Psychology
Meeting
French Club
Dinner
VOL. XIV.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C„ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1934.
Number 18.
Latest American Opera Is
Discussed by Dean Vardell
Plays Excerpts From
Hanson Opera
At the Thursday afternoon Music
Hour, Dean Vardell lectured
Opera “Merry Mount” by Howard
Hanson which had its world pre
miere on the stage Saturday after
noon with the Metropolitan Opera
Company. The fact that both the
libretto and music are by an Amer
ican is interesting. This is the
thirteenth or fourteenth production
of an opera of that kind. “Merry
Mount ’ ’ was given last spring at
Ann Arbor in concert form with or
chestra and chorus on the stage Dean
Vardell told of his friendship with
Hanson when the two were students
at the Institute of Musical Art in
1915 and of Hanson’s interest in
composition at that time.
The opera is based on a story by
Nathaniel Hawthorne “The May
pole of Merry Mount.” Cavaliers
have come over from New England
and founded an empire where merri
ness shall reign the whole year
round. All their festivities were
staged around the maypole. Seven
teenth century puritans attacked the
Cavaliers while they were in one of
their revels. Richard Stokes who
wrote the Libretto used that as a
point of departure.
There is the feeling of the intense,
rigorous religion of puritan England
on one side and the revelry
Charles the First and Second on
other merged into the soul of
character—Wrestling Bradford who
is a religious puritan tortured with
things of the world. The acene opens
in a puritan community. A puritan
church occupies the middle of the
stage. There are stocks on
in which two sinners aje confined
and a pillary and whipping post on
the other. Puritans are heard inside
the church singing. It is the chorus
which is used throughout the opera
to typify the intense and narrow re
ligion of the puritans. Mr. Vardell
played the chorus. There is no sweet
ness in their religion, only stern
hatred of devils about whom they
think a great deal. The minister
breathing out threatings against the
devil. He is left alone with Elder
Pewke of his congregation to whom
he confides that he is in great spirit
ual harm. He tells him that he is
tortured with the devil and describes
his sufferings and visions. Mr. Var
dell played the music which the
chestra plays at this point—mi
of longing and yearning passion de
scribing the vision. Elder Pewke is
a very practical man and tells the
minister that he needs a wife. The
E.der’s daughter is very convenient
ly waiting and so thej are betrothed.
There are some puritan children
playing going to church. Suddenly a
cry is heard off stage. 'A typical
English fool comes on the stage. The
puritan children are fascinated. He
tells the children he is going to teach
them really to play. They play the
old English game Barley Bray in
which there are devils and angels.
Dean Vardell played the music that
accompanies the game. The puritans
return while they are still playing.
Captain Broadrig ties the fool to the
whipping post. In the midst of a
terrible beating a lady of the cava
liers strikes Captain Broadrig with
ed him through many nights. The
her riding crop. The minister finds
her to be the queen who has torment-
cavaliers aje about to go out when
wrestling Bradford approaches the
lady and tries to make love to her.
She tells him that she ia going to be
married tomorrow. The cavaliers
go away and the puritans decide to
attack that very night although they
have given their word to wait till
the next day.
The second act takes place at
Merry Mount. The Maypole is in the
middle of the stage. A pageant of
history is going on with Bobin Hood
and his merry men, and sages,
nymphs, et cetra. The chief cele
bration is to be a wedding, Dean
Vardell played the music which ac
companied the pagentry and dancing
and which resembles the English folk
dance. In the midst of the
Famous Art Exhibit
To Be At Salem
German Works To Be
Shown Here
For one week beginning February
27, there will be exhibited in the
Alice Clewell Building a collection
of original German etchings, wood
cuts, and lithographs. This exhibi
tion is sponsored by the Carl Schurz
Memorial Foundation, which is an
organization promoting cultural re
lationships between Germany and
the United States. The exhibit is
being shown all over the country,
and in only 6 other colleges in North
Carolina.
The exhibit begins with the works
of Max Liebermann, born in 1847
and for 30 years president of the
Russian Academy. Modern trends
in German art for the last fifty years
are traced. There are representa
tives of the impressionistic era, the
school of naturalism, the school of
expressionism and the abstract field.
The exhibition is free and gallery
talks will be given. Salem students
a great treat in store.
Dr. Rondthaler Gives
Ash Wednesday Address
Chapel Hill Meet
I Sunday, February 11, a hun
dred and twenty delegates from stu
dent Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. or
ganizations of several North Caro
lina colleges attended an Interna
tional Retreat held at Chapel Hill.
