CONGRATU
LATIONS
FRESH
MEN
WINSTON-SALEMj N. C., SATURDAY MARCH 15, 1930.
FACULTY WINS LAURELS
IN OPERA PRESENTATION
“Polly’s Archie” Is a Real
Event of the Season
“Polly’s Archie,” the exceedingly
grand opera presented by the fac
ulty on Saturday evening, March
8, far outshone any Thespian talents
ever displayed on this ancient cam
pus. The great production and the
amazing rendition by the cast have
intimidated even the Pierrette; l^lay-
ers and the Seniors. That group
wlueh next aspires to dramatic
laurels will be unusually courageous.
None of the players were any
more beautiful or more appreciated
than tlie fastidious ushers, Miss
Covington was fragile to the point
of Dresden and Miss Stipe, though
somewhat austere in her sombre rig,
was also quite lovely. We remem
ber how elegantly she tripped down
the aisle bearing a floral offering to
some especially fortunate player.
Tlie Libretto, (now we mean the
score), was really very imposing,
Lissabetta Lili received many of her
clever lines from Freshmen themes,
no doubt. We wonder if the fervor
of the lines spoken by the ardent
lovers is a reflection of some deep,
impressive past experience. The
music was perfectly suited ti
lines and characters and was disap
pointing only in that no bride ap
peared at Lohengrin’s familiar
strains. Naturally, every one of the
operatic airs were enthusiastically
received by the appreciative audi
ence, but, somehow, we like “Sunny-
side Up” best.
Libretto (now we mean the actor),
played by Eleanora Chasa,
feet even to the last stab. Her
tragic and graceful death far out
weighed any crime she had unwill
ingly committed in regard to the
fate of the eternal triangle. Senora
I^eGrande W'as a most exquisite her
oine, both in the role of Polly and
of Columbine. Her Columbine
costume was lovely and greatly
hanced her Italian beauty. It
impossible to describe the effect of
lier beautiful singing. The audience
fairly thrilled at the clear notes of
love.' At moments of great tension,
for instance when Polly .“sang the
lines:
“Oh Archie, Archie, Archie, Archie!
Oil Arch, Arch, Arch, Arch!”
not a breath was drawn. Her sad
demise brought crocodile tears to
every eye, watching her expii
Lisabetta Ronvalo’s interpretation
of Archie was simply incomparable.
The handsome blonde, he-
College Orchestra to
Appear in Concert
Orchestra Under Diiiaction of
Miss Read to Play Com
plete Haydn Symphony
Miss Hazel Horton Read will di
rect the Salem Stringed Orchestra
concert on Monday evening, March
17th, at 8:15', o’clock. A most in
teresting and delightful program has
been arranged in which a number of
selections from the great classical
composers together with some of the
moderns will be played. An unusual
amount of symphonic music will
have a place on the program, which
will open with the first movement
of Mozart’s noted “Jupiter” sym
phony, long regarded as one of his
•three greatest symphonies. A;
contrast to the more massive effects
of the symphonic music, a string
quartet by Karl Dittersdorf will be
played. Miss Read will take the
first violin part in this cemposition.
The second violin will be played by
Mr. George Diekieson, the viola by
Mr. Albert Blumenthal and the
Cello by Mr. Carl Plaster. The
chief orche,stral number on the pro
gram w'ill be Haydn Symphony in
C Major, one of the major works of
this great master. This symphony
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A Musical Program
Given at Vespers
Miss Shaffner and Mr. Scho
field Take Part
bee.
ning
blut
The Sunday evening Vespers S'
vice was led by I.ily Taylor. T
program began with the singing
a hymn and Elizabeth Marx led
Prayer.
a" cello solo by Mr. Ernest
Schofield, head of the voice depart
ment, was an unexpected and an al
together charming part of the pro
gram. With easy grace and skilful
interpretation Mr. Schofield played
Notturns bV Golterwan, a cimpo-
sitiion of color, beauty and much
depth of feeling.
Wanna May Huggins read as t
scripture lesson, John 11: 1-15, ai
supplementen her reaning with ;
excellent conversation on the paf
would have I age.
head than Polly’s.' Miss Eleanor Sraffner, head of
' ' harp department, played
:: Prelude in C Minor by Chop-
ind an arrangement for liarp of
old Moravian hymn. Both
pieces were lovely and Miss Shaff-
brought out the plaintive melody
of the hymn artistically and with a
great deal of expression.
Juniors Defeated By
Freshmen Team
Strong Freshman Team Over
comes Opponents in
Contest
The Freshman class may be green
according to tradition, but when it
comes to playing basketball, they’
all there! For, on Saturday after
noon in the championship game,
they wiped the juniors off the earth
by the mighty score of 29—8. The
game, however, was not as one-sided
as the score might indicate. There
were many fouls made—on
freshman side especially. The weak
est point in the game of the juniors
was, without doubt, their defense.
