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WINSTON-SALEM, N. C„ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1930.
Noted Speaker
Heard at Y. P. M.
Bishop Mueller Gives Cross-
Section of Indian Life in
Nicaragua Jungles
Bishop Mueller, who has general
charge of the Moravian church of
Nortli and North West United States
and Canada, delivered a most in
teresting address on the missionary
work among the people in the jun
gles of South America.
The first of Bishop Muller’s talk
was devoted to a description of the
South American Jungles. The jun
gles are dense masses of vegetation
in which there are no roads, no paths,
nor openings. The jungles with
their varieties of vegetatic
their never ending areas of forest,
gives to one a sense of desolate
loneliness and utter helplessness
The major part of the address
was centered around the people who
inhabit the jungles near Nicaragua
where Bishop Mueller is
ated in Mission work.
In a small village on the upper
Waspuh, three hundred miles from
the farthest mission outpost lives a
people called the Sumu Indians.
This village can be reached by
twelve days of laborous traveling in
small “Dug-outs” which are the most
convenient methods of travel in the
jungles.
Among the Sumu Indians, there
lived a man by the name of Domar
Nelson. Nelson is distinctly not an
Indian name,( however, Domar is
the Indian name which means
“grandfather.” Domar is also a
title of honor and respect. However
Domar Nelson was not a good man.
He was a mystery man or sorcerer.
The religious beliefs of these peo
ple are» particularly interesting .
Although the Indian is heathen, he
is not an idol worshiper,
ships practically nothing, and fears
only one thing, that is the spirit. He
is conscious of a Supreme God
Being but he feels that this God
too remote from his life to worry
much about him.
Nevertheless, the Indian feels
himself surrounded by spirits all
the time. This thought keeps him in
a state of perpetual fear. The In
dian believes that no one is ill or
that no one dies from natural causes:
Spirits always have something to do
with illness or death. There is the
belief that illness is caused by part
of the soul of jin individual being
stolen by an evil spirit. Tlie socerer
is the only one who can mediate be
tween the human being and the
spirit; therefore the Socerer is the
Doctor and the healer of the group.
He is familiar with some plants
and herbs which can be used for
medicinal purposes. He always cures
by incantations and dances, by the
use of two dolls one of which rep-
re.^ents the evil spirit, the other the
good spirit. The methods of healing
diseases are crude and often fatal
in their consequences. For instance
Rhumatism is cured by cutting the
part of the body diseased in several
places by a piece of glass in order
that the Rhumatism may escape.
Often poisonous substances are used
in the attempted cure of disease.
For his aid, the Socerer charges
his patients whatever they are able
to pay. However, anything
possession of the Indian, to which he
takes a fancy, he will surely get. The
Socerer not’only takes material ad
vantage of the Indians, but he if
leader in all the evil doings.
Damar Nelson was the agent oi
the evil one in this particul.ir vil
1mtie. He was leader in evsrything
vU-i'jus and ba.l However, there
came an incident into Damar Nel
son’s life which bears
Biblical saying, “The first shall be
last, and the last shall be first,’
this man who, in all evidence, seemed
furthere.st-away from God was taken
in to the mercy of the living God.
As far as it is known, Domar Nel
son had never been in contact with
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Interesting Exhibit Student Council Retreat
By Science Dept. Held In Winston-Salem
Many Guests Visited the Re-
mc^eled Science Building
During Evening
On Friday, October seventeenth
from 7:30 until 10:30 o’clock, the
Science Department held open house
to students and friends in the city.
This delightfully informal affair
which was the fourth annual cxhibi
tion of its kind, was planned in oi
der that the guests might see th
new model laboratory and practice
house. During the summer months
various improvements were com
pleted, and the laboratory is able
now to accommodate seven classes
at the same time whereas formerly
it was impossible for the instructors
to carry on more than two at once.
There has been added to the equip
ment of the Department, in addition
to nfew class and lecture rooms,
library for the convenience of st
dent^ in the several branches of
science.
Science majors and underclassmen
ipecially interested in some one of
the sciences, served as guides to the
iquisitive onlookers, leading them
from one delicate piece of machinery
to the next and explaining its use
'cments. The displav of
apparatus used by pupils of the dif
ferent courses seemed to draw at
tention not only from those who in
tend shortly to study their ust
also from former students who
able to make an interesting
parison between the instruments
which served them for experimenta
tion and the new and improved
mechanisms.
The extensive appairatuJj w’hicpi
Miss Emmart is employing in hei
research for master’s degree on the
problem: “The effect of amino acids
on the production of alcohol”, caused
much comment.
The latest microscopes,
which was a special instrument for
chemical work, were also exhibited.
Throughout the evening refresh
ments were ^rved to the numerous
guests.
