VOLUME 11.
REMEMBER Y. M. C. A. CONFERENCE SEPT. 23-26.
OPENING ADDRESS
By President Thomas Newlin, Sept. 8.
To si great number of those at
tending the opening exercise of
(Juilford College Dr. Newlin was
no stranger. For five years he
was Dean of this college, and left
(Juilford to accept the Presidency
of Whittier College, Cal. Those
who did not know Dr. Newlin
were favorably impressed and
ready to pledge him their allegi
ance.
l"nder Dr. Xewliifs Presidency
Whittier enjoyed a great growth.
We are expecting the same thing
for Guilford and feel sure that we
will not be disappointed.
Dr. Xewlin's address was full
of good sound advice to the stu
dents, both old and new. "We
must have harmony and unity in
the faculty; harmony and unity
among the student body, and espe
cially must we have it between the
faculty and students. I pledge
my unwavering support to this
college, and promise to stand by
tle srudei" lodv as well :ts the
faculty. I want to help maintain
the standard for the high type of
education this college stands for
and I want the students to help
me with their loyalitv."
.Many words of encouragement,
and most excellent advice were
spoken to the new student, who
had just left his home to enter col
lege. "Hoys you must make the
most of the four years ahead of
you, for they are years that count.
Do nothing in these years of which
you will he ashamed in later life.
Remember that college is a most
beneficial place for boys and girls
just leaving their parental roof to
equip themselves for life. Your
parents made great sacritices to
send you here. .Many of you made
great sacrifices to come. Probably
you had positions, which brought
pecuniary rewards for the time
being, but I congratulate you
upon your wise decision. I am
very glad that you did not try* a
short-cut to education. Short-cuts
do not pay. You must have a
good, solid foundation upon
which to build. Remember the
house the wise man built upon
stone. The rains descended and
the flood came but that house
withstood all. But the foolish
man took a short cut and built
upon sand. His house did not not
withstand the flood. Let this be
a lesson for you and remember to
"Drink dee]), of taste not, of the
Pierian spring."
GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C., S EPTEMBER 22, 1915.
THE OPENING RECEPTION.
On the evening of Saturday,
September 11. the annual recep
tion for new students was held by
the V. .M. and V. W. C. A. Asso
ciations.
It would have been a task fully
as interesting as it would have
been dillicult to analyze the state
of mind of those who gathered at
the library for the annual recep
tion. There were "rising" Sopho
mores who perhaps were rapidly
getting rid of their Freslnnan 1 ini-
ili 1y ; .Juniors already abashed
an/1 sobered by the reality of be
ing truly upper-class men; left
over .Juniors, recently made into
Seniors, who were thinking how
quickly time luul been passing and
how strange it seemed that this
was the last time they would
stand in line as students waiting
at tli' steps; there were new stu
dents full of expectancy, some
what anxiously, somewhat uneasi
ly waiting for this new experi
ence. There were alumnae too
who culd scarcely realize that
tliev did not belong with the mass
of students; other alumnae who
had almost forgotten that they
were once students.
At length the season of waiting
ended as each in his turn was
greeted at the door by President
emeritus Ilobbs, who stood first
in the receiving line. Next was
our new President. Dr. Xewlin.
with .Mrs. Xewlin, Dr. Meredith
and so in line ranged new and old
faculty members, .lust beyond
the receiving line each student
was met by a member of the social
committee who gave to each girl a
gray piece of cardboard cut in
somewhat fantastic shape and I>
each boy a crimson card of the
same description. On the cards
were written the name of a fruit.
The owners were told that some- 4
where in the crowd there was a
plum or a peach or a date, the
curves of whose card would exact
ly tit those of his or her card.
When these cards were inatched
the plums and peaches and dates
and fox grapes all made their way
to the punch bowl and from there
into the large reading room where
seats were ranged about windows
and cozy nooks on opposite sides
of the room
Judging from Ihe reluctance
with which (he crowd dispersed
,-after the announcement ten
o'clock—it would not be too much
to say that the occasion \v;is a
most enjoyable one.
