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APATHETIC CITIZENS?
What has happened to today's
young adults? The youth of the
last generation were vitally con
cerned with everything from local
politics to the United Nations.
They formed clubs, joined com
mittees, and spoke on what they
believed. Some of it was childish,
much of it had no effect, but they
were noticed; they were a force,
or tried to be.
Today how many students know
what's happening in the world?
Their concern is with their own
private world of campus gossip.
Even organized intellectual activ
ities on campus get little response.
No one knows of the world, na
tional or state problems. Students
may have a general idea of what's
going on (several days later) and
occasionally talk about it authorita
tively. Their opinions are quotes
from their parents, teachers and
maybe a sentence from a news
paper. They don't stop to think
what they are saying or to realize
how ridiculous it sounds. If their
reasons for being at a liberal arts
college are honest, they have
learned one of the most vital ele
ments of education —the ability to
think intelligently and to be aware
of what is happening in the world.
Now is the time to learn to be
citizens of the community and of
the world. "Think" should be the
kevword of education. Think in
telligently, fairly and positively.
Apathetic citizens are not what
this country needs. Neither does it
want uninformed, prejudiced citi
zens who act on impulse instead of
DARE YOU CUT?
We note with approval the gen
eral tightening of scholastic stand
ards here at Guilford College.
Many professors seem to be ex
pecting a little more than they did
last term which was a little more
than expected the term before. We
feel that this is a trend in the right
direction and we wholeheartedly
approve. But along with this seems
to have come a change in rules
that is both unnecessary and unfair
which is also an attempt to tighten
up scholastically. This is the new
method for getting cuts excused.
While this may seem a trivial
thing it can become a great nui
sance, and more important, it is
an indication that students are
still being babied. The general
GIVE THE UNITED WAY
The goal set for this years Cam
pus Chest is $1400; an increase of
$55 over last years total. The drive
for 100% campus participation un
der the able leadership of Dr. J.
The Guilfordian
PRESS
Published Bi-weekly during the collegi
ate year by the students of
Guilford College
Editor-in-Chief .... Margaret Haworth
Managing Editor Lillian Burrow
Business Manager Bill Smith
EDITORIAL STAFF
Associate Editor Andrea Rogin
Sports Editor Sidney Hart
Sports Staff —Bill Wearmouth, Charles
Watson, Lynn Hundley
News Editor Anne Taylor
Reporters —Betty Jean Steele, Louise
Bunker, Mary Greenwood, Ira Ross,
George Passes, Tom O'Briant, John
Potter, Bonnie Lewis, Marilyn Gainey,
Douglas Kerr, Fern Laudenslager, Bill
Burton.
TECHNICAL STAFF
Advertising Manager Miles Frost
Exchange Editor Jo Ann Cook
Photographer Dwight Thomas
Typing Manager Janet Andrews
Typists —Barbara Fichman, Sara Jane
Robertson, Betty Pake, Judy Wolff,
Ellen Horr, Donnie Bodenheimer,
Fraser Smith, Ann Shelton, Betsey
Winesett.
Circulation Manager ... Betsy Russell
Circulation Staff —Wanda Carter, Jackie
Glisson, Betty Brown, Catherine Jones,
Sara Lou Phillips
after careful thought. Why is this
situation coming about? It would
seem that it is for several reasons.
The atmosphere of the adult world
today is not conducive to indepen
dent, constructive thinking. With
our emphasis on conformity we
don't encourage action by either
students or adults. We don't think
until we read in the latest family
magazine what we're supposed to
think.
We also have a concept of the
ideal man or ideal role in life. We
are brought to respect and almost
glorify the rich man, the powerful
man and the man who runs pub
lic opinion polls. There is little
respect for the intellectual, the
teacher or the scientist working on
something that shows little practi
cal application.
Even on our college campuses
this holds true. In a sense it is
perpetual motion. No new ideas
are born because the old ones dis
courage anything new. The stu
dents themselves don't want or
care about change. Yet perhaps the
attitude of the leaders of the col
leges is also at fault. They may
stifle independent thinking by be
ing too powerful and by assuming
too much domination over the life
of the students. Certainly there
must be laws to govern any com
munity. But just as certainly the
community should have some voice
in these laws. If the leaders of
liberal education are truly inter
ested in training moral leaders for
tomorrow, they should allow and
even encourage independent action
bv the students.
policy is to get cuts excused before
they occur. This is very good in
theory, but certainly doesn't seem
to work out. Students do legiti
mately get sick just before a class
when the nurse is not available.
