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WIXSTOX-SALEM, X. C„ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1028.
Dr. Rondthaler Is Speaker
At Expanded Chapel Hour
Discusses Questions of Vital Interest to Present-Day
College Students
Dr, Rondthaler discussed in .i
most enlightening; manner at the
Expanded Chapel Hour on Wednes
day, February 15, several questions
of interest to college students of
the present day. In the monotony
and among the almost endless num
ber of distractions of daily life, lie
said, tlie students ])robably lose
their perspective by centering their
attention exclusively on things im
mediately aroiind them.
The first question that Dr. Rond
thaler discussed was the place of
Latin in school and college educa
tion. North Carolina, he declared,
sulfers from an attack on that par
ticular subject. There are sonu'
who say tiiat Latin is .so badly
taught that it would be better not
to teach it at all. This, however,
is not a final reason for taking it
out of the curricula of the schools,
for the same thing is true of the
teaching of other subjects. It is
absurd to say that one’s knowledge
of l.atin is an index to one’s educa
tion, yet it does give an ability to
understand, gras|), and utilize Eng
lish grammar which is difficult to
obtain by one who has no knowledge
of either Latin or Greek. People
arc divided into groups based on
their misuse nf the Engliish Ian
gnage, thinking of correctness not
only in pronunciation, but in usage
an(l abundant resource of words at
one's command. The North Caro
lina Conference of Colleges in its
meeting in November passed a res
olution earnestly urging the high
schools to foster and promote an
interest in the study of l.atin.
The second question that Dr.
Rondthaler discussed was what tlie
cdicient American College must
charge for the education it offers.
No student in college or university
now pays wliat his education costs.
From $275 to i)^:i25 is required per
year for actual classroom instruc
tion for caeli pupil, w'hile in the av
erage college a little less than $200
of this is paid by the student. There
are two questions along this line
before the educators of tlie present
time; namely, ought tliose who can
p;iy be objects of charity, and
ought those who cannot pay or who
can ))ay only a part be deterred
from a higher c(lucati0n? There
should he an increasing charge with
the goal of meeting the actual cost
nd a
tiu-
;> tiu’
>n for those who need help.
They may receive this help from
scholarships, student loan funds, and
student work, all of which are self-
respecting means of securing aid,
and wliich are sure to be, worth
while in the end.
In speaking of bogus colleges and
bogus degrees. Dr. Hondthaler said
tliat 70,000 people in the United
States are now taking correspon
dence courses from unlawful corre
spondence schools. Because of the
)ieoplc who take legitimate courses
through the true correspondence
schools, many are granting illegiti
mate degrees; and this dishonorable
granting of di'grces for no real work
is becoming a tremendous menace.
1‘iUropeans have been es))eeially be
guiled by these schools, and in many
cases well-meaning people secure
tlieir degrees in good faith. No
special agency has been charged
with the suppression of this evil, and
as a result the range is wide and
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Lowell Thomas
Will Speak Here
mng
,’cll Thomas, the r
dventurous young auth
- in Memorial Hall on
:,f March l.‘i, under t
of the circles of the
Moravian Auxiliary. This noted
American writer has during the past
ten years had more unique and really
thrilling adventures than are usually
allotted to the life of one single
man. lie was the only American
included in Colonel I.awrence’s
campaign in Arabia, his impressions
of which are related in his book,
"With I.awrenee in Arabia,” one of
the outstanding book.s of the vear.
He was attached to the staff of
(jcneral Allenby When the Holy
Land came again under Christian
rule, lie was official historian of
the World Fliers, and was with the
Prince of Wales on his last Tiger
Hunt in India. Furthermore, he
has explored Alaska, has been a
college ])rofessor, a star reporter on
large city news]iapcrs, and has late
ly devoted himself to the writing of
accounts of travel and exploration.
His latest work, “The Sea Devil,”
has lately been published in book
form and is an absorbing and fasci-
n.'iting account of the life of Count
Lu'knor, the famous (Jerman sea
man and raider of allied ships dur
ing the (Ireat War, llis style of
writing is rapid, brilliant and origi
nal and his accounts of actual expc-
ning and entt'r
lining a
of
; should therefore be of
extreme interest. His subject is,
■‘With Allenby in Palestine and
Law'tence in Arabia,”
French Club Enjoys
Unusual Meeting
Th
K!Cting of Le Cer-
clc 1
''r;incais was
held W'ednesday
after!
noon, .(aniiar
V 15, in the Alice
Clew.
ell living ro'
oni. The meeting
■ailed to orde
r by the president.
Lctit
ia Currie. 1
n connection with
the business, a number of students
were
elected as i
jctive members of
the e
lub. Thev '
were recommended
on a
scholastic 1
3asis bv their in
striic
tors in I'ren
ch. Their names
arc ;i
s follows:
Ali
ce Caldwell.
Eli
izabetli Mar.N
.Toi
^ephine .Me;ii
icy.
