VOLUME XXIX
Phyllis Barker To Sing Contralto Role in Messiah, Dec. 13
Eight Guilfordians
Make All A's Bui One
Amon, Bailey, Jeffre,
Leake, Rohr, Victorius,
Kane, Unpar Top List
Senta Anion, Bette Bailey, Ria Jef
fre. Thomas Kane, Hoy Leake, Robert
Rohr, Antoinc I'ngar, and Clans Vic
torius made all A's but one at the end j
of (lie first quarter, 1042-104.'?, accord- j
ing to tabulations made by Miss Era I
l.asley, registrar. The same number j
of students made all A's and B's at
the end of the first quarter. 1041-1042.
No students made all A's, as com- j
pared to two for the first quarter, I
1041-1042.
Nineteen students made all A's and |
B's as compared to seventeen at the
end of the first quarter, 1041-1042. They ■
are Betty Ann Anderson, Martha Bell, j
William Bowman, Corinne Field. Doro
thy Ilall. Marjorie IlolTman. Richard,
lllgen, Mar.v Ellen Jordan, Buxton
Miekle. Joseph Itay, Harvie Saunders,
Richard Sebafer. Joe Troilingor. (ierda
I'ngar. Bette Warlike, John Wright. |
Daniel Young, Benjamin Brown, and
Hurford Crosinan.
(Jilbert King, Martha McLennan, and
(trace Siler made all B's; the samel
number made all B's for the first
quarter, 1041-1042..
Fifty-eight students, or 20.4% of the |
student body passed loss than nine |
hours work with a C average, as com
pared to (ill students, or 1N.7% of the!
student body, for the first quarter of j
1041-1042.
Nineteen students passed less than '
nine hours of work, as compared to
30 students at the end of the first quar
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R. Klepper Leads Meeting
The German dub, with Kenate Klep
per. secretary!ren surer, in charge, held i
its third meeting of the year on No
vember 1 !>. Other officers of the club
are Itia Jefl're. head of the steering
committee, and Jim Lehr, program
chairman.
Students participated in the meeting!
by giving readings on great German
men of the past who have contributed |
much to culture. Helena Ilaiues pre-j
sented a reading on Franz Schubert,
and Kenate Klepper told of her expert-'
ences in Europe.
The group plans to study noted Ger
mans. including Bach, Goethe, and Bee
thoven. from time to time.
The annua] Christmas party will be
held Thursday. December U. in the Hut.
Guilford Fire Fighters
Douse Burning Woodpile
B,v DICK SCI IA KICK
It was si beautiful, brisk, autumn
liftcriMinn, last Saturday about three
o'clock, when a frantic phone call sent
Walter Shaw running out of Cox shout
ing hysterically, "Fire! Fire! Ilurry!"
The Guilford college volunteer tire de
partment was to get its first chance to
show its stuff.
Kan Tanuenhaum, lire chief, was 011
Founders walk at the time of the alarm,
chatting with some fair maids. "Door
knob" Kay tore himself away and
ordered everybody to grab available
tire extinguishers. A score or more of
fellows responded to the alarm, and
two carloads of men were speedily
dispatched to the scene of disaster with
in four minutes after the phone call.
THE GUILFORDIAN
Chapel Schedule
Monday, November 23—Mr. Wal
[ ter Zimmerman.
Tuesday, November 24—Meeting
for worship on the basis of silence
in the Hut.
Wednesday, November 25—A Oa
pella choir.
Thursday, November 2fl—Thanks
giving.
Friday, November 27—Dr. Algie
I. Newlin.
Mr inlay, November 30 Mrs.
Kath!een Hanstein.
Tuesday, December I—Meeting
for worship on the basis of silence
in the Hut.
Wednesday, December 2 l'l
l| scheduled.
Thursday, December 3 Class
meetings.
Friday, December I—Miss Ros
sie Andrews.
L R. C. Chooses Yictorius
President; Newlin Speaks
Tim International Relations cluli,
coinpi soil (if a group of students inter
| ested in tile subject of post-war prob
j lems and propi sed solutions, met on
| Thursday, November 12 in the hut. As
the elub hail no president. Clans Yic
torius opened the meeting. Other of-
I Heirs of the club are —Edith Swisher,
j secretary, and ltrad Snipes and Hud
j son Bowne, program committee. At
! that time the club elected Clails Yie
j tortus president, anil Ruth Bab as an
j additional memlier of the program
! committee.
1 I)r. Algie I. Newlin gave a talk about
! tlie Atlantic Charter and its signiti
eanee. lie ermpareil Wilson's Fourteen
j points made during the last war to the
Atlantic Charter, a document drawn
•up in August. 1041, by the President
lof the t'nited States and the I'rime
I Minister of Ureat Britain. lie stated
Hint one reasen for the Atlantic Char
ier was that the people had demanded
a statement of war objectives. lie also
j saiil that according to a survey the
I average American citizen today is not
las interested in the post-war problems
| of Hie present war, as they were after
jibe first World war. The slogan to
i win the war and not to win the peace
has l en el' primary importance to the
.average American citizen, Dr. Newlin
j believes.
