FOUNDER’S
DAY!
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WELCOME
EVERYBODY
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C„ SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1931.
FOUNDER’S DAY FEA
TURES CELEBRATION
Trustees and Alumnae Will
Be Guests of Honor at
Program Which Extends
Throughout Day
Founders’ Day will be celebrated
at Salem College on Tuesday, Feb
ruary 3. Because of its interesting
significance the day will be an out
standing one in the life of the col
lege, filled with great and enthusias
tic activity. Down through
years the history of Salem has shown
unending and ever increasing prog
ress. In 1772 the first little school
was started and in 1866 it rece
its charter as Salem Academy. Ten
I 1921, the school ^
recognized by the Southern Associa
tion of Colleges and Preparatory
schools, and Salem is now a college
of high standing.
Besides commemorating the date
of the founding of the school,
Founder’s Day has four purposes
which set it aside as tremendously
important:
“To continue the spirit of college
To perpetuate the ideals and doc
trines of Salem.
To bring the alumnae into closer
touch with their Alma Mater.
To create new enthusiasm among
students and alumnae.”
Founder’s Day does not restrict
its interests to any one group
includes in its celebration, alumnae,
students, trustees, and faculty, and
at the same time commemorates the
loyal services of all those who in
past have had a part in its history.
The plans for the day include the
following program;
8:30 A. M. One of the college
trustees will speak in chapel. Dele
gates from Salem Alumnae ehapt(
have been invited to be present
this occasion, and to be the guests
of honor for the rest of the day.
1 to 6—The museum will be open
to visitors and there will be guides
to show them all the interesting
sights.
4:30—All the Alumnae delegates,
the day students and their mothers
will be the guests of honor at a tea
given by the faculty and students of
the college.
6:00—The college trusteed land
their wives and the Alumnae will be
the guest of the Seniors at a banquet
in the college dining room.
7:00—The Alumnae and trustees
will be guests of honor at a basket
ball game sponsored by the Athletic
Association.
8 :00—The annual meeting of the
Winston-Salem Branch of the Alum
nae Association and delegates from
other branches, and the Trustees and
Seniors who will attend as invited
Juniors to Honor
Saint Valentine
Orchestra, Food and Dancing
Will Be Features of the
Program
The eve of Saint Valentine’s day,
February 14, 1931, will be appro
priately celebrated by a dance and
entertainment in the Alice Clewell
Recreation Room. The Junior Class
is to be the master of ceremonies
for the occasion. From all the hints
that are being dropped, one gathers
that this is to be a gala event in
Salem. A four-piece colored
chestra well known in the city, will
furnish music for the occasion.
Enticing food, dancing, and
tertainment of various sorts will add
to the occasion. The details will be
published later.
Salem Day Celebrated
By The Local Alumnae
Attractive Program Presented
Which Recalled Remem
brances of Past Years
(1921)
Yesterday marked the third me
ing of the Alumnae Associations of
Salem College in connection with
Salem Day. The session was held
the library of the college, and w
marked by every manifestation of
enthusiasm and generous interest.
Mrs. Bess Gray Plumly, president of
the association, presided.
After the singing of the Alma
Mater, Mrs. Rondthaler made a brief
talk of welcome to the Alumnae, in
which she made references to the
girls now in charge. Her remarks
were followed by a piano solo by
Miss Amy Van Vleck.
Greetings were read from Miss
Lehman, who was unable to be pres
ent and sent to Miss Lou Shaffner,
who was also absent.
Following a solo by Miss Mar
garet Mae Thompson, the following
officers were elected for the coming
year: Mrs. Everett Lockett, Presi
dent; Mrs. Bess Gray Plumly, Vice-
President; Mrs. J. I. Singletary,
Secretary; Mrs. S. Douglas Craig,
Treasurer.
Before the program closed the
“beautiful ghosts” of a Principal of
Salem in the long ago and of Salem
girls through the generations passed
before and later mingled with the
company. Rhymes for each appear
ance, written by miss Ida Hinshaw
were read by Miss Katherine Gra-
Mr. Emile de Schweinitz, first
principal of the school in the days
when it existed for “females,” was
first to appear. All were surprised
to learn that the personage was Miss
Elizabeth Rondthaler.
In succession came girls of 1840,
’60, ’61, ’70, and so on until Miss
Dorothy Gregory triumphed as the
healthy, well-rounded, poised girl of
1921, clad in attractive sport cos
tume. Back of these girls of yester
day loomed the great shadow of the
college. As it has stood, it now
stands, and there are many reasons
why it must continue to stand.
Impersonations were made by
Misses Elizabeth Griffin, Emily
Moye, Hettie Bethea, Helen Brown,
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Brilliant Violin Recital
By Miss Hazel Reid
Y. P. M. Program Consisted
of Varied Selections; Miss
Thompson Accompanist
Y. P. M. Wednesday morning wa
given over to a violin recital by Miss
Hazel Horton Reid, accompanied by
Dorothy Thompson at the piano.
