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Page Four. THE SALEMITE Saturday, May 14, 1932. GREEK DRAMA DISCUSSED BY DR. WILLOUGHBY father of Iphigeni.i and of Orestes, the principal characters in the drama. Menelaus married Helen of Troy, whom Paris stole and carried ■way. Menelaus called upon his brother to help him rescue Helen, and a great fleet was gathered in the liarbor at Aulis. Wind for sailing, however, did not come. Calehas, the seer, declared that this was because Agamemnon had offended Artemis and said that this goddess would be appeased only by the sacrifice of Agamemnon’s own daughter, Iphi- genia. The brave Odysseus was sent to bring the maiden to where the fleet lay, and the sacrifice was prepared. At the altar the goddess took pity on the victim, substituted a hind, and carried Ijjhigenia in a cloud to Tau- ris where slie became a priestess of the Tauric Artemis to whom strangers were sacrificed. Meanwhile Orestes, Iphigenia’s brother, liad fallen into great trouble. His mother, Clytemnestra, had killed his father. Therefore he was bound by the laws of justice which the (i reeks greatly respected, to avenge this death, while he was restrained by great respect for fili,al piety from slaying his own mother. Finally he obeyed the laws of justice and did kill Clytemnestra. Because of this he was pursued by the Furies for his disregard of filial piety until the goddess Athena, rep resenting divine judgment, decreed that his life should be spared, thus declaring justice to be superior to filial piety. Athena’s only provision was that he should bring a statue from Tauris, a land noted for its art In search of this Orestes came face to face with his own sister who, | as a .servant of Artemis, had to slay all strangers for sacrifice. This crisis is the point at which the story begins which is set forth in the drama. ^ Dr. Willoughby also gave a sum- -i- mary of the background to the play. It was, she stated, produced first probably in th^.year IM B. C. in the last week m Mairch in Athens. It came as one of the yearly cele brations in honor of Dionysius, the god of vegetation. Coming com paratively late in the developme it of Greek drama, it is further from the form of the ancient odes with which these celebration were first held thari, some others. It reveals its author Euripides, as not strictly orthodox in his ideas of the gods and their behavior, toward man. Nevertheless, this play, as in the case with all of these ancient dramas, has a powerful ethical significance. The scene is laid around the temple in Tauris, aspecially the altar. Through the innocent suffering of many members of the house of At- reus, a stormy, evil people, the idea that sin must be atoned for is pre dominate. The happy ending is brought about by the cleverness of Iphigenia in helping her brother cape from the sacrifice. The speaker also explained that the music for incidental choruses has been written especially for this presentation by Dean Vardell. Up on request he played one of these, the processional of the priestes.ses, which was enthusiastically received by the audience. STUDENT FEDERATION HELD AT N. C. C. W. nation—declaring that sint"e the run ning of the political machinery must, in the future, fall to the present col lege students, it is important that they study how to make polities clean and efficient. He favored in ternational study clubs. Clearly it was proved that colleges, particularly men’s, are over-organized. State has recently inaugurated a point system, and other schools are following. Almost unanimous favor was given to the i>lan to have the conferences for Student Government, Y.W.C.A., Y. M. C. A., World Fellowship, and Student Ptess Association meet at one time and in some centrally lo cated place. Though each group would retain its individual identity, time would be saved, and better speakers could be procured. The plan may go into effect next year. On Saturday night there was a banquet and election of officers. Tlicv are: President, Haywood Weeks of Carolina; Vice-President, Bill Smith of Catawba; Secretary, Elcis Cobb of N. C. C. W.; Treas urer, Mar3' Catherine Siewers of Salem. The annual dance drama given by the N. C. C. W. Orehesis Club was an elaborate entertainment for the evening. It brought to a close the conference, from which the delegates had derived many helpful sugges tions, not only from the meetings, but from associating with each other. The Salem representatives declare that conditions at this school com pare favorably with those anywhere in the state. Several things they learned there they plan to trj' at Misses Marjorie Siewers, Raehael ', Katherine Tally, Irene Clay, Frances Butner, Lucille Yarbrough, and Wilhelmina Wohlford. FACULTY COMMITTEE CONDUCTS VESPERS out the world, mothers have seemed to be the most perfect embodiment of ideals. It is through ideals and striving for them that one finds perfect beauty and perfect love. There have been men with marvelous intellect'whose lives have been empty because they had no ideals for which to strive. Some men who very strong physically have led shal low' lives because they have striven for the ideals they have Ideals are worth while only as long as one strives toward them. The i whom today we call really great those who have set ideals, have suf fered and sacrificed for them, .and through their ideals have won feet beauty, strength, and love. MISSES KIMEL AND PRATT GIVE BRILLIANT RECITAL her group with Mendelssohn’s de lightful “Scherzo in E minor Op. 16. No. 23.” Miss Kimel sang a second group of French and German songs;-“Les jiapillons eonleur de neige” by d’Ambrosio, sometimes seemed to be almost a w’hisper. “Nicole'tte” by Ravel was another lively French number. The German numbers were specially well done: “Auch Kleine Dinge” by Wolf, “Die Linde, die "'aus uberdacht” by Trunk, and “Wiegenlied” b y Strauss. Throughout the recital Miss Kimel ipressed her audience with an un- istakable sincerity and enthusiasm. Miss Pratt played Grieg’s “Noc turne, Op. 5 i. No. 4.” From, a rather ;d mood it worked up to a fine eli- ax in beautiful tonal w^ork and any trills. The rhythm was par ticularly attractive in the colorful “Spanish Danee Op. 5. No. 5” by Granados. “Eroticon No. 1” Syogrin presented many technical difficulties, which were well perform ed. Miss Kimel’s program reached its greatest height when she sang “Ophelia’s Ballade and Mad Scene” froin “Hamlet” by Thomas, in which she demonstrated the remarkable range and dramatic qualities of her voice without sacrificing purity sweetness of tone. “The Nightingale and the Rose” by Rimsky-Korsakoff seemed to die away gradually. Gil- berte’s “I/aughing Song” was partic ularly w'cll adapted to Miss Kimel’f technique. “Iris” by Ware was a deli cate thing with a rolling piano ac companiment. Miss Kimel closed her last group w'ith “Theme and Varia tions” by Proeh. Miss Pratt brought the concert to a triumphant finish with the Allegro movement from Beethoven’s “Con certo Op. 1.5. No. 1,” in which she was at her best in fine musical feel ing and interpretation. Dean Vardell ])layed the orchestral accomp.animent on the organ. The ushers for the occasion GRAD. GIFTS Headquarters for Grad. Gifts Mesh Gloves ,$1.00, White and egg-shell Panties — Milanese-Lace Nettie Stephens’ Corset Shop To higher Chic in the New Spring Fash- ,6ood Pictures ^Make Better, i SCHOOt ^Papers, PIEDMONT ENGRAVING g. Wi NSTOW-Salem, N.C. MONDAY - TUESDAY WEDNESDAY - THUESDAY ere is a romance in a thous- id—a thrilling, moving love cry with the two stars at eir very peak! 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