Following Dr. Newlin's talk, Hudson
Bowne reviewed the speech that Vice
j I'lesidenl Wallace made to the Free
| World assoeiatii n on May 8, 1042. In
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About three miles from the college.
011 the Battleground road, a dense spi
ral of smoke could be seen rising from
1 lie forest. (The three gals who fol
lowed the (1. C. V, F. I>. lll bikes will
(ell you differently—they took the road
to Oak Kidge.) As our two lire engines
rapidly approached the scene, I lie lire
men could see all too clearly t .111
flames shooting skyward, and licking
the bases of the tall trees in the vicin
ity. A neatly stacked pile of kindling
had burst into flame, and in a short
quarter-hour the strong wind had fan
ned the blaze to a roaring inferno. Two
small frame houses stood not a hun
dred yards from the tire—it was the
duty of the lire lighters to extinguish
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GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., NOVEMBER 21, 1942
Dr. Campbell To Act
As Toaslmislress
At Sports Banquet
Athletic Associations
To Present Achievement
Awards, November 28
l>r. Eva G, Campbell, of the biology
department, will lie toastmistress at
lhe annual fall achievement banquet
to lie held on Saturday, November 28,
at 7 o'clock in Founders hall. At this
time all outstanding athletes will lie
recognized.
j .Miss Christine Foster and Coach
Charles I>. Smith will present the
i awards. For the men, Coaeli Smith will
present two gold footballs, one to the
| best blocker, the other to the best
1 tackier on the team. The ('. Ford
bam. Jr. Sportsmanship Trophy, the
most coveted award of all, will be given
in the player who has most lived up to
11lie following standards: no unexoused
I absences from football practice and no
penalizations for unsportsmanlike con
duct. Every man. including those not
i ti the varsity squad, is eligible.
Among the women. It! will receive
the \V. A. A. awards -seven, their let
ters, and nine, their numerals. Those
having earned the points required
| for a letter are: Barbara Anderson,
Mary Hclle Clark, Shirley Marshall,
i Anne Schneider, Judy Nelson. Porothy
1 I'eele, and Jean Thomas. Numerals,
(awarded upon the accumulation of ."•i>
j points, go to: Mildred Itagan, Hetty
I Marshall, Marjorie llolTman. Margery
llulier, Mary Alice Johnson, Hella
Meyer, Maxine Kay, Kathleen Kirk-
I man, and I'atricia Shoemaker.
After the presentation of awards,
there will be moving pictures showing
life at titiilford. This substitutes for
the guest speaker which lias been had
|at former banquets. Following the
! movie, there will be dancing in the
gym until 10:4."(.
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Sophomores Plan Picnic
.Members of (lie sophomore class
will leave Founders hall at four
o'clock tomorrow afternoon for a
picnic out in the pasture. Each
member of the class may bring a
guest.
Jean Thomas and Brad Snipes, in
charge of games, are planning as
the iiiitin feature a hockey nialch
between boys anil girls. Judy Nel
son and llazel Bradshaw are in
charge of the food.
R. Beyer To Head Club
Unbolt Beyer was elected president
! of the Fine Arts club at its meeting
of November Hi. lie replaces Graham
Meade: Marjorie llulier succeeds Beyer
1 as vice-president.
The club met at the home of l>r.
and Mrs. Ezra 11. F. Wcls. A picnic
supper was followed by a musical pro
| gram given by Betty Ann Anderson.
Homer Barker, Wiluia Knight, Frances
Merrill, and I'egg.v Taylor. Three
! madrigals were sung by a double quar
tet, made up by Betty Ann Anderson,
Ilomer Barker, Robert Beyer, Frances
Merrill, James Itichards, Sue Shelton,
Eliihu Sloan, and I'eggy Taylor.
A committee lias been appointed to
investigate the possibilities of sponsor
ing a movie on Friday night, Decem
ber 4, in Memorial hall.
Contralto . . .
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mfjk 4* 1
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. . . Phyllis Harker, who will sing
two solos in the (Juilfird college pro
! sentation of Handel's oratorio, "The
Messiah"
Austin Scott To Present
Flute Recital, December 4
Austin Scott, flautist, will give a re
ntal nn Friday, December 4, in Memo
-1 rial hall at s:(M p.m.
The program will include Flute Con
eerto in />, Vivaldi: Ihi o (piano and
. tlute) in It. Kuhlau; Minuet. Mozart;
lhmr of the HlesKfil Spirits, (iluck:
I'dmhourin. (iossec: Trio Sonoto. Locil
let (.Miss Victoria l'eimckamp, violin) ;
| and Concertino, Chaminadc.
