VOLUME XXIX
Orchestra Will Give
First Fall Concert
Dr. E. H. F. Weis Directs
Group In Classical
Program On November 20
The Guilford College Chamber or
chestra, in cooperation with the Fri
day evening lecture series, will present
a program of familiar, classical music
in Memorial liall on November 20 at
8 o'clock.
The program announced by Dr.
E. 11. F. Weis, director, is as follows:
Poet anil Peasant Overture by E. von
Suppe, Garotte Celebre by Martini,
Largo b.v Ilandel, Intermezzo by Bizet,
Hungarian Dnnee \o. 5 by Brahms.
The second linlf of the program will
consist of: Theme from the Second
Sllinplionii by Beethoven, Andante
Cantabile from Tscliaikowsky's Fifth
Sgmphonil, Excerpts from Operas by
Wagner, Excerpts from "Bohemian"
by Balfe, and the William Tell Over
ture by Rossini.
The orchestra personnel is composed
of the following: violins Miss Itossie
Andrews, Doris Shute, Violet Sliurr,
Nell Hubbard, Evangeline Antrim;
viola Belie Bailey; celli Dr. Curt
Victorias, Margaret Huber; clarinets —-
.Toe Lenk, George Short: Utiles —Austin
Scott, Frederick 11. Tyler; trumpet—
Hugh Brown; saxophone Kieliard
Campbell: frencli horn Elvin Strowd;
piano Mary Belle Clark; organ
I'atricia Lockwood.
Gnest players from Greensboro may
join the group for this concert.
Austin Thomas Describes
Sinking Of Carrier 'Wasp'
Austin Thomas, a survivor of the tor
pedoed aircraft carrier, the Wasp, spoke
in freshman chapel last Thursday
morning, telling about the sinking of
the carrier and the rescue of its sur
vivors.
The attack occurred at 2::lo in the
afternoon, the first two torpedoes strik
ing the bow in quick succession, the
third following live seconds later. The
blast put the water system out of com
mission and lire spread rapidly. The
ammunition exploded and ignited the
gas and oil. A number of the planes
were pushed overboard to help lessen
the load on the ship, and then the men
were given orders to lie down on their
backs and wait.
About 45 minutes passed before or
ders were given to abandon ship. Al
though the distance from deck to ocean
was about SO feet, several jumped or
dived. One sailor went over with his
steel helmet and gas mask clamped to
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Veteran Salesgirl Reveals
Tried and True Technique
llil WIXIKHKD ELLIS
Forty-eight more shopping days till
Christmas, mid. slowly as tlit' tiuie
may seem to go, there will soon be
only l-l more shopping (lays till Christ
mas, mid the teeming metropolis of
(ireensboro will teem slill more with |
gift-buyers. So mucli so, that there]
will be st)o temporary positions open
to Interested and capable and willing
—especially willing—workers.
Now. being willing is a matter of
your personal make-up, and there's
not much anyone can do about it. But
capability can come as the result of
experience, and experience can come
as the result of so many things. Work
ing in a department store for one
THE GUILFORDIAN
Chapel Schedule
Monday, November it—Reverend
James Saunders.
Tuesday, November 10—Meeting
for worship on the basis of silence
in the Hut.
Wednesday, November 11 Me
morial and worship service.
Thursday, November 13—Class
meetings.
Friday, November 13—Unsched
uled.
Monday, November 16—Dr. Eva
Campbell.
Tuesday, November It—Meeting
for worship on the basis of silence
in the Hilt.
Wednesday, November 18 Dr.
Purdcm.
Thursday, November 1!) Class
meetings.
Friday, November 20—Unsched
uled.
X Cabinets To Hold Firs!
Heeling For All Members
The cabinets of the YWCA and
YMCA are planning a series of meet
ings for all members of the Christian
associations. The first of these meet
ings will be held on Monday, Novem
ber 10, at 8:30 p.m. in the Music
building.
Old and new "Y" members will meet
with the chairmen of the committees
which they checked > n the Interest lo
cators distributed during the member
ship drive. These groups will make
plans for their work during the year.
Everyone interested in doing "V" work
this year is urged to attend the first
meeting.
N. C. Friends Contribute
To Buck Creek Camp
Charles Hendricks, former Guil
fordian, and other men from Buck
Creek camp, C. F. S. No. 10, wore on
campus Friday, November 0. with a
| station wagon, to collect canned goods,
i clothing, and live chickens from mem
bers of Guilford College Friends Meet
ing and from all students who wished
to contribute to the support of those
in the camp. The project, which is
sponsored by tthe American Friends
Service Committee, extends through
High Point. Springfield, Mt. Airy, and
Guilford College communities.
