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VOLUME XXXVIII
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DR. RAYMOND BINFORD
College, Friends Mourn
Death of Dr. R. Binford
Ex-President Dies
After Long Illness
By Josh Crane
Students, faculty and others con
nected with the college and the
Society of Friends mourned the
death of Dr. Raymond Binford this
summer. After a long illness, Dr.
Binford died on June 27 at his
home here. He was a well-known
biologist and educator, and held
the position of president-emeritus
of Guilford College. He served as
the college's third president from
1918 to 1934, and previously as a
professor in the science depart
ment. He gave 50 years of his life
to this institution and to the edu
cational life of North Carolina as
well as to the Society of Friends.
A memorial service was held for
the ex-president in New Garden
Meetinghouse at 4 P.M. on Sun
day, July 1.
Dr. Binford was born in Car
thage, Indiana, in 1876. He later
moved to Haviland, Kansas, and
was the first graduate of Haviland
Academy. After teaching school
for a short time, he entered Earl
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Guilfordian Adds European,
Washington Correspondents
The Guilfordian this year has
added to its regular staff, corre
spondents in Washington and in
Europe. It is the first such move
by the Guilfordian to bring its
readers up to date on happenings
not only on the Guilford campus,
but on a world-wide scale.
Miss Barbara McFarland, em
ployed in the Pentagon in Wash
ington, D. C„ is now acting as staff
corrspondent for the Guilfordian
in this country's capital, and Udo
Gengenbach, a student of Guilford
last year, has accepted a position
on the paper as European corre
spondent. Gengenbach is begin
ning study this fall at Heidelburg
University in Germany.
The Quilfor&cm
Seth Hinshaw Speaks
At Chapel Program
At the October 5 chapel pro
gram, Seth Hinshaw, minister
of Asheboro Friends' Meeting
and clerk of the North Caro
lina Yearly Meeting, gave the
address.
The Duke graduate pointed
out that the good and beauti
ful things in life exist only as
good and beautiful And only
with spiritual standards and
high ideals can these exist.
Hinshaw stated that for one
to have a Christian home, love,
joy, and happiness, he must
have adequate spiritual foun
dations.
He showed that Guilford and
other schools of its type have
the purpose of "balancing lives
and hearts of boys and girls so
that intellectual may combine
with spiritual attainments."
He further stated that the
"gravest danger we face in hav
ing an enemy is that we may
become like him."
The Guilfordian also has a cor
respondent at the University of
North Carolina, where a number
of alumni of Guilford College are
doing graduate work. Edward N.
Post, former editor of the Guil
fordian, is acting in that position.
Plans are underway for contacting
a possible correspondent also in
Korea.
Special Features This Year
These are all special features of
the Guilfordian this year, designed
to keep readers up to the minute
on world-wide developments. The
Guilfordian sincerely hopes that
these new features will add intense
interest to the Guilford College
student publication.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., OCTOBER 12, 1951
Freshman (lass
Smaller This Year
Registration figures for the first
semester of this year show a de
crease of some fifty students over
last year's figure, according to Miss
Era Lasley, the Registrar. A total
of 474 students registered this fall,
in comparison to 528 registered
for the same term last year. The
decrease comes mostly from the
ranks of the men students.
Last year, 381 men and 147 wo
men registered. According to fig
ures released this week from the
Office of the Registrar, only 334
men registered this year, while
the number of women was down
only to 140.
There are 57 married students,
and 68 veterans. The number of
freshmen registering has been re
duced this year to 113. Last year,
there were 146 matriculating.
Miss Lasley said that these will
not be the final figures for the year,
however, and that the figure for the
year's total would be somewhat
higher. It was pointed out that
last year's total enrollment for the
year was 553.
The peak year before the war
was in 1939-40, when 413 students
registered. The next academic year
showed a decrease, and of course,
there was a decided lull during
the war. Since the war, registra
tion totals for the years 1946-47
through 1949-50, respectively, were
611, 640, 642, and 591.
Last year. New Jersey led states
other than North Carolina with a
total of 24 students. New York
ran a close second with 21. Penn
sylvania was third with 16. This
year. New Jersey has lost its lead
to both New York and Pennsyl
vania, who are tied for first with
18 each. New Jersey has a dele
gation of 17. and Virginia has 14.
Next in line is Connecticut with
10. Other states represented, be
sides North Carolina, are Alabama,
California. Florida, Indiana. Illi
nois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mary
land, Ohio, Oklahoma. Rhode Is
land, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin,
and the District of Columbia. Jor
dan, Cuba, Estonia, Italy, and Ger
many are also represented on the
campus.
Twenty-one distinct religious de
nominations are represented at
Guilford. The Methodists are
greatest in number, with a total
of 119. The Baptists are second
with 97. The Society of Friends
has 92, and is third. Other denom
inations represented are Catholic,
Christian, Christian Science, Con
gregational Christian, Church of
Christ, Church of God, Episcopal,
Evangelical United Brethren. Greek
Orthodox, Hebrew, Lutheran, Mo
ravian, Mormon, Moslem, Naza
rene. Pilgrim Holiness, Presbyte
rian (51 members), and Reformed.
