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VOLUME XXI
BUDGET IS PLACED I
BEFORE STUDENTS
TO BE VOTED ON
Will Approve or Disapprove of
Affairs Appropriations
For Coming Year.
INCLUDE LYCEUM COURSE
S7OO Surplus Reported from Receipts
of Previous Years to Be Ap
plied to Deficit.
A budget has been prepared by the
student affairs board for the year 1935-
1036. It will be presented to the stu
dent body in the near future. The sub
stance of the budget follows:
Men's Athletic Association
Student fee $1,200, other sources $950,
total $2,150; trips, home games, equip
ment, etc. $2,150.
Women's Athletic Association
Student fee $200; equipment, etc.
S2OO.
"Quaker"*
Student fee $1,200, other sources $350,
total 1,550; printing and other expenses
$1,550.
"Guilfordian"
Student fee S7OO, other sources $145,
total $845; printing 14 issues $845.
Entertainment Coursef
Student fee $270; expenses $270.
Dramatic Council
Stuelent fee $l3O, other sources S6O,
total $100; royalties and other expenses
Y. W. C. A.
Student fee $67.50; dues, trip to Blue
Hidge, speakers, etc. $67.50.
Y. M. C. A.
Student fee SSO; same as Y. W. C. A.
SSO.
Debates Council
Student fee $75; trips, fee, etc. $75.
Social Committee
Student fee $120; college socials $l2O.
Women's Student Government
•Student fee $5; expenses $5.
(Continued on Page Four)
FINE AKTS CLUB BEGINS
AGAIN AFTER VACATION
Philip Kelscy Speaks; New, Mclver, |
and Donnel! to Sing* at Sec
ond Me ting.
MR. AND MRS. NOAH PERFORM
The Fine Arts club met on Monday,
January 21, with the second meeting on j
Monday, February 8. At this meeting j
there promises to be a good program, !
starting out with a talk by Philip Kel- |
sey. Frances Mclver, L. T. New, and
Mina Donnell will sing. Max Noah j
has promised to perform. Delvicy Faust
and Martha Taylor will play the piano,
and Mrs. Max Noah will give one of
her inimitable readings.
The meeting last Monday night
opened by a piano number by Betty
Trotter. She played "Venetian Boat
Song," by Mendelssohn. Annie Lee |
Fitzgerald then sang two charming
numbers. That was followed by a poem
prayer written by an unknown author
and given by Ruth Stilson. Another
Mendelssohn number, "Hunting Song,"
was played by Dorothy Pearson. Mary
Evans then gave an unusually charm
ing and humorous reading entitled "A
Night Out," by Peple. Peggy Mostrom
then played Grieg's "Moses' Death."
That was followed by two solos by
Elizabeth Adams, "The Rose," by
Clokey, and "Still as a Rose," by Bohni.
Another Mendelssohn number, the well
known "Consolation," was played by
Anna Laura Vannoy. The program was
closed by a very odd reading by Vir
ginia Levering, Ralph Hodgson's "Eva."
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I)R. CLYDE A. MILNER
POINT SYSTEM IS
CHANGED GREATLY
Several Activities Have Had
Number of Points Reduced
by One Point.
NEW ACTIVITIES LISTED
Numerous changes have been made in
the point system during the last semes
ter. These changes were presented by
a committee headed I v George Parker
and finally adopted by the Student
Affairs Board.
The following positions have been
decreased one point: Managing editor
of the Quaker from 4 to 3, Dramatic
Council member from 2 to 1, president
of both athletic associations from 2
to 1.
Choir membership was decreased
from 3 to 2 points, no points being
given, however, if choir is being taken
for credit.
The following activities were given
ratings: Members of class debating
teams, 1 point; superintendent of Sun
day school, 1 point; president of frtsh
man class, 1 point; president of sopho
more, junior or s nior class. 2 points;
manag -r of football. 3 points; man
ager of tennis, 2 points; assistant man
ager of basketball, 2 points.
Additions were also made to the sys
tem of limitations of activity points.
The complete ladder is as follows: For
a 3.0 average, 13 points; for 2.75, 12
points; for 2.5, 11 points; for 2.25, 10
points; for 2.0, 10 points; for 1.75, 8
points; for 1.5, 7 points; for 1.25, 0
points; for 1.0, 5 points.
The board also decided that students
may appeal to the board for permission
to carry more points than usually per
mitted.
