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SALEMITE
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PATRONIZE
SALEMITE
ADVERTISERS
VOL. XVII.
WINSTON-SALEM. N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1936.
Number 8.
ART OF SALEM
IS EXHIBITED
Rare Handiwork At Art
Center
HOME SCIENCE
CLUB RENAMED
Now Called Katherine Jane
Hanes Club
An illustrated history of art and
handiwork in Salem community in
the late seventeen and the early
eighteen hundreds may be found on
the walls of the Winston-Salem
WPA Art Center beginning today.
The new exhibit at the art center in
cludes twelve pieces of fine artistry
done by students and teachers in old
Salem Academy. These were assem
bled by the head of the home eco
nomics department at Salem College
and properly labeled and dated by
the librarian and her assistants.
A silk flower design done by
Lydia Benzein in 1791, brings back
the days of George Washington, Miss
Lydia Benzein was the sister of
Anna Benigna Benzein who taught j
at Salem Academy in ’91 and also |
the sister of Christian Louis Benzein, |
who made the welcoming address to
George Washington when he passed |
through Salem. |
Next to the flower design is a
needlework pillow made by a for
mer Salem student and besides this a
water color print made by Lizetta C.
Meinung, a pupil and teacher at the
academy during the years 1835-1844.
A modernistic looking crayon has
been borrowed from Mrs. F. C. Mein
ung Sr., of Brookstown Avenue, and
dates back to the time she attended ^
Salem in 1870. Much older and much
leas intricate is the botanical wa- ;
tor color made by Christina I
Kramsch, daughter of S a m u e 11
Kramsch, who was the first inspec- ^
tor of Salem Academy after it be-;
came a boarding school in 1802.
A fascinating picture of Sir Wal
ter Scott in his study, worked in
cross-stitch needlepoint by the hand
of Theophela Welfare, teacher at
Salom in 1852-18G3, and daughter of
Daniel Welfare, the famous Salem
artist painter, was loaned for the
exhibit by Mrs. Elizabeth Meinung.
To be found also in this unique col
lection of ancient Salem handiwork
are a piece of hand made lace done
y Louise Fisher, student at Salem
in 1875, and sister of Mrs. W. P.
Ormsby and a hair wreath made by
Lisetta C. Meinung, already men
tioned.
Perhaps the most interesting fea
ture of the group is a needle point
made by al Ithe students and teach
ers of Salem Female Academy in
1844. The piece was put into a
frame in the school “embroidery
room” and worked on throughout
the year by every girl and teacher
and finally presented at commence
ment to Bishop and Mrs. John
Christian Jacobsen, grandparents of
Howard E. Bondthaler.
The large antique needlepoint was
loaned by Dr. and Mrs. Howard E.
Rondthaler, as was also a quilt made
in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1816 by Sara
Garrigues great grandmother of Mrs.
Bondthaler. One of Miss Sara E.
Shaffner’s -samplers is included in
the exhibit. Miss Shaffner having
been one of the most beloved teach
ers ever to be connected with Salem
Academy. She was a pupil and
teacher there between the years
1867 and 1924.
The public is invited to inspect
these items at any time from now
until the 17th of November when a
new exhibit will be hung, accord
ing to Miss Lucille Banks, director
of the art center work hero.
The former Home Economics Club
is now “Katherine Jane Hanes
Club.” at the first meeting of the
club, held in the Lizora Fortune
Hanes Practice House, the club
adopted, with its new name, a con
stitution, and sot of by-laws pre
pared by a committee, and elected
the following officers for the year:
President, Lalya Tuckcr; Vice-
President, Sara Sherwood; Secretary,
Louise Preas; Treasurer, Virginia
Eruce Davis; and reporter, Evelyn
McCarty.
Standing committees for the com
ing year: program, Frances Salley,
Kea Council, Charlotte King, and
Mr.s. Meinung; Social, Mary Marga
ret Johnson, and Bill Fulton.
The club has arranged to sponsor
homo-making programs in Parent-
Teacher Associations at South Park
School during the Year.
LETTER RECEIVED FROM
FORMER SALEM STUDENT
Zina Vologodsky Weds
Mary Louise Haywood recently re
ceived a leter from Zina Vologod
sky which stated in part:
“I send my best wishes to all my
dear friends in Winston-Salem and
at Salem College — to Dr. and Mrs.
Bondthaler, all my professors, and
all those who made Salem a home to
a stranger from an unknown coun
try. I know that everybody who
still remembers me will be glad to
rejoice at my happiness. I am get-
ing married on the 24th of October
to Mr. Constantin Popov. Since 1
have no means to write to every
body, I chose this way to send yon
all my best wishes and unceasing
devotion,” Her husband is a con
struction engineer and they will live
in Lakhou, China. It is a town
about 200 miles from Shanghai, and
the population is entirely Chinese,
with the exception of 15 or 16 en
gineers working on the construction
of a bridge. “Tt is a beautiful place.
