VOL. XVII.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1937.
Number 29.
GRAVES TO MAKE COM
MENCEMENT ADDRESS
Fifty-Seven Candidates
Seeking Degrees
John Temple Graves, famous edi
tor, author, and orator, will deliver
the literary address at Salem College
commencement finals to be held in
Memorial Hal!. At that time fifty-
seven candidates for degrees will re
ceive their diplomas. This event will
mark the close of the 165th session
of the institution. Numerous other
occasions are being scheduled for
the week; the complete program will
be announced soon.
Mr. Graves of the editorial staff
of the Birmingham Age-IIerald, is a
native of Georgia. He was gradu
ated from Princeton University and
holds the degrees of L.L.B. from
George Washington University and
D.O.L. from the University of the
South. In addition to editorial work
on the New York Journal, Palm
Beach Post and Jacksonville Journal,
he has published the following books;
“The Bubbles,” novel, 1920; “The
Shaft in the Sky” 1923; “The Book
of Alabama and the South” 1933;
and “Tonight in the South” 1935.
He has also written essays, economic
reviews, short stories and poems.
DR. RONDTHALER TELLS
STORY OF VIRGINIA DARE
flicker flashes
CAROLINA THEATEE
Monday and Tuesday—
“Bomeo and Juliet” with Norma
Shearer and Leslie Howard, that
ever-famous love story, enough
said.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday
“Rainbow on The River,” with
Bobby Breen, (Eddie Cantor’s new
find with the miraculous voice),
and May Robson. Good, if you
like the child-hero-comes-out-on-
top type.
STATE THEATEE
Monday and Tuesday—
“Black Legion” with Humphrey
Bogart.
AVednesday and Thursday—
“Flpng Stars” Barbara Stan
wyck.
Friday and Saturday—-
“Sand Flow” with Buck Jones.
FOESYTH THEATEE
Monday and Tuesday—
“Men in White” with Clark Gable
and Loretta Young.
Wednesday—
“Accusing Finger.”
Thursday—
“It Had to Happen” with George
Raft and Rosalind Russel.
Friday and Saturday—
“Lad3^ Be Careful” with Low
Ayres and Mary Carlysle.
EARLY EXAMS FOR
LUCKY SENIORS
The oldest, unsolved mystery story
in the history of North Carolina and
Virginia was given Wednesday morn
ing in chapel by Dr. Rondthaler. It
was, of course, the story of Vir
ginia Dare and the lost Fort Raleigh
colony.
During the reign of Queen Eliza
beth in England, America was a
country uninhabited by Christian
people, and under the rule of no
fitted out a small ship in 1585, and
fitted uot a small ship in 1585, and
two explorers, Armados and Barlo,
sailed westward across the Atlantic
to the fragrant island of Roanoke.
For two months the explorers re
mained, making friends with the In
dians and looking over the country.
On their return to England they took
with them two native Croatans who
created an amazing furor in the
fashionable social circles of Eng
land.
The reports of Armados and Barlo
somehow gave rise to the idea that
there was an unlimited supply of
raw gold in America. The result
was that a group of one hundred
and seventeen pioneers sailed to the
new country, taking back with them
the two Croatan Indians. The white
men were unsuccessful in establish-
ingg peaceful relations with the na
tive Indians when they landed and
they resorted to brutality to pro
tect themselves. Forunately, these
men were picked up by Sir Francis
Drake but seventeen other, less for
tunate pioneers, were massacred.
Three hundred and fifty years ago
this August another party of men,
women and children landed on Roa
noke Island and settled what was
really the first English colony in
America, August 28, 1587. The first
white child was born and christened
Virginia Dare. A week later the
first Indian was baptized.
Governor Lane, the grandfather of
Virginia Dare, was in charge of the
colony, and fearing the severity of
winter in the new country, he sailed
back to England to get supplies.
First, however, he made an agree
ment with the colonists that, should
they move while he was away, they
would carve on a tree or a post the
name of the place where they were
to be found. If they left the island
in distress, they would make a cross
above the name. I
Lane expected to return immedi
ately, but due to the turmoil of the
Spanish Armada he was not able
to return until three years later. Ho
reached the general vicinity of the
island at nightfall, and on seeing
torches gleaming in the distance he
ordered a bugler to play old English
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SPORTS SLANTS
CALENDAR
Friday, May 21;
5:00-7:00 P. M.—
All members of the college fac
ulty are invited to Arden Farm
for supper.
Saturday, May 22
3:00 P.M.
Recital for Junior Music pupils
in Memorial Hall.
May 24 to 26:
Exams (Senior)
Thursday, May 27:
8:30 P. M. —
Home Economics exhibit in Me
morial Hall.
Friday, May 28:
3:30 P. M.
Exhibition and tea of the Arts
Department in Louisa Bitting
Building.
SALEM A YEAR AGO
Printers entertain at dinner — Mr.
Cashion and Mr. Russ entertained the
old and senior members of the Sale-
mite staff at dinner Tuesday night
at the K and W restaurant. Virginia
Garner, the retiring editor presided.
