Salem College - Sights and Insights Yearbook (Winston-Salem, NC)

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Sale m pen Til. HI if a fori MANY a time have I wished for the opportunity to set forth in well- ordered words some statement of what we may term the spirit of Salem, and yet, no sooner is the opportunity afforded th an I discover that this very spirit persistently escapes my every effort to confine ir within the limitation of a paragraph, or to imprison ir in the definition. Like so much else that is true yet intangible, real but not material, we know that this spirit exists ; we are conscious of its presence perhaps daily : we see constant tokens of its influence, but we find ourselves wholly unable to ensnare within the mesh of formal statement this same potent ' but elusive spirit of Salem — and yet — I believe thai the material surroundings of Salem have much to do with her -spirit.- Those things which we see when we look forth, sometimes with errant and wistful gaze, from classroom windows; those things which greet us on our walk-, and which linger long in our memories when time and distance have separated us from the venerable school— the quiet and reposeful buildings which face the ancient square, the ivy-clad walls of the century-old home church, the view of picturesque tiled roofs, gable or dormered windows, quaint doorways with old-fashioned knockers, massive stone steps with wrought iron balustrades, arched transoms and tiny panes of a century ago; or, again, the great forest thai conies shelteringly up from the bi k and meadow, or the greensward in front, with its splendid trees. All this environment of the past, which looks with quiet dignity upon the busy present, speaks of strong, sincere ideals which are inwrought within the spirit of Salem. I believe that the long and honored history of this College, the story of its years of experience, of its pioneer toil in .lays when the higher education of woman was so generally neglected in our land, yea. even despis d ; ii- patient development of right ideals; its story of service during .lays of Civil War; all this — this spirit of an historic past and one so honorabh — with its exercise of impulse— with its call for loyalty, with its appeal to historic sentiment and its restraint of historic obligation — all this is inextricably interwoven in the charming spirit of .Salem.

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JFacuIt?) anD Officers RE . HOWAED E. RONDTHALER, Ph. B., M. A. PRESIDENT RT. REV. EDWARD RONDTHALER, 1). I). BIBLICAL LITERATURE, LATIN AND GREEK MISS EMMA LEHMAN .MISS LOUISA SHAFFNER ENGLISH LITERATI RE MATHEMATICS -MISS SARAH E. SHAFFNER HISTORY MISS M. G. STEWART— MISS AILEEN MIL-BURN SCIENCE MISS EMMA CHITTY— MISS CARRIE .11 INKS— MISS CLAUDIA WINKLER LATIN MISS MARGARET BESSENT-- MISS FANNIE BROOKS— MISS LIZZIE HEISLER DOMESTIC SCIENCE AMI INDUSTRIES MISS JENNIE MAF. l ' Ll MMKK MISS AXXA SIEDENBERG EXPRESSION AMI PHYSICAL CULTURE STI Hid. GERMAN AMI FRENCH -MISS OTELIA BARROW MISS LAURA CREWS STENOGRAPHY HOME CARE OF THE SICK MISS DOROTHY I)()K— .MISS RUTH BR1NKLEY MISS CARRIE VEST— MISS GRACE SIEVERS— MISS MARY HEITMAN MISS ISABELLE RICE— MISS JOSEPHINE PARRIS— MISS EMMA SMITH MISS SALL1E STAFFORD— MISS LYDE BRINKXEY MISS MARY MEINUNG GENERAL INSTRUCTION PROF. II. A. SHIRLEY HERE ROBERT ROY DEAN OF MUSIC FACULTY VIOLIN PROF. EDWIN MUZZY MISS BRUSHINGHAM VOCAL MUSIC -MISS RUTH GROSCH PIANO, THEORY AMI HISTORY OF MUSIC MISS IVY NICEWONGER ORGAN AMI PIANO Miss SARAH VEST— MISS MARJORIE ROTH MISS CAROLINE LINEBACH— MISS GRACE TAYLOR MISS MINNIE McNAIK PIANO II. T. BAHNSON, M. I . Ml;, •. ];. PFOHL MEDICAL ADVISER BURSAR MISS DAISY BROOKS Mil. PAUL JAHNKE REGISTRAR SECRETARY

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I believe that tin- tine confide: which the i unity of Winston-Salem places in Salem College is ;i faciei ' in the Salem spirit. This public senti- ment wliieli creels a wall of protection, a bulwark of defense, around the college, and which prompts the citizens of the community in second every important movement for the welfare of the school, am] as readily to defend her against any harm. What this ans in these within her walls, and the reason why this sentiment exists and is active, surely gives a signal tone to this indefinable spirit which we all enjoy, and of which we are so distinctly aware. 1 believe that the time-honored and unique Koom Company System takes an important place in the cultivation of the Salem spirit, fur many years of experience have set their seal of approval upon this time-tested plan whereby, at Salem, no pupil can lead a life of isolation or narrowness; no pupil can live in selfish limitation and abstraction from others. This plan whereby real democracy obtains, and artificial conditions of wealth do not enable one pupil to appropriate to herself greater comfort or added luxuries, or more expensive apartments than are granted to someone else. This plan whereby the family ami home life is so nearly simulated under ideal conditions of tutorial care and affectionate discipline. The plan which compels that helpful attrition of character only possible in a life which must be shared by others, and where mutual consideration breaks down selfishness, secret ivencss and suspicion. I believe that the invariable presence of a certain number of little girls in the life of the school — the admixture of the Tenth Room — exercises the indefinable influence of childh 1 upon us all, and uives a gentle touch to the genius of the Salem spirit, and that without their naturalness, their spontaneous cheerfulness, their unconscious way of calling forth from all of us something more id ' consideration and of love, we should lose some very real and needful attribute id ' that spirit which helps to make us what we are. I believe that the sincere devotion of our teachers, ami the almost universal response of obedience, love and diligence on the pari id ' our girls arc in themselves the surest token id ' the genuineness of Salem ' s spirit. I believe that the loyalty so steadily manifest in the words and in the deeds of our alumna ' declares the permanent and endiiring qualities of the Salem spirit. I believe that there is a Salem spirit, and I know that T believe therein. II. E. R. a