VOLUME XXV
EUROPEAN PLIGHT
IS REVIEWED FROM
STRATEGIC GENEVA
Professor Studying in Switzer
land Analyzes the Situation
Involving That Country.
EUROPE WANTS NO WAR
Materialization of War Depends l'|ion
Threat to Security of British or
French Empires.
It II A. I. NEW 1.1 X
] shall not attempt to discuss what
may be termed the major issues in
world polities of the past few days.
These the American papers have put
before you in as much detail as they
have been brought to light. A full
treatment of the two sides in an a
priori study may he Kept in reserve
for a long time to come. Xo one here
iu (ieneva is posing as a prophet just
now, so I shall stay away from pre
dictions. One could hazard just one: a
general war is not likely to envelop
Europe until some power docs some
thing that seriously threatens the se
curity of the llrilisli or French Em
pire. Even a direct clash between
(Germany and Kussia would most likely
be restricted to a two power suicide
unless Japan should join the fray.
One of the questions most frequent'.}'
asked, these days, concerns the little
countries. "Is there any small coun
try in Europe whose territory and
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THREE SINGERS TO GIVE
VOICE RECITALS IN MAY
Mike (alley, Jonaleen Iloilgin and
Annie Kvelyn Powell to Present
Three Programs.
WK1.1.-KNON N SONUS TO UK SI Mi
Three voice recitals will be given by
the Fine Arts .Music members in
Memorial Hall auditorium during the
month of May.
On Friday, May •">, at 8 p. 111.. Miss
Jonalecn Ilodgin will present her pro
gram to the (Snilford student ami com
munity audience. Assisted by Miss
I'eggy Mostrom at the organ, .lonaleen
will sing I lie following numbers: "An
gels, Hver, Itright and Fair" by Han
del ; "I cvot ion" by Scliuinan; "Ave
Maria" by (iounod-ltacli; "Faith In
Spring" by Schubert: au aria. "Pace,
Pace, Mio Dio" by Verdi: "The Time
for Making Song Has Come" by Rog
ers: "Hindu Slumber Song" by Ware:
"Let My Song Fi.l Your Heart" by
Charles: and "The 1. it tie Damozel" by
Xovello.
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Freshman Dance Proves to Be
An Unusually Colorful Event
Tin* fresh ma 11 class gave the slickest,
sun vest, smoothest dance which has
been given on the campus lor some
time. Credit for the successful affair
goes to the social conimitteemen Mur
ray Osborne, Charlie I/ewis, .Mary Lou
Stafford and their cohorts.
l ion entering the ordinarily none
too impressive (lining room at Mary
Hobbs one was struck by the unusual
ligh ing effect. The only sources of
Ugh were four "baby spots" with
purple gelatines over the lenses which
wen focused 011 an enormous "42" 011
the ivall immediately opposite the en
O/THE^)
GUILFORDIAN
Chapel Schedule
Monday, April 17 Dr. Bobbins
Wolleott Harstow, President Hart
ford Foundation.
Tuesday, April 18 Meeting for
worship on the basis of silence in
the 11 lit.
Wednesday, April 13 —Program of
folk, tap, and modern dancing, .Miss
Met .'oil.
Thursday, April 20 Class meet
ings.
Friday, April 21 —Piano program
by Mrs. Eunice \V. Williams.
Monday, ApriS 24 —Dr. E. Garness
Purdom.
Tuesday, April 25 Meeting for
worship on the basis of silence in
the llut.
Wednesday, April 26. Dr. .lonel
Seidinan, League for Industrial
Democracy.
Thursday, April 27 Class meet
ings.
Friday, April 28 Mr. Warner
Lawson, pianist; Mr. Bernard Ma
son. violinist. From A. and T. Col
lege.
"THE TAVERN" GOES
TO CHARITY BENEFIT
Guilford Dramatic Success To
Be Given In High
Point April 21.
BUSINESS CLUB SPONSOR
n Friday evening, April -1. at s:l"
o'clock in the Junior llitrli School of
High Point, lilt* Dramatic- Council will
present the second performance of
1 corgi* M. Cohan's mystery melodrama.
The 'l'uvtrn.
Tile American liusiliess ("lull of lligh
Point is s])nns(ii'iliu the presentation.
Tin* elub is one of the most prominent
eivie clubs of the city and this is their
12th annual fharit.v benefit. Hereto
fore. tlie dull has sponsored well
known artists and performers; this is
the first time for them to undertake
an amateur show. They extended the
invitation to the Dramatic Council be
cause of the many favorable reports of
the play by the many friends of the
Council, the confidence which they
have in the ability of Itobert K. Mar
sha.l as a director, and the enthusias
tic reviews which the play received.
