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VOLUME XXXVI
CHOIR BEGINS EXTENDED TOUR SATURDAY
1950 Guilford College A Cappella Choir, With Director Charles Coll Underwood
Year Book Prospects
Good; May Appear
Sometime in May
With filial deadlines met and the
"Quaker" in full production, all in
dications point toward early deliv
ery ill time for distribution for Sen
ior Week, beginning May 15.
Although it'' took some energetic
persuasion on the part of the staff
to buck the way of precedent, the
editors feel' tlmt it would never
have been possible without the whole
hearted cooperation of everyone in
any way connected with the work,
whether it. simply involved showing
up for a group picture or delivering
the latest—or sometimes future! —
dope in the form of copy.
Participation in the annual photo
contest, was exceptionally lively with
well over fifty shots —poses ranging
from surprised sleeping beauties to
stolid campus scenes. Polly Edger
ton and Ilank Seminler walked off
with the prizes.
Other higksi>ots of the year in
cluded a frantic week of formal por
traits With "Loup" Pocecca behind
the lens; Wednesday after Wednes
day of group pictures by Messrs.
I'atton and Pendergraft; midnight
calls to Archdale to let si>orts editor
Kerr in on the latest layout and
copy spacing; hours in the recesses
of the "Quaker" olHce over card
board, pictures, and rubber cement.
Deadlines came around sooner than
expected, but somehow the work
rolled off the assembly line without
any serious delays.
"It weren't easy"—but with no
bad breaks and a bit of luck, the
"Quaker" should be out on time.
Dialectic Senate
Sponsors Visitors
In conjunction with its attempt to
bring discussion of Guilford's honor
system out in the open, the Dia
lectie Senate brought students from
other colleges to discuss and con
trast their honor systems with
Guilford's. In chapel (March tS)
Hob Payne, president of Carolina's
Men's Government, and Alex Van.
president of State's Interdorm
Council spoke. That afternoon mi
informal discussion 'was held led by
Bob, and Pete Gerns, the Secretary
of Carolina's Men's Government.
Some ideas brought out of the meet
ings were: a choice in the core
curriculum is necessary, definite
rules on tests are important, and
above all, student cooperation must
increase.
The Senate in continuing the dis
cussion of the Honor System until
Spring Vacation. Its meetings are
held Wednesdays at 4 p. m. in Room
233, King Hall. Any student is
always welcome to attend.
Tf yz Quifforcein
GL'ILFORI) COLLEGE, N. C., MARCH 17. 1950
Four Leave For
/. R. C. Conference
Four delegates left yesterday
for Madison College in Harris
burg, Va. to attend the South
Atlantic Regional I. H. C. Con
ference this weekend. The dele
ates are Marianne Yietorius,
secretary for the rcional organ
ization; Howard Davis presi
dent of the International Rela
tions Clubs of X. C. and presi
dent of the Guilford I. R. C.;
Mart on Salkind vice-president
of the Guilford I. R. C an'l
Wilda Mae Briles. Two of the
delegates, Morton Salkind and
Ho.ward Davis, have prepared
papers to read at the confer
ence on Strengthening the
United Nations, and the Euro
leon Recovery Program and
Point Four, respectively. Dele
gates are looking forward to a
while conference. Delegates will
give a report 011 the conference
proceedings after Spring Vaca
tions.
Opinions Vary on
Honor System
For the past two weeks the main
topic of discussion between students
and faculty lins been that of the
Honor System.
The Honor Board lias endeavored
to show Guilfordians the present
crisis of the Honor System, and
to help formulate ideas for a letter
one.
Through meetings and discussion
groujw with the S. C. A., lMalestic
Senate, and visiting chapel speakers,
we have heard the "pros" and "cons"
of the Honor System and the Prcc
torial System.
The main feeling among Guilford
students is that of a desire to have
an Honor System. Yet many fear
telling on one another and there
fore would throw away the entire
system for this reason.
One solution given is this: "Per
haps we can try to conquer the vio
lations of the Honor System in the
class. If each student would take
it upon himself to make the others
aware of the violation by just tap
ping ou tile desk, or standing \ip
in the examination informing the
class that cheating is going on, we
could bring about a smooth-running
Honor System."
