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WINSTON-SALEM, N. C„ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1939.
Number 2.
Careers for Seniors
Offered by "Vogue”
New York, Sept. 25 — The fifth
Prix de Paris, Vogue’s annual cai'eer
contest for seniors in accredited col
leges throughout the country, was
announced today by Edna Woolman
Chase, editor of Vogue magazine.
“Our purpose in sponsoring the
Prix de Paris contest,’’ aaid Mrs.
Ohase, “is to discover college girls
with the ability to write and a flair
for fashion — and to open the door
to these young women who want a
career of feature writing, fashion
reporting, advertising, or merchand
ising. ’ ’
This year, Vogue’s Prix do Paris
contest offers eight awards — three
career prizes, including a special
Vanity Fair writing award, five cash
prizes, and Honourable Mentions.
First prize is one year’s employment
with Vogue, six months to be spent
in Vogue’s New York office, six
months in Paris, if world conditions
permit; otherwise, the full period of
one year will be spent in New York.
Second prize is six months’ em
ployment on the New York staff.
Third prize is a special Vanity I'air
award, of six months as a feature
writer on Vogue’s New York staff.
In addition, Vogue will purchase five
of the best thesis submitted. Hon
ourable Mentions will be awarded to
other outstanding contestants, and
\vinner9 of these awards will be put
in touch with firms throughout the
country who are interested in the
contestants. Of the 50 leading en
trants in the four previous contests,
.30 are today following fashion ca
reers, according to Mrs. Chase.
Last year over one thousand sen
iors from 251 colleges in if) states
entered the I'rix de Paris. First
prize winner was Klizabeth Farns
worth, of Memphis, Tennessee, a sen
ior lit Vassar College. Second prize
went to Martha Swigart, of Evans
ton, Illinois, a senior at North
western University. Other seniors
who received Honourable Afention
in the contest were: .June Fox, I'n;-
versity of California; Harriet Wile
and Theo Kiiborn, Smith College;
Julia Sewell, Agnes Scott College;
Alice Thomasen, Syracuse Univer
sity; Celia Sevarcid and Joanne Pier
son, University of Jlinnesota; (jlaylo
Johnson, University of Wisconsin;
and Anne Wilkin, Depauw Uni
versity.
Poland Is a
T ragedy
At Wednesday’s expanded chajMjl
Memorial Hall was filled to its ca
pacity when the students and facul
ty of S'alem College and academy,
many alumnae, and towns-peoi>le
came to hear a summary of the sit
uation in Poland, by Dr. Francis An-
scombe, head of the History depart
ment.
Poland is a plain between Kussia
and Germany — on the German side
there are 600 miles of open frontier,
on the Russian side there are 800
miles of open country. There is no
natural frontier, except the Carpa
thian mountains on the southern
border.
Poland is an old country, marked
with a thousand years history of
struggle. It is a country with little
internal unity because the popula
tion is made up of several races of
people.
It is mainly because of its natural
resources that Poland is such a prey
for exploiters. It is rich in live
stock, cereals, timber-land, minerala,
and chemicals. It is in Selecia that
tho world’s greatest chemical de
posits are found. Because of its
richness, Poland has been a powerful
nation. It reached its zenith in the
16th and 17th century; but since then
it has become weak, because it ha*
been “the laboratory of democrat-
io experiment.’’ It was the first de-
PHELPS TO SPEAK
AT SALEM TONIGHT
The Salem College I^ecture Scries
has always been very good, and the
speakers have been men or women
of great aoeomplLshments. Hut this
year, especially, the l.-ecturc Scries
will start off on a new high, when
our first lecturer will bo Dr. William
Lyon I’helps, Professor Kmerltus of
Yale. This man of extraordinary
personality, will be Salem’s guest
tonight at 8:30 o’clock.
In 1883 William Lyon Phelps en
tered Yale, intending to study law
In jn'eparation for a politi;al career,
but ho became intorest(!l in litera
ture and for over 40 years was in
disputably tho most popular teacher
Vale has ever had. In the English
Department there, he injected into
his students his own passion for the
secret joys of good literature. He
brought into the classroom the per
verse charm of the theater, and liis
enthusiasm delights his audiences.
“Uncle Billy,” as this retired Yale
professor is called by all his stu
dents, was born in New Haven, Con
necticut, in 1865. He was the young
est of five children, son of a Baptist
pastor. He began scliool wlien he
was three and was class orator when
he graduated from high school in
Hartford in 1883. At Yale he edited
the “Lit,” made Phi Beta Kappa
and the baseball team. He received
his B. A. at Yale in 1887, and his
M. A. at Harvard and his Ph.D. at
Yalo in the same year — 1891.
