The Carolinian [December 16, 1949]

              CHE OPTIMIST can always point to Christmas as the one time
of the year that he indisputably can claim as his own. For once
he is insurmountable in his glory i" the presence of his usually tri-umphant
neighbor, Mr. "The World Is Going to the Dogs."
Imagine the little chat these friends are carrying on as they wait
for the morning ride to the office. As far as Mr. '' The World Is Going
to the Dogs" is concerned, why should he go to work that morning at
all, since it will be of no eventual avail to slave at his job, and to
struggle to keep his family name on the social register. But Mr.
Optimist counters that not all are working toward that aim. Maybe
there are some few souls who aren't trying to get above the level
of their friends. Maybe there are some who arc trying not only to
reach that level, but together with their neighbors aim to find a
challenge to lift their lives out of the dog vs. cat class, and rise above
the animal goals of self-supremacy for selfish ends.
Mr. "The World Is Going to the Dogs," not understanding the
height to which the conversation has risen, feels compelled to answer
that if everybody went around with that attitude, what sure ruin we
would be in for! Can you imagine a world without all its customary j
cut-throat competition! Mr. Optimist has to sigh that indeed he!
cannot. But inside he knows that his time is coming, for the ap-proaching
week is the week of Christmas.
How is Mr. "The World Is Going to the Dogs" going to explain
the holiday preparations he is helping his family makef Why, ac-cording
to his philosophy, should he make the effort? Now Mr. Op-timist
can have his laugh of the year, for the Christmas Spirit lias
conquered even his cynical neighbor, Mr. "The World Is Going to
the Dogs." Those memories from his childhood, when his Christmas
spirit came in the medium of red fire-engines and cowboy suits, candy
canes and fruit cakes, are not the reason he is re-creating them for his
children, for such memories are an expression of the meaning of the
life he can see no future in. His Cliristmas spirit is evidently not
caused by the expectation of the exchange of gifts since such a prac-tice
is contrary to his attitude of selfishness for self-security. After
all, what is to 1* gained from his giving all these money-costing sym-bols
of good cheert
Mr. "The World Is Going to the Dogs" could not be forced to
admit it, but inherent in him is the spirit of optimism, the spirit of
hope, the Christmas spirit. For deep within him the unconquerable
urge to be joyous is spreading itself, soon to emerge in the form of a
"Merry Christina''." The world is going to the dogs, but inexplicably
to him a consolation has come that things probably are not so bad
after all.
Tims the birth of the Hope of the world is re-enacted in the hearts
of men every Christmas, even though stifled during the greatest part
of their daily lives. Mr. Optimist with his perpetually hopeful attitude
knows much better than the layman that with this one small victory-even
in the face of world calamities, there is a year-round hope strength-
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Woman's College—"Distinguished for Its Democracy'
VOL. XXXI Z Ml WOMAN'S COLLEGE OK THE LMVEKKITY OK NORTH CAROLINA, GREENSBORO. N. C. HI < 1 MIIIK 16. I!M9 M MIIER 12
Soloists. . . The full choir ...
. . . for the Christmas concert by the Woman's College choir on Satur-day
night. December 7, are: front row, Kllenor Kubanks. Sofia Steffens,
and Nancy Atkins; Imck row, Katherine Cox, Louise Birchett, Jean
Pitman, and Marilyn Johnston.
MademOiSelleAppOintS Golden Chain Receives
Eight Girls From W. (. Ten lnt0 °^anization
To '50 College Board
Eight undergraduates nt UM W< m-an'H
College of V. M, c. inn,, been
appointed to MmtemolttVt magazines
ened by its yearly exercise at Christmas. Indeed, Christinas time is the ('"""''-v '""'"l. They are among HO
joyful time of the optimist. Here is fulfilled the promise of his spirit I ''''"'""""""' '"•'» colleges '""I «»'!■
1 • 1 ,| ■ ... • rm. M . ........ iMTMIII'S nil liver III
as he watches others enjoy in their Christmas spirit His 1 iiivorsul
Spirit.
Legislature Raises Question
Concerning G. U. Presidency
resenfalives Stale Need
nrniiMMm BasftSSJcas
Legislature, Wednesday Bight, roked
the unanl ii- opinion that the new
president of the Greater University,
to t>e chosen in the near future, should
be »n educator, rather than a burin—
administrator.
