VOLUME XXV HARDRE, MEIBOHM, MOORE WIN '39-'4O SCHOLARSHIPS Study In French, Sociology, And Chemistry at Carolina, Pendle Hill and Tennessee. TWO ARE TO TEACH Musters iti Art and Science Are Sought By Hardreand Meiliohin: Moore Will Study "Religion and Social Action." Professor .1 acq lies Ila rdre, Pole Moore and Alvin Meiholim have been awarded scholarships for next year and plan to do graduate study, accord ing to recent announccmcnls. Mr. Har (l re goes to the I'niversify of North Carolina, I'etc .Moore to l'endle 11 iti and Alvin Meiholim to the t'nivershy of Tennessee. M. Ilardre's a|iiiointineut is for a teaching fellowship in the French de partment at Chapel Hill, lie wi.i lie slndying toward a master of arts degree while at the university. I'ete Moore intends to pursue re ligious and social studies at l'endle Hill, which is near Philadelphia. The institution is a center for religious and social study maintained hy mem bers of the Society of Friends. I'ete received a scholarship to the school where approximately ->0 students and stall' members each year carry out a program of studies under some general topic. The topic for IIKIIMO is "Religion and Social Action" in which I'ete be (Continued on l'age Two) ART CLASS MAKES ITS PILGRIMAGE TO GARDENS Forty-Five Students Study l.argc Col lection of Statuary at Itrook green Gardens. MARK STOP AT MYRTI.K HKACII Happily combining study with pleas ure, the class in Philosophy 24 of (iilil ford college made its annual art pil grimage Thursday - this time to South Carolina and I!tool;green Wardens. The group, forty-live strong, was accom panied by Mrs. Clyde A. Miiner and David Parsons. Thi' trip was a continuation of the classes unusual policy of touring the surrounding country to study notable works of art. Itrookgreen Wardens contain one of the largest permanent collections of American sculpturing ever gathered together. Leaving Guilford college early Thurs day morning, the students, travelling by bus, followed a south-easterly route which led them through Liberty. San ford. Fa.vetteviile. Dillon. S. and Con way, S. c. At Myrtle i leach the (Continued on Page Two) MRS. MILNER ADDRESSES ORGANIZATIONS IN STATE Mrs. Clyde A. .Miiner will speak twice in Raleigh and (ireensboro next week. Oil May in. she will address the Woman's cluli ia Kalcigh, and on Ma\ 11, a I'.-T. A. luncheon in (ireens horn. May '.\ Mrs. Miiner made the Senior platform address ai Oreensboro sen ior high sehool. She >poke at the in vocation of new members into the Torchlight society at Alhemarle lifch school April !•". GUILFORDIAN Chapel Schedule .Monday, May B —David 11. Par sons. Jr., "The Larger Guilford Family." Tuesday. May 9—ln the Hut. Wednesday, May 10—Worship ser vice led by joint "Y's." Thursday, May 11—Class meet- I ings. Friday, May 12 Program in French. Monday, May 13 —Piano recital hy | Maxine Kircli Ljang. Tuesday, May IB —ln the Hut. Wednesday, May 17—"The North j Carolina Legislature." Mr. John | CalTey. member of the Legislature. Thursday, May 18 —Class meet ings. Friday, May lil—Krie Stapleton, WPA Music Projects. SUMMER SCHOOL IS PLANNED FOR JUNE 6 Regular Faculty Will Teach 13; Courses In J) Week Session, NEW COURSE OFFERED (•nilferd *'oileg.-'s -Uinl sninmer ses- • >ion will begin Jane U under the direc tion ot Dr. Clyde A. Miiner. U will last for nine weeks, until August 7. i Mrs. Olyd • A. Miiner will introduce, a new course into the college curri | culum during the session. It will he known as Psychology 11 and is de-j signed to further the art of thinking, i New techniques of vocabulary and | reading will he taught. During the session the equivalent of i not more than ten hours of college! credit may he earned. Courses will be J offered in biology, chemistry, educa-j lieu and psychology, Knglish, French,! (tcrman. history, mathematics, music, philosophy, religion, and physical edu- 1 cation, instructors will be members of the regular college faculty. Knrollnu'iit for Ne\t Year llrisk Pre school enrollment for IJW9 40 is better than any year before, Mrs. Mil ! ner says. Vacancies in Mary Ilobbs hall have been filled and there are several per i sons on the waiting list. The vacan- : eies at Founders are about half tilled. The boys' dormitories are tilling rap idly. All wishing to enroll for next year are urged to do so immediately. Literary Diet of Student Body Revealed by Guilfordian Check What docs the Ouilford student! read'.' Aside from the compulsory read ing on the reserve