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Page Four Guilford College's Defunct Band By Al Himmelrich On page eighty-two of the Guil ford College Catalogue is the fol lowing quotation entitled Band. "The band was formed in fall of 1947 to play for football games. Since then it has also played for pep rallies and Chapel programs. It is made up of musicians who enjoy playing and want to keep the hard-won ability to play. Most of the members furnish their own in struments but some school-owned instruments are available for use by band members. The library of the band contains not only marches, but some overtures and novelty numbers. The band ex pects to accompany the football team on several trips each fall and participates in other school activi ties." Where is this band today? How many trips did it go on last fall? But most important of all, where are its members? This band does not exist. Because of the lack of support by those who play instru ments in the student body, and lack of interest, Guilford College is without a band to support its inter collegiate sports. At the beginning of each fall semester a futile at tempt is made to revive the band's activities; but, after a two-week spark of life, the band falls dead, to be revived again the following year. It is a shame that such a con structive and enjoyable pastime goes without student support. The student leaders of the campus are responsible for the enthusiasm and the spirit of the college; yet they have not as yet endorsed a band which would contribute more to the spirit than any other organiza tion. Are the students blind or just indifferent to the spirit which would be aroused by the sound of a march? The band' could be the keynote to our school spirit. There are two thousand dollars in the treasury for the use of a Guilford College Band. This money was donated by a trustee who realized one of the great needs of the college. As yet this money has not been used. Uni forms, publicity, and talent which the school has plenty of are all the requirements needed for an organ ization that could not be topped by any other. A pep band at football rallies is not enough nor is a one night stand at a basketball tourna ment. There has to be a real desire for a band on the campus. It can not grow merely from occasional performances. Mr. Baumbach has stated in the past that he has had correspond ence from other schools in the North Conference to the effect that there are tickets to various athletic events reserved for the Guilford band. From this fact comes the realization that other schools in the conference have bands and that they think that Guilford has one, too. But do we? We could have one if only the in different people on this campus would wake up to the fact that a band is sorely needed to bolster the dying spirit of the student body. Let's try to organize a band next year. We would be surprised at the success that would come from it; the catalogue would not be spouting forth false informa tion, and the Guilford Spirit would rise to an all time high. Roses are red Violets are blue When it rains I 'think of you Drip. The Third Dimension This Three-D may be fair for the modern movie sucker but it just can't compare with a gal like Sophie Tucker. Practical Psychology: The focal point of Mr. Burrow's lectures are his ties. - "See, We've Just Begun..." As told by Chester Baker to AI Himmelrich A few days after the Christmas vacation an inconspicuous, infor mal meeting was held over cups of coffee between a few of the boys of New North. Somehow, the ses sion got around to the topic of sing ing. That night these boys casually asked their section mates if they would be interested in organizing a male chorus. Since all were in favor of this simple question a sec tion meeting was held at which Chester Baker presented the idea of a chorus to The Section of Selec tion. The idea was greeted with unanimous cheers, and the New North Choraliers were thus born. At this meeting many ideas were contributed and out of them came the songs that the boys would sing; old-time favorites, spirituals, and popular ballads. About this same time, the girls of Mary Hobbs invited the boys of New North to a party in their honor. This, the group decided, was an opportune time to try their newly-formed chorus. After the party was over and all the saluta tions were exchanged, the boys formed outside of the building and serenaded the girls. Amidst ap- New Radio Station on Campus By TOD MIKURIYA A short time from now your Sun day morning popular radio music station will cease to exist. The famed W.S.O.S. of New North, known for dedications, greatly varying types of music, and some times salty comments, will no more compete with the local preachers. In its place will arise a bigger and better elephant, W.G.C.Q. The voice of the Guilford College Quakers will cover the campus completely, improving on the old situation where the reception at Mary Hobbs was rather like trying to pick up Hong Kong on a stormy day. Sometimes you did, and some times you didn't. At the present time the operation is slightly more than a gleam in the eyes of its procreators, Purdom, Page, Haring, Hazzard, Himmel rich, Hale and Mikuriya. The trans mitter is being built. Part of the Physics lab has been set aside for the studio. The preference poll dis tributed in chapel is being tabu lated, leading to the drawing up of program schedules. Possibilities are also being looked into for adver tising. In actuality then, this project is more than the proverbial gleam. Most people do not realize the many different facets to the opera tion of a radio station. In addition to just making with the clever words and