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VOL. XIX.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1939.
Number 14.
SALEM LIBRARY
IS A YEAR OLD
Celebrates Birthday With
Party
Tlie library has had a birthday
party! On Tuesday night, January
HI, tlie li))rary celebrated its first
birthday by giving Salem a party.
Exactly ^ year before, the last book
had been moved into the new build-
ing.
Miss Grace Siewers, who acted as
mistress of ceremonies, introduced
Miss Ida Wilkinson, the honor guest.
Aliss Wilkinson, a Salem alumna,
read poetry of her own selections to
the group gathered in celebration
of the library’s birthday. The poems
which Miss Wilkinson interpreted
ranged from Shelley’s works to those
of Longfellow. ^
At the close of the poetry se
lections tlie presidents of the var
ious classes and organizations
throughout the college presented
their birthday gifts of checks and
books to tlie library. There were
also several individual gifts of books
and magazines. Miss Siewers accept
ed the presents for the lilirary, tlien
invited everyone to have refresh
ments ill the assembly room.
The lovely cake with one candle
on it was cut and served with fruit
punch. There were those who passed
their j)lates back for more as they
heartily exclaimed with the others,
“Many moie happy Inrthdays, li-
brarvl'”
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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SENIORS HOSTESS
AT MARDl GRAS
Carnival Queen Will Be
Crowned Saturday Night,
February 18th
Saturday, February 38 is Make
Believe Night at Salem. On this
Xi^ht the Seniors will transport the
glory of the Xew Orleans Mardi
Gras to Salem and tlie gymnasium
will become a rendezvous of ghosts
and wraiths of a romantic past. This
is the time for one last glorious cele
bration over which to reflect hap-
j)ily during the more sober days of
Lent. There will be gay music for
those w'ho want to dance amid the
jirofusiou of colorful decorations.
There will be games for those who
wish to enter into an exciting con
flict; for all ther'e will be the spirit
of the Mardi Gras which includes
careless abandonment of all cares
and worries.
Mysterious and glamorous will be
this celebration of the Mardi Gras.
Mysterious because who knows what
fair young men might lurk behind
tliose disguising masks, and glam
orous because who know’s what great
ladies of the past will dance to our
mu^ic that night — Marie Antoin
ette, Cleopatra, Jean D’Are, Mother
Goose and Pierrette. The excite-
nient of the celebration will reach its
peak in the crowning of the Queen
of the Carnival. Among the fair
ladies there is one who is destined
to be Queen for a night. Who will
she be?
All of Salem and its friends arc
invited to come to the Mardi Gras.
There is only one condition; all
sober thought and common sense
must be left at home. At the Mardi
Gras Joy and Frivolity are King
and Queen. If you join their court
the mind must be prepared to accept
all it sees, to accept illusion as truth
for one night. So if your head
aches from too much studying, come
on and lose your head with the
Seniors at the Mardi Gras.
Entfimeo to the Salem College Ijihrary whicli celebrated
its first birthday this week.
SALEM CELEBRATES
FOUNDERS’ DAY
Salem Founded One Hun
dred and Sixty-Seven
Years Ago
Today, Feliruiiry the Tliird, vSaloni
College agains celebrates its annual
Founders’ Day. Exactly one hun
dred and sixty-seven years ago this
school was founded, and eacli year
on this day, students and alumnae
and trustees join in rememl)ering and
honoring that day of very long ago.
Dr. liondthaler began the day
tliis morning with a short chapel-
talk on the beginning and signifi
cance of Founders’ Day. The sen
iors entertained the twenty-seven
trustees and their wives or husbands
at dinner in the college dining-room
tonight; and at eight o’clock the
trustees went up to the Old Chapel
to hold their annual meeting. Mrs.
Ralph Stockton, was the presiding
officer at that meeting which was
in the form of a musical program.
On the program were many former
Salemites who attended the School
of Music here, and the whole affair
was reminiscent of numerous musi
cal programs held in former years
in our recently redecorated Old
Chapel.
Last year on Founders’ Day,
Salem witnessed the preseu^tion of
its new library. The year before,
the new gymnasium was presented
on Founders Day; and in l!)3(i there
was an alumna reunion.
