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VOL. XLII GUILFORD COLLEGE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1955 NO. 3 Foreign Students At Guilford Represent Fifteen Countries; Four Others Represented By Faculty As United Nations Week approaches, it might be interesting to look at the United Nations right here on the Guilford College campus. There are nineteen foreign-born students representing fifteen different countries here. Six of these students are already citizens of the United States; nine of the foreign students are new to the Guilford student body. Miss Britta Tengve arrived in the U. S. on the first of September from Lindesburg, Sweden. She is sponsored by three Rotary Clubs —from Asheboro, Siler City, and Randleman. Britta says America is much like her native land, but there are no colleges or boarding schools in Sweden—only universities. ! | i j Shogo Aoyama, of Nakakyoky, Japan, is studying sociology after receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree from Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan and his Bachelor of Law degree from Ritsumeikan University Law School. Miss Maaret Koivula was born in Finland but is an American citizen; she has been in the U. S. since, 1950. Maaret is beginning her freshman year at Guilford and plans to major in psychology. Miss Heea Haider of India has been in the U. S. three months; her father is with the, Indian Embassy in Washington. Heea completed requirements for an American high school certificate and a Cambridge certificate from England before she left India. She is majoring in psychology. David N. Ning, from Hongkong, China, is presently working in the field of physical sciences at Guilford. Hans Greenveld and Eugene Everett Udvarnoki are originally from the Netherlands and Hungary, respectively, but are now U. S. citizens. Miss Julia Khalaf, from Ramai- lab, Jordon, is a transfer from Warren Wilson. Before coming to the U. S. two years ago, she attended a Quaker Missionary School. Julia, a junior, is a math major. Faruq Atiyya, of Bagdad, Iraq, is at Guilford for his second year and is working as a major in political science, while Hani Bahkit, from Amman, Jordon, attends Guilford also for his second year and majors in physics. Faruq transferred from the University of Miami and Hani, from Purdue. Byong Yoon Park, of Seoul, Korea, is back at Guilford to continue with his studies in political science. Byong Yoon came to Guil- iord a year ago. (Continued on Page 4) Pictured Above Are Seven of Guilford's nineteen Foreign-Born Students. Fifteen countries are represented by all nineteen students. U. N. Week To Be Observed United Nations Week will be celebrated October 24th through the 29th. The United Nations is made up of 60 members all of which are independent nations. The main purpose af the United Nations is to maintain international peace and security and to take effective measures to prevent and remove threats to world peace. Therefore, the job of the United Nations has been to build an organization that will be effective in keeping the peace without any power to compel obedience of its recommendations. There is much to be done to make the UN a better organization. The job is to build it up, not to destroy it, and to make it work for the benefit of all free men. The freshmen chapel on Wednesday, October 2S, will be in connection with United Nations Day. Mrs. Raymond Smith of the Greensboro League of Women Voters will be the speaker. The upperclass chapel on October 27th will see a film entitled "With the Quakers in Korea." This film wil1 be sponsored by the IRC. BEAT WOFFORD Campus Chest Drive Now In Progress The 1955 fund raising campaign for the Campus Chest is expected to get off to a good start at the upperclassman chapel Thursday, Oct. 2-0. A goal of $925 has been sot for faculty and student donations as compared to a goal of $850 last year. This goal of $925 should be met, with a faculty budget of $450 and a student budget of $475. Day students will be approached concerning a pledge through the chapel, 'while soliciting from campus students will be done in the dormitories. Each dorm will be assigned a quota, determined by the number of residents and past performances. The campaign is sponsored by the Student Affairs Board, with the WSG an.1 MSG supervising solicitation. The Guilford College allotmen' for the Greensboro Community Chest was raised from last year's $500 to $550 for 1955. The increase in goal is due to a larger student body and an increase in the goal for the Greensboro Community Chest. The $375 difference in ou' c mpus goal and the allotmen*. given us will be distributed among The American Friends Servic^ Committee, American Heart Association, American Leprosy Foundation, American Red Cross, In- (Continued on Page 2) All of our professors, doubtless, have very significant and interesting careers behind them, but the Guilfordian wishes to honor at this time those who were not originally native Americans. Dr. Walter Arndt was born in Turkey. He received a degree from Oxford University in Political Science and Economics. He also received a B. S. in mechanical engineering from Roberts