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Alumnae WINSTON-SALEM, N. C„ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1934. Number 16. SALEM CELEBRATES FOUNDERS’ DAY Officers Of S. 1. A. S. G. Meet At Salem College Discuss Plans For Meeting To Be Held on April 5th The officers of the S. I. A. S. ( met at Salem last week-end to mal plans for their next conference which will be held at the University of Ten nessee on April 5. Miss Mildred Rey nolds who is the student government president of Hollins college is the president of S. I. A. S. G. Miss Dor othy Radcliff, the president of student government at the University of Ten nessee, is vice-president of the organ ization. Miss Iva Gibson, president of student government at Winthrop college, is the secretary. These three officers were the guests of Miss Geor gia Huntington, president of student government ^t Salem College and treasurer of S. I. A. S. G. They arrived Saturday, January 27, at noon and were entertained at tea that afternoon . by Miss Lawr^ce. That night the officers had dinner at the Rondthaler’s home. Sunday morn ing Miss Riggan gave a delightful waffle breakfast for them. The girls were taken to the morning service at the Home Moravian Church and that afternoon they were shown the places of interest on Salem College campus and in its vicinity. The girls ex pressed a particular interest in the deep basement of the widow’s house, in the heavy latch keys, and in the Moravian graveyard. They were pleased with Salem as a whole and with the cordiality of the girls who were left on the campus. At their meeting the girls discussed speakers, the type of programs, and the theme of the next S. I. A. S. G. meeting. They decided that the pur pose of the conference would be to discover really the place of the stu dent in student government. The A. A. U. W. is to meet in Knoxville at the same time; therefore the stu dent organization will have the oppor tunity of their big speakers. At the meeting, S. I. A. S. G. will probably be able to have Mr. Kirby Page and Miss Nita Glass speak. Everyone will have a delightful time, because as part of the entertainment, which is already planned, is a trip around the new dam site in Tennessee. WA IMPORTANT TALK On February 8th, Dr. William Tru- fant Foster, well-known economist and member of the Board of Advisers of the National Federation will speak on the N. S. F. A. as the American Youth Movement. (3:30 to 3:45 P. M. E. S. T. over the Columbia Broad casting System). Music Hour Features ^Ptudent Recital String Quartet Performs Members of the voice, piano and string departments performed first Music Hour of the new year Thursday afternoon. The string quartet was heard in public for the first time this year. The program follows: Quartet op. 18, No. 1 Beethoven Allegro Ggorge Dickieson Margaret Sehwarze Albert Blumenthal Hazel Horton Ee! Nocturne, op. 32, No. 1 Chopin Luey James Polonese in G sharp minor ....Chopi Mary Louise Mickey Prayer Guio Sanctuary La Forge Frances Butner Nocturne in F major Chopin Eose Siewers Ballade in D minor Brahms Virginia Thompson Ombre mai fn Handel Stars Ware DR. POTEAT’S ADDRESS The celebration of Founders’ Day at Salem College began officially in Y. P. M. on Wednesday, January 31, with a memorable address to the stu dent body by Dr. E. McNeil Poteat of Raleigh. The speaker was intro duced by Miss Margaret McLean, who presented him in a delightfully enter taining manner. After acknowledging the introduc- ■ tion, in the preface to his address. Dr. Poteat said: “I am not very good at dates. I do not remember them and am somewhat like the young lady who was asked in history the question, “What are Cleopatra’s dates?” She replied, “I don’t know. I think she had a date with a man named Mark Antony, but I have so much trouble keeping up with my own dates that I can’t keep up with hers.” Dr. Rondthaler told me in a letter, I think, that 1772 was the birthday of Salem College. I looked up just for fun in a list of dates other no table occasions in 1772 and although my search was not very persistent or very long, I found almost nothing of importance in 1772 except the found ing of Salem College. I did see that Thomas Jefferson was married in 1772, and not to be partial to the Democrats, that Alexander Hamilton landed from the West Indies in New York, so perhaps you have kept the year 1772 almost entirely to your- Continuing, Dr. Poteat spoke in- spiringly on the three different atti tudes toward life, that of the roman ticist, that of the realist, and that of the idealist. The romanticist’s idea of life is fragmentary, fleeting, momen- ^tary; the realist, in a long look sees life as a wide landscape; the