VOLUME XXVI
Student Governments
Press Honor System
Debate; No Solution
Implementing Suggestions
Discussed by Student Units;
Retention Favored
After two weeks of intermittent dis
cussion mid several conferences of
various student units, the controversy
over the Honor system lias not yet
been settled. Prompted by suggestions
from the student body and from within
the associations, the Student Govern
ment associations have compiled a list
of suggestions for the implementing
of the present system.
In meetings of the associations, the
dormitory units, day students, and
private groups, the suggestions have
been submitted for oi>en discussion. At
this writing no definite decisions iiad
been reached. The retention of some
form of an honor system, however,
has been endorsed by the majority of
students who have expressed an
opinion.
The suggestions submitted by the
Student government follow:
1. All examinations, quizzes, and
tests are conducted under the honor
system administered by the Student
Government associations.
2. t'nder the honor system no per
son, either student of faculty mem
ber acts as official proctor during ex
aminations. The responsibility for the
proper conduct of all examinations
rests upon each student.
Each incoming student is requir
ed to sign a pledge accepting the
honor system and all of its implica
tions.
-1. At the end of all examinations
each student shall sign a pledge (a)
that he has neither given nor received
aid in the examination and (b) that
if he has seen anyone else do so, he
will notify a representative of the
Student Government associations with
in -'-I hours.
it. The Student Government asso
ciations receive and investigate any
report of a violation.
0. If tile accused person be found
guilty, the Student Government asso
ciations will recommend to the faculty
that for a first offense, the student be
given "F" in the examination or test
in which dishonest methods were em
ployed : that for a second offense, the
student be given 'F" in the course in
which the second offense occurred!
that for a third offense, the student
lie dropped from the student body for
not less than one-half semester.
7. The Student Government associa
tions earnestly desire that every Guil
ford student should live tip to his ob
ligation to observe the details of the
honor system and not to rely too
heavily on the enforcement of penalties
on offenders.
Jacques Hardre Galled
For Service in France
Jacques Hardre, instructor in
French and German at Guilford from
1037 to 1!)3S), has been ordered to
France for military duty, it, was an
nounced in Greensboro last week. M.
Hardre. a French citizen, left for New
York October 20.
Hardre, the son of M. Itene Hardre,
professor of French at Woman's col
lege took his A.IV at Guilford in 1030
after graduating from the I-ycee l.a
kanal in France. He told a GUII.KOKIHAX
reporter just before his departure that
no orders other than those for his re
pealing to New York. He will be sta
tioned in France at I.c Havre for three
months as a member of the 120 in
fantry.
THE GUILFOBDIAN
Chapel Programs
Monday, Oct. 30—Mr. Arnold Schiff
man, "Precious Stones."
Tuesday, Oct. 31—Worship in hut.
Wednesday, Nov. I—Rev. It. E.
Scare, Minister, Greensboro.
Thursday, Nov. 2—Class meetings.
Friday, Nov. 3—Dean Elbert Rus
sell, Duke University School of
Religion.
Monday, Nov. fi—To lie scheduled
later.
Tuesday, Nov. 7—Worship in hut.
Wednesday, Nov. *—Rabbi Fred I.
K.vpins, Greensboro.
Thursday, Nov. 9—('lass meeting.
Friday, Nov. 10 Armistice Day
Program.
Alma Mater Contest
To Seek New Song
Alumni Journal Sponsors
Plan to Find Music for Poem
By Pope, Gilbert
To encourage the creative efforts of
those Guilford students who know
something about music, the college
alumni association is conducting a con
test this month to have composed a
new school song to supplement the old
"Alma Mater" song.
Every student is invited to submit a
musical score to the poem written for
the contest by Dr. Pope and Miss Gil
bert. It is the desire of the association
that songs may be created which will
convey in words and music, the true
spirit of the school.
The words are:
Kindly light our fathers kindled,
j 'Midst primeval oak and pine,
i I.et they radiance, truth revealing.
Now upon our spirits shine.
Sacred memories, through the arch
ways
Of the swiftly passing years,
Still undimmcd, dear Alma Mater,
| Strengthen us. disiiel our fears.
! So, our hearts and voices joining,
j Echo Guilford's ancient fame,
I Hallowed be thine each endeavor
j Hallowed be fair Guilford's name.
j The sentiment expressed pictures the
j visions of the founders, the memories
j of tlie alumni, and the spirit of unity
| which prevades throughout the school.
