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THE SALEMITE
Saturday, February 3, 1934.
Mi’mber Southern Inter-Collegiati
Press Association
Published Weekly by the Student
15;,dy of Salem College
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EDITOR IAI. STAFF
KdUor-in Chief Susan Calde
A^soriate Editors—
Mary Penn Gertrude Schwalbe
Mary Absher Cortlandt Preston
Mary Ollie BilesKathleen Adkins
Martha Binder Elizab. th Jerome
Elizabeth Gray M^iry E. Reeves
Virginia Garner
Cora Emmaline Henderson
Sunshine Kirby
Eugenia McNew
Elizabeth Torrence
Jean Patterson
Martha Moore
Sara Ingram
SALEM WORK HOUSE
BUSINESS STAFF
liusiness Manager Isabel Pollock
Advertising Manager....!ane Williams
Exchange Manager .. Ruth McConnell
Susan Rawlings
Margaret Ward
Dorothy Courtney
Ruth Dickieson
Agnes Brown
Ann Taylor
■’•‘■r-ulfition Manager..MsiTtha. Schlegel
.Cir. Mgr Florence Ledbetter
SALEM SINCE THE
FALL OF ’33
The greatest honor that Salem has
Jiad this year was being elected to
membership in the National Associa
tion of Music Schools. For the past
two years, Salem has been under ob
servation for membership, so sl “
proud to have been received.
Katherine Lasater was elected pres
ident of I. R. S. Great plans for the
May Day house-party are being made.
Mildred Hanes is to be May Queen,
with Grace Pollock as maid of honor.
In the field of student government,
Georgia Huntington, the president,
attended a meeting of the N. S. F. A.
in Washington, D. C.
The President’s Forurn has taken
over affairs concerned with academic
honesty. Group meetings were held
and valuable students’ opinions
tained. Later the most important
points gathered from the group discus
sions were presented in chapel.
The School Masters’ club held its
monthly meeting at the college the
Jast week before examinations. The
members had dinner in the college
dining-room.
During the past week-end Salem
was hostess to the executive commit
tee of the S. I. A. S. G which made
plans for a spring convention. Geor
gia Huntington is treasurer of the or
ganization.
Now that examinations and regis
tration are completed every one’s in
terest is turned to Founders’ Day.
Wednesday, chapel was devoted to a
broad-casted address by Dr. McNeil
Poteat, The Salem ensemble gave
four vocal numbers. At Saturday
morning chapel tl»e seniors wore
Moravian si.sters’ costumes. The'i
costumes are to appear at the formal
dinner Saturday night when the sen
iors will be hostesses to the college
trustees. After dinner the Alumnae
Association will hold its annual meet
ing in the library. At this time the
moving pictures of scenes around the
campus will be shown.
The first part of the year, Mrs.
Randthaler was absent from the cam
pus, but now she has returned to re
sume her supervision of various acti-
SALEM’S PRESIDENTS
1. Kramsch, Samuel G 1802-01
2. Steiner, Abraham G 1806-16
3. Reichel, G. Benjamin 1816-34
4. Jacobson, John C 1834-44
5. Bleck. Charles A 1844-48
6. De Schweinitz. Emil A 184
7. De Schweinitz, Robert 18!
8. Grunert, Maximilian E. .. 18(
9. Zorn, Theopholus E 1877-84
10. Rondthaler, Edward 18?' ""
11. Clewell, John H 1888-1909
12. Rondthaler, Howard E. 1909-
Elizabeth Oesterlain—1st teacher-
1772.
Catherine Sehner — 2nd teacher—
1780. , J J
FOUNDERS’ PLAY
A Play on Words
Synopsis and Prelude combined: ,
“Words in themselves mean very
little. If, however, we jiggle the let
ters around in them like dice in wood
en cups, their meanings will be re
juvenated and recreated, like old
winter coats which have been given
bright new linings for spring . . : . ”
so spake Mr. Quillawiggle, the noted
dreamer and screamer of the late
seventeenseventytwo’s .... And so
would have spoken Shakespeare and
his contemporaries, and Erasmus and
his, if they had but thought it up first.
But Mr. Wigaquibble was a veritable
early worm in desperate search of all
'jirds and words; later he became n
lowly wolf looking for a sheepskin
with which to disguise his ignorance;
after this he was given the degree B.
K. (back to kindergarten) by Mr.
McDonald; finally he became His
War ship, Ben Adam, may his tribe
increase; and in his last years, he
awoke one night with a deep dream of
Peace. According to Dr. Poteat he
was thinking of Salem, with her peace
ful climate, situation, and occupations,
and without his knowing what he him
self was doing he became the first
to dream of Founders’ Day at Salem.
