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VOL. XV.
WINSTON-SALEM. N. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1935.
Number 24.
GERTRUDE SCHWALBE
REPORTS ON FLORIDA
CONFERENCE
New Stee Gee President
Speaks In Chapel Tuesday
As piobably all of know, 1 left
last Wednesday to attend the S. I.
A. S. G. Conference held at Florida
State College for Women in Talla
hassee, Florida. I was the only one
On tJie car from here to Charlotte,
but at that station several other
girls got on who were going to the
same conference. I could tell by the
amount of noise they made. Vfe
all arrived in Tallahassee a little
before one on Thursday, just in time
for lunch.
1 shall try to relate in a few words
the n)ain general ideas I gained from
the conference.
The first lecture that I attended,
and the first on the program, was
given by Dr. K. T. Abbey, professor
of history there at the college, who
spoke on , “The Student Govern
ment — What it is and What it
Should Be.” Dr. Abbey is a very
able speaker and pointed out very
clearly that the college community
is a unique one. It is young, she
said, and there is an absence of the
ordinary checks and balances. The
individuals are inexperienced, that
is. For this reason if for no other
the student government should be
the cause of growth and develop
ment, and not merely an agent to
keep the campus orderly. She went
on to outline various means by
which the student government could
be made an education agent, for
college is no place to be helped to
pick up bad habits. We can acquire
anywhere, she said.
That afternoon all of us — and
there were nearly ninety in all —
were taken out to Camp Flastacowo
where we had a swim, canoe ride,
and steak fry. Everything was
lovely except the steak and that
would have been if we had had pa
tience enough to get it^done gradu
ally instead of letting it burn black
on the outside and stay perfectly
raw' inside. For those of us who
had either too little patience or too
hungry dispositions wonderful hot
dogs, bacon and cheese, marshmal
lows, coft'ee, candy, apples, and the
like w'ere provided.
That same night upon our return
we had an address by Dean Shailer
Matthews who emphasized the fact
that the present economic questions
will gradually turn into moral ques
tions and that these will have to be
solved by youth, that it is our duty
to have this youth educated to sac-
riflcal social niindedness.
Friday %ve were addressed twice
by Dean Amos of the University of
Pittsburgh, first introducing a dis
cussion group on the tecnique of
presidency and second on the “Art
of Living.” The main thought in
her preferatory remarks was aga,in
that Student Government is an in
tegral part of education and that it
should not be disciplinary. Her
main address w’as splendid. I wish
I could reproduce it for you word
for word. To begin with she said
that we must remember existence is
given. Life is man’s own free crea
tion. And art is a means of address,
is objective self-expression. Art is
meaured in degrees from the term
beautiful to the term ugly. In order
to create a work of art stimulation
is necessary. We must have first an
idea groat enough to move us to find
material for the right kind of ex
pression. If the idea is great
enough and beautiful enough it does
not make any difference what the
model is, for the work of art is the
embodiment of a great and impelling
idea. Dean Amos used as illustra
tion Angella’s statue of Moses. She
said that before Angello cut into the
perfect piece of marble that he had
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Y. W. C. A. PRESIDENT
I'SAIEM PLAY WINS IN
FIRST ELIMINATION OF
DRAMA TOURNEY
ERIKA .\rARX
Of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, recent
ly elected President of the Y. W.
C. A. 1935-’36.
MARX ELECTED
Y.W.C.A. PRESIDENT
FOR m 1935-36
Versatile Pennsylvania Girl
To Hold Important Office
iliss Erika ilarx, of Xazereth,
Pennsylvania, has been elected Presi
dent of the Y. W. C. A. for the year
193o-3>. She will succeed Miss ilar-
that Binder of Mount Airy, X. C.
Krika has served on the “Y” Cab
inet since her Freshman year, and
in her .Junior year was elected its
secretary. She has been outstand
ing in athletics, making the hockey
and basketball varsities in her
Freshman, Sophomore and Junior
years.
She was a member of the Athletic
.Association in her Sophomore year,
and this year she was elected sec
retary of the Association. She was
also a member of the staff of the
“Sights and Insights” in her Sopho
more year, was an associate editor
(if the* “Salemite” this year, and
was initiated into the Scorpions.”
The German Club, newly organ
ized this year elected her at its presi
dent. Erika is a regular “deutsch
Sprecherin” and introduced to our
campus the German customs of a
“Singstunde” and a “Volk-tanzen
•Abend.” She has always been very
much interested in and active in the
work of tne “ Y” and gives jiromise
of being a most efficient and active
leader for next year work.
