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VOLUME XXXVII
Founders* Day Proceedings Set for Today
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THE GUILFORD LIBRARY —Inset shows the new SIOO,OOO rear addition to the 34,000 volume structure.
Dedication of College's SIOO,OOO Library Addition
Will Be Feature of Afternoon's Intensive Program
Back in 1832 a Friend generous
ly gave to a small Quaker boarding
school a copy of "Barclay's Apolo
gy." At that time the school's li
brary cosisted on just one small,
empty book case.
The institution was the New Gar
den Boarding School —our Guilford
College—the gentleman, Stephen
Gold of Providence, Rhode Island,
and the book the college's first
volume and seed that grew into a
mature libarary.
Today the same Guilford library
stands a a modern structure with a
recently completed annex, has over
34,000 volumes, and a Quaker docu
ment and costump collection un
equalled by any Southern institu
tion.
Historical Collection
The Quaker historical collection
dates back to 1680, and is the larg
est manuscript aggregation of
Quaker materials in the South.
Seeds for the present library de
velopment were planted in 1907.
They reached maturity with the re
cent completion of the new SIOO,OOO
addition, which includes space for,
besides the Quakeriana collection,
Get Well Pronto!
The faculty and student body
wish Dr. Purdom a speedy re
covery from his recent appen
dectomy. His classes really
miss him so they say.
Guilfordians End Home Season
With Catawba Tomorrow Night
The Guilford College gridiron
squad will take on the Catawba In
dians in Greensboro High School
Stadium Saturday at 8:00 P. M.
The Redskins from Salisbury
have a 14-13 victory over V.M.I,
and a 7-6 loss to N. C. State, both
Southern Conference schools. Ca
tawba mixes a powerful single
wing attack, sparked by tailbacks
Johnny Coble and Harold Carter
with a variation of the T-formation.
The Quakers, who suffered a
19-12 setback at the hands of the
Redmen last year, will be out for
revenge tomorrow night. Starting
a two-platoon system, Coach Teague
The Qui(forScm
a new reading room, two offices,
special seminar room, a booTt re
ceiving room in the basement, a
workroom, and a large area for the
Carnegie Art and Music collection.
The present library itself dates
back to 1908 when the second King
Hall burned. Up until that time the
library had occupied the north end
of the second floor in King.
Carnegie Aid
In the latter part of the same
year Andrew Carnegie, father of
many of the nation's libraries, was
written and visited in order to pro
cure aid in financing the building
venture. And, with his promise of
$9,000 to be supplemented by an
equal sum from the college, the li
brary was built and opened in 1909
with 3,365 volumes—they luckily
had salvaged over 900 books from
the King Hall fire.
Aid for the structure also came
internally. The Websterian Debat
ing and the Henry Clay Literary
Societies donated books. The Phila
gorean Litecary Society, another
active college function, gave the
valuable statue of Hebe plus other
historical plaques now hanging in
the new reading room.
Library Advances
When Katherine C. Ricks, Li
brarian Emeritus, became head li
brarian in 1932, the college had
surged ahead of its library facili
ties. President Raymond Binford
now President Emeritus, who had
applied to the Carnegie Corpora
will have his charges primed for
this traditional battle.
Guilford's starting line-ups:
Offense Defense
LE—Topping (28) Gordon (37)
or Tate (48)
LT—Alexander (49) Bell (45)
LG—Clapp (35) Evaul (23)
C—Gresham (29) Crawford (16)
or Spencer  25)
RG—Robinson (49) Shugart (40)
RT—Lynch (33) Baker (30)
RE—Whitc'b (26) Seymour (41)
QB —Johns (27) . Jones (20)
LH—Venuto (22 ) Browning (13)
RH —Schopp (II) .. . . Lakey (18)
or Watson (14)
FB—Moon (39) Attayek (46)
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., NOVEMBER 10, 1950
tion two years earlier for money,
received a grant of SB,OOO to be
used in sums of S2OOO annually for
four years.
In 1934, Dr Clyde A. Milner took
over the president's reins and ar
ranged that at least 1,000 new
books and bound periodicals be
added each year.
A college periodical described
the actual condition of the library
in the early forties when it said:
"The library is literally overflow
ing with books. The summary re
port of 1934-44 shows that there
are valuable books given by the
Hobbs family, Ida Millis, and oth
ers, as well as the bequest of Clara
I. Cox. The library has added eight
hundred volumes and hundreds of
periodicals and pamphlets."
Valuable Gifts
Among the most valuable gifts
ever received by the Guilford li
brary were those of 1945. During
that year the Carnegie Art and
Thanksgiving Dance
This year's Thanksgiving
Dance will not be a formal af
fair just dancing from 8 to 11
P.M. Thursday in the gym.