spinning records, these programs must be scheduled, the commercials must be written up, as well as solicited. Special events, such as baseball game coverage, must be organized and provided for. Business transactions must be handled properly, lest sponsors be lost. And, finally, the technical staff must provide for the actual operation—simple engineering of programs being as important as the complex work of the electronic equipment. Opportunities are many, experi ence is unnecessary, and the station needs a staff. Therefore, if anyone is interested, t'ome on out. THE GUILFORDIAN provals and feelings of satisfaction the New North Choraliers made their debut. A local figure of the community heard about the success of the boys from the Section of Selection and invited them to appear before the congregation of her church for a fund-raising benefit. Therefore, among the hustle and bustle of nervous first-night-players the Cho raliers appeared last Friday night at a local colored Methodist church. Guilford College has long been in dire need of a male chorus, and the initiative of the boys from New North should be hailed for the good work they have done in pro moting such an extra curricular activity. Rut that is not all the Choraliers have done. The concert which they presented laid well the foundation for the group and in spired them to continue. It not only helped the fund-raising of the church, but created good will be tween the college and populus of the community. It showed that Guilford College was not only a campus which they passed count less times, but a friendly and help ful part of the community. HOLLOWELL'S Student Headquarters Everything Good to Eat DICK'S BARBER SHOP GUILFORD COLLEGE YKEC SHOE SHOP J Shine Parlor 105 N. Greene For Service in a Hurry GREENSBORO'S Finest Theatres! —Starts Sunday— At Regular Prices! ROBERT WAGNER JANET LEIGH |l| "PRINCE VALIANT" in CinemaScope in Technicolor II —Starts Sunday— Ht ROCK HUDSON BARBARA RUSH "TAZA, SON OF COCHISE" W.U.S. Helps Students College students throughout the world have always felt as a unit. When we meet, we do not feel like strangers, for we are all facing the same problems, and having the same hopes. Some of our friends in universities in countries impov erished by war or natural disaster need our help. On more than seven hundred American college cam puses World University Service has begun a drive for half a million dollars to aid these needy overseas universities. World Uni versity Service raises funds to help students help themselves. Students who get help through the W.U.S. in their efforts to receive a higher education and improved living con • ditions don't count on the W.U.S to do the whole job, but only part of it. An allocation to some Asian project initiates a project and stim ulates local efforts to raise supple mentary funds or materials to com plete the particular task, or the al location may complete a project where work has been begun but where local efforts proved insuf ficient to do the job. Students in Asia must surmount terrible handicaps to carry on their studies. In the universities there are no living accommodations. Pri vate lodging must be sought at boarding homes, etc. In Japan 300,- 000 students must work in order to stay in school; more than 50,000 must earn enough to cover all ex penses. One typical Japanese stu dent works five hours a day, every day in a snack bar. Another finds employment as a milk delivery man, in a printing company, or sell ing fountain pens on the streets. More than 80 per cent of Indo nesia's high school teachers are university students. Students work together to meet many of the needs of the country, j Japanese students encouraged by a BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COIA COMPANY BY GREENSBORO COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY "Coke" is o registered trade mork © 1953, THE COCA-COIA COMPANY April 17, 1954 grant from the World University Service, have worked for three years to build a student sanatorium outside Tokyo. This sanatorium will be the first of its kind in a country where between three and six percent of the university stu dents suffer from T.B. At universi ties throughout Japan, students and professors, despite their own great personal needs, contributed funds to help build the sanatorium. A Guilford Project Looking through some old Guil fordians, we found that Guilford had each year a student relief drive to raise money for the World Uni versity Service to distribute to our fellow college and university stu dents. Asian students are not only the leaders of tomorrow, they are the leaders of today. So urgent is the need for trained leadership in countries which have suffered from hundreds of years of domination and economic deprivation, no effort to forward leadership can be con sidered too great. Contributions to W.U.S. may mean the difference between suc cess and failure to students' efforts to help themselves. NAG TALES In the corner grocery store at Advance, N. C. one day a young farmer said that his colt had beaten the local train from Mocksville to town. Another essayed to boast about his own nag: "Some time ago," said he, with an impressive air, "I was five miles from shelter when a storm came up. Jumping on my horse I started for home in a gallop, and during the last two miles, the roan raced the shower so fast that I didn't feel a drop of rain." "Easy to account for that," put in a doubtful one; "maybe the storm wasn't close to you." "Wasn't close to me!" exclaimed the other. "Well I should say it was! Only 20 yards behind me was my dog, and he had to swim all the way."
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