Another idea expressed was thus
stated: "Punishing someone who
breaks the rules is not the most
important part of the System. If
we can convince a person to stop
cheating without ever mentioning
his name or punishing him in a
material sense, then we are doing
a worthy job. Many times a warn
ing is enough-—a warning from a
roommate or close friend." v
(lass Presentation
Of First Junior Ball
Termed Big Success
On Saturday evening, March 11,
the Juniors staged the first class
sj>onsored dance in the history of
Guilford College, which proved a
suit-ess beyond all expectations. With
the rhythm of Howard Chile's fam
ous renditions, played in a setting
that caught something of spring out
doors. the dance continued to attract
enthusiastic crowds throughout the
evening. ,
Not content with merely inau
gurating the first class dance here,
the Juniors added a still greater
innovation, inviting back the entire
class of 1!>48, as well as the class
of '4!, to be their guests of honor.
The gymnasium was transformed
for this event into a country scene,
decked with streamers of green and
white. Behind the bandstand was
an ivy trellis, Hanked by real-looking
"trees'' on either side. Crowning
the setting was a miraculous foun
tain pool, which bubbled up from a
bank of grass at the far end of the
gym. Here, many couples stood out
a dance or more to toss pennies at
the goldfish swimming about, and
watch the tints and shadows play
on tiie water from a revolving light
overhead.
Howard Gale's Orchestra provid
ed the dancers with nearly continu
ous music—s k eet melodies spiced
with swing, and including many re
quests and some vocal assistance by
tile band. This was climaxed by an
impressive imitati 11 of several well
known orchestras, which was highly
enjoyed by all. There followed one
dance reserved tor the graduates
alone.
In case you, like many students,
are wondering who is tiie energetic
group responsible for tills success
till evening, it is the entire Junior
class. Especially do Audrey Smith,
Tom Goertner, Hen Baker, Barbara
McFarland, Sally Goodrich, Mo
Campbell (who designed the pool),
Bob Ertl, Howard l>avis, Lee Stack
house, Walter Burdsall, I'hil Crutch-
Held, Nancy Jenkins, Bill Bright,
and I'at Kusso deserve credit for
this outstanding dance of many
seasons.
Guilford Honor Group
Inducts New Members
At the March 10 chapel program,
the Honor Society of Guilford Col
lege presented its unnual program
to the student body.
Featured on the program, con
ducted by Marianne Victorious,
leader of the group, was the accep
tance of five new members. They
were John Haesloop, Tom Goert
ner, Hardy Carrol, Dorothy Kiser,
and Margery Anderson.
The Guilford College A Cappella Choir, one of the leading cho
ral groups in the South, will begin its annual spring tour
tomorrow.
The Choir, under the direction of Charles Coll Underwood, will
travel in the general direction of the Atlantic Seaboard through
Washington, Philadelphia, and New York; and will reach its
travel point in giving concerts in cities in Rhode Island.
Post Is Guilfordian
Head; Schopp, Kiser,
Elected to Offices
Bobby Marshall Heads
Choir; Demos, Kirkman,
Finch Fill Positions
Edward Post, John Soliopp, Doro
thy Kiser, Ann Stabler, Bobby Mar
shall, Jean Kirkman and Dorothy
Demos won out in the Annual
Spring elections, held March 10,
for strategic campus offices.
Post, member of the Guilfordian
staff fo"r two years, was elected as
Kditor-in-Chief of the news organ.
John Schopp, popular athlete and
campus government participant, won
.out in a close election over Lee
Stackhouse for president of Men's
Student Government. Dorothy
Kiser was elected president of
Women's Student Government.
Ann Stabler was elected presi
dent of the W. A. A., while Jean
Kirkman and Dorothy Demos were
elected Co-editors of "The Quaker."
Bobby Marshall was elected to head
the i>opular A Capiiella Choir, cam-'
pus choral organization.