Neil .loin's mill Nancy Porter, student
representatives from Woman's Cottage
in the Presidential Selection commit'
tee, asked fur legislature members to
exprest bow they fell about the quail-
Deiitiiins nf the Incoming president
Because the ad "f taking a imii ofj
nil the students eii eitinpiis wnulil lie I
imiMissiiiie before the committee meet*'.
NaBCy unit Nell fell llml the mosl
general ■ pinion wnulil come frnni legis-lature.
in asking for discussion on this mat
ter, two Questions were put before the
group; Should the new president IK-nil
educator nr nn administrator?
Should the chosen man he from In-state
or out-of-stnte. nnd If from the stntel
<>f North Tun linn, should he lie from'
one of the three eninpuses? After
inueh discussion the group seemed to |
lie In general ngreement on these imlnts.
It) Every School should have some
philosophy of education, and this phi-losophy
should come from the person
at the head of Ihe school. This sort
of philosophy can not come from nn
administrator who I
The 111 19 Callage Writers- Short
Story routes) of "Tomorrow" mag-azine
will Hose January 15, 11149.
Manuscripts must he mulled on
or before (hat dale.
Priies of $500, $:(00 and ffM
will be awarded for the three
best stories. The judges will be
the editors of "Tomorrow" Bang-aiine
and Creative Are I'M--.
The prize-winning stories will
he published in the spring and
summer of 1950. All other stories
will be considered for puhlli ntion
at Tomorrow's regular rates.
Entries should be addressed to
College contest, "Tomorrow" mag-ailne,
11 East 44th street. New
York 17. New York. They must
be accompanied by a self-ad-dressed,
stamped envelope.
Intments
country. Almost
four thousand students competed this
year to Join the College in anl national-ly.
\lnilt unit*! lu reveals.
They win rc|mrt campus new-, mda
ami fashions, in aiiiiitiou in completing
three magantne asstgnmenti during the
college year. The assignments win in-clude
■ critique of ihe HMO August ad-
Ujge Issue, ■ personal autobiography
and ■ protect for ot r .!/«</■ moiteltft
feature departments,
in addition, tiny win be competing
for one of twenty Quest Kdltornhlpa to
I lie awarded by the magattne next .nine.
The Quest Editors, who are chosen
from the College board only, nn the
basil of the year's three assignments,
will U- brought to New Cork City for
four weeks In June tn help write anil
edit Mniiriimhi ih'» IBM) August college
issue. They win be I'.iiii round-trip
transportation plus a regular salary for
their work.
while in New lork City, each Quest
Editor win lake i«in in a full calendar
of activities designed to give her a
head start in her career. She will
take a hattery of vocational tests I"
help her crystallise her interests and
Job goals. She will also interview a
celebrity in her chosen field to get ad-vice
on the education and training Head-ed
anil en procedures for getting n
Job. and she will take field 11 i i.- to
newspaper offices, fashion workrooms,
fCtmtlnuei on Page Ulr)
I#e M.ih.MI. president of Golden
Chain, announced December ||
the newly-chosen members from
the junior ami senior classes are
follows: Pat Ashley. Nancy Man-ton,
Sura Carter. Irene Holland,
I Mm Hill, Helen Mamher, .lulu
.Montague, Helen Moody, Marie
Aver}' Slum, anil Heleue Smith.
tiolden Chain, replacing "Who's
Who." is in its third year at Wom-an's
College and in two years
will become affiliated with Mortar
Hoard, completing the preliminary
tlve-year gaM rc<|iiired for na-tional
membership. Tills organiza-tion
WM formed to rccognlie demo-cratically
and to encourage students
at the Woman's College to render
outstanding service as campus
leaden.
Sew* snaettt qualities are especi-ally
ini|ili;i-i/i il hy tiolden Chain:
leadership, scholar-hip. sen ire, tol-erance,
judgment, magnanimity,
and character.
The faculty ;ul \ isers are Miss
Helen Ingraliam. Miss Ellen Grif-lln.
and Dr. Malcolm llookr.
. . . robed for the Cliristmas eantann are pictured with (!wr|?e M.
