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First A Cappella Tour Group
Choir Gave Command Performance for President in *3l
By El) POST
Ann in tills year the Guilford
College A Cappella Choir will take
much the same route that it took in
1931 when it launched its music
career and Rave a comifiand per
formance before President Herbert
Hoover at the White House. The
choir will today begin an extended
tour covering the same Middle At
lantic State area, and will continue
on to New England for concert pre
sentations.
Varied Campus Quints
Enter Tourney; Goats Win
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Guilford on the Court this year.
They played on Coach Teagues J. V.
squad. The others were Hob Spen
cer and John Hudson. Both made
the Class "C" all tournament team.
Sonny Dillon, Yo Yo Yates, Bobby
Crews, Garland Rakestraw, Curtis
Laughiin, and A 1 Connor who went
along for the ride. Also played this
team, reached the semi-finals befor e
being eliminated, by Allen's Neon
Display of High Point.
In Class "D" Guilford mis repre
sented by Tom Evanl's "Guilford
Aces" who went to the Quarter
finals before being eliminated. On
this team were such reknown
Quakers as Bill Ringler, Herman
Enochs, Tom Goertner, Ah Alex
ander, Jim Pinch, Bill Williams,
John Scott, and EVaul.
The Guilford Clowns who were
runners-up in Class "A" last year,
and winners in ("lass "A" the year
before had some tough luck this
yenr and were eliminated in the
first round of play. This team was
made "I' "f A 1 Johns and Dick Hall,
two of Coach Lentz's high scoring
forwards, Jimmy Mann and Paul
Lawhorne, both played for the
Quakers during the 48-49 season,
and Don MeCleod and A 1 Milner,
two mighty tine ball players who
were ineligible for varsity compe
tition this year. "Chuck" Whitcomb,
one of the outstanding Junior
Quakers, also played.
When talking about Guilford's
representation in the Piedmont
tourney we have to mention also
that Polly Key's Wakefield Garage
team won the Woman's Class "B"
championship by eliminating Mrs.
Ben Bakers's Alamance High school
team. Ferrell anil Roberts made
till' all-lonranieiit team.
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The choir, which was established
in 1929, 'was under the leadership
of Max Noah who not only organ
ized 'the group, but tended diligently
its development into a leading
college music department and di
rected the organization for a period
of six years. In 1085 lie was fol
lowed by Dr. Ezra Weis, who also
became famous in the musical world.
Weis passed away in 1948, and
Charles Coll Underwood succeeded
him.
In an article published during
the late twenties by The Guilfordian
the organizing touch of Noah re
vealed itself when the report said,
"Interest is mounting in the campus
choir, led by Mr. Noah, after the
success of the community chorus
and its successful concerts."
When the spring of 1929 rolled
around, the same college newspaper
aded, "Interest is still growing by
leaps anil bounds in the choir, with
the number participating nearing
fifty ..."
Thus with increased student
activity, the choir at last organized
into a sftvell trained group.
By 1929, the publicity of the
choir was not only on the Guilford
campus and community, but it
spread to the nearby cities of
Greensboro and Winston-Salem.
Cheered by the success of the stu
dent function on a local level, the
college administration arranged an
extended tours through such states
as Virginia, Maryland, Washing
ton, I>. C., Pennsylvania and New
York.
However, even before the final
plans for that years spring tour
were completed, the college received
an invitation to give a command
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THE GUILFORDIAN
performance before another music
lover, Herbert Hoover, President
of the United States.
In its report of the tour the April.
19H1 issue of The Guilfordian—
college newspaper—a reporter wrote,
"as the last strains of the Gaines
version of The Lord's Prayer died
away on the White House Dawn,
the nation's chief executive said,
"It'was very beautiful," and after
his congratulations to the robed
group the president withdrew."
The article continued, "The choir
had received great praise in other
cities, but to win the audience anil
admiration of the president, the
singers felt was the greatest trib
ute that could be paid them for
their ability."
In liis ending, the reporter pre
dicted that the success of the tour
would lend to an annual event.
His prediction was not only cor
rect, but in past years the Guilford
A Cappella Choir has not limited
its tour to just the Middle Atlantic
area, but has extended it to the
northern, eastern, mid-western and
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For the first time last year during
spring vacation, the choir traveled
to Dallas, Texas to perform at the
National Convention of Federated
Music Club?! at the well-known
Blue Bonnet Luncheon. The choir
was under 'the direction of Charles
Coll Underwood who succeeded the
late Dr. Ezra AVeis.
Dr. Weis had taken over in 1933,
ad guided the choir group success
fully until 1948. That fall his choir
performed before a Federated Music
group at Sedgefield Inn, and subse
quently received an invitation for
his choir to appear before the Na
tional Convention of Federated
Music clubs at Dallas, Texas, in the
spring of 1949. Dr Weis passed
a'wiay in December, 1949, and was
thus unable to realize the crowning
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March 17, 1950
, achievement of his career. Charles
T'nderwood successfully picked ui>
the reins of the choir, and carried
nut the program planned l>y Dr.
Weis.
This year T'nderwood will carry
the choir on its tour for the second
time. His reception will include
members caused by jthe choir's
first directors.
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