The association has expressed hope
that the contest will have many en
tries. Manuscripts may lie addressed
to Mr. David Parsons, Ilusiness Man
lager, Guilford College.
French Club Plans
Constitution; Elects
t The problem of whether or not to
| continue the concert series was the
I topic of discussion at tli second meet-
I ing of the Fine Arts club on October
18. The club voted in favor of con
tinuing the concerts.
The program consisted of a talk by
Henriee Merritt, vocal solos by Barbara
Clark and Clela Stevens, a violin solo
by Lewis Hartlett. and a lecture on
music variations by Dr. Einerick. Mrs.
Weis was welcomed as a special guest.
At its first meeting of the year the
club elected new officers: Joe Parker,
president; Eileen Domseif and Patsy
Wheeler, vice presidents; and Ronnie
Murdock, secretary - treasurer. There
were 20 students for the first meeting.
The initial program featured a speech
of welcome by Dr. Weis, and vocal solos
by several old members.
On Friday, October 20. the Fine Arts
club gave one of its several chapel pro
grams of the year. Joe Parker was
in charge.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C„ OCTOBER 28, 1939
Board of Trustees
Will Convene Here;
Dr. Milner lo Speak
President Will Outline Five
Year Improvement Program
Before Executive Committee
Meeting In regular session, the
Board of Trustees of Guilford college
will convene on November 3 in its 3rd
meeting of the current year. The board
meeting will be held in the Student
Affairs building and will open immedi
ately after the regular student chapel
which will be addressed by Elbert
Itussell, board member and dean the
tiie school of religion at Duke Uni
versity.
At tiie morning session of the board
I>r. Milner will outline the achieve
ments of tiie college in the past five
years.
I'resent at the open meeting will be
several faculty members and the execu
tive committee of the alumni associa
tion composed of William Alpheus
White, Jr., president, Katherine C.
Kicks, secretary, Scott Parker, Jr.,
treasurer, Itobert Jamieson, Ernest M.
Searboro, Thomas Ashcraft, Murray
C. Johnson, John G. Frazier, Edgar
11. Meßain, Elizabeth W. Yates, and
I'aul S. Nunn. Also present at the
morning session will lie representatives
from each of the eight North Carolina
quarterly meetings. They are: W. Jas
per Thompson, Woodland; Mildred
Alarlette, Graham; Karl Edgerton,
Seven Springs; B. Clyde Shore, Win
ston-Salem ; N. C. English, Thomas
ville; Gurne.v Robertson, White Plains;
Hope Hubbard, Farmer, and Holmes
Wilhelm, East Bend.
The executive session of the board,
which will be held in the afternoon,
will be featured by a speech by I)r.
Milner outlining a proposed program
of improvement in physical equipment
of the college during the next live
years. Indications are that three of
the tirst proposed additions to the
physical equipment of the school will
be the erection of a new gymnasium
and two new athletic fields, one for
boys and one for girls.
It is understood that the necessary
money for all three of these proj
ects has been raised and that favorable
action by the board is all that is lack
ing for the starting of immediate con
struction.
♦
English Department
Makes Course Changes
Plans for More Thorough
Training Announced
By Furnas
Mr. William Edgerton presented the
subject of by-laws for the Cercle Fran
cais at its first meeting in the hut last
Friday night, October 20. The Cercle
ratified the suggestion and named Grace
Beittel to draw up a tentative consti
tution.
This year being the tricentenary of
Racine, famous French dramatist, Dr.
Itussell Pope suggested that they study
one of his plays as a possible chapel
program.
Officers elected by the small gather
ing were Kathleen Leslie, president;
Rachel Fortune, vice-president: Bernice
Merritt, secretary-treasurer, and Rosa
leen Leslie to continue program chair
man. Mary Caulfield and David Par
ker were named joint heads of the
refreshment committee.
New members approved by Dr. Pope
and Mr. Edgerton received personal
invitations to the second meeting which
took place in the hut last night.
W. A. A. Frolic Tonight
Scheduled for 7:30
The \V. A. A. is sponsoring an
informal dance, a Fanner's Frolic, in
the barn tonight from 7:30 to 10:30.
Square dancing will he the main
diversion of the evening, and the
association urges everyone who at
tends to wear his oldest clothes.
The admision will be 10 cents a
couple or a stag. The boys are urged
to bring dates and the girls not hav
ing dates are also urged to come.
Appropriate refreshments will he
served during the intermission.
