Quarter Ends
November 4
VOLUME XXII
EXPECT NUMBER OF
OLD GRADS FOR
HOMECOMING DAY
Great Many Events- Planned to
Entertain Alumni on
November 9.
W. C. T. C. FOOTBALL GAME
"Death Takes a Holiday" to Be Pre
sented in College Auditorium
at 8 o'Clock.
A large number of nlumni are ex
pected for the annual Guilford College
home-coming lay to lie held on No
vember !•, J. Wilnier Pancoast, chair
man of the home-coming committee,
announced recently.
Perhaps the most outstanding event
of the day, according to Mrs. Milner
who lias charge, is the cross-country
meet with State College, which was
defeated by the Guilford College har
riers earlier in the season. By defeat
ing the Carolina reserves and State
College, the Quaker aggregation has
drawn much favorable comment and
recognition. This meet is scheduled
for 11 a.m. along with the alumni-Guil
ford hockey game.
Football Game
At 3 o'clock the Guilford football
team lias its last home game of the
season with Western Carolina Teach
ers College, aud the Guilford wqual
lias a good chance to win. Another
important event on the schedule is the
supper meeting of tin l Monogram club
at the Jefferson club at 0:30 p.m.
Present at this meeting will lie Coach
15ub I)oak, "Chick" Smith, the Fer
rells of baseball fame, and lnuny old
Guilfordians.
To climax the program, Prof. I'. W.
Furnas, head of the English d part
mi'iif, and the Dramatics council will
present "Death Takes a Holiday" in
the college auditorium at S o'clock.
SPANISH-GERMAN CLUB
HAS THREE SPEAKERS
Pictures Will Feature Lectures to Bo
Given During Coming Month;
One Already Heard.
BURK SMITH HEARD LAST NIGHT
The (iuilford College (lovmnuic-llis
panic society. headed by Miss Marie
Ilutli, professor of (ionium and Span
ish al the college, will hear three lec
tures during lie mouth of Noveinher.
Miss Until announced here yesterday.
November I the club hoard Rurk
Smith, from Duke, who has made a
bicycle tour of (lonnany and sur
rounding countries, lie showed pic-
turps to tin' lii'igirige proup. besides
making Interesting remarks. Tills lec
ture was for the clubs nnd was held
iu one of the rooms in King hall.
November 8, Charles A. Fsirrell, pro
prietor of the Art Shop in (ireenslioro,
will show movins; pictures 011 Mexico
in the college auditorium. lie lias
traveled extensively in Mexico during
tlie past summer. The pictures will
include scenes far from the accustomed
tourist routes depicting the people 111
their ceremonials, in tlieir gay moods,
anil in the performance of their simple
tasks.
The next week the clubs propose to
have Miss Alice. Iv. Abbott, Spanish
professor of \V. C. T\ N. C. She will
give a lecture 011 Spain. Miss Abbott
has traveled in Spain and her lecture
will prove very interesting.
THE
GUILFORDIAN
Schools Mobilize
For Peace Nov. 8
Most of the colleges in the United
States are holding mass meetings
November 8 at 11 a. m. as a mobili
zation for peace. Guilford is plan
ning a meeting at this time, and all
are invited to attend. The meeting
is sponsored by the National "YV
and National Federation of Councils,
and other national groups.
At its meeting Thursday night, Oc
tober 31, the International Club
voted to join the International Rela
tions Club, which is backed by the
Carnegie Foundation for Interna
tional Peace. This entitles it to the
Carnegie books and pamphlets on
international relations. The mem
bers of the club signed up as charter
members and elected Beatrice Rohr
as corresponding secretary and Bill
Price as recording secretary.
RUSSIAN CHOIR WILL
GIVE CONCERT HERE
Carolina Playmakers Are Also
Booked on College-Com
munity Program.
SLAVIC SINGERS FAMOUS
As its initinl program for this year
the Guilford College-Community enter
tainment course will present Mine. Mar
garita Slaviansky's world-famous Rus
sian chorus in a delightful musical en
tertainment on Monday evening, No
vember 18, according to Mr. W. O.
Suiter, college chairman of the course.
The chorus will present a varied pro
gram, offering in addition to its quaint
native songs and fiery dances several
American folk songs.
The Russian group was organized 7-">
years ago in Russia, since which time
it has visited over 50 countries, render
ing successful performances every
where. Its present conductor, Mine.
Margarita Slaviansky, is one of the few
internationally known women conduc
tors. Featured as soloists are Mile.
Maria Slaviansky, sister of the conduc
tor, and Ivan Butenko, both world
famous for many years. A balalaika
orchestra is carried by the chorus,
which interprets very beautifully th
Slavic music.
