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WINSTON-SALEM. N. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1930.
Dr. Rondthaler Talks
Of Scholastic Aims
Y. P. M. Begun by Students
Taking Part in Learning
Old Hymns
Y. P. M. W.vl.u-sday, October 22,
w.-is coiidiioted by Dr. Hondtlialor
Mild 1‘oiisistfd of till- singing of sev
eral old liynms unfamiliar to the
])resciit day, by the entire group,
;nul a talk oil the seliolastic honor
system at Salem wbieli threw inter
esting sidelights upon the subjeet.
TIu; old hymns arc revered and dis
tinguished both beeausc of age and
becaiisc of brilliancy of composition.
One marvels at the dignitv and
grandeur of these old hymns, the
fruit of some four eenturies ago, one
of which dated to 1592.
Attention must be and is given to
th(‘ academic honor system at Salem.
A group nearly identical who dis-
jilay zeal of devotion, loyalty untir
ingly, and efforts unceasingly re-
ciived, in these comments made by
Dr. Rondthaler, the highest praise
and commendation. The lists of
those students who since 1921 have
achicv'cd college honors were read.
.Many of these students have reached
high and admirable world positions;
some in offices, some in schools, some
arc traveling and many lia’"* turned
lioine making. Next were given
the names of those girls who since
1927 have gained class honors.
Many girls, lu-aring this list of
young women who have gone ahead
))rolitablv. mav push these honors
aside, caVing more for social life of
college than for seliolastic achievc
ments. College life, truthfully, is
not made ii]) of academic attempts;
yet tlie first aim of a college is a
scholastic goal—and that goal cle-
It is ever admitted that not all arc
capable of lieiiig A-grade students.
Music Hour Presents
Excellent Program
Mr. Vardell Makes Interesting
Talk on the Subject of
Ultra-Modern Music
At the music hour on Thursday
■afternoon, Mr. Vardell made a
splendid talk on “Ultra-Modern
Music,” and played
positions illustrating the trend of
this movement. According to Mi
V'ardell, ultra-modern music is be
ing made by pioneers who are trying
to find ways of expressing them
selves through new forms and ideas.
There have always been ultra-modern
musicians—Bach, Haydn, Mozart,
Schuman, Wagner, and Beethoven in
particular, belonged to this class.
Arnold Schonberg of Germany is
an outstanding ultra-modern com
poser who has had much influence.
He has discarded the popular eon-
c ption of beauty and orderlv ar
rangement, but has conceived of a
logical arrangement of melodies. His
compositions are polyphonic that is,
having many voices, and eaeh work
must IjC divided into component mel
odics before they can be fully appre
ciated. Because Sehonberg’s works
do not have melody as w'e know it,
they seem unnatural at first, but
there is much subtle expression in
them. From the standpoint of most
people the melodies are thoroughly
unconventional. Rather, it is as if
speech were trying to pervade the
keyboard, for the
oni'self witli res|)cet ti
Dr. Poteat Addresses
Wake Forest College
Well Known Speaker Gives
Excellent Sketch of “Vergil
And His Influence”
L- the
effect
upon th{’ world’s languages, litera
ture, ideals, standards, and aspira-
ti(Uis brought about through the read
ing of the master I.atin poet, Vergil,
bv' countless generations of school
children,” said Dr. Hubert Poteat
in an address on “Thd Influence of
Vergil,” delivered in the Wake For
est chapel Wednesday morning, cele
brating the bi-millennial anniversary
of the birth of Vergil at Andes, near
■Mantua, October 15, 70 B.C.