Dr. Phelp’s two major courses at
Yale “Tennyson and Browning” and
“Contemporary Drama” — used to
draw the heaviest enrollment of any
non-compulsory courses on the cur-
l ieuhim, beeauso his classes were ex
tremely interesting. There was na
tional comment when he invited his
friend (jonc Tunney, ex-heavyweight
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WILLIAM LYON PHELPS
First lecturer on the Salem College
scries for this year, will speak in
Rfemorial Hall jSuditorium at 8:30
tonight.
I. R. S. SPONSORS
FASHION SHOW
Thursday night in the living room
of Louisa Wilson Bitting Building,
the I. R. S. Council sponsored a
fashion show, featuring this sea
son’s interpretations of the new style
trends from “The Ide:il.”
Salem girls modeled g;iy campus
outfits, smart afternoon frocks, reef
ers and fur coats and enchanting
evening and dinner gowns and wraps.'
The models wore: Louisa Sloan,
Katharine King, Nell Kerns, Lilly
Sutton F\irrell Lucille I’aton,
Martha Alexander, Ann Hughson,
Phyllis rinkston.
EPISCOPAL
BREAKFAST FOR
SALEMITES
Episcopal students of Salem Col
lege and Academy are looking for
ward to S'unday, October 1. At seven-
thirty that morning SUint Paul’s
Parish is having a corporate com
munion service for Salem girls, fol
lowed by a breakfast given by St.
Anne’s Circle of the Church Service
League. After breakfast the guests
may attend the Church School and
become bettor acquainted with tho
people of St. Paul’s.
COLLEEN MOORE’S
DOLL HOUSE — A
DREAM COME TRUE
If you haven’t seen Colleen
Moore’s Doll House, you still have
time. Tho exhibition of tliis mo-
chan'.cal marvel is sjKnisorcd by the
Altrusa Club to aid the eiiucational
program of girls and to assist the
night school with its ad'ilt educa
tional jrrograni.
The house itsiilf is nine foot
square, thirteen feet high, and
the furnishings arc complete in
every detail. Every piece of furni
ture is scaled on the basis of an inch
to a foot. The tiny o.bjccts of fur
nishings number about two thousand.
There are many rare objects colleot-
ed from various countries, such as:
a chandelier of diamonds and crys
tals, a golden organ, a minature col
lection of books by prominent au
thors, and many rare jewels. The
house has electricity, the bulbs be
ing the size of a grain of wheat. It
can also boast of running water.
Piny paintings, floors inlaid with gold
and silver, jade and gold bathrooms,
and rare woods aid in giving this
Doll House the air of a palace.
Perhaps the Doll House is so com
plete because of the time, energy,
and the imagination poured into it.S'
bu'.lding. Whatever the reason it is
one little girl’s dream which becamo
a reality.
SCORPIONS “STING” THREE
The three Salemites chosen members of tho college’s very exclusive Scorpion Club this week are shown
above, left to right, Sarah Burrell, of Norfolk, Va.; Klizabeth Norfleet, of Roxebcl, N. C.; aBd Helen
S'avage, of Wilmington.
Three Salem seniors were ‘ ‘ stung ’ ’
Tuesday morning by the Order of the
Scorpion, college organization that
has an exceedingly restricted mem-
l)cr.ship and is limited to persons
who have gained outstanding recog
nition for their leadership, service,
and character.
Officers and activities of the or
der are kept a secret. Only twice
a year is public reference made to
the organization, and that is on the
d^ when now members are
“stung” and wear their arm bands.
Theso are cho.sen at the beginning
of each semester. The three initi
atos of tliis week bring the mem
bership of the organization to thir
teen.
“The betterment of Salem Col
lege” is the announced purpose of
the Scorpions.
I
Frances Cole To Be
Married Next Week
Frances Cole, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E. A. Oole of Charlotte and
Salem graduate of 1938, has an
nounced the plans for her wedding
to Benjamin Bradley Culp, to be
solemnized at 8 o’clock Saturday
evening, October 7, at Hawthorne
Lane Methodist Church.
Tho Rev. E. O. Cole, I-Vances’
uncle, will perform the ceremony, in
Charlotte.
