Guilford College
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VOLUME XXI
EDGAR MEIBOHM TO
BE CHIEF MARSHAL;
FACULTY ELECTS
Three Students From the North
and Three From the South
Receive Position.
SIX JUNIORS GET HONOR
Coveted Offices Go to Class Officials
by Vote of the Professors
At Guilford.
Edgar Meibohm, Greensboro, N. C„
was elected chief marshal at the fac
ulty meeting held Monday evening.
Meibobm is a 3.0 student, on the de
bating council, president of the Junior
class, and a member of the A Capella
choir. lie is also out for track. lie
received the Marvin Hardin scholar
ship in the spring of 10.14.
Daryl Kent, Fort Fairfield, Maine,
and Robert Allen, Snow Camp, X.
are the other two boys who will mar
shal. Kent has held various positions,
such as president of Christian En
deavor, president of the fii'Shnian class,
member of men's student council, and
a member of the Y cabinet. At pres
ent he represents the junior class on
the Student Affairs Board.
Robert Allen lias held various offices,
a couple times being treasurer for the
class of 1930.
The girls who will marshal this year
are: Frances Alexander, Bergeniield.
X. .T.; Colum Schenclc, Guilford Col-
NT '' iml Melon StUfJnn T'rnvi
dence, R. I.
Frances Alexander is an honor stu
dent and is at present managing edi
tor of the Guilfordlan, secretary of the
junior class, a choir member, a member
of the dramatic council, and Y cabinet.
She and Daryl Kent have both taken
part in college plays.
Helen Stilson has held various offices,
—president of the freshman ehiss, mem
ber of student council, proctor in Foun
ders hall. This is her third year as
a choir member, and she plans pro
grams for tiie V. W. C. A.
Colum Scfhenk, who spent her first
college year at \V. I*. X. C., has been
secretary of her class, and was a mem
ber of the social committee hist year.
JUNIOR REQUIREMENT
IN HISTORY CHANGED
Alternate CursJ? Offered This Year;
Home Economics Major Should Take
Household Physics This Year.
ALMOST 300 STUDENTS SO FAR
The new courses offered this year are
only those which are given in alternate
years, such as Chemistry, History, Po
litical Science 23, Economics 5 and 11,
English 5, and Psychology 0. Fresh
man and Sophomore Home Economics
majors should take the course in
Household Physics offered this year. A
Child Literature course, designated as
English 31, is proffered to those work
ing towards a grammar grade certifi
cate, Instead of the American History
required course, Juniors must now take
Political Science 23-24.
Tho total enrollment in the College
is 201. It is expected to reach an even
300 before the year is over —150 of
theso are students previously enrolled;
67 are women and 02 men. Of 12 trans
fers the men lead with nine. The
Freshmen number in their class 40
women and 61 men. All told there are
110 women as compared to 172 men.
g^THE^d
GUILFORDIAN
Bin ford Retires;
Milner President
Dr. Clyde A. Milner, dean of the
college and professor of Philosophy
at Guilford, 1930, was elected presi
dent of the college by the board of
trustees, last summer. He takes the
place of Dr. Raymond Binford, who
has served as president for the last
16 yfcare.
Dr. Milner finished work on his
Ph. D. degree this past spring at
Hartford Theological Seminary in
Connecticut, where he studied last
year.
Dr. Milner received his A.B. de
gree from Wilmington College in
1921, his A.M. from Haverford a year
later, and his B.D. from Hartford
three years later. He also studied
at Marburg University, the Univer
sity of Geneva, and J. J. Rosseau In
stitute in Europe during 1927 and
1928. While in Europe Dr. and Mrs.
Milner were married at Geneva.
Later he took the posion of dean of
men, and she of dean of women at
Earlham College. From there they
cam*' to Guilford College.
Dr. Binford received his B. S. de
gree from Earlham in 1901; his M.S.
from the University of Chicago, and
his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins Uni
versity. He was professor of bi
ology and geology at Guilford, 1901-
1914, and returned again to Guilford
as president in 1918.
DOROTHY GILBERT
WORKS FOR DEGREE
Teacher, Well Known to Frosh
and English Majors, to
Study This Year.
ENGLISH PROF SEEKS Ph.D.
Dorthy Lloyd Gilbert, a member of
the English Department of the college
since 1020, is studying at the Univer
sity of North Carolina this year, on
leave of absence. She is taking courses
in English, working toward a Ph.D. de
gree in that subject.
Miss Gilbert is a graduate of Earl
ham College. She received an A. M.
degree from Columbia University in
the spring of 1029. During the sum
mer of 1033 she was a graduate student
at the University of Wisconsin.
