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Guilford Grad Is
Now Acting Editor
Douglas Kerr, a 1960 graduate
of Guilford College and former
editor of the GUILFORDIAN,
was recently appointed acting edi
tor of a weekly paper in central
New York State. Doug is now as
suming the editorial role of the
SKANEATELES PRESS while at
tending Syracuse University for
his masters degree in Newspaper
Journalism.
Mr. Kerr is a native of High
Point, North Carolina, and gradu
ated from Guilford with an A.B.
in English. He served in the Ma
rine Corps from 1952 until 1955.
While at Guilford College,
Doug maintained an outstanding
record. Aside from being editor of
the GUILFORDIAN, lie was pres
ident of his class for his last two
years here, and was assistant di
rector of public relations for the
college. He also received the R.
Clyde Shore scholarship for jour
nalism.
Much of the financial backing
for his undergraduate work came
from the income that he incurred
from doing free-lance writing for
various newspapers in North
Carolina.
After graduating from Guilford,
Doug went to work as a staff
writer for the "Greensboro Daily
News." He was employed there
until he moved to Syracuse last
September. He also served as di
rector of the news bureau at
Greensboro College for two years.
Doug is married to the former
Jane Lucas of High Point, also a
newspaper woman, and has two
children.
Dr. Feagins: Philosopher-Musician
Dr. Feagins, Associate Professor
of Philosophy, is known by most
Guilfordians as one who teaches
philosophy in relation to the Guil
ford core curriculum, and also as
an accomplished organist and pian
ist. Perhaps this article will be help
ful for those who wish to learn
more about the keen-witted profes
sor known by our student body as
"Plato."
His father, having been a Baptist
minister, and he, having been born
in Jessup, Georgia, his earlier years
were spent in a southern Baptist en
vironment. Throughout his second
ary education, he studied piano and
violin and was active in dramatics,
public speaking, and above all, his
interest was in stamp collecting.
Carroll Feagins left Georgia for
undergraduate study at Duke Uni
versity in English. During his four
years at Duke, he was active in the
Glee Club, choir, a violin player in
the symphony orchestra, and he
became very interested in philoso
phy. Combining his music and lit
erature interests with his new
found interest in philosophy, he
pursued aesthetics at the Univer
sity of Michigan and gained his
Masters in Philosophy.
Returning from the University of
Michigan, he began his doctoral
work at Duke University. His first
year back at Duke he met Mary
Brown, who was completing her
Masters in Philosophy. After an en
gagement of one year, they were
married and Carroll Feagins took a
teaching position at Sullins College
in Virginia.
While working toward his' doc
torate, Carroll's commitment to
pacifism became clear, and it was
not long before he was drafted into
Co-eds Stage Fiasco at
Sedgefield Stable
Out at Sedgefield Stables a few
weeks ago, there occurred a fiasco
that, to be sure, the horses will
never forget. Twenty co-eds, who
considered themselves more agile
in spirit than those frail girls who
play ping-pong twice a week,
piled out of their cars and saun
tered around the stable to mount
their trusty steeds and encounter
their first riding lesson
Gathered together near the
mounting block, arrayed in any
thing from tennis shoes and ber
muda shorts to complete riding
habits, the girls chattered loudly
about their previous riding expe
rience while they waited for the
horses to be brought out. They
fell silent as die first horse ap
peared, led by a stable hand with
a knowing smile on his face. One
girl was summoned from the
group and as she mounted and
loped off in the direction of the
ring expressions of sympathy and
good wishes arose from the crowd.
The murmurs continued, rising
and falling in volume as another,
and another, and still another ap
prehensive lass was plucked at
random from the group.
Finally, all die girls were mount
ed and riding off toward the
ring as the stable hands followed
at a safe distance, laughing and
poking each other as they pointed
to a fearful girl who was clinging
to the neck of her horse, or an
"experienced" rider who was sit
ting unnaturally stiff and straight
in her saddle as she circled the
ring at the head of the line.
