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VOL. XVI.
c WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1936.
Number 22.
Ingram and Crow to Head Publications in ’36-^37
JANE CEOW
JANE CROW TO HEAD
“blGHTS AND INSIGHTS”
PUBLICATION NEXT YEAR
PIERRETTES WIN
DRAMATIC CONTEST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Nancy SchsJlert Has Leading
Role In “Death of the
Swan”
Associate Editor to Succeed
Lois Torrence
• Wednesday evening in Reynolds
Auditorium, tlie Pierette Players of
Salem College won the cup offered
to the experienced players group in
tile second annual Winston-Salem
Dramatic Contest, with their play,
“The Death of the Swan.” by
Walter Spearman.
The play was directed by Miss
Isabel W^enhold and presented with
the following cast: Paulova, Pre-
mere Danseuse, Nancy Schallert;
Many a, Paulova’s maid, Louise
Preas; young girl, Mary Woodruff;
First Doctor, Albert Blumenthal;
Second Doctor, Harry Lee Nunn;
Victor Dandre, Paulova’s Husband,
j R. Tom Houts.
“The Death of the Swan was
written about the death of Paulova,
the great dancer, who died in a hotel
room at the Hague in Holland, Jan
uary 23, 1931. Paulova was given a
chance to save her life by undergoing
an operation which would prevent
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In an election held Wednesday, by
the incoming senior cla.ss, Jane
Crow was electcd cditor-in-chief of
the college annual “Sights and In
sights.” Jane has been a member of
tho annual staff for the past two
years. She was class reporter last
year and is at present associate edi
tor.
The newly elected editor has been
active in various phases of college
life and is a most dependable and
capable girl. She is junior repre-
sentaive in the Student Government,
head of the Costume Committee for
May Day, member of the Y. W. C. A.
Cabinet, member of the Scorpions,
the Psychology Club and the Home
Economics Club.
She is the daughter of Mrs. E. W.
Crow of Mocksville.
STATE-WIDE STUDENT
VOLUNTEER CONFER
ENCE IN GREENSBORO
Dr. John Me Kay and Dr.
Chas. Logan Speakers
Over last week-end, March 20, 21
and 22, Student Volunteer groups
from colleges all over the state met
at Greensboro. These young people
are vitally interested in missionary
work, and those who are really
Student Volunteers definitely plan
to become missionaries in foreign
fields.
The chief speakers of the confer
ence were Dr. John McKay and Dr.
Charles Logan. Dr. McKay is now
connected with the foreign mission
board of the Presbyterian Church.
He has been a missionary to South
America. Dr. Logan has been a
missionary to Japan for the past 33
years, and plans to return.
The conference opened on Friday
afternoon in the West Market Street
Methodist Church '(vith tea from
four to six and a banquet at seven
o’clock. After the banquet Dr. Mc
Kay s{)0ke on the “Quest of a
Faith.”
The cry “I need a faith’’ is rep
resentative of the youth of today,
said Dr. McKay. It is one thing to
have ideas about God and another
thing to have faith in God. “I pos-
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FRENCH CLUB HOLDS
MEETING
New Members Ejected
Le Cercle Francais held its month
ly meeting on Tuesday, March 24th,
at five o’clock. Mr. Downs offered
a most interesting program, reading
and explaining three ]X)ems: “La
Jeune Captive” by Andrew Chen-
ier, ‘ ‘ L ’Isolement ’ ’ by Lamartine,
and “La Mort du Loup,” by De
Vigny. The newly elected members?
attending this meeting were: !Mar-
garet Briggs, Edith Rose, Cornelia
Wolfe, Florence Joyner, Peggy Bi'aw-
ley, Katherine Smith, Jo Hutchison,
Kate Pratt, Martha McNair, Dorothy
Wyatt, Mary Turner Willis, Helen
Totten, Katherine Snead, Mildred
Minter, Helen McArthur, Virginia
Foy, Christine Dunn, Ethel May
Angelo, JIarian Sosnik, Betty Bahn-
son.
