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VOLUME XX
RUFUS JONES COMES
HERE NEXT WEEK
FOR CONFERENCE
Stays on Campus Saturday and
Sunday Morning—Goes
to High Point.
MAKES TWO ADDRESSES
Faculty Social Committee Gives Tea for
Distinguished Visitor; Former
Haverfordians Invited.
Rufus Jones, nationally known lec
turer, editor, author, scholar and re
ligious leader, who is to be on the Guil
ford campus next Saturday and Sunday,
will have as his general topie, "How
Students Tail Build ITp a Wholesome
Religious Attitude."
Dr. Jones, who is at present professor
of Philosophy at Haverford College,
comes to Guilford by special invitation
of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. cabi
nets of this institution. The cabinets
are being responsible for his expenses.
His first appearance before the stu
dent body will be Saturday morning at
a special chapel period.
The Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.
cabinets will meet with Rufus Jones
that afternoon after lunch for two
hours during which time he will prob
ably offer them special advice as to the
carrying on of their work.
A faculty tea will be given in liis
honor that afternoon at 4:00. Besides
the members of the faculty and their
wives, a number of former Haverford
students who live in this state will be
invited to attend
The public has the opportunity to
hear Dr. Jones again Saturday night
when he speaks in the college audi
torium at 8:00.
He will he invited to talk to the stu
dent body again Sunday morning at
Sunday school. He also speaks at the
church services in the New Garden
Meeting House on the campus.
CLASSES UTILIZE TALENT
OF STUDENT MEMBERS
Dcrothy Sturdivant Sings and Plays for
Seniors; Graves Is in
Demand.
BILLIE OSBORNE GIVES READINGS
Programs in the class meetings (lur
ing the past two weeks were devoted
almost entirely to individual talent pro
grams given by various members of
the student bodies.
At the November 2 meeting Dorothy
(Kate Smith) Sturdivant entertained
the Seniors with two readings and a
number of vocal and ukelele selections.
At the same time the junior class lis
tened to Earl Kuykendall and his gui
tar.
The Sophomore class borrowed Irma
Lee Graves from the Freshmen. She
read a number of poems, some of them
her own work.
Felton Hall sang a number of selec
tions for the Freshman class meeting.
Neither the Seniors or Juniors had
any planned program for November 0
and both these classes adjourned
shortly.
For the Sophomores Billie Osborne
gave two readings.
Piano numbers by V. L. Wyant com
prised the last Freshman program.
Perkins Society Editor
Margaret Perkins is acting as society
editor of the Guilfordian this year,
commencing with this issue. She is re
placing Martha Taylor, who resigned
last week. Her resignation was re
quired because of her having too many
activity points.
QyTHE^D
GUILFORDIAN
President Speaks
on Wet-Dry Issue
Oct. 30—Dr. Binford told about a
temperance speech he gave.
Oct. 31—Hugh Pain, born in Ja
rerco, Cuba, spoke on conditions in
Cuba under Machado.
Nov. 3—Mr. Noah and Miss Wil
bur played two pianos.
Nov, 6—Mr. Shepard spoke on
"Education in N. C."
Nov. 7—Mr. A. P. Kephart spoke
on the deterioration of North Caro
lina schools due to the political ma
chines that controlled them.
Nov. 10—Mr. Noah spoke on
"Music in Education."
GOVERNOR SPEAKS
FOR CHARTER DAY
Dr. Frank Gydettete, President
of Swarthmore College,
Also to Speak.
ENTERTAINING FEATURES
Governor Ehringhaus will be the
main speaker for the Charter Day pro
gram, January 13, which will celebrate
the hundredth anniversary of the open
ing of Guilford College as an institu
tion of higher learning for men and
women, according to President Binford.
The program will begin at 10 o'clock
in the morning with a conference on
co-education. Presidents and faculties
of all the southern co-educational col
leges have received invitations to this
conference. Dr. Frank Gydetette,
president of Swarthmore College, has
been invited to speak on this occasion.
Swarthmore College is one of the most
outstanding colleges for men and
women.
launch for the guests will be served
in Founder's Hall.
The afternoon session will 1 e devoted
to the celebration of the ratification of
the charter, which was passed by the
legislature of the General Assembly of
North Carolina in 1834. Twelve trus
tees of New Garden Hoarding School
were given authority to act as a com
ponent body. In 1837 the charter was
altered in such a manner that New Gar
den Boarding School became Guilford
College. Governor speech
will deal with the State and the College.
The Centennial Program will be pre
sented by Dr. Binford.
Some form of entertainment is be
ing planned, probably a choir concert.
STUDENT VOLUNTEERS
OF GUILFORD ACTIVE
Send Representatives to Institute in
Greensboro and to Elon and
Palmer Memorial.