The "experienced" riders who
had been mounted first were rid
ing around the outside of the ring
talking and laughing loudly in a
superficial attitude of disdain for
the rest of the class who were
plodding along several yards be
hind in complete silence. All were
quiet though, when the instructor
arrived at the center of the ring
and began yelling instructions.
"All right, now! Everybody sit
up straight in the center of the
saddle. Arch your back, throw
Dr. Carroll Feagins
the Civilian Public Service. During
his two years in Civilian Public
Service, he came to know Quakers,
Quakerism, and especially the
American Friends Service Commit
tee. He came to know Guilford Col
lege and began teaching here in the
fall of 1946.
Since first entering the teaching
position, he has been active in in
terracial groups and peace groups
because of his great interest in the
social problems of the south and be
cause of his great dissatisfaction
with general segregation patterns
of the south. He has also been ac
tive in church music and was choir
director and organist of the Ker
nersville Moravian Church for four
years and organist at the Wesley
Memorial Methodist Church in
High Point for eight years. He is
currently a member of the New
THE GUILFORDIAN
your shoulders back, keep your
knees in tight, your heels down,
your toes out, your reins down on
the saddle, and RELAX!"
The horses picked up their eyes
at the sound of a familiar voice
and looked over to the center of
the ring with interest, as their rid
ers shuffled around on top trying
to assume such an unnatural posi
tion and still relax. Several horses
were so interested in what the in
structor had to say that they sepa
rated from the line around the
outside of the ring and started to
ward the center in order to hear
him better. This, of course, sent
their riders into a state of panic
and several fervent exclamations
of "What do I do?" interrupted
the lesson for a while before the
horses thought better of it and re
signed themselves to plodding
around in line with the rest.
"Now, those of you who can't
post, hold on to the saddle. All
right, everybody TROT."
Most of the horses responded to
the command without impetus
from their riders and the line pro
ceeded at a faster gait, much to
the dismay of those girls who had
lost their stirrups, in the process
or dropped their reins to button
their coats.
Soon the air was filled with
screams for help and pleas of mer
cy as the group bounced horribly
around the outside of the ring and
the hard-hearted instructor pared
his fingernails in the center.
The patient horses endured the
flapping stirrups and legs, the
erratic jerks of the reins, and the
frequent shrieks of dismay from
the uncoordinated lumps of fem
ininity above them, who were be
ing knocked senseless in the pro
cess.
The instructor soon evidenced
apparent sympathy for the horses
and called for the girls to follow
him back to the stable. Brave
smiles emerged on their faces as
the girls were able to slow their
horses to a walk again and leave
through the gate they had so will
ingly entered an hour before.
Garden Monthly Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends, a
member of the North Carolina Phi
losophical Society, on the Execu
tive Committee and College Pro
gram Committee of the Southeast
ern Regional Office of the American
Friends Service Committee, Re
cording Secretary of the Piedmont
Chapter of the American Guild of
Organists, and a member of the
American Association of University
Professors.
After five years at Guilford, Car
roll took a one year leave of absence
and completed his doctorate at
Northwestern University. His dis
sertation was on the ethics of pacif
ism.
Dr. Feagins thinks of philosophy
as the most scientific-minded of the
humanities and aesthetics and
ethics are his greatest interests,
although he finds all fields of phi
losophy intriguing.
There were three questions
which I posed to Dr. Feagins dur
ing a most interesting interview.
First I asked him why he liked to
teach: because of the general style
of life one lives in this form of edu
cation. Secondly, knowing that Dr.
and Mrs. Feagins are hopefully
going to Europe this summer, I ask
ed him where he wanted to spend
the most time. To this, Dr. Feagins
stated that he would like to spend
much time in Athens, Greece, soak
ing in the philosophical atmos
phere. He would also like to see
some of the outstanding European
organs and while in Scotland, he
hopes to procure a bagpipe to bring
back and learn to play, although he
has his doubts about learning to
play. Lastly, I asked him if he had
any secrets. He replied that he had
plenty, but as for stories, I had bet
ter go to someone else.
