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THE SALE MITE
Thursday,. April 19, 1934.
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KDITORIAL STAFF'
Edilor-in Chief Susan Calde;
.uy,..itant Editor Miriam Stevenson
Assistant Editor Sara Lindsay
. {"sociate Editors—
Mary Penn Gertrude Schwalbe
Mary Absher Cortlandt Preston
Mary Ollie Biles Kathleen Adkins
Martha Binder Eliz.abeth Jerome
Elizabeth Gray Mary B. Reeves
ffppcial Reporters—
Mary Louise Haywood
Mary Elizabeth Dobbins
Virginia Garner
Cora Emmaline Henderson
Sunshine Kirby
Eugenia McNew
Elizabeth Torrence
Jean Patterson
Martha Moore
Sara Ingram
Series of Exhibits
Featured at Lab.
Public Invited to See Chem
istry .Equipment
For the past month and a half M:
Higgins has been displaying very it
teresting exhibits in the General
Chemistry Room of the Laboratory.
These exhibits, which have featured
chemistry equipment as carried in
stock at Salem, have as their princi
pal purpose that the students
see various styles and sizes of i
able equipment.
Every Friday afternoon and Sat
urday forenoon, these displays are
in view. They are open to the public.
The displays, in order of their pre
sentation have been as follows:
1. Crucibles and accessories,
flasks, 3. beakers, evaporating dishes,
casseroles, mortars, pestles, glass tub
ing, cork, rubber stoppers, and test
tubes; 4. graduated glassware, and
volumetric equipment.
Salem is starting a new idea
science work by these exhibits. The
public would benefit by going down
to see them.
BUSINESS STAFF
. tiusiness Manager Isabel Pollock
Advertising Manager...Jane Williams
Exchange Manager .. Ruth McConnell
Susan Rawlings
Margaret Ward
Dorothy Courtney
Ruth Dickieson
Agnes Brown
Ann Taylor
('i‘i:utation Manager..Ma.vVa& Schlege
At^t .Cir. Mgr Florence Ledbetter
SHINING
It is a common theory nowadays
that it is a great deal more difficult
to be outshone than it is to shine.
Anyone, or almost anyone, can make
a fool of herself in the midst of
crowd, and have fun while she is being
laughed and pointed at. If the shining
is successful, the shiner enjoys her
moment of publicity to the full.
Heal enjoyment is a peculiar thing.
Can one standing in the admiring
throng, hidden by heads and should
ers all about her, really enjoy the
success of the momentary star of the
occasion? Usually if the hidden one
has any imagination, she will picture
herself in the center of the circle,
showing of her own bag of tricks,
anti receiving the bouquets but nev“”
the brickbats of that one.
However, ther is such a thing
enjoying being outshone for the si
plo reason that one is lOn the outskirts
and not in the center. On theout-
skirts, it is perfectly permissable to
blow one’s nose, or pull up one’s stock
ings, while for the performer, such
actions would be unheard of. One
may eat candy from a Kress paper
bag, and feel free to leave the crowd
at any moment thajt tone /becomes
bored or tired. Certainly there is a
great deal of enjoyment to be found
on the edge of a crowd of spectators,
which is lost to the entertainer of
that e rowd. To the entertainer the
moment is work, for the entertained,
it is but a passing bit of play. Of
course, the work brings along with
it the attention and admiration of the
spectators, and the moment of linger
ing in the spotlight lingers also in
the memory of the worker. On the
other hand we have mentioned the im
aginary glory, the absolute freedom
of the unnoitced admirers. The ques
tion of which is most enjoyable de
pends upon which one enjoys most,
work or play.
ON LOOKING
FORWARD TO
COMMENCEMENT
Commencement! There is a certain
magic in that word that never fails
stir our hearts whenever we hear i
Commencement! Our eyes have
been turned towards this goal since
the first day of school. It signifies
thi completion of our tasks here. It
has a place in the heart of every stu
dent.
To the undergraduate. Commence
ment is an impressive ceremony, the
climax to previous exercises.
To the Seniors it is the realizati
of one of life’s great ambitions. The
four years that they have spent in
college have been a drama. They have
each shared joys and sorrows, suc
cesses and failures. As they look
back they can see the parts they
might have played. One act of life’s
drama is nearly over. The curtain
rises on the last scene, the grand
finale—Commencement.
“PUTTING OUR BEST
FOOT FORWARD
MAY DAY”
In a little over two weeks Salem is
having its annual May Day house-
party in connection with its May Day
festival. This is the time when Sal
em and its girls need to put their
best foot forward. We who have been
here for a year or more know what
a swell place Salem is. We want
interest as many high school girls
possible in our Alma Mater. The
campus and courses offered speak for
themselves. So it is up to the present
students to show off campus life
its best side.
