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BE AN ACTIVE
ALUMNUS
VOLUME XVII
COMMENCEMENT PLANS
ARE BEING MADE BY
COLLEGE AND ALUMNI
Choir To Give Final Concert;
Milner and Mrs. Franklin
Are Speakers
MONDAY ALUMNI DAY
The plans for commencement which
are practically complete have been
recently announced by Dr. Binford.
The activities will begin Saturday
afternoon, May 30, with class exer
cises and extend through Monday,
June 1, when the alumni shall have
full sway over their Alma Mater, re
newing acquaintances and recalling
scenes of their college days. The pro
gram for Saturday evening has not
yet been completed, but plans will be
announced at a later date.
Saturday evening at 8:00, the A
Capella Choir will give its home and
final concert, climaxing a brilliant
and most successful season. This
will undoubtedly prove a very at
tractive feature of the commence
ment program.
Sunday morning the baccalaure
ate sermon will be delivered by Dean
Clyde Milner. He was chosen by the
senior class for this duty because of
his popularity among the students
and his ability as a public speaker.
It is hoped that Eugene Coltrane will
conduct Vesper service but this has
not been definitely arranged.
Somewhat of a unique feature for
a Guilford commencement is the fact
that a woman has been secured to
deliver the graduation address. Mrs.
Lucy Jenkins Franklin, dean of wo
men at the University of Boston, will
be the first woman ever to perform
this duty, but her reputation as a
speuker of unusual ability makes the
college feel fortunate in obtaining
her. After the address, degrees will
be awarded the graduating class.
The Alumni Banquet will be held
in Founders Hall at 1 o'clock. A
business meeting will follow and there
will be an informal tea on the lawn
afterwards.
ALGIE I. NEWLIN TO
RETURN FROM ABROAD
An announcement to the effect that
Mr. Algie I. Newlin, head of the De
partment of History, would return to
the college at the beginning of next
year, was made by Dr. Binford sever
al days ago.
Mr. Newlin has been abroad for
two years studying History and Po
litical Science at the University of
Geneva and the Institute of Interna
tional Relations. He was awarded the
Geneva Scholarship, founded by
Clement and Grace Biddle, for the
year 1929-30, and has, since that
time, pursued his work abroad.
Mr. and Mrs. Newlin (who was
formerly Miss Eva Miles of the Ger
man department here) are expected
to arrive the latter part of August.
College Turns Host As Many
Students Enter H. S. Day Events
The largest number of students ev
er to enter the track meet, and the
declamation and recitation contests
for high schools, assembled here last
Saturday. It was necessary to hold
preliminary trials for the speakers
in the morning, semi-finals in the
afternoon, and the finals at night
climaxed the most successful High
School Day ever conducted.
John Long, of Charlotte, won the
declamation contest, receiving a med
al presented by the Henry Clay Lit
erary society while Jean Ware of
King's Mountain, won the recitation
contest. She was also awarded a
medal which was given by the Girls'
Literary Societies. Other contestants
who spoke in the finals were: James
Cordon, who won second declamation
prize, Virginia White, second prize in
recitation contest Kathryn Hutchin
son, Charles Daniel, Lorene Rake
straw, and Earl Van Horn.
For the second consecutive time
Reidsville carried off the trophy,
awarded by the Guilford Athletic
association, for the championship in
track and field events. Wingfield ac
ALUMNI EDITION OF
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GUILFORDIAN
Political Campaigns Close
As Students Cast Ballots
The third annual campus-wide elec
tion took place at Guilford Tuesday,
April 7. New heads of the various
student organizations were elected.
Bera Brown was elected president
of the Women's Student Government
Association; Margaret Warner, vice
president; Virginia Hiatt, secretary,
and Clara Belle Welch, treasurer.
Margurite Slate was chosen House
President for Founders Hall. The
following representatives were elect
ed from New Garden Hall: Mary E.
Pittman, Senior representative;
Katharine Farlow, Junior represen
tative; and Ruby Holder, Sophomore
representative. From Founders Hall:
Blanche Silver, Senior; Jewell Con
rad, Junior; and Genevieve Sheetz,
Sophomore.