“FINGER PRINTS”
DISCUSSED AT
SCIENCE CLUB
The Science Club met March 25 in
Park Hall. After a short business
meeting, Mr. R. G. Simpson of the
Winston-Salem Police Department
talked to the group about “Finger
Printing.” He made finger prints
of all the girls who wanted to have
them made.
l[r. Simpson, assisted by Miss
Lucy Vaughn, projected on the screen
the nine different classes of finger
{irints which were as follows: Plain
loop, twin loop, lateral pocket loop,
central pocket loop, arch, tinted arch,
exceptional arch, whorl, and acci
dental. He state that all ten fingers
might be in one class, or they might
all be different.
Mr. Simpson brought out the fact
that univer,sal finger printing is
coming in more and more. At pres
ent, there are more than five million
prints on file in Washington, D. C.
When they get a print there, they can
look through the file and report in
ton minutes whether or not they have
that print.
The speakers for the next meeting
will be Elizabeth Piper and Elizabeth
Moore.
CORDELIA LOWRY
HEADS LR.S.
Succeeds Nancy McNeely
Cordelia Lowry of Bedford, Vir
ginia has been elected President of
I. R. S. for 1936-37. She succeeds
Xaney McNeely.
Cordelia is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Landon Lowry. She at
tended the Castle School in New
York, and National Park Seminary,
Washington, D. C., before coming to
Salem.
She in a Home Economics major
and is doing her practice teaching in
that subject. She is a member of the
Home Economics Club.
I. R. S. is the organization to
further social activities on the cam
pus.
COEDBLIA liOWRY
ORCHESTRA CONCERT
PRESENTED BY SALEM
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Miss Hazel Horton Read
Conductor of Program
The School of Music presented an
orchestra and ensemble concert in
Memorial Hall, Thursday night, at
8:15. It was conducted by Miss
Hazel Horton Read.
The program was as follows:
I Herzwunden (Heartwounds)
Grieg
Letzter Fruhling (Last Spring)
Grieg
Lord’s Prayer Miskow
With harp accompaniment by Miss
Ann Nisbet.
II Double Concerta in C Bach
Margaret Schwarze
Albert Blumenthal
Katherine Snead
Christine Dunn
III “Italian” Symphony in A
Mendelssohn
Allegro Vivace.
FRESHMEN HOLD
SUNDAY VESPERS
The Freshman class had charge of
Vespers Sunday evening. Nan Totten
led the meeting and Annette Mc
Neely read the scripture. Harriet
Taylor, accompanied by Carlton
Thorpe, sang “What a Friend We
Have in Jesus. ’ ’ Then Maude Battle
gave a very lovely talk on “Friend
ship,” which inspired everyone.
“EVENING OF SONG” PRE
SENTED BY aEE CLUB
An “Evening of Song” was pre
sented Monday evening Viy the Glee
Club under the direction of Ernest
Leslie Schofield.
Four sacred numbers opened the
program. The Bach chorales, “How
Bright Appears the Morning Star,”
“Draw TTs to Thee, Lord Jesus.”
and “Now Thank We All Our God”
alonfj- with ‘‘Assumpa cst Maria,”
by Archinger, were sung without ae-
compfmiment.
James Bray, tenor, and Brooks
Bynum, baritone, sang a duet, “The
Moon Has Raised Her Lamp Above”
from Benedict’s “Lih^ of Killar-
ney. ’ ’
A group of English Madrigals fol
lowed, including “My Bonny Lass
She Smileth, ” by Thomas Morley.
This group was sung also without ac-
coraj>animent.
Harriette Taylor, soprano, sang
“Caro Nome” from Verde’s “Rig-
oletto. ”
Tho Glee Club then sang a group
of modern numbers including ‘ ‘ Carol
of the Russian Children” and
Bridge’s “The Fairy Ring.”
