15 Days 'Till May
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Volume XXXX
SHORE HALL CORNERSTONE LAID TODAY
KATHERINE HINE SHORE HALL
This is the stage of development of the new girls' dormitory at the time of the cornerstone laying. The day's program
will hegin at 10:30 this morning, with the actual cornerstone laying scheduled for 11:00. The dormitory is the gift of
Mr. B. Clyde Shore of Winston-Salem.
Outline of the Day's Activities
The scheduled activities for to
day will begin at 10:30 a.m. when
Lieutenant Governor Luther
Hodges will address the assembled
student body. His general theme
will be "The Role of the Christian
Liberal Arts College Today." The
musical portion of the program will
be provided by the Guilford Col
lege Choir, directed by Carl C.
Baumbach. Selections will include:
Prelude— Allegro Maestoso from
the "Second Organ Sonata" by
Mendelssohn; Santus Osanna by G.
P. Da Palestrina; Cantate Domina,
and Postlude, March aux Flam
beaux by S. Clark.
Cornerstone Laying at 11:30
The student body, faculty, and
visitors will then assemble in front
of {Catherine Hine Shore Hall for
the laying of the cornerstone. Dr.
Purdom will assist in this opera
tion. Dr. Francis, professor of his
tory and Biblical literature at Guil
ford from 1918 to 1920, will offer
the dedication prayer. Trilby
Tucker, president of the Women's
Student Government, will present
James Wade Plans Senior Reeital
James R. Wade, voice major,
is planning to give his senior
recital April 30 at 8:00 p.m. Better
known as "Buddy," he has been
very active in all musical organi
zations on campus. During his four
years at Guilford, he has been a
faithful member and leader in the
choir. Serving as transportation
manager during his sophomore
year, Junior class representative,
and president of the Choir has
served to keep "Buddy" busy; yet,
he participates in many other ac
tivities. He is a member of the Fine
Arts Club, Student Affairs Board,
and Convocations Committee.
The Quilfbrdicm
Mrs. Clyde Shore with an orchid
on behalf of the Guilford women
students. Nereus C. English. Chair
man of the Trustees' Promotion and
Development Committee, will ex
press the appreciation of the Trus
tees for this gift, and Caesar Cone
II will speak for the Greensboro
Advisory Board of Guilford Col
lege.
Miss Dorothy Lloyd Gilbert is
the faculty representative assisting
Mr. and Mrs. Shore in choosing the
contents of the copper box which
will be sealed in the corner
stone.
Luncheon Follows
The Mayor's invitational lunch
eon will follow the cornerstone
laying. Mayor Frazier, Lieutenant
Governor Luther H. Hodges, Mr.
and Mrs. B. Clyde Shore, and
President and Mrs. Clyde A. Milner
will welcome the guests. Victor
Murchison, pastor of the Friends'
Meeting in Winston-Salem, will
give the invocation at the luncheon,
and Mayor Frazier will be the
principal speaker.
He commutes daily from High
Point, N. C., where he is Music
Director and Organist at Hickory
Methodist Church and a private
instructor of piano. This semester,
he is practice teaching at Guilford
High School, where he instructs in
music and band.
Besides being a soloist in the
college choir, he was a featured
soloist in the performance of St.
Matthew's Passion given in New
Garden Friends Meeting House
last May. A capable leader, he is
well-loved by the members of the
choir for his enthusiasm, vitality,
and friendliness.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C. APRIL 17, 1954
E. Daryl Kent Completes
Work for Doctorate
E. Daryl Kent, Dean of Men,
completed all the requirements for
his doctorate during Spring Vaca
tion. He has still to make a few
minor corrections in his disserta
tion, "Ethics of Thomas Hill
Green," but all examination re
quirements have been successfully
passed. He is to receive his degree
in Philosophy from Columbia Uni
versity later in the spring.
Guilford College and
Evening College Share
Radio Program
For the past four weeks Guilford
College and the Evening Division
have presented a fifteen minute
radio program on station YVCOG at
5:15 p.m. each Wednesday. Every
other week the program is devoted
to activities on the campus and
other week the program was devot
ed to activities on the campus and
alternate weeks were devoted to ac
tivities of the Evening Division. On
April 7, Trilby Tucker and Pat
Shields, two Guilford students,
new dormitory. It is hoped that
these programs will be continued
next fall.
Founders Goes on Mass Diet
The most recent fad in the Din
ing Hall, according to "Jeep" Arm
strong, the Head Waiter, is a mass
conversion to diets. A fairly recent
count showed somewhere around
fifteen girls eating Mrs. Martin's
special "diet plate." (Looks like
potatoes finally caught up with us.)
SELF DENIAL is a kind of holy
association with God; and by mak
ing Him your partner interests
Him in all your happiness.—Boyle
Too many people itch for what
they want without scratching for it.
Arts Festival
The Fine Arts Festival Associa
tion of Guilford County will hold
its Third Annual Fine Arts Con
test at Guilford College April 22-
24. The Festival is being sponsored
by the College and the Art Appre
ciation Club of Guilford College.
Mrs. William Horney is president
of this organization, and chairman
of the Program Committee. Dr.
Milner is the president of the Fine
Arts Festival Association of Guil
ford College which aims to pro
mote the work of amateur artists
in Guilford County.
