PIERRETTE
PLAY
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1931.
Dr. Faith Gordon Heard
On “Dodging Reality”
Distinguished Speaker Dis
cusses Four Types of Per
sons and Their Reactions
Dr. Faith Fairfield Gordon, noted
psychiatrist, addressed the students
at the expanded chapel |hour
Wednesday, taking as her subject
a phase of mental hygiene, whicli
she called “Dodging Reality’'
“Prick-Kicking.” Dr. Gordon said
that the problems of life remain
same from generation to generati
even though the way in which they
are expressed may change with the
mode of expression. Illustrative of
this she quoted the story of a dean
who said that when she went to
college she learnd “to face reality
squarely, and buckle at the waist
line,” and who found that when she
returned fifteen years later to col
lege as dean, girls were “facing the
waistline squarely, and buckling
There are four ways in which
human beings react to a situation
a problem. The first type of :
dividual develops what might be
called “a Headache—movie dodge,”
in other words, when something par
ticularly unpleasant or undesirable
has to be done, the person develops
headache which promptly disappes
when there is an opportunity to
to the movies or to participate
some other pleasure. The individual
may not always be conscious that the
headaches which he gets are dodges;
in that ease he becomes a problem,
and it is necessary to examine the
experiences of his childhood in order
to determine why he began to get
convenient' headaches. However, if
people do develop headaches and
know that they will disappear when
ever anything more pleasant turns
up, and if they are aware of the
fact that they are “dodges” there
is nothing serious in their condition.
Dr. Gordon illustrated her statement
by telling the case of a small boy
who always drew instead of playing
with other children, and who was
considered to be talented until it was
discovered that he could noH get
along with other children and de
voted himself to drawing to escape
unpleasant situations.
Another way in which to face
problem is to protest violently. A
child who forms the habit of revolt
ing at the commands of his parents
will grow up into an unruly adult.
Illustrations of this type of indi
vidual are found on the college cam
pus in students who refuse to obey
rules simply because they resent
restrictions and feel that no one
has a right to interfere with their
personal liberty. They are free hu
man beings and intend to do as they
please.
The third type accepts things as
they are and makes the best of every
situation. While this attitude may
be admirable in some respects, it
does not develop personality and
self-respect. Many children go to
college because their parents want
them to go, they take the courses
suggested, and then right in the mid
dle suddenly grow up, to the dismay
of their parents, and find that the
things which they have been doing
are not interesting to them, that they
will not be happy, and that in many
respects they will have to begin all
over again. Some people continue
in the course, even though they are
not successful in it, just because they
want to respect the wishes of their
parents, but this usually has harm
ful results.
The fourth way in which to meet
a problem is to question it, find the
why and wherefore, and then react
accordingly. In the final analysis,
these people get along the best in
the world. Whatever we do, or
whatever we are, we will all have
to face certain problems, and the
best way to do, is to see our way
through them, instead of dodging
them.
Rev. Hamilton Speaks
On Ideals of Service
Y. W. Vesper Service Centers
Around Universal Day
of Prayer
The Vesper Service on Sunday
evening was planned so as to 1
keeping with the observation of the
universal day of prayer for students
in the World Student Christian Fed
eration.
The service began with “Lon
donderry Air” played as a prelude
by Nancy Miller. The h^mns, lit
urgy and scripture reading were
chosen to emphasize the idea of
world brotherhood, and mutual
ice. Miss Ruth Pfohl, Alumna of
Salem College, played “Lamento”
by Hassellmans as a harp solo.
Missionary to the Mesquito Indians
in Nicaragua, who chose as his sub
ject “Ideal of Service.” Mr. Hamil
ton began his talk by telling the
story of an Indian father who
,ried his son, who was sick with
^aria, for days through the jungle
until he finally reached home, and
who was repaid for his sacrifice by
seeing his son recover. The father
forgot the sufferings of the journey
in the joy of having his boy live,
Christ experiences a deeper joy than
we can know in seeing that His suf
ferings have brought salvation to
men. Mr. Hamilton said that
offering this salvation to all men,
God did not use phenomenal means,
but men, and it is only as the Gospel
is spread through the self-sacrificing
efforts of men for each other, that
it can bring its greatest blessing.
The speaker described a visit
had made to an extinct volcano
Costa Rica. The base of the moi
tain was fertile with meadows and
trees, then vegetation decreased,
til at the top there was nothing but
desolation and barrenness. Mr. Ham
ilton said that thisi mountain re
minded him of the lives of people
who choose to follow their own plans
for their lives instead of giving them
selves to the services for which God
has chosen them. To tlie world they
seem successful, but as they
! nearer to the end of life, they
become more unhappy in realizing
tha. they have fallen short of their
highest mission. Mr. Hamilton closed
the address by saying that it may be
only an humble service, and it may
be rendered in an ordinary or
conspicuous place, but if it is given
answer to God’s call and will,
self-sacrifice and consecration, it
constitutes the ideal service.
