GREEK PLAY
‘Y" CIRCUS
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C„ SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1933.
“Electra Mourns” Is
Presented this Afternoon
Annual Greek Play Given
By Pierrettes
The Greek Play presented on Sat
urday afternoon on the lower campus
of Salem College contained the basic
story which Eugene O’Neill turned
to his own purposes in a modern
play.
'I'his story is immemorially ancient
and is a part of a cycle of stories in
cluding the Trojan War. It is one
of the most famous stories of the
w'orld, and innumerable poems,
plays, and stories have grown out of
When the heroes were assembled!
at Aulis to set sail for Troy to bring
back Helen, according to their oath
taken at her betrothal to Menelaus,
no winds would blow. The priest
explained that Artemis was angry
because Ag.imcmnon had slain a deer
sacred to her, and that she would
not permit the winds to blow until
he sacrificed his eldest daughter,
Iphigenia. This he finally did, and
from that day his wife, Clytemnestra
determined to slay him. When he
returned from Troy, after ten year’s
absence, Clytemnestra pretended to
welcome him with extravagant hon
ors, but as soon as he was defense
less in his bath, she, assisted by
Aegisthus, his cousin and her para
mour, slew him with a bronze axe.
In the disturbance which ensued
Electra gave her young brother,
Orestes, into the keeping of a faith
ful retainer to take to the kingdom
of Strophius, the husband of Aga
memnon’s sister. By all the laws
and customs of the ancient world, it
was the duty of Orestes, since he was
the only son, to avenge his father’s
death. For years Electra, a slave
in her mother’s household because she
would not pay honor to Aegisthus,
waited, worn by hate and anxiety,
for Orestes to return.
The play Electra by Sophocles is
concerned with the day of Orestes’
return, and the final expiation of
Clyctmnestra and Aegisthus for
their sin.
The lower campus, where the play
was given, formed a natural theatre
similar to the type of theater for
which the Greek plays were written.
The dramatic club was very fortu
nate to have a gifted alumna of
Salem, Miss Margaret Ha
play the title role. Since her gradu-
Salem Student Speaks
At Mission Study Club
Mission Work in Alaska is
Explained
On last Monday evening Miss
Gertrude Schwalbe, student here at
Salem, spoke to the Mission Study
Club at the Trinity Moravian
Church. She told of her life in Alaska
where she was born and lived until
she was fourteen years of age. In
speaking of Alaska she mentioned
plans for education. At present there
are two kinds of schools in Alaska
—those operated by the bureau of
education and kept for the Eskimos
by the United States government
and those territorial schools for the
hite children. Both of these schools
ave high standings and are the cen
ter of the life of Alaskan communi-
Miss Schwalbe told also of the
Easter sunrise service held at Bethel,
Alaska, when the mercury is often
40 below zero. People come to
e service just as if it were really
irm weather.
As a conclusion the speaker de
scribed a journey from Bethel to
Seattle, Washington. This interest-
ig journey included travel on land
id on sea over hills and around
glaciers. The club was delighted
with the accuracy and the interest of
the student speaker.
Big Circus To Be
Held Here Tonight
Gala Water Festival is to
Follow
Saturday, May 20, is a gala day
on the Salem Calendar. Following
the Greek play is a circus sponsored
by the “Y” in the recreation r
of Clewell at 8 o’clock. For ten cents
there is a big ring show including
such artists as Joe King, Gloria
Crouse, Sue Andrews and the trained
white elephants, seared beasts of In
dia, bought at a great expense. The
grand finale is a real Spanish bull
fight in which the toreador will
emerge victorious, because ho is the
mighty champion bull-fighter of
Spain.
There will be a great number of
side-shows, all of which are to be
kept secret until the audience pays
one cent for admission to the mys
teries.
After the circus, the Athletic As
sociation is sponsoring a water fes
tival which includes exhibition dives
and strokes and will end with a free
swim for all. Those who do not
to swim can feast and dance to their
hearts’ content on dry land, better
known as Clewell basement. The
audience is strongly urged to attend
in full costume.
Dr. Brownell Concludes
Series of Lectures
Duke Psychology Professor is
Authority On Arithmetic
Dr. W. A. Brownell, professor of
■ducational psychology at Duke Uni-
'ersity, returned to Winston-Salem
for his third and final lecture on
methods of teaching arithmetic
Thursday evening. May 11, a1
o’clock in the auditorium in the Ad-
inistration Building of the Win-
on-Salem City Schools. This se
cs of lectures was sponsored by
the Education Department of Salem
College. The City and Forsyth Coun
ty Schools have co-operated in the
presentation of these three interest
ing and instructmnal talks.
Dr. Brownell discussed in his first
two lectures the current theories of
teaching arithmetic in addition
aking an analysis of how child)
build up number concepts in arithme
tic. He forciably advocated the
“meaning method” of teaching arith-
'i'he topic for the final lecture,
“Training Children to Solve Arith
metic Problems,” proved to be a fit
ting climax to the entire set of talks.
