GLORIOUS SPRING
! HOLIDAYS
j BEGIN APRIL 8
I
HEAR DR. ABERNATHY
SPEAK THIS
EVENING
VOL. XVI.
V/INSTON-SALEM, N. C„ FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1936.
Number 23.
“SIGHTS AND INSIGHTS”
RELEASED AT SALEM
FOR YEAR 1936
Sixteenth Century England
Is Theme of Lovely
Edition
“Hang out our banners on the out
ward wall,” the cry is, “They have
come.” That which has been long
awaited and eagerly anticipated by
students, faculty, and friends — the
thirty-third volume of “Sights and
Insights,” has been published and
distributed in this the year 1936.
“Inspired by the sixteenth cen
tury England, and imbued by the
Drama of Shakespeare,” this lovely
edition presents a perspective of a
given year of college life, with its
spirit and achievements; and into
its milking have gone the laughter
and tears, the work and play, of the
group which it portrays.
To the Editor and Business Man
ager and their staffs, the heartiest
applause and praise is extended, for
the excellent piece of work they have
produced, and for the faithfulness
and perseverance with which it was
accomplished.
MISS ISABEL WENHOLD
APPOINTED THEATRE
SUPERVISOR
Salem College Instructor Is
Director of Federal
Theatre Project
The announcement was made last
week by Miss Mary Dinberger, state
director, that Miss Isabel Wenhold of
Salem College had been appointed
sixth district .supervisor of the Fed
eral Theatre project.
Miss Wenhold, an assistant in the
college busine.ss department, has been
instructor in dramatic production
since the beginning of the second se
mester. She will be engaged with
the theatre project only part of the
time until Salem College ends it
academic year, in .Tune.
Glasses in dramatics will be con
ducted in connection with the recrea
tion programs in this district. Miss
Wenhold will establish a demonstra
tion workshop theatre here and later
will organize children’s theatre
p"oups. No selection of a building
for the workshop has yet been an
nounced.
Miss Wenhold hns had extensive
experience in dramatic production.
She directed the Pierrette players
of the College in the “Death of the
Swan,” which won the trophy in
the city drama tournament.
The theatre project is sponsored
kere by the women's division of the
sixth WPA district of which Miss
Engelia Smart is director. Similar
organizations are being set up in
other districts of the state.
MINOR OFFICERS ARE
ELECTED THIS WEEK
Torrence, Haywood, Diehl,
Henderson, Chosen By
Student Body
New officer.s for next year inchide
Elizabeth Torrence, vice-president of
Student Government; Mary Louise
Haywood, off-campus vice-president
•f Student Government; Mary Cole
man Henderson, secretary of Stu
dent Government and vice-chairman
of May Day; Mary Louise McOlung,
trea.surer of Student Government,
and Helen Diehl, business manager of
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MARY HART GIVES IN- COUNCIL MEMBERS
SPIRING VESPERS TALK
Jimior Class Has Charge of
Progrson Svmday,
March 29
Sunday evening, March 29, the
Juniors had charge of Vespers.
Arnice Topp led in prayer and Mary
Ruth Elliott read the Scripture.
B. C. Dunford beautifully played
Bach’s “Prelude in B Flat Minor.
Mary Hart gave a very inspiring
talk on “Fellowship with Christ.”
“There is one thing that we all
have in common — so far as we
know the only thing — one life to
live. Why are we so careless about
the investment of the only life we
have.? We never realize that here,
in college, we must learn how to live
these lives of ours. We don’t take
the time and effort to sit down and
study through what the world needs
that we have to give, and then go out
and give it. So often we take the
only lives we have and do not live
them at all — we merely exist. Life,
that could be a glorious adventure,
we let grow into a series of mere
everyday occurrences, because we
try to go along on our own powers
and strength, when we could be re
lying on God. We are His, and He
wants to help us through our cares
and sorrows.
“Have you ever looked into the
human face of God ? Once in a while
you see a man or woman who has
Christ raidating through hie or her
countenance. They are living life
wonderfully, and their faces simply
can’t help showing that Christ is a
reality to them. By living near the
Master and trying to follow in his
footsteps, he brgins to radiate Christ
in his very countenance”
Then, the story of the Great Stone
Face was told with a new shade of
meaning.
“So it can be with us and God.
We can not even hope to attain llis
likeness by trying to live without
Him. In living with Him, we will
become more conscious of beauty —
in life and the people around us.
