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Re-vote Saturday Biology Lab Volume XLII Allen, Crofton Will Have Run-off For MSG Head ALLEN Graham Allen, a last-year's transfer from N. C. State, is a candidate for the run-off of the MSG presidency. Graham is a member of the Young Friends, works on the GUILFORDIAN staff and the Quaker staff, and has just been elected presi dent of the Reveler's Club. He hails from New Orleans, Louisiana, and is a history major. Noted Speakers Invited Library Week In observance of the first annual National Library Week, March 16- 22, the Guilford College Library will present two speakers at the Col lege chapel programs during that week. John W. Harden, one of Greensboro's leading business men and a noted author, will speak to the freshmen at 10:20 a.m. on Wednesday, March 19. His subject will be "Available Story Material in North Car olina—What Has Been Done and What Can Be Done." Immediately following, librarians and friends will have an opportunity to visit with Mr. Harden at a coffee hour for him in the Fine Arts Room of the Library. Mrs. Grace T. Rodenbough, of Walnut^ - Cove, N. C., Representative from Stokes County in the North Carolina Legisla ture and a prominent educator, will pre sent the chapel program for upperclass men on Thursday, March 20. Her topic will be "Don't Sell Reading Short." A tea will be held in honor of Mrs. Roden bough that afternoon from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Room of the Library. At both chapel programs the speakers will be welcomed and intro duced by Dr. Clyde A. Milner, President of the College. National Library Week is being spon sored nationally by the National Book Committee in co-operation with the American Library Association. With its objective of "a better-read, better-in formed America," this lirst nation-wide campaign on the behalf of reading and libraries has already drawn enthusiastic response from the highest levels of leadership, education, government and the arts. The slogan for the campaign is "Wake Up and Read!" Special displays on books and authors will be featured in the Library. Mr. Harden is vice-president of Bur lington Mills, where he has served in various capacities since 1948. He is a member of the Greensboro Advisory Board of Guilford College. In addition to many services to his state and local com munity, he serves on the North Carolina Library Commission. His career has in cluded newspaper writing and politics. Writing on North Carolina folklore and history in his spare time, Mr. Harden has authored "Tar Heel Ghosts"; "The Devil's Tramping Ground" and other North Carolina Mystery Stories"; "Ala mance County: Economic and Social"; "Tales of Tarheelia," a series of weekly radio programs from Raleigh; and num erous magazine articles. Mrs. Rddenbough, a graduate of Guil ford College, is distinguished as the only woman member of the General Assembly of North Carolina during the sessions of 1953, 1955, and 1957. Sne is Supervisor of Schools in Stokes County. Among her committee assignments in the Legislature has been the chairmanship of the Joint Library Committee. At the present time she is chairman of the North Carolina Citizens' Committee for National Li brary Week. Mrs. Rodenbough's mother, Mrs. Nellie Moon Taylor, also a Guil fordian, is the daughter of Mary Moon, famed Quaker preacher, who in her time was heard in every part of the State. THE GUILFORDIAN mmt Vm ' • J#' Si,. .A M CROFTON Bill Crofton, an economics major from Reidsville, is the other run-off candidate for the head spot in the Men's Student Government. Bill has been a member of the MSG before, and was also the president of the Methodist Fellowship last semester. He ran on the ticket as a petitioned candidate, and was just elected vice-president of the Senior Class. Students Return From Seminar Four Guilfordians represented the col lege at a "Human Rights" seminar in New York City last week. The general theme of the seminar, which was the last in a series of three sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee, was "Human Rights and the New Na tion." Maaret Koivula, of Washington, D. C., Bill Manson, from Greensboro, Eileen Murray, of Keynsham, England, and Bob Matthews, from Decatur, Georgia, attended the seminar. In activities planned for the seminar, the students met government officials, political scien tists, educators, and representatives of other governments. Discussing the gen eral topic with them led the seminar participants to evaluate their own