Frosh Tea Sunday
VOLUME XXVI
First Semester Grades
Win Honor Roll Rating
For 34 Guilfordians
Dozen Students Make All
A's; Frosh Lead in High
Marks, Sophomores Next
Of the .'{4 honor roll students last
semester, three seniors, four juniors,
three sophomores, anl two freshmen
made all A's. These top-ranking stu
dents were: Alary Gray Coltrane, Wil
bert Edgerton, and Frank Irving, sen
iors : Grace Beittel, Armstead Estes,
Teddy Mills, and Robert Register, jun
iors: Miriam Cummin, Charles Lewis,
and Elfried I'enuekamp, sophomores:
and Margaret Smith and Kirby Moore,
freshmen. All A's but one were gar
nered by three seniors. Mary Laura
McArthur, Mary Ellen Gibbs, and Guy
Thomas: two juniors, Wlnfred Mei
bohni and William A. White: Kraiik
Masters, a sophomore: and six fresh
men, Renjamin Rrown, Daniel Camp
bell, Maria Jeffre, Roy Leake, Alfred
Roberts, and Betty Warlike. The day
students have 15 representatives oil
the honor roll of .'54 this year.
All A's mikl It's were made ly Mamie
Lee Andrew, Robert Ardrey, Leslie
Atkinson, IVrrine Bilyeu, Benjamin
Branch, Marvin Caviness, Virgie Con
rad. 1 Inches Davis, Rachel Fortune.
Joyce Fry, Komulus Graves, Marie
Grunibrecht, Isaac Harris, Marion
I luff, and Jeggy Jcssup.
Kathryn Kirch, Margaret Jones, Wil
liam Lanten, Jane McCullough, Berniee
Merrit,. Hazel Monsees. Margaret Mor
ton. Frances Necce. Murray Osborne.
Mildred Pegrain, Ren Phillips, Bob
Smith, Jo Swift, Doris Wanstall. Sadie
White, Ruth Williams, Phyllis Yount,
Paul Pearson, and Helen Lyon made
all B's. As usual, the freshmen led
in high marks, with the sophomores a
close second.
Student Elections Set
For Pre-Holiday Dates
Spring elections of 1!MO were (lis
cussed al ii meeting of the Student
Affairs Hoard in Kast Parlor Wednes
day evening tit 7 :'iu. The elections will
lie lii'lil before Easter vacation, cre
ating n lame duck administration for
tlie remainder of the spring semester.
A committee was appointed h.v the
presiding officer, Teddy .Mills, in the
absence of the president, Italph Oca
ton. To date it includes Michael Oaf
fey, lr. Algie Newlin, 1 lamp Price,
John Memlinhall, and Audrey Gard
hani. Dr. l'urdoni suggested that more
women members of the board lie nom
inated.
The committee will nominate candi
dates and petitions will then be ac
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Composition Class Methods
Bared for Curious Students
The transom hi King four swings
in the breeze and iiutoiniitienlly eight
heads HIKI eight pairs of eyes turn up
ward. It is afternoon, and behind the
closed door languishes a group of
would lie serilies under the tutelage of
Dorothy Gilbert.
A budding genius tenderly interprets
his latest brain child to the class. Dor
othy 1,, has long since retired from the
field of handwriting expert. After the
final vibration has rent the air and the
last syllable has met its death, there
is a hushed and slightly uncomfortable
silence. This conies either from the
THE GUILFORDIAN
Chapel Schedule
MOIHIU.V, Fell. 19 — "South Amer
ica, Yesterday and Today,"
Suiter, Entertainment Com
mittee.
Tuesday, Feb. 20—Sleeting on the
liasis of silence in the Hut.
Wednesday, Feb. 21—"Confucius,"
I)r. Paul E. Williams.
Thursday, Feb. 22—Class meetings.
Friday, Feb. 23—Chamber Orches
tra, Dr. E. 11. F. Weis.
Monday, Feb. 26 "Broadcasting
Through WHIG," by Major
Edney Ridge.
Tuesday, Feb. 27—Meeting on the
basis of silence in the Hut.
Wednesday, Feb. 28 "Gnatania."
by E. I)aryl Kent.
Thursday, Feb. 2!)— Class meetings.
Friday, March 1—"Old Vienna,"
by Raoul Kami.
Series of Lectures
Opened by Dr. Huth
German Romanticism Was
Subject of First Lecture
In a Series of Eleven
Beginning on February H, at S p. m..
in the Music building with a talk by
Dr. Mari Luise Iluth on "The Ro
mantic Movement in Germany," Guil
ford college inaugurated its new se
ries of lectures, whose purpose, as
given in the current "Alunrni Journal/*
is "to re-establish still more firmly in
the students' mimls the interrelation
of the various branches of knowledge.
| I Presented during ilie yeai at times
I when they best supplement the regular
elasswork. the lecture* programs will
! include discussions by various profes
| sors and from various viewpoints of
(certain men. ideas, and movements
| that are essential to an understanding
jof the development of our civiliza
| tion."