There is of course tlie river, moun
tains, a mountain lake, beautiful
flowers, century-old monastaries, and
trees which remain green the whole
yonr round.”
Since her address in China is only
a temporary one, those of you wish
ing to write letters or cards send
them to:
20 Laoyansdaya Street
Harbin,
Manchuko.
MONTALDOS SPONSOR A
FASHION SHOW
Salem Girls To Model
Monday night, November 8th at
seven-thirty o’clock, Montaldos will
sponsor a fashion show at their shop
on West 1th Street. The latest fall
and winter fashions will be shown
from the debutante shop and the
main salon. New lines and styles
will be emphasized in sport and fur
coats, morning and afternoon suits,
sport silks, dinner and tea dance
dresses, formal and informal eve-
nine gowns, long and short evening
wraps, and hats to match every cos
tume. The show to which there will
bo no admission is being given es
pecially for Salem College students
and faculty. You will see Virginia
Leo, Virginia Council, Virginia
Gough, Frances Klutz, Ann Johnson,
Francis Alexander, Tilly Hines, Mil
dred Troxler, Meredith Holderby,
Mary-Worthy Spence, Mary Lib
Walston, Dorothy Wyatt, Frences
Cole and Cordelia Lowry modeling
just the dress or suit you need. Trans
portation to and from Montaldos will
bo furnished. Don’t miss the show!
Christopher Morley
Noted Author To
Lecture Here Fri.
FIRST MUSIC HOUR
THURSDAY
Student Recital
Presented
FRENCH CLUB HOLDS
FIRST MEETING
“P,” “a,” “r,” “1,” “e”
Whore is “ z ” ? The French Club
went up and down the alphabet play
ing anagrams .-it the first meeting of
the year. The place of meeting was
in the basement of I^ouisa Wilson
Bitting Building, and the time was
Thursday afternoon, November the
fifth. Tho program which consisted
of tho singing of French songs and
the playing of games was planned by
the president, Misa Mary Euth Eliot
and the program committee, Miss
Carolyn Diehl, EloLso Baynes, and
■ Sara Ingram. Hostesses for the aft
ernoon were Aliases Elizabeth Tor-
I rence, Mary Snipes, and Margaret
, Stafford who served delicious re-
fvoshnients.
Christopher Morley, the
noted, author, will lecture
in Memorial Hall, Friday
evening, November 13, at
8:30. Admission is only
50 cents. ..This is an oppor
tunity that no Salem girl
should miss.
FORMER STUDENT IN
PLAY
Nancy Schallert, Winston-Salem,
!i student here at Salem last year
was among the cast when the Caro
lina Playmakers of Chupel Hill
opened its nineteenth season in the
Playmakers’ Theatre of tho Univer
sity last week. The play was “Tho
Drunkard or The Fallen Saved.”
A report of tho performance said
that special honor should be given
Miss Schallert for old-time melodra
matic acting.
Tho melodrama, with barroom
scenes, square dances, weddings, and
all tho trimmings, was first presented
by P. T. Barnuni in his New York
Museum where it had a record run.
CHAPEL NEWS
Thursday, October 2S.
Dr Rondthaier read Exodus 3, the
story of Moses and the burning bush,
which he interpreted as “Moses’ in
ner converse with God.”
Saturday. October 31.
Dr. Rondthaler read tho descrip
tion of a worthy woman from Prov
erbs 31.
On Tliursday, October 29th at four
o’clock occurred the first Music Hour
of the year. The program was as
follows.
P/igarrure Arensky
Laur{i Emily Wtts
Nocturne in E Major Chopin
Dorothy Blair
The Maiden’s Wish .... Chopin-Liszt
Laura Elizabeth Bland
Sarcasm Prokofioff
B. 0. Dun ford, Jr.
Finale from First Symphony
Vierne
Anna Withers
Friday, October 30.
Dr. Bondthaler read the prophecy
of Ezekiel concerning Mesopotamia,
Ezikiel 37.
Tuesday, November 2.
In view of the national character
of the day, the office of worship for
National Day was read.
EDUCATORS TO
ATTEND MEET
Dr. Rondthaler, Miss Blair,
Mr. McEwen Represent
Salem at Conference
Dr. Howard Rondthaler, Miss Mar
ian Blair, and Noble R. McEwen are
attending the North Carolina College
Conference being held in Greensboro.
The program provides for general
sessions also for special meetings for
the res|K;ctivo departments.
Dr. Rondthaler and Miss Blair at
tended the dinner session yesterday
and will also attend today. Mr. Mc-
Ewen wil bo present at the lunch
eon meeting of tho extension divi
sion.
