VOLUME XXVII
Curtain Goal Reached;
$(12.83 Is Contributed
For Auditorium Drapes
Pledges by W. A. A.,
Debates and Dramatic
Councils Complete Sum
Memorial hall auditorium will have
new curtains!
The campaign inaugurated by THK
GUILFORDIAN last February to
raise funds for the purchasing of new
velvet drapes for the windows of Me
morial linll auditorium has come to
a successful close. A total of $612.83
has been raised from among various
student organizations and the admin
istration; the curtains are on order;
and, pending the contribution of the
administration's share of fund, the
windows in the auditorium will be
formally draped on Homecoming day,
November 2.
The amount necessary for the pur
chase of the curtains, largely raised
last year, was rounded out last week.
Then the Debates council made its
second contribution, this time one of
$75. The Dramatic council, convening
on September 20, voted SSO to the
fund; and the Women's athletic asso
ciation contributed $5.
The curtain drive was given im
petus early last spring by THE GUIL
FORDIAN's pledge of $54.50. At that
time the administration was contacted
and agreed to contribute $254.50. Eater
in the Remester other organizations
made gifts. The Debates council gave
SSO, the Women's student government
SSO, and the a eapella choir $25. The
Entertainment course committee con
tributed $23.83.
The curtains will be made of wine
velvet, harmonizing with the stage
curtain.
Chapel Programs Chosen
By Faculty and Students
The chapel program committee for
this year will be composed of live
faculty members from as many differ
ent fields, and five students, each rep
resenting different student activity.
The faculty members npiwlnted are:
Dr. Weis, Dr. Furnas, Mr. Kent, Mr.
Suiter, and Miss McAfee.
The students are: Teddy Mills, rep
resenting the Y. M. C. A.; Grace Beit
tel, appointed by the Y. W. C. A.:
Robert Register, from the Student Af
fairs board; and Fine Arts club rep
resentative, Eileen Dornself.
The representative of the Dramatics
council, who will complete the group
has not yet been selected.
Seniors of 1940 Arc Busy
Half-Year After Graduation
With its members scattered from
Taunton, Mass. to Mexico, the class
of l!MO is busily earning its living
In various ways throughout the coun
try. Several are continuing their
studies.
William I.auten is studying physics
at Chapel Hill; Arthur Wolff is do
ing graduate work at the Montelair
Teacher's college in New Jersey;
Ivcwis Bartlett is working for a mas
ter's degree at Boston university;
Frank Irving is taking a business
course in Philadelphia; Melissa Powell
is doing post-graduate work at Guil
ford college as well as acting as school
nurse; I'rlscilla Palmer is doing
post-graduate work in New Jersey;
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THE GUILFORDIAN
Roster of Class
Officers Complete
Tlie officers Tor the first semes
ter have been elected by all the
classes.
The Senior class officers are: Jo
seph Crescenzo, president; Hughes
Davis, vice-president; Virginia
Conrad, secretary-treasure*-, and
Stewart Alston, representative to
Men's Student government'. Colin
Osborne heads the Junior class as
president with Evelyn Pearson as
vico-inresident ami Marie Grum
brei'ht as secretary-treasurer.
The Sophomore class officers
are: Betty Warnke, president;
Helen Van Acliterberg, first vice
president and program chairman;
Francis Fowler, second vice-presi
dent and Social committee chair
man; Virginia Pope, secretary;
Jessie Parker, treasurer, and Stu
art Maynard, representative to
Men's student government. The
Freshman class officers are: Rob
ert Hudkins, president; Barbara
Anderson, first vice-president and
Social committee chairman; Jean
Calderwell, second vice-president;
Nancy Sharpe, secretary, and
Bradford treasurer.
Six New Members Join
Expanded College Staff
Six new members have been added
to the faculty staff this year. Coming
from different parts, they have been
trained in widely .scattered institu
tions.
T. Ross Fink will arrive here this
week end. Mr. Fink will be assistant
professor of education; classes under
him will begin Monday, September 30.
He attended Swarthmore college and
did graduate work at the University
of Pennsylvania. At George school he
I might English, became headmaster of
a boys' school in the Virgin Islands,
and lastly headmaster of the Erie day
school in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Miss McAfee is not only secretary
to Dr. Milner lint has joined the fac
ility staff as instructor in shorthand,
typing, and office management. She
did un lergraduate work at Peabod.v
college. Tennessee, receiving her A. B.
degree from Asbury college, Kentucky.
