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The Guilfordian
PRESS
Published Bi-weekly during the collegi
ate year by the students of
Guilford College
Editor-in-Chief .... Margaret Haworth
Managing Editor Lillian Burrow
Business Manager Bill Smith
EDITORIAL STAFF
Associate Editor Andrea Rogin
Sports Editor Sydney Hart
Staff Members —Anne Taylor, Pat Ivester,
Graham Allen, Miriam Almaguer, Bill
Wearmouth, Louise Bunker, Libby
King, Jeanette Adler, Bill Bloom,
Woody Finley, Fem Laudenslager,
Sandra Murrin, Clara Montgomery.
Advertising Manager Miles Frost
Circulation Manager . Janet Andrews
Art Editor Carolyn Nimitz
Exchange Editor Jo Ann Cook
Photographer Chester Haworth
Typist Judy Wolff
Faculty Advisers —Dave Morrah, Donald
D. Deagon
No Phones Means
No Communication
On Campus
For a girl to communicate with
a boy on campus is an almost im
possible task, especially if he hap
pens to be stashed away in his room
over in the area of the boys' dorm.
Three Alternatives
If a girl wants to ask her brother
for the keys to the car, she must
go through a most unpleasant ritual
to get them. She has approximately
three alternatives for getting in
touch with him. If she happens to
be fairly well-to-do, she can call
him at the extra expense of a dime.
This is a fairly effective mode of
communication until you hit certain
sections of Cox Hall. For instance,
to contact New North, you must
call Old North (which has one of
the two phones in the five sec
tions of Cox), send a boy out into
the weather—be it rain or shine—
and then waste time waiting for the
brother to get up and come all the
way back to the phone.
The next alternative requires the
assistance of a group of strong
winded girls. By arranging them
selves in a line along the sidewalk
nearest the brother's window and
calling his name in unison, they can
sometimes get their voices to pene
trate through the walls and the
boy's skull. Then he might come out
the walk and talk to his sister. The
one flaw to this system is that every
person on campus hears the chorus
and becomes completely distracted.
When the sister needs to see her
brother while all her girlfriends are
in class, she has this alternative.
She must stand either on the steps
of Founders or the walk in front
and wait for a boy to come out
headed toward the dorms. She flags
him down and by pleading with
him, induces him to go locate her
brother and send him out. This may
cause ill feelings between the two,
but it's essential if she sees her
brother.
Don't think that these three
situations are exaggerations. Girls
are actually forced to do these un
lady-like things (such as yelling
across campus or standing too near
the boys' campus).
Guilford Lags
Guilford is too far behind in its
communication system.
If it can't afford free phones for
local calls, the next best thing
would be to figure out some type
of buzzer system similar to the
girl's. However, it seems to be
impossible for one reason. Boys!
For some reason they seem to be
motivated by a strange power to
tear out anything mechanical
placed in the dorms. Granted Guil
ford doesn't rank foremost in de
vices for communication, but the
few things it does have should be
allowed to stand. Even the phones
get torn off the walls because they
ring too much.
Guilford needs a lot of things,
but it will never have them until
certain boys stop trying to defeat
their own purpose.
Alumni Day Set For Saturday, May 31;
English Hall To Be Used For Guests
This year's Alumni Day, to be
Saturday, May 31, will have sev
eral unique drawing cards to at
tract former Guilfordians from all
parts of the country. The schedule
of events has been planned to go
through Sunday in order to include
the commencement program.
English Hall for Guests
One of the highlights for Alumni
Day will be the use of English Hall
as a guest house for overnight ac-
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MR. POOLE
Curious Reporter Delves .
Into Dr. Ives' Past Life
BY JAMIE MATHEWS
In an interview with Dr. Chaun
cey B. Ives, the conversation may
range from the Finnish War of
1940 to the Indian caste system,
with many interesting deviations.
Dr. Ives, a new addition to the
English department this year, is
N. Y. C. born. He attended Yale
undergraduate school and went on
to study law at Harvard where he
graduated in 1931. He practiced
law in New York and Washington
until World War 11.
"Then I joined a volunteer am
bulance unit for the Finnish War
in 1940. When we got to Stock
holm, the Germans invaded Nor
way so we went there; but the
Germans moved fast and passed
by us when we got there." (Dr.
Ives was persuaded to join this vol
unteer field hospital unit, which
consisted of five doctors, ten
drivers, and 15 nurses, by a doctor
who was also an old friend and for
mer classmate. Serving as assis
tant to the director, Dr. Ives de
scribes this doctor-director as hav
ing had an "itchy foot and a rest
less mind.") As you know, this was
a time before the United States
had entered the war, and there was
a stalemate in Europe. "We re
mained in Europe five or six
months altogether. It was my first
adventure with anything that
looked like a war." This volun
teer ambulance service is spon
sored by the American Field Ser
vice which was organized in World
War I during the Battle of the
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comodations for families. Many
guests are planning to arrive Fri
day and stay over until Sunday.
The few boys remaining on cam
pus for graduation or summer
school will move to Archdale for
the week-end. The purpose of hav
ing overnight lodging is to encour
age guests to remain for gradua
tion who would otherwise be un
able to stay more than a day. This
will also afford more time for visits
among returning alumni and
should promote good fellowship.
