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Guilford Receives
Large Grant
Volume XLIII
Vacation Program Planned For
Foreign Students In Washington
A special program designed to
serve the foreign students visiting
in Washington, D. C., during the
Christmas vacations is planned by
the Foreign Student Service Coun
cil. It will begin on December 22
and continue through January 1.
Included in the program will be
special visits to Capitol Hill, the
National Gallery, the Smithsonian
Institute and other places of na
tional interest. There will also be
Christmas Day Hospitality with
Danforih Foundation
Gives SIO,OOO Grant
For Teaching Faculty
Ten thousand dollars has re
cently been given to Guilford in
the form of a Danforth Foundation
Fellowship. This grant is to be
used exclusively by members of
the teaching faculty and is in
tended to encourage and aid them
to do more research and writing in
their work toward an advance de
gree.
Guilford is one of the 36 liberal
arts colleges to receive one of the
Danforth grants. Each individual
institution receiving a grant will
determine the amounts of the indi
vidual grants and the purposes
for which they are to be used.
This money will be used here at
Guilford to continue and enlarge
the already existing program. It
will aid the members of the teach
ing faculty who take advantage of
it, by supplementing their income
while they are doing work on their
degrees. Several members of the
faculty have been and are now
on leave of absences to do post
graduate work. Guilford has al
ready helped 19 faculty members
obtain advanced degrees.
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Snipes k Chosen Christmas Queen
Wilma Lou Snipes, escorted by
Jordan Washburn, who is president
of the Monogram Club, was
crowned Christmas Queen during
the annual Christmas Dance fes
tivities held in the gymnasium last
Saturday. Graham Allen, president
of the Men's Student Government,
was acting Master of Ceremonies.
Against the background of a gaily
decorated Christmas tree and a
fireplace complete with stockings,
the senior members of the Mono
gram Club and their dates were
presented for recognition. With
Harold Gale and his band playing
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Published by the Students of the South's Only Quaker College
American families and trips to the
home of George Washington.
The members of the Foreign
Student Service Council are eager
to share with the visiting foreign
students the traditional hospitality
and gaiety of this season. Further
information about the program,
advice on accommodations in
Washington, and reservations for
the various events may be ob
tained by writing to the council or
calling at the office on 1722 H
Street, N. W. Reservations for all
the activities must be made at least
twenty-four hours in advance.
Since the Council carried out its
first program in December, 1956,
nearly 3,000 foreign students have
taken advantage of its services
which, in addition to the regular
year-round program, have includ
ed such special events as the Spring
Program in April, 1958, and the
Reception Service in September of
this year. The work of the Council
is maintained through the help of
over 500 volunteers from the
Washington community.
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"White Christmas" as a back
ground, Charlie Hendricks, acting
for the Monogram Club, crowned
Wilma Lou as Christmas Queen
and presented her with a bouquet
of red roses.
Wilma Lou is a sophomore from
Ahoskie, North Carolina, and she
is an elementary education major.
Her interest in athletics is shown
by the fact that she is on the cheer
leading squad for 1958-59. She was
a member of the Homecoming
Court of 1957 and she is currently
an active member of the Baptist
Student Union.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., DECEMBER 19, 1958
Tournament Queen
To Be Chosen Soon
In connection with the North
State Tournament, the Lexington
YMCA has decided to elect a
North State Tournament Queen
this year. Guilford's representative
for the queen will come from one
of the three nominees selected by
the basketball team. These girls are
Becke Blackwell, Louise Beasley,
and Wilma Lou Snipes. They will
be voted on by the student body
in chapels on January 6, 7.
The queen of the tournament
will be selected by impartial
judges. She will reign over the
Tournament and its activities
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AAUWPlaces Guilford
College On App
President Milner recently re
ceived the following telegram from
Dean Eunice C. Roberts of the Uni
versity of Indiana and Chairman of
the Committee on Higher Educa
tion for the American Association
of University Women: "I am very
happy to inform you that the board
of directors of AAUW voted to
place the name of your institution
on its approved list. Letter of con
firmation following."
This means that Guilford's name
is placed on the AAUW's approved
list and any woman student from
Guilford will be entitled to the
right to join any local AAUW chap
ter. These chapters are intended to
encourage further intellectual
thinking and association with high
er educated people after gradua
tion from college. The closest local
chapter is Greensboro.
Dean Roberts visited the campus
several weeks ago and reported
her findings back to the committee.
While here she looked into many
phases of women's campus life.
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CARE TO TYPE?
Have some extra time on your
hands and need some money?
With the approaching end of the
semester, term papers, reports, etc.
are coming due, and many persons
may have a problem in getting
these typed.
If you are interested in doing
typing work, turn in your name to
the GUILFORDIAN office, and in
the next issue a list will appear of
these names.
Students who need papers
typed may then contact these typ
ists.
Holidays Begin
Tomorrow
She visited in the dorms, studied
girls gymnasium facilities, spoke
with a group of girls, etc.
Guilford has been anxious to
have its name placed on the ap
proved list for some time.
Educational Tours
Offered For Summer
Each year, the United States Na
tional Student Association has of
fered a low cost program to stu
dents for summer travel in Europe.
In the coming 1959 summer season,
800 college students will partici
pate in programs offered by the
USNSA's Educational Travel, Inc.,
a non-profit organization provid
ing budget tours to Europe rang
ing from $749.
In the summer of 1959 the col
lege student group will travel in
Israel, Poland and other Western
European countries. Each student
going abroad with USNSA is part
of an international student com
munity. The programs are arranged
by students, for students, with
European guides who are univers
ity students familiar with their
country's art, history, music, and
good buys.
On these tours throughout Eur
ope, contact with the foreign stu
dent is made both formally and
informally. On board ship there
is an orientation program includ
ing accelerated language classes
and lectures on art, history, music
and political science. Added to the
classroom activity of shipboard
life, is a nightly dance, and daily
movies and sports.
For further information, write to:
USNSA, Educational Travel, Inc.,
701 7th Avenue, New York 36,
New York.
I NEWS BRIEFS
Every Thursday night at eight
o'clock there meets in the College
Union a group of talented and un
talented individuals. They discuss
anything and everything, and they
invite all students, scholars, and
pupils to join them. The organiza
tion which sponsors these sessions
is called the Guilford Literary So
ciety.
The Collegiate Civitan Club of
Guilford College wishes to thank
everyone who participated in the
fruit cake sale. The proceeds will
go toward a worthy project.
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