Watch The World
President Roosevelt En
dorses Philippine
Constitution
'Op ’O Me Thumb To Be
Presented Again in Finals
Thursday Night
Tinder the auspices of the Winston-
Salem Public Recreation Commission
the First Annual Tournament of one
act plays is to be held at the R. .1.
Reynolds High School Auditorium.
The preliminary contests, to which
as many as twelve plays may be en
tered by different organizations,
will be on the nights of April 1st,
2nd and 3rd. Fi’om these entries
three will be chosen to bo given the
night of April 5th. The play will
be judged on the basis of diction,
team work, interpretation, acting,
and selection of the play. A cup
will be awarded to the play judged
be.st. The cup may be held by the
winning group one year, and is to
be competed for at the next tourna
ment. The group winning it three
times, not necessarily in succession,
will become pernmnent owner.
The plays can be of only one act,
and can not last longer than 40 min
utes. Xo professional actor can be
employed hi the cast.
The play to be entered from Salem
College is a comedy entitled OivO-
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Last week President Roosevelt, in
the presence of Secretary of War
Dern and Manuel Quezon (probable
first President of the Philipi>ine
Commonwealth), singned the docu
ment certifying that the Constitu
tion complies with United States de
mands. As soon as the Constitution
is approved by a plebiscite held in
the Islands, the Commonwealth of
the Philippines will be set us, and
by 194G it should become the wholly
autonomous and independent Repub
lic of the Philippines.
This procedure was recommended
by the Hare-Hawes-Cutting Bill
w’hich was passed in January, 1933,
over the veto of President Hoover
but, was rejected by the Filipinos.
The Constitution is similar to that
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JOSEF LHEVINNE
COMING FRIDAY
Final Civic Music Concert
(Jlimaxing the splendid season of
Civic Music. (V)ncerts, th(^ local As
sociation presents .losef Lhevinne,
eminent Russian pianist, at the Rey
nolds Memorial .Auditorium on Fri
day evening at 8:30. Mr. Lhevinne
has appeared in North ('arolina be
fore and was received with wide ac
claim.
•Members of the North Carolina
Federation of Music Clubs ^Meeting
in Winston-Salem this week will be
honor guests at the occasion.
ARTISTS STARRED
AT AMATEUR SHOW
Amusing Program Attracts
Large Audience
On Monday night, April 1st, under
the auspices of the May Day Com
mittee with Jo Reece and Aggie
Brow’n as produiers, and Bushie Mc
Lean as mistress of ceremonies, an
entertaining performance was given
by the campus amateur actors, musi
cians and artists.
Opening the program Babbie Way
delighted the audience with her reci
tations, “I Ain’t Going to Cry No
More” and ai) original poem dedi
cated to Mr. Campbell.
Following were the German Folk
Dancers straight from Berlin Broad
way —' blonde plaits, and all. Frank
Campbell showed his rare (f) skill
as a pianist in his rendition of his
own composition, ‘ ‘ Sonato in Z
minor.” Next on the program was
the Buzwell Sister’9 chorus cpm^
posed of such renowned singers as
V. T. Thompson, Jeaii Robinson,
Nancy McNeely and Margaret Sears.
Then the Madame Percival ap
peared in person — however, only in
one sense of the word for she was
in turn Dean Vardell, Miss Law-
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Students and Faculty wish
to express their sympathy
to Frances Alexander in
her recent bereavement.
1. R. S. PRKKIDENT
INTERESTING MUSIC
PROGRAMS TO BE
PRESENTED
Salem Students Play At
Music Hour
NANCY McNEELY
Of Cooleeniee, N. C. New 1‘resident
of I. R. S.
L R. S. NAMES
NANCY McNEELY
AS PRESIDENT
Music Student EUected To
Head Social Organization
In yesterday’s election the stu
dent body elected Nancy McNeely,
of Cooleemee, as next year’s presi
dent of I.U.S. The organization is a
most imiK)rfant one on the campus,
fostering all of the sociiil life of the
students.
During her thiee years ut Salem,
Nancy McNeeiy has been an out
standing ]>ersonality. In dramatic
work, a member of the I’ierrette,
Players, she has shown merit on ath
letic teams, basketball, hockey, and
swimming, she has achievel soccer.
Last years she served as ])resident
of her class. This yt-ar she has been
a member of the “ Y” ('abinet, ilay
Day Committee, 1. K. S. Council, .Ath
letic Council, assistant .Advertising
Manager of the Ainuial, and was
elected a member of the Scortiions.
