Merry
Christmas
Volume XLV
Revelers Will Stage Fall Production Tonight
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Director Donald Deagon shows his
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Student Legislature
Set for Dec. 8-10;
6 Going from Here
Next week-end, Dec. 8-10, six
Guilford students will be attending
the State Student Legislature held
annually at Raleigh, N. C. Dele
gates to the House of Representa
tives will be Richard Marks, John
Wily, Eddie Murrelle and Jamie
Mathews. Delegates to the Senate
will be Miles Frost and Bob Bain.
This mock assembly imitates the
actual N. C. State Legislature. It is
sponsored completely by students.
The event will be covered by many
news wires and magazines. The
assembly is completely integrated.
All secondary schools in North
Carolina are eligible to attend.
The Guilford delegation intends
to introduce a bill providing for
the instruction of Esperanto in col
leges and secondary schools in
North Carolina. Miles Frost will
introduce this bill in the Senate
and Jamie Mathews in the house.
According to Miles, chairman of
the Guilford delegation and mem
ber of the interim council, Esper
anto is the most feasible interna
tional language ever devised. The
language is completely phonetic
and regular. It takes the finest parts
of the world languages and com
bines them. Approximately 4 mil
lion people in the world today can
speak Esperanto.
Guest speakers at the event will
include Mr. Terry Sanford, North
Carolina governor-elect, and the
Ambassador from Guinea.
Calendar
Dec. 17—Vacation Begins (at
1:00 p.m.)
Jan. 3—Vacation Ends (classes
resume at 8:30 a.m.)
Jan. 13—Reading Day
Jan. 14—Semester Examinations
Jan. 24—Second Semester
Begins
Jan. 25—Registration
Jan. 26—Classes Resume
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CURTAINS TONIGHT RISE AT 8 P. M.
ON THREE SHORT ONE-ACT PLAYS
Tonight and tomorrow night at
8:00 p.m. the Guilford College
Reveler's Club will take to the
stage for the first time this season
with the presentation of three one
act plays. The plays include one
by Tennessee Williams which is
titled Lord Byron's Love Letter.
Sorry, Wrong Number by Lucille
Fletcher, and The Marriage Pro
posal by Anton Chekov are the
other two plays.
Sorry, Wrong Number was origi
nally performed on the radio as a
sort of experiment in sound
(namely the telephone), but has
become a classic among murder
stories and has since been enacted
on television, the stage and in
movie form. The star in the movie
is Barbara Stanwick. Lucille Flet
cher, author of the play, credits
much of the success of her play to
the original star, Agnes Morehead,
saying, ". . . in the hands of a fine
actress like Agnes Morehead, the
script turned out to be more the
character study of a woman than a
technical experiment . . . Hence it
became more than T had originally
intended . . ."
The star of the Guilford presen
tation of this story of a woman who
discovers her own murder will be
Catherine Coble. Cathy is well
known to the Guilford audience
having previously appeared here
in The Mousetrap, The Imaginary
Invalid, The Wayward Saint, Sister
Claire, and The Lesson. When
asked how she felt about her role
as Mrs. Stevenson, Cathy answered,
"I am delighted with the part. It
is very taxing, but I am enjoying it
immensely."
The cast includes Catherine
Coble as Mrs. Stevenson; Sandy
Brown, Ist Operator; Sam Walker,
Ist Man; Richard Golby, 2nd Man;
Nancy Dawson, Chief Operator;
Margie Rubin, Operator; Betts
Darnell, Information; Evelyn West
phal, Hospital receptionist; Doug
Redmond, Western Union; Howard
Karakow, Sergeant Duffy; and Bill
Blair, Lunch room counter attend
ant.
The Marriage Proposal
Anton Chekov, author of The
Marriage Proposal, is a well-known
Russian playwright. Some of his
other plays are The Sea Gull, The
Three Sisters, and The Cherry
Orchard. All of his plays are
dramas of frustration in which he
very ably depicts the personalities
of his characters as they interact.
The main theme of these plays is
the emotional quality of this inter
action which in all instances re
Boys Enter Works
In Poetry Anthology
Two Guilford College boys have
had poems accepted for publica
tion in the Annual Anthology of
College Poetry. Ken Layton of
Greensboro wrote "The Night
Must Not Cease." William P. Stein
of Philadelphia wrote "Lust for
Life." Ken is a sophomore; Wil
liam, a freshman.
This Anthology is a compilation
of the finest poetry written by the
college men and women of Amer
ica, representing every section of
the country. Selections were made
from thousands of poems sub
mitted.
