April 21, 1930
M I T
Twelve
Precede
Gram ley
by Jane Watson
It is no surprise that Dr. Gram-
le\ came all the way from Pennsyl
vania to assume the new respon
sibility of Salem College president.
The way had already been paved
|)v four former presidents from
Pennsylvania: Abraham G. Steiner,
Charles A. Bleck, Benjamin G. Rei-
chel and Edward Rondthaler. Mr.
Steiner came from Bethlehem where
he taught in the Moravian Boys’
Day School. Before coming to
Salem as the second president he
made several missionary trips
among the Indians, his special in
terest. Mr. Steiner was the first
president to live in the newly con
structed president’s house.
Benjamin G. Reichel followed Mr.
Steiner as third president, or prin
cipal as they were then called.
During the early part of his ad
ministration, Salem enjoyed great
prosperity, but a period of severe
depression followed. Mr. Reichel
introduced several new courses of
study for which he taught and
tr.iined the teachers himself.
Charles A. Bleck, the fifth prin
cipal instituted a select or advanced
school to provide for higher edu
cation at Salem. Before his arrival
here he left his home in Lebanon
to organize a Moravian settlement
and congregation in the Camden
\Elley, N. Y.
Th.e other Pennsylvania presi
dent, Edward Rondthaler, was born
in Schoeneck, An orphan at an
early age, he went to Europe where
he made several walking trips and
studied at a foreign university. In
1884 he came to Salem as its tenth
principal. When he arrived, clas
ses were being held in the living
quarters. He separated them and
introduced the alcove system which
provided a separate, curtained nook
for each girl. Along with the al
coves, he instituted cozy study par
lors with easy chairs, lace curtains
and pictures. While he was presi
dent, he taught the Bible classes.
Four of Salem’s thirteen presi
dents; Samuel G. Kramsch, John
C. Jacobson, Ma.ximilian E. Gru-
nert and Theophilus Zorn; were
horn in other countries. In 1802
Reverend Kramsch left his church
in Hope, N. C. to become the first
princij)al of Salem Female Aca
demy. When he arrived in old
balem, he found school being held
in the Moravian congregation
(Continued on page four)
Page Seven
Petit Point
Progresses
To Politics
Pictured above is the artists sketch of the new $200,000 science buiiding^ that is now being constructed on
Salem campus. The cornerstone for the building will be laid tomorrow, April 22. Bishop Rondthaler,
former President of Salem v/ill make an address at tb is time. (The sketch of the building is by Margaret
Raynal.)
Amoebas, Velocity, Cook Books, H2S04
Soon To Go Through New Fmnt Door
by Polly Hartle
Tlie only science courses offered
at Salem College before 1917 were
sewing, embroidery and cooking.
In J917 a general labo.rator\- for
chemistry and physics with facili
ties for 35 students was established
on the first floor of Park Hall,
which had a’ poor sv'stem of venti
lation and was heated by a furnace
and individual cook stoves for each
room. The infirmary was located
on the second floor.
Little expansion was made be
fore 1920, during which organic
chemistry, zoology and embryology
were added, and a degree in do
mestic science was offered. 1922
brought Mr. Charles Higgins and
the addition of four new courses
to the department. Mr. Campbell
came in 1924, and by 1925 the de
partment had four instructors and
a student assistant. By this time,
a degree in pure science was of
fered, the infirmary was moved,
and expansion plans were in pro
gress. An interesting paragraph in
the 1925 catalogue states that no
credit was to be given for science
courses pursued, unless the student’
candidate for a BS. could satis-
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factorily pass an examination in
math given by the science instruc
tors. A seminar in Chemistry was
required for all Seniors. This
seminar met once a week, and a
thesis was required for graduation.
By 1930 Salem College was called
a school of Arts and Sciences.
Within the next few years the'de
partment increased to include five
'faculty members, a m u s e u m, a
library, extra qualitative and quan
titative laboratories, such courses
as: Microscopic technique, Physio
logical Chemistry,. Biochemistry,
Nature Study and Geograplnq and
the breakage fee increased from
$2.50 to $5.00.
The building itself underwent
many improvements. A stock room
was .added with a private lab at
the back. Radiators replaced the
old cook stoves. A basement was
added for storage and a workshop
'vas built. A weighing ■ room was
established on the first floor, and
a well-equipped dark room was
placed on the third floor where
room was made for bacteriology
and microscopic technique labora
tories, Mechanical blowers and a
compressed air system were in
stalled.
There is an appro.ximated $100,-
000 value placed on the equipment
•hat is now in Rark Hall. This
includes over $5,000.00 of micro
scopes and many modern pieces of
apparatus. Th'e equipment value
has doubled since 1920 and the
excellence of the present collection
exceeds that of most small Col
leges. At present the department
offers degrees in both chemistry
;md biology and such supplemen
tary courses as physics, physiology,
advanced chemistries and house
hold sciences. The department also
gives a laboratory technician train
ing course with extensions at the
Bo\vman Gra}' School of Medicine.
The geography courses have been
recently placed under the Educa
tion department.
Road To Salem
(Continued from page two)
gives the reader a clear and in-
teresing understanding of how this
community came to be and
established here, at Salem.
by Sis Pooser
When the prospective Salem stu
dent opens her 1950 Catalogue, she
will be confronted with such things
as: Pol. Phil. (i.e. Compara. Gov.),
Eng. Comp. (i.e. 3 easy hours.),
'Intro, to Theatre (i.e. movie stars
parade). Thus she can scan sev
eral pages and see which of Salem’s
courses will best assist her indivi
dual development.
Not so with the young miss who
entered Salem in 1854—the first
catalogue was published this year,
but no mention was made of cur
riculum.
In 1857, however, the catalogue
states iti addition to board and
laundry, the $35 fee includes tui
tion with instruction in the three
R’s, grammar, history, geography,
composition, natural philosophy,
chemistry and botail}', algebra,
plain needlework and Latin. A
slight additional fee would purchase
such cultural advantages as guitar,
melodion, and ornamental needle
work—a curriculum designed to
prepare young ladies “for the sober
duties and solid realities of life.”
Since the school term extended
from the latter part of July to the
first of June, there was plenty of
time to devote to this expanded
curriculum.
We see the beginnings of physi
cal education in the opening of the
Pleasure Grounds in 1858, “for fun
and frolic' as well as for wholesome
exercise.” By 1900 this department
was firmly established and the
catalogue sternly proclaimed that
“E-xperience has abundantly shown
that those who are most adverse
to physical exercise are' precisely
those who need it most. It is ob
viously out of the question that
was mere capric.p should dictate in a
^ (Continued on page five)
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DANCE TIME
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SARA ANN SLAWTER ,
Ihe Salem College 'School of
■Music presented Geraldine Brown,
organist, and Sara Ann Slawter,
soprano, in a graduating recital Fri
day evening, April 14 at 8 :30 o’clock
in Memorial Hall. They were as
sisted by Nell Folger Glenn, ac
companist, Carolyn Lovelace, flut
ist, and Hazel Newman Slawter,
harpist.
Geraldine, who wore a white or
gandy formal with short sleeves,
boat neckline, and a taffeta sash
'vhich tied in a large bow in back.
mM
GERALDINE BROWN
pie orchids.
She played:
Te Deum, XV Century
Chorale and Variation
Richard T. Gore
Choconne Louis Cauperin
Two Chorale Preludes _ --
Alle Menschen Mussen Sterben
. Bach
Jesu, Merne Frende
Prelude and Fugue m G Major
Bach
Fantasia in C Major, Op. 15,
No. 1 SjogretL
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