THE GUILFORDIAN iffllfcri
VOLUME XXXI
Campaign Opens Today For Campus Development Fund
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Guilford Plans Big Homecoming Day To Welcome Alumni
Banquet and Plays,
Softball and Hockey
To Entertain Guests
Today Guilford College plans to wel
come returning alumni and visitors to
one of its greatest Homecomings. A
committee of students, faculty, and
alumni have made plans for the entire
day.
Morning classes will be shortened so
that at 10:20 the day's program will
begin with two lectures. Dr. Algie I.
Newlin is scheduled to speak on "Con
ditions in North Carolina in the early
Nineteenth Century," while Mrs. Clyde
A. Miiner will speak on "Psychology."
The Scholarship society will sponsor
a program under the direction of Vir
ginia Ashcraft, president, and Miss
Dorothy Gilbert at 11 :!•"> in Memorial
Hall. Robert N. Wilson, professor
of chemistry at Duke University, will
address alumni and students on "Guil
ford's I'ast."
After lunch at Founder's Hall, the
alumnae will be on hand to meet the
girls' hockey team on their field at
2:30 and following that, the boys will
stage a Softball game in which some
of Guilford's -famous ball players will
appear. Rick Ferrell, Ernie Shore, and
Tom Zachary will be out on the dia
mond opposing Guilford's present team.
Everyone is invited to attend the
banquet served in the gym at 5:30
which will be the highlight of the
day's activities. Edwin Brown, '2S, of
Murfreesboro, will be toastmaster.
The Dramatic Council will conclude
the entertainment with two one-act
comedies presented in Memorial Hall
at 8:15: "The Grand Champ's Dia
mond," by Allan Monkhouse, and "The
Trysting Place," b.v Booth Tarkington.
M. J. Martin, president of the Dramatic
Council, is assisting Dr. Philip Furnas
in directing these plays.
Miss Grace Beckwlth, dietician, is
planning details of the banquet. Miss
Florence Nelson, director of women's
physical education, Miss Dorothy 4Gil
bert, and Patricia Shoemaker are in
charge of the hockey game, while the
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Guilford Alumni Send
Children to Alma Mater
Ever since the day Guilford was
founded, descendants of former stu
dents have come back to carry on the
old spirit, and to make it a new spirit.
One of these descendants is Laura Mae
Kirkman, whose great grandfather
came here in 1838, and grandmother,
in 18(H).
Then, too, one of the mottos which
Guilford seems to have adopted is
"Boy Meets Girl," or vice versa. Con
sequently, many sentimental mamas
and papas who met at Guilford, have
set it aside as the educational insti
tution for their boy or girl—to enjoy
the fellowship they enjoyed and to
participate in the activities as they
did.
Ix?ila May Cummings' and Jean Lin
dley's grandparents and parents at
tended here. Judy Nelson, Nancy Nunn,
Dorothy Neece, and Anna Ruth Lloyd
have a grandjmrent and both parents
who came here. Those whose parents
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Architect's drawing of proposed Science Building
Dramatic Council
Presents Comedies
Tonight at 8:15
Furnas and Martin Direct,
Allen, Fogelson, Moses
Conrad Have Leading Roles
Tonight at 8:15 o'clock the Dramatic
Council will present two one-act plays
under the direction of Dr. Philip
Furnas, with Mary Joyce Martin act
ing as the assistant director.
"The Grand Champ's Diamond," by
Ralph Monkhouse is an amusing epi
sode of what happens when a priceless
diamond is thrown into the midst of
a typical middle class family on an or
dinary evening. The characters include
Mr. Perkins, played by Jerry Allen, Mrs.
Perkins, Florence Fogelson. Miss Per
kins, their daughter, Ruth Graham,
Albert Watkins, her flance, August Ka
dow, and the visitor, Albert Rusack.
"The Trysting Place," by Booth
Tarkington is a comedy which takes
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came here are: Barbara Winslow, Jen
nie Cannon, Martin Casey, Doris Coble,
and Bertie and Charles Robertson;
whose mother, Virginia Ashcraft, Iris
Beville, IJavid and Ben Brown, Eve
lyn Coble, Mary Ellen Jordan, Nancy
I.ee Miller, Betty Jane Powell, Har
riet Warnke, and Shelley York: and
whose father, Lydia Benbow, Hazel
Bradshaw, C'leta Briles, Alice Ix>e Bui
luck, Binford Farlow, Elizabeth Hare,
Marjorie Henley, Helen Lewis, Sara
Lewis, and Alice White.
Cornelia Knight's grandparents and
father went here. Martha Belle Ed
gerton's grandparents attended also.
John Haworth's mother and grand
mother were graduates. Martha Mc
lennan and Linda Pell have grand
mothers who came here and Nancy Os
borne and Donald Mcßane have grand
fathers who attended Guilford.
These people wanted to give their
children the same advantage they had
here in our Quaker College.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C„ OCTOBER 21, 1944
College Adds Six New
Members to Faculty
Moore, Ott, Nelson,
Malinowski, Farlow,
Beckwith Join Staff
Although Guilford has lost several
faculty members for the duration, six
new teachers have been added to the
teaching staff this fall to till the
vacancies: Miss Florence Lee Nelson,
Miss Grace l.ea Beckwith, I>r. Charles
X. Ott. Thaddeus Malinowski, James
Floyd Moore, and Miss Margaret Far
low.
Miss Nelson, of New Britain, Conn.,
will direct women's phvsical education.