Miss Andrews is assistant to I)r.
W'eis in the music department. As a
basis for her numerous classes and
activities, she received her A. I?, from
Georgia Wesleyan college and her
M. M. from the University of Michi
gan. A versatile musician, Miss An
drews plays violin, organ, and piano,
teaching the latter two at Guilford.
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Faculty Members Spend
Interesting Summers
As among the students, there was
coming and going of Guilford faculty
during summer vacation.
Miss Foster did work toward her
doctorate at Columbia university.
The Lj lings vacationed In Wisconsin
while the newly married Kents lived
in their home, Idlose to thle Dolly
Madison well.
Ilr. Furnas remained here, teaching
in summer school and remodeling his
home. I)r. Newlin and Ilr. Purdom
added two of the carpenters among
the faculty, confining themselves to a
garage.
GI'ILFORD COLLEGE, N. C„ SEITEMBER 28, 1!)40
Philosophy Seminars
Innovated; to Be Led
By President Milner
Students in Philosophy
And Psychology Will
Test Ideas
President Clyde A. Milner is con
ducting n series of psychology and
philosophy seminars to be held each
Wednesday evening at his home nt
7:30 p. m.
This is the first time in the history
of Guilford College that a seminar will
he used as a regular part of any
course. Those attending will he graded
on their work during the weekly two
hour period and will receive a credit
of one hour.
The seminar theory of education
uses informal group discussions as a
laboratory, or testing ground for ideas
conceived in a regular classroom. Ac
cording to Dr. Milner, our academic
system has two faults: first, each
class period has become a boxed-up
unit, because a certain amount of ma
terial must be covered in a given
time. The two-hour seminar, through
its discussion, will allow time to show
the relationship of other courses to
those of the major concentration. Sec
ond, the teacher at the head of a class
does too much talking. In the semi
nar, all the pupils will be able to
offer their own opinions freely.
This year, through the psychology
and philosophy seminar, people major
ing in those fields will try to help
each other by determining what op
portunities are open to them there.
They will attempt to see what in cur
rent topics adds to their knowledge
of their specialization. Since the sem
inar will be composed of sophomores,
juniors, and seniors, the underclass
men will be given the chance to pre
sent their speeches. Senior criticisms
can and will be offered. Through
ideas debated in the seminar and re
source hints furnished by Its niem-
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Enrollment Statistics
Show Many Decreases
Statistical facts and figures released
by Miss Era Lasiey, registrar, indicate
that there are fewer Gnilfordians this
season: but Coxward comments indi
cate that what quantity hasn't got,
quality has—especially cross-campus.
To wit:
The freshman crop numbers 1.12, the
masculine portion aggregating 09; last
year's group numbered 168. The defi
ciency is partially supplemented by 1(1
transfer students.
Total enrollment is 385, 10 less than
lust year's. Nineteen states, the Dis
trict of Columbia, and Cuba are repre
sented. North Carolina leads the list
with 220 students, followed by New
Jersey with 38, New York with 34, and
Pennsylvania with 33.
There are only 107 day students in
the total group of 224 men and 101
women. This is a decrease from the
120 of last year.
Of the 282 campus students, 73 are
in Founders this year, 77 in Mary
Ilohbs, 33 in Archdale, and i) 5 in Cox.
The Friends take the lead in reli
gious classification for the third con
secutive year, their IOC far outnum
bering the Methodists' 80. Oddly
enough, each of these groups has an
increase of exactly one over last year's
statistics. In all, 17 sects are repre
sented, of which, beside the two men
tioned nlKive, the Presbyterians with
50, the Baptists with 45, and the Epis
copalians with 25 are most prominent.
Dramatic Council Play
To Be Selected Today
Six Delegates Named
To Men's Ruling Body
Nace Presides Over Meeting
Of Men's Student
Government
At the meeting of the Men's Stu
dent government, held Monday night
with Harry Nace, president, in charge,
the chief business brought up was the
election of representatives from the
dormitories and confirmation of class
representatives.
The group also discussed changing
the rule of no cuts being allowed dur
ing the week before and after holidays
to one changing the no-cut periods to
three days. Resides this, the question
of dining hall music came up, as well
as that of a place for a college or
chestra to practice. It was suggested
that one men's student government
representative be allowed for every
twenty-five day students, thus giving
more participation to them, but noth
ing was decided upon.