Often a day in bed will cure a cold
while getting up at eight in the
morning to see the nurse will turn
it into something more serious. The
whole system seems to indicate a
belief that students are becoming
less mature. There are always stu
dents who will take advantage of
any system, too. So the student that
has a reason for missing his classes
is made to suffer and to feel re
sentful toward those people that
seem to have no faith in him as a
responsible individual.
Curt Victorius and equally able
student leaders will culminate
next Friday.
This years total contribution has
been divided into donations of
$750 from the faculty and $650
from the students. SBOO of the
amount shall go to the Greensboro
United Fund. International aids
shall receive $250 while educa
tional services are to receive $125.
Medical research foundations will
be given $175.
Each student will receive a
pledge slip from his assigned stu
dent leader. The slips are to be
returned at the soonest possible
date. All checks are to be made
payable to Guilford College. Stu
dents are urged to co-operate in
the drive in order that this years
drive will be as successful as the
1957-58 benefit.
"All wonders are worked through
charity and goodwill!"
The Admission Test for Gradu
ate Study in Business is required
by a number of graduate business
schools. The tests will be adminis
tered on November 1, 1958, and
February 5, April 11, and July 25
in 1959. Applications and fees
must be filed with the Admission
Test for Graduate Study in Busi
ness, Educational Testing Service,
20 Nassau Street, Princeton, New
Jersey, at least two weeks before
the testing date desired.
THE GUILFORDIAN
CHOIR WILL START TUESDAY NIGHT REHEARSAL
SESSIONS IN PREPARATION FOR "THE MESSIAH"
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In connection with the A Cap
pella Choir's coming performance
of "The Messiah," Guilfordian re
porter Ira Ross has done some
research work to get a glimpse at
the choirs background. All matters
of historical nature in this article
ire to be found in a 1953 Senior
Thesis by Bobby Lloyd Wall, en
titled "A History of the Guilford
College A Cappella Choir."
By IRA ROSS
The Guilford College A Cap
pella Choir was formed in 1928 by
Max Noah, a Music Department
faculty member who came to Guil
ford in 1927.
In 1930 the Guilford College
Choir, under the direction of Mr.
Noah, was awarded second place
at the Southern Inter-Collegiate
Glee Club contest in Greenville,
S. C. During this year of the
choir's near-victory the Music De
partment allowed the use of the
old YMCA building by the choir
for the purpose of practice, with
the stipulation that the choir would
make the necessary refurbishings.
(This is the present Music Build
ing-)
In 1935 Ezra H. F. Weis came to
Guilford as head of the Music De
partment. At that time he held
EXTENSIVE TRAVELER AND FULLBRIGHT TEACHER
RETURNS TO FULL TIME TEACHING POSITION
After a years leave of absence,
Miss Helen Fortenberry has re
turned from a teaching position
in the Netherlands and resumed
her position in the Guilford Physi
cal Education Department. The
following is a resume of her obser
vations.
By IRA ROSS
Helen Fortenberry, 8.5., M.E.,
Assistant Professor of Women's
Education, taught at Guilford dur
ing the school years of 1954-55,
'55-'56, '56-'57. Miss Fortenberry
spent the year of 1957-58 in Hol
land teaching on a Fullbright
grant.
After taking a two weeks orien
tation course for Fullbright teach
ers, Miss Fortenberry began teach
ing in Hilversum, a suburb of
Amsterdam. She taught physical
education, dance, and English at
two schools—a co-educational pub
lic high school and a girls' private
school. Her pupils ranged from
ages 10 to 14.
The school system in the Nether
lands is quite different from and a
good deal more difficult than ours.
She says it is a government-sup
ported educational system in which
classes are run on a very intensive
six-days-a-week schedule, the pre
ponderant stress being placed up
on academic endeavor.
All students are required to have
speaking knowledge of French,
German, and English and these
subjects enter the students' curri
culum at the third grade level.
English is taught with a British
accent and Miss Fortenberry had
to adjust her articulations accord
ingly in order to facilitate a more
workable student-teacher under
standing.
An examination is given at the
one of the two doctorate degrees
in music awarded by Columbia
University.
