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Requirements Given
For Fellowships
The Woodrow Wilson National
Fellowship Foundation announces
its 1959-60 program of 1,000 fel
lowships in the humanities, and in
the social and natural sciences, to
encourage undergraduates now in
their senior year to undertake
graduate work in order to enter the
college teaching profession.
Students who receive a Wood
row Wilson National Fellowship
will be paid $1,500 plus tuition and
dependency allowances for a year
of graduate study at a university of
their choice in the United States or
Canada. Students being detached
from the armed forces before Sep
temper 1960 are also eligible. Fel
lowships will be held over for those
who must perform 'military duty
before entering graduate school.
Candidates may not file applica
tions directly, but will be sent ap
plication forms after personal nomi
nation by a member of the faculty.
Any student expecting to graduate
in the spring of 1960 may learn
more of the details of this Fellow
ship by consulting the depart
mental chairman in his major field,
or the local representative of the
Foundation, Mrs. Ernestine C. Mil
ner, of the Department of Psy
chology.
A student may request any mem
ber of the faculty to nominate him;
or else a member of the faculty
who is familiar with the student's
work and interest in college teach
ing may write a recommendation
on his own initiative directly to
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Freshmen Class Officers Are
Elected, Rickards Is Head
The Class of '63 met Saturday
morning, October 10, in Memorial
Hall Auditorium to elect officers
for the current school year. Pete
Rickards was elected president;
George Benjamin vice-president;
Brenda Ferguson, secretary; and
Judy Day treasurer.
Pete Rickards graduated from
Piare S. Dupont High School in
Wilmington, Delaware. He was a
member of the Art and the Mono
gram Club, on the track and swim
ming team, the library squad, and
was in the Demolay, senior play,
and home room president for two
years. He was also an usher, and
home room chaplain. Pete is plan
ning to major in economics here at
Guilford and wants to enter the
field of Business Administration.
George Benjamin graduated
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Queen; Jo Cook Is Maid Of Honor
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Members of 1960 May Court are (left to right): Queen Julie Trimble, Betty Lou Chilton, Clevie Wood, Sara
Jane Robertson, Caroline Primm, Margie Haworth and Jo Cook. Below are: Trudy Caraway, Kaye Burton, and
Pat Garner.
Campus Chest Driv
The annual Campus Chest Fund
Drive began on October 15th and
16th at Guilford College. Contribu
tions to the Campus Chest Benefit
thirty-eight organizations all over
the world. This year a large portion
By GARY DENT
from Sewanee Military Academy.
He was an active participant of the
Key and Social Service Clubs, and
on the varsity track team. George
is majoring in biology and wants
to do research after college gradu
ation.
Brenda Ferguson was graduated
from Liberty High School in
Liberty, N. C., and belonged to the
F. H. A., Beta Club, Glee Club,
Monogram Club, and reigned as
Homecoming Queen of the high
school. She was also an office and
a library assistant, on the paper
staff and the yearbook staff. She
was a cheerleader and a candidate
for Harvest Queen.
Judy Day is a day student at
Guilford College, and was gradu
ated from Guilford High School.
She was a member of the F. T. A.
and the Glee Club.
Published by the Students of the South's Only Quaker College
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., OCTOBER 23, 1959
will be allocated to the Greensboro
United Fund which, in turn, con
tributes to twenty-eight different
organizations and local charities
for the purpose of providing a
better immediate community in
which to live.
Other agencies will also benefit
from the Chest money. Foreign
relief is concerned with the Ameri
can Friends Service Committee
and CARE. Last year 1,160 pounds
of food were sent abroad by the
Chest; this year the amount should
reach over 4,000 pounds. Aid will
be given to educate abroad which
includes the International Chris
tian University of Japan, the Near
East College Association, and the
World University Service. Funds
will also be donated for medical
research and combatment of dis
eases such as cancer, heart disease,
leprosy, polio, and tuberculosis.
The goal for the 1959-60 Campus
Chest is set for $1,450, the amount
to be divided between the faculty
and the students. The faculty por
tion is $800; day students $200;
campus men students $250; and
campus women students S2OO. It
is hoped that every one of these
groups can meet its quota this
year.
