VOLUME XXVI
HUNDRED SINGERS
ARE MEMBERS OF
LARGEST CHOIR
Weis Enlarges A Cappella
Choir to Contain 84 Voices
For Concert Appearances.
COPE ELECTED MANAGER
Freshman Musical Intelligence Tests
Reveal Exceptional Choral
Talent.
Bolstered by the droves of recruits
from the freshman class, Guilford is
turning out the largest a cappella choir
in its history this year. An even hun
dred talented songsters, representing 12
states (from Massachusetts to Arkan
sas) and 15 church denominations,
have offered their services to our fa
mous choir.
Dr. Weis has re-arranged and en
larged the choir to contain 84 voices,
including lft tirst sopranos, Ift second
sopranos, IS first altos. 8 second altos,
5 lirst tenors, 4 second tenors, 8 first
basses, and !• second basses.
Xewly-elected officers of the a cap
pella choir have assumed their duties.
Steve Cope succeeds Alvin Meibohm
as student manager; .Michael Coffey
is representative to the Student Affairs
board : Annie Evelyn I'owell represents
the senior class, Edna Earle Edgerton
the junior class, Margaret Jones the
sophomore class; Wilbert Edgerton is
the new stage manager, and Robert
McXeely is choir librarian.
As a group, the freshman class dis
plays unusual musical ability. Each
year Dr. Weis gives the newcomers a
musical intelligence test. The results
of this test show 25 students making
less than 20 errors (the established
norme is 25 errors). Five brilliant
"rookies" made less than I> mistakes—
Eleanor Heittcl. Kirby More, June Fra
zier, Virgil Jordan, and Margaret
Bryan.
Monogram Club Meeting
At tin- meeting of the Monogram
club held last Tuesday night in the
student hut Harry Xace was elected
treasurer of the club, lie succeeds
Billy French at this post. The Mono
gram club made definite plans to raise
money for the organization by selling
cold drinks at all home games in the
future.
Faculty Additions Bring Wide
Variety of Experiences Here
By KONALEEN LESLIE
With the opening of school and the
arrival of 158 new freshmen, there has
also arrived on the Guilford college
campus a sextet of new faculty mem
bers,—Miss Lueile Logan, I)r. Lucille
Emerick, Miss Christine Foster, E. Dar
yl Kent. William B. Edgerton, and
James 11. McDonald. They have al
ready assumed the duties of their vari
ous offices; Miss Logan as secretary to
the president and instructor in short
hand and typing, Dr. Emerick as in
structor in music, Miss Foster as in
structor in physical education, Daryl
Kent as instructor in religion, William
Edgerton as assistant professor in the
modern language department, and Jim
McDonald as assistant athletic- coach.
From Malvina. a five-family town
in Mississippi, Miss Lueile Logan went
to the Southwestern University at
Memphis, where she majored in Latin,
and was there granted a bachelor's
degree. She then went to the Howl
ing Green Business University, where
she studied office management, business
THE GUILFORDIAN
Chapel Schedule
October 3—Dr. Williams, "The Ori
gin of Human Rights."
Election of Randolph-Macon game
sponsors.
October 15—Meeting for worship on
the lmsis of silence.
October 4 Reverend Samuel Ila
worth.
October s—('lass meetings.
October 6 Ray Wilson, of the
American Friends Service Com
mittee.
October !)—James T. Parker, "Ste
phen Crane, a Warrior of the
Nineties."
October I(l —Meeting for worship on
the basis of silence.
October 11 l>r. 11. X. Wheeler,
State Department of Conserva
tion and Development, "Con
servation" (illustrated).
October 12 —Class meetings.
October 13 —Dr. Weis, College Sing.
News
Edgerton's Baby
On Monday morning, September irttli j
iit live minutes past S :> o'clock, the
first year Spanish Class left King Hall, >
for Mr. Edgertou had not appeared. ]
At that moment he was pacing the j
floor at the Sternberger Hospital in j
(ireensboro.
At nine thirty, nearly an hour and a
half later, Susan Conrad Edgerton was j
born. She weighed 7 and three-quarters !
pounds at birth but rapidly attained
another half pound.
Moonlight Hike
Taps re hoed ami re echoed over ,
Hamilton Lake last Sunday night clos
ing the vesper service sponsored by the
"Y".
One hundred and three (iuilfordians
rested on the pier, sang hymns led by
Annie Evelyn I'owell, and chanted tlie
-'! rd psalm. Mrs. Itinford led the devo- !
tional and Austin Scott played a tlute [
solo from Orpheus.
After the service the joyful hikers
tramped homeward munching apples. !
This was the tirst venture of the "V" j
this year in holding a vesper service.
"Y" Retreat Dance
Waltzing to the strands of "Blue
Evening" and jitterbugging to "White
Heart," a predominantly Freshman
group was given a chance to show its j
talents at the "Y" Ketreat Dance in j
the gym last Saturday night.
j and commercial subjects for two_ yenrs.