Ah, he was an early old worm! So,
with this short introduction, our play
on words begins:
Words to be played upon
Time words:
1. Seventeelhundredseventj'two
(that’s a four ninety eight
special;)
i;. Day
Place words:
Character words:
1. Founders
Takng these in order, the number
ones come first (that’s what real ed
ucation teaches one.)
1. To the word severiteenhundred-
seventytwo patientlly add one hundred
and sixty-two years. Now look over
the result and cancel all unnecessary
and worn-out letters; leaving only
those appropriate to the modern day.
Add a few details like an “f” (I guess
there will always be F’s in college
schedules) and a few far-seeing “i’s”,
;ind a hundred other improvements.
The final beautiful new word thus
produced is N'^ettienhundreUthirty-
Number 2—Salem
Salem is an easy word t.o turn top
sy-turvy. The most appropriate new
suggestions to be derived from Salem
are the words:
Meals and Males.
Respectively speaking, Salem dishes
’em out and takes ’em, too.
Founders is next. Difficult word.
Founders. I.et’s take out the “u”
and the “s” and get “fonder.” Yes
that’s what we grow toward the alma
mater year by year (weak).
Take out the “o” and the “er” anc
find “funds”—(a suggestion to Mr
Oerter.) ^
Take out the “o” and the “der’
and (this is going to be good) have
Now Day,
Any oid day with “to” to add makes
“today.” Happy Day! Foundeps’ Day.
Now drop the “to” and the “}i*ippj'”
and the “Founders” for a mlriute in
order to make a final analysis of
the word itself.
Drop the “Y” and say “Da”. Now
idd another “da” with a hyphen, and
say with Jane Rondthaler as she ad
dresses the chair in chapel, “Dr. Rond-
:haler”—Da-da to you.”
Now put back the “y” and drop the
‘a”. The new word is obvious, even
hough spelled incorrectly. In the
/ernacular of all patriots, “Dy”
what we'd do for dear old Salem.
LIBRARY EXHIBIT
Do you know what the word “Sal-
cmiana” means? It is a good word
and one that can be added to your
vocabulary for future and frequent
use. Briefly, it means anything per
taining to the history of Salem—and
some of the things pertaining to the
history of Salem are on exhibit in the
library . They are well-worth seeing.
There are some predecessors of the
Salem handbook among them being
rules issued in 1805. Evidently
great, great grandmothers were
so lady-like in their behavior as
have been led to believe for in a list
of 39 rules issued to the pupils in 1805
such cautions as these were necessary:
(1) In school remember to sit
straight and to avoid all needless
talk, play, eating ,etc., and pay atten
tion to what you are taught.
(2) It is a very bad habit to
scratch or make holes in the plates.
(—from rules covering dining room
conduct).
(10) In bringing your embroidery
frames and things thereto belonging
in the room allotted for their recep
tion, you are not to throw them down
at random, but to place them upright
against the wall and against each oth
er, and in fetching them away, not tc
throw others down.
(38) Your clothes and other things
you cannot be allowed to give or bar
ter away in exchange or to alievate
them in any manner whatsoever, nor
can the loaning to one another of
rings, breastpins, or other trinkets,
of clothes be approved of.
These are just a few of the rules
which you will find in the Salemii(ina
exhibit, OHiers of 1866 apply to
teachers only, in which the teachers
are instructed to leave the pupils to
themselves as little as possible. Notice
must be taken of all their actions,
words, and intercourses with each
There are scrap-books, there too—
Programmes, pamphlets, newspaper
clippings, and all publicity pertaining
to Salem from 1841 up to date can be
found in these scrapbooks. Copies
of public examinations given pupils
are in these books. Examinations to
which the public was cordially invited
were held in the church which
decorated for the occasion with
piers, footstools, needlework, art
work, etc., done by the scholars! Im
agine being quizzed orally on quad
ratic equations! The roll call was
taken on [these ocacSions a>id tlie
scholars responded by courtseying!
: Other things you will want to no
tice on exhibit are the student publi
cations, The Hesperian (1898-1902),
The Ivy (1904-1920) and The Pina^
fore and Sem-Fem. It is interesting
to note that The Ivy was not published
during 1918 in order to save expense
of printing, but was rtad each week
on what were called “Ivy Nights”.
Later the written manuscripts were
collected, copied and put into a beau
tiful leather folder made by the Art
department.
Now you know what “Salemi;
connotes.” Go to the library and
the exhibits.
SALEM’S
ACHIEVEMENTS
Sa'em Colege had its foundation
in Salem Female" Academy which
was founded in 1772. Salem Fe
male Academy was at first a day
school for students of the commun
ity but in 1802 a boarding depart
ment was introduced. The institu
tion grew steadily and in 1866 a
charter was granted to Salem Acad-
etny and College, thus introducing a
strictly collegiate department into
the institution. Since 1910 the
Academy and College have been
maintained as separate institutions
although under the same adminis
trative head and trustees. Thus it
has maintained an unbroken record
in the education of women for 152
years. The ideal of Salem College
has , always been the Christian
Salem is classified as an A class
college through membership in the
Association of Colleges and Prepara-
toiy Schools i)f the Southern States.
