VOLUME XXXV Guilford College To Honor Founders Today Celebration Features Breaking of Ground For Science Building The Founders' Day program will begin at 11 o'clock In Memorial Hall. Mr. Feagins will open the program with organ mimic, and the invoca tion "will be given by Samuel L. Haworth. Dr. Ezra Weis' new song, "Guilford, We Love You," will lie sung by the choir. Howard Coble will sing a solo, "Nathan Hunt's Great, Day," accompanied by the choir. The first talk will be delivered by Miss Dorothy Lloyd Gilbert on "November 12th in Guilford's His tory" Dr. Clyde A. Milner will then speak on "Building a Better College for a Better Tomorrow." The guest speaker, Dr. William A. Wolff, of Bowman-Grey, will talk on "Science in the Libera 1 Arts College." The ground-breaking ceremony, to be held at the site of the new Science Building, will be directed by Dr. E. G. Purdom. Led by Carroll Fea gins, the entire assemblage will sing the Alma Mater. In the afternoon, from 2:30 until 3:30, there will be held seminars in science. In King Hall, Room 2, Dr. J. Paul Iteynolds, '2B, will lead the Biology and Psychology seminar. The Mathematics, Chemistry, and Physics seminar will meet in the Physics Lib. under the leadership of Wilbur L. Braxton, '32, and Rob ert C. Xtohr, '43. At 4 o'clock, tea will be served in Founders Hall for all visitors,science majors and faculty. From 6 to 6:30 the faculty will entertain in their homes for the visitors. ' The evening program will conclude the celebration of Founders' Day at Guilford. In Memorial Hall at 8 o'clock the principal address of the day will be given. To ojien the pro gram, Mr. Feagins will play organ music. I>r. Harvey Ljung will speak on "The Building in Sight," then Dr. Eva G. Campbell will introduce Dr. J. Paul Reynolds, who will de liver the Founders' Day address, "Problems in Human Genetics." Fads and Fashions Fall is here and so is the new-look in clothes! Corduroy seems to be in the limelight this year and Corny Hodgin is keeping in style with a blue corduroy skirt, straight, long and dressed up with silver buttons on the bottom. Peggy Fogleman's two-piece pink corduroy suit with tie bolero packet catches the eye! Speaking of the fall; for those colder days ahead Jean Presnell has a green, white and purple plaid coat with the new length and Inge Longerieh has one of those brown tweed coats with the belted bailt . . . minimum . . . The new look in sweaters has also come to the Guil ford campus. Those good-looking angora ones of Gerry Boherson's and Cassie Williams' are among the ones we've noticed. Sweaters with collars and cuffs are also a fad this sea son. Alyce Valaer's royal blue and Katie Hauser's gray are dressed up with a colorful scarfs. Looking for a two-piece suit? Why not get one like Mickey Peele's lavender plaid? It has a bolero jacket and a pleated skirt, Nice for campus dating. For a skirt that just needs a sweater, Betty Jo Harris has a two tone gray with pleats all the way around. Charlotte Flanders has two skirts with a style all their own. One is an English tweed, pocket in front and the new look is all in the back. The skirt is fastened by cross ing the waist band in the back and buttoning it with one of those leather buttons. The other skirt is made on the same pattern, fullness all in the back, but. this one is a pretty green plaid. Just right for classes with a white blouse. Speaking of blouses . . . how about a news-boy look with a mandarin collar and white cuffs with diamond studs. The color is a gay, red plaid and can be seen on Peggy Tweddell. The Quilfor&cm Cheerleading Squad of 1948-49 Sr* "W- Jffl IHMh 8~-B Blaß B** 9 HI H HpJI M| Bpi *► VyHH "\ i jH 8 I l-.i * II -i® r~w**w*F* flpii 9| M m i. .* f. . -t.-"%'- :. . ,il * s - T- - ;?.:>. • •*>•.,,- ' >_*:_*. . ' ..ii...'f?!^^i First row, left to right, Mary Dettor, Howard Coble (Captain), Sally Goodrich. Second row, Alyce Valaer, Joe Gamble, Charles McNeeley, Jean Carroll. Third row, Fuzzy Yoder, Deany Belton, Bill Myers, Katie Hauser, Skip Riddiek. Eight Seniors To Represent Guilford in Who's Who Eight seniors were elected by a joint vote of the faculty and student body to represent Guilford College in the 1948-1019 edition of "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges." The students chosen are Bill Caudle, Bob Clark. Carl Eriekson, Dody Haworth, Bettina Huston, Inge Longerieh, Bill MeCracken and Davil Register. Basis of the selec tion were the following iaulitica tiens : character, scholarship, leader