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MERRY „ CHRISTMAS VOLUME XVII Honor System Introduced On Campus As Experiment Student Movement Results In New Governing Policy REGULATIONS DRAWN UP Faculty Approves Confidence Group Has In Self- Government Guilford is at present embarking upon what promises to be the great est and worthiest voyage it has ever undertaken. The honor system has been established here on our campus, and everyone is justly proud of this momentous step. Hitherto, students have lived under a complicated and elaborate rule system, whose regulations they seem ed to find binding and chafing. Re sponsibility for the upholding of ac cepted and traditional standards of behavior fell upon the shoulders of a burdened few, while the major part of the student body, seeing things from an entirely different point of view, considered their role one of subjugation to petty restrictions which they felt were more appropri ate for the elementary grades. Cha grined and rebellious, they drifted to ward the unfortunate viewpoint of, "They don't trust us, so what's the use of being honorable, anyway? Who cares?" Finally, things came to such a pass that the students, with the boys tak ing the lead, resolved to petition for more lenient rules. It all began on Monday morning, last, when the male portion of the student body organized themselves, and things started to move. In due time a set of new rules which, in this movement, were pro posed to take off former petty and confining ones, was drawn up, passed on by the Men's Student Council, and all the boys. Later, in a joint meet ing of the Men's and the Women's Councils, the proposed bill was sub mitted for the vote of the women's representative body. With joyous unanimity and unanimous joy each item was passed upon and sanctioned. The next day these new measures were presented for the approval of the entire student body, gathered in a joint mass meeting. Not one single vote showed opposition of any sort, (Continued on Page 4) A'Capella Choir Has Formal Party John Williams Heads Commit tee In Presenting Affair At Music Hall The members of the A'Capella Choir gave a formal reception Monday evening, December 8, at the Music Building. It is the custom of the choir to plan some social affair each month for its own members. However, this time each member was allowed to in vite an especial guest. Lucille Patterson, hostess, and Mar shall Barney, host, graciously received the couples and showed them into the reception hall, which was attractively arranged for the occasion. Victrola music and a contest on facts about Guilford College were among the in teresting features of the evening. Tempting plates containing cocoa, fancy cakes, and mints were served the guests by Ruth Hiller, Evelyn Shields, and Sophia Cathey. This reception was planned and carried out by the social committee: John Hugh Williams, chairman; Doris Sapp, Lucille Patterson, Eleanor Grimsley, Charles Milner, and Marvin Lindley. Fraulien Huth Entertains The German Dept. With Christmas Party The German classes were the guests of Miss Huth at a German Christmas party on Tuesday evening, December 16, from eight o'clock till ten-thirty in the Music Hall. The party was informal and had a varied and interesting program pre sented. It included a reading of the Christmas story of the birth of Christ in German by Howard Cannon. Music rendered by Miss Huth, Josephine ; | THE *\j GUILFORDIAN MR. M. E. GARNER FATALLY INJURED Mr. M. E. Garner, a prosperous farmer of King, N. C., was fatally injured December 8, in an automo bile accident, which occurred when the car in which he was riding with T. E. Wolff collided with a coupe driven by C. A. Cozart, at the in tersection of the old and new Rural Hall roads, one mile west of Win ston-Salem. He was brought to the Lawrence Hospital, where he died a few hours later from internal complications. Mr. Garner was well known on the campus, as he often attended plays and intercollegiate games here. He is survived by the widow, two daughters, and one son Austin, who is a popular member of the junior class. A number of college students at tended the funeral which was held at King Baptist Church. RALPH G. BORING SPEAKS ON HABIT FORMATION New Pastor of Asheboro Street Friends Speaks To Student Body WILMINGTON GRADUATE In his initial appearance before the students Rev. Ralph G. Boring, pastor of the Asheboro Street Friends Church, Tuesday, December 2, spoke in chapel on the relation of habit for mation and the development of char acter. Mr. Boring, a graduate of Wilming ton College, Wilmington, Ohio, re called briefly the several hundred chapel talks which he heard during his student life. Only a few of them had remained vividly in mind, but the others had been delivered by men and women of high ideals and accomplish ment and had affected the character formation as steadily dripping water affects rock. He had built up a mental habit of absorption and through this he had gained many points of value. The human body is one great vibrat