Hallowe’en
Night
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Stee-Gee
Circus
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C„ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3],' 1931.
Salem School of Music
Presents Faculty Recital
Misses Shaffner, Read,
Tucker, and Mr.
Schofield Perform
Varied Musical Program is
Given Monday Evening
On Monday evening, October 26,
at 8:13 P. M. The School of Music,
Salem College, presented a faculty
recital in which Miss Hazel Horton
Read, violinist. Miss Eleanor Shaff-
ner, harpist, Miss Viola Tucker, pi
anist, and Mr. Ernest Leslie Scho
field, baritone, took part. The pro
gram included an interesting variety
of musical compositions.
Miss Tucker opened the program
with “Two Caprices (D minor-A
major)” by D. Scarlatti. Playing
these with lightness and daintiness,
she also gave the melody artistic in
terpretation. She played her sec
ond number, the bright “Novellette,
Op. 2], No. 1” by Schumann, with
vigor and spontaneity.
Miss Read gave the second group
and was accompanied by Miss Doro
thy Tliompson. Her first selection,
“Andantino” by Lully-Brown, has a
gentle, flowing melody. She next
played the graceful “Hungarian
Dance No. 8,” and “Hungarian
Dance No. 7” by Brahms-Joachim.
The first of these made one think
of peasants in gay native dress danc
ing. In it the double stop melody
stood out in delightful contrast to
the light, staccato accompaniment.
Miss Read ended both dances with a
flourish.
Miss Shaffner gave the third
group. In “Theme and Variations”
by Haydn, with its clear melody
and rhythm, she showed true Haydn
spirit. In “En Bateau” by Debussy
she artistically brought out the melo-
N. C. Press Meeting
Proves Big Success
Ed Thomas, President, Heads
Meet at Duke
The fall convention of tlie North
Carolina Collegiate Press Association
held on Thursday, P'riday and Sat
urday, October 22-24, at Duke Uni
versity proved to be one of the most
helpful of its kind ever held. Ap
proximately seventy-five delegates
from nearly every college publica
tion of the State were in attendance
and received definite help for the
The association meets semi
nually, having as its purpose the
promotion of more co-operative re
lations of college press workers.
Salem was represented by Miss
Sarah Graves, Editor-in-Chief of
The Salemite, and Miss Mary Louise
Mickey, Managing Editor of The
Salemite.
The program, under the direction
of Ed Thomas of Duke University,
President of N. C. C. P. A., in
cluded round-table discussions of
problems by individual groups from
editorial and business staffs, open
forum conferences, and addresses
by prominent scholars and newspa
permen, including J. L. Horne, Jr.,
of the Rocky Mount Evening Tele
gram, Henry R. Dwire, director of
public relations at Duke, Dr. J. B.
Hubbel of the English department,
and Lewis Cass, columnist and writer
for the Saturday Evening Post and
New Yorlc Times.
The social aspect of the confer
ence included two banquets, a dance
for delegates and invited friends, and
the Duke-Wake Forest football game
on Friday afternoon. Hosts on these
occasions were staffs of the three
publications on the Duke campus.
Salem of the Year
1781 Is Depicted
Miss Fries Gives Interesting
Gossip Found in Original
Research
“Gossips of Our Grandmothers’
is the subject given by Miss Ade
laide Fries to the talk she made at
Y. P. M., on Wednesday, October
27th.
She described the Winston-Salem
of 0
s ago
result of her own original research,
obtained from the manuscripts and
diaries of the Salem settlement, writ-
n in German Script.
Salem one hundred and fifty years
0 was a very, very small town. The
total number of residents was
hundred and fifty-two, twenty-
of whom were children. There i
apothecary shop, which sold
medicine that was partly home-pre-
pared. There was no bank, no
bookstore; many of the things used
were made in the community. The
people wore mostly linen,, and a
spool of cotton thread was consider
ed the greatest of luxuries.
The first three months of the year
1781 were not pleasant ones for the
little community. Countless soldiers
of the Revolution passed through in
a continuous stream, and had to be
fed, housed, and doctored. This
naturally a strain on the village, and
only through unremitted economy
were they able to feed the men. The
people suffered too, from the militia
who ate and drank brandy with the
gorging appetite of beasts.
No battle was fought on Morai
territory, but the little town turned
itself into a hospital ward for the
wounded. Dr. Bohn was the phy
sician in charge, an excellent surgeon
who had been trained abroad. Only
one man died during the entire three
months, and he was fatally wound
ed when lie was rescued.
Smallpox was another trouble
that presented itself to the little
group, but at the adviee of Dr. Bohn,
the city fathers delayed inoculation
until tlie la'st sick soldier had gone.