ship in extra-curricular activities and potentiality for future useful ness to business and society. President of this year's Student Affairs Board, Bill MeCracken has been a campus leader since his arrival. He has had a leading part in every dramatic production staged in the past three years, and one of his biggest ambitions is to produce Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menngerie" here at Guilford Bill is president of the hard working Vet erans Association anl a menil>er of the Committee on Convocations. Every time you pick up a copy of the Guilfordian, you can learn some thing from his column "Candidly Sjieaking. He was secretary-treas urer of his Junior class and chosen last year as a representative to the student Legislative Assembly. Two years ago. Hill won second prize in the National Short Story Contest sponsored by New Republic. Bob Clark, one of the most popular fellows arounl Guilford was vice president of the Student Affairs Board last year. He was president of the Junior class and was busi ness manager of the Guilfordian in 1046-47. An enthusiastic athlete, Inge Longerieh has been one of the main stays on the hockey team for three years. She has been active in other activities since her freshman year. Inge served in the Student Christian cabinet and is a member of the Choir. In her freshman year, she was secretary of the class, and in her jnnior year, was a marshal and a representative to the Women's Student Government. An honor stu dent, Inge also takes an interested part in the International Relational Relations Club. She is a member of the 1048-1049 May Court. (Continued on Page Four) GUILFOBI) COLLEGE, N. C., NOVEMBER 12, 1!)48 Mrs. Helen Cook, director of the fall play, has announced that the production of "I'nder the Gaslights" originally sched uled for November 20 has been positioned until December 4. Civil Service Announces Dietitian Examination The U.S. Civil Service Commis sion has announced an examination for Student Dietitian from which appointments will be made to courses in Veterans Administration Hospitals in Los Angeles, Califor nia; the Bronx, New York; Hines, Illinois; and Memphis, Tennessee. The salary for Student Dietitians is $1,470 a year, including subsis tence, quarters and overtime. The courses will last for 12 months. To qualify, competitors must have re ceived a bachelor's degree from an acredlted college or university. Their study must have Included courses in chemistry, biology, foods, institu tion management, nutrition and diet in disease, social sciences, and edu cation. Applications will be accepted from persons who have not complet ed the required education, but their study must be completed not later than the beginning date of the course for which they are applying. Appli cants must have reached their 18th birthday but must not have passed their 35th birthday at the time of reporting on their tirst assignment as a student. These age liimts do not apply to persons entitled to vet eran preference. Interested persons may obtain in formation about the examination, as well as application forms, from most tirst and second-class post offices, from Civil Service regional offices, and from the TJ. S. Civil Service Commission, Washington 25, D. C. Applications will be accepted until further notice by the Executive Secretary, Hoard of U. S. Civil Ser vice Examiners, in the Veterans Administration hospitals in the above-mentioned cities. See examin ation announcement No. 12(1 for the appropriate addresses of these hos pitals. Guilford Quakers To Meet Catawba Squad Tomorrow night the fighting Quakers trek to Salisbury with a purpose in mind; the purpose of routing the Catawba Indians on their own stamping grounds. The men from Guilford are still smarting from an upset defeat by their arch rivals, the High Point Panthers. Lead by the unknown strategist Doc Newton, the Quakers, with vengeance in their souls expect to draw blood. Last year, Catawbas' warrior's invaded the peaceful Quaker settle ment and went home with twenty scalps. Coach Newton's men fought furiously though and took fourteen of the Indian's scalps before the fray was over, 'this year the Guil fordians exj)ect to return to their domain with more Indian head dresses thiin Quaker heads lost. Guilford should be nearly at full strength. Only Reg Roberts—bar ring injuries in the Lenior Rhyne game-will be on the injured list. Walt Moon, whose injury kept him sidelined throughout most of the High Point