It is similarly classified by the North
Carolina Department of Education
in co-operation with the Association
of North Carolina Colleges and the
American Association of Colleges.
Salem College is a member of the
American Association of University
Women and after two years of pro
visional membership is now a mem
ber of the National Association oi
Schools of Music which has as its
members only those schools of music
maintaining a very high standard.
Saieni gives a Bachelor of Arts
degree, a Bachelor of Science de
gree, and a Bachelor of Musie ..
gree for the usual four-year course.
Students desiring a combined A.’"
and B.M. degree are required
spend at least five years upon t'
work. The Business Department
grants a certificate upon the
pletion of required work.
LIMELIT
Ye.S, the limelight flashed thru the
dark and dreary halls of third floor
on Friday night. Why were all the
ioors up there locked, and who al
most got locked; In someone else’s
room? A flash into the front offipe—
The “long, tall drink of water” is u
avoidably detained and won’t be
Davidson Midwinters—Sorry, boys.
A flash Into a t^xi downtown—Sal
em girls—Sunday night at ten-thirty—
five of them!!!—'You’re going to slip
and break one of your lower append
ages some dark night, Morgan. I did
when I ran into a huge trunk on first
Okay, Emma, let’s see you shine-
shine—shine—which reminds me^—did
you notice the moon Friday night?
Well—you should have. Katherine
Powell did, and it seems that she
wasn’t alone—!! She won’t be for a
long time now—anyway—
Lighter—more light—Is Jimmie C.
taking one of pUr girls or a Raleigh
girl to the Woodbury dances?—Heads
-T talU—!!
And right in the B>idst of tl}ernsl)—
SEE YOURSELF AS
OTHERS DO
Here yo’ are, folks! Step right up
and see yourself as other see you.
The greatest invention of all times.
The Self Seer. Match your first and
middle names in the first column and
your last name in the second by using
your initials. For instance, H. E.
Rondthale?: ^tfpujd be a “haughty, ego
tistical rabbit,” Cafch olf?
A—-aboriginal—armenian.
B—beautiful—babofln.
C—comely—erab,
D—dizzy—donkey,
E—egotistical—eggplant,
F—frowzy—flapper,
G—gossiping—gadfly.
H—haughty—horse.
I—irresistible—idot.
J—jocular—jumper.
K—knock-kneed—kangaroo.
L—ludicrous—lizzard.
M—magnificent—monkey.
N—nertzie—nasturtium.
O—outragious—oyster.
P—Peruvian—pansy.
Q—quaint—quack.
R—raging—rabbit.
S—sappy—sardine.
T—timi^—tramp.
U—ugly—usher.
V—victorious—vamp.
W’’—waiting—wolf.
X—xanthic—xylophone.
Y—yapj)ing—yodeler.
Z—zealous—zebya.
—Frjm T)ie Rambler.
I'hfre were you going in sueh a hurry
iaturday. Babble? Babbie says,
“I tink I go to Greensboro!
Says a sassy freshman to Fan Scale.s,
‘Grandma! What pretty eyebrows
The light is burning low and all I
an see is a black sedan. Contents (?)
I saw Zina in the front seat and Mari-
in the rear. How Is the’erb, Mar-
SUGGESTIONS
.From the suggestion boxes which
were at the disposal of all students
and faculty the week before exams
the following suggestions were of note.
Of course there were suggestions
which were neither thoughtful nor
helpful. These were not considered
worthy of publication.
The following are the suggestions
published in order of the number of
suggestions received for each.
A new gymnasium.
Do away with gym without credit.
Have dances.
Have new library books,
A new library.
A rug and heat for the library.
Keep smoking room open all day.
Allow chapel cuts.
More musical programs in Y. P. M.
Day students rooms open all the
Telephone for day students.
Radio for day students.
Cards in the smoking rooom.
Water coolers in dormitories.
Quarterly examinations.
A snappy school song.
Exemption from examinations.
Journalism, art and astronomy ad
ded to curriculum.
STEPS IN DAY STUDENT
WORK
A Salem day student of ten years
ago would hardly rep^gnize her mod
ern day student sister of today. She
would thrill with pride thaj; the day
students have been sj;ea(^ily mpuntii^g
in numbers anf} acppmplisliments dur
ing the last few years, and sl)e m}ght
perhaps feel a li'ttle jemprsfifnl that
her fellow students (lid not attain SQ
much recognition before she left. But
if she stopped for a moment's re
flection, she could see that It is the
increasf d numbers of day students
that have made possible added Im
provements and a better spirit of co
operation.
