Let s Debate
Smith or Hoover ?
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1928.
Botanical Lecture
in Expanded Chapel
Dr. Chas. E. Ragnal Gives Inter
esting Talk.
Dr. Charles E. Ragnal of States
ville, gave an unusually interesting
lecture on botany at the expanded
chapel hour on Wednesday, October
.3. In introducing the speaker. Dr.
Rondthaler recalled the commence
ment sermon delivered at Salem in
1915 by Dr. Ragnal when he spoke
of the Garden of Eden and the City
of Life.
Dr. Ragnal paid tribute, in the be
ginning of his speech, to several out
standing botanists who have been
connected with Salem College.
Among these Dr. S. De Sehweinitz,
Miss Emma Lehman and the late
Dean H. A. Shirley have obtained
world distinction by their studies.
Famous botanists of other times and
countries have also made North
Carolina their field for study and
plant collection because of the nu
merous and varied specimens that
are found within our borders.
The Carolinas_ became interested
in the preservation of forests and
plant life long before the United
States as a whole realized the im
portance of the question. The trees
and shrubs of North Carolina are
the greatest assets toward beauty
and charm and make up for its par
tial lack of magnificent architecture
and artificial decoration. Dr. Ray-
nal said that tlie plant life that ex-
tains is representative of all that
grows in the area between Florida
and Canada.
The importance of botany as a
subject has been overlooked for
some time and it has been offered
as an easy curse to the brawny,
brainv athletes, struggling to main
tain their tottering scholastic stand-
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New Officers Elected
At Athletic Meeting
/. R. S. President and Vice-Presi
dent Chosen
At a meeting of the Athletic Asso
ciation on Tuesday, October 2, new
managers of swimming, track, and
baseball were elected. The new
members of the Athletic Council are;
Manager of Swimming — Edna
Lindsey.
Manager of Track— Elizabeth
Rhea Dewey. _ ,
Manager of Baseball—Virginia
Martin.
Officers of I. R. S. were also elect
ed at this meeting. Mary Johnson
was chosen president, and Margaret
Jolinson, vice-president. The I. R.
S. sponsors several entertainments
during the year, and adds greatly to
the social life on the campus.
Alpha Phi Kappa
Entertains Pledges
“Bhie Willow” Is Scene of Delight
ful I.uncheon Monday Afternoon
The members of the Alpha Phi
Kappa Sorority gave a very delight
ful luncheon in honor of their
pledges at the Blue Willow tea
room on Monday, October the first.
The honorees were given pledge pins
and attractive buttonaires of pink
rosebuds and valley lilies. Those
present were: Mary Gwyn Hieker-
son, Mary Myers Faulkner, Dorothy
Thompson, Edith Kirkland, Lucy
Currie, Millicent Ward, Margaret
Hauser, I.illyan Newell, Mary Dun
can McAnally, Carolyn Brinkley,
Margaret Ross Walker, and Ade
laide McAnally.
Home Economics Club
Holds First Meeting
Nert' Officers Are Elected.
The Home Economics Club met
Thursday evening, October 4, in the
Alice Clewell Building. Mary Mill-
Faulkner, the president, welcomed
3 now members and urged them
join the old members in carrying
t the Club’s purpose and object,
which is to promote and stimulate a
greater interest in Home Economics.
The work for the equipment and
betterment of the Practice House
discussed and the constitution
read to acquaint the membership
with the organization’s regulations
and activities.
The following officers were elect
ed: Carolyn Brinkley, vice-presi
dent; Annie K. Sutton, secretary;
Betsy Ross, treasurer; Miss Left-
w'ich, advisor; Elizabeth Crouse,
Thelma Cagle, Nona Raper and
Betsy Ross were appointed mem
bers of the program committee. Dur
ing the social hour, immediately fol
lowing the business session Russian
tea and cakes were served.
Twenty-One Co-Eds At
State College For Term
Opinion Is Divided Between Fac
ulty and Students As to
the Results Forthcoming
The list of students at State Col
lege now carries the names of twen-
,f-one women students who are
ited according to graduate schol-
This number is almost twice as
-lany as were registered during the
past scholastic year, when an even
dozen of the opposite sex sported
tliemselves about the local campus.
The increase in feminine popula
tion of the college is viewed with
alarm by some of the faculty and
part of the male division of the stud
ent body. On the other hand thei
is an undercurrent of opinion on til
part of some of the residents that
the addition of a few more wc
students will raise the standards of
the college and be an uplifting in
fluence on the social tendencie
the male of the species.
“We can’t keep them out,”
prominent professor was overheard
in his opinion, “but I don’t war
see too many of them around.”