Others elected were: Vice-Presi
dent of W. S. G., Gene Peace; Sec
retary of W. 8. G., Sally Haire:
Treasurer of W. S. G., Dot Cheek;
House President, Mary Hobbs, Ann
Stabler: Founders, Joan Kirkman;
W. S. G., Flora Lee Edwards; Vice-
President of W. A. A., Lucy Leake;
President of Sophomore class, Bob
Ralls; of Junior class, Lawrence
A 1 spa ugh and Polly Edgerton in n
run off; Senior Class president.
Hardy Carrol; Dramatics Council
president, Bob Wall; President of
Band, Phil Crutchfield: President of
S. C. A., Hardy Carrol; and Presi
dent of I. B. C., Howard Davis.
President of Men's A. A., Jim
Finch: Vice-president, Ben Baker:
and Secretary, Abner Alexander.
Other election results are posted
on campus Bulletin Boards.
Cochrane, Raiford
Attend School Meet
Chosen as "Miss and Mr. Student
Teacher." Anne Raiford and Carl
Cochrane represented Guilford last
week at the annual convention of
the North Carolina Educational As
sociation in Raleigh.
The two delegates were enter
tained at a luncheon sponsored by
the Future Teachers of America or
ganization Friday afternoon, and
were invited to attend a ten at the
Governor's mansion. Friday night
they were presented, along with the
representatives from several other
schools, at the convention's general
assembly in the Raleigh auditorium.
Also present from Guilford were
I>r. Muriel Thomlinson, who pre
sented an abstract at the French
teacher meeting, and Dr. Charles
Ott, who attended the science fo
rums.
The student representatives are
both seniors. Miss Raiford practice
taught in English last semester at
Guilford High School. Cochrane is
doing his practice work this semes
ter at Central Junior High in Greens,
lioro.
Vacation!
Annual Spring Vacations be
gin today, March 17. The choir
begins its annual tour tomor
row. . Classes resume Tuesday,
" March 28, at 8:110 a. ni. Three
days, March 25, 26 and 27, are
NON-CUT DAYS.
Choir Begins Tour
Tomorrow
NUMBER 9
The route to l>e taken by the
group will be much the same as that
taken by the first choir group,
under the direction of Max Noah, in
1931. That year the choir sang on
flie White House lawn in a sjiecial
concert before Herbert Hoover, then
president of the United States.
Since then the choir has traveled
north, south, and through many
midwestern states.
Last year the group, under the
direction of Charles Coll Under
wood, had one of its successful
tours. The tour carried them to
Dallas, Texas to sing before the
National Convention of Federated
Music Clubs at the famed Blue
Bonnet luncheon.
Among the members on this
year's repertoire are Ave Veriim
Corpus by Byrd; Worthy is The
Lamb, Tschailsowsky: Were You
There?, Raleigh; and Beautiful
Saviour by Christiansen.
Doris Hutchinson, women's phy
sical education department head,
will accompany the group.
Roodanko Observes
Unfavorable Trends
Igal Boodanko of New York,
recent delegate to the World Pa
cifists convention in India and
founder of a school for delinquent
boys in New York City, told a stu
dent audence at Guilford College
that Russia has a perfect right to
mistrust the United States. "This,"
he said, "is due to the fact that the
U. S. sought and strived, with other
powers, to destroy the revolting
government in Russia during the
late twenties."
Roodanko went on to state that
the Soviet, for this reason, takes
every chance it has to gain an ad
vantage pn the United States. He
said that Russia is offering the
peoples of the world freedom and
equality, and "though this appears
to lie just a 'line' of false promises,
I fear they are believing it."
Citing one of the reasons of the
peoples of other countries no! trust
ing our claims of a living democracy
is our treatment of our colored
people, he said that the people would
not belive that there are many
problems in the race relations in
the South that do not appear on
the surface, "though this is unde
niably true," he added.
"However," he ended, "this is one
place where we have a chance to
regain the respect of the world.
When noses are counted, over one
half of the world's population is
pigmented. Unless we are awake,
these people may side with the
Kremlin."
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ANN RAIFORD
... "Miss Student Teacher"