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Page Two Guilford Grad Is Now Acting Editor Douglas Kerr, a 19(i() graduate of Guilford College and former editor of the CITLFOHDIAN. was recenth appointed acting edi tor of a weekb paper in central New York State. Doug is now as suming the editorial role ol the SKANEATELES PRESS while at tending Syracuse t'niveisity lor his masters degree in Newspaper Journalism. Mr. Kerr is a native ol High Point. North Carolina, and gradu ated from Guilford with an \.B. in English, lie served in the Ma rine Corps from 1952 until 1955. While at Guilford College, Doug maintained an outstanding record. Aside from being editor ol the GIII.FOHDI \N. he was pres ident of his class tor his last two years here, and was assistant di rector of public relations for tin college. He also received the B. Chile 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 iu North Carolina. After graduating from Guilford, Doug went to work as a stall writer for the "Greensboro Daily News. He was employed there until he moved to Syracuse last September, lie also served as di rector of the news bureau at Greensboro College lor 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 bv most Guilforilians 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, bis earlier years were spent in a southern Baptist en vironment. Throughout bis scconil arv education, lie studied piano and violin and was active in dramatics, public speaking, and above all. his interest w as in stamp collecting. Carroll Feagins left Georgia for undergraduate study at Duke Uni versity in English. During his four years at Duke, he w as 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 ol Michigan, he began his doctoral work at Duke University. His first year back at Duke be met Mary Brown, who was completing her Masters in Philosophy. After an en gagement of one year, they were marrii'd 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 Scdgefield Stables a lew weeks ago, there occurred a fiasco that, to he sure, the horses will never forget. Tweiitv co-eds. who i considered themselves more agile in spirit tliaii those trail girls who play ping-pong twice a week, piled out ol their cars and saun . tered around the stable to mount their trust\ steeds ami encounter | their first riding lesson (lathered together near the mounting block, arrayed in any thing Iroin tennis shoes and ber muda shorts to complete riding I habits, the girls chattered loudb | about their previous riding expe- I rience while tliev waited lor the horses to be brought out. Tlie\ It'll silent as the first horse ap peared, K"il In a stable hand with | a know ing smile on his lace. One j;irl was summoned Iroin the group and as she mounted and loped oil in the direction ol the j ring expressions ol sympathy and j good wishes arose Iroin 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 the girls were mount ed and riding off toward the ring as the stable hands followed I at a safe distance, laughing and poking each other as they pointed to a fearlul girl who was clinging to the neck of her horse, or an "experienced rider who was sit ting unnaturally still 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 I superficial attitude of disdain tor ! the rest of the class who were plodding along several yards be hind in complete silence. Ml were quiet though, when the instructoi arrived at the center of the ring and began yelling instructions. "All right now! Everybody sit up straight in the center of the saddle. \rch vour back, throw \ ' Or. Carroll Feagins tlu 1 Civilian Public Service. During his two years in Civilian Public Service, lie came to know Quakers, Quakerism, anil especially the | American Friends Service Commit tee. 1 Ie came to know (milforil Col-1 lege and began teaching here in tin- j fall of 1946. Since first entering the teaching position, lie has been active jn in terracial groups and peace groups because of bis great interest in the social problems of the south and be cause of bis great dissatisfaction with general segregation patterns I of the south, fie has also been ac-! live in church music anil was choir director anil organist of the Ker nel's ville 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 vour shoulders hack, keep your : knees in tight, your heels down, your toes out, vour reins down on the saddle, and RELAX! The horses picked 11p 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 sav that tliev sepa rated Iroin the line around the outside ol the ring and started to ward the center in order to hear liim better. This, ot course, sent their riders into a state of panic j and several fervent exclamations jof "What do I do?" interrupted | the lesson tor a while before the horses thought better ol it and re signed themselves to plodding around in line with the rest. "Now, those ol you who can t post, hold 011 to the saddle. All right, everybodx TROT. Most of the horses responded to the command without impetus from their riders and the line pro j ceeded at a faster gait, much to j the dismay of those girls who had I lost their stirrups, in the process j or dropped their reins to button their coats. Soon the air was tilled with screams for help and pleas ot mer -1 cv as the group bounced horribb around the outside ot the ring and the hard-hearted instructor pared his fingernails in the center. The patient horses endured the Happing 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 j apparent sympathy for the horses and called for the 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 ol the North Carolina Phi losophical Society, on the Execu tive Committee and College Pro gram Committee ol 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 ol University Pre (lessors. 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 clhies 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 plav, although he has his doubts about learning to play. Lastly, 1 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" \ musical comedy on opening night is an unknown quantity j which awaits the applause of an audience to give it life. The possi bility ol its survival is unsure and the probability of its success is conditional. In the Cuillord Col lege production ol "Plain and Fancy" those necessary elements were abundant, and their results! were evident in every aspect ol the performance. The somewhat sparsely occu- j pied orchestra pit was the ostens- j ible source of the brisk overture | under the direction of Sheldon j Morganstern and it set the pace lor 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 alter 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 ol a com mendable achievement. Darlene Brigances portrayal of Ruth Win ters, an elegant New Yorker unwit tingly confronted with the plain Amish people of Pennsylvania j (who are quite obviously unim- j pressed with her poise and charm) ! S &: E Club Meets The S and E Club 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. II the Pennsylvania Dutch did not ap preciate Miss Winters poise, it was unanimously welcomed In | the audience. Dan King, Miss Winters boy friend, was convincingly played ibv Pat Laracey who quickly | proved his musical ability in the j opening song. The remainder of the cast was j sufficiently excellent to make it t 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 Brigances 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 arc grateful to the directors, Donald Deagon and Jerry Smyre, and their | associates who provided Guilford | College with a previously uncqual- I ed success. Baseball 1963 April 4—Oberlin College Home April 6 ACC Home April 8- Wake Forest Away April 9 —High Point Away April 18 —Pfeifter College Away April 20 —App. State (clh) Away April 22 ACC Away April 23 —Catawba Home April 25 —High Point Home April 27—Pfeifter 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 brow n 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
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