Every person in the world has a
spark of the divine, and quite often
it would take only a little encourage
ment to fan that spark into a living
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ATTEND MEETING
AT AGNES SCOTT
Student Self-Government
Associations Hold Annual
Conference
PALM SUNDAY IS SUB- NOVELIST GIVES AUTO-
JECT OF LENTEN TALK
Ethel Johnson Highsmith, presi
dent-elect of student government at
Salem, and Josephine Whitehead,'
secretary of student government,!
attended the twenty-first annual con- ]
ference of the Inter-collegiate Asso- i
ciation of Self-Government at Agnes
Scott College, Decatur, Ga., March
27-30. !
Representatives from colleges
throughout the Southern states gath
ered at Agnes Scott College in or
der to discuss the aims and problems
of student government. Discussion
topics were “What Student Govern
ment May Expect from the College,”
“Technique of Presidency,” and
• ‘ Orientation of New Students ’ ’ Dur
ing these discussions the question of
faculty guidance relative to student
government was con.sidered. |
Prominent leaders in student and
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PSYCHOLOGY CLUB TO
HAVE TWO SPEAKERS
BEFORE HOLIDAYS
Dr. Abernathy and Mr. Tip
pett To Talk at Salem
Tho Psychology Club is having
two speakers before the holidays.
Dr. Ethel Abernathy of Queens- j
Chicora College will speak in the|
Recreation Room of Louisa Wilson'
Bitting Building at 7:45 o’clock,
Friday evening, April .■?. Her topic
will be ‘ ‘ Some Relationships between
mental and physical growth.”
On Tuesday, April 7, in tho Rec
reation Room of Louisa Wilson
Bitting Building, at 5:00 o’clock,
Mr. James S. Tippett of Parker
School District, Granville, 8. C. will
speak. His subject is “The Practical
Value of Psychologj' in tho Modern
Classroom. ’ ’
The public is cordially invited.
Dr. RondthaJer Is Ebcpanded
Chapel Speeiker
Dr. Rondthaler spoke in Y. P. M.
on Wednesday of the events of Palm
Sunday before Jesus was crucified.
This has been written by four writ
ers in the New Testament and no
story in the Bible is more brilliant
or more varied. Jesus, within a
very few days of His betrayal, was
on His way to Jerusalem with His
disciples to celebrate the feast of the
pass-over. In the morning Jesus
went up the hillside to the Mount of
Olives. Then He sen His disciples
into tho city to get a colt which had
never been ridden. He told His ^
disciples that if anyone tried to stop'
them to say, ‘ ‘ The Lord hath need |
of them.” The disciples went into i
the city and found the colts and
loosed them. The owners asked
where they were being taken and the
disciples replied, “The Lord hath
need of them.” and the owners let
them go.
Jesus rode upon the colt across the
hilltop and down the slope with His
disciples and a crowd of people with
Him. Word spread to the city that
the King was coming and so the peo
ple came out to greet Jesus and go
into the city with Him. When Jer
usalem, came in sight Jesus stopped
and cried, “Oh Jerusalem, Jerusa
lem.” The people asked why He
cried thus and He said that Jerusa
lem would soon be destroyed.
Tho people broke off palm branch
es, waved them, and cried, “Hosan-
na.” Jesus approached the city with
out flags, soldiers, or drums. Some
of the crowd told Jesus to speak to
the people and bid them to be quiet
and Jesus replied, “If these gliould
hold their peace even the stone*
would cry out. ’ ’
The peope brought Jesus into the
city and the blind, lame, and mute
were brought that He might heal
them.
GRAPHED BOOK TO
SALEM LIBRARY
DAVIDSON SYMPHONIC
BAND GIVES CONCERT
“The Scarlet Coat” by Mrs.
Frzmces Gaither is Gift
To Library
When Mrs. Prances Gaither was at
Salem recently, collecting material
for her next historical novel, she
gave to the Salem College Library
an autographed copy of her recent
book “Tho Scarlet Coat.” The
scarlet coat belonged to the explorer
LaSalle, and the story of his search
for the mouth of the Missiseippi
River, and of the l>art played in this
exploring trip by Pierre Roland, a
boy who came originally from French
Canada. The characters are most
vividly portrayed, and Mrs. Gaither
has thoroughly explored the French
and Spanish background of our
country and written an exciting
tale founded on accurate research.
Mrs. Gaither is a gp-andaughter of
Sarali Catherine Miller, who entered
Salem Female Acodemy from Boli
var, Tennessee in 1843. We greatly
appreciate the gift of “The Scarlet
Coat,” by Mrs. Gaither, as an ad
dition to our library.