The guards seemed powerless beside
the quick and accurate freshman
forwards.
Me Anally for the freshmen play
ed a good game at guard, while
Gerken ran wild as high sc(
Captain Harris played a consistent
ly fine game. Her steady offensive
work and accurate shooting w;
tower of strength for her team.
O’Brien, though put out in the last
half of the game for Jones, played
I exceptionally good game.
For the juniors, Captain Carter
IS the shining light. She seemed tc
be everywhere at once, and she, to
gether with Thompson accounted for
-thirds of their final score.
FTetcher deserves mention for ex
cellent guarding.
The one factor that led the Fresh
men to a decisive victory was their
powerful and unbroken team work.
The absence of Womelsdorf, injured
forward, was a great handicap.
TIio line-up was as follows:
O’Brien (3) Thompson (3)
F
Gerken (15) Mauney (2)
F
■is (11) C Carter (4) C.
SECOND LENTEN ADDRESS
AT EXPANDED CHAPEL
turned a Hgh --
As for the voice—well, Rudy Val-
lee’s could not have been better.
This man, too, knew how to die and
draw sympathetic tears from a re
sponsive audience.
Dorotea Noxo was quite convinc
ing in her rolo of Tillain. Her tow
ering height, great bulk and sinister
black mustachios were terrifying.
Personally, we enjoyed the sleep
walking scene especially; although it
raised a perplexing question: namely,
from what member of our faculty
did she borrow the costume? An
other tragic death capped her cli
max. This was a gory tragedy, lots
of blood, but such beautiful blood!
Every character was indeed en
trancing and each displayed trans
cendent histrionic ability. Peva,
with her wonderful music and the
adorable Carlotta, was fascinating.
Her attire and her rather unique
whiskers were equalled only by
Carlotta’s grave expression
caudal appendage. Carlotta w
lucky little simian. We ached for
a few of those peanuts and pennies.
That was almost as cruelly enticing
as Royo Cambello’s spaghetti and
balcony stand.
The Count Me Out, played by
Francesco Ansco, was entertaining.
His antics were surprisingly agile
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EFFICIENCY CUP AGAIN
CLAIMED BY FRESHMEN
Are the freshmen going to take
the Effeciency Cup right out of the
hands of the other classes without
struggle? For the past four or fi'
weeks these atheletie freshmen ha'
wrested the prize for the week from
the rest of us, which has put them
three ahead of the other competitors.
The results of the contest for this
week are as follows: Seniors, 8
Juniors, 78%; Sophomores, 85%%;
and the Freshmen, 96%.
After the hearty, public
knowledgement of improvement on
the part of the Seniors, it is assured
that they must continue in the good
habit—at least to outstsip the
Sophomores, who, with their one-
half of a student (girls, dieting is
a bad thing!) caused themselves to
advance a half a step beyond their
big sisters.
McAnally Winston
E. Mickey
. Kirkland
Miss Scott Speaks to
Home Economics Club
City Hospital Dietician Ad
dresses Salem College
Students
The regular monthly meeting of
the Home Economics Club was held
Thursday evening in the can
living room. The meeting
opened by the president, Nona
per, who gave an intreesting report
)n the State Home Economic Con-
■ention recently held in Greens
boro.
iss Scott, dietician at the City
Hospital, talked to the members of
the club about the duties of a diet-
[. She explained that there '
two dieticians, the administrative
and the assistant. They work twelve
hours per day and have every other
Saturday afternoon and Sunday off.
The administrative dieticiaii is in
charge of all buying and is allowed
one dollar per day for eactk patient.
She must arrange each diet accord
ing to the doctor’s instructions. The
dietician is responsible for the pure-
of the food. Miss Scott stated
that dieticians must be college grad
uates and hold B. S. degrees in home
economics. At the conclusion of her
interesting talk the meeting was
journed.
Academy Seniors Are
Guests of 1. R. S«
Substitutions—■
Sophs: Moore, Walker, Rawlings.
Juniors: Efird.
Referee—Miss Day (University
of Illinois).
The varsity basketball team
announced at the basketball banquet
Saturday night. The following are
tlie chosen few:
Shorty Biles.
Jinks Harris.
Family Mickey.
Ruth Carter.
F'ranees Fletcher.
Buddy Moore.
Carrington Holman.
Allie Mae Gerken.
Charlotte O’Brien.
Dot Thompson.
Adelaide Winston.
Martha Delaney.
Louise I.asater.
Irene McAnally.
Sue Jane Mauney.
Amelia Gooch.
Edith Kirkland.
Sarah Efird.
