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"Shadowand TUT f ETIT Trt D FIT Jl M Substance Ifl Ij UUIIj*UII M3IHi ll Hall VOLUME XXIX Pickett And Russell To Address Seniors At Graduation •*★★★★★*** Faculty Chooses Eight Marshals To Serve Coming Year Stanfield To Serve As Chief; Will Begin New Duties May 30 David Stanlield will head the group of eight marshals chosen from lliis year's sophomore class. Others elected by the faculty at their meeting on April ti Include Virginia Aslichaft, Dor othy Hull, Mary Ellen Jordan. Judy Nelson, .lames Lehr, Hriid Snipes. I Walter Shaw. They will serve for the year 1943-1044. The marshals will assume their now duties tliis year, beginning Sunday, May .SO. Membership in the group is based in part upon scholastic standing. The marshals will usher at commencement and at other college programs. The head marshal leads the procession at commencement. Juniors who served during the pres ent year are: I >ll n Young, chief: Bette Bailey, Kuth Bab, Anne Schneider, Winifred Ellis, ("inns Victorias, King Johns, and Harford Orosinan. Music Orchestra On May 7, the annual May Festival will be presented by the Guilford Col lege • Orchestra. Or. Wcis lias chosen to divide the program into four main parts. The Oidon Overture, by I'ic carini, will be the opening selection to lie followed by some early Italian Dance selections played by the string ensemble. Haydn's Fan irt ll Njzui/i'iaii// and a group of miscellaneous composi tions from operatic works will com prise the remainder of the program. Choir On April 23, the choir is scheduled to sing at Guilford Memorial I'ark nt 7::!o o'clock. A former Guilfordian, Mr. J. 11. Futrell, is in charge of the Memorial I'ark. On May S, the choir will present a program of miscellaneous selections. A group of anthems, several numbers from the season's programs in conjunc tion with some spirituals, and selected secular numbers, will compose the greater part of the program. Stage Hands Brew And Boil For Prop Embellishment Labor-Mongers Reveal Agonies In Production 'Shadow And Substance' "Double, double, toll and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble!" Mac bethlan witches are brewing their stew again backstage Mem, behind the creak in*; fiats of "Shadow and Substance." Simmering glue in an agate pitcher, bubbling basins of mud-stained water, pasteboard containers of powder paint, and hovering over the fumes, the coun cil's smock-gowned creators, under the supervision of master brush - wielder and color-conjurer I>r. Furnas. Recipes by the tnbiespoonful decorate the walls, and difficulties of more than minimum proportions arise when one tries to triple or quadruple a recipe. Pea-soup green is a matchless shade (Continued on Page Three) Easter Services The Christian Associations and the New Garden Monthly Meeting are sponsoring a community - campus sunrise service tomorrow morning at 0:30 o'clock in front of the Meet ing House. Daryl Kent will he the principal speaker. Music will be furnished by the college choir. Others participating ill the pro gram are: Jane Pringle, Charlotte Kutledge, Hazel Key, Bill Crowd er, and Dave Stanlield. The col lege students will be the guests of the community for buns and cof fee after the service. Plan to get up—so you won't be disturbed! At 7:00 Sunday evening, I)r. Milncr will speak in Memorial hall at the Vesper service. Hob Kolir will give the invocation, Barbara Anderson will sing, and Pat Lock wood will play the organ. May Day Festivities To Be Held May IS Grecian Theme Will Include Sports, Modern Dancing Interpretations This year the traditional May day | program will IK* held 011 the afternoon j of May 15. The theme of the program will he a Greek festival, with hoop rolling, discus throwing, hurling, a flaming torch relay, and dancing as various events of the afternoon. These events will lie competitive, as they were 2,000 years ago. and will he judged 1 >.v various numbers of the sen ior class. The freshman, sophomore and junior I classes will submit contestants for I each event on tile program, and the class winning the most events will re ceive the laurels of the day from May Queen, Eleanor Iteittel. The junior class dance group will depict an ancient chariot race. This group as well as the entire project of the (lances is under the chairman- I ship of I'egg.v Ellis. Jr. An interpre- I (Continued on I'age Four) (hapei Schedule Monday, April 26— t'lisrhedulcd. Tuesday, April 27—Meeting for worship on the basis of silence in the Hut. Wednesday, April 28—Unsched uled. Thursday, April 29—Class meet ings. Friday, April 30—liisrheduled. Monday. May 3—Dr. Thomas E. Jones, President' of Fisk Univer sity. Tuesday, May 4 Meeting for worship on the basis of silence in the Hut. Wednesday, May 5 Worship service. Thursday, May fi Class meet ings. Friday, May —Dr. Newlin. GUILFORD COLLEGE, \. C„ APRIL 24. 1943 Commencement Speakers Wmtk. JL, mm Dr. Elbert Hussell, Dean Him rittis of Duke University, who will give tlie haccalaureate. May 30, and C'larenee E. Pickett. Executive Secretary of the American Friends Service Committee, who will de liver the final graduation address, May 31. Anderson, Baldwin, And Craven To Give Recitals Betty Anno Anderson will give a piano recital Thursday evening, April 21 >, at x o'clock in Memorial Hall. She will In* assisted by Miss Andrews at the organ. The first part of the pro grain will include the First Movement of Mozart's J-J Minor Concerto. The second part will feature a group of C'liopin numbers: the /■•' Minor Walts, Hnindrop I'riliiih, and Uci-olutionaru /.'huh■. The program will conclude with ISrahms' Interim;:o and Itachinaniu otf's I'otieh inetU. Marie Craven, senior music major, will give a voice and piano recital on May 14 at S o'clock. She will he accom panied by ltetty Anne Anderson. The program will begin with a group of arias from three operas: Theodora, by Ilamlel, Lohcnurin by Wagner, and l.'