Miss Gilbert was director of physical
education for women at Guilford dur
ing the year 1020-1027. She was in
structor in English from 1020-1028, and
has been associate professor of Eng
lish at Guilford since 1020.
Teachers from other departments are
taking over Miss Gilbert's work during
her absence. Dr. Campbell is teaching
two sections of Freshman English, 3
and 4, and Mr. Furnas is carrying two
extra courses.
College Has First Social
Crimson and gray was the color
scheme used for decoration at the first
college social of the year which was
sponsored by the social committee and
held at Founders llall, Saturday night,
September 15.
Music was furnished by the ampli
fier, loaned by Clyde Pleasant, for those
who cared to dance. Games were played
in East Parlor for those not interested
in dancing.
Tap-dancing by Raymond Trotter was
a special feature of the evening's en
tertainment.
Members ot' tlic socinl committee con
sidered thiß first social to bo quite a
success and are expecting to plan other
similar events during the year.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., SEPTEMBER 22, 1934
GRADUATING CLASS
OF LAST YEAR ARE
TAKING POSITIONS
Medicine and Law Among Pro
fessions to Be Pur
sued.
SOME CONTINUE TO STUDY
Ninety-Three Per Cent of Those With
Teachers* Certificates Have Been
Placed in Positions.
Of the tlilrt.v-five students who grad
uated from Guilford College in the class
of 1034, nil but one of these who se
cured teneher's certificates hnve been
given positions: ten have entered grad
uate schools, of whom six went into
professional schools, and four continue
academic work on fellowships or schol
arships.
Thse who have scholarships nre Wil
liam B. Edgerton nnd Samrn Smith,
who will continue ncndemic work at
Haverford College; Margaret Hannah
T'egrnm, who has secured financial as
sistance at Duke, and I'riscilla White,
who has secured a scholarship at the
Univerity of North Carolina.
Those who are in graduate profes
sional schools are as follows: George
Silver, who is studying medicine at
Duke University, and Nelson Jones,
who is also studying medicine at Hah
nemann Medical School.
I Mill Meat's, who is studying law at
the I'nivei'sity of Minnesota: .Tolm
Hugh Williams and William Copeland,
wlio are studying law at the University
of Nor til Carolina. Marshall Builjl has
entered Hartford Theological Seminary.
Miss l'egram is studying psychology at
Duke, and Miss White, chemistry at
the University of North Carolina.
Altogether, 8!) per cent of the whole
class has been definitely placed for the
i year.
DELLA SHORE IS NOW
LIBRARIAN AT BREVARD
Former Guilford Student and Assistant
Librarian Becomes Librarian in
Mountain Institute.
SPENT 2 YEARS WORKING HERE
Miss Delia Shore, assistant libra
rian at (Juilford College* for the
past two years, lias recently been
appointed librarian at Brevard Col
lege, N. Miss Shore served very
efficiently in her work here.
Book cases have been added and
arranged, two being placed to the
right and left of the doorway.
.Many new books, secured this sum
mer, are in the book case to the
left of the doorway. Among these
are "Chance," by Joseph Conrad;
"Charles Dickens/' by Stephen Lea
cock; ;i set of the works of ().
Henry; "The Caliph of Bagdad, by
Davis and Maurice; "1 Went to
Pitt College," by Gilfellan; "The
American Secretaries of State and
Their Diplomacy," a set of eight
volumns by Bemis; "Culture in the
South,"by Couch; "Romance of
Labrador," by Grenfel: six vol
umns of the Furness Variorum edi
tion of Shakespeare: several sci
entific works, including books by
Jeans and Eddington, and a trans
lation of Galileo's "Two New Sci
ences."
Choir Has First Social
The choir is to have its first social
event a week from today, September
28. It will be in the form of a recep
tion. Martha Taylor, as chairman, is
making plans.
MRS. ERNESTINE MILNER
VERY ILL AT HOSPITAL
Mrs. Ernestine Milner was taken
to the Wesley Long Hospital in
Greensboro last Wednesday morn
ing for a serious operation. Mrs.
Noali is to take her place as Dean
of Women. She will also teach the
English 3 class.
Mrs. Milner, according to reports
from the hospital, underwent the
operation successfully. She is not
expected, however, to take up her
school work until the beginning of
next semester. The Ps3'chologj- 1
classes will probably be taught by
Dr. Milner and Professor Shep
herd, although this has not been
definitely decided yet.
Students will miss Mrs. Milner on
the campus and in classes.
PROFESSORS STUDY
DURING VACATION
Several Teach in the Summer
School; a Few Visit
World's Fair.