Dr. T. L. Koo, Vice-Chairman of
the World Student Christian Federa
tion and eminent Chinese lecturer
and authority on economic and social
problems, opened the Retreat by a
formal address at eleven o’clock '
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Alpha Iota Pi Holds
Interesting Meeting
Dr. Rondthaler Speaks on
“Why I Love Latin”
Alpha Iota Pi held its regular
meeting on Thursday, February "
in the Faculty Parlor. Several v:_
tors, in addition to the members of
the club, were present to hear Dr.
Rondthaler, who was the speaker.
Dr. Rondthaler began his delight
ful, personal and intimate talk thus:
“I am not going to speak on ‘Why
one should study Latin,’ but, rather,
on ‘ Why I love Latin. ’ ” He stated
that Latin was a tradition in his
family. His own father the beloved
Bishop Rondthaler, could read Latin
fluently at the age of 11, and his
father’s father could read Latin flu
ently at the age of 9. The tradition
has been kept up by Dr. Rondthaler
and by his son, Edward, who could
read Latin stumblingly at 14.
Dr. Rondthaler stated that he
loved Latin because of the friends
it had made for him. Besides his
father, he had three Latin teachers,
all of whom were beloved and un
derstanding friends.
Dr. Rondthaler loves Latin be
cause of the associations it has for
him. When he was a boy he put to
gether a miniature bridge—a copy
of the one Caesar built across the
Rhine and that bridge still remains
in his mother’s garret. When Dr.
Rondthaler visited the World’s Fair
last summer, he saw another minia
ture of the same bridge. He loves
Latin for the associations it has.
He loves Latin because it is a
world language and because it is
down trodden in this state as in oth
ers. Yet it is a delightful and enter
taining study.
Dr. Rondthaler illustrated his talk
throughout with personal experiences
and showed that he was indeed a
true lover of the Latin language.
CURRICULUM MEETING
On Friday of this week Dr. Rond
thaler and Dr. McDonald will go to
Raleigh where they wil attend the
State Curriculum Meeting.
Salem College Has
Valentine Dinner
Miss Stockton Decorates
Dining Room In Spirit
Of Day
Mr. St. Valentine wishes to extend
to Miss Stockton a vote of thanks
for ushering him in, or, rather, out
on Valentine’s Day. Under her su
pervision the dining room was dec
orated very attractively for the red-
hearted old saint. On each table
were tall red candles and delightful
red and green hearts. The menu
for dinner, carrying out the spirit
of the day, consisted of,
Veal Roast
Cranberry Hearts
Buttered Sweet Potatoes
English Peas and Pimento
Tomato Aspic Salad
('Cut in Heart Shapes)
Pocket Book Rolls ' Butter
Valentine Cakes
Coffee Tea Milk
nese people, Dr. Koo outlined essen
tial differences between Confucian
ism and Christian religions and the
ways in which the background of the
Oriental and western civilization dif
fers. In an evening address Dr.
Koo continued his line of thought in
a discusaion of world affairs, allow
ing the congregation to question him
on various parts.
One of the high spots of the
ference was an International Dinner
held in Graham Memorial Building
at 1:00 o’clock.
Papers on youth movements
student interest in political, econom
ic, and social problems in Chinai
England, Cuba, Trindad, Germany
and America were read by represen
tatives of each of these countries.
Later during the program Dr. Koo
p'ayed several delightful selections
his Chinese flute,
u the afternoon a discussu,..
the World Student Christian Feder
ation was led by Dr. Koo, and this
was folowed by an open forum for
the students. Mr. Frank T. Wilson,
negro Y. M. C. A. secretary for the
South, spoke on the background of
ement in the United States,
^ what the movement was
meaning and what it could mean
today. Several regional secretaries
and campus advisers attended the
Retreat and participated in the dis
cussions.
Salem was represented by Zina
Vologodsky, Sarah Horton and Libby
Jerome, the latter attending execu
tive meetings of the State Y Cabinet
which met Saturday and Sunday to
formulate plans for the annual meJt-
ing of the state “Y” conference
“Christ As The Eternal
Ideal” is Topic for
Wednesday Chapel
Dr. Rondthaler began with a few
remarks on the day, Ash Wednesday,
which is the beginning of Lenten
season. The significance of the word
“Ash” is that it stands for repen-
Also the following committee on
chapel programs was appointed —
Misses Fuller, Lily, Riggan, Hines,
Diehl, Raney and Mr. Schofield, Dean
Vardell and Dr. Rondthaler.
