Volume XLVII
Guilford's Music
Dept. May Expand
In Near Future
When Guilford College built its
new Religious and Musical Educa
tion building it opened the door to
the development of one of the best
music departments in the south. As
the present head of the music de
partment, Jerry Smyre said, "All
we have to do is to grow into the
new facilities." 'the goal of the de
partment is to have a fifty-piece
band and orchestra besides build
ing up its already excellent choir.
The main object sitting in the
way is time. 1 ime to increase the
number of music majors, time to
increase the faculty to teach the
various courses that would have to
be offered, and time to acquire in
struments and music for the devel
oping groups.
Another thing blocking the ad
vancement of the music department
is money. At the present time, be
cause previously there was no need
for it, there is no money available
for instruments, music, or scholar
ships. Mr. Smyre said, "We hope to
build the department to the point
where scholarships can be justified,"
but it would seem to lighten the
task of the people trying to enlarge
the department if some scholarships
were available beforehand.
The other side of the picture
seems much more promising. All
the things needed to fulfill the goal
are just waiting for the big push.
The facilities could not be more
nearly ideal. There is ample room
for instruction, rehearsal and per
forming. One of the main com
plaints in the old facilities was that
these necessary functions could not
be satisfactorily carried out with
the equipment and room available.
The greatest asset we have is a
young and imaginative faculty who
are ready to undertake this tre
mendous task. With the support of
the school administration, and it
seems they have it, there is no tell
ing what could be accomplished.
Much of the success of this de
partment depends 011 the music
camp that was instituted at Guil
ford this past summer. This music
camp was started and directed by
Sheldon Morgenstern who is pres
ently the conductor of our orches
tra and band, besides teaching brass
and woodwind. He traveled for
months from Virginia to Florida
and gathered the best high school
musicians in these areas. He would
get the names of these people from
their band directors or music teach
ers and then he personally visited
each one of them to explain about
the camp. He was successful
enough to have enough of these top
musicians to have a fifty-piece band,
a fifty-piece orchestra, and eight
pianists. He also assembled an ex
pert faculty for these students. The
faculty consisted of fifteen mem
bers. Some came from Atlanta, Bal
timore, and Miami symphony or
chestras, while others were music
teachers. The conductor of the or
chestra was Robert Hause who was
associate conductor of the Jackson
ville Symphony and is now conduc
tor of the orchestra of Stetson Uni
versity, which has one of the top
music departments in the country.
The head of the piano department
was Lili Keliti who for many years
toured the world as a concert
pianist.
In the four weeks that they were
here, the people of the music camp
presented ten highly professional
concerts. There were four band
concerts, two student orchestra con
certs, one faculty orchestra concert,
three piano and instrumental re-
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Krauss and Conneybear To Be Honored In May Court
The eager, conscientious students
of Guilford usually begin their
preparations for the celebration of
the May by electing the members
Gibbs School
Helps Co-eds
Two national scholarships for
college senior girls are offered for
1963-1964 by the Katharine Gibbs
School. These awards were estab
lished in 1935 as a memorial to
Mrs. Katharine M. Gibbs, founder
and first president of the school.
Each scholarship consists of full
tuition ($935) for the secretarial
training course, plus an additional
cash award of $.500, totaling sl,-
435. The winners may select any
one of the four Gibbs schools for
their training—Boston, New York,
Montclair, or Providence.
Winners are chosen by the
Scholarship Committee on the
basis of college academic record,
personal and character qualifica
tions, financial need, and potenti
alities for success in business.
Each college or university may
recommend two candidates, and
each candidate must have this offi
cial endorsement. Students who
may be interested in competing for
one of these Katharine Gibbs
awards may obtain full informa
tion from the college placement
bureau.
citals, and one concert of chamber
music.
The charge for the four weeks
was $l5O although at least three
fourths of the students were on full
or partial scholarships. For the
quality of instruction that the camp
offered, this was a very low price.
The music department hopes to
be able to recruit new music majors
mainly from this camp and from
such agencies as the National Fed
eration of Music Clubs. With this
camp supplying the material for the
department the goal will be very
close at hand.
The music department has al
ready expanded the opportunities
to perform. The presentation of the
opera, "The Medium," last year is
an example. This year it hopes to
put on a musical, besides increasing
the number of band concerts and
individual recitals.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., JANUARY 18, 1963
of the May court early in Novem
ber. This year was no exception,
since Guilford is known for its ob
servance of any and every tradition.
Concert Artist
Grete Sultan
On Dana Stage
Noted concert pianist Miss Grete
Sultan, of Berlin and New York,
honored Guilford College's Dana
Auditorium last Friday evening by
an exceptional presentation of
Schubert's "Sonata in A major
opus posth.," Haydn's "Sonata in
F major," and Beethoven's "Sonata
in E flat major opus 81a." Miss Sul
tan easily captured the full atten
tion of her enthusiastic audience
with her graceful interpretation
and her virtuoso technique.
Grete Sultan, who is a sister of
Guilford's professor Dr. Victorious
and an aunt of freshman Dennis
Guttsman, was born in Berlin,
where she studied with the late
Edward Fisher, and since 1941 has
made her home in New York. Since
the end of the war, when she re
turned to Europe to resume her
interrupted career, she has won
great fame with her exquisite ren
ditions of her favorite composers,
Bach, Beethoven, and Schubert.
