HAT
BURNING
TUESDAY
NIGHT
WIXSTOX-SALEM, X. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2
Mr. McDonald Speaks to L R. S. Meets First
Sigma Omicron Alpha Time This Year
VtindamcntalK of Debating Are
Given
Mr. R. \V. Mc’Donald, who was
the speaker at tlie meeting of the
Sigma Omicron Alpha on October
2o, related some very interesting
facts in regard to debating. He first
discussed the importance of selecting
the question for debate, stating the
qualities of every j;ood question to be
first, clear, definite, free from tricky
l)hrases; secondly, debatable; third
ly, interesting to hearers; fourth,
suited to the capacites and interests
of those doing the vlebating; fifth,
deeidable, permitting eich listener to
reach a decision on the question and
last, based on reason and logic, rath
er than emotions and prejudices.
There are three important types of
questions; one which seeks to justify
past action, one which compares the
merits of people, ideas, customs, poli
cies and conditions and one which
seeks to establish future policies,
such as social, economic or religious.
He next discussed the two parties
of the debate. The party on the af
firmative side, he said, had the
“burden of the proof” or the respon
sibility of proving the policy advo
cated should be followed, tlie right
to defend the question, explain the
meaning of the subject and define
the terms. There are many pro
cedures used in the rebuttal. One
of the most popular plans permits
each member on the team the right
of a rebuttal in reverse order. The
l>artv en tlie negative side, he stated,
liad 'the benefit of the doubt and its
argument need not prove anything
from a constructive standpoint, but
merely destroy the argument of the
affirmative, although the negative
must base its arguments on the
definitions stated by the affirmative.
Mr. McDonald next spoke of the
different .steps in the preparation of
debate. He emphasized the im
portance of a carefully planned de
bate and the necessity of a debater
familiarizing himself with all the
available material relating to the
subject.
COLLEGE MEN Mr Schofield Lectures
HOLD MEETING On Song Literature
No Cars For Students
Layfayette College has joined the
growing'ranks of those American
educational institutions which have
placed restrictions on the use o
motor vehicles by undergraduates.
Henceforth every Lafayette stud
ent who wishes to drive an automo
bile while attending college must
register with the dean, who will then
write for written permission from
the student’s parents.
Preliminary Basket Ball
Games Start Nov. 16
Many Inter-Class Games To Be
Played Before Nov.
The exciting, breath-taking days
of the basket-ball games are rapidly
approaching. We will not have to
wait until Thanksgiving this year for
the pleasure of seeing our teams
contest valiantly with the teams ot
our sister classes. On November the
twelfth the Sophomores play the
Juniors, then the Seniors play the
Freshmen. November 16th the Jun
iors play the Freshmen. November
19th the Juniors play the Seniors
and the Freshmen play the Sopho
mores. November 21st the Sopho
mores plav the Seniors. In this
w-ay every class plays every other
class. The two 'teams winning
the most games in the preliminary
series will play the finals Saturday,
November 24th. The teams of all
four classes are training vigorously,
and are being competently imparti
ally instructed by Miss Atkinson.
Miss Ida Wilkinson Speaks at De
lightful Social Gathering
Op Tuesday evening, October 3,
the I. R. S. held its first meeting of
the year 1928-29, in the campus liv
ing room of the Alice Clewell Build
ing. Mar}' Johnson, president of I.
R. S.. presented the speaker. Miss
Ida Wilkinson, whose subject was,
“The Dance, Its Good and Bad
Features.”
Miss W'ilkinson talked in her ac
customed charming and informal
manner, emphasizing particularly the
importance of moderation in all
things, and using the dance as a spe
cific example. She said that natur
ally girls go to a dance to have a
good time, but that occasionally they
have distorted ideas as to what a
good time really is. There
no lasting pleasure in the fleeting at
tention which one might gain at a
dance through extravagant dress,
fantastic coiffure, or excessive make-
•p. In determining her dress and
her behavior a girl should consider
not only their effect on herself, but
also their effects on other pers
She should try to regard herself
objectively.
Miss Wilkinson suggested that the
purpose of education is to develop
the power of discrimination, which
leads to the art of beautiful
The girl who learns a sense of fit
ness will not subject herself to ad-
ticism. She also advo-
ipliance with coi
and advised every girl to think of
‘h day as a contribution to that
uitifiil life that is the ideal on
At the conclusion of Miss W'ilkin-
son’s talk, Margaret Johnson played
■ompaniment for numerous im
promptu solos by “promising” young
local artists; meanwhile the guests
lartook of delicious Russian tea and
iandwiches.
Pierrette Players
Have Enjoyable
Meeting Thursday
‘■Daren” Is Play Presented
Thursday evening tlie Pierrette
Players held their second meeting of
the year at seven o’clock in the cam
pus'living room of Alice Clewell
ISuilding.
