Readmissions Are Complete (Page 2) Volume XLIV CHAPEL PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS 1960 SENIOR DAY ACTIVITIES Senior Day has been set for May 16 for upperclassmen and May 17 for freshmen. Highlighting the day will be a program during chapel period. There will be no chapel the preceding Thursday and Friday, but attendance will be required for this program on Monday and Tuesday. The Seniors will march in dressed in the traditional cap and gown ototfit. Tom O'Briant, Senior Class president, will preside over the program and will cite briefly the purpose of Senior Day and how it originated. John Pipkin has been asked to deliver the invocation on Monday. He is the first and so far the only person to receive a Master's De gree from Guilford College's new graduate department of religion. Wade Macey, vice-president of the Senior Class, will deliver the invo cation Tuesday. Speakers for the program will be Dr. Carroll Feagins, philosophy professor, on Monday, and Coach Herb Appenzeller on Tuesday. They will review the four years the Seniors have spent at Guilford College mentioning people and events which have come and gone during that time. The Seniors will conclude the program by singing the college alma mater. In explaining the program, Tom O'Briant said, "We're trying to have the program partly serious and partly light and entertaining May Day Festivities Start Early Saturday Girls' Performance Begins at 4 P.M. "Holiday Capers," the theme for the annual Guilford College May Day scheduled for May 14, will feature seasonal celebrations and their historical significance. The representational dances will be pre sented by underclassmen members of the WAA; Dr. Daryl Kent will be this year's narrator. The pro gram will begin at 4 p.m. on the green in the center of the campus. The first dance is focused on the month of June and weddings. A wedding procession from the 16th century will be re-enacted in ballet form. Margaret Haworth is chair man of the number. A July 4th celebration sets the background for an appropriate march number led by Sue Ellen Barker. The next dance represents a con vict's holiday on our national La bor Day. Anne Taylor, Mai Liis Luide, and Robin Holland are in charge of this one. Circus Day, a memorable occa sion each fall, brings stunts from a colorful group of tumbling clowns. Lynn Hundley heads this group. Halloween will be represented by a group of eerie ghosts weaving a dance to the accompaniment of ghostly music. Head ghost is In grid Kolls. Christmas is the holiday of toys, and we find the toys dancing after the shop closes on Christmas Eve. Maxine Brantham and B. J. Ban ning lead the dolls and tin soldiers in this dance. Valentine's Day will be repre sented by a Dance of Love put on by Kay Smith and Linda Newlin. A typical Irish jig lead by Helen Brown will represent St. Patrick's Day. Even bad weather cannot dampen spirits during a time like Spring Holidays, and this point is Ti)z Quilfor&cm Published by the Students of the South's Only Quaker College because graduation is formal and serious and class night is usually a "take-off" on people. For this we want something in between." Pipkin Will Receive First MA Degree Given at Guilford John Pipkin, minister of White Plains Friends Meeting, will be the first person ever to receive a mas ter's degree from Guilford College when he marches in the graduation exercises with the Seniors this May. Mr. Pipkin graduated from Guil ford in 1954 and returned to do graduate work in the newly-formed graduate department of religion. He started work toward his degree three years ago and has now com pleted 30 hours plus his thesis. Along with this school'work, Mr. Pipkin has served as minister of Marlboro Friends Meeting for six .years and of White Plains Meeting since July. "The meetings that I have served have been very co operative," he said. "They have been very lenient in their de mands." Speaking of the new department he said, "This is one of the best things that could happen to N. C. Quakerism. As the meetings grow, the demand for qualified leader ship increases." Lincoln Donevant and Louis Ad kins will receive their master's de gree in August. proved in a dance entitled "Sing ing in the Rain." Ann Barnes is chairman of this dance. The last number will be the tra ditional May Pole dance led by Ethel Ann Little. The Court May Queen, Miss Juliana Trim ble, will reign over the festival. Her flower girl will be Lynn Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. B. Johnson of Greensboro. Crown bearer will be David Holt, son of | y y ,. ||9| ' /c xjj^s J aw r-.: GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., MAY 10, 1960 Commencement Will Be May 28-30; Boiling, Noble To Deliver Addresses Two noted educators will give the principal addresses during Guilford's 123 rd commencement program scheduled for May 28-30. They are Landrum R. Boiling, president of Earlham College, Richmond, Ind., and Hubert C. Noble, general director, Commis sion on Higher Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U. S. A. Dr. Noble will give the bacca laureate sermon at 11 a.m., Sunday, May 29, and Dr. Boiling will de lived the commencement address ' Xtf " ; II 1 Hubert C. Noble Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Holt, also of Greensboro. The court includes Jo Ann Cook, maid-of-honor; Kaye Burton; Car oline Primm; Cleavie Wood; Pat Garner; Margie Haworth; Sarah Jane Helton; Sarah Atkinson; and Betty Lou Chilton. Gaye Burton is chairman of May Day this year with Jane Allen, as sistant chairman. Technical assist ants are Bob Windsor and Richard Golby. Faculty advisors are Miss Upchurch, Miss Reddick, and Miss Perry. at 10:30 a.m., Monday, May 30. Both events will take place on the central campus. Dr. Boiling, a native of Tennes see, holds degrees from the Uni versity of Tennessee, the University of Chicago, and Valparaiso Uni versity. He served on faculties of Brown University, Beloit College and Earlham College. He joined the Earlham faculty as a professor of political science in 1948 and was appointed presi dent in 1958. Landrum R. Boiling Boys Schedule Parade For 6 A.M.; Dance Will Conclude Events Boy's May Day, planned by the MSG, will begin at 6:00 Saturday morning with a Diaper Parade for all freshmen boys. It will begin in front of Cox Hall and go by Found ers, Shore, and Hobbs, and then down the walk in front of King Hall to the bleachers which will be set up. The boys who are not in the skits will sit on the bleachers during the program. Each section will present a skit. A May King and Queen will also be crowned and the May Day Bucket presented to the section with the best skit. Dance To top off the festive activities of boy's and girl's May Day, the WAA is sponsoring a formal dance from 8:00 until 12:00 p.m. in the gymnasium. The theme for the dance is "Starred Finale." Music will be provided by John ny Shields and his Mellotones. The highlight of the dance will come when the May Court is presented in a figure during intermission. Flowers are optional. Appropri ate dress for the girls will be long or short formals and for the boys, dark suits or dinner jackets. Tickets may be obtained in ad vance from any WAA cabinet member; the price will be $1.25 for couples and $.75 stag. Senior Gift is Chosen Members of the Senior Class have selected a class gift to leave to the school. It will be a table to keep diplomas on during graduation exercises, and will be kept in the new auditorium chapel when it is completed. The seniors hope to have it for this year's graduation. Alumni Day Scheduled (page 3) Dr. Noble, appointed to his cur rent position in 1955, holds de grees from . Occidental College, Union Theological Seminary, Co lumbia University, and was an ex change student for post graduate study at the University of Stras bourg in France. A recipient of an honorary de gree of Doctor of Divinity con ferred by the University of Du buque, the English-born educator is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A. He has served several churches in Cal ifornia, and as chaplain and pro fessor of religion on the faculty of Occidental College, Los Angeles, Calif. Approximately 110 candidates will receive degrees during the commencement exercises. Alumni registration, reunions, luncheons, receptions, and the an nual Guilford College Alumni As sociation banquet will be held Sat urday, May 29. English Hall will be made into a type of guest-house during the week-end events. The Alumni House will also be available for over-night guests. Cook to Give Recital Jo Ann Cook, a religion major and music minor, will present her Senior Voice Recital this Friday at 8:00 p.m. in Memorial Hall audi torium. She will sing "My Jesus is My Lasting Joy" by Dietrich Buxte hude, "Breaking Grief" by Bach, "My Heart Ever Faithful" by Bach, "Angels Ever Bright and Fair" by Handel, "How Beautiful are the Feet" by Handel, "Panis Angelicus" by Franck, Biblical Songs (Book 11), by Dvorak, "O Savior Hear Me" by Gluck, "All in the April Evening" by Diack, and "Thanks Be to God" by Dickson. A reception will be held after wards in the College Union Lounge. Religious Groups Elect Officers Several religious groups on cam pus have already elected new offi cers for the coining year. Among these are the Baptist Student Un ion, the Canterbury Club and the Westminster Fellowship. New officers for the Baptist group are Ann Shelton, president; Jimmy Kirkman, devotions chair man; Erma Lee Baum, music chair man; Margaret Seymour, publicity chairman; Hilda Warfford, social chairman; Gary Dent, missions chairman; Brenda Ferguson, "lis ten" chairman; Charles Baker, en listment chairman; and Dr. Oscar Polhemus, faculty advisor. In the Canterbury Club (Episco palian) officers will be Bill Rhoads, president; Judi Tindall, program chairman; Betty Koster, secretary; and Dr. Eva Campbell, faculty ad visor. Officers for the Westminster Fel lowship (Presbyterian) are Merle Mallard, president; Mary Elder, vice-president; Lynn Hundley, sec retary-treasurer; Melbourne Down ing, program chairman; Susan An derson, devotions chairman; Judy Wells, refreshment chairman; and Coach Herb Appenzeller, faculty advisor. So far, the Wesley Foundation (Methodist) has not met to elect officers. Officers for the Young Friends group have already been announced. Number 11

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