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VOLUME XXXII
109 th Commencement Exercises Set for June 3
Choir Honors National
Music Week; Presents
Annual May Concert
Varied Program Terminates
Active Year; Edwards, Lane,
Taylor Render Solos
In honor of National Music Week,
the Guilford College a capellar choir
presented their annua May Festival
concert in Memorial I lull last Tuesday
night. The program which was semi
formal was under the directorship (if
Dr. Ezra F. Weis.
EXcerpts from the choral works of
Mozart and Stainer began the prog
gram, with the solo part taken by Vir
ginia Hanger in Unfold Ye Portals,
from "Redemption" by Gounod. Fol
lowing this, selected anthems by Cesar
Frank, T. Tertius Noble, and Hubert
Poteat were rendered. Ethel Edwards
and Henry Lane did the solo parts
in Wiliam Penn's Inscription by Har
vey Gaul.
The second part of the program in
cluuded grand opera choruses from
"Euridice," Peri; "Tannhauser," Wag
ner: "Aida," Verdi, and the "Marry
Mount" by Hanson. Light opera selec
tions from Gilbert and Sullivan, Sig
mund Romberg and Victor Herbert
were presented. Peggy-Taylor sang the
solo part of the Italian Street Song
from "Naughty Marietta."
Betty Anne Brown and Aileen Gray
provided accompaniment for the pro
gram.
During the spring, the choir sponsored
its annual trip, which was resumed
after being discontinued during the war
years. They also gave a concert and
sang for several Greensboro churches.
I>ast week I>r .Weis held the annual
choir breakfast at his home.
Peggy Taylor served as president of
the group. Gerry Garris Is to preside
over the clioir next year.
World Takes To Cover As
Guilfordians Graduate
"Find out what the seniors are gonna
do after graduation and write it up,"
said the editor. "It oughtta be an in
spiration to (he underclassmen to see
the wonderful advantages one gets
from a Guilford education."
T'ndaunted by the fact that the
underclassmen were probably much
more curious about what then them
selves were gonna do this summer—
and probably too glad to get rid of the
seniors to worry about their plans, the
inquiring reporter scurried out with
his pencil, net and small club, in search
of seniors.
lie came back a sadly disallusioned
man. In the first place the seniors all
saw him coming and hid: in the second,
the ones he did find were all planning
to do things which, to the happy mind,
if ignorant, of the freshman reporter
seemed almost as bad as studying phil
osophy and eating in Founders. Some
were stepping from their four year
sentence into two and three year terms
of solitary—for post grad work. A few
girls were "tying the knot" (around
some poor guys neck) and going into
solitary confinement with their hub
bies. The unluckiest ones are going to
go out into the cruel wide world and
go to (the word "work" was
left out here for lite benefit of those
who find it extremely unpleasant.)
THE GUILFORDIAN
Vets' Units To Contain
Twenty Apartments
Rents To Range From
16 To 25 Dollars Monthly;
Own Furniture Optional
The homecoming veterans of World
War II lias brought about many
changes at Guilford, but the most signi
ficant. of these are yet to come. The
government is going to construct hous
ing units for ex-G. I.'s and their wives
on the campus.
Three buildings which formerly
housed war-workers at Brunswick.
Georgia, are to be put up. They con
tain twenty apartments. The apart
ments consist of a living room, kitchen,
dinet, bathroom and clothes closet, and
six of the apartments will have three
bedrooms, six will have two bedrooms,
and six will have no bedroom. The two
remaining apartments do not contain
bedrooms.
The rents for these apartments will
range from sixteen dollars to twenty
five dollars for the apartments with
three bedrooms, and the two inter
mediate rents will be nineteen and
twenty two dollars per month. The
apartments will be equipped with coal
heaters, and cooking and hot water
facilities. They will also contain refri
gerators, double sinks, and built-in
cabinets.
The buildings are constructed of
stud wall with sheet rock both inside
and out, and asphalt-shingle roofs
They will be furnished by the F. I'. 11.
A., with furniture charges 3.50, 4, (i,
and eight dollars, although couples
may use their own furniture if they
desire.
The office reports that there are al
ready thirty applications for these
apartments, while only twenty apart
ments are to be built.
