May 24,1950
Pulling Strings...
After the effects of May Day and
the previous night, I suddenly find
that it is time to get my column
ready for the year's final issue of
the Guilfordian. It's hard to be
lieve that the year has gone by so
fast. It seems just like yesterday
that Mr. Bradshaw met me at the
train. Freshman Week, rat court
. . . it doesn't seem possible that
they happened a year ago. That's
the way life goes, I guess.
At this time we have to say so
long to those who are graduating.
With tears in our eyes we resign
ourselves to the fact that they
won't be here next year. And we
sincerely wish them the best of
luck. We hope they'll get ahead in
the world as other Guilford grads
have done in the past. And re
cession or not, they have a good
chance to do just that, this is still
one country where if you've got
what it takes, you can make a
name for yourself.
I never have been able to see
why people should say that Amer
ica is not the land of opportunity.
I always like to look at the story
Commencement
Exercises
Monday, May 29, 1950
10:00 o'clock
Academic Procession
Hymn
Devotional Frederic Crownfield
The Choir: "Gloria in Excelsis" Mozart
Introduction of Speaker Clyde A. Milner
Address to the Graduating Class
Harry N. Wright, M.S., Ph.D., LL.D.
President, College of the City of New York
The Choir: "William Penn's Inscription" .. Harvey Gaul
Charles C. Underwood, Director
Announcements Clyde A. Milner
Presentation of the Class Harvey A. Ljung
Conferring of Degrees Clyde A. Milner
Benediction Philip W. Furnas
Recessional
Students' Hats Create
'Sensation o
By BARBARA McFARLAND
College students are always com
ing out with new ideas. Guilford
ians are no exception to this rule.
This year, along with water fights
and stoop ball, hats have caused
minor sensations in the campus in
more than one case.
Let's go back to Freshman Week.
Remember the "Frosh" caps worn
at the football games and to class?
The poor freshmen were afraid not
to wear the caps for a long time
after Freshman Week because none
ever knew who would be called up
next for "Rat Court." These hats,
plus the costumes, worn by three
freshman girls even made the
Greensboro Daily News.
Then there was the basketball
season and Archdale came through
with those revolutionary "Rebel"
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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tempts and when they came off the
court. The Guilford rooters dis
played what to me was the best
example of good sportsmanship
that I have seen. They did not re
taliate by distracting the opposing
playeds. They did cheer and en
courage Guilford although Guil
ford trailed most of the game and
lost by a substantial margin. Then,
when the other school visited the
Guilford gym to play, they were
treated as welcome visitors dnd
they were no indications of any re
taliation by Guilford students.
Another example of cooperation
and spirit that illustrate the fact
that our student body can be
friendly and helpful is seen in the
construction of the track. The
track around the baseball field
was built entirely by students after
By SALKIND
of John D. Rockefeller. Did you
know that he started life with
nothing? No money, no education,
no pull, no nothing. All he had
was a good head, a good right arm,
and the desire to get ahead. After
a while he opened up a store. In
just seven years he had $270,000
in the bank. And from there he
went into oil and made a few bil
lion. But the important thing is
the first fact. By working hard,
using his head and being honest,
in seven years he changed nothing
into a quarter of a million dollars.
And don't think it couldn't be done
today. As Emerson used to say—
build a better mousetrap, and you
know what.
So here you all are at what
amounts to the beginning of your
lives. You've gotten through Phil
osophy 24 and History 38; now it's
time to make a little history of
your own. We know you can do it,
so good luck and remember, we're
all behind you.
And to everyone else, have a
swell summer, and we'll see you
all next year when we can make
the freshmen wear the diapers.
caps. The boys all sat together
and made quite a spectacle when
they cheered at the games.
And now the latest thing in hats
may be seen by one of the girls'
softball teams. The "Gussets" are
now wearing red and white hats,
with a big "G" for Guilford and
the name Gussie written in yellow.
Whether the hats will make the
team win the pennant is still to be
seen.
A lot of the men have been seen
wearing "white pancakes." They
are snappy-looking hats which were
popular back in the Gay Nineties,
and are now the fad among Cox
Hall sophomores.
These hats may not make Guil
ford famous, but the wearers cer
tainly get to be well known by their
original style of headgear.
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a very generous alumnus had
scraped it. The students who came
out and helped did not have to, nor
did they receive pay for what they
did. Yet, we were able to hold a
North State Conference Meet on a
very respectable track.
I wanted to let the student body
know that I am personally thank
ful for their help and encourage
ment since I have been at Guil
ford. Let's keep on improving in
the school spirit department.
When a group comes in from an
other school, let's make them feel
at home, and win or lose, let's re
member that anyone can boo a
team ... or to use another quota
tion: "Its the thoroughbred that
gives results, It's the jackass that
always kicks!"
Edward Teague, Coach
THE GUILFORDIAN
Class of "50"
Robert Levan Adams, A.B.
Edward Hughes Alexander, A.B.
Summey R. Alexander, A.B.
