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Santa Claus, alias Billy Hatley of High Point, crowns Peggy Wells of
Teachey, near Wallace, Christmas Queen of the Guilford Monogram
Club at its Saturday night Christmas Ball 'at the gymnasium. Jimmy
Morphis is president of the club.
Crane and Staiey Receive
Ragan Memorial Awards
The Guilford College financial
aid committee has confirmed schol
arships from the Amos and Martha
Ragan Family Memorial Fund for
Richard Leo Staiey of Liberty and
Joshua Crane of Lake Worth, Flor
ida.
At the same time, David H.
Parsons, Jr., chairman of the fi
nancial aid committee, announced
the establishment of six new com
petitive scholarships for men under
the Amos Stuart Fund, which was
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Guilford College Safe
Robbery Unsolved
At the time of the Guilfordian
deadline, Monday, no arrests had
been made in the $4,050 safecrack
ing at Guilford two months ago.
Sherriff's deputies and S. B. I.
officers are reported to have sus
pects in the series of professional
robberies during the past three
months .but lack conclusive proof
The Guilford loss was partially
covered by insurance, but no set
tlement has been made.
Recreation Room Okayed
Final plans are being made for
the Recreation Room planned for
the students of Guilford College.
Ray Blakeslee and his committee
have received the O.K. from the
college with only the problem of
the money left open before work
can be started.
With the O.K. from the admin
istration, plans are being made to
push the idea through so that the
problem of the slack weekends can
be eliminated.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., DECEMBER 17, 1952
established by the late Elbridge A.
Stuart.
Parsons said the present grants
and the new scholarships to be
given next year will make possible
aid for men at the college similar
to that available for girls from the
Roxie Armfield King Fund.
The new scholarship winners
have been earning a large portion
of their expenses under the college
student program. Dick, a Senior, is
president of the Guilford Scholar-
RICHARD STALEY
ship Society and Josh, a Junior, is
president of the Guilford College
I Student Christian Association.
Josh also heads the Southern
college area of the Young Men's
Christian Association. Dick is ac
tive in other extra-curricular ac
tivities and is famous for his din
ners.
The Amos Stuart Fund, which
makes possible the six new scholar
ships, was founded by Elbridge
Stuart, founder of the Carnation
Milk Company, as a memorial to
his father, Amos Stuart, a native
of Guilford County who was a trus
tee of the college from 1846 to
1864.
The Ragan Fund was established
by Robert R. Ragan, High Point
businessman, who is vice-chairman
of the college board, as a memorial
to his father and mother.
At Pensacola, Florida
Hugh Stokes, a student at Guil
ford last year, is now at the Naval
School at Pre-Flight Naval Air
Station, Pensacola, Florida. He is
undergoing 16 weeks of ground
training, his first step in the 18-
month Naval Cadet Training pro
gram.
The Disillusioned Shepherd
By J. Floyd Moore
(Christmas Story of Ancient
Palestine)
Amos was a sorrowful looking
figure as he crossed the threshold
of the little stone hut. For a young
shepherd only 19 he was a
strong and vigorous Judean.
His neighbors always said that
he was the living image of the
Prophet of Tekoa, his ancester, in
those far away days, 750 years
earlier, when Uzziah was king.
He was outspoken. He had
visions. He dreamed dreams. He
cared for every lamb in his flock.
He took time off to prune the fig
trees, even as his great forefather
had done.
It was the break of dawn when
he got home that morning. He
could see the shafts of sunlight
rising from Moab, spreading over
the Dead Sea and gently touching
these hills below Bethlehem.
It had been a long night, a tire
some night. It hacj been a disturb
ing night. It must often have been
like that to the earlier Amos, he
kept thinking.
"Oh, Amos, my dear husband,
where have you been all night?"
It was his lovely young wife, still
in the first year of their marrftge,
who betrayed her sleepless night.
"Wadad, Oh Wadad, You can
never imagine what happened this
night. Our people cannot under
stand it. Oh, if only we could un
derstand!"
"But tell me, Amos. Tell me.
What of The Star? What of the
rumors from Jerusalem? What of
King Herod?"
"Yes, Wadad, I'll tell you. But
first a bit of food. Some olives and
bread, and some leban to drink.
I haven't eaten since I left yester
day afternoon."
Sitting, legs crossed, on the red
camel-hair rug, Amos spoke and
Wadad was sure that his eyes
sparkled brighter than the morning
sun. It seemed to her as if it were
the Lord Himself speaking through
her handsome young husband.
"It only took us about an hour,"
he explained, "to reach Bethlehem.