Canned goods were brought to the
| meeting house, and clothing to the
home of Mrs. A. 1). Beittel. The group
collected more than 00 live chicks with
which lo start a poultry farm. Over
12 dozen cans of home preserved fruits
and vegetables were also collected.
| afternoon, for instance. Selling a
sweater, for instance.
| You may think that all there is to
! selling a sweater is giving the customer
I the package and accepting her money
j in return for it. That is not true;
| there is a definite and complicated
j routine which you must follow if yon
desire the proper results.
You start by trying to sell someone
a skirt. This is known as the round
about method. This particular cus
tomer only likes skirts that are too
small for her, but. her mother won't
let her buy those, so you spend JI lot
of time not getting much of anywhere.
Finally she decides she'll settle for a
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GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., NOVEMBER 7, 1943
Council Changes Cast of Fall
Production, "Letters to Lucerne"
Townsend And Leake
Attend Legislature
Report On Activities
At Student Meeting
In Raleigh, October 30-31
Representative Margaret Townsend
ami Senator Roy Leake, Guilford dele-
Kates to the annual North Carolina
Student Legislature, have returned to
the cainns to report the activities of
October 80-31 to their constituents.
Meeting with some 150 other student
lawmakers, from State. Carolina, Mere
dith, Mars Hill, Wake Forest, E.C.T.C..
Elon, Lenoir-Khyne, and Campbell col
lege, at Raleigh, the delegates approved
| such hills as the allocation of labor by
the federal man-power commission, the
i enforcement of school attendance of
children up to 10 years of age (the
(present North Carolina law requiring
I attendance only until 14), and two
{years compulsory military training for
I all high school pupils.
I'nciHst Margaret Townsend intro
j din ed to the above bill an amendment
I granting that all students with reli
gious convictions against participation
lie exempted. The amendment met with
the approval of both houses, and the
j hill WHS passed. Miss Townsend voting
against it.
' Roth houses passed the 1i 11 stating
| colleges should give full cooperation to
I the war effort.
The legislature voted down the fol
lowing proposals: (1> the United
States should take the lead in a world
federation and should guarantee its
security by nn air force oIV/c greater
j than the combined forces of the world;
! (2i India should not be given its com
| plete independence now.
P t T. A, To Sponsor Gym
Classes For Community
i The Parent - Teachers Association
| will sponsor adult gym classes for the
j community of Guilford college, start
ing the week of November Hi. The
classes, which will probably last
I throughout the winter, will be held in
the Guilford high school gymnasium.
The purpose of these classes is to
[offer some form of entertainment for
( the men and women of the community,
| and at the same time step up the pro
gram of better living.
; j The program will consist of dancing,
volley ball, and various other forms
of amusement. .Miss Christine Foster,
I director of physical education for
j women at Guilford college, will direct
| the classes. She will be assisted by
Winifred Ellis and Judy Nelson, stn
j dents at the college.
Students Attend Tertulia
' A tertuiia esganola has replaced
• the Spanish club. The group held its
first meeting of the year in Founders
: j dining ball on Thursday, October -!>.
I A Icrluliu is a social club meeting
t and is usually held in a cafe or restau
rant. In accordance with the Spanish
■ | custom, tea was served to the group.
! Those attending the Icrluliu were
-jl>r. Francis Hayes, Virginia Asheraft,
) Hudson Bowne, Winifred Ellis, Corin
t ne Field, Marjorie Hoffman, Bia Jel'-
I ire. ltenate Klepper, ltoy Leake, and
. Lee Poole.
i There will be a Icrluliu each Thurs
day afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mary Sowler, Dan Young, Tom Kane Join
(ast; Committee Heads Are Appointed
Renate Klepper ...
V
j . . . who has tlio lending role of Krna.
; tlic i('iiii:in girl, in llic Dramatic coun-
I oil's full production, "Letters to Lu
| cento."