Membership Drive of
Y Very Gratifying
Various Activities have
Already Begun
The membership drive of the Y.
W. C. A. which was conducted last
week has been very successful and
encouraging to those who partici
pated. Eighty-five per cent of the
on-campus students signed mem
bership cards together with quite
a few off-campus students and a
large number of faculty members.
The majority of the students indi
cated interest in several fields of
activity which the Associatioji
sponsoring this year, in an effort
bring to the students new fields
of life and contact, conducive
greatest possible spiritual, social and
intellectual growth outside the
actual classroom experience. The
largest number of students signed
for social service work, and hav
already begun their activities by :
trip to' the Salem Home where they
gave a program of music and recita
tion, and by a visit to the ^lethodist
Children’s Home, where they w
loaded with “all-day suckers.” 'J
Student-Industrial Commission
now being organized with those girls
who want to come into closer con
tact with the industrial girls to share
with them mutual problems and to
have a clearer insight and apprecia
tion of other people. The leaders of
the Association hope that through
these various interests, the students
will find the field in which thev are
most interested, and will gain a wide
appreciation of life and its values
which will find its consumation in
full and creative life from all points
Two Distinguished Speakers
Will be Heard
A group of representative stu
dents from the colleges of North
Carolina will meet this week-end
the West E^nd Methodist Church
the interest of Christian Missio
The girls who come as delegates
be guests of Salem College. The
purpose of the conference is stated
as follows: “The officers of the North
Carolina Student Volunteer Union,
realizing that interest in foreign mis
sions among students in the colleges
of tlie State is at a low ebb, desire
to plan this year a program of
sionary education and recruitment
which will command the respect,
terest and support of thinking Chris
tian students. As a part of this pro
gram, plans have been made to bring
together a group of representative
students at a Council-Retreat to he
it the West End Methodist
1, Winston-Salem. The pur-
if this meeting will be: (1)
to think tlirough at least a few
of the more important problems
hieh must be faced in the mission-
ry program, and (2) to make fur
ther plans for the year to interest
students in these and other prob
lems involved in the missionary en
terprise.
Dr. Elbert Russell, Dean of the
School of Religion of Duke Uni-
■sity, and Mr. J. W. Clay, form-
y missionary to Brazil, will be
the two leaders of the Retreat. Dr.
Russell will speak at nine o’clock
Saturday morning on “Human needs
and World Christianity” and £
o’clock on the subject, “The Mi
ary’s Message.”
The social committee of the Salem
Y. W. C. A,, under the leadership
of Mary B. Williams, was hostess
Friday night to tho delegates
social' rooms of the Methodist
Churcli. An attractive musical pro
gram was given before the serving
of refreshments. Salem College ii
glad to be hostess to the delegates,
and hopes that their stay in Win-
ston-Salem has been a pleasant one
Pierrettes Present
The Old Peabody Pew’
Excellent Performance Given
In a Delightful Comedy
Presentation
On last Saturday night, the Pier
rette Players presented “The Old
Peabody Pew,” dramatized by Kate
Douglas Wiggin, from her book of
the same title. This was the first
of a series of plays which the Pier
rettes will sponsor this year.
The entire action of this t
play was in the old Tory Hill
Church. The setting was a typical
meeting house—with its straight
backed pews and red plush pulpit
chairs. In order to create the cor
rect atmosphere, an old church bell
was rung and Marjorie Siewers read
the story which formed the back
ground of the play—a story of the
precious building—handed down
from generation to generation, anc
eared for by the faithful member;
of the Dorcas Society, whose onf
n, at the beginning of the play, i;
carpet tlie church. With the sec
ond ringing of the bell, the play it-
;lf began.
Mrs. Burbank (Ann Finley) fol
lowed by Lobelia Brewster (Agnes
Pollock) were the first to (
began the afternoon’s sewi
, the members come until there
rs. Miller (Adelaide Winston)
Sargent, (Essie Hendricks)
and Maria Sharp (Betty Stough),
Needles fly, and so do tongues. The
most choice morsel of gossip
A-'entworth has had t
the same week. Th
something unusual for her, sii
had lived alone the last ten _
ing for tlie apparently worthless
Justin Peabody. In the midst of this
rather heated conversation, Nancy
(Mary Virginia Pendergrapli) and
Mrs. 'Baxter (Minnie Hicks) enter.
How quickly the conversation shifts!
Tlie remainder of the afternoon is
spent eating doughnuts, which Jane
Buzzel (Mary Louise Micky) has
brouglit to help things out a bit, in
■ubbing the pews and in general
I.R.S. Representatives
Elected Wednesday
Four Girls From Each Class
Named As Representatives
On Wednesday elections were
held for representatives of one of
Salem’s most worthy organizations,
7. A’. S. It is a great honor to be
representative of this organization
hieh stands for the high ideals of
alem and endeavors to spread tlu
purpose stated in its name, I liepre-
Salem.