T!ie recital consisted of a series of
beautiful selections which wtie ren
dered with remarkable technical
skill and beauty.
The first piece was Schubert’s
“A.ve Maria,” which in itself ex
quisite and charming, was especially
delightful as played with expressive
ness and skill of the violinist. Fol
lowing this a group of four de
scriptive selections were rendered.
These were compositions of a master
who pictures through music scenes
of the west. Miss Reid gave her in
terpretation of each piece, and when
she played one could easily and
delightedly follow the changes and
emotions therein included. These
included: “At Sunset,” “Two War
riors,” “From The Wigwams,” “The
Avalanche.”
Miss Reid chose next “Berceuse”
by Paul Jeou, following which she
played: Concerto D Minor Andante.
Finals Vieuxtemp.
These last two were unusual in
brilliancy of tone and perfection of
rendition.
Faculty Stage Fast
Basket-Ball Game
Remarkable Technique smd
Flashy Basket and Floor
Work Is Shown
(1918)
The “Do-Your-Bit” Spirit of the
United War Work Campaign did not
leave the Salem College Faculty
untouched. A mock basket-ball
game seemed to them one of the best
ways in which to raise money for a
group contribution, and the returns
from the game certainly justified
their decision.
On Monday, Kovember 25th, the
girls of Salem College had a new
reason to be proud of their faculty.
No one, of course, had ever doubted
the scholarly attainments of this
august body of instructors, but few
realized that in such a group of
“High-brows” were many whose
physical powers would lead them
to glory on any athletic field. The
lawn bleachers, crowded with ex
pectant girls, fairly went wild as the
two faculty teams. Red Caps and
Black Caps, marched down to the
basket ball court. But one member
on each team was familiar with
the game; the rest, in theory and
practice, were delightfully ignorant.
The two captains. President Rond-
thaler and Miss Jan Williams, had
not only chosen each member of their
respective teams with greatest care,
but had wisely provided several
able substitutes. One glance at the
line-up will show any one familiar
with the spirit of the players just
why the conflict raged so long:
....Black Caps-. Jumping center,
President Rondthaler; side center,
Mile. Desmarest; Forwards, Miss
Sarah Tilghman, Miss Ruth Parrish;
Guards; Miss Barrow, Mr. Heath.
Red Caps: Jumping Center, Miss
Jane Williams, Side Center, Miss
Yerrington; Forwards, Miss R.
Blair, Miss Shirly Gill Pettus;
Guards, Miss Peterson, Miss Perry-
The “Do-or-Die” expression on
each face was proof that the game
would be fought to a finish, so Miss
Jackson took all precautionary meas
ures, lest some accidents happen to
mar the enjoyment of the hundreds
of wildly cheering spectators. With
the serious air befitting the solemnity
of the occasion Miss Jackson applied
a stethoscope, a remarkable combina
tion of chafing dish cover and about
eight feet of garden hose to the flut
tering hearts of the would-be con
testants. The premonitions of the
referee were confirmed. After much
vain repetition of “Ninety-nine,
Ninety-nine” Miss Yerrington was
disqualified and retired to the
bleachers. Miss Margaret Hagan
and Miss Elizabeth Butner shared
in the honor of filling the position.
From the minute the ball was
first tossed up in center to the finish,
the inexperienced players proved,
beyond any doubt, that skill in ath
letics is, after all, very largely a
thing of mind. Time and time
again Pandemonium was let loose as
the enthusiastic students witnessed
plays which could have been brought
about ordinarily only by years of
arduous practice. At one time a little
altercation arose, but the justice of
the referee’s decision was clearly
shown by President Rondthaler, who
read from “Webster’s Unabridged”
a sufficient number of rules to settle
the point in question. All at once
Miss Parrish, much to her surprise
and unintentionally, scored a basket
for the Black Caps. Mr. Heath, a
guard for the same side, absolutely
intoxicated by this first taste of suc
cess, and filled only with a desire to
run up the score, forgot rules and
regulations, secured the ball, tucked
it safely under his arm and eluding
the pursuit of his opponents, dashed
across the court and made a touch-
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Y. W. C. A. Holds
Association Meeting
Members of English Forum
Feature on Varied Program
Of Business and
Entertainment
On Wednesday evening the Y. W.
C. A. had its regular monthly asso
ciation meeting in the recreation
room of Louisa Bitting. Elizabeth
Marx, the president, opened the busi
ness meeting with a retrospective
view of the accomplishments of the
association during the past year,
discussing the furnishing of the “Y”
room and the entertainments given.
The various committees were then
called on for reports. The chairman
of the Social Service Committee
told of the group boxes to Crossmore
school; the chairman of the Chil-|
dren’s Home Committee reported:
their regular weekly visits to the!