Renate Klepper, Jim Lehr,
Ria Jeffre To Lead Club
Twenty members of the German
[ club met in the Hut lll October 15 to
begin the year's activities. The group
elected the following officers: IMa Jef
fre, chairman of the steering commit
tee; ltenate Klepper, secretary-treas
urer; and Jim Lehr, program director.
| Gerhard Friedrieli presented several
|of his German and English poems:
I hleines Lied; Soninicrgesang; Voi \
I r ilti iii (Ictrittcr; Komin; Stiller Tug;
' ItcrgirinUr ; Tleflcs l in 'minis; Sun
set on the Mississippi; Grand Cannon,
Irizonu; The Christ of the Andes;
Tlx Christ of Rio.de Janeiro; Evening
Thoughts; l'ostlude; Praise 0/ (Jiiil
ford.
I'nder the leadership of the new
steering committee the club made plans
lor the first semester's activities. Meet
ings will be held the first and third
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Obstacle Course Affords
Gruelling Tests for E. R. C.
By BETTK I! AI LEY
Vaulting cross liars, . straddling
planks. fonliiiK creeks, running mazes
—mime yimr obstacle—it's there in
tlie new half mile obstacle course
erected behind the gym to either break
 r make the young men of Guilford,
especially those in the Enlisted Reserve
corps.
Over rocky, hilly pastureland, the
victims run, stumble, stagger, or fall,
depending upon their proficiencies in
such sport. At top speed, could you
run under a cross liar," then recover
j from your crouched position quickly
enough to forestall a possible concus
sill as you leap eagerly over the next
bar? Or are you perhaps more adept
at running down hill, leaping a fence,
then scaling several bars nailed liori
zi ntully between two trees?
Crawling through a box with the
ends out would lie simpler if the box
NTMBER 2
The Dramatic council is pushing re
hearsals on its fall play, "Letters to
Lucerne," which will be presented in
Memorial hall on November 14 at 8
o'clock.
During the past week several changes
have been made in the cast. Mary
Sowter will play the part of Mrs.
Ilunter, the director of the girls' board
ing school. Winifred Ellis will take
the role of Marion, the English girl.
Xeil O'Leiiry will play Gustave, the
faithful servant, and Tom Kane, Fran
cois, the postman. Dan Young will
take the part of Ilans, the young
German boy.
Kul li Knier, newly-elected president
of the Dramatic council, has appointed
i be following committees for backstage
work on the play: Costume: Bernice
Hamilton, head; Betty I'owell, Pene
lope Cox. Esther Demeo, Toni Ungar,
Brad Snipes, Marjorie Brown, Vivian
Knw. Mlike-up : Bette Jane Thompson,
head: Nancy Xuini, Ann Edgerton,
Frances Wilmot, Esther Demeo, Gerda
Ungar, Toni Ungar.
Properties: Bette Jane Thompson,
head; Hazel Key, itiilh Knier. Brad
Snipes, Jack Wright, June Cunning
ham, Sue Andrews, Bernice Hamilton,
Peggy Ellis. Set construction: Mar
riner Bailey, head; Brad Snipes, Fran
ces Wilmot, Kingston Johns, Louis Vor
liees, William Hyatt, Boy Cuneo, Dave
Stanlield, ltutii Knier, Gerda Ungar,
Toni I'ligar, Bette Jane Thompson,
Hazel Bradshaw.
Lighting: Blchard Sanger, head;
Waller .Nicholson. Sound Effects: Hutli
Knier, Shirley Ware, heads; 11 a/.el
Hiiiilsliaw, John Smithdeal. Boy Leake,
! vice-president of the Dramatic council,
is in charge of publicity and business,
assisted by Shirley Ware, secretary
treasurer of the council.
Tickets for the play will be 55c for
seats in the reserved section of the
auditorium; other seats will be 39c
I prices' include tax.) Tickets In the
in n - reserved section of the audito
rium will be distributed free to the
students. A student wishing to sit in
the reserved section may do so by pay
ing the difference between the prices
of the two tickets, that is, 10c.
| wore bigger. For nil leopard-skinned
[enthusiasts, there is plenty of oppor
tunity to play Tarzan. Just let out
n jungle  ry ns you cling to a frayed
rope and swing out over a creek, so
we'll know you're up in the air.
The best time for racing is during
the rainy season when you can easily
slide over the course, thus storing up
sufficient quantities of energy for the
sprint hack across I lie field to the
linisli line a distance, which, accord
ing to Hen Hrown, cannot properly be
! termed a sprint. If you're a campus
| export, you'll tumble into the finish
ditch at a little over .'! minutes by (lie
watch; if you're slow you'll be clocked
at 7 minutes; average time insuring
c i niplete exhaustion is 4 to Ci minutes.
The football boys of the E. 1!. ('.,
because of their rigorous dnily train
ing on file gridiron, are exempted
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