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VOL; XVIII.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1937.
Number 12.
GLEE CLUB GIVES
BEAUTiFDL PROGRAM
Large Audience At Meeting
Of Music Club
The Salem College Glee Club, un
der the direction of Mr. Clifford
Bair, presented a very beautiful and
impressive Christinas musiclogue at
the meeting of the Thursday Morn
ing Music Club, December 9. The
unusual and successful program was
as follows:
In the Ancient Mode
“O Domine Jesu”
(Brumel d. 1495)
O Lord Jesus, hear our prayers;
Good Shepherds save Thy Erring
Sheep.
“Quem Vidistis Pastores?
Dering d. 1630
Tell us. Shepherds, have you seen
the Child? Heard you the Heaven
ly Host singing praise to God and
Allelulia.
How Far Is It To Bethlehem
Donovan
Gold we have not, only love for
the King. We, too, would greet
him and our homage bring.
Thus, Then, the Law Bach
In Christ has the law been reveal
ed. And lie shall save us from
pain and error.
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Harp Interlude — Ann Nisbet
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The Christmas Story In The
Modern Mode
Listen to the Lambs Dett
O Holy Night Adam
Subsidence Williams
Jesu Mambino Yon
>jQ0l Dickinson
The Choral Ensemble is composed
of Willena Couch, president; Mil
dred Minter, Secretary-Treasurer;
Helen Savage, accompanist; Mr.
Cliffored Bair, conductor.
CHORAL ENSEMBLE
PRESENTS PROGRAM
Christmas Program Directed
By Mr. Clifford Bair
Last Monday evening, December
6, the Salem Choral Ensemble under
the very efficient direction of Mr.
Clifford Bair, presented a yuletide
program of music and mime. The
formal part of the program consisted
of religious numbers in both ancient
and modern modes. Dickinson’s
‘ ‘ Noel ’ ’ was a fiiting and impressive
climax to the part. After a Christ
mas sing and an orchestra number,
the singing angels emerge aa farmers
and their wives, serving maids and
ballet dancers for the excerpt from
Von riotow’s opera Martha. The
principal characters w'ere taken by
Misses Harriette Taylor, Kathryn
Swain, Jean Davis, Lucille Davis,
and Frances Watlington and Ken
neth Bryant, Brooks Bynum, James
Blair, Francis Grunert, and Jack
Madrey.
MRS. MILNER SPEAKS TO
PSYCHOLOGY CLUB
Thursday night in the recreation
room of Louisa Wilson Bitting
Building, the Psychology Club held
ita third meeting of the year. Jose
phine Gibson, president of the club,
called the meeting to order and in
troduced the speaker, Mrs. Clyde
Milne-r.
Mrs. Milner, a member of the psy
chology department of Guilford Col
lege, spoke on “Psychology — Its
Use in Vocational Choice.”
Many psychology members and
guests attended the lecture.
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The Arden Farm Store
The Arden Farm Store, located as'
it is on historic Salem Square, is more
the revival of an entertaining insti
tution than a purely commercial es
tablishment in the generally accept
ed sense.
From the very earliest days in
Salem, the west side of the Square
was the site of local commerce and
industry. Here was located the Com
munity Store, which from 1856 was
the trading center for the entire sec
tion, bringing to the settlers in what
was still backwoods counry, the com
modities they would not otherwise
have had. Wares from Europe, land
ed at Fayetteville and were trans
ported by wagon over the old Plank
Koad to Salem, were ranged side by
side on the shelves with the handi
work of local citizens.
It is appropriate that the Arden
Farm Store should serve, in one of
the restored old buildings, as an out
let for native arts and crafts — a
'leal folk — art center — and for
the type of pure table delicacies and
fresh farm products that made the
South famous for its cooking.
The Arden Farm Store has assem
bled rugs and other products made
Tjy the North Carolina mountaineers
in their picturesque mountain homes;
pottery from the famous Sandhills
artizans; unusual novelties of a su
perior but not expensive type; good
things to eat from a large, well-
stocked farm. A few of these are:
jams and jellies made from fresh
fruits and berries that ripen in the
nearby farm orchards and fields;
genuine .«ourwood honey; ham and
bacon from Tamworth hogs; fish, milk
and heavy cream; fresh vegetables;
and poultry and eggs.
