VOLUME XXIV
GUILFORD SENIORS
TO COMPETE FOR
RHODES AWARD
Scholarships for Three Years'
Study at Oxford Sought by
Stafford and Cornette.
BOTH HAVE GOOD RECORD
Selection of Candidates Based on Quali
ties of Character, Scholarship
and Athletic Ability.
The applications of two of Guilford's
seniors, James Cornettc and David
Stafford, to become candidates for the
Rhodes Scholarship liave l en ap
proved by the faculty. .lames Cornettc
has had a brilliant scholastic career
while at Guilford and has had the add
ed advantage of having already had
one year of study abroad. The fact
that he was number one scholastic-ally
among th. American junior exchange
students at the University of Munich
last year should make his chances of
getting the scholarship good. David
Stafford has also an excellent scholas-
sic record for his years at Guilford.
He has been active in the student ac
tivities 011 th campus and should also
stand a good chance at receiving the
scholarship.
The Rhodes Scholarship is one of
the 175 established by Cecil Rhodes.
Mr. Rhodes was an Englishman who
spent a large part of his life in South
Africa, where lie mad, a vast fortune
in diamond mines. He was very in
terested in the expansion of the Brit
ish empire and the spread of Anglo-
Saxon (British and American) culture
and language. He also wanted to
build up a high degree of understand
ing and cooperation between the Unit
ed States and Great Britain.
The Rhodes scholarships are to Ox
ford University, to be held for three
years. Each state in the United
States has two scholarships assigned
to it. Thus elections are held in two
out of every three years. Selection of
the candidates by state committees are
based on the three following cjualifi
cations: (1) qualities of manhood,
force of character, and leadership;
(2) literary and scholastic ability and
attainments; (3) physical vigor, as
shown by interest in outdoor sports
or in other ways.
Guilford has never yet had a Rhodes
scholarship awarded to one of its men,
but several have received considera
tion. David Parsons and Samray Smith
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Survival of Fittest Is Extremely
Hazardous to Guilford Seniors
Among tlw ranks of tilt" undetlled
(0.g., the peopl-- who ilo not tile out
lirst in chapel I .vim limy timl (lie brass
niul tin- bald. the timid mill I hi' unde
manding, ieorgo Wilson, inil even
seniors. By seniors (ilic usually means
fourth yt'iir stiulpnts who i xpec, to
graduate in June. but if you will glance
at llii' class standings on tin* bulletin
hoard in Memorial hall you will timl
that Guilford lias only 14 extant speci
mens of that species cnllrd "Senior"
(in holy awe, of eoursel. Which all
goes to show that Karwin's ; henry of
evolution applies to Uuilford's academic
life just as mueli as it dues to tilt*
law of nature. The working of the
law of survival of the Attest must thin
out the high-ups in a eollege campus
to one and a half rows nt the front of
the chapel ju-t as it pushes tli • neck
of the giraffe up so that it can get the
tender shoots at the top. One would
Qy THE"^c?
GUILFORDIAN
Chapel Schedule
Monday, Nov. I.—Negro Spirituals
and Poetry.
Tuesday, Nov. 2. —Meeting for
worship on the basis of silence in
the Student Hut.
Wednesday, Nov. 3.—Father Wm.
J. Kudor: The Spanish Struggle.
Thursday, Nov. 4. —Class meet
ings.
Friday, Nov. s.—Program by the
College Orchestra.
Monday, Nov. B.—President Lu
ther L. Gobbel of Greensboro Col
-1 go: Relationship of Church and
State to Education.
Tuesday, Nov. 9.—Meeting for
worshsip on the basis of silence
in the Student Ilut.
Wednesday, Nov. 10.—A program
of poetry of the World war.
Thursday, Nov. 11.—Class meet
ings.
Friday, Nov. 12.—Dr. Elbert Rus
sell, dean of the School of H ligion
at Duke University.
SHAW WIT AT BEST
IN "ARMS AND MAN"
Satiric Ritterness of Theme Is
Balanced by Humor
of Scenes.
JEERS WAR AND WARRIORS
"Arms nml the- .Man." Shavian
•pleasant play.' chosen b.v the Dramatic
Council fur presentation November 'J7,
is one of tlif most famous of the Irish
socialist-cynic's comedies. Character
istic of Shaw is tile fact that, while the
theme of "Arms anil tile Man" is a bit
terly satirical ilonuneiation of war anil
warriors, the incidents used in develop
ing the plot are light enough to have
served as the hook for the highly suc
cessful "Chocolate Soldier," Victor Her
bert musical which scored a tremendous
success on Broadway during the early
| years of the century.