Pledge sheets can be obtained
from dormitory captains. Members
Chapel Calendar
OCTOBER 26-30
Tuesday, October 27—The GUIL
FORDIAN will present the Elec
tion of the Homecoming Court.
Wednesday, October 28 The
GUILFORDIAN will present the
Election of the Homecoming
Court.
Thursday, October 29—The Fine
Arts Club will present a Pro
gram of Music.
Friday, October 30—The Fine Arts
Club will present a Program of
Music.
Tuesday, November 3—Movie—
concerning the Space Age.
Wednesday, November 4—Movie
—concerning the Space Age.
Thursday, November s—Founder's
day Program.
Friday, November 6 Founder's
Day Program.
NOVEMBER 2-6
of the Campus Chest Fund Com
mittee are Sue Drake, Janice Cor
nell, Carolyn Nimitz, Ed Bannigan,
Groome Fulton, and Tom O'Briant.
Dr. Victorious, professor of eco
nomics, heads the committee again
this year.
Tomorrow
Is
United
Nations
Day
Weil-Known Quaker
To Give Ward
Lecture
The 1959 Founder's Day cele
bration will take place on Novem
ber 5 and 6. The outstanding fea
ture of the program will be the
10th Ward Lecture, to be given
this year by Dorothy Gilbert
Thome. Her subject: "Quakerism
in Fiction and Poetry Recently
Written by Women." The Lecture
will be given Friday night, Novem
ber 6, in the auditorium in Me
morial Hall.
Dorothy Gilbert Thorne will be
heartily welcomed back to the
Quaker campus. She is no stranger
here—she is well known through
her former teaching at the college,
and through her book Guilford: A
Quaker College.
Two other outstanding women
will add their contributions to the
Founder's Day celebration pro
gram when they address the chapel
program Thursday morning
Grace Taylor Rodenbough, a grad
uate of the Class of 1917, and a
member of the North Carolina
legislature, and Isabella Jinnette,
prominent Baltimore librarian who
graduated in the Class of 1931.
Candidates Announced
for Homecoming
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Eight Senior Girls
Are Attendants
Miss Juliana Trimble will reign
as the 1960 Queen of the May in
next spring's May Day festival. The
May Day Court, consisting of ten
senior girls was chosen by the
senior class the first of this month,
and the Queen and the Maid of
Honor were chosen by the student
body in chapel period elections
three weeks ago. Miss Jo Ann Cook
will serve as her Maid of Honor.
Julie is a pretty, brunette senior
who comes from Pussellville, Ken
tucky. She is a biology major, and
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thornton Trimble. She is a council
member of the Women's Student
Government, House President at
Shore Hall, and is an honor roll stu
dent.
Jo Cook is a religion major from
Conover, N. C. She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Cook, and
is a member of the Fine Arts Club.
The eight attendants on the May
Court are as follows: Kaye Burton,
an education major from Madison,
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
T. A. Burton. She is chief cheer
leader, Chairman of the Social
Committee, and President of the
Women's Athletic Association.
Trudy Giroux Caraway is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Giroux of Connecticut. She is a
Spanish major and a member of
the Women's Athletic Association.
Betty Lou Chilton is a French
major from Ararat, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Chilton. She is
a member of the Student Affairs
Board, the Women's Student Gov
ernment, the Committee on Convo
cations, and the President of the
Fine Arts Club.
Pat Garner is from Goldsboro.
Her parents are Mr. and Mrs.
W. D. Garner, Sr. She is a Spanish
major, a member of the Women's
Student Government, and Mary
Hobbs Hall House Presdient.
Margie Haworth is a sociology
major from High Point. She is the
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Cecil
E. Haworth, and the vice-president
of the Women's Student Govern
ment.
Caroline Primm is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Primm of
Snow Camp, N. C. Caroline is an
education major, on the Student
Affairs Board, and the vice-presi
dent of the Women's Athletic As
sociation.
Sara Jane Robertson is from
White Plains, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. Gurney Robertson,
and is an English major. She is a
member of the Women's Student
Government and is the Founder's
Hall House President.
Clevie Wood is from Winston-
Salem, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. G. C. Wood, and is an educa
tion major. She is a member of the
GUILFORDIAN staff.
Our Creator would, never have
made such lovely days, and given
us the deep hearts to enjoy them,
above and beyond all thought
unless we were meant to he im
mortal.
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