Vol. XIV.
Winston-Salem, N. C., Thursday, January 11, 1934.
Number 14.
Mr. Campbell Attends
Science Convention
Exhibits and Talks Inter
estingly Described
During the holidays Mr. Campbell
attended the meeting of the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science. It is the greatest gathering
of Scientists held during the year.
Headquarters were at the Statler in
Boston, but the exhibits and most of
the talks were at Harvard. The meet
ing was welcomed by Governor Ely
of Massachusetts and by Dr. Karl
Compton on behalf of the Mfissachu-
setts Institute of Technology, Har
vard and the eight other greater Boi-
ton institutions acting as hosts.
Among the more importaht papers
presented were those which described
a new theory of immunity based on
the reaction of cells to invading or
ganisms ; a new type of disease pro
ducer which has the appearance of
bacteria but will not grow on ordinary
culture media and in that respect re
sembles a virus; and simple chemical
tests on plant material as aids in
determing food needs. Other topics
discussed were various phases of zo
ology, Botany, Nature Study, Chem
istry, and Geoligy and Geography.
Perhaps the most interesting and
enlightening feature of the meeting
Was the great array of exhibits. The
Bell Telephone Laboratories showed
their automatic telephone—message-
taker. A moving steel ribbon passes
between two electro magnets. One
Magnet gives to the ribbon varying
degrees of magnetization, the varia
tions are given to the second magnet
which reproduces the sound. A mi
croscope centrifuge enabled one to
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dr. rondthaler
DISCUSSES VALUE
OF CHAPEL PERIOD
Time Invaluable He Says
Friday moning, January 5, Dr.
Rondthaler discussed the value of
the half hour spent in chapel every
Morning. He agreed that we could
probably find something else to do
in that time. He told of the care
ful and detailed preparation each
cbapel period takes, the skill re
quired in the music. Nevertheless,
be said, thie time was invaluable to
Us. The Bible proves this value
when it asks, “What shall it profit
a man if he gains the whole world
aud lose his own soulf” By the
whole world we may understand only
the knowledge we acquire out of
studying and working continually.
However, subjects that we detest
have direct bearing on our lives. By
'•oing things we are not fond of
doing we are exercising our patience
and self-control.
N. S. F. A. Goes Places
And Does Things
Georgia Huntington Re
ports Successful
Convention
Washington is our Capitol City.
And to be perfectly frank about it,
Washington was the capitol city for
the 1933 N. S. F. A. to do things and
First on the list of things to be seen
in Washington from the point of view
of a N. S. F. A. conventioneer, was
Georgia Huntington, our president,
as she arrived. It was six-thirty of a
snowy morning, and she, being fresh
from sunny Wilmington, and having
ridden nearly all night, was a little
red of nose and tired in bones. Never
theless, her white collar looked re
markably clean, and her hair was
neatly plaited; so that the first min
ute when she stepped into Union Sta
tion, anyone could have told that she
was G. R. S.ing (Georgia Represent
ing Salem), in good form.
Second in importance to Georgia,
among outstanding sights in Wash
ington during the convention, was the
Mayflower Hotel where it was held.
A whole block was covered by this
gold encrusted palace. It was filled
with bronze statues; dribbling foun
tains; dark foreign ambassadors in
spats kissing hands of senator’s wives
who wore long lace dresses and sables,
at lunchtime; people like Hughey
Long and Senator Borah wandering
around loose, thousands .... no, hun
dreds .... well, about two hundred
and seventy student representatives,
all eyes and ears; soft, soft cushions
and rugs; and in the midst of every
thing the most glamorous, the most
elaborate and perfect Christmas Tree
ever seen before or since, even by
ambassadors and wives from the very
North Pole, itself.
Next, the White House had to be
seen and done by the students. Mrs.
Roosevelt was charming. She, too,
had a grand Christmas tree, one that
was tall, superbly straight and sim
ple, decorated with with lights and
tinsel. The First Lady, herself having
a college boy for a son, had invited
the convention to come in for a chat
because, as she s.aid, she was very
much interested in this student move
ment and its purpose. At the mom
ent, however, the convention was more
interested in craning its neck for a
better glimpse of the First Lady and
her Ijouse than it was in its own pur-
After they had taken note of the
gorgeous chandeliers, huge mirrors,
and portraits of George and Martha
in the ballroom, and the unique, beau
tifully laid hardwood floors and fat,
healthy looking holly wreaths in other
parts of the house, the students ex
pected to sample some White House
Tea. They got fooled, however, be
cause it turned out to be a tealess
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Salem’s Honor In
Music Is Now Reality
Dean Vardell Tells of
National Association
Yesterday morning at Y. P. M. a
varied and interesting program was
presented to students, faculty and
visitors. The speaker of the morning
was Dean Charles G. Vardell, who
has recently been elected vice-presi
dent for the Southern States of the
National Association of Schools of
Music. There are only four vice-
presidents in the United States and
Salem is rightly proud of Dean Var
dell.
