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VOLUME XVIII
PRES. BINFORD GIVES 1
PROGRESS CHALLENGE
AS YEARJ932 BEGINS
Guilford's Achievements For
Closing Year Are
Reported
SEVEN PROJECTS LISTED
Progression Vs. Depression Is
The Struggle We
Face
In 1926, Guilford College completed
a very successful financial movement
which brought its endowment up to
standard requirements, gave the insti
tution membership in the regional
standardizing organization, and rec
ognition as an approved college by
the American Medical Association.
In 1927, the Board of Trustees ap
pointed the Centennial committee,
composed of members of the Board,
members of the faculty, and members
of the Alumni Association. This com
mittee undertook to work out a pro
gram for the ten years leading up to
our centennial celebration. It has pro
jected a program along seven lines.
First, it proposed the formation of
the Centennial Club which was to be
composed of a group of people who
would subscribe to a sustaining fund
to keep up the standards of the col
lege during the period leading up to
the centennial year.
Second, the endowment was to be
increased so as to relieve the club of
its annual contributions at the end of
the centennial year.
Third, a building program which
would add to "our classroom and lab
oratory facilities, and provide a
building for our physical education
program was included.
Fourth, our equipment for instruc
tion, particularly the library was to
be enlarged.
Fifth, the reorganization of our
curriculum so as to meet modern
needs and modern problems was
made an important item in the pro
gram.
Sixth, in order to carry out these
plans the faculty and the Alumni
were to be organized for more effici
ent work.
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Examination Week
Routs Campus Pep
Day Of Reckoning Is At Hand
And Frantic Cramming
Is Popular Sport
"What's the difference between an
apostle and a disciple?" "Name the
Vitamins. How were they discover
ed?" "When was the first high school
in North Carolina opened?" "How do
you find the cube root of a number?"
"What was Plato's solution of the
Ultimate Reality " "Give a character
sketch of Falstaff." "I just know I
can't do practice teaching." "Honest
to goodness, if I don't pass that
French Comprehensive, I'm not com
ing back next semester." "I've stud
ied three solid hours on Education."
These and many similar topics are
discussed at the dining-room table,
in the halls, bath tubs, post office, on
the walks, every where. Why, the
stranger within our midst could get
a liberal education free of charge—
provided he had the mental capacity
to embrace the many and varied edu
cational remarks that are being
made. Why the sudden interest, the
earnest seeking after knowledge, and
the weary hours of cramming?
It's examination week!
ALUMNI EDITION OF
t/THE\,
GUILFORDIAN
LOYAL WORKER
Ja i * ■§ .
Miss Maud L. Gainey, college
Treasurer, has completed her thirtieth
year of service for Guilford.
Firsts Guilfordian
Honors Miss Gainey
Thirtieth Year Of Unstinted
Service Is Past For
Treasurer
A FRIEND TO STUDENTS
The words in the dedication of the
1928 Quaker are "Quiet yet most ef
fective have been her services to the
college since 1901, especially as
Treasurer. It is through her patience,
exactness, and consistent effort that
she has won a place in the hearts of
all who know her. And it is for the
gift of her own self as a contribu
tion toward benefiting our many
needs that we wish to dedicate this
The 1928 Quaker
to
Maud L. Gainey."
These wcrds are only a single ex
pression of a deep feeling which ex
ists for one whose thirtieth year of
service to Guilford College was mark
ed by the passing of the year, nine
teen hundred and thirty-one. She
, came here as secretary to President
Hobbs and was later assistant to Mr.
Gecrge White, Treasurer. At the
death of Mr. White, in 1917, Miss
Gainey accepted his post and has fill
ed it flawlessly since that time. Miss
Gainey was reared on a large estate
near Fayetteville and attended North
Carolina College before coming to
Guilford.
Few students have ever left Guil
ford who have not felt some evidence
cf her affection, and few are those
whom she could not number among
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Mrs. J.P.Anderson
Is Quest Of Honor
Miss Bruce, head of the depart
ment of Home Economies entertained
with an informal reception in the pai--
lors of Founders Hall on Tuesday
evening, January 5, honoring: Mrs.
John P. Anderson, bride of Decem
ber.