Maid-of-honor will bo Emily Cole,
the bride’s sister. Matrons-of-honor
win be another sister, Mrs. Keuben
Hatcher, and Mrs. Charles F. Daniel
of Salisbury, sister of tlie bride
groom. Bridesmaids will be Mrs.
James Mullen (Susan Calder) of
Gastonia, Margaret Briggs of High
Point, Marianna Redding of Ashe-
boro, and Leila Williams of Wilm
ington. Mr. Cole will give his daugh
ter in marriage.
Frances is the most thrilled bride-
elect of the week, for she has just
found out that her uncle and aunt,
ilr. and Mrs. E. AI. Cole, have pick
ed out a new car as a wedding gift
for her and Ben.
The cake-cutting will be held at
tho Hatcher home after the rehearsaj*'
on }->iday night, and the Coles will
entertain at a reception at their
home immdiately after the ceremony,
for the wedding party, relatives, and
out-of-town guests.
niocracy in Europe excluding Greece.
Because it went to the extreme in
experiments, feudali.sm developed,
and every person gradually came to
be of the nobility. Poland was filled
with poverty-stricken nobles \yith
rusty swords, the mark of distinc
tion, hanging at their heels. The
Diet, made up of two houses, was
weak. Under such conditions, there
fore, Poland declined. In 1772 be
gan the great dismemberment. Rus
sia, Prussia, and Austria all took
a part in the partitioning, and by
1795 Poland had disappeared from
the map of Europe.
Germany developed her part of
Poland with German genius. This
cannot be said of Austrian-Poland
WATCH THE
UBRARY
WEEK-END SHELF
For Books To Read
Over Sunday
or of Russian-Poland.
Here Dr. Anscombe paused to say
that he was not pleading a cause or
defending Germany, but stating the
facte as he believed them to be true.
In the restoration of Poland after
the World War, Danzig was made
into an independent state to be su
pervised by the League of Nations.
It is a rich city, and 96 per cent of
the people are German. Therefore
there was definite reaction in Ger
many aftor its restoration.
The fall of Poland after only three
weeks of fighting is incredible. The
world was shocked when Russia and
Germany came to terms, because
Britain and Russia had long been ne
gotiating. Probably Britain and
France would never have guaranteed
to stand by Poland,' had they fore
seen this move.
“Is Russia fighting for herselff”
Dr. Anscombe asked. “Is she trying
to head off Germany V Will she take
three fifths of Poland and Germany
take two-fifths — the part that she
lostt It seems bo.’>
Mj^McLEANlENTER-
TAINSAT JUNIOR PARTY
Wednesday afternoon at 5 o ’clock,
Miss McLean (“Bushy”), sponsor
of the Junior Class, entertained the
Juniors with a farewell party, since
she is leaving Salem. Fifty-five
giri.s received invitations which were
in tho form of treasure chests with
verses inside inviting tho guests to
seek the treasure on Wednesday.
The entertainment consisted of a
treasure hunt with clues planted
.‘ibout the c.*im[)us. Tlie girls went
out, in four groups, to look for the
buried trea.surc. All were surprised
and delighted to discover that the
treasure was a weiner roast, which
was held at the fire-place on the
(Vcademy hill.
Rondthalers
Entertain At
Reception
In order that faculty members and
now students might meet each other
formally. Dr. and Mrs. Howard
Rondthaler entertained at a recep-
(ion at their home on the campus
last Thursday evening from seven
till nine o’clock.
Fall flowers were used in decora
tion throughout the house.
Guests were greeted and presented
to the receiving line by Miss Grace
Lawrence and Miss Sarah Turling
ton. Receiving were Dr. and Mrs.
Rondthaler, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Var-
dell, Mrs. Elizabeth 0; Meinung,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Higgins, Dr.
Pearl V. Willoughby, Miss Marian
Blair, Miss Grace Siewers, Miss Eva-
bolle Covington, Dr. and Mrs. Fran
cis Anscombe, Dr. Minnie J. Smith,
Miss Minnie Atkinson, Dr. Lucy L.
Wenhold, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Curlee,
Noble R. McEwen, Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford Bair, Miss Hazel Horton
Read, and Miss Mayme Porter.
In the living room were Dr. and
Mrs. Fred Pfohl, Miss Ruby May
nard, Edward M. Holder, Dr. and
Mrs. John Downs, Miss Jess Byrd,
Miss Ivy Hixson, Miss Carrie Ma«
Stockton, Roy Campbell, Miss Mar
jorie Knox, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Lynn Ogburn, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Guthrie, Miss
Mary Prances Cash, and Miss
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