While in college she considered being
a lihriiriiin, but decided to become si!
j secretary. Miss Logan had never!
thought of teaching commercial sub
j jects until she arrived at Guilford, but
[ being expert in her field siie is an ex
cellent teacher. She considered the
I Guilford campus very pretty and j
found it larger than she expected ii
to be. .Miss Logan lias already been
| acclaimed by the Archdale-Cox society |
j to be the most attractive co-eil 011 the j
j campus.
| Having a It.l►. degree from Hart
I ford Theological Seminary, and being
I a recorded minister in the Society of j
Friends, K. Daryl Kent jollied the sex
jtet of young newcomers to the teach
ing stall'. Kent has for the past two
[years been assistant pastor of the I
: South Congregational church in New
j Britain, Connecticut. A versatile young
| man, he will teach public speaking and j
help with dramatics, as well as teach
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GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. ('., SEPTEMBER 30, 103!)
FALL ENROLLMENT
IS LARGEST IN
GUILFORD HISTORY
Cosmopolitan Group Formed by
| Record Enrollment on Guil
ford College Campus.
QUAKERS PREDOMINATE
j Three Foreign Countries, Nineteen
States, Twenty Religions Rep
resented Among Students.
Four hundred and one students, the
largest enrollment in Guilford college's
history, converged on the campus dur
ing the first two weeks of the fall
term, coining from onq European coun
try, England, Cuba, and 19 states of
the I'nited States.
| There are 2.14 students from North
Carolina, New Jersey running second
i with 39. Guilford county is well rep
resented with 143 students. 100 of whom
are from Greensboro. There are 41
other counties represented in the >ll
j North State.
| In religious classification the Friends
| predominated for the second eonsecu
i five year wtih the hitherto ascendent
j .Methodists trailing 105 to 7!t. The cos
j mopolitan atmosphere of the school is
| strengthened by 18 other denomina
tions. sects, and religions.
(if the ISO women and 251 men, there
| are only 120 day students this year.
As usual, the; freshmen outnumber any
other class, with 63 women and 90 men.
LOCAL STUDENTS HEAD
THREE UPPERCLASSES
Leslie Atkinson, Boh 1,. Wilson, Charles
Lewis, and Pat Fowler Fleeted
Presidents c.f Respective Classes.
FROSH FINISH POLL THI'RSDAY
North Carolina came to the fore last
Friday in class elections held during
the chapel period.
At the Senior class meeting which
was held in King Ilall, Leslie Atkin
\ son. Jr., of Greensboro, was elected
j President: .lonaleen Hodgin, of Gull- 1
ford College, was made Vice-President:
and Myra (Hickman, of the Bronx,
New York, was named Secretary. Other
officers chosen at the meeting were:
| Wilbert Edgerton, of Pikeville, rep- j
j reseutative to the men's student gov
! eminent; William Lauten, of Madison, i
program chairman; Kathleen Leslie, of
New York City, social chairman; Mary
I Gray Coltrane, of Guilford College,
representative to the student affairs
I board (elected last semester).
The Junior class met in King Hall
and chose Robert I >. Wilson, of Greens
boro, President; Eileen I'ornseif, of
(,'reenslioro, Vice-President; Rebecca
Wagoner, of Monticello, secretary
treasurer; Virginia Hill, of Canton,
program chairman; Polly Morton, of
j Demurest, N. J., and Frederick Bin
ford, of Guilford College, chairmen of
the social committee.
The following officers were elected
at the meeting of the Sophomore class,
| held in the music building: Charles
! Lewis, of Guilford College, President;
j William I >cnlmm, of Camden, N. J.,
vice-president; Evelyn Pearson, of
Arclulale, secretary-treasurer; Colin'
Osborne, of Southern Pines, program
chairman; and Murray Osbourue. of
I Marianua, Arkansas, representative to:
the men's student, government.
Thursday, the freshmen got together, ]
> talked organization over and finally
got around to electing two of its to-j
1 he-numerous officers. Pap Fowler, of i
Charlotte, was elected president, and
Betty Locke, of Lexington, Mass., was
eliosen second vice-president and chair
man of the social committee.
Notice !
In the belief Hi a I a concentrated
national student opinion will ailed
the attitudes assumed li,v the gen
eral public and the policies adoptel
by the I'nited States government,
The Guilfordian is pleased to co
operate with The California Daily
Bruin to the extent of present nig
and recommending participation in
the Bruin's National College Poll
of student opinion on government
policy regarding the war in Europe.
On another page of today's Guil
fordian is printed a ballot. You
are invited to; fill out the ballot and
mail it to The (iuilfordian as soon
as ixissible. No address or envelope
will be necessary if you drop your
ballot in the campus mail slot in
the post office.
As soon as a tabulation of results
(both local and national) has been
made, The (iuilfordian will publish
these results.