X Cabinet To Hold Open
Meeting For All Members
1 An open "V" Cabinet meeting, the
I first this year to he held for the bene
fit of all old and new Christian Asso
ciation members, will take place Mm
: day, November 2.*1n1, in the music
building at S:.'JO p.m.
1 Planned mainly to show how the
governing body f the organization
i works .tie.' meeting will also include
, brief reports from delegates to the
; "Adventures in Applied Christianity"
•Conference, being held at Durham.
November 20-22.
' Cabinet members Margaret Town-
I send, Sadie White, Corky Field. Mar
liner Ibiiley, and Hetty Murke will
give their impressions and review ad
dresses by 1 lornell Mart, of the de
partment of sociology of iMike unlver
sity, Rayard Rust in, of the Fellowship
of Reconciliation, and "Hilly" Row
land, administrative secretary of the
\V( rid Student Service fund.
Clarence E. Dickinson, USf
Cited for Action in Pacific
Itil COIiKY FIELD
lieutenant 'larence K. I>ic*kinsn,!
I". s. N'., (iuilfordian, recipient of the
Navy Cress with star, Navy Cross with
two sold stars, and an air medal for
heroism, recounted his adventures re
cently in an article entitled "I Fly
for Vengeance" in the Stihirdttll Even
ing I'Hxt (October 10, 17, 24, :S1).
According to the I'ost, the pilot Dick
inson lias a "genius for sticking the
nose of his plane into hot spots in the
Pacific where the I'nited States is be
ing attacked by ail enemy." That gift,
so called, found Clarence Dickinson
over l'earl Harbor on Sunday morning,
December seventh. He received his first,
geld star for action during this attack
Three Guest Soloists
To Aid Presentation
Of Handel Oratorio
Miss Phyllis Barker, Mrs. Norris
Smith, Kiin Neece, and Neil Jennings
have been named soloists for Guilford's
sixteenth performance of Handel's ora
torio, "The Messiah," to he presented
| in Memorial hall on Sumhiy, Deeemher
!•{, at .':!> p.m.
Miss Barker, contralto, has already
established her reputation as student
soloist MI campus. She will sin# (>
Thou That Vellest; He Was Despised.
Mrs. Norris Smith, soprano, is soloist
in several ehurehes in Greensboro. She
lias also appeared in our chapel pro
grams with the Kuterpe club trio. She
will sing There Were Shepherd#; And
tin Anyel Said I'nto Them: And Sud
denly 'I here Was; Itejoiee (1 reatl)/;
Come I nto Him: I Know That My
Iff d( finer Jjireth.
Erlu Neece, tenor soloist from the
First Presbyterian church in Greens
. ln:ro t will present: Comfort Ye My
feoyle, and Thy Rebuke Hath Hrokcn
llin Heart.
Neil Jennings is baritone soloist
I'roin the synagogue in Greensboro. 110
| will render: Thus Saith the Lard: For
Itehold Darkness; Why do the Xat ions
| It a ye?
> None of the four soloists has ap
peared as a soloist with "The Mes
siah" before. Only one change lias
been made in the presentation of the
oratorio the llallelajah chorus will
lie sung as the last number.
"The Messiah." which was first pre
sented I'CHI years ago, is left largely
I as George Frederich Handel first wrote
it, keeping the orchestra within modest
limits and using only four-part writing
| for the choruses.
The Guilford Chamber orchestra will
accompany the chorus composed of stu
! dents and members of the community.
Biologists Elect Officers
i Officers of the Biology el ill i for the
I venr will l* Sadie While, president;
j Kn.v Titnheiilmum, vice-president, and
•lane Mi l 'illlough, secretn ry-t ren surer.
I Hay Tll nnenbainn heads the program
] committee.
[ I'lans were made at the meeting on
.November 11 for the initiation of new
i members. Mildred I'egrnm and Kay
Tannenbnum will be in charge of the
i initiation.
Interested biologists are Invited to
Mttend the meetings of the club.
for "disregarding his own life." "I Fly
fir Vengeance" (I'nrt I), published
with cordial aiiproval of tlie Navy, de
x i'ihc.M the flier's renetion to this event
in words as vivid lis those pounded
from the keys of nil experienced re
porter. On Februar'y lirst, Dickinson
was awarded the air medal for action
"fir commanding the third division of
a scouting squadron in the lirst attack
on Kwajalein Atoll, .Marshall islands.
'This attack,' the citation said, 'was:
made in the face of heavy anti-aircraft
lire and fighter opposition, and resulted
in direct hits on ground installations
and on a large army ship'."
Clarence Dickinson, or Karle, as
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