Dr. Rondthaler took as his text
the story of the laborers in the vine
yard found in Matthew XX, Vs. 1-
This story in which the un-
iployed are put to work much as
3 C. W. A. put people to work now
contains points which would be tre
mendously effective if applied to the
present day struggle over wages,
hours, and strife between workers
and employers.
'I'he Vineyard owner saw some
idlers in the street and put them
to work in his vineyard. Later he
employed. More. Still later he em
ployed more—each agreeing to work
for a certain wage, whatever sec
right to the employer. When the
time came to pay them he gave them
all the same amount. Those who had
worked longer complained. He w
ly answered, “Friend I do thee
wrong, didst thou not agree with
for a penny?” Thus the sti^ndard of
wages can be set.
Speaking of ideals. Dr. Rondthj
sa;d that by the time we reached
high school and college we had dis
missed our childish ideals, not aban
doned them quoting that memorable
line, the eleventh verse in I Cor
inthians, 13, “When I was a child, I
spake as a child, I understood as i
child, I thought as a child; but whei
I became a man, I put away childish
When we are in high achool
college we are apt to idealize the ad
mirable qualities of several different
individuals and to have a composite
French Club to Have
Dinner
New Members Are Guests
Tonight in the little dining ;
there will be a dinner given by the
old members of the French Club in
honor of the eighteen new members.
New members are: Louise Blum,
Carolyn Bynum, Mary Louise Hay-
1, Sara Ingram, Rose Siewers,
jaret Stafford, Julia Cash, Caro-
Diehl, Sara Easterling, Margaret
Rose, Jo Whitehead, Routh Norman,
Arnice Topp, Mariana Redding,
Morgan Hazen, Bessie Lou Bray,
Shannon Davis and Mary Ruth
Elliot.
HOME ECONOMICS
EXHIBIT
If you have not seen the exhibit
of clothes for small children
being shown in the library, you i
do so. This exhibit is the work of
the Home Economics Class under the
SENIORS ENTERTAINED AT DINNER
Dr. and Mrs. Howard E. Rond
thaler delightfully entertained at a
dinner Saturday night, February 10,
the college dining-room. Assist-
j in receiving guests in Main
Hall were Miss Grace Lawrence,
Miss Katherine Riggan, Miss Mary
Duncan McAnally, senior class ad
visor, Miss Anna Preston and Mr.
Noble McEwen.
The dining-room was lighted with
candles at each end and on the in
dividual tables. In the center of
the room was a beautiful cake,
lighted with small bulbs. The hun
dred guests were served seven cours-
each carrying out a suggestion
Valentine’s Day with heart
shapes. Strawberries were followed
by dear soup, then crab and salad.
The main course consisted of harn
and guinea, sweet potatoes, butter
beans and hot rolls. Next was a
frozen salad, then ice-cream and
cake, and coffee. The cake contain
ed four articles: Miss Irene Clay
drew the ring, Miss Anna Preston
the thimble, Mr. Ralph Spaugh the
dime and Mr. Billy Reid the but
ton. Between courses as the guests
progressed colorful favors were dis
tributed. Even Doctor Rondthaler
donned a high black hat and squint
ed through a celluloid monocle.
In adStion to the members of
the receiving party, the following
were present:
Misses Mary Absher, Kathleen
Adkins, Virginia Allen, Margaret
Ashburn, Mary Ollie Biles, Eleanor
Cain, Susan Calder, Mary Canada,
Irene Olay, Thelma Cruse, Sara
Davis, Dorabelle Graves, Josephine
Grimes, Marion Hadley, Mildred
Hanes, Maggie Holleman, 'Sara
Horton, Georgia Huntington, Mar
garet Johnson, Emma Kapp, Mary
Lou Kerr, Katharine Lasater, Eliz
abeth Leak, Sara Lindsay, Ann
Elizabeth McKinnon, Ruth McLeod,
Mary Louise Mickey, Lula Mae
Motsinger, Elizabeth Norman, Jean
Patterson, Martha Owen, Lena Pe-
tree, Grace Pollock, Isabel Pollock,
Mary Sample, Ann Shuford, Miriam
Stevenson, Alice Stough, Elizabeth
Stough, Marion Stovall, Frances
Suttlemeyer, Zina Vologodsky, Ruth
Wolfe, Frances Hill, Bessie Lee
Welborn.
