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COME OUT! VOLLEY BALL! WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1929. Number 15 Science Club^Holdi Interesting Meeting Members Give Delightful Talks On Scientific Subjects The two main features of the pro gram of the last meeting of the science club were talks, “Chemical Warfare,” by Leonora Wilder, and “Helium and Hydrogen,” by Eliza beth Strowd. The members of the club and all visitors declared that they received some very helpful and interesting facts from these two speeches. Elizabeth Strowd was the first speaker. Helium, she said, is made from heated minerals, the gases being liquefied. Hydrogen is prepared by electrolysis of water. It is a color less, odorless gas. The lightest of all gases, being fourteen times lighter than air. Helium comes next in lightness, it does not conduct ele> tricity. Hydrogen comes from the earth in a volcanic eruption, it i often found in the atmosphere, et pecially the higher atmosphert There are large quantities found sui rounding the sun and stars. Helium is found up near the stars. Hydi gen is used for making Crisco and lard substitutes, in the manufacture of soap, and for airships and dirig ibles. Helium is used for airship.s and dirigibles also. The other speaker, Leonora Wild er, stated that science had intro duced an entirely new type of war fare. Where the people of medieval times fought with forts, rivers and moats, the moderns use poisonous gases, made by the great scientists of their countries. It was in the World War that the gases came to be used to any great extent, but there were many kinds and all very destructive. There was the lachry matory, which produced tears, the sternulatory or sneezing gas, the besicant that blistered the skin, the poisonous or toxic and various other kinds equally as destructive. It was in’ 1911 that the experi menting with gases in Germany be gan. Professor Haben with Saehur, his assistant, who was killed, warked on cacodyl oxide or phosgene. They got their raw material from dye stuffs. On April 24, of this same year chlorine was used against the Canadians. It was used at Ypres April 22, 1915. In June of the same year brominated xylene, causing temporary blindness and lethal gas were used. Gases continued to de velop and be produced in greater variety until by 1917 there enormous quantities of them. Among the foremost were mustard gas, or yellow cross, causing delayed blind ness, blue cross that caused nausea and intense pain, green ( phosgene. At the beginning of the war projectiles seventeen inches diameter were used, but at its close they were one hundred millionth of an inch in diameter. Chlorine is a greenish yellow gas made from common salt, it drags along thq ground because of its wetness, and is dependent on the wind. Phosgene consists of chlor- (Continued on Page Three) Pierrette Players Pre sent “Romantic Age” Delightful Play Is a Success The Pierrette Players scored an other success with their artistic pre sentation of “The Romantic Age,” which they staged in Memorial Hall last Monday night. The players revealed real dramatic ability in their forceful interpretations of the various charactcrs of the pla}% and held tlx‘ir audience by the grace and ease with which they played their The heroine, who was forever searching for the romance of long II this modern age. was eharm- portrayed by Marion Bloor. cleverly supported by Mar garet Hauser as the hero, who brought to her the realization that there is romance even in the com mon place things of today. The role of the doting mother who be lieved herself to be a helpless inva lid, was sympathetically enacted by Mary Brewer. The other members of the east are by no means less deserving of praise, for we found them to be interesting and realistic reproductions of people with whom we come in contact almost daily. The production showed distinctly a thoroughness of preparation and drill combined with natural ability, and much credit is due to Dr. Wil loughby for lier excellent direction which was responsible for such grat- fying results. North Carolina Glee Club on Southern Tour Pyogram of Music to Be Entirely Different from That Ever Used Before The University of North Carolina Glee Club leaves for its Southern Tour on February 18. It will be gone from the Hill for a week and icludes in its itinerary the follow- [g places: Monday—Charlotte (under aus pices of the Parent-Teacher Associ- ago ingly pori Call to Worship Is Extended at Y.W.C.A. “Jesus, Light of the World,” Main Theme at Vespers On Sunday evening, P'ebruary 10, a most impressive devotional service was led by Miss Mary Johnson. The scripture, which was read by Miss Mary Myers Falkener, was the story of Christ’s ministry. The main theme of the call to worship was “Jesus, the Light of the World.” The ceremony was made more in spiring bv vical responses from the Y. W. C. A. choir. The service was closed with a short prayer by the Y. W. president. 