Music wil be furnished by the
juke box and his orchestra.
Christmas Dance
To Be Held Dec. 9
The Monogram Club has an
nounced that they will present their
annual Christmas Dance Saturday
night, December 9 (one week be
fore holidays).
The annual affair will feature
the music of Harold Gale and his
orchestra plus the crowning of the
annual Christmas Queen. The
dance, always the most popular
of the campus hops, will have sev
eral new surprises in store for
you this year.
Don't wait, guys and gals! Get
your dates lined up now. Come
stag or drag. Tickets can be ob
tained from Monogram members
soon after Thanksgiving.
The Christmas Queen nominees
will be sponsored by the various
student functions. Last year's win
ner was Ella Flow, brunette from
Greensboro.
Music Collections were added, and
also the David Troll Rees Collec
tion. In December of the same year
Charles Lasher of Greensboro gave
several thousand books from his
father's library. Books were also
received in memory of such alumni
as Laura D. Worth, Dr. Virginia
Ragsdale, and Charles M. Glenn.
This past year the college receiv
ed the Alfred C. Garrett Collection
from Eleanor Evans Garrett. This
group of books consisting chiefly
of volumes in the field of 16th cen
tury English literature, also con
tained an original edition of
George Fox's "Battle-door."
Sadie Hawkins Day
Dance Plans Set
Final plans for the Sadie Haw
kins Day Dance on Saturday, No
vember 18, in the gymnasium, have
been completed, according to the
Women's Athletic Association, func
tion sponsoring the annual event.
Pre-dance reports say that this
year's dance will be bigger and
better than ever. Jake Welker of
Greensboro, veteran square dance
caller, will direct the festivities.
Mr. Welker will bring with him
Gurley VVyrick and his string band.
Prizes for the best-lressed square
dance couples will be awarded,
with other numerous surprises in
store for all.
The gymnasium wil be decorated
in a typical autumn barn dance
atmosphere. Tickets will be on sale
in the near future.
I. R. C. Sends Four
Four delegates are leaving
for Colowee, N. C. to represent
Guilford College in the state
International Relations Club
concention at W.C.T.C. next
weekend. The delegates are
Howard Davis, president of the
state organization; Morton Sal
kind, vice-president of the
Guilford 1.R.C.; Bill Harris,
treasurer of the Guilford
1.R.C.; and Wilda Mae Briles.
The conference will deal with
the Korean Problem, and the
delegates wil give a report on
the proceedings when they re
turn.
Beat the
Catawba
Indians
NUMBER 3
Dr. A. (. Purdy Gives
First Ward Lecture
At 8 P.M. in Library
Guilford College will pay hom
age to its originators today at
the annual Founders Day pro
gram which is to feature the
dedication of the library addi
tion, and the first annual Jere
miah Montgomery Ward Lec
ture.
Guests and educational leaders
from all sections of the nation are
expected to participate in the in
tensive proceedings to begin at 11
A.M. in Duke Memorial Hall.
| Dr. Alexander C. Purdy, profes
sor of New Testament at Hartford
Theological Seminary, will give the
Ward Lecture at 8 P.M. He will
speak on "An Adequate Leadership
for Friends' Meetings."
Librarian to Speak
At the 11 A.M. convocation Dr.
Homer Halvorson, librarian of
Johns Hopkins University, will de
liver an address entitled, "The
Student and the Library."
Following the convocation all
will retire to the steps of the li
brary for the dedication of the new
SIOO,OOO addition. President Milner
and Dr. Frederic Crownfield, will
give the principal speeches.
Beginning at 2:30 P.M. a group of
talks will dominate the afternoon
program. Dr. Benjamin Powell, li
brarian of Duke University, will
speak on "From Storehouse to
Workshop: The College Library at
Mid-Century," followed by "The
Stephens Plan of Integration" by
Samray Smith, librarian of Steph
ens College.
General Discussion
Then general librarian discussion
will be held by Dr. Halvorson,
Charles Adams of Woman's Col
lege, and Charles Rush of the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
A tea for all guests will be held
and a tour of the new addition will
conclude the afternoon's intensive
session.
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Dr. Alexander Purely, who gave the
first annual Ward Lecture.
Dr. Tomaya Speaks on
American Relations
Dr. Miguel Tomayo, a native of
Cuba, and headmaster of the
Friends School at Bones, Cuba,
spoke in chapel Friday, November
3, on "The Role of College Men
and Women of the World in the
World."
"It is the job of college men and
women to improve the relations
and feelings between nations," he
said. His talk was more specifi
cally on international relations be
tween the two American conti
nents. Dr. Tomaya said, "We are
all Americans." He further stated
that we should regard each other
as such.