Music in the
Air!
VOLUME XVI
GILBERT PEARSON,
AUDUBON PRES.
VISITS GUILFORD
Former Student and Professor
Gives Lecture at College;
Uses Illustrations.
MUSEUM NAMED FOR HIM
Points Out Economic Value of Avain
Life—Gives Efforts of Society
Among the Young.
In Mem bull, Saturday night, Dr. T.
Gilbert Pearson, alumnus of Guilford
College, and now the President of the
Association of Audubon Societies, gave
an illustrated lecture on the work of
that organization in its effort to pro
tect the wild life —especially of the
avian branch of the latter in ibis
country and abroad.
All his life Mr. Pearson lias been
particularly interested in the study
and the collection of birds and bird
eggs. In 1893 he came to Guilford Col
lege from Florida where he lias since
spent a good deal of his time in the
interest of the Audubon society. After
graduating from G. C. in 1897 with the
degree of bachelor of science T. Gil
bert Pearson further pursued his stu
dies with advanced work at the I'ni
versity of North Carolina. After finish
ing there he returned in the fall of
1899 to act as head of the biology de
partment at Guilford. In 1901 be left
to take a similar position at the State
Normal and Industrial College now
N. C. C. W.
From 1903 to 1910 Mr. Pearson acted
as secretary of the state Audubon so
ciety, and at the same time Hilled the
office of state game commissioner. Dur
ing the ten years following lie served
as secretary of the Association of Au
dubon societies, and since 1920 has
held the honorary title of president
of that organization.
FACULTY LITERARY CLUB
MEETS WITH MUMFORDS
Mr. Turner is Editor—With Mrs. Bin
ford, Dr. Lofton, Mr. Reynolds and
Mr. I'urdom Contributors.
GIVES EDITION OF "THE PARENT"
The regular meeting of the Faculty
Literary club was held at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. (Irover S. Mumford, of
Greensboro, Friday evening. Decem
ber !.
The program was made up of a care
ful reproduction of the monthly maga
zine, The Parent. The magazine is the
official paper of the Parent Teachers
Association and furnishes very good
material for the consideration of the
faculty.
Mr. Turner was editor-in-chief of this
edition of The Parent and. in order to
make the program effective, he distrib
uted pictures illustrating the magazine.
The editorial that appeared had to do
with the industrial situation and child
labor laws. Besides the keen review of
the country's industries Mr. Turner
gave an original poem, "The other
Road," full of cautions and advice.
From the comic section of the paper,
"Out of the Mouths of Babes and Suck
lings," the editor-in-chief brought to
light many bright sayings of children.
The feature article, "Adult Educa
tion," contributed by Mrs. Raymond
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GUILFORDIAN
FOOTBALL TEAM IS
HONORED MONDAY
BY AFTERNOON TEA
Home Economics Department
Prettily Decorated for
Occasion.
MISS BRUCE SUPERVISOR
Junior Home Economics Class Hostesses
Assisted by Other Members
of the Department.
A formal afternoon tea, in honor of
tlie football team and their guests, was
given Wednesday, December at 4 :.'?0
o'clock by the Junior Home Economics
class, under the direction of Miss Eliza
beth Bruce.
Mrs. Anderson, Coach Anderson, As
sistant Coach Hoyle, Captain Murphy
and Miss Grimsley assisted the class
members in receiving the guests.
Several days prior to the event there
was great excitement among the young
ladies of the campus where it became
rumored that each member of the foot
ball squad would be permitted to ask
tlie lady of his choice to accompany him
on his momentous occasion. Rivals
viewed each other with many maidenly
misgivings, and the fellows who here
tofore had piyded themselves upon
being proof against the wiles of the
fairer sex became startlingly aware of
the need for selecting someone from
among that hitherto unimportant group
to be their companions for the occasion.
When the afternoon arrived the
guests filed in with something akin to
senior dignity from the reception halls
of Founders to tlie Home Economics
Department beautifully decorated with
burning candles, also ferns, and green
foliage artistically arranged. On the
table which drew tlie most attention,
the football from the Catawba game
was placed and around it six red
candles.
The guests were served: Shrimp
salad, nut bread sandwiches, cream
cheese and olive sandwiches, assorted
candies, nuts, cake, and tea.
