VOLUME XXX
Thirty-Nine Students
Are Descendents of
Former Guilfordians
Jean Lindley, Alice White
Can Boast Largest Number
Of Guilfordian Ancestors
Records for this year show that a
large percentage of Guilford students
have had ancestors enrolled here at
some previous time. According to Miss
Lasley's figures, there are thirt.v-nine
students enrolled at Guilford this year
whose parents, grandparents, or great
grandparents attended Guilford.
In this group are twelve freshmen
whose ancestors were Guilford stu
dents. Jean Lindley's parents and
grandparents both were here, while
Alice White is the youngest in a family
of six Guilford graduates —her father,
three brothers, and two sisters.
Of the sophomores, fifteen are the
descendents of former Guilfordians.
Both parents of Doris Coble met here,
likewise the grandparents of Cornelia
Knight.
Juniors have nine to their credit.
Judy Nelson and Nancy Nunn can show
that their mothers, who are sisters,
met their husbands here in 'l4. Their
grandmother also attended, graduating
in 'Bl.
As for seniors, there are but two.
Kathleen Kirkman's grandmother came
here way back in '6l, while Una Heal
Meßane Jeffries had a grandfather
here in 'BB.
There are four students, Barbara
t'uhn, Joseph Wood, Kathleen nnrl
Laura Mae Kirkman, who have had
great-grandparents here before them.
Music Notes
CHOIR
Messiah rehearsals are already under
way for the winter concert. Students
and members of the community have
turned out for them, but there is still
a need for more voices, especially first
sopranos.
Dr. Weis reports that the work of the
music department is well up to last
year's standards-—some classes are even
larger. However, the Collegium Musi
cum will have to be dropped this year
due to the decreased personnel.
ORCHESTRA
The orchestra is planning to give
several chapel programs this year. At
present, they need more violins and
woodwinds.
Gerhard Friedrich Makes
A Splash in Literary Pool
By AI.LYX I'KTKItS
"I)o you know who Gerhard Fried
rich is," mi elderly acquaintance asked
me tiiis summer. "Yes," I said, "he is
the Assistant Librarian and German
professor at Guilford College." "Hut
doesn't he write poetry," she insisted,
and began to tell me how much his
poetry meant to her.
True, Mr. Frledrieh is 11 prolific
writer of poetry and his recognition is
by no means limited to our campus, lie
has published n collection of poems
ealied, "When Quakers Meet," and he
is preparing for publication a cycle of
English poems to lie called. "Mystic
Name America." l>r. Milner lias urged
him to write a collection of poems in
spired by his association with Guilford ;
these will be in the form of 12 sonnets
entitled, "Spirit of Guilford."
THE GUILFORDIAN
Battleground Hike
This afternoon the annual battle
ground hike will take place. All
hikers are to meet at Founders at
2:30 p.m. prepared to hike both
ways. In previous years, the group
would ride back, but owing to the
gasoline and tire shortage, the feet
must take over completely!
The event is sponsored by the
"Y" and anyone who wants fun,
food, and foot-aches should come!
New Books Acquired
By College Library
Authors Include Massock,
Stokely, Coffin, and Terry;
Subjects Cover Wide Field
Miss liicks, head librarian, has an
nounced that there are a number of
new books in the library which call for
special attention from the students.
Among these is Italy from Within
by Richard Massock, a foreign cur
respondent. who scoops the German
control of Italy and speculates upon
the question "After Mussolini . .
Luis Quintauilla exposes blah-blnh
Pan-Americanism in his .1 Latin-Ameri
can •V/>cn/,-*. As stateman, he speaks
assuredly of "Our United Destiny."
Another up to the minute book is
Sricnri It (in ill,ex our World by James
Stokely. containing vivid photographs
of science at work.
The story of one of America's great
est scientists is the biography of George
Washington Carver, the brilliant negro
who fought racial prejudice to bring to
his people as well as to his nation the
wonderful discoveries he made.
Quite different is Robert Collin's
l'rimcr for America; a collection of
very human poems and illustrations
from American life.
Til Oman Wolfe's Letters to His
Mother, edited by liis friend, John
Terry, is full of the masterful prose
that distinguished this famous North
Carolinian.
Annual Choir Picnic
Kiilli Kdgerton, student manager
of the choir, announces that the
annual choir picnic will be Octo
ber !l at the home of l>r. Weis.
This event is given by the old
choir members in honor of the new
members.