Mr. Suiter has announced that later
programs in the entertainment course
will bring the Carolina Playmakers, of
Chapel Ilill, in the late fall
AMERICAN NEUTRALITY
DISCUSSED IN CHAPEL
Professor A. I. Newlin, Head of History
Department, Traces History of
Neutrality Proclamations.
Mr. Algie Newlin, of (iuilford's his
tory department, gave 11 talk on the
history of American neutrality during
cliapel period 011 Tuesday, October
His object was to show that, while the
outbreak of foreign wars in the past
has generally led to an immediate pro
clamation of neutrality by the current
administration, the ruling lias fre
quently been reversed in the long run.
We must take care, according to Mr.
Xewlin, to insure tlie effectiveness and
lasting nature of President Roosevelt's
recent proclamation of political and
economic non-partisanship.
Also heard ill chapel during the past
two weeks were: I>r. Milner, who spoke
on the dangers of reckless driving;
Dr. I'ope, whose subject was "Aims in
I.iving"; Mr. Shepard, who discussed
the early history of North Carolina.
GUILFORI) COLLEGE, N. C., NOVEMBER 2, 1935
MEIBOHM RECEIVES
NOMINATION FOR
ACADEMIC AWARD
President of Student Affairs
Board Chosen for Rhodes
Scholarship Candidacy.
HAS HONOR ROLL RECORD
He Was Marshal Last Year, President
of Class; Is Member of
Track Team.
Edgar Meibohm, member of the
senior class, and a day student from
Greensboro, has been recommended by
the faculty as the Guilford College
candidate for the Rhodes scholarship
awarded each fall to 32 outstanding
students in the United States, enabling
them to study at Oxford University in
England.
Meibohm, who will be 20 years old in
December, has achieved the highest
scholastic record attained here in re
cent years, and possibly the most re
markable scholastic record ever made
in the school's 09 years of active train
ing. A perfect record of all A's is the
score which Edgar Meibohm has to
show for his three years in college,
augmented by a perfect high school
record at Greensboro Senior high of all
A's for four years—seven consecutive
years of perfect scholarship.
lie will complete an unusually diffi
cult course of study at Guilford this
spring with a major in chemistry,
mathematics, and physics, whereas the
average student for the B. S. degree
completes only one major. He has
taken from 17 to 20 semester hours of
school work each of his three school
years; the average is 16 semester hour?.
The young man has entered vigor
ously into the college life with numer
ous extra-curricular activities. As a
freshman he was a member of the track
team and the debating club, as well as
secretary of his class. In the second
year he was a member of the track
team, debating council, student affairs;
board, college choir, and held the valu- ;
able and prized Marvin Hardin scholar- !
ship.
He became president of the student j
affairs board, president of the junior
class, and a college marshal in his
junior year. He is for the second year
holding the office of president of the
student affairs board.
Meibohm will appear before the
state committee on the Rhodes s holar
ship with outstanding scholars from
North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor
gia, Florida, Virginia, and Tennessee |
on December 12 or 14.
FINE ARTS CLUB MEETS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 28
The bi-weekly meeting of the
Fine Arts Club took place Monday
night, October 28. Frances Mclvcr
presided, and an interesting pro
gram was presented, including the
following attractions:
Minn Donncll rendered three
piano selections, "Lento," by Cyril
Scott; "The Lotus Flower," by
Schumann, and "Solvejg's Song,"
by Grieg. Betty Trotter gave a
piano solo, "Warum," by Schumann.
Annie Lee Fitzgerald and Dorothy
Pearson sang a duet, "O Press Thy
Cheek," by Jensen.
Naomi Binford spoke on the
merits of music methods. The or
chestra then played several selec
tions.
MISS LASLEY COMPILES
DIRECTORY OF ALUMNI
Miss Era Lasley, registrar of
Guilford College and a member of
the college alumni association, will
compile a directory which will in
clude all the alumni for the past
hundred years. This directory will
cover (arranged in alphabetical
order) all the students who have
attended New Garden Boarding
school and Guilford College.
A list as to classes and as to geo
graphical location will also be ar
ranged. This information will in
clude the names of faculty mem
bers, board of trustees, and all
important committees connected
with the college.
Miss Lasley wishes the co-opera-
tion of all the alumni and students,
as it will be information about Guil
fordians.
The directory is being published
for the centennial.
HOLD SOME ALUMNI
CHAPTER MEETINGS
Next Session Held in Raleigh
Monday; New Chapter
to Be Installed.
INCLUDES TWO COUNTIES
The first meeting of the alumni chap
ter was held in Charlotte, X. C., at
the Ma.vfalr hotel, October !>. -Mrs.