The Student Volunteers of Guilford
College sent delegates to the Student
Volunteer Institute, which met in the
College Plaee Methodist Church in
Greensboro November 8-9.
Those who attended the conference
were Milton Cullipher, William Price,
Rachel Perkins, Ester Lee Cox, and
Marjorie Faw.
Before the conference they sent com
mittees to Palmer Memorial Institute
and Elon to invite the students there
to send delegates to the Student Volun
teer Institute. Those who went to
Palmer Memorial Institute on Novem
ber 2 were Margaret Perkins, Martha
Taylor, Erline Hunter, Mary Edith
Woody, William Price, and Marjorie
Paw. Those who went to Elon Novem
ber 3 were Ester Lee Cox, Mina Donnel,
Erline Hunter, Mary Edith Woody, Wil
liam Price, and Marjorie Faw.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., NOVEMBER 11, 1933
COLLEGE PARENTS
ARE ENTERTAINED
AT BIG RECEPTION
Students and Faculty as Well
as Off-Campus People
Take Part.
MANY VISITORS PRESENT
Student and Faculty Committee Make
Great Preparations and Produce
Gratifying Results.
The first Parent-Student reception to
be held here in recent years was put
on last Saturday night and was quite
successful in the opinion of Mrs. Ernes
tine Cookson Milner who, in the ca
pacity of chairman of the faculty social
committee, was in charge of the affair,
and of others who attended the func
tion.
Invitations were sent to about 180
parents and a gratifying percentage re
sponded, according to Mrs. Milner.
The college social committee, made
up of Julia Blair Hodgin, Priscilla
White, Charles Biddle, Leroy Miller and
Nelson Jones, was responsible for is
suing the invitations. The faculty so
cial committee also had a part in plan
ning the party.
A committee made up the presidents
of the Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A., the
student council, and the Athletic Asso
ciation and the girls' dormitories, the
social chairmen of the Y's, Mrs. Phillip
Furnas from the Guilford College Club,
Mrs. Mary Petty, representing the ad
visory committee, and Mrs. Binford,
representing the Girls' Aid committee,
planned the reception.
Mrs. A. I. Newlin was supposed to
give the faculty different "jobs" for
the evening, and Julia Blair Hodgin,
the students.
Marshal Budd took care of the park
ing of cars and getting guides to plans.
Martha Lane got girl guides. Miss
Elizabeth Bruce was in charge of the
refreshments.
CHANGES MADE IN CAST
OF COMING PRODUCTION
Former Actors in Guilford Plays Are
Invited to the "Fool," to Be
Given November 25.
TIME EMPHASIZED BY PLAY COACH
All alumni or old students of Guil
ford College wlio have ever taken a
major part in a play have been invited
by the dramatic council to attend "The
Fool," by Channing Pollock, to be
given Saturday night, November 25, at
fi o'clock. They are especially urged
to come on time.
Professor Phillip Furnas would like
al those who expect to do so to drop
him a line. Seats will be reserved for
these guests and each guest will be ex
pected to announce at the door the
play in which he took part.
Music will be furnished by the college
orchestra. The following parts have
been changed: Hoyle Young is to take
the part of Mr. Barnaby; Warren
Bezanzon, "Jerry Goodkind;" Wes
Vaughn, "George Goodkind," William
Neave, "Joe Henning;" and Annie Lee
Fitzgerald, "Mary Margaret."
Practices are progresisng nicely ac
cording to a pre-arranged schedule.
New Garden Name Changed
For 25 years New Garden Hall, the
co-operative dormitory for women stu
dents at Guilford had its name changed
officially to Mary Ilobbs Hall this sum
mer. The old nameplate was unscrewed
from the door and the new one at
tached last week, thus completing the
transaction.
DEAN OF WOMEN LEAVES
FOR SHORT TRIP NORTH
Mrs. Ernestine Cookson Milner,
dean of women at Guilford, left
the college yesterday afternoon for
Philadelphia where she will join
her husband, Dean Clyde A. Milner,
and spend the week-end with him.
She will be back on the campus
Monday morning.
After joining her husband at
Philadelphia, Mrs. Milner will go
with him to New York, where they
will lunch with Dr. Harry Wright,
of the New York University fac
ulty, former dean of Earlliam.
From New York the Milners are
to go to West Point where they will
visit Lieut. Forrest E. Cookson,
Mrs. Milner's brother, who is in
structor in law at the academy.
Mrs. Milner expects to be back
at Guilford Monday morning in
time to meet her morning classes.
PLANS FOR ANEW
CLUB BEING MADE
Music Department Sponsoring
"Fine Arts Club" for Self-
Expression.
