FAT
KING
MELON
FAT
KING
MELON
VOL. XV.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1934.
Number 4.
FRESHMEN FEATURED THIS WEEK
FRESHMEN TAKE SPOT
LIGHT FOR FIRST TIME
Upperclassmen Look For
ward to Thursday Night
Everybody who craves a sylph-like
figure, everybody who wants to add
a few Westian curves, and those peo
ple (few are far between, to be
sure), who are satisfied with their
present weights, but who are looking
for some healthy laughs, are invited
to be in Memorial Hall, Thursday,
October 4, at 9:00 P. M. They may
leave their pocket books at home
but handkerchiefs will be necessary.
At precisely 9 o’clock the curtain
will rise on a drama, unusual for its
sprightly humor and for its touching
pathos. This extraordinary produc
tion is called “Fat King Melon and
the Princess Caraway.” It will be
presented by the Freshmen Class in
order to give the public a chance to
appreciate the quantity and quality
of its talent. Louise Preas and
Bushie McLean will direct it.
“Fat King Melon and the Princess
Caraway” is a drammer in five
scenes by E, G. Herbert. The char
acters, and the cast, which will por
tray them, are the following:
Fairy Mumbo, (an unprincipled
woman)—Virginia Griffin.
Fairy Gurgle (Mumbo’s little help
er),—Mary Woodruff.
King Alelon (the fat but dashing
hero),—Cramer Percival.
Princess Caraway (the thin but
charming heroine),—Nancy Schallert
1st and 2nd Troop (the third is
hardly to be noticed),—Coco Hender
son and Anna Wray Fogle.
Mother Melon (the King’s Mam
ma),—Anne Perkins.
Highwayman (a dark and filthy
villain),—Dorothy Hutaff.
The Old Lady (a little deaf),—
Elizabeth Moore.
—Lelia Williams.
Richard (the old lady’s gaandson),
Eleanor Matheson.
These committees have been ap
pointed: — Advertising, Margaret
Briggs and Cornelia Wolfe; Music,
Laura Emily Pitts and Nancy Mc-
Neely; Properties, Peggie Brawley,
Ann Busick, Frances Cole and Anna
Wray Fogle; Quartette, Lelia Will
iams, Margaret Briggs, Eleanor
Matheson, and Idaliza Dunn.
The story is woven around a fat
king who yearns to become thin to
please the princess whom he has nev
er seen. The princess longs for al
luring curves to win the fat king.
Alas! Both of them overdo it and
complications ensue. The unhappy
situation is solved neatly and hilar
iously by an ending which you will
have to see to believe.
VARIED PROGRAM IN
EXPANDED CHAPEL
FRESHMEN JOIN
SELF-GOVERNMENT
ASSOCIATION
Impressive Ceremony
September 28th
Pledging themselves to uphold
Salem ideals in both personal and
co-operative efforts, one hundred
freshmen were installed as members
of the Student Self-Government As
sociation of Salem College Friday
night in Louisa Bitting recreation
room. “Bushie” McLean, president
of student council, presided over the
ceremony.
Dignity was lent to hte service
by the solemnity of the scene. The
room was lighted by candles. The
freshmen wore white dresses, while
council members were attired in
robes. The program was introduced
with a violin solo played by Mar
garet Schwarze, after which Mar
garet McLean, President of Student
Self-Government Association, spoke
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Dr. Rondthaler’s Compao-i-
sons Delightful
The audience at Expanded Chapel
last Wednesday enjoyed a varied
program. Tlie participants were Mr.
Ralph Hanes, Miss Porter, new mem
ber of the Music Dei>artment and
Dr. Rondthaler.
Mr. Hanes, leader in tlie Civic
Music Association of Winston-Salem,
explained the purpose and plans of
that organization. It is a co-opera-
tive effort to bring the best possible
music to Winston-Salem. Dean Var-
dell and Mr. Schofield are both mem
bers of the committee which selects
the talent for each year. In the
very successful campaign last spring,
over one thousand memberships were
sold. Tickets are offered to students
at a most attractive price. Tlie ex
ceptional program for this year in
cludes Rosa Mampton of the Metro
politan Opera, the Gordan String
Quartet, the Minneapolis Symphony
Orchestra, Attilio Baggorio, and
Joseph Levine, Pianist.
Following Mr. Hanes’ speech, Miss
Porter gave to an enthusiastic audi
ence her interpretation of “the
most beautiful musical comment on
the creation”—With Verdure Clad.
Dr. Rondthaler then began an
orientation lecture concerning the
historical background of the sur
roundings of Salem College. To fix
the locations in the minds of all, he
assumed the following plan. The
north side was represtnited by the
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EXTENSION COURSES
OFFERED BY COLLEGE
Regular fall semester class sched
ules of Salem College extension
courses, open to teachers and others
of Winston-Salem and vicinity de
siring undergraduate work, started
last week.
A new spirit pervades the Amer
ican college of today. Salem Col
lege recognizes it as a duty as well
as a privilege, not only to instruct
the students in its walls, but to serve
Winston-Salem and its vicinity. To
enlarge its field of service for 1934-
35, Salem College through its ex
tension and regular college classes
offers higher education to all proper
ly qualified students in this section.
