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WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1935.
Number 20.
SCHWALBE ELECTED PRES. STUDENT SELF-GOVT
STUDENT SELF-GOVERNMENT
HOLDS ELECTION FOR 1935-36
Student Body Elects Ger
trude Schwalbe to Suc
ceed Margaret McLean
In an election held on Monday,
March 4th, the student body of
Salem College elected Gertrude
Schwalbe, of Bethel, Alaska, as
President of the Student Self-Gov
ernment Association. The other two
nominations for this most important
student olfice were Agnes Brown, of
Davidson, N. C., and Etta Burt
Warren, of Trenton, N. C.
During her college career, Miss
Schwalbe has been very outstand
ing and has had a wide variety of
interests. She has served on the
Y. W. C. A., has written for the
Salemite, and has been a member of
several varsity athletic teams, no
ticeably basket ball, also a member
of the Athletic Council. This year,
being a junior, she has served as
Secretary of the Student Council,
Treasurer of the Pierrette Club,
Vice-Chairman of May Day Com
mittee, and has been elected a mem
ber of the Scorpions.
Miss Schwalbe is a candidate for
the B. A. Degree and has been an
honor student.
She succeeds Miss Margaret Mc
Lean, of Luniberton, N. C., who goes
out of office the first of May.
Other elections will take place
during the next two weeks.
PRESIDENT ’35-’36
DAVIDSON COLLEGE
BAND TO APPEAR AT
MEMORIAL HALL
CLASS PRESIDENTS
ELECTED TODAY
At class meetings held immediate
ly after chapel this morning, the fol-
Joiving girls were elected to fill the
cla.ss presidencies for 1935-36:
President of Senior Class (Class
’36) — Etta Burt Warren, of Tren
ton, N. C., w'ho has served since
Christmas as Junior Class President,
■was re-elected to serve again next
year.
President of Junior Class (Class
■•S?) — Ethel J. Highsniith, of Fay
etteville, N. C. She succeeds the
present Sophomore Class President
—Josephine Whitehead.
President of Sophomore Class
(Class ’38) — Eloise Sample, of Fort
Pierce, Florida. Miss Sample suc
ceeds the Freshman Class President
'—Coco Henderson.
DAY OF PRAYER
OBSERVED TODAY
Services Held At Home
Church
A series of services, sponsored by
the Ladies’ Auxiliary have been held
in the Home Moravian Church today
in observance of the Day of Prayer.
The services opened at 10:00 A. M.
with Eev. Edward T. Mickey, Jr.,
minister of the Moravian Church at
Mt. Airy ns speaker. At 10:30 A. M.
Rev. J. G. Bruner of the Advent Mo
ravian Church presided. From 11.00
to 11:30 Rev. W'alser Allen of the
Kernersville Moravian Church spoke,
followed at 11:30 by Mrs. G. Ray
At 12 o’clock a luncheon was served
by the members of the Ladies Aux
iliary.
Bishop .T. Kenneth Pfohl led the
first service of the afternoon at
1:00 o’clock, and at 1:30 Rev. Sam
uel Tesh of the Friedburg Moravian
church took charge. Rev. George
Higgins, pastor of the Moravian
church in Greensboro, spoke at the
2:00 o’clock service; and Eev.
Douglas Rights, of the Trinity Mo-
James C. Pfohl Conducts
Classical and Modern
Program
Variety is the spice of life, and
this seems to be the object of the
Davidson College Symphonic Band
at its appearance in Memorial Hall,
March 7 at 8:30 o’clock. The Wom
an’s Auxiliary of the Home Mo
ravian Church is sponsoring the con
cert.
The program to be presented
ranges from the stirring martial
strains of Olivadoti’s concert march
“Triumphant,” to the fiery compo
sition of the champion of romantic
ism in music — Liszt’s ‘ ‘ Hungarian
Fantasy.” This was originally writ
ten for orchestra and piano, but the
Davidson band is to play it as ar
ranged for band and piano. Mrs.
Louise Nelson Pfohl will be the
pianist.
The “William Tell Overture”
will also be on the program. This
famous composition by Rossini is
an immemorial favorite in the realm
of band mu.sic. A. Moreland Cun
ningham will play a cornet solo,
“Willow Echoes,” which was writ
ten by Frank Simmons.
In the more modern realm selec
tions from “The Show Boat” will
be given, which will include the pop
ular melodies of the light opera of
the same name. These numbers are:
“Old Man River,” “I Can’t Help
Lovin’ Dat Man,” “Make Be
lieve,”, “Captain Andy,” and the
beautiful waltz “You Are Love.”
The final number is to be the
“Bolero,” by Ravel. Although its
musical worth-has sometimes been
questioned, it is nevertheless quite
popular.
