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VOLUME XVI
OLD STUDENTS AT
OPENING RECEPTION
HELD IN LIBRARY
Faculty Forms Receiving Line
and the New Students Are
Presented to Them
UNDER AUSPICES OF Y.
Members of the Social Committee Are
in Charge—Refreshments Served
on Steps of Library.
With approximately 500 guests in at
tendance, the opening reception, held
in the Library Saturday evening, was
a pronounced success. Alumni, whose
classes date back to the 'teens and up
to '29, were present. Old, familiar
faces mingled with the new in this event
of the year.
The students marched from Founders
to the Library in a long procession.
"Little Sisters" were escorted and pre
sented by their "Big Sisters." "Kid
Brothers" were presented by the older
students, and each guest was greeted
cordially. In the receiving line stood
President and Mrs. Binford, Dean and
Mrs. Trueblood, Mr. and Mrs. Mumford,
Mrs. Levering, Mrs. B. M. B. Andrews,
Miss Gainey, Coach Anderson, Miss
Ricks, I)r. Lofton, Mr. and Mrs. Noah,
Mr. and Mrs. Duane McCracken, Mr.
and Mrs. Carlyle Shepard, Miss Gilbert,
Miss Miles, Mr. Turner, Miss Bruce,
Mr. Pancoast, Miss Osborne, Mrs. Ilavi
land, Mrs. Anderson, Miss Haviland,
Mr. E. Garness Purdom, Paul Reynolds,
and the presidents of the Y. W. and
Y. M. Christian Associations, Catherine
Cox and Hale Newlin.
The famous "little books" were dis
tributed among the guests and soon the
most popular of the assemblage were
suffering from writer's cramp, having
signed their names in some 300 books.
This collecting of names proved quite
effective as a means of collection. For
groups gradually drifted together seek
ing the punch-bowls, promenades, and
other groups.
Old students seemed quite prominent
during the evening. Scholars who had
turned to various fields in life were
present. Guilford College may pride
herself on having produced such an
abundance of those who train the ris
ing generations. Domesticated alumni
were also in evidence. So the mixture
of charming faculty members, new and
old students, conversation, and punch
made the reception a success to all.
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Our chief purpose in making this
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(V THE
GUILFORDIAN
SOPHOMORE BOYS GIVE
PARTY FOR FRESHMEN
Cow B;irn Is Scene of Festivity As It
Becomes the Place of the An
nual Rat Dance.
PROCLAIMED BRILLIANT SUCCESS
As a final climax to the meetings and
other functions given in their honor
through the past week, the boys of the
freshman class were the guests of the
sophomore class at the annual rat dance,
which was held in the spacious ball room
at the dairy barn at 11 o'clock last
night. The dance was informal.
The party assumed somewhat the as
pect of a mesquerade, as all the in
vited guests wore masks (which the
sophomores deemed an added advan
tage as it prevented them from being
spectators.) Quite a spirit of fun was
manifested at the reception. The fresh
men were lined up in the stancheons
and courageously enjoyed a diet, the
ingredients of which were known only
to a few members of the upper class
who were thoroughly instructed in the
proper rudiments of Rat-Diet. Hoping
to secure a later patent upon a prepa
ration which they feel is adequate to
meet the demands of all future occa
sions of the same nature, they ask to
be allowed to refrain from submitting
an analysis of the ingredients to the
general public until said patent is pro
cured.
After the line-up, the freshmen then
arched themselves into inviting curves.
The sophomores accepted the invitation
and to speak in popular Rat-Termnology
—things got hot.
The music for the occasion was fur
nished by the booming bass and lusty
tenor of the sophomore wrecking crew
in an attempt to inground into the
quaking hearts of the patient and deep-
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SOPHOMORE GIRLS HOLD
RAT COURT FOR FROSH
Girls Take Up Freshman Persecution,
Though Mildly Put to Route
by King Thor.
At 9 o'clock oil Friday night, Septem
ber 13, when all campus lights were
out, the rats in Founders were scared
into a baited trap on back hall. Thir
teen stealthy sophomors went stalking
up the winding stairs, swinging a red
lantern, the only visible light in the
dormitory. The frightened rats were
soon surrounded and carried out to a
session of court.
The cornfield mice were made to nib
ble cheese from the sophomores' hands.
