VOLUME XXVIII
4 Students Make All A's; Spring Play Will Be April 18
Thirty-Two Students
Make All A's and B's;
Lower Ranks Larger
According to tabulations made by
Miss Era Lasley, registrar, four stu
dents made all A's last semester, a
decrease of four from the first semes
ter of 1940-1941. They are Margaret
Jones, Roy Leake, Antonie Ungar, and
Claus Victorius.
Twelve students made all A's but one
—Senta Anion, Ren Rrown, William
Douthit, Maria Jeffre, Mary Ellen Jor
dan, James I.elir, Jane Marshall, Sam
Price, Charlotte S pea re, David Stan
tield, (ierda Ungar, and Charles Lewis.
This is an increase of seven over the
first semester of 1940-1941, and an in
crease of four over the quarter.
Thirty-two students made all A's and
It's, an increase of 1"> over the quarter,
and nine over tlie corresponding semes
ter last year. Hnrford Crosinan, John
Jernigan, Mildred I'egram, and Charles
Walters made all R's, an increase of
one over the quarter and three over the
tirst semester of 1940-1941.
While the top ranks have increased,
the lower ranks have also increased in
proportion to the enrollment of .'179
students for the tirst semester 1940-
1941 as against for the first semes
ter 1!)41-1942. Twenty - five students
passed less than nine hours with a
"C" average, six passed only one sub
ject, and three passed no work at all.
Judge Hoge Ricks Will Be
On Campus February 20
Judge Iloge Kicks, judge In the Court,
of Juvenile and Domestic Relations in
Richmond, Virginia, and brother of
Miss Katherlnc Ricks, Guilford libra
rian, will lie on campus Friday, Febru
ary 20.
Judge Ricks will speak in chapel Fri
day morning, and lie wilt attend a
meeting of the Hoard in the afternoon.
He will lecture Friday evening at 8
o'clock, bis speech being the tirst in a
series of Cultural Resource lectures.
Judge Ricks received bis B. A. degree
at Guilford college ill 1905, and a R. L.
from the University of Richmond in
1908, where he is also a member of
I'hi Reta Kappa. He is chairman of
tlie American Rranch of the Friends
World Committee, and a member of
the Yearly Meeting in Baltimore.
Inside Story of Guilfordian
Revealed by Victim
It Is three minutes to 4 on Thurs
day morning. Hebe is hunting tlie
grades story which we susiH'ct is in
the bottom of the wastelinsket. The
wind begins outside the shuttered win
dow and we stop and look at each other
and pretend not to lie frightened. We
have decided that the weird scraping
noise outside the window of the Ouil
fordlan office is only the rattling of
the metal cellar door and not any of
the closer relations to Dracula, Frank
enstein, or vampires.
AH a last resort, we are clearing the
tops of our desks and encounter the
rare sight of smooth dark wood, scarred
at the edges liy the famous feet of for
mer editors.
Winnie is struggling with a No. 4
head in the corner t>y the window. It
is a had spot to sit, for there always
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MK. DAVII) PARSONS
Viclorius To Lecture
With Siring Group
I>r. Curt Victorius, director of the
Collegium Musicum and Assistant pro
fessor of Kconomlcs at Guilford, will
speak 011 "String Music and its Story,"
Friday, February 27, at 8 p.m. in tlie
auditorium, and will illustrate his talk
with four musical selections.
I>r. Victorius will trace string music
from its position in the Renaissance
as vocal accompaniment in the early a
cappella choirs, through its adoles
cence and emancipation in the modern
age.
A ssmnpta l!st -Maria, a motet by
I'alestrina for three voices and three
strings, will illustrate the tirst period,
that of captivity to the voice. Harbara
Anderson and Joan Itipperger, so
pranos, and Wilma Knight, alto, will
be accompanied in this by Rernice Mer
ritt and Margaret Jones, violins, and
Margery Iluber, cello.
A four part liicercarc, by Gabrieli,
will illustrate the second period when
the strings were played alone, but in
choir form.
Concerto G rosso, by Handel, will
show the alternation of solo strings
with groups of strings, an arrangement
w hich characterized the third period.
Mrs. Jess Alderman and Miss Victoria
l'cnnekamp, violins: and Dr. Victorius,
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appears to he a shadow lurking outside
the glass panel of our tishhowl door.