Maude Lineberry, Sophia Cathey,
and Elizabeth Alexander served cof
fee, cookies, and nuts to the follow
ing: guests: Dr. and Mrs. Raymond
Binford, Professor J. YV. Pancoast,
Dr. Eva Campbell, Miss Dorothy Gil
bert, Dr. and Mrs. Elwood Perisho,
Professor and Mrs. E. G. Purdom,
Professor and Mrs. F. C. Shepard,
Dean and Mrs. Clyde A. Milner, Pro
fessor James L. Fleming, Miss Gail
Wilbur, and Mrs. E. R. Levering.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C.,JANUARY 20, 1932
DEAN MILNER ATTENDS
NATIONAL Y.M.C.A,
BUFFALO CONFERENCE
Held For Religious Leaders In '
Association Of
U. S.
DR. KOO OF CHINA THERE
Dean Clyde A. Milner attended the
Annual Spiritual Emphasis Confer
ence of the National Council of the
Y. M. C. A. held in Buffalo, N. Y.,
on Saturday and Sunday, January 9
and 10. Dean Milner was one of the
leaders and speakers at the Confer
ence.
The problems considered at the
conference were, "The Spiritual
Needs of Our Day," "The Authority of
Religion," and the question, "Are the
Principles of Christian Religion Ap
plicable Today?"
Other leaders of the conference
were Dr. John Mackay, head of the
Christian Student Movements for
Latin America; Dr. T. S. Koo, Presi
dent of Christian Students of China;
President Hutchins of Berea College,
and Dean Weigle, of Yale University,
j Dean Milner returned byway of
New York City where he spent Mon
| day, January 11, in the interests of
i Guilford College.
New Members In
Centennial Club
i Number Of Graduates And
Former Students Joined
Recently
MAKE THE CAKE OF 1937
Quite a number of graduates and
former students have been joining
the Guilford College Centennial Club
recently. We want the One Hundredth
Birthday Cake to be big and sweet
in 1937. Saying it with DOLLARS
monthly, quarterly, half yearly, or
yearly will help a lot.
This is the second installment of
the financial backers of the Guilford
College Centennial club.
Wendell Newlin, North Carolina;
Mrs. Stonewall Anderson, North Car
olina; Lois Atkinson, North Carolina;
Charles B. Money, North Carolina;
j Marguerite Slate, North Carolina;
I Grace Winekin, North Carolina; Lot
j tie Stafford, North Carolina; Mary
IA. Troilo, Pennsylvania; Rachael
Beasley, North Carolina; Bera A.
I Brown, North Carolina; Pearle Kim
rey, North Carolina; Jean Cochran,
North Carolina; Virginia Clayton,
North Carolina; Josephine Kimrey,
North Carolina; Alice Conrad, North
I Carolina; Kathryn Johnson, North
Carolina; Aileen Pegg, North Caro
| Una; J. Ralph Smitherman, North
I Carolina; Marvin Lindley, North Car
olina; Dayton Newlin, North Caro
lina; W. L. Beamon, North Carolina;
Allen J. White, North Carolina; Wil
bert L. Braxton, North Carolina;
Julia L. Ballinger, North Carolina;
Mary M. Baker, North Carolina; Ma
rie A. Barnes, North Carolina; Mar
shall H. Barney, North Carolina; Ot
tis P. Barrow, North Carolina; Maria
W. Barton, New York; George Gor
don Battle, New York; Mary D. Bea
son, North Carolina; W. H. Been,
North Carolina; Josephine Benbow,
North Carolina; Wm. C. Biddle, New
York; Georgianna Bird, North Caro
lina; Raymond Binford, North Caro
lina; Augustine W. Blair, New Jer
sey; Ada Blair, North Carolina; Em
ma Blair, North Carolina; Martha E.
Blair, North Carolina.
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Dr. Potter, Dean Of Hartford
Seminary Visits College Campus
COLLEGE CALENDAR
Friday, Jan. 22—Society—7:30.
Saturday, Jan. 23 Basketball,
Winston Y at Guilford.
Tuesday, Jan. 26—Basketball, Da
vidson at Davidson.
Wednesday, Jan. 27—Basketball,
Lenoir-Rhyne at Hickory.
Thusrday, Jan. 28—Basketball, Ap
palachian at Boone.
Y. M. and Y. W. 7:00.
Friday, Jan. 29—Societies—7:00.
Tuesday, February 2—Basketball,
College of Charleston at
Charleston.
"The! [Betrothal" !
Is Most Artistic
Spring Play To Be Finest
Production Given
In Years
13 SENIORS ARE IN CAST
The work of the Dramatic Council
on "The Betrothal," spring play to
be presented on February 20, is indi
cative that the production will be the
finest bit of art achieved in several
years. The Senior class has expressed
a desire to reproduce the play at
commencement, and both the class
and Council are working to make the
spring production an effective one.