Dr. Weis passed away in 1948.
He was loved by the student body
and the faculty and his name is
one still well known in the Guil
ford College Community. Mr.
Charles C. Underwood, a former
member of Greensboro College's
Music Department, accepted the
position of director of Guilford's
choir in 1949.
In 1952 our present director,
Carl C. Baumbach, Associate Pro
fessor of Music, joined the ranks
of Guilford College's Music De
partment. Mr. Baumbach was born
in Kassel, Germany in 1903. He
received his initial musical training
at the Conservatory of Music at
Kassel. He came to the U. S. in
1923 and received his Bachelor of
Music degree from the Eastman
School of Music at the University
of Rochester and his Master of
Music in 1944.
Our A Cappella Choir is re
garded as one of the finest choral
organizations in the South.
During last year's Spring Vaca
tion, I had the pleasure of hearing
the choir perform at the Friends
Academy in Locust Valley, Long
end of each school year and the
student, in order to continue his
academic work, must achieve a
passing grade. (The passing grade
News Briefs
There will be a movie in
Memorial Hall on Saturday, No
vember 1. Admission to the movie
(name of which is undetermined
at present) will be 25 cents.
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Mr. Hiriam Hilty, head/ of the
Spanish department, will deliver
the lecture tonight. His subject
will be the Spanish classic, Don
Quijote.
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The Sophomores are sponsoring
the October 25 dance in the Col
lege Union. Admission is free.
Everyone is invited to join in the
food and fun to celebrate Hallow
een.
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Kay Burton has been elected
president of the College Sunday
School Class. Other officers are
Merle Mallard, secretary; Howard
Hinshaw, vice-president; and Judy
Allen, treasurer. The class meets
each Sunday at 9:30 a.m. in the
College Union.
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All students who wish to submit
works of creative writing are re
minded that the deadline for such
articles is November 14th. The
Executive Council of the Guilford
Literary Society will edit all con
tributions and print them in the
societies bi - annual publication,
"The Tad." Awards will be given
to students who are judged to have
made outstanding contributions.
OCTOBER 24, 1958
Island, N. Y. The audience was in
deed receptive and many com
ments about the fine tonal qualities
and the beautifully executed har
monies could be heard during the
intermission and at the end of the
performance. The general audience
reaction seemed to indicate that
the Guilford College Choir is an
aggregation of professional caliber.
The Choir is currently rehears
ing selections from Handel's Mes
siah every Tuesday afternoon at
4:00 Everybody in the Guilford
College community, students and
non-students alike, is welcome to
come and sing. Rehearsals will be
held from 7:30 until 8:30 p.m.
starting on the first Tuesday in No
vember. The Messiah will be given
on Sunday, December 14, in the
Meeting House.
This year the use of a male
chorus and a women's chorus has
been adopted. The women's chorus
has one number in this year's pre
sentation and the male chorus,
three.
The choir is a hardworking
group and its members deserve
a lot of credit. It takes a great deal
of time and effort to produce as
euphonious a sound as the one
which our choir has achieved.
is in the high ninety per cent brac
ket for university examinations.)
The type of pre-college schools
are (1) trade schools and house
hold management schools, (2)
pre-science and pre-engineering
schools, and (3) pre-university
schools. The last two years of high
school in Holland are equivalent
to the first two years in American
colleges and universities.
The Ministry of Education has
the authority to hand down edicts
which confirm such things as the
officially accepted way of spelling
a word.
There are about seven major
universities in the Netherlands.
The University of Leyden, estab
lished in the 14th century and the
University of Utrecht, established
in the 15th century, are the two
oldest universities in Holland. The
Technical University at Delft spec
ialises in advanced work in nuclear
physics and electronics. This in
stitution inaugurated the dormitory
system in Holland. Existing con
ditions made it impossible for the
University of Delft to operate any
longer on an exclusively day-stu
dent basis. Other major universities
in the! Netherlands are Amsterdam,
Groningen, Enschede, and Lim
burg.
There is no organized student
activity as we know it sponsored
by the Dutch Universities and
lower schools.
Miss Fortenberry spent her fall
vacation in England, week-ends in
Belgium, Germany, Denmark, or
Sweden, and her Christmas Holi
day in southern France, Spain, and
Portugal.
After this extensive traveling,
she is now back in Guilford's Wo
men's Physical Education Depart
ment.