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VOLUME XXXI
Act resses Present Gala Productions on Guilford Stage
I)r. A. I>. Beittel, who leaves Guil
ford this summer, will tnke tii> his new
duties us president of Talladega Col
lege in Alahama after a decade's ser
vice at Guilford.
Wood Will Attend
Southern Conference
IRC, CPU, and SRC Invite
Representative Students
From 50 Southern Colleges
Raymond Wood, outstanding junior,
has been selected to represent Guilford
at a conference to lie held in Chapel
Hill Sunday, April 18. The Interna
tional Relations Club, Carolina Political
Union and the Southern Regional Coun
cil have invited a student from each
of f0 Southern colleges.
The chief purpose of this conference
is to stimulate discussion on the cam
puses of the Dumbarton Oaks propos
als and the coming San Francisco con
ference.
Two students at this conference may
lie selected to attend the San Francisco
conference. The delegates at the con
ference are expected to have detailed
accounts of events which take place
to present students on their prospective
campuses.
Spring Festival
Come gaily-costumed to the
Spring Festival, Saturday evening,
April 21. Folk dancing, ballads,
group singing, and games top the
bill of fare of frolicsome fun! The
merry-making will be on the col
lege lawn, if Old Man Weather co
operates.
Edgerton Has Matchless
Experiences With UNRRA
A relief job (if immense magnitude
is being staged by the I'nited Nations
Relief ami Rehabilitation Administra
tion (l T NI{RA) in providing shelter
for refugees from war-torn Europe.
Headed by ex-Governor of Nexv York.
Herbert 11. Lehman, I'XKIiA has taken
over the control of six camps in Egypt.
Syria, and Palestine; from the middle
East Kelief and Kefngee Administra
tion, a Rritish organization. The largest
and best known is the El Shaft camp
near Cairo which accommodates 20.(KM>
of homeless Greeks and Yugo
slavs.
The people are housed in rows of
tents on the desert and are provided
with free food, clothing, anil bedding.
Each camp sets up its own refugee
self-government. Clinics and medical
attention are aiding these people to
regain their health. The climate is
THE GUILFORDIAN
Beittel Resigns As
Guilford Teacher To
Accept Alabama Post
Begins Duties August 1
As President of Talladega,
Noted Progressive College
Dr. A. I>. Beittel, professor of soci
ology and former clean of Guilford,
has announced his resignation to the
college to accept the presidency of
Talladega College at Talladega, Ala
bama.
I>r. Beittel will complete his work
at Guilford with the close of the pres
ent academic year. With his wife
and two sons lie will move to Talla
dega on August 1.
Dr. Beittel is a native of Lancas
ter, I'a., where he received liis ele
mentary schooling. His undergradu
ate work was taken at Findley Col- I 1
lege. Ohio, where he received his A.lt.
degree. lie was awarded the M.A.
degree by Oberlin College, and B.D. j i
and I'li.D degrees by the University
of Chicago.
I>r. Beittel is an ordained minister
of tile Congregational church. Before!
coming to Guilford, he held pastor- j
ates in Columbus, Montana, and Nash- j
ville, Tennesse, and served as pro- j
fessor of religion at Earlham.
Talladega College has received na- j
tion-wide reci gnition for its attempt \
to incorporate democratic procedure j
into the college campus. The United }
Slutes Office of Education lias pub- }
lished a bulletin on "Practicing Democ- j
racy in the College," in which publi- j
cation Talladega College is cited as |
a college which is succeeding in a [
remarkable way in practicing democ
racy lll tile campus.
The policy-making liody on the Tal
ladega campus is a college council
made up of representatives of the
administration, the faculty and the
students. The agenda of each meet
ing are posted in advance on vari
ous bulletin boards, and all interested
persons are invited to attend and to
participate in the discussion. Ques
tions are dieussed until a clear con
sensus emerges after the manner of a
Quaker business meeting.