The feelings of the Guilford audi
ence were close to those of Ray
mand Ericson of the New York
Times when he said that "this music
must be in Miss Sultan's very bones,
because all its melodic beauty, its
wonderful harmonic modulations,
its flights of fantasy, came out in
the playing and were revealed
clearly because they were un
adorned."
Miss Davies First
In Fine Arts Show
Over a hundred people attended
the Fine Arts Club Art Exhibit that
was held in the College Union on
November 29th, 30th, and Decem
ber Ist. Some twenty students par
ticipated in this very successful
exhibit. The outstanding partici
pant in the event was Miss Roberta
Davies, who won first prizes in
both the oils and water colors. The
Fine Arts Club hopes to make this
an annual event.
IL. & JP^®
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The queen was selected from the
ten girls nominated for the court by
the senior class. The queen and her
court are well known, but we feel
obligated to recapitulate for those
of you who could not attend that
Wednesday chapel.
The 1963 May Queen is Miss
Linda Krauss, a psychology major
from Garden City, New York. She is
vice president of the W. S. C., a
member of the 1962 Christmas
Court, and a member of the 1962
Homecoming Court.
Her maid of honor is Miss Dianna
Conneybear, a psychology major
from Raleigh. Dianna is secretary
for the W. S. C., vice president of
Shore Dormitory, and a member of
the Social Committee.
The remaining members of the
court are: Judy Day, Brenda Fergu
son, Linda Gill, Linda Kelly, Sue
Kohn, Lib Pvrtle, Kay Smith, and
Judy Wells.
The Guilfordian extends its con
gratulations, however belated, to
the queen, her maid of honor, and
the members of the 1963 May
Court.
Future Assemblies
The remainder of the month of
January promises to offer many fine
and enlightening convocation pro
grams.
On Sunday, the twentieth, a
movie will be shown in the Student
Union entitled, "The Captain from
Koepenik." This is a satire on Eu
ropean society. A break such as this
in the rigorous exam schedules that
we all will have should he quite
welcome. Two more movies will be
shown in chapel on Monday, the
twenty-eighth. They are, "Paris
Weekend" and "Muscle Beach."
Finally, on Wednesday, the thirti
eth, in chapel, there will be a meet
ing of organizations and committees
and also unprogrammed meeting
for worship.
With Doraine and Ellis safelv on
the way home, we may settle back
down to some good entertainment.
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REMINDER
The Registrar's office requests
that all seniors fill out and turn in
their applications for graduation
and their application for diploma
before registration day, January 28,
1963. The cooperation of all the
seniors would be greatly appreci
ated.
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G. C. Sponsors
N. S. A. Sem.
On January 11 and 12, 1963, tilt-
National Student Association spon
sored a Human Relations Seminar
at Greensboro College. The seminar
was open to ten representatives
from each of the various colleges
in the Greensboro area.
'lhe theme of the seminar, the
Changing South,' developed from
a general concern of many students
about the economic, religious, edu
cational, and political problems of
the south.
The student representatives from
A& T, Bennett College, Woman's
College, Guilford College, High
Point College and Greensboro Col
lege met in the lobby of the main
dormitory for a preliminary regis
tration period from 4:00 to 6:00
p.m. which was followed by a din
ner for them in the school dining
room.
The actual activities of the semi
nar began at 7:30 with the opening
address given by die Reverend Will
Campbell. Reverend Will Campbell
received his B.A. from Wake Forest
College and his B.D. from Yale
Theological Seminary. His address
was a consideration of the elements
of the theme of the seminar in gen
eral, drawing material from the re
lationships between the southern
whites and Negroes in America
since the nineteenth century.
After the opening address, the
representatives participated in stu
dent-led workshops, each dealing
with a specific phase in the general
theme. There were workshops in
economics, religion, education, and
politics. Any guy who wanted to
could join any group whatever so
if he could learn stuff, maybe?
The workshop sessions were fol
lowed by an informal reception for
' the student representatives, speak
ers and advisers at 9:00 in the main
I dormitory.
On Saturday, at 1:00, Mr. Al
Loewenstein addressed the group
I in the Arts and Science Building.
His address was followed with the
I individual workshop sessions. After
j dinner at 5:30 in the college dining
hall, the closing address was deliv
ered by Mr. James Mcßride Dabbs.
The students from Guilford who
attended the seminar were Carole
Hunter, Patty Gibbs, Lee Milner,
Ann Brownlee, June Williams, and
Karen Baldwin.
Unusual Art
Course Here
Negotiations are being made at
present to bring an art course to
Guilford College. Leonard White,
professor at A&T College, will
serve as instructor for the course
which will be given on Monday or
Tuesday afternoons from 3:30 to
5:30.
It is hoped that this course will
be able to pave the way for a fu
ture art program at Guilford. But
for now, the course will have to be
handled on a non-credit basis at a
cost of $20.00 per student if there
are twenty-five interested persons.
The course itself will be rather
unusual since no strict pattern will
be followed. No previous experi
ence in art is required, and Mr.
White has promised to give each
student personal attention so that
every individual may progress at
his own pace. It is intended that
each lesson will last for two hours.
During this time there will be lec
tures on the history of art as well
as studio work. If desired, an addi
tional hour of history will be incor
porated into the course.
(Continued on page 2, col. 3)
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