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GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., DECEMBER 2, 1960
fleets the social clime in which
Chekov lived and wrote. This play,
The Marriage Proposal, has a cast
of only three members. Therefore
Chekov can well acquaint you with
each member's unswerving char
acter.
One of these characters, Ivan,
comes to call on his neighbor to ask
for his daughter's hand, but before
any progress can be made, the
script becomes a lively argument
and hopes for the marriage are
practically non-existent. The play
takes place in Russia at the turn
of the century.
Members of the cast are Mike
Keyers, Ivan; Eira Koivula, Natalie,
and Stuart Lennox, Stephen.
Lord Byron's Love Letter
Tennessee Williams, popular
American playwright, contributes
his play, Lord Byron's Love Letter.
Williams, who writes with a poetic
touch and poetic insight, com
presses life in all its pathos and
love into this brief, but stirring
play. The play itself takes place in
the nineteenth century in a dingy
apartment in the French Quarter
of New Orleans on Mardi Gras
Day. Some of Williams' best
known plays include The Glass
Menagerie, A Streetcar Named De
sire, Summer and Smoke, and Sud
denly Last Summer.
Portraying the characters are
Nancy Dawson, The Spinster.;
Evelyn Westphal, Old Woman
Jamie Mathews, Matron; and
Sammy Walker, Husband.
From murder to martial comedy
to Mardi Gras mystery, these three
one-act plays present an opportun
ity for the development and dis
play of a wide variety of actors and
actresses. The constant change of
pace should offer a delightful and
entertaining evening either tonight
or tomorrow night in Memorial
Hall auditorium. Each performance
begins at 8:00 p.m. Admission for
adults is 75( and for students,
Guilford students will be admitted
free of charge.
MIRIAM IS NAMED MAY QUEEN
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In a student vote Miriam Almaguer of Miami, Fla., was chosen to reign
as queen of the 1961 May Day festivities. Jane Allen of New Orleans, La.,
will be maid-of-honor. Other members of the May Court are Joyce Campbell,
Jane Carroll, Sue Drake, Margaret Haworth, Angela Kopley, Betty Lou Mc-
Farland, Lillian O'Briant, and Dora Smith.
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Jamie Mathews, Evelyn Westphal and Sammy Walker put in some last
minute work in a rehearsal for the one-act play, LORD BYRON'S LOVE
LETTER.
Christmas Activities Are Scheduled
On Dec. 12 the Faculty Christ
mas Dinner will be held in Found
ers' Hall at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Deagon
is in charge of entertainment and
Mrs. Bartlett is in charge of decora
tions, which will be carried out
with the traditional red, green, and
white Christmas color scheme. The
party will be for the "social fac
ulty."
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The largest club event of the
Christmas season is being planned
for Dec. 9 at 6:30 p.m. The Inter
national Relations Club and the
Language Clubs are combining
dieir efforts in a Christmas party to
je held at Founders' Hall.
The IRC will provide their an
nual international dinner which
vvill be cooked by the foreign stu
dents on campus and various
faculty members. The Language
Clubs will furnish talent from cam
pus students.
All students are invited. Tickets
may be purchased from any of
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these club members. The price is
is 40c.
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Mary Hobbs will hold its annual
Christmas supper at 6:00 p.m. Dec.
13. Dorm members are allowed to
bring guests. Special entertainment
is being planned. Alan Atwell has
been asked to serve as master-of
ceremonies. Following the meal the
group will move from the dining
room to the parlors for light en
tertainment and singing.
On Dec. 15 Hobbs will hold its
Santa party exclusively for the
members of the dorm. The appear
ance of Santa Claus will be the fea
tured attraction.
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Shore Dormitory is planning its
Christmas party for Dec. 15. It will
last from 8-11 p.m. and will be held
in the basement of Shore.
Members of the FT A will hold
their annual Christmas supper at
the home of Mr. Harold liailey,
club advisor, on Dec. 11. It will be
gin at 6:00. For the program Dr.
Polhemus will discuss the origin of
our Christmas customs.
Ilillel Group Plans
Meeting with W. C.
On Thursday evening, Decem
ber 13, 1960, from 5:00 to 7:00
p.m., the Hillel Chapters of Guil
ford College and Woman's Col
lege will hold a joint meeting
to celebrate the Festival Chanukah.
This holiday is celebrated by Jews
all over the world to commemorate
the restoration of the second tem
ple in Palestine in Biblical times.
The meeting will be held on the
W. C. campus. Brief religious serv
ices, including lighting of the
candles, will be followed by dinner
and light entertainment. All Guil
ford College students who are in
terested in attending should con
tract Richard Marks immediately.
Publication of THE GUILFORDIAN
has been delayed one day this
week because of the recent Thanks
giving holiday.
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