“Winchell” in the person of Kath-
erin Sisell read an amusing scandal
sheet concerning the guests.
CENTENNIAL CELEBRA
TION OF GUILFORD
COLLEGE
History majors and minors met and
organized a History Club for 1936-
37, electing Bernice Mclver presi
dent.
Work on the new gymnasium was
started Monday. Materials for the
now structure have arrived on lower
campus.
The annual riding meet was held at
Anderson’s Riding Academy, in
which Cordelia Lowry won first place.
Cramer Percival won second place,
and Margaret Lunsford third.
Some of the plans for this sum
mer are:
Ellen Moore, Dot Wyatt, Mary
Louise McClung, Anna Leak Scott
and Frances Alexander are going on
the Gergia Caravans.
Mary Louise Haywood is going
abroad with her familv.
Betty Bahnson, Julia Preston and
Mary Thomas are going on a motor
trip through northern United States.
Elizabeth Trotman is going
Europe on Mrs. Davis’ tour.
to
Caroline Pfohl, Kate Pratt, and
Mary Louise Siewcrs are going to
Myrtle Beach.
Our most educated sisters have all
the luck! Their final exams begin on
Monday, May 24, whereas oura begin
the following Saturday. How won
derful it must be to finish that worst-
of-all work as early as the Seniors
will! Then their only worries will
he what their grades are — did they
pass? But while we suffer agonies
in our helpless lack of knowledge,
they can begin to catch up on lost
sleep. In our last week here we must
pack everything, in addition to
studying and taking exams. They
can pack in the week after their
exams to break the marvelous mono
tony of having "nothing to do.”
Everything is in a hurry and a bus
tle during evam week, and especially
during second semester exams. Will
We live through it? We’ll all soon
know and our seniors will know at
least a week before we others. So
here’s luck to all who need it, and
that probably means most of ua —
even seniors.
Exams are drawing nearer and
nearer and we’re still talking about
the tennis tournament. Maybe,
though, in the very near future, it
will be ended. We have at last
reached the semi-finals. Louise
Frazier will play Jo Hutchinson and
Willma Couch will play Cornelia
Wolfe. Wonder who will be in the
finals?
Lower campus has become a veri
table Palm Beach. The ocean is
lacking but we have a sea of pretty
green grass. Everybody seems to
be going in for suntanning in a
big way. Even though the swim
ming has not been officially opened,
the bathing beauties appear on low
er campus almost every afternoon.
Those who are able to tear them
selves away from their nice little
beds by 6:15 in the mornings, seem
to have lovely times working up
big appetites on Mr. Anderson’s
horses.
The hiking club is kicking around
on all the nearby roads. They are
planning an excursion to the ice
cream plant in the near future. We
bet that will be one hike Tweak
Sample will take in!!
We guess there won’t be any more
baseball this year since the glee
club broke our bat!-
Mary Snipes and Kate Smith are
going to Carolina summer school.
Helen Diehl is going to Roaring
Gap for a “spell.”
Harriet Taylor will
Beach all summer.
be at Myrtle
Ruth Norman is going to Washing
ton to visit her sister and on up to
Boston.
ART EXHIBIT
SCHEDULED
The annual exhibit of the art de
partment and Industrial Arts class
will be held May 28 from 4:00 to
6:00 o’clock in the Recreation Boom
of the Louisa Wilson Bitting Build-
nig. Tea and sandwiches will be
served by the students of the art
classes, taught by Mrs. Mildred Ball
and Mrs. Katherine Ogburn. The
Art Department exhibit will include
charcoal sketches, pastels, oil paint
ings, clay mouldings (plaster paris
casts), and water colors. The In
dustrial Arts class exhibit will in
clude hammered copper, finger paint
ing, copper tooling, book making,
pottery and the lite. Everyone is
invited.
Guilford College has announced its
centennial celebration on May 20t.h
through May 24th, in which alumni,
former students, and friends of the
college will participate. At this
centennial celebration the partici
pants will give reports and hold con
ferences over the three main objec
tives for the centennial year of the
college. These three specific goals
are: to increase the number of con
tributions and the amount contribu
ted to tlie Living Endowment, to
raise in cash or pledges $100,000 to
liquidate indebtedness and increase
endowment, and finally to improve
Guilford’s buildings and campus.
The meeting of the College Board
of Trustees in Founder’s Hall on
Thursday afternoon. May 20th, will
begin the celebration. Included in
this meeting will be reports on re
search and consideration of objec
tives, a business meeting of the
board, a tea, a meeting for the con
sideration of objectives, a meeting
for the consideration of the methods,
and an organization of Quaker edu
cation.
On May 22nd, which is Alumni
Day, there will be registration be
ginning the day, class reunions fol
lowing, and the Alumni Presentation
Service in the morning. That after
noon, there will be the alumni lunch
eon, a sports program, a meeting of
the Guilford Scholarship Society
Service at which Dr. F. Gilbert Pear
son will give an address, the choir
guild tea at Dr. Weis’ house, and a
reception at the President’s house.