Student tickets can bo obtained
for 25c; other adult tickets are 50c.
FIRST ON-CAMPUS PROM
INITIATED BY
JUNIOR CLASS
Seniors Entertained In
Japanese Garden
Saturday night Salem’s first “on
campus” Junior-Senior Prom was
initiated with a big bang promptly
at 8 o’clock, in the reception room
of the Louisa Bitting Building. Ex
cited seniors and their escorts were
met at the door by Misses Xancy
McNeely and Mary Louise Shore,
prominent members of the junior
class, who presented th&i to Miss
Riggan, Miss Lilly, and Mrs. Downs,
the class sponsors. From there the
guests proceeded to the “Hut”
where there awaited them a verti-
able Japanese bower with parasols,
lanterns, flowering bushes, realistic
wisteria, charming Japane.se prints,
and a beautiful romantic moon just
over a secluded spot by the orches
tra, these effects were created by
Lois Torrence and her helpers. And
speaking of orchestras, the excellent
dance tunes were furnished by John
Poddycord and His Rhythm Boys.
Receiving at the front door of the
”Hut” were Dr. and Mrs. Rond-
thaler, Miss Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs.
Schofield, Mary Penn, President of
the senior class and Etta Burt War
ren, president of the junior class.
-\mong the trustees present w^ere:
Mr. and Mrs. Agnew Bahnson, Mr.
and Mrs. Holt Hayw^ood, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Shore, Mr. Arthur
Spaugh, and Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Goslen.
During the evening, there was
dancing with both boys and girls
“breaking”—and as some one said
when asked if he got “stuck,” no
body gets stuck at Salem! Be
tween pieces at various intervals,
there were tap dancers, “blues”
singers and novelty stunts by the or
chestra. And at intermission, every
one w’as invited to the recreation
room of Bitting where punch, sand-
wiche.s, cakes and nuts were served.
All in all, with the romantic atmo
sphere of a Japanese Garden, the
music and gentlemen present, it was
11 night in a million for Snlemites!
Guests invited from in town and
out of town who were present were:
John Foster, Clyde Dunn, John
Wattlington, Horace Vance, Bill
Wilson, Clifton Pleasants, Marion
Follin, Ben Trotter, Lindsay Morris,
Andrew Bird, Archio Davis, Agnew
Bahnson, Fred Bahnson, John Siew-
ers, L. C. Bruce, Paul Mickey, Frank
W'illingham, George Stockton, Bill
Dixon, Tommy Wilson, Billy Coan,
I Bill Stagg, Herbert Thomas, Jack
Coan, Lawrence Watt, Tommy Lynn
Ogburn, “Freak” Carr, Albert
Blumenthal, Thad Garner, John
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ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION BRINGS
COLOSSAL CIRCUS TO CAMPUS
BASKET BALL
VARSITY
The 1935 Salem Basket Ball
Varsity 'was announced last night
at the Athletic Banquet to be
as follows:
Guards:
Mavis Bullock, Soph. Guard
Eloise Sample, Fresh. Guard.
Aggie Brown, Junior Guard
Tee Little, Soph. Guard
Erika Marx, Junior Guard
Geraldine Mitchell, Fresh. Guard
Forwards:
Nancy McNeely, Junior
McArn Best, Junior
Wilena Couch, Fresh.
Louise Frazier, Fresh.
Tick Fraley, Soph.
At Vassar the poll showed 12 per
cent of Profs, consider themselves
radical; students 8.
raviiin Church, presided over the
closing service of the afternoon.
Tonight Dr. Rondthnler will speak
at 7:00 o’clock on “Power Through
the Use of God’s Word.” At 7:30
Rev. Gordon Spaugh t\’ill close the
.series of services of the day with a
talk on “Christ’s Service Call to
Our Moravian Young People.”
WEEKLY CALENDAR
■Wednesday:—
11:00—Dr. A. T. Sykes, speak
er.
10:00—Day of Prayer, Home
Church.
7:00—Home Ee. Club — Prac
tice House.
Thursday:—
4:00—Music Hour.
7:00—Latin Club ■— Louisa
Bitting.
8:30—Davidson Concert. —
Memorial Hall, IFr. James
Cliristian Pfohl, Director.
Friday:—
7:30—Academy Fashion Show.
Sunday:—
11:00 Home Church Communion
Monday:— ,
8:15 P. M. Students’ Recital.
SALEM COLLEGE IS
PROUD OF THE HONOR
GIVEN DEAN VARDELL
“Joe Clark Steps Out” Play
ed By the National Sym
phony Orchestra
Dean Vardell gave a very interest
ing and detailed report of the con
cert of the jfational Symphony Or
chestra in Washington, D. C, to the
students and faculty of Salem Col
lege in the Tuesday Chapel program.
