WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1929.
‘‘Shakespeare, Amateur of
Music,” Is Chapel Subject
Dean Vardell Traces the Music in Shadcespeare’s
Plays.
Wednesday morning at the ex
panded chapel service, Dean Vardell
gave one of the most interesting
lectures of the year, choosing as his
subject, “Shakespeare, an Amateur
of Music.” Mr. Vardell’s apology
in the beginning of his speech that
in the beginning of his speech
wliich he had given to some of the
students before rather stimulated
the interest of his audience.
From the opening to the close of
his talk, the speaker traced the one
idea as he had purposed—music in
Shakespeare’s plays. He first de
fined the word “amateur,” not as
one ordinarily conceives of it, but
rather as “a lover of a subject, but
not one professionally interested in
it.” To illustrate this idea of music
of Shakespeare, on which subject
one authority asserts that no less
than 3250 books are found, Mr. Var
dell took extracts from various of
the poet’s plays. His first illustra
tion of the poet’s mention of music
was the Duke’s opening speech
the Twelfth Night.
Next the speaker directed the
tcntion of his audience to The
Tempest to that scene in whieh the
three drunken clowns are plotting
the overthrow of Prospero; Ariel,
the fairy-servant of Prospero, is
directing their merry making. Cali
ban is jocund and beseeches his
fiiends to join him in singing a
round; when Aeriel’s playing reach
es the ears of the clowns, Caliban
makes a very effective speech on
the music of the air portraying a
full realization of the beauty of the
sounds. Mr. Vardell brought out
the fact that only one who is a true
lover of music could put such a fine
speech in the mouth of so crude a
character. However, as a sort of
contrast, he showed how Oberon, a
somewhat musical character, in
Mid-Summer Night’s Dream, places
great empliasis upon music and
dancing.
The illustrations that Shakespeare
believed that if one had no love for
music something was wrong were
from some of the principal plays.
In Julius Caeser, Caesar says that
“Cassius loves no plays and hears
no music,” therefore he is not a
wholly desirable man; in the Mer
chant of Venice in the soft stillness
and musical harmony of the night,
Lorrenzo in a long speech seeks to
prove that “the man who hath no
music in his soul” is one whose char-
r is not strong and whole;
Othello was a heartless creature
who did not like music, he wanted
to hear “no more noise of the mu
sicians.” Neither did Hotspur of
Henry IV like music; to him it
sounded like “the shuffling of knives”
and he preferred to hear “his dog
howl in Irish.”
Mr. Vardell also chose specific
references in which the dramatist
showed his knowledge of rhythm, |
whicli he, by way of explanation,
declared to be the principle of life
inborn in man. Richard II, while
mourning his approaching death
his very last moments, lends a si
sitive ear to near-by music a
notes the time. Hamlet in speaking
to his mother tells her that a “regu
lar pulse makes healthful mu, ‘
According to Mr. Vardell, Shakes
peare sensed harmony very readily.
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University to Conduct
Language Contest
To Determine Best Students in Lat
in, French, Spanish, and
Mathematics
The Extension Bureau of the Uni
versity will conduct contests among
high schools of the state during the
spring of 1929 to determine the
best students in Latin, French,
Spanish, and Mathematics.
The names of all schools that are
going to enter their pupils in the
academic contests must be in the
hands of E. R. Rankin, Secretary of
the High School Department Ex
tension Division of the University.
The Latin, French, and the Span
ish contests will be held simultan
eously in the competing high schools
throughout the state. The mathe
matics contest will not be held until
The Latin contest has been spon
sored by the University since 1925,
and the other contests since 1926.
Charlotte high school was winner
of the first contest, Lillington in
1926, Wilson in 1927, and Rox-
boro in 1928.
Raleigh high school came first in
the French contest in 1926, David
son first in 1927, and Forest City in
1928.
Statesville overcame all opposi
tion in the Spanish contests in 1926
and 1927, but failed to defeat Reids-
ville for first place in 1928. In the
realm of mathematics Ayden high
school was adjudged the best in
1926, Charlotte in 1927, and Ahos-
kie in 1928.
In every case professors at the
University will judge the results of
the contestants. No school, under
the rules of the State High School
League, is permitted to submit
more than three papers in each
Sigma Omicron Alpha
Has Meeting
Playing of Bridge at Salem Is
Argued
The members of “Sigma Omicron
Alpha” enjoyed a deliglitful pro
program at the meeting of the so
ciety on Tuesday night. The first
thing on the program was a hu-
)us, impromptu debate by Daisy
and Margaret Brennecke, “Re
solved, that a snow flake does more
good in the world than a rain drop.”