ing, pulsating group of habits which must be controlled through the mind. It is hard to break habits, either gocd or bad. They enslave us. And good habits finally result in goodness—not pious, sissy goodness, but living, feel ing, dynamic goodness. Such was the goodness of Paul who was enslaved by Christ. He controlled his physical being to the fullest extent, but his saying that "I beat my body into subjection" shows that it was not easy. Yet those things which he would, he would not; and those things which he would not, he did. You can't keep birds from flying over your head, but you can keep them from building nests in your hair. And in the habit formation the body is controlled by the mental state. Those things which are thought on, remembered, and considered are those things which will become a part of living. But habits often conflict with ideals. The habit of fighting con flicts with the ideal of peace. And the diabolic habit is carried on when the ideal is begging for restraint. Good habits, and all habit formation, must be vitalized with ideals, and the ideal of all civilization is in Christianity. Floyd Pate is working with the Weather Bureau Department in Mont gomery, Alabama. Kimrey, Mr. and Mrs. Brown from Greensboro, proved enjoyable. Some games were played by all of the guests. Refreshments consisted of cake, candy, nuts and coffee with whipped cream. The latter is a German custom which has also proved quite popular among the American people. A number of the students assisted Miss Huth in her preparation! for the party. GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., CHOIR BEGINS SEASON WITH CONCERTS GIVEN IN NEARBY VILLAGES Summerfield and Pleasant Gar den Receive Group En thusiastically KERNERSVILLE TONIGHT Members Are Working Hard to Make This Season Big Success Summerfield welcomed the Guilford College A Capella Choir in the first concert of the year the night of De cember 12th. The small audience ex pressed keen appreciation for the pro gram. Members of the choir have just cause for feeling, since this performance, that work with the or ganization for 1930-31 will be really justified. The music has all been learned in the three months since the beginning, a thing- which last year's choir suc ceeded in doing sufficiently to give a concert about March. Now nothing re mains except the working of seeming ly small details into the numbers, to give color and feeling, things very es sential to really good music. This, however, is the hardest part of the work, since the interpretation must first be felt by each individual, and then only by absolute concentration can there be voice and group control to such an extent that the audience may get the true meaning. The success of Guilford's A'Capella Choir, if at the end of the year it may be said to have been successful, will not be due to chance. Any college student who plans to spend five hard hours a week on one subject knows in the beginning that the task must not be easy. But this is not all the work these choir people are doing. Each person is having, if he has not already passed the work, a very com prehensive course in theory and sight reading. Rehearsals before concerts of course take more than the usual class period time, since little things that may add to or detract from the program must always be regulated. In addition to this, it is an absolute re quirement that all persons know ev ery word and note. Queer words and phrasing, Latin songs, uneven time, and many other difficulties peculiar to the different numbers have individ ual work and concentration entirely necessary. In short, any small meas ure of success which may be acquired by the organization may be said to have been truly merited. The choir is singing both Tuesday and Wednesday nights of this week. Pleasant Garden High School is the place of the engagement for Tuesday evening, and the Lion's Club of Ker nersville is sponsoring a visit of the group to that town on Wednesday. Nativity Will Be On Thursday Eve Choir, Y. W., and Y. M. To Give Dramatization of the Birth of Christ The Nativity will be given in Me morial Hall on Thursday evening, De cember 18, at seven-thirty. It is under the auspices of the Y. W. C. A. and the A'Capella Choir. The Nativity consists of various tableaus representing the Christmas story with appropriate costumes, lighting and scenery. The manger scene will be given. The visit of the shepherds and the coming of the wise men, bringing gifts to the Christ child will be presented. Then there will follow the flight of Mary and Joseph into Egypt. Mrs. Noah is director of the pag eant. David Parsons is property man ager, and Russell Tippett is electric ian. Those taking part in the drama tization are: Readers, William Hire and Allan White; Mary, Dorothy Wolff; Joseph, Bunyan Andrew; Shepherds, Ivan Thompson, Morgan Raiford, Vernon Fulk, Harry Wel lons and Matthew Bridger; Angels, Mary Reynolds, Francis Carter, Julia Plummer, Laura Conrad, Sara Davis, and Rose Askew; Wise men, Wilbert Braxton, Harold