REPLACE "CLASS LESSON"
A "Fine Arts Club" is being organ
ized at Guilford under the sponsorship
of the Music department. It' is for
those students who are interested in
expressing themselves in whatever way
they can or want to, such as: playing
instruments, singing, aesthetic danc
ing, and, giving readings. The mem
bers of the committee in charge of the
organization are L. T. New, Massey
Tonge, Helen Stilson, and Naomi Bin
ford. This club is taking the place of
the "Music Class Lesson," which met in
Mr. Noah's studio every other Monday
night at 7:30 o'clock, and will meet at
the same time and at the same place.
The last music class lesson met Mon
day evening, November 6. The pro
pram was as follows: Where'er You
Walk—"Semele" —Handel, sung by Mas
sey Tonge : "Hummoreske"-—Van Dyke,
read by Earline Hunter; "Moonlight
Sonata," played by Martha Taylor;
"Ho! Mr. Piper*'—Cuaran," read by
Frances Mclver; "Death and the Maid
en'*—Schubert, played by Richard Bin
ford on 'cello; "Come T T nto Him,"
"Messiah" —Handel, sung by Jewel Con
rad : "The War of the Fleas," read by
L. T. New; "Frost Tonight,"—Thomas,
read by Mina Donnell; a poem by
Emily Dickinson, read by Elizabeth
Adams; "Nocturne in G Major"—Cha
pin, played by Naomi Binford; "Em
promptu in A flat"—Schubert, played
by Frances Mclver; "In the Usual
Way," read by Louise Lee; "Between
Two Loves"—Dalz, by Dorothy Sturdi
vant; "Creation"—Johnson, read by
Virginia Levering, and "The Palace" —
Kiling, by Mamie Rose McOinnis.
GROUP INTERESTED IN
POETRY MEETS TO READ
Mrs. Max Noah and a Number of Stu
dents Meet Wednesday Evenings
at the Noah Home.
Those who are deeply interested in
poetry are invited to come and enjoy
poetry with the poetry group, which
meets every Wednesday evening from
i :30 to 7 The meetings are held
at the Noahs' home, with Mrs. Max
Noah as helper-adviser.
The meetings are very informal,
consisting in the reading of poetry
and the understanding of it. There
is no organization. Original poetry
may be brought in to be judged.
Rufus Jones
Next Saturday
NUMBER 4
FOOTBALL BANQUET
IS TO BE HELD
ON THANKSGIVING
Date Tentatively Set by College
Social Committee—Will
Be at Founders.
ANNOUNCE NEW CAPTAIN
Also Present Letters to Men Winning
Monograms for 1933 Season; Is
Annual Affair.
The annual football banquet to close
the football year at Guilford will prob
ably be lield in the dining liall at
Founders Thanksgiving night, accord
ing to Lero.v Miller, chairman of the
college social committee.
At this time tile letters for members
of the !!>.'{:{ varsity team will be pre
sented and the 1!K?4 football captain
will be announced.
Xo definite arrangements have been
made, the committee having met this
last week for preliminary arrange
ments. It is possible that the date of
the banquet will be changed from No
vember 30 to December 2, the Satur
day after Thanksgiving.
The banquet will probably take the
place of the regular evening meal for
the boarding students, and will prob
ably be without a great deal of extra
cost.
Besides the naming of the letter
men for this year a feature of the
annual banquet will be the presenta
tion of the traditional hammer from
tlie old captain to the new.
Members of the committee which is
engaged in making preliminary plans
for the Imnipiet are Leroy Miller, chair
man, Priscilla White, Charles Riddle,
Nelson Jones, Julia Blair Ilodgln. and
Margaret Perkins.
Interest both in the election of the
grid captain for next year and in the
awards made to letter men is high,
as there are nine men on the squad
who will be seniors next year, n senior
usualy being selected for the honor.
Johnny Burgwyn, this year's lender,
however, will be back next season and
is a possible candidate for re-election.
FRENCH CLUB ORGANIZED
AT OPENING MEETING
Elect Officers Last Night; Name of the
Group Will Probably Be "Est-ce
Francais?"
ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP HONORARY
The opening meeting of the French
Club was held Friday night, November
10, in what used to be Clay Hall, un
der the auspices of a committee pre
viously selected, which was Esther Lee
Cox, Ruth Fuquay, Gladys Bryan, Bill
Edgerton, Samra Smith, and the help
of Mr. Fleming.
The next meeting five new members
that were eligible were accepted by the
club. A committee was elected to plan
the first meeting. It met Friday night
and settled many problems concerning
the club. The name for the club will
probably be "Est-ce Francais?" Mar
tha Taylor entertained with some
piano solos while refreshments were
served.
Those in the club now are: Cleo
Staek, Esther Lee Cox, Buth Fuquay,
Gladys Bryan, Martha Taylor, Martha
Lane, Clara Bell Welch, Mary Bryant,
Lily Bot Hales, Daryl Kent, Bill Ed
gerton, Samra Smith, Julia Blair
Hodgin, Margaret Pegram, and Ernest
White.