shell, what books are checked out most oftenV Library records show that Juilford-l inns balance their class room readings j . redoininently with fiction. The hook ] most often taken home to be scanned j daring leisurely moments is Herveyj \ leu's "Anthony Adverse." The sec- ; • nd most popular is Douglas' "Magni ficent Obsession." These two volumes are checked cut twice as often as any I other book in the top ."in. Mr. Douglas has two other hooks. "Oreen Light" and "White Manners.'' that are well up among the leaders. In fourth place is Willa Outlier's ' l.uey Oavheart" closclv followed by Xordhoffs "Men Against the Sea" i •n:d De la lt -die's "Master of Jalna." I.'ach of these three authors have other I IK.O! - among the most popular .'W). They ! c/the^S GUILFORD COLLEGE, X. C., MAY . 1939 EARLY AMERICAN THEME FEATURES MAY DAY EVENT Kay Beittel, Eunice Holloman Head Charming Senior Mav Court. MISS McCOLL DIRECTSj Color and Originality of Annual j Pageant Impresses Spectators. Despite all mournful weather predic tions, May Day joyfully happened late yesterday afternoon under the spread ing dogwood trees as all the Guilford maidens joined in presenting an orig inal and spectacular pageant under the directorship of Miss Helen McColl. The attractive queen. Catherine IScit tel. maid of honor, Eunice Holloman, land the pastel-clad court made a charming picture as they stood with their escorts watching the dances and I pantomimes which carried out an early I American theme. Hetty Locke gracefully introduced ' i each group with original interpret!! | lions, after her solo modern minuet, j j Proressing from the departure from | ! Kngland. with the latest Purdom addi j it ion lustily playing the part of Dolly i Madison, the pageant showed Quakers trading with Indians, who swung into | a tail-liashing circle with articulations, j upon the receipt of bracelets anil j I rinkcts. j Chocolate pickaninnies, with bright ' i Imtidnmrs covering their various shades |of blonde and red hair, shutlled anil j j shone merrily in a milliner that showed | ' Suiter tutorship. ! .Next came the highland lling, but ! Laiten. Wanstnll. Joyner, Cummin, and Dornseif —do they sound Scotch? ; Perennial spectators were gladsome | to see the Maypole wound a novel way. j ; and gazed with awe upon the conipli j tented intertwinings to the inspiring I strains of "Pop! (iocs the Weasel." i j of a more staid nature was the Kra lovnieky, which, interpreted, is Mora I vian settlers dancing in black and white on variously located tip toes, i Irish settlers showed their patri otism and rhythm in the Waves of Tory, and the court laid aside their (lowers long enough to indulge in a | gavotte. Hetty I'lynu, Hernice Merrit, anil the j chamber orchestra furnished music for tile fete. are "Mutinj on the Bounty" and "IMt cairn's Island" by XordholY and Ilali. "M l . Vntonia" by Outlier, and ".lalna" by 1 e la Hoclie. Most widely read in the non-tlction group as "An American Doctor's* Odys sey" hy \. (I. Ileiser. It is followed in ord a* hy O. W. Johnson's "Andrew Jackson." Vallery-Kadot's "Life of Pas teur." A. M. F. Munthe's "Story of San Miohele," and I\ 11. De Kriuf's "Men Against Death." "The Castle of Otranto" by Walpole is the most popular among the more •i ml;." established liction. Thomas ! laKly's "Toss of tin' D Tbervilles" and "Return of the Native" also rank liiuhly. Tolstoi's "Anna Karen ilia," Kiln's "Adam Bede," (ialsworthy's "Forsyte Saga." Conrad's "Lord .11111," and Kinily Bronte's "Wuthering il.'iglits" are well liked. Continued on Page Two) McArthur Wins Overman Award Mary Laura McArthur was se lected as recipient of th' William K. Overman scholarship for the year li.'WMO by a vote of I lie classes ami family al the Thursday chapel pe riod. Miss M(-Arthur won in com petition will) Kalpli Ilcaton, Mari anna Dow, Evelyn Hinshaw, James Parker, and (Juy Thomas. The winner of the high honor must lie a junior, have a ".00 quality point average, have made a great contribution to the college life, have done a good piece of constructive work in improving some student ac tivity, and have helped in maintain ing a line cooperation between stu dents and faculty. Miss McArthur, who was recently elected head of the Women's Stu dent government, had a quality av erage of 2.50. She will complete her college course ill three years. BORING IS TO MAKE GRADUATING SPEECH Father of Edwin Boring Will Make Commencement Speech To Seniors. IS HARVARD DEPT. HEAD • Dr. lOdwin 'iarrigucs