In a recent review in the (Jreens
boro Daily News. Mrs. Fritz Haley
Sinimens, the stall' reviewer, says,
"Since 'l'lli Inn rn produced by tlu 1
Cuill'ord college dramatic council, we
have a new and more profound respect
for (Jeorge M. Cohan, which, we sup
pose, is a rather left handed compli
ment for liobert Marshall, dramatic
coach, and for the council. The play
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trance door, i'rodigal son, Milton An
derson, whose vacation return to the
campus caused considerable friendly
envy among liis former classmates was
monii ntarily shocked when he misread
the "42" as the Nazi swastika. The
purple light gave a ghoulish, 1 Macula
effect mi first entering, but afterwards
more of a sophisticated "deep purple"
atmosphere. The atmosphere was one
of swank slipper-elnhncss, broken only
by frequent phonographic strikes -the
thing just stopped before the piece was
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GUILFORD COLLEGE, X. C., APRIL 15, 1939
CHOIR RECEIVES
INVITATION TO
NEW YORK FAIR
Federated Music Clubs Recom
mended Guilford Choral
Group to Management.
FAVORABLE DATE SOUGHT
Six Concerts Are Being Given by
A Cappella Singers on Trip
This Week-End.
Tile (Suliford college A Cappella
choir, recently returned from one of
its most successful tours, has been in
vited by the management of the New
York World's fair to sing there this
summer.
The invitation, Dr. K. 11. F. Weis
aunounceil, came from Hugh Koss who
is tin' choral consultant of the World's
fair. Mr. Ross, ill extending this op
portunity, acted upon the recommenda
tion of the Federated Music clubs.
The choir, if arrangements are com
pleted, would sing in the Temple of
Music.
The dates offered by Mr. lEoss are
June 2!) and .".0. Dr. Weis, however,
at the time of this writing, is nego
tiating for a date nearer commence
ment.
Reasserting its Nomadic tendencies,
the clioir has embarked for a week-end
trip into the eastern part of our own
state. Before they return tomorrow
niirlil they will have sung six concerts
before as many different audiences.
Friday night the clioir sang at the
('lintiii Presbyterian Church. Satur
dav morning the choir has been sig
nallv honored by an invitation to sing
before the influential Federated Mu
sic clubs of North Carolina. This con
cert wi 1 be held in the First I'rrshy
tcWnii Church of Fayetteville. Satur
day night the songsters will trek over
to Bouie's Creek for a concert in the
Campbell College Chapel.
Coming back to Fayetteville Sunday
morning, they will sing at the worship
service of the First Methodist Church.
Sunday afternoon there will lie a con
cert in the Fayetteville First Baptist
Church for a union of all churches of
the city. A singular conceit will lie
given Sunday night in the First .Meth
odist Church of Sanford.
In commenting on the vacation tour.
I >r. Weis, director of the Choir, ex
pressed bis satisfaction with the re
sults. lie stated that it was the most
successful trip ever taken by the choir.
SENIOR CLASS WILL
JOIN BUILDERS CLUB
((lie liinidred IVr Cent Membership in
Cilib to ISe (lift of DepartiiiK
Class.
NEW TYPE OF GIFT ON CAMPI S
For their gift lo the school the mem
bers of the class of 111.'!!) have decided
on one hundred per cent membership
in the Second Century Builder's club,
according to an announcement by I'resi
d nt Albert Taylor. Tile class decided
on this gift at the class meeting last
Thursday morning.
The Second Century Builder's club
was organized in 1!t"7 for the purpose
of raising money for the erection of a
new g nmasium, and for other im
provements on tiie campus. The sen
ior e ass decided that more real good
would be derived from the membership
in (lie club of every senior than from
a specific gilt to lie left by the class
as has been the practice before this
time.
Last Reports Show
three A Students
Reports for the tirst quarter of
(his semester show three students
making all A's: Catherine Befttel,
Klfriel I'ennekamp, anl Robert
Register. Those making all A's but
one are: Grace Beittel, Margaret
Dingley, Mariaunu Dow. Kdward
Hittleniau, Robert Homey. John
I'erian, Margaret Jones, Charles
Lewis, Wiliam Stednian, and Guy
Thomas.
Twenty students inside sill A's
stml It's. In this group sire: Edward
Corby, Wilbert Kdgerton, Armstead
Estes, Elizabeth Flynn, Marie Grum
breeht, Tobey Laitin, Frank Mas
ters, Winfred Meiholim, Beatrice
Merritt, Theodore Mills, Elizabeth
Neeee, Colin Osborne, Murray Os
borne, James Parker, Hamilton
Price, Stokes Rawlins, Thornton
Sparrow, Jennie Dixon Stout, Doris
Wanstall, and Howard Vow. The
following made all It's: Emily
Cleaver, Winabel (iibbs, Merle
Pickett', Frederick Binford, and
William A. White, 111.