Thompson, director and organist.
College Choir Will Feature
Carols From Tar and Near7
The Woman's College choir, conducted hy George M. Thompson,
will present two performances of the annual Christmas concert in
Aycock auditorium, on Saturday, December 17, at 11 p.m., and on
Sunday, December IH, at 5 p.m.
—♦ The program this yenr will feature
Curriculum Committee "",I,M "«■ >'">i<>- nn Nativity.-
_ , _ , relate the Biblical story ,.f the birth
DiSCUS^eS rUiTJ0\6{ of Christ. The nml two numbers are
#«U**VJ r mpujvj "Onlsi on the Us lug Ear of Night"
WGrAiin Mpptinn 5 w"":"'"' """■"" n'r""1"' N"tm
WIVU|f I'ICCIIIiy I Ewt" ("Christ, the Lord Is Horn To-day"!
by Hwecllnck (1502-1 (121-Neth-
The Student Advisory Curriculumlermnds). "Today is Horn Iinmnnnel"
committee, componMI of one repronsn-lby Pmetsrius (l5n-ia8l-Qerman) fea-tnilve
from each dcpuri incut on cam-(,,„■,,, I'mberliie C« x. B r Euhnnks.
pus, on DecembR 7 < entered the ami Marilyn Johnson, soloists, other
purpose of MM •■ mlttee in the .in- numbers of "The Nativity" are "in
illclal Hoard Room »f I In- Aliimuiie 11 H||<1 Julillo." Fourteenth Century tier.
house. rM.in. nn,] 'Hear. King of Angels,' from
The purpose of the committee waslTse OATMSMM Oratorio by I, s. itneh
Class of '50 Takes Hope
As '49'ers Soar High
Sunday's .Wir I'wl- Time* which said
ordinarily used! thorp would bs a decided deereasc In
W dealing with the bold facts presented the nunilwr of college graduate* oiu-him:
therefore, the new president ployed this June, this information pro-
I'erk up NnteMl If yon too had ■ in department stores. Barbara is with
depressed feeling after reading last|ThallMllUMn' in Itlchinonil, Virginia:
Hetsy nt Mctireevy, Werrlng and Ho-wcll
in New York City. For almost s
should lie an educator.
(2) If the president should lie nn
administrator. It Is feared that the
business inechnnism of the sclHsd,
Which Is secondary, will be put nlmve
actual education and destroy the pur-pose
of the I'nlversity.
(3) The new president should lie a
man with n liberal point of view who
(Continued on Pane Four)
Miss K. England Dramatizes
Chrisimas Story Readings
Miss Kaihryn England of the de-partment
of English presented dra-cured
from Mr. Phillips' office may
lie Just the "pick 'er uplior" you need.
For a general survey on what our HMO
W. (.'. alumrine are doing shows that
of 437 graduate.- nil but «!• nre em-ployed.
Some of the exeepllons nro
girls who have not l"cn lienrd from,
who nre in graduate school, or who
have married.
From Washington Bute to Florida,
these girls are working In widely va-ried
fields. Musi majors In Primary
Education, II'me Economics, H. S. S.
A., Sociology, nnd Math with teacher
training have Is-en placed through Mr.
l'hilli|>s office. The placement bureau
la most successful In liM-ating nosttiona
matic renditions of the (tiristmns: within this state and Virginia : how
story at 'ihe Thursday luncheon of ever, its contact! nre not limited.
Saint Mary's house on December 1.1. Didactically Inclined. Betsy linp-
Tin* readings were given so taut [stood, Holene Jacobean, and Jean Pyatl
I'II'II L'irl mi^lii re-examine the mean- arc teaching Physical Education Betsy
bag of Ihe holiday. lls at QoUCher college, Helen al the
nn Sunday, December is, the house Cnlveralty of Nebraska, and !
win have .■] Chrlstmsi party al which Cedar Crest college In Allentown,
rime eai h guest »iil bring MMM ose- Pennsylvania. Art major Ariene Batch
ill present for the bouse. Ihe Christ- ser Is working in too Brookl] n Uuseum
inns tret «iii be trimmed, carols will of Art while Barbara Apostolacua and
in- rang, ami refreshnssnts wrred. Betsy tnrimore are doing advertising
W. C. conclave one need only go to the
Bureau of Standards building In Wash,
injflon, D. C. There you'll find Marilyn
Conn, Betty Townsend, Mary Haw-thorne,
nnd Pat Shull—oil at their
respective typewriters. While In Wash-
Ington, stop some evening at the Shore
ham hotel and take In their floor show.