Some of tlic kid's plans bode 110 (.'""1
for anyone; life will be more unsafe
than ever for the poor frogs and pussy
cats, with Hon Werntz and his scalpel
going into grad work. I lamp will
probably drive the Wake Forest stu
dents crazy chanting law at them and
missing Dot, and U. X. C. doesn't look
so safe with Jack Hartley applying for
entrance in phys. etl. or personnel
Snaki will probably sell the children
horror thrillers at Straughn's book
shop, and the future of the whole
nation doesn't look too calm when
Bertha Reid adds the "Guilford touch"
to the state dept. in AVasliingti n. If
M. J. Martin worries as much us she
did about the year book the boss of
her publishing house in l'hilly will
probably shoot himself or apply to
Fuki, with the American Friends Ser
vice Committee for some "relief work."
Marty Kobinson is going to be all pre
pared for the time when she dons th.'
white and carries the orange blossoms
by working with quite a snazzy bride's
shop in Cincinnati, and we don't know
what will happen to the members of
the "Y" in Indiana when Christine
Stanfield puts that Abnormal I'sychol
ogy she's learned this year to work.
Some of tlie seniors are going to put
their hard earned knowledge to work
and try to even impart some of it to
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GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., MAY 25, 1946
Miss Gilbert Supplements
Biography of Joe Cannon,
Former Speaker of House
Miss Dorothy Gilbert has written an
article telling more fully about the
Quaker background of the one-time
Speaker of the House of Representa
tives, Joe Cannon, thus supplementing
the early chapters of Busbey's bio
graphy of his life. This article has been
accepted by the North Carolina Histori
cal Review. Miss Gilbert has used as
her source of information the docu
ments, papers, and monthly meeting
records in the library vault which con
tain many references to Horace Cannon
and his wife Gulielma, letters of Har
rie Peck, reminisences of Elinira Fos
ter, and other documents and papers.
The article brings forth the influence
of Quakerism and this community upon
Joe Cannon's parents, who lived at
New Garden as a young couple. Horace
Cannon, his father, taught in the little
brick school which was located just
behind the New Garden graveyard.
This was in the early eighteen hun
dreds, liefore the founding of New
Garden Boarding school. Joe Cannon
was born on the David Ilodgin farm
just across the road in back of the
college, in 1830. When he was still a
tiny child, Joseph John Gurney, the
well-known English Friend came to
New Garden. Horace Cannon, who had
named his infant son after Gurney,
acted as his guide during the months
that lie remained in this region. This
shows how closely woven were the
Quaker surroundings in which Joe
Canno grew up to become a prominent
tigure in his country's government and
history.
Chapel Schedule
Saturday, June I—Alumni Day.
Sunday, June %—11:(MI A. M.—
Baccalaureate Sermon, I>r. Kohhins
W. Barstow; 5:00 I'. M.—Vesper
Service of Student Christian As
| sociation.
Monday, June 3—9:45 A. M.—
Academic Procession; 10:00 A. M.
—Commencement Kxerrises ami
Conferring of Degrees. Commen
cement Address, Dr. Kufiis M.
Jones.
Voice Recitals Given By
Peggy Taylor, M. F. Chilton
Peggy Taylor, soprano, presented her
senior recital May 10, and Mary
Frances Chilton, contralto, rendered
her junior recital on May 6.
Peggy is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Perry N. Taylor of White Plains
and has served as president of the col
lege a eappella choir for two years, as
president of the Fine Arts cluli and has
been on the Women's Student Govern
ment, the Student Affairs Board and
the Women's Athletic Association. Her
program included selections for Schu
mann, Wagner, Brahms, and Schubert.
Elizabeth Ann Brown accompanied her
t the piano.
Vice-President of next year's Drama
tic council. Mary Frances is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Chilton of
Pleasant Garden. She lias acted as
president, and secretary of the Fine
Arts club, and been a member of the
Guilfordian staff and a eappella choir.
Her program, which was in five parts,
contained selections from Beatheven,
Chopin, and Bach. Accompaning Mary
Frances was Aileen Gray.
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DR. Hl'Fl'S M. JONES
29th Summer Session,
Highest Enrollment
Varied Group of Courses
Offered; Several Students
Candidates for Degrees
Guilford College opens its 21) tH sum
mer school session June 4 with over
1(H) students enrolled. Miss Era Lesley,
the register, reports that this is the
largest, summer school in the history
of the college. The summer of 1942
marked the second largest with a total
of (>7 students. This summer the ratio
of men to women is approximately
3 to 1.