SENIORS HOSTESSES AT
FOUNDERS’ DAY
BANQUET
On Friday night the Seniors were
hostesses to the trustees and their
wives and hu.sbands at the annual
Founders’ Day Banquet. At six
o’clock, hors d ’oeuvres were served
to the trustees, the faculty and the
seniors in Main TTall and at six-
thirty dinner was served in the col
lege dining room. Evelyn McCarty,
president of the senior class, wel
comed the guests and Bishop Pfohl,
as chairman of the Board of Trus
tees, responded. During the dinner
Dr. Eondthaler introduced the trus
tees to the students.
SALEM ALUMNAE MEET
TONIGHT
Twelve Alumnae of School
of Music Give Program
On Friday evening at S o’clock
the Winston-Salem branch of the
Salem College .\lumnae Associution
held its meeting in the newly re-
-tored Old Chapel.
This w'as the annual meeting of
the chajiter and cau)e as the closing
feature of tlie celebration of Foun
ders’ Day. A concert given by
twelve local alumnae who are gradu
ates of the Salem (Allege School of
Music was the main attraction of
the evening.
The progr:im for the meeting was
as follows:
Duo, “Fnvilation to a Dance”
(Voti W'eber) by Francis D. Eainey
and I.ola D. Gary; solo, “The Spirit
Song” (Haydn), “Tlie Little Hills
.-\re Calling” (Morris), and “Lift
Thine Eyes” (Logan), by Mary
Mills; solo, “Will o’ the Wisp”
(Sjiross) by Millicent W. INfcKeith-
an; duo, “Chorale” (Bach) and
“Etude” (Chopin) by Besisie W.
Pfohl and Dorothy T. Davis. Solo,
“O Sleep W'hy Dost Thou l^eave
Me?” (Handel) and Birthday”
(Woodman), Agnes Dodson; quartet,
“Symjihonie Xo. 40” (Mozart),
Frances D. Kainey, Lola D. Gary,
.Maggie Mae T. Stockton and Vir
ginia W. Horton; solo, “Zueignung”
(Strauss) and “Do Xot Go, My
T.ove” (Hagenmn), Elizabeth T.
.Tensen; duo, “Siciliene” (Bach)
and “Turkish March” (Beethoven),
by Louise B. Haywood and I.ouise
C. Bow’en.
GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL
WILL'MEET’AT SALEM
Council Members from All
Over State To Be Present
The Girl Scout Council of Field
Institute w'ill hold a committee meet
ing here at the Girl Scout head
quarters on Thursday, February 9th.
Council members from Winston-
Salem, Asheville, Reidsville, Leaks-
ville, Greensboro, Ilight Point, Dur
ham and Raleigh, will be present for
the meeting. Mrs. Richard Stock-
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KIRSTEN FLAGSTAD
WILL SING IN Cin
Fourth Concert of Civic
Music Series
Kirsten Flagstad, renowned Nor
wegian soprano, regarded as the
greatest Wagnerian soprano in the
world, will give a concert in Win
ston-Salem, Saturday evening, Feb
ruary n, at the fourth concert in
the Civic Music Series.
Miss Flagstad learned the role
of Elsa in “Lohengrin” at the age
of ten for her own amusement and
made her debut at eighteen in
D’.Mbert’s “Tiefland.” Since then
she has sung thirty-eight grand
opera roles and thirty in ojK'rettas
and comic 0]>eras, in addition to song
recitals and appearances as an or
chestral soloist. Some of the ojieras
in which .she has sung are “Tosca, ”
“Carmen,” “Faust,” “Aida,’’ “La
Boheme,” “Pagliacci,” “Girl of the
Golden West,” “Orpheus,” “Der
Freischutz, ’ “Othello,” and the
Wagnerian roles.
ALUMNA TELLS OF
EUROPEANTRAYELS
Mrs. Lindsay Patterson
Speaks In Expanded
Chapel
Wednesday morning in expanded
chajiel, ilrs. Lindsay Patterson, be
loved alumna of Salem, took the stu
dents and faculty of Salem “arm
chair-traveling” through the parts
of Kuroj)e that she visited this sum
mer.
Mrs. Patterson cx])lained that
Americans should learn not what
people do, but why they do what
they do. “We want all the good will
and understanding possible in this
struggling world,” she declared.
“Be an American who stands for
freedom and understanding.” To
uiulerstand other people we should
(ind out what they think and believe
and put ourselves in their places and
understand why.
