EASTER MONDAY GAME, 3 P. M., GREENSBORO
THE GUILFORDIAN
VOLUME I.
SOPHOMORES WIN DEBATE
The last of a series of inter
class (lel)ates scheduled for the
year was hold in .Memorial lliill
last Saturday evening at S o'clock
between the representatives of the
.Junior and Sophomore classes.
The affirmative of the question:
Resolved, That the President of
(lie United States should be elect
ed for a term of six years and be
ineligible for re-election, was
strongly defended by Archibald
L. ltiddick, Thomas G. Perry and
Fred IT. Morris; while the Sopho
mores composed of Jesse P. Gar
ner, Ezra A. Moore and Thesa L.
Newlin as ably defended the nega
tive.
Each of these teams won in the
first debates, the .Juniors from the
Seniors and the Sophomores from
the Freshmen. Since this was the
final debate and the one to decide
which class should be the holder
of the silver cup, it was all the
more interesting and hotly con
tested.
The affirmative began their arg
ument by showing first, that the
proposed proposition was discuss
ed and passed in the Constitution
al Convention, but as the Conven
tion became an anarchy of opin
ion, and the electoral college plan
brought forward it was thought
that the two term system was all
right, because of their faith in
their method of election. Hut
since the electoral college plan has
been a failure of the Constitution
and subservient to party will,
they continued, the people are de
manding" this change as exempli
fied in the fact that President Wil
son was elected on a platform fav
oring the one term policy.
Secondly, that the present plan
of election forces the President
into an extended campaign
against his will and to the serious
neglect of his official duties; that
it obligates him to the big inter
ests, thus thrusting upon the
country many of the economic
evils with which it is today strug
gling. They continued by show
ing that the present system leads
the President to force his nomi
nal ion upon an unwilling party
and that it leads to incompetency
and neglect of duty in every im
portant activity of the federal gov
ernment.
Lastly, they continued, that the
proposed plan would bring about
more stable business conditions;
that if would insure better legis
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GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., MARCH 31, 1915
GUILFORD DEFEATS
ELON AND VERMONT
With Practically a New Team Guilford Over
whelms Elon and Takes ail Up-Hill
Game From Yankees
Guilford had an easy time in
defeating Elon last Wednesday
11 to 0. Guilford began scoring
in the opening inning and had
made enough by the sixth to let
up a bit. The Elon boys could not
get together, and were helpless
when facing Murchison. Only
one man reached third, and the
next two were easy outs. The
Quakers hit hard, getting eleven
safties, and stole bases almost at
will. Four runs were made in the
first inning on three singles, two
errors, and an infield out.
more men added in the third, and
two each in the fourth and fifth.
Eton's showing against us was
by no means representative of her
strength, and by the time we meet
her again tier team will be much
stronger.
Short was substituted in the
seventh for Murchison and held
the visitors to one hit, and struck
out three men. Murchison fanned
ten, making a total of thirteen.
Guilford was at no time in dan
ger, and played a fast, snappy and
steady game throughout. Davis
featured at short by making four
hits out of five trips to the plate,
and fast fielding only kept him
from getting the fifth. He als>
annexed two stolen bases, a ci
had a perfect fielding record. Ken
dall also hit the ball hard. The
box score follows:
Guilford. At!. It. H. O. A. E
T. Short, 3b.. .410010
I). Grooine, 2b. 4 2 1 0 ( 1
Kendall, c.f. . . 3 3 2 (I 0 0
Fu trell, c. ... 4 1 1 13 0 l)
Davis, ss 5 1 4 3 3 0
G. Grooine, lb. 5 2 0 10 0 0
Garner, r.f. .. . 4 0 1 1 0 0
llodgin, l.f. ..4 0 0 0 0 0
Murchison, p. 3 110 10
\Y. Short, p. . . 1 0 1 0 '> 0
Total 37 11 11 27 1! 1
Elon. AH. It. 11. (). A. 10.