More space has been allowed and
this has been furnished with comfor
table and useful equipment. The day
students can likewise boast of an in
dividual dean, to whom they may take
their own problems, and from whom
they may obtaiij C9im.sei; A commit
tee has been selected fijr the j^nri^oes
of seeing tq the ^elfaye (jf the f^ay
students.
These added co^sideratiofis haye
definitely fosteret] a better feeling ber
tween the off and on campus students.
The day pupils hiivg pome to haye fV
definite place and purjnisp in eainpuB
■itifs. They feel thev are part of
things and the result Is a new interest
and enthusjasni in thf progress gl'
their sohon! and in pronioting the
spirit of Saleni-
THIS IS INTERESTING
Have you ever met Daniel Drew?
Don you know when Peregrine White
died? Have you met John Apple-
seed. Captain Kidd, Christopher Col
umbus? It doesn’t matter whether
can answer “yes” to all the ques-
above or not—for this isn’t an
intelligent test, but a hint for your
for news. On the Recent Addi-
shelf in- the library there is a
book that tells history in a new and
interesting way—one that quotes new
facts and figures about famous peo
ple. It is a book of poetry, A Book
of Americans, by Rosemary and
Stephen Vincent Benet, which has
been given the library by Miss Eliza
beth Lilly. It may be that Miss Lilly
realized how hard it is to get facts
about 1492, 1607, and 1775 stuck in
the mind, and chose this delightful
way of helping history students along.
Certainly the fifty-five poems con
ning fifty-five people and events
American history found in the
book help make history entertaining!
Beginning with Columbus, the Bevets
’ written poems of America since
discovery up to the present—
poems of men, women, characteristics
of our nationality. Their list includes
the great and small, for as they say in
the Apology,
“‘Some got the medals and the
plums.
“Some got the medals and the
But everyone’s a native son.
Except for those who weren’t.”
One of the most striking things
about the book is the work of the
illustrator, Charles Child. Every
page is decorated with original and
highly enlightening portraits, or
sketches of landscapes and scenes.
The colors are for the most part,
black and white, but a few are done
in red, white and blue. The entire
book is clever and amusing—■ A Book
of Americans is a book for Americans
to read and enjoy.
Also on the recent Additions shelf
and also interesting especially to those
of us who would aspire to trip the
light fantastic are three books given
to the library by the Athletic Asso
ciation. They are. Tap Dancing by
Marjorie Hillas, Athletic Dances and
Simple Clogs by Hillas and Kirighton,
and Tap, Caper, and Clog by Frost.
These books are illustrated with pic
tures, charts, and music. Two other
books given by the Athletic Associa
tion are Field Hockey for Coaches
and Players by Burr, and Basketball
for Women by Frymir. These books
will be especially helpful around test
time when knowledge of sticks, free
shots, and chest throws must be pos
sessed at once. It is significant that
these were made possible for students
through a student organization.
To musie lovers, four books given
by Miss Fuller will be welcomed, the
third and fifth books of The Music
Hour series, What Every Piano Pv-
pii Should Know by Hamilton, and
Problems in Public School Music by
Kwolwassep^-^ These are also to be
found on the Recent Acquisitions
shelf. There, too, may be found a
book given by Mrs. Charles Stevenson
on the various dramatic characters
played by Mr. Edwin Booth.
I A recent addition not on this shelf
but one that is interesting, is a por
trait of Sidney Lanier given by Miss
Otelia Barrow, which will be espec
ially exhibited on February 6, the
birthday of the poet.
To the Academy library the Club
of Twenty Gardens of the city has
contributed a book that will be en-
.Joyed by all garden lovers. It is
B. W. Well’s '^he Natural Gardens
of North Carolina—a book which the
college already possesses and enjoys.
Thesp are not all qf the gifjs tq tbK
Ubi'ary, fqr gifts are njadp all during
the year, but they are sqme qf the
more recent ones, fbe library st*iff
would like to BJspress its appreciation
of these contributions from faculty,
students and friends through the
Salemite.
OUR COSTUMES
The dresses which were worn by
the seniors on Saturday in ehapel
are the same typo as those which
were worn by the Moravian sisters
inany years ;igo. The bodices of
tiifise sisters were always laced with
tl*p cor^ of thp s^me color as fl]p
ribbon which was in tlieir caps. Tlia
widows wore white eqrd in
bfldiees anfl wljite ribbpn i'n fhpir
linen caps; thp marietl wBTg
light blue and the unmarried glrla
over 18 wore pink- Sirls from 14-18
wore cherry colored ribbons ^n4 lac
ings, nrnl the children whq Ija^
npt yef Jpined fl^e churph wore }app
paps with pinH