Milner to Speak at
"Y" Installation
Change in Policy
To Involve Voluntary
Membership
With the establishment of volun
tary rather than automatic student
membership the Y. M. and Y. W. or
ganizations have instituted a complete
change in policy this fail in order to
stimulate more specific than general
interest and participation in the pro
grams of the two organizations.
This membership will be accom
plished by singing the Y pledge, filling
out an Interest blank and attending
the recognition service tomorrow night.
At this service Dr. Milner will speak
and there will be music by Dr.
Kmerick and a double quartet. After
the program there will be a moon
light hike.
Already this year the Y's have been
responsible for many student activi
ties. There have been several inter
esting discussions in the hut on such
subjects as the arms embargo, world
peace, the international situation,
Communism, and the honor system.
Vesper services on Sunday evenings
have included a talk by Dr. Furnas,
one by E. Dnryl Kent, a moonlight
migration to Hamilton Lake, and an
evening of singing. The hike to the
Battleground, a revival made last
year of an old custom, was another
successful affair of the joint Y's. The
Jsig Sister organization, tiie open
faculty homes on Sunday evenings, the
party given at Founders early this
fall for the girls and the Sunday
morning classes in Mem for discussion
and enlightenment on important prob
lems are just four other activities
sponsored by the Y's. Plans for a
dance Thanksgiving night and open
house meetings at the hut are under
way.
News Briefs
Furnas Speaks
Dr. Philip W. Furnas, head of the
English department, has been asked to
speak before the meeting of the North
Carolina Folklore society in Raleigh
December 5.
Dr. Furnas will give a review of his
thesis written at Harvard university
on the folklore and ballads of the
Serbo-Croatian countries of Europe.
Biology Club
The Biology club held its second
meeting of the year Wednesday and
viewed an educational motion picture,
"Radium." Tobey Laiten addressed
the body on the life and works of Mad
ame Curie, and Stewart Alston re
viewed a recent biological publication.
Sunday Morning Meetings
An interested group of Guilford stu
dents has been meeting regularly every
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NUMBER 3
Homecoming Plans
Completed; Ricks to
Make Address
Football, Cross-Country, and
Hockey on Program;
A Capella Choir to Sing
James Hoge ltieks, judge of Juvenile
court and Domestic relations in Rich
mond, Va„ and member of tlie Guil
ford board of trustees, will be the
principal speaker at the annual Home
coming day celebration here on No
vember 4. Judge Kicks will speak at
the special eha]>el session in the
morning.
Other plans for the day have been
announced by J. Wilmer I'aneoast,
chairman of the Homecoming day com
mittee, and will feature a football
game between Guilford and High Point
on Hobbs Held.
Judge Kicks, a graduate in the class
of lUOS, is the brother of Katharine
Kicks, librarian. The a capella choir
will sing at the assembly which he
addresses and student organizations
will be recognized.
An unusually large crowd is antici
pated for the day's events which will
center around the football game and
the alumni meetings in the afternoon.
Plans are going forward rapidly to
make the events colorful.
The morning classes 011 Saturday
will be shortened to make room for a
special assembly. The assembly will
be addressed by Judge Kicks with Pres
ident Miluer presiding. After the
speech the a capella choir will sing
for the first time publicly this season,
and tlie campus organizations, past and
present, will be recognized.
Immediately after assembly, at 10:45,
the cross country team will run against
the North Carolina reserves. The girls'
hockey team will engage alumnae
squad at 11:15.
After an alumni luncheon at Found
ers hall, there will be alumni meetings
beginning at 1 :30, attended by the pres
ident of each local alumni group and
the permanent representatives of the
graduated classes.
The football game will climax the pro
gram at 2:30 o'clock.
Alumni Association Makes
Three Student Awards
Best Athlete, Most Improved,
And Key Senior to
Be Honored.
The alumni will make a series of
new student awards each year. William
A. White, Jr.. president of the Guil
ford College Alumni association, an
nounced in chapel 011 Monday, Octo
ber 23.
The three awards are to be an ath
letic, an improvement, and a senior
award. These awards will probably
be made at the annual alumni dinner,
and announced at the annual com
mencement.
The athletic award, .$25 in cash, will
be given to the outstanding athlete in
any class. All lettermen will send a
secret ballot to the coach before May
20. The alumni ballot athletic chair
man will select the recipient, giving
recognition to the votes of the letter
men, and securing the approval of the
administration before the award is
made.
Any freshman, sophomore or junior
is eligible for the improvement award,
to be given to tlie person making the
most improvement, college life, social,
and physical, during the year. This
a word will consist of a SSO scholarship
to apply to the student's expenses of
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