The central rhnraeter of the play is
•,\ Captain Kluntschli, Swiss soldier of
fortune 1 ni the siile of tin* Servians dur
ing their brief war with the Unitarians
in INS::. During the rout following the
Servian defeat at Kli vnitza, he takes
refuge in the boudoir of Itaiua I'etkotT.
daughter of one and tiancee of another
of the two highest ranking native otli
•eis of the Bulgarian army. Moved by
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say that it immt he lie wciifal capacity
if tli.' present Seniors that helped them
to achieve their standing.
in this survival of the iittost there
are many hazards which must be faced,
j If you have passed your reipiirtd nuni
! li.-r of acadeuii • hours wi.li 1.0 ("•" to
| the uninformed l average, you aren't
killed off in the first generation. The
U'onips. Knglish and Foreign i.anguage,
ippr-a ii like blood-thirsty wolves next.
The g!i ists that haunt all woulil-be
are Sophomore and Junior
speeches, but maybe they'll take off
their sheits from now on. Never to be
f lgot en —at least on the registrar's
record—-is the Freshman paper.
As a result of this process of elimi
nation the Seniors have lent —only tom
poiarily—l!> of their class to swell the
ranks of the Juniors anil I."i to comfort
last year's Freshmen. Frank Dorey
achieves distinction by being a Senior
Irregular student.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., OCTOBER 30, 1937
CORNETTE WILL BE
INSTALLED HEAD OF
CAMPUS SCHOLARS
Weant and Rohr Also to Be In
stalled as Vice-President
and Secretary-Treasurer.
INSTALLATION SATURDAY
Choir to Sing and History Play to Be
Given AIHO at Home-Coming Con
vocation in Auditorium
James Cornettc, Rebecca E. Weant,
and Beatrice A. Rolir—three of Guil
ford's outstanding seniors will b
honored during the morning Convoca
tion Recognition service to he held
this Home-Coming Day in the Memo
rial hall auditorium. They will be
formally installed as student officers
of the Guilford Scholarship Society in
the following capacities: Corn tte,
president; Miss Weant, vice president;
and Miss Rohr, secretary-treasurer.
Other students who appear during
the program include .lames Parsons,
Thomas Taylor, Mary Priscilla Blouch,
and Charlotte Parker. Tlicy will play
Kpisode II of "Guilford College Breaks
New Ground." by English department
head, Philip \\\ Furnas. Titled "The
Promise is Given," the section to be
dramatized by the colleg dramatic
council under the direction of Robert
K. Marshall contains four characters:
George I lowland played by Mr. Par
sons, Nathan Hunt played by Mr.
Taylor, Nathan Hunt's daughter played
by Miss Blouch, and a woman played
by Miss Parker.
The Guilford A Capella Choir will
furnish music for the service by sing
ing four selections from its repertoire.
Beginning with "Angel's Song," by
Paul Tscliesnokov, then "Beautiful
Savior," arranged by F. Melius Chris
tiansen, and "Alma Mater," the con
vocation will close with 4 The Choral
Blessing," by Lutlicr.
In general charge of the covocation
is Paul X. Xunn, of Winston-Salem,
president of the Alumni Association.
BIOLOGISTS HAVE PICNIC
LUNCH AT JAMESTOWN
Birthday of Wilma Archer and Ham
burgers Feature Festive Occasion
at High Point Lake.
MCDONALD IS ELECTED PRESIDENT
A large, congenial troupe of physi
ologists. botanists, anatomists, and gen
eral biologists enjoyed an autumn
camp supper in the woods near James
town 011 Sunday afternoon. Soon after
the arrival of the club, the engineer
ing knowledge of .lim McDonald, pres
ident of the club, came in handy when
it was deemed necessary to transport
the foi d, blankets, cripples, and others
across a fast-movin stream to the
scene of the camp. With this feat
successfully completed the members
were soon comfortably seated around
a camp fire 011 a larg rock surrounded
by brilliant trees and overhanging a
beautiful stream.
With Gladys Cushmore as head of
the food committee, everyone was well
nourished wih hamburgers, coffee, ap
ples and other picnic accessories. Quite
to the surprise of Wilma (Worrywort)
Arher, her birthday had been discov
ered and was celebrated by lighting
the necessary number of candles 011
a cake. Songs, stories, and ke ping
up the campfires ocupied the rest of
the evening, and everyone arrived back
011 the campus chilly but having had a
great time.
Homecoming
Program
Saturday, October 30, 1937
10:00 a.m.—Alumni Recognition
Convocation —College Audi
torium.
10:4.1 a.m. —Cross Country Run
Guilford vs. Randolpli-
Macon—llobbs Field.
11:00 a.m.—Hockey Game, Alumnae
vs. Student team —Girls'
Hockey field.
12:30 p.m.—Lunch—Mary Ilobbs
Hall, Founders Hall.
1:30 p.m.—Alumni Council meeting
in Student Hut.
2:.'io p.m.—Football, Guilford
Quakers vs. Lenoir-Rliync
Bears. Admission SI.OO.
