VOLUME XXVIII
"A Winter's Tale" Tonite at 8; Young Heads Marshals
Four Seniors Appear
In Last Performance
Before Guilfordians
"A Winter's Tale" will be presented
tonight in .Memorial linll fit 8:00 by
the I •rainutie council.
This production marks the last ap
pearance on the Guilford college stage
of four veterans. They are seniors
Klois Mitchell. Charles Lewis, Herbert
I'earson and Marie Pickett.
The committee in charge of costumes
is made up of Nancy Graves, Rarbarn
Sprague, Annie Spencer, and Hazel
Key. Most if the costumes are from
Van Horns of Philadelphia but a few
have been made.
Phyllis Mt-ndows is in charge of
makeup for the production.
Austin Scott who is in charge of the
music lias composed an original score
for the play. The music is made up
of an overture and 1(> pieces of inci-.
dental music, including a "rustic
dance," a song and an intermezzo. Sev
eral of the more colorful characters—
the clown, the shepherd, and Autolycus, I
the rogue—have themes in the music I
which are associated with them.
The music will be played by an or-1
cliestra conducted by Austin Scott.
Playing in the orchestra are: Violins
—Mrs. Jess Alderman, Miss Victoria
Pennekamp, 11. Hugh Altvnter, Jr., of
Greensboro, and Miss Kossie Andrews
of Guilford college; viola—Miss Anna
Jones, (f Greensboro; violoncello —l*r.
Curt Victorius of Guilford college;
flute —Miss Sarah Scruggs of Greens
boro; clarinet—Hugh Brown; trumpet
—Walter Kucker; piano—Mrs. Harvey
Ljiuig.
Lockwood, Craven To Give
Joint Recital On April 26
•Mario Craven, soprano, and Patricia
LocUwocid, organist, will give a joint
recital on Sunday, April Uti, in Memo
rial liall at 8 p.m.
Sarah Gray, Winifred Ellis, Ileed
Landis and Jim Lelir will act as
ushers, i'atricia Loekwood will ac-1
company Marie Craven.
The program is as follows: I—l're
hitlc ami Fugue in '. Hacli: Sheep I
Man Sufcln Graze, liach. Patricia I
l.ockwood. II — Mliluja, from the motet,
"lOxsultate Jubilate." Mozart. Marie
Craven.
11l Fountain Itcverle, Fletcher;
Siring Street Chariot , arr. Le
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Talbert's Stands on Site
Of Other Famous Buildings
lty COltlvY FIKI.l)
Tis ii wise student who early trods
tin l path to another of Guilford's in
stitutions. the Cash Store. Not nearly
so cold and unfeeling as the name of
his domain implies, Mr. Talhert greets
all- even salesmen with a hearty
"Howdy lo!" And if you're new to
this neck of the woods, he's from
Greenville thereabouts and a DEMO
CUAT (he hastens to inform you).
Kven dim in the memory of the
postmaster was the establishment of
the lirst store on the site where Tal
hert holds forth. Three farmers from
the community, two Ilnllinger brothers
and .Mr. .lisse Stanley, erected the first
building, a wooden structure, contain- j
THE GUILFORDIAN
Chapel Schedule
Monday, April 20—Dr. E. Garness
Purdom, "Greek Mathematics and
Science."
Tuesday, April 21—Meeting for
worship on the basis of silence in
the lint.
Wednesday, April 22—Mrs. Ernes
tine C. Milncr, "The Periclean
Age."
Thursday, April 23—Class meetings.
Friday, April 21—Kcverend Eiden
Mills.
Monday, April 27—Kirhy Page.
Tuesday, April 28 Meeting for
worship on (lie basis of silence in
the Hut.
Wednesday, April 20—Mrs. Irene
Pickard.
Thursday, April lilt—Class meet
ings.
Friday, May I—Mrs. Maxine l.jung,
piano program.
Dr. Nason To Speak
For Commencement
Exercises On June 1
John William Nason, president of
Swarthmore college, will speak at tlie
commencement exercises to be held on
campus on Monday, June 1.
Dr. Nason received his IS. A. degree
from Carleton college in l!>2(i, and his
M. A. from Harvard university in 1028.
tic received his 1.1.D. at the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania in 1!)41. He has
heen president of Swartlunore college
since 1940. Slid is a member of the So
ciety of Friends.