To encourage families to come, a
baby-sitting service will be offered
if there is sufficient need.
Alumni Banquet
As another feature of the day,
Bob Poole, popular radio an
nouncer and Greensboro station
WBIG disc jockey will act as mas
ter of ceremonies for the Alilmni
Banquet. As in other years, this
banquet will be given in honor of
the graduating class. At this time
the "Achievement Award" and
"Key Senior Award" will be pre
sented to two outstanding seniors.
The "Outstanding Alumni Award"
will also be given. The banquet
will begin at 6:30 in Founders din
ing hall. Since a limit of 350 per-
Marne in France. The beginning
units consisted of all kinds of peo
ple. "My work with the unit was
a lot of fun and very interesting."
Dr. Ives, himself, organized volun
teer units in India. "You must go to
India sometime; you'd love it,"
he quipped to me. "India is a beau
tiful place but a land of contrasts.
I was there at the tail-end of a
famine. We stayed there for about
20 months. I shall never forget
some of the sights I saw in India."
Then, in the spring of 1945, he
decided to join the O.S.S. (Office
of Strategic Services) and was sent
to China but got there the day
after the war ended.
Dr. Ives has been to Europe five
times. He and Mrs. Ives have been
to England together where he
knew men from the War. He has
written a novel, The Realists,
which was published by Dodd-
Mead and Company; he has also
taught in Florida and is a member
of the N.A.A.C.P. He came South
because he "wanted to learn about
and live in the south." Last year
he received his doctorate in Eng
lish from the University of North
Carolina.
Aside from his regular duties
as Englsih professor, Dr. Ives has
undertaken to advise the new liter
ary magazine, The Tad. He also
has a creative writing class.
Time was running short and
there was so much more to discuss
in this most enjoyable conversa
tional interview. But then there's
never enough time to do every
thing you'd like to do, is there?
sons has been set, reservations
should be made early.
Reunions
This year a completely new
angle for reunions is being taken.
Aside from the usual class re
unions, there will be reunions of
Guilfordian editors; Quaker edi
tors; MSG, WSG, WAA, and Sen
ior class presidents; and members
of the Scholarship Society. Classes
of 1922, 23, 24, 25, 42, 43, 44 will
also hold reunions. The class of
1953 will hold its fifth year reun
ion; the class of 1948 will celebrate
its tenth year; the class of 1933
MR. MOORE
will commemorate a quarter of a
century since graduation; and the
class of 1908 will join the 50-year
group and begin holding annual
reunions. Last year's class is pre
paring its first year reunion.
From The Editor s Mail Box
THE FOOD AT FOUNDERS
Dear Editor:
In view of the present coditions
at the cafeteria, we feel that the
following letter not only voices our
opinion, but that of the majority
of the student body.
We realize that we cannot expect
the same good quality meal that
we receive in our own homes, but
we also feel that the present stand
ard is by no means adequate. We
concede to the fact that the prepa
ration of a meal for a large group
is not an easy task; however, we
believe that the preparation of a
moderately decent meal is by no
means an impossiblity. This last
statement is not just an assumption.
Guilford athletes have experienced
far better meals on several oc
casions at other schools in our
own conference—schools which are
operating under conditions sup
posedly quite similar to ours.
At this point let us cite an ex
ample: Two students from a promi
nent institution visited our campus.
During their stay they continually
spoke about the despicable food
situation at their school, a situation
which ultimately led to the boy
cotting of that cafeteria. Neverthe
less, when they dined at our cafe
teria they were astonished and
plainly stated that it was the worst
food they had ever seen. Of course
they did not, or could not, eat!
MAY 9, 1958
Charles Hendricks is acting as
chairman of Alumni Day and
Floyd (Pete) Moore, as chairman
mgam
MR. HENDRICKS
of reunions. Working behind the
scene to make Alumni Day a suc
cess have been, Gene Key, Alumni
secretary; Mrs. Ward; and Lillian
Burrow.
PRESS CONFERENCE
The Guilfordian staff will play
host to the North State Conference
Press Association next fall and
again in the spring. The day's acti
vities will be held in the Student
Union.
COMPS TODAY
The French and Spanish com
prehensive exams will be given
this afternoon at 4:00 in King Hall.
These exams are required for grad
uation.
Because we are not familiar with
all the underlying conditions, we
shall not venture to say whether
the problem is the result of finan
cial, personnel, or material inade
quacies.
We would, however, like to have
a committee, consisting of both
students and faculty, candidly in
vestigate the conditions and make
an open report to all those affiliated
with the school. Listed below are
a few of the grievances that they
might well investigate:
1. Must meat portions be so
small?
2. Is grease a necessity?
3. Is the cost of potatoes so high
that they must be diluted?
4. Have cows stopped giving
milk?
5. Could not unpopular deserts
be replaced?
6. Can foreign substances, such
as bugs, hair, etc., be elimi
nated from our food?
7. Must our noonday meals be
refugees from the garbage
pail?
The above are just a few of the
many complaints about the present
situation. We feel the situation has
justified this letter and sincerely
hope that steps will be taken to
remedy these problems.
Respectfully and hopefully
submitted,
Bruce B. Stewart,
Steve J. Rundio