VOLUME XXIII
A. E. Morgan, TV A Head,
Will Speak at Exercises
FINAL CEREMONY
Engineer-College President to
Deliver Commencement Ad
dress to Centennial Class.
FLOOD CONTROL EXPERT
In Addition to Academic Dictinctions,
Is Fellow of AAAS, Member
of AAPSS.
I)r. Arthur Ernest Morgan, adminis
trative head of the Tennessee Valley
Authority, will address the Centennial
graduating class and other friends of
the college at the commencement exer
cises on Monday, May 24. This cere
mony, which terminates the college
careers of some sixty prospective bach
elors, is also the closing item on the
program of the Centennial celebration.
Dr. Morgan has had a varied career
as engineer and college president. Since
1915 he has been president of the Day
ton-Morgan Engineering company, and
from 1920 to 1930 he was president of
Antioeh College. Since- 1933 he has
lield his present position as chairman
of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Handling water was no new thing to
Dr. Morgan in 1933, however. From
1907 to 1909 he was supervising engi
neer of the government drainage and
reclamation project in the South; in
1913 lie became chief engineer of the
Miami Conservancy District, which was
formed with the idea of preventing a
recurrence of the Dayton flood; in
1921 he was named chief engineer of
the Pueblo Conservancy District. He
has planned and supervised the con
struction of 75 water control projects.
In addition to these professional ac
tivities, he has been active in the work
of furthering man's knowledge. He
has degrees from the University of
Colorado and from Case School of Ap
plied Science; and he is an active mem
ber of American Academy of Political
and Social Science, as well as being
a fellow of the AAAS.
He is also the author of several
books, two of which—"What Is College
For?" and "Antioeh Notes" —concern
college life.
D.H. PARSONS TO DIRECT
DRAMATIC COUNCIL PLAYS
Secretary of College to Act as Coach
in Absence of Professor Furnas
Next Year.
GROUP ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
Officers for the coining year were
elected at a meeting of the Dramatic
Council held May 12, 1!.'!7. Charlotte
Parker was elected president: Betty
Trotter, secretary; Mary I'riscilhl
Hloucli, treasurer; and Tom Taylor,
representative to the Student Affairs'
board.
The report was made that David
Parsons, Centennial secretary of the
college, has consented to act as fac
ulty adviser to the Council and coach
of the plays to be put 011 next year,
since the regular adviser, Mr. I'. W.
I-'urnas, will be away on a leave of
absence. Mr. Parsons, It was felt, is
well suited for such a task, having
been prominent in the easts of plays
all (luring his college career, and hav
ing staged and directed in co-operation
with Harris-Moore a play called "The
Enemy," by Chaiinlng-Pollock. Approval
was also voted to Miss Dorothy Wood
ward's being presented with a book on
"make-up" In appreciation of her work
as assistant director of the Spring play.
"The Road to Yesterday."
Ex-Superintendent to Return
George N. Hartley, principal of New
Garden Boarding School from 1871 to
1879, will return to this campus for the
Guilford Centennial celebration this
month. Mr. Hartley is 92 years of age
and will see his old institution decked
out in brilliant array for its 100 th birth
day. This eldest of Guilford's faculty
members lias watched the institution
grow from its New Garden Boarding
School era into the present-day envi
able position which it holds throughout
the South. Recommended by Joseph
Moore, president of Earlham College,
Mr. Hartley came to Guilford the first
year after his graduation from that
college. During his years here lie in
dustrially worked in behalf of the old
Hoarding School,
THE GUILFORDIAN
Will Deliver Address
I>r. A. 10. Morgan, TV A IMre.'for and
past presidiii of Antioeh College, who
will address the Centennial graduating
DR. GILBERT PEARSON
TO ADDRESS SOCIETY
Guilford Scholarship Society
Will Install Three Hon
orary Members.
FEATURE OF ALUMNI DAY
Dr. T. Gilbert Pearson, '97, president
emeritus of the National Aubudon so
cieties, will address the Guilford Schol
arship Society at its first annual re
union on Alumni Day, May 22, at II
p.m. in Memorial hall. Installation of
three honorary members. Dr. Pearson,
Dr. Clyde A. Milner, and Dorothy L.
Gilbert, into the newly formed society
will also occur during the meeting.
Called "the greatest bird conserver
of this generation," Dr. Gilbert is not
only a graduate of Guilford but also
a former biology professor here. His
first studies in college were made pos
sible by an exchange of his valuable
Florida bird collection for two years
of Guilford. In recent years he has
devoted his time to intensive campaigns
for "Citizen Bird." For the past two
years Dr. Pearson has written and lec
tured in behalf of international bird
protection, has worked with officials
and naturalists in many countries on
the problems of wild life conserva
tion, and has recently published the
book, "Adventures in Bird Protection."