1 the order which thev The c ipoke is: VIrs. Knowle Mary Bi rane Millicent Ward Melisande Marian Bloor Mr. Knowle - ..Athena Campouraki.' Bobby . ..Mary Elizabeth Pinkston Marjorigf Siewers Gervase Mallory .Margaret Hauser ■Mary Virginia Pendergraph an Susan, Adelaide Winston Act I Mr. Knowl( after dinner. Midsummer Niglit. Act II Tlie hill top ing. Aet III Mrs, Knowle’s sitting room at teatime. Midsummer’s Da; Mabel Mehaffe ,n). Tut iday—Tr^ (State (State (State Salem Alumnae Holds Meeting In Durham Meeting with Mrs. Horace Snow, at her home in Hope Valley, the alunvnae of Salem college residing in Durham heard the future Salem col lege outlined and considered business for the year in the local association. Mrs. W. M. Piatt, president, pre sided. The house was attractively deco rated with spring flowers both in the living and dining rooms. In the lat ter room the colors of Salem college, yellow and white, were very much in evidence. The refreshments like wise were yellow and white. The minutes of the last meeting were read by Miss Elizabeth Hob- good, secretary, after which plans for the year’s work M'ere discussed and ideas exchanged. The feature of the meeting was an informal talk by Miss Eleanor Forman, of the education depart ment of Salem college. She told of Salem college of toda}^ and com pared it with the college of tomor row. Pictures of the college, some of them being a hundred years old and more, were exhibited. —Durham Morning Herald. dnesda}—Athens, Ga. Normal College). Thursday— Macon, G a (i. formal College). b'riday—Anderson,' S. C ’eachers’ College). Saturday—Asheville (under aus pices of the Alumni Association, oneert to be held at the Woman’s 'lub Auditorium). The personnel of the trip has not ■et been chosen, but will be an nounced. Although ten days have been allotted the Club to make its many other places throughout the Southern states are •lamoring for admission to the Glee Club’s calendar of engagements, the officers of the Club thought it best imit the trip to one week only account of the fact that this quarter is the shortest of the year and a prolonged absence from the Hill may cause many of the mem bers to fail their work and thus be ineligible for further work Club. The program of music to be sung on this tour will be slightly changed from the one used on the fall trip. However, all songs will be new to the towns in which they are to be sung. Two sOngs (The Volga Boatman and Bring a Torch, Jean ette, Isabella) have been retained by popular demand from southern spon sors of the Club. Two very at tractive new groups of songs have been added to the Glee Club’s rep ertoire this season, one being a col lection of folksongs from Norman England, and the other being a modern setting for old English folksongs, with an arrangement for baritone solos and chorus. The for mer group was arranged by W. Whittaker of Durham University, Newcastle, England, and has never been sung in this country before. They were given by Dr. Whittakei to Professor Paul John Weaver head of the Music department here, for introduction into this country The latter group will be sung by e selected chorus and Wesley Gris- wohl. student soloist with the Glee Club. At the close of the concert tour, a free public concert will be given by the club in Chapel Hill. Tlie date and details of tliis appearance will be announced later. A new plan has been under consideration by the Music department this year, that of the Glee Club’s giving one free concert each quarter. It has met with the enthusiastic approval of the faculty and interested students, and so it has been decided to use this plan hereafter, and not charge any admission for any concerts given in Chapel Hill by the Glee Club. The concert last quarter was given while the Press Institute was meeting at U. N. C. and everyone was admit ted to the performance without charge. Owing to the fact that the seating capacity of the Carolina Playmakers theatre was so limited, many students were not privileged to hear the Glee Club at that time, and so the program that will be presented upon the club’s return from their tour of the South will be comparativtly new to them. Professor Nelson O. Kennedy will accompany the Glee Club as piano soloist and accompanist on their next trip, as well as Professor Weav er, director of the organization. Ruth Rankin Heard In Brilliant Recital morial Hall Is Scene of liendi- tion of Kxcellent Program. )n Thursday evening, February in Memorial Hall, a most de lightful piano recital was given by Miss Ruth Rankin. 'Phe program opened with a l^artita in B. Flat by Bach. Before beginning this group of pieces, Miss Rankin explained the form of the “partita.” s a collection of dances which n old-fashioned to us but were lern in Bach’s day. The first cement, Praehidium, is not a ce but forms a prelude for the group. The Allemande which was played witr the utmost facility, is light and graceful nature. The •ante is characteri.stic of its e which translates “running.” The Sarabande forms the slow move- of the Partita-. It is more mel odic than the others. There are two minuets in the group. The first is and capricious in style while the second is slower and more melodic. The Partita ends with the Gique which closely resembles modern “jig.” This group of dances was played with all of the firmness, steadiness, clearness, and precision necessary to a good interpretation of Bach’s music. Miss Rankin played, next, three movements of Schubert’s Sonata A Major; Allegro Moderato, A dante, and Allegro. The first and last movements of