I. R. S. COUNCIL
Lucy Currie President
Rutli Carter Vice-President
Lenor
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New Members installed
In Y. W. C. A
Elizabeth Marx Gives
Inspiring Talk
On last Sunday t
per service was devii
lation of new numbers into the Y
W. C. A. The library lighted by
candles, and the cabinet memberj
and new girls dressed in white pre
sented an impressive setting for the
program.
r the v
,-oted ti
Sarah Gi
Virgi
...Junior Class Pr
Hat
Sophomore Class President
Catherine Lassiter
Freshman Class President
REPRESENTATIVES
Senior
Sara Efird Julia Brown Jennings
Margaret Siewers Elizabeth Allen
Junior
Nancy Fulton Bebe Hyde
Eleanor Meinuing
Elizabeth McClaugherty
Sophomore
Marjorie Pleasants Eliott McLean
Mildred Wolfe
Mary Ann Matthewson
hide “Sunset” by Bridge,
ieally played by Martlia
MeKay. Foll'owing" this the choir
and cabinet entered singing, “Father
if Lights.” After a responsive pray
■r. Miss Hazel Read played beauti
fully and with a great deal of finisli,
■mpathy, the slow movement
“Concerto in D” by Vieux
Temps.
Elizabetli Marx, president of Y
W. spoke on the subject of “Labor-
together with God.”
n a most inspiring! way
brought out the thought that
should look outward, upward and
inward. An individual should look
isutward in order to know his fel
men, in order to be faithful in
minor every day tasks as well a
greater ones, and also to look
beyond his own small horizon and
find his plan in God’s great pattern
of life.
In looking inward one^ should
seareli out the petty faults and pi
judiees and realizing them, strive to
rise above them.
Last, but greatest of all, one
should look up to God.and in look
ing up find the thrte qualities, eo-
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Mr. Schofield Is
Music Hour Speaker
French Songs and Song-
Writers Discussed
Mr. Ernest L. Schofield was in
charge of the first music hour of
the year, which was held on Thurs
day afternoon. The program consist
ed of a discussion of the develop-
of modern French songs, and
compositions of various song-writers
In his talk Mr. Schofield stated
the development of the modern
French songs might date from the
Napoleonic era. Heretofore they
had bordered on the folk-song style.
Even in some of the songs of today
the characteristics of the old songs
can be found—that is, they have,
sentimental texts, for the most part.
By 1830, however, many of Schu
bert’s songs had been sung in France
and French composers were trying
to imitate liis style. During this
revolutionary era in France, there
was a splendid outburst of lyric
poetry. Victor Hugo and Lamar
tine were in vogue, naturally the
song responded to the poetic move
ment. The composers of this time
were not outstanding except that
they offered new ideas to later com-
. It might be said that the true
modern French songs began in 1830.
Saint-Saens, Gounod, Godard, and
Massenet wrote some great songs.
Gounod’s lyric talent strongly in
fluenced his geneiation. Godard
cared little for revision or sup
pression, and many of his songs are
ipontaneous beauty—graceful,
refined, and full of color. Massenet
brings out an indivdual mood and
mtiment. His form is more concise
and his accompaniments more bril
liant than those of his predecessors.
The influence of Cesar Franck
•aised the level of contemporary art
to a greater seriousness, and gave it
1 more complete emancipation. His
nusic had in it the human and the
ethereal. One critic says: “It leads
from the world to the soul and from
tlie soul to God.” In adopting the
•kian beliefs in their music the
song-writers have clearly
raised the song of France to a higher
There was another school of
French music in which the piano
treated as an orchestra and
stress was laid on color, rhythm,
and harmonius effects. The songs
of this school are often declama
tory.
Paul Verlaine stands out as a
poet who had great influence on
•h songs, for many of his poems
set to msisic'. Holmes and
Chamenade are outstanding women
■mposers, whose songs are light
but, nevertheless, pleasing.
The song-writers of France pos
sessed in their songs an aptitude for
intensity in the presentment of their
themes, and an acute perception of
the artistic values of emotion, of the
illusive beauty implied or felt rath
er than heard—these were the gifts
which tliey utilized in full.
Adelaide Silversteen sang two de
lightful French songs: “L’Amour”
by Godard and “Que L’henre est
danc breve,” by Massenet.
Mr. Schofield sang several songs
well representative of the song
writers of France:
“Infidelite.”
Halm
“Si mes vers avoilut des ailes”
“Ballade des gros dindous”
Chabrier
“Requiem du coeur” Pessard
“Je ne veux pas autre chases”
Widor
“ Plongeur” Widor
“II neige”^ Bemberg
“Nocturne” Franfck