Dr. Pearson will return from a trip in
the West Indies in order to be pres
ent at Guilford's first centennial cele
bration, and to take his place in the
membership of the Guilford Scholarship
Society.
Joy and Sadness
In Junior' Sen
Saddened and reluctantly dissipated
Seniors were bade farewell last Satur
day night. Although the banquet was
Isold in the oft-misconstrued dining hall
at century-old Founder's Hall, the affair
was heartily enjoyed by four-year
Seniors, three-year Juniors and other
wise. Behind steaming plates of mel
low-brown chicken and some edibles
(•lie Junior whispered sweet nothings
in the ear of one broken hearted Senior.
One Senior bragged spuriously of the
world that will soon lie gasping and
bleeding before the onslaught of his
"intellect." Another Senior, disillu
sioned by a hackneyed live years,
rationized bis inability to astound the
world with tluent oratory with "they
s-s-said 1 w-w-wasn't t-t-tall enough"
and returned so that the enraptured as
sociates might catch every dew-drop of
thought that might trickle forth from
out of the thoroughly dampened belfry.
Even one professor expressed his wish,
that if one student would stop making
a fool out of himself, he would begin.
The festivities were well enlivened
by the cunning and wit of Guilford's
Published Semi-Monthly by the Students of Guilford College
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., MAY 17, 1937
EDUCATION BOARD
TOMEETONCAMPUS
TO PLAN FUTURE
Mary Hartley of the Ackworth
School, England, Will Be
One of Speakers.
DR. BINFORD IS CHAIRMAN
Delegates to Attend from Twelve Yearly
Meetings; Seven Quaker Col
leges to Be Represented.
The Board of Education of the Five
Years' Meeting of Friends will hold an
open meeting at Guilford on Friday,
May 21. Dr. Raymond Binford, chair
man of the board, stated that the pro
gram will include discussions on the
general subject of Quaker Education
and on plans for future research and
cooperation.
The twelve Yearly Meetings of th 1
Society of Friends that make the Five
Years' Meeting include the Canadian
Yearly .Meeting. Seven of the Quaker
colleges are under the Five Years'
Meeting. They are Guilford, Wilming
ton, Earlham, William Penn, Friends'
University, Nebraska Central, and Whit
tit r. Representatives from nearly all
these colleges will attend the confer-
The program of the board meeting
will open with reports 011 research in
Quaker education. This meeting is to
be held at 10 o'clock. Each representa
tive planning to attend the conference
has been asked to report briefly 011
any research of which he knows.
The second part of the program will
be a discussion of the objective of the
Quaker institutions. The objective
which has been stated by Dr. Binford
is "to lead the student to become a
scholar in seme field of knowledge; to
coordinate the life processes; to give
professional or technical training; to
produce Quakers or to produce a
Quaker atmosphi re."
The programs will also include a dis
cussion of the methods of cultivating
the reality of a spiritual life, the re
spect for personality and individual
conscience on the campus, and estab
lishing convictions as to social obliga
tions based on a faith in the divine in
each individual.
The last part of the program will be
a consideration of research projects
that might be taken up and organization
for future cooperation.
The members ol' the Board of Edu
cation include the presidents of the
seven colleges and ten others. The
college presidents attending are David
M. Edwards, Friends University; W. 0.
M. ndenhall, Whittier College; W. C.
Dennis, Earlham College; O. W. Car
roll, Nebraska Central University; C. A.
Milner, Guilford College. Mary Hartley,
of England, who for 30 years has been
head mistress of Ackworth School, will
be one of the prominent visitors. Other
visitors include John A. Lester, execu
tive secretary of the Friends' Council
of Education in Philadelphia; Edith
Newlin, supervisor of Friends' schools
around Philadelphia; Harlow Lindley,
f Columbus, Ohio; Amy Marvel, Prof,
and Mrs. E. P. Trueblood, Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin P. Jay, of Richmond, Indiana;
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By HENRY NAU
Guest Correspondent
only Kir Sawyer and the world's only
true Itoineo. None of us can too heartily
fhank Mrs. Heittel and her formidable
array of chorus girlets. whose aesthetic
appreciation so harmoniously blends
with our sense of the beautiful. To
make this verbal flow have unity, may I
add that I lie peas were scruniptuous.
The din of the nickelodian hns sub
mitted in the ghastly silence of the
southern night. Kach star winked half
convincingly it the other as the inen
tnlly depressed Senior walked his
Junior lady friend out into the bottom
less darkness. There was a whisper in
the trees, a voice in the silence that
held for u moment the sway of the
world. It pervaded the evening of
Spring held down hy the scent of flowers
and the scent of onioned cream. A
spirit. K'uxl in part, and human in
other, guided one's step to the brink
nf the great unknown, before which
each must shrink into insignificance
and thud momentarily against the all
powerful Will and Purpose that leads
even Seniors to life or to death, to tor
ture or to glee, to insight or to
ignorance.
