VOLUME XXVII
Eight Stude
27 Maintain Record
Of All A's and B's;
Low Ranks Depleted
Eight students made all A's in their
work last semester and seven made all
A's hut one, according to grades which
have been released by Miss Era Las
ley, registrar. Recordings were some
what delayed, due to Miss Lasley's
illness, but with the assistance of Dr.
E. Garness I'urdom, tabulations were
complete February !.
Other statistics show that 27 made
nil A's and li's; that live made all
B's; that 47 passed less than nine
hours with a C average, yet passed
nine or more hours; and that 41 passed
less than nine hours.
At the top of the roster, with all
A's are Hen Brown, Gerhard Fried
rich, Margaret Jones, Charles Lewis,
Haul Keddlck, Robert Register, Mar
garet Smith, and Claus Victorious.
Only two achieved this honor at the
quarter.
Following closely behind these star
students are Corinne Field, Nancy
Graves, Teddy Mills, Elfried Penne
kamp, and Lewis Wilson, making all
A's but one. Their ranks show a de
crease of two over last quarter's grades.
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Faculty Will Give Buffet
Supper for Senior Class
The annual faculty party for the
members of the senior class will be a
buffet supper to be held on February
22 in the gymnasium, at 0:30 p. in.
Mrs. E. Daryl Kent is in charge of
the invitations committee and will be
assisted in her work by Sir. William
Edgerton. Dr. Harvey I.jung and Dr.
Francis Ilayes.
The program committee will include
Miss Alice inns, Mr. Edgerton and
Dr. Hayes.
Dr. Eva Campbell and Dr. Ejung
will lie responsible for the decorations
and .Miss Dovie Chenault, for tile re
freshments.
Old Guilfordians Reflect
Effects of War on Campus
By TOREY I.AITIN
In tli(> embryonic days of TITE I
FOKOIAN', ils primary purpose, T hen sis
now, wns to impart news of campus |
activities to tiie student body.
Tims, in the issues of 1917 and 1018, ;
amid tlie news of campus "socials," |
athletic victories and losses, bustling
activities of Clay and Websterinn so- j
cicties. and ads advocating the use of
High I'oint buggies, we find little men
tion of the war which we entered in |
1917.
Most active were the "Y" organiza
tions in war work. Many speakers j
came to Guilford and lectured 011 aid j
for those abroad, our debt to England, j
and the work of the "Y" overseas.
Funds for war work were raised — 1
an item addressed to the students at- j
tempted to round up delinquents—and j
knitting and sewing was done for the
Ited Cross.
An item printed in October, 1918.
states: "An agent of the government
visited the college recently and sealed
up the college wireless outfit until
after the war. This outfit had been dis
mantled since the outbreak of war, but
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THE GUILFORDIAN
Nts Get All 'AY; Veterans Head Play Cast
4 Cl ■
'vis
GREGORY TUCKER
Thompson Will Speak
Here on Feb. 26,27
Duke Sociology Professor
Has Done Research Work
In Race Relations Field
Dr. Eden r T. Thompson, professor of
sociology at Duke university, comes to
Guilford as chapel speaker on Wednes
day, February 27.
He will also si>eak to the race rela
tions seminar which meets the previous
evening, and will attend the freshman
sociology class on Wednesday morning.
1 >r. Thompson is connected with the
Division of Cooperation in Education
and Race Relations. This organization
includes departments of the State de
partment of Public Instruction, the
University of North Carolina, and
Duke university, and works to promote
race relations by educational means.
He has done research in the Held of
race relations, particularly concerning
tiic plantation system and the condi
tion of slaves. He is also editor of a
book on race relations, one chapter of
which he wrote.
Dr. Thompson is one of several lec
turers sent out to various southern col
leges by tiie organization.
Chapel Schedule
Monday, February 17 Henry
Rood, Greensboro artist. Will be
cn campus ail (lay for cultural re
source lectures.
Tuesday, February 18 Meeting
for worship on the basis of silence
in the Hut.
Wednesday, February 19 Ria
Jeff re, Juan Rodriguez will speak
on Cuba.
Thursday, February 20 Class
meetings.
Friday, February 21 Gregory
Tucker, pianist and composer from
Bennington college.
Monday, February 24—Not sched
uled.
Tuesday, February 25—Meeting
for worship on tlie basis of silence
in the Hut.
Wednesday, February 26 l)r.
Edgar T. Thompson of Duke uni
versity.
Thursday, February Class
meetings.
Friday. February 28 Guilford
college chamber orchestra.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., FEBRUARY 15, 1941
Gregory Tucker Here
For Three-Day Slay;
Is Pianist-Composer
Will Give Recital
February 21; to Attend
Classes, Faculty Tea
Greglry Tucker, well known pianist
ami composer, sponsored by the enter
tainment course, will give a piano re
cital at Guilford on February 2.1, at
8 p. m. in the Memorial hall audi
torium.
Mr. Tucker is on his third tour for
the arts program of the Association
of American Colleges and will be on
campus from February 20 to February
22, attending classes and giving ap
pointments and conferences during this
time.
Thursday morning at 9:50 he will
meet with the music students in an
open class in the auditorium and at
eleven he will visit the harmony class.
In the afternoon he will attend the
choir practice, and at five will he pre
sented at a faculty tea in the Hut.
Mr. Tucker is scheduled for chapel
Friday morning and will later meet
with the music history class at 11:20.
Ills recital will follow in the evening.
Ills schedule here will conclude with
his introduction in the music educa
tion class at nine Saturday morning.