Dr. Beittel lias been interested for
a long time in democratic campus {
government, and is looking forward I
to the opportunity to cooperate ill the J
Talladega plan.
| comfortable and life is more pleasant
than expected, but it is hard to keep
track of time when there is so little
variation in the day's routine.
Our popular language professor. Kill
Edgerton, has written interesting ac
counts of his experiences while work
ing with I'NRRA at the El Shaft ramp.
Last May he was loaned to T'NKRA
I by the AFSC for one year and went
through an eight weeks training course
| held at the I'liiversity of Maryland
where among other things, he studied
the Croatian language. He is now act
ing as an interpreter and a clothing
distributor which necessitates a great
deal of record keeping to lie sure that
I all get their share of clothing, llill
j mentioned that he attended a wedding
j of one of the refugees whose wife and
| children were lost when the ship blew
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GUILFORD COLLEGE. N. 0., APRIL 14, 1945
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Mary Joyce Martin and Beth Frederick, left to right, play tin
leading roles in the Shakespearean drama, "Much Ado About Noth
ing." which plays in the Auditorium tonight. Martin plays the roh
of Benedick; Frederick, that of Beatrice.
Jordan, Ashcraft
Are Due Recipients
Of Conferred Honors
Both Win Fellowships;
Ashcraft Also Receives
Bryn Mawr Scholarship
I Two of Guilford's seniors. Mary i
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j Ellen .lonian ami Virginia Ashcraft,
| have won fellowships which will enable
j them to follow studies in their major
j fields, mathematics and history, re
spectively,
j Mary Kllen Jordan has won a Pratt
and Whitney Aircraft fellowship which
entitles her to 4S weeks of study at
State College, Raleigh. Twenty-five I
women college graduates in North
Carolina received fellowships. Iler
studies will begin on June 12 and upon
completion of her work there she will
work for a year in Hartford, Con
necticut at Pratt and Whitney Aircraft.
Virginia Ashcraft has been notified
that she has received one of the ten '
Southern Regional Fellowships in Pub-1
lie Administration which would allow
her to study three months each at the
I"niversifies of Alabama. Tennessee.
! and Georgia. She would receive $750,
[ in addition to having tuition fees paid. I
| Also she would have three months
j practical experience working on some
governmental project.
Also Virginia has been awarded a
scholarship to liryn Mawr College
which she received on the basis of her j
excellent academic record. Last year
Senta Anion received this honor.
State Dept. Appoints Hayes
To Co-Edit Book by Benet
j Dr. Francis Hayes, who lit present
| has a teaching position at the I'ni
j versit.v of Sucre in Bolivia lias re- I
j cently been appointed by the Depart-1
inent of State to co-edit Stephen Yin- I
cent Beliefs "America." His co-worker
in the editorial work will lie I)r. Guii- !
} lernid Frnncovich. president of the I'ni- |
| versify of Chuquisaco, one of the eight
j names given to the famous university I
during past centuries.
It has also been announced tiiaf Dr.
Hayes has been appointed by the am- I
luissador's office in Bolivia to lie in j
j charge of the examinations for uni
j versify graduates who apply for schol
i arships in the section for study in
I the United States.
Nancy Nunn Will Be
Crowned May Queen
On Saturday, May S
Virginia Weatherly Will
Be the Maid-of-Honor;
Snow White Is Theme
The May Day celebration will lie
held on May 5 when Nancy Nunn, May
Queen by popular vote, will be crown
ed. "Stormy" Weatherly, runner -up
will lie maid of honor. Those on the
court are Barbara Williams, Betty
Powell, Mary Kllen Jordan, Martha Mc-
Lennan, Marjorie Hoffman, Virginia
Ashcraft, Judy Nelson, and Clara
Belie Monroe.