Cornelia Knight heads the enter
tainment committee, and Bertie
Robinson has charge of the re
freshments.
XII
This college stands! It stands in you
and me,
And with us it shall grow or it shall
fall.
Such is the meaning of the rustling tree
l'ainting its shadow 011 the glowing
wall.
The spirit that we live by, that we love.
Does seldom touch a building or a hook.
It changes like the endless sky above:
It traveled countless trails before it
took
Its refuge here. We ought to hold it
fast:
Interpret it in kindly words and deeds;
Remember that the first shall lie the
last;
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GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C„ OCTOBER 2, IM3
Armed Forces Claim
Guilford Professors
For Special Work
Binford, Wolfe, Aitken,
Kent, Edgerton, Parsons
Replace Former Faculty
During the summer five faculty mem
bers have been released for special
forms of service with the armed forces.
I)r. E. (J. Purdom, Professor of Physics,
is a lieutenant in the Navy; Dr. Harvey
A. Ljung, Professor of Chemistry is a
lieutenant (j.g.) in the Navy. Charles
I). Smith, Coach and Director of Physi
cal Education for men, has become a
lieutenant in the Army; Dr. Paul E.
Williams, Assistant Professor of Philos
ophy is in the Army; and E. Daryl
Kent, Assistant Professor of Religion,
| has become a chaplain in the Navy.
To our staff of teachers have been
added several names. Some of these
names are new to us. while others have
been known to us in former years
through other mediums than teaching.
I Mary E. Kent has been appointed
instructor in Religion and Education
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Guillermo Morales
To Study al Guilford
I
Native of Costa Rica;
Interested in Life and
Agriculture of the U.S.A.
Guillermo Morales, a native of Here
dia, Costa Itica, lias joined our student
body this year.
Morales attended the International
Service Seminar here this summer.
This was his first visit to the T'nited
States. For bis work during the sem
inar he has received a scholarship for
one year's study at Guilford.
After attending the Normal School
of Ileredia he was given a scholarship
to the National Agricultural School at
Chapingo, Mexico, where he studied
one year. lie has also received a
scholarship from the Institution of In
ternational Education to study agri
culture next year.
Morales is interested in learning Eng
lish and in learning about life in the
I'nited States. After attending agri
culture school he plans to return to
bis father's farm in Costa Kiea.
'Scoop' Bradshaw Accepted
For China Unit of A.F.S.C.
John "Scoop" Bradshaw, assistant
business manager here at Guilford, has
been accepted in the Second China unit
of the American Friends Service Com
mit tee.
"Scoop" graduated from Guilford in
'K7 and the following year did graduate
work at the University of Virginia.
Then he returned to Guilford in the
capacity of assistant to the business
manager. At present "Scoop" is at the
American Friends Service Committee
headquarters in Philadelphia.
Twenty-six Americans are included
in the first and second China units.
The remainder is composed of men from
Great Britain. Of the 2i Americans,
three are Guilford College graduates,
including "Scoop" Bradshaw. The
others are David Stafford '.'IS and
Theodore Mills '4l.
Dr. Furnas Writes Comedy
I)r. l'liilip W. Furnas, head of the
English department, is at present work
ing on a comedy. "Spring Offensive."
He plans to finish it in time for the
fall production of the Dramatic Coun
cil.
In Memoriam
We. the students of Guilford col
lege, wish to give expression to
our loving remembrance of Wilma
Knight.
It is useless to try to build a
inemorium in words for the mem
ory of her years with us at Guil
ford is the best inemorium of all.
"Even so let your light so shine
before men."
Eighty-Five Students
In A Cappella Choir
Dr. Weis to Direct
Program For Meeting
Of Federated Clubs
In spite of the decrease in enroll
ment, the Guilford A Cappella choir
this year has a membership of 85 voices.
The choir is under the direction of Dr.
Ezra Weis and Miss Rosalie Aitken,
who replaces Miss Rossie Andrews.
Choir members represent nine de
nominations and eight states, the ma
jority coming from North Carolina.
The majority of numbers sung by the
| choir is of a religious nature. The first
concert of the season will be given in
Memorial Ilall on October 2t> when the
Federated Music Club will hold its
annual meeting.
Officers of the choir are Barbara
Anderson, president; Rutli Kdgerton,
student manager; Jack Wright, stage
manager: Hetty Anne Anderson, and
Grace Siler, librarians; senior repre
sentative, l'at Lock wood ; junior repre
sentative. Itertie Robinson: sophomore
representative, Cornelia Knight; and
freshmen representative, Fredda liat
ledge.