The service was closed with an
:planation of the significance of the
day of prayer for students, and
intercessory prayer led by Mar
tha Harrison Davis.
Sorority and Intramural
Basketball Nears Finish
Final Games Played Friday
End Successful Pre-Clan
Contests
Sorority and Intramural games
bave aroused much interest and en
thusiastic comment in the past few
eks. The novel titles by which
the Intramural teams are known on
campus add originality to the an
nouncements, and the zest with which
both groups of athletics have entered
all contests has made genuine sport
of the basketball playing.
The schedule for sorority games,
after it had been altered several
times, was finally completed and an
nounced as final. In following the
schedule the Beta-Kappa game was
played early in the season and re
sulted in a 28-3 victory for the Kap
pas. The Sigma-Theta game was a
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Pierrette Players to
Present Unique Comedy
First Costume Play of the Year
To Be Presented Tonight
In Memorial Hall
One of the most unusual and
charming plays of the season will
be presented by the Pierrette Play
ers Saturday night, February 21, in
Memorial Hall. The play bears the
interesting title of, "The Man Who
Married A Dumb Wife" and was
written by the great French writer,
Antole France. In spite of its me
diaeval setting, this play does not
lack in witty conversation and hum
orous situations, and the action
moves swiftly from the rise of the
curtain to the surprising finish. In
the introduction of the book con
taining the play is found this com-
“In ‘The Man Who Married A
Dumb Wife’ his (Antole France) so
cial satire is thoroughly up-to-date,
dealing as it does with subjects
which are ‘of all time,’ such as the
high cost of living, the servant prob
lem, the tendency to extravagance,
the fashions of today and tomorrow,
the wisdom, and the pretensions to
wisdom, of the medical profession,
the loquacity of the ladies, and
and so on—it is remarkable how
much he has got in, and how little he
has left out. Much of it is done
thd broad, mediaeval manner, i
when he exhibits the enormous si
gical instruments of the doctors who
take good care ‘not to be caught ii
armed by a patient,’—everything
as delicately worked out in detail
Monsieur France’s own work ca
not help being. He has used the
language of today, with any help
from the ’marry-come-up, ’sblood,
’sdeath, and go-to’ style, which
too easily historical novelists and
dramatists so blithely resort to; yet
he has perfectly reproduced the tone
and spirit of mediaeval comedy.”
The cast of this rollicking faree-
eomedy includes practically every
member of the Pierrette Players and
is directed by Adelaide Winston.
Master Leonard Botal
Mary Louise Mickey
Master Adam Fumee, Lawyei
Mary Katherine Thorpe
Master Simon Colline
Louise Stevenson
Master Jean Mangier, Surgeon
and Barber
Anne Finley
Master Serafin Dulaurier,
Apothecary Betty Stough
Giles Boiscourtier, Botal’s Secretary
Edith Kirkland
A Blind Man
Agnes Pollock
Catherine
Mary Elizabeth Holcomb
Alison
Mary B. Williams
Mille. de la Garandierf
Grace Martin
Alpha Chi Alpha To
Begin New Publication
Effort to Stimulate Interest in
Creative Writing is For
warded in New Way
Salem has long needed a publica
tion for purely creative writing, as
the journalistic nature of the
Salemite can not permit the printing
n unlimited number of contri
butions of purely literary merit. The
staff of the Salemite has shown its
est in student writing in being
willing to give a page every two
weeks to the work of Alpha Chi
Alpha. Under the stimulus of this
interest and co-operation, the mem
bers of Alpha Chi Alpha will under
take a new venture in the publiea-
of a literary quarterly magazine.
The purpose of such a magazine will
be to further interest in creative
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Saint Valentine’s Eve
Celebrated By Juniors
Dancing, Singing and Deli
cious Refreshment Were
Features of the Program
Last Saturday evening, February
14th, hosts of Salem girls and many
outside visitors celebrated Saint Val-
Eve with festivities
Recreation Room of Alice Clewell
Building. The girls, with their
ning dresses of every imaginable
shade an make presented a colorful
picture as they danced in and out
among the red and white posts.
Streamers of red hearts above, the
platform bedecked with hearts of
and shapes, red and white
streamers here and there added much
jollity to the hop. As the girls
they received as acknowledgement
of their script tiny red hearts.