Eleven of these lectures have been
announced, and are destined to be given
during the course of the next month: j
these eleven concern the romantic
movement in Europe, English litera
ture, and the culture of the twelfth
century in Europe, the last dealing
for the most part with St. Francis of
j Assisi. Those professors most capable
of discussing these subjects will be the !
I speakers.
The lecture course is looked for
ward to as the link between a study
nf the various branches of knowledge j
individually and a study of knowledge!
as a whole. In the comprehensive ex
aminations to be given to graduating |
students, questions related to these dis- ;
cussious will be asked, in order that
I lie students may form some idea of!
I heir knowledge as a whole rather j
ihan in parts.
A calendar of the lectures is to be
I found elsewhere in the Gi ii.fokdian.
11 strain of breathing the same atmos
phere with genius or else from the gen
eral inability to master an already lim
• I ited vocabulary. Miss Gilbert calls for
'i criticism. There is a rallying of forces.
Gideon comes to the rescue with the
| inevitable '"l'd like to point out a few
• i grammatical errors." Mary Laura gent
ly remarks that she appreciates the
j difficulties underlying such an effort
and gives specific CYJl ni]iVes. Kami
| adds his bit. Gideon adds to the abuse
after deep thought, and Register calm
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GFILFOKD COLLEGE, N. ('., FKBKt'ARY IT, 1940
Propaganda Expert
Commends War
Attitude of Students
Minnesota's President Finds
Higher Intelligence Level
Necessitates Propaganda
Minneapolis, .Minn. (ACT) —The Uni
versity of Minnesota's President Guy
Stanton Ford, who (luring World
War I conducted as stupendous n prop
aganda drive as this country has ever
seen, looks at World War II and com
pares it with the lirst with the search
ing eyes of an expert.
lie finds:
(1) A changed attitude on the part
of students and the public—an "aware
ness" which was not present in 1914.
(2) A more alert student mind
"propaganda must now be more subtle."
(3) A decision on the part of stu
dents to "put n ring of iron around
the I'nited States" and a refusal to
be roused by anything less than what
appears, at least, to be 'an overt attack
upon this nation."
(-!) "A general feeling in the I'nited
States that we must take some re
sponsibility for peace and reconstruc
tion after the war."
On this first point, lie says:
"There is an awareness today which
was not present during the last war.
For instance, when I landed in New
York after my trip abroad, the report
ers all wanted to know: "When are
we going to get into it V 'Will we get
into it V" 'llow long will it lie?' The
war hail then been under way about
two weeks.
"I said. I)o you know, gentlemen,
that you are asking questions now,
after two weeks, that were not asked
in the World War until after two
years?' And that is the situation that
exists everywhere, including the eol
leges."
President Ford is probably the conn
try's greatest authority on the mould
inn of student opinion. During the
I lust war, he served as director of the
j division of civic and educational co
operation of the immensely powerful
f'omniittee on Public Information, it
was his duty to built American soli
darity in the schools and universities.
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News
At a sparsely attended meeting of
tile French club held in the Student
hut on tlie evening of February 7 it
was decided that a medieval play
would be presented to the student body
as tlie club's regular spring cliapel pro
gram. Phonograph records were play
ed and refreshments were served.
Plans were made for the next meet
ing, scheduled to lie held at the home
of Dr. Pope.
Miss Rowland Speaks
Miss Itillie Kowland, director of Re
ligious Activities at Woman's college,
gave a talk in the lint Thursday night,
February S, on the aims and purposes
of the Student Christian association,
explaining its relationship to the Y.
M. \ A. and the V. \V. ('. A. She cited
specific problems that arise on college
campuses and told of their solution by
the association. The program ended
with au informal discussion.
Five thousand three hundred and
twenty-six dollars was allotted to Hi J
s udent organizations for use in 10-10-1
1041 when the student body Monday
passed the S. A. 1!. budget by a vote
of 301-20. The total represents an in
crease of sOll over that appropriated
last year.
Tea for Seniors
Event of Week-End
The senior class will be enter
tained at a tea sponsored by the
freshman class tomorrow after
noon at 4 o'clock in Founders hall.
The freshman class has gone to
great pains to make this affair a
successful one, and it is hoped that
there will be a large representa
tion from both classes.
Dr. Milner, Dr. Beittel, Francis
Fowler, and Eleanor Beittel will
be in (lie receiving line. Mrs. Mil
ner and Mrs. Beitlel will serve
punch and cookies to those pres
ent, and various members of the
freshman class will lend general
assistance in entertaining the grad
uating class.