John Love, captain-elect of the
football team, will head the men's
Student Government. James Bunn
was chosen as vice-president, and
Harry Wellons was elected secretary
treasurer. The class representatives
will be chosen by the classes.
The Y. W. C. A. will function un
der the leadership of Grace Hassell.
Jean Cochran will act as vice-presi
dent; Dorothy Whitfield, secretary;
Edith Trivette, treasurer; and Ethel
Swain, under-(graduate representa
tive.
Mrs. Coltrane Of
Salisbury Dies
Fomerlv Anna Lois Henley
and Student at Guilford —
Married Classmate
The passing: of Mrs. Eugene Col
trane marked the end of a life of
service to a wide range of friends.
She, then Anna Lois Henley, was
graduated from Guilford College in
nineteen hundred and seven, but her
interest in the college did not cease
with her departure. During her years
here she was active in all phases of
campus life, and following her mar
riage to Eugene Coltrane, of the
same class, she was a moving force
in community life. Commencements
and Yearly Meetings found her pres
ent and enthusiastic for progress.
She was an active member of the
Alumni Association and every proj
ect on the part of the college was a
thing of vital interest to her. To lose
such a power is to lose a sincere
friend and worker.
Mrs. Coltrane helped to establish
the Home Economies Department in
the Jamestown High School and,
while her husband was a teacher in
Roanoke Rapids she made many
friends there. Mr. Coltrane is now
superintendent of the city schools in
Salisbury, and the funeral services
were held from the First Methodist
church there. Interment was at the
Deep River Friends cemetery.
Miss Eleanor Grimsley accompan
ied Miss Mary Richardson on her
trip to Lenoir-Rhyne.
counted for 13 of the 48% points
scored by the winners, which gave
him first honors.
Summary:
100-yard dash: Wingfield (R),
Ephland (B), Terril (R), time 1.2.
220-yard dash: Terril (R) New
nam (R), Canfield (A), time: 24.4.
440-yard dash: Newnam (R), Dunn
(P), Moser (B) time 56:03.
880-yard run: Fogleman (B), Dunn
(R), Holder (A) time 2:23.
Mile run: Murray (B), Montgom
ery (R), Griffin (R) 5:32.
110-yard low hurdles: Whitfield
(H), Wingfield (R) and Siler (A)
tied 17:08.
High jump: Pickett (H), Allen
(R), Dickinson (R) and Harris (H),
tied 5 feet two inches.
Broad jump: Wingfield (R), Ves
tin (L), Siler (A), 19 feet eight
inches.
Shot put: Ephland (B), Rankin
(R), Dickerson (R), 35 feet four
inches.
The half-mile relay was won by
Reidsville with Burlington and Ashe
boro trailing in that order.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., APRIL 15, 1931
Wilbert Braxton was elected pres
ident of the Y. M. C. A. with Harry
Wellons vice-president, and Carl
Jones secretary-treasurer.
Elvin Haworth was elected presi
dent of the men's athletic council for
the coming year with Wendell New
lin, vice-president, and Ralto Farlow,
secretary-treasurer.
Lottie Stafford was elected presi
dent of the women's athletic cabinet,
and Lucy Edwards was made secre
tary. The managers of the various
branches are: Doris Sapp, health;
Virginia Hiatt, hiking; Mary Rich
ardson, hockey; Roxie Hunter, volley
ball; Virginia Clayton, basketball;
Margaret Warner, tennis; Edith Tri
vette, baseball; Edith Cook, archery;
and Bennie Elliott, track.
Guilford superlatives for the girls
were voted as follows: Grace Rans
dell, the prettiest girl; Esther Lind
ley, the best-all-round; Lottie Staf
ford, the most athletic; and Ruth
Hiller, the most charming.
For the boys: Tom Cheek, the best
all-round and the most popular stu
dent; Dilliard Chisholm, the wittiest;
Wilbert Braxton, the most efficient;
and Cheek the most athletic. Jimmie
Bunn was voted to possess the best
personality.
Ben Greet Players at
N. Monday
"Twelfth Night" and "Hamlet"
Are Seen by G. C. Shake
speare Class
Miss Schilturn, representing and
connected with the Ben Greet players
on their return transcontinental tour,
spoke to the student body on Friday,
April 10, concerning the presenta
tion of "Twelfth Night" and "Ham
let" — (First Quarto) given in North
Carolina College auditorium on Mon
day evening, April 13.