Representatives chosen were: David
Parker, New North; Merle Pickett,
Old North; Edward McMillan, Center;
Rob Smith, Old South; Clarence
Chandler, New South; Daniel Dail,
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Fourteen Newcomers
Bolster Orchestra
Musicians Start
Rehearsals for
Varied Season
With 27 members at present, but
still In need of a trumpet player and
a double bass player, the chamber
orchestra started rehearsing last week
under the direction of I)r. Ezra H. F.
Weis. Fourteen newcomers were in
the group.
The orchestra plans to appear in
concert programs, make radio broad
casts, wnd play foe several liapl>l
programs. For this season's high spot
the chamber orchestra will accompany
the rendition of tlie Messiah just be
fore Christmas.
The program for the orchestra will
include several standard overtures in
addition to pieces and movements
from several symphonies.
The musicians making this possible
are 6 first violins, 5 second violins,
2 violas, 2 cellos, 3 flutes, 1 oboe,
2 clarinets, 2 saxaphones, 1 melophone,
1 trumpet, 2 trombones, 1 pianist, and
1 assistant pianist.
Three faculty members play with
the orchestra : Dr. Williams, Dr. Vic
torius, and Miss Andrews.
If you are interested, whether you
can play a trumpet or double bass or
not. Dr. Weis would like Ito have
you try.
Lieutenant-Governor
And Wife Visit Campus
North Carolina's Lieutenant Gover
nor Hjorton nnd Mrk Ilorton were
visitors on the campus two Sundays
ago.
Before her marriage, Sirs. Horton
was a Mendenhali. She attended Guil
ford and lived in Mary Hobbs hall.
She is still actively connected with
Guilford, serving on the etfecittive
committee of the Alumni association.
NUMBER 1
Four Productions Are
Under Consideration
By Play-Making Group
Production Date Is
November 16; Try-outs
Monday Night
The annual fall production of the
Dramatic council will be named today
at noon. Yesterday, at a special meet
ins, the council narrowed the plays un
der consideration down to four and
called an assembly for 12:30 today in
East parlor to make a final choice.
Production date for the drama chosen
has been set for November 16. Pend
ing today's selection, try-outs for roles
will he held in Memorial hall audito
rium Monday evening.
Apart from the discussion of plays
at yesterday's meeting, Hazel Monsees
was elected by the council to serve on
the chapel convocations committee.
Two plays by Maxwell Anderson,
"High Tor" and "Saturday's Children,"
and two by A. A. Milne, "Mr. Pim
Passes By" and "Michael and Mary"
are the pieces from among which the
final choice will be made. The coun
cil is paying particular attention to
merits of production and audience at
traction in the plays.
Six plays were recommended at a
meeting of the council yesterday after
noon after a reading committee ap
pointed by President Gardham had
considered various pieces. Plays under
consideration by the committee had
been Vincent Carroll's "Shadow and
Substance," Sidney Howard's "The Sil
ver Cord," P. G. Wodehouse's "The
Play's the Thing," adapted by Ferenc
Molnar, A. A. Milne's "Michael and
Mary," and Maxwell Anderson's "Sat
urday's Children" and "High Tor."
These plays were recommended at
the sparsely attended opening meeting
of the Dramatic council September 20
by President Gardhain. At that meet
ing, Miss Gardham also appointed the
reading committee, which consisted of
Hazel Monsees, Polly Morton, Rosa
leen Leslie, Charles Lewis, Steve Cope,
and Joe Crescenzo.
Financial matters, plans for meet
ing, and play suggestions were dis
cussed at the meeting. The council
members present voted to contribute
SSO to the Memorial hall curtain fund.
The time of meeting was set for the
second Friday in every month at 7:30
p.m. in East parlor, Founders hall.
Picnic for Choristers
At 5 This Afternoon
More than SO choir members will
climb a lion rl truck or wagons and
head for the Guilford Tinttle
Grounds for their annual picnic
at 5 :()0 p. m. today.
Only choir members will be able
to participate but they will make
up a good crowd as there are 81
members, both old and new.
Miss Iletty heads the en
tertainment committee, which is
keeping tha entertainment program
a secret.
An interesting note about this
year's choir is that there are 18
denominations represented in it.
Dr. Weis, incidentally, is already
at work ion the plans for the
choir trip. Happy news is that
their dcstfiuitSons undoubtedly
will be us far as Miami. Fla.