The graduation exercises terminate a
group of activities known as senior
week, which will start on Monday, May
is, with a series of three consecutive
chapel periods. Speaking at these peri
ods will lie members of the faculty,
members of the senior class, and select
ed underclassmen.
The tentative schedule, as announced
by 1 ii'Armas Smith, president of the
senior class, is as follows. On Monday,
I)r. Algie 1. Xewlin will preside, with
Dr. Kva >. Campbell, Fred Taylor, and
Cora Jane Walters speaking.
Dr. l'hiiip \V. Furnas will preside
on Tuesday, and Dr. E. (iarness I'ur
doin, 'l'ohcy l.aitin, and Robert Mc-
Allister will speak. >n Wednesday. Dr.
Harvey A. Idling will preside over the
program, with Dr. Clyde A. Milner,
Charles l.ewis and l'aul Carrutliers as
speakers.
in;; the post olliee, over which Stanley
presided, and the "staples" store.
I.ater on Julia Cannon's father took
over and finally in 1 now in a
brick building, two Guilford graduates,
I lay worth and Moore, forsook the
, teaching profession to take up as their
life work (someone so aptly put it)
what they named oltieially "Guilford
Cash Store."
Two years later Mr. Talhert bought
' out the boys and soon afterwards de
stroyed the partition between what had
. formerly been the post office, and then
an "eating place," and his grocery. In
novations, lie proudly informs one, in
cluded increase in the stock which
now supplies all one's needs from shoe
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GUILFORD COLLEGE, X. ('., APRIL 18, 1942
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JUNIOR MARSHALS who will serve as ushers for the coming year
are, top row, llurford Crosman, Jane Marshall, Clans Victorius. Bot
ton row, Winifred Ellis, Nancy Graves, Dan Young, chief marshal,
Robert McAllister. Edelweisse Brower is not pictured. (Staff Photo
by James Patton.)
Philosophy 24 (lass
Plans Greek Pageant
Project To Include
Greek Chorus and
Panathenaic Procession
Tlic Philosophy lit class, under the
direction of Mrs. Clyde A. Milner, will
present. a project on llie Periclean Age
on Friday, April 24, at S p.m. This
program will lie the last in a series of
lectures on Ancient Greece.
Winifred Ellis is in eliarge of direct
ing the Wreck chorus. Taking part in
the chorus are Nancy Craves, Barbara
Anderson, Helen Lyon, Mary Belle
Cark. Betty and Shirley Marshall,
Charlotte Speare. and Marie Craven.
Gail Willis is in charge of the stu
dents working 011 a model of the
j Athena I'arthenos. She will he aided
| hy Marriner Bailey and Gerda Ungar.
Chairman of the costume committee
[is Grace Glickman, with Mildred
(Continued on l'uyc Three)
Furnas, Dorothy Gilbert
To Judge Library Contest
! Miss Dorothy L. Gilbert and Dr.
I'liilip \V. Furnas, members of the De
partment of English, will judge the
annual library contest for freshmen, it
was announced by Miss Katherine
Kicks, librarian.
Because of the lack of interest, there
will be 110 contest for upperelassmen.
! The contest is based on the variety
I and literary value of the books chosen
[ by the freshmen for the eight reports
| required of them during the year. The
students are allowed to select their
own reading material from a list of
approved books.
There will be four awards, each a
live dollar value in books. The contest
will close on May 1.
Rev. Mills To Speak Here
j ltverend Klden Mills, juistor of the
! Congregational church in Wist Hart
ford, Connecticut, will speak in chaiiel
on Friday, April 24.
Reverend .Mills is a graduate of Karl
ham college and of Hartford Theologi
cal seminary. For a number of years
lie spoke and sang 011 the National
Broadcasting company for the Council
of Churches program.
!
All Y Retreat Scheduled
For Tomorrow Afternoon
There will he an all-Y retreat
tomorrow, April lit, the group leav
ing Founders hall at 3:30. After
supper there will he installation of
' officers.
The new officers for the YAV.C.A.
1 are: president, Margaret Town
i send; vice-president, Ann Schnei
der; secretary - treasurer, Dorothy
I'ccle. For the Y. M. ('.A. they are:
president, Kohcrt Kolir; vice-pres
ident, Phil tliirwit/; secretary
treasurer, David Ktanficld.