look of the idealist is full, rounded, univer sal, and eternal. As illustrative of the romanticist and the realist. Dr. Poteat vividly reviewed the Biblical story of Esau and Jacob. Esau, the cumiing man of the fields, was a romanticist. Life to him was fortune and the hazard of the chase. He lived on hope and ex pectation of what the tomorrow’s hunt would bring. He epitomizes for all time that type of an Epicurean who says, “Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we may die.” The younger brother, Jacob, a quiet man who dwelt in the tents, was a realist. He was not born to a patrimony as was Esau. His philosophy was, “Eat drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we may not die.” When one night Esau came home empty-handed from the hunt, he sold his birthright to his brother for some hot pepper soup. Because Esau thought of life only in terms of a moment, Jacob’s philosophy, for the time being, won. Time went on, and through the years was the conflict between the romanti cists and the realists. Then came the idealist with a new philosophy of “So eat, so drink, and so be merry, that you may live forever.” These three attitudes toward life have been seen in the history of our country—the romantic age in the days of Andrew Jackson in New Orleans, Sam Houston in Texas, and the gold rush of ’49. After this pioneer per- (CONTINUFJ) ON PAGE THREE) Special Features Make Founders’ Day Signi ficant Event at Salem Vlumnae and Trustees At tend 162nd Anniversary Celebration On April 80, 1772, a day school be gan at Salem, North Carolina. Today, one hundred and sixty-two years lat er, we who are celebrating Salem or Founders’ Day can sing in praise and sincerity to our forefathers, the build- srs of Salem College, “strong are thy walls, O Salem!” lere are three significant dates ii Salem history, the founding of a day school in 1772, the founding of a boarding school on October 31, 1802, and the granting of a charter, which carried with it the right to confer degrees, on February 3, 1866. Found ers’ Day embraces all of these impor tant dates. Without the day school the boarding school could not have developed; without the boarding school, the college would not have grown. It is because this day ) much more than the celebration of giving of a charter that we are ex- ressing our realization of Salem’s growth in many ways. Dr. Poteat, opening the Founders’ Day program on January 31, has spoken to us of “Salem,” the word that means “peace. ’ He suggested to us a view of life that does not come from a realist, nor a romanticist, but from an idealist. This view was built into the foundation of Salem, and we realize it when we look back through the records of the school. Founders’ Day means recognition of those who have gone before us in the roles of leaders and students, and it is for this reason that we welcome the alumnae so cordially. Your contri bution to the foundation of Salem has made it easier and better for us today. Leadership and guidance have been essential, and so we welcome our trus tees tonight. Founders’ Day means especial re cognition of Salem traditions. The Alumnae Banquet, the costumes of the sisters which are worn by the seniors, the flags, the displays of stu dent publications and documents per taining to the government of the school have helped us to realize today the wealth of traditions that have been handed down to us. And Founders’ Day means a day of good times. We hope you have en joyed our chapel programs; we hope you have been entertained by the moving pictures of student activities, and by the radio program Friday night; we hope you have had fun meet ing and greeting friends here. We certainly have enjoyed this week and • specially are we glad to have the Trustees as our dinner guests tonight. Would you like to know what you are being served at dinner? It is grape fruit, roast loin of western beef with mushrooms, potato mounds with pim- iento butter, French .string bedns, broiled tomatoes, clover Jeaf rolls, (CONTINUED ON PACK FOUU) Saturday Chapel Features Old Alma Mater Seniors Sing in Salem Sister Costumes A feature of the" Founders’ Day Chapel on Saturday was the singing of an old Alma Mater by the Sen iors, dressed in old Salem sisters cos tumes. The song was used at Salem about 1898. The music was composed by Charles Sanford Skilton, a former dean of the School of Music. The words were written by Miss Adelaide Fries. The words to the first versft follow': Hail to thee, hail to thee, dear Alma Mater, Join we our voices in rapturous song. Unto the mother who guided and led Praise and affection unending belong. Years seem a single day, when under memories sway Backward we fly to