“Thank the Lord, we’ve . got a
few more coeds,” a student expressed
his attitude.
Only six of the feminine students
have already received their M.R.S de,
grees so far. The others are work
ing for their B.S. or their M.S a
English Forum
to Present Play
One Act Play to Be Given Under
Direction of Dr. Willoughby.
“Grandma Pulls the String,”
one-act play, will be presented by
the English Forum, under the super
vision of Dr. Willoughby, at the
meeting of the Pierrette Players or
October the eleventh. The east in
cludes the following:
Mary Brewer as Grandma; Mar
ian Bloor as Mrs. Cummings, Doris
Shirley as Nona, Frances Hancock
as Hildergarde, Charlotte Grimes as
Julia, and Margaret Hauser as Wil
liam Thornton.
Mr. Kendall Speaks
at Y. W. Vespers
Unusually Interesting Service Is
Held On Sunday Evening.
The Y. W. C. A. Vesper Service,
which- was held on Sunday evening,
September 30, was of unusual in-
■est. Special music was rendered
by the choir, including a solo—John
Prindle Scott’s ‘Come Ye Blessed,”
sung by Miss Lilly an Newell. The
feature of the program was a
talk on “The Religion of the Un
dergraduate,” made by Mr. David
Kendall, the travelling secretary of
the National Student Volunteer
Movement, who was, for two days,
tlie guest of the Salem Y. W. C. A.
The speaker began by quoting a
riter who says that the youth of
today is within a walled city. This
ity is a lovely spot where ease and
uxury are enjoyed. It is made
beautiful by shade trees, flowers,
and shrubbery. Into this city no
•eality enters. Birth, Life, Death—
all real things are kept outside its
walls. Across the gate is written
“The American College.” For four
years the tender youth of the coun
try is grouped together. Different
studies are pursued. Perhaps some
study of their brothers and sisters
in foreign lands. Tlie thing of
greatest importance is the meeting of
■outh with fellow youth.
The speaker stated that his great
est fear is that some of the finest
boys and girls are going through
college without sharing much con
cern about their fellow men, having
no great human interest, and think
ing only of themselves. Wilson says
that a man is as big as his biggest
interest and no bigger—whether the
interest be social position, dollars,
or doing good for others. If a
student has some great interest
some cause at heart, as big as the
universe and as long as infinity,
watch him grow! There is danger
that all students do not have that
interest and that many are going out
of college slaves of their petty
selves. Kennedy says that if a youth
has no cause for which he would
gladly die, he is not living but is
merely postponing death. The man
who has not yet tasted of life is the
selfish man. The man who is really
living is the one who has some great
cause which draws him out of him
self. This type of person in giv
ing all to attain a fixed goal, is
catching the first fresh breaths of
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Theta Delta Pi Pledges
Are Entertained
Delightful Luncheon Is Given At
Hotel Robert E. Lee
The Theta Delta Pi Sorority en
tertained its pledges at a delightful
luncheon given on Monday, October
1, in the private dining room of the
Robert E. Lee Hotel. The table was
very attractive with its center deco
ration of white roses. The colors of
the sorority—green and white—
were emphasized in the attractive
favors and place cards. A delicious
four-course luncheon was served.
Mrs. Conrad Lemly, a visiting mem
ber, was present. The pledges
are: Miss Elizabeth Allen of Wel
don, Miss Elizabeth Rhea Dewey of
Goldsboro, Miss Elizabeth Greene,
of Weldon, Miss Eva Hackney, of
Washington, Miss Jane Harris of
Greensboro, and Miss Anna Holder-
ness. The active members of the
sorority are: Miss Elizabeth Crouse,
of Winston-Salem, Miss Isabelle
Dunn of Kinston, Miss Rose Frasier
of Durham, Miss Lucile Hassell of
Williamston, Miss Charlotte
Grimes of Washington, Miss Nona
Raper of Lexington and Miss Eli
beth Andrews of Greenville.
Science Club Plans
Interesting Year
At the meeting of the Science Club
n Friday, September 28, plans for
lis year were discussed. Elizabeth
!rouse, the president, opened the
leeting by reading the constitution
of the club to the new members. The
meeting was then turned into an
open discussion, and plans for trips
to Raleigh, Durham and Chapel
Hill were discussed. The idea of
visiting the state, and other labora-
;S, was very popular, and prep-
ions are being made for an im
mediate trip to the above-mentioned
places. Another scientific exjhibi-
tion is being arranged this year. The
sponsored by the Science Club
last year was a complete success,
and requests have been made by
idents of Winston-Salem, college
officials, and students that another
exhibition of 'its kind be had this
year. With the co-operation of those
students who are interested in sci
ence, whether they be English or
History majors, or Business or
Music students, the Club is planning
have the most prosperous year in
history. It has been suggested,
by members of the Club that promi
nent and outstanding science lec
turers be brought to Salem. It is to
be hoped that the Scientific Society
will spare no trouble in carrying out
its plans for the ensuing year—for
they will greatly encourage science
on this campus, and afford much
constructive knowledge to all. Ev-
one who is interested in science
and who is taking a science course
is cordially invited to attend Science
Club meetings.