After the regular busin
been discussed a play was presented
under the direction of Miss Lucy
Currie. The play, “Dawn,” by
Pereival Wilde, is a vivid descrip
tion of life in a mining camp. The
plot, so contrived as to gain the in
terest of the audience with its first
lines, holds the suspense of ever;
one until, at the break of dawn,
most startling and tragic climax is
reached.
Much credit is due to Miss Cui
the director, for her splendid in
pretation of the play, as well ai
the players for their realistic )
trayal of the characters.
The cast was as follows:
The Man. - Edith Kirkland
The Woman .Mary Elizabeth Meeks
The Doctor
Mary Elilabeth Pinkston
The Child
Mary Virginia Pendergraph
SOCIAL COLLECJES
FEEBLE MINDS
URCJED BY PREXY
“Club” colleges minus librarie
but replete with ash trays and eas;
chairs are proposed as a solution for
the over-crowding of present insti
tutions with incompetent and “feeble
minded” students by Dr. J. Edgar
Park, president of Wheaton College.
The American educational system
(Continued on Page Three)
ondthaler Returns Fron
nee and Tells of Discus
lina College Conference in its
eighth annual session, held Tuesday
and Wednesday at the Washington
Duke Hotel, Durham, Dr. Howard
E. Rondthaler stated Thursday
morning. These were the subject of
actual cost of furnishing college tui
tion and the question of freshman
failures in college.
Dr. Trevor Arnett, chairman of
tlie Rockefeller Foundation, spoke on
the former subject, presenting the
view that college students should pay
the actual cost incurred in furnish
ing college tuition, pointing out that
this is self-respecting, business-like
and the only permanently safe basis
on which such institutions can be
conducted.
He further developed the convic
tion that this does not destroy the
op))ortunity of college education for
the underfinanced student, in view of
tlie fact that loan funds, scholarships
and opportunities for work are be
ing increasingly developed.
On the second day of the confer
ence, an extended report was pre
sented by the committee consisting
of President Rondthaler of Salem
College, President Wright of East
ern Teachers College and President
Hoke of Catawba College. This re
port found that at present, in non
tax supported institutions, less than
one-half of the actual cost of produc
tion is paid by tuition fees charged
in nearly all North Carolina eol-
”These fees range from $100 to a
maximum of $200 , per year. How
ever, only three institutions were
found to be charging above $150 per
i-.ar. It is estimated that it costs
ipproximately $250 to $300 per year
per student to produce college edu-
In the case of State institutions,
■Inch are tax supported, the tuition
e.-s per year are below $100, the
iff'erenee between the fees and the
etua) cost being made up by tax-
layers.
Upon motion of the conference a
permanent committee is to be es
tablished, to undertake to obtaining
of suitable information, looking to
wards a general movement having in
mind a more consistent rate of tui-
in charges, which will have direct
ference to the cost of production.
It was further found that outside
of the State of North Carolina, in
-tax supported institutions the
mcfage annual charge for college
tuition is approximately $330 per
student.
Considerable attention was paid
the subject of freshman failures i
college, this discussion being intrc
dueed by Frank H. Koos, assistan.
superintendent of Winston-Salem
public schools. The problem of
freshman failures is declared to be
extremely intricate and is found to
include inadequate preparation, in
definiteness of aim, inability to ad
just to the freedom of college life at
compared to high school, interference
through the distractions of excessive
athletics and the lack of knowledge
of how to study.
All of these subjects ar.
ing vigorous attention by the col
leges of North Carolina and it ap
pears there is a steady and encour
aging reduction in the number of
freshman failures, which vary from
ten to thirty per cent, of the total
freshman classes in various colleges.
The conference was well attended
Dr. Rondthaler said, and much in
terest was manifested in the various
subjects discussed. President W. P.
Few of Duke University, president
of the conference, directed the ses
sions. President Harry Chase of
the University of North Carolina
was elected president for the coming
Gives Interesting Account of the
History of Song
On Thursday, October 25, at Mu
sic Hour, Mr. Ernest L. Schofield,
head of the Voice Department, deliv
ered a lecture on “Song Literature.”
The speaker followed the literature
of song from the dark ages to the
year 1896. He began with the
American Indian music wliich acted
as a communication between the In
dians and the spirits which existed
in their belief. The race was a very
superstitious one and still is. They
did not believe that mere speech was
sacred enough to use in communing
with the spirits. Music was consid
ered more appropriate. Indian mu
sic, said the speaker, is based upon
the five tone scale which is purely
natural to the Indian voice which
has a peculiar vocal range. It goes
easily from the highest to the lowest
tone. This fact is due to a certain
physiological peculiarity common
among the race. The rhythm is very
strong in Indian music which seems
e betwi
» the \
and
the rhythm in which rhythm usually
wins. This rhythm was usually sup
plied by the beat of a drum. There
is little trace of liarmony in Indian
music. It was sung in unison. The
Indians wrote no music for music’s
ake. There is no evidence of the
radle song but the love song was
"try popular among the people.