The new cahinels have also been
clicscn. They are as follows: Pat'
Lcckwood, Dorothy Peele, Mary
Sowter, Mildred Kagan, Mary Belle
Clark, Kutli Itah, Margaret Town
send, Sadie White, Corinne Field,
Hazel Key, Ann Schneider, and
Edith Swisher for the YAV.C.A.
New cabinet members of the
j Y.M.C.A. are Phil llurwitz. Boh
Itohr, Ben Brown, Marriner Bailey,
•Jim Lclir, David Stanlleld, Brad
i Snipes, llurford Crosman, ami (ira
| ham .Meade.
The retreat is being planned by
Marie Gruinhrccht anil Charlie
Lewis, retiring presidents of the
YAV. and Y.M.C.A. The commit
tee in charge of the supper is Fdith
Swisher. Hazel Key, and Marriner
Bailey.
Shakespeare in the Raw;
Gory Details of Rehearsal
ISy SAI.I.V (iUAY
"Too hot, too hot," shouts Tom
I'urdy over the pounding of hammers
and the .shifting of scenery. It's all
in the day's work when you are re
hearsing a play. Hilt it's really dif
ficult to say your lines properly with
Kd Hehre about to fall off a rickety
step ladder and King Johns wandering
aimlessly across the stage and I>r.
Furnas shouting that he can't hear a
word you're saying.
lint to begin at the b. ginning. Conies
7 o'clock and you hie yourself off to
Mem ball. Of course the rehearsal has
already started, and they're yelling all
over the place because you're not
there. Well, now you are, so you dash
M MISKR II
Faculty-Appointed
Students Will Usher
During Coming Year
Dan Young will licad the group of
eight junior marshals chosen by tlie
(acuity at their meeting on April 13.
Others are Kdehveisse Krower, llur
ford Crosinan, Winifred Kllis, Nancy
(■'raves, Koliert .McAllister, Jane .Mar
shall, and ('laus Victorias. They will
serve for the year IJM2-1943.
The marshals are selected from the
sophomore class and are chosen on
(lie basis of their scholarship. The
group will usher at commencement and
at other college programs. The bend
marshal will lead the procession at
commencement.
Prior to last year, a group of six
. marshals had been selected each spring.
I.ast year the number was increased
to eight to allow for the participation
, of some of the marshals in various
campus programs.
Junior marshals who were selected
■ last spring to serve during the year
I'.M 1-1!(4U were ltoy Leake, chief, lien
Brown, Kin Jeffre, Helen Lyon, Paul
Pearson, Virginia Pope, Sam Price,
and Sadie White.
Mrs. Irene Pickard To Be
On Campus For Ten Days
Mrs. Irene I'icknrd, lecturer and so
cial worker, will he oil campus for a
least tell days beginning Saturday,
April L' 4. She will speak ill clnipel
twice and will meet with various
groups for in formal 1 discussion.
ln Wednesday, April 12!), Mrs. I'ick
ard will )?ive a general survey of "Eng
land iu War Time" for her chapel talk.
She will talk on "Women in the Modern
World." on Monday, May I.
Mrs. I'ickard and her husband, Bert
ram I'iekard. have for 14 years heen
the heads i,f the (Jelieva International
Center of the Society of Friends.
The Christian organizations, the lu
te rnatioual Relations dub, and the col
lege are sponsoring Mrs. I'ickard's stay
j at (iuilford college.
Dr. Weis To Address Club
Dr. Kzra 11. F. Weis will address the
I History club at its regular meeting on
Monday, April 27. lie will sp-.aU 011
"The History and Nature of Classical
.Music."
The meeting will be held in the
Music building at N o'clock.
up (iii the stage and enter into the
i spirit of tiling*.
Suddenly, Mr. Heine's melodious voice
comes flouting over the other tli.it you
' can only stand in one certain spot it'
you expect the light to hit you and
please not to go out that way because
| there is a brick wall there whether
. you can see it or not.
Well, at last that scene Is over with,
and you wander off to recuperate, when
( Nancy > raves conies bounding up with
her mouth full of pins and a tape
measure in her hand. She demands to
( know all your innermost secrets like,
haw much you weigh and how big
I your waistline is and what color your
I hair is—or will be, as the case may be.
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