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VOL. XXXXI
Dr. Milner Begins 21st Year
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DR. CLYDE A. MILNER
Student Aifairs Board
Nominates Delegates
At the last meeting of the Stu
dent Affairs Board, the Board
nominated ten students as candi
dates for delegates to the North
Carolina Student Legislature. The
ten students are: Mary Ann Long,
Ann Rae Thomas, Frank Laraway,
Mary Ella Clark, Lucy Herrin,
Jeannie Swain, Bonnie Cole, Ted
McEachern, Neva Watson, and
Margaret Wooten. These students
will present a chapel program Fri
day, October 29. The student body
will then elect four to be delegates.
Jennie Smith and Edwin Brown
will also be representing Guilford
at the legislature. Jennie and Ed
win attended last year and were
elected by the legislature to serve
on permanent committees. During
the year they have been meeting
with delegates from other North
Carolina colleges in order to make
plans for the 1954 session.
Remember the Campus
Chest. Our Drive Closes
November 4. Give To
day!
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., OCTOBER 22, 1954
Zealous Leadership
Attributes To Goal
As Guilford College begins its
118 th year it also embarks upon
the 21st year of Dr. Clyde A. Mil
ner's role as president of this ever
growing institution.
In July of 1934 Dr. Milner, after
having served as Dean and Philos
ophy Professor for four years, was
inaugurated as the fourth president
of the South's oldest co-ed col
lege. During his twenty years of
active and zealous leadership Guil
ford has experienced some of its
most highlighting moments.
Through his untiring and continu
ous efforts the college has increas
ed in every aspect of its environ
ment.
The physical plant grew with the
addition of four new buildings,
nine faculty homes, refurnished
dormitories, the new college lake
and various other campus im
provements.
One of his greatest achievements
has been increasing the endow
ment from $574,000 to more than
$1,500,000 with an income from
this up from $20,000 to $57,000 a
year. The operating budget is up
from $12,000 to $397,000 and the
plant value which was $442,000 in
1934 has risen to the present value
of $1,520,000 (a conservative esti
mate) .
Another factor of importance
and one which helps to maintain
Guilford's high standards is the
quality of faculty members. In
1934, of the twenty-two faculty
members, only five had Ph. D's.
Today, of the total forty-two, fif
teen have Ph. D's.
The continued service of the
core-curriculum as a helpful edu
cational system, and the develop
ment of the Greensboro Evening
College unit have been instrumen
tal in raising the enrollment from
326 in 1934 to 1115 and are results
of his consecrated loyalty and de
voted efforts.
Briefly, we have summarized a
few of the important events and
changes of the past two decades,
but we are more interested in the
man who, though he would take
little credit for it, is largely re
sponsible for the achievements of
this Quaker College.
Dr. Milner, born of Quaker par
ents, in Tennessee, received his A.
B. from Wilmington College, A. M.
from Woodbroke, B. D. from Hav
erford, attended Hartford Theolo
gical Seminary, did graduate study
at the University of Chicago, Mar
burg University, University of
Geneva, Columbia University, re-
Social
Committee
"There's nothing to do tonight!"
This familiar complaint has often
reverberated from one far corner
of our campus to the other. Whose
job is it to see that there is some
thing to do? The Social Commit
tee's.
The complaint, however, is slow
ly fading away. The 1954-55 Social
Committee, under the chairman
ship of Betty Humble, with Miss
Marlett as faculty adviser, is al
ready planning entertainments far
into the long months of winter. For
instance, tentative schedules have
been arranged for the Saturday
night showings of movies such as
"12 O'Clock High," "It Happens
Every Spring," and "How Green is
My Valley."
Schemes for the February 12th
semi-formal are already being ser
iously considered. Also in the
spring, the seventeen-member
committee hopes to sponsor open
air dances on the tennis courts.
It's true that these programs are
all scheduled for what seems like
the all-too-distant future, but
there are some exciting events
coming up soon. After the New
berry game on October 30, there
will be another sock-hop. A prize
will be given to the couple with
the snazziest foot-coverings.
Since all the expenses of the
committee are allotted by the Stu
dent Affairs Board, there will be
no charge to any of the Social
Committee-sponsored affairs.
ceived his Ph. D. from Hartford
Theological Seminary, and his LL.
D. from Wilmington College. He is
a minister in the Friends Church,
but is admired and loved by stu
dents and friends for his daily
practice of Christian love and fel
lowship which is a living ministry
o all.
The influence of this man, who
possesses the quiet reserved charm,
dignity, and strength of character,
is felt by all of Guilford's alumni,
friends, and students, but mostly
oy the students. Though the ad
ministrative affairs of the college
are time filling, Dr. Milner always
has time to discuss the student's
concern with him and is anxious
4 o know him as an individual.
Dr. Milner, we, the 1954-55 stu
dent body, wish to pay our highest
tributes to you for your continued
endeavors to spread and maintain
f he true Guilford spirit.
NUMBER 3
Danish Speaker
Here Today
Mr Finn Friis, our Chapel speak
er of the morning, will speak to
night in the Fine Arts Room at
eight o'clock. This is another in the
series of Friday night lectures and
will be sponsored by the Interna
tional Relations Club. There will
be a reception afterwards to which
all are invited.
Mr. Friis, currently with the
Danish delegation to the United
Nations, was for many years con
nected with the League of Nations.
With the founding of the U. N., he
came over as a Danish representa
tive and has worked here since
that time.
While in this area he will make
several talks. On Sunday morning
he will speak to the New Garden
Meeting Sunday School at 10:00
a. m., and you are cordially in
vited to attend.
Mr. Friis is the house guest of
Dr. Newlin during his stay at Guil
ford.
Calendar of Events
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 22
(1) Chapel, 10:15 a. m., Memorial
Hall. Dr. Finn Friis, Danish
Representative to the United
Nations.
(2) 8:00 p. m., Fine Arts Room-
Lecture by Dr. Friis.
Sponsored by I. R. C.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23
(1) 8:15 p. m., Gymnasium,
Square Dance, sponsored by
S. C. A.
(1) S. C. A. Vespers, 7:30 p. m„
in the Hut.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 25
(1) Class Meetings, Chapel Period
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27
(1) "Guilfordian" Staff, 5:00 p. m.
Founders Hall
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27
(1) Chapel, 10:15 a. m., Memorial
Hall, Mr. William Reagan
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28
(1) W. S. G. Council, 5:00 p. m.,
W. A. A. Room