•As President of the I.R.S., she suc
ceeds Jane Williams, of Wilmington,
X. C.
TWILIGHT ORGAN
RECITAL AT VESPERS
SUNDAY, APRIL 7
Dean Charles G. Vardell, Jr. will
give a twilight organ recital at ves
pers next Sunday evening, .April 7,
at (i;30 p. m. in Memorial Hall. The
Y. W'. (;. .A. extends a cordial and
sincere invitation to Salem College
students, faculty, and friends.
SOPHOMORES PRESIDE
IN y^ERS
Margaret Calder Discusses
“True Education”
On Sunday evening, March 31, the
Sophomore Class had charge of Ves
pers. The prelude was played by
Mary Frances Hayworth, followed
by the scri)>ture. Proverbs 3:1-18,
read by L(mise Freeman. Margaret
Schwarze, violinist, accompanied by
Mary Frances Hayworth played
“Sarabande” by Handel. Mary
Hart, presiding over the service, in
troduced the speaker, Margaret
Calder, a member of the Sophomore
Class.
Miss Calder made an interesting
talk on the subject, “True Educa
tion.” She said that in Plato’s
Republic, Socrates, evaluating true
education gives the following strik
ing illustration: “Let us figure to
ourselves a group of people. Chained
The North Carolina Federation of
Music Clubs will meet iu Winston-
Salem, April 3 to (i, for their an
nual convention. This afternoon
the delegates were invited to a tea
at the homo of Air. and Mrs. A. L.
Butner. Members of the Mozart and
the Thursday Morning Music, Clubs
assisted Mrs. Butner in receivihg
the guests. Tonight at 8:30 in the
Reynolds Memorial Auditorium Ma^
Noah of Guilford College will direct
a state chorus of 500 voices.
The official registration for the
convention will be hold at 9 o’clock
tomorrow morning at the Robert K.
Lee Hotel. At 2:30 the clubs will
meet for business in Memorial Hall.
During this sessioji Miss Hazel Mc-
Hahan, winner of the Southern dis
trict contest iu piano, siH)nsored by
the National Federation of Music,
Clubs, will be presented and will
play Ktude in F Sharp Major by
MacDowell. Following the business
session Salem College School of
Music will present a program in hon
or of the Federation. The program
as it will be presented follows:
Organ:
Choral l’relule: “Vom Himmel
lloch .... I’achi'lliel (l(io3-170(1)
Miss .Anna Withers
Piano:
Impromptu in F Sharp Major
Chopin
Jlr. Frank Campbell
Violin:
Hungarian I’oem llubay
I’erpetnal Motion .... Frank Bridge
M iss .Margaret Schwarze
I’iano:
The Hiirdy (turdy JIun
.A (ihost Story
Punch and .ludy Show.
Goossens
•Miss Jean Robinson
Harp:
Impromptu ('aprico I’ierne
AUss Jean Nisbet
('Contralto:
Vergine, tutto amor
Durante (1084-1755)
'I'he Cry of Hachel SaU('r
Courage Huhn
Miss Mary Mills
Concerta for Three Harpsichords
Bach
(.Arranged for Throe IManoa
By Harold Hauer
Misses Jean Ifobiuson, Milda Mae
Yitigling anl Virginia T'hompson
Miss Dorothy Thompson,
.Accompanist
•At 4:30 p. m. a Choral program by
the AForavian Band under the di
rection of B. J. Pfohl will bo pre
sented on the Salem Campus and ut
5 o’clock Dr. and Mrs. Rondthaler
will entertain the delegates and
guests with n tea.
Thursday night Harry E. Parker
will direct a chorus of 100 voices at
the St. Paul’s Episiopjil lOhurch.
The program will include excerpts
from the oratorio “The Elijah,” by
Mendolsstdin and compositions by
Mr. I’arker. The soloists will be
Wilson Angel, Mrs. Koy L. Morris,
Mrs. Errett Straley, George Transou,
Miss Mary Mills, Mrs. John Lippells
and Gilbert Stamper. Miss Dorothy
Thomj)son will be accompanist
Tho closing musical event of the
convention will be the civic music,
concert in Reynolds Memorial Audi
torium, Friday, April 5, at 8:30
p. m. — presenting Josef Lhevinne,
concert pianist.
Tho jmblic is invited to attend all
the sessions of the convention.
from their birth in a subterranean
cavern, with their backs toward the
entrance of the cavern and a fire
burning behind them, between which
and the prisoners runs a roadway
flanked by a wall high enough to
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