(1:00 p.m.—Annual Alumni-Student
Barbecue —Ilobbs Field.
Admission i>o cents.
GUILFORD ALUMNI
WIDELY SCATTERED
Former Students Now Reside
in Every State Except
Nevada, New Mexico.
MAJORITY LIVE IN N. C
Brief study of the Alumni Directory
reveals a number of interesting facts
concerning geographical distribution
of former Guilford stud nts who are
living and whose addresses are known.
An approximated count of names in
that section of tin- Directory dele
gated for this aportionment indicates
that out of 4,246 (something over half
the entire enrollment) $,382 listed
North Carolina as their home state.
Of the 100 counties in this state, all
are represented by 12. Guilford has
the largest group, numbering 1,166,
wel over one-third of the total, and
Forsyth has the second largest number
with 270. Randolph is close behind
Forsyth with 26N, and Stokes has 20.'1.
These four counties each have more
than 200, while Wayne, with 100, is
the only one in the 100-to-200 group
ing. Standing above the others are
Alamance, with 98; Rockingham, with
94, and Davidson, with 90. All of these
except Wayne are counties adjacent
to Gdilford. Goldsboro is the center
j tor Wayne county.
! The 12 counties in which no names
l.ippeared seem to be almost entirely
I in the extreme eastern or western part
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"Day Dodger 1 Shows Difficulty
In Facts of Daily Campus Life
(Each year much curiosity is occa
sioned on campus by the "day-hops."
Puzzled dormitory resid nts are often
heard inquiring into the nature, habi
tat, and life of these furtive, beautiful
Features, most often seen shyly flitting
in and out of Arelidale. Now at last
the (iiiilfordian has succeeded in track
ing a day-student freshman to his lair
and extracting the following exclusive
story from him. —Ed.)
By Robert Register
All of you have heard of the merits
and demerits of campus life as spas
modically extolled and debunked by
residents of Cox, Foundi rs, Mary
Ilobbs, and Arelidale. The viewpoints
of the down-trodden day-students, how
ever, have yet to be revealed. Per
haps it is because they choos • to bear
their burdens in silence, but if one
inquired closely enough he conld not
help I ut be impressed by their endless
woes.
NUMBER 3
YEARLY ROUTINE
OF CLASS SPEECHES
TO BE CONDENSED
One Session of All Majors and
Faculty Members in Depart
ment to Hear Speeches.
REFRESHMENTS POSSIBLE
If New System Develops, Class Speeches
Will Become a Social as Well
as Cultural Event.
A change- is being contemplated in
the system of both sophomore and jun
ior speeches at Guilford, according to
a well-authenticated rumor currently
traveling in official circles that pre
ferred to remain officially mute. Most
significant of the contemplated changes
is the plan to end for all time the
practice now common among sopho
mores and juniors of giving their
speeches in class.
The rumor at hand states that in the
future speeches will be delivered at a
session of all the majors and all the
faculty members in the department af
fected. In the interest of simple hu
manity refreshm nts will probably be
served to the victims, both the speak
ers and the spoken-to.
In this way it is hoped that the year
ly routine of speech-making in each
department can be condensed into one
meeting instead of being spread over
the whole year as in the past. Criti
cism by the faculty members of the
department in which students' inter
ests lie is expected to be more effective
than the old system of criticism by
the first passing preceptor.
The custom of the sophomore- and
the junior speech was originally insti
tutetd in the interests of general cul
ture among the students, as well as to
give the individual student experience
in facing an audience without qualms.
Many members of the student body in
the past few years have felt that the
system was failing of its ambition, and
the present plan for reorganization
may serve to better existing situation.
French Club Holds Meeting
French club members met in Phil
parlor Friday night, October 22, to
play games and sing in French. Mon
sieur Ilardre collected s veral watches
and rings as forfeits from those who
made mistakes in the games. When
the tea and cookies were served, he
asked the losers to do certain things
in order to get back their possessions.
Their actions greatly amused the club.
Tli ir lift* is nn interminable round
of disillusionment. Those who doubt
this statement may take a look at the
day of an average day-student.
lie arises from 4 flowery beds of
ease" at the ghastly hour of (>, every
chilly, sunless morning. If he has
tiinfor breakfast, he overeats; if
time is short (it usually is) he sprints
for a first-period class and doubles up
on the hamburgers at lunch. Even
the hamburgers don't understand; but,
nevertheless, on lie marches to various
classes where the profs r fuse to un
derstand why the neighbor's whoopee
party of the previous evening had
such a damaging effect on the inevit
able homework. In quest of much
needed solace, our down-trodden Dodg
er drifts over to Men's Center. The
odds are a hundred to one that it is
locked; but, if it isn't, a string of
unapproachable from Archdale mar
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