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VOL. XXXXI
Fifth Annual Ward Lecture To Be Delivered
Tonight; Doctor Roland Bainton Will Speak
Three Attend AFSC Seminar
Three Guilford students, Mari
lyn Shepherd, Stella Schwab ,and
Margaret Rosa, are now attending
the Washington Seminar, sponsor
ed by the American Friends Ser
vice Committee to promote a bet
ter understanding of the functions
of our national government. Mis.
Arndt is accompanying the girls.
The topic this year of the Wash
ington Seminar is Freedom and
Internal Security. Discussions un
der this heading will include:
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Calendar of Events
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12
(1) Chapel, 10:15 a. m., Memorial
Hall, Morton Kurtz, Executive
Secretary, N. C. Council of
Churches.
(2) 8 p. m., Ward Lecture: Roland
Bainton, Yale University.
(3) 9p. m.. Pep Rallv beside gym.
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 13
(1) 2:30 p. m.. Guilford vs. Ca
tawba, Hobbs Field.
(21 8:15 p. m„ Informal Dance
Gymnasium.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14
(1) 7:30 p. m., S. C. A.. Vespers
Hut.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15
(1) Class Meetings, Chapel Period.
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 16
(1) 5:00 p. m., Gu'lfordian Staff,
Guilfordian Office.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17
(1) 10:15 a. m., Chapel, Memorial
Hall. Student Worship sponsor
ed by S. C. A.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18
(1) 5:00 p. m.. W. S. G. Council
W. A. A. Room. ,
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1954
President Gordon Gray
Addresses Chapel
President Gordon Gray of the
Greater University of North Caro
lina spoke to the student body and
guests of the College last Wednes
day in chapel.
President Gray's talk was the
first in a series of four addresses
scheduled during the three-day
Founders' Day celebration. The
final two are to be given this
morning in Chapel when Mr.
vurtz speaks, and tonight at 8:00
o'clock when Dr. Roland Bainton
will speak.
After the Guilford College A
Capella Choir finished its first
appearance of the year, Dr. Milner
made a few comments on the
Founders' Day program in its en
tirety. He then turned the program
over the Mayor Robert H. Frazier
if Greensboro, the Chairman of
the Board of Trustees, who in
troduced President Gray.
The general theme of President
Gray's talk centered around the
relationship between the smnll in
dependent and church-related col
leges and the state-supported in
stitutions of higher learning in
North Carolina.
Last night President Courtney
C. Smith of Swarthmore College
spoke in Memorial Hall on the
contribution of Friends to higher
education on a national level, in
the second of the four addresses.
The fifth annual Ward Lecture
will be given tonight by Dr. Ro
land Bainton at 8:00 in Memorial
Hall. Dr. B'ainton will speak on
"Friends in Relation to the
Churches."
The Ward Lectures were en
dowed by Jeremiah Montgomery
and Eudema B'oles Ward who were
striving for more adequate spirit
ual leadership among Friends.
They established several other
projects besides the lectureship to
further their goal. In 1946 the J.
M. Ward Permanent Trust Fund
was established for "the uses and
benefit of the Society of Friends"
in Ohio, Tennessee, and North
Carolina. The Board of Trustees of
Guilford College used their annual
fund for four main purposes: (1)
the major part goes for scholar
ships to especially qualified stu
dents; (2) research grants to study
the needs for leadership; (3) com
munity service projects for isolat
ed Friends groups and rural meet
ings; and (4) the annual Ward
Lecture.
The Ward Lecture is for the pur
pose of giving new understanding
developing new motivation, and
revealing new wisdom to the pres
ent and future leadership of the
Society of Friends.
The first Ward Lecture was giv
en by Alexander C. Purdy on
Founder's Day, November 10, 1950.
Mr. Purdy is the Hosmer Professor
of New Testament at Hartford
Theological Seminary and is con
sidered an eminent teacher, auth
or and lecturer. While at Hartford
Seminary, he was a counselor of
approximately one hundred
Friends who were preparing for
religious leadership. On this basis
he was an especially qualified
oerson for the lecture on ,'An
Adequate Leadership for Friends
Meetings."
On November 9, 1951, Howard
H. Brinton, Director of Pendle
Hall, was the second Ward Lectur
er. His career consisted of teaching
it Guilford, Earlham and Haver
ford Colleges, plus his long and
careful study of Quaker Educa
ion. His speech on "The Function
of a Quaker College" was especial
ly interesting.
Mr. Clarence E. Pickett gave the
third Ward Lecture on October 22,
1952. He spoke on "Friends and
International Affairs."
On November 9, 1950 we were
f or 4 unate to have Dr. Henry J.
Cadbury, HoPis Professor of Di
vinity at Harvard University. He
has made valuable contributions
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Mr. Kurtz To Speak
This Morning
Mr. Morton R. Kurtz, Executive
Director of the North Carolina
Council of Churches, is the Chapel
speaker of the morning. He will
speak on the relationship between
the Society of Friends in North
Carolina and the North Carolina
Council of Churches.
A native of Kansas City, Mo.,
-Vlr. Kurtz did extensive work with
che Presbyterian Church in that,
area from 1941 through 1947. He
then became Director of Finance
and Public Relations of the Kansas
City Council of Churches. In 1951
Mr. Kurtz became Executive Di
rector of tne North Carolina Coun
cil of Churches, with offices in
Durham.
He received his A. B. from the
University of Kansas City, and his
B. D. from Central Baptist Theolo
gical Seminary. He has done grad
uate wcrk at Columbia University
and Princeton Se ninary. He has
also served on the staff of the
Christian Century magazine.
Mr. Kurtz is the third in a series
of speakers during the current
three-day Convention. He will be
followed tonight by Dr. Roland
Bainton, who will give the final
speech, the Ward Lecture. The
three-day series has been a part
of the Founder's Day celebration.
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