.M;
ir^arct Sicwc
:rs.
,M.-
irjoric Sit'Wt
;rs.
K'c the subje
ct of the meeting
e of his
/orks.
Elizabeth Whi
teresting sketch of the life and
works of Offenbach after which a
selection from “Tales of Hoffman,”
sung bv Marion Tallcv. was plaved
on the'Vietrola,
Carrie May Stockton in a short
talk on Saint Saens pointed out in
teresting characteristics which in
fluenced his writings and dwelt on
his greatest compositions. As ex
amples of llis work, two selections
from the ojiera, “Samson and Deli
lah,” were played,
A very interesting account of the
life and works of (ionnod were giv
en bv Lucy .Martin C:urrie, after
which two selections from the opera
“Faust,” delighted the members.
•lane Harris discussed the life luid
works of Thomas and a selection
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Miss Ida Wilkinson
Speaks at Social Forum
Discusses “The IVell-Dressed
fVoman"
'I'lie I. R. S. organization held a
very successful and entertaining So
cial Forum meeting on Friday eve
ning, February 10, in the Campus
living-room of Alice Clewell Build-
Charlotte Sells presented the
speaker. Miss Ida Wilkinson, a loy
al and well-known alumna, whose
subject, “'I’he Well-Dressed Wo
man,” was one of particular interest
to her Salem audience.
Miss Wilkinson, in a delightfully
informal manner, discussed some of
the ])roblcms which confront the
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Pierrette Players
Are Entertained
“The Stepmother ” hi/ Arnold Ben
nett Presented; Two New Mem
bers Received
On Thursday evening, February
l(i, in one of the most delightful
meeting's of the year, the Pierrette
Players were entertained at the home
of \liss Elizabeth Rominger.
The play entitled “The Step-
.Mother,” by Arnold Bennett, was
presented under the direction of
■Margaret Sehwarze. It is the .story
of a charming, if a bit emotional,
novelist—a widow of about thirty
years, Mrs. Prout. Her pretty lit
tle secretary, Christine Feversham,
and her handsome step-son, Adrian
Prout, fall desperatelv in love with
each other, uiuch t.";' Mrs. Front’s
disa])proval. In the meantime, the
successful Dr. Gardener, from the
floor below, becomes enamored with
Mrs. Prout. Due to an anonymous
and stinging criticism, which deep
ly wountYs Mrs. Prout’s sensitive
tanglwl,’ I'orlunately, Miss Fever-
sham is as clever as she is attractive.
With her as a medium, the tangle
is straightened and each lover is
happv with his respective sweet
heart'.
The eliaraet-rs which were un
usually well portrJiVcd are as fol
lows :
.Mrs, Cora Prout—Doris Walston.
AdrianTrout—Lucy Martin Currie,
Dr, Gardener—Marjorie Siewers,
The Pierrette Players take this
pjiortunity to welcome its new
•iembers--.Marv Brewer and Milli
c'nt Ward,
Ninth President
Of Salem Dies
Death (if Mr. Jacob 7,orn Takes
Place at Yonkers, N. Y.
-\Ir. Jacob Theophilus Zorn who
was the ninth president of Salem
College, died on Wednesday, Feb-
riiarv 15, at his home in Yonkers,
New York, being in his eighty-sev
enth year, Mr. Zorn, after com
pleting his education in two Morav
ian institutions, Nazareth Hall and
The Moravian College and Theolog
ical Seminary, and after some years
of teaching in both Alma Maters,
was called to be president of Salem
College in the year 1877. He came
.■it a difficult time when the South
was suffering from the hardships
of the reeonstriution period. Tlie
school itself was exhausted financi
ally and the new ]>resident had the
arduous labor of acquiring new
equipment with practically no funds
for the work. He filled this posi
tion for seven years, after which he
returned to the North, eventually
taking charge of a Protestant Epis
copal Church in Yonkers. His death
is sincerely mourned by all who knew
him, and the college flag was lowered
to half-mast on Thursday, February
15, the day of his funeral.
NeM’ Chemical Museum and
Library Division Established
Science Department Announces Additions to Scientific
Equipment, Including Exhibits and Valuable Literature
The Science Department of Salem
College is making another progres
sive stride forward through the es
tablishment of a Chemical Museum
and the introduction of an Indus
trial Bulletin Division of the Chem
ical. Library.
E.vtensive plans for the Chemical
.Museum arc being made .and several
very interesting exhibits are already
on display in the science lecture
room. r'urther exhibits arc being
collected and classified, showing all
of the most important chemical pro
cesses, including raw materials and
refined products together with model
machinery, the charts and exhibits
showing the uses of these products.
Other exhibits will expLain the de
velopment of various industries and
the changes which the modern chem
ical machinery has undergone.