Thanksgiving Celebrations
Source of Enjoyment for All
The rising boll awakened the slum
bering students to a beautiful Thanks
giving Day. Since this is the one day
of the year when Quaker men and
maids may exchange personal calls, it
had been eagerly anticipated with much
expectation ,and preparation—in the
way of cleaning house and decorating
rooms. So quite a few of the students
met with the joint Y cabinets on the
Library steps to render thanks for
this (lay of days.
Later in the morning a second ser
vice of thanksgiving in the church, was
open to the students. And then came
the event cherished by some, dreaded
by others, and tolerated by all.
For one single hour girls could be
seen (lashing from one room to another
in Cox and Archdale halls. Proud
possessors displayed rooms that showed
evidence of long hours of labor. There
were other rooms with doors tightly
closed —probably due to pressing work
of the previous few days, and, although
they aroused a great deal of curiosity,
the one admonition on every program
had been "please do not open the doors
which are closed." Pausing only to
wonder, the girls obeyed.
THE
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., DECEMBER 11, 1929
"S.S. CURIOSITY" IN
NEW GARDEN PORT
Ship Manned by Y. M. and
Y. W. With a Capt. and Crew
Offers Entertainment.
STUDENTS CROWD DECKS
The good ship U. S. S. Curiosity,
owned and manned by members of
the V. W. C. A. and of 'the Y M. C. A.
docked at Port New Garden last Thurs
day night from 7 o'clock until 9:30.
Land-lubbers and sight-seers in general
went aboard to see what wonders Cap
tain Ilale Xewlin and First Mate Cath
erine Cox had brought from their last
voyage.
When Captain Xewlin saw cuch a
great number swarming onto his
staunch brig lie became apprehensive
lest in case of accident there would
not be enough room in the life boats.
lb 1 advised all who came aboard to
secure "life savers" —one cent apiece.
Danger was also lessened by an effi
cient wireless system under the direc
tion of Frank Allen.
Upon coming aboard, everyone was
urged to take a deep-sea dive, at least
to the depth of one mile, to see what
he could find in Davey Jones' locker.
After putting on the Cumbersome diving
helmet, he would plunge overboard and
beheld the wonders and mysteries of
the briny deep. All emerged with in
teresting plunder from old sunken
Spanish galleons and English Sea-
Rover's brigs.
The first deck was devoted to games,
indoor horseshoe and croquet being the
favorites. This deck finally assumed
the atmosphere of carnival, the barkers
urging everyone to their booths, at
which cake, candy, souvenirs, and nov
elties could be purchased.
The dining room was the scene of
the greatest activity. The stewards
had great difficulty in seeing that all
secured tables. The waitresses, scurry
ing back and forth from the dining
room to the galley, served a delicious
dinner.
Very moderate charges were made,
the proceeds to be divided equally be
tween the two Christian associations.
Due to the absence of the football
men the Thanksgiving Banquet was
postponed, but a true dinner was served
at mid-day—cranberry sauce, turkey,
candied yams, pumpkin pies, and all
those things.
From tO o o'clock the young 111011
were allowed to visit Founders and
New Garden. Such checking up, criti
cal examination, and oftimes consterna
tion —And the "I -told-you-so"' looks
that the fellows exchanged when some
particularly appealing maiden was dis
covered to be an excellent housekeeper
—everything lent, excitement to the
hour.
The rising fun of the day, when the
Xew Garden girls met and defeated
the Founders girls in a thrilling hockey
game. Both teams showed the advan
tage of good training and the game was
more closely fought than the score of
5-1 indicates.
The touch football game between Cox
and Archdale followed immediately
after the hockey game. With Dean
Trueblood playing for Cox and Profes
sor Purdom playing for Archdale the
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A Capella Organization to
Lead Music Week Program
Miss Agnes Dodson
Sings in Chapel
Miss Agnes Dodson, of Winston-
Salem, distinguished singer, gave an
excellent chapel musical Friday. She
trained under Edgar Scofield in New
York for three years: and has been
for something with Dayton West
Minister Choir which toured Europe
last year singing in ten countries.
She gave in chapel:
"The Good Shepherd," "O Sleep,
Why Dost Thou Leave Me," "Lilac
Time," and "In the Morning."
HIKERS FIND PROGRAM
AT CHAPEL ENJOYABLE
Dr. Perisho Gave Address—Prof. Rey
nolds and Winstead Brothers
Provided Special Music.