You will find both Arden Farm
and Arden F’arm Store interesting
places to visit and you will always
be w'elcomc.
MUSIC NEWS
GLEE CLUB PKOGRAM GIVEN
IN CHAKLOTTE
Fifty members of the Choral En
semble accompanied by Mr. Clifford
Bair, Miss Virginia Thompson, Miss
Margaret McLean and Mrs. John
Creech, presented a Christmas fes
tival of music at the Myers Park
Presbyterian Church, December 5.
They sang over station WBT from
1:45 to 2:15. While in Charlotte,
the Ensemble members were the
guests of the Music Club and the
Charlotte Branch of alem Alumnae
who entertained them at a buffet
supper in the recreation room of the
church.
ORGAN GUILD AT SALEM
On Tuesday, December 7, the
North Carolina Organ Guild had din
ner at Salem, and then attended the
second performance of the Buxte
hude Cantata.
TOWN HALL OFFERS AWARD
Walter W. Naumberg, Chairman
of the Town Hall Music Committee,
announces an annual award, avail
able to gifted young musicians who
appear at Town Hall during the mus
ic season. The award, suggested by
Kenneth Klein, manager of Town
Hall, will consist of an appearance
on the Town Hall Endowment Series
for 1938-39, and will be given to the
young artist giving the “most out
standing performance” of this sea
son.
The candidate, vocalist or instru
mentalist, must be under 30 years
of age, and must apper in a Town
Hall recital before June 30 of the
following year. At least one work
on the Endowment Series program
played by the winner must be by
an American composer. The com
mittee will reserve the right to with
hold the award if no talent is found
worthy. If two worthy talents are
discovered, they will appear in joint
recital on the Endowment Series.
The award paid to the winner will
not be less than $200.
Members of the Town Hall com
mittee, sponsors of the award, are
Mr. Nauinburg, Mrs. Harry W.
Chase, Mrs. Hermes Fontaine, Mrs.
Leonard Hill, Mrs. Harold Millijan,
Mrs: I. C. iluscherheim, Mrs. Authur
Reis, Mrs. Frederick Steinway, Mrs.
Theodore Steinway, Olga Samaroff
Stokowski, and William Ziegler, Jr.
YEHUDI MENUHIN RECITAL
CARNEGIE HALL
Of unusual interest to the musical
world was the first American perfor
mance of Robert Schumann ’g ‘ ‘ Con
certo in D minor,” last opus, by Ye
hudi Menhuin, violinist, at Carnegie
Hall, Monday evening, December 6.
The concerto, which publications and
magazines erroneously called “lost”
violin concerto in D minor of Schu
mann, remained unpublished until
very recently, because the violiist
Joachim, for whom it was written in
1853, refused to perform it, and di
rected in his will that the score
should not be published until 100
years after Schumann’s death. Pub
lication would have been in 1956.
Yehudi Menuhin, who was known
as the boy prodigy when he first ap-
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JUNIORS TO SPONSOR
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS
PARTY
Seniors Elagerly Await
Occasion
On Wednesday evening, December
15 the traditional Salem Christmas
Party will be given.
Every year the Junior Class has
given this party with the help of the
rest of the students honoring the
senior class. It has become one of
the high lights of the Christmas
season at Salem to which every one
looks forward.
There is always a delicious ban
quet which thanks to Miss Stockton,
is exactly what a Christmas banquet
should be with beautiful decorations
and good food.
The program of the party for this
year is not known yet, of course,
but in previous years it has meant
a lot of fun for all, including Dr.
Rondthaler who was always cracking
at Santa. Santa, alias Dean Vardell,
was not above making cracks either
not only at Dr. Rondthaler but also
at the seniors. He always knew
which seniors had been good little
girls and which had not. He did not
keep his knowledge to himself either.
Of course Dean Vardell can not be
here this year, but he has left a very
able assistant behind him, it’s rum
ored.
And so Wednesday night, the tra
dition will be carried on.
MISS EUIE BUTNER,
MAKER OF CANDLES
Has Been Making Christmas
Candies For the Past
Seventeen Years
One of the most beautiful and
most appealing traditions of the Mo
ravian church is that of the bees
wax Christmas candles. The candles
for about fifteen Moravian churches
in this vicinity are made just across
Salem Square from our college.