The real debate, the center of in
terest in the meeting, followed. The
query was. Resolved, that this audi-
is agreed that the students of
Salem College be allowed to play
bridge. Mary Brewer and Jane
Harris argued the affirmative side of
the qpestion, while Isabelle Dunn
and Essie Hendricks upheld the
igative.
Some points set forth by the af
firmative side were; Bridge play
ing promotes school spirit in that
it makes the girls have a desire to
on the campus, when, if they
no form of amusement they
would want to go out. Bridge is a
thinking game and consequently is
mind trainer. It helps one to
reason as well as to remember. It
also aids in concentration, for every-
inows that a good bridge player
must concentrate on the game. It
creates a sense of sportsmanship and
fair play. It is a good use of leis-
time. Idle people, regardless
of how good they are, are more
likely to get into trouble at some
But if they can amuse them
selves with a good game of bridge
they soon forget the wicked things
they had planned to do.
The arguments of the opposing
side were equally as forceful. In
the first place, while bridge may be
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Miss McQueen Speaks
Home Economics Club
Gives Interesting Account of Her
Work as Home Demonstration
Agent.
The Home Economics Club held
its regular monthly meeting Febru
ary 7, in the Alice Clewell campus
living room. The meeting was
called by the president. Miss Mary
Miller Falkener. The minutes were
read and approved, after which the
speaker of the evening, Miss Alice
McQueen, was annouineed. Miss
McQueen is the Home Demonstrator
for this county.
Her speech was very interesting
and profitable. She told how, in
1910, South Carolina formed Can
ning Clubs. These were highly
successful and within a short time
many such clubs had developed
from the charier ones. In 1911
North Carolina, Mississippi and
Tennessee followed this good ex
ample, and were equally successful.
Miss Janie Mclnne of Raleigh
is the leading spirit in the work
North Carolina. Soon after she
me into prominence, fourteen
counties employed trained workers
this line. Each worker was
ployed for two months, and each
county paid $76 a month. Four
years after the work started,
states had made appropriations for
the furtherance of the work.
There are now in North Carolina,
fifty-five counties employing trained
Home Economics workers. There
are, at present, 702 Junior Clubs.
The Home Economics teachers in
the schools are taking the places of
the club girls. This replacement by
trained women tends toward a bet
ter high school preparation, s
prepares the high school girl
college home economics work.
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Salem Day Appropriately
Celebrated By College
Open Hour, Banquet and Alumnae Meeting Among
Important Events
“Salem Day,” annually observed
by Salem College students, faculty,
alumnae and friends, was celebrated
this year on February 3, and
an occasion of great and enthusiastic
activity. The day’s program was
divided into three main events:
Open house, from 3 to 6 o’clock, din
ner at 6 o’clock, when the seniors
entertained the trustees of the col
lege and their wives, and the annual
meeting of the Winston-Salem
branch of the Alumnae Association
which was held in the library at
At the open house in the after
noon a great many of the friends
of the college were invited to be
come better acquainted with the
Pierrettes to Present
“The Romantic Age”
Dramatic Season Culminates With
Play By A. A. Milne
On Monday night the outstanding
dramatic event of the season will
take place in Memorial Hall when
the Pierrette Players appear ir
“The Romantic Age,” by A. A,
Milne.
The play itself has all the whim
sical charm that one would expect
in the parent of Christopher Robin,
and it is so cast and staged as
be irresistibly funny.
Miss Mary Brewer will appear
the sentimental and imaginative
mother of a romantic daughter ac
cidentally christened Melisande.
Miss Marian Bloor, as Melisande,
is a delightful embodiment of the
dreamy-eyed heroine. Mr. Milne
ight have had her in mind when he
wrote the play. Her foil is
extremely practical Jane Bagot,
played by Millicent Ward. Both
girls share the attentions of Bobby
Coote, a pleasant, but unromantic
young Englishman, much bewildered
by the poetic yearnings of Meli
sande. Bobby is impersonated by
Miss Mary Elizabeth Pinkston in a
convincingly boyish and loverlike
manner. Mr. Knowle, the humorous
and light-hearted father of the
mantic Melisande, is played by
Athena Campourakis.
Miss Margaret Hauser completes,
this play, a four years’ career in
the role of ardent and fascinating
young lovers.
Two comic roles are those of the
philosophic peddler and the amazed
small boy, played by Miss Adelaide
Winston and Miss Mary Virginia
Pendergraph, respectively.
The whole evening promises to
: one gale of irrepressible laughter.
