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VOLUME XXXVII
Mrs. Margery Edgerton Elected May Queen
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VACATION BOUND—They are, left to right, Sally Haire, North
Troy, Vermont; Thelma Clodfelter and Mary Taylor, both from
Winston-Salem.
Sleep and Sunbathing
Top Vacation Plans
When Joe Student grabs his suit
cases and starts the "long trek
home—home sweet home," what is
he going to do?
According to a "Guilfordian"
survey, slightly inaccurate but still
one which gives a dull picture of
the future pastimes, the Christ
mas break will feature such activi
ties as bathing in the good ole Flor
ida sunshine, attending parties and
just catching up on precious sleep
Varied, Sundry Answers
The famous question got such
answers: "Work in the Post Office;
get plenty of sleep; and write a re
ligion term paper."—By Strupe
Lackey of Winston-Salem. Daisy
Nichols from the hills of White
Plains replied: "Work at the drive
in." Down at Brown Summit, Ed
Bowman will build a house and "go
Christmas Vacation
Tomorrow at 1 P.M. the an
nual Christmas holidays will
begin. Regular classes will be
gin on January 3. Students are
reminded of the non-cut rules.
Salkind and Hughes Elected
To Strategic Assembly Offices
The fourteenth session of the
Student Legislature Assembly of
North Carolina which was held in
Raleigh November 30 thru Decem
ber 2 was by far the most success
ful ever held. Almost 200 dele
gates from 26 colleges and uni
versities throughout the state at
tended.
Guilford College was privileged
to supply two of the officers as
Morton Salkind was elected assist
ant sergeant-of-arms of the House
of Representatives, and Betty Jane
Hughes was elected reading clerk
of the Senate. Representing Guil
ford in the Senate were Mary Jane
Hughes. Daga Hammond, and Sam
Baker. In the House Were Sal
kind and John Lomax.
Guilford Honored
This session marked the first
time a Guilford delegate sat in the
Speaker's chair during debate
This occurred on December 2
when Salkind asumed the chair
during debate on several bills
Guilford was further honored
when he was appointed to a four
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TV QuKfonScw
to see the mountain girls." Geri
Mays said she was "just going
home." An interesting time will be
had by Janice Davis; "wait for let
ters and phone calls." Always busy
Bob Yarborough will work in the
railway express office until Christ
mas" then have a good time."
"Make Up for Lost Time"
Up north in Maryland Dick
Brown will also work in the post
office while down in the deep south
Joan Brookings will "take a sun
bath." Karl Reinhardt of Ridge
wood, N. J. will "make up for lost
time and play poker." Bob Mar
shall said he didn't know—he will
soon enough.
Speeches and theses will take a
lot of time and energy, they say.
For proof one has only to ask Ann
Yarrow of Flushing, N. Y., or Bob
Ertl of Freeport, L. 1., or any of the
juniors or seniors.
Fishing in Florida
They say that fishing is a sum
mer sport—not for Becky Dunn
who is going "Florida, that is."
For some of the lovers who will j
be separated for a "long time" the j
reply was: "Why of course we are !
going to stay at home and write to j
each other."
j man committee to study and revise
| a bill on UMT and the draft,
j Many bills were carefully con
sidered. A resolution was intro
duced to use the Aitom bomb
against the Chinese Communists,
j Lomax and Salkind spoke
! strongly against the bill. The bill
was defeated in both houses, and
| Guilford was put on record as
i unanimously against the bill.
Hazing Bill
Bills for scholarships, health in
surance. alcohol and driver's edu
cation were passed. A speech by
Miss Hughes was very influential
in the passage of a bill to lower the
| voting age to 18. A bill to encour
| age enforcement of the Hazing Act
jof 1913 was passed. And a bill to
| abolish the Fair Trade Laws was
' strongly defeated.
Miss Hughes was thanked by
\ the delegation for her fine work as
1950 Guilford Interim Council rep
| resentative. Sam Baker was select
ed as chief of the 1951 Guilford
; delegation, and Interim Council
| representative.
GUILFORD COLLEGE. N. C., DECEMBER 15. 1950
Jo Cameron Leads
Cast in Production
Of Play,' Our Town'
Mere words could not describe
I the well-acted, deeply original pro
duction of "Our Town" presented
for December 8 by the Guilford
College Dramatic Council in Duke
Memorial Hall.
It was the touching reverie
steeped with humor and finally a
philosophical truth on life that cap
tured the hearts of those attend
ing what many considered "the
best Guilford College play we have
seen in years."
The play, a test on one's imagi
nation, was unique in that no elab
orate setting or prop§ were used.
Nevertheless the well timed light
| and clever dialogue made props un
necessary.
"Our Town" portrayed a typic
ally picturesque town with average
people. It was called Grovers Cor
ners and was like any small local
ity near Greensboro. The play de
picted an average cycle of life—
j birth through death.
J At first the audience was sur
! prised at the humor and light
| heartedness, but by the third act
! all were stilled to silence to view
j the deeply philosophical take off
j on life.
! The success of the play can attrib
i ute to the able direction and act
j ing of E. Darryl Kent, teacher and
| dean of men at Guilford. Kent, j
as the narrator, a part he play
ed in the 1937 Guilford presenta
! tion of "Our Town," formed the j
| nucleus of the play as he clearly !
| and naturally implanted the scene j
J in the mind of the spectator.
| All in attendance will agree that
I as far as potential dramatic ability
I the leading actress was Jo Camer
jon of Southern Pines, who played
; Emily Webb, a young bride. James
1 Williams of Mystic, Conn, as Dr.
! Gibbbs, Lucy Leake of Winston
j Salem as Mrs. Gibbs, a typical
j Mother and Bobby Ertl of Freeport,
'N. Y. as George Gibbs deserve a
: tip of the hat.