lives, individual religion, ethical and philosoph ical concepts and their relationships to others in the hght of present problems. Marines To Invade College Campus RALEIGH, N. C. Major Charles B. Redman, the Marine Corps Procurement Officer for this area, announced today that he will be on the campus soon to talk to students who may be interested in earning a commission in the Marine Corps. The major stressed the fact that both aviation and ground programs were available to college students, and that the training would not interfere with college work in any way. During the Fall Semester, Major Red man visited nearly all college campuses in North and South Carolina, and stated that the enthusiasm for the Marine Pro grams was very high. He urged all in terested persons to apply as soon as possible since the quota is very small for this year and is rapidly filling. Be sure to talk with Major Redman when he visits the campus, and find out how you may earn your commission as a Second Lieutenant in the U. S. Marine Corps. Immediate information may be obtain ed by writing the major at the Officer Procurement Office. "PudiuActC t6e Students tAc SautA x Only 2.*ui6esi (ZoUeye GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., MARCH 14, 1958 Election Results Are Announced The spring elections held on campus Wednesday resulted with run-offs being necessary for MSG president, Guilfordian editor, and various class offices. The polls were open this morning at the Biology Lab from 10 to 11:15 a.m., for the run-off vote. They will re open Saturday morning at the same time for those who did not vote today. Final results will be announced by Bob Newton, chair man of the SAB elections com mitee, late Saturday afternoon. Quaker Chosen on a 'y es or no ' ballot Virginia Cox and Graham ' Allen will serve as Editor and Business Manager of the Quaker. For the Guilfordian Lillian Burrow has been named Managing Editor. Head positions will be chosen in a run-off today and Saturday. I. R. C. Heea Haider has been re-elected as IRC president. As runner-up Barbara Lineberger will be vice-president. Rasma Frisberg will be secretary and Brad Little, treasurer. S. C. A. A run-off for president of the SCA will choose between Earl Jones and Jo Ann Hundley. The runner-up will be named vice-president. Jo Ann Cook and Maurice Raiford have been elected recording secretary and treasurer respec tively. Class Officers There will be a run-off between Dave Hardin and Bob Laughon for the presi dency of the Senior Class. Other officers are Bill Crofton, vice-president; Coreen Case, secretary; and Earl Jones, treasurer. Juniors Charles Chase and Howard Hinshaw are tied for the Junior Class presidency and will be in a run-off election. Other offices will be filled by Larry Holland, vice-president; Pat Garner, secretary; and Wade Macy, treasurer. Sophomores A. T. Barbee has taken the Sophomore Class presidency with Joe Brown as vice-president. Run-offs will be held between Sue Drake and Ann Clark for secretary and between Jamie Mathews and Jim Moody for treasurer. Girl's Dorms In Mary Hobbs Cynthia Moore has been elected house president; Coreen Case, Senior representative; Pat Garner, Junior representative; and Anne Taylor, (Continued on page four) Mcßane Elected WSG President ipp^ '•A I McBANE Carol Mcßane, a rising Senior from Snow Camp, is the new president of the Women's Student Government. Carol has been very active in both the intramurals and the Women's Athletic Association. She is a Young Friend and a representa tive to the WSG council. Vice-President Clara Montgomery will serve as vice president of the women's organization. She is a rising Senior from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Margie Haworth is serving as secretary for the coming year, and Lynn Warren will serve as treasurer. Haworth, Rogin Tie For Guilfordian Editorship ME ,g?. HAWORTH One of the candidates for the run-off for the GUILFORDIAN editorship is a rising sophomore from High Point, Margaret Ha worth. Margaret is an honor-roll English major, and has been a GUIL FORDIAN staff member for the past year. She is also a Young Friend. Class Of '6O Sets Pace By Pledging To 'Scroll * The class of '6O (Sophomore Class) has set the pace and has open the road for the other classes to follow. The class of '6O has become the first organization to qualify for a place on the Century and a Quarter Scroll. The Century and a Quarter Scroll will be a cast bronze plaque on which will be inscribed the names of alumni and friends