In all their dramatic career the
Pierrettes have never presented any
thing so entirely amusing as this.
Fellowship Offered
By German Society
Former University Student Now
Studying in Germany Under
Similar Fellowships
A fellowship of the value of $1500
has been established by the German-
istic Society of America for any
American student who contemplates
studying some phase of German civ
ilization at a German University and
can present proof of the following
qualifications: American citizenship,
good health, good moral character
and adaptability, graduation from a
college of recognized standing, and
a good reading knowledge of the
German Language. The fellowship
is open to both men and women who
are under thirty years of age.
Miss Dorothy Fahs, who was
student at the University of North
Carolina last year, is now studying
on one of these fellowships.
The successful candidate will be
required to leave for Germany by
August 1 or earlier to devote him
self to the practice and study of
oral German until the time of the
official opening of the university
(about October 15), at which time
he will be expected to matriculate
for the winter and summer semesters.
The fellowship will be adminis
tered by the Institute of Interna
tional Education. Application blanks
properly filled out and accompanied
by all required credentials, must be
in the possession of the Committee
by March 1. Awards will be
nounced by March 15.
Full information and application
blanks may be obtained by writing
to Germanistic Society Fellowship
Committee, Institute of Interna
tional Education, 2 West tSth St.,
New York, N. Y.
college, its buildings, campus and
ideals. They were met in the lobby
of Main Hall by Mrs. Rondthaler
and Miss Stipe, and were served tea
by members of the Home Econom
ics club. After this they were
shown over the campus and build
ings. During the day the Salem
Museum was kept open and every
one invited to visit it and view its
historical contents.
At the banquet held at 6 o’clcok
in the college dining room, the
trustees and their wives were guests
of the senior class. The trustees,
seniors. Dr. and Mrs. Rondthaler,
Miss Stipe and Mr. Campbell, class
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Margaret Johnson
Leads Y.W. Vespers
How many of you really and
truly know what a “call to worship’’
is.^ If asked, could you give t
sensible definition of this form of
service.^ Do you understand what
a person means when he says that
the program for Vespers last Sun
day consisted in a “Call to Wor
ship”.'’ Those of you who were
there know. The services opened
by a scripture reading by Elizabeth
Marx. Then, Margaret Johnson,
the leader, read numerous passages,
beautiful indirect quotations from
the Bible. At intervals Lillyan
Newell responded with a verse of
“I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say.”
The program was very impressive
and inspiring to all those present.
In short, a “Call to Worship" is
message usually of love and ad
vice interpreted by song.
Student Recital Given
In First Music Hour
Music Hour on Thursday, Feb
ruary 7, which was the first one of
the new semester, consisted of a
students’ recital. The piano, or
gan, voice and violin departments
were well represented in the de
lightful program which was as fol
lows:
Etude—“Ghosts” Schytte
Miss Edith Fulp
Chanson Triste Tschaikowsky
Miss Julia Daniels
“Shepherd, Play a Little Air”
Stickles
Miss Daisy Litz
Adagio from Sonata in E....Handel
Miss Adelaide McAnally
Eeossaise Beethoven-Busoni
Miss Elizabeth Pfaff
Obstination de Fontenailles
The Star Rogers
Miss Doris Kimel
Allegro Moderate from Quartet
in D Haydn
George Dickieson, Albert Blumen-
thal, Thor Johnson, Miss Read
In Autumn Chaminade
Miss Louise Swaim
Die Lotusblume Schumann
Kerry Dance Molloy
WUhelmina Wohlford
Soaring Schumann
Miss Millicent Ward
Hungarian Poeme 1 Hubay
Miss Emily Sargent
Rhapsodie II Dohnanyi
Miss Margaret Johnson
Puppeteers Present
Unique Entertainment
Interesting Program Is Given
Last Saturday evening in Memo
rial Hall a most entertaining and
varied program was presented by the
Yale Puppeteers. The Puppeteers,
who are widely known for their in
teresting work, were brought to
this part of the Carolinas by an in
vitation of Dr. Koch’s of the Caro
lina Playmakers of the University
of North Carolina, and Salem Col
lege was indeed fortunate in having
this opportunity of seeing them.
They were brought here under the
auspices of the Pierrette Players.
The program opened with a de
lightful selection by a three-piece
orchestra, followed by an exception
al interpretation of a piano solo.
Other numbers were: The Last
Scene of Midsummer Night’s Dream,
The Weatherman; The Hurdy Gur-
dy Man; The Five Foot Shelf, an
extremely subtle English play; a
Mezzo-Soprano solo, and concluded
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