Mrs. Patterson first went to Ger
many. Here she was impressed by
the atnu)sphere of war in contrast
to the lovely German music. She is
convinced that Germany will be
saved from her warlike sjiirit b.y
music.
Seeking the German view-point,
Mrs. Patterson (juestioned all types
of German people as to their ojiin-
ion of the situation existing in that
country toda.v. In giving a picture
of Hitler through the eyes of the
Germans, she said that all but one
man she questioned \vere devoted to
Hitler because he has saved them
from the utter chaos and despair
caused by the World W'ar and the
Ti'eaty of Versailles.
Two things Mrs. Patterson likes
about Hitler is that Ivc loves birds
and flowers and that he thinks
“modern art is raving crazy.”
To give further understanding
Mrs. Patterson sketched the back
ground of Germany today, beginning
with the Treaty of Versailles and re
lating the Gernuin’s fight for their
country. “ Vou cannot destroy a
great nation,” .she claims. In com
paring Germany and France, Mrs.
F’atterson said that Germany is
grow'ing and France is dying and is
“scared stiff.”
When she left German.y Mrs. I’at-
terson felt as though she had been
in a “condemned chamber with a
bound nuin, who had a black mantle
over his head.”
N'ext Mrs. Patterson went to
Hungary where she found great bit
terness against America, because
when -\merica could have bought
kindness and understanding she
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FOUNDERS’ DAY
CHAPELraOGRAM
Dr. Rondthaler Is Guest
Speaker
Bach return of the anniversary
day of Salem College is celebrated
first in chapel under the auspices of
the Scorpions, who invite each year
a guest speaker.
This year, the Scorpions’ invita
tion was extended to President II. E.
Rondthaler, who in a fifteen-minute
cha])el talk, presented a portion of
the storv of Februarj' 3, 1772.
He said in part “The return of
our anniversary date, February r!,
reminds us that 1772 is one hundred
and si-vty-seven years ago. So great
an age is both a privilege and a
peril.
“The peril of extreme old age lies
in the too easy assuni|>tion that prior
ity of date and superiority of olfici-
ency are one and the same. This,
however, is not necessaril.v tru(>.
“Priority is a fixed matter and an
unalterable fact.
“February ;!, 1772 carries the
mind back into days earlier than the
Republic, days anti-dating, therefore,
the Revolutionary War, the Declara
tion of Independence, the Constitu
tion of the United States, the first
presidency, the very flag itself, not
to mention the currency and coinage
of our nation.
“Age alone commands attention
and carries responsibility.
“It is unbecoming of age to bo
boastful, to bo presumptuous, or in
tolerant.
“On the other hand, age carries
sanctions and inescapably connotes
a worth.v succession of years, else
that which age represents could not
of itself have survived.
“To the thoughtful mind, age rep
resents real responsibility and gen
uine oj)j)ortunity.
“Nowhere is this better phrased
than iTi the Word of God in the im
mortal challenge which opens the
twelfth chapter of Hebrew's.
“Seeing then that we are com
passed about with so great a cloud
of witnesses, let us run with pa
tience the race that is set before us.
“The picture of the year 1772 is
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ATHLETIC COUNCIL GIVES
MID-WINTER DANCES
Freddy Johnson’s Orchestra
To Play
The Athletic Council again comes
to the front among campus activities
and takes the lead in the first big
social event of the new semester.
And they are introducing something
new this time too — new, that is, to
all the underclassmen, for instead
of having just one dance, they are
to have also a, tea dance Saturday
afternoon to get everybody in pro|>er
spirits for the formal Saturday
night. The tea-dance starts at four-
thirty and lasts till six-thirt.v. Tlio
night dance begins at eight-thirty as
usual and is over at twelve. For the
tea dance the girls have agreed to
cooperate and pay a small ailmission
price for themselves and their dates.
Probably the most exciting part of
this coming week-end is the fact
that Freddy -Johnson’s orchestra has
been engaged to play for both the
dances. His band is well-known in
schools all over the state.
Mary Thomas is chairman of the
decorations committee, and will dec
orate the gym with snow flakes and
snow balls. King W'inter will rule
in all his glory in his “W’inter Won
derland.’ ’
Kverybody come, bring your dates,
and have a merry time!
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