SAYING WHAT WITH
FLOWERS
Sent to the^ dead or the living,
flowers say “it for the sender. But
saying “it” with flowers in any
means more than words can express.
If flowers are sent to a family who
has lost one of its members, they
usually say, “We are sympathizing
with you, because we love you. Look
at our beauty and forget your
row.” Yet when flowers are sent to
a very ill person, they say even
than they did in the first case
cause they speak, “hurry-and-get-well”
words hourly to the patient. Indir
ectly the flowers speak to the sick
person things which their sender could
not have found words to express,
though he had been let into the i
After all he is spared the effort of
worrying his brain for the right words
and saying it with flowers is a relief
from the strain.
Often saying it with flowers n
nothing more than three little words.
“It” in that case means “I love
and “it” is frequently heard in the
Spring of the year when words really
fail youths in the presence of their
“heart’s desire.” When the lover says
it with flowers. He wants them to
say, “I think you’re swell,” if they
are orchids; “Heres something for
you to remember me by,” if they
forget-me-nots, or “I love you,’
they are red rosebuds .... or what
have you?
SOPHOMORE VESPERS
Sunday night, April 15th, the Soph
omores rendered a delightful musical
program for Vespers in the recrea
tion room of Louisa Bitting building.
The program opened with a prel
ude, “Minuet in C” by Haydn played
by Miss Virginia Thompson and Miss
Jean Robinson. Miss Nancy Mc-
Nealy, president of the Sopbomore
class led in prayer, after which the
Sophomore choir sang “O Master Let
Me Walk With Thee”. Before Miss
Eloise Vaughn read David’s 92nd and
98th Psalms, she made a brief but
impressive talk on how closely related
■music and religion are. “Music is the
hand maid of religion,” she said and
she quoted several lines from a great
philosopher who said, “Our culture
and lives will be poor if we do not
with God.” Next, Miss Mary
sang “How Lovely Is the Hand
of God” by Loughborough, ac
panied by Miss Lucy James a1
piano. A piano solo, “Melodie
Glouck, was artfully played by Miss
Wilda Mae Tingling after which '
duet, “Like As a Father Pitieth Hi
Children” was sung by Miss Mary
Mills and Miss James. They were
accompanied by Miss McNealy. This
program is one of the most, if
the most enjoyable one given at
pers this year.
BOOK LIST
From Dr. Townsend’s Book List,
the following books concerning Greece
suggested to college students:
Aeschylus—Plays
Intense lyrical dramas by the
world’s first great playwright.
Aristophanes—Plays
Amusing burlesques on love, war,
and politics in musical comedy style.
Aristotle—^Politics
The fundamental text analyzing the
functions and the forms of govern-
Aristotles—Selections
Examples of the thought of this
universal genius in varied fields.
Bullfinch, Thomas—The Age of Fable
A narrative primer of classical
mythology.
Euripides—Plays
Realistic and human, these im
mortal tragedies seem almost mod-
Herodotus—History
A fascinating account of the ancient
world and the Persian wars.
Homer—the Iliad
This epic of the Trojan War is
essential part of our cultural heri
tage.
Homer—The Odyssey
The adventures of Odysseus
long voyage back to Ithaca after
Troy.
Murray, Gilbert—Euripides and His
Athenian civilization at its heighth
described briefly by a famous schol-
Plato—Dialogues
Poetry, inspirati ,
and death of Socrates.
Plato—The Philosophy of Plato
A comprehensive volume of selec
tions,’ with an introduction by Irvin
Edman.
Plato—The Republic
A challenging vision of an ideal
community governed by experts,
Plutarch—Lives
Short biographies of the outstand
ing men in Greek and Roman his
tory.
Sophocles—Plays
“Antigone” and “Oedipus” are per
haps the most powerful of Greek
tragedies.
Thucydides—The Peloponnesian Wars
A critical yet stirring account of
the struggle between Athens and
Sparta.
Books concerning Rome are:
Apuleius, Lucius—The Golden Ass
A vagabond’s adventures with sor
cerers, merchants, robbers, and
Epictetus—Moral Discourses
The wisdom of a slave who became
a famous teacher of the stoic philos
ophy.
Fowler, W. Wards—Rome
Compact summary of Rome’s in
fluence in ancient times and today.
Gibbon, Edward—The Dectfne and
Fall of the Roman Empire -
Classic account of the decay of the
world’s most powerful empire.
Lucretius—On The Nature of Things
An important document in the his-
ory of science and philosophy.
Lytton, E. Bulwer—The Last Days of
Pompeii.
Ever popular historical ^oman^qe
climaxing with the eruption of Ve-
seuvius.
Marcus Aurelius—Meditations
Philosophical maxims of a st
MM^^k^^wski, Dmitri—The Death of
the' Gods.