Salem Quartet Renders
Unusual Feature Song
Friday night at 9:00 one of the
year’s most charming and delightful
I. R. S. socials was enjoyed. The
guests for the evening were
girls of the Senior Class of the
Academy, Misses Chase, Jackson,
Zachary and Virginia Wilson, the
class advisor. Mrs. Rondthaler
also a most welcome guest.
A Salem Quartet put on an
usual feature song, in which they
introduced the Senior Class. Each
member of the Senior Class wa
troduced by a little verse sung and
enacted by members of the Quartet.
Edith Kirkland and Mary Vir
ginia Pendergraph were next oi
entertainment program. They pre
sented a most delightful and ar
ing duologue.
The Saint Patrick’s day motif
carried out in the decorations and
refreshments. The campus living
_ _ 1, where the forum was held,
bore especial evidence of the Saint
Patrick’s season and the colored
ices and cakes gave an assurance
its presence. The affair was quite
entertaining and was enjoyed by a
good number, including all college
students and the academy guests.
Sigma Omicron Alpha
Has Debating Season
Negative Wins in Interesting
Debate
Sigma Omicron Alpha held its
monthly meeting in the Campus Liv
ing Room of Alice Clewell Building
on March 4. The query for debate
was: “Resolved that this audience
agreed that the installment plan
buying has benefited us.” Grace
Martin upheld the affirmative side
and Babe Silverstein the negative.
The decision was in favor of the
negative side.
INTERCOLLEGIATE
TEAM ANNOUNCED
In the tryouts for the intercol
legiate debaters, the following won
F’lizabeth Marx, Mary Ayers Payne,
Alice Caldwell and Frances Douglas.
The Alternates were Pauline Setzer
;:nd Lucy Woolwine.
On the 1st of May, Mary Ayers
Payne and Alice Caldwell are to
debate Catawba at Salisbury. They
will uphold the negative. Elizabeth
Marx and Frances Douglas will de
bate Catawba at Salem at a later
date.
Sometime in April there will be
a debate between Virginia Inter-
mont and Salem College here at
Salem. Pauline Setzer and Lucy
Woolwine, the Freshman Team, will
debate at that time.
Dr. Rondthaler Gives Interest
ing Talk on “The Person
of Reference”
At the expanded chapel hour
Wednesday, Dr. Rondthaler gave
the second of a series of Lenten ad
dresses.
Beginning, he repeated a state-
snt of the previous Wednesday.
He said that every one of us needs
and almost everyone of us uses,
; fixed and definite point or per-
of reference. A great ship
voyage needs to know at what
point it must set its course. As the
waters deepen it becomes more con
spicuous as a point of reference. In
strange manner and impressive
way the mariner is guided by the
un and by the stars in the course
1 which he holds his ship. When
lie stars are shrouded, when the
un is shaded, he is lost, blind,
wandering. He gropes in fear and
anxiety.
Not only must the traveler at sea
have a definite point of reference to
make his way safely, the traveler
land must have one as well. In
the realms of our daily experience,
each of us takes guidance not from
point, but from a person of ref
erence, consciously or unconsciously.
Every day is not a day of the
greatest emergency, but every day
filled with many opportunities to
make decisions, decisions which
le from within us. A de
cision reached is a new self-conquest
made, new self-control acquired.
Decisions come almost momentarily,
actions thereafter are guided
by tht nature of the decision. When
e decide a thing we do it with
;gard to somebody’s hope, some
body’s love, somebody’s ambition,
and expectations. As you think into
activity some person in the back
ground of your life, you find impulse
and strength and clarity of decision.
1 mind suggests to you who
this person is.
In your young days you acquired
the habit of asking your mother if
you might do thus and so—if she
approved of your saying or having
this thing or that thing. At first she
answered you with a definite and
convincing and final yes or no.
However, as you grew older she put
more up to you, asked you what
lu thought about it.
Now you may be separated from
is person of your counsel, sepa
rated temporarily, or permanently.
However, he or she comes vividly
and eagerly into your thoughts as
you make a decision.
As your life becomes more com
plicated, the number of your persons
of counsel increases. You include
many people of wisdom and love
and make increasing use of them. It
is in this way that any sensible and
useful life is composed. This is
one of the greatest and richest
achievements of life. In this group
of friends and advisors, stands the
particular one—the Son of God. He
stands unobtrusively—which is one
of his most beautiful and most en
dearing characteristics —His unob
trusiveness. If in the mastery of
power which is His. He should
force Himself, our attitude of re
sistance toward Him and His ap
proval might be justified. How
ever, He stands eagerly and courte
ously waiting to bt invited to lend
His strength and personality to hu
man strength and personality.
A peasant woman of Switzerland
once was carrying a great bundle
along an Alpine path in the gor
geous sunshine of early morning. As
she went she paused here and there,
stooped and gathered flowers. The
man walking behind her watched
and wondered. Suddenly, she
turned into a little by-path. The
man, interested, saw her knfeel be-
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