Heaven Will Protect the
Working Girl From What?
Ity GEItDA t'.NGAH anil SEXTA AMO
Once upon n time in the deep south
stood tile city of Greensboro. It was
barren and desolate until an oasis ap
peared—"TJie Oasis of Good Food,"
The Mecca.
It so happened that near this vitaliz
ing spot a venerable institution of
learning cave shelter to many knowl
edge-seeking youths. One day two ven
turesome girls descended upon the
Mecca as waitresses to experience the
most fantastic adventures of their
careers.
Take a Sunday dinner, for instance.
At 11:30 two tables in the house are
occupied; by 12:00 not a seat is empty.
Everybody expects to be served at once
and a wild clamor for the as yet im
printed menus begins. From the other
end of the dining room someone shouts,
"Miss, never mind the menus, I want
two steaks, medium and well done."
With a sigh of relief and a slight dose
of spite you say "Sorry sir, we don't
have a piece of meat in the house: I'll
get you your waitress in a minute."
Then you take one look at your own
station mid have enough for the day.
A party of six has comfortably settled
down in a booth meant for four, of
course, you can't carry six glasses of
water at one time, but even if you
could, it wouldn't do you any good, be
cause by now there are no more clean
glasses. Then you stand, pad ready,
pencil poised, while all your other
customer/ arc shouting for service, the
party of six has enough time to argue
over the menu for at least 20 minutes.
Finally they decide on chicken with
beans and potatoes for six anyway: as
if you hadn't known! After you have
taken back six untouched "spoiled"
NIMHKR 1
Present Enrollment
Is One of Smallest
In Guilford History
Seventeen States, Sixteen
Denominations Represented
In Small Student Body
Guilford College opens its 107 th year
with 184 students enrolled; 131 nre
women and 53 are men. Last year the
college opened with 3(H) students; 143
were men and 157 were women. During
the first World War, in the year 1918-
1!), there were 181 students.
Sixty-five freshmen, two special stu
dents, eight transfer students, and 109
uppcrclassmen previously enrolled com
pose this year's student body.
There are 17 states represented, also
the District of Columbia and one foreign
country. There are 91 students from
North Carolina, coming from 22 coun
ties, Guilford County leading with 47
students, 25 of whom come from Greens
boro. New Jersey follows having 21
students, then Pennsylvania 19, New
York 18, Virginia seven, Idaho and
•Massachusetts four each, Florida three,
I Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Mary
land, Ohio, and Oregon, two each, and
Rhode Island, South Carolina, and
Wyoming one each, and District of
Columbia one, and Costa Rica one.
Classified according to religious af
filiation, Hi denominations are repre
sented. Friends predominate, having
UiO members; Methodists rank second
with 34 and Presbyterians third with
121. The liaptists and Episcopalians tie
for fourth place with 17 members each.
The remaining 35 students represent 11
! other denominations.
iN
shrimp cocktails, the party is ready
for their dinner, lmt are you?
"Picking up 011 six chickens on the
dinner" you yell over the heads of ten
waitresses in front of you. "Wait till
it's your turn, lady," the chef replies.
"Your turn" conies, but only live
chickens are left. Ice crusts begin to
form 011 these, while the sixth one is
thrown from one pan to the next in a
futile attempt to speed up the frying
process. Forty-live minutes later, pre
cariously balancing chickens, potatoes,
gravy, and beans until everything has
become part of everything else, you
serve the dinners. After an hour and
twenty minutes of waiting, your guests
are too hungry to even think of com
plaining about the chaotic mix-up, al
though some have the audacity to grum
ble about the slow service. For all you
care they can walk out and go some
place else!
Your minute of rest, however, hasn't
come yet, because coffee, milk, iced tea,
and gingerale in weird quantities have
to be served with the meal. On your
way into the kitchen you pick up live
dirty spoons from some table, whether
they are being used or not, wash them,
and return triumphantly with cups,
saucers, and spoons, only to lind that
there is neither coffee nor cream. Put
ting down your implements you attend
to the obnoxious couple with the cry
ing baby, and by the time the coffee is
made, your very own cups, saucers, and
spoons are gone. Now you may start
all over again, etc. etc. ad infinitum.
To complete this luscious dinner, you
serve upon special request vanilla ice
cream with mnyonaise, apple pie with
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