Poring. head of the department of psychology at Harvard university and father of lOd win, Jr.. of the graduating class, will 1; liver the commencement address here .Monday morning, June •">. President Clyde A. Mil nor, in ex pressing his pleasure at the selection, referred to Ir. Boring as a leader in his Held throughout the world. The speaker became associate pro fessor of psychology at Harvard in lafter having taught at Cornell. Since llll'S he lias been at the head of the department. lir. Iforing is a member of the Amer ican Psychological association, the American Academy of Arts and Sci ences, and the National Academy of Sciences. DR. WILLIAMS READS PAPER BEFORE GROUP l)r. I'aul 10. Williams presented a paper at the fifth annual meet ing of the North Carolina Philo sophical society which met at Meredith in Kaleigh, April !•".!. The subject of his paper which lie read was "Keligion and the Philosophy of Keligion in the Cur riculnm." The meeting, lasting all day, was presided over by President ltehl of Meredith and I >r. 10. 11. Hender son. Other speakers were l*r. .!. 1.. Peacock, Dr. I>. A. Wentz, l)r. A. !. Widgery. and Dr. ieorge Thomas. A CAPPELLA CHOIR TO HAVE BANQUET TONIGHT Tlit a cappella choir will nicer for dinner tonight af the Jefferson Hoof restaurant nt N:00 o'clock. Both past and present members will be present. Floyd Moore is to net ns tonstmus ter. Walter Xeave will reml the "diary" of the New Kngland trip which tells of actions and savings of the group en route. Senior choir members are to talk informally about their experiences with the ehoir. After dining the group will engage! in an informal musical program. MMHKR 11 GUILFORDIAN GETS 'EXCELLENT'RATING IN PAPER SURVEY I School Journal Advances From j Second to First Class Rank In National Grading. FIRST TIME IN HISTORY Paper Has Record Year t'mler Kditor shi|> of Ashcraft and Foster. Word was recently received from the National Collegiate Press that I his year's !I II.IOUIHAN, published under the direction of Tom Ashcraft, editor inchief. and Bernard Foster, managing editor, lias been awarded a lirst class honor rating. This means that the 1 1 U 11.1 OUIHAN had a rating of "excel ' lent" 011 the competitive scale estab lished h.v the association. This is the lirst time in the his tory of the GUII.EORI>IAN that the pa per litis attained this high rank. The publication scored 710 points out of a possible I,loo, a record which coin pares favorably with other of the lirst elass honor papers. Four hundred and seven papers throughout the country were judged by I lie news and critical service associa tion. They were grouped in live divi sions: AI-Aiuerican, lirst-class (excel lent), second class (good I. I bird class (lair), and fourth class (poor). The (Jill.roitniAN gained second class rat ing last year. The rating was accompanied by a lisl of subjects graded upon. The !i II.IOUIHAN was ranked especially high on vitality, coverage, and features. The paper was not rated below "good" ill any of (lie HI items upon which i lie grading was based. The Wcs ltaleigli feature was singled out as the best story. MUSIC FESTIVAL DRAWS BIG CROWD TO GUILFORD Hundreds of County School Children Take Part in Kighth Successive Presentation. CHOIR SINGS FOR FIRST TIMK Splashing deliantly through an all day downpour ot the Guilford college campus nearly a thousand primary, in termediate and high school students of Guilford County gathered here at 2:>i> o'clock on April "S to take part in the eighth annual Guilford County Music Festival held under the directorship of I >r. W'eis. Started in 11)81 by Jinx Noah the .Music Festival has grown increasingly popu ar and has been copied through out the state by many other colleges and universities. .More Ili:in two thou sand participants and spectators were -xpected to attend this year's Festival but rainy weather is thought to have hi en responsible for cutting the at- Icudnncc iu half. I!icause of the rain llie students were divided into two groups and al lowed lo use the auditorium and Hie meeting house for the presentation of I heir program. I he college chamber orchestra, which plays regularly al these festivals, was ioined by ibe a eapella choir which sang for the lirst time in iis history at the music festival. The invocation was made by Itcv. Joseph I'eele and addresses were de livered by President Milner, and by Thomas I:. Foust, superintendent of (liiilford county schools.

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