.rautute Jubilate by Mozart. Her sec ond group consists of selections from (Continued on /';/ Three) T Presidents Choose New Personnel For Next Year At n recent meeting of the V. M. ;,iul V. w. ('. A. cabinets, Hazel Key iiiul Djive Stantield nuuouiiceil the new committee chairmen for next year. Helen I.ewis and Bobbie Williams were appointed co-chairmen of the Vesper Committee to succeed Hazel Key. I'a I Lockwood succeeds Mary Belle Clark as chairman of the Social Service Committee. Alice Eckeroth is in charge of the negro playground ac tivities, Marty McLennan of community social service, and Jack Wright of campus social service. Roberta lteid and Marge lluber succeed Corky Field as publicity chairmen. Anne Schneider and Bert Levine are co-chairmen of the Membership Committee, relieving Marriner Bailey. Hurford Grossman takes over the Job of I'ence Committee chairman; Edith Swisher is the repre sentative to the Greensboro Interracial Commission. Other additions to the "Y" cabinets who have not been appointed to a standing committee are: Nancy Lee Miller, Linda Pell, Bill Crowder, ilnd Martin Hiltner. Old members include: Mary Belle Clark and Brad Snipes, secretaries; Ruth Bab, Marriner Bailey, Jim Lehr. Senior Week (hapel Speakers Selected Seniors Will Wear Caps And Gowns At Chapels Planned In Their Honor The week of May 1(1 lias been set aside as Senior week. Each chapel program during this week has four i speakers: one faculty member pre sides; one faculty member, one senior and one underclassman sjieak. Wednesday. May til. I)r. E. Harness i Pnrdoni will preside, and Mrs. David 11. Parsons, Jr.. will speak for the faculty. Robert Itohr ami Arnold Sclmlinan will be the senior and fresh man speakers, respectively. Thursday, May 20. Dr. Curt Victo- j rills will preside. Faculty speaker. Mrs.] Clyde A. Milnor; senior speaker, A'ir- Isinia Pope: and sophomore speaker, Dorothy i'ecle. i Friday. May 21, Dr. Clyde A. Milner will preside. Dr. Algie I. Xewlin will be the faculty speaker, lien Itrown the senior speaker, and Kingston Johns the junior speaker. The seniors will enter in procession, wearing caps and gowns. Dr. Eva H. Campbell will lead the singing of the Alma Mater each day. Drape Shapes In Lieu Of M Hv I'KCCV H1.1.15, Jit. Women have howled loud, long, and vociferously for an opportunity to prove their equality with men. Now that we have a labor shortage Guil ford gallants have graciously granted the glamourous (Ed., "????") co-eds a chance to prove their prowess by al lowing them to keep the tennis courts next to the gym in condition. We hope that the girls recognize the greatness of this supreme sacrifice and are properly grateful. It was really noble of the boys. It is an inspiring vision (All right. So you call it a nightmare? So what?) As I was saying when you so rudely interrupted, it is inspiring to see the gills, devastatingly clad in chic little Nl MISER 8 Russell Will Speak To Seniors May 30; Pickett To Talk 31 Clarence E. Pickett, Executive Sec retary of the American Friends Ser vice Committee, and Dr. Elbert Rus sell, Dean Emeritus of tlie school of religion at Duke University, will lie the principal speakers nt the com mencement exercises in May. Dr. Russell will give the baccalau reate address on .May .'iO, at 11 o'clock and Clarence Pickett will deliver the commencement address on May :>1 at. 10 o'clock. Clarence l'ickett, known here and abroad for his varied activities in the American Friends Service Committee, is a graduate of Penn college and Ilartford Theological Seminary; he has also studied at Harvard University and in Europe. lie began his career as a Friends minister, first in Canada and then in lowa, later serving as secre tary of Young Friends Activities in America. For six years he was pro fessor of Biblical literature at Earlham college in Indiana. He has been secre tary of the American Friends Service Committee since J!)-!). His work lias been mainly with relief and rehabilita tion projects in the bituminous coal areas and in other sections of America, and Willi relief and reconstruction work in Europe. Dr. Elbert Russell is a trustee of (iuilford college. Ilis recent book. "His tory of Quakerism," won great recog nition within and without the Society (Continued on I'nge Three) President Milner To Make Commencement Addresses Dr. Clyde A. Milner lias born asked to speak ;i t several high school com mencements in Ihe near future. He will deliver the baccalaureate ad dress at IMeasant Garden High School on -May At (Jnilford High School 011 April .'Jo and at Bessemer Ilijjh School on May he will give connneucement addresses. Dr. Milner will speak as representa tive of (he church-related colleges of North Carolina ;it the dedication of a chapel ;it lMieitTer Junior college, Miscnheinier, X. \, on May 2. Mend Courts an Shortage playsuits froui Saks, troop out onto I ho courts unci sot gaily to work. The more experienced ones pull weeds: unfortunately, even experience cannot impart to wild onions the be witching qualities of "Sulveas - Moi" ("Follow Me" to you non-intellectuals). Two girls stroll across the weeded sections casually dragging from their sagging shoulders a rope; to the rope Is attached a heavy board that smoothes the dirt. Others watch this operation with flattering fascination; they can't figure where the dirt goes. One minute it is piled in front of the drag iu crummy, red lumps and the next minute —it isn't there? i"est, mysterious. Following this, the dainty damsels (Continued on Page Four)
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