Managing Editor
Resigns Position
Morton Salkind, managing editor
of the Guilfordian, has presented
a letter of resignation, Harry John
son, Jr., editor of the publication,
announced yesterday. According to
Johnson, Salkind stated that he
had accepted a position with a
Greensboro paper which would lim
it the time which he could offer
his extra-curricular activities.
"Since I have taken the position
on the Greensboro Record, I find
that I do not have the time to take
care of the extra-curricular activi
ties I desire to . . Salkind stated
in his letter. He continued, "It
would mean doing a poor job on
all of them. This would not be
fair to the Guilfordian, the other
organizations, or to the students
who elected me . . ."
Johnson stated that a general
election would be necessary to fill
the post, but that he did not know
who would be nominated. He men
tioned Darrel Peeler as a possible
candidate, but said that the Guil
fordian staff would have to nom
inate candidates, since it is an
elective position.
"HOW LONG DOES THIS LAST!" Many a freshman was asking that
question on Freshman Registration Day. Shown above at right are
Dr. Ott, Mr. Cobb, and Mr. Underwood in the process of trying to
straighten out some bewildered freshmen on their first semester's
work in college.
Cox Residents Greeted
By New Ceilings, Floors
Soda Shop To Begin
Charging Sales Tax
Beginning next Monday, Oc
tober 15, the campus Soda Shop
will begin charging the regular
three per cent state sales tax,
according to an announcement
by John "Smokey" Pegram and
Ed Jones, proprietors.
"The State Revenue Depart
ment has begun charging all
college stores and campus soda
shops the regular sales tax,"
Pegram said. "That means that,
unless we charge the students
tax, we'll have to pay the state
out of our own pockets. So we
have decided to start charging
the regular rates beginning
next Monday," he concluded.
Several Changes
In Faculty Noted
Guilford added new members to
its faculty this year, and at • the
same time gained a completely new
athletic department.
Stuart Maynard is acting director
of the Department Of Physical Edu
cation. He received his A.B. de
gree from Guilford in 1943. He
had previously earned the nick
name "Rock" for his outstanding
performances in football and base
ball. Since graduation, Maynard
has been physical director of the
Y.M.C.A. in Draper, North Caro
lina, and coach at Williamston High
School, besides service in the Navy.
He has also done graduate work
at the University of North Caro
lina.
David Meredith will assist Mr.
Maynard in the Physical Education
Department, and will coach basket
ball. Meredith was the noted coach
of Guilford High School, where
his teams in football, basketball and
baseball won county championships
last year. He did his undergraduate
work at Western Carolina Teach
ers College, and has done graduate
work at the University of North
Carolina.
Miss Margaret Reynolds, gradu
ate of Woman's College, has been
appointed head of Women's Physi
cal Education. She received her
Master's degree from Wellesley Col
lege, where she assisted as a teacher.
She has also had experience at
Sweet Briar College, and at sev
eral camps, where she directed land
sports, especially tennis.
Dr. Gordon Lovejoy is Visiting
Professor of Sociology during the
absence of Mr. David Stafford who
is working toward his Ph.D. at the
University of North Carolina. He
received his training at the Uni
versity of Florida, and the Uni
versity of North Carolina. He has
had a wide field of service at sev
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NUMBER 1
Hobbs and Founders,
Music Building,
Receive Face-Lifting
Residents of Cox Hall moved into
renovated rooms this fall, as a
result of extensive work done dur
ing the summer. New floors were
installed in New North and Yankee
Stadium sections, and the floors of
the remaining sections were refin
ished. In addition to this, Yankee
Stadium received new, soundproof
ceilings, while all sections got a
new coat of paint. Cox also re
ceived new electrical wiring, with
wal sockets, ceiling, and sink fix
tures being put on three separate
circuits.
The Music Building received its
share of remodeling too. The room
on the second floor which former
ly housed the Arnold Biblical col
lection was divided by a sound
proof wall into two teaching stu
dios. Mr. Underwood, voice in
structor and choir director, has
moved from Memorial Hall to one
of the new studios, while Miss
Ware, instructor in piano, is occu
pying the other.
Other work done by the college
during the summer included the
rebuilding of two baths in Mary
Hobbs Hall, painting of several
rooms in Hobbs, and painting in
Founders. The tennis courts, sched
uled originally to have been com
pleted by September, are now be
| ing finished. A new asphalt sur
face has been put on the courts
which, according to David Parsons.
Business Manager of the College,
is the very latest design.
The entire area west of the lake
was cleared and seeded with grass,
and was one of the most expensive
projects completed over the holi
days, according to Mr. Parsons.
Sociology Department
Adds New Courses
With one exception, the curricu
lum of Guilford College remains
the same, according to Miss Era
Lasley, for the first semester. This
only exception is Dr. Gordon Love
joy's Sociology 43 which is a two
hour course, and his Sociology Sem
inar, "Patterns of Human Rela
tions," offered two hours a week
with one hour credit given.
Dr. Lovejoy is the Visiting Pro
fessor of Sociology during this aca
demic year, and is discussing in
his courses the problems and func
tions of various institutions and
agencies of inter-group relation
ship operating within a commu
nity. He is also discussing as a
topic, "Building of Understanding
Between Different Groups of Peo
ple." This two-hour course is open
to sophomores, juniors an seniors.
His seminar is dealing with a
three-way analysis of selected areas
of contemporary, inter-group ten
sion and is open to juniors and
seniors.