This was the product of early man
hood and was usually sung at dawn
when the Indian maiden went to the
spring for water. The Indians had
form of notation but these songs
;re remembered and sung by the
idicine men. Cadman and Mac-
Dowell are among the many, com
posers who have used Indian themes
(Continued on Page Three)
News From Class
Of ’28
ajority of Last Year’s Seniors Are ^
The student body will be interest
ed to know what the seniors of last
year are doing this year. The fol
lowing gives the address and occu
pation of each girl:
Mary Ardrey Stough—Teaching
in Davidson H. S., Davidson, N. C.
Ilah Albert—At home, Kerners-
ville, N. C.
Helen Bagby—Teaching at Court
ney High School, Yadkin County.
‘Sarah Bell—Teaching at Char
lotte, N. C.
Peggy Brooks—At home.
Annie Graham Caldwell—Supply
teaching.
Virginia Cooper—Teaching at
Waycross, Ga.
Letitia Currie—At home at David
son, N .C.
Martha Dortch—Taking Dietetics
course, address, Mass. General Hos
pital, Boston, Mass.
Elizabeth Dowling—Teaching at
West Jefferson, N. C.
Sarah Dowling—Teaching at Gib
son, Ga.
Catherine Edgerton—At home, at
Goldsboro, N. C.
Ruth Edwards—Working for fath
er at Rocky Mount, N. C.
Gladys English—Teaching at
Etowah, N. C.
Dorothy Frazier—Teaching Gran
ville School, Winston-Salem.
Esther Gatling—Teaching at
Woodville, N. C.
Eliza Hill Grimes—Supply teach
er at home, W’ashington, N. C.
Velma Harrison—Williamston, N.
C.
Frances Haynes—At home, Avon
dale, N. C.
Rutli Helmich—Dietetics, R. J.
(Continued on Page Three)
Sophomores Have
Charge of Vespers
Courage Is Subject of Program
The Sophomores, in charge of Y.
W. Vespers Sunday evening, took
heir subject “Courage.” After
the Scripture reading and prayer,
Betsy Ross talked on “Courage in
the Sense of Self-Reliance.” She
brought out the idea that this sort
of courage is always appreciated for
easy for one to follow thoughts
of others; it is easy in school to
follow tlie leader, but it takes a
great person to follow his own con-
on in the face of opposition. Em
erson gives us the following thought,
To believe your own thought, to
believe that what is true in your
ate heart is true for all men,
this is genius.”
Adelaide Winston then read “Our
Spirit in ’61,” which also empha
sized the courage of following one’s
own mind. This was followed by a
solo by Millicent Ward and a talk
on “Courage” by Grace Martin.
Miss Martin Ijegan by recalling
courageous characters of the Bible,
David and Daniel and of history,
George W'ashington and David Liv
ingston. Then she asked the ques-
ion, “What made these men cour
ageous?” and in answering it she
brought out the point that they had
the courage to perform their duty
when it would have been much easier-
to do otherwise. She ended by read
ing a passage from Pinero, “There
are different kinds of heroes, the
hero who bangs a drum, or waves
a flag, or spouts, or bullies or prays
to God with a newspaper reporter at
his back—and there’s another sort.”
The other sort are the kind who go
quietly about their duties, under
great stress, although it may be un
known to tlie world. They fight
against odds, but they keep on fight
ing. They devote themselves to
tliose whom they love and know that
God lionors them, even though the
world may be blind to their virtues.
Cjovei nors McLean and
Byrd to See Virginia-
North Carolina Game
Virginia will be highly honored
1 Thanksgiving Day, the date of
the annual North Carolina* game,
;wo notable guests whose visits
to the University in the past have
been only too infrequent.
Governor McLean of North Caro
lina has accepted an invitation ex
tended by the University to attend
he contest. Governor Byrd has also
arranged to attend the affair and
the presence of these two state ex
ecutives will of itself make the game
an occasion of great interest.
A Virginia-Carolina football game
on Lambeth Field, marking as it does
the climax of the season, is of itself
a gala affair. With those two dis
tinguished visitors present the day
will no doubt be one of unusual in-
ter;'st to everyone.—College Topics.
Miss Stipe Conducts
Chapel Hour
A short devotional exercise, led
by Miss Stipe was held in Y. P. M.
on Wednesday. Following the read
ing of the tenth chapter of Matthew,
Miss Stipe, in a brief discussion,
compared life to a fire.
Just a various number of logs re
sult in a beautiful fire, so a number
of co-operative friends can make
life beautiful for each other. It is
far better to have a fellowship of
logs in one large fire, than to have
a series of isolated bonfires.
Miss Stipe spoke of the “Lowway
and the highway” of life. The form
er leads to the lights of fame, will
o’ the wisps that beckon to the
swamps. The latter is an up-hill
pathway, straight and difficult, but
it is the “way of giving light.”