Miss Ellie Butner, whose mother was
from Salem and whose father was
from Bethabara, has always lived in
Salem. Seventeen years ago she
moved to the Sisters’ House, and
ever since then she has been making
Christmas candles in a basement
rooni there. Prior to that time Mrs.
Flossie Stockton had made the can
dles and she started Miss Ellie and
Mrs. Louis Smith doing it. Mrs.
Stockton, a;ccording to Miss Ellie,
was the grandmother of Salem’s two
Misses Stockton now, and Mrs.
Smith’s father was Salem’s presi
dent Grunert. Miss Ellie has two
living sisters and one brother; one
of her sister’s is Muriel Brietz’s
grandmother.
Candle-making was not new to
Miss Ellie when she came to the
Sister’s House because she had seen
her mother make candles for their
Christmas trees. Now Miss Ellie
makes over 8000 each year for the
past several years, and the number
increases each time. The Home
Church itself uses about 2000, and
fourteen other churches depend on
Miss Ellie for their supply. She be
gins each year on her work late in
September or early in October (as
soon as the weather is cold enough),
and she will finish next week on this
year’s work. So for about three and
a half months she makes approxi
mately 125 or 150 candles a day. She
starts about one o’clock in the aft
ernoon and works until five.
She gets her beeswax in small
quantities (totaling, though, about
200 pounds each year), from B.
Swartz’s store on North Main Street,
and he gets it from the bee raisers
around Winston-Salem. First, Miss
Ellie refines the wax by heating and
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DR. RONDTHALER
SPEAKS TO STUDENTS
IN EXPANDED CHAPE
Gives Traditional Reading
And Elxplanation of
Christmas Story
Wednesday morning at eleven
o’clock, the regular expanded chapel
was in charge of Dr. Rondthaler. In
accordance with a long standing tra
dition of the school, this chapel was
devoted to the reading of the Christ
mas story — the birth of Jesus as
told by Luke. Just before reading
the story. Dr. Rondthaler gave a
brief explanation of the writing and
sources of the account. Luke was
not an eye-witness to these events.
In the beginning of his book, he
states that he is telling the story as
it was told him by those who were
eye-witnesses. No doubt he heard
the account of the birth of Christ
from the lips of Mary. The influ
ence of the Aramaic dialect — that
which Mary spoke — is to be found
in the original of Luke’s Christmas
story. Mary herself heard the ac
count of what happened in the fields
from the shepherds and adding her
own story, told it to Luke, who
transcribed it.
In reading the story. Dr. Rond
thaler paused often to insert inter
esting and helpful explanation about
the choice of words, phrasing, and
the meaning of various parts. Where
the familiar King James version var
ies slightly from the original, he told
the meaning of the Greek work, in
that way making the story clearer.
Next week in expanded chapel Dr.
Rondthaler will continue the Christ
mas story with the account of the
visit of the Magi as told by Matthew.
SENIORS GO CAROLING
NEXT THURDAY
Christmas Carols Will Be
Sung According to
Tradition
Following a fine old tradition, on
next Thursday night Salem seniors
will don their caps and gowns, pol
ish up their bird-like voices, and,
candles in hand, fare forth to sing
Christmas carols for the community.
The carolers will meet at Alice Clew-
ell Building at seven o’clock and
will sing first at Salem Home and
last at Dr. Rondthaler’s. The rest
of the route has not yet been plan
ned, but will include the homes of
trustees and friends of the college
living in Salem. Seniors are looking
forward to and hoping for a beau
tiful and not too frosty evening, and
frequent ‘ ‘ thowing out ’ ’ periods
with hot fires and coffee.
ORGANIST RECITAL
AT ST. PAUL’S
Opens Guild Meet
James Christian Pfohl, son of
Bishop and Mrs. Pfohl, and Thore
MacDonald, both graduates of the
University of Michigan and organ
ists on the faculty at Davidson Col
lege, presented a joint recital, Tues
day afternoon at 4:30 o’clock at
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. This
recital opened the convention of the
North Carolina branch of the organ
ists’ Guild. Mr. Pfohl is sub-dean.