Saturday, December 10. 1932.
THE SALEMITE
Page Three.
CHRISTMAS WEEK
IS FILLED WITH
MANY ACTIVITIES
(^Continued from Page One)
service is incomparable. Visitors are
invited.
Monday 12;
This is Home Economies Club Day
at the Salem Book Store. Special
sales for the day are advertised in
this issue.
At 8:15, a recital, by the advanced
students of the music department.
This event is always well attended,
as it is outstanding among the mus
ical presentations of the year.
Wednesday 14:
At 11 o’clock, the second advent
chapel service.
At five o’clock, the meeting of the
French Club. A Christmas program
is prepared.
The Moravian Putz opens in the
Music Building. It will remain
open until New Year’s Day. A small
admission is charged.
At seven o’clock, a meeting of the
Mathematics Club.
Thursday, 15:
At five o’clock, the Academy
Christmas Pageant in Memorial Hall.
This will be an elaborate affair,
beautiful in costuming and lighting
effects as well as in singing and act
ing.
At 6 :30 the College Christmas din
ner. At no time is there nu)re pure
fun, unless—
At 8:.30, the College Christmas
■ party in the recreation room of
THE CHRISTMAS PARTY
Among the many rare old tra
ditions of Salem there is none more
awe-inspiring, more beautiful, or
dear to the hearts of its inhabitants
than the Christmas Putz.
The word “Putz” is German,
meaning ornaments or trimming, and
is used to describe the elaborate and
painstaking decoration of the table
or platform on which the Christmas
tree stands. It is built and arranged
to show a world in miniature. No
mechanism is too tiny or intricate for
skilled fingers to perfect.
No Putz is ever exactly alike on
two successive Christmases, although
separate objects are used year after
year. Many of the Putzes repre
sent scenes of old Germany with
grottos, parapeted castles among
lulls, small lakes with white swans
floating upon them, antlered deer
Louisa Bitting Building. Santa
Claus will be there with a hundred
jokes to crack before the Christmas
tree and the open fire, and to give to
every Senior a Christmas gift.
Friday 16;
At nine o’clock the Seniors will go
carolling. They will sing at many
iiomes as well as about the campus,
particularly if a lighted candle is
])laccd in the window. The proper
tiling to do is to use the candle tiiat
is given at Senior vespers.
Saturday 17:
At 10:1'5 the Academy.
At 4:30, the College,
taking refuge in a thicket from hunts
men and dogs, cows in the fields,
and sheep on the hills.
Other Putzes are copies of Bible
scenes, mostly that of Bethlehem,
with the wisemen and the Babe in
the manger or other pictures which
depicit the eventful night on which
Christ was born.
No fairyland could be more ex
quisite or mystical than the old Mo
ravian Putzes, which envolves pains
taking skill and great comprehension
of dreams. The Putz maker recap
tures old, old child dreams and pic
tures them.
People may enter the room of a
Putz with the gay light hearted bus
tle and chatter of Christmas jovial
ity but instantly there will be an
utter silence. Something of the mys
tic spirit envelopes the gazers, and
in the quiet of the shining Christ
Child and that ever shining Star.
THE EQUINOX
Tommy; “Father, what is an equi-
Father; “Wliy, or—it—ahem! Why
do you ask me. Tommy? Don’t you
know anytliing about mythology at
all ? An equinox was a fabled animal,
half horse, half cow. It’s name is de
rived from the w-ords ‘equine’ and
‘ox’. It does seem as if these public
schools don’t teach children anything
Y. ASSOCIATION
MEETING
On last Wednesday evening the
“Y” had a very entertaining Asso.
ciation meeting.
At the opening- of the program,
Mary B. Williams, the president,
called on the boards of the differ
ent departments for reports, which
; favi
able.
Under the leadership of Sara Hor
ton, the Social Service Group has
visited the Children’s Home and the
I.adies’ Home. Salem had represen
tatives from the World Service
Group at the meeting in Greensboro.
Frances Adams and her group are
planning to work over the “Y” room.
After the business had been com-
jjleted, Rebecca Holton gave some
very amusing readings. Everyone
w'as amused at the behavior of Mrs.
Pike, the bride of six months, who
feared that her husband was losinj
respect for lier. Who could blamt
the I
, Mrs
Watt
i for
wanting to insure her husbands life
a few days before he w'as to be
hanged ?
After refreshments were sei
Mary B. sang Haunted. Tlien ev
one joined in singing familiar songs
and Christmas carols.
f . ^
foiire
flejre,
Everywhere i go, i have to listen to the
same thing. 'Try Chesterfields, Honestly,
they are milder, and you simply must try them!’
"Me . . . try Chesterfields! Why, I haven’t
smoked anything else. That’s how important
mildness and better taste are to me!
"No wonder Chesterfield smokers are so en
thusiastic.”
CHESTERFIELD RADIO PROGRAM
Every night except Sunday, Columbia
Coast-to-Coast Network.
& Mybes Tobacco Co.
THEY’RE MILDER
THEY TASTE BETTER
CHILDREN PLANT TREE
ON SALEM CAMPUS
to indicate, as Dr. Rondthaler
would say “Tlie coming of spring;”
and finally all of them fluttered
around it like the birds which would
soon seek the protection of its
branches. After this, they all joined
in singing “Goodbye, goodbye, be
always kind and true.” Verily, the
hearts of the grown up bystanders
were warmed by the picture of those
carefree children merrily skipping
around the little tree.
This custom of tree planting has
always before this time been the duty
of the Senior Class of Salem College,
but tliis year it was apparently the
pleasure of the senior class of some
nearby kindergarten.
And Dr. Rondthaler, whose priv
ilege it was for the first time in
many years to w'atch Senior tree
planting from the sidelines, was
heard, to remark contentedly “At
last here is something original.”
uosday - Wednesday
“IF I HAD A
MILLION
(’liarlie Ruggles Alison >Skipw'ortl
W. C. Fields Mary Boland
Roscoe Karns May Rcibson
Gene Raymond Lueien Littlefleli
Richard Bennett
Thursday - Friday - Saturday
DOUGLAS
FAIRBANKS
In a Modern Comedy-Dram
with Aetioi
and
Robinson Crusoe
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§ Reminding You That H
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SALEM BOOK STORE
besides tlie usual
ties, good things
fudge, cooki
a holiday