Children’s Home and to the Salem
Home; the chairman of the Students’
Industrial Committee gave an ac
count of their meetings and discus
sions with the seven factory work
ers who help to make up their club;
the Christian Service Committee
Chairman gave a report of their
detailed Bible and Mission work
studies; Ida Baker Williamson,
chairnlan of the “Y” store copi-
mittee, announced a profit for the
year; the Evening Watch Committee
Chairman discussed their intention
of continuing the program for e
ing watch services as before;
chairman of the World Fellowship
group announced that maps and
densed world events would be regu
larly posted by the committee; and
the Social Committee made the im
portant announcement that tea will
be served hereafter on Sunday af
ternoons from 4:00 to 4:30 o’clock
in the recreation room of Louisa
Bitting. At the close of the
ports, Mrs. Howard Rondthaler c
mended the Y. W. C. A. for the
work accomplished the preceding
After the business meeting,
social meeting took place. Edith
Kirkland, Mary Virginia Pender-
graph, and Beulah Miay Zachary
put on an exceedingly entertaining
and charming costume dialogue, af
ter which Mary B. Williams sang
“Wearying for You” arid “Kashmiri
Song” while the Association n
bers served coffee and cakes to the
guests.
Academy Alumnae
Honored At Dinner
Academy Alumnae Who Now
Attend Salem College Were
Guests of Misses Zachary
And Weaver
On last Thursday night in the
private dining room of Salem
Academy, the Alumnae who noy^ at
tend Salem College were delight
fully entertained at a dinner spon
sored by Miss Elizabeth Zachary
and Miss Mary Weaver| of the
Academy Faculty. Place cards con
sisted of snapshots of the new
Academy buildings, and the colors
yellow and white were carried out
in the table decorations.
Curing the course of the delightful
dinner old acquaintances and happy
events of the days of old were dis
cussed and re-told. Those who en
joyed the hospitality of their form
er teachers were: Mary Virginia
Dunn, Virginia Harris, Margaret
Johnson, Katherine Bell Helm,
Edith Kirkland, Margurite Pierce,
Hortense Carson, Doris Kimel,
Elizabeth Marx, Daisy Litz, Dor
othy Heidenreich, Katherine Lasater,
and the Hostesses, Misses Elizabeth
Zachary and Mary Weaver.
Order Of Scorpion
Stings New Members
Six New Members Are Taken
Into Honortu-y Order
In accordance with an article in
the Cpnstitution of the Order of
the Scorpion stating that new mem
bers shall be invited to join im
mediately following Mid-term Ex
aminations, the organization issued
invitations to six girls chosen from
the Sophomore and Junior classes
because of their leadership, influence,
personality, scholarship, and school
spirit. In the actual choosing of
these girls these qualities were con
sidered not only in their literal and
broad interpretations, but they were
made concrete and tangible by ap
plication to Salem life and the way
in which they serve its needs as well.
After chapel Wednesday morning
each girl thus chosen was approach
ed by a member of the Order of the
Scorpion who pinned on her a for
get-me-not, the flower of the organi
zation, and invited her to become a
member in full standing. The new
members, Mildred Biles, Frances
Caldwell, Emily Mickey, Mary
Louise Mickey, Mary Virginia Pen-
dergraph, and Mary Katherine
Siewers, were instructed concerning
the principles of the constitution on
Wednesday night and initiated on
Friday evening.
The services of the Order of the
Scorpion since its founding in 1926
have been rendered in the attempt
to co-operate with and supplement
the other campus organizations. The
revival of the impressive May Day
ceremony was one of the first con
tributions of the Order, and it has
since improved upon many of the
earlier features and indicated new
ones. The idea of including students
in the celebration of Founder’s Day
and of giving to the Student Body
a more important and active part
in the program originated in this
group. Through the co-operation of
the members the library is kept open
on Saturday evening and Sunday
afternoon of every week-end. It is
to the Scorpions that Sigma Omicron
Alpha owes its founding. The Salem
College sign in the center front of
the Square was erected last year
with the funds derived from Salem
Day at Van Dyke’s. These together
with minor duties such as sponsoring
clean-up campaigns and white wing
enterprises are the doings of the
Order of the Scorpion, and rein
forced by the recently acquired mem
bers, the organization hopes to mul
tiply its usefulness.
Dr. Anscombe Is
Awarded Degree
Law Degree is Conferred by
Hamilton College of Law
Dr. Francis C. Anscombe, of the
Department of History of Salem
College, has been awarded the De
gree of Doctor of Laws. The
award was conferred by the Ham
ilton College of Law, Chicago, un
der whose direction Dr. Anscombe
has been for over three years pur
suing a correspondence course in
law. His thesis was written upon
the topic “The Extent of State Con
trol over Corporations whose Char
ters are governed by Contract with
Municipality.” It consisted of two
parts, the first, the laws of tjhe
states in general, the second^ the
North Carolina laws in question. Dr.
Anscombe expects to continue his
studies and at some time sit for the
state bar examination, though he has
no intention of practicing law, but
regards a knowledge of law as al
most essential for the teaching of
History and Government.