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LUCK ON EXAMS! WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1930. Mr. Morgan Speir Heard At Expanded Chapel Amazing Statistics o f Im- manse Telephone and Tele graph Company Given in Interesting Talk Mr. Morgan Speir, the Carolii General Manager of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co., was speaker at Y. P. M. Wednes day, May 11. By a very interesting address, Mr. Speir gave us a delight ful insight into the business organi zation which he represents. The Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company is one of the world’s great economic enterprises, composed, of the American Tele- plione and Telegraph Company and twenty-four minor companies, how ever, these twenty-five companies compose the largest corporation the world. Mr. Speir’s talk dealt with four principal phases of this company namely. Investment, Plant, Services and Personnel. This particular ganization is the most outstanding in these four respects. The Ameri can Telephone and Telegraph Com pany with its twenty-four associated Companies have an aggregate capi tal of $'4,228,000,000. This amount of! money represents the cost twenty-seven Pan'ama Canals, or cost of twenty-six highways $160,000 apiece. The money pended last year by the corporation was $1,208,000,000. The costs of plants and other assets represents 6.8% of this amount. The speaker laid particular phasis on the good management of the company. This good manage ment is shown by the excellent divi dends which are payed. Its divi dend history is very remarkable. Twenty-four years ago it payed 6% dividends; fifteen years ago it payed 8% dividends; nine years ago it payed nine dollars a share; and to day it pays 7.8% dividends. The Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company is the largest Corporation in regard to stock holders which number 469,000. In this group there are 84.000 more women than men. A great many of these women are widows who have invested all their financial means in this enterprise. This very fact shows the implicit confidence put in the company. Another interesting fact is that no group of people nor any in dividual can control more than one percent of the stock. The purpose of the company is “Public Service” not “Individual.” The average num ber of shares per stockholder is twenty-eight. This fact shows to what an extent, tlie stock is widely distributed. The company is abso lutely open-handed about its func tions. Facts concerning all of its business transactions arc given year ly to the public through booklets. The twenty-five companies con stituting the Bell Telephone & Tele graph Company are connected by traffic exchanges. If all the central exchange office bulidings were moved to the same place, they would con stitute a city larger than Richmond, Virginia. This company has in stalled 15, 414,000 telephones. Last year alone 900,000 new telephones were installed, which represented 76,000,000 miles of wire, or 321 times the distance between the earth and the moon. In 1929, the com pany spen $633,000,000 in extend ing its plants, an amount of money which is equivalent to the cost of five and one-half Panama Canals. This year it will spend over $700,- 000,000 in extension work. Mr. Speir said that when he be gan to work with the Telephone Company, there was only one Long Distance Cable in America. This cable was only nine miles long and was used for experimentation pur- (Continued on Page 3) Y. W. C. A. Installation Proves Beautiful Event Old Cabinet Lights Candles of New Cabinet of 1930-31 Signifying Beginning of New Year Perhaps the most beautiful Ves pers service of the year was held at six o’clock Sunday, Mayi 11, in the College Library. This was the Y. W. installation service at which time the old Cabinet of 1929-30 yielded its place to the new Cab inet of 1930-31. The service was a very impressive one with termingling of lighted candles, white dresses, twilight atmosphere, and its air of holiness. The service began with both the old and new Cabinets and officer:- coming into the Library in a proces sion of two’s while “p'ather oi Lights” was softly played. The Cabinet members seated themselves in a half-circle about Charlotte Grimes, the presiding officer and Y. W. President of 1929-30, and Elizabeth Marx, President of 1930- 31 Y. W. C. A. After a hymn was sung by the entire group. Miss Elizabeth Rondt^ialer sang a beauti ful solo, accompanied by Dorothy Thompson at the piano. Charlotte Grimes, the outgoing President, expressed her apprecia tion to her Cabinet members of 1929- 30, to the Faculty Advisory Board, and to the entire student body whole for the aid they have given the W. C. A. this year. She also expressed her high expectati wishes for the Y. W. during the incoming year. As she lighted Elizabeth Marx’s candle, the retiring President said to the ; 'Let your light so shine before