A great variety of courses will be
offered which will include Biology
13-14, Chemistry 12, Economics 21-22.
English 11, 23-24, French 13,14, Span
ish 11-12, History 31-32, Mathematics
13-14. Philosophy 41-42, Physics 11.
Religion 35 and 33, Sociology 21. and
Physical Education.
There are several candidates for
degrees this summer, among whom are:
Ollie Acree, Mary Britton, Ray Wood,
Linda Pell. Reginald Tilley, Amoret
Hutler, Clyde Frye, Eva Gardner, Nor
man Goodridge, Ruby Gray, Georgiana
Milford, Rerlene Pearson, Norman
Sheen, and Frances Siler.
Freshmen Turn Greener
While Sophomores Leer
If anyone noticed the three gentle
men on the steps of Mem Hall a few
Saturdays ago dressed (or should we
say "undressed") in bathing suits, ties
and hats, it wasn't because tlie.v were
crazy or attempting to kidnap the guest
artist, but merely because they were
being initiated in the traditional
Freshman-Sophomore day manner.
There was a rumor going around
that, the freshman girls were going to
dress up real funny but they must
have decided not to because they look
ed just like they always do. They did
all wear the same color dresses (a
ghastly shade of purple) which were a
little shorter than usual.
The people who had forgotten that
it was THAT day (something like
THAT week—only shorter) weren't
long in remembering it after they got
to breakfast. Horrible creatures that
bail migrated from Mary Hobbs to
Founders were going around tying
shoe-strings to table legs, reading
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NUMBER IT
Rufus M. Jones,
Robbins Barstow,
Graduation Speakers
Alumni To Hold First
Postwar Meeting, June 1;
Honor Society To Meet
Rev. Robbing Wolcott liars tow and
Dr. Rnfue M. Jones will he the princi
pal speakers at the 109 th Commence
ment program Sunday and Monday.
June 2-3. I)r. Clyde A. Miller, president
of Guilford College, will present the
graduating students with their diplo
mas.
Dr. Jones, for years the nearest
thing the Friends have to an interna
tional spokesman, will deliver the com
mencement address on Monday. Dr.
Jones was instrumental in the found
ing of the world service committee in
1017 which aided the children of de
feated Germany and many Polish
families. This same committee also
aided in the reconstruction of battered
and torn Verdun.
The baccalaureate sermon will lie
delivered by Rev. Barstow, director of
commission for world council services,
Sunday morning. Rev. Barstow, who
has travelled widely in foreign lands,
is of early New England ancestry, and
a graduate of Dartmouth college and
Hartford Theological seminary.
Alumni To Meet
The first postwar meeting of the
alumni will he lied Saturday, June 1.
with alumni registration beginning at
It p.m. Other features of the weekend
program include a meeting of the
scholarship society Saturday afternoon
at 4:30 p.m., annual choir guild meet
ing Sunday morning, vesper service of
Student Christian association in the
afternoon and an address by Samuel
1,. Ila worth, professor emeritus of re
ligion, Guilford College.
The scholarship society program is
being planned by Its president, Grace
Slier.
The annual business meeting of the
Alumni association will be presided
over by Mrs. R. B. John, Fayettville,
president. Plans for reunions of classes
of 181)6, 1901-06, 11-16, 21-26, 31-36,
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j poetry, (lancing in conga lines, singing
and carrying off the males.
There was very little let lip in this
| torture during the morning classes, in
i fact, few people realized what promin
ent adams-apples some of the girls had
I until thy saw them gargling at the
intersections.
1 Rut court climaxed the punishment,
t Hetty "Simon Legree" Ray was curator
Of the freshmen and had them doing
everything from peanut racing (a little
game in which the contestants gets
down on their hands and knees and see
I who can rub the skin off his nose
| first) to chest (?) shaving. Incident
| ally, the victim of that shaving was not
i ii freshman, was he, Itueack? All of the
; rats took it ike sports—if you like that
I kind of sports. One girl gave testimony
to how well she liked it, "If there's one
thing I've always wanted to do, it's
scruh those little stones in the walk
with a toothbrush. Rat court gave me
my chance!"
(Continual on l'age Three)