She is a graduate of Woman's College
and started teaching in New Britain
public schools. She continued her train
ing with graduate study at New York
t'liiversity where she received her mas
ter's degree.
Miss Beckwith, whose home is in
MeConnelsville, Ohio, received her M.A.
and B.S. degrees in home economics
at Ohio State t'niversity. After teach
ing in Ohio schools ns a critic of vo
cational home economics, she continued
11 the same field at Ohio State Uni
versity. She is now at Guilford as
dietician, teacher of home economics,
and head resident of Mary Hobbs hall.
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College Choir Begins New
Season With Thirty Voices
Tlie College choir, under the direc
tion of Dr. Ezra H. F. Weis and Miss
Rosalie Aitken began the season with
30 members. On October 7 the choir
elected the following officers for the
current year: Peggy Taylor, president;
Grace Siler, manager; freshman rep
resentative, Geraldine Garris; sopho
more representative, Mary Frances
Chilton; junior representative. Sue
Shelton; senior representative. Marge
Huber; and Alice Ekeroth and Bill
Dnnnenburg, librarians.
Each Tuesday the choir and people
from the community meet to practice
the Messiah which is presented an
nually in December.
The choir is scheduled to sing in
the Confederation of Music Clubs meet
ing at Elon College on November 8.
Student and Faculty
Elect 'Who's Who'
In Campus Poll
Peters, Jordan, Demeo,
Ashcraft, and Hoffman
Receive Leading Votes
Each year several Guilford students
are selected for the annual publica
tion of Who'x Who in American Col
leges and I'nii'erHties. Students are
chosen by vote of the faculty and stu
dent body on the basis of character,
leadership in extra-curricular activi
ties, scholarship, and potential useful
ness to business and society. The stu
dents who were elected this year on
October 1- at chapel are: Virginia
Ashcraft, Mary Ellen Jordan, Slarjorie
Hoffman, Allyn Peters, and Esther
Demeo.
Virginia Ashcraft was marshal in
her Junior year, the editor of the
GUII-FOBMAN for the last two years, is
president of the Student Affairs Board,
president of the Scholarship Society,
and is on the Y cabinet.
Allyn I'eters is the editor of the
Quaker, house president at Mary Hobbs
hall. Student Affairs Hoard member,
and vice-president of Y cabinet.
Marjorie Hoffman is the president
the Woman's Student Government, vice
president of the Women's Athletic
Association, is on the GUII.FORUIAN
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Helmet Rosenheim Tells
Of Experiences in Army
Helmet Manfred Hans Max Sieg
fried Lohengrin Tanneuhauser Tristan
Uosenhein was horn lit years ago in
Bad I.andeck in Schlesian, Germany.
Commonly known as Helmet, he has
seen and done a lot in his brief 10
years. He has been in every country
in Europe. He came over from Ger
many in 1!>:i8, and when asked how he
felt about coming to America, he re
plied, "I was afraid of Indians!" It
seems that he had l>een the proud pos
sessor of a series of hooks by Karl
May, 58 to be exact, on Indians, and
he could not bring himself to realize
NUMBER 1
College to Increase
Endowment and Plan
Buildings for Future
Guilford, for the first time in 20
years is wagering an all-out campaign
for Improvements. The sum of $7(11,000
is needed in the Campus Development
fund, of which $350,000, is expected to
be raised by July 15, 1945. The money
will be used in erecting an adequate
science building and a new dormitory
for women and to remodel Cox, Foun
ders, and Memorial Hall. Also addi
tional endowment is needed to bring
the total up to one million, so that
Guilford will be on the approved list
of the Association of American Col
leges and Universities.
The campaign committee, together
with general Chairman Ceasar Cone,
11, honorary Co-Chairman Elbert Rus
sell, Robert R. Ragan and Dr. A. Wil
son Hobbs, as well as Chairmen Ne
reus C. English, Edwin P. Brown, and
J. Otis Burke are asking the alumni
and friends of the college, members
of the Society of Friends, and the citi
zens of Greensboro and vicinity to give
aid to the college in this financial en
deavor.
The slogan for the campaign is "A
lietter college for n better world." Con
tributors to the fund will have their
names engraved on a large bronze tab
let which will be placed in the lobby
of the new science building or in the
addition to Memorial Hall. Guilford
may look to the future with high hopes
that we will have a better college in
a better tomorrow.
Beginning the 108 th year, Guilford
opens the campaign on this Homecom
ing day, October 21, 1944.
Homecoming Day Program
10:: 20—Dr. Algie I. Newlin will
speak on "Conditions in North Car
olina in the Karly Nineteenth Cen
tury," anil Mrs. Clyde A. Milner
on "Psychology."
11:15—Dr. Robert N. Wilson to
speak in chapel on "Guilford's
Past."
12: SO—Lunrli at Founder's Hall.
2:3o—Hockey game with alum
nae.
3:3o—ltasehall game with the
alumni.
s:3o—lSamiiiet in gym.
B:ls—"The Grand Champ's Dia
mond" and "The Trysting Place"
in the auditorium.
they no longer existed. Because he
could speak no Knglish, Helmet was
put In grade lA, In school instead
of SB. However, he must have learned
quickly for he completed all of gram
mar school in two years.
Helmet enlisted in the American
army when he was 17 years old. This
was accomplished by employing a white
lie. He was placed in a tank de
stroyer division and went overseas a
a driver of a tank almost a year after
he enlisted. He was in the Sicilian
campaign, and wns in the third wave
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