that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in Heaven.” To which the new Presi dent replied: “I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth Following this, the various n bers of the old and new Cabinets went tlirough the same ceremony. When the candles of both Cabinets lit, the outgoing President and the incoming President lighted the candles of every member of the audience, while every one sang, F'ollow the Gleam.” Elizabeth Marx gave an inspiring talk, emphasizing three necessary factors fr the success of the year; (1) Tlie co-operation of each member of the Cabinet; (2) (Continued on Page Four) Theta Delta Pi Sorority Entertains Senior Members of Sorority In the private dining-room of the Reynold’s Grill, the members of Theta Delta Pi entertained for the senior members of the sorority, last Thursday night. The colors green and white were carried out, both in the menu and the favors. In the middle of the table was a lovely centerpiece of white pinks and fern. Beside the plate of each honor guest was a beautiful corsage of white roses and white pinks^ and in addition, dainty white lace mitts were presented to them. At the other places lay a single white rose bud and fern, in keeping with the sorority colors. A delicious five course dinner was served, and the guests present were: Ada James, Greenville, N. C.; Louise Cooke, High Point, N. C.; Jane Harris, Greensboro, N. C.; Ernestine Flow ers, Mount Olive, N. C.; Eva Hack ney, Elizabeth Allen, Anna Holder- ness, Pat Holderness, Arminta Saw yer, Shuford Carlton, Martha Pierce, Louise Salisbury and the honorees: Charlotte Grimes, Nona Raper and Lucile Hassell. Final Swimming Meet Held Friday Evening Large Audience Views Con test Held in Alice Clewell Building The final swimming meet of the season was held Friday evening at 6:30. The windows of the base ment as well as those of the upper stories of Clewell were filled with spectators, and the pool was lined at either end with contestants for thi trophy offered for water sports. Tlie results of the entire meet an nounced by Miss Hazel Browne and Miss Atkinson who served compe tently as both judges and keepers are as follows: Form Swimming— 1st Place (Preston and Holder ness tied). 2nd Place—(Preston and Holder ness tied). 3rd Place—Walker. Racing— 1st Place—Preston. 2nd Place—Holderness. 3rd Place (Walker and Womels- dorf tied). Diving— 1st Place (Webb and Preston tied). 2nd Place — (Holderness and Womelsdorf tied). 3rd Place—(Winston Walker tied) Total for all Events. 1st Place—Preston. 2nd Place—Holderness. 3rd Place—Walker. The above awards represent only the final scoring of each group of events. There were several outstanding individual performances which worthy of note. The smooth, regu lar, Elementary Back Stroke of Holderness as well as her slow, easy Side Stroke and methodical Single Over-Arm made her a favorite with the gallery, while the crawl it was executed by Harris and the Breast Stroke by Preston showed practice to each in turn. The Free Style Race which won by Holderness and the Back Crawl Race in which first place went to Preston were welcome contrasts to thq' showy but slowly moving program of strokes and dives. In spite of the fact that tht diving, swimming, and racing wen somewhat hampered, because the time as well as the weather de manded a short meet, several charm ing novelties were introduced into the scheduled list of dives. Wom elsdorf did a neat “Greystc Special” to the delight of her spec tators, and Preston performed [Comfortably untidy swan which practically brought down the dow boxes. The diving of Hold erness and Womelsdorf was consist- ;ntly good, and the standing and tlie •unning front dives of Webb were commendable. The meet which was the public de monstration of the work which is being carried forward through a swimming and diving tests proved instructive as well as inter- taining. Although it formally closes the swimming season, the Water Sports program will be carried through exams and neither the ing of tests nor enjoying of i ing dips, afternoon and evening ill be discontinued. Bob-O-Link Golf Tour nament Terminates Virginia Martin Winner A Large number of Girls partici- ited in the Golf Tournament held 1 the Bob-O-Link Course in the issen Building. The championship as played off this week and re- ards were given to the following: First Place, Virginia Martin, Prize of $5.00; Second Place, Amelia Gooch, Prize of $3.50; Third Place, Lenora Riggan, Prize of $3.00. Senior Class Honored By Juniors Robert E. Lee Hotel Scene of Colorful Occasion On Monday evening. May 12, the Senior class was honored by a de lightful dinner benquet at the Robert E. Lee Hotel. The class was entertainments. Special goests Dr. and Mrs. Rondthaler, Mr. Mrs. Ralph McDonald, Miss Kath erine Riggin and Miss Minnie Smith, Jhnior class advisor. The guests were welcomed at seven o’clock on the mezzanine floor of the hotel by a receiving