this sonata especially outstanding for the skill wliich the pianist showed in over coming the technically difficult pas sages. The last movement was char acterized by an effective lightness of touch on the part of the performer. Especially outstanding in the last group of pieces which Miss Rankin played were; . tlie Capri Brahms which was characterized by very effective climaxes, the Capric- cio by Dohnanys which was very charming, light, and airy in nature, and was played with great technical skill, and finally, the Saint-Saens- Liszt Danse Macabre, in which Miss Rankin excelled both in technique and interpretation Before playing the Danse Macabre, which is unusu ally picturesque and attractive. Miss R.ankin explained the story upon which the piece was composed. In a graveyard in F'ranee the spirits are allowed to come forth for a night of revelry once a year—on Hallowe’en night. They dance from midnight until dawn. At the begin- (Continued on Page Two.) French Club Meets Urgular Meeting Held on February i;S; Interesting Program After roll call and minutes, re freshments were served during which thne conversation in French was carried on. The program was then presented. Miss Cummings read an interesting paper on “Philosophic Moderne.” The Club then was en tertained by a record, “Roses of Picardy,” as rendered by a popular Frehch violinist. After this Miss Dunn read a most interesting report of “The Rose of Sharon,” by Thar- aud, a novel of tlie twentieth cen tury which treats of the life of a young orthodox Jew who breaks away from the bonds and customs of his race to mingle with gentiles and became unorthodox. After experi encing many vicissitudes of a search ing life he makes his way to Paris. There lonely and penniless he finds comfort and rest only in an old store among strictly orthodox surround ings, among those things which he had spent his life denouncing. From there he sets out on a new li'’ thus the novel ends. The last i her was an article entitled “America and Our.selves,” an article by Barth- clmy, read by Miss E. Vaughn Dr. Rondthaler Speaks Expanded Chapel Hour le Ijenten Season Subject for In teresting Address Dr. Rondthaler was the speaker the Expanded Chapel Service on Wednesday morning, February 13. He gave a very interesting account of Lent, its significance, and espe- connection with the forty days which Christ spent in the wil derness. This talk was very inspi rational to many, since Wednesday, being universally recognized as Ash Wednesday, marked the opening of the I.enten season. Ash Wednesday is a day of prsiy- meditation and reverence, and in- iduces a season which should be characterized by these same experi ences. The ensuing forty days have been designated by the term Lent— derived from an Anglo Saxon word lencen. As a season Lent has many spiritual implications to those of the Christian faith, and is abserved in almost all the countries of the With the observance of Lent comes the association of Christ’s forty days spent in the Wilderness. This As sociation is only parallelism, how ever, since Lent is not based on these experiences of the forty days. Dr. Rondthaler then read the ac count of Jesus’ temptation found in the fourth chapter of Matthew. This story, he said, was told by Jesus to an intimate group of friends, prob ably the disciples. By this account Christ revealed His susceptibility to temptation which was of course a great shock to the people. The temptation revealed that Jesus was placed in an environment for which He was not prepared. If; John had been placed in the sameS circumstances he probably would not have been tempted, since he knew how to provide food for himself; Had Christ used Flis own power to turn the stones into bread and thus supply His own needs the Cross would never have been possible. This temptation then indicated whether He would be of service to Himself or would serve others. This story. Dr. Rondthaler concluded, should have a special significance for everyone today, since each and every individual should be asking himself the question—how can I others instead of myself? ceding his lecture, Dr. Rond thaler made a few remarks express ing his pleasure and approval of the Academy honor roll for the last se mester. He stated that the achieve ments of the Academy girls mean much to the college, for Salem Acad emy is the mother of Salem College. Dr Rondthaler added that records show that graduates of the Academy have been among those students in North Carolina colleges who have made the highest averages. Tea Given For High School Seniors Off-Campus Students to Entertain 'I'his afternoon from three to five o’clock, Dr. and Mrs. Rondthaler and the off-campus Salem students are hostesses to the Senior girls of Richard J. R'^ynolds High School who finished in January and those who will graduate in June, and their faculty advisors. The guests will be greeted in Main Hall by Dr. and Mrs. Rondthaler, Miss Stipe, Margaret Vaughn and Lillyan New ell. From here they will be es corted to Alice Clewell living room where some of the seniors are serv ing tea. Each student will then show her espeiially invited guests over the campus and through the buildings, seeking to interest these high school girls in choosing Salem as their Alma Mater.
