VOLUME XXY'I
Work on 'Kind Lady'
Pushed by Council;
(asl Almost Complete
Joyce Frye and Bernard
Foster Have Leads in
Spring Play
The Dramatic council Ims chosen for
its annual Spring production the three
act play. Kind Ladg, written by Ed
ward Chodorov and adapted from a
story by Hugh Walpole. The cast of
thirteen characters affords splendid
opportunities for acting, the council
has indicated.
The cast includes Mary Herries, the
kind lady; Joyce Frye; Henry Ab
bott, suave, sinister crook, Bernard
Foster; Mr. Edwards, associate of
Henry Abbott, Jack Lindsay; Mrs. Ed
wards, law class Englishwoman, Ben
Fitzgerald; Lucy Weston, friend of
Mary I Terries, Hope Leslie; Phyllis
(Helming, young society follower, Char
lotte Lewis; Peter Santard, young
American tiancee of Phyllis, Dave
Parker, Rose, maid to Mary Herries,
Ruth Williams; Ada, wife of Henry,
Mary Gray Coltrane; Mr. Foster, bank
er, Robert Register; Aggie Edwards,
neurotic daughter, Elois Mitchell; Gus
tav Rosenberg, art critic, Michael Por
ter, and the Doctor, 'buries Linville.
The technical staff includes: Ameri
cas Woodward, Kenneth Morris, Jona
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Harpist and Trio Play
At Two Concerts
Entertainment Course
Features Artists
And Speakers
In connection with the entertain
ment course, two more musical concerts
will be presented here this semester it
lias been announced by Professor Wil
liam O. Suiter, chairman of the enter
tainment committee.
The first will bring Hazel lone
Moses, harpist, to the chapel program
on April 17. The second program will
lie given by an instrumental trio from
Chapel Ilill. A date has not yet been
found for this.
i>r. Dashiell, a psychologist of the
University of North Carolina will lec
ture here on April 2ft for the division
of social sciences. The committee is
still looking for a scientist. If one is
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Frosh, Sophomores Enter
Book Contest for Literati
Liberal Prizes Will
Reward Winners of
Library Contest
The literati of Guilford will display
their ability again this spring in their
choice of books. The competitors tills
years are six sophomores and every
freshm&n in school. The sophomores
who signed lip before last Saturday
(the deadline) were Tobey Laitin,
lieamice Merritt, Frances Lloyd, Merle
rickett, Michael I'orter, and Henry
Bilyeu. They will each make a list
of from twenty-five to tift.v books which
they would like to own in a personal
library either specialized or general.
The price of the books ought to be
vrttliin the range of the average
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THE GUILFORDIAN
Chapel Schedule
Monday, April 15—Robert H. Frn
zier, Greensboro attorney.
Tuesday, April 16—Meeting on the
basis of silence in the Hut.
Wednesday, April 17—Helen lone
Moses, harpist. Program will
bo lengthened to one hour.
Thursday, April 18—Class meet
ings.
Friday, April 19—Fine arts club.
Monday, April 22—Spanish pro
gram.
Tuesday, April 23—Meeting on the
basis of silence in the Hut.
Wednesday, April 24 Edward
Scheldt, of Federal Bureau of
Investigation, popularly known
as G-Men.
Thursday, April 25—Class meet
ings.
Friday, April 26—French club.
First of Articles
By Gilbert Appears
Other Essays by Pope and
Mitner on Great Quakers to
Appear in American Friend
The lirst in a series of articles writ
ten by members of the Guilford facul
ty on great figures in Quaker history
has appeared in the American Friend,
it luis been learned; the essay, "The
I'eninßtons," written by Miss Gilbert,
successful contributor to several maga
zines, treats of Isaac I'enington and
his wife, who were among the lirst of
the few highly educated and rich
Quakers of the religion's youth.
The whole group is an adaptation
of speeches made last year in High
Point 011 great Quakers, and the fol
lowing have-been, or will lie, .submit
ted: by Miss Gilbert, an article on the
doctrines of the Peningtons: by I>r.