MAX NOAH CARPENTERS
Only two professors visited the
World's Fair this summer —Mr. Fur
nas. with his two children, and Mr.
Suitor, who was studying in Chicago
university anyway. lie took three
courses In economics nnd sat in on two
others.
I'rofessor Furnas's vacation was
spent in studious pursuits; he taught
in summer school, and prepared the
English 1!) syllabus.
Also at Guiitoul summer .school Dr.
Campbell and Mr. Fleming, the latter
enjoying tennis and Siviuiming—-espe
cially a certain ladder tennis tourna
ment which was held at Guilford. Dr.
Campbell journeyed all the way to Co
lumbus, Ohio, to visit her home.
Three or four of the professors spent
the summer in study. .Miss 11 titli si I -
most completed her work for nu M.A.
of Columbia. Also at Columbia was
Mrs. Max Noah, who received her M A.
in Speech. Conch Anderson studied
at the Oeorge I'eabody College for
Teachers, Nashville, Tenn. Ilis courses
were iu psychology anil physical edu
cation. Mr. Sliepard was at Chapel
11i 11 doing research work most of the
vacation.
l\vo members of the faculty visited
and traveled only, this summer without
studying: Miss Ilicks was in Rich
mond, Va„ and the I'ocono mountains
of Pennsylvania; Miss Wilbur played
nurse maid to Hilly Xoah in Waterloo,
Indiana.
Mr. Noah turned carpenter over the
summer, and remodeled his house.
Mr. Ila worth worked in the garden
all similiter.
Former Guilford
Student Sings Here
September 8
Mr. Haworth spoke about the
Wednesday morning periods. He
gave the purpose of the silent
chapels.
September 11
Mr. Furnas spoke on "Amuse
ments of the Feebleminded." He
told several interesting stories about
feeble-minded people.
September 18
Miss Nettie Rayle, a talented solo
ist who is a graduate of Guilford,
sang several selections. Mr. Noah
introduced Miss Rayle.
September 19
Mr. A. S. Arnold gave an interest
ing talk on Palestine.
Under New
Degl
NUMBER X
FALL PLAY CHOSEN;
"TONS OF MONEY" IS
SOON TO BE GIVEN
John Bradshaw and Bill Neave
Elected to Dramatic Council
at Last Meeting.
PRESENTATION IS COMEDY
A New and Fairer Type of Tryout is to
Be Given Those Who Wish to
Participate This Year.
"Tons of Money, by Evans and
Valentine was chosen tentatively as the
annual fall play by the Dramatic Coun
cil of the college at its first meeting
last Tuesday.
The play is an English comedy of
three acts. This rollicking farce tells
liow a young Englishman inherits
money and lio'w he plans to keep the
money by pretending to die, then com
ing back to life as his cousin. The
play is full of adventure and fun to
the end. There are four women and
ten men in the cast.
The members are initiating a new
plan of tryouts this year. Typewritten
sheets will be handed to all those wish
ing to try out so that they may prac
tice their parts beforehand, thus en
abling them to perform more efficient
ly-
Two new members were chosen to
the Council: John Bradshaw and Wil
liam Neave. Esther Stilson was select
ed as a representative to the Students
Affairs Board.
in view of the fact that the $50.00 al
lotted the Council by the Affairs Board
was insufficient for their needs, the
Council decided to ask the Board for
a more substantial amount.
| The Dramatic Council presented two
very successful plays last year.
FORTY-EIGHT STATES
SEND STUDENTS HERE
Virginia and New England Vic for Sec
ond Place Among the States
, Represented.
NEW JERSEY STILL HAS LEAD
Fifty out-of-state students coming
from the rockbound coast of New Eng
land to Japan, representing 48 states
and one foreign country, have enrolled
at Guilford for the ensuing year. Twen
ty-four of this number are members of
the freshman class.
The states receiving representation
in the student body are New Jersey,
Virginia, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, Tennessee, New
York, California, Georgia, Texas, Ark
ansas, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and
Maryland.
New Jersey holds a substantial lead
over the other states named in this de
partment with 39 representatives, of
which 11 are new students. Next in
line comes the neighboring state of
A irginia with four old members and
three new, making a total of seven.
New England makes a bid for hon
ors by having four of its group clinch
third place and tie for fourth and fifth.
Massachusetts conies fourth with five
representatives, four of which are en
tering upon their first year at Guil
ford. Maine and Rhode Island each
have three natives in the student body
with two of Maine's and one of Rhode
Island's being newcomers. Connecticut
follows its sister states closely with
two members, tying Kentucky for fifth
place. One of Connecticut's members
is new, while both of the students from
the Blue Grass country are new.