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VOLUME XXIX Monogram Club Sets December 12 As Dale For Annual Fall Prom Schoellkopf, Cockman, Blair and Stanfield Head Dance Committees The annual Fall Prom of the Mono gram club will be held in the gym nasium on Saturday, December 12. In a meeting last, week, the letter men's club agreed to select an orches tra for the affair. Committees for the Prom will confer together soon to complete plans. Herb Selioellkopf heads the decora tion committee, La eel le Cockman, re freshment committee, Knobby Hlair. publicity committee, and David Stall field is engaging the orchestra. For the first time in several years the Fall Prom will be a card dance. Each escort will receive a card for him self and date when he purchases his ticket. Each set will have two dances and there will be about 1"> sets. It has been the policy of the club to discourage the presentation of corsages and again, they hope to continue this custom. Refreshments will be served during the evening by the Monogram club. Tickets may be reserved through any member of the club. Mrs. Milner (o-Ordinafes C, D. Y. 0. Case Aid Course Mrs. Clyde A. Milner, director of personnel of Guilford college, recently gave her services to the Civilian De fense Volunteer organization as co ordinator of the case aid course. The purpose of Ithis course was to train volunteer workers to be able to give more effective assistance to trained workers. Sixty women took the course and trained themselves to render Red Cross home service, to do volunteer work as visiting teachers, ond to work with other agencies. The group met six times for two hours at a time. The social organiza tions of Greensboro, the Community chest, Social Service exchange. Coun cil of Social Agencies, and seven or ganizations having ease work as their main interest, all contributed to the course. Mrs. Milner lectured on "Psycho logical Problems of Working With the. Individual." Mereb Mossman. of the department of sociology of Woman's college, spoke about "Techniques of Case Work." Grace MaeMurray. it student here, was among those taking I the course. Faculty Children Keep Learned Dads on the Jump lIH BETTE ItA I LEV "Out of tin 1 mouths of babes . . and some of the faculty children cer tainly do say a mouthful. Froml papas have been heard to expound daily on the witty remarks that "my child said," or, as in l)r. Idling's case, "my little baby says." And baby Karen will de light anyone with her newly acquired "transient talk," for, having made a round trip to Wisconsin this fall, she is now a veteran traveler. The house is described in trainman's vocabulary, the dining room being "the diner," the kitchen "the kitelier," and the living room "the liver." After her "lay me down to sleep" at night, Karen invari ably asks her daddy to turn on the light so the dark won't get in her eyes. THE GUILFORDIAN Soloists . . . A . . . Erlu Niece, tenor, from the First Presbyterian church in Greensboro; Mrs. Norris Smith, soprano, soloist in several churches in Greensboro; and Neil Jennings, baritone, of the Greensboro synagogue, who will take part in the presentation of Handel's "Messiah" in Memorial hall 011 Sunday, December 13, at 3:00 p.m. Phyllis Barker, a senior here, will be the contralto soloist. Library Adds New Books To Shelves French, Spanish, and Quaker Publications Top November List Many now books have boon added to (lie college library (luring the p:tst month, according to a recent report is sued by the librarian, Miss Katherine Kicks. The majority are French, Span ish, and Quaker books, while novels' and histories are rated second in num ber. Perhaps the most important war time history is the new voluminous 1/// Indiu, Mu \mirira, by Krishnalal Shridharami. This saga on India gives to us Americans for the first time a view of Hindu life and of the people of India from a twice-born Hindu. It contains intimate studies of the great leaders Gandhi. Tagore, Nehru, and a score of others. There is a survey of India's strategic role in the present war, concluding that the fate of this nation with its 360,000,000 allies of democracy may well determine the history of the eHtire world. Helen Hole reveals life at Westtown in her history, 11 'cxttawn Through the Vims. 17 Ml-I Xot l>n Might, a new hook by Syl vesier Jones, contains on its jacket a | review by Miss Horothy Lloyd Gilbert | of Guilford's English department. ! Hooks treating the subject of our I r,atin neighbors include: t.utin Imrr j tea, by I'reston !■>. James, and itc.rifo; (Continual on Page Four) Eugene Woods Furdom is a precoci ous baby, who upset the physelulogl eal laboratories hy walking at the tender age of eiglit months. He is following in traditional footsteps, dis proving all physical laws li.v repeatedly somersaulting off the porch steps. There are physics problems created in the bathtub, too, as (iene grapples for a spinning ball which, we are told, will remain forever beyond his reach. If you want to meet a wistful little gal who'll give you a run for your money, just start teasing Eva Kirk land Furdom. And if big sister Sue happens to be playing around too, there's double trouble! The potential lieartbreaker Susan Edgerton, is quite a defiant little lass, (Continued oil Page Four) GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. DECEMIiKK 5, 1943 wlk i Students To Visit Faculty Homes Tonight At Eight Members of the Guilford college family—Dr. and Mrs. A. 1). Beittel, Mr. and Mrs. William Edgerton, Dr. and Mrs. Philip Furnas. Dr. and Mrs. Francis Hayes, Dr. Mari Until, Mr. and Mrs. I)aryl Kent, Dr. and Airs. Clyde Milncr. anil Dr. and Mrs. Curt Victorias—will hold open house for the students this evening at S o'clock. Personal invitations have been i sent to all of the students by a ; combined V. M. C. A.