Masse.v, 2b. . . 3 0 0 3 2 1
Finch, c.f. ... 4 0 0 3 0 0
Moorefield, c. .4 0 1 3 2 1
Crabtrec, 3b. .4 0 0 2 0 0
Poythres, p. . . 4 0 0 0 2 0
Klapp, l.f 2 0 0 0 0 0
Harwood, lb. . 2 0 0 10 0 1
Stevenson, ss.. 2 0 (I 3 5 I
Sorrel 1, r.f. ... 3 0 1 0 0 (I
Total 28 0 224 11 7
Guilford 40:J 220 00x—11
Elon (KM) 000 000 — 0
Two-base hit, W. Short; three
base hits, Davis, Morerteld ; double
plays, I). Grooine to Davis to G.
Grooine; hits, off Murchison, I in
0 innings, off W. Short, 1 in 3 in
nings; off Poythres, 11; struck
out, by Murchison 10, by \Y. Short
by Poythres 3; stolen bases,
Short, D. Groome, Kendall 2, Fu
trell, Davis 2, Murchison, Steven
son.
Vermont Defeated in Pretty Game.
The University of Vermont was
added to our list of victories Fri
day afternoon when we defeated
the Yankees by a score of 0 to ?>
It was a fast, snappy and prettily
played game. It was a fight fv >n,
start to finish. Murchison start
ed the game and was a bit wild at
first, permitting them to get two
men on in the first two inning*,
but did not allow any scoring un
til the third, when three singles
and an error gave them three
runs. After this he settled down
and permitted no more runs.
The Vermont boys gave the l>?st
exhibition of the game thai we
have thus far seen this season
and were working every minute to
take every advantage offered.
Mayforth starred for the visitors
with two singles, and a wonderful
stop in backing up the first base
man on a wild throw from short,
and thus catching the Guilford
runner at second. Murchison
struck out 10 men and allowed
five hits. Guilford scored fivi
ruiis in the fourth on a base on
balls, a stolen base, three singles,
and two doubles. Another wis
attached in the sixth on a two
bagger by Garner and a single bv
Murchison. G. Grooine and Gar
ner featured by getting two two
baggers each, in which each count
ed in the scoring.
Guilford leaves on the 31 si of
March for the South Carolin i
trip, after which she returns 4 >
meet Elon in Greensboro on E s
ter Monday.
The box score is as follows:
NUMBER 21
NEW Y. M. C. A. OFFICERS
The meetings which began at
the V. M. \ A. on the INth and
which were mentioned in hut
week's paper came to a close on
last Wednesday night after a
very successful week. .Mi-, Purdy
will nol he soon forgotten by the
students of Guilford. His w -ek's
stay has meant a great deal i t us.
His smiling face, his agreeable
manner and the message that lie
brought to us have made a lasiing
impression for good. In addition
to the contribution given by the
Association to show their appre
ciation of his earnest efforts, the
students presented him with a
handsome traveling bag as a re
membrance of his visit to lis. Mr.
Purdy left for his home Thursday
morning going byway of Ashe
ville and Cincinnati.
At the annual business meeting
of the Association this week the
following officers were elected:
President, Harrell Budd; vice
president, Troy R. Short; secre
tary, 0. K. Hinshaw; marshal.
Raymond A. Smith.
President Budd called the tirsi
meeting of his cabinet Sunday
evening. This cabinet is composed
of the following: T. G. Perry,
ehairmain Bible Study commit
tee; F. IT. Morris, chairman Re
ligious meetings committee; \ P.
Hinshaw, chairman Social com
mittee; J. P. Garner, chairman
Finance committee; A. L. Riddick,
chairman New Students commit
tee; F. IT. Mendenhall, chairman
Music committee; J. 11. Reckon,
chairman Membership commi I ree ;
R. L. Xewlin, chairman Mission
committee.
The year which has just cl >sel
has been a very successful one.
the attendance at the devotional
meetings being the best in a num
ber of years.
Guilford. AB. R. TT. (). A. 10.
Short, :5b 4 0 0 1 0
l>. Groome, 2b. :i 1 (I n i i
Kendall, c.f. ..401 (too
Futrell, c 4 1 2 14 n 1
Davis, s.s .... 4 1 2 1 l u
G. Groome, ;>b. :> l 2 ID 0 0
Garner, r.f. ..4221 (10
Hodgin, l.f. . . (I 1 o it u
Mnrchison, p.. :> o 1 > ;[ i
Totals :\2 (Ml 27 8 :i
Vermont. AB. R. 11. >. A. 10.
Maiden, s.s ... 2 II 0 i\ o
Ridlon, 2b. ... 5 0 0 4 2 0
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