game, will be ready to play. Catawba has been gunning for Guilford all year. For that reason tomorrow night's game will be as exiting as the Guilford-High Point battle. The contest promises to be an all-out affair with 110 holds barred. All you loyal fans who travel to Salisbury tomorrow are in store for excitement. Elections Announced Ballots have been cast and count ed ! Hold tight while the results are announced. In the Woman's Athletic Associa tion Alyce Valaer and Beverly Utley scored a double victory in the fall elections. Alyce is now chairman of tennis, while Bev will take care of the basketball team. On May Day, we'll see Deany Belton reign over the May Court as Queen and Jo Carroll Bray as her Maid of Honor. In the recent freshman class elec tions, Tom Benbow was elected presi dent and Polly Edgerton as vice president. The office of secretary and treasurer were filled by Joyce Fulk and Bill Topping. NUMBER 3 Original Charier Day (hanged; Founders Honored This Month By WILLIAM L. KERR Founders' Day at Guilford Col lege will he celebrated today Friday, November 12, when faculty stu dents, alumni and invited guests gather to recognize the founding of one of the oldest schools in the South. Guilford has usually celebrated its birthday on Charter Day each January 13, but committee officials have decided to dispense with cere monies held on that day and trans fer recognition to what will be called Founder's Day. The story connected with the origination of Guilford College Is an interesting one. On November 12, 1831, the annual session of the North Carolina Yearly Meeting was being held at New Garden now Guilford College. Friends were gathered from all over the state and were moved by a "great con cern" often voiced by Nathan Hunt, patriarch of the Yearly Meeting. Records kept in the college li brary vault include the minutes of the Yearly Meeting of that year, 1831, and are recorded thus: "Reports were brought up from all the quarterly Meetings agreeably to requisition of last meeting: which it api>ears there is not one school in the limits of this Yearly Meeting (hat is under the care of a commit tee either of a Monthly or prepara tive meeting and the teachers of schools where Friends children go mostly are not Friends, and all the schools among Friends is a mixed condition which brought the meet ing under concern for a better plan of education. "Dongan Clark, Jeremiah Hub bard, Nathan Mendenhall, Joshua Stanley, Zimri Stuart and David White are therefore appointed to prepare an essay of and address to the Quarterly, Monthly Meetings on the subject of schools and to prepare a plan for an ment in the education of our youth and produce it to a future sitting." The next day these men made their report to the Yearly Meeting officers: "It appears there are few schools in the limits of this Yearly Meeting that are taught by mem bers of our Society. "We believe that the Christian and literary education of our chil dren consistent with the simplici ty of our religious profession of very deep interest if not of para mount importance in supporting the various testimonies that we profess to bear to the world and even to the very existence and con tinuance of our Society." The committee then proposed that a voluntary subscription be opened immediately to raise funds for the school. Also they suggested that each Quarterly meeting select two members suitable for teachers to be the first pupils in the school and "such as are not of ability to pay the expense of board and tuition, could have it done at the expense of the meeting." Next day, shortly after noon on November 12, the committee made its last report of that year and notified the Meeting that the sum of $307.55 had been subscribed. "A large committee was then appoint ed to prepare a plan to endeavor to purchase a farm to locate the school upon and put it in operation and reiwrt their case to next meeting." Thus the initial foundation of what was to be one of the first col leges in this area was laid. Guil ford College received its charter from the State of North Carolina a few years later, and when subscrip tions had warranted contruction of school buildings, classes started int a Summer month in 1837 and have continued since; even through the Civil War. Guilford has the reputation for the sound and thorough education prepared in 1931 and carried on without interruption from the day of the school's opening to the pres ent.

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