The program began promptly
P. M. Mr. Reginald Marshall, who
broadcasts from the Reynold’s Grill
every Saturday night at 9 o’clock,
made the dance a succ:ess from the
start. Accompanied by Miss Ruth
Crowder, he caused many a maiden’s
heart to skip a beat by singing popu
lar selections as “Yours,” “Come
Little Closer,” and “Crying’ Myself
Following his solos, Katherine
Gaston, talented tap-dancer of Salem
Academy, danced and encored. As
the promised, negro orchestra had
not arrived, Babe Silversteen, Anne
McKinnon, Rosalie Smith,
ola Kirby and other public-spirited
citizens of the Salem College Com
munity nobly took turns at the piano,
while the dance continued. The
much-advertised apex of the pro
gram was yet to come: The Queen
of Hearts, a dramatic skit, directed
by Miss Ruth Maier. The
eluded well-known dramatic figures
as Edith Kirkland, King of Hearts
Mary Virginia Pendergraph, Queen
of Hearts; Frances Caldwell and
Winifred Fisher, Maids of Honor
Ethel McMinn, Knave of Hearts:
Beulah Mae Zachary and Sarah
Graves, Captains of the Royal
Guards. The play came i
most exciting way. Although every
one forgot her part, the improvising
was of such an excellent quality that
no one could complain. The king
was absurdly dignified, the Queen
sobbingly beautiful, the knave pain
fully naughty, and the stolen tarts
looked so good to the audience that
it immediately adjourned to the anti
room after the play to eat peanuts,
pineapple ice, and tarts. The orches
tra did not arrive because of unfore
seen difficulties. Many girls had
their hearts mended by Frances
Caldwell at the “Broken Heart
Booth,” and the dance was joyously
brought to an end by the ringing of
the 11:00 o’clock bell.
Math Club Holds
Monthly Meeting
Zina Vologodsky Gives In
teresting Report on Teach
ing of Math in Russia
The regular monthly meeting of
the Mathematics Club took place on
Wednesday at 6:30. After several
matters of business had been con
cluded, the meeting was turned over
a discussion of the three problems
mathematics which have not yet
been solved with a ruler and com-
. Mary Ollie Biles showed that
a square could not be constructed
equal in area to a given circle, though
may approach the circle as a limit,
being either a trifle smaller or a
trifle larger. Susan Calder ex
plained the second problem, the
duplication of a given cube. She
told about its origin and many vain
attempts which have been made to
construct this figure. Miss Hastings
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Faculty Member Writes
Article on Va. Courts
Miss Ferguson’s Article On
Early County Courts of Va.
In Historical Review
The traveler who patronized an
Augusta County, Va. “ordinary,” or
tavern, back iii 1746, observed this
scale of rates posted: “For hot diet,
twelve and one-half cents; a cold
ditto, eight and one-third cents;
lodging, with clean sheets, four and
;-sixth cents; stabling and fod-
■ at night, eight and one-third
cents; rum, the gallon, $1,50;
whisky, the gallon, $1; claret, the
quart, eighty-three and one-third
cents.”
These interesting facts are a part
an article appearing in the Jan
uary issue of the North Carolina
Historical Review. The article was
prepared by Miss Isabel Ferguson,
instructor in the history department
of Salem College, and is entitled,
“County Courts in Virginia, 1700-
■ ''.30.”
Miss Ferguson tells the story of
the early courts in Virginia and
gives color to her narrative with en
tertaining and interesting items at
tendant upon the methodical routine
of court life. Her article reveals the
results of unusual research and the
subject is treated in a decidedly in
teresting manner.
She discusses the organization and
conduct of the county courts, out
lining the functions and limitations
of each. Of special interest is the
discussion of laws governing slaves,
as well as that of assessment and
collection of taxes.
In the conclusion of her article
Miss Ferguson makes the statement,
“The county court, the most power
ful organ of cqlunty government,
formed a peculiar and very vital
feature of the history of Virginia.
It was a valuable local institution in
that it formed an orderly, efficient
and 'judicious governm^t ,in tihe
hands of the most educated and able
group of society. The men in con
trol realized their responsibilities
and performed the duties of their of
fice with the utmost integrity and
earnest desire to promote the well
being of the people as a whole.
While the county seat is well worth
studying as an example of govern
ment in the hands of “the rich, the
well born, and the intelligent,” it
is even more interesting as the organ
through which the priviledged min
ority gained and kept control of the
nation as well as local policies of the
State of Virginia.”
For purpose of comparison. Miss
Ferguson has also included in her
narrative the rates of “ordinaries”
fixed by laws of 1801 and 1837,
The regulations for Tazewell County
establishments in 1801 provided:
'For a dinner, twenty cents; a
breakfast, seventeen cents; lodging
elean sheets, eight cents; whisky
by the half pint, eight cents; rum,
French brandy or wine by the half
pint, twenty-five cents; cider beer or
Mathagalum by the quart, eight
cents; peach or apple brandy by the
half pint, twelve and one-half cents;
corn, oats or barley by the gallon,
eight cents; stalage with hay and
fodder for twelve hours, twelve and
one-half cents; pasturage for twelve
hours, twelve and one-half cents.”
The rates for Tazewell County
ordinaries in 1837 were:
“Dinner, twenty-five cents; sup
per and breakfast, each eighteen ai;d
tHree-quarter cents; for one-half pint
indy or whisky, twelve and one-
half cents; for one-half pint French
brandy, twenty-five cents; for one-
half pint rum or wine, eighteen and
three-quarter cents; lodgings, six
and one-quarter cents; for one gal
lon corn or oats, twelve and one-hsdf
cents; for horse at hay twelve hours,
eight and one-half cents.”