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Interest in Mexico Shown
In Recent Film and Talk
Prevalent interest in Mexico was
shown in two recent activities 011
Guilford campus.
One of these, sponsored by the V,
was tile showing of movies in Memorial
hall 011 April 4. The purpose was to
give the student body an opportunity
to glimpse the work of the Friends
Service committee in Mexico last sum
mer. The (ilin showed the activities
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New Student Officers
Start Campus Crusade
Newly elected president of men's
student government, Harry Nace,
gathered his forces last Tuesday
night in a move to change unde
sirable conditions on the campus.
There was discussion on the dining
hall situation, holiday cuts, and
the day students' need of another
representative. Winfred Meihohm
was named to the governing body
to till the vacancy left by Hob
Wilson, who moved up to the vice
presidency. The stag party Mon
day night was featured by a talk
by President Milner. who stressed
the need of both good leaders and
good followers.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, X. C„ APRIL 13, 1940
Banquet and Concerts
Scheduled by Singers
During April and May
Diary of Journey Through
Western States Records
Choir's Experiences
The choir will give a banquet this
evening at 7 in the Florentine room
of the King Cotton hotel in Greens
boro.
Michael Caffey will be toastmaster.
Speeches will be given by Dr. Milner
and probably both l)r. and Mrs. Weis.
Several of the faculty will be present,
among tlieni Miss Chenault, Miss Gons.
and I)r. Emerick. Marianua Dow will
read the diary of the choir, written
on their western trip and presented
in part in the last choir chapel pro
gram. At the close of the banquet
the choir will sing one of their favor
ite numbers, "The Lord Bless You."
All present members of the group are
invited, together with any old mem
bers who will be able to come.
The banquet is only one of numer
ous activities of our a capella singers.
Continuing their spring trips, they will
confine their journeys to North Caro
lina. The first of a series of concerts
will be sung at the Main St. Methodist
church of Thomasville on April 14.
On the same day they will sing at the
Winston-Salem Centenary Methodist
church. n April 21 the group will
sing at the Friends church of High
Point. Possibly starting on April 2(i
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Michael Caffey Will Give
Senior Recital on 20th
Michael Caffey is scheduled to give
his senior vocal recital in Memorial
Hall auditorium, Saturday evening,
April 20 at 8:15 o'clock.
A music major, he was president of
the Fine Arts club and also of the
junior class both of last year. Caffey
is tenor soloist for the choir.
He will lie accompanied by Evelyn
Pearson. Honorary marshals for this
occasion are Wilbert Edgertou, Ma
rianua Dow", Sally Ruth Shuford, and
Richard Hendricks. Sally Ruth Shu
ford was a freshman at Guilford last
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ISiews Briefs
Reservations
Reservations in both Founders and
Mar.v Ilohbs halls are tilled almost to
capacity for the school year of 1940-
1041. There are now only one vacancy
in Founders and seven in Mary Ilobbs.
German Club
The members of the German club
were presented with an enjoyable pro
grain on Thursday of last week. Dr.
Philip \Y. Furnas gave an educational
and entertaining talk on Serbia, after
refreshments of ice cream and sand
wiches had been served. Members of
the club were treated to a free German
movie at Woman's college on Wednes
day of this week.
George School Visitors
Among recent visitors to the Guilford
campus was a group visiting southern
colleges during George school's spring
vacation. In the group were Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Shane and Mr. Richard
McFeeley. Mr. Shane is dean of boys
and professor of mathematics at
George school, which is just outside
Philadelphia. Mr. McFeeley is history
professor. From here the group went
to Chapel Hill and Charleston.
Student Affairs Board
Questions Elections
Monogram Club Dance
Will Follow Banquet
The social committee and the
Monogram club will join forces in
arranging the annual spring
achievement banquet and the Mon
ogram dance, formerly separate
functions.
The banquet will be held May 4
in Founders hall. Honors will be
presented. No speeches will be
given.
The dance will immediately fol
low the banquet. The Monogram
club hopes to have an orchestra
for I lie occasion.
A joint committee from both or
ganizations will meet to make final
plans.
