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Page 2 __ THE GUILFORDIAN Published weekly by the Zatasian, Henry Clay, Philomathean, and Web sterian Literary Societies. Editorial Staff Robert K. Marshall Editor-in-Chief j Edwin P. Brown Managing Editor Miss N. Era Lasley Alumni Editor George P. Wilson .... Faculty AAviser Algia I. Newlin Faculty Adviser Reporters Nereus C. English 1 ucille Purdu Beulah Allen Jatnes Howell B. Russell Branson Katherine Shields Sara Hodges Harvey O. Dinkins Kenneth Neese "'nude Simpson Max Kendall Business Staff James B. Joyce Business Manager Curtis Smithdeal Asst. Business Mgr. Ethel Watkins Circulation Manager Address all communications to The Guilfordian, Guilford College, N. C. Subscription price SI 50 per year Entered at the post office in Guilford College, N. C., as second class mail matter. Member of North Carolina Collegi ate Press Association. EDITORIAL The Dramatic Council scored another triumph. There i- still the small high council of adverse decision which did not approve. It is always so, when new things and new ideas are suddenly put forth. Some did not like the abbrevi ated costume of Columbine in the "Aria Da Capo,"' others thought it wasn't abbreviated enough. Some couldn't see anything to the play, and others thought the philosophy of it placed it high in standards. Some said O'Neill's "Dreamy Kid" was terrible, and should not have been given, while others saw in it the great one act play of the evening, unusually well acted. And the audience fell in love with Garstenberg's "Pot Boiler," while there were those who did not seem to approve of it; said it was silly, cheap, and should not have been billed with the other plays of such superior merit. And so the mob wags on. But when all was said and done, the audience came to the conclusion that the bill of plays as presented Saturday night make up one of the most artis tic and creditable evening of entertain ments ever put on by the Dramatic Council. The staging for the "Aria" was unusual in amateur circles, the acting of the "Dreamy Kid" was great, while the comic effects in the "Pot Boiler" could hardly have been improv ed upon. Mrs. Davis who did the major directing of the "Aria"' and Mr. Hod gin, the principal directing of the other two are to be, and have been, com mended for their excellent results. But despite the real merits of the evening's performance the house was not crowded, nor the entire audience pleased with all the selections If the Dramatic Council was not sincere and firm in its beliefs and attempts to give creditable performances, it would be in a great deal of trouble and disappoint ment. Sometimes it seems better and easier to go way back to the days when the Y. W. C. A. gave inane little high school plays by unknown authors, roy alty $-.50, reserved seats 25c and 35c, or to the old time minstrels, when the house was crowded, when the audience laughel loudly at the bad jokes, and still worse singing, when the faculty condemned loudly and laughed heartily, and every body had a great time clean ing the blacking off their faces, and getting the grin off their souls. But the house was packed. There might be a moral in experience. But not so. There is this consolation for the Dramatic Council. They are doing excellent work. As long as they create interest, do new things, excite enthusiasm, as they do with their plays, they will get two sides to the question. Their greatest reward will be in the satisfaction of knowing that they are doing good work. Never let the min strels return, nor the high school type plays. Bribe your audience to come if necessary, but give something good when they arrive. ALUMNI NOTES 1907 Alma T. Edwards *O7 is planning to spend her Christmas vacation with her .notiier, Airs. Lucy Edwards, of Car thage, N. C. She will pronably stop over at the College lor a snort visit. Miss Edwards is Dean and Professor of Latin at Kentucky College for Worn j.i, Danville K.y. Charles T. Lambeth 'l6 is office manager for the Robins and Weill In surance company of Greensboro. His work consists largely of issuing con tracts and the various duties of a gen eral insurance agency handling about twenty kinds of insurance, bonds and real estate. He has held this position since a short time after lib graduation from Guillord in 1916. Mr. Lambeth says during his ''leisure" hours he looks after a farm and milks about a dozen cows. 1917 Ruth Coble 'l7 is again teaching Physical Education in the Roanoke Rapids graded school. She is also di recting girl scout work. In addition to one year at llaverford College Miss Coble has studied one summer at each of the following uni versities: Columbia, Harvard, and Uni versity of California. During the sum mer of 1924 she taught Physical Edu cation at the University of North Caro lina. * * * Mary Ina Shanibaugh 'l7 is instructor in English at Kentucky College for Women, Danville, Ky. This is the sec ond year she has held this position. 1918 Marie Clegg 'lB is a member of the linglish department of the Salisbury high school. 