The first part of Dr. Poteat’s ad
dress was taken up with; the life of
Vergil. His father had a farm in
Andes, and Vergil received a good
edue.-ition. After one', attempt in
rt, Vergil left law, took his books.
and w
a fan
lortlK
n Italy
in the
ruthlessl;
Agrarian division, and he went to
Home about H or lO 15. C. to ap
ply to Augustus, who restored his
Land to him. Vergil and Augustus
became fast friends. He returned to
his farm, ;ind studied .and wrote.
llis Rclogues, a series of pastoral
poi ms, were written about I'l-IW
li.C. In .‘il B.C. he completed the
(jeorgies, an agricultural poem, in
tended to influence the people to re
turn to the country. The writing of
the Encid occupied the last ten years
of Vergil’s life. He fell sick at
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f;ill of the speaking
Schonberg has written a group of
six little pieces without titles at ’ '
given detailed directions as t(
iliev should be plaved. The
lelodies
and 11
u defin
■moli.nval i xiu’cssion. .Schonliei
in expressionist as opposing the
ircssionists, and some of his m
The call i;
i not to be the highest.
is very artii
Stic.
but to be
and to do the best and
Another i
liy this ace.
oinplish the ideal. There
^’aul He
idenith, one of
is a pcrsis
tent urge to take stock
Schonberg’s
deeiple
s. His compo
sition are!
for the 1
nost iiart sketches
which arc,
experhn
ents in rythin. His
“Ne.eturne
•an experiii
iient for
it is a work show-
lasterv.
Although it con-
l.aiiis .'1 fe>
.V \/iki s.
(mnding parts, the
work has
in it an .
irresistable sweep.
■I'll.' lilt
ra-inode
rn music of Italy
more ui
idcrstandable than that of
some other eoui
iitries. Francesco
Malipiero
and Ca
sella are the out-
standing (
'oniposei
•s of this type of
nuisic. (
Casella
wrote some" chil-
di*en’.s pi(;
CCS Whi(
“h are really dif-
ficiilt fine
;er exerc
■ises. His “Ziga”
!■( minds o
ne of E
nglish folk music
though it
is of coi
iirse very modern.
In Spain,
.Manuel
de Folia is out-
Selectioi
landing.
Mr. V.ardell illustrated his talk
by ])l;iying .some of the compositions
of these ultra-modern composers:
“Six Little Pieces”—Schonberg.
“Nocturne”—Hindcnith.
•om “I,a Siesta” and
from “Gleaves”--Mal-
“To An Elephant” and “To A
Parrot” from the suite “Omaggi”
—Malipiero.
“Prelude” and “Serevata” from the
series “Rieiis” (Xothings) --
Casella.
“Giga” and “Carillon” —Casella.
“Dance of Fire” from “Love the
Magician”—de Folia.
FRESHMEN REPRESENTA
TIVES TO BE ELECTED
Xominations for the I'reshmen
representatives on the Y. W. C. A.
Dorothy Dodson
Mildred Huner
■lean Patterson
Isabel Pollock
■M argaret Skidmore
Zinaida Vologodsky
'I'lie election will take place at
the regular Association Meeting,
Wednesday, October 29, at 9:30 in
the Social Room of the Louisa Bit
ting Building.
Mr Huckabee
Speaks at Vespers
Tells of the Part of Youth
In World Strategy
The Vesper service wnich was
held bv the Y^ W. C. A. in the Aliee
Clewell Campus I.iving Room on
Sunday, October 19, was one of the
most btautifu! and inspiring ser\iees
of the year. Wanna Mary Huggins,
opened the service with “Song” by
MacDowell and the prelude: “Day is
Dying in the West” was the opening
sentence by the ehoir. Elizabeth
Marx led in prayer of intercession,
which was accompanied by soft
music. The Scripture lesson read by
Grace Martin was followed with a
vocal solo, “If With All Your
Hearts,” sung by Marj' B. Williams.
Mr. Weyman C. Huckabee, the
speaker of the evening, was capably
introduced bv Elizabeth Marx,
President of the Y. W. C. A. Mr.
Huckabee took for his subjeet,
“World Strategy.” He began by
stating the fact that now the world
is smaller than it used to be because
of the recently developed means of
communication; every nation is con
cerned with every other n.ation, every
people w'ith every other people. Be
cause of this truth, the people of
the United States have new respon-
silibities toward the w'eaker nations.