(Jertrude Korner, 'lll, is president of
the Charlotte chapter. Dr. and .Mrs.
Clyde A. Milner attended the meeting,
and I)r. Milner spoke.
(in November 4 the next meeting is
scheduled to be held in Raleigh, called
b.v Mrs. Stanley Wohl, class presi
dent of the chapter.
A new chapter is to be added Novem
( ber >. This new alumni organization
will ln> sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Viv
ian I!. White and Hoger C. Kaiser,
class 'lll. This will include all alumni
in .Montgomery and Stanley counties.
Mr. A. I. Nexvlin. besides other mem
bers of the alumni association, are
expected to attend this meeting. Mr.
; Xewlin will speak.
PLAY CAST ACTS MORE
NATURALLY BACKSTAGE
Footlights Ilon't Illuminate Dramatic
Part of Production; "Study Room"
and "Social Room" Designated.
The backstage just as do underworld
hangouts and exclusive speakeasies ap
pears very innocent on the surface.
One would never think that a profes
sor's office could be the setting for a
tragedy of the locked door. The lover
stands outside and tears his hair, while
the maid and the playwright inside
shake the door every once and a while,
not concerned apparently about their
getting out. The "study room" and the
"social room," which were established
so that even if one was in a play one
might turn up with a lessoa studied
occasionally, are constantly in use. It
seems to us that in both rooms they
study—the campus course. Here is an
innocent enough looking scene two
people sitting on two chairs. Ah, but
it is J. L. making love to Esther again.
Who is the sober figure in black yon
who reeks melodrama in every syllable I
'Tis our great Milton, but never fear,
he will be calmed down by and by and
be better for having thrown himself
into the plot.
Our leading man seems to get plenty
of practice in improving his technique
on every girl who appears backstage.
Support Your
T earn
NUMBER 3
REPRESENTATIVES TO
FIVE YEARS' MEETING
RETURN OCTOBER 30
Several Members of Guilford
Faculty Attend Meeting
in Richmond, Ind.
J. HOGE RICKS ATTENDS
Brother to Guilford Librarian TakeH
Active Part in Quaker Conference;
Rufus Jones Speaks.
The delegation which the Guilford
faculty sent to the Five Years' Meet
ing of Friends returned to the campus
Wednesday, October 30, after an ab
sence of approximately 10 days. Those
who attended were President Milner,
Dr. Raymond Binford, Mrs. Bin
ford, and Professor and Mrs. Haworth.
In addition to the faculty embassy,
Guilford was represented by J. lloge
Rieks, brother of Miss Katherino C.
Ricks, the college librarian. He acted
as assistant to William O. Men den hall,
presiding clerk of the meeting, and
himself presided over a number of the
group discussions.
The convention, held this time at
Richmond, Ind., concerned its.-lf with
the work of the Society of Friends all
over the world, and took the form
mainly of reports and inspirational
talks, and lasted from Tuesday, Octo
ber 22, through Monday, October 28.
Among the more prominent speakers
were Tom Sykes, High Point evangelist;
Rufus M. Jones, former Haverford pro
fessor, who sopke on "Friends and the
Mind of Christ for Today," and Wil
! lard O. Trueblood.
GUILFORD MEN INJURED
IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK
Three Students Hurt When Cars Col
lide at Intersection in Greensboro;
Burgwyn's Wounds Serious.
AINBLEY HAS FRACTURED SKULL
William Burgwyn, Aubrey Ainsley,
and Jack Fitzgerald, popular members
of the Guilford student body, were in
j volved in a very serious automobile
I accident which occurred at the inter
! section of McGee and Spring streets in
Greensboro about !> o'clock on the night
of September 20.
Burgwyn, son of W. 11. S. Burgwyn,
of Woodland, and brother to John Burg
wyn, of football fame, was critically
injured as a result of a bad cut on the
left side of the neck which severed
both arteries. Ainsley sustained a
broken left collar bone and several
painful bruises, but his condition was
not considered as dangerous. Fitz
gerald escaped from the accident with
only minor injuries and was able to
return to the college immediately.
The accident occurred when the Guil
ford car, driven by Ainsley, collided
with the automobile driven by J. L.
Kendall, of Greensboro. All four men
were taken to the Clinic hospital,
where emergency measures were ap
plied to stop the great loss of llood
from Burgwyn's wound.
As this article goes to press, Bill,
for whom little hope was held at first,
and Ainsley, who suffered a slight re
lapse, are reported "doing nicely."
Miss Ricks Away
Miss Kathorine C. Bicks, librarian at
Guilford, left campus Thursday, Octo
ber 31, for Baltimore, Md., where sho
will attend the Baltimore Yearly Meet
ing of Friends.