ART CENTER TO BE
ESTABUSHED IN
WINSTON-SALEM
I SHORT-HAND FOR THE DREAMY-EYED
A College Girl Discusses the
Greggish Language With
a Laugh emd a Moan
Bv Cortlandt T’reston
Editors Note:— Cortlandt Preston,
May Queen and Editor-In-Chief of
tho Salemite last year, has written
a most delightful little essay
which she says in a letter “I wrote
for my own pleasure while strug
gling with stenography down here
in this beautiful, exotic country
of Panama,” (She is now in the
District of Canal Zone with her
father). Cokey’s pleasure in
writing this charming essay can
not possibly equal ours in printing
it, or yours in reading it, and so
wo arc only too happy to be able
to present it to you.
STEX0GRAPHI:B , . . Pronounce
it aloud and tremble! ! The first
sound you hear, docsn’t it resemble
the hij?s of a sarcastic snake with
.spectacles on her nose .. “ssstei”
. . . ? And tho growl which follows
immediately upon the tail of this
unpleasant hissing would put Gul
liver’s most hideous giant out of
business. Get this .. . “ograph-
e r ” . . . No wonder all the artistic
little eollegc girls are badly frighten
ed when they sec it looming up dark
in the foreground of their lives with
its ten black typewriting talons ready
to snatch them as soon as they jump
off the Commencement platform into
the pool of alumnae.
Having filled their hearts for the
past four years full of love for the
Greek Philosophers, the Victorian
Poets, and the youngest professors
on the Campus, they look forward
with horror to the oncoming winter
when they must intore.st themselves
entirely in the dull personal and fi
nancial affairs of the Vice-President
of the League for tho Correction of
Ballot Casting in Esmeralda, New
Hampshire. Then must their dates
on Saturday and Sunday nights of
necessity be changed into dates on
the business letters of the said V.-
Pres. of the League. Too soon, in
stead of sitting on platforms re-
diplomas, they will find themselves
sitting on said knee receiving dic
tation.
STENOGRAPHER ... To be one
is tho fate of many a dreamy-eyed,
AB-Certificated young thing who has
no definite purpose in life after
graduation other than being dreamy-
eyed.
It is unfortunate but true that the
wide world will not and cannot find
places for hotel manageresses and
air-plane hostesses and interior dec
orators enough to take care of the
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James Christian Pfohl Con
ducts Music Program
On Monday evening at 8:30 a con
cert was given in Memorial Hall by
tho Davidson College Symphonic
Band conducted by Mr. James Chris
tian Pfohl. This is the third sea
son of the Band and is proving to be
most successful.
The program consisted of a variety
of selection among which were the
Introduction to Act III from “Loh
engrin” and a Waltz, “The Beau
tiful Blue Danube.”
During the Band intermission the
Davidson Quartet presented three de
lightful numbers: “When IJba Plays
tho Rumba down in Cuba,” “Swing
Along Chillen,” and “Kentucky
Babe. ’ ’
In the last group the bank gave an
exciting novelty number. “College
Tics” and the beloved “O David
son” wore played during which the
lights were turned out and a display
was given by the Drum Major twirl
ing a flaming baton against a clever
background of red lights. The audi
ence enthusiastically applauded this
number and called the Band back
for three encores.
Salem College and local music-
lovers enjoyed the concert tremen
dously and hope for an early return
of tho Band.
Mr. Defenbacher and Miss
Banks to Direct Project
Tho Winston-Salem Art Center as
pires to establish a permanent insti
tution for the centralization of com
munity cultural activities. To achieve
this aspiration, the Art Center de
pends solely ujKin the cooperation and
enthusiasm of the citizens and or
ganizations of the community. Func
tionally and financially the Art Cen
ter belongs to Winston-Salem, and,
with the continued support of indi
viduals and organizations, it will
grow to become a permanent service
bringing pleasure and new horizons
to an eager audience.
Tho function of the Center in
clude the oi>eration of a public gal-
lory of fine arts and crafts; lectures,
demonstrations, classes for students
of all ages and experience; and a
bureau of information for public use.
The state director of the Art Cen
ter Mr. D. S. Defenbacher and the
manager is Miss Lucille Banks. This
is tho Federal Art l^roject of the
W. P. A.
SALEM COUEGE CATALOG
1935-’36 IS PUBLISHED
Additions Made To
Curriculum
The new Salem College Catalog
for the Academic year 1935-193(1, and
containing announcements for 1936-
1937, has been published. No great
changes have been made in it, but
several new courses have been added
to the curriculum.
To the English Department has
been added the Theory and Practice
of Play Production, which cour.so
waa experimentally introduced for
the 1935-1936 terms, and which has
proved successful.
The Science Department is in
augurating two new courses.—Bio-
Cookery, Institutional Buying, and
istry. The latter course is being
offered esiK'cially for the benefit of
those Home Economics students who
wish to continue with dictetical
work.
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