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JANUARY 27th
VOL. XVI.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1936.
Number 14.
DEAN VARDELL HONORED BY NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF MUSIC
HEAD OF SCHOOL OF
MUSIC SURVEYS MUSIC
CONVENTION IN EX
PANDED CHAPEL
Dean Vardell Elected Mem-
l«rof Governing Board of
Music Association
Dean Oliarlea G. Vardell, head of
the School of Music at Salem Col
lege, was elected a member of the
executive committee of the Nation
al Association of Schools of Music
at the Convention which he attend
ed during the holidays.
Announcement of the honor which
has been accorded Dean Vardell vras
made at chapel Wednesday by Dr.
Rondthaler.
An entertaining and instructive
survey of the convention of the Na
tional Association of Schools of
Music, held in Philadelphia, was
given by Dean Vardell in expanded
chapel Wednesday. A recital of
Each, played as it should be played
on a harpsichord, was one of the first
musical programs of the convention.
A harpsichord, which looks like a
pastel green and gold piano, but
which has a thin,tinkling tone makes
you see vividly the hoop skirts and
pompadors of the 18th Centurj'.
Some instructive lectures were
given by Mr. Edwin Hughes, who
talked on“ Theodore ^jeschetizky"
and his teachings” giving personal
reminscences of the great pedagogue
and some of his famous pupils, and
Mr. Brice Simonds of Yale, who talk
ed on Tobias Matthay. The latter
was of particular interest to Dean
Vardell, as he practices Matthay’s
methods in his own work.
Tn the committee meeting of tlie
National Association of Schools of
Music the requirements of member
ship were discussed. These stand
ards are very rigorous, and many
schools are rejected.
On the third day of the session,
the delegates visited the Theodore
PresserHoriie for retired music teach
ers. Mr. Presser, founder and long
time editor of the “Etude” loft
funds for a luxurious home for the
fortunate music teachers who spend
their years of retirement there.
Owen Downes showed the need for
criticism in music, a sort of supreme
court, free from outside influences.
Other highly instructive and in
teresting programs presented includ
ed a trip through the Victor factory;
a lecture on “Rhythm in the Jun
gle” with pictures and sound record
ings; a beautiful concert of old mus-
io given by a quartet of viols and
harpsichords; the music of Emperor
Frederick the Great; and the recita
tion of the “Man on the Stair.”
Tho week following the conven
tion was spent in New York where
Dean Vardell saw Lynne Fontaine
and Alfred Lunt in “The Taming
of tho Shrew,” Jane Cowl in “First
I>ady,” “Tanhauser,” “Siegfried”
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SALEM SCIENCE CLUB
HOLDS MEETING
The Societas Scientiarum Salemensis
held its meeting on January 7^ in
Park Hall. The Science Department
in co-operation with the society
presented a moving picture, “The
Marine Parade,” which Mr. Camp
bell showed.
After the business session Ade
laide Trotter gave a paper on “Fifty
Years of Aluminum,” in which she
discussed efficiently and interesting
ly, the history of the metal, alumnin-
nm Erika Marx presented a paper
on “Rubber Takes the Shocks of
Tndnstr}^”
MARTHA SCHLEGEL IS
SPEAKER AT VESPERS
Student Volunteer Move-
men For Foreign Missions
Subject of Talk
T\riss Martha Schlegel spoke at
Vespers last Sunday evening on the
subject of the Student Volunteer
Movement for Foreign Missions. She
reviewed the history of the move
ment and then told of her experience
at the last Quadrennial Convention
held in Indianapolis, Indiana, from
December 28, 1935 to January 1,
1936.
The movement started at Prince
ton University in 1883 with five stu
dents enrolled. In 1886 a conference
was held at Mount Hermon, Massa
chusetts and during this meeting
100 more volunteers had offered
them.solves for foreign service.
The last Quadrennial Convention
had speakers as John I?.. Mott, Toyo-
hiko Kagowa, Robert E. Speer, The
x\rchbishop of York, .Tesso Wilson,
T. Z. Koo, our own McNeill Poteat.
SALEM REPRESENTED
AT STUDENT VOLUN
TEER QUADRENNIAL
CONVENTION
PAGEANT CONTEST
IS STILL OPEN TO
SALEM STUDENTS
Five Dollars Offered As
Prize
If you would like to win five dol
lars and also an enviable reputation
as a piigeant writer, why don’t you
enter the May Day Pageant Contest,
which opened before Christmas and
ends with the termination of the
present semester.
The members of the Pageant Com
mittee for May Day, Jane Rond
thaler, Elizabeth Trotman, Nancy
Schallert, Anna Wrny Fogle, Laura
Bland, and Sara Ingram, are eager
to receive any pageants or ideas for
pageants which may come from mem
bers of the student body.
