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VOL. XXXXI
HANDEL'S "MESSIAH" TO BE PRESENTED SUNDAY
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SCA Caroling Party
Following the Guilford College
Christmas season tradition, a car
oling party sponsored by the Stu
dent Christian Association wi,ll
tour the campus with music and
song on Sunday evening, December
12. As in previous years the group
will have snacks at the home of
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Crownfield
to climax the night. The party will
meet at the Hut at 7:15 and all
students and members of the fac
ulty are invited.
Calendar of Events
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10
(1) Chapel. 10:15 a. m., Memorial
Hall, "The Constant Lover."
(2) Inter-Dorm Party at Shore,
10-11 p. m.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11
(1) Christmas Dance, 8:30-11:30 p.
m., Gymnasium
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12
(1) College Sunday School Class,
9:30 a. m„ Fine Arts Room
(2) 7:30 p. m., S. C. A. Vespers
MONDAY, DECEMBER 13
(11 Class Meetings, Chapel Period
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14
(1) Guilfordian Staff Meeting,
5:00 p. m.. Founders Hall
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 15
(1) Chapel, 10:15 a. m.. Memorial
Hall. Worship Service
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16
(1) W. S. G. Council, 5:00 p. m.,
W. A. A. Room
(2) Begin no-cut period
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17
(1) Chapel, 10:15 a. m.. The choir
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18
(1) Vacation begins
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1954
Revelers Present
Play In Chapel Today
Today the Revelers Club will
present the play, "The Constant
Lover" by St. John Hankin.
The charcters are Sydney
Thompson and Chester Hartley.
We remember Sydney as having
given an excellent performance in
"The Glass Menagerie." As for
Chester, he did fine acting in sev
eral Revelers' productions last
year. "The Constant Lover" is di
rected by Lee Haring.
Today's play is a comedy. It has
been staged in both England and
America. Mr. Hankin has written
many comedies and can be classed
with Bernard Shaw, Granville
Baker, and Sir James B'arrie. He is
noted for writing comic follow-ups
to well known plays. He is anti
sentimental.
Mr. Haring states that Mr. Han
kin is famous for his neat and most
precise dialogue which is always
correctly written.
"The Constant Lover" concerns
a naive girl and a boy "who has
been around." The setting is in the
Victorian Period where the stress
is on proper conduct. This promises
to be a delightful production..
"It Was 8:30 P. M.
December 11"
The music began to drift leisure
ly through the night. The soft
sounds of the orchestra made the
night seem more intimate. The
couple, with coat collars turned up
against the chill of the night, hur
ried toward the gym. The gym door
opened and they saw a breath-tak
ing spectacle before them. Kleig
lights showed them a beautiful
forest transplanted in the lobby of
the gym. Make-believe snow was
sprinkled liberally from the limbs
of the fir and pine trees gathered
there. The music was stronger now
and the urge to dance came over
the couple. The gentleman helped
his date with her coat. The wraps
were checked and the couple en
tered the gym proper where the
spine-tingling music was coming
from. The slow dreamy tempo of a
foxtrot soon was interpreted into
the feet of the couple as they
danced their first dance. As they
looked around they saw small
tables conveniently arranged with
candles giving off the minimum of
light. The roof above them seemed
to blend them together. Soon it
was time for the intermission. The
members of the sponsoring Mono
gram Club formed a figure in the
middle of the floor and soon the
Christmas Queen of 1954 was
crowned. After a short period the
music began again and the couple
got up and with the soft music of
the orchestra in their ears they
turned and dipped to the rhythm of
the music.
At 11:25 the orchestra played
"Good Night Ladies" to the re
maining couples on the floor, and
before the couple knew the dance
was over they again were out in
he brisk biting air of the winter
night. After walking his date back
'o her dormitory, the boy thought
to himself, "This year's Christmas
Dance was the best I've ever been
o . . . Clyde Watson sure knows
how to get the most out of his
?ight-piece orchestra .. . too, it was
! he most elaborately decorated
dance of the year ... I don't think
a dollar and a half is too much for
he great time I had ... I sure
wish that I had bought my ticket
3arlier from that Monogram Club
•member ... I was scared that I
wouldn't get one since they were so
crowded with requests."
Christmas Part 01
"Messiah" To Be Given
In Meeting House
The Guilford College A Cappella
Choir in combination with The
Guilford College Community Cho
rus will give the Christmas portion
of "The Messiah" by George Fred
erick Handel on Sunday, December
12, at 4:00 p m. in the New Garden
Friends Meeting House.
Under the direction of Carl C.
Baumbach, head of the Guilford
Music Department and A Cappella
Choir, this performance will rep
resent the culmination of the work
of the first semester. Mr. Baum
bach directed the presentation in
1953, and in 1952 he also directed
the Community Chorus with the
Greensboro Euterpe Club when
they presented "The Messiah" in
the First Presbyterian Church.
Soloists will be: Jane W. Dar
nell, soprano; Mary Mclver, alto;
Ray Young, tenor; William Head,
bass. Post Barbour will accompany.
The Chorus will sing the familiar
numbers "And the Glory of the
Lord," "O Thou that Tellest Good
Tidings to Zion," "For Unto Us a
Child Is Born," "Glory to God,"
and will close with the "Hallelu
jah Chorus."
George Frederick Handel com
posed "The Messiah," an Oratorio,
in twenty-four days in the year
1741. The time of year was late
summer. The greatness of the mu
sic is explained when one realizes
that the composer himself was
moved to tears upon the comple
tion of several numbers and re
marked that his soul had heard
the most marvelous music. The
music really does seem to roll from
his soul, making this work one of
the most beautiful and moving ac
counts of the birth, life, and death
of Jesus Christ.
Don't Forget The
Christmas Dance
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