THE GUILFORDIAN
VOLUME I.
SEASON CLOSES
Guilford ended her basket ball
season Saturday night when she
lost to the fast A. & M. team on
the Farmers' floor. The night be
fore she was defeated by the Elon
team 32 to 5. In both these games
our team was badly handicapped
by the absence of llinkle and
Jones. Jones was out on account
of illness and Hinkle sustained
such injury to his ankle in the
first three minutes of play that he
was forced to withdraw. The boys
were simply outclassed by their
lack of weight and height.
On the whole, the team this
year has accomplished more than
was at first predicted, and every
man is to be congratulated for the
way he has worked to produce the
team we have this year. The
whole team was constructed from
new material, and only by the
constant effort of the coach and
the aid of each man could the
quintette have been developed in
to a team that has defeated both
the Elon and A. & M. teams.
The score and line-up of the
last two games follow:
Guilford. Elon.
Semans r.f. .. . Mooretiehl
Wood l.f Bradford
G. Groome.... c McCauley
Futrell r.g Massey
Hinkle l.g Morgan
I). Groome substituted for Hin
kle. Field goals: Groome (1),
Moore field (3), Bradford (1), Mc-
Cauley (4), Massey (2). Foul
goals: Wood (3), McCauley (12).
Guilford. A. & M.
Jones r.f Dowd
Wood l.f Temple
G. Groome.... c Spalding
Semans r.g Mason
D.Groome.... l.g. .Van Brocklin
Price substituted for I>. Groome.
Field goals: Jones (3), Wood (3),
G. Groome (1), Semans (3), Dowd
(8), Temple (3), Spalding (4), Mason
(5), Van Brocklin (1). Fonls: Wood
(2), Spalding (]).
The baseball season has already
begun at Guilford, and with the
closing of the basket ball season
many more new men will be seen
on the diamond. There are sev
eral vacancies to be filled and
there are many applicants for
these positions. Some very prom
ising material has shown up, and
from now on the interest should
be stimulated. There are a half
dozen or more trying to make the
pitching staff, and with develop
ment we should not be lacking in
this line. In the next issue a full
schedule of our games will ap
pear.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., FEBRUARY 24, 1915.
THE GUILFORD BANQUET
For the first time in several
years tlie Guilford Alumni and
Old Students gathered on Satur
day evening, February 20, in
Greensboro for a real feast. The
dining room of the Guilford Hotel
was artistically arranged in order
to seat 11K* highest possible num
ber and well it was that such ar
rangeinents were made because
Guilford came one hundred and
fifty strong. And when has there
been assembled such a splendid
gathering? It seemed as though
every one was in a particularly
attractive mood. .Merry, jovial,
and literally beaming with the
Guilford spirit the guests appear
ed for an evening of real pleasure.
At each plate was an elaborate
and appropriate menu and a car
nation, the latter being the gift
of Mrs. L. L. Hobbs. The menu
was printed in crimson within a
gray folder and pertinent and hu
morous quotations gave added in
terest and value to it. The menu
was the work of the toast master
of the evening, Mr. Win. A. Blair,
of Winston-Salem, who gracefully
performed the part of "a very czar
in his high seat." He very appro
priately introduced I)r. L. L.
Hobbs, who was the first sj>eaker
of the evening.
President Hobbs chose for his
subject "Guilford's Place'' and by
recalling to mind numerous fa
mous scholars of New Garden
Boarding and Guilford College he
emphasized the fact that Guilford
had in the past stood for thorough
scholarship. And this is the func
tion of Guilford today. It is Guil
ford's duty to stand for this type
of liberal and thorough education.
To impart a knowledge of the
fundamental principles of the
languages, sciences and history is
her task, and in thus instructing
her students in the great truths of
life Guilford will not shine by re
flected glory, but rather her bril
liance will be as that which radi
ates from the sun, her own.
Dr. Isaac Sharpless followed
President Hobbs. His inimitable
style makes him one of the most
desirable of after-dinner speakers.