Weekend Centennial
Will Conclude
Presidents to Attend Centennial
IfiHIHBIIIP % Jgfl
Presidents Frank Graham, of
and W. P. Few, of Duke Universi
Celebration and lie honored ues(
May 24.
LEADERS OF STATE
SPEAK ON CAMPUS
Governor Hoey, President Gra
ham, President Few to
Be Heard.
WILL EXTEND GREETINGS
The list of speakers for the Centen
nial program on Monday morning, May
24, includes the names of prominent
educators and leading citizens of North
Carolina for the past decade of the
present century. They are: Clyde
Roark Hoey, Governor of the State of
I North Carolina; Clyde A. Erwin, State
I Superintendent of Public Instruction;
Frank Porter Graham, president of the
consolidated University of North Caro
lina; William Preston Few, president
of Duke University; and William Louis
Potcat, president emeritus of Wake
Forest College. Each of these has
established his position as a leading
figure in providing public education in
the state, which this year observes, as
does Guilford College itself, a century
of educational progress.
These five men will represent their
respective fields in extending greetings
to Guilford for its centenary celebra
tion: Governor Hoey represents the
state, Superintendent Erwin the Depart
ment of Public Instruction, Dr. Graham
the State University, and Dr. Few and
Dr. Poteat, denominational institutions.
Following the academic procession on
Monday morning, the first greeting will
be given by Superintendent Erwin, who
will be remembered for his appearance
on the college convocations here. lie
served under Governor J. C. B. Ehring
haus's administration in the last term,
and was re-electetd to the position in
the latest elections.
Dr. William Louis Poteat, president
emeritus of Wake Forest College, will
be perhaps the first representative in
point of age, having reached his 81st
birthday this year. He has taught at
the Baptist college since 1878, and was
professor of biology from 1883, becom
ing president for a period of 22 years,
from 1905 to 1927. He has lectured
on important foundations for many
years, and has written five books of
note. Dr. William Preston Few is one
of the best known contemporary figures
in the academic world, as witnessed by
the fact that lie has received no less
than eight degrees from about as many
institutions. lie was professor of Eng
lish and dean at Trinity College, which
preceded Duke, and has been joint edi
tor of the South Atlantic Quarterly.
As a Methodist he has contributed enor
mously to the religious development of
the last quarter-century; as a citizen,
he is honored for his continued devo
tion to the cause of educational and
social progress. His frequent writings
and speeches have exhibited the same
intelligent attitude and valuable advice
which have been largely responsible
for his popularity.
Few audiences are apt to be unac
quainted with Frank Porter Graham,
head of the North Carolina State Uni
versity. A former teacher of English
and history, Dr. Graham became presi
dent of the University in 1930, and has
become a leading exponent of liberal
education in his first seven years as
administrative head of the oldest state
university in the South. He has been
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lie University of North Carolina,
v. who will attend the Centennial
i at the Commencement exercises,
ALUMNI TO HOLD ANNUAL
BANQUET AT FOUNDERS
Mr. George Hartley, I)r. Ed. Wilson to
Make Talks; Special Guests
to Be Honored.
I)R. T. GILBERT PEARSON SPEAKS
A large crowd is expected to attend
the Alumni Banquet to Vie held May 22
in the college dining hall. The alumni
committee is to make reservations for
those who expect to attend the banquet.
The alumni reception committee,
which has charge of all details of the
affair, will meet Sunday afternoon,
May 10, at 3 o'clock. The chairman
is Mrs. Paul Edgerton, of Greensboro.
Short talks will be given by Mr.
George Hartley, former superintendent
of New Garden Boarding School; Dr.
Ed Wilson, of Ilaverford College, and
Dr. T. Gilbert Pearson. President C. A.
Milner will review the accomplishments
of the recent Centennial program. Spe
cial guests who will be honored because
of their accomplishments and value to
the Alumni association include the fol
lowing:
Miss Era Lasley, who has compiled
and published a complete directory of
the personnel of New Garden Boarding
School and Guilford College from 1837
to 1937; Miss Maude L. Gainey, who is
completing her 36th year of service to
the college; Dr. T. Gilbert Pearson,
past president of the International As
sociation of Audubon Societies and re
cent author of "Adventures in Bird
Protection"; and Miss Dorothy Lloyd
Gilbert, whose book, "Guilford: A Qua
ker College," has recently come from
the press.
Miss Davie Chenault, dietitian of the
college, will have charge of the dinner,
and Miss Effie Cox, Mrs. David J.
White, Miss Clara Coble, and Mrs. Fran
cis Lindley will have charge of the
decorations.