Mr. Vardell was one of the five dis
tinguished musicians whose compo
sition was given “world premier”
by the National Symphony Orchestra
under the direction of Hans Kindler,
Thursday, February 28. Mr. Var
dell made the trip to Washington
with his wife and daughter.
In his Chapel report Mr. Vardell
said they enjoyed cold but very de
lightful weather during the day.
After breakfast he attended the re
hearsal of the Orchestra. Mr. Var
dell said it was a great experience
for him to get a glimpse behind tho
scenes and to see tho musicians in
their W'orkshop. In commenting on
the rehearsal, Mr. Vardell made very
clear his explanation of the unusual
rhythm of Mr. Randall Thompson’s
Symphony No 2 by playing a few
illustrative measures. Afr. Thomp
son is a very young New Englander
who has had the reputation of being
a rather daring composer; Mr. Var
dell said some parts of his Symphony
might bo called “Jazz plus.” Dean
Vnrdell also played somo phroses of
Mr. Roy Harris’ Chorale for Strings.
Mr. Harris is a Westerner; his com
position is built on old Church hymns
and its harmony is powerful and
compelling. W’hile Mr. Kindler was
rehearsing !Mr. Vardell’s “Joe Clark
Steps Out” with tho Orchestra ho
made forceful one of his directions
by a burst of temper which, although
it could be excused as characteristic
of a musician’s temperament, still
isn’t subject for press. If anyone
is interested in hearing tho details
of the incident see Mr. Vardel, or if
someono w'ould like to see a piece of
J[r. Kindler’s baton sec Miss Mar
garet Vardell.
The orchestra rehearsed for three
hours. After tho rehearsal tho Var-
dells ate lunch at tho Embassador
Hotel and then enjoyed a cinema.
Tho concert began at 4:45 o’clock
in Constitution Hall; that building
was erected by the D. A. R. and
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Wild Animals Run Ram>
pant; Bold Lions
Seize Cup
On last Tuesday night, March 5,
tho sedate dining room of Salem
College lost itself in the glamour and
glory of the most amusing and ex
citing circus ever held in this com
munity. As the hour for the open-
ing began, a hush fell on tho prac
tically breathle.ss spectators — and
in filed the mighty beasts who had
up to now been seen fiercely con
tending with each other on tho hunt
ing ground of lower campus. Ele
phants, tigers, bears, and lions or
seniors, juniors, sophomores, and
freshmen; (tho names applied to the
classes are curiously applicable.)
That famous ring master, Barmim
B. Way, continued her usual way of
.amusing her audience, and an
nounced many notable attraction*.
There always have been and always
will be bearded ladies, but there is
only one Burma Blum,—bearded
and moustached. Then, least but not
last, was the well known Tom
Thumb Downs, though the audience
turned theirs up. Tho horror of the
spectators caused by tho Wild Wom
an of Borneo’s crazed ways, was
rapidly transposed to incredulity on
tho sudden appearance of tho Dionne
quintuplets, bottles and all. Tho
amazing charmer, Bernico froi* Bag-
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DEAN BRADSHAW
SPEAKEI^T Y. P. M.
Is Education on the Eve of a
Protestant Reformation?
At a recent meeting of educators,
Dr. Rondthaler, according to his
story, observed that Dean Francis
Bradshaw, of Chapel Hill, was ab
sorbed in thought and asked of what
he was thinking. Dean Bradshaw
rei)lied that he believed that Edu
cation was on tho verge of a Protest
ant Reformation. Whereupon, Dr.
Rondthaler invited him to como and
tell Salem about his belief. On Feb
ruary 27th, therefore, ho camo and
si)oko at Y. P. A[. on this subject.
Dean Bradshaw said that after tho
Apostolic Era and tho conversion of
tho Roman emperors to Christianity,
there followed a long period, during
which tho Roman Catholic Church
reigned supreme in tho civilized
world. In fact, there was up to tho
15th century, practically no oppo
sition to it, and ns a consequence of
this, it grew complaisant, closing its
eyes to any change. As tho Catholic
Church was in tho 15th century, so
Education is today. Tho public
schools today have almost no com
petition, and as a result, they too
have become complaisant. Yet, they
are tho principle influence in tho
lives of twenty-one million young
jieoplo in the United States. Being
such an important influence, they
have naturally como in for much
criticism. They have been accused
of being tho cau.se of the depression
and of crime. They raise tho stu
dent’s style of living, but not his
productivity. They increase tho
student’s susceptibility and make
him herd bound. Their present sys
tem, as in the days after the Apos
tolic Era, when a king had all of
his subjects baptized at onco, is tho
system of man ’a production, and as
a result of this, the sensitive indi
vidual when forced to conform to a
predetermined type, acquires an
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