The week after Christmas, Dean
Vardell went to Lincoln, Nebraska,
to attend the meeting of the National
Association. At this time Salem Col
lege was made a full-fledged member
with absolutely no conditions attached.
Many students will remember that two
years ago Salem was visited by a
member of the National Music Asso
ciation who examined everything
there was to examine. He examined
records, classes, recitals, notebooks,
and curriculum. Last March he re
visited Salem and found the music
department very satisfactory. Several
changes in curriculum were made at
his suggestion. This examination was
a necessary part of membership as
the association has as its aim to stand
ardize the degree Bachelor of Music.
For many years all kinds of insti
tutions have given the degree with
all kinds of excellence. Ni^turally
aca'Hemic musicians were concerned
that the degree should be either abol
ished or standardized. Thus the Na
tional Association of Schools of Mus
ic was organissed eight years ago.
Membership in this Association means
that Salem’s undergraduate work is
of equal standing with that of the
Eastman School of Music, The Chica
go Musical Conservatory, The Music
School of the University of Michigan,
and fifty or sixty other schools of
equally high standing. The Associa^
tion has high standards i nstudies and
The standing of the music degree
at Salem was not gained in one jump.
There has been a gradual development
and a continuous cooperation on the
part of faculty and other departments
in the college. Dean Shirley, the pre
decessor of Dean Vardell, was one of
America’s most emin^t .musicians.
Salem students who, by connections
with prominent musicians of today,
have helped give Salem her standing
are Ruth Pfohl, Margaret Siewers,
Elizabeth Willis and Rosalie Smith.
At the close of his talk. Dean Var
dell played Beethoven’s Sonata In E-
flat, the divisions being the Farewell,
The Absence, and the Return. This
was greatly enjoyed by his audience.
Snappy New Year
Former Salem Teachcr
Dies In Winston-Salem
Miss Sally Vogler Ends a
Life of Servce
Miss Sarah A. Vogler, former teach
er at Salem Academy, passed away
Friday night, January 5th, at a local
hospital after an illness of eight
weeks. Daughter of one of the pion
eer missionary families of the Morav
ian Church, she spent a full life in
eighty-four years of service to the
communities in which she lived.
Miss Vogler was born at Bethel,
St. Hitts, West Indies on February
11, 1849, the daughter of Rev Miles
and Sophia Dorothea Ruede Vogler.
Her parents were missionaries serv
ing in the line of missionaries who
went to the slaves of West Indies in
1782 and are still working there. In
1852 she went with Rev. Vogler and
his wife to the state of Oklahoma
where they acted as peace-makers
with the Indians. Miss Vogler and
her brother grew up among the In
dians and learned to speak the Chero
kee language. Later ^ the death of
her father she came to Salem with her
mother and attended Salem Academy.
Miss Vogler early loved teaching as
a profession and in 1866 became a
member of the Salem Academy fac
ulty and continued until 1884 when
she went North. Returning later she
established a private school and also
served as assistant registrar u^til
failing Stealth compelled her to end
her duties.
Surviving are W. E. and C. T.
Leinback, nephews, of this city; Mrs.
R. B. Diehl and Miss Caroline Line-
back of Winston-Salem, nieces, and
also four nephews and a niece resid
ing elsewhere.
SCIENCE MUSEUM IS
GROWING LARGER
Student Interest Is Needed
Work on the natural history mus
eum of the science department of
Salem College is progressing rapidly
and many new and interesting speci
mens are being added.
Recently Mr. Higgins has acquired
specimens of all the different kinds of
minerals used for commercial pur
poses. These with others collected
by himself are placed in new cabinets
which have been installed in the biolo
gy lab for the purpose.
The Smithsonian Institute has pre
sented several specimens of stuffed
birds and a squirrel to the depart
ment to add to the exhibit.
This museum is a comparatively
new enterprise but is proving a great
success. It is worthy of the interest
and attention of both old and new stu-