VOLUME XXIII
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
ESTABLISHED BY
CLASS OF 1937
Goal of One Hundred Dollars
a Year Sougth; to be Given
to Most Worthy Student.
WOODWARD IS CHAIRMAN
Qualifications Decided by Class; Only
Incoming Freshmen Are
Eligible.
The class of 1037 has decided to
start as its contribution, a new scholar
ship fund, known as the "Centennial
Class Scholarship." Kaeh year the
funds will be built up. A goal of a
yearly .SIOO scholarship is to be reached.
A board selected from faculty and ad
ministration, will award scholarships
in compliance with suggestions made
by the class.
Qualifications for receiving the schol
arship were decided by the class. Only
incoming freshmen are eligible. The
scholarship will be awarded to the best
all round student. Time and thought
will be given by the committee to
make an accura.e and impartial de
cision.
Not only to follow suit with previous
tradition, but as a special Centennial
project, was this scholarship founded.
After a lengthy discussion at the
senior class chapel recently, a class
scholarship committee was selected:
Dorothy Woodward, chairman; Wil
liam Capella, Mina Donnell, and Ituth
Ilollis.
CORNETTE WINSHONORS
AT GERMAN UNIVERSITY
Former Guilford Students Ties for First
Place Among Thirty Contestants at
University of Munich.
PLANS TO RETURN TO GUILFORD
James Clark Cornette, Jr., a student
at th" University of Munich, proved
himself wor. by of the scholarship
awarded him last year when he tied
for first place in a group of 34 juniors
coming from 25 different institutions.
A letter to this effect lias recently been
received by the registrar.
During the years of 1035-30 that
.Tames spent on Guilford's campus his i
academic work was characterized by J
uniform scholastic brilliance. Me at
tained honor roll rating consistently
and maintained one of the best quality
averages in the entire student body.
The scholarship adjudged him last
year was organized on a nation-wide
basis and Guilford's prodigy stood
high in a field of approximately 30
winners.
PLANS ARE COMPLETED
FOR LINDLEY DRIVE
Cedars, Dogwood, and Redbud to Be
Placed Along Road From West
(iate to Founder's.
Plans nru completed for the buiitl- j
in?; or I lie LiniUey Memorial Drive, j
whi li lias been referred t> frequently
as tin avenue of trees, I r an I lie West
gate ;f ilie campus along the road to
Founder's hall. This constitutes one
of the many projects contributing to ,
the fur.her beautiliiation of a cam-i
pus already widely known for its nat
ural beauty, and is a very definite con- \
tennial enterprise.
The memorial has been undertaken j
by Jack Lindlcy in honor of his grand-.
father, John Van Limlley, and his j
father, Paul Lindley. former mayor of i
Greensboro, both of whom served a
combined term of more than 40 years j
011 the college board of trustees.
The avenue will consist of native
cedars and dogwoods will appropriate
placing of red buds along the wa,\.
MARY IIOHHS HALL
The Co-operative Women's I>ormitory on the Campus
THE GUILFORDIAN
BETSY BULLA
Newly ele"ted May Queen for May Day
l> lie held on Mav (i.
Board to Examine
Degree Seekers
The French Comprehensive Exam
ination will he given between April
23 and April 30. There will he posi
tively no extension of time granted.
Those who hope to graduate in the
class of 1937, must pass this exam
ination if they have not done so
already.
Contrary to the type given in pre
vious years, this examination will be
oral. A board, composed of Dr.
Pope, Mrs. Dunstan, and Mr. Jacques
Hardre will examine the students.
All students planning to take the
examination will please make ar
rangements with Dr. Pope, as to the
time, place, etc.
CAMPUS TRAGEDY
IS FALSE ALARM
Decease of Dr. Binford Is
Reported in Recent
Publication.
CONDOLENCES RECEIVED
How would you like to be late to
your own funeral? This was the un
usual experience in which I)r. Binford,
professor of geology at Guilford Col
lege, found himself after a well-known
publication state.l recent.y that "Mrs.
Itint'ord. the wife of the late Dr. Bin
ford, would serve as secretary at the
Duke international Institute."
Dr. Binford wc.it about his custo
mary duties at the college with no
thought of death or funerals in his
busy mind, and no inkling of the world
wide bereavement which was prostrat
ing his friends and relatives, until
condolences and expressions of sym
pathy began to pour in from all direc
; lons.