The squeaky mice were greased, ' the
frisky ones were allowed to show off
surplus energy in rat trots, stomps, and
varsity drags, while the fresh rats were
securely satled away UNTIL
DEAN TRUEBLOOD IS THE
SPEAKER AT Y. MEETING
A large Y. M. C. A. group listened to
a most interest talk in Men's Center
by Dean Trueblood Tuesday evening. He
took his text from the life of a beauti
ful character in one of Willa Gather's
novels. "Living is too much trouble
unless one can get something big out
of it. It is silly to live for silly
things." Dean Trueblood vividly pre
sented the folly of spending so much
time and labor in merely procuring
nourishment for our bodies; and spend
ing our lives for trivial things. On
the other hand he showed the grandeur
of living for some noble cause or high
ideal and the magnificence of living to
make the world a richer and more beau
tiful place.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., SEPTEMBER 19, 1929
FRESHMAN CLASS IS
ONE OF LARGEST IN
GUILFORD HISTORY
Week Is Spent In Getting New
Students Used To the
New Environment
PARSONS IS PRESIDENT
Class of the Best in Recent Years With
Representation of Several States;
Some Good Students.
To one of the largest freshman class
es in the history of Guilford College,
Freshman Week has just ended. This
period of orientation has been to some
a week of a great variety of experiences,
some of them humorous, others comical,
and not a few painful. This process
of getting acquainted with the new en
vironment and fellow freshmen began
on Saturday night of their arrival,'
when stunt night in students' parlor of
Founders Hall was observed. On this
occasion the freshmen were divided into
groups respective of the counties which
they represented and each gave a stunt.
The out-of-state students also gave a
stunt which was awarded the prize for
originality and excellent performance.
In this stlunt the surgical skill of Frank
Allen was used to great advantage in
"The Painful Operation," which was
performed on David West.
Freshman class elections were held
on Monday afternoon, when after a
lively and spirited election, David Par
sons, of High Point, was elected Pres
ident, winning out over Lindsay Crutch
field, of Winston-Salem, by a close ma
jority. Jewell Conrad was elected vice
president; Claude Land, secretary, and
Ramon Santiago, treasurer.
Freshman Week was climaxed Wed
nesday night by the event which all
freshmen had momentarily expected.
"Bat Dance" began about 12 o'clock by
rousting the slumbering freshmen from
their beds and securely blindfolding
them. After this they were assembled
in front of Cox Ilall and marched in
single file across no-man's-land to the
college dairy barn. Here, in the place
so lately •occupied by the dairy herd,
the rats received their first degree of
the solemn rites which promote the
growth of freshmen, the laying on of
hands. After this a speech was heard
from the freshman president. Then
"Rat" Winstead entertained the throng
with the freshman class song, "How
Green I Am," which received an encore.
"Rat" rules were then read by the
sophomore president. Thus ended
Freshman Week and Thursday morning
all the "Rats," wearing black ties, were
found huddled around the "Rat" tree
with the lower extremities of their
pants tucked neatly under their hose.
MOHAMMEDAN WEDDING
TO BE HERE SATURDAY
Members of the Missionary Society
of Guilford College will present a Mo
hammedan wedding here in Memorial
hall on Saturday evening at 8 o'clock.
Presentation will lie under the direc
tion of Mrs. J. E. Wyche, who was in
Jerusalem for a period of 18 years and
who is thoroughly familiar with the
customs and manners of the natives.
The performance will be of value to
give the audience some impression of
the manners and customs of the people
of that country and should be of great
educational value.
Students will be granted special rates
so that it will be possible for every
one to be able to attend, who may wish
to learn of the life of the people of the
old country.
OLD Y. BUILDING IS
NOW A MUSIC HALL
Guilfordian Room Moved and Other
Offices Changed—Campus
Improvements
FEW OTHER CHANGES AKE MADE
"The sands of Time drift onward,
still we remain the same," may or may
not be a quotation. Anyway, it doesn't
fit Guilford at all. Many changes have
been made in the past few years; many
steps toward a more beautiful and per
fect campus have been taken. And no
ticeable among these are those changes
effected during the past summer
months.
Notable among these changes is the
remodeling of the Y. M. C. A. building
into a modern, well-equipped music hall
which will be the home of Guilford's
music department this year. The grow
ing demand for music courses made the
need for space imperative, and the Y. M.
building offered great possibilities. The
plans for the changes include the in
stallation of pianos in the society hall 3,
which will be used for practice rooms,
and a complete remodeling of the lower
floor. The partitions are arranged so
as to have three practice rooms and one
class-room on the first floor. The heat
ing plant has been overhauled. Paint
ing and plastering have been done, and
new floors have been placed so as to
add to the general attractiveness of the
hall. Guilford's music department now
ranks with any of her other branches
of study and compares favorably with
the music departments of the smaller
colleges of the state.
