Welcome
All Old Grads
VOLUME XXXVII
Guilford Homecoming Set For Saturday
New Improvements
Add to Efficiency,
Beauty of Campus
Something new has been added!
You returning upperclassmen have
noticed since your return to the
campus this year that the new
library addition has been complet
ed, and also the remodeling of the
lower floor of Memorial Hall.
This new addition to the Guil
ford College library contains an
entry, vestibule, and foyer on each
side. The foyer on the southeast
side opens on a passage running
east and west, from which you
enter a spacious, well lighted read
ing room. Behind the reading room
is another room that will be re
served strictly for information re
ferring to Quakerism. At the north
end of this Quaker Collection
Room is a huge fireproof vault.
On the passage on the north
side of the building are the librar
ian's office and the library secre
tary's office. At the end of this
corridor is a large workroom.
Between the two corridors is an
addition to the present reading
room, the old stack, and a new
three story section of stacks. On
thp second floor is another reading
room.
From the south passage on the
second floor one enters into two
large seminar rooms. Situated be
twen these seminar rooms are two
small study rooms. On the north
passage on the second floor are a
staff room, a store room, and a
music, art collection, and visual
aids room.
The library as it is now is much
less crowded than it was in the
past. The remodeling of Memorial
Hall did much to eliminate con
gestion during matriculation this
year. In the new, more spacious
offices provide for more filing
space, thus for greater efficiency
on the part of the administration.
Another improvement which is
belived will be more convenient for
the student body is removal of the
college post office from under
Memorial Hall to the community
Post Office. This alteration has also
rid the college of what was gener
ally regarded as a sore spot.
P.S. Fire escapes have been
added to Mary Hobbs.
Freshman Reception,
Dance Huge Success
Guilford's Freshman Reception
and dance, held on Saturday night,
September 23, provided a friendly
and enjoyable evening for all who
were there.
After the traditional formal in
troduction of freshmen to the en
tire faculty, and the head of the
social committee, students passed
through a red-and-white archway
into the gym itself, hung wih red
and white streamers and filled with
soft lights and the music of Virgil
West and his Orchestra.
One notable thing about this
dance was that as the evening pro
gressed, nearly everyone left the
sidelines to dance; until finally,
with the climax of several mixer
dances, everyone there was on the
floor. Another feature was the im
promptu bonfire and pep rally, in
which everyone participated en
thusiastically, even to the cheer
leading— evening clothes and all.
S. C. A. Membership
Drive in Full Swing
Attention all you folks who
like to have worthwhile good
times, come to S.C.A. Affairs
every Sunday night.
The S. C. A. get-togethers
are for spriritual and social
fellowship and fun.
Come one. Come all.
The Qtiiffor&cm
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GUILFORD HOMECOMING queen and court—Roberta Burgess, queen seated in center of front row.
Members of the court, first row, left to right, are Elsa N'eitzke, Washington, D. C.; Miss Burgess; Betty Ven
able. White Plains; second row: Betsy Bingham, Asheboro; Audrey Garris, Goldsboro; Joan Brookings,
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and Mary Jane Hines, Winston-Salfcm.
Guilford Enrollment
Less Than in 1949
Miss Era Lasley announced that
528 students have enrolled at Guil
ford College for the first semester
of the 114 th regular session. Com
pared with the 562 who registered
last fall this Is a noticeable de
crease such as most colleges have
had.
The decline is less than what
took place between 1948 and 1949
since the enrollment then dropped
from 608 to 562 and it is according
to the plan to sustain an enrollment
of 500. A registration of 528 should
readily do that unless the draft
makes greater drains than are ex
pected, Miss Lasley said.
The report showed that this year
there are ten fewer returning stu
dents and twenty-three less new
students. The decline in new stu
dents came in transfers as the fig
ures indicate 162 new freshmen as
against last years' 157.
The overall decline came in men
day students. There are actually
eight more girls than registered
last fall, and the men's dorms are
full, with three fellows in all the
large rooms in Cox. Boys needn't
be frightened, however, they still
outnumber the girls 381 to 147.
Charles Thomas Speaks
On Christian 'Good'
Democracy depends upon the
Christian concept "that man is
potentially good," Charles Thomas,
pastor of New Garden Friend's
Meeting, told the Guilford College
students last Friday, October 6 at
a chapel program.
Mr. Thomas said that each man
is significant in a world that is gov
erned by the will and love of God,
and that each man is made to fill
a God given purpose.
"The quailty of life that is cre
ated comes from an inner source . . .
growth takes place from the inside
out and may even make the seed
important. So there can and does
enter into man elements foreign to
his nature as a child of God."
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., OCTOBER 13, 1950
Four Professors Added;
E. Daryl Kent Returns
A music departmenthheatd t an as
sistant professor of physical edu
cation, two instructors, and a for
mer dean of men were added to
the Guilford teaching staff during
the summer.
Carl D. Baumbach, former head
of the Greensboro College Music
Department, was appointed to head
of the music department which was
weakened in 1948 with the death
of Dr. Ezra Weis.