Pageants should bo submitted to
the judges not later than February
1, 1936.
Judges for the May Day Pag
eant Contest are:
Miss Elizabeth Lilly
Miss Eloise Vaughn
Mr. Albert Oerter.
I. R. S.
SPONSORS
SALEM MOVIES
Saturday night, .lanuary 11th the
I. H. S. Council sponsored a showing
of Salem College and Academy
movies in the recreation room of
Louisa Wilson Bitting Building.
Miss Mary Louise Mickey operated
the machine and told interesting
facts about the pictures:
Tho “prize” reel, as Miss Mickey
called it, was a beautiful color reel
of campus scenes. This is the one
that is shown at high schools and at
lectures on the College. It showed
May Day, Commencement, Sports,
Scenes at Camp Hanes, Dr. and Mrs.
Rondthaler and much to the enjoy
ment of all — Mr. and Mrs. Schofield
and Dean .*.nd Mrs. Vardell in re
verse. Mr. Schofield made motions
of the music going round and round
—(wonder if he’s responsible for the
popularity of that song at Salem.)
Next a short reel showed the co
lossal event of the pulling down of
> e old smoke stack ’ ’ preparatory to
erecting -j, new one. This picture
was especially taken for Dr. and
Mrs. Rondthaler who missed said
event.
3,000 Students Gather In
Indianapolis
Almost three thousand young men
and women, representatives of the
colleges and universities in Canada
and the United States, met together
for the Twelfth Quadrennial Conven
tion of the Student Volunteer Move
ment which was held at Indianapolis,
Indiana during the Christmas Holi
days from December 28, 1935, to
January 1, 1936. Representatives
of nearly every foreign country on
the globe were present, as guests of
the Convention, as well as mi.ssion-
aries home on furlough.
Representatives from Salem Col
lege at the Convention were Erika
Marx and Martha Schlegel.
The convention provided a well-
balanced program, combining int
ellectual, spiritual nad recreational
opportunities. The speakers, out
standing Christian men and women
of ability, with a knowledge of the
world issues and problems of today,
gavo inspiration aijd guidance to
the conference. No one speaker
could be placed first, each had a
definite message to give, and a def
inite challenge.
Seminar groups met together for
study and discussion of world prob
lems as well as individual problems.
There was a wide range of interests,
including the Christian Fellowship
and World Peace; the Race Situa
tion; Political Trends; Industrial
Problems; Choosing a Life Work;
all aspects of Foreign Missions; the
Church and Missions; and the Chris
tian World Community. The closer
fellowship in these seminars with
tho strong leaders, who possess depth
of character and warmth of person
ality, heightened the experience of
tho convention, and set loose many
creative ideas.
To give in summary the context
of all the addresses of the conven
tion would be too big a task, but to
mention the challenging statements
of some of the speakers will provoke
thought, and will give the true spirit
of the convention.
“What could be bigger than a fel-
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GERTRUDE SCHWALBE REPRESENTS
COLLEGE AT N.S.F.A. CONFERENCE
A. A. A. DECISION IS
DISCUSSED IN CHAPEL
UBRARY GIVEN SOURCE
BOOKS AND SUBSCRIP
TION TO “FORTUNE”
Mr. Cohen and Mr. Shaffner
Make Gifts to Library
The Salem library has recently
been presented with two \^aluable
gifts, a subscription to “Fortune”
given by Mr. Monte Cohen and a
set of twelve history source books,
entitled “.\merica” given by Mr.
H. F. Shaifner.
This is the second year that Mr.
Cohen has given “Fortune” to the
college, and the school very grateful
for this educational magazine. If a
Salem girl does not read “Fortune”
she should become acquainted with
it. If she were to peep into our li
brary copy this month she could find
much information on education,
politics, travel, schools, and clothes.
The books presented by Mr. Shaff
ner are excellent source books on tho
history of America from the pre-
Columbian voyages to 1925. History
students in particular should be
thankful for this gift because it
contains detailed information on
Ameritian colonizatdon, industry,
politics, literature, sciences, and, in
fact, almost every phase of American
history.
Dr. Rondthaler Explains
Changes In Government
Program
Dr. Rondthaler's subject for
Thursday morning chapt'l was, one
on which he has been asked to
speak — .‘Ui interpretation of govern
ment plans resulting from the A.A.A.
decision.