The gathering in Greensboro will be
the sixteenth annual session of the
organization. The conference, which
is headed by Dt. Howard Omwake,
president of Catawba College, is
dared to bo unique in that it is the
only body of its kind in existence in
tho United States. It was formed
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LEVITSH, MASTER
PIANIST, OPENS CON
CERT SEASON HERE
The deftly racing fingers of tho
famed Mischa Levitski, pianist-com
poser, in a program of classics, open
ed the 1936-37 concert season of the
Civis Music Association at tho Roy
nolds’ Auditorium Monday night.
A first-night audience estimated at
2,500 heard the youthful, slender
built Russian artist interpret the
works of eight master musicians and
his own ballet. The Enchanted
Nymph.
Levitski opened his program w'.th
Bach’s Chromatic I^intasy aad Fugue
folowing with Scarlattis Sonata in
one movement and Beethoven’s Son
ata, Opus. 57 (Appasionata), in three
movements. He returned after in
termission to pltty Brahams’ Rhai>-
sody in G Minor; a Schumann piece.
A major and F major preludes of
Chopin, as well as his Scherzo in C
sharp minor; tho Liszt comj^sition;
Lamel’a Jeux d’ Eau (The Foun
tain); his own work; and the Pag
anini arrangement of tho Liszt “La
Campanella.
Difficult and representing in the
majority of cases the best marks of
the master of music, the compositions
were played by Levitski with con
summate ease. Ho swayed to his
music, emphasizing witli shoulder
hunches and a brisk forward jerking
of his head.
At the end of his program the
audience applauded so enthusiasticAl-
ly that Levitski returned to play
three encores, one of which was tho
best known of his own compositions,
and, perhaps, tho loveliest: “Waltz
in A major.”
MR. AND MRS. GREER
AT WEDNESDAY CHAPEL
Program of Ballads
Presented
In one 0? the outstanding ehapel
programs of tho year, on Wednesday
morning, Mr. and Mrs. I. 0. Greer
interpreted old English ballads and
American folk songs for an enthusias
tic audience of Salem girls and Win
ston-Salem visitors.
Dr. Rondthaler introduced Mr.
Greer, mentioning his lifetime sor-
yivie in education, and particularly
his present service as superintendent
of tho Mil’s Orphanage in Thomas-
ville. Ho is a nationally known ou-
thority on ballads, who has for
years studied and collected the folk
songs, many of which are English or
of English origin, found among the
mountain folk of eastern America.
Beginning his program, Mr. Greer
spoko briefly of his long interest in
ballads and told how Mrs. Greer had
written down the music for many of
those songs for which previously
there had been no music in existence.
“I grew up in the richest field for
folk loro in America,” ho said, “at
tho ago of fifteen or sixteen, I knew
by least some twenty-flve or more
ballads.” He told of his blindness
to tho beauty and value of those
•songs until, ut tho University of
North Carolina, he was encouraged
by O'. .MphouHo Smith, his professor
of Kiigli.sh, to.“go back and collect”
as many as ho could of tho songs ho
had known as a hoy.
“A true ballad” said Mr. Greer,
“must complete a story and must bo
accoiupanied by a simple air.” Thou
urging his audience to remember that
he was not singing but interpreting
gongs, Mr. Greer sung his first ballad,
one with a happy ending and a light
and catchy tune, “Tho Old Arm
Chair.” To illustrate his point that
all ballads do not have happy end
ings; most of them, rather aro very
tragic, Mr. Greer sang “Tho Golden
Willow Tree” or “Tho Cruel Ship
Captain” with great gusto. “This is
a very old ballad handed down prob
ably from the thirteenth century.
Some people consider it tho greatest
of tho English ballads,” said Mr.
Greer, lie also commented upon tho
the very old rhythm of this song,
which is very difficult to sing.
Tho third number sung by Mr.
Greer was “Old Smoky,” a senti
mental but very sincere balliul based
on the love story of a mountain boy
and girl, who were forced to part by
their parents. These first threo num
bers were accompanied by Mrs. Greor
nt the piano.
For “Black Jack Davie,” which
Mr. Greer said was his own favorite
of tho ballads, Mrs. Greor exchanged
the piano for a dulcimer a very an
cient threo-stringed instrument, per
haps, next to the lyre, the most an
cient musical instrument in tho world.
“Black Jack Dave” was a typ
ical English ballad, practically un
changed since it was Ixrought to
this country in colonial days.
“Single Gal,” Mr. Greer remem
bered, “T like to sing for two rea
sons: first, because it’s one of tho
finest typo folk songs I know, and
then because it is Mrs. Greer’s fav
orite.” This was a charming and
humorous number received with great
delight by the student body.
The climax of the program was Mr.
Greer’s interpretation of “Barbara
Allen,” tho best known and best
loved ballad in tho world. “There
aro eighteen versions existing in
America,” ho said. “I shall sing the
one I learned as a boy. ’ ’
With a typical American folk song,
‘Sourwood Mountain,” Mr. and Mrs.
Greor had planned to close their pro
gram, but tho applause was so clam
orous and tho audionwi so enthus-
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