Julian, the last pagan emperor
the focus of this colorful novel.
Pater, Walter—Marius the Epicurean
Many-sided picture of Roman Italy
as seen by a young patrician,
Petronius—The Satyricon
Disgustingly, frank but effective
satire on Roman degeneracy under
Nero.
Plutarch—I/ives
Pompey, Caesar, Brutus, and others
vividly brought to life.
Shakespeare—Antony and Cleopatra,
Coriolanus, Julius Caesar.
Sienkieuicz, H.—Quo Vadis
Thrilling novel of pagans and
Christians under Nero.
Suetonius—Lives of the Twelve Cae-
Revealing portraits.
Virgil—The Aeneid
Epic of the founding of Rome
most admired product of Latin litera
ture. This list is valuable. Save it.
BILL TILDEN AND VINES
TO PLAY IN INDOOR
TENNIS GAME IN
WINSTON-SALEM
Friday night, April 20, Bill Tilden
and Ellsworth Vines will meet in an
indoor tennis match at Planter’s Ware
house on North Trade Street. The
Winston-Salem Tennis Club, an organ
ization for the promotion of interest
in tennis in this city, will sponsor the
game which is one of a long series
to determine the indoor professional
championship of America.
Tilden will play Vines in a singles
latch and Vines and Kent Gledhill
•ill play Tilden and Chapin :
doubles exhibition. The games will be
played on a portable indoor court
which will be brought to Winston-
Salem for the match. The court is
considered ideal for indoor games and
will be of great help in staging the
tournament.
This match will be one of three _
be offered in North Carolina by the
famous professionals. They will
so meet in Raleigh and Charlotte.
(NSFA)—frhe live-jload and the
temperature stresses of the Golden
Gate Bridge in California are being
officially tested on a 12 1-2 foot mod
el, built to scale, by the Department
of Engineering at Princeton. Profes
sor George E. Beggs, and Instructor
Elmer K. Timby have been entrusted
with the responsibility of making the
tests. The 746-foot towers of the
bridge will be triply useful, set
as radio broadcasting stations
aerial beacons, as well as supports for
the suspension cables. The total wire
length to be used in the bridge would
encircle the globe more than three
times and the concrete required for
th structure would be sufficient for a
sidewalk five feet wide from New
York to San Francisco.
—Prince tonlan.
ALPHA IOTA PI ELECTS
OFFICERS FOR NEXT
YEAR
On Friday, thirtenth, the Alpha
Iota Pi met with Virginia Lyons.
Thirteen members were present. Of
ficers for the year ’34-’35 were elec
ted: President, Margaret Schwarze;
Vice-President, Virginia Lyons; Sec
retary and Treasurer, Eleanor Wat
kins. The club decided to give the
library a book which Dr. Smith ■
to choose. The entertainment,
charge of Emma Wargo, was much
enjoyed after which delicious re
freshments were served with Mel
rose Hendrix and Eleanor Watkins
acting as associate hostess.
LIMELIT
Seein’ as how this is the first Lime-
lit column published (at least I hope
it’ll pass the censors) in about a
month, can’t help feeling rather rusty,
and—seein’ as how the sandman’s been
neglecting me lately, sorta have to
stay awake after midnight — ca
think of anymore alibis, so I guess
might as well drag out the news d(
rick—if any might exist.
The fat old station master down
the railroad station sho’ had his fun
Sunday. It seemed that half the
colleges turned out to go somewhere—
Salem to Greensboro, Greensboro to
Winston-Salem. Our station-master
gave us some excellent advice about
marriage—It seems that he used to
be one o’ the pearly white pillars of
Meredith; but the Meredith gal had
a fiendish glitter of gold (now it’s
mud) in her eye—Therefore, our hero
married another woman, has lived
calmly with her for thirty-three years,
while the Meredith alumna has been
divorced three times and is very
happy — Moral! — don’t marry
money—it doesn’t pay—(Pardon the
pun).
Biggest crowd of the season packed
in Memorial Hall for George’s recital
Monday night, and I daresay, none
regretted being present. Must take
plenty of nerve for a young gentle
man to give a recital around here,
but George evidently has what it
takes. And what do you think of
that little carrot-top from Lowell??:
In the humble opinion of your author,
Miss Robinson could very easily pre
sent a perfect graduating recital
right here in her Sophomore year. No
telling what wonders she’ll be workin’
when she’s a senior!!
There’re some great changes being
made on this ’ere campus. The former
Emilea Dorothea Florenz Salvation
Wargo is now Emilea Dorothea Flor
enz Salvation Wargo Fitz Randolph.