Msissrs. Frank Simmcrman, Win
field Hunter, T. T. Holderness, James
Huntington, Clarence Doyle, Ned
Heefner, M. deL. Brith, Sam Ma
guire, WilUam McAnaHy, Lloyd Rice,
J. D. Linker, Richard iSwarington,
Clinton Eudy, Henry Stultz, John
Turner, Herbert Thomas, Rev. Gor
don Spaugh, Rev. Ralph Bassett,
Ralph Spaugh, Clyde Dunn, Andrew
Bird, Emil Shaffner, Paul Bahnson,
Tom Ogburn, Archie Gray Allen,
Jack Shaffner, John Fries Blair,
John Foster, Moody Gaither, Archie
Davis, Caldwell Roan, Billy Reid,
Dr. McDowell, James Little, Frank
Davis, Ralph Williard, William Wil
son, Charles Jenkins, Meade Willis,
Broadus Staley, George Dickieson,
Ned Smith, James Conrad, Bobbie
Long, William Pfohl, George Stock-
ideal containing all these qualities.
Some of these qualities may be
physical, some intellectual, some
spiritual, but rarely are they all
combined in one real person, hence
the Weal- Carlyle calls it “hero
Some of the outstanding men who
have “contributed to the beautiful”
are our own beloved Bishop Rond
thaler, Robert Bingham, Andrew
Patterson, Walter Moore and Dr.
Michael Hope. Each of these stands
for the attainment of something
fine an spiritual.
Our youthful idealism tends to
inter around contemporaries rather
than those who have gone before.
But there is One who lived two
thousand years ago who is not old-
fashioned now and never will be—
“Jesus Christ, the Eternal Ideal.”
Jeaus is contemporary with today,
tomorrow and forever. His person
ality is a living thing— it has pro
ceeded ahead. The youth does not
have to look over his shoulder to
find his ideal, but to look ahead.
Jesus is to be faced, not to be beck
oned to.
More and more the world is recog
nizing the need to live together not
by applying the “dollars and cents”
rule as the laborers in the Parable
but by the Master’s rule which is
based on the obligation of every em
ployer to be able truthfully to say
“Is it not wise for me to do what
my judgment dictates?” Christ’s is
the interpretation of a new social
order in newest terms of contempo
raneous thinking in the Aramaic
language of two thousand years ago.
Home life, married life, social con
ditions, child labor—all aspects of
socials and individual problems are
presented and solved by a Master
Mind whose equal has never lived
nor never will live.
frame our ideals all the time
ilves. We should make
Jesus a component part of our ideal
•, willingly and intelligently
gladly,
not condenscendingly. Then a
say as Paul
r t^ y®*' 'lot I, for Christ
Dr. Risner To Lecture
Friday Night at 8:30
Famous Preacher to Speak
Under Auspices of J. C. C,
“Playing the Game” will be the
subject of a lecture to be given Fri
day night at 8:30 in Memorial Hall
by Dr. Henry Clay Risner who comes
to Winston-Salem under the aus
pices of the Junior Civic* Club.
Dr. Risner, whom the New York
Times characterized as one of the
ten greatest living preachers and
who is the author of “Pinnacles
and Personality, ’ ’ will include in his
address the story of the social devel
opment of the United States during
the last forty years. Over 100 days
were spent at the World’s Fair in
Chicago by Dr. Risner in gathering
material for this lecture.
Dr. Risner is greatly traveled.
Shortly after the World War he
made an extensive tour of Europe,
during which he had personal inter
views with President Ebert, Presi
dent Von Hindenburg, Admiral
Hortly, President Seitz, and Lady
Astor, and many other notables who
e mentioned in his book.
Because of a chapter he wrote
about President Von Hindenburg,
Dr. Risner was admitted to Russia
during an upheaval when senators
and generals could not get in. The
president sent him a letter of ap
preciation signed his own hand.
Dr. Risner’s appeal is to the old
and young alike. He speaks the
language of the heart and he has
endeared himself to every audience
he has addressed. Depth of under
standing and clarity of vision blend
into a charming personality that de
lights all his listeners and makes
’ im lasting friendships.
CHAPEL COMMITTEE
In co-operation with the sugges-
ions for better chapel programs, Dr.
Rondthaler has appointed a com
mittee to work out programs. The
committee is:
Mias Fuller, Miss Lilly, Mias Rig-
in, Rebecca Hines, Helen Diehl,
and Garnelle Rainey. These are to
work with Mr. Schofield, Mr. Var
dell, and Dr. Rondthaler.
The students appreciate this in-