When the first expressions of sympa
thy were received the Binford family
particular.y Dr. Binford, who felt
somewhat responsible lor the furore
which he had so unwittingly caused,
were mystified. Then, when a credu
lous friend, who couldn't believe that
lb.' robust (1 ict ir was really in line for
sympathy, sent a copy of the clipping
from the publication, the Binfords con
sidered the situation a great joke. The
whole affair list its humor, however,
when a frantic cablegram was received
from the liinfords' daughter, Annie
Naomi, who is teaching this year in
the Friends' School, ltain Allah, Pales
tine telling of the letters of sympathy
and condolence which she had received
and asking when her father's death
had occurred, and why she had not been
notified.
However it is reassuring to all to
know that our honorable faculty mem
ber is hale and hearty and that his
daughter's mind has been si t at ease.
Published, Semi-Monthly by the Students of Guilford College
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., APRIL 17, 1937
Chapel Program
Monday, April 19—"Peer Gynt," by
Edward Grieg—Piano, Rutli Pox
Beittel; Voice, Frances Mclver;
Dance, Anna Jean Bonhani.
Tuesday, April 20—Meeting for wor
ship, The Ilut.
Wednesday, April 21—Herbert Wal
ler, of England.
Thursday, April 22 —Class meetings.
Friday, April 23—Phillip Furnas—
The Serbian Folk Ballad.
Monday, April 20 —Willard O. True
blood.
Tuesday, April 27— Meeting for wor
ship, The Hut.
Wednesday, April 28 —Dr. Y. T. Wu,
China.
Thursday, April 29—Class meetings.
Friday, April 30—Willard O. True
blood.
NATIONAL GROUP TO
AID COLLEGE DRAMA
W. P. A. Theatre and College
Groups Co-operate in New
Campus Drama Campaign.
PLAY CONTEST IS HELD
New York City, April 17.—A cam
paign to stimulate a greater interest
in the theatre among the undergrad
uates of America was launched yester
day with the formation of a National
Collegiate Advisory committee to the
Wl'A Federal Theatre Project, accord
ing to an announcement by William
W. Hinckley, chairman of the Ameri
can Youth Congress.
Plans outlined by the committee,
which was formed to assist and advise
the Wl'A Federal Theatre in bringing
the theatre to the campus, include the
immediate initiation of a national con
test for ail original full-length play;
the establishment of a central college
play bureau with the Federal Theatre's
I'lay Bureau to serve as a co-ordinating
service for college dramatic societies
and youth drama organizations, and
the sponsorship of I-'cd. nil Theatre pro
ductions in college theatres, fraternity,
settlement and community houses.
The playwriting contest, it was an
nounced will b ■ under the joint spon
sorship of the Federal Project and its
collegiate advis ry body, and will lie
open to every regularly enrolled Ameri
an college student.
"The object of the National Colle
giate Advisory Committee," Mr.
liienkley said, "is to aid in stimulat
ing interest in drama among youth. We
li pe to make the services which a
people's theatre already has to offer
availab'e to existing dramatic and
s.jcial interest groups in the colleges
and among young people generally."
In addition to Mr. Hinckley, the
National Collegiate Advisory commit
tee now consists of itussell MacFH'l,
secretary. National Interfraternlty con
ference; Helen Morton, executive sec
retary, National Student council of the
V. \V. ('. A.; Itoland Elliott', executive
secretary, National Student Council of
the V. M. C. A.: William J. Farina,
president. National Collegiate Players
(PI Kjisilon Delta); Arthur Nortli
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Results of Surve
Secrets of Popularity
The results of a survey conducted on !
Guilford's fair campus during recent
mautlis emi now, at last, be made pub
lic as a worthy addition to tlie college
archives a; the dawn of the second cen
tury of Quaker education at the inter
section of Friendly and Battleground
roads.
We wanted to know whether or not
popularity could lie directly traced to
private preference In mouthwash ami
toile, soap, and the conclusion we wen
forced to reach was that those things
played only a very insignificant part in
the final results. The (leteriiiiuin
t'aetors, we discovered, were as follows : j
The method favored by one court in'
campus cowboy is this: Immediately
after supper grab yourself a ginch,
skirt, eo-ed or what have you and start I
out for the store, lie sure to set a very
slow pace to enable the girl to catch
her breath after being so completely
swept off her feet—ior should we say
your feet—by this masterful handling
of the situation. Upon arriving at
the store secure a glass of water and
two straws and then proceed to imbibe
this good Quaker spirit with very little
A scene from Aet IT of "Tlie Road to Yesterday," which is to be
presented tonight in Memorial Hall. The actors, reading from left
to right, are: Wilson, Barrow, Trotter, Nt-smith, and Woodward
(assistant director).