COURSE ON CHURCH
HISTORY IS STARTED
North Carolina Friends Yearly
Meeting to Be Benefitted
By Addition.
KENT TO BE SUPERVISOR
A new course in church history, fos
tered by I>r. Clyde A. Milner and Mur
ray Johnson, Held secretary of the
North Carolina Friends Yearly meeting,
lias been added to the college curri
culum.
Classes in the new course started
last Monday and will meet for two
hours each Monday afternoon during
tlie school year.
Designed to lie of special service to
tlie Yearly meeting, from which eleven
young ministers have already enrolled,
tlie course will be under the super
vision of E. Daryl Kent. Ilean Elbert
liussell of the school of lteligion at
Duke I'Diversity will assist. Other
faculty members will give occasional
lectures.
Tlie course will carry three hours
college credit. Of the ministers partici
pating three wish to secure seminary
credit; some seek college credit; and
(lie rest of them take the course simpl.v
for intellectual satisfaction.
Pope, Purdom, and Ljung Form
Trio to Trek to New York
liy L. M. GIDEON
Not to be outdone by the lay mem
bers of the Guilford congregation,
tlireo of the faculty brain-trusters
trekked to the great city to view and
be viewed by the sights along the
Great White Way. The physicist, the
chemist, the linguist—realist, theorist,
and mystic joined hands and attempted
to see eye to eye the flora, fauna, and
phenomena of New York City. At
tempt rd- is not used inadvisedly, for
although they travelled together, each
saw different things. Each agreed that
the main purpose of going was for the
excitement of the trip and a change
of scenery. Each agreed that the fair
was only a sidelight.
I)r. I'ope, the'native, found endless
entertainment in the antics of his col
leagues, l)r. I'urdom the occasional
visitor and Dr. Ljuug the initiate.
Laughingly he recalls the day Dr.
I'urdom confidentially engineered the
trip to the fair without him—and they
didn't get back that night; how Dr.
Ljung got a room for the three of them
for a total of two dollars; how Dr.
I'urdom tenderly cared for Dr. Ljung.
MMBER 1
RANDOLPH-MACON
GAME SPONSORS
WILL BE CHOSEN
Students Will Elect Two Most
Beautiful Girls to Sponsor
Richmond Fracas.
BROADCAST IS PLANNED
Sponsors, Team Captains, Players Will
He Featured in I're-game Broad
cast from Richmond.
Who are the two most beautiful girls
on the Guilford college campus?
When the above question has been
answered by a majority vote of the
faculty and student body, Guilford will
be in possession of its two official spon
sors for the Guilford - Randolph-Macon
game to be played October 7 in Rich
mond.
The Monarch club of Richmond is
sponsoring the game, and is planning
to use the proceeds to provide new
X-ray equipment for Sheltering Arms
hospital, one of the club's projects.
In an effort to make the game a
colorful as well as financial success,
the club has planned to have six girls
as sponsors, two from Guilford, two
from Randolph-Macon, and one each
from the two Richmond high schools.
On the night before the game a pre
sume broadcast has been scheduled. It
| is planned in this broadcast to present
the sponsors, the team captains, and
several of the players. The station
carrying this broadcast iiml the time
arranged for it will lie announced later.
The date will be October (!.
With the approval of the Dean of
Women and the athletic department,
the Guilfordian lias been selected to
conduct the election of the two Guil
ford sponsors and plans to determine
the winners of this honor in an elec
tion to be held in chapel Monday morn
ing, October 2.
After the conclusion of Dr. Williams'
discussion of "The Origin of Human
Rights," the chapel audience will be
given an opportunity to write on a slip
of paper the names of the girls it con
siders the epitome of feminine beauty,
and these ballots will be taken up at
the doors as the audience leaves.
Results will lie tabulated immediate
ly and will be posted on the bulletin
hoard as soon as they are completed.
j At the fnir, "The Sage of Brooklyn"
\ found the modern architectural and
French exhibits most interesting.
Broadway holds no fascination for him.
I>r. Ljung and Dr. I*urdom had more
• to tell about what the other did than
what he enjoyed. According to Dr.
Ljung, Dr. I'lirdoin, in addition to set
ling them lost in a subway, cluttered
up the atmosphere with frequent yips
i "We've got that in Kentucky."
I>r. Purdom, sophisticated fourth
! time visitor, claimed his chemist friend
J walked around with his mouth open,
so frustrated that he couldn't tell
which direction the Hudson flowed,
j Both the scientists enjoyed the sci
entific exhibits at the fair, I>i\ I-jung
concentrating on Dill'ont and 1 >r. I'ur
-1 (lom on General Electric. Both were
interested in some atom splitting ex-
I pertinents in Columbia University.
| Although in serious activity each of
! our professors appeared to demonstrate
the "postman takes a walk" psychology,
each insisted that he went for a vaca
tion. even to the leaving of the wife at
I home. All three were thrilled by the
| trip up the Hudson.