MARSHALS FOR NEXT
YEAR ARE SELECTED
Beittel, Monsees, Morton, Mei
bohm, Smith, and Mills
Selected by Faculty.
MEIBOHM NAMED CHIEF
Facility members, at a meeting Mon
thly niglit, April 10, named six mem
bers of the sophomore class It) lill the
coveted post of Junior marshals next
year. Those selected arc (Jrace Heit
lel, Ila/.cl Monsees, I'oily Morton, Win
fred Meiholim, Teddy Mills, and Rob
ert Smith. Winfred Meiholim will be
chief marshal.
The present marshals, who will re
tire at the end of this scholastic year
are Wilbert Kdgerton, chief-marshal:
(iny Thomas. Ralph Denton, Mary
(Jray 'oilnine. Victoria Stableford, and
Mariaima Dow.
I)H. MILNER SPEAKS AT
HIGH POINT MEETING
I>r. Clyde* A. Milner was the main
speaker at I lie High Point liiirh school
Life Adjustment Conference yesterday.
.Mr. It. K. .M nisi in 11 tilso made an ad
dress.
In*. Milner addressed the high school
assembly on "Von Can Make of Vonr
Life What Von Will." Mr. Marshall
spoke on "Dramatics As a Career."
The conference is held annually to
aid the students in determining their
life work.
Motives Behind the Choir
Trip Were Not All Vocal
"Tliml trip \v:is somme where!" no-1
cording to mosl of the yodellois who j
whipped ii]i lo Massnelnisetts in a
streamlined lius during vacation.
To an innocent bystander, the tour
would seem to lie 110 more than spring
ing from a warm lied in the early
morning, riding thousands of tiresome
miles, then exuberantly giving forth |
musical notes in some church or audi
torium at eventide. The a priori
thinker, however, instantly realizes
that some instinctive urge draws these
"youthful singers" to deposit sl." and
a spring vacation—some urge other
MMIiER 10
GUILFORD COLLEGE
BECOMES TOWN BY
ACT OF LEGISLATURE
President Clyde A. Milner To
Be Mayor of Newly
Incorporated Town.
ELECTION TO HE IN MAY
Council Meeting Held Monday Night
to Make Plans for Town
Organization.
Hy nu net of the North Carolina
General Assembly last week the Town
of Guilford College became an Incor
porated town. This bill was passed by
the General Assembly to renew the
charter of which incorporated
the town at that time hilt which has
since expired.
I'nder the articles of incorporation
the city limits will include an area
2,(10(1 feet square with Founders Hall
as the center. The sides of the city
limits run with the campus.
President Milner is mayor of the
newly incorporated town. The Council
men are President Kineritus ltinford,
liusiness Manager Parsons and History
Professor Xewlin. Other officers have
been tentatively selected Imt as they
have 110 duties as yet they have not
been announced.
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DR. TAYLOR SPEAKS
TO HONOR SOCIETY
New Members Are Inluetel Into So.
ciety at Meeting Held
Last Night.
KOI R NKW MKMBKKN JOIN CLl'lt
Dr. (Jeorge Collin Taylor. Kenan pro
fessor of Knglish at the I'niversity of
North Carolina, last night spoke in
(lie Student 11ut at a meeting of i lie
(Juilford Scholarship Society on the
subject, "The Need for the Itennissance
Point of View in Our I'resent So-Called
.Modern World."
I>r. Taylor is a noted Shakespearian
scholar and has recently made an en
tirely new contribution to the field
with the publication of an inler-linear
edition of Shakespeare, lie is also the
author of Itcht 'l'd Mou
ld
The meeting last night was held for
the purpose of inducting the four
newly elected members into the So
ciety.
Mariauna l>ow, ltalph Deaton. Guy
Thomas and Wilbert lOdgerton were
awarded certificates of memhershlp by
the Society's president, Alvin Meibolim,
who also iiresiled over the meeting
and conducted the ritual.
than I lull of expressing themselves in
song.
First, perhaps, eomes the* desire to
i nivol nnl see new territory. Then
there is the promise of meeting new
people and even heeoming intimate
friends with them. At Harvard, for
instance, one unabashed lassie labor
ionsly ( limited into John Harvard's ice
covered bronze lop. "Very embarras
sing," she admits. "We found out that
the date 011 the statue is false, and
that nobody knows what John Ilar
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