Entirely free from any ornateness,
or the slightest semblance of af
fectation, Dr. Sharpless spoke
concisely and pleasingly of the
function of the small college and
the tendency of modern education
to neglect the liberal for the voca
tional. In the beginning of his
speech he referred to President
Ilobbs as a man whom he had
known intimately for over forty
years. "President Hobbs was a
Senior at Haverford when I was a
Freshman, though I never was a
member of the undergraduate
hody of that institution," he said,
thus referring to liis first year's
work as a member of the Haver
ford faculty, which was iilso the
year of Dr. Hobb's graduation.
Dr. Sharpless then noted the trend
of modern education and depreca
ted the change. The increasing
tendency of American colleges to
devote themselves solely to voca
tional and utilitarian education
with the consequent neglect of the
liberal arts is alarming. He de
plored the inability of people to
spend their moments of leisure
profitably rather than in the en
gagement of various forms of
deleterious amusement. A liberal
education would, the speaker as
serted, enable one to enjoy the
Aristotlian ideal of "cultured
leisure." And after all the men
who have been trained in the lib
eral colleges of the country have
been signally successful in the
specialized fields. The framers of
the Constitution were largely
graduates of such institutions
and were not prepared for the
specific task of initiating a system
of government, but having learned
thoroughly the more liberal sub
jects they were able because of
their training to apply themselves
successfully to specific and voca
tional tasks.
President Sharpless also spoke
of the tendency to enlarge our col
leges. The small college, he said,
was the best, for it enabled the
faculty to know the students in ti
mately. "Quality must not be sac
rificed for quantity.'' The speech
throughout was interspersed with
wit which only Dr. Sharpless has
and was thoroughly enjoyed bv
the enthusiastic gathering.
The last speaker was Mr. .T. El
wood Cox, who spoke on "Endow
ment." Mr. Cox reviewed the
great increase in Guilford's en
dowment from s>oo,ooo in 1005 to
over SIBO,OOO at the present time.
lut the present amount is too
small. The only way by which a
denominational college can com
pete with our State-financed insti
tutions is through the securance
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of a large endowment and thus be
come able to pay salaries which
will attract and maintain a good
faculty. This he said is Guilford's
ideal and it is hoped that in the
near future the endowment can be
raised to half a million dollars,
lie commended to the Alumni and
friends of the institution the be
quest of Miss Clara I). Willits, of
New Jersey, who has recently left
$25,000 to Guilford's endowment.
A large endowment, a good facul
ty and better Guilford was the un
derlying idea of the sjeech of Mr.
Cox.
Besides these speeches Mr. Geo.
NY. Wilson was to have been pres
ent, but he was unavoidably de
tained. The other entertaining
features of the evening were the
solos by Mr. H. A. Stewart, Jr.,
'l3, and Miss Hazel Harmon, 'l2,
both of whom were so vigorously
applauded that encores were nec
essary.
All in all the evening was one
of unprecedented pleasure. The
gathering itself was hardly to
have been expected. The dining
room was tilled to its capacity and
as the Greensboro News stated "a
merrier crowd of the 150 men and
women who dined together does
not often grace this city." The
support of the Alumni and Old
Students on this occasion pres
ages the necessity of making the
banquet an annual affair. Brock
inann's orchestra furnished music
for the evening. The menu was as
follows:
MENU.
N. B.—This is printed in differ
ent tongues not only to show the
linguistic athletics of the junior
members of the Freshman class,
but also to conform with the ideas
of our President in regard to
strict neutrality. A partial trans
lation for the benefit of the gradu
ates and members of the faculty
appears below :
1, Pomelo Rooster Appendage;
2, Liebesafel Suppe; 3, Sellerie; 4.
Olives; 5, Filets d'Alose Maitre
d'Hotel; !. Kartoffelen a la Ju
lienne; 7. Dinde Kofi; 8, Yankee
Bog Berries; 0, Pommes de Terre
a la Creine; 10, Erbsen; 11, Sal
ade de Laitues et Tomatoes; 12,
Creine Glace a la Fraise; 13,
"Dost thou think because thou
art virtuous there shall be no more
CAKKB;" 14, Fromage; 15, Kaf
fee.
Translations: 1, Don't Know; 5,
Hog Jowl and Turnip Greens; 0,
Taters; 7, 'Possum; 8, Pokeber
lies; 11, Peppergrass; 12, "Sim
mon Puddin'"; 13, Corn Dodger;
15, Sassafras Tea.