of Guilford College who have supported and participated in the de velopment of the college during the five years ending in 1962—the year which will mark the completion of 125 years of continuous educational service by Guilford College. ' Anyone or any group who contributes $125, or more to the future of Guilford College is eligible for inclusion on the Scroll. And the Class of '6O in doing that has become the first campus stu dent organization and one of the first groups to do so. They have pledged $125 to the school as their part in its future. Gene Key, alumni secretary for Guil ford College, praised the action of the class and stated that the administration of the college was very happy and pleased with the interest shown by the Sophomore Class. He also said that he hopes other student groups which are able to do so will follow the "fine lead set by the Sophomore Class." REVELERS CLUB TO PRESENT PLAYS The Revelers Club will present three one-act plays tonight at Memorial Hall at 8:30. Students will be admitted free and tickets are 50c for anyone else. The three plays are "Consolation of a Painter" by Craven Mackie, a senior at Guilford, "The Monkey's Paw" written by W. W. Jacobs and dramatized by Louis N. Parker, and Synge's "Shadow in the Glen." Sophomores Plan Party The Sophomore Class will hold an informal party at the Student Union Saturday from 8 to 11 p.m. The party will be open only to members of the Sophomore Class and their dates. No special theme has been planned for the party. The purpose of the gather ing is to honor the newly elected class officers and to give the class an oppor tunity to "get together" before spring vacations. LAST ISSUE This issue of the Guilfordian is the last that will be published un der the editorships of Douglas Kerr, editor-in-chief, Carolyn LiV erman, managing editor, and Alvin Joffee, associate editor. The newly elected editors will be responsible for publications after the spring holidays. Annual Choir Tour Begins March 22 The Guilford College A Cappella Choir will leave the campus to begin jts diirtiedi annual tour on March 22, 1958. This year the choir will travel to the northern part of the United States, and they are scheduled to sing in Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Wash ington, D. C. Most of the programs are to be held in the Friend's Meeting House of the community in which the choir will perform. This year's program will include three selections for which die music was composed by Mr. Carl C. Baumbach, director of the choir. Numbers which will be presented by the choir are: "All Things Are Thine," "Dawn of Peace" with Mary Ellen White and Ruth Rollins as soloists; four sacred poems by John Greenleaf Whittier —"The Silent Sea," "O Brother Man," "Our Thought of Thee Is Glad With Hope," and "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind"; four spirituals —"Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord" with solos by Sidney Swiggett, John Juchter, Dean Jordan, and Post Barbour, "Little Blank Train Is A-comin'" with Sidney Swiggett, Pattie Hackney, Sara Jane Robertson, Dean Jordan, and Eileen Murray as soloists, "Tnere Is a Balm in Gilead" with solos by Betty Ann Pringle and Mary Ellen White; and "Every Time I Feel the Spirit" with Robert Edwards and Charles Chase; four carols—"Jesous Ahatonhia" with Robin Heritage, clarin etist, and Betty Ann Pringle, soloist, "Carol of the Polish Grenadiers" with Annette Bailey and Mary Nell Parker, flutists, and solos by Pattie Hackney and Caroline Primm, "And the Trees Do Moan," and "On the Mountain." The last number on the program is "The Lord Rless You and Keep You". The choir will return to the Guilford Campus on March 31. WSG Will Present Free Fashion Show The Women's Student Government will present a Fashion Show on Friday, March 21, from 4-5 p.m. at the Stu dent Union. There will be no admission charged. Montaldo's, a local dress shop, will furnish the latest fashions and are to be modeled by Guilford co-eds. The new spring and summer styles of suits, cfresses, and bathing suits are to be on the program. A special feature at the end of the show will highlight the afternoon. An Unfair Change Page 2 1 ROGIN Andrea Rogin, a rising Junior from Ann Arbor, Michigan, will also be one of the run-off candidates for the GUIL FORDIAN head. Andrea is an English major also, and has been a staff mem ber of the newspaper for the past two years. She is a member of the IRC. Number 11
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