ANNUAL SCHOOL OF
MISSIONS STARTS SOON
The annual Guilford College School
of Missions, sponsored by the mission
ary committee of New Garden Monthly
Meeting, students and faculty of the
college, will be held at the Meeting
House six Sunday evenings—from Feb
ruary 3 to March 11, inclusive.
Each night the school will be divided
into three periods, the opening period
for worship, from 6:45 to 7; from 7 to
7:45, seven discussion courses will be
offered; during the closing period, last
ing until 8:30, noted religious and mis
sionary leaders will give addresses.
Dancing Starts Again
February 0, the second dance of the
semester will be given, probably at
Founder's Hall as usual. The first dance
of the semester was staged January 20
in the society halls at Founder's
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., FEBRUARY 2, 1935
COLLEGE HAS ALUMNI
CHAPTERS ACTIVE IN
NORTH AND SOUTH
There Are 54 Alumni Chapters
From New England
to Florida.
TOBIAS CHIEF ORGANIZER
Raloigh Alumni Chapter Will Meet
February 4 with D. D. Carroll
as Speaker.
Guilford College has 54 Alumni Chap
ters, reaching from New Englanel to
Florida; 31 chapters in North Carolina,
and as a small arts college has one of
' the l est organized Alumni Chapters in
the South. Those Chapters outside of
North Carolina include: Florida Ala
bama, Tennessee, Georgia, South Caro
lina, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana. Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington,
I). C., Maryland, and the New England
States.
This extensive organization has been
due to the efforts of Dr. Clyde A. Mil
ner and Mr. Clarence E. Tobias, who
have visited in the majority of these
meetings. The chapters in the stat •
ar • from Asheville to Wilmington, east
and west, from Madison to I.umberton,
north and south.
The Raleigh Alumni Chapter will
meet February 4 with I). D. Carroll
(Class of 1907) as the speaker. Mr.
Carrol is the Dean of the School of
Commerce, University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill. Ilis subject will
be "The Alumni Vision of Guilford's
Field of Service."
In one week Dr. Milner spoke eight
times, two of which should be interest
ing to the student body. The first one
was at Klon College Sunday. The sec
ond speech was given on January 12 at
Brevard College.
Dr. Binford, Mr. Tobias and Dr. Mil
n r attended the meeting of the Ameri
can Association of Colleges on Janu
ary 17 and 18. Dr. Binford was elected
chairman of the education board of
the five years meeting which is made
up of presidents of the colleges. The
met tings of the association were pri
marily concerned with the educational
development of liberal arts colleges in
the past two decades. This was the
21st annual meeting, and on their
"coming of age" they wished to see
the progress of their colleges and also
were concerned with finances in the
immediate future.
CHOIR TAKES WEEK-END
TRIP IN EASTERN PART
Scotland Neck, Rocky Mount, Goldsboro
and Raleigh to Hear Choir 1
During Week-End.
ALSO TO SING AT PREP SCHOOL
The Guilford College choir will leave
on its annual tour of the eastern part
of the state Friday, February 13, and
will return from the trip the following
Sunday night.
The choir will go directly to Scotland
Neck, where a concert will be given
Friday night. From there the group
will proceed to Rocky Mount for an
appearance on Saturday night. On Sun
day the choir will continue on to
Goldsboro for a concert in the morn
ing and from there it will go to Ba
leigh and sing Micro Sunday night-
Following the Raleigh concert the choir
will return to the campus.
On Sunday, February 3, the choir
sings at Friends church in High Point
and on the following Sunday it will go
to Oak Ridge for an appearance.
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MR. C. E. TOBIAS
ANNUAL CHARTER
MY 15 CELEBRATED
Episodes in History of College,
Written by Prof. Furnas,
Presented Here.
DR. FRANK GRAHAM TALKS
The one hundred first anniversary of
of the granting of the charter to Guil
ford College by the Commonwealth of
North Carolina in 1834 was celebrated
here by the Annual Observance of
Charter Day, January 12.
The celebration began at New Garden
Meeting House at 11:00 o'clock. At
this time, the Guilford A Capella Choir
rendered two selections. Dr. Frank
Graham, president of the Greater Uni
versity of North Carolina gave a splen
did address. lie was presented by
Robert IT. Frazier, Greensboro attorney,
and member of the Guilford College l
Board of Trustees.
