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Page Four THE S A L E M I T E February 26, Edith Tesch Vaughn Prefers Physical Strain Of Alaska To Push - Buttons By Peggy Brown The Brothers’ House is certainly a deceiving name for the frame and brick building across the square, for many who live there are cer tainly not anyone’s brothers. Mon day I discovered there Edith Tesch Vaughn, the sister of our senior Sarah, the daughter of Dr. Gram- ley’s secretary, Mrs. Tesch, and the wife of Sam Vaughn, recently of Bethel, Alaska. Their two children, Denny, aged five, and Kay Lynn (“Casey”) were born there during the family’s five year term of mis sionary duty for the Moravian Church. Sam was pastor of a congregation of 200-250 which served a village of 1000, and in addition was chaplain of the DEW Air Force base a few miles outside of the village. The five entirely native churches sur rounding Bethel are served by .na tive pastors, but Sam was required to visit each one about four tirnes a year during his two-week trips by dog sled and snow plane. As if that weren’t enough, he also taught the native theological stu dents in their seminary! Like a true Salem alumna, Edith definitely did her part well. She told me her main duties were those of the household, but if that be so, she certainly fitted in a lot of “extra-curiicular activities”! She not only cooked and baked for church affairs, but was in charge of the youth activities of the church, an every day job. These four youth groups, the ladies aid sewing circle, and the two hours of Sunday School and Church es pecially for the children, kept her hopping. To these, as well as other func tions, the children accompanied her, just as the Eskimo children accom pany their parents. Edith says that they all found it convenient to adopt many other native customs in their daily life, and this was especially true of the children who had known no other home. The only time the Eskimo children have toys to play with is when they are at the mission, for their usual past- times involve simple things like drawing pictures in the snow with “story knives”, and playing make believe with things salvaged from the piles of garbage to be found in abundance. They go sledding and swimming, and play a Lap game with a stick and a ball which is a combination of many of our or ganized sports. The game, however, is not or ganized, has no set rules although the children claim it has, is noii- competitive, and in these w'ays is typical of the Eskimo children. All ages play together without adult supervision (in fact are quite free Wind Quintet Plays Monday For WF Series Hixson, Pupils Hear Bardolph Dean Ivy M. Hixon and six jun- Edith Tesch Vaughn, Denny and moccasins from Alaska, where both Casey (Kay Lynn) look at Eskimo children were born. The new Art Wind Quintet, lead ing wind quintet in Chamber music, and an American group, will play at 8:30 next Monday night m the Magnolia Room at Wake Forest College. The quintet, third m the Wake Forest Chamber Music series this year, includes Martin Orenstein on the flute, Melvin Kaplan on the oboe, Charles Russo on the clarinet, Morris Newman on the bassoon, and Ralph Froelich on the French Horn. Organized in 1947. the group be came a permanent concert unit. The i quintet has made four coast to coast tours and has appeared in every part of the United States and Canada. The quintet plays both long neglected wind masterpieces and original work composed es pecially for the group by contem- porar}' composers. For their program Monday night the quintet will play Reika, Bleaser Quintet, opus 88, no. 2 by Axton, Kleine, Kammer Musik, opus 24, no. 2 by Hindemith; Quintet in E flat major by Beethoven; and Trois Tices Breves by Tbert. iors from Salem will attend a luncheon meeting of Woodrow Wil son National Fellowship Foundation at Livingston College in Salisbury on Saturday. Miss Hixon, official representa tive of the Woodrow Wilson pro. gram, with the student group in terested in further study after graduation, will hear Dr. Richard Bardolph, regional director, speak to representatives from 16 area col leges on the Woodrow Wilson Fel lowship. Junior League Shows Italian Post'War Art 'and seem to have a sixth sense for danger), settle their quarrels quickly and simply, and are non competitive. All this is a necessary adjustment for them, for children are in great abundance, since improved health methods without corresponding birth control have increased the size of families so that a child is pretty much on his own as soon as the next child is born. Boys us- ually do not marry until their mid twenties, while girls usually marry at the legal age, sixteen, but even so there are many babies born out of wedlock; these are rapidly ab sorbed into the already large fami lies. Even without so many mouths to feed, the Eskimo would lead a hard life on the physical level. Many hunt and fish for a living. Edith reports that in order to get fresh fruits and vegetables at decent prices, (in Bethel bread is 75c a loaf, milk 80c a quart, lettuce $1.00 a head, etc.) she had to order her groceries annually from Seattle and 'have them brought up on the boat which came once in early June and •once in early September. Cooking was quicker but less interesting, mostly out of cans. Clothing, like food, had to be ordered from Se attle, through a Sears-Roebuck catalogue. The physical strain was greater, even though the climate was more conductive to activity, but Edith says she was glad her children got their start there. They were less inhibited and thus less apt to de velop many of the frustrations com mon to our “more civilized” society. Edith is now relieved of much phy sical effort by what she calls ‘this push-button living”, but inactivity and pressures of organization have replaced it. She prefers the phy sical strain, and I don’t know but what I would, too. Perhaps we all would prefer a treck through the snow to a far-off village, when exam time rolls around. In any case, w'e’re glad to have you back Edith, and we hope when you get settled, you’ll come to like the cen tral U. S. as well as your winter wonderland. Y Shows Movie On Japan Work The Junior League of Winston- Salem will sponsor an art exhibit, “Painting in Post-’War Italy,” at the Public Library March 7-April 1. The exhibit being circulated by the American Federation of Art has been open in New York, Phila- delphia and Washington prior to its 'Winston-Salem showing. Professor Lionello Venturi, inter national art scholar associated with the University of Rome, selected the 44 paintings in this exhibit upon request of Casa Italiana at Colum bia University. There is no admission charged to see this display. The Y. W. C. A. will present a film “A Light Along the Way” at 6:00 in the Science Lecture Room, Sunday night for vespers. This film concerns the work of the World University' Service in Japan. It will be an opportunity to find out more about the organi zation to which the money from the “Y” auction goes. 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