VOLUME XXVII
Tour Takes Choir South; 'lt Pays to Advertise' at 8 P.M.
A Capella Singers Leave Here March 29
For Concert Tour Through Four Slates
Forty-live members of the Guilford
n capella choir will leave campus Sat
urday morning, March 29, for the an
nual spring tour which this year will
carry them through North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, anil Florida,
according to Dr. K. F. H. Weis, direc
tor. They will have sung the preced
ing night, March 28, in the traditional
home concert before the trip.
Covering approximately 1800 miles,
the group plans to stop in 10 cities
during the nine days that the tour will
last. Pointed out as two especially
important concerts are those which
wil be sung in Atlanta, Ga., March 30,
in the Glenn Memorial auditorium,
where many musical programs of high
calibre have been given, and in St.
Petersburg, Florida, April 1, which
will be sponsored by the St. Petersburg
chamber of commerce, holding a Fes
tival of States celebration.
The complete itinerary for the trip,
the second one into the South in three
years, is ns follows: March 21), West
minster, S. C'., in the Baptist church:
March 30, Atlanta, Ga„ in the Glenn
Memorial auditorium; March 81, Amer
icas, Ga., in the First Methodist
church; April 2, Orlando, Fla., in the
Broadway Methodist church; April 3,
l>e Land, Fla., in the First Methodist
Episcopal church; April 4, Jackson
ville Beach, Fla.; April 5, Kingstree,
S. C., in the Baptist church; April C.
Ilartsville, _S. C., in the Coker college
auditorium; and April C, Lauriuburg,
N. C., in the Baptist church.
The choir, which is now in its 13th
season as a distinctive campus organ
ization, lias made for several years
a spring tour which carries partici
pating students through several states.
It is believed by I)r. Weis that this
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Milners Schedule Talks
For Winston, Wilmington
The last of a series of talks made
by Dr. Clyde A. Milner will be given
tomorrow, March 0, at the Ardmore
Methodist cliurcli in Winston-Salem.
His topic concerns "An Adequate Spir
itual Leadership."
Mrs. Ernestine Milner will be speak
er at the Winston-Salem high school
on Friday, March 14, on the subject
of "Boy and Girl Relationships."
Mrs. Milner will also give n series
of talks. She will speak at Wilming
ton, N. C., during March 17-18, lec
turing at a I'. T. A. meeting Monday
evening, speak at a Notary club din
ner Tuesday noon, and will broadcast
there Tuesday afternoon.
Campus Polls Cull Opinions
On Leadership / Curriculum
By BETTE BAILEY
Thnt peculiarity of modern Amori- [
can cultuer, as familiar as the Fuller
brush man, and as dear to the perpe
trator as haseball to the American
male—the poll of public opinion—has
broken out at Guilford recently, run
ning a course parallel in intensity with
the measles.
It comes to us. as a herald of spring,
after a hard winter of Gallup polls and
straw votes. Its supernatural force
may be seen in the fate of the late
Literary Digest, which succumbed rap-
Uy to the ravages of over-exposure.
THE GUILFORDIAN
Chapel Schedule
Monday, March 10—Mr. Farlowe,
of Guilford college community.
Tuesday, Starch 11—Meeting for
worship on the basis of silence, in
the Hut.
Wednesday, March 12—Dr. Pur
dom, of the Guilford faculty.
Thursday, March 13—Class meet
ings.
Friday, March 14—Dr. H. M.
Wagstaff of the history department
of the University of North Caro
lina.
Monday, March 17—Dr. Richard
Gente, of the German department
of the University of North Caro
lina.
Tuesday, March 18—Meeting for
worship on the basis of silence, in
the Hut.
Wednesday, March 1!) X. C. Lara
bee, North Carolina state director
of student work (XYA).
Thursday, March 20—Class meet
ings.
Friday, March 21—Unscheduled.