George Harriss Bellamy, 111, A.B.
James T. Benjamin, Jr., A.B.
Ollie Bissett, Jr., A.B.
Malcolm O. Campbell, B.S.
Wilfred C. Carr, A.B.
Joseph Eugene Cash, A.B.
Eleanor Lennie Corneilson, A.B.
Luther James Coward, Jr., A.B.
William Merton Crater, A.B.
Yancey Goelet Culton, Jr., B.S.
Frank DeLancey, Jr., A.B.
Murray Alton Draughon, A.B.
J. Binford Farlow, A.B.
Ernest Hayes Ferris, Jr., A.B.
Charlotte Anne Flanders, B.S.
Hervey Kemp Foster, Jr., A.B.
Arthur D. Garrison, Jr., A.B.
John G. Grogan, A.B.
Richard O. Hanson, A.B.
Charles Darwin Hawley, A.B.
Ralph R. Hemphill, A.B.
Jimmie C. Hines, B.S.
Lee Hoyt Hinshaw, B.S.
Bartlett Que Holt, A.B.
Harold Thomas Jarrell, B.S.
Howard Carl Jarrell, B.S.
David P. Jarvis, Jr., A.B.
William Henry Johnson, B.S.
John B. Jones, A.B.
Joseph Tuttle Keiger, B.S.
Howard H. Kaufman, A.B.
William Lane Kerr, A.B.
Carl W. Kinney, Jr., A.B.
Numa E. Knight, Jr., A.B.
Paul Augustus Lawhorne, A.B.
Robert Ellis Lee, A.B.
Harold M. Lilly, A.B.
Ellis Love, A.B.
Daniel Robert Lowe, A.B.
Esther Lou Lowe, A.B.
Cornelius Wilbert McCraw, A.B.
James G. Mackie, A.B.
Alfred Burgess Martin, A.B.
Wallace Berry Maultsby, A.B.
Ovidio John Mira, B.S.
Robert Allen Moore, Sr., B.S.
William S. Myers, B.S.
Richard Glen Pegram, B.S.
George Thomas Porter, Jr., A.B.
Terry Porter Ragland, A.B.
Juliette Ann Raiford, A.B.
Charles Garland Rakestraw, A.B.
George Thomas Ralls. A.B.
James Max Rawlins, Jr., A.B.
James H. Ray, A.B.
Charles Robert Reynolds, A.B.
Arch L. Riddick. Jr., A.B.
Edwin Earle Rives, Jr., A.B.
J. Reginald Roberts, A.B.
William Scott Root, A.B.
Jack Cornelius Rothrock, A.B.
W. Tuttle Sherrill, A.B.
Robert Lee Shuler. B.S.
Edwin W. Skinner, A.B.
Julius Mark Stewart, A.B.
James Thomas Taylor. Jr., B.S.
William J. Teague, A.B.
Ward B. Threatt, Jr., A.B.
Virginia Bernice Toole. A.B.
Clifford E. Tyson, Jr., A.B.
Marianne Yvonne Victorius, A.B.
Julian Burke Walters, A.B.
James Walter Warren, A.B.
Chizu Alice Watanabe, A.B.
Jerry Lee Watson, A.B.
Joseph Thurman Williams, B.S.
Winfred L. Williams, A.B.
Alcuin Donald Wolff. B.S.
Winslow Womaek, B.S.
Daniel Gillespie Yates. A.B.
Rozell Roland .Yoder, B.S.
AUGUST
William Ray Ashcraft, Jr., A.B.
William Richard Bilbro, A.B.
Edward McMichael Bowman, A.B.
Carl Murray Cochrane, A.B.
Glenn H. Campbell, A.B.
John Alva Clark, Jr., A.B.
Selma L. Coble, A.B.
Renee Adele Davis, A.B.
Clifford Leith Goodman, Jr., A.B.
John W. Googe, A.B.
Oscar Raymer Hurley, A.B.
Madrid O. Langley, A.B.
Alfred W. Milner, Jr., A.B.
Barbara Ann Pearson, A.B.
John P. Price, A.B.
Fahim Issa Qubain, A.B.
Abraham B. Rauch, A.B.
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Bertram Taft Smith, A.B.
Richard W. Smithdeal. A.B.
Walter Lee Simmons, A.B.
John Bourne Weldon, A.B.
Dear Seniors .. .
DR. MILNER
\yiTIIIN a few days you will receive a diploma—the tangible symbol
of your accomplishment. After having stated the long established
formula, "Upon the recommendation of the faculty, and by the authority
of the Trustees of Guilford College and the State of North Carolina,
I confer upon you the Bachelor's Degree, granting you all the rights
and privileges pertaining thereunto," I shall add this year one important
word, RESPONSIBILITIES.
Your college expects you to live creatively, discriminatingly, and
wisely, because of the quality of the instruction given you here and
because of the distinctive educational program and purpose of Guilford.