The purpose of this splendid col
lection which will constitute the
Chemical Museum is to bring about
among the students a better under
standing of chemical processes, prod
ucts and machinery and to enable
them to visualize more clearly the
practical application of chemistry to
actual problems. The co-operation
of outstanding manufacturers of
hemical products and machinery is
being solicited. Their response has
been gratifying and in every case
tliey have expressed great interest
in the jirojects. Among those who
have contributed material for the
Museum are: Acheson Graphite
Company, Aluminum Company of
Am-.rica, American Dyewood Com
pany, Armstrong Cork Company,
Carborundum Company, Celite Prod
ucts Company, Coors Porcelain Com-
Corn Products Refining Com
pany, Dow Chemical Company,
Duriron Company, General Cer
amics Company, General Dyestuffs
Corporation, Grinell Company,
Hardinge Company, Hercules Pow
der Company, The International
Nickel Company, .Joseph Dixon Cru
cible Company, The Kalbfleiseh Cor-
])oration, Lehigh Portland Cement
Company, Newport Chemical Works,
Norton Company, E. I. duPont de
Nemours and Company (dye divis
ion), Solvay Process Company,
Takamine I-aboratory, Inc., the
Therm.al Syndicate, Ltd. Several
have signified their willingness to
contribute at a later date and it is
hoped that many others will take
this opportunity of participating in
a movement which w’ill bring in
dustry and educational in.stitutions
more closely together.
In the Industrial Bulletin Divis
ion of the Chemical Library the cur
rent publications, eat.alogues, speci
fications and deseri])tive material
])ublished by various manufacturers
and industrial associations are in
cluded. This m.aterial is filed ac
cording to company and is cross-
indexed as to product, raw-material
and .application. It is hoped that
in time this library may be devel
oped and made available for persons
outside the college who may be in
terested in chemical research work.
The exhibits of the Museum will
be shown at some future date in
conjunction with a meeting of the
Scientific Society, to which the pub
lic will be invited. At the Second
Annual Scientific Exhibiton to be
held next fall, all of the exhibits
will be displayed together with ap
paratus and work done in the sci
ence courses at Salem.
Students Talks Heard
In Scientific Society
On Friday evening, February 10,
the Societas Scientarum Salemensis
held its regular meeting in the sci-
i lecture room with Rose Fraz-
and Pearl Martin as speakers of
the evening.
Rose Frazier gave an interesting
alk on “Bread.” She traced the
listory of bread from early times,
o the most modern methods of its
ireparation. The earliest method of
0.aking flour was to grind the grain
letween two stones. The me.al re-
lulting from this process was mixed
vith water and the “bre.ad” put into
he sun to b.ake.
By gradu.al steps leavening agents
vere discovered, developed, .and im
proved, and today the most common
form of leavening agent is known as
ompressed yeast. Early bread was
1,‘i-de from flour and water only;
today there are various other in
gredients .added, salt, fat, and some-
:imes milk, sugar and eggs.
Miss Frasier .also spoke of the
inport.ance of bre.ad in the diet, con
sidering, as .she did so, e.ach of the
food principles in relation to it.
very instructive discussion on
“Cork” w.as presented to the society
by Pearl Martin. By way of in
troducing her subject she st.ated
that cork has had 2,000 years of
ap))roval st.amped upon it, for no
substitute more practical or useful
as vet been found for it. Cork
has been used as far back as 400
B. C. and is still in use at the pres
ent time. It is estimated that the
United States imports five million
dollars worth of cork annually.
The cork oak is a very smiill tree
and the bark is its only useful prod-
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Schubert Progam Given
In Music Hour
Dean Vardell Gives Brilliant Inter
pretation of Schubert’s Worlis
At Music Hour on Thursday, Feb
ruary Ifi, Dean Vardell rendered a
delightful Schubert program. As
the speaker stated, 1928 is the one
hundredth anniversary of the death
of one of the greatest composer,s—
Franz Schubert. Dean Vardell
spoke of the composer- himself and
of the character of his works. Schu
bert, he said, probably came into
niore direct and immediate contact
with pure beauty than any other
composer. After all, beauty is w’hat
the world is striving for. Everyone
loves it, sees it, wants it, and appre-
ci.ates it. One is willing to do many
things to obtain beauty. The mu
sician practices diligently, scales
and technical exercises which are
often very boring in order that he
m.ay be able to touch upon the beau
tiful, Dc.an Vardell recited the love
ly sonnet of Rossetti called “The
Soul’s Beauty,” He stated that
Schubert dwelt intimately with beau
ty, His touch with it was close and
unstudied. His work took less ef
fort than that of any composer, with
the possible exception of Mozart,
It came without any person.al effort,
Schubert led a very sad life. He
H'as born of poor people and died at
the early age of thirty-one. He was
not at all unusual looking. He was
about five feet tall, very short and
f.at and h.ad a turned up nose and
thick lips. His eyes peered through
thick glasses. He w’as what may be
termed a “good fellow.” The only
regular thing which Schubert did
during his life time was to compose.
He composed six or seven hours
without stopping every d.ay. He was
poor all of his life and very often
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