Wagslaff to Review
Situation in England
U. N. C. History Professor
To Speak in Chapel
Friday, March 14
Dr. H. M. Wagstaff, professor of
history at the University of North
Carolina, will be ehapel speaker here
on March 14. Widely known as an
authority on English history, he will
lie on campus for most of the day,
sponsored by the social studies di
vision of the faculty, which is super
intended by I)r. Algie I. Newlin.
Dr. Wagstaff's chapel talk will con
cern the historical background of pres
ent day England and will feature main
ly the internal conditions which
brought 011 the current situation. He
is scheduled to talk to at least one
other group during the course of his
day's visit.
A native of ltoxboro, North Caro
lina, Dr. Wagstaff has been one of the
leading figures at the University of
North Carolina for many years. He
has attained literary significance as a
compiler of historical documents, as
editor of the James Sprunt Hill his
torical publications, and lis a frequent
contributor to southern historical peri
odicals and to the North Carolina His
torical society.
It comes to us, via Guilford's mimeo
graph machine, in the form of surveys
conducted by Dr. A. D. Beittel and
Edna Earle Edgerton.
I)r. Beittel is endeavoring to deter
mine the students' reactions to last
semester's courses by questionnaires
concerning the attitude of instructor
to student, subject matter of the course,
quantity of assignments, interest in
class sessions, kind of examinations
and cheating in the classroom. lie
hopes to discern the values and popu
larity of courses, faculty, and places
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GUILFORI) COLLEGE, N. C., MARCH 8, 1941
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JOHN HOBBY
Scholarship Society
Inducts Jones, Lewis,
Merrill, Pennekamp
Milners Are Hosts to
Honor Students at
Semi-Annual Meeting
Margaret Jones, Charles Lewis. Ber
nlee Merritt, and Elfried Pennekamp
were inducted into the Guilford Schol-
arship society last Saturday night at
the semi-annual meeting at the Mil
ners' home.
The present officers of the society are:
Grace Beittei, president: Robert Regis
ter. vice-president; and Winfred Mei
bohm, secretnry-treasurer.
Membership in this group means a
quality average of 2.5 at the end of the
fifth and seventh semesters gained by
the pupil. Also the officers are auto
matically appointed, with the presi
dent having the highest average, vice
president next, etc. The term of office
runs from .lune to June. This society
has a standing on a par with Phi Beta
Kappa in other schools.
All honor roll students were invited
to this meeting; and after the induc
tion the entertainment started. First
there were quiz programs in charge of
Robert Register. This was followed
by refreshments and games such as
ping-pong, bridge, and pinochle.
Jeffre Chosen President
At German Club Elections
Kin Jeffre, sophomore, was re-elected
to the presidency of the German club
at a meeting held February 20.
Claus Victorius, secretary, and Merle
Pickett, treasurer, also retain lust se
mester's positions.
Other officers for this semester art
Anne Schneider, program chairman,
and Winnie Ellis, refreshment chair
The group, of which Dr. Ma ri
Luise liuth is faculty adviser, is now
making plans for a tea at which they
will entertain European faculty and
students of Greensboro college and
Woman's college.
Brooks Speaks in Seminar
Featured speaker at the meeting of
the race relations seminar held in Dr.
A. 1). Beittel's home Tuesday night
was Dr. A. 11. Brooks, head of the
English department at A. and T. col
lege in Greensboro. Dr. Brooks dis
cussed in the open meeting "Xegro
Literature."
WEk ' U
ELSIE KERLEE
Monogram Dance
The second Monogram club
dance of the year, to be held in the
gym Saturday evening, March 15,
from 7:30 until 10:30, will feature
Wiley Kiser and his band, from
Winston-Salem.
The affair will be semi-formal.
Tickets will be 50c stag, 75c a cou
pie, and SI.OO at the door. They
may be purchased from any mem
ber of the Monogram club.
Coca-Cola will be sold at inter
mission.
Collegium Musicum
Performs at Comedy
The Collegium Musicum of Guilford
college, under the direction of its
founder-director, I)r. Curt Victorius,
will give its third public performance
on the evening of March 8, in connec
tion with the spring production of the
Dramatic council, "It Pays to Adver
tise."