The extension courses offered are
designed for general culture as well
as toward credit for college gradu
ation, or for securing or renewing
state teachers’ certificate.
The following scheduled courses
have been announced: Evaluation of
Classroom Instruction, Miss Sallie B.
Marks, Wednesday afternoons 4 to
5:50, West End Administration
Building; Materials and Methods iu
Arithmetic, Noble R. MeEwen, Thurs
day afternoons, 4 to 5:50, West End
.\dministration Building; Political
Science, Dr. Francis Anscombe, Tues
day afternoons, 4 to 5:50, Main Hall;
Conbemporary Poetry, Dr. Pearl V.
Willoughby, Thursday afternoons,
4 to 5:30, Main Hall, (year course);
French Literature, Dr. Lucy Wen-
hold, Tuesday afternoons, 4 to 5:30,
Main Hall, (year course); A prac
tical Course in Nutrition, Mrs. Eliza
beth Meinung, Tuesday afternoons,
4:30 to 5:30, Main Hall; The Teach
ing of Science, Charles Higgins, Tues
day and Thursday afternoons, 4:30 to
5:30, Salem College Laboratories.
Full details as to the courses off
ered with content of courses, enroll
ment in the courses, method of in
struction, college credit, and such
information may be secured from
the extension office or the registrar’s
office at Salem College.
MISS READ GIVES
lUUSTRATED TALK
AT THE ACADEMY
Instruments of Symphony
Orchestra Described
A Symphony Orchestra, comiwsed
of seventy-five or one hundred in
dividual artists blending themselves
;ind their instruments into a perfect
whole, becomes an instrument on
wliich the conductor plays, cleverly
interpreting, through its various pos
sibilities of tone coloring, the de
sires of the composer.
The conductor stands on a padium
facing the members of the orchestra
who are seated, forming a semicircle,
as follews: To the immediate left of
the director are tho 1st violins, be
side them are the cellos, next come
the wood-winds then the brasses and
toward the right are the violas and
at his immediate right are the 2nd
violins. To the right rear is placed
the Harp when it is used, to the rear
center are the percussion instruments
and the left rear are the Bass Viols.
The backbone of any .symphony
orchestra is the string section con
sisting of 1st violins, 2nd violins,
viola.s, cellos, bass viols.
The violin is the leading instru
ment of the orchestra because its
tone quality is so agreeable that it
can be used over long ])eriods without
tiring the listeners and because it is
capable of exjiressing such a wide
range of emotion. The 1st Violin
and 2nd Violin are identically the
same instrument, though the latter
is usually given a lower part, corre
sponding to an alto voice. The
violin has four strings tuned in
fifths, other notes are created by
pressure of the fingers against the
string. Tone is produced by the bow
w^hich sets up a process of vibration.
The viola is helil and jilayed as is
the violin but it is slightly larger
and is tuned five tones lower. It
contributes the tenor voice of the
string section. Its tone is deeper
and more nasal than the violin.
The cello is an octave lower than
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HOUSE OFFICERS IN
CLEWEU WORK WELL
Unusually Quiet Season
Enjoyed By All
“And all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring,
Except a few late and whistling
Seniors. ’ ’
That has come to bo the normal
condition of Alice Clewcll after
light bell. Both the deans and the
student body have been happier this
fall on cacouut of this show of con
sideration on the part of everybody.
There have been no complaints
about “Loud goodnights,” “rowdy
feasts” or broken study hours since
this term opened. Perhaps this is
due to a concientious effort on the
part of the students themselves. It
may be that they are a more studious
crowd than they were last year.
Maybe Bushy has inspired them to
be real Shakespeare heroines, with
voices every soft and gentle. Any
way, with all these things considered,
Alice Clewell has a fine set of House
Officers to set her a good quiet ex
ample. Heading this list is Garnelle
Raney, House President. Other offi
cers are Jane Crow, first floor sub
president, Louise Freeman and
Idaliza Dun n, proctors, Agnes
Brown, second floor sub-president;
Virginia Council and Delle Huggins,
proctors; Editli Rose, third floor sub-
presiednt; and cramer Percival and
Martha Schlegel, proctors; Ann
V^:inii is House President of Louisa
liitting Building.
MIS.S LILLY IS SPEAKER
AT VESPERS
SALEMITE DINNER
SERVED ON INK
SPOHED TABLES
Printers Are Guests of
Honor
On Thursday night, September 2C,
the Salemite staff entertained the
printers of the Salemite, Mr. Cashion,
and Mr. Russ of the Sun Printing
Company, at a dinner in the little
dining room.
In the center of each of the small
tables was a bottle of ink used as a
candle holder. Covering the tops of
the table were pieces of colored
paper with splotches of ink on them.
On a tiny card at each place a little
yellow candle stood upright. The
editor, Cortlandt Preston, directed
the staff to tear them from the cards
and to make a wick at the blunt end.
Then everybody lighted her candle,
and repeated the following after tho
editor-hostess:
My candle burns at both ends.
It needs must last tonight
For ah, my foes, and ah, my friends
Tonight I write for the Salemite.