Sir Philip Ben Greet, and his ac
tors are the leading players in
Shakesperean productions. In his
tour, he is offering the second quarto
of "Hamlet," written in the ex
act words. The first is a greater lit
erary production, but the second is
better for the stage.
This brilliant cast of English play
ers are giving this tour at the de
mand of the leading cities and uni
versities. Sir Philip has acted for
fifty years and is world famous as
one of the greatest authorities on
the English drama. In recognition of
a life devoted to the cause of drama
in education, he was knighted by
King George V of England, June,
1929. He, himself, appears in every
performance. Russell Thorndyke, a
playwright, and actor, and brother
to Sibyl Thorndye (England's lead
ing actress), plays the title role in
"Hamlet." Enoch Clarke, a boy of
seventeen, is the youngest member
of the cast. At a few hours notice,
he can take the role of any member.
The members of Mr. Furnas'
Shakespeare class, and others, at
tended both performances, and re
ported them to have been masterful
portrayals of Shakespearean roles.
Qreensboro Hears
A Capella Choir
On Sunday evening, April 13, the
Guilford College A Capella Choir
sang their concert of sacred music
to a large crowd at the Presbyterian
Church of the Covenant at the reg
ular service hour. The entire program
was broadcasted. This was the first
concert since the northern tour.
The entire program of ancient and
modern forms of sacred music was
well received by the audience. The
Latin numbers, "Ave Verum Corpus"
and "Gloria In Excelsis;" "Alleluia;"
"Legend" by Tchkowsky; and the ne
gro spiritual "Were You There,"
were quite appealing to the congre
gation. "The Song of Mary" and
"Adoramus T'e" were also outstand
ing. The feeling displayed in "Beau
tiful Saviour," and the well-sustain
ed tones and pianissimo effects of
certain passages in all the selections
were quite effective.
Farlow, Mackie, and Blair debated
at Appalachian Tuesday night.
CHOIR GIVES CONCERTS
IN TROY AND SO. PINES
Apreciative Audiences Fill
Churches to Capacity In
Spite of Rain
On Easter Sunday, April 5, the
Guilford College choir went to the
"sandhill" section of the state and
appeared in two concerts before im
mense and appreciative audiences,
being made up of music lovers from
many states. The programs were con
sidered among the best and smooth
est given this year.
The concert given in the Baptist
church in Troy in the afternoon was
well received by an audience of
about three hundred. The expression
and feeling was best in "Beautiful
Savior," from the general comments
of the people as a whole.
After the concert at Troy, the
choir went to Southern Pines arriv
ing there about six o'clock where
they were served an excellent din
ner at the Congregational church,
"Church of Wide Fellowship." At
eight o'clock the choir gave its sec
ond concert of the day. In spite of
the unfavorable weather, the church
was filled to capacity, containing an
audience of about eight hundred. The
large audience and beautiful church
were an inspiration to the choir as
the concert was probably the best of
the year.
The entire program was delivered
quite smoothly and effectively. "The
Song of Mary" was best received by
the audience as it was held enraptur
ed by the soft humming of the choir
as a background for this soprano
solo. "Steal Away," "Praise to the
Lord" and the Latin numbers were
also outstanding.
The audience, consisting of many
music lovers, commended the work
of the choir, and their good fortune
in having such an able director as
Prof. Max Noah.
Guilford College Alumni
Association
BALLOT FOR 1931-1932
PRESIDENT:
Clara I. Cox, 'O2
Miss Cox is pastor of Spring
field Friends Meeting, High Point,
N. C.
John Webb Cannon, '24
Mr. Cannon is connected with
the Greensboro Daily News, and
is now in Raleigh reporting for
the Legislature.