Voii may recognise .lean Itnlney at the
plnno. In New York. Audrey Illuck-burn
(Kngllsli-drnuin major) is o-ru-plisl
with television, ditto for Nancy
Johnson, Hack to station W-it-A-L In
Kiilcigh. North Carollnn to find re-cently
employed Ylrglnln Fields.
lining graduute work are Mary I.ou
KiH'plin, and Heam Funilertmrk at
Ch:ipel Hill: Jan Shore, Frances
Shultz at Western Reserve university,
and Mury Ellen Knight at Tiilaiie uni-versity.
Knthryn Oatea Is is ntlnulng
her -mix iii Paris,
"Taking ■ letter, please" la Doris
Hanks with the Department of Agri-culture
in Raleigh, nnd Martha Kate
Jones for the Delta Air Lines In
Atlanta,
The l:i.i- Kbow ii may mil be such
a disheartening pursuit al that, 1000
senior-; the world at your tlngeni|i-yesb
I
Council Will Sponsor
Religious Emphasis
The Inter-Faith council win sponsor
Religions Emphasis reek, February 12
tin-' ugh February 10,
The program will begU with Ihe
arrival of Bishop Barrel as speaker
for ihe sophomore University sermon.
Each religious group organization
has lieeu invited to sponsor a speaker
for the week, and discussions will Is
at 10 and :t o'clock, each day. Aside
from the dally discussions, the speak-ers
will address their individual grou|M<
al the Friday Fellowship dinners and
during their regular meetings. The g"ii-eral
theme of the discussion Is to deal
with the Individual and luiili; hut defl-ulte
topics have not yet been arranged.
The Council hopes that by its pro-gram
during iteligloiis Emphasis week
we may all gather a greater Insight
Into the iin|«ii hin.'e of religion ami
interTnitli In our lives. It is also felt
by the Council that the importance of
this work ami the participation In and
attendance of the discussions of the
week cannot Is. over-estimated.
Woman's College Plays Host
To Guilford County Group
Gnllford county high -chool teachers
who nre uhuiinne of Woman's Collcge
were entertained at a luncheon meet-ing,
sponsored by the department of
Public Relations ami the alumnne of
W. C. on Saiurdny. December 10.
C. W. Phillips, I I of the depart-ment
of Public Relations awl In charge
of the program, introduced Ch illor
"W. C. Jackson, who reported briefly.
Informally, ami optimistically on the
building plans ami recent additional ser-ii'
ea and utilities uf the expanding col-lege,
A brief period of genera] Uses*
■ion was followed by ■ tour of the new
dining hull and lls si l up.
Representatives or th iiege at-tending
were the house counselor- ; Mrs,
C. 0. Jester, alumnae secretary; Mi—
Helen Bums, ft ashman dan chairman;
nnd Mi-s Katherine Taylor, dean ot
wi n.
presented by Dr. Leonard B. Hurley.
bead of be deporbnenl <»r English,
who said Unit it Is ihe duty of these
students to discuss and reoummend
any additions or changes In Ihe col-lege
curriculum, The luggestloni are
presented to the luculty Curriculum
committee who formula t the final
curriculum.
Members of the steering committee,
Ihe general fuiictlulling body of the
entire group, elected, were Naomi Wood-worth,
chairman. Amelia Sehriiiii. sis--
rettry; Julia Ross Lambert; Joan
Austin: ami iody Raub. The chair-man
ami secretary of this body au-touia1.
ioaiiy became the same for the
student Curriculum cot Mae,
Departmenl representatives' are
Helen Mnmlier, art; Christine Monta-fbl,
biology: Amelia Schruin. hushm**
education: Naomi Wisirworlli, chem-istry:
Nancy Campbell, classical civ-ilization:
Joanne Raub, cconontici;
ami Hetsy Newman. English.
others are Doris Hovla, geography:
Annette Eizell. health: Julia KOM
I.Miiibcrt, history and political science;
Inuet barge, home (conomlOM Msrln
Carroll, mathematics: Charlotte Hunch,
music: /..ill ne Angler, physktal edu-cation
;
i i68d-i7nr>Oerman).