Preceding curtain time the group
will play Maestoso Allegro f-om Mo
zart's Entr'acte I'ieees—'J'hotmos, Kin!/
of Hgupt. This music, written as Mo
zart wrote it, has not been played
since 17! X), when it accompanied the
coronation festivities of Leopold II
in Europe. The score lias been only
recently edited in the United States
by Alfred Einstein, upon his immigra
tion to this country from Germany.
Between the lirst and second acts,
two Hnch gavottes and Schubert's
Marclic Militairc will be played, while
between the second and third acts the
ensemble will play Polonaise and liadi
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New Albert Publication Is
Latest Library Acquisition
By TOBEY LA IT IN
After remembering to close the door
(if the library with n Arm hand, you
dash to the desk, tripping over one of
the floor runners, and, leaning fero
ciously over Friedrich, Beittel, or who
ever is on the job at the moment, you ;
growl hopefully "ls the Arclidale
Weekly in'/"
The covers of the new Life shrivel
with neglect and the weightier tomes
—(iooil llounckccp and Mrs. Mllner's
philosophy books become quickly
swathed in the dust of the reserve
shelf.
I For there is a new publication on
NUMBER 9
(ope, Conrad, Gideon,
Register and Parker
Make Last Stage Bows
Curtain will go up at 8 o'clock this
evening in Memorial liall on the "farci
cal fact," "it I'a.vs to Advertise," spring
production of the Dramatic council.
The Jlegrue ami Hackett comedy
will bring n half dozen acting favorites
and as many newcomers to the Guilford
boards. Five of the featured players
will be making their last bow before
a college a udience.
In rehearsal for four weeks, the play
has been co - directed by I)r. Philip
Furnas and Aiulrie Gardham, president
of the Dramatic council. Daryl Kent
has directed stage contsruetion.
Robert Register, Steve Cope, Vir
ginia Conrad, Dave I'nrker, and L. M.
Gideon, all seniors, will lie making their
last a pea ranee in a council vehicle.
Register does an about-face, forsak
ing his character portrayals to con
clude as the milionaire playboy-hero
of tonight's show. He will be play
ing opposite Elsie Kerlee, only new
comer to carry an important role.
Cope will remain in character to
play the part of the father and finan
cial tycoon whose machinations against
his unambitious son prove a boom
erang. Virginia Conrad plays a spu
rious countess who mixes French, Ger
man, and Brooklynese to the conster
nation of her would-be dupes.
Dave Parker turns from his romantic
leads to the part of an irate creditor.
Ij. M. Gideon will probably appear as
the foppish son of a competing mil
lionaire. In case of Gideon's absence,
Herb Pearson will enact the part.
John Hobby, uncovered in "High
Tor," is featured as a super-salesman
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Friedrich Again Publishes
Scholarly Research Work
Gerhard Friedrich, Guilford college
student published a second article in
the February issue of the American-
German Review, concerning his find
ings while employed last year as spe
cial librarian in Juniata college, Hunt
ington, Pennsylvania.
The article concerns two letters
written by Christopher Saur, an early
Germantown settler, to Governor Mor
ris of Pennsylvania. Their historical
importance rests in their revelation of
conditions prevalent in America in
1755, which had previously been un
known.
The February Issue of the periodical
j can be found in the library.
| the shelves the Arcliilule Weekly
I i alias (lie ('IMI ;/■ Xei p#)— ft little two-
Paced morsel typtd on ancient paper,
which is only five days old. Its first
edition, as recent as March " crumbled
with age and was replaced with the
present issue, limited to three copies
I —forsooth, a rarity.
The staff (office—Room B—-Archdale
hall) is unique in its cooperation, its
lack of dissension. It is truly one his,
happy family, says John Albert, Arch
dale resident and founder of the news
, paper. It lias eleven workers—rang
ing from president through several
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