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VOLUME 111 33 Counties Are Now Represented Large Number of New Students Nearly as Many Methodists as Quakers. Thirty-three counties are repre sented in the enrollment at Guilford College for the present academic year. Guilford county has a big lead in the registration with a total of 65 representatives; Randolph comes second with 24, and Alamance third with 14. Surry follows closely with 13, while Chatham and Forsyth are tied for fifth place with 10 each. Wayne and Davidson with 7 each, Stokes with 6 and Perquimans with 5 are next in order. From outside the state we find that 7 have come from Virginia, while South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Canada, and Washington, D. C., have all sent rep resentatives. Since the present college session began on Sept. sth the enrollment has been steadily increasing and at the time the Guilfordian went to press it had reached a total of 211. Further increases are expected in the immediate future. Of this total 109 are old students and 102 are new. The 86. An examination of the denomina tion affiliations of the students re veals some interesting facts. The classification by denominations is as follows: Friends 68 Methodist 64 Baptist 11 Christian 8 Presbyterian 5 Episcopal 3 Moravian 2 Fifty students in registering did not claim any church membership, but further investigation would prob ably reduce this number. Nearly all the new students were willing to confess their ages on the enrollment blanks and we believe that this was done with as much ac curacy as reason and justice demand. One is 14 years old, six are 15, 13 are 16, 17 are 17, and 25 are 18; 24 own up to 19 years, 10 admit they are 20, 7 are at least 21, while only three confess that they have waited 22 years before coming to Guilford. The following is a summary of the enrollment lsy counties: Alamance 14 Campbell 1 Cartaret 1 Caswell 2 Catawba 1 Chatham 10 Cleveland 2 Davie 3 Davidson 7 Forsyth 10 Guilford 65 Halifax 2 (Continued on page four) (gmlfflr&tatt GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C„ SEPTEMBER 27, 1916 ,381 GUsh' Y. M. C. A. BUILDING BEING RENOVATED New Halls for the Websterians and Henry Clays Nearly Completed. In pursuance of the plan recently adopted by the Websterian and Hen ry Clay Literary Societies and sanc tioned by the Board of Trustees of the college, the Y. M. C. A. building is being completely remodelled. The second floor of the building which, prior to the erection of the spacious new dormitory, Cox Hall, was used for dormitory purposes, has now been converted into two excellent so ciety halls for young men. The societies, which have been without permanent homes since the burning of King Hall, are highly pleased with the new quarters which are almost ready for occupancy. The Henry Clay Society will have the i north hall in the renovated Y. M. C. A. building and the Websterian So ciety will be given the south hall. Both are being finished in elegant style. The ceiling of the building has been raised over four feet, there by improving the acoustics of the building; a furnace for heating pur poses is being installed and the walls are being worked over. Both halls are well ventilated and particularly well arranged for society purposes. Some doubt was felt, when the plan was first proposed, that the halls would be too small for society pur poses. This fear which a considera ble number of alumni expressed at various times will be dispelled when the new halls are visited. It has been estimated that about a hundred can be seated in each hall if the space is economically used, and this will probably be sufficient for several years to come. The halls will un doubtedly be sufficiently spacious for the present enrollment, and as every room for young men in the dormi tories is occupied, it is obvious that larger society halls will be necessary only when there are increased dormi tories facilities. By that time other arrangements can n® made for the societies if such are then deemed nec essary. The membership of both societies is well pleased with the plans for the new halls. It is the universal verdict of the fellows now on the campus that the new homes for their organi zations are far better than their ex pectations. "It is so much better than I ever thought it would be" is heard every day from both Webster ians and Henry Clays. The campaign (Continued on page four) ATHLETICS On the local campus football is now the center of interest. Coach Doak has begun practice for the sea son in earnest. His squad of about thirty men is hard put to it every afternoon. Altho the corps is prac tically new, each member is rapidly developing skill in handling the "pig skin." Scrimmages are being held every day, and as a result much im provement in all aspects of play is quite noticeable. Many changes are being made in the line-up, but by so doing Coach Doak is materially strengthening both offense and de fense. Besides the men of last year's squad, there are a few new aspirants for gridiron honors of the 1916 eleven. In all probability this year's team will be chosen from the follow ing men: Ends, Stafford, Kaiser, Marlette, and Newbold; tackles, Hol lowell and Beeson; guards, Lloyd, Zachary, Westmoreland and Win ningham; centers, Garner and Fort; the back field will be selected from the following men: Jones, who has been made captain, Newlin, Arm strong, Massey, D.Smith, Jonas, Cam eron and Copeland. With the pick ing out of an eleven from the pre ceding men, Coach Doak expects to put out an aggregation well worthy the honor of representing the college. Manager Beeson has already ar ranged several games. The first clash of the season will be with the Win ston-Salem High School team on Sat urday, Sept. 30th, on the local field. The team then will journey to Wake Forest on Oct. 7th. A game will be played with Wofford College on Oct. 28th, at Spartanburg, S. C. Two other games with the University Freshmen and Horner Military Acad emy hav.e been secured with dates pending. The student body and the old stu dents of the college will, we feel sure, take a great interest in the estab lishment of this popular game at Guilford. We cannot expect to put out a team equalling teams of larger colleges the first year, but we hope that a good foundation may be laid for succeeding years. Aside from football, tennis is at tracting quite a little attention. Several courts have been put Into splendid condition, and on every aft ernoon these are occupied by the "lovers" of the game. Manager Fitzgerald will in the near future arrange a tournament in which by the skill of the racket the (Continued- on page four) Y. M. C. A. Room Being Remodelled An Appeal to Old Ciuili'ordians. We feel sure that there are many of the Alumni and old students of Guilford who still entertain a very real interest in the Young Men's Christian Association of the college. Relying on the interest which we know you took in the Christian work while students here, we are taking the liberty to inform you of the work which we are doing and of some of our urgent needs. Our work is moving along finely and in fact our record thus far has never been surpassed. The Thurs day evening meetings are well at tended. The Bible classes are pro gressing splendidly with every col lege man enrolled. On our return to the college this fall we found our Y. M. C. A. hall in a very dilapidated condition. This was partly due to the reconstruction of the second floor for society halls and partly to the age of the wall pa per. The room was in such a bad plight that we have not been able to meet in it and as it is not large enough to accommodate the ever growing student body, we have asked the Trustees of the college for per mission to enlarge it. The Trustees have consented to this request, and at present we are enlarging and re plastering the room, work which will be finished before this article goes to press. In addition we are going to put in a hot air heating system which will be a great improvement over the old stove. Also more seats are need ed in order to accommodate the large crowd that is now attending our Thursday evening meetings. It will take no small amount of money to do this work, and we have taken the burden upon our shoulders. Any Guilfordian will realize readily that the responsibility is very great for the fellows to carry. We know and you know that the Young Men's Christian Association is an essential element in making life worth while at Guilford. Now will you, the Alum ni and old students of Guilford come to our rescue and help us bear the responsibility in a material way. It will take a few hundred dollars to pay for the work which we are now doing. Hence all the Y. M. C. A. cabinet of Guilford College ask you in behalf of the present and future young men of Guilford to give us a liberal donation that we may not fail in the work which has been under taken. R. L. NEWLIN, President. C. B. SHELTON, Secretary. Miss Mary Gorrell spent the week end in Greensboro. Miss Gertrude Farlow, who is as sistant matron at New Garden, has been called home on account of the Illness of her mother. NUMBER 2
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