This year's May Day celebration
theme will be Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs. Snow White will be
played by Elizabeth Dockery and Prince
Charming by Claudius Dockery. The
seven dwarfs are: Louise Abbott,
Miilge. Itiilge, Virginia Jordan, Ina
Rollins, Betty Ray, Gerry Garris, and
Ruth Shugart.
Music will lie furnished by Dr. Vic
torius' orchestra and Mrs. Killiy's
group. A May pole dance will lie per
formed.
Due to the difficulty and uncertainty
of leaves and furloughs, escorts will
not be a part of the ceremony.
Interests of 'Dr. Vicky'
Include Music and Econ
To those among us who have not I
been initiated to the lore of the cam- ]
pus. Dr. Curt Victorius is merely the
"Econ Prof," but to the rest of us
wlio know him better lie is much
more.
lie was raised in a family where
music was an essential feature. One
of seven children, each of whom
played a different instrument, he
began lessons 011 the cello at tile age
of eight. From 1!>04 to 11114, the out
break of the first World War, be took
lessons from a private tutor, and after
the war he received his polish from
 ne of flic most outstanding cellists
in I lapsiiurg,Professor Hugo Becker.
He had private instruction in har
mony, counterpoint, and composition
from teachers in the Slate Academy
in Berlin. He has known personally
many of the outstanding musicians of
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Furnas Directs All-
Girl Cast of 'Much
Ado About Nothing'
Tonight the second performance of
"Much Arlo About Nothing" will be
given ut B:M> o'clock in Memorial Hall.
As we went to press yesterday the
playmakers were busily preparing for
their tirst presentation of the famous
Shakespearean comedy which was
given last night.
In contrast to the all-men casts of
Shakespeare's time, the I'lay Produc
tion Class and Dramatic Council com
prise the all-girl cast of Guilford's an
nual spring play. The play is under the
direction of Dr. I'hilip W. Furnas.
Mary Joyce Martin and Beth Frede
rick play the main characters, Benedick
and Beatrice. These "two clever scof
fers are caught in the simplest snares
of self-deception," and "all their wit
cannot resolve the plot so readily as
the stupid blundering of a fool like
Dogberry," played by Cornelia Knight.
Nancy Nnnn, veteran of the Guil
ford stage portrays Claiulio, Benedick's
friend and the lover of Hero, Madge
Conrad. Mary Butler makes a con
vincing villian while Mary Frances
Chilton ably plays the elderly father.
Other actresses who have male roles
include Violet Sliurr, Helen Stabler,
Midge llidge, June Hinshaw, Ethel
Perry, Christy Hersey, Koxie Rober
son, Rlizalieth Moses, and Priscilla
Nichols. Sue Shellnn is Baltluisar and
sings a solo in the play.
Adding to the colorfulness of the
production are the costumes by Van
Horn and chamber music provided by
the college orchestra.
Recreation Class Presents
More Movies for April
The Recreational Leadership Class
will present movies on the remaining
Sundays of this month. The schedule
is as follows:
April lfi—"Peter the Great," an his
torical drama of the early 17(H)'s in
Russia.
April 22—A variety program featur
ing Latin-American music and folk
dancing.
April 2!) "The Courageous Mr.
l'enn," picturing the life and times of
the great Quaker leader.
These films will lie shown at 8:00
p.m. in .Memorial Hall. The admis
sion fee is 20e.
Germany. Since his Kith year, he
has constantly been a member of
chamber ensembles—first in his own
home, and later in other cities.
Although primarily a cellist, lie
can also play the violin, as the fol
lowing incident proves. He bad just,
come over from Germany and was
waiting at the dock for the cus
toms official to go through his bag
gage. I)r. Victorius had both his
cello and an excellent violin, a family
Itossession, with him. The official
looked at him and asked, "Do you
play the violin?" Dr. Victorius re
plied that he played the cello and could
play the violin a little. It seemed
that unless a person could play the
musical instruments they brought in,
a heavy tax would have to be paid
So, in order to escape the several
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