Rebecca Hines, soprano gave a
group of American songs, including
Horn's “A Southern Refrain,”
Carr’s “Willow, Willow,” and
Stephen Foster’s “Jeannie With the
Light Brown Ilair. ” The accom
paniment was arranged by Mr. Scho
field with Anne Nisbet playing the
harp, Laura Emily Pitts, flute and
Mr. Schofield, cello.
The program closed with the
famous “Sextette” from Donezetti’s
“Lucia” sung by six of Mr. Scho
field’s pupils. Singers were Mar
garet Bagby, Jane Rondthaler, James
Bray, Kenneth Bryant, Richard Hine,
and Brooks Bynum.
ASTRONOMY IS
SUBJECT OF TALK AT
MATHEMATICS CLUB
Dr. Pearl V. Willoughby, head of
the English Department, was guest
speaker at the meeting of the Mathe
matics Club held Tuesday evening
at 7:30, in Louisa Wilson Bitting
Building.
Dr. Willoughby discussed inform
ally the subject of “Astronomy”
\vith the club.
After the talk the members of the
club met in the “Hut” for a weiner
roast before the big open fire.
The club this year has been one
of the most active curricular or
ganizations on the campus. Under
the direction of Janet Stimpson,
president, interesting monthly meet
ings have been held.
N. C. EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION MEETS
IN RALEIGH
The fifty-second annual conven
tion of the North Carolina Education
Association met in Raleigh, March
19, 20 and 21. Meetings were held
at the Hugh Morrison High School.
Two thousand teachers from high
schools and colleges of the state
attended.
Friday there were group meetings.
A few of the speakers were: Dr.
Edgar W Knight, head of the edu
cation association in Washington,
and the Honorable Paul V. McNutt,
Governor of Indiana.
Salem delegates were Dr. Lucy
Wenhold and Mr. John Downs from
the language department, Miss Sallie
Marks and Mr. Noble McEwen, from
the education department. Miss Min
nie Atkinson, physical education de
partment, and Mi.ss Grace Lawrence.
SABA INaSAJiI
SARA INGRAM ELECTED
EDITOR OF SALEM-
ITE FOR 1936-37
Virginia Council Chosen
Business Manager
Sara Ingram, Winston-Salem, was
elected editor-in-chief of the Sale-
mite for next year in a staff meeting
of the publication held Thursday.
Sara has been a member of the edi
torial staff of the paper for two years
and during tho last year she has
been poetry editor.
In high school she served on the
staff of Pine Whispers, the school
paper for two years, and was also
a member of the annual staff.
At Salem she lias been on the
staff of the Salemite three years and
is a member of the French Club. She
is on the May Day Committee.
Sara is an A.B. student, majoring
in English and French. She is tho
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Wallace
Ingram.
Virginia Council has been chosen
business manager of the paper for
next year. “Kea” is a home econom
ics major and succeeds Susan Raw
lings. She has been active in ath
letics at Salem and h.'is served this
year as advertising manager of tho
paper.
DR. RONDTHALER
SPEAKS AT Y.P.M.
"Unwritten Years of Christ’s
Life” Is Subject of
Lenten Address
Dr. Rondthaler was the speaker at
expanded chapel, Wednesday morn
ing. Hia subject was “The Un
written Years of Christ’s Life.”
Eighty-five per cent of Christ’s life
is unrecorded in the Bible. The in
teresting and formative years from
His second to His twelfth birthday
are loft blank. More important still
are the unrecorded j^ears from tho
scene in the temple until His active
ministry began, at the age of thirty.
There are three sources from
which we may obtain information
about this period. First, from geo
graphy and customs of the country;
second, from Hebrew home life, and
third, from Christ’s teacl)ings. The
last is the most intere.sting source.
It 13 reasonable to suppose that
Jesus used as illustrations things
with which he was familiar.
Ilis years of work as a carjienter
are reflected in several parables.
There is one of a man who built hia
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