Response to Request
For Music Pleasing
Crescenzo, Foster, White,
And Van Hoy Cited for Good
Entries of Alma Mater Tune
The response to their announcement
last October concerning the contest of
writing music for their new alma
mater poem has been very pleasing, Dr.
l'ope and Miss Gilbert have reported.
The final tune to which the poem will
be sung has, however, yet to be chosen,
although several excellent melodies
have been submitted.
The work of Joseph Crescenzo, Ber
nard Foster, Margaret Van Hoy, and
Dolly White, members of Dr. Emer
ick's class in music theory, has been
selected as a possible group on which
the final decision will be made; how
ever, the competition is still open, and
it is urged that others write a tune to
the poem, which can be procured from
Dr. Pope or .Miss Gilbert.
Criticizing the entries in general,
Dr. I'ope said that they ran to the
fiymii type rather than to the alma
mater type, as well as being lacking
in emotional range.
"We shall continue to search for an
effective melody," Dr. I'ope concluded,
but lie emphasized that he and Miss
Gilbert are very much satisfied with
the work submited: it shows, they
said, remarkable quality for music com
posed by students having only about
one semester of music theory.
Wizards of Public Speaking
Indulge in Brilliant Oratory
By MICHAEL PORTER
As a last resort I was asked to go
along and get some facts on the Pub
lic Speaking class. Don't misunder
stand me; the fact that I was asked
was the last resort.
I dropped in just as Jack Lindsay,
who has a prominent part in the spring
play, was demonstrating his rhetorical
wizardry. While the attentive audience
applauded him I counted twenty men
iiixl two women present. The class has
an enrollment of twenty-seven. I was
sorry to sec so few girls. Modern com
mercial science has enabled girls to
set such a high standard of beauty
that our delight at hearing them may
not continue to match our delight at
seeing them.
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Dramatics and Choir
Called to Account in
Agitated Meeting
Restricted Membership of Y
Brings Up Problem
Of Closed Elections
At nil agitated meeting of an in
vestigating committee of the Student
Affairs board headed by Winfred Mei
bolim and held in East parlor Inst
Monday afternoon, the Choir and the
Dramatic council were asked to ac
count for their insistence on separate
elections for tlie officers of their or
ganizations.
Steve Cope, present student manager
of the Choir, while admitting that
that position was elective in that the
final choice Was made by a vote of the
choir members, reminded the commit
tee that it was a remunerative posi
tion applied for by interested students.
It was the Young Men and Women's
Christian associations with their re
cently restricted membership that
brought up this problem, by no means
a new one on the campus.
Years ago, Dr. Purdom stated, when
the Student Affairs board was called
into existence at the near collapse of
most of the school's organizations, and
1 >r. Binford, then president, was finally
prevailed upon to collect the fifteen
dollar student activities fee for the
help of the organizations, the board
decided to have a general election for
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Philosophy Glass Trip
To Brookgreen Gardens
More than 50 enthusiastic students
of Mrs. Milner's Tuesday Philosophy
24 class will leave the campus for a
survey trip to Brookgreen Gardens,
South Carolina. The group will leave
at 7 o'clock the morning of May 9 or
May 14, returning to the campus about
2 o'clock the next morning. Inter
rupting a semester's study of statuary
in books, they will have a chance to
study actual sculpture. The students
will swim at Myrtle Beach, South Car
olina, if weather permits. The ex
periences of last year's Philosophy
class, who also went to Brookgreen
Gardens, promise a good trip.
Sidney Clayton of Greensboro fol
lowed Jack Lindsay. He spoke on Un
employment. Mr. Kent's call for com
ments at the end was greeted with a
hnblmb of remarks from which I dis
tinguished: "Pretty good." "I heard
some of it." "Pretty good speech."
"Sounded as thotigh he had some coal
in his month." "He talks through his
nose." and from Eliot: "My main
criticism. . . ."
Next, Hoberta Shepherd was dragged
from her seat next to Harden to de
liver with easy poise a "well organ
ized" speech on the Waldensian re
ligious sect, which waiter Johnson fol
lowed up with some interesting com
ments on the prosperity of the North
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