Saturday evening will be the Alumni
banquet in Founders’ Hall and a
music program in the college audi
torium.
On Sunday, May 23rd, which is
Baccalaureate Sunday the Choir
Guild Installation Service will take
place in the College Auditorium. At
the Baccalaureate Sermon, Dr. Rufus
M. Jones and Professor Emeritus of
Tlaverford College will give ad
dresses. Sunday evening Dr. W. P.
Mendenhall, the president of Whit-
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CHEMISTRY CLASS
VI^S DAIRY
The class in Household Chemistry
under| the direction of Professor
Charles H. Higgins visited the plant
of the Southern Dairies last Friday
afternoon.
Dr. Ileald, the bacteriologist for
the company, conducted the class
through the plant. The students were
impressed with the cleanliness of the
plant and the modern equipment.
Dr. Heald explained the work done
in the laboratory and outlined the
value of the Sealtest,
At the completion of the inspection
the Southern Dairies hostess served
fresh strawberry sundaes to the
group.
The courtesies shown by the com
pany and the representatives were
greatly appreciated by the class.
BORING TO SPEAK TO
PSYCHOLOGY CLUB
Edwin G. Boring, eminent psycho
logist and former president of the
American Psychological Association,
will visit Salem next week and will
speak to the psychology Club on
Monday evening at seven-thirty in
the Louisa Bitting Building. Dr.
Boring is the brother of Mrs. How
ard G. Bondthaler and while here
will be her guest.
His discussion will include the
highlights in the History of Psy
chology since 1900 and also a brief
survey of Contemporary Schools of
Psychology. It will not last more
than half an hour.
Dr. Boring is the author of many
well known books including “His
tory of Experimental Psychology,”
“The Principal Dimensions of Con
sciousness,” and (with collabora
tion) “Psychology, a Factual Text
book,” which was used last year in
our psychology department. He stud
ied at Cornell under the late Dr. E. B.
Titchener and there recieived his|
A.B., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. From
Cornell he went to Clark University
and is now Professor of Psychology
at Harvard.
CLIP THIS OUT FOR
SUMMER READING
PEOSE
Lagerlof:
“ The Ring of the Lowenskolds’
Rolvaag:
“Giants in the Earth.”
FICTION
Galsworthy:
“Forsyte Saga.”
Hervey Allen;
“Anthony Adverse.”
Maugliam:
‘ ‘ Of Human Bondage. ’
Dubose Heyward:
‘ ‘ Porgy. ’ ’
“Angel.”
Katharine Mansefield:
Chekoff:
Short Stories.
NON-FICTION
Adams:
‘ ‘ Mont St. Michel and Chartres. ’ ’
(For interpretation of the of the
Middle Ages).
“The Romance of Leonarda da
Vinci.”
(For interpretation of the of the
Benaissance).
K. Mansfield:
“Letters and Journal.”
Stevenson’s and Lamb’s Essays.
Mesdames Meinung and Ball
Eequest the Honor of Your
Presence
At the Formal Opening of
The Katherine Hanes
Fashion Shoppe
May Twenty-Eighth,
Nineteen Thirty-Seven
Informal,
8 o’clock
Memorial Hall
Are you planning your summer
wardrobe? Well, come to the Home
Eo. fashion show, May 28th, at 8
o’clock in Memorial Hall.
Salem’s Homo Economics girls will
model-evening dresses of the new
block print linens, seersuckers, chin
tzes, taffetas, and organdies, street
dresses of taffeta, cotton prints, and
celanese; cotton culottes —' in fact,
clothes for every occasion.
Cordelia Lowry will model a Riding
Habit she made, and Ginger Piper
will model a dress made from a pat
tern which she copied from “Har-
nera "Rn^nflr 1
LIGHTEE
Cornelia Otis Skinner:
“Excuse It, Please.”
Kenneth Graham:
“Dream Days.”
“The Golden Age.”
Clarence Day:
“Life with Father.”
The Abbe Children;
“Around the World in 11 Years.”
A. A. Milme:
“Winnie the Pooh.”
“The House at Pooh Corner.”
DEAMA AND POETRY
Rostand:
“Cyrano de Bergerac.”
Yeats;
“The Land of Heart’s Desire.”
“The Countess Cathleen.”
Maeterlinck:
“The Blind.”
‘ ‘ The Intruder. ’ ’
And all the restl
Millay;
“The King’s Henchman.”
Andrcgeo:
“The Life of Man.”
IBsen;
“Peer Gynt.”
‘ ‘ Ghosts. ’ ’
“The Wild Duck.”
“A Doll’s House.”
All of Milton’s:
‘' Paradise Lost. ’ ’
All of Shelley’s:
“Prometheus Unbound.”
All of Chaucer’s:
“Canterbury Tales.”
Robinson:
‘ ‘ Tristram. ’ ’
All of Byron’s:
“Don Juan.’ ’