Five days later, nineteen were in
oculated.
“The first snow of the winter came
in April,” one of the diaries stated,
and another came in May. During
the summer more than one hundred
Catawba Indians pased through.
Equestriennes Shine
In Riding Meet
Preston, Gray, and Moore
Carry off Honors In
Thrae Classes
Having been deprived of their op
portunity to “shine” before a huge
crowd at the fair, Salem equestrien
nes with their vaunted persistence
held a private horse show of their
own on back campus last Monday
4:30 in the afternoon with an e
thusiastic audience of college girls
to furnisli the applause necessary
to dashing horsemanship.
riders were divided into three classes
advanced, intermediate, and begin
ning; and two ribbons were offered
in each class. Tlie winners of these
coveted rosettes were as follows
Advanced class, Anna Preston, blue
ribbon, and Elizabeth Gray, red;
intermediate class, Lila Womble,
blue, and Alice Stouge, red; begi
ning class, Dorothy Moore, blue, and
Susan Calder, red. The participant;
were judged by their technique at i
walk, a trot, and a canter, while the
advance class demonstrated, as well,
their ability to swap horses.
MacDowell Stunt Night
Is Unanimous Success
Stee-Gee Animals to
Appear in Circus
Salem Girls and High School
Students to See Big Show
After all the ballyhooing that has
m rampant over the campus for
the past week or so, there is n
igle girl in Salem who is not look
ing forward to the big Stee-Gee
Circus. Excitement over the event
has increased day by day, until right
only a few hours before the
1 tent opens, every available
ringside seat is taken, and only a few
tickets remain to be sold to late pur
chasers. Going to this show is
iply school loyalty and duty, but
! a chance to have the time of your
young life. The circus has attracted
only the four classes at Salem,
even the students from Winston-
Salem High School and the various
-inior Highs.
The mighty Stee - Gee Ci
promises to furnish an evening of
rpassed entert?tjnment to all
those who like monkeys and balloons,
clowns and pink lemonade. In
Tierous side shows the manage-
nt has assembled freaks and
■iosities, and in booths all kinds of
circus edibles wil be sold. The main
performance begins at eight o’clock,
presenting breath taking feats of
acrobatics and other attractions. In
spite of every effort to gain “inside
dope” on the nature of the perfoi
ance, the Stee-Gees refuse to
lighten the Salemite reporter.
If any one has failed to buy a
ticket, she is urged to see her cl;
president, who will give her one J
the price of two dopes. Don’t m
the big show!
Miss Kimel Is Second
In State Radio Contest
Miss Amelia Bruns and Mr.
Peterson Win First
Honors
Miss Doris Kimel of Salem Col
lege received second place in the
;ent Atwater-Kent Statewide radio
audition contest held over Station
WPTF at Raleigh. Miss Amelia
Bruns, of Charlotte, and Mr. Wal
ter Peterson of Bolton, won first
honors; wliile Miss Kimel of Win-
ston-Salem and Mr. Carl Cronstedt,
of Statesville, came in close seconds,
and will serve as alternates in case
of the disability of the other win-
Miss Kimel is a pupil of Mr.
Ernest L. Schofield, head of Salem’
voice department. Miss Kimel plan
to give her graduating recital in the
WINNERS OF PASSES
The management of the
Carolina Theatre takes pleas
ure in announcing the winners
of this week’s complimentary
tickets:
Miss Dorothy Heidenreich
of the Editorial Staff of The
Salemite and Miss Mary Cath
erine Siewers of the Business
staff of The Salemite. Tliese
passes are awarded for ability
and excellent work on the Staff
of this publication.
Finding Ourselves
Is Vesper Topic
Miss Elizabeth Lilly Inspires
Her Student Audience
“J’inding Joy in Life Through
Finding Ourselves,” was the topic of
the Y. W. C. A. Vesper Program of
October 25, when Miss Elizabeth
Lilly of the Y. W. C. A. Advisory
Board, gave a beautiful and inspiring
talk.
The service began when Miss
Rachel Bray played a piano solo,
Beethoven’s “Prelude.” Miss Phyllis
Noe read the scripture lesson and
Miss Grace Lawrence led in prayer
after which the choir sang as an
Anthem, “Day is Dying in the
West.”
Miss Lilly introduced her discus-
)n by saying that Socrates has per
haps been recognized as one of the
most profound thinkers of the world.
Socrates said, “Know Thyself.” Peo
ple often wonder if it is possible for
ne to know oneself, and doubt
that it is possible. One can, how-
•, consider milestones towards the
goal of knowing oneself. The first
problem arises when one has to be
oneself and really find out what that
is. A girl who knows herself
has power and she is a person who
content to be—just herself.