—F. WALTON
"Plain & Fancy"
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A musical comedy on opening
night is an unknown quantity
which awaits the applause of an
audience to give it life. The possi
bility of its survival is unsure and
the probability of its success is
conditional. In the Guilford Col
lege production of "Plain and
Fancy" those necessary elements
were abundant, and their results
were evident in every aspect of
the performance.
The somewhat sparsely occu
pied orchestra pit was the ostens
ible source of the brisk overture
under the direction of Sheldon
Morganstern and it set the pace
for the evening.
The audience quieted at the
start of the prelude in seeming
recognition of a general feeling
that tremendous success was to
follow.
Two minutes after the curtain
had risen, the audience and the
cast closed that dreaded gap be
tween those who are acting and
those who observe, as they joined
in a mutual creative experience.
Credit must be given to the entire
cast for this achievement; their
joys became real and their sorrows
convincing because they perform
ed with that genuineness which
makes any good play enjoyable.
Yet when the unique ability of
one actress is evident especially in
the midst of such a superb cast
this is indeed indicative of a com
mendable achievement. Darlene
Brigance's portrayal of Ruth Win
ters, an elegant New Yorker unwit
tingly confronted with the plain
Amish people of Pennsylvania
(who are quite obviously unim
pressed with her poise and charm)
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S & E Club Meets
The S and E Cluh will hold its
last regular meeting for this year
on Friday, April 19th at its normal
meetings grounds. However, this
is not to say that there won t be an
annual May meeting. Not being a
regular meeting, the May meeting
will be on May 3rd and will be
the much sought after "Pig
Night." All members in good
standing are requested to secure
an appropriate date for this fest
ive occasion.
Senior Class Auction
The Senior Class is now in the
process of recuperating from their
auction that they held in the Col
lege Union Lounge on Tuesday,
March sth. Selling cakes, pies, and
cookies that would drive any bak
ery in the vicinity out of business,
they added approximately $145 to
their treasury. This money is to be
used in the payment for a class
gift.
By BILL STEIN
was undeniably superb. If the
Pennsylvania Dutch did not ap
preciate Miss Winters' poise, it
was unanimously welcomed by
the audience.
Dan King, Miss Winters' boy
friend, was convincingly played
by Pat Laracey who quickly
proved his musical ability in the
opening song.
The remainder of the cast was
sufficiently excellent to make it
difficult to point out any single
performance, however due credit
must be given to Jimmie Hedge
cock, Beverly Moore, Judy Jones,
and Lloyd Eastlack whose charac
terizations kept the show moving
at an enjoyable pace.
Perhaps this play could have
rested on the ability of the actors
and musicians alone. Nevertheless,
the production was made doubly
enjoyable by the technical aspects
created by those in charge of the
various behind-the- scenes per
sonnel. The scenery was ingenious
and effective, and the scene
changes were executed in a pro
fessional manner.
"Plain and Fancy" was a thor
oughly enjoyable production high
lighted by Miss Brigance's bril
liant performance. Perhaps the
high point of the play was her
rendition of "A Helluva Way to
Run a Love Affair."
It is rare that one finds a pro
duction which defies derogatory
criticism as did this play. All those
who saw the musical-comedy are
grateful to the directors, Donald
Deagon and Jerry Smyre, and their
associates who provided Guilford
College with a previously unequal
ed success.
Baseball 1963
April 4—Oberlin College Home
April 6—ACC Home
April B—Wake Forest Away
April 9—High Point Away
April 18—Pfeiffer College Away
April 20—App. State (dh) . Away
April 22—ACC Away
April 23—Catawba Home
April 25—High Point Home
April 27—Pfeiffer College Home
April 29 —Newberry Home
April 30—Newberry Home
May I—Elon College ... Away
May 6 —WCC Home
May 7—WCC Home
May 13 —Belmont Abbey Home
May 14—Belmont Abbey Home
ISLANDER
The ship of sails is brown and bare
The tumult of the swans is gone.
Along the shore by night by day
I watch the summer children play
While the wandering night looks
toward the dawn.
April 3, 1963