1921 Marjorie Williams '2l is teaching General Science in the Cobbel Junior uigli school, Lynn, Mass. Her street id dress is 17 Chatham St. Miss Williams takes an active part in the work of the Friends church in Lvnn. She is a member of the Handel mil Haydn Choral society of Boston, and belongs to the Astronomy club at Harvard Observatory. During the past summer she attended Boston University. COMMENTS ON THE PLAY i lie plays were well done, showed ex cellent direction. There was good in ■erpretation of the parts.—Raymond Binford. The acting in the plays presented Saturday night, taken as a whole was the best that 1 have seen, since coming to Guilford College.—L. Lea White. The plays were very well done.—Jo seph H. Peele. The plays given were very well done, they Were excellently acted, and well -taged. Mr. Smith's "Dreamy"' was un usually good, the difficulties of real istic acting being well met. The "Aria"' besides being a beautiful play, was beautifully done. -Mme Hoffmann. The bill of plays given Saturday night were artistic and well staged. They showed excellent direction, were will done, and the evening was very •njoyable. Mrs. Georgo White. The "Aria Da Capo'" was most beau tifully staged and acted. The "Dreamy ...id" was well interpreted and showed excellent direction. Of course, "The Pot Boiler" was good, and took well with the audience. Mr. Reynolds was e.fce llent. -Alfred Elliott. All of the three plays were excellent, t especially enjoyed the "Aria Da Capo" which impressed me as a very artistic production.—Emma King. The characterization in the '"Dreamy Kid"' was the best of the three plays, and was wholly up to my expectations. "The Pot Boiler" was cleverly acted. The effects of the "Aria" were unusual ly beautiful. The three plays showed careful and painstaking preparation. —Eva Campbell. Professor and Mrs. Milton C. Davis will leave next Saturday evening for Long Island, 'New York, where they will spend Christmas with Mr. Davis' par ents. From New York they will go to Detroit where they will visit Mrs. Dav is' parents. They will return to the College on Monday evening, January sth. . iIE GUILFOIIDI AN THE WAGGING TONGUE By Deulah Allen From Upton Sinclair, novelist, so cial Jeremiah and controversialist, who has was hailed by George Brandes, tin l renowned Danish critic, as America's foremost novelist, comes the following hit of news: "Samuel Eliot, Jr., a grandson of ex- President Eliot of Harvard, is teach ing drama at Smith College, and the young ladies there have organized a Studio Theatre to produce their plays in ! New York City. Professor Eliot writes ! explaining that their plays are rather radical, and they want a real respect- | able feminist play to start out with; so they are opening on November 16th with my "Nature Woman." They are going to produce it as a "period play"—it [ was written in 1911—and the audience j is expected to laugh hilariously over the old-fashioned ideas which were cons id- 1 ered radical thirteen years ago. I am j enormously entertained by the idea of [ being a back number." —The New Student We believe that it was none other ! than tlie editors of The New Student j who suggested to Mr. Broun some of j the comparisons contained in a list \ showing a few of the things that foot ball is: A Battle , A Science Entertainment The Ritual of a Heritic-Hunting Sect A Religious Rite A Gambling Hell A Roman Festival An Advertising Shell Game (designed i to get endowment for the School J The Expression of Barbaric Civiliza tion A Sport A Developer of Vitality A School for Prophets (dopesters) A Frankenstein (for educators, whose 'curricul' it threatens to smother) A Problem .in High Finance A Political Contest (getting the play- I ers to our school) A Useless Performance (according to j Confucions, who knew without needing to see it proved in a fight, that one j man could lick another) A Grave-Yard of Culture (see the article by Hendrick Van Loon in this | number) The Index of Institutions of Higher Learning (ask the alumni) all according to the viewpoint. No wonder the game is fascinating! —The New Student Because they were said to have vio lated the honor rule requiring instruc- | tors to leave the classroom during ex aminations, two instructors of the Uni versity of Wisconsin were referred to the faculty by the senior council, a ' student governing body. The council has no jurisdiction over the faculty's j activities in regard to the honor code but it was the sentiment of the meeting that cooperation is necsesary for the 5 success of the code. This reason was ! given for its action in referring the names of the two instructors charged with violatinons of the faculty rule to the faculty itself. —The New Student Next Saturday morning Professor; Milton C. Davis will entertain his class with German music. Little Willie—"Mother, may I talk like a college boy?" Mother—"Yes, dear, if yo like." Willie—"Then shoot the zip over here j and make it snappy." —Duvidsonian HAWORTH ATTENDS CONVENTION (Continued from page 1) Bryan, James H. 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