Perhaps the four years of college
e is the most significant time
lyone’s life. It is then that (
becomes aware of the world, a world
to be enjoyed, to be conquered, and
of the people in that world. Human
beings are creatures of intellect and
for that reason should do something
with their minds.
Tlie first milestone towards find
ing- oneself is to gain an intellectual
grasp of experience. The power of
relating what has been learned with
experience is important. Faet-learn-
ing is not of much use until one be
comes mentally aware of wliat goes
on in tlie world. “College is a stimu
lus for opening a rift in the clouds,
to what we could have if we had
courage.”
Mucli of life can be gained from
books. “Books are the creative
tlioughts of great personalities who
help us to attain something.’'
Through a book one may see lif
steadily and see it as a whole but in
order to see, one must have sympathy
and perception. With these two fac
tors one can find the pattern in what
really seems chaos. Through reading
Y. W. C. A. Hostess
At Association Meet
Budget is Accepted and Frosh
Members Chosen
The “Y” lield its monthly Asso
ciation meeting on Tuesday night
the Recreation Room of Louisa Bit-
ting.
Miss Eleanor Idol, President of
the Y. W. C. A., led a discussion of
tile budget for this year, which
amounts to about three hundred dol
lars. The members voted to accept
the budget as it was drawn up by
the committee and signed pledga
cards.
Misses Phyllis Noe and Jane Wil
liams were elected as Freshmen Rep
resentatives on the “Y” cabinet.
After the business was completed,
Miss Helen Graeber played a de
lightful violin solo and Miss Eliza
beth Willis played the piano while
the social committee served hot
eoa and cakes. The members gath
ered around the log fire and sang
and talked.
Four Classes Present
An Excellent Variety
Of Original Stunts
Freshmen Take Prizes With
Hatch as Star
“Hey, everybody,” yelled the Four
Trite Sisters of the Senior Class as
tliey welcomed an enthusiastic audi-
to the annual stunt night held
last Saturday night under the spon
sorship of the MacDowell Club.
Mimicking the Four Marx Broth-
s, Frances Caldwell, Martha Davis,
Mary Mitchell Norman, and Daisy
Litz pulled a series of wise-cracks.
At the beginning of the stunt, the
four “monkeys” were in bed, with
derbies on their heads and, in the
of Frances Caldwell, bells on
toes. Suddenly inspired, the
fun-makers jumped out of bed with
loud shouts. Then followed a
pointless, humorous conversation fill
ed witli trite expressions. In ease of
embarassing pauses, Mary Mitchell
;ver failed to say, “Oh, Yeah?”
An amusing incident in the act
js the attempt of Frances Caldwell,
the youngest of the four, to eaves
drop as her sisters whispered among
themselves. Her hobbling and jump
ing about the stage in monkey-like
fashion and in typical “little sister”
style was the most admirable part of
stunt. As suddenly as they had
bf-en inspired, they became unin
spired and made a dive for their
beds. The stunt was over !
Quite different was the Sophomore
t, which was an imitation of mod-
n advertisements. Little Wrigley
Chewing Gum, Jrs., (Marian Hadley
and Avis Billingham), stood beside
a large “Saturday Night Postscript,”
whose door as it opened revealed a
big “Watch This Column” sign. Aunt
Jemima, alias Kathleen Adkins, was
N. C. College Conference
Is Held at Durham
Dr. Rondthaler and Miss Blair
Attend Conference October
28 and 29
Dr. Howard E. Rondthaler, Presi
dent, and Miss Marion H. Blair,
Registrar, returned Thursday from
the Eleventh Annual North Carolina
College Conference, held at the
Washington-Duke Hotel in Durham,
October 28 and 29. Officers of the
conference are E. C. Brooks, Presi
dent; William H. Frazier, Vice-
President; and N. W. Walker, Sec-
retary-Treasurer.
The theme of the meeting was
“New Adjustments in Higher Edu
cation.” In regard to this, particular
interest was shown in the Wednesday
address of Dr. George A. Work.s,
Dean of the University of Chicago,
where a large number of new meth
ods are being tried. In the evening
of this first day was held a dinner in
the hotel dining room after which
delegates were favored with a con
cert by the Durham High School
Glee Club. At the evening session
a lecture was delivered by Dr.
Brooks, President of the North Caro
lina State College.
The final combined session took
place on Thursday morning, followed
by an afternoon meet of the Regis
trar’s Association. At various times
throughout the convention were
heard reports from several standing
committees, two of which—Student
Loans and Tuition Charges—were
headed by Dr. Rondthaler.