THANK YOU
MRS. STRONG
THANK YOU
MRS. STRONG
Z 541
VOL. XXI.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1940.
Number 3.
SALEM: FOUNDED 1772
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169 YEARS SC CHANGES
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' STANDING AT THE PORTALS
DORMITORY LIFE
In 1885 the leading idea of
Salem College was that of the fam
ily relation. For this purpose the
girls were grouped in room com
panies or families of twelve or
fourteen girls. These room com
panies were under the careful sup
ervision of two teachers.
Each girl had her bed with a
neat rug in front of it, her trunk
and belongings enclosed by light
curtains which she could throw
back at any time. The washing ar
rangements were in close connec
tion with the alcoves, but a girl
could not take a bath all-over but
once a week.
At 6:30 A. M. the rising bell
sounded and by 7:15 the girls were
required to be in the study parlor
ready for devotionals. After devo-
tionals the girls went back and
made their bods. The day was over
at 10:00 P. M. when the lights
were turned off. Silence reigned
until 6:30 A. M. the next morning.
SCIENCE
More than twenty years ago a
little dwelling house on Church
Street was moved to a new foun
dation. Henceforth to be known as
Park Hall, Home of the Science
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TOWN ALUMNAE
MEET TONIGHT
Tonight the Winston-Salem alum
nae association will hold its annual
meeting at eight o’clock in the
Old Chapel. Dr. Eondthaler will
greet the members at the begin
ning of the program, after which
the choral ensemble will give some
exerpts from the opera which was
presented in Asheville this summer.
Mr. Brant Snavely is to be the
speaker for the evening. An invi
tation to attend the cornerstone
laying on Founders’ Day will be
issued by Mrs. Rondthaler. After
the meeting refreshments will be
served. Mrs. Courtney Mansy presi-
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SALEM’S
PRESBYTERIANS
ENTERTAINED
In accordance with its annual
custom, the First Presbyterian
Church gave a dinner on Tuesday
night, October 1, for the Presby
terian girls and faculty of Salem
College and Academy. Dr. and Mrs.
Rondthaler were guests of honor.
Robert Gorrell was the toastmaster
for the occasion and Dr. Cunning-
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CHANGE HAS
MARCHED WITH
FATHER TIME
Times are not what they used to
be at Salem. This modern age leads
us on, and we have almost forgot
ten how it was back in 1927 when
we had no May Day. Imagine a
time when beauties had no cause
to primp and scheme for the major
spring even! Also in the year ’27
Armistice Day was a holiday; long
since done away with.
The crash of ’29 came when the
Carolina Theatre was approved for
Salem students, and the college
found it necessary to employ a
traveling field secretary.
1930 should be termed “Day
Student” era for it was that year
that saw students transferred to
larger quarters that boasted of
showers and dressing rooms, a tele
phone and a large dictionary. The
boarders gained a point that year
too when breakfasts became op
tional and were served cafeteria
style.
Time marched on to 1935, when
a drinking fountain was placed on
an improved athletic field and bet
ter tennis courts were provided for
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CELEBRATION TO BE
HELD OCTOBER 7TH
On Monday the students, faculty,
alumnae and trustees of Salem Col
lege and Academy will gather at
the site of Salem College’s new
dining hall to witness and cele
brate the laying of the cornerstone
of this building. Following the lay
ing of the cornerstone the student
council will entertain the students
with a game frolic. At six-thirty
the seniors are giving an informal
dinner in honor of the trustees and
alumnae. Coffee will be served to
these guests after the dinner. As
a final part of the celebration the
seniors are presenting a skit in the
Old Chapel for th« trustees, alum
nae, and the students.
The skit which will give a
glimpse of the history of the din
ing room, is being written and pro
duced by Lee Rice, costumed Kath
arine King, and set by Mary Ann
Paschal. The cast will be made up
of members of the senior class.
Next Thursday night at 6:30
the Home Moravian Church will
entertain its associate members
in the college at dinner as was
announced by Mr. and Mrs. Jen
sen, guests on the campus last
night.
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Salem College Campus includes
sixteen buildings located in an
area of fity-six and ono-half acres.
The Hattie M. Str/^ng building will
again carry forward the tile roof
and arched windows of earlier
structures and will be in complete
harmony with and fidelity to the
established Salem tradition.
In 1771 the first building to be
called the Congregation House was
begun and completed by 1772. For
one generation it housed the school
and church under a single roof. The
Congregation House no longer
stands but was replaced in 1854 by
the building known as Main Hall.
Main Hall, therefore, has two cor
nerstones, one 1770 and one 1854,
representing the oldest and to this
day largest building upon the cam
pus. The Congregation House has
since been reproduced on the cam
pus in Louisa Bitting building
which houses seniors.
The cornerstone was laid for the
second building October 6, 1803.
South Hall, as it is called, was
erected in stages through a period
of one generation as the school
grew from year to year. It contains
classrooms, the dormitory and orig
inal dining room.
The year 1785 saw the erection
of the Sister’s House which re
mains unchanged to this day and is
one of the most beloved buildings
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