Not long ago tho A.A.A. was de
clared unconstitutional by the Su
premo Court because it extended
privileges to a favored class — the
farmers. The (im'stion has been
asked: Must all the marvelous move:
ments which so favorably affected
iiiillions of farmers be lost! In
answer to this question the Grange, a
national farm organization, has made
a proposal similar to the A.A.A.
for the relief of the farmers. There
aro two main points in the prop-
os'tion: First, the preservation of
soil against erosion; second, rehabili
tation of soil for future products in
years to come. The farmer is to
receive reimbursement equal to the
price of liis crop provided he agrees
to reduce the acreage of that crojKlIe
must also reserve the soil and enrich
it for future production. If this
plan of enrichment is followed wo
may reach a day as in pioneer days
when the land lay waiting to be till
ed.
The ])rogram is a very new one
and should be kept free from ];>oliti-
cal bias, for through politics many
originally fine programs are ruined.
Tho principal originators of tho pro
gram are not known.
“YOUTH IN A CHANa
ING WORLD” THEME
OF MEETING ATTEND
ED BY STUDENT GOV-
ERNMENT PRESIDENT
Secretariat of League of Na
tions Addresses Student
Leaders
“GUIDES TO HIGHWAY
SAFETY” DISTRIBUTED
BY “SALEMITE”
Pamphlets on Highway Ac
cidents Published By “Pop
ular Government”
“Guides to Highway Safety,”
pamphlets published by “Popular
Government” in an attempt to re
duce highway accidents, have been
distributed wnth the Salemites this
week.
Tho Daily Tar Heel and the LTni-
. s
versity of North Carolina student ^
government have sent these pamph
lets to us for distribution On our
campus because “they believe that,
as North Carolinians, we are inter
ested in the state’s efforts to foil
the worst of all modern destroyers
of life, and the most common; High
way Accidents.”
Wo are asking you to read this
booklet and to earnestly study the
alarming statistics contained in it
because wo believe that by doing so
you will do more to help reduce ac-
cident.s than you have ever done be
fore.
MRS. GRIMSLEY
IMPROVING
Salem students and a number of
Winston-Salem people were very
sorry to hear that Mrs. Harry Grims-
ley broke her ankle while riding
down Summit Street on a sled with
her daughter during the holiday sea
son. Friends will be glad to hear
that Mrs. Grimsley, who is President
of the Salem College Alumnae Asso
ciation of this city, has been improv
ing nicely.
Gertrude Schwalbe, who represent
ed Salem College at the meeting of
the National Student Federation of
America in Kansas City, Mo., during
tho Christmas holidays, has given
Us a moat interesting report on her
attendance at the conference.
All the meetings, with the excep
tion of one day, were lield at the
Muehlback Hotel in Kansas City,
“and I want to say now that ono of
tho nicest things about the whole
conference was that all the addresses
were after dinner or luncheon
talks,” Miss Schwalbe added.
Tho delegates were greeted by
Tom Neblett, president of the NSFA;
by Dr. E. H. Lindley, Chancellor of
tho Univer.sity of Kansas, the host
university; and by Col. Ruby D.
Garrett, who brought greetings from
the city.
The Honorable .lolin W. Stude-
baker, tho United States Commis
sioner of Kducation, was tho speak
er at the first evening session. “He
practically indentified. democracy
with education, for he said that de
mocracy was a race between edu
cation and ignorance. Since, ho
said, the American public is on the
whole poorly ijiformed, or at least is
unwilling to think about public and
national matters, he suggested that
public forums l)e established in the
larger towns. These forums would
bo finiinced by educational funds.
This, if directed properly, would not
lead to riotous meetings, but would
afford an opportunity for the learn
er to learn and not for the teacher
to preach.”
Perhaps the most (distinguished
speakers were Dr. Gustav Kullman,
Secretariat of the League of Nations,
and the Honorable Agnes McPhail,
member of Parliament, Canada. Dr.
Kullman naturally sjMko of the
League, rmi>hasizing that a solidar
ity, a unity of nations is absolutely
necessary before world peace can
be established. He believes that
America could contribute much to
world peace by joining tlie Leagutv.
The Honorable Agnes McPhail
“Championed i>eace, social con
sciousness, adult education, and said
that the constant practice of intel
lectual integrity leads to intellec
tual integrity. ’ ’
There were other speakers, among
whom perhaps the most interesting
were tho Honorable Henry T. Allen,
former United States Senator, who
described his visits with Mussolini,
and Arthur Greenwood, a very in
telligent British boy who urged the
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DR. POTEAT TO SPEAK
AT CITY Y. W. C. A.
TUESDAY NIGHT
Dr. McNeill Poteat, of Raleigh,
will speak on Tuesday night, January
21, at 7:00 o’clock at the Annual
Y. W. C. A. dinner to be held in the
city “Y. W. ” building on Church
Street.
This organization in asking mem
bers of the Salem Y. W. C. A. who
can, to attend the lecture. If any
members of the Salem organization
would like to go in time for the din
ner at 6:30 P. M., they are cordially
invited to do so, but are asked to
make reservations ahead of time.