The entries in the contest will be
displayed in the Guilford College
Library April 22-25. The amateur
entries will consist of paintings,
water colors, camera studies, liter
ary entries, three-dimensional art,
textile design, furniture or indus
trial design and a religious theme
in any art. Professional entries will
be accepted from any field of art
or music. A total of 150 pictures
have been entered in the contest;
ninety-six of these are oil paintings
and fifty-six are camera studies.
The art will be judged on April
22 and awards will be given that
night as part of the main program.
The entries will remain on display
in the library until the 25th of
April.
Main Program
Mrs. Eric Pryce of Greensboro
is the Co-ordinator of the Festival
and is planning to hold the main
program on Thursday evening,
April 22, at 8:00 in Memorial Hall
at Guilford College. The speaker
for the evening will be Mr. Kermit
Hunter, a distinguished member of
the English Department at the
University of North Carolina. He
is best known for his outdoor
drama, "Unto These Hills," and
other similar works. Mr. Hunter is
extremely interested in Dramatic-
Arts and has his master's degree in
that field. He is very active in the
current movement to revive an in
terest in the Arts and is encourag
ing the production of good art in
this area.
In connection with the Festival,
the Guilford College Revelers Club
will give Shakespeare's play, "All's
Well That Ends Well," a comedy
involving the love of a lower class
girl for a handsome Duke and her
gain of his love. All visitors to the
Festival will be welcome at this
play which will be held in Me
morial Hall at 8:00 p.m. on Friday,
April 23, and Saturday, April 24.
Dr. Rhine to Speak
Here on May 7
On Friday, May 7, Dr. Joseph
Banks Rhine, professor of Psy
chology at Duke University since
1928, will speak at Duke Memorial
Hall at eight o'clock. His topic will
be "The Relation of Extra-Sensory
Perception to Communism and Re
ligion." At four o'clock that after
noon, all psychology majors will
meet at the President's home for
tea and an informal discussion witli
Dr. Rhine concerning his work.
Dr. Rhine is the author of four
books: Extra-Sensory Perception;
New Frontiers of the Mind; The
Reach of the Mind; and New
World of the Mind. He is co-author
of Extra-Sensory Perception After
Sixty Years.
Cornerstone
Laying
11:30—Shore Hall
Choir Makes
TV Debut
Since returning from Spring tour,
the choir has had a full schedule.
On Wednesday evening, April
14, at 9:30 p.m., the choir was
featured on WSJS-TV, Winston-
Salem, N. C. The choir sang favor
ite numbers including "Brazilian
Psalm, "Hodie, Christus Natus
Est, several spirituals, ending with
"Beautiful Savior," and "The Bene
diction. Special features included
a piano solo by Miss Nancy Lu
Herring and a solo by Miss Evelyn
Cline.
The choir will sing several selec
tions for the cornerstone laying of
Shore Hall this morning.
Easter Sunday, April 18, will be
a busy and profitable day for the
choir. They will present an Easter
program at Lakeview Memorial
Park, Reidsville Road, Greensboro,
N. C., at 3:00 p.m. Immediately
following this performance, the
choir will go to Asheboro, N. C.,
where they will receive dinner and
give a second Easter service at 7:30
p.m.
The following Sunday, April 25,
will be an important day for both
the choir and the college, as the
choir will present the annual home
concert that afternoon at 4:00 p.m.
on the Guilford campus. The entire
tour program will be presented at
that time. The same evening at
8:00 p.m., the YVinston-Salem
Friends' Meeting will be host to
the choir in a similar presentation.
On May 2, the choir will present
Handel's Messiah at 4:00 p.m. in
New Garden Friends' Meeting. The
following Sunday, May 9, a tenta
tive concert has been scheduled at
the First Presbyterian Church in
Monroe, N. C.
The Guilford College A Capella
Choir, in combination with the
Guilford College Community
Chorus, will present portions of the
Second and Third parts of Handel's
Messiah on May 2, at 4:00 p.m., in
the New Garden Friends' Meeting
House. This portion comprises the
Easter section of The Messiah.
Soloists for The Messiah will be
Mrs. Jane Darnell, soprano; Miss
Mary Mclver, alto; Mr. Ray Young,
tenor; and Mr. William H Head,
bass. Miss Betsy Farlow, '54, will
be the organist, with Miss Nancy
Lu Herring '54, assisting on the
piano. The chorus will be directed
by Carl C. Baumbach, director of
the Guilford choir, who also di
rected the presentation of the
Christmas portion of The Messiah.
This presentation will represent
a large segment of the work which
the choir has accomplished second
semester.
Calendar
April 18 Choir Concerts
3:oo—Memorial Park
7:3o—Asheboro
April 22-24 Fine Arts Festival
April 23-24 Spring Play—"All's
Well That Ends Well"
April 30 Senior Recital
Buddy Wade
May 1 3:3o—May Day
Festivities
B:3o—May Dance
May 2 4:oo—Messiah
New Garden Meeting
May 4 Senior Recital
Nancy Lu Herring
May 7 8:00 p.m.—Dr. J. B.
Rhine, Psychology De
partment, Duke Univ.
May 8 Junior-Senior Banquet
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