thy loving em brace. Lost in the days of yore, dream we ire girls once more Eagerly, gladly, our footsteps retrace. Third Civic Music Concert Monday Night The Ruth Miler Ensemble Appears in Reynolds Me morial Auditorium The Euth Miller Ensemble pro- sented a very interesting program Monday evening at 8:30 in the Rey nolds Memorial Auditorium. Mr Charles G. Vardell, dean of mus- ers**^ introduced the perform- Especially, were the listeners de- nghted with the presentation of Mr. Benno Eabinof ,violinist. Mr. Frank Chapman, baritone, rendered one or two good selections. As encores, he sang two cow boy songs, from a type of American folk song, he ex plained. Miss Euth Miller was a soprano. Both of the accompanists —Miss Berthe Eich for Mr. Eabinof, Mr. Nils Nelson for Miss Miller and Mr. Chapman.... showed an insight into the selections. The best of the program follows: Rondo Caprioeioso Saint-Saens Mr. Eabinof Wolfe Who Knows Stickles Mr. Chapman Chopin-Auer Vescey ■La Capriceeuse Elffar The Flight of the Bumbie Bee - — Eimsky-KorsakofT (Arr. by Eabinof) Caprice No. 24 Paganini-Auer Mr. Eabinof MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY The Minneapolis Symphony Or- ehestra which so many Salem girls enjoyed last year will be in Greens- w-“ * February 6th. Winston-Salem Civic Music Asso ciation tickets are good for this con- TO THE ALUMNAE The Salemite staff is glad to give our Founders’ Day copy to the members of the Winston brancli of our Alumnae Association. We, as students, are interested in the Alumnae and we want you to be equally as interested in us We should be glad to add your' name to our subscription list for the re mainder of this year. Send your name, address, and one dollar to Isabel Pollock, business manager and you will receive every week the latest news of your college. WELCOME TO TRUSTEES Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, )U are listening to Station S-A-L-E- M, situated in the heart of Salem Col lege, the home of those famed Salem co-eds. This program is coming to you through the courtesy of The Sal emite, Salem’s most widely read scan dal sheet. Tonight We are broadcasting from the luxurious banquet hall of Salem College where a formal dinner is in progress, the occasion being the cele bration of Founders’ Day. Our guest artists for this evening are the trus- of the college, all of whom will appear later on the program. And now, my friends of the radio audience, as I look around this bril liant gathering I see any number of celebrities. I grant you that never before on any previous opening nights has there been such a collection of From where I stand, I hear the booming voice of that tall, handsome blond, Mr. A. H. Bahnson, busily en gaged in answering rapturous ques tions from an admiring throng of col- legiates. Rivalling this popularity is Mr. Arthur Spaugh, smooth, dark and debonair, who is also at sea in an :ean of more admiring glances. To my left, ladies and gentlemen, ts that strong silent man, Mr. T, Holt Haywood, whose crinkly smile of amusement comes and goes inces santly as he listens to the chatter around him. And speaking of strong silent men, if that isn’t our old friend. Dr. Fred Pfohl toying with his fork there. I wouldn’t be surprised a word of wisdom any He’s been pondering ■if he uttered a moment now. for quite a while. Let The see—I believe, yes, there he IS—the hero of many Salem thea- trical successes of the past, Mr. John Fries Blair. At the moment he is smoothing his dark hair and flashing his white teeth at some damsel at his side. There are several guests from out of town here tonight. Among them are M^ T. Dewitt Harmon, a bachelor and man-about-towrt from Kerners- ville, N. C and Rev. F. W. Grubs, that delightful country gentleman from Bethania, noted for his sense of humor and ability to bewilder one with German. Also I see Dr. Fred Le^nbach, the quiet, eifficient Chariot:’ By the by, speaking of Moravian ministers (pardon me. Rev. Grubs is one) there seem to be several others present—the distinguished and digni fied Bishop J. K. Pfohl and that Ger man looking Dr. Edmund Sehwarze who has appeared successfully on our program before. Now, my friends of the air, I feel sure that you are doubting the pres ence of the fairer sex among our ar- • tists. But, just to set you right, there is that motherly soul, Mrs. Clarence Leinbach, famed for her oj)en houses to nieces, nephews, and cousins; and by her side, the gracious Mrs. James Gray, whose quiet acts of goodness are too often shaded from the public eye. Ah, ladies and gentlemen, I have just caught sight of a gentleman who (COSTINITED ON PAGE FOtTR)
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