Although many thousands of young men and young women will be
graduating from colleges and universities, each group ought to be
unique and contribute to the on-going life of the democracy. You should
take away from your Alma Mater a true awareness of the value of the
individual, and should apply that concept as you touch shoulders with
your fellowmen in all the activities of your life. You should be recog
nized for your interest in and cooperation with all positive develop
ments in the home, community, nation, and world.
In so much of modern education, as in modern life, the emphasis is
upon the objective and immediate at the expense of the deeper and
more permanent values of life. In so many parts of the world the light
of man's soul has become dim as he has made the material and the
quantitative his goal. It is the high purpose and faith of a Christian
college to lead to a rediscovery and re-emphasis of life's true and fuller
meaning. It continues to be the aim of your college to develop minds
that are sensitive and understanding and personalities that reflect
emotional, social, and spiritual maturity.
MR. BURROWS
A S the class of 1950 at Guilford, you soon will be a part of history.
Your accomplishments, your bright moments, your pranks and your
failures will be in the records. You will have attained the goal that
you set and may justly be proud.
Even as you assume "the rights and privileges" of your degree, how
ever, may you be the more keenly aware of the responsibility that is
yours. At this point in history, our paramount need is to realize the
realtionship between those values we hold uppermost and those decis
ions and indecisions which mold the events of history. As some years
ago, you set college graduation as a goal to be attained, so now is a
good time to redetermine what shall be primary in your life. As you
have worked bit by bit putting pieces together to achieve the whole
of a college education, so you might well pause each day to question
how that day's living fits into the whole which you seek. Never forget
that you can always call on the Greatest Teacher for guidance and help.
DR. VICTORIUS
'J'HE hour approaches, and approaches fast, when your names will be
removed, with a stroke of the pen, from the "register of students."
You will leave Guilford and move to other places. But Guilford will
not leave you. To remain together we need not be together, one of
the world's great sages once said. Much of what you have experienced
during the most formative years of your life, your four years at college,
has entered your mind, spirit, and heart to become part of your human
fabric. Your experiences have been varied; they have been intellectual,
human, and spiritual experiences. Some may have taken possession
of you without your awareness. To acquire others you struggled hard.
What you have gained you will never lose. It remains with you as part
of yourself.
But no lesser a debt than you owe Guilford, Guilford owes you. The
educational process is not altogether a one-way street, a one-sided
imparting of knowledge, insight, and wisdom. It is a process of sharing,
of give-and-take, a mutual challenge. There is no telling who sometimes
gains more from the exchange in classrooms, seminar, conference, and
private talk: student or teacher. Personally I have felt that each pass
ing generation of students has meant much and added much, very much
to my life. The class of 1950 is no exception. May I say then to you
as you leave Guilford, that Guilford remains with you and you do
remain with Guilford.
"Commencement" means new beginning. Give your new venture
a good beginning. Whatever it may be, it needs all your resources.
God gives to each of us plenty of nuts but He does not crack them.
We have to do it ourselves. Face your problems with confidence and
courage, with humility and devotion; solve them with patience and
perseverance, with a disciplined, discerning and an open mind. Be
truthful to yourself and respectful of others; be tough with yourself
and helpful to others. On the unknown trail through life now before
you try to explore all that is explorable and always revere the unex
plorable. Then you cannot and will not fail. Good luck to each and
every one of you!
DR. CAMPBELL
gENIORS, you may have been wondering why we make life so difficult
with theses, exams, and what not, just before you leave us. Perhaps
we have an ulterior motive. After all, you have been here four years
and we have not only grown accustomed to having you around, but
we have grown quite fond of you. So, if we can make the hurdles high
enough, maybe we can keep you a little longer. Of course, we have
tried hard to prepare you for this very time when you do leave us for
more specialized fields, but we haven't prepared ourselves, perhaps.
We can't help but feel a tug at those so-called heart strings when we
realize next year when we see you it will be only on occasions when
you are visiting us. You probably feel a wee bit the same, but are
thrilled as you look forward to what comes next, and you should be.
So may I send with you my best wishes for happy and successful
careers and my sincere hope that Guilford has given you the resources
for that happy and successful living, and that whatever you do, be it
great or not so great, your sense of humor never fails to keep your feet
firmly on the ground.
DR. CROWNFIELD
J NEVER know quite what to say on parting. Good wishes, of course.
Some good advice? Many people like to give advice, but few like
to take it. Shall I treat you to one last exhortation to virtue? Well,
I am afraid it wouldn't do any more good than did my others. Shall
I point out the added responsibilities which will soon settle on your
shoulders—family responsibilities, business responsibilities, the respon
sibility that lies so heavily on us all of creating a world where we can
live together without fear? These will descend on you all too soon—
you have been preparing for them for the last four years or so—but
for the moment you probably have heard enough about them. So let
me say only that I shall miss the class of 1950. You were part of the
scene when I came to Guilford two years ago and when you go it will
seem as if some of the familiar landmarks had been taken away. Guil
ford will never be the same to me without you.
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