Following up the theme, “Go ye
into all the world and preach the
Gospel unto every living creature,”
Mr. Huckabee spoke of foreign mis
sions and the teaching to foreigners
of the words of Christ. The main
difficulty today is that people do not
oppose foreign missions; they are
indift'erent to them. The reason for
this fact, according to Mr. Hucka
bee, is that most people do not un
derstand the true aim.s and metl^iods
of the foreign missions.
The “younger Churches” are mak
ing contributions which are outstand
ing today. 'There is a changed con
ception of Christian Nationals; to-
dav manv foreigners hilve developed
into college professors, college pres
idents, or great ministers, as prod
ucts of this Christian enterprise. The
Christian nationals arc coming to
take tlie lead now as never before.
There i.s a changed attitude toward
of the so-called “younger C^hurches.”
Mr. Huckabee thought it a veryl in
teresting occupation to delve into a
foreign people’s literature and relig
ion, for he considered that a peo
ple’s literature and idols were an
outw'ard expression of its conception
of God. He felt that one gets
closest to the real being of a man
when one understands his conception
of (lod, man, and life. One of the
best ways to acquaint oneself with
a heathen’s religion is to contrast
Christianity in all its five points to
According to the speaker, when
Christianitv is adopted in China it
will have to be modified or' adapted
to fit the Chinese customs alreadj^
established; i. e., Christianity in its
Americanization cannot be transfer
red as a whole to China. Some peo
ple believe today that a Chinese will
some dav contribute much toward
enriching' the Christian religion. In
China today the Christian spirit is
being naturalized; there is a new
conception of the religion, but the
spirit is still there. People of Amer
ica should be sympathetic in help
ing the .Japanese give .Tesus a Jap
anese interpretation.
Mr. Huckabee quoted as two of
the serious problems of today, (1)
the invasion of Western business,
and (2) the lack of American youth
as mjssionaries to^ foreign fields.
Other difficulties are the reluctance
of the Churches to share the burden
of foreign missions, the rise of se-
cularlism in the Churches, and the
apjiarent “going-down” of Christian
youth.
He ended by s.aying: “This job
of sharing the Christian, message
belongs to us, we should share it.
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Passion Play Is
Presented Here
Many Studants See Colorful
Depicition of Bible Times
(The following write-up of the
Freiburg Passion Play, which ap
peared in the Winston-Salem Journ
al gives an excellent criticism which
may be enjoyed by those who miss
ed the opjjortunit}’ of seeing the per
formance).
Before an audience of more than
1,.500 persons who sat in, hushed
silence, the Freiburg Passion Play
made an impressive first appear
ance in Reynolds Memorial Audi
torium here last night.
Spellbound is a trifle and ex
travagant word but is fairly de
scribes the audience that sat for
three hours and witnessed, felt even,
the ancient drama of the sufferings
of Chri.st as portrayed by the Frei
burg villagers of Germany.
If there w'ere any who secured
seats merely because of a feeling
of religious duty, their sense of duty
must have been submerged early
by the engrossing interest in the
story, old but touchingly new in the
re-telling by drama device, the force
ful character portraiture, and the
colorful depiction of Biblical times.
Before seeing the Passion Play
one may justifiably have appre
hensions that it will be a thin pro
duction, reverent and beautiful
enough in its religious atmosphere,
but lacking in humanness and fer
vency. This is not true of the Frei
burg version. The characters carry
conviction, the dramatic conflict and
])lot growing out of a scheming
priesthood .against the Messiah, are
terrific and compelling.
Such a focus of varied personal
ities is bound to produce powerful
drama. First, the serenely impas
sioned Jesus of Gallilee; then the
gimlet-eyed Judas, the pure tre
mulous Marv, Mother of .lesus; the
sweet, sad Slary Magdalene; ham
mer-handed, out-spoken Pilate;
sensuous King Herod; pompous
High Preist Caiaphas, surrounded
by‘his bigoted law-bound Pharisees.
TIu'se are a few of the human pow
ers that constitute the moving ma-
leri.'il of this dynamic play. On an
other, quieter plane, extending
liastel shades, are the other disciples
through the drama like sad music or
including .fohn. faithful to the last,
impetuous Peter, benign Matthew.