Born in Pennsylvania S3 years ago,
Mr. Tucker began to study piano at
the age of four. Four years later he
was playing in public concerts, and
made his debut as a concert artist at
the Philadelphia academy of music
when only 13. He was later an artist
pupil of Leo Ornsteln, composer and
pianist.
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Library Fines Minimized
Fines on overdue library books
have been changed (his semester
The rate paid 011 overdue reserve
books has been changed to 15 cents
| an hcur. It was previously 25 cents
| an hour.
Tiie penalty for other overdue
j books is one cent a day if the fines
1 are paid at once, the usual rate of
j two cents a day if the penalty is
| charged.
Fink Students Write Text
On Evolution of Education
I Under the direction of Mr. Fink,
j students studying the history of edu
cation began early last semester to
I write' their own text.
! Starting with primitive education
groups of two prepared reports on
Greek, Roman, Medieval, and lienais
ance education.
Harry Xaee and Bill Denliam work
ed on primitive education, Bernicc
| Merritt and Freddie Binford on the
Greek period, Rupert Wells and Luther
Gideon on Komnn schools, Virginia
Hill and Frances Johnson on the
Medieval period, and Burton Lyon on
the Renaissance.
In order to cover the vast expanse
of modern methods in tills field each
member of the class wrote a term
paper on some phase of education in
the United States today.
These reports were given as speeches
in class, then presented to Miss Mc-
Afee in written form. Sufficient copies
of all the reports in book form will be
mimeographed for each class member.
Council Pushes Rehearsals
ROBERT REGISTER
Federal Work Claims
McDonald from Staff
Assistant Coach Leaves
For Texas, Then Florida
For Justice Department
James (Mac) McDonald, assistant
coach and athletic director to Charles
(Block) Smith since his graduation
from Guilford in 1039, left Guilford
campus last week for El I'a so, Texas.
There lie will attend a government
school for six weeks, in preparation for
a position in Tampa, Florida with the
Department of Justice. He will be con
nected with the United States immi
gration service.
McDonald, a native of Pleasant Oar
den, had been coach of freshman
football and basketball here for the
last three semesters. Head track coach
in the absence of Dr. Frederick Carlyle
Shepard lust year, he schooled the
Quaker runners in the capture of the
North State conference championship.
As nil undergraduate, McDonald took
honors in football and boxing. lie cap
tained the grid team in his junior
Lvear. As a boxer, he retrieved several
Golden Glove crowns before leaving the
ring. | (Continued on Page Three)
'lmaginary Companions' Is
Subject of Beittel Thesis
By BRTTE BAILEY
(•race Beittel's senior thesis will be I
close to the hearts of those of us who |
spent some of their childhood days
playing or conversing seriously with I
imaginary companions. It will awaken
merry thoughts and memories among
those who were not so lucky and found |
such experiences vicariously—as in '
A. A. Milne's poems about Christopher
Itobin and "Binker", a notorious com
radeship.
This quirk in Grace's activities origi
nated in n history-making meeting of
Mrs. Milner'S child psychology class
last year.
An enterprising student suggested
the possible relationship between the
imaginary companions of childhood
and the creative genius of adult life.
Mrs. Milner referred the matter to
Miss Beittel, who heartily accepted the
challenge as the answer to an antici
pated senior thesis.
Alas and alack! There was but
sparse information on the subject.
NUMBER 8
Register and Hobby,
Kerlee and (ope Gel
Top Roles in Farce
A nucleus of veteran performers,
surrounded by n supporting cast of
promising newcomers, has been assign
ed the leading roles in the Dramatic
council spring production, "It Pays
to Advertise," which is progressing
with unusual rapidity toward its pres
entation date, March 8.
Under the direction of Dr. Philip
Furnas assisted by council president
Audrie Gardham, the play will enter
into its second week of intensive re
hearsals Monday. Daryl Kent is in
charge of stage construction.
Itnbert Register, John Hobby, Steve
Cope, and Elsie Kerlee carry the lead
ing parts in the farce by Itoi Cooper
Megrne and Walter Hackett. The chief
supporting roles are handled by Vir
ginia Conrad and L. M. Gideon. Minor
roles are taken by Virginia Pope, Phyl
lis Meadows, Dave Parker, John Men
dinhall, George Bunce, and Gene El
liot.
The play, which is labeled a "far
cical fact," revolves about the efforts
of a newly ambitious young mil
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Denham, Bryan, Ausband
Head Respective Classes
Officers for this semester were elect
ed last. Thursday in meetings of the
freshman, sophomore, and junior
classes.
Juniors chose Bill Denliam as presi
dent, Charles Lewis as vice-president,
and Evelyn Pearson as secretary-treas
urer. Frances Lloyd will represent the
class in meetings of the student affairs
board.
A turnover in sophomore class of
ficers resulted in the election of Mar
garet Bryan to the office of president.
John Mendinhall and Virginia Pope
are vice-presidents. Mendinhall will
also fulfill the duties of program com-
I Grace ingeniously evolved a solution
I to lier problem, at the same time col
| lectins; a goodly number of valuable
! autographs.
I Grace lias sent, over one hundred
letters to leading artists—pa inters,
| sculptors, composers, and creative writ
ers, asking a series of questions con
cerning real and unreal companions,
whether or not they still had them,
and when they began their creative
work.
(Jrace lias received about SO replies,
most of tlieni from well-known authors
—Eugene O'Neill, Hex Heaeli, Irving
Cobb, Kdna Ferber, Fannie Hurst,
Edna St. Vincent Millay, Mary Roberts
Itinehart, Booth Tar King.ton, and Chris
topher Morley are some of tlieni.
One letter is postmarked from a
shell-split war zone in England. It had
been torn open for inspection, stamp
ed accordingly, and was signed infor
mally by Daphne du Maurier.
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