A second change which is noted with
interest is the transference of the reg
istrar's office to the old quarters of the
Guilfordian. Miss Osborne now occu
pies Miss Lasley's abode of the past.
These changes were made for the sake
of convenience and more space. The
Guilfordian board would suffer through
this change—so it seems. But instead
one of the old music rooms was select
ed for a general office and assembly
room for members of the board, and
here they attempt to pursue their jour
nalistic way toward a bigger and better
Guilfordian.
Several other changes might be cited.
Much painting has been don > through
out the buildings 011 the campus. Ad
ditional posts mark the more private
spots of the campus.
NEW PLAN FOR HONORS
EFFECTIVE THIS FALL
New Program to Receive Year's Trial
Offers Many Inducements to
Better Scholarship.
Guilford's new system of honors went
into effect with the opening of the class
work this fall, and these changes are
likely to have quite a bit of influence
upon the scholastic work of the efforts
of a committee appointed last year to
work out a scheme for the promotion
of better scholarship.
The new idea is to he put into effect
this year to try out its practicability
and, if deemed a success, will likely be
come a fixed practice.
The principal feature of the proposed
program will he an honor roll which
shall be made up of the upper ten per
cent of each class.
Students of this upper ten will not be
required to attend classes nor be re
sponsible for daily preparation of class
assignments.
Seniors who make the honor roll for
five consecutive times will be exempt
from final semester examinations.
Those whose names appear on this
list will receive due recognition and
their names will be printed in various
' newspapers.
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SEVERAL MEMBERS
OF LOCAL FACULTY
ATTEND MEETING
First All Friends Conference
At Penn College In
Oskaloosa, lowa
MEET IS WELL ATTENDED
Dr. Binford, Dr. and Mrs. Perisho and
Joseph Peele Attend From Here;
Dr. Binford Is on Program.
The first Ail-American Friends Con
ference, held at Penn College, Oskaloo
sa, lowa, ended September 9. Begin
ning September 3 the college dormito
ries were crowded with over 500 Amer
ican friends from the North, the South,
the East and the West, representing
every group and every Yearly Meeting.
Every one seemed to have come with
the same purpose, unity. The basis of
Quakers' belief was stressed, with no
questioning of minor beliefs of any
branch or group.
The daily program began at 7 a. m.
and ended with the evening addresses.
The following day, after a meeting of
worship, discussion groups and open
forums were held in which the subjects
at the lecture the preceding evening
were discussed very enthusiastically.
Some of the speakers for the nights
were Raymond Binford, Thomas E.
Jones, Wilber K. Thomas and Hanna C.
Hull.
Dr. Binford delivered his address
Wednesday evening, September 4. The
subject of the evening was "Educa
tion." The speaker in his lecture
showed that Quaker movement has al
ways been educational, for education
has been stressed in all the history of
Friends. Dr. Binford discussed the re
sults of a questionnaire sent to the dif
ferent Quaker colleges in America. Va
rious and interesting answers were re
ceived from them. "No one school in
any one place can reach American Qua
kerism," was emphasized by him. In
an open forum talk later by him he at
tributed the conditions of present-day
youth to the failure of the past genera
tion to live up to their responsibilities.
It is interesting to know that at the
conference there were no delegates from
any meeting. The attendance was vol
untary. Dr. and MM. Perisho, Clara
Cox, Joseph Peele and the hundreds of
others present weiv not appointed to
go, but went to enjoy the fellowship and
unity of the conference
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HENRY CLAYS MEET
At the opening meeting of the Henry
Clay Literary Society held here in the
Henry Clay hall last night, eight new
members were accepted into the society.
The old members had a program es
pecially prepared for the occasion. Bar
clay Newlin presented a bill before the
mock senate which proposed a radical
change in the faculty of the college;
James Harper upheld the present ad
ministration. After a long argument,
all of which was entirely ridiculous, it
was decided that the present faculty
should be retained.
Another attractive feature on the pro
gram was a group of songs by Vernon
Winstead, a freshman boy who is very
talented in music. He was accompan
ied at the piano by Prof. Paul Bey
nolds.
There were several of the new men
out for the first meeting, and Edwin Bo
zell, a graduate and former society
member, also spoke to the meeting.
The new members are Harry Wellons,
William Hire, Wendell Newlin, George
Barbee, Vernon Fulk, David Beynolds,
Waldo Woody, and Lin wood Beamon.
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