Yates, Dean of Men
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VOLUME XLI
Trustees Approve Development Plans
David Morrah
to Publicity Di
David W. Morrah, Jr., Greens
boro author and newspaper col
umnist, has been appointed direc-
David W. Morrah, Jr.
tor of public relations at Guilford
College, according to Dr. Clyde A.
Milner, college president.
"In addition to directing our
news service and editing our pub
lications, he will assist our trustees
and our administration with the
REVELERS SUCCESSFUL IN
DRAMATIC FINALS
Friday, April 12, saw the achievement of one of the goals of the
Guilford College Revelers Club at the 34th Annual Festival of the
Carolina Dramatic Association in Chapel Hill. In a field of twenty-six
Yates Appointed
Dean of Men
Dr. Clyde A. President
of Guilford College, has announced
the appointment of Bill Lee Yates,
a Thomasville native and 1953
graduate of the College, as Dean
of Men and Assistant Professor of
Education. Mr. Yates will assume
his duties September 1, succeed
ing Dr. E. Daryl Kent who will
devote all of his time to the
planned expansion of the Depart
ment of Religion.
Yates was given the Key Senior
award while at Guilford and was
an outstanding scholar, athlete and
student leader. He was an honor
roll student for five semesters, cap
tain of the football team and a
varsity basketball and baseball
player. He received the under
graduate Athletic Award and the
Achievement Award and served
as president of the Junior Class, the
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Bill Lee Yates
Tf)e QuilfonScm
college's promotional and develop
ment program," Milner said.
A graduate of Greensboro Senior
High School, Morrah holds a de
gree in architectural engineering
from State College.
The college's new public rela
tions head served in the Army for
five years and was discharged with
the rank of captain in 1946.
He was close combat director for
the anti-aircraft comand for three
years and served as athletic and
recreation director in Alaska for
two years.
He was vice-president and art
director of Bradham & Company,
a Greensboro advertising agency,
from 1947 to 1955.
The author of several humorous
books, Morrah is also known to
readers of the American Magazine,
the Saturday Evening Post , and the
American Legion Magazine.
'productions of one-act plays com
peting in several different cate
gories, the judges awarded to Guil
ford College's Judgement of Court
by Luigi Pirandello, the highest
rating award, with associate pro
fessor of English Donald D. Dea
gon, director, receiving the honor.
On March 30, this play was pre
sented at Woman's College for the
semi-final elimination and, having
passed with favorable comments
from the judges, went on to win
further honor at Chapel Hill.
Following the Saturday after
noon series of productions, a dis
cussion and criticism period was
held and presided over by Harry
E. Davis, Associate Director and
Thomas M. Patterson, Assistant
Director of the Carolina Playmak
ers and Mrs. Thomas M. Patterson
of the University faculty. All as
pects, from the direction and inter
pretation to the setting were
praised by the judges and members
of the audience, and the applause
which concluded both the perform
ance and the discussion of the pro
duction was highly enthusiastic.
Particular kudos went to Jim
Palmer and Craven Mackie for
their sensitive portrayals of Judge
D'Andrea and Rosario Chiaro re
spectively.
John Lacava as Marranca; Phal
Hodgin, Dale Embich and Jim
Williams as the Three Magistrates;
and Mary Ella Clark as Rosinella
completed the cast of the award
winning production.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., APRIL 26, 1957
Science Fair to Be
Held Tonight
Between the hours of seven and
nine-thirty tonight, the first annual
Guilford College Science Fair will
be held in King Hall. It will be
open to all students, faculty, and
members of the general public
who, at last, will be able to pene
trate the cavernous depths of the
science labs. The fair will be com
posed of projects and exhibitions
developed by the future neophyte
scientists from each of the major
science departments biology,
chemistry, and physics.
The initiation of the fair was
begun last semester in the Biology
Club. Chester Haworth and Alvin
Jaffee were elected to serve as co
chairmen for the project.
The purpose of the fair is three
fold:
(1) To show the student body
and the public the practical appli
cations of science at the under
graduate level.
(2) To encourage more students
to enter scientific careers.
(3) To allow the science stu
dents to exhibit their talents.
Some of the contributing stu
dents and their projects are:
Biology first floor labs: Julia
Trimble and Dave Griffin, dissec
tion of frogs; Ann Rae Thomas
and Bert Wellons, bacteriology;
John Slopey and Peggy Johnson,
embryology; Chester Haworth and
Alvin Jaffee, evolution of lungs.
Chemistry second floor labs:
Obie Burt and Jack Peters, organic
chemistry (several experiments).
Physics —basement: Dudley Cox,
electricity; Robert Rosier, transmit
ters and receivers; Andrew Gydin
ski, electricity.
May Day Dance
Slated for May
Guilford's only flower dance of
the year, the annual May Day
Dance sponsored by the WAA, will
be held in the gym from 8:30 until
11:30 o'clock on the evening of
May 4th. Decorations will be cen
tered around the theme, "American
in Paris."