Y.W. Seeks Repeal of
Thursday Night Rule
The Y. W. C. A. recently filed a
petition with the Women's Student
Council requesting the repeal of the
rule requiring that the social hour
j on Thursday night end at 7 p.m.
The rule was originally passed some
years ago at the request of the
Women's Christian association, in
order t.o prevent other activities
from interfering with the weekly
W Y" meeting.
The present action was undertaken
on the recommendation of the com
mittee which is now supervising the
Thursday night sessions for both Y*s,
as the members of the committee felt
that the restriction on social activi
ties did not materially aid their
cause.
The request was favorably regard
ed by the Student Council, but will
have to go to the faculty for final
approval before the repeal of the
existing rule can be finally effected.
DR. W. 0. TRUEBLOOD
TO SPEAK HERE SOON
Will Give Lectures at Meeting House
From April 25 to
May 2.
IS PART OF PREACHING MISSION
Dr. Willard O. Trueblocd, graduate
of Enrlham College, IHclunond, lud..
and a f rnier pastor of the largest
Friends' Meeting in the world at Whit
tier Calif., will inaugurate a scries of
lectures for the Gui.ferd Community
and College at the Meeting House on
Sunday evening, April 2.">. These gath
erings will continue uutil Sunday morn
ing, May 2.
The meetings are being held as a
continuation of the nation-wide Preach
ing Mission which, during the last few
months, lias had widespread results
and has influenced many thinking
people in the United States. Dr. True
blood, b. sides being an interesting and
recognized speaker, has traveled widely
and represents an enlightened religious
viewpoint. I.ocal Friends anil Guil
fordians will hear Dr. Truebioad for
the lirst time in recent years when he
appears here next week.
I onccrn. Thence back to Founders'
| before the bell rings at 7 This is
j method No. 1 and can only be used
jliy a male student who lias mental
ahlli y sulllcient to come in out of the
lain ami unlimited personality qualiti
! cations. Prerequisite Psych !).
The next approach is one that can
he carried out by most of the men Im
mediately after each vacation.
Patiently wait after supper in the
hall until tin lady (V) of your choice
comes on; of the dining room and then
beseechingly request that she do you
| the honor of accompanying you to the
j store. If she condescends to honor you
with her company you may then set
under way.
T'pon arriving at one of our two eat
ing emporiums offer the lady, fair com
panion or girl ol' your dreams a Coca-
Cola, I>r. I'cpper. sundae, hamburger,
hot dog, candy, or perhaps even a
sour pickle.
(N. I!.: If she takes several of these,
be nonchalant and burn a cigarette.)
To follow out this program a man
has to have either an unlimited allow
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BEITTEL CO-DIRECTOR I
OF RACE INSTITUTE
Causes and International Re
sults of Race Prejudice
to Be Discussed.
TO IJE HELD AT CHEYNEY
I >r. I! ittel has been unpointed Co-
Director of the Institute of Race Rela
tions held under the auspices of tlie
American Friends' Service committee
•■vlth the co-operation of the Interna
ional Industrial Relations Institute.
Lester It. Granger, of the Secretary
Workers' Bureau of the National Tr
ivia League is working with Dr. Beittel.
This conference, for the purpose of
furthering friendly race relations is
to lie h Id at the Cheyney State
Teach r.s' college, Cheyney, Pa., from
July ," through July 21 of this year.
A wide variety of phases of race rela
iens wl 1 l>c discussed by such leaders
is Ilenry .1. Cadlmry, of Harvard uni
versity; Otto Klineberg, of Columbia
university: Mary Van Kleek, of the
International Relations institute; and
.Max Yergen, of the International Com
mittee on African Affairs. The aspects
of ra e relations which are being
trea.ed ate the reasons for racial preju
dice, the affect of international in
fluences on racial relations, and the
application of background material to
specific problems.
STUDENT VOLUNTEERS FOR
PEACE WORK SOUGHT
To Be Trained at Institutes of Inter
national Relations; Sponsored by
Emergency Peace Campaign.