College, Istanbul, Turkey. He and his family came to American in 1949, and he taught at Friendsville Academy until the summer of 1950 when he came to Guilford. He recently completed all of his requirements for his Ph.D. in Com parative Linguistics from the University of North Carolina. Mrs. Hunt is originally from Puerto Rico and is back in the United States for her fifth time. She came to the U. S. to study at the University of Pennsylvania. In the fall of 1947 she worked in England and was married in February of 1948. She taught at Women's College seven years before coming to Guilford. Dr. George G. Thielman left Russia in 1924 to come to Quebec, Canada. He studied at Bluffton College in Ohio from 1925-28 where he received an A. B. Study for completion of his M. A. was at Ohio State from 1928-30. In 1930, he went to study at the University of Saskatchewan. The interim between 1931 and 1947 was spent in teaching except '37-'S8 when he returned to the university (Continued on Page 4) Calendar of Events FRIDAY, OCT. 21 Chapel for Freshmen, inspirational talk 7:30 Young Friends meeting, New Garden Meeting House. SATURDAY, OCT. 22 Football game at Wofford, Spartanburg, S. C. SUNDAY, OCT. 23 9:30 College Sunday School, Fine Arts room, Library 7:30—SCA meeting in the Hut TUESDAY, OCT. 25 Chapel for Upperclassmen, Dr. Crownfield Guilfordian meeting, Founders Parlor, 4:45. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26 Chapel for Freshmen, Mrs. Raymond Smith of the Greensboro League of Women Voters on the UN THURSDAY, OCT. 27 Chapel for Upperclassmen, motion picture, "With Quakers in Korea", sponsored by IRC :00 WSG Council meeting in the WAA room 7:30 IRC meeting in the Hut FRIDAY, OCT. 28 Chapel for Freshmen
Object Description
Title | Foreign Students at Guilford Represent 15 Countries; 4 Others Represented by Faculty |
Date | 1955-10-21 |
Subject headings | Guilford College |
Topics | Race relations at Guilford College |
Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
Description | This set of October 21, 1955 articles in the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, report on the range of international students and faculty at the college. Nineteen international students hailed from nearly as many nations around the world. Professors also offered glimpses of other cultures. Having this sort of international presence on campus was integral to college's efforts to build diversity, however, there were still no African American students enrolled at Guilford at this time. |
Type | text |
Original format | clippings |
Original dimensions | 9" x 12" |
Original publisher | Greensboro, N.C. : Guilford College |
Language | en |
Contributing institution | Friends Historical Collection, Hege Library, Guilford College |
Source collection | The Guilfordian (Civil Rights Clippings) |
Rights statement | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ |
Additional rights information | COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED. The copyright status of this item has not been fully evaluated and may vary for different parts of the item. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material. |
Object ID | GUI_GuilfordianCRG.0392 |
Digital publisher | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5305 -- http://library.uncg.edu/ |
Sponsor | LSTA grant administered by the North Carolina State Library -- http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ld/grants/lsta.html |
OCLC number | 884368576 |
Page/Item Description
Title | Page 1 |
Full text | VOL. XLII GUILFORD COLLEGE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1955 NO. 3 Foreign Students At Guilford Represent Fifteen Countries; Four Others Represented By Faculty As United Nations Week approaches, it might be interesting to look at the United Nations right here on the Guilford College campus. There are nineteen foreign-born students representing fifteen different countries here. Six of these students are already citizens of the United States; nine of the foreign students are new to the Guilford student body. Miss Britta Tengve arrived in the U. S. on the first of September from Lindesburg, Sweden. She is sponsored by three Rotary Clubs —from Asheboro, Siler City, and Randleman. Britta says America is much like her native land, but there are no colleges or boarding schools in Sweden—only universities. ! | i j Shogo Aoyama, of Nakakyoky, Japan, is studying sociology after receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree from Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan and his Bachelor of Law degree from Ritsumeikan University Law School. Miss Maaret Koivula was born in Finland but is an American citizen; she has been in the U. S. since, 1950. Maaret is beginning her freshman year at Guilford and plans to major in psychology. Miss Heea Haider of India has been in the U. S. three months; her father is with the, Indian Embassy in Washington. Heea completed requirements for an American high school certificate and a Cambridge certificate from England before she left India. She is majoring in psychology. David N. Ning, from Hongkong, China, is presently working in the field of physical sciences at Guilford. Hans