Research studies, arithmetic text
books, methods texts in elementary
school field, and supervisors fail to
uncover much about problem solving
in arithmetic. The speaker pointed
out that the child is not prepared to
meet the exceedingly complicated
procedure demanded by the verbal
problems to which he is subject
our elementary schools.
Dr. Brownell pointed out 1
characteristics of problem solving by
citing some of his experimental find
ings on the question of what is reall;
involved in problem solving. He has
found that children did not do any
better with problems being stated in
familiar settings than by these same
mathematical processes being pre
sented in unfamiliar settings. Stress
was placed on the responsibility of
the teacher developing in each pupil
an understanding of the mathemat
ical processes involved in problem
solving. Teachers were urged to
analyze the difficulties children
counter in such work by cheeking
on the way the child thinks through
his problems in arithmetic.
Commencement Concert
Practice Well Under Way
Excellent Program Planned by
Salem Music Faculty
During the past four weeks, the
faculty and students of the Salem
College School of Music have been
practicing for the annual commencc-
t concert, which will be present-
L Memorial Hall, Saturday night,
the third of June, at eight-fifteen
This year, the program will consist
of the following numbers: Selections
by the Salem College Glee Club,
Mozart’s Quartette in E-flat Major,
by the college string quartette, a
group of numbers by Miss Adelaide
Silversteen, contralto, and Samuel
Coleridge -Taylor’s cantata, “Hia
watha’s Wedding Feast,” by the
chorus and orchestra.
The Glee Club, directed by Mr.
Ernest Schofield, and accompanied
rliss Wanna Mary Huggins, will
1 the program with a variety of
selections. “All Soul’s Day,” by
Richard Strauss, and “Jesu” by
Smith, are both rather slow-moving
‘ompositions, with beautiful melo-
lies and harmonies. “Valse Ariatte,”
by Deems Taylor, is a scintillating,
rhythmical number.
iss Adelaide Silversteen, a pupil
of Mr. Ernest Schofield, will sing
■eral selections. Miss Silversteen
i a deep, rich, contralto voice,
well-known throughout Salem Col
lege and the city of Winston-Salem.
The string quartette is composed
of George Diekieson, first violin;
Rebekah Baynes, second violin;
Margaret Schwarze, viola; Lucy
Waggoner, cello. They will play
Mozart’s Quartette in E-fkit Major.
The members of the quartette have
been excellently trained by Miss
Hazel Horton Read. Their work
has been outstanding throughout the
entire year.
The cantata, “Hiawatha’s Wedd
ing Feast,” will be rendered by a
chorus of about seventy-five mixed
Miss Harris Gives
Graduating Recital
Mr. Cranford Assists at
Final Concert
On Monday night in Memorial
Hall .Miss Nancy Ann Harris, as
sisted by Mr. Frank Cranford, bari
tone, Miss Dorothy Thompson, ac
companist, and Dean Vardell, or
ganist, gave the final graduating re
cital of the year.
Miss Harris, who is a pupil of Mr.
Vardell opened her recital with
“Sonata in D Minor Op. 31, No. 2”
by Beethoven in three movements;
Largo-Allegro, in which the contrast
was very interesting. Adagio and
Allegretto.
Mr. Cranford sang with good dic
tion “O God, Have Mercy” by Men
delssohn from “St. Paul.”
Miss Harris played in her second
group a difficult “Prelude in A flat
Major op. 28, No. 17” by Chopin,
modern “Legend op. 26, No. 3,” by
Medtner and a brilliant “Impromtu
in B flat Major op. 142, No. 3,” by
Schubert with artistic interpretation.
Mr. Cranford sang a group of
English songs: “Dearest” by Hom
er, “An Old Song Resung” bj
Griffes in which he told a story, “A
Heavenly Choir” by Mena-Zueca,
and “Ah, Love, But a Day” by
Prothere.
Miss Harris brought her program
to its highest point of achievement
when she played Mendelssohn’s “Ca-
priceio brillante op. 22,” accompan
ied on the organ by Mr. Vardell.
Ushers for the recital were the
Misses Marguerite Mann, Frances
Fletcher, Anne Crowley, Irene Clay,
Phyllis Clapp and Mrs. Herman
Bouldin.
North Carolina Boy
Wins Prix-De-Rome
Former State Student Is Out
standing in Architecture
At Cornell
Morris E. Trotter, Jr., of Char
lotte, N. C. has won the Prix-de-
Rome in landscape architecture.
This award is given annually by the
American Academy in Rome and is
the most sought after prize for young
architects in this country. Mr. Trot
ter w'on over 80 contestants from all
parts of the United States. His
problem, on which he had one
month’s preparation, was a restau
rant in .an exclusive suburb.an district.