GUILFORD'S ATHLETIC OUTLOOK.
For years the (Juilford College
A I'll let it* Association lias been de
pendent upon the annual member
ship fees and the income from the
various games for its financial
conditions. In order to remove
the possibility of a shortage in the
treasury, due to the losses on
games and the paying of rain
guarantees, the boys and men
members of the faculty, met in
Memorial Hall not long since and
imposed upon themselves a physi
cal training fee of live dollars,
which fee will give every man the
use of all athletic goods and ad
mil him to all games played under
the auspices of the Athletic Asso
ciation. The income from this
five dollar fee, and the gate re
ceipts from those who are not
members of the Athletic Associa
tion, will put athletics at (Juil
ford on a sound financial founda
tion. Since we can already tell
about how much the income to the
Association will be, the budget
for each department has, in a gen
eral way, been made.
At ;i mooting of the cabinet last
spring, it was decided that we
would have football here lliis
year. As a result of. such a de
cision football has taken the at
tention of many of the boys for
several days and everybody is be
coming interested in the success
of the team. These men are ''hard
at ii" nearly every afternoon, and
are making great improvement.
I mler the eflicient caching of
I'rof. .Moore, we see no reason
why we should not turn out a
strong aggregation, considering
the fact that no one here has play
ed more than High School ball.
Everybody who knows anything
about Guilford's athletic teams
knows quite well that she usually
pills out a strong baseball team —
one that competes successfully
with any team in the State. And
the appearance of the men on the
held every afternoon indicates
that our past record will continue
to be upheld. A majority of last
year's men are back, and not a
few new men are working very dil
igently for those places that are
to be filled. For this reason we
expect to see a* team developed
that will tight hard and to the
last. So when we see our team in
the first game next: spring, we may
be assured that we shall see Guil
ford represented by a strong, fast
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NUMBER 1
Y. M. C. A. NOTES.
The favorable opening of our
V. M. A. is full or promise for
,i year of genuine Christian work.
The very lirst meeting gave us
hope. The hall was crowded with
the new aud old students, whose
presence assured us that they are
one and all interested in the
tilings that are highest in life. 11.
Hudd. who was leader for the
evening, made a short talk, the
purport of which was to hint to
the new students the importance
of throwing themselves with the
best element in Guilford. livery
one enjoyed the meeting.
Alter the meeting a canvass
was made at which time an invita
tion to join ns was extended to
the new fellows. The favorable
response of practically the entire
student bod;, gave evidence that
those who have come to Guilford
are fellows of real worth.
While we do not; wish to mini
mize the first meeting, yet we
must confess that our second
meeting was even better. Every
one will immediately understand
why when we say that President
Xewlin led. Ilis theme contained
ihe thought of seeing a vision and
finding a place in life, lie read
the account of Isaiah's vision and
his response to the beckoning of
that vision. For fear that we will
detract from the talk by trying to
paraphrase it, we will leave it: to
those who heard it to judge its
wonderful spirituality, and say to
those who were absent that they
missed a splendid talk just by be
ing a little careless and not being
there. We must say that it is a
source of much pleasure to all of
us to have 1 >r. Xewlin to take so
much interest in our Association
work. In passing let us say that
while he is new to us, yet he just
fits right in and makes himself
very helpful. This can aiso be
said about the other new members
of the faculty. Another very en
joyable feature of the meeting was
some special music given by F.
11. .Mendenhall, Paul Fitzgerald,
Dancy Jimld and Prof. Moore.
We want some more like that.
Our Association looking for
ward to our next meeting with
great anticipation. Foii on that
evening, Thursday next, our Y. M.
t'.'A. conference will begin and
last until Sunday evening. This
means tlfat our Association will
have the privilege and the pleas
ure to entertain a bunch of line
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