"LAURA" ARRANGES THE PROGRAM
Despite the drop in mercury to ten
degrees the courageous Guilford hikers
clad in Eskimo-like fashion for protec
tion against north-easterly winds,
braved all odds and on Sunday after
noon, December 1, left the college, with
Reynold's Chapel Colored Baptist
Church as their destination.
Louise Melville lead the group to
"Laura's and Lizzie's Church," where
a creditable program was given, the
arrangement of which was made by
Laura Kellum, one of the college cooks.
The Winstead brothers, local broad
casters. gave a number of vocal selec
tions!. l'aul professor of
biology, and also a local broadcaster,
rendered several instrumental numbers.
Dr. Elwood C. Perisho gave an ad
dress ; not forgetting his necessary
equipment—the blackboard, lie spoke
on the subject of "World Peace." In
this address he dealt, for the most part,
with a discussion of the Kellogg-Briau
Peace Pact and its influence on uni
versal peace and good-will, lie ex
pressed the opinion that the signing of
this pact is one of the big events which
will go down in history. lie asked
this question: "What will you young
people be talking about when you are
sixty, seventy, eighty years oldV" "Oh,"
lie said, "I expect you will be talking
about Premier Ramsay McDonald and
his visit to President Hoover and the
I'uited States. Or about this Peace
Pact. Watch what I say, you are lucky
to be living in a day when such his
torical events are taking place."
An added attraction was the selec
tion rendered by the colored quartet
of the church.
All who were present enjoyed the
program and are anticipating other
similar occasions to be held during the
year.
NOTICE
The dining hall at Founders will
close for the holidays, December lit,
1:00 p. m., and open January 2. at
12 111. Xo meals will be served to
students during this time. If for
any reason you will be unable to
leave by that time be sure lo notify
the head waiter at least 24 hours be
forehand.
(Signed) lIILL TURXEIt.
Guilford's Music
Week
EUTERPE RECITAL
Guilford Music Week Includes
Three Outstanding Events
of the Season.
MESSIAH PRESENTED 15TH
Choir Will Take Leading Part in AH
Musical Programs as it Includes
Best Voices on Campus.
Guilford is having a regular Music
Week, starting Thursday evening, De
cember 12, and continuing up until the
Christmas holidays. The A' Capella
Choir is to be featured in all three of
these performances. Starting the week
off. the Nativity will be presented in
Memorial hall. Following this, on Sat-
urday. December 14, at 3:80 the Euterp
club of Greensboro will hold their meet
ing in the auditorium. As a climax on
Sunday afternoon. December 15, the
Guilford College Community Choral So
ciety will give their third presentation
of Handel's "Messiah."
The Nativity will be the Christinas
program of the V. M. C. A. and Y. W.
C. A. The life of Christ will be por
trayed showing the stable and the man
ger, tlie angel as he speaks to Mary,
the visit of the shepherds, and tinally
the three kings of Orient.' The music
will be given by the A Capella Choir
which will sing carols that deal with
the Nativity. The following students
will take the leading roles: Mary—Dor
othy Wolfe; Joseph—Bunyan Andrews;
The Angel—Mary Reynolds; Scribes —
Ilale Newlin and William Hire.
On Saturday afternoon, December 14,
at the Guilford campus will be
the scene of the meeting of the Euterpe
club of Greensboro. This club composed
of music lovers, is one of the most out
standing in this section, and is a na
tionally known organization. Mr. Max
Noali will have charge of the program
and give a paper on "The Origin and
Development of the Carols." At the
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DEAN TRUEBLOOD HEARS
DR. BERTRAND RUSSELL
Famous English Philosopher Speaks on
the "Outlook for Civilization" in
Greensboro, Monday.
DEAN DISCUSSES IT IN CHAPEL
For the benefit of those who did not
hear Kertrsind Russell speak on "The
Outlook for Civilization" in Greensboro
Monday, Dean Trueblood discussed in
chapel the chief ideas set forth by this
famous English philosopher.
Bertraiul Russell, is a well-known
agnostic. Ilis early life was spent in
the welter of economics adjustments,
lie has written extensively on social
and economic conditions in the various
countries where he has traveled. Among
them China and Russia.
"A Civilization," he said, "is a con
dition in which people are sensitive,"
sensitive to discords, falacies and are
emotionally responsive.
Though in the past many civiliza
tions have flourished it is the present
tendency to have one universal civiliza
tion.
America's greatest failing is desire
for similarity. In trying to do the
universal thing, she loses the pioneer
spirit. "People want too much and
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