line of faculty and students. Immediately afterward, the banquet hall was opened and the guests drew for in dividual tables at which there were three juniors and three seniors. A delicious and well appointed four course ' dinner was served, during which the orchestra for the occasion rendered entertaining music. Miss Thelma Stortz presented a delight ful toe dance, and Lyda Womelsdorf did an extremely charming tap dance. After the banquet the guests were invited to dance in the banquet hall. Favors given to the seniors were unique bracelets of diverse design, each bearing a Salem seal. Baseball Season Brought to Close Freshmen Defeat Juniors For Championship Title On last Monday the first baseball game of the season was played be tween thqj Fresihman and, Sopho- nore Classes. The Freshies down- :d the Sophs 23-9. Harris pitch ed for the Freshmen and Delaney for Sophomore. Almost every play er got a hit and Delaney walked quite a few men. Sink played good ball for the Sophs, while Gooch and Harris starred for the Freshman SOPHOMORE FRESHMEN Graves (3b) Delaney (p) Lasater (2b) Biles (c) Bradford (ss) Sink (lb) Harris (p) Gooch (c) Walker (2b) Motsinger (2b) Womelsdorf (3b) Moore (ss) The Junior Class out played their superiors, the Seniors, i baseball game on Tuesday with the ore of 23-0. Richardson, in the first inning fanned Reeves and Willingham and walked Flemming. Mauney walked with a home run to her credit. Kirkland d|nd Ridiardson starred for the Juniors and Firey for the Seniors. LINE-UP: SENIORS JUNIORS Reeves (lb) Ward (lb) Willingham (2b) Kirkland (p) (ss) Webb (ss) Richardson (p)(ss) Firey (3b) Carter (c) Wilder (p) Mauney (2b) Biles (c) Winston (If) Thompson (rf) Officials: Atkinson and Gleim. Friday afternoon’s game between the Juniors and the Freshmen brought the base ball season to a close. The Freshmen won the ihampionship by a score of 17 to 7 —the Juniors seeming to find it hard to stop their hits in the field. Milli- cent Ward found the Freshmen Pitcher easier than any of her class mates and sent several clean hits in to the outfield. This was the best game of the season. Sophomores Entertain Senior Class Womans’ Club Scene of Delightful Tea May 16 The Womans’ Club of Winston- Salem on West Fourth Street was the scene of a lovely tea from 4:30 to 5:30 on Friday, May 16. The tea was given by the Sophomore Class of Salem College in honor of its sister class, the Senior Class of Salem. The guests entered through the stately white columns at the front entrance of the Club where they were greeted by a receiving line con sisting of Mary Mitchell Norman, President of the class of ’32, Fritz Firey, President of the Class of ’30; the two faculty advisers of the classes,| Mrs. Ralph MacDonald, Mrs. Howard Rondthaler, Miss Katherine Riggan, and all the offi cers of both classes, as well as girls selected from both classes. The guests proceeded for refresh ments into the adj oining room, which was beautifully decorated with flow ers suitable to the occasion. As the Sophomores who had “big sisters” in the Senior Class took them to the tea, the remaining memibers of the class served in that room a delicious salad course with tea and mints, af ter which the guests departed through the side door. Both in the menu and in the dec orations the colors' of the class of ’30 were noticeable to a large extent. The tea, which was one of a series of entertainments given in honor of the graduating class, was a delight ful event. French Club Holds Last Meet of Year Competent Officers Selected to Direct Club Activities For 1930-31 The Senior French Club held one of its most delightful meetings of the year on Wednesday afternoon. A musical program was rendered by Elizabeth McClaugherty, violinist, Dorothy Tliompson, aecompainist, aind Wilhelmina Wohlford, soloist.. The club then took up the most important business at hand, which ■(yas the election of officers for 1930- 31. Grace Martin was elected Presi dent; Martha Pierce, Vice-presi- dent; and Marjorie Siewers, Secre- ry-treasurer. The retiring president, Laila Wright, spoke a few words of fare well to the members on behalf of the Seniors. The other officers whose terms expired at this meeting were Margaret Siewers, vice-president, and Josephine Cummings secretary- treasurer. The social hour which followed proved a most enjoyable one. De licious refreshments were served by the hostesses, Ernestine Theis and Mary Myers Faulkner. Science Club Has Last Meeting of Year Interesting Talk Made by Frances Caldwell on Sub ject of! “Nitrogen” The Science Club held its last meeting of the year on Friday, May 9. The program centered around a talk, “The Synthetic Process of Nitrogen,” given by Miss Frances Caldwell. Miss Caldwell mentioned the needs of nitrogen, and explained the preparation and progress of ni trogen. The talk closed with a dis cussion of the Muscle- Shoals Prob lem and was illustrated with maps and diagrams.