Baumbach began undergraduate
study at the Kasseler Conesrvatory
of Music. Kassel, Germany, and
continued his studies at the Uni
versity of Rochester Eastman
School of Music, where he received
his B.M. and Master of Arts degree.
While completing residence work
for a Ph.D. in musicology, he serv
ed as an instructor in theory at the
Eastman School of Music.
Welcomed back to the Guilford
fold was E. Darryl Kent, associate
professor of religion and dean of
men. Kent, who joined the summer
school faculty, is writing his doc
tor's dissertation on the "Social and
Political Philosophy of Thomas
Hill," British philosopher.
Miss Mary White Thompson, a
graduate of Women's College, was
appointed assistant professor of
women's physical education. She
Community Chest Talk
Is Given by Dr. McNutt
Dr. Franklin H. McNutt, dean
of the graduate school at Woman's
College, told Guilford College stu
dents on October 2, that the ideas
behind the community chest are
local, not governmental, and "it
affects all of us directly or indi
rectly."
Speaking on how the chest pro
gram affects present day youth, he
said, "community chest, organiza
tions are interested in you. You
and I for self-preservation reasons
should give to the cause."
succeeds Miss Doris Hutchinson.
Graduating with a B.S. in physical
education in 1942, Miss Thompson
continued her study at Columbia
University receiving an M.A. in
1945.
Other additions to the faculty
were a Guilford graduate, Elvin
Stroud, who is teaching the junior
history course, and Walter Arndt,
formerly of Turkey and now in
structor of languages. Mrs. Mathis
of Guilford College was added to
the library staff.
Mr. Arndt earned his degree in
economics and political science
from Oriel College of Oxford Uni
versity.
Quakers To Play Host to Wasps
In Saturday's Homecoming Game
The battle of deception will take
place when the Guilford Quakers
battle a fast-stepping eleven from
the Smoky Mountain Conference—
Emory and Henry—Saturday at 8
p.m. in Greensboro High School
Stadium.
Guilford will be out to repay last
years defeat, and continue their
present win streak of three games.
Thus far the Quakers have trounc
ed High Point, Hampton-Sydney
and Atlantic Christian. The Guil
fordians lost the opener with Ap
palachian in Winston-Salem 22 to 2.
The Quakers, weakened by in
juries to A 1 Johns, Joe Breedon, Ed
Jones and Sam Shugart, hope to
be in full strength by game time.
Probable Starting Lineup
Kiser LE Topping
Via LT . . . . Alexander
Harrington LG Clapp
Earp Center . .. Gresham
Frei RG Shugart
Neblett RT .. . . Lynch
Humble RE . . . . Whitcomb
Davis QB Johns
Miller LH Venuto
Wilson RH Schopp
Spurgeon .... FB Tate
Beat
Emory and Henry
NUMBER 1
Roberta Burgess
Will Be Queen of
Homecoming Event
Roberta Burgess, winsome
blonde from Greensboro, will be
the Guilford College Home-
Coming Queen, it was announced
today by THE GUILFORDIAN, the
student function which spon
sored the Hoine-Coming Queen
election held last Monday.
Miss Burgess won from a large
field of contestants, and will re
ceive her beauty crown during the
half time proceedings of the Guil
ford- Emory and Henry football
game Saturday, at 8 p.m.
Joining Miss Burgess as part of
the Homecoming Court will be Elsa
Neitzke, Joan Brookings, Betsy
Bingham, Mary Jane Hines, and
Audrey Garris, last year's queen.
Close to 250 alumni and friends
are expected to visit the campus
tomorrow and see the improve
ments that have been made to the
college plant.
Besides the football game in
Greensboro High School Stadium,
the feature on-campus event will
be the informal homecoming get
together from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in
the gymnasium for all graduates
and their friends. This year's spe
cial guests will be all the athletes
from the 1937 to 1942 classes. Invi
tations have been sent to 160 Guil
fordians.
Dr. Purdom said that 28 special
invitations were sent to the cap
tains of the various athletic teams
which graduated during the 1937-42
period. Invitations sent include:
Norman B. Bayles, Quantonamo
Bay, Cuba, captain of the 1938
baseballteam; Wilson Byrd of
Greensboro, captain of the 1938
football squad; Paul Chambers,
Haverton, Penn., captain of the
1939 basketball team; Romulus Lee
Graves, Gardinir, Maine, captain of
the 1940 baseball team; Edgar Hur
ley, Jr., Asheville, captain of the
1940 basketball team,
/. /?. C. Meets
The Guilford International
Relations Club is planning to
hold a joint meeting with the
Greensboro College I.R.C. on
Thursday, October 19th in the
Hut. The topic, as yet, is un
announced, but will probably
deal with some phase of the
Korean problem. All students
are invited to the meeting.
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Pictured above is Co-captain John
Schopp, who will lead the Quakers
against Emory and Henry's Wasps
Saturday at 8:00 P.M.