TO WORK IN RURAL SECTIONS
A not I n wide enlistment of student
volunteers to take part in a major
drive for pen.e this summer has been n
.started hthe You li Section of the
Emergency Peace campaign. Last year, j
2.00 stu loots, representing 1(10 colleges |
throughout tlie United States, volun
teered, and worked in tlie rural areas
of the country for eight weeks. They
were split up in o 42 teams and each
team operated in certain p dltieally
strategic areas. Their work consisted
of spooling before clubs, young people's
societies, churches, farm unions, and
labor groups, and organizing peace
councils.
This summer, as was done last year, |
the volunteers will he trained at live
"Institutes of International Kola, inns" ■
before h ing sent out into the field for
active duties. The institutes are located
at the following places: Duke institu :o
Durham, X. C.; Midwest institute,
Xaperville. 111.; Eastern institute, Chey
ney, Pa.: Mills institute, Oakland. Calif.
ARCHIULE IIALL
One of the Men's Dormitories
NUMBER 10
MELODRAMA RUNS
RAMPANT IN COMEDY
ROADTO YESTERDAY
| Trotter and Furman Lead Cast
in Fantastic Comedy by
Dix and Sutherland
IWOODWARD ASSISTS DIEK
j Anderson, La Rosa, Barrow, Taylor,
Archer, Xau, Simpson, Wilson, Morris,
Nesmsith, Fitzgerald, Bartlctt Help.
The Guilford College Dramatic Coun
cil will present "The Road to Yester
day," by I >ix and Sutherland tonight
at S o'clock in Memorial Hall. The
council is particularly indebted to
Dorothy Woodward for her persistence
and excellence in assisting in the direc
tion of the production and in design
ing and making the period costumes.
The play, a fantastic comedy in four
acts, centers around the character of
1111 American girl, Elspeth Tyrell, who
is making her first visit to England.
The part of Elspeth is played by Betty
Trotter, who is supported by Bill Fur
man, playing the part of her lover,
Jack Greatorex, whom she meets in her
dream. Exhausted and thrilled by her
attempt to see all of London hi one
day, Elspeth falls asleep and dreams
that she is actually in the seventeenth
century. The second and third acts
deal with the dream, in which all the
characters in the first act appear, pre
sumably in earlier Incarnations.
The cast includes: Milton Anderson
as Keuelin Paulton; Hill Furman as
Jack Greatorex; Tom Taylor as Will
Leveson; George Wilson as Adrian
Tompkins; Betty Trotter as Elspeth
i'yrell; Jynette La Itosa as Malenu
Leveson; Sybil Barrow as Harriet
I'helps; Virginia Xesmith as Norah
Gilluw ; Ilazel Simpson as Dolly Foulis;
Henry Nau as Hubert; Lew Bartlett as
Watt; Dave Stafford as Sir John;
and ljUchurd Archer as Matt. With the
exception of tiie last four, each of the
above-named p.ays two parts, one in
the first and fourth acts, and another
m the second and third acts.
The committees and their members
follow. Costumes: Dorothy Woodward,
•linirniau; Annie Lee Fitzgerald;
Beatrice Itohr, Mary Alice Cronnister,
Syliyl Barrow. Light properties: Vir
ginia Xesmith, chairman; Sybil Bar
row, Wilma Archer, Hazel Simpson,
Lois Lleberiiiann. Heavy properties:
tVilliam Furman. Tom Hollis, Tom
Taylor. Lewis Bartlett. Stage: Bit-hard
Archer, chairman; Merit- Woodward,
Becky Wean'., Charlotte Parker, Ruby
Kdgcrtoii, Kathcrine Ruble. Make-up:
l'hylfis Weinberg, chairman; Virginia
Levering, Annie Evelyn Powell, Dorothy
Woodward. Publicity: Floyd Moore,
.'hairimin; Virginia Xesmith, Milton
Anderson, Ken Morris Mary P. Bloueh.
Lights: Walter Mickle, chairman; Ar
thur Wolfe, Walter XeaVe. Prompting:
Kstlier Stilsi.n. Ruby Watson. Business
niunag.T, .Mildred Coble.
SENIORS TO CHOOSE
PERMANENT PRESIDENT
| Class of *37 to Elect Secretary and Two
Historians Next Thursday
at Chapel.
j JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET MAY 8
The 1937 Guilford senior class will
elect permanent class officers at the
regular Thursday morning class chapel
on April 22.
This year's junior-senior banquet will
he held at the college on May 8. The
junior class has recently appointed a
number of committees to handle the
details of this annual affair. Heading
the food committee is Kathcrine Over
man, and heading the finance commit
tee is Tom Reynolds. Charlotte Parker
is tlu chairman of the program commit
tee.