Magazines and College
Papers Straw Vote
Nation-Wide Survey Being Made of
Student Opinion.
Because of the high interest in
the November election of the presi
dent, College Huhor and all the
American college dailies have plan
ned a nation-wide straw vote to de
termine the voting preference on tin
two candidates.
All college students, regardless of
age, are aske dto vote. The com
plete student opinion is of much
more interest than just the votes of
those students who are of voting
age, because it can then tell what
the college world thinks of the two
candidates. I
Herbert Hoover, the Republican
candidate, was born in West Branch,
Iowa. He received his degree in
engineering at Leland Stanford Uni
versity in 1895 and has since been
honored by twenty-seven other uni
versities. He held the position of
Food Conservator during President
Wilson’s terms.
Alfred E. Smith, the Democratic
candidate, was born in New York
city. He started his varied and suc
cessful career as newsboy and be
came one of New York’s leading
men. He has been elected governor
of New York state four times, and
has a personality that is rare.
All votes will be cleared through
College Humor and the returns from
the American colleges with pictures,
will be run in college papers about
the first of November.
Schofield Ranks High
Among Artists
Began Musical Career At An Early
Age
Mr. Schofield began his musical
career at the age of twelve, starting
lessons on the ’cello. This instru
ment he pursued until the war, when
he volunteered his services to the
French Army as an ambulance
driver. After the war he returned
home and began studying voice un
der New York teachers and at the
same time filling important church
positions as baritone soloist. He
again went to France for further
vocal training under the direction of
M. Hettieh, teacher of singing at
the Conservatoire, and Camille De-
creus, in repertoire and diction. His
general musical education at this
time was under the direction of
Francis Casadus and classes brought
him into the close association of Ch.
Marie-Widor, Camille Saint-Saens,
Isidore Phillip, Jacques Pillois and
others. He later studied with M.
Feulliard at the Ecole Normale de
Musique de Paris, and M. Andre
Hekking of the Conservatoire, and
also graduated at the American
Conservatory in Fountainebleu in
1921.
During the past five years he has
continued his vocal training with
Mr. Edgar Schofield, tlie eminent
New York recitalist and teacher, and
coaching and literature with Mr.
Ellmer Zoller.
In 1925 Mr. Schofield accepted
the position as head of the voice de
partment of the Halifax Conserva
tory of Music and Dalhousie Uni
versity at Halifax, Canada. At this
institution Mr. Schofield had a
flourishing class, one of the largest
in the history of the College, which
well bespeaks his ability as a teacher
of voice.
After his return to New York,
Mr. Schofield devoted his entire
time to concert, oratorio and recital,
and his work in these fields has been
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Senior Class
Elects Marshalls
Mascot and Marshalls for the Year
Elected at Meeting of Seniors
At a , meeting of the Senior Class
on Tuesday, October 3rd, the fol
lowing marshalls were elected for
the year:
Adelaide McAnally—Chief Mar
shall.
Eloise Vaughn:
Margaret Ross Walker.
I.aila Wright.
Jane Harris.
Sara Efird.
Mary Gwyn Hickerson.
Martha Sargent.
Anna Preston.
Cynthia Grimsley, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Grimsley, of
this city, was selected as class mas-
NEW “Y” MEMBERS
CHOSEN
Two new members have been add
ed to the Y cabinet to take the place
of Betty McCulloch and Bobbie Bur
nett who did not return. They arc
Virginia Long, Chairman of Room,
and Adelaide McAnally, Chairman
of World Fellowship.
Beta Beta Phi
Sorority Entertains
On Monday evening, October 1st,
the members of the Beta, Beta Phi
Sorority entertained their pledges at
a lovely four-course dinner at the
Robert E. Lee Hotel. The honor
ees were presented with ple'dge pins
and shoulder corsages of red roses.
Covers were laid for the following:
Marion Bloor, Doris Shirley, Leo
Wilder, Mary Norris, Eleanor Will
ingham, Mary Johnson, Cam Boren,
Virginia Martin, A. P. Shaffner,
Elizabetli Stroud, and Adelaide
Webb.
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