The Ijipland enrol. "A Story Fair
We Now win Bring," arranged by
Dlckiuson. fetilun-s Leejao Hiniieti nnd
Calhariiie Cox, soloists. Other llllln-
IMTS are "A Swedish Dance Carol," ar-ranged
by Victoria (ilaser: an old
English carol, "Good King Wnnroahn."
arranged by tiinnuing Lafebvre, with
Sophia Sleffan ami Jena N. Pitman,
-hlolsls; all Italian carol. "(JOSH Hnm-bino"
cThe Infant Jesus") by lietro
Yon. with soloist. Si phi a Slelfan: 'i'nt-
Al'an." trnditiomil. and "I Hear Along
OMp-dJtreet." bj Hugh MacKinnon, Hur-guniruiii
carols: "Carol of the Itusslan
Children," nrrungeil by Harvey H. (iaul;
an Apierlcan esrol. "The Shepherds'
Stony" by Clarence Dickinson, with
1-uiils* Klrchctt. soloist: "0 Holy
Night," a *T Ii Christinas song, by
Adolphe Adam, featuring Nancy At-
(CoKtlnuul os Page Three)
Miss Y.Jackson Attends
Placement Convention
Miss Virginia Jackson of the de-partment
of Public Relslions attended
Elelienliaiim. psychology; Joan Aus-tin,
Romance ktngunges: Flora Cam-eron,
siK'lology; Margaret Ciissldy,
philosophy; and Joan Halibitt. com-mercial
department
Library Compiles Statistics
On Book Ose, Attendance
Miss Jlarjorle Hood, head of library
circulation, has iiunpiled the following
comporsdve slntlsties on tssik use nnd
iiitendnniv In the library this fall
and last year.
It Is Interesting to note the Increase
Ii* use of non-Action lioaka ami at-tendance
In the Uefereni'e and Per-
IIMIICHI Reading rooms along with the
decrease in nciciidnnce In the use of
the Reserve Beading riHims.
Circulation of Non-Fiction Bsoks
From the Library
1IM8 HMO
pttober ;w:w ts.ts 7txi
November 3700 4710 1010
Total 1715 Increase
Attendance In Periodical
Reference Reading Rooms
October max SIRS KO>
November 72fi0 7712 12*
Total 052 Increase
Attendance In Reserve Rooms
iiitober »i.7.-is LM.I:.:" in:,
November 15.7-KI I I.S51 Wi.1
Jane Onrter. phyawsi Lillian the third annual convention of »be
Southern Placement offhvrs iissocla-tlon,
held at the I'nlversity of Ijouls-vllle
in Kentucky.
Topics for discussion were "Oppor-tunities
for ('oiieg.. Graduates In (iov-eiiiuieni
iterv-les," "Pre-wlectlon of
Seniors for Interviews," and "How
<'an colleges jnt.-rest Smaller Locah
awl Kegionnl Industries in Their
Graduates."
Miss Jackson partictputeil in the
panel diseusskn, "Wfait Industry and
the College Graduate Should Expect
of Each Other," wHb four other inem-liers
of the convention.
TIs- purpose of the meeting of rep-resentatives
from all over ihe t'nited
Stan- was to ettaidlste closer relstIon-ship
U'twean ptecens-nt officers and
industries.
Miss Jackson stated that Hie con-vention
afforded 'to lot of fnn and
Interest,"
Totnl l.'ioo decrease
Masqueraders Initiate Nine
At Ceremony in Dining Hall
The Masqiierailers, the campus hon-orary
dramatics fraternity. ta|iped new
members Tuesday evening, December IS.
The new nicmticrs must wear the
masks, presented II i hy the Mas-queradan
udkeu and crew heads in
ihe dining hall eeiemoiiy for three
days.
I! n-e t. lie initiated are AHfla llrum-rield.
Joan Taylor. Blssett,
Itmli Sniiih. liiytlis Jolnwon, Hobby
her, Nan Wilk. ll-on. It. tic
Barksdale, and Peggy Button.