Also to be commended for their
performance are Geri Mays of Mt
Airy for her part as Mrs. Webb, a
mother. Josh Crane of Palm Beach,
Fla., as her husband, Joe Gamble
of Randelman, as a typical music
director, and Naomi Gordon of An
nadale, N. J. as a gossiping rela
tive.
Cfjnstmas iflcssage
By Dr. Clyde A. Milner
It is a privilege to take this opportunity to express to Gtiilford
ians everywhere the sincere greetings of the season and to send
to each of you a message of good will and Christmas cheer.
We cannot be unmindly that we are surrounded by an atmos
phere of suspicion and distrust and that our hearts are beseiged
by measureless tears and dreads which confuse our minds and
confound the values for which we are all working so faithfully,
lint in the midst of economic insecurity, ideological conflicts, wars
and rumors of wars, we must not lose our true perspective or
our sense of the spiritual significance of Christmas.
It should help our perspective to realize that some twenty-four
hundred years ago. faced with what seemed to him a tragic period
in history, Aristophanes was'able to express this thought:
"From the murmur and subtlety of suspicion
with which we vex one another,
Give us rest.
Let us make a new beginning,
and mingle again the kindred of the nations
in the alchemy of love.
And with some finer essence of forbearance
Temper our mind."
It is also essential that we each let our lives reveal the true
Christmas spirit. To quote from a contemporary:
"If we will learn that Love
Is stronger far
Than Hate and Greed can ever be—Oh, then
It will be Christmas
Everywhere—and Peace
Will heal and bless the hearts of men!"
MRS. MARGERY EDGERTON
Choir Gives Yule
Program in Chapel
The Guilford College A Capella
Choir, headed by Mr. Charles C.
Underwood end an extensive week
of singing today with a presenta
tion of their Christmas Program
I before the Guilford College student
body during the chapel period.
On Monday of this week they
I performed before the Greensboro
i Rotary Club at the O. Henry Hotel.
; Tuesday night they gave a concert
jat Greensboro College, and Wed
! nesday they presented their
Christmas program at Guilford
j High School.
j The program consists of num
! bers: "Exultate Justi." by Da Via-
J dona, "Adaremus Te Christe," by
Palestrina. "The Coventry Carol,"
from "The Pageant of Shearmen
I and Tailors, "Break Forth O Beau
teous Heavenly Light," from Bach's
j "The Chrismas Oratorio." The uni
versal favorite, "Silent Night." by
i Gruber as arranged for Choral
singing by Roy Stone. "There
were Shepherds," by Mueller, a
| "Norwegian Mountain Carol," an
ancient Norse Melody arranged by
I Harvey Gaul, and Handel's "Hal
i lelujah Amen," from Judas Maca
bus.
Special Sports
Section
NUMBER 5
Audrey Smith To Be
Maid of Honor of
The Spring Festival
Other Candidates Named
In the Fall Election
Held Last Monday
Mrs. Margery Anderson Ed
gerton, dark-haired senior from
I Cfuilford College, has been chosen
|as the 1951 May Queen, Dr. E.
| (farness Purdom, conductor of
j the fall elections, held last Mon
day, announced.
To act as maid of honor will be
I Audrey B. Smith, blond from High
; Point.
I Completing the May Court will
be Sally Goodrich, New York City:
Marjorie Jardine, Norwood, N. J.;
Anne H. Stabler, Spencerville, Md.;
and Ruth Williams, East Bend.
Edgerton an Honor Student
Mrs. Edgerton, an honor student,
was president of Woman's Athletic
Association and is originally from
Upper Darby, Pa.
Plans for the occasion will cen
ter around the traditional May
Court procession and crowning of
the Queen. After the crowning, the
women's physical education classes
will provide entertainment.
The theme for this year's pro
gram has not been set, but will
be in the near future, Miss Thomp
son said.
Miss H. Johnson Is
New Hobbs Head
Mary Hobbs welcomed a new
| head resident this fall. She is
Miss Hassie Johnson, a native of
Greensboro, who for the past fif
teen years has been an active
worker in the field of dietetics.
Miss Johnson received her train
ing at Western Maryland College.
Westminster, Maryland, and taught
in public schools for several years
afterwards. At Wilmington, N. C.,
she was affiliated with the Red
Cross Sanitarium and also has held
the position of head dietitian at
the Masonic and Eastern Star Home
in Greensboro.
Other than nursing and admin
istrative careers, she has been with
Camp Mishemakwa at Bear Wallow,
and prior to coming to Guilford,
at Old Mill Camp near Whitsett.
In her sincere and quiet manner.
Miss Johnson has already proved
to the girls that she is a genuine
friend, and the warmth of her per
sonality has given Mary Hobbs an
added sparkle.
Norwegian Summer
Plans Announced
The annual Summer School for
American Students at the Univer
sity of Oslo, in Norway has been
announced by University authori
ties. The 1951 session will be the
fifth consecutive one, and will be
held in Oslo from June 23rd to
August 4th. Once again all ar
rangements will be handled by an
American committee, and applica
tions for entrance can be secured
from the Oslo Summer School Ad
missions Office at St. Olaf College
in Northfield, Minnesota.
As in the past years, some 250
American students will be admit
ted. All applicants must have com
pleted at least two college years
by June of 1951. Applications must
be received at the Admissions
office not later than April Ist.
Notification of action on the appli
cation will be mailed shortly after
that date.