VICE-PRESIDENT:
Scott Parker, '29
Mr. Parker is in charge of the
Cost Accounting Department of
Snow Lumber Co., High Point,
N. C.
J. Hal Lassiter, 'l2
Mr. Lassiter is in the Real
Estate business in Greensboro,
N. C.
TRUSTEE OF LOAN FUND:
Era Lasley, 'l3
Miss Lasley is Registrar of
Guilford College, Guilford College,
N. C.
Hervie Williard, 'l9
Mr. Willard is Assistant
Cashier of the High Point Savings
Trust Co., High Point, N. C.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
(Vote for two)
Clifford C. Frazier, 'O7
Mr. Frazier is Attorney at
Law, Greensboro, N. C.
Leroy Miller, 'lO -
Mr. Miller is a Merchant in
Linwood, N. C.
David J. White, '2O
Mr. White is Secretary-Treas
urer of the White Realty Co.,
Greensboro, N. C.
H. Sinclair Williams, '95
Mr. Williams is Attorney at
Law, Concord, N. C.
Are you expecting to attend the
Alumni dinner on Commencement
day, June 1
NOTICE
Vote by placing "X" in the
space opposite your favorite can
didate. The privilege of voting
is granted to graduates and for
mer students who pay the annual
fee and to those who are life mem
bers. If you are not a life mem
ber, please enclose the ballot with
a check for $3.00, or more if you
desire, and send to Paul Reynolds,
Assistant Secretary of Guilford
College Alumni Association, Guil
ford College, N. C.
Choir Makes Trip North
During Spring Holidays
CLASS OF 1911 PLANS A
REUNION THIS YEAR
Mr. A. K. Moore and Mr. C. C.
Smithdeal, of Greensboro, have is
sued announcements concerning a
reunion of the class of 1911, at
commencement this year. The
meeting will be in celebration of
the twentieth anniversary of the
class, and it is hoped that every
member may again be on the cam
pus with his fellow classmen.
Same Campus Sees
Second Generation
Of Student Group
Children of College Alumni
Follow Footsteps of
Parents
PHOTOGRAPH IS TAKEN
The same native beauty of our
campus which was a setting for
scholars of years ago now furnishes
a background for a large group re
presenting the second generation of
Guilford College students. A photo
graph was taken of this group on
Tuesday morning, only three being
absent. The total number of forty
four, and the picture is shown in
the pictorial section.
Those students entitled to the hon
or of belonging to the second gene
ration, and their parent who was
here are: Gilbert Barbee, mother—
Mamie Jones and father—Lacy L.
Barbee, '00; Wilbert Braxton, father
—John Braxton; Mildred Burton,
mother—Alta R. Anderson; Tom
Cheek, mother—Zella McCulloch;
Louise Cooper, mother—Martha Dur
ham; J. Elwood Cox, mother —May
Riddick and father —Jos. D. Cox, 'O4;
Sarah Davis, mother—Minnie Wil
liams; Ernest Dixon, Jr., father—
Ernest Dixon, 'O4; Argyle and Anna
belle Elliott, father—John S. Elliott;
Ralto Farlow, father —Lewallen Par
low; Katherine Farlow, mother —
Nell Huffines; Mary Fitzgerald, fath
er—Benjamin Fitzgerald; Sylvester
Higffins, father —Starr Higgins;
Esther Hollowell, father—A. J. Hol
lowell; Isabella Jinnette, mother—
Isabella Cox; Carl Jones, mother —
Aileen White; Marvin Lindley,
mother—Alice Hadley; Gladys Mc-
Bane, father" —G. G. Mcßane; Nell
McMullen, mother —Ellen B. Riddick;
Ruth Marshburn, father—Allen J.
Marshburn; Ora Matlock, mother —
Mary Louise Wheeler; Leroy Miller,
Jr., father—Leroy Miller '10; Eliza
beth Newlin, father —John Wilbur
Newlin; Roseland Newlin, father—
Harvey Newlin; Eunice Otwell,
mother —Elizabeth Snipes and father
—Grant Otwell '11; Elizabeth Park
er, father—James P. Parker, '93;
David Parsons mother —Agnes Lowe;
Margaret Pegram, father —J. Wright
Pegram; Mary E. Pittman, mother—
Daisy Edgerton; Marianna Raiford,
father—Hunter D. Raiford; David,
Mary and Nathan Reynolds, father
—Herbert Reynolds; Allen Stafford,
mother—Annie Hale; Lottie Staf
ford, mother- —Annie Hale; Wm.