After dinner the group will go to
Memorial hall, where- Dr. Kusscll Pope
will act as master of ceremonies at a
program of Shubert's music. He will
be assisted by Mrs. 11. A. Ljung, Dr.
Paul Reynolds, and Dr. Eva G. Camp
bell.
"MISS LOUISE" APPEARS
IN OILS FOR CENTENNIAL
Class *.f 1913 Has Picture of Beloved
Matron Copied by Kudd in
Greensboro.
A largo oil painting of Miss Louise
Osborne, the beloved governess of Guil
ford College from 18SI2 to 1926, will be
presented to tlie college on Centennial
Day as the project of the class of 'l3.
Mrs. J. Russell Wood, of Wilming
ton, North Carolina, is the chairman
of the committee, who has gone to a
great deal of trouble to procure this
fine portrait of one of the most beloved
personalities that has over been at
Guilford.
The picture was taken from a small
one published in the Year Book of 1017,
a picture which presents Miss Louise
just as the class of 1913 remembers her.
The painting is being done by Mr.
Harry Rudd, of Greensboro.
NUMBER 12
GOVERNOR HOEY
TO BE PRESENT;
CHOIR WILL SING
Alumni Day to Be Held Satur
day; T. G. Pearson to
Speak at Banquet.
JONES TO SPEAK SUNDAY
Mendenhall to Give Address at Sunday
Vesper; Many Other Colleges to
Send Official Representatives.
For throe days beginning Saturday,
.May (iuilfonl College will celebrate
her centennial—her lirst centennial —-
with an elaborate anil dignified pro
j gram that will be climaxed on Monday.
May 24, by the Centennial Convocation
and the commencement of the Centen
nial class. With an enviable record of
a century of education behind it. Guil
ford has planned a celebration next
week that includes Alumni Day. Bac
calaureate services, and Centennial and
Graduation exercises. Governor Clyde
it. Iloe.v of North Carolina; l>r. W. P.
Few, president of Duke university; I)r.
Clyde A. Krwin. Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction for North Carolina; and
Dr. Ifi!flis M. Jones, of Ilaverford, an
outstanding exponent of mysticism, are
a few of the noted personages who will
take part in the vast program.
Registration of incoming alumni for
Alumni Day will take place from 7 to
It) o'clock in the morning of May 22 at
two special booths. One booth will be
in Founder's Ilall and the other one
will be at the center entrance to the
campus. .Miss Bra Lasley, 'l3, is in
charge of registration and will be as
sisted by members of the Alumni asso
ciation and students.
At 10 o'clock a. in. the various class
groups will gather for a brief business
session. At 10:30 these groups will
proceed to the Memorial Ilall audi
torium where President \V. \V. Blair,
'-4. of the Executive Council of the
Alumni association will preside as rep
resentatives of each class announce
their centennial gifts. In addition ti>
previously announced gifts many
classes and local group* are planning
short histories and accounts of alumni
meetings which will be placed in the
vaults of the college for future ref
erence. Dr. Clyde A. Mi I nor, President
of Guilford College, will accept the
prcs ntations for (lie college.
At 1 o'clock the alumni will be
served a luncheon in Founder's hall,
and at 2:30 special games of baseball
and tennis, starring Guilfordians of the
past and present, will be held on Ilohbs'
Field and the college tennis courts.
Boh Doak, '10; Stan Moore, 'li!l; anil
Algle Newlin, "21, have charge of the
sports program.
The president's reception will begin
at 4:30 p. m. and close at li p. in. at
the residence if Dr. and Mrs. Milner.
This recep.ion is an annual occurrence
and through it the president honors
Guilford students and visitors. At the
same time a Choir Guild tea will lie
held at the home of Dr. and Mrs.
10. 11. F. Weis.
Altunni from coast to coast are show
ing a particular interest in the tea
which will be held at 4:30 in Founder's
by the reception committee of the
Alumni association. In charge of the
arrangements Is Katharine C. Kicks, 'O4.
At 1:30 the Alumni banquet will be
served in the Founder's dining hall.
Tickets are required for admittance
lo this gathering. Among other Guil
fordians who will speak at this time is
Dr. Gilbert Pearson, 'O7, famous inter
national bird conservationist and re
cent author of "Adventures in Binl
Protection." Dr. I'ear son is expected
to fascinate his audience with tales of
Guilford and its alumni in retrospect.
At the close of the banquet the new
association president for 1037 and 1038
will be Introduced. Balloting for officers
in the association will be in progress
throughout the day at the registration
headquarters in Founder's hall.
At sunset a gala musical festival will
be held out in the open. The "sing,"
with tlie college A Capella Choir taking
part, is to be an entirely informal af
fair. After the music the group will
return indoors for a program of alumni
talent and a tableau from Guilford's
history. A feature of this entertain
ment will be "Impressions of Schubert,"
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