White, and Linwood Beamon. Virginia Saunders and Kathryn Owen of Mt. Airy attended the "Mes siah" concert Sunday afternoon. DECEMBER 17, 1930 College Community Chorus Presents Handel's Messiah Vesper Service of Famous Oratorio Is Annual Production of Choral Society Assisted By Several Soloists From Greensboro On Sunday, December 14, at 4 p. m. the Guilford College Community Choral Society presented Handel's Messiah. The Messiah, Handel's most successful and best oratorio, was com posed in the year 1741, in twenty-four days, from August 22nd to September 11th. It was first performed at a char ity concert in Dublin, Ireland, on April 13th, 1742, Handel conducting the performance in person. Beginning with March the 23, 1743, Handel brought out "The Messiah" every year in London with great ap plause. Vocal scores have been made after Handel's participation as years have passed; notably those by Dr. Clark and Vincent Novello. Their value, however, is rather doubtful. The performance Sunday afternoon was in the form of a vesper service and it deeply impressed the large au dince which assembled in Memorial Hall for this the fourth annual pro Student Council Hostess To Deans Conference of Representatives From N. C. C. W., G. C. and H. P. C. Here ESTHER SHREVE SPEAKS The Student Council, of the Young Women's Student Government Asso ciation, was hostess to a deans con ference of Guilford county, at a tea in Founders Hall December 3. The meet ing, which is an annual affair, was held for the purpose of the exchange of ideas and viewpoints of the vari ous colleges in our county. Representatives were present from North Carolina College for Women, Greensboro College, and High Point College. As well as the deans and as sistants from these colleges, there were also officials from the Student Government organizations present. Miss Esther Shreve, of N. C. C. W., was the speaker for the afternoon. She has recently returned from a con ference of student government asso ciations at New Jersey College for Women, and her talk was based on ideas received there from her contact with the greatest student leaders of both the North and South. Miss Shreve said that the main difference she noted was in the type of women found in the northern and southern colleges. A salad course, with tea and mints, was served at the conclusion of the meeting. Skeptical Seniors See Santa Claus Even the most skeptical of stately Seniors had to admit that there was, and is, a Santa Claus—after the reg ular Senior party at New Garden Hall. The New Garden Senior girls always entertain the class with a real party and this time the affair was carried out in every detail with a Christmas theme. The basement was hardly recogniz able in its freshly decorated holiday suit. Cedar concealed the bareness of the corners, and a huge Christmas tree informed the guests that there would be a real treat. Two bushels of roasted peanuts left the Seniors in a nutty state, and throughout the even ing they let all dignity stay lost. Santa Claus appeared just as they were getting in a big way, and he dis tributed characteristic gifts to each of the group. Then there were games that they played. One taught the fin er points of the carpenter trade—just ask any Senior how to wield a ham mer! And there was a matchbox re lay, and a Fox-d game, and they even had beauty treatments for the home ly ones, but the climax of the evening was when that "best girl" got kissed! Just as though peanuts weren't suf ficient—especially in that quantity— the ladies served doughnuts, coffee, and sure-enough-home-made cookies. duction of the famous orations at Guilford College. Much of the success with regard to the performances of this grand work lies with the director of the chorus. Mr. Noah's work is always quite good. The whole Choral Society demonstrated marvelous results of their splendid training. Each year artists are invited from neighboring cities or communities to carry solo parts in the Messiah. Their splendid work this year added ma terially to the success of the presen tation. Among those assisting in this way were, Mrs. A. E. Stanley, so prano; Mrs. Max Noah, contralto; Benjamin S. Bates, tenor; H. Grady Miller, baritone; Miss Josephine Kim ery, chorus accompanist; Mrs. P. D. Gilbreath, solo accompanist; Alex E. Brown, violin-cello; Horace Brown violin; Albert C. Dunn, trio accompan ist. Y. W.C. A. Begins A New Plan of Meets Especial Topics Are To Be Dis cussed In Small Groups With a Leader VARIOUS FIELDS STUDIED The Y. W. C. A. has adopted a plan for the stimulation of interest in "Y" work and the forwarding of its cause at Guilford. • Once a month, from now on, stu dents will meet, not in a body as at regular meetings, but in groups with special leaders. Each group is to take up the study of a certain especial top ic expressing a certain phase of "Y" work. So far, these groups have held only one meeting, and are as yet not completely or finally organized. How ever, it is in their program to call in special speakers or select student speakers