-Y. W. C. A. committee composed of Anne Schneider, I'atricia Lockwood, Brad Snipes, anl David Stantield. History Class To Discuss Current Events Ot Week Dr. Xewlin's History 21 clnss left | its "Political and Cultural History of j J Modern Europe," Hayes, Vol. I, and turned to more modern trends in the] | "News of the Week" section of the i j New York Times. At the instigation of persons interested in current events, jit was agreed to use the Time maga zine, the American Observer, and the Now York Times as bases for the dis cussion of current events every Thurs day. For the first experimental discussion. I)r. Newlin led the group into the con sideration of the main battle fronts ill a trianguhir shape from northern Nor way to Spain to the Caucasus. The importance of the scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon, the new winter offensive controlling the Mediterranean, and the use of food as a political weapon were all discussed. Biology Club To Initiate New Members, Dec. 16 Initiation of the new members of the Biology dub will lie held nt the Decenilier Hi meeting of the club, as announced by Kay Tannenlmum. chair man of the program committee. The new members of the club are Evan geline Antrim, Hazel Bradsbaw, Matt Bullock, Owen Calderwood, Betty Dunne, Florence Dutton, Vivian Faw, ' Jack Hartke, Richard Illgen, Tama Kori.vamn, Dorothy Lancaster, Martha McLellan. Frances Merrill, Dorothy l'eele, Cliff Weston, John White, Iris Thomas, Oscar Sapp, Richard Schafer, Sam Sheradsk.v, Molly Smith, Roy Smith, Helen Stabler, and Barbara Williams. MH| J&g|| •*,; Greensboro 1.1. (.Plans Dec. 10 Meeting Here Beittel and Hurwitz To Represent Guilford At Monthly Session J The Greensboro Intercollegiate Inter j racial commission will hold its second regular monthly meeting at the home I of Dr. A. I >. Beittel, its faculty sponsor, Thursday, December 10, at 8 o'clock.! This group, organized some six years i ago by the Commission on Interracial j Cooperation. Inc.. with its headquarters lat Atlanta, Gil., includes most of the ! colleges in and about Greensboro. They are Agricultural and Technical. Ben-i I licit. Emmanuel Lutheran, Greensboro j college, Guilford, and until very re-1 eently Woman's College of U. N. C. ' The main purpose of this group is to ! encourage friendly relations between I these institutions by regular meetings at which common problems are dis . cussed or programs of general interest are presented. It is the Interracial 'commission which brings together choirs ' I from these schools to participate in a program in observance of Ilace I tela lions Sunday, in February. At the last meeting of the commis sion, held on the Bennett campus, Elea nor Beittel was elected vice-president and program chairman. Other officers . include a president from Bennett and a secretary-treasurer from A. and T. ' Eleanor Beittel and Phil Ilurwitz, who is head of (he Interracial Commission committee of the Y. M.-Y. W. C. A., act as the official Guilford represent!! fives. Members of the student body who are interested in attending the I meeting are asked to see Mr. Hurwitz. Seminar Students Attack Studies in Faculty Homes Ity CORKY FIELD About seven o'clock every once a week— and we don't mean on Sunday— Founders and Mary Ilobbs halls begin to resound with the sharp click of heels. What is the occasion which prompts such splendiferous primping? You guessed it—seminars ! That mighty institution, begun three years ago in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Milner, brought together 20 aspiring, perspiring psychologists to ponder such specialized problems as hypnosis and mental telepathy. The incident was so unique it even necessitated the pres- M'.MBKK 4 Choir To Give Annual Christmas Program In Chapel, Dec. 1 Soloists Will Include Una Mcßane, Marie Craven, And Barbara Anderson The Guilford College A Cappella choir under the direction of Dr. Ezra H. P. Weis. will present its annual Christ mas program in chapel 011 December 1(1. The program will consist of several Christmas carols from different coun tries. Following the porcessional, "Oh, Come All Ye Faithful," the group will sing "Hodle, Christus Natus Est" ("To day Christ is Born") by Healey Will, an English composer. This will he sung in the original Latin which is taken from a Christmas antiphon. I'na Seal Mcßane will sing the solo part in "A Little Child There Is Yborn" by William It. Davis, an American composer. This song is from a 15tli century manuscript in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Barbara Anderson iias the soprano role in "Ah, Jesu," accompanied by (lie choir. Marie Craven will sing the solo in "Song of Mary" from the Spanish by Vega. The remaining selections include: "I nto l's," by F. Melius Christiansen, conductor of the famous St. Olnf choir; 'Tlarken, Ilarkon, Mother Dear," a Czech carol; "Ilark, Bethlehem," a l'olish carol, arranged by Gwynn S. Bement. The program concludes with an American carol, the "Hushing Carol" by Richard Kountsi. (uneo r (ockman, Phillips To Train As Naval Cadets Itoy C'uneo, a sophomore at Guilford college, has been selected for training as a naval aviation cadet and will be ordered to active duty shortly. Cuneo, a native of New York city, graduated from Stayvcsant high school. A brother, Ensign Frank X. Cuneo, is in the TT. S. Navy. Lacelle Cockinan, of Oeala, Florida, and John I'hilllps, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have also recently been selected for training as naval air cadets. When ordered to active duty, these men will report to the I". S. Navy Pre-Fliglit school, either at the Uni versity of North Carolina, Chapel Ilill. or the I'niversity of Georgia, Athens, Oeorgia, for three months of physical conditioning, instruction in naval es sentials. military drill and ground schocl subjects. After completing this course they will be sent to one of the Navy's numerous reserve bases for primary flight training. once of the Press. Since then one and another >l" the department heads have gathered their disciples around them. Witness the scholars of English litera ture, the budding economic advisers, and the ri former sociologists who And themselves hitting the roail every Wed liesday eve. It's a dark and "rutty" trail wind ing hy the pasture that takes us tr the President's home. The grim sjiectrc of the water tower with the wind whistling round the shafts warns n.- not to hesitate. With a squaring ol (Continued on. Page Three)
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