Omar was with me. and Eliphaz
and Zepho. We all left our sheep
in the care of Zibeon. The town
was so crowded. Everyone coming
back for the tax census. And every
one complaining about the high
taxes to come, just to support all
those Roman soldiers and officials.
Delegates Report on
Student Legislature
Guilford College sent six dele
gates to the State Student Legis
lature Assembly that convened in
Raleigh September 20. This six
teenth annual session of the mock
assembly was adjourned at 1:00
p. m. September 22. Delegates
from 23 colleges in the state con
sidered and acted upon bills perti
nent to North Carolina.
Those representing Guilford
were: Senate, Marty Burton, Don
Rockwell, Horace McManus; House
of Representatives: Kaye Williams,
George Velonis, Bob McDaniels,
This was the first time any of the
six had attended the sessions. Guil
ford has participated in the past
but did not do so last year.
While the group did not origin
ate a bill, they did support as their
own, a bill introduced by Greens
boro College to provide better
educational facilities for the men
tally retarded. In the Senate the
local delegates proposed an amend
ment to a bill that substantially
meant another bill. Livingston Col
lege introduced the original meas
ure entitled. To End The Crisis In
Korea, which proposed that the
United Nations give in to the de
mands of the Reds that all pris
oners be returned.
That proposal was eliminated
and the bill passed as amended by
Guilford College. Another bill
heartily supported by the Guil
ford group was one to bring in
tegration of the races in the public
schools of North Carolina.
NUMBER 4
"But they were glad to be back,
especially those who had to come
all the way from Galilee.
"We had ali sorts of trouble
when we inquired about The Star.
Everyone laughing or talking, yell
ing and swearing. No one took us
seriously. They thought we were
just dumb country shepherds,
filled with superstition.
Finally, about one o'clock we
got wind of some well-to-do strang
ers from Persia who had come to
the little town, convinced by their
study of the stars that some great
event was about to occur. They had
been able to find shelter at the
little inn on Hebron Road. When
we inquired of them, we were told
that they had gone to a cave to
visit a couple who had come down
from Nazareth, Joseph and Mary
by name.
"At length we found the cave.
It turned out to be a stable near
the Suq.
"It was cold. We had our
hattas wrapped around our faces.
The town was quiet by now.
"Wadad, you won't believe it,
but it's the truth if ever I told the
truth. As I stood at the entrance
to that stable, it seemed almost as
if The Star was just out of reach
above my head. Its light nearly
blinded me. For a moment I was
not aware of my companions. It was
The Voice speaking to me. I've
told you about it before. But it was
stronger than ever. It kept saying
to me: Behold, Amos, My Son. But
none will believe."
"We went in for just a moment.
Joseph welcomed us. We congrat
ulated him especially, since it was
a boy. And then we looked across
to the manger. There was Mary,
exhausted but happy. The babe
was asleep in her arms. But she
looked up for a moment and a
whisper came from her lips: 'Not
just another boy,' she murmured,
"the Prince of Peace.'
"At that moment, Wadad, I knew
that we'd never be able to rid our
selves of the Romans by war. I
knew that bitterness and hatred
were all of the past. But I knew
also that this Child will be rejected.
Our people do not want peace by
living peacefully. They think they
can get it by fighting."
"Oh, Amos, don't be so discour
aged. It isn't entirely hopeless.
Maybe this is the Sign we've been
waiting for. Now you just lie down
before the fire and I'll cover you.
You're tired and disillusioned."
Amos immediately dropped into
a deep sleep and in his dream he
saw the Amos of old, walking by
the hills of Tekoa, and these were
the words that he heard: "Let jus
tice roll down like waters, and
righteousness like an everflowing
stream."
Wadad smiled, for she knew, as
only a wife can know, that Amos
had truly found The Star.
Social Committee
Plans Activities
Recent Social Committee plans
(designed to rival "off-campus en
tertainment" in the Quaker date
books) have filled the calendar
with free movies Saturday nights
during January, February and
March. Future on-campus week
ends are also highlighted by hopes
and plans for the new recreation
room sponsored by the Men's Stu
dent Government a project to
which the Social Committee is giv
ing full support.
Then the Valentine Dance is on
the heels of the Christmas Dance.
There will be plenty of opportun
ity to keep Fred Astaire's footwork
in practice between these big af
fairs and without nickels in
the Soda Shop every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday nights from
6:30 to 7:30.
Everyone invited Come, stag
or drag!
Notice
Doe to the pressure of exams,
there will be no mid-January
Guilfordian.
—Editor.