We have only until (>:•'> to finish our
copy, and then to the printers by mirac
ulous means.
I stare unseeingly into the two blaz
ing 25-wntt bulbs suspended by a snaky
cord from the ceiling—trying vainly to
see an editorial or even a vagrant i mor
tiiner hiding behind the switch.
We wonder if we will have cuts made
in time; we make lists of all the minute
details that our minions have over
looked. Memorandum: see Mr. Par
sons, first thing: see Coach Smith, dit
to: check with Victorius on spelling:
tell Dees that there'll lie two stories
coming in late, and leave room for an
"E box" 011 the sports page. If we
will, we'll send someone in with a No. 1
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GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., FEBRUARY 14, 1942
Parsons Named Head
Air Raid Warden
Of This District
Milner, Hole, Beittel,
Tannenbaum, Smith Are
Appointed Assistants
Mr. David Parsons, business manager
of Guilford college, was appointed air
raid warden of Guilford College in
January, 1942, by George L. Stansbury,
chairman of Guilford County Board of
Commissioners, and Beverly C. Moore,
coordinator for the whole county of
Guilford. Serving as his assistants are
Clyde A. Milner, E. T. Hole, and Ray
Tannenbaum.
Dean A. I). Reittel and Coach Charles
I). Smith have been assigned to duty
at the warden's post, which is the mes
sage center of this section.
Coach Smith has appointed Paul
Lentz as his first assistant; Bob Nolan,
assistant to Coach Lentz; Fred Taylor
to serve in New North: Dick Nelson,
(•Id North; Henry Ausband. Center;
Vander Chamberlain, old South: Her
bert Pearson, New South; "Dink" Dail,
Archdale: Miss Christine Foster, girls'
dormitories; Mr. William Edgerton,
faculty homes.
These people are responsible for see
ing that everything possible is done to
protect and safeguard homes and citi
zens in the Guilford College district.
Each warden of a certain section must
be trained in first aid, methods of com
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Spring Vacation Extended
The faculty voted to lengthen
spring vacation by one day this
year at a meeting of January 1!),
lit 12. The vacation will last from
Saturday, March 28, to Tuesday,
April 7.
The change is being made be
cause Easter Sunday falls on April
5. and many students would have
to travel that day in order to arrive
hark at school by Monday, April 6.
Because of this change students
will he ahle to spend Easter at
home.
Smith, Pope, Snipes
Are New Class Presidents
The newly elected class officers for
the second semester were voted into
office by the juniors, sophomores, and
treshmen at their respective meetings
on Thursday, February ~>, and by the
seniors in tlieir class meeting of Wed
nesday, February 11.
Seniors elected DeArmas Smith, pres
ident ; Mary 1 ,011 Stafford, vice-presi
dent ; and Frances Johnson, secretary
treasurer.
A turnover in junior class officers
resulted in the election of Virginia
I'ope, president; John Downing, vice
president ; and Hen Brown, secretary
treasurer.
Dan Young was re-elected president
of tiie sophomores, while Joan Kipper
ger serves as vice-president; Edith
Swisher, secretary; and Kingston
Johns, treasurer.
Brad Snipes \yn s voted to lead the
freshman class, aided by Clark Wilson,
tirst vice-president and chairman of the
program committee; Dorothy Peele,
second vice-president and chairman of
tiie social committee; Julia Nelson, sec
retary: and Jean Mali Thomas, treas
urer.
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HELEN VAN ACHTERBERG
A Cappella Choir To
Sing Twice, Feb. 22
Singers Will Appear
At Springfield and
Thomasville Churches
The Guilford College A Cappella
choir will give two concerts on Sun
day. February 22. The choir will sing
at Springfield Friends Church at 4
o'clock. It will appear at the Metho
dist Church In Thomasville at 7 :ISO
o'clock. The concert will be given at
a union service of the Methodist and
Presbyterian churches as one of a se
ries of special Sunday evening services
being given by the Presbyterian church.