He laid the restaurant on a peninsula
extending into a lake, providing it
with casinos, dining pavilions at the
end of trails that ran through virgin
forests, a sunken garden and a boat
landing.
'I'his year Mr. 'I'rotter is comple
ting his master’s degree at Cornell,
where he has been a student for
three years. He was graduated from
Central High School in Charlotte,
attended Guilford College for two
years and N. C. State for one year.
Beginning October 1 he will re
ceive free residence and studio at the
American Academy in Rome and
$1,450 a year for two years. Nortli
Carolina should well be proud of .such
excellence on the part of one of her
citizens.
Senior Music Students
Give Original Work
Members of Composition Class
Perform at Music Hour
On Thursday afternoon the Music
Hour consisted of a recital of orig
inal compositions by Seniors.
The program was as follows:
Piano Solos:
“Boat-Song”
“Song Wthout Words”
Rosalie Smith
Miss Smith
Song:
“Witchery”
Wanna Mary Huggins
Miss Mary B. Williams
Piano Solo:
“Humoresque”
Wanna Mary Huggins
Miss Huggins
Violin Solo:
“Nocturne”
Wanna Mary Huggins
Mr. George Diekieson
Piano Solo:
“Minuet” Mary B. Williams
Miss Dorothy Thompson
“The Look”
“Freckles”
Mary B. W'illiam,‘
Miss Williams
Piano Solos:
“Song without Words”
“Gondoliera”
“Minuet”
Nancy Ann Ilarri;
Miss Harris
Cello Solo:
“Lullaby” Mary B. Williams
Mr. Ernest L. Schofield
Piano Solos:
“Once upon a Time”
“Barcarolle”
“Minuet”
Adelaide Silversteen
Tommye Frye
Songs:
“Wanderlust”
“The Call”
Adelaide Silversteen
Miss Silversteen
Piano Solos:
“Reflections”
“Song w'ithout Words”
“Gavotte”
“Minuet”
Tommye E. Fry(
Miss Frye
Dr. Rondthaler Speaks
on Student Attitude
Praises Youth’s Outlook On
The Present Times
Basing his thoughts on an edi
torial entitled “What Does Youtli
Think of the Depression,” which
appeared in The Salemite for March
18, Dr. Rondtlialer delivered what
he termed a conversation and not an
address, Wednesday, May 17, in ex
panded Chapel. He began by read
ing the editorial, and then continued
briefly to sketch some of the most
outstanding events of the past nine
months of the “depression” the in
auguration of Roosevelt, the bank
holiday, and the changes which have
justified those voters seeking a
change in the last election.
Dr. Rondthaler, turning to col
leges and the limitations of contact
with the outside world which campus
walls afford, said there w'ere two
groups of colleges, tax-sup])orted and
non-tax supported. One difference
between the two lies in the way each
meets present day conditions; the
tax supi)orted colleges are sometimes
given to loud weeping and wailing
abroad, while non-tax supported, en
during the same hardships, bear
tlieir burdens quietly and cou
rageously. One of the greatest les
sons to be learned from this year of
difficulties is the carrying and shar
ing of burdens by all members of an
institution, from the head of the ad
ministration to the lowest employee.
The entire group of an organization
must close ranks in order to carry
on the work efficiently.
Students, Dr. Rondthaler said,
really liave a desire to serve. Thej'
are learning to do each day’s tasks
cheerfully and eagerly, and as a
consequence, the spirit of co-opera
tion is growing. M.any are finding
that it is thrilling and unusual to
live today in this depression, which
is also a time of exultation and ex-
hileration. There are those, how
ever, who have not yet realiz’ed the
difficulties and the burdens which
must be endured by their parents
in giving them an education, and
while these students desire to help,
they are often adding to an already
heavy load.
The times have turned certainly,
but although it is easy, swift, and
often comfortable to roll down hill,
it is a hard and long pull up again.
One climbs only by endless, diligent
work, and with the dignity of bear
ing in silence a heavy load. This,
Dr. Rondth.aler concluded, should be
tlie approach of students to exami
nations as well as the attitude toward
the depression which is indeed a
wonderful, but difficult time in which
Miss Mickey Speaks
On Science Visual Aids
Illustrated Lecture Is Helpful
To Prospective Teachers
On last Thursday from five to six
Miss Emily Mickey, a Senior, spoke
to a small group on visual aids in
teaching science. Each point was
illustrated—this phase being quite
helpful to the future science teach
ers who were present.
Miss Mickey started her lecture by
discussing the use of pictures and
books—materials which are easy and
inexpensive for teachers to get. Pic
tures may be easily obtained from
nature magazines, sports magazines,
seed catalogues, nature guides and
magazines such as The House Beau
tiful,, Better Homes and Gardens,
and The Literary Digest. These pic
tures may be filed on cardboard in
boxes or in envelopes. The Little
Nature Library was recommended in
the line of books.
Bulletin boards, charts, posters
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