whenever possible or advis able. The groups are as follows: "Inter national Relations a-nd Social Ser vice," led by Julia Plummer and Vir ginia Hiatt; "Music," by Argyle El liott and Katie Stuckey; "Socials," by Alice Conrad; "Religious Meet ings," by Grace Hassell; "Bible Study," by Isabella Jinnette; "Person ality," by Louise Melville; "Member ship and Publicity," by Mary Rey nolds and Frances Carter; "Woman's Place in the World Today," by Leona Guthrie. The joining of a group is no more compulsory than the joining of the "Y" itself, so a list of the names of the various groups with illustrative material explaining the object of each one was presented to the girls, and each was given the opportunity to sign up for whichever group she was most interested in. "Y" Fair-Bazaar Proves Big Game For Gullible Students Thursday, December 4, at the hour of seven p. m., there burst forth from the gym streaming; light, later fol lowed by the sound of babbling and excited voices, intermingled with mu sic from the merry-go-round—that is, if the grease-lacking shriek of a wheelbarrow can be classed as music, the clank of ringing horse-shoes, and the persistent cries of a balloon ven der. Accompanying this noise and act ing as a further inducement for the lagging students to make scurrying footsteps toward the center of attrac tion, was the pleasant odor of sizzling hot dogs. This queer combination of auditory and olfactory sensations floated over the campus, telling bet ter than mere voices that a great time was in full swing at the gym. The sensations told a true story for the "Y" bazaar was on, furnishing en tertainment for all in a "fair" way. Freaks, games, shows, lunch stands, and riding devices had been assembled for this great event. The collection of human freaks consisted of the World's fattest woman, Ella Phant "in per- HAPPY NEW YEAR NUMBER 8 MR. HENRY A, WHITE MEMBER OF TRUSTEES PASSED AWAY DEC. 4 Sudden Heart Attack Proved Fatal to Active Citizen FORMER STUDENT HERE Funeral Service Held In High Point—lnterment In New Garden Cemetery Henry A. White, one of High Point's leading and most respected citizens, and a member of the Board of Trustees of Guilford College, died at his home December 4 following a suddenly developed heart attack. Mr. White, the son of Rufus and Lydia Wilson White, was born in Per quimans County in 1874. He came to Guilford county fifty-six years ago and had lived in High Point for the past twenty-nine years. During this time he has taken an active part in the development of business in that section. After graduating from Guilford College in 1894, he studied at Haver ford College and received a B. S. de gree from there in 1897. He was sup erintendent of Oak Seminary in New York during the years 1898-1900. For some time after moving to High Point, he operated a buggy factory. Later he was connected with the J. C. Hill Veneer Co.; the real estate busi ness; the White Way Motor Co.; and the Commonwealth Hosiery Mills. All of these concerns are located in High Point. He organized the Associated Wood Products Co., and was connected with it at the time of his death. "His civic efforts were many and very fruitful." Mr. White was first married to Elizabeth M. Meader in 1899. She died in 1907, and in 1910 he married Alice Paige. Being a strong member of the So ciety of Friends, Mr. White has tak en an active part in the work of the Friends Meeting in High Point, and of the North Carolina Yearly Meet ing. The deceased has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Guilford College since the year 1904. During this time he has done very much to promote the general welfare of the college. The funeral, which was held in the Friends Church of High Point, was attended by many Guilford faculty members, students, and friends of the deceased. Burial followed in the fam ily plot in the Guilford College ceme tery. The A Capella Choir, directed by Mr. Noah, had charge of the latter service, and sang at the graveyard. The honorary pallbearers were mem bers of the Guilford Board of Trus tees. I son," (the awing thing about her was how so much tonnage could be in one person) and an individual who was not a criminal although a viola tor of a law—a biological one—a half man and half woman. Among the shows, the greatest at traction proved to be "for men only." The boys gladly gave up three coppers and entered the tent expectant of nobody knows what. The pants and suspenders on the interior, brought many loud guffaws from those who had been disappointed. Other shows did a flourishing business also. Horse-shoes and croquet attracted many who were in a competitive frame of mind. Madame Zuwenska peered into the future of many couples while they smiled and tried to visualize future wealth and matri mony. The lunch stands were well pa tronized and the attendants were kept busy appeasing the appetite of a rav enous public. The fair was a suc cess in every way. It was sponsored by both the Y. W. C. A. and the Y. M. C. A.
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