A noticeable quality of the pro
duction is the great beauty of the
players, both of voices and counten
ance, who portray the leading roles.
In fact, the entire east impress you
with a distinct spiritual beauty
which is not entirely concealed by
the ])arts they play. The Fassnaeht
family particularly, who have in
herited most of the leading roles, are
impressively handsome.
Georg Fassanaeht, Jr., who in
herited the role of Christ, from his
uncle, has an excellent voice and
plays the Christus with feeling and
understanding. His mother takes
the part of Mary, his father the
role of Judas, the betrayer. Judas
as portrayed by Georg Fassanaeht,
.Sr., is one of the most powerful
characters in the production, despite
Ht rr Fassnacht’s inability to master
the English languiige.
MR. MACDONALD TO
HEAD TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION
Professor R. W. MacDonald, head
of the department of education at
Salem College, was elected president
of the Northwestern North Carolina
Teachers’ Association in annual
session at High Point Friday.
A large number of delegates at
tending the meetings, and several
Twin Citj' people were on the pro
gram, as well as many prominent
educators in the State and Nation.
Sophomores Win
Soccer Championship
Final Game Proved to be
Exciting as Well as Skill
fully Played
The Sophomore soccer team de
feated the Freshmen on Tuesday
afternoon by the score of 4 - 0. This
was the championship game of the
seasrtn, and was witnessed by a
crowd of spectators from both
classes. The Sophomores played a
good baek-field game and kept the
freshmen line scattered during the
entire game.
The entire Soph te.am played an
unusually skillful and smashing
game, and was led on to victory by
the brilliant offensive work of Cap
tain Holcombe. Aitchison was an
outstanding baekfield star, and in
the line, Gooch, Thorpe, and Walker
did excellent work.
Miller, Chandler, and Thompson
played good games throughout the
entire soccer season for the Fresh-
Line-up and summary:
Sophomores Position Freshmen
Gooch Miller
C.
Carson Huntington
R. F.
Harris Stough
R. W.
Walker Kyle
L. E.
Thorpe Hollman
L. W.
Holcombe (C) Iladley
C. H.
Kirby Billingham
R. H.
Finlay Thompson
L. H.
O’Brien Chandler
R. F.
Aitchison Smith
L. F.
Heideni'eich ... Woolsey
GOAL
Score by halves:
Sophomores 2 2—4
Freshmen 0 0—0
Referees—Ruth Carter, Mildred
Hiles.
Delta Sigma Delta
Gives Banquet
New Members of Sorority
Delighfully Entertained
at Robt. E. Lee
The initiation of the Delta Sigma
Delta Sorority culminated in a ban
quet which w'as given in honor of
the new members, last Saturday
night at the Robert E. I.ee Hotel.
The private dining room was ap
propriately decorated in lavendar
and white, the sorority colors.
Shaded lights, long lavendar tapers,
and centerpieces of white dahlias
and lavendar baby’s breath carried
out the motif. The new members’
places were marked by shoulder cor
sages of white roses and lavendar
delphenium, while the old members’
places were marked by a bouton
niere of roses and fern tied with
lavendar ribbons. Tlie new mem
bers also received sorority rings and
stationery with the Delta Sigma
Delta seal. A delicious five course
dinner was served.
The new members pre.sent were:
Mary and Elizabeth Price, Char
lotte, N. C.; Matilda Mann, Whita
kers; Nina Way Credle, Washing
ton; Madeline Thompson, Chapel
Hill; .lulia Brown Jennings, Thom-
asville, and Ruth Maii of Marietta,
Ohio. The old members were Annie
Koonce Sutton, Sue Jane Mauney,
Aliee Caldwell, Florence Bowers,
Lib Ward, Agnes Pollock, Kitty
Moore, Mary Mitchell Norman, Sara
Sutton, Emma Barton, Dian Arm-
field, Elizabeth Transou and Mary
Miller Falkener.