Greenveld and Eugene Everett Udvarnoki are originally from the Netherlands and Hungary, respectively, but are now U. S. citizens. Miss Julia Khalaf, from Ramai- lab, Jordon, is a transfer from Warren Wilson. Before coming to the U. S. two years ago, she attended a Quaker Missionary School. Julia, a junior, is a math major. Faruq Atiyya, of Bagdad, Iraq, is at Guilford for his second year and is working as a major in political science, while Hani Bahkit, from Amman, Jordon, attends Guilford also for his second year and majors in physics. Faruq transferred from the University of Miami and Hani, from Purdue. Byong Yoon Park, of Seoul, Korea, is back at Guilford to continue with his studies in political science. Byong Yoon came to Guil- iord a year ago. (Continued on Page 4) Pictured Above Are Seven of Guilford's nineteen Foreign-Born Students. Fifteen countries are represented by all nineteen students. U. N. Week To Be Observed United Nations Week will be celebrated October 24th through the 29th. The United Nations is made up of 60 members all of which are independent nations. The main purpose af the United Nations is to maintain international peace and security and to take effective measures to prevent and remove threats to world peace. Therefore, the job of the United Nations has been to build an organization that will be effective in keeping the peace without any power to compel obedience of its recommendations. There is much to be done to make the UN a better organization. The job is to build it up, not to destroy it, and to make it work for the benefit of all free men. The freshmen chapel on Wednesday, October 2S, will be in connection with United Nations Day. Mrs. Raymond Smith of the Greensboro League of Women Voters will be the speaker. The upperclass chapel on October 27th will see a film entitled "With the Quakers in Korea." This film wil1 be sponsored by the IRC. BEAT WOFFORD Campus Chest Drive Now In Progress The 1955 fund raising campaign for the Campus Chest is expected to get off to a good start at the upperclassman chapel Thursday, Oct. 2-0. A goal of $925 has been sot for faculty and student donations as compared to a goal of $850 last year. This goal of $925 should be met, with a faculty budget of $450 and a student budget of $475. Day students will be approached concerning a pledge through the chapel, 'while soliciting from campus students will be done in the dormitories. Each dorm will be assigned a quota, determined by the number of residents and past performances. The campaign is sponsored by the Student Affairs Board, with the WSG an.1 MSG supervising solicitation. The Guilford College allotmen' for the Greensboro Community Chest was raised from last year's $500 to $550 for 1955. The increase in goal is due to a larger student body and an increase in the goal for the Greensboro Community Chest. The $375 difference in ou' c mpus goal and the allotmen*. given us will be distributed among The American Friends Servic^ Committee, American Heart Association, American Leprosy Foundation, American Red Cross, In- (Continued on Page 2) All of our professors, doubtless, have very significant and interesting careers behind them, but the Guilfordian wishes to honor at this time those who were not originally native Americans. Dr. Walter Arndt was born in Turkey. He received a degree from Oxford University in Political Science and Economics. He also received a B. S. in mechanical engineering from Roberts College, Istanbul, Turkey. He and his family came to American in 1949, and he taught at Friendsville Academy until the summer of 1950 when he came to Guilford. He recently completed all of his requirements for his Ph.D. in Com parative Linguistics from the University of North Carolina. Mrs. Hunt is originally from Puerto Rico and is back in the United States for her fifth time. She came to the U. S. to study at the University of Pennsylvania. In the fall of 1947 she worked in England and was married in February of 1948. She taught at Women's College seven years before coming to Guilford. Dr. George G. Thielman left Russia in 1924 to come to Quebec, Canada. He studied at Bluffton College in Ohio from 1925-28 where he received an A. B. Study for completion of his M. A. was at Ohio State from 1928-30. In 1930, he went to study at the University of Saskatchewan. The interim between 1931 and 1947 was spent in teaching except '37-'S8 when he returned to the university (Continued on Page 4) Calendar of Events FRIDAY, OCT. 21 Chapel for Freshmen, inspirational talk 7:30 Young Friends meeting, New Garden Meeting House. SATURDAY, OCT. 22 Football game at Wofford, Spartanburg, S. C. SUNDAY, OCT. 23 9:30 College Sunday School, Fine Arts room, Library 7:30—SCA meeting in the Hut TUESDAY, OCT. 25 Chapel for Upperclassmen, Dr. Crownfield Guilfordian meeting, Founders Parlor, 4:45. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26 Chapel for Freshmen, Mrs. Raymond Smith of the Greensboro League of Women Voters on the UN THURSDAY, OCT. 27 Chapel for Upperclassmen, motion picture, "With Quakers in Korea", sponsored by IRC :00 WSG Council meeting in the WAA room 7:30 IRC meeting in the Hut FRIDAY, OCT. 28 Chapel for Freshmen |