C. Van Noppen, father—John J. Van
Noppen; Harold White, father—P.
E. White; Martha Gray White, fath
er—L. Lea White 'O4; Annie Evelyn
Wiley, father —W. C. Wiley; John
Hugh and H. Sinclair Williams, Jr.,
father—H. Sinclair Williams '95;
Margaret Winchester, mother—Cora
Barbee; Waldo Woody, mother —El-
len Hockett and father—W. E.
Woody.
SMALL SON OF DR. OTT DIES
Mrs. E. R. Levering, matron of
New Garden Hall, was notified on
April 12, of the death of her little
grandson, Robert Charles Ott. Bob
bie was the nine-months old son of
Elizabeth Levering Ott, and Dr.
Charles N. Ott. Mrs. Ott is an alum
nae of Guilford College, having been
graduated in the spring of 1929. Dr.
Ott was the professor of chemistry
here during the school year 1928-
1929. He is now professor of chem
istry at Central Oklahoma Teachers
College, in Edmond, Oklahoma.
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BACK THE ALUMNI
ASSOCIATION
NUMBER 15
Eminent Music Lovers Praise
and Commend the Excel
lent Programs
FORTY MEMBERS ON TRIP
Sings On White House Lawn
and Has Picture TaTten
With President
Miss Conrad's Solo Favored
sv
As the last strains of the Gaines
version of the Lord's Prayer died out
on the White House lawn, the na
tion's chief executive said, "It
very beautiful," and after expressing
his' appreciation and extending con
gratulations to the robed group, the
President withdrew. The Choir had
previously won the unstinted praise
of many prominent musical critics,
but to win the audience and admira
tion of the President, the singers
felt was the greatest tribute that
could be paid their ability."VThe Guil
ford College A Capella Choir, backed
by three years experience under the
direction of Max Noah, and an en
viable reputation throughout the
state, received this coveted recogni
tion while returning home from a
successful tour of the north eastern
states.
The choir left Guilford Friday,
March 27, on this extended tour to
appear in a number of concerts in
the centers of the North. The first
program was given in the Friend's
church at Richmond, Va. The singing
was so enthusiastically received that
two encores were given. The next
evening, Saturday, the choir sang in
the Friends Meeting House, Balti
more, Md., and the following after
noon at 3:30 at the Y. M. C. A. in
Wilmington. Del. They also sang in
this city that night at the Westmin
ister Presbyterian church to one of
the largest audiences they had dur
ing the entire trip. Monday evening
a concert was presented in Atlantic
City to a large and appreciative audi
ence comprised mostly of music lov
ers from New York.
The Choir arrived in Washington
shortly before noon, and found that
details for their appearance at the
White House had been arranged by
David H. Blair, who reported that
the President would be glad to re
ceive and hear the singers from the
Quaker Institution. The members
standing in a double line, were join
ed by Mr. Hoover while the photog
raphers took pictures of the group.
Immediately after the singing the
President was called away, but he
was pleased with the. choral music as
werQ the other listeners, judging
from the general comment.
The program of concerts was
brought to a close that night at the
Irving Street Friends Church in
Washington, where another large
crowd welcomed thq now widely-her
alded choir.
The entire tour was featured by
the warm reception and excellent at
tention extended the singers. A large
and appreciative audience greeted
them everywhere, asking for and re
ceiving, encores. Much praise was
awarded by the press, some of it was
excellent critcism from prominent
musicians.
In the Richmond Times Dispatch
an article of commendation and
amazement at the perfect tone of the
Choir appeared. The following state
ment in the review of the concert,
evinced how effective the singing
had been: "In comparison with the
Westminnister Choir, the quality was
more pleasing, the diction equally
good, and the essentials of technique
quite on a par with its elder sister."
Mr. Noah was once a member of this
world famous organization, and he
greatly appreciated this comparison.
Throughout the tour the solos by
Miss Jewell Conrad were very beau
tiful and impressive, many compar
ing her favorably with the outstand
ing singers of the day.
The concerts were so admirably
given and such recognition and honor
was obtained that this profitable and
pleasant tour will probably become
an annual event.
Mary Linville spent the week-end
with Mildred Conrad at her home
near Winston-Salem.