At the afternoon program, episodes
in the history of the college, written
by Professor Phillip W. Furnas, were
presented in Memorial Halll. Professor
Furnas acted as the "Voice of History"
between each episode. Seven episodes
were presented:
I.A Dream Is Born. 2.George Hol
land's Gift. 3. Friends and Slavery.
4, Guilford Meets War Problems. 5. Guil
ford becomes a College. G.King Hall
Burns. 7. At tho Door of Southern As
sociation of Colleges.
The characters in these episodes were
played by college students and faculty.
The Annual "Charter Day" attracted
:i large crowd of alumni and friends
and had additional significance in that
it was a part of the Centennial Pro
gram of 1037.
PROF. HAWORTH GIVES
TWO TALKS IN CHAPEL
I)r. Elbert Russell Presents Novel Idea
of Modern Religions; Mrs.
John Dick Sings.
Jan. 21 —Mr. Samuel Haworth spoke
of his recent experiences during his
trip to Cuba.
Jan. 22 —Dr. Elbert Russell spoke of
the modem religions of the world.
Jan. 2">—Mrs. John R. Dicks, of
Greensboro, rendered several vocal se
lections, accompanied at the piano by
Mr. Noah.
Jan. 28—Prof. Philip Furnas, with
the help of Esther Stilson find Roberta
Poole, presented a short dramatic skit
dealing with the college library.
Jan. 29 Mr. Samuel Haworth spoke
on the production of sugar in Cuba.
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NUMBER 8
BEAN B. H. POTTER
VISITS ON CAMPUS
TUESDAY MORNING
Makes Speeches at Duke and
Elon College While
Down Here.
IS TO ADDRESS CHAPEL
Man From Hartford Theological Semi
nary Is Considered a Leader in
Moci rn Religious Thought.
Rockwell Harmon Potter, dean of
Ilartford Theological Seminary since
1028, will be a guest 011 the Guilford
College campus for four days of next
week. Dean Potter will arrive on the
campus Tuesday morning, February 5,
and will address the regular morning
assembly on that date. During his
visit here the well-known religious edu
cator will make addresses in several of
the colleges and universities of this
section of North Carolina. Wednesday
morning, February (i, he will speak to
the assembly at Klon College and in the
evening Dean Potter will dine with Dr.
Kussell ,liead of the Duke University
School of lieligion ,and later will speak
to the faculty and students of that de
partment . The students of Catawba
College will hear Dean Potter on Thurs
day morning. Thursday evening he
will return to the local campus to speak
to the joint assemblies of the Y. The
dean will be the guest of High Point
College on Friday morning and in the
afternoon he will leave Guilford Col
lege for Washington, D. C., to complete
his tour of many colleges in the mid
west and south on behalf of the Sem-
Dean Potter is considered one of the
Nation's foremost leaders in religious
thought. lie is president of the Con
necticut Biblo Society and author of
the book: "The Common Faith of Com
mon Men." His A.B. degree was se
cured at Union College, New York, his
B.D. at the Chicago Theological Sem
inary, and his D.D. at Union College.
Dean Potter has also studied at the
Vale Divinity School, Union Theological
Seminary, Rutgers College and Wil
liams College and is an ordained min
ister of the gospel.
Three former Guilford students:
Marshall Budd, of the class of 1934,
George Hardin and William Hire ,of
the class of 1033 ,are now studying for
the ministry at the Hartford Theolog
ical Seminary.
MARIONETTES APPEAR
IN PUPPET FOLLIES
Sue Hastings Puppeteers Present Re
vue, Showing Both Comedy and
BcJiind the Seen: H.
On Tuesday night, January 23, the
Rue Ha sting's Marionnettes were pre
sented in the college auditorium, the
program, entitled "The New Puppet
Follies of 193;)," was the second in the
series of the four numbers on the Lec
ture-Entertainment course. The "revue"
consisted of nearly a dozen numbers,
most of them comedy, a more interest
ing selection of fantasies, skits, and
features could scarcely have been chosen.
The characters included Popeye, Katinka
from Russia, Madame Cadeza and Bobby
and Daisy (on their bicycle built for
two).
In concluding the performance a play
let was given in which all of the curtain
was withdrawn and the action of the
puppeteers behind the scenes could be
witnessed. This was presented in the
form of a hilarious farce showing the
troubles of an amateur marionnette
show, on its opening night.