As usual, tickets will be $1.50
per couple and will be sold at the
door or can be purchased ahead of
time from Joyce Hannaum or
Becke Blackwell, co-chairmen of
the dance.
Plans hint that.a new dance band
will be introduced to the college at
this time, and there is promise of
some good music. At- intermission
Guilford's May Court will be in
troduced.
NOTICE
Students are requested not to
sunbathe nor use the campus ath
letic facilities from 10 o'clock to
12 o'clock, Sunday mornings.
Dr. Milner Adopts Slogan In
Presenting Outline for Plans
In executive session Friday, April 12, at the College, the Board of
Trustees of Guilford College, Robert H. Frazier, Chairman, approved a
$1,250,000 development program looking toward June 1962, when the
institution will celebrate the completion of 125 years of continuous
educational service. In presenting an outline of the program, Dr. Clyde
A. Milner, President of the College, said, "We have adopted as our
slogan, "A million and a quarter by a century and a quarter."
JUNIOR-SENIOR
SUCCESSFUL
The Junior entertained the
Senior Class last Saturday evening
at the annual Junior-Senior ban
quet and dance. The theme for the
occasion was "River Boat."
Founders dining hall was the
scene of the banquet and was dec
orated with a large picture of a
river boat. Craven Mackie was
master-of-ceremonies for the event.
He first introduced Bill Jarvis,
President of the Junior Class, who
welcomed the guests. Bob Isko
witz, Senior Class President, re
plied on behalf of the Senior Class,
and Dr. Milner gave the invoca
tion.
Following a dinner consisting of
tomato juice, fruit salad, veal cut
lets, rice and gravy, string beans,
rolls, iced tea and coffee, and ice
cream topped with strawberries, a
well-received program was pre
sented. "The Showboaters," Gertie
Wright, Sara Jane Robertson,
Woody Finley, and Tom O'Briant,
sang a medley of songs of the deep
South. Julie Trimble tap danced
and Paul McDonald played the
hand organ. After another song by
"The Showboaters," the program
closed with a pantomime by Ray
Albright and Craven Mackie.
From 8:30 until 11:30 the
Rhythm Vets rendered dance
music in the Student Union. The
building was decorated as a show
boat and was entered by a gang
plank to the patio. Refreshments
were served from the "bar" in the
soda shop and the parlor featured
scenes of the Mississippi.
Committee chairmen for the
event were: invitations, Carolyn
Newlin; decorations, Woody Fin
ley; entertainment, Barbara Jin
nette; food, Jimmie Askins; dance
refreshments, Ann Harper; and
properties, Charlie Atkinson.
"The Browning
Version" to be
Presented
The Revelers Club will present
Terence'Rattigan's "The Browning
Version" next Thursday and Fri
day, May 1 and 2, in Memorial
Hall at 8:30 p.m.
"The Browning Version" is con
cerned with a bitter and emotion
dried-up school master who, by the
end of the play, feels friendship
and liking for other people. The
school master, Andrew Crocker
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See "Battle Cry"
Sat., April 27
> Highlights of the action taken
by the trustees were approval, of
plans to attain a minimum endow
ment of $2,000,000; to construct an
Auditorium-Chapel-Religious Edu
cation Building costing $300,000,
preliminary plans for which were
shown at the meeting; to achieve
a Living Endowment of $20,000
annually; to construct the proposed
education building for the Greens
boro Division on its West Wash
ington Street property; to remodel
the second floor of Memorial Hall;
and to relocate the athletic and
recreational areas.
The trustees also approved a
policy establishing a maximum
enrollment of 600 degree students,
with a goal of 550 students carry
ing a full schedule of degree work
completing each academic year. In
explaining the purpose of this
policy, Dr. Milner stated, "Careful
selection of new students academi
cally qualified for college work will
enable us to point with pride to the
number of students who finish each
year rather than to the number
who begin."
The development of a Religious
Education program especially de
signed to prepare leaders for the
Society of Friends was viewed
favorably by the trustees. This pro
gram will provide for a one-year
graduate study program leading to
an M.A. degree in Religion.
Final action of the trustees was
approval of the college budget for
the fiscal year beginning June 1.
Guilford's overall budget for 1957-
58 totals $688,100.00, largest in the
history of the institution. Of this
total, $577,100.00 is allocated to
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Calendar for the
Week
APRIL 26-MAY 3
April
26—Canterbury Club, 7:00
Babcock and Wilcox Co.,
Interviews, Student Union
Science Fair, 7:00-10:00
King Hall
Scholarship Society, 8:00
Lounge
27—Movie, 7:30, Memorial Hall
"Battle Cry" •
29—Men's Student Government,
10:00
May
2—Dancing Class, 7:00, Lounge
Reveler's Club Play, 8:00
Memorial Hall
3—Reveler's Club Play, 8:00
Memorial Hall
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