At various intervals the toast
master stated first lines to jingles.
To the person who first completed the
poem a menagerie animal was pre
sented.
So that the staff would not be
goody goody or sissy, the editor or
dered that the candles be removed
from the ink bottles, and that every
body should dip her first finger in
the ink. With this the dinner was
finished, and the staff members dis
persed.
Miss Elizabeth Tjilly was the
sjieaker at the V. W. C. A. Vesper
Service on Sunday evening, Septem
ber 30, in the campus living room of
Alice Clewell. He subject was “Ob
taining a Growing Knowledge of
God.” First she told how we all
make friendships, not by avoiding
tho person whom we want for a
friend, but by going to visit her, and
meeting her friends, and hearing
what her ideas are on things you
think about a lot, and which you are
interested in. Then she said that
that was how you get to know God,
not by avoiding Him, but by seeking
Him, and by always trying to learn
more about Him.
She told, too, about the blind fish
which live in the waters of Mam
moth Caye in Kentucky. Centuries
.igo they had good sight, but as the
ages passed and they did not use
their eyes because the cave was so
dark, their eyes became blinded
froiVi disuse. Then she told us to
reflect on what we did every day.
What do we think of, and do, when
we awake in tho morning; when wo
go to Chapel; when wo go to classes,
to luniih, perhaps uptown in the aft
ernoon, and then when we go to bed
at night? Do we give any thought
to God during the day; do we have
any spiritual light within us. Or do
we just think that later on w« will
have more time to think about God,
after college, or when we get older!
As wc keep putting off that time,
tho weeks grow into months, and the
months into years, and then perhaps
there will bo no time, and we will
have gained nothing in spiritual life.
If you seek after Christ, and let
your eyes be opened after their long
blindness from the light of Christ,
because of disuse, you will be so
much happier, and will find more
goodness in everything around you;
—in the strange faces yuu see on the
street; inthe work that you are do
ing, even a quiet walk on the cam
pus will make you feel that you have
been in touch with God, and that
you have semething fine and true to
look forward to, until Ever
lasting. Miss Lilly closed her talk
with a prayer.
FRESHMEN SUMMONED
TO SOPHOMORE COURT
Judges Try Selected
Twelve
The very inferior and guilty
Freshmen gathered in court tonight
at 7:15 in the campus living room
upon a summons by the august Sopho
mores. 'These many offenders were
not lined up before her honor. Judge
Whitehead, because of previous rec
ords or because they had been ar
rested for stealing soap, peddling
without a license or playing crap on
the sidewalk. They were on trial
for the offense of offenses.—Being a
Public Nuisance, and a score of spec
tators were present to witness the
mandates of tho law administrate
justice. Sitting on the bench in their
long black robes were Judges Caldcr,
Fraley, Gaddy, Liftle, Meadows,
Norman, Redding, Rose and Chief
Judge Whitehead. The most per
nicious cases were brought up before
the impartial and sinister looking
tribunals, who had the triple preroga
tives of being prosecutor, judge and
jury. To a witness attending the an
nual ssesion of the Sophomore court
for the first time the Freshmen may
have seemed like professional tremb
lers trying to stimulate the judges,
but to a Salem student who herself
has been at some time on trial, the
fearful looks and obsequious man
ner of the Freshmen were very real.
The dumb and lowh' were required
to come to court by judicial author-
(1) with a characteristically green
ribbon tied around their necks, (2)
with no make-up of any kind on
their faces, (3) with low-heeled
shoes, and (4) with a placard not
less than two inches wide and six
inches long on which was printed
their names preceded by the words
“Dumb and Lowly,” pinned across
the middle of their fronts (in Iladley
language “on their bosoms”).
Twelve good specimens, or better
said, twelve bad cases of public nuis
ance were swiftly and sanely judged
by the black- gowned Nemises.
Case 1.
Name: Jane Boren.
Address: Gastonia, N. C.
Charge: Public Nuisance.
Occupation: Torch Singer.
Judge: Margaret Calder.
Disposition: Sang “Oh You Nasty
Man” (tune and words to a very
different piano accompaniment.
Case 2
Name: Mildred Troxler.
Address: Burlington, N. C.
Charge: Public Nuisance.
Occupation: Loafer.
tludge: Virginia Gaddy.
Disposition: Dipjwd her head in a
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ACADEMY FACULH
ENTERTAIN AT
RECEPTION THURS.
New Teachers Honored
Thursday evening, from eight until
ten o’clock members of Salem Acad
emy faculty entertained at an in
formal reception Mrs. Alan O’Neal,
Misses Masy Brown, Anne Irving
Faulkner and Carrington Shields,
new memlx'rs of the faculty, and
Miss Ollie Gillespie, of Tazewell,
Virginia.
Misses Charlotte Jackson and
Elizabeth Zachary greeted the guests
at the door of the Academy building.
Miss Elizabeth Gillespie presented
them to the receiving line which wiis
composed of Miss Mary A. Weaver,
principal of the academy, and the
honored guests. Assisting iu receiv
ing were Misses Dorothy Knox,
Laura Sumner, Hazel Wheeler, and
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