Pope, Gilbert Write
For Religion Journal
Article Reviews Letters
Of Madame Guyon and
Archbishop of Cambrai
j The quarterly Journal of Itclii/lon
[issued liy the I'niversity of Chicago
I announced today the early publication
of nn article written by Miss Dorothy
j 1., Gilbert and I)r. Uussell I'ope of the
faculty of Guilford college.
Titled, "Of the Inward Way; The
Correspondence of I.ady Gu.von and the
Archbishop Fenelon," the work is a
product of the continued collaboration
of these two instructors and is a mark
of the progress of their research into
the life of Mine. Guyon.
The correspondence here reviewed is
the so-called "secret correspondence"
of I.ady Cuyon to the future Arch
bishop of Cambrai. According to M.
Seiiiiere tiiese letters constitute "one
of the niost precious documents for the
study of mystic thought, transmitted
to us by the past." The co-authors
|of the Journal of Jtrliffion have
made it clear that it is .Mine. Cuyon.
not M. Fenelon, who leads in the cor-1
respondence. They have also suggested
that these letters from the mystical
Cuyon brought about one of the crises I
in the life of the French prelate and
author and are the basis for his life-:
letig interest in and championship of I
mysticism.
Publication of this material by the j
i'nversity of Chicago quarterly will
mark the second major printing in re
cent months of the research into the
life of .Mine. Guyon by Miss Gilbert J
and Dr. I'ope. "The Cowper Transla
tions of Mme. Guyon's l'oems" appear- j
ed in the December St. i.. .1.
Quaker Nears Completion;
Inner Workings Probed
Hy JAMES I'AItKKIt
j "It won't be long; it won't l' long,"
everything seems to say once you look
'inside the battered door of the Qua
j leer office. Little cards with senior data
I scrawled on them, crumpled red-marked
! copy paper, thin glazed clippings from
j snapshots seem ready to flood the liar
[ row room. A stack of exchange annu
jais weigh down the drying picture
[ pages, the last of which is now being
j completed.
I As for the annual itself, a sample
, from the already made-up covers is
| carefully tucked away where its gleam
| ing color will not be seen. The divi
sion pages have been printed in their
colors long ago, and not even a sample
of them remain in the ofiice.
In another month the work will be
done. Hut one glance at the speciti-
Student Elections
Before Easter
NUMBER 8
Second Semester
Officers Selected;
Atkinson President
Meibohm, Stafford, Fowler
Will Preside Over Junior,
Sophomore and Freshman
Leslie Atkinson. Winfred Meibohm,
Mary Lou Stafford, and Francis Fowler
were elected president of the senior,
junior, sophomore, and freshman
classes, respectively, in the elections
held during the past three weeks to
determine class officers for the second
semester of this college year.
In the senior class. Leslie Atkinson.
Jr., Greensboro, X. 0., was elected
president: Romulus Graves, Burling
ton, X. C., vice-president: Kathleen
Leslie, Xew York City, secretary and
social chairman: and Michael Caflfey,
Brown Summit, X. program chair
man.
The juniors elected Winfred Mei
bohm, Greensboro, X. president:
Hazel Lee Monsees, Southmont, X. C.,
vice-president: Virginia Conrad, Win
ston-Salem, X. C., secretary: Grace
Heittel, Pawtucket, It. 1., social chair
man: and Margaret Morton, Demur
est, X. J., and Josephine Swift, Wil
mington, 1 >el.. program chairmen,
j Sophomore officers are: Mary Lou
j Stafford, Oak liidge, X. ('., president:
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Drama Council Elects
New Members; Awards Keys
I Four new members have been elect
ed to the Dramatic council and two
J members have accumulated a suffi
cient number of points to receive keys.
Those elected for membership were:
| Herbert Pearson, ltosaleen Leslie, Bea
Fitzgerald and Steve Cope. Those who
I will receive keys are Amlrie Gard
hain. and Kathleen Leslie,
j Points for the work on the fall play
our Totrn were awarded and plans
| and date for the Spring play were dis
cussed. The tentative date is now April
-7; the council plans to have all the
| basic work completed by the spring
vacation and work on the major phases
jot' the production begin immediately
following.
The council discussed the advantages
of the new lighting and sound equip
ment and it feels that this equipment
will be of great value to the Dramatic
council as well as to the other organi
zations on campus. The council hopes
that a large number of students will
show an interest in the spring pro
duction.
cat ion sheets nml nt the (lummy layout
pages shows that there is u great lenl
of work left to do. For instance, the
business side of the Quaker has suf
fered tremendously since its manager,
ltnll>h Denton, is unable to work he
cause of the automobile accident of
last month. As a partial remedy a
corps of assistants has been formed,
led by Armstend Kstcs and supervised
by the editor, James Parker. These
fellows and Rupert Wells, Kirby
Moore, and Alt' liobertH are now sweat
ing over the all-important advertising
contracts for the annual—necessary in
order to insure prompt publication and
a deficit less book.
lint to go hack to the '4O Quaker
itself. It's almost an open secret that
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