in mind. Dr. Rondthaler gave an interest ing point of view on this question of modern education and an excel- lent beginning for student thought. lar nteresting Program Presented. e Cercle Francais held its regu- monthly meeting, Wednesday, anuary the 18th, a tfive o’clock in le Alice Clewell living room. The meeting was opened by the singing of “La .Marseillaise,”’ with Helen Johnson as accompanist. The members responded to the roll call axim from I.a Rochefou- 'auld. The president, Letitia Currie, took up the business of the meeting. She appointed committees to help with the presentation of the picture “I.es Miserables,” which Le Cercle ■ais is bringing here Februarv ith. Floyd took charge of the pro- and gave the members a I rench cross-word puzzle. Much interest was shown in this and the competition was keen. After this, she led the students in a French game which proved to be verv amus- ■ ig to all. The meeting was then adjourned. CULTURAL UNION (’ambridge, Mass. rBy New Stud ent Service)—Harvard University anil Yenching University, in Peking. China, are forming a union of grad uate study, by which an institute of Chinese studies will be added to both institutions, and an exchange of gr.iduate students inaugurated. The institute will be controlled Interesting Book Is Presented to Library Miss Ida Moore Gives Volume by Dr. Walter W. Moore. A \'ery interesting book has re cently been placed in the college li brary. It is entitled “Appreciations and Historical Addresses, and the author is Dr. Walter W. Moore, D. D., L. L. D., who was formerly President of Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Moore was the son of Mrs. Martha Moore, affectionately known as Mother Moore when she held the position of school nurse at Salem Academy; a very beautiful picture of her now hangs in the Balinson Memorial Infirmary. The book consists of a collection of addresses which were written and delivered by Dr. Moore during his presidential administration. This book has been presented to the library through the kindness of Miss Ida Moore, a sis ter of the author, now living in Charlotte, North Carolina. Copernicus In Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pa., (By New Stud- ■nt Service)—A stone from the Uni- /ersity of Craeow', described by the Pitt Weekly as “alma mater of Co- jiernicus,” has been promised for the Commons Room of the Univers ity of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning. The University will try to have .symbols repre.sentative of the outstanding universities of the .’orld in the Commons Room, espe- jointly by the two universities in- ‘i''" Commons Room, espe- volved, ciallj of foreign universities whose I students have studied at Pittsburgh..