The program for both concerts, sub
ject to change by request, is as fol
lows: I— (llorifi/ the Lord, Sweelinck ;
Ire Milrin. Arcadelt; O King of Glory,
I'alestrina; To Him IF ho Left His
Throne Oil High, Stainer. ll—.l K the
Wares of the Sea, Gretchaninoflf; Hus
sion Christinas Hymn, Ippolitov-Ivanov ;
Sleep, Hoi II Babe!, Ganschow; God of
Might, Bornschein.
Ill —O Gladsome Light, Hecltenlively;
I La mil Is Innocent and Mild, Eich
horn; Turn Thee I nto Me, Shallit-
Iloworth: Christ To Thee He Glory,
Sagittarius. IV —.l Pastoral Chora
tog ue. Olds: Let llie Words of Mg
Mouth, Hyde; O Lord God of Hosts,
Gaul: Wake, Awake, For Xiglit Is Fly
ing, Christiansen.
Newlin Turns to Gardening,
Carpentry in Spare Time
If you've t;>t a stray committee you
don't want, turn it over to Dr. Algie
Newlin—he'll be delighted, because they
are his hobby. We don't quite see what
committees have to do with history—
or carpentry or gardening, either, for
that matter, luit you're just as like
as not to find Dr. Newlin building a
new wing to the children's playhouse,
or pulling up things in the garden.
Of course, gardening is probably just
the farmer coming out in him, for he
was born 011 a farm in the southern
part of Alamance county, about (50
miles from Guilford. His hobby in
grammar and high school was collect
ing Indian arrowheads, not—we hope—
to use on his four brothers ai)d six
sisters.
Dr. Newlin majored in history at
Guilford, lie has one of those fright
ening lists of activities—class debating
M'MHKR 8
Tentative Cast of 13
Chosen at Tryouts
For April Production
Dramatic Council and
Play Production Class
Will Collaborate
The Dramatic council, under the di
rection of the president, Helen van
Achterberg, and faculty adviser, Dr.
Philip W. Furnas, will present its
spring production, "The Winter's
Tale," by William Shakespeare, on Sat
urday evening, April 18.
At tryouts Monday night, February
9, a tentative cast composed of the
following students was chosen: Tom
Purdy, Ophelia Davis, Darrell Durham,
David Stanlield, Hen Brown, Hudson
Bowne, Herb Pearson, Claire Potter,
Elois .Mitchell, Sarah Gray, Hazel Key,
Nancy Graves, and Virginia Chapin.
Several of these performers are al
ready veterans of the Guilford stage.
Virginia Chapin, Sarah Gray, and Hud
son Bowne played leading roles in the
fall production, "Spring Dance." Nancy
Graves held a lead in the full produc
tion of last year, "High Tor," while
Sally Gray was cast in a minor role.
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Austin Scott To Present
Flute Recital, February 16
Austin Scott, flautist, will present
two of his original compositions,
"Bagatelle" and "Scherziuo" in a re
cital Monday, February 1(1, at 8 p.m. in
Memorial hall.
A flute ensemble composed of Austin
Scott, Hugh Altvater, and Sarah
Scruggs, will play the two compositions.
The ensemble will also present "Hondo"
by Kunimer, and "Italian Serenade" by
Albisi.
l>r. Curt Victorius, cellist, will ac
company Austin in tlie Bach Sonata hi
H flat. The remainder of the program
Includes: "Dance of the Reed Flutes,"
from the A utekrackcr Suite, by Tschai
kowsky; "Idull," by Goddard; "The
Wind .1 monyxt the Trees," by Bric
cialdi; "Cmieerto," by Ferdinand dan
ger.
Miss Edith Hollowell, pianist from
Guilford College community, will ac
company Austin Scott in these selec
tions.
team, member of the Ilenry Clay lit
erary society, editor -in - chief of the
Guilfordian (Hail, brother!), and mem
ber of the baseball, football, and bas
ketball teams. lie was captain of the
baseball and football teams, and missed
only one baseball game in the four
years he was here as an undergraduate.
As if that weren't enough, he was also
interested in Y. M. C. A. and Christian
Endeavor work, and was appointed one
of three Guilford representatives to a
Student Volunteer assembly at Des-
Moines, lowa.
But all that didn't faze I>r. Newlin
a bit—lie went on to get his master's:
degree in history at Haverford, and
studied at Johns Hopkins, the Univer
sity of Geneva, Columbia university,
the University of California, the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, and the Univer
sity of Michigan.