We’re glad Emma D. found something
else to add to her signature. It
really was shamefully simple and in
significant before. And speaking of
changing names, we’re getting muchly
anxious about a certain tall, dark and
handsome senior—and wbile we’re
getting anxious, she seems to be get
ting more and more serious—not about
us, however.
A certain little day student squirt
asked me to flash around and try to
find out why Mary Ollie Biles ans
wered, “six feet” to Mr. McEwen’s
question in Psychology class. We’d
also like to hear more about Mr.
McEwen’s and Mr. Curlee’s trip to
New York during Easter. They told
all about their visit to Babe Silver-
teen’s apartment, etc., but we couldn’t
scrape up much more about the tour
ing of Columbia University. Come
1, Mr. McEwen, you’ve been foolin’
! too long.
Well, children, ’tis a long, sad, and
grievous story—Here’s the situation;
I’m afraid my little limelight’s jus’
fore goin’ outfor good. Jus’ won’t
burn without fuel, and even faculty
won’t tell me anything any more ’cause
they don’t trust me to keep it out of
Limelite. What would you advise
to do in a case like that? ^
George Dickieson
Plays to Large
Audience
Miss Jean Robinson Assists
Mr. George Dickieson, violinist, as
sisted by Miss Jean Robinson, pianist,
gave a brilliantly executed and beauti
fully interpreted program before an
unusually large audience m Memorial
Hall on Monday night.
Mr. Dickieson, of Winston-Salem,
and pupil of Miss Hazel Horton Read,
is the second co-ed at Salem to give
a graduating recital. He was accom
panied by Miss Dorothy Thompson.
Miss Jean Robinson, of Lowell, is'a
Sophomore and a pupil of Dean Var-
The climax of the program came
when Mr. Dickieson played the Alle
gro Motto Appassionato movement of
the Mendelssohn “Concerto in E min
or,” with an accompaniment by the
String Orchestra with Miss Read con
ducting, and by Broadus Staley play-
the wind parts on the organ,
shers for the evening were Misses
Ruth Dickieson, Jane Rondthaler, Wil
da Mae Yingling, Ruth Norman, and
Phyllis Clapp.
The complete programs follows:
Sonata in A major Handel
Adagio cantabile
Allegro deciso
Largo assai-Allegro
Mr. Dickieson
Two Poems Scriabine
I Masque
II Etrangete
The Rain Emerson Whithorne
Miss Robinson
Baal Shem (Improvisation) .... Bloch
Nocturne Boulanger
Rondo Mozart-Kreisler
Spinning Song from “The Flying
Dutchman” Wagner-Liszt
Miss Robinson
Concerto in E minor Mendelssohn
Allegro molto appassionato
Mr. Dickieson
String Orchestra Accompaniment
MR. JAMES A. GRAY
IS PRESIDENT OF
REYNOLDS
Mr. Janies A. Gray, husband of
one of Salem’s trus-tees has became
President of the It. J. Reynolds To
bacco Company. Mr. Gray, who has
been with the'company for fourteen
years succeeds S. Clay Williams, who
is now vice-chairman of the board
of directors.
Mr. Gray has represented Forsyth
County in the State Senate and was
very influential. He was ’ater witls
the Wachovia Bank and I'rust Com
pany.
Quoting from “The Winston-
Salem- Jurnal”: “President Gray’s
record insures an able, aggressive
and successful leadership for Win-
ston-Salera’s largest industrial enter
prise in the years ahead. It means
also that we are to continue to have
a leader of this groat industry who
has at heart the highest welfare of
the community in which he lives—
a man who has long taken the keen
est interest in eivic affairs and in
the sound progress of his city and
State.’’
DR. HOOD’S TALK
Dr. Frazer Hood of Southern Pines,
N .C., gave a most interesting lec
ture at the Tuesday meeting of the
Mental Hygiene Class. The lecture
consisted of an an.alysis of the dif
ferent types of personality and a
general discussion of each type.
Dr. Hood has a B. A. degree of
Southwestern Presbyterian Univer
sity, M.A. of Johns Hopkins, Ph.D.
of Yale, Litt D. of Presbyterian Col
lege of S. C. and has also studied in
France and England. He has been
connected in extensive professional
work, at various institutions, among
which are Hanover College, Univer
sity of Okla. Northwestern Univer
sity, Davidson College and Ohio
State. As an author, Dr. Hood has
published, ‘ ‘ A Manual of Psycholo
gy Every Parent Ought to Know,”
“The Steps in the Sale,” and
"Everyman’s Insurance.”
NEW LABORATORY
SPACE
The Science Laboratories now have
space on all threfe stories of the
Science Building. The mu.seum has
been moved to the North End of the
third story; this change giving more
than twice the former size and floor
space. The present museum space
will be occupied by laboratory for
bacteriology and histology; the space
of the former being used for added
space for the Physics Laboratory.