The cast of twenty-seven charac
ters has been chosen, thirteen of
which are members of the Senior
class, and practicing has begun.
Due to the fact that "The Betro
thal" is a departure from the usual
type of production, much interest
was shown in the try-outs, making
the competition much keener than
ever before. For the same reason the
Council is showing unusual interest
in staging the play. Original scenery
has been designed and is under con
struction, one scene is being painted
by a professional Theatrical Artist.
Lighting effects will surpass any
thing seen before on the Guilford
stage, due to the purchase of much
new equipment and the planning of
novel effects.
J. G. Clayton, Rural Hall
Business Man, Is Dead
The whole student body extends to
Virginia Clayton their sincerest sym
pathy in her recent grief, the death
of her father.
J. G. Claytori, prominent Rural
Hall business man, was drowned near
Galax, Va., December 31, 1931, when
the truck in which he was riding left
the highway near Madow Creek and
plunged into Gordon's Mill pond. A
youthful couple, Mr. and Mrs. Ken
neth Moore, who were accompaning
him, were drowned also.
Just what caused the accident will
probably never be known. The heavy
truck left the highway at a curve and
plunged into the mill pond, falling in
such a way that one headlight was
left burning.
Mr. Clayton was well known
throughout Winston-Salem and the
major portion of Forsyth County. He
was a member of the school board of
Rural Hall High School for many
years, and he was also a member of
the Friends Church at Guilford Col
lege.
Surviving him are his wife, two
daughters, Virginia, and Marybelle
Clayton, and one son, J. G. Clayton,
Jr.
CHEER UP AND
SMILE
NUMBER 8
Nationally Known Leader In
Congregational Church
And Mission Work
SUBJECT HARTFORI) PLAN
Dr. R. H. Potter, Dean of Hartford
Theological Seminary, was the Chap
el speaker on Wednesday morning,
January 14. Dr. Potter is a nationally
known leader in the church of today,
particularly in the Congregational
Church, and is well known in mission
work.
Dr. Potter brought greeting from
the Hartford Seminary to the facul
ty and students of Guilford. He
spoke on the plans of Hartford.
"Hartford Seminary Foundation is
an institution or a group of institu
tions for training in Christian ser
vice," sad Dr. Potter. Especially for
the training of young men and wo
men for ministers and missionaries,
the usual line of theological work is
followed. The school of Religion has
a student body of 125. The school of
Mission is to prepare more adequate
ly for missions.
The challenge of today and how
Hartford endeavors to meet this chal
lenge was the main content of the
talk. The seminary is concerned with
the development of the Christian re
ligion and of character that can stand
the stress and strain of modern life.
Christian religion is a gift from God
to men, which enables them to be
come sons of God. The function of an
institution of religion is to live the
life of Christ so men will find in
Christ a new way of life. It is through
the way of Jesus that power is given
to achieve life and to glimpse the
! ideal. Men at Hartford study as they
! would in a laboratory. They glimpse
the ideal, take the example of the
Master, and build it into life, and in
this way minister to the enemy of
Jesus.
The heart of Christian religion is
the heart of experience. Along: with
creeds and orders of worship, they
continuously take the Gospel of Jesus
and apply it to relationship of liv
ing. Through experience comes the
power to minister to the vision of
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Bennett Quartette
Entertains Joint 'Y'
The Bennett College Quartette,
with their director and accompanist
delightfully entertained the Y. M. and
Y. YV. group at a joint meeting on
Thursday evening, January 7.
The Quartette sang three groups
of songs. The first group consisted
of three numbers: "There's A Meet
ing Here Tonight," "Jack O' Dia
monds," and "Lindy Lou." "Lindy
Lou" was perhaps the most enthusi
astically received. The second group
consisted of two songs: "Going
Home," and "I Didn't Feel No Ways
Tired." A third number by the Quar
tette was the negro spiritual "Go
Down Moses."
Misses Jessee Lee Johnson, Elfreda
Sandifer, and Maidie Ruth Gamble
each sang a solo. Miss Gamble prov
ed to be very accomplished. She was
not only a singer but a talented read
er. She gave two readings which re
ceived great applause. Then, by re
quest, she gave the reading which was
such a "hit" last year